Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 127 Oroqen

Let's just talk about the Zhuan family.

This surname is relatively rare.

The five emperors in ancient Chinese legends include Huang Di, Di Ku, Tang Yao, Yu Shun, and Zhuan Xu.

And the Zhuan Family has always claimed that their faction is the direct descendant of Zhuan Xu.This is not listed for the time being.Let's talk about the current boss of the Zhuan family, known by Taoists as: Yan Luo with jade face.The name is a bit like a martial arts novel, but apart from this word, there is probably no way to describe him. The story of the jade-faced Yan Luo has to be embarrassing.

The development of the Zhuan family has been relatively stable in recent years, especially when the Duan family immigrated overseas and the Guo family was not as good as the next generation, the Zhuan family can be said to be like a fish in water.This jade-faced Yama has an extremely good 'cutting' skill.The so-called "seeing, hearing, and asking" of digging mushrooms with a bucket is to watch the wind and water, smell the soil to identify holes, ask people to feel the way, and cut the shape of the ground.

It is said that the jade-faced Yama went down to dig mushrooms, and brought nothing but an iron braze.

The iron chisel is the basic tool for tomb robbers to dig mushrooms. When the iron chisel is inserted into the ground, if there are wood chips, stones, floor tiles, etc., the iron chisel will transmit different vibrations and feels.Experts judge hidden underground tombs based on this very subtle touch. It is really a profound skill that takes a long time to appreciate.

It is said that he is called Yumian, which means that he has a particularly good appearance.There is a little story about him. He said that he once went out to relax with friends and had a drink on the bar of a bar. A friend joked: "On your terms, I bet, if you tick your fingers, there will be at least five A woman came to the door automatically."

So he hooked his fingers towards the bar, and as a result... the entire bar walked towards him, even men.It was widely spread, and it was an anecdote.Why is he called Hades again?It's not about how fierce he is, but about half of his handsome face, which was so angry that both people and gods were angry.

When the man put down his mask, Shi Geda first saw the side profile on the left side, he felt very unbalanced, and thought: This side profile is so perfect, if I didn't have pimples, I would definitely be more handsome than him.Then the man turned his head, Shi Geda saw the right face of the visitor, he was shocked at first, and then felt a sense of balance in his heart.

I saw that the right side of the man was full of burn marks, densely covered with black fleshy lumps, pitted, as if corroded by something, and felt hairy all over at a glance.

The imbalance in Shi Geda's heart recovered in an instant, but before he was happy for too long, he suddenly felt something was wrong... The person in front of him looks so strange, could it be...

He immediately guessed the identity of the person in front of him.

Yumian Yanluo's original name was Zhuanrui, and Rui was the auspicious Rui, but unfortunately, this person's fate was contrary to his name, and his life was not auspicious at all.

Who is Zhuan Rui? The old BJ is a tyrant in the underground. If he has a lot of money, he can burn down his small shop. Naturally, it is impossible for him to say that he is reckless.

There is a saying that money can make ghosts turn the millstone, so there is no reason not to accept such a good job when it is delivered to your door.Shi Geda reckoned that there must be some reason for Zhuan Rui's dedication to collecting things. The most important thing in the antique business is the circulation of information.He immediately sounded insincere, but Zhuan Rui was very tight-lipped and had a eccentric personality, so he didn't ask any questions.

Afterwards, in order to earn Zhuan Rui's money, Shi Geda put a lot of effort into asking his friends about the pattern on the blueprint, and he really learned something.

The more he looked down, the more excited Shi Geda became, because he knew that he had met a big customer this time.After investigating this matter carefully, I had to mention the last fight of Zhuan Rui.

He is the boss of the Zhuan family, and most of the time he mainly provides clues, funds, equipment, and relationship networks. Don't go out in person.But once, Zhuan Rui took a group of people to a place called Wanku Mountain in Sichuan.

There is a hanging coffin burial custom in Shu, that is, after death, a person is not buried in the soil, but a hole is dug on the cliff, and the coffin is placed in the cliff hole.

Wanku Mountain has always been a hanging coffin group in the local area. At a glance, the towering cliffs are full of dense holes, so it is named Wanku Mountain.Before the trip, everything was naturally extremely secretive and no one knew, so it was unknown where they went to Wanku Mountain and which bucket they found, but after returning from there, the other half of Zhuan Rui's face was destroyed .

According to the injury on that half of the face, Shi Geda speculated: "I bet, it must have been corroded and burned by a mechanism like 'fire sulfur', tsk tsk, you didn't see it, and turned your face away that time." , I was so scared that I had nightmares for several nights."

I knocked on the table with my finger, motioned him not to digress, and said lightly: "I'm not interested in the man's face, let's get to the point, why would he accept this thing."

"Oh..." Shi Geda frowned, and continued.

Na Zhuanrui began to inquire about the pattern after his trip to Wanku Mountain.Although tomb robbery is a big circle, but there are different levels and countless small circles. Naturally, Zhuanrui would not have found out about Shi Geda. It is estimated that his network of contacts on the other side has been exhausted, and he has not found any information. , Only then did I find someone like Shi Geda.

But it happened by coincidence that Shi Geda had a friend who specialized in retrieving antiques in the NMG area, and the two often met.

Shi Geda touched the bottom for a long time, but he couldn't figure out the meaning of the pattern. Once this friend came to BJ to ship goods, and the two went out to eat and drink. During the dinner, Shi Geda thought about Zhuan Rui's money, like a big piece of meat He couldn't help but sigh because he didn't have the ability to eat it.

The friend then asked him what happened, and Shi Geda explained the reason, and the friend eagerly asked for help.

His friend is from Oroqen.

The word "Oroqen" has two meanings: "people who use reindeer" and "people on the mountains".They believe in shamanism and worship natural objects.A long time ago, the Oroqen people were still in a primitive society, and there was no social division of labor within the society, only the natural division of labor between men, women and children.Social production is dominated by collective hunting, supplemented by gathering and fishing.

After the 50s, Oroqen talents began to leave the forest to engage in farming and industry.

It can be seen from the name that this is a free nation.

They live in the Xing'an Mountains area, which stretches for thousands of miles. There are dense virgin forests everywhere, and there are cold-resistant tree species such as larch, Korean pine, birch, oak, and poplar, and native products such as fungus, mushrooms, hazelnuts, and persimmons. and herbs.Tigers, bears, deer, roe deer, wild boars, minks, foxes, pheasants and other rare birds and animals live in the forest.Fish such as salmon and beluga swim in the river.

For generations, Oroqen people have relied on a gun, a horse, and a hunting dog to chase roe, roe, and wild deer all year round in the vast forest.

When Tofu heard me talking about the origin of the Oroqen people, he couldn’t help but exclaimed, and said: “Reindeer? The Oroqen compatriots over there can ride reindeer sledges in winter, which is great. They can also hunt. This is the freedom of my dream. life."

I said: "If you have a chance, you can go there to play. You can sit on the reindeer sleigh or something. It's fine to hunt, it's not you who hunt, but animals hunt you, so you don't want to trouble the Oroqen compatriots."

Shi Geda is a master who recognizes money but does not recognize people. If he has money, he is a master. If he has no money?Don't talk about anything if you don't have money. Manchu, Han, Hui, Mongolian, and Oroqen have nothing to do with him.

Shi Geda looks down on his "friend" from the bottom of his heart, because the transportation there is inconvenient, the thinking is backward, and the Oroqen people like hunting, advocating freedom, and they don't have such a strong desire for money, so they are not very rich, and they don't have much fuel in cooperation, so The friend asked for help, but Shi Geda didn't take it to heart. He put the drawings on the table and drank his own wine.

Unexpectedly, when the friend saw it, he said, "This pattern looks familiar."

Shi Geda was stunned for a moment, and thought that he had asked so many experts in the Tao, and it was like reading a book from heaven. No one had ever seen it before, and this kid actually said he understood it?Isn't he fooling people?

Seeing that he didn't believe it, the friend said: "It looks familiar, but I can't remember it for a while. You let me think about it. I should have seen this in my hometown. I will contact you when I have news." The two left. Afterwards, Shi Geda took this matter to heart, and called that friend every now and then.The other party was a forthright and honest person, and when he saw that Shi Geda was in a hurry, he made many inquiries in his hometown.

Really let him find out.

Not long after, the other party brought over something wrapped in red cloth. When I opened it, it was a peeled wooden stick, the kind that can be seen everywhere in the mountains in winter.Shi Geda became angry when he saw it, and said, "Why did you deceive me with a broken wooden stick?" The friend was also a little dissatisfied, and said, "I risked my life to give you this thing, how could you do this?" .”

"Life is in danger?" Seeing the seriousness he said, Shi Geda looked at the wooden stick carefully. After looking at it, he found that there were 'grease heads' on the wooden stick. It was obviously not the kind that was randomly picked up in the mountains. The brilliance of the oil head is at least a hundred years old.

Who would touch such a stick often?
He took a closer look, only to find that there were many tiny micro-carvings on the wooden stick, which seemed to be painted with needlepoints and various abstract patterns, some like birds, some Some are like swimming fish, some are like human faces, and there are more abstract patterns, which are blurred.At this time, Shi Geda suddenly discovered that there was a tiny pattern in the pattern, which was exactly the same as the blueprint in his hand.

"That's it!" Shi Geda was overjoyed, and quickly asked, "What is this wooden stick for? How much can you sell it to me? Oh... Also, what kind of animal is this?"

(End of this chapter)