167: Chapter 167 Genghis Khan's Secrets

On the mural, there is a scene of everyone kneeling by a long river, bowing towards the front.

And in front of the kneeling crowd, a white two-humped camel is depicted, tall and majestic.

This Underground River is also something that puzzles everyone.

You must know, this is the vast desert north of the Great Wall, where there is no sign of human life for hundreds of miles.

Never mind a river, even a single well cannot be found.

The sudden appearance of this long river here really puzzled the archaeological experts who came to excavate at the time.

At that time, everyone thought this was just a local custom of kneeling and worshipping.

But Professor Zhou, combining what he saw under the moonlight back then—the white camel—with the silk manuscript in his hand, suddenly found some clues.

"This... this black line on the silk..."

Professor Zhou suddenly became excited, the stubble on his face trembling with excitement.

He pointed at the black thread embroidered on the silk fabric, unable to restrain himself, and said:

"This thread must be... the river mentioned on this mural!"

"As long as we find this river, we will be able to find the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan!"

Professor Zhou's voice was much louder due to his excitement.

Everyone present heard Professor Zhou's words and ran to his side.

"Teacher, have you found a clue?"

Miao Feng was the first to reach Professor Zhou's side and asked impatiently.

Professor Zhou nodded, pointed to the river on the trapezoidal mural, then pointed to the silk fabric in his hand, and said:

"Found it!"

"We researched for a long time and made countless guesses, but we didn't expect that the black thread on this manuscript was actually a river!"

"It means the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan is built next to a river!"

Professor Zhou's voice began to tremble.

The rest of the Archaeological Team couldn't help but look delighted upon hearing Professor Zhou's words.

But then, everyone suddenly came back to their senses.

"Wait a minute... that's not right!"

"This is a deserted desert for hundreds of miles, how could there be a river?"

Once this question was raised, everyone fell into deep silence.

Even Professor Zhou paused and fell into deep thought.

Ye Xiao, on the other hand, stroked his chin, having some ideas in his mind!

"Although this is a desert, it's not impossible that there is a river!"

Ye Xiao's words were shocking.

Everyone present, including Professor Zhou, turned their eyes to Ye Xiao immediately upon hearing his words.

"Xiao Ye, what do you mean by that?"

Professor Zhou's eyes lit up, and he asked immediately.

Ye Xiao did not hesitate and directly stated what he knew:

"I remember that the reason Genghis Khan came here back then was to wage war against an ancient kingdom deep in the Ordos Desert."

"What is depicted on the mural should be the scene of Genghis Khan fighting against the Ancient Kingdom of Western Xia!"

"And after ending the battle with the Ancient Kingdom of Western Xia, Genghis Khan should have returned here, preparing to wage war against an ancient kingdom deep in the Ordos Desert!"

"Regardless of whether this ancient kingdom exists, Genghis Khan did indeed lead his army deep into the Ordos Desert at that time! This was once recorded!"

"And Genghis Khan... was injured in that battle, which is why he retreated to the Aise Grottoes to recover."

"As for whether such an ancient kingdom ruin exists deep in the Ordos Desert, let's not discuss that for now!"

"Just consider the warhorses used by Genghis Khan's army; they require a massive amount of water just for one day, not to mention an army good at blitzkrieg!"

"The requirements for warhorses to drink are exceptionally high. So, to sum up... it is not impossible that there is a river in the desert for the horses to drink from!"

After Ye Xiao finished speaking, the entire Buddha Hall was silent.

Everyone looked at Ye Xiao, dumbfounded, their shock clearly visible on their faces.

Professor Zhou, however, had developed some immunity to Ye Xiao's shocking remarks and soon reacted. After thinking for a moment, he asked cautiously:

"Uh... in Mongolian history, many records about Genghis Khan are blank! I don't remember any records of Genghis Khan entering the depths of the Ordos Desert?"

Professor Zhou thought for a moment, but could not find any relevant records.

So, Professor Zhou immediately fixed his puzzled gaze on Ye Xiao.

The rest of the audience present were the same, their faces also full of confusion.

Clearly, they could not recall this part of the record about Genghis Khan in Mongolian history.

Seeing their puzzled gazes, Ye Xiao felt the urge to slap his forehead. Good grief, he knew there were many historical gaps in this world.

But Ye Xiao never expected that the gaps here would be so severe.

Records about the King who conquered the world on the back of a wolf—Genghis Khan—were extremely scarce.

So, Ye Xiao paused, then coughed twice and explained:

"That... I occasionally saw it in ancient books... saw it..."

Ye Xiao brought out this excuse again.

Hearing this, everyone present exchanged a knowing smile.

"Good grief, here we go again!"

Professor Zhou pretended he hadn't asked the question and hadn't heard Ye Xiao's answer. He silently noted Ye Xiao's words in his heart, then turned his gaze to the trapezoidal mural on the wall.

"Never mind that, let's trace this mural first and study it when we go back!"

"When the time comes, I will ask my superiors to send over the satellite imagery of this area to see if we can find the river hidden in the desert!"

With that, Professor Zhou gave Ye Xiao a deep look, then led everyone to start tracing the mural.

A moment later, everything was done.

Professor Zhou checked his watch; it was already nearly two in the afternoon!

Immediately, everyone did not stay here any longer and prepared to return to the military truck.

However...

Just as everyone returned to the cliffside,

In the distance, with a long, loud sound, a "bang" echoed in the sky, as if something had exploded.

Seeing this, just as everyone was puzzled, the expressions of the soldiers changed abruptly.

"Signal flare! Oh no, Bagen and the others are in danger!"

Bagen was naturally one of the soldiers left to guard the military pickup truck.

Now that the signal flare had suddenly gone off, they must have encountered some unexpected danger!

Immediately, one of the squad leaders gave a quick order:

"Mu Li, Tu Kun! You two stay here to protect Professor Zhou and the others, we will go over there first to see what's happening!"

Immediately, the two squad leaders took the remaining soldiers and quickly descended along the hanging ladder, heading towards the location of the military truck in the distance.

The Archaeological Team did not hesitate, quickly descending along the climbing rope and rushing towards the distance.