Chapter 599 Someone is coming

Author: Xueer Gege

Da Zhao was about to cry, pointing to the ground and saying:

"Ah! Ah! Ah! Zhou Xiaozhou, put him down quickly, hurry up!"

Zhou Ning thought too, but now he didn't dare to move because the crack was still widening. If nothing else, if he let go like this, it would definitely be shattered into pieces.

"My hands are numb, please help me."

Xia Momo rushed over at some point, pressed Zhou Ning's hand against the ground, and then gently pushed the cocoon. Such gentle movements caused more fine cracks to appear on the cocoon.

The crack from the bottom is more than two fingers wide, and you can see that there is a certain gap inside, and it is dark and unknown what it is in the depths.

Zhou Ning helped Xia Momo up. At this time, Xia Momo's hands were shaking violently. Zhou Ning patted her arm.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. Give me a strong flashlight. I won't move, just take a look at what's inside."

Xia Momo was a little worried, but Zhao and Zhu Xingxing all came over. Xia Momo was helped up, and Zhu Xingxing smiled with bared teeth. This expression was exactly the same as that of Zhao Xinli.

"What are you afraid of? It's just a real-life archaeological game that doesn't cost money. Besides, this thing fell by itself. No matter how scary it is, the corpses we dissected are scary. How many adults have watched Giant Watch and smelled the smell and still feel calm?

, even if this is a mummy, it is no different from a dried duck."

"Bah, don't harm the dried duck. Chen Cheng, don't pretend to be stupid. Give me the bright flashlight."

Chen Cheng moved sideways, put the bright flashlight into Da Zhao's hand, and hurriedly ran back to the entrance of the cave. Da Zhao shook his head and said without any nonsense, he held up the bright flashlight to illuminate the gap.

Zhu Xingxing was relatively close, and his fingers curiously touched the edge of the gap. Just when he pointed the bright flashlight at the gap, with a click, the cocoon completely cracked, like an eggshell, divided into two parts, and spread out left and right.

Zhu Xingxing was startled and quickly took a step back. Da Zhao was also frightened and turned around to glare at Zhu Xingxing. However, the expression on Zhu Xingxing's face was frightened. Although he did not scream, he pointed at Da Zhao.

Those broken 'eggshells' on the side.

"Don't stare and see if you look like a hairy egg."

This time Zhou Ning couldn't bear it anymore. After all, hairy eggs are his favorite food.

"Zhu Xingxing, shut up. Let's talk about food. I'll throw you out to stay with the tour guide."

Zhu Xingxing looked aggrieved, stamped his feet and pointed behind the two of them.

"Don't look at me. I made a mistake and won't harm the food anymore. Look back and see what it was?"

Zhou Ning and Da Zhao turned around, and the bright flashlights and LED lights in their hands were shining on the dark mass in the middle of the eggshell, not to mention that it looked a bit like a hairy egg.

Zhou Ning shook his head to forget about this idea and took a closer look. This dark thing was about fifty centimeters in height and had the same shape as the eggshell outside, but it was slightly smaller.

As the light rotated, Zhou Ning used the eggshell fragments to poke at the thing. The moment it turned around, everyone fell silent.

Sure enough, this is a mummy.

It is not a bone-white corpse, but a completely dry mummy. The mummy's knees are curled up, its feet are crossed under its left and right hips, its hands are crossed and wrapped around its shoulders, its head is hanging slightly, and its face cannot be seen.

The color of the entire corpse was dark, and a faint suture mark could be seen in the center of the skull. Zhou Ning turned around and stretched out his hand. Zhu Xingxing had already prepared a pair of gloves for him, but they were plastic disposable gloves. Zhou Ning didn't mind and quickly put them on.

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After checking it carefully and looking at the material of the eggshell, Zhou Ning stood up and Liu Yufei came over.

"This is the first time I've seen something like this. Is this a form of burial?"

Zhou Ning shook his head.

"Do you remember the altar inside? I feel that this is part of it. When I chose this route before, I also checked the relevant information. There is a local Yugu tribe who believe in the thirty-three-day cave of the Horse Ti Temple that Da Zhao said

, the worshiped Green Tara.

There is also the image of Green Tara, and I think the carvings are more exquisite. The natural caves and such exquisite carvings may have been built when their faith was more prosperous, like the Longmen Grottoes and Dunhuang, which all represent

The prosperity of an era.

As for the sealing, it may have something to do with those ten years. Perhaps because of the war, the people who blocked it back then are no longer here and cannot be opened for future generations to trace. However, this place seems different from the Thirty-Three-Day Grottoes. I can’t tell what is different.

The overall sculpture gives people a different feeling.

I think it may be because of the different periods. The eight cocoons hanging in the main cave outside were initially thought to be randomly placed, but since there are such special red stones below, I think this is what we had guessed before, and it is related to sacrifices.

And I searched for the terms Green Tara at that time, and one thing I remember very deeply is that Green Tara can save eight kinds of sufferings, such as lions, elephants, snakes, water, prisons, thieves, and non-humans.

, also known as "Rescuing the Eighth Difficulty Mother", there are exactly eight, which can match this place."

Da Zhao took off Zhu Xingxing's backpack and rummaged through the tablet, which contained travel guides. After searching for a while, he found an introduction to Green Tara and this tribe. There were many pictures in it, one of which was inside the Thirty-Three Heavens Cave.

Picture of the main sculpture.

Da Zhao turned on the camera again, compared the two pictures, and after a long while he pointed at the pictures and said:

"I'll go, Zhou Xiaozhou, your analysis is correct. The Buddha statues here are very different from those in the Thirty-Three Heavenly Grottoes. This one is more delicate, softer, and colorful. Regarding art, I don't understand.

You can ask Teacher Xia, but have you noticed that the Buddha statue is not holding a blue lotus in its hand?"

Xia Momo also came over at this time, turned sideways to prevent her eyes from touching the lump on the ground, looked at the camera and the pictures on the tablet, compared them, and nodded accordingly.

"Handprints are not the same. Look at the thirty-three-day grotto. The left palm is facing outward, holding a blue lotus between the thumbs. This one is the left palm facing up, with the index finger and thumb holding a red lotus. The plants in the background are also different.

, and this image is more feminine than the image of the Thirty-Three Heavenly Caves. Is this Green Tara a female?"

Da Zhao nodded quickly, found some text content, and showed it to everyone.

"It is said that before Green Tara became a Buddha, she was originally a princess of some country. When she finally became a Buddha, she tried her best to retain the image of a woman and save all living beings. She was sitting on a lotus throne. Is this the same as the sacrifice?

Those lotus leaves under the cocoon have something to do with it, after all, they are all red."

Several people nodded. Indeed, the red lotus and the blood-red gem-like lotus leaves matched very well.

Zhou Ning had already inspected the mummy inside the eggshell, stood up and took off his gloves.

"This mummy should be that of a six or seven-year-old boy. Of course, this is inferred based on the height of modern people. To make any determination, we need our kind of professional equipment to estimate bone age and perform facial repair.

As for the cause of death, there is a narrow cut on the top of the head. It is difficult to distinguish among the hair, especially the decoration of the braids. I think this should be a form of human sacrifice, which is to cut off the scalp and dig a hole.

Pour in mercury to prevent the corpse from decaying.

In the tombs of many dignitaries, you will see the mummies of boys and girls like this, which are lifelike and will not decay for thousands of years. But this one is slightly different. The method is similar, but the artificial mummy method is more professional. It is estimated that they were fasted before death.

Water or even take laxatives.

Only by dehydrating the body extensively and emptying the digestive tract can the body not decay. After being filled with mercury, it is kept in its original state. After death, it is placed in a specific posture, then wrapped in white cloth and sealed with wax.

As for why this is done, I don’t know what the significance is. This is something that the archaeological department should study, but this suture technique can be said to be very modern?"

Liu Yufei took a breath of cold air and said in a panic:

"What do you mean, this is not the corpse of an ancient person, but a modern person?"

Zhou Ning shook his head.

"I'm not sure. It depends on further inspection. Okay, let's evacuate and wait at the entrance of the cave for the local police to come."

Da Zhao nodded and put away their equipment. The eggshells scattered on the ground and the mummy were not moved. They just cleaned up their traces and everyone came to the entrance of the cave.

Before they could climb out, they heard Tour Guide Liu outside shouting at them with an excited cry.

"Here we come, the police are here."

Following the direction of his finger, several people looked over from the defective position and saw that more than a dozen people had climbed up, some in police uniforms and some in civilian clothes. However, they were walking on the ridge, and the inclination looked like it.

Feel tired.

Guide Liu's hand almost shook off as he kept guiding those people on the path. After a while, these people entered the cave entrance one after another. After all, the disguise of the cave entrance had disappeared, and the part connecting to the edge of the mountain was still there. Everyone jumped in.

Zhou Ning had already stepped forward and handed his work permit to the person walking towards him. This person was in his thirties and looked like a leader.

"Hello, comrade, this is my work permit. We are from Qindao. We went to Tianshan to play and then came here on our own free trip. Today"

Before Zhou Ning finished the introduction, a short fat man wearing glasses came over from behind. He was panting and looking very embarrassed. He raised the bright flashlight in his hand and kept looking at the defects in the hole. He glared at Zhou Ning and glared at Zhou Ning.

The flashlight also shone on Zhou Ning's face.

"Stop talking nonsense, what did you do?"

Liu Yufei tilted her head, her eyes narrowed, and she was about to kick the person away at the next moment. Da Zhao quickly stopped Liu Yufei. After all, he was the best at dealing with these problems.

Zhou Ning simply took a step back, kept his mouth shut and waited for Da Zhao to deal with it.

Da Zhao rubbed his hands and pointed in the direction of the desert.

"Yes, but I have to explain the process carefully."

The short, fat man wearing glasses waved his hand, with disdain on his face, and said impatiently with a local accent.

"What nonsense are you talking to them? Take them away as soon as possible, lock them up and give them a good education. If they deserve a beating, check what unit they belong to, and ask their families to come and pick them up. As for the compensation issue, I will go back to the library to calculate it later.
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