coobybook Chapter 441 9 Yinshan
Chapter 441 9 Yinshan
"Are you going to the Shiwandashan Mountains? Are there any ancient tombs there? Which emperor is buried there? Do you want me to report to my superiors and provide you with soldiers and guides?"
At the Institute of Archaeology.
Jiang Wen Gu adjusted his glasses and looked at Qin An and Gu Wuyan excitedly... He thought that Qin An had discovered an emperor's tomb in the Shiwanda Mountains and was preparing to lead a team to conduct archaeological excavations!
Hear this.
Qin An and Gu Wuyan knew that he had misunderstood!
After telling Jiang Wengu the truth about the matter.
He was silent for a long moment before he said, "So you came to me... to ask which of the Hundred Thousand Mountains is most likely to be the location of the Thirty-third Stage of the Miao Territory?"
Gu Wuyan nodded.
A look of reminiscence appeared on Jiang Wengu's face.
He thought of Professor Yang and Professor Zhao, who had died in the tomb of King Qi... In their youth, they had also been hailed as the archaeological iron triangle! Twenty years ago, it seemed they had also traveled to the Miao borderland to search for ancient tombs?
Think of this.
Jiang Wengu spoke with finality, "The Thirty-Three Steps of Miao Territory should be located at the border of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangdong... The mountains there stretch endlessly! There are more than a hundred thousand peaks of high mountains and verdant trees. Back then, Old Yang and Old Zhao were so full of vigor and ambition!"
Hear this.
Qin An and Gu Wuyan looked at each other and quickly moved a small stool to sit in front of Jiang Wen Gu... Qin An exchanged two bags of Xiang Qia Qia melon seeds from the system mall and handed one bag to Gu Wuyan.
The atmosphere is set here!
Jiang Wen Gu had no choice but to continue speaking.
“Twenty years ago.
The country's archaeological undertaking is booming!
Ancient tombs in Henan, Shaanxi, Jingzhou area of Hubei Province, Beijing and surrounding areas have been largely excavated by national archaeological teams under protective conditions...upholding the spirit of expanding outward and filling historical gaps.
Our archaeological triangle took the lead and plunged into Yunnan!
I never thought this would almost cost us our lives..."
Bang——
Qin An and Gu Wuyan paused in their actions of cracking melon seeds!
I didn’t expect that Jiang Wen Gu had experienced such a dangerous situation when he led the archaeological team?
Jiang Wengu said with a sad face, "The team heading to Yunnan for archaeological excavations will be led by me, Yang Yanji, and Zhao Wei! Four young men who have just entered the field will be accompanying us for training! In addition, five armed soldiers will be accompanying us for protection."
Arrived in Yunnan.
We hired a guide to drive us, but since we didn't know how to determine the location of a burial site or feng shui, we had no choice but to ask the local Miao people or look for ancient tombs with stone tablets or remains of earth mounds as we walked.
But I wandered around in Yunnan for more than half a month.
We still got nothing!
Until one day... Yang Yanji came back and told me that there was a tributary of the Lancang River called the Styx River in the lower reaches! This Styx River meandered around the mountains, leaving a trail of snakes among the peaks!
The mountain corresponding to the belly of the Styx River is called Jiuyin Mountain... The mountain is 2971 meters high! Although Jiuyin Mountain is not the highest among the 100,000 mountains.
But the Nine Yin Mountains are full of poisonous insects, miasma, and white fog! Even on a scorching sunny day... people walking on the Nine Yin Mountains won't feel the slightest bit of heat!
"I think something is fishy!" I hurriedly asked Yang Yanji how he had found out about the anomaly at Jiuyin Mountain. He hesitated and tried to change the subject, refusing to tell the truth. Zhao Wei also said that the most urgent task was to find the county annals of Jiuyin Mountain.
Because I wanted to make a difference so badly... I gave up on questioning Yang Yanji! Thanks to the previous and previous dynasties' policy of reforming the land system, we did find some clues in the county annals!
"The person buried on Jiuyin Mountain is most likely the Marquis of Xiping! Of course, this is just the public record... The truth behind it may be even more horrifying!
According to locals, in 1917, the King of Yunnan, Tang Ji, likely led 3000 elite soldiers to storm Jiuyin Mountain. Unfortunately, the mountain was infested with poisonous insects, miasma, and white fog.
Even though the 3000 soldiers took advantage of the strong wind to disperse the white fog and miasma and walked seven or eight hundred meters inward, they still couldn't withstand the bites of the poisonous insects... In addition, the strong wind suddenly stopped, and the miasma and white fog that had been blown away gathered again!
The flesh of those bitten by poisonous insects and inhaled the miasma began to fester. Only two or three hundred of the 3000 soldiers managed to escape unscathed!
"We didn't feel scared when we heard this legend!"
"Firstly, it's youthful vigor! Secondly, I knew before setting off that Yunnan was plagued by poisonous insects and heavy miasma and fog... so I already prepared a gas mask and insect repellent gear!"
"After spending some money to find a brave and cash-strapped local guide, we took a boat down the Lancang River, which slid into the Styx, a tributary of the Lancang River."
"That Jiuyin Mountain is truly gloomy! It's incredibly gloomy! When I was upstream on the Lancang River, I saw the side of Jiuyin Mountain and it looked like an upside-down skull...
But when the boat drifted to the Styx! When I looked at Jiuyin Mountain from the front, it seemed like a standing coffin... and the lid was slightly open."
"I'm feeling a little uneasy! But now that I'm here... If I don't make some progress, it won't be so easy to apply for funding and lead an archaeological expedition next time!
Got off the boat.
In order to give ourselves courage, we sang revolutionary songs as we walked up Jiuyin Mountain!
There are far fewer poisonous insects and miasma at the foot of the mountain.
Because archaeology is risky...
We don't want innocent people to lose their lives!
So we asked the guide to wait for us at the foot of the mountain.
I didn’t expect that such an ordinary decision would save the lives of our archaeological triangle!
After instructing the guide to wait until we got down the mountain or until dark before returning the same way, we set out to climb up Jiuyin Mountain.
But when we climbed to the halfway point of Jiuyin Mountain... the miasma and white fog were so thick that you couldn't see your hand in front of you!
We are afraid of getting separated!
So he quickly wrapped his elbows around a rope, huddled together, and walked inside with gritted teeth.
It took about half an hour to walk!
The thick white miasma mist slowly dissipated.
When we were standing in an open space and were about to celebrate that the team had overcame another major difficulty, Yang Yanji said that it seemed that one soldier was missing. Only then did we stop and count carefully.
But no matter how many times we count!
There are always only four people wearing green military uniforms...and the other soldier seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth!
Zhao Wei exclaimed that it was impossible!
How could anyone get lost if everyone's elbows were tied together with a rope?
At this time.
We looked behind the soldier standing at the end... and saw a torn-off arm tied to a rope on the ground!