Well of Mystery

"At the party today, Ah Jiang was drunk, we just sent him back to Xuanjing's apartment."

Zheng Chuchen said: "He came home and found you were not there. He felt quite angry. He said he wanted to call you, but when he turned his head, he passed out again."

"...Is that so?" Bai Xiuqi changed her mouth several times, and finally only responded to the simplest sentence: "Then leave him alone and let him sleep."

The other end of the phone was quiet for a while, and Zheng Chuchen said again: "Mr. Bai, although I don't know the whole situation, it seems that the two of you have a little misunderstanding because of me... If this is the case, please trust me and Jiang Cheng." Road is not that kind of relationship."

"I really have serious things to do here."

Bai Xiuqi pressed his forehead, just wanting to quickly end this uncomfortable conversation: "Anyway, please tell A Jiang that I am fine now, and I will go back naturally when I am done."

After saying this sentence, he said "goodbye", and ended the call regardless of what Zheng Chuchen was going to say next.Then he threw the phone on the desk and never paid attention to it.

The night after that was silent.

Early the next morning, sunlight filtered through the small gaps between the apartment buildings and illuminated the window sills of the guest house.Bai Xiuqi opened his eyes on the strange bed as hard as a rock, removed the heavy quilt and stood up.He washed and dressed, tidied up the room a little bit, and almost finished everything, only to find that the mobile phone left on the desk last night had automatically shut down because it had no power.

He took out the charger, connected it to the phone, and turned on the power switch again. A few seconds later, there were message prompts beeping one after another. He walked over to scan and found that they were all spam advertisements.

There is only one message sent by Ye Feng.Said that he had something urgent this morning, and he could only get to the mausoleum around two o'clock in the afternoon, so we made an appointment to meet at that time.

In other words, there were no arrangements for the entire morning.

In order not to keep thinking about Jiang Chenglu, Bai Xiuqi decided to leave the guest house and go to the mausoleum area first.

The drunkenness of last night has completely passed, and today is a rare sunny day.The warm sun in winter makes people feel warm all over.Feeling relaxed unconsciously.

The family dormitory of the research institute is not too far from the mausoleum area, and there is a regular bus to the gate. Bai Xiuqi gave up driving and planned to walk towards the gate.Observe the surrounding scenery along the way.

The scale of this family compound is not small. After passing through several rows of old apartments, there is a small high-rise residential building with a modern atmosphere standing in front of it. It looks no different from a residential area in a big city.

Only now did Bai Xiuqi remember in a daze.When drinking last night, Su Zi once mentioned that those old buildings in the back are now rented out to foreign relatives.The regular staff of the Institute now live in these new buildings.

It's true——and walked a few steps forward, a bulletin board appeared on the side of the road.After a closer look, in addition to the daily notices of the community, there are actually rare contents such as the administrative notices of the research institute, job appointments and dismissals, seminar information, etc.

Nothing to do.Bai Xiuqi stood in front of the bulletin board and studied the past one by one, right to gain some background knowledge.He opened a temporary notice of water and power outage in the scenic spot, and found that there was still a piece of pink A4 paper underneath.After a closer look, it turned out to be a job change announcement from Tailing Branch.

By the way, Su Zi also mentioned this guy last night.Seems like a paratrooper with a background.Su Zi was worried that his new official appointment would cause three fires, disturb Tailing's inherent "ecological environment", and make him, a wild tour guide, nowhere to go.

This man's name is Zhang Han.

Bai Xiuqi silently remembered this name in his heart, maybe he will see him this afternoon.

After passing the bulletin board and continuing to walk forward, it was not long before the main entrance of the family compound.

It's around [-]:[-] in the morning, and it's still rush hour.Of course, the rhythm of Baiguan County is not as tight as that of a serious big city, but the crowd is still several times larger than last night, and it feels a little busy and bustling.

After being pointed out by the guard and security, Bai Xiuqi successfully found the regular shuttle bus to Tailing across the street.Because regular employees of the research institute can take the internal commuter bus for free, the passengers of this bus are basically tourists.

Today is not a weekend, the car is not full.After Bai Xiuqi got in the car and bought the ticket, he heard someone calling his name from the back seat.

"Good morning! Did you sleep well last night?" Su Zi, who claimed to be the first field guide in Tailing, greeted Bai Xiuqi to sit beside her with a refreshed face: "Why don't you take the special car inside?"

Bai Xiuqi explained that he will only do serious business this afternoon, and just stroll around in the morning.

When Su Zi heard this, she asked Bai Xiuqi to follow her without saying a word, and promised to return the 100 yuan ticket price.

"Are you going to the door to solicit customers to form a group later?"

Bai Xiuqi asked, thinking that it would be better to get Su Zi out of his wallet for a long time, follow him around, and ask more stories about Tailing by the way.

However, Su Zi shook her head very simply: "My regiment never shouts, it is already full."

As he spoke, he pointed to the tourists on the left and right.

"The big guys sitting in the front and rear of this car are all group friends. Most of them were introduced by old customers, and some were recommended by in-depth tour guides from other places. Standing at the gate to solicit customers is 500 It’s the way it was done a few years ago, so don’t do it!”

Just as he was talking, the shuttle bus started on time and drove towards the east without any haste. After a while, it left the gate of the county where "Welcome to Baiguan County" was hung.

"Okay, let's start explaining from here."

Su Zi took out a headset from her bag, and stuck the microphone to her mouth.

It wasn't until this time that Bai Xiuqi realized that the two "group members" on the opposite side of the aisle were wearing earphones. Obviously, the content of the explanation was transmitted from Su Zi's mouth to their ears through this wireless transmission.

It does not yell and affect the environment, but also protects the voice, which really kills two birds with one stone.

Bai Xiuqi sitting next to Su Zi, of course, does not need to wear earphones, he can not only enjoy the "cause explanation" of the tour guide, but also give special pointers.

"The place we are going to visit this morning is called Tailing Mausoleum, which is the mausoleum of Jiang Han, the third emperor of the Zhang Dynasty. When it comes to Emperor Jing, many people know that he is the ZTE Lord of the Zhang Dynasty. When he was born, Zhang Guo It was just a small pawn on the big chessboard of the Central Plains. His father and grandfather were only the kings of small countries, not the real emperors. When Emperor Jingdi was young, he was in the most powerful country at that time—— ——Qian Guo has been a proton for many years, so in some history books, he is also called a proton Han or Gongzi Han. It was not until his father, who later became Emperor Gaozong, passed away that Emperor Jing used an excuse to hold a funeral, under the protection of a group of dead men Returning to their homeland. At that time, they walked the path we were walking on."

The bus drove onto a flat concrete bridge, and beside the bridge stood a stone tablet engraved with three big blood-red characters of "Qingmajian". In the tidal flats and fields, there are strings of green greenhouses for vegetables that are whiter than snow.

"More than 100 years ago, the area around Baiguan County was full of desolate mountains and wild mountains, where deer, wild boars, bears, tigers and leopards appeared and disappeared. Travelers would encounter a small town or village every few miles; If you are unlucky and get lost, you will not escape death. In order to ensure that Gong Zihan can return to Zhang Kingdom smoothly, long before Gongzi Han's father died, the soldiers of Zhang Kingdom began to plan, along this road. A few hidden piles were arranged along the road, and I arranged for my own people to provide board and lodging for Mr. Han... Everyone, please look to the right now, have you seen the restaurant with the signboard of "stop to eat" on the side of the road? That location was originally There is a tavern where Young Master Han ate a bowl of green vegetables and shredded bamboo shoot noodles."

The group members laughed up and down, and it was obvious that no one took the last paragraph seriously.Su Zi pinched the microphone, turned her head and whispered three words to Bai Xiuqi——

"it is true."

Regardless of the truth or falsehood, the past is always a thing of the past.Today's "stop to eat" is no longer the murderous forest tavern.The bus is driving on the smooth and accessible road, and tourists have no way to feel the thrill of the escape more than 2000 years ago.

According to Su Zi's explanation, after passing the tavern, in order to avoid Qian Guo's pursuit, the people escorting Prince Han had to abandon the road and go deep into the forest.It took them a day and a night to climb a mountain, and they were about to reach the border between Qian Guo and Zhang Guo.

"Today, more than 2000 years later, thanks to modern technology, we don't have to retrace the old path of Proton Han. We will arrive at the Imperial Tomb soon after passing through the tunnel ahead."

Not long after Su Zi finished speaking, two tunnels appeared on the mountain ahead.The shape of the upper circle and the lower part made Bai Xiuqi shudder, thinking of something not so good.

"This is the famous Royal Tomb Tunnel."

Su Zi's voice sounded in the darkness: "Is the shape a bit like an ancient Chinese traditional coffin? Don't be afraid, the coffin may be unlucky in other places, but our place is at the foot of the imperial mausoleum, passing through the shape of this coffin The tunnel means that everyone can get promoted and make a fortune, which means good luck. This tunnel was built by a wealthy Hong Kong businessman named Jiang.

Having said that, he covered the microphone again, and smiled slyly at Bai Xiuqi.

"This is nonsense."