Tomb Raider: I Can Hear Antiques Talk

Chapter 93 The Queen's Law

In addition to the second uncle and An Liman, there are still nine people in the team alive and kicking, and there are five AK47s and sufficient ammunition. This start is much smoother.

In the end, except for Professor Chen and Ye Yixin, who were slightly light-packed, everyone, including Shirley Yang, carried sufficient water and food, as well as other instruments and supplies.

Before leaving, Hu Bayi was worried, and asked An Liman again, "Master, how will your Hu Council punish those who lie and betray?"

When An Liman heard this, he became invigorated, and said like a treasure: "Hu Dalai let his money and salt be turned into sand together, and let him starve to death! After death, he will also be thrown into the hot sand that is hotter than the black desert." Hell, suffer kinds of tribulations!"

These words sounded like commentary, but more like swearing.As a person with a firm belief, being able to swear such a heavy oath with his true God made everyone feel much more at ease listening to it.

The second uncle also patted Xiao Ran on the shoulder repeatedly, and finally said: "In case of danger, give priority to ensuring your own safety, don't be ashamed. Don't be like a big fool thinking about others, if you keep the green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood."

The second uncle said and handed him a small cloth bag, telling him to put it in the safest place.

"What is this?" Xiao Ran asked while holding the cloth bag.

The second uncle quickly pressed down his hand and whispered, "Faqiu Yin..."

Xiao Ran suddenly realized that this thing is really useful in the city.The second uncle watched Xiao Ran stuff the cloth bag into his clothes, so he was relieved.

After everyone finished sorting out, the 9-person team left the mountain pass and headed for the ancient city.

"It's a soldier, not a soldier, and it weighs forty pounds..." Hu Bayi sighed.

Chu Jian asked curiously, "Brother Hu, what do you mean?"

Before Hu Bayi could speak, the fat man answered first: "I know this! Even when marching, no matter whether you are an officer or a soldier, you have to carry at least catties of equipment on your back. If you are a machine gunner, why don't you You have to carry a few guns, not to mention heavy infantry weapons such as flamethrowers and anti-tank weapons. Even the cooking team, including pots and food, is no less than catties, or even more."

Chu Jian and Sa Dipeng were happy to hear that, so they pestered the fat man to talk more.

On the other side, Shirley Yang said to Hu Bayi with a slightly complaining tone: "You shouldn't use An Liman's belief to make him say those words. The reward I promised him is enough for the rest of his life. He hasn't received it yet." It is impossible to be willing to run away when you get paid..."

Hu Bayi said: "Miss Yang, you just..."

Xiao Ran hurriedly touched Hu Bayi with his elbow, Hu Bayi reacted, and said: "You are right, I really don't understand your gods, and I promise to respect personal beliefs in the future."

Hearing what he said, Shirley Yang smiled and nodded.

The distance from the mountain pass to Jingjue Ancient City is not too far. After walking for about ten minutes, everyone arrived at the gate of Jingjue Ancient City.

Xiao Ran looked back at the mountain pass, An Liman was checking the camel back and forth, while the second uncle was carrying a gun, trying to look in their direction.

Xiao Ran raised his arm and waved to his second uncle. The morning sun wasn't too blazing, but it was still somewhat dazzling when reflected by the yellow sand.

For a moment, he seemed to see a white shadow on the top of the hill above the pass.He quickly lowered his hands to cover his eyes and looked carefully, and the white shadow disappeared again.

Is he dazzled by the light?Xiao Ran rubbed his eyes, and saw that his second uncle was also waving at him.

"Xiaoran, look what this is!" Professor Chen suddenly called him excitedly.

He had no choice but to come to his senses, the second uncle is an old man, and his marksmanship is good, so there shouldn't be any problems.

Professor Chen pulled him to a stone tablet at the gate of the city, engraved with characters he had never seen before.

"Have you seen this? Has Changfeng ever recorded this kind of writing?" Professor Chen asked.

Whether Xiao Changfeng has any records, he doesn't know.He had no choice but to put his hands on the stone tablet and feel the information on the stone tablet with his heart.

Although he didn't know the characters, he vaguely heard some individual words, including cattle and sheep, camels, slaves and so on.Later, some words came, such as hanging, beheading, heart-gouging, as well as hands, feet, ears and so on.

He made some inferences in his mind, and added to Professor Chen, saying: "I don't know the characters, but judging from the pattern and shape of this stele, it should record the laws of Jingjue City, including the regular tribute paid by the surrounding small countries." The number of livestock, the number of slaves, and how the offenders were punished.”

Professor Chen nodded again and again: "That's right. The ancient Western Regions and even the countries in West Asia had similar customs. They would erect monuments at the gates of the city and write the laws of the city. Anyone who enters the city, no matter whether you agree with these laws or not. , even whether you know the words on it or not, it means that you voluntarily abide by the law on the stone tablet. Once you break the law, you will be punished according to the regulations on the stone tablet. Don’t complain about life or death..."

When the fat man heard it, his face was full of disgust: "Isn't this a hooligan? If I don't know how to read, I'm a big bastard. I urinate everywhere in the city. It just so happens that the law stipulates that urinating anywhere will have to be beheaded. I still have to accept it." gone?"

Hearing what he said, Shirley Yang and Ye Yixin frowned.Hu Bayi said: "Fatty, you are wrong to say that..."

"That's right! I also think this is wrong!"

Hu Bayi shook his head: "No, I mean you don't have to if, you really don't know these words, and you are still a big bastard, you can defecate anywhere, be careful when you enter the city, don't put The quintessential queen has woken up..."

Everyone laughed happily, but looking at the Jingjue ancient city in front of them, it was somewhat disappointing.Looking at the majestic Jingjue ancient city from a distance, no matter how dominant it is in the imagination, it is only ruins and broken bricks and tiles when viewed from a close distance.

Only some originally relatively large houses, although the roofs have collapsed and the wall paint has peeled off, can still barely see the glory of the past.

After Professor Chen and the others recorded the stele at the door, they hurried into the city to continue their investigation.Hu Bayi and Fatty took the lead, while Xiao Ran offered to stop and walk at the back of the team.

When he stepped into the gate of the city, a gust of wind and sand blew by, and a sound like sand and stones rubbing against each other suddenly came into his mind: "Everyone who enters the city is a servant of Queen Jingjue, and everything is the private property of Queen Jingjue... "

He felt the hairs grow straight on the back of his neck, and when he looked back, he saw waves of sand blowing across the stone of law at the door.

He quickly took out the yin and yang mirror and tied it right in front of his belt.Now that these artifacts have been silenced, we have to prepare in advance, in case something happens.

At this time, the water was sufficient and the personnel were complete. Professor Chen looked at every house and wall with great interest, discussed with Hao Aiguo, and instructed the students to make records.

Seeing that there was no danger in the city for the time being, Professor Chen pulled Xiao Ran to his side, treated him as a member of the archaeological team, and asked him for his opinion from time to time.

Xiao Ran, relying on his own touch, heard the voices that used to be near these buildings, and based on this, he "deduced" for the professor which one was a residential house and which one might be a shop.During this process, he couldn't help but sigh, the level of civilization in Jingjue Ancient City is high, and there are even special public toilets...

He never thought that these thousand-year-old monuments, like those bottles and jars placed in the house, have their own voices.

"See no fat people? If you have a personal problem, go here to solve it, don't break the law." Hu Bayi said, pointing to the public toilet.

The fat man looked at the public toilet that had been filled with sand to the roof, and curled his lips: "Then I am Julien of Brussels..."

At this moment, a weak voice came from Fatty's side and entered Xiao Ran's ears.

(End of this chapter)