Chapter 370 The Tomb Keeper Who Must Retaliate
The night is deep and the curtain is getting darker.
Unlike the foggy cities filled with industrial waste gas, the night sky in the Persian Plateau is clear and bright.
The waning gibbous moon hung high in the night sky, but it did not seem lonely. The sky was filled with stars and the moon was its companion.
The countless stars seemed to be tiny holes poked in the dark inky night sky, and the slightly twinkling starlight seemed to be the soldiers from the sky who were ready to move, trying to compete with the bright moon for the desert reflected below.
The pale starlight and moonlight splashed down unscrupulously, making this desert Gobi seem to be painted with a gray color like a skeleton.
Every grain of sand seems to be shining with a deep, dead light, as if the mountains and plains are made of broken bone fragments, and even the strange rocky mountains rising from the earth are like giant white-bone beasts crawling on the ground.
At this time, a carriage was driving on this desolate and desolate land.
The two oil lamps hanging in front of the car emitted an orange light that reflected the road ahead. From a distance, it looked like a greedy rat with golden eyes was running wildly on the frost-white grease. Its greed and thirst were insatiable.
In the spacious four-seater carriage, the travel butler provided by Hebei Company was talking.
He is not only an excellent butler, but also an excellent tour guide. He told the two guests about the local history, legends and cultural customs in an eloquent way.
However, when the young male guest once again mentioned the plan to storm the tomb-guarding family and interrogate the tombs of the Shadowless Kings, the gentleman could only temporarily stop his long-prepared remarks and show a faint smile.
"Haha, Mr. Cavell, you really love to joke."
"Although there are rumors about the family of guardians of the Persian royal tombs, it can be said that no one knows about it in the hidden world of the Qajar Dynasty today. A team of tomb guardians wander around the Persepolis ruins day and night, like a group of A gray wolf wandering aimlessly.”
"But in fact, the entire secret world of the Qajar Dynasty also knows that this team of tomb guards is just a cover on the surface, used to attract victims of those with ulterior motives... This fact may be the only one to guard the tomb. People themselves don’t think so.”
"They wander around the ruins of Persepolis every day, not only to observe whether there are people with malicious intentions who want to disturb the kings' sleep, but also to lure people who have the same idea as Mr. Cavell."
Herb Butler said seriously: "Even during the war between Great Britain and the Qajar Dynasty in 1857, the then King Nasser al-Din Shah tried to send his subordinates to communicate with the tombkeepers and wanted to borrow the tombs of the Shadowless Kings. The treasures of the tomb guardians have not been able to successfully fulfill their wishes... The tomb guardian family is the most orthodox ancient Persian blood. They will not pay attention to the request of this pagan king. Even if the consequences of refusing the king's order will be that the entire tomb guardian team will be killed. Slaughtered."
"However, not long after, a brand-new team of tomb-keepers reappeared wandering around the ruins of Persepolis. At the same time, on the battlefield between Great Britain and the Qajar Dynasty, another team of tomb-keepers appeared to fight against Qajar soldiers attacked."
"According to unpublished war reports, the tomb guard team all rode unusually tall Yamut horses, wore leather armor that was tough enough to withstand bullets, and were equipped with Persian long sabers, heavy-tailed short spears and muskets. Covered with a dark and ferocious iron mask, it is like the undead army of the ancient Shadowless Empire has been resurrected. "
"The vengeful mausoleum guards used their high mobility to frequently attack the rear base camp of the Qajar dynasty's troops. Even though they were riddled with wounds, they tried their best to tear off a piece of the Qajar dynasty's flesh until Nasser al-Din Shah was killed. He was so frightened that he fled to Paris, and the revenge of the tomb keeper was temporarily suspended. "
"These guys are like old wolves who have no worries and are determined to retaliate. As long as they find the right opportunity in the past thirty years, they will attack Naser al-Din's palace again... Perhaps this king has not had a soothing sleep for decades. ”
Herb Butler showed a sarcastic smile, and then continued:
"By the way, according to the company's information, the two guests came from Great Britain, right?"
"In fact, after the war, Major General Otland of your country also tried to excavate the tombs of the Shadowless Kings, and sent troops to arrest the tomb guards in order to interrogate the true location of the Shadowless Kings' tombs, but they all ended in failure... Even if the soldiers Finally, a fleeing tomb guard was captured alive, and the other person would immolate himself in an instant, leaving only a charred skeleton."
"But to capture a tomb guard alive, you have to pay several times the price of the soldiers, or even more... Not every time we can successfully catch up with the tomb guard's team, the Yamut horses under their crotches are abnormal. With great speed and very familiar with the local terrain, he would not foolishly confront the British troops head-on. Instead, he would wander around and attack like a pack of cunning wolves. The enemy would retreat when pursued and harassed when the enemy retreated, which made Major General Outland extremely distressed. "
"And every late at night, the vengeful tomb guards would organize another team to harass the British military camp. Although the losses caused each time were relatively minor, they could not withstand their frequent attacks... After some weighing, Major General Outland still gave up his plan to find the tombs of the Shadowless Kings."
Herb Butler suddenly joked: "It is said that there was a joke circulating in the hidden world at that time: at least one-fifth of the soldiers that Great Britain lost in the Qajar Dynasty were lost in the tombs of the Shadowless Kings. in human hands.”
"But a joke is just a joke after all. Only Major General Outland and the Queen may know the specific losses."
"Over the past thousands of years, countless forces have tried to capture a tombkeeper alive and force him to find out the true whereabouts of the tombs of the Shadowless Kings, but what was the result?" Heb Butler sneered, "Those forces have already Buried under the gravel, the tomb guardians are still galloping across this land, guarding the elusive tombs of the shadowless kings.”
While the Heber Company travel steward was talking, the beautiful Ms. Sholto maintained a dignified and elegant posture throughout the whole process, listening with a slight smile, and nodding slightly in response from time to time. She was simply the best listener. .
Even though there was a discordant minor conflict when they first met, Herb Butler couldn't help but feel a deep affection for Ms. Sholto who listened carefully. He thought in his heart:
"Ah! I didn't expect that there is such a beautiful, considerate and gentle lady in the world!"
“This is the first time I have met such a perfect customer since I started working at Heber Company!”
"It would be great if I could spark some romance with this charming lady during the rest of my trip!"
Some evil thoughts arose involuntarily in his heart, and Herb Butler could not help but look at the man with a guilty conscience, fearing that the other man would discover the irreversible thoughts in his heart.
But he was obviously overthinking it. The young man was looking out the window with his hand on his chin, looking very bored, and he had already begun to yawn again and again.
Sebastian looked out the window at the seemingly unchanging scenery. When he first saw this endless Gobi landscape, he would feel faintly ecstatic in his heart, sighing at the vastness and magnificence between heaven and earth.
But after a whole day of jolting on the special train, the novelty in the young man's heart has completely faded. Now when he looks at the desert and Gobi, he just feels that this is really an uninteresting place.
Perhaps the only thing that could arouse Sebastian's interest now was the completely different visual fields between his left and right eyes.