Soon after the completion of “The Case of the Greedy Barbarian,” Bagatur Lobo, nicknamed Taifeng, manages to get a lead on the mysterious and extremely dangerous dervishes who blew up the ferry “Saint Evlampiy.” To identify the leadership and the true goals of the sect, he urgently travels to the uneasy As l an i vsky district in the south of Ordus, where all the people, from young to old, have unexpectedly become fascinated with archaeology. Soon, by the will of fate (or karma), Bogdan Rukhovich Ouyantsev-Syu is sent there as well in search of his missing wife. The detectives will face their difficult work once again.