To prove what I said, I took off my shirt, exposing my strong back.
The six ferocious beasts on its back, especially the lifelike eye in the middle, made the scene so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Under Lao Jiang’s questioning, I fell into memories! ! !
My hometown is a strange town outside the Zhanghe River. Because it rains often and thunder and lightning kill cattle and trees from time to time, it is called Thunder Town by the locals.
Our family is the only one living there in Lei Town for generations, and we don’t know why.
In my memory, few people in the family travel far away, and there are three rules that are difficult to understand:
First, a new born child must be tattooed with a mysterious tattoo, which is the so-called six-headed golden beast.
Second, regardless of gender, as long as they reach the age of ten, they have to go to the ancestral hall to provide for their old age. From then on, they are separated from the world forever, and even their children cannot see each other.
Third, you cannot marry a woman from other places, study in other places, or work in other places.
These three rules are like three heavy shackles, nailing the Li family to Lei Town!
There are also young people who do not believe in evil and want to venture into the outside world, but within a few years, news of deaths will continue to spread back to the town.
None of them lived past the age of ten in the west. The old patriarch said that this was the consequence of disobeying the rules. Only thunder and lightning could protect the Li family from the disaster of Fengxi.
I have loved reading since I was a child, and I know that these are bad feudal habits. I even saw my parents being dragged into the ancestral hall bloody by several strong men when I was ten years old.
"Xiaolan, Xiaolan..."
My parents’ shouting at the top of their lungs made me hate Lei Zhen deeply!
So I chose to leave this disgusting place one night and drifted to Peking to study, and finally got admitted to the Academia Sinica.
"Have the people in Lei Town ever told you the meaning of this tattoo?" Lao Jiang asked.
"No." I shook my head.
Lao Jiang took a deep breath and said, "Now let me tell you, this is the military emblem of Wen Tao's Digging Army!"
"It is said that every time Wen Tao robs a large tomb, he will offer six tributes to calm the anger of the six tomb-guarding beasts! The six tomb-guarding beasts are Chaos, Qiongqi, Taotie, Xiangxiang, Wu Zhiqi, and It is precisely because of the protection of these ferocious beasts that Wen Tao can help him in every possible way."
"The reason why I dare not take action is because the chance of opening this copper box is one in ten thousand!"
"But you can open it in one go. It seems that you and Wen Tao have a great connection."
"Origin?" I was a little confused.
He Lanxue asked calmly from the side: "What is your name?"
"Li Jinglan!" I replied.
"What was Wen Tao's last name after he was crowned king?"
"Li." I almost blurted out, and then suddenly realized that the Li family living in Lei Town were really the descendants of the tomb robber king Wen Tao, so they knew the mysterious military emblem of the Digging Army...
Seeing me belatedly aware of this, Lao Jiang and He Lanxue both smiled slightly.
Lao Jiang even patted me on the shoulder: "Boy, do you know how important this parchment is to Qilin? This time I have picked up a treasure."
He looked me up and down and it was obvious that I was the baby.
After that, Lao Jiang didn't talk nonsense anymore, but put on his gloves and unfolded the parchment rolls in the box.
This thick pile of things is actually one meter wide and two meters long when unfolded. It has densely packed small characters and patterns on it. The smallest characters are even smaller than ants!
Old Jiang took out a spray bottle from his backpack and sprayed an unknown liquid on the parchment roll.
As if he knew what I was going to ask, He Lanxue explained softly that this liquid can form a protective film to isolate oxygen. If we do not take protective measures, it is very likely that if we take the sheepskin roll outside the cave, it will melt as soon as it comes into contact with strong sunlight. For ashes.
Although He Lanxue's voice was cold, it sounded pleasant, just like the breeze blowing the fragrance of orchids.
Lao Jiang made six more copies of the pattern carved on the copper box, and then took us out of the blood cave.
By the time we left the mountain, it was already early morning the next day.
Seeing the mist-shrouded green mountains in the distance, I asked Lao Jiang if this was the end of the matter?
Lao Jiang smiled mysteriously: "What's the end? You just had a dream."
Lao Jiang told me that there will be people from Qilin doing the aftermath work.
The tombs will be sealed, the corpses in the blood river will be buried, Xiushui Village will be cleaned up, and a group of new faces will live in it.
There has never been any trouble in Xiushui Village. This is the explanation to the outside world.
I couldn't help but take a breath. Although the wording is inappropriate, this is what it is called: Death without Evidence!
He Lanxue escorted us to Peking and then left on another train. She had other tasks.
Lao Jiang stood on tiptoe, reluctantly watching his Western sister off. This scene really made me happy.
It turns out that this old man has such a cute side.
But as soon as he returned to Qilin headquarters, Lao Jiang became serious and whispered a few words to a middle-aged man wearing glasses.
The middle-aged man immediately ordered the entire first floor to put down what they were doing and start looking for clues! ! !
For a moment, the floor was filled with the sound of telegrams. I knew that this huge intelligence department was starting to operate!
Lao Jiang and several experts looked like they began to study the parchment they had brought back in a small room.
I tried to go in several times, but was stopped by the guard at the door, saying that I had no right to access important secrets.
I can only continue to read books with nothing to do, or tease the golden-skinned tortoiseshell cat I brought back. Because this little guy is fierce and likes to eat meat and bones, I gave it a name: Big Tiger.
Lao Jiang didn't come out for three days and three nights. Only when people on the first floor occasionally handed over a piece of information in a hurry, would the hut open a crack and then quickly close it.
But from time to time I could hear quarrels coming from the hut, or the sound of cups being thrown.
What was written on the parchment scrolls, and what big problems did they encounter?
On the first morning of the second day, I was still sleeping in. Suddenly someone patted me, and when I opened my eyes, I saw Lao Jiang with a pair of dark circles under his eyes.
Seeing that I was awake, Lao Jiang quickly put on a smile and asked me if I was hungry? What to eat.
I asked, "Do you have bean juice and donuts?"
As a result, within ten minutes, Lao Jiang placed a golden and crispy breakfast in front of me.
Looking at Lao Jiang who was so attentive to me, I felt wary for no reason and asked, "Master, what's wrong with you?"
"No, no, no, you are my master." Lao Jiang said.
I couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of bean juice, and most of it fell on Lao Jiang's face. Did he destroy his brain by studying the parchment rolls?
Old Jiang seemed to be about to have a seizure, but soon his wrinkled face turned into a smile. He wiped the bean juice with his sleeve, and would get me a book and feed my cat.
At noon, he asked me what I wanted to eat again. I rolled my eyes and said, "What if I want to eat hot-boiled mutton?"
In the end, Lao Jiang actually got a copper pot and two large boxes of chopped mutton slices. He sat there chopping leek flowers and watched me eagerly as I cut the meat.
In the evening, I said that I haven't eaten Quanjude roast duck for a long time, and Lao Jiang just replied: "Okay."
Just go to the cafeteria and get me a hot one.
Just spent a strange day...
The next day I decided to pose a problem to Lao Jiang and said that I wanted to eat authentic Lanzhou beef noodles!
Qilin's headquarters is in a deserted place on the outskirts of Peking. This is almost impossible.
Lao Jiang obviously knew that I was rubbing my nose and face, but he still went downstairs with a glare.
About an hour passed before he, sweating profusely, placed a portion of Lanzhou beef noodles with thick soup and red oil in front of me. Just by smelling it, I knew it was 100%25 authentic.
Later I learned that Qilin used the intelligence network to 'invite' an uncle from the Hui ethnic group in the old Beiping Hutong, and also collected the beef noodle recipe from Lanzhou, and then made it for me.
"Tell me, what exactly do you want me to do."
After eating the noodles, I burped.
Seeing that Lao Jiang was still hesitating, I immediately shouted impatiently: "The fox's tail is exposed. If you don't say anything, I will go to sleep!"
In the end, Lao Jiang had to smile bitterly: "We may need you to take us to Lei Town."
"Even if you kill me, I won't go back to that damn place." I replied subconsciously.
But soon I noticed that Old Jiang had a solemn look on his face: "Is it because of that parchment? You are so powerful that you can't even crack it?"
"What happened was beyond our expectations."
Lao Jiang said: "This sheepskin roll is not made of sheepskin, but made of the skin of a living person. The most important thing is that Wen Tao told us about his various experiences in the Yin Ruins, as well as what he learned from the tomb robbery. A major secret, all written in a language that has never appeared in this world. Qilin tried hard for three days but could not find a dictionary for this language. "
"What text?" I asked curiously.
Lao Jiang replied: "A kind of writing that is specially used to communicate with ghosts. We call it: death text! Lei Zhen is our last hope. If you are really a descendant of that person, then someone in your hometown must know this kind of writing."
"Okay, I can take you back."
I nodded without thinking: "But you have to agree to three conditions!"
