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I asked: "What else?"

Xia Xi replied: "No. After he finished the painting, he was very satisfied. He stood in front of the painting and admired it for a long time, but then he actually lit a fire and burned the painting. I also asked him at the time why he wanted to burn it. , he answered me, if you can’t get something too beautiful, just destroy it. That scene left a very deep impression on me, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to think of the content of the painting or poem.”

I frowned and asked, "Is it burned?"

Xia Xi said, "That's right! You can continue to hug Miss Lu, I have to go to bed."

He hangs up.

Lu Cenyin said: "It seems that the important clue to entering Landuo Snow Mountain is this painting. The old manager deliberately burned the painting in front of Xia Xi. This action was very weird. In fact, he was deliberately attracting Xia Xi's attention and worried that He forgot about it."

I nodded.

Carefully touch the content of the painting and the poem.

Thousands of miles of snow-capped mountains, roaring caravans, and strong wine laughing on the ancient road.

I dare to bring the fragrance of tea to the orchids, but I cry because the shadow puppets in the play are long.

After half an hour.

I asked Lu Cenyin: "What did you find inside?"

Lu Cenyin said: "Judging from the paintings and poems, they all show scenes from the Ancient Tea Horse Road. The poem also specifically points out the 'Landuo' Snow Mountain, indicating that some people have entered the Landuo Snow Mountain through the Ancient Tea Horse Road before. And People who enter Landuo Snow Mountain have two important characteristics. One is that they are ancient tea merchants, and the other is that they can perform shadow puppets."

"Landuo Snow Mountain has a wide range of mountains and a large territory. I feel that the old manager is telling Xia Xi that if you want to find the ancient tombs of the Western Regions in such a large snow mountain, you must first find a tea merchant who can perform shadow puppets as a guide. I guess, There is a high probability that the guides accidentally discovered the shadow of the ancient tombs of the Western Regions while transporting tea."

I smiled and said, "That's right! So our next step is to start with the tea merchants on the Sichuan-Tibet line and find the group of people who entered Landuo Snow Mountain back then!"

Lu Cenyin raised another question: "The Sichuan-Tibet Ancient Tea Horse Road has basically declined in the late 40s, and few people continue to walk it. The one at Landuo Snow Mountain is also the most mysterious branch of the Sichuan-Tibet Ancient Road. Even fewer people are leaving!”

"If the tea and horse merchants in the old manager's painting took this route in the 40s, assuming they were in their twenties then, wouldn't they already be in their 80s by now? Let alone whether they are still alive. Even if he is still alive, can he still walk?"

I thought for a while: "I heard that people still walked on the Fengqing Ancient Tea Horse Road in the early 80s, but not since then. Do you think the group of tea horse merchants who took the mysterious branch of the Landuo Snow Mountain in the painting by the old manager would be Could it be like Feng Qing, who left in the 80s? If this is the case, they are still in their prime now."

Lu Senyin said: "Who knows? The old manager is no longer here. We can't ask in what era they took that fork in the road!"

I said: "You can ask!"

He picked up the phone again and called Xia Xi.

Xia Xi went crazy on the other end and yelled at me: "I just fell asleep! Can you finish what you have to say in one go?!"

I said, "Remember carefully, what era are the clothes worn by the people and the equipment on the horses in that painting?"

Xia Xi was stunned for a moment.

After a while.

He said: "The clothes are painted more freely, so you can't tell them clearly... However, I remember that one person's shadow puppet box also had a pack of cigarettes painted on it. It looked like it was from the Lao Dao brand."

I replied: "Okay! You can continue to sleep!"

Xia Xi said angrily: "I'll turn off the phone! Go north!"

Lu Cenyin didn't understand cigarettes and asked, "When was Laodao brand produced?"

I said: "The famous cigarettes of the 40s and [-]s are equivalent to today's Huazi."

Laodao, Hademen, Daqianmen, and Sanbaobao were the four famous cigarettes at that time.

Lu Cenyin asked: "That group of tea merchants traveled to Landuo Snow Mountain in the 40s and [-]s?!" I nodded.

The old manager is very detailed, even the cigarette box is drawn.

Xia Xi is also a smoker, so he is naturally sensitive to this kind of stuff, and he can still remember it to this day.

Now it has been determined that the group of tea merchants who traveled to Landuo Snow Mountain in the 40s and [-]s.

As Lu Cenyin said, even if they live to this day, they are at least 80 years old.

But it's useless to think about it now.

Only take one step at a time.

I frowned: "It's late, go to sleep."

Lu Cenyin replied: "Yes."

……

the next morning.

I went to find Fu Shuhua.

Dr. Fu is meditating in the middle of the courtyard with a yoga cloth on the ground.

I walked up behind her.

"Sister Fu!"

Fu Shuhua was so frightened that he jumped up from the ground. Sweat was pouring from his head and his face was pale. He looked frightened and patted his chest: "Xiao Su, you almost scared me out of my mind! I was communicating with the breath of heaven and earth, and you suddenly shouted, and all the energy you had just gathered was dissipated by you!"

I scratched my head: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect that I still have the skills of Golden Retriever Lion King Xie Xun."

Fu Shuhua wiped her sweat with a towel: "Tell me! Do you have any questions about that booklet?"

I shook my head: "No doubt! It is simply a masterpiece of witchcraft culture!"

Fu Shuhua smiled and said: "This booklet is indeed very remarkable, but it is not as exaggerated as you said! What do you want from me?"

I said: "Sister Fu, you also know that the terrain of the snow-capped mountains on the Sichuan-Tibet border is complex, the snow is very deep, and the environment is often changed due to snow melting or freezing. Even if we go to Landuo Snow Mountain, how can we determine which area is Where is the specific location of the Witch’s Nest?”

This problem must be solved!
Although that group of tea horse merchants walked through Landuo Snow Mountain, even if we find them, they will have an impression of the location of the ancient tombs in the Western Regions, but after all, it has been six or seventy years, and the surrounding environment must have undergone tremendous changes. I don’t really believe the old man. Can still be identified accurately.

The best result is.

The old tea horse merchant could take us to the approximate area where the ancient tombs of the Western Regions were discovered, and I could find a way to accurately find the location of the ancient tombs of the Western Regions in this rough area.

Fu Shuhua frowned and replied, "Xiao Su, you seem quite smart. Why do you ask such a stupid question?"

I:"……"

Fu Shuhua said: "Although the Witch's Nest is not in the same place as the ancient Wuxian Kingdom, their characteristics are similar. What are the most distinctive features of the ancient Wuxian Kingdom? Salt, herbs, and witchcraft culture! Since these are the places where people believe , then there must be more salt, more herbs, and more relics of witch culture in the Witch's Nest! If you found these things on the snowy mountain, wouldn't you be able to determine its location?"

I slapped my forehead: "Yeah, look at me, I've become stupid... No, Landuo Snow Mountain is full of snow. Even if there are these things in the Witch's Nest, they are all covered with snow. How can we find them?"

When Dr. Fu heard this, his eyes showed contempt for me.

I asked tentatively: "Is this question... very childish?" (End of Chapter)