The Most Thrilling Tomb Tour: Tomb Raider

Chapter 45
I took out the book again and showed it to Lao Zhong, and we were all amazed by Lao Zhong's surprised expression.

"Do you know the origin of this book?" Old Zhongtou asked.

"This should be the book written by Genghis Khan's cronies that we found in the diary of the little devil we found on Mount Everest, right?" Xiang Ru asked.

"Yes, although the specific location of Genghis Khan's mausoleum is recorded in this book, I would like to remind some of you. There are several sayings about the location of Genghis Khan's mausoleum in history: one is in the south of Mount Kent in Mongolia , the place north of the Kherlen River; the second is in the territory of Etuoke Banner in Inner Mongolia; the third is the Altay Mountain in the north of Xinjiang; the fourth is the Liupan Mountain in Ningxia. Because at that time the Mongolian royal family practiced "secret burial" There is no sign, no announcement, no record, so these kinds of claims so far are not credible." Old Zhongtou said.

"Then you mean that the book we found is fake?" the fat man asked anxiously.

"That's not necessarily the case. This is indeed true, and it is a very well-preserved rare book. But is the person who wrote the book a close friend of Genghis Khan? Is the content recorded in it correct? No one can guarantee this .”

The words of Lao Zhongtou were like a bucket of cold water on our heads. We immediately leaned back on the chairs and looked away, thinking about the meaning of these words.

"But we don't need to be discouraged, because anyway, if this book is really written by Genghis Khan's confidants, then the contents inside should be credible. I am going to take a look with a few of you. To redecorate, I have some free time, what do you think?" Old Zhongtou asked.

After hearing these words, we were so happy that we didn't know what to say.Although John is a Chinese student and has a little understanding of history, he never expected that there are so many details and legends in the tomb of an ancient Chinese emperor, and his eyes widened.

"Look at what you said, Master Zhong, if you can go with us, that's really something we can't wish for. You set a date, and we go to prepare something, and we will set off when we are ready!" I hurriedly Said to the fat man.

"No, everyone is a friend who came here together through ups and downs. It's not that I can't trust a few of you, let alone alarmists. Do you remember the three masters I told you about the three masters in the Republic of China?" The old clock said suddenly.

"Remember! What?"

"That Boss Ren dug countless pits, big and small, by virtue of his extraordinary skills, but what happened afterwards? It is said that the last time he went to find the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan, he still did not come back? It can be seen that the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan is not trivial, and it is by no means what we imagined It’s as simple as it is in or experienced, after all, he is also the emperor who has opened up an unprecedented territory!” said the old clock with glassy eyes.In the past, we were used to seeing his glassy eyes, and thought it was normal, but now, under the exaggeration of his expression and words, we feel a chill rising from the soles of our feet to the spine.

He was right. When Genghis Khan was alive, he fought east and west and first unified the tribes on the Mongolian plateau.Then it launched many wars of conquest, and established an empire spanning the two continents of Europe and Asia, which stretched west to the Black Sea coast and encompassed the entire East Asia to the east.

His death cannot but be said to be a pity, and the subsequent decline of the empire is also a historical necessity.But I believe in the analysis of Lao Zhongtou, the mausoleum of an emperor who has established such great achievements through the ages will never be as simple as we imagined and experienced.It is rumored that there are countless gold and silver treasures in it, even far exceeding Qinhuang's Mausoleum.For such a great hero who is admired by the world, there must be an endless stream of unknown secret channels in his mausoleum.

But what Lao Zhong said, on the contrary, strengthened our determination to find out.They all say, "If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get a tiger's cub", in the words of the fat man, even if the tomb of Yuan Taizu is a ghost gate, we have to go there.

"So I'm the one to prepare for this operation. Don't worry, everyone. Although I, Zhong, is not a master of hands and eyes, it's still a trivial matter to get some things." Old Zhong Tou said with a smile.

We took John to eat, drink and have fun in Qingdao for several days. John had never been to Qingdao before, so he couldn't stop admiring the seaside scenery here.

We ate everything we needed to eat and played everything we needed to play. Fatty and John had a great time, but I feel that our play in the past few days is like a felon who was about to be executed in ancient times. A little bit of time to enjoy myself, I feel so uncomfortable.

On the day before our departure, Lao Zhong called us to the back hall of the store in a serious manner, took out a sack, and smiled at us mysteriously: "Guess what treasure I have in it?"

"Master Zhong is here, the things are sure to be the same, so don't be fooled, let us have a look!" I said anxiously.

"Look!" Old Zhong said as he opened the sack, and took out several silver-gray clothes from inside, shining brightly in front of our eyes.

We took these clothes in our hands and looked at them carefully, and found that these clothes were actually made of extremely small steel rings one after another, which were extremely flexible and light in weight. Everyone looked at the old clock with puzzled eyes. , awaiting his explanation.

"This is called golden silkworm armor, also called silk treasure armor. Its history is far away. During the Warring States Period, some generals of the vassal states wore it to resist the enemy's spear-tips and blades. Before the Qin and Han Dynasties, its production technology was even better. It can be regarded as the embryonic form of the 'body armor'." Old Zhong said proudly.

"But there are no similar things in the ancient tombs unearthed in our country. I've heard of the 'Golden Jade Clothes', hehe!" The fat man asked with a smile.

"That's right, the golden jade clothes are because the ancients believed that 'jade has ten virtues', which can prevent the body from decomposing and can also reflect the identity of the owner of the tomb. In our country, gold has been unearthed in several high-level ancient tombs from the Warring States period to the Han Dynasty. Jade clothes, but no golden silkworm armor, why? It is because its production technology has been blocked since the Qin Dynasty, and it is difficult to master even those who make weapons for the military, so it was almost lost later. I have these few pieces I found a special one made by a metal processing friend. I originally made three sets and planned to give one set to each of you. But this time there are more John and I, so I temporarily asked them to rush to make two sets. Now the real craftsmanship It has been lost, but the quality of this steel is good, so let’s just use it.” Old Zhongtou said.

We were dumbfounded when we heard it, but we didn't expect the clothes to have such a big background. After taking a closer look, it's really a wonderful work of art.

With these treasures, Lao Zhong found two air rifles from nowhere, and added some ammunition, so we can say that everything is ready for this trip.

This unnamed book is written in both Mongolian and Chinese, and it records the whole story of the Yuan Taizu Genghis Khan asking the author of this book, Hadan Bateer, to take people to find the Chiwu people who lived in Kunlun Mountains for a generation.But long before this person left, Genghis Khan happened to die. After his death, this secret order was issued by his third son Wo Kuotai, but who knows that Hadanbaatar never came back after this trip.

On the last few pages of the book, the cause of Genghis Khan's death is scribbled: "Genghis Khan's 22nd year, July [-]th, Taizu conquered Xixia, and died in Liupan... At that time, Taizu and his ministers were sitting on the horse, waving their whips and looking west, wanting When he opened his mouth to preach, his old disease relapsed, and he fell off the horse... Asked about the funeral, he replied: "Life cannot pacify Xixia, and death will stand here. I hope I can level this place with iron hooves, and I will rest in peace." "

I read the book carefully again, and found that the records in this paragraph actually only said that Genghis Khan went to conquer Ningxia before his death, and died suddenly in the Liupan area due to a relapse of his old illness, but did not specify where he was buried.

It is said that "the Yellow River is rich in Ningxia", and the Ningxia Plain has been irrigated by the Yellow River since ancient times.The food here is beautiful and the food is abundant, and the scenery is even more majestic.

We got off the car in the Liupan Mountain area, which traverses the three provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia with majestic majesty. It is not only the Wanli barrier of the audience plain, but also an important watershed from south to north.Standing at the foot of Liupan Mountain, we can't help but be impressed by it.

The houses here are scattered all over the foot of the mountain. We found an old man in front of a row of houses and asked the fat man to go up and ask him.

"Grandpa, do you know that Genghis Khan came to our neighborhood?" The fat man asked with a smile on his face, handing him a cigarette.

"What are you talking about? Genghis Khan?" The old man lit up a cigarette and thought about it, then squinted his eyes and said, "Go straight ahead from here, do you see the gap between the two mountains in the distance? That's called 'Gate of Ghosts', From the 'Ghost Gate', there is a plain in front, and there is Genghis Khan. But, have you seen the house behind me? This is the only guest house in the local area, and I am the boss. I advise you to stay with me today. Don't go, wait until tomorrow I will show you a way, you can go around it!"

We were completely at a loss after hearing these words, did Genghis Khan really come here back then, and was it so easy to find?Is this old man advertising?
"Is there really a ghost gate?" The fat man murmured, "No, sir, which Genghis Khan is this Genghis Khan you are talking about?"

"Oh! You fat boy, who doesn't know about Genghis Khan? It's the Mongolian emperor who fought on horseback! Can my old man still lie to you?" the old man said impatiently.

"Old man, what does the 'Gate of Hell' mean?" Old Zhongtou asked.

"We have an old saying here, 'The gate of hell, people are afraid, ten people go, no one returns.' What do you think this means? Doesn't it mean that you should not leave the gate of hell! Of course! You young people, I understand that I want to travel, but don’t leave the gate of hell, if you think my old man is talking nonsense, go, don’t blame me if you don’t come back!” said the old man, blowing his beard and staring.

We began to suspect the old man's real motives. Looking at the row of small houses behind him, they were actually a row of bungalows unique to Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia. Looking inside through the broken window paper, the inside was dark and rudimentary. very.His attitude makes us suspect that this is a black shop, just like the black shop of Caiyuanzi Zhang Qing and Sun Erniang on Shizipo.

"This old man can't use drugged wine to knock us down first, and then sharpen his knife in the middle of the night and chop us up into human flesh buns?" The fat man whispered in my ear.

"It's hard to say. If we were chopped up, we might be treated as tendon meat. If you were chopped up, you might at most pass off as pork." I replied.

(End of this chapter)