Chapter 42 The Secret of the Parchment Map-The Northern School Tomb Raider’s Notes

People need time to grow up, and if Bean Sprout and I were to run into this a few years later, we certainly wouldn’t have handled it this way, we were half grown up and didn’t think about the consequences of our actions.

Liu Yuanning came again is three days later, he drove an ordinary Beijing pickup truck parked on the side of the national highway in Shapotou.

“How to mix ah Wang handle head, how to live in the middle of nowhere.” Liu Yuanning got out of the pickup truck and talked as he walked.

Welcome people over, the two sides met and chatted for a few minutes, I heard that he took away that Ayurveda was a Buddhist private owner booked, the specific price is not clear, but from Liu Yuanning’s demeanor at the time to see, he this put to rake in quite a lot.

Originally according to the plan gilt silver white horse flat pot is intended to go out to the surnamed Liu, but the head of the temporary change of mind, he said that the white horse flat pot has a greater use, so did not let the surnamed Liu see, I hid alone to another bag.

I unzipped my backpack, Liu Yuanning carefully looked at the goods and then opened his mouth: “Wang head, copper flat pots of Western Xia ah, these bottles are too many, it is difficult to ship at once, I have to sell one by one, pressure funds ah, so this price Well …..”.

Putting his head in his hands he looked at him and said, “Fifteen, 2.2 a piece, and the price of the copper miscellaneous pieces is what you say it is, no counter-offers.”

Liu Yuanning bargained: “2.2 can not, no profit, 1.5 it.”

The putz shook his head without saying anything.

“How about 1.8?”

Putting his head still silent, the two stared at each other expressionlessly for a few minutes.

Liu Yuanning’s face loosened up, suddenly laughed: “Wang head you called me over this time, it seems to be determined to eat me ah, okay, 2.2 on 2.2, I’m not going to talk about it. 15 copper flat pots I packaged you 33, copper miscellaneous pieces I counted 4 line, right? Total 37?”

Putting on his head, he smiled and held out his right hand.

Liu Yuanning held the head of the hand smiled: “Then we are this time, in the goods remember to think of brother me, money in the car, come with me to take it.”

There is a plastic bag on the passenger side of the pickup truck, Liu Yuanning took out a dozen or so stacks, and then gave the plastic bag to me.

“Look little brother, it’s 37 in total.”

I nodded and looked at the plastic bag, which contained bundles of 10,000 and counted exactly 37 bundles.

He pulled open the door, threw two large bags of stuff in and got in the car, and before he left turned his head and barked, “Watch out for turtledoves on the road.”

Liu Yongning poked his head out and said with a smile, “Don’t worry about it Wang handle head, turtledoves also need to eat, feed cooked will not scream, go ah.” After saying the words, he turned around and drove the pickup truck away from the national highway.

“What’s a spotter ah handle head? Beanpole asked curiously.

I said, “A turtledove is a bird that specializes in catching bugs and eating them.”

After half a day’s thought, Bean Sprout Boy clapped his hands and said, “Got it! We’re bugs!”

“Fuck off, you’re the worm.” I laughed and scolded him.

This time the payment was not divided, the seedling thing put the head of the money, things are we caused, the head of the use of their own money to settle, I am embarrassed to open the mouth to mention a share of the money.

The reason why the head of the handle kept the white horse flat pot was because he was going to take it to a person who was a retired old researcher of the Xixia Museum in Yinchuan named Zhou Sanshun. (Pseudonym)

According to my later understanding of this person, Zhou Sanshun fifteen years old into the archaeological team to play a hand, when the archaeological conditions in the northwest area of hard, Zhou Sanshun experienced the Niya site culture, Xiaoxiang cemetery site, the ancient Jingjie country site, Tongtian Cave site, the site of the Hustar, the Kizil Grottoes, the Xixia royal tombs, etc., this person can be said to be a living fossil of the archaeological community of the Great Northwest, the founding fathers of the desert archaeology, the protégé of his writing “Desert archaeology” is also under his help and guidance before completion. General Theory of Desert Archaeology written by his disciple is also completed under his help and guidance.

The ultimate purpose of bringing the white horse bottle to him was to crack the secret of the parchment scroll hidden in the Ashoka Pagoda, to find out if the Xixia text on the parchment had some connection with the city of Blackwater, and what were those buildings painted like gun towers, which were all mysteries.

It’s a risky move.

For decades archaeological teams and grave robbers have been natural enemies, one is a positive and the other is a negative, incompatible.

But all things in the world are not absolute. There are too many such examples in life. Some people do not love money or power, but they also have things that interest them.

A Western Xia gilt-silver copper flat pot in shallow relief with a steed figure, this is the item.

We left the national highway and rented a few bungalows in the north of Shapotou, which was originally a company’s warehouse, and there were not many people around very hidden. The conditions are very poor, sleeping are hit the ground, eating we do it ourselves, but better than safe.

The other day the head was put out in the morning and when he came back at noon he was very different.

The head of the head to dress himself up properly, he bought a brand-name suit to buy a good watch, new shoes polished, big back of the head combed meticulously, this dress who look not like the old man of the grave robbers ah, clearly is a spiritual old man.