Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 435 ALS
Zhuan Rui said: "I had someone translate it. The jade town is engraved with the domain name, which was called 'Yaofang' in ancient times."

"Yao Fang?" Doufu muttered to me, and asked me, "What is Yao Fang?"

I said: "During the Xia and Shang Dynasties, some small countries around them were called Fang Kingdoms. Yao Fang was just a small country called Yao. I had never heard of it." Zhuan Rui nodded and said: "The thousand-year history of Xia and Shang Dynasties, There are countless Fang kingdoms, but few of them are truly recorded in the annals of history, and the one that Xue An inadvertently intruded into should be Yao Fang's territory. From this thing, it can be seen that Yao Fang Kingdom also has shaman worship, and this Huyuduo's totem varies from person to person, and not everyone can have it, so I think I should look for the Yaofang ruins."

Tofu hissed at the words, stared at the picture and said, "But what does this Jade Town mean? There was also a shaman card in Princess Geger's tomb, but it may not be of any use. I think Don't get your hopes up too much."

Zhuan Rui glanced at him and squinted his eyes. At this moment, the other half of his ugly face was covered by a mask, so he could only see half of his expression, which always gave people a rather special feeling.Tofu was a little hairy from his stare, so he shrank his neck, showing a cowardly look.Only then did Zhuan Rui look away, and said, "I didn't feel very sure before, so I sent someone to look for Bilier, and then I found out that he had seen Xue An enter the Yao Fang."

I was surprised for a moment, and said: "Looking at the photos, Bilier should not be more than thirteen or fourteen years old at that time?" Such a young child, could it be possible that he also fought with Xue An?
Zhuan Rui shook his head and said: "He didn't want to mention this matter, he was very taboo, so I didn't have any more news, I decided to organize people to find the ruins of the ancient kingdom of Yao Fang. According to the position where Xue An joined the team at that time, Yao Fang The location should be in the current Tengger Desert. 40 years ago, the educated youth could not go too far, so this general direction cannot be wrong. Specifically, we have to find Bilier and start from him."

I said, "Then when do you plan to leave?"

Zhuan Rui said: "We have all the staff, and we can go on the road at any time. I don't plan to bring too many people this time. This is a list." The computer pulls down further, and there is a list of personnel. teammates.

I looked at the list and found that there were a total of six people traveling together this time.

Zhuanrui, Zhong Gong, me, and the remaining three places, one is called Zhang Wen, a palm eye under Zhuanrui's banner, who is familiar with history and has a lot of knowledge in ancient Fang Kingdom culture, and the second one is called Ouyang Xuan, a woman , who is proficient in Mongolian and the languages ​​of several ethnic minorities. The third one is Zhong Gong’s better-performed, little-known little brother. Nicknamed 'jack of all trades'.With Zhong Gong as a person, the people he recommended should be more reliable.

After reading the list, Tofu was unhappy and said, "No, there are six people, why is there no me."

Zhuan Rui asked, "What do you want?"

I also agree not to let Tofu take risks, so I am quite satisfied with Zhuanrui's arrangement, so I told Tofu not to add to the chaos, and went back to Shenzhen to watch the house with Cyclops. Tofu was in a hurry and said, "No, I will go too."

Zhuan Rui said nonchalantly, "Is there no follower in the twelve zodiac signs?"

Seeing that Zhuan Rui and I were on the same front, Tofu was so angry that he couldn't say a word, and finally couldn't think of a reason, so he left angrily.Within two days, Zhuan Rui told me that everything was ready, and Tofu and I went back to Shenzhen, ready to deal with the Li family.

The black dog named Feihu became a partner with Cyclops. It is estimated that Cyclops saw that it was blind in one eye and felt pity for him, so he liked it very much.Seeing this, Doufu breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "With him taking care of me, I don't have to worry about Chen Tiande stalking me." After speaking, he rolled his eyes and said, "Aren't you really going to take me?"

I thought about it, patted Tofu on the shoulder, and said lightly: "I asked you to fight with me before because of the situation, but this time, I did it entirely to help Zhuan Rui, and I owe him that." Humanity, why do you follow to take risks."

Tofu scratched his head, and said: "What you said is reasonable, but when I think that every time we fight, it is extremely dangerous, but at any rate we have a mutual support, and this time you go alone, I always feel that it will be dangerous. something happened."

I said: "In the past, there were no good guys in the team, people were sinister, and there were many crises, but this time they are all from Zhuanrui. Everyone is united and united. Nothing big will happen, but you, you say Our shop has not made a profit in the past few months, as a major shareholder, shouldn't you contribute?"

The three words "big shareholder" made Tofu very flattering, and finally he waved his hand and said, "Let's go at ease, we have to be conscientious as human beings, even though the surname Zhuan is shameless and vulgar, he is not kind to the rich, he is ungrateful for profit, bullies the weak and fears the hard, and has an ugly heart." Black and vicious, but still helped us a lot, you should repay them well, leave the shop to me, and guarantee that when you come back, the turnover will double."

Just as he was talking, someone came to the door of the store.

It was a woman who came, about 50 years old, slightly fat, with curly hair, wearing a black velvet cheongsam, followed by two tall men with big horses.When I saw it, I knew that the visitor was not kind. This woman had a condescending aura in her bones, and she looked like a wealthy family.I have basically guessed her identity, so I pretended not to know, and said, "Hi, just take a look."

Her small eyes looked at me coldly, and then she opened her mouth slowly, without beating around the bush, and asked directly, "Where are the others?"

I didn't expect that it would be a woman who came, so I pretended to be enlightened, and hurriedly invited her to take a seat, and brought out a set of arguments that I had already prepared, saying that it was dangerous in the fight, Tofu and I escaped by chance, and Fatty Li and others People lost touch.As for them not coming out, I don't know whether they are alive or dead.

I think my acting skills are pretty good. The woman stared at me, as if she was judging whether I was lying or not. After a while, she said: "I will send someone to look for it again. If there is any accident with them, You just wait and see." As soon as the words finished, the phone of a bodyguard next to her suddenly rang, and then the person walked aside to answer the phone, and saw his expression changed drastically, and he bent down again and again to say yes, and then, go When he came to this woman, he bent over and whispered for a while.

The woman's expression also changed, she ignored me and Tofu, turned around and took the two of them away.I came and went in a hurry, and I was at a loss for a while.

Tofu asked suspiciously: "She is in such a hurry all of a sudden, is she in a rush to have a baby?"

I said: "Don't talk nonsense, she is so old, how could she be born, it seems that something serious happened to the Li family."

Tofu asked, "Could it be related to Zhuan Rui?"

I shook my head, thinking that Zhuanrui's side had happened several days ago, and if I had to react, I wouldn't wait until now.For a while, I couldn't figure out what was going on, so I could only put it aside temporarily.Two days after turning around, Zhuan Rui called and said he was going to leave.

We met at the ALS, and the equipment and other supplies have also arrived ahead of schedule.

When I was parting, I told the Cyclops couple a few words, and then got on the plane alone and rushed all the way to ALSZQ.

This place is located in the west of NMG, bordering Gansu and Outer Mongolia. The surrounding terrain is very unique. You can't see much in the city, but when you leave the city, you will see the unique Mongolian grassland style.There are grasslands, wetlands, Gobi, wastelands, deserts, eagles flying in the sky, rabbits in the grass, and lizards in the desert. Going further, the deeper place is the Tengger Desert.

Xue An was an educated youth in this area back then. At that time, XZ and Inner Mongolia were very remote places, and the living conditions were also very difficult. Except for the cities, some people still live a nomadic life. He has a house and a place to live, but because he lives on grazing, most of the time, he lives on the pasture in a yurt, just like his ancestors.After I arrived at ALS, I didn't stay in the city much, I took a car out of the city and went straight to the round place given by Zhuanrui.

In the end, I turned to a motorcycle and tossed and tossed for several hours before I saw the yurt from a distance.

Our meeting point is not elsewhere, but in the yurt of old man Billyer.Mongolians are warm and hospitable, so they received us very warmly. Zhuan Rui arrived a day earlier than me and had already spent the night here.

When I saw the old man Bilier, I couldn't help but sigh the power of time. The thirteen or fourteen-year-old Mongolian boy who smiled shyly at the camera in the photo not long ago is now a dark-skinned old man with a weathered face.

A person's life, whether it is long or short, childhood, adulthood, old age, seems to be a long life, but in fact it passes in the last moment.I am not old yet, but when I look back on my 30 years, every minute and every second of the suffering in those years feels like a year, but now I recall it, but it is just a blink of an eye.

Life is too fast.

At this moment, I suddenly understood why the ancient emperors, like Qin Huang and Han Wu, would pursue longevity desperately in the end. Perhaps this is the deepest fear of time in people's hearts.

(End of this chapter)