Secret Notes of a Mystery Investigator

Chapter 39 The Descendants of the Dragon Clan (1)
1. In 1979, the Loulan scientific research team
"The diversion of the flow of the Kongque River and the Tarim River is the main reason for changing the ecological structure of Loulan. Who of you disagrees with this?"

"Yan Gong, this is recognized by the scientific community. I don't think there should be any problem. After all, water is the source of life. Without water, local organisms will either die or migrate, otherwise there is absolutely no way out."

At this time, it was almost noon, and the temperature in the Lop Nur Desert in Xinjiang was as high as 50°C. The strong light made the air seem to flow. The camels walked leisurely, and it seemed that the high temperature had no effect on them.

Mr. Yan patted his mount on the head and said: "It's still you who are amazing, even if the temperature is so high, we won't be afraid of you. It would be great if we have you who are so drought-tolerant."

This is the first scientific expedition team to go to the ancient Loulan site after the founding of New China in 1979. The entire scientific research team consists of six people, one of whom is a guide.

The ancient country of Loulan is a country full of magic. Its former glory and sudden disappearance attracted countless explorers trying to find out the truth, and its discovery is also full of magic, because after many years of its disappearance, it reappeared out of thin air. Appears without any transition, disappears suddenly, and appears suddenly.

Naturally, the new China, whose national strength is growing day by day, will not take this historical ancient city called "Cha" lightly.Duke Yan and all his team members are the elite among the elite, including scientists, experienced sharpshooters, archaeologists and historians. It can be said that everyone is an elite talent who can play his own role.

After all, this is a scientific expedition, so the serious scientist became the team leader. Of course, he is also the oldest among these people. China is a country that likes to rank seniority according to seniority, and age is often equal to seniority.They came to a huge sand dune, Yan Gong raised his head to look at the scorching sun and said: "Let's avoid the sun for a while, don't let anyone suffer from heat stroke."

Head Li, a regiment of the field army responsible for safety and resource assurance, waited for everyone to sit down and began to distribute water sources, but what made him scratch his head was that there was not much water left.When you use water normally, you can't appreciate its preciousness, but when you need it, you will find that what flows in it is actually life, even more precious than the blood in the blood vessels.

Looking at him seriously, he frowned and asked, "Why, is there not much water?"

Captain Li said: "That's right, if there is no water source along the way, we probably won't be able to go back."

Seriously frowning, he said, "Everyone, get over it first. With the camels around, we shouldn't have a big problem."

Captain Li said: "If the situation is really critical, we will have to drink camel blood."

Sighing solemnly, he said, "Let's talk about it at that point. This is our boat of life. It would be troublesome without them."

Everyone sat silently in the shadow of the sand dunes. The extreme heat made people tired easily. After a while, all six of them fell asleep.At this moment, a huge shadow spread over, but they were already in the shadow, so they didn't notice this unexpected scene, but the camels found it, it's a pity that they can't speak human words, they can only raise their necks and shout Just two sounds.Captain Li immediately stood up vigilantly, but he didn't see anything unexpected. The sky and the earth seemed to be filled with endless yellow sand. Is the team comfortable?"

Head Li smiled honestly and said: "It is much more difficult than the army. Anyway, we are full of water pipes there. I didn't think water was precious in the past, but now I really understand it."

Seriously: "That's fine, at least come out once and get an education."

At this moment, the sand grains began to float slightly, and his serious expression changed: "It's broken, a sandstorm is coming."

Hearing this, the few people who were still asleep immediately became nervous. They quickly surrounded the camels in a circle and spread a thick blanket on the ground. Everyone covered their bodies firmly, and they didn't even have nostrils this time. Being exposed outside, sure enough, after a while, the scorching sun began to darken the sky, and then the strong wind tightened and slowed down, and it didn't take long for the wind to fill the sky. Everything was covered by sand and dust, and the sky and the earth became darker and darker. .

All the members of the scientific research team were lying on the blanket, not daring to raise their heads, only listening to the wind roaring like crazy. Fortunately, they have experienced this kind of scene more than once, otherwise, their liver and gallbladder would have been torn apart.I don't know how long it took, the wind gradually subsided, and everyone raised their heads, only to see that the surrounding camels were basically half buried.

Captain Li stood up first. He was about to shake off the dust when he was stunned by the scene in front of him. A majestic ancient castle appeared in front of him.Of course it wasn't just him, the rest of the people saw it too, and they all opened their mouths wide.This is a huge ancient city, the whole shape is like a large jar, the surface is dark and dark, it is unknown what material it is made of.Through the entrance, one can see the gloomy dark light from the blue-black ancient brick walls on both sides of the passage in the castle, which is a bit like the entrance to hell, but there is no one in the huge castle, and it is lifeless.The ancient castle was at most 50 meters away from them, and no one had seen this huge building before.There is absolutely no possibility of being dazzled, because this castle with the characteristics of Chinese jars is too grand, with a round shape on all sides, a triangular roof with colorful glaze, and gold-plated wandering dragons and auspicious animals under each eaves. Except for the blind, Not even a person with poor eyesight would be at such a distance not to see the building.

The guide immediately prostrated himself on the ground and prayed muttering words. He is a local resident of Xinjiang and has been a guide for generations. His name is Gu Renbaona.

After observing carefully for a long time, he said to archaeologist Yang Yi, "Do you think this is a mirage?"

Yang Yi said: "It's not like, because it has shadows, and it does cover the sun. You should all feel that the temperature has dropped a lot compared to just now, even cooler than the sandy weather."

Seriously said: "That's really strange, who can explain why a castle suddenly appeared in the sky?"

Gu Renbao seemed to have finished his prayers, stood up and said: "There is a legend in our hometown, it is said that there is a huge monster in the desert that will lure travelers in the desert into its mouth in a deceptive way, maybe That's what we saw."

2. The atheism of scientists
Those present were all scientists or atheists, and Gu Renbao's words made them all feel absurd.Because although things are really weird, what he said has no scientific basis. How can there be such creatures in the world? That's amazing.

Captain Li said: "Duke Yan, is this the ancient city of Loulan?"

Seriously said: "No, Loulan is an ancient city ruins, but this is a real ancient castle, the two are completely different, but I don't understand how it suddenly appeared, could it be blown by the wind? of?"

Yang Yi said: "This is absolutely impossible. I think even if there is a wind to blow this castle away, it is impossible to preserve it so completely. I think it is very likely that we did not find it because we were too tired before."

Captain Li pulled out his pistol from his waist and said, "It's no fun standing outside to discuss, let's go in and have a look."

Gu Renbao suddenly showed fear, and said: "Then I won't go, even if I am killed."

Seriously said: "That's not forcing you, you just wait, if there is no problem inside, we will come to meet you again."

Gu Renbao nodded in fear, and waited seriously for the remaining two leather bags to be given to Gu Renbao, then walked towards the castle.When they walked through the moat of the castle and entered the interior, another figure appeared from where Gu Renbao stood.He turned around and saw a man with an unusually tough look looking at the inside of the castle with piercing eyes. Gu Renbao said: "Then I don't care about the rest?" The man nodded without speaking, Gu Renbao The man got on a black horse beside him without hesitation, clamped his legs, and headed west, while the man turned and walked east.

Seriously, after the five of them entered the castle, they felt that the temperature dropped instantly, from scorching hot to gloomy and cold.They took off their headscarves and sunglasses, and carefully looked at the wide space inside.I saw that the blue bricks constituted the passage and the walls, and the walls were full of scenes of various people fighting with some inexplicable things, and a large painting was used to depict a person, and I saw him He was dressed in armor, sitting on a chair, holding a long sword with both hands, and appeared on the screen with great momentum.Yang Yi took out a magnifying glass and looked at it carefully from top to bottom, saying: "This is the costume of a general of the Han Dynasty." He said seriously: "It's really strange. In this place, there is such an inexplicable castle, and there are these inexplicable castles on the castle. What do you mean by the murals?" Captain Li held a pistol and watched all the movements around him vigilantly, but solemnly shouted at this time: "Is there anyone here? We are a scientific research team from Beijing. We are here. Those who are inspecting the ancient Loulan ruins want some water." The narrow and cold passage echoed faintly, but no one answered. He touched the wall seriously and felt hard and cold. He said to himself: "It's strange. , since all of this is not a mirage, it is even more confusing. Could it be that there are really weird things in this world, and it is such a coincidence that we meet?"

Just when he was puzzled, Captain Li suddenly pricked up his ears and said: "Listen," everyone quieted down, only hearing the sound of trickling water, and now everyone was very excited. What makes them happiest is that water in the desert is more expensive than gold, and only those who come to the desert can understand it.

The five people followed the sound, and after turning a corner, they came to a larger room. To the surprise, it seemed to be a very luxurious bathroom.In a room full of exotic atmosphere, I saw a naked golden woman holding a water bottle on her shoulders. Clear water kept flowing from her bottle to the pool in front of her. The five of them glanced at each other. Leader Li Said: "Who knows how many years it has been here, I don't think this water can be drunk casually."

Seriously: "That's right, let's let the camel try it first."

This is a very spacious room. Captain Li immediately brought a camel, and it took a sip of the water in the pool. After waiting for a while, it didn't feel any discomfort. Now the five people were completely relieved, and quickly took out the water-holding tool and put it on the camel. Filled it all up, and then drank it happily.What surprised them even more was that the water in the pool did not decrease at all. It seems that this is a source of active water. The history professor Zhao Jiusheng, who is the cleanest among the five, said, "Why don't you all take a bath? It's crusted."

His words immediately got everyone's approval. Everyone took off their clothes and stood naked around the pool to rinse. Although the rooms in the castle were still rather cold, everyone felt that this was the happiest time in their lives. things to enjoy.

After taking a bath, everyone put on their clothes and said solemnly: "Gu Renbao is still outside, I'll go and bring him in. It seems that this place is a bit strange, but overall it's not bad."

After finishing speaking, she turned and went out, and when she came back after a while with a strange expression on her face, Yang Yi said, "What's wrong?"

Seriously said: "Gu Renbao is gone, I can't find him anywhere."

Yang Yi said: "It can't be that he encountered quicksand, then he is too wronged."

Captain Li said: "It's absolutely impossible. Gu Renbao is the guide here. If he can't even see the quicksand, how can he grow so big?"

Yang Yi said: "Then what are you talking about? He won't be going back, right? If he walks, even if he is given ten times as much water, it still won't be enough for him to drink on the way back."

Captain Li said: "I think everyone should be careful, it's very evil here." After he finished speaking, he pointed to the ceiling, and when everyone looked at it, they saw that it was covered with black heads of ghosts. Lifelike, as if it is about to break out of the ground so real.

Frowning seriously, he said: "Although I am an atheist, what happened today gave me a new understanding of my point of view. No one knows if there is something wrong with this castle, but since we are here to do science If you are going to investigate, then you must have the intention of sacrificing yourself. After all, everything has a cost. If we really encounter any weird things here, we must bear it. But Xiao Li is an exception. If you are worried about safety, You can stay outside, in case we have an accident, the water and food here are enough for you to go back to eat and drink."

Captain Li said: "I am a soldier, and my mission this time is to protect everyone's safety, so the more dangerous it is, the less reason I have to leave."

He patted Captain Li on the shoulder seriously and relievedly and said: "Since everyone can unify their thinking, the scientific research work can go on smoothly. We are all dedicated to the motherland. This is an honor." Just now, Suddenly there was an earth-shattering roar, and it was hard to tell what animal it was coming from.But one thing is certain, lions and tigers can't make such a loud noise, and then the camels seemed to be frightened by something, and they also neighed long, because they had already been untied when they came in, and they were no longer tied together. They each ran to the depths of the passage, Captain Li said: "It's broken, we must get the camel back."

After all, everyone hurriedly chased into the depths of the passage, but Serious didn't rush to go with them, because he had to take notes for his work, and he hadn't had time to record such a weird situation just now.He took out a small kraft paper notebook from his pocket, opened it and wrote: "The six of us..." Suddenly there was a human scream, his serious heart trembled, and he looked up, at this time his team members had already Turning the corner of the room, he couldn't see what happened, and suddenly a ball of bright red blood splashed out, covering the black and blue walls, and he was stunned.

At this moment, he suddenly felt a small voice behind him. He turned his head and looked so serious that his heart was almost torn apart. The notebook in his hand fell to the ground with a slap, and he also stepped back step by step. At this moment, at the corner of the room, There was also a huge "boom, boom" sound similar to footsteps, and every time it shook the castle.Seriously turned his head to look, and a scene that made him even more terrified appeared in his pupils. The narrow and long passage could not go on both sides. In desperation, Serious could only stick to the wall tightly, not daring to move at all, and the cold sweat had already started. Soak thick fur clothing.

3. New members
I was walking on the way to work when my mobile phone rang. I took it out to check the number. It was Axue. After connecting, she said, "Brother Luo, can you do me a favor? The school cafeteria needs a health certificate. Don't know what to do."

It has been more than a year since the "Watcher" case, and the orphanage built by Ashe has finally been completed under the great attention of the city leaders.However, some necessary procedures still need to be handled, not to say that there are no rules for doing charity, but Axue basically knows nothing except kung fu. The four of us almost lived there in the early stage of the operation of the orphanage. From the recruitment of nurses to the purchase of various items, Axue left it to us without reservation.

I applied for a health permit today, so I asked the leader for half a day off and went to the health and epidemic prevention station.After a series of procedures, I got everything done and waited to get the certificate the next day.So I went back to work, and the first thing Ma Tianxing said when he saw me was: "Is your wife done?"

During this period of time, he always called A Xue "your wife" behind his back. This time I didn't deny it, and nodded naturally: "It's almost there."

Head Chen sprayed water on the ground, coughed for a while, blushed and said to me thickly, "How did I realize that you are as shameless as Xiao Ma now?"

I said: "He always says that, so I don't have to slobber with him so much."

(End of this chapter)