Imperial Treasure
Chapter 399 - 272: Three Suspicions

Chapter 399: Chapter 272: Three Suspicions

"Hmm, the fact that it was well hidden by its owner before his death and considering the material seems quite expensive, it should have some value. Perhaps it could tell us who killed him."

Sui Yi unfolded the square scarf to take a look...

He glanced at it just once before folding it back up and looking towards Ye Changan.

"Suddenly, I feel that Miss Ye is very important," she said abruptly, causing Xiao Yu to raise an eyebrow.

"Loulan ancient script?"

"Yes."

Alright then... Miss Ye is indeed very important.

Ye Changan, barely understanding, opened her eyes and after a slight moan due to her frailty, suddenly saw two pairs of eyes staring back at her...

Her heart skipped a beat.

"What are you doing..."

"How do you feel?"

"Not bad..."

After drinking some water, the square scarf ended up in Ye Changan’s hand. She looked at it and after a while, she said, "This is indeed Loulan script, but it’s not a standard compilation. Moreover, the meaning it conveys is very strange."

Sui Yi and her companion exchanged a glance.

The expression on Ye Changan’s face was indeed very puzzled; the recorded text was clearly not simple.

Sui Yi had also seen the text before. The characters were hastily written in a flurry, in a style very personal and somewhat sloppy.

Ye Changan did not keep them in suspense. She quickly read aloud the text she deciphered...

"Nine thousand year ritual, Prophet’s words, Loulan’s doom is near, heaven and earth do not align with our fate, I thought it was a plague, swift and deadly, yet the Prophet spoke of a curse by man. What is a disaster caused by man? Eastern Han army, Zhou divisions, neither are involved. The day after the ritual, the Black Iron Army entered silently, massacring broadly; hearing the horrifying news, I thought of escape but found no path, so I sealed The Gate and wrote hastily. Alone I am, thinking of the uncontinued bloodline of the Loulan Royal Lineage. Should anyone in later times heed my concerns, enter the palace, seek the whereabouts of the Loulan Royal Lineage; the divine will surely protect you."

While Sui Yi listened, she frowned, and Xiao Yu asked, "Strange? Why do I find it quite coherent... Is it a death note written just before dying?"

"Indeed, it is a will and is indeed coherent, because this person recorded his true last words, but that’s exactly why it’s strange..." Ye Changan examined the square scarf again.

"Nine thousand years, a curse by man, Prophet, Black Iron Army," Sui Yi looked at Ye Changan; "these do not match the records in the ’Records of the Grand Historian’."

"Nine thousand years... I hadn’t noticed that. Our China’s history is only around five thousand years at most; where do the additional four thousand years come from?" Xiao Yu was very precise.

"Even if accounting for unverified historical figures like the Three Sovereigns of Xuanyuan, at most it’s not more than 7000 years. Loulan couldn’t possibly have a history of nine thousand years; otherwise, the entire history would be overturned.."

Could it be that authoritative ancient texts including the ’Records of the Grand Historian’ are incorrect?

Have they all been deceived by history?

Ye Changan felt that things were getting out of hand; the value and credibility of the entire square scarf were also highly distorted.

"However, setting aside the matter of nine thousand years, the record of the curse by man and the Black Iron Army also contradicts the two probable reasons for the destruction of Loulan recorded in the ’Records of the Grand Historian’."

"One, Loulan was destroyed by the Eastern Han army in a war for territorial sovereignty; two, natural disaster, Loulan being in the desert, probably faced severe drought conditions, lack of water, and excessive heat."

Although Xiao Yu was not very familiar with these historical details, being military personnel, she had a set of military theories and logical thinking. She thought for a moment and said, "The two points you mentioned are also mentioned in this text, could it be interpreted like this, on the nine thousand year ritual, they had a Prophet in Loulan who foretold a great calamity that would destroy Loulan. Mohammed believed that this calamity would be an attack by the Eastern Han army or a natural disaster like drought and plague, but the Prophet said otherwise... Indeed, a strong Black Iron Army using special means entered the city and in a short time massacred the entire Ancient City of Loulan, this is what this person recorded as the main point, but in my view, there are a few special points of doubt, one is the Prophet, does this so-called prophet truly have the ability to foresee the future? Secondly, this Mohammed also made predictions about natural disasters and the Eastern Han army attack, wasn’t it just that there were some signs at the time, a normal person wouldn’t make such assumptions, what was his identity then? Third, if it was the Black Iron Army that massacred the entire Ancient City of Loulan, then why is the ancient city so clean right now, even the corpses were dealt with, like this person was sealed within the wall, and that bizarre plant grown inside his body, does that mean the other people of the ancient city were the same? If so, why did the Black Iron Army do such a thing? And those corpses hung within the city walls were clearly also done by the Black Iron Army.."