"Old man, why have you stopped? Don't tell me you're lost." Wang Kaixuan shouted to An Liman.
An Liman ignored Wang Kaixuan, but instead carefully distinguished the situation around him, even got off the camel and said to him: 'Do you still remember this place?'
Then he pointed to the sand dune in front of him excitedly and said, "I think this place looks familiar. I remember the place where the white camel saved me. There is a water source nearby."
Many years ago, An Liman was also lost in the desert. He was tired and thirsty at that time and even felt that he could no longer get out of the desert. But just when he was desperate, he saw a glowing white camel and took him to find the water source. That is why he valued the camel so much.
However, this water source seems very close, but in fact it is a distance. It took Zhao Shucheng and the others more than three hours until it was dark before finally reaching the water source that An Liman mentioned.
This is actually a ruin of an ancient city, and the water source refers to a well here. Of course, the well here is different from ordinary water wells. It does not mean that you can find a place to dig it. In fact, it is a Kaner well unique to Xinjiang Province. Therefore, even if the well water here has experienced many years of wind and sand, it is still the source of life in the desert.
An Liman knelt on the ground piously and prayed, hoping that the well here would not turn into a dry well.
Zhao Shucheng and Hu Bayi, Wang Kaixuan first entered inside to check the situation, but Shirley Yang also wanted to follow.
After Zhao Shucheng entered, he first saw a rabbit and rushed over without saying a word to catch it.
Fatty Wang was excited when he saw the rabbit, and the gun in his hand went off fire, which scared Zhao Shucheng, Hu Bayi and others.
"Fatty, what are you doing?"
The fat man said, "It's nothing, I just don't have to eat jerky anymore, I'm excited."
As he said that, the fat man seemed to remember something, and came to the well and looked at it. After finding that there was water, he ran out excitedly, with a panic expression on his face.
Zhao Shucheng looked helplessly at the fat man running out, looked at Hu Bayi, and walked out with a silence.
Others didn't know the situation inside. When they saw the fat man running over in panic, they thought they were in danger and asked about the situation worriedly.
"What's wrong, Xiao Hu, Xiao Zhao, what exactly happened?"
Hu Bayi said, "Fatty, that's about the same." Then he said to the people from the archaeological team: "There is water inside, and there is water!"
At this time, Zhao Shucheng also walked out with a rabbit and said, "I can start eating meat today. Although there are not many, everyone can taste the taste."
When people who were in a false alarm heard that there was water, they went in to fetch water to quench their thirst.
After a day of running around, it was dark immediately, so they just spent the night in this ruins. Everyone set up the tent and started to make a fire to cook.
Yang Xueli also took out the precious dehydrated vegetables and prepared soup, and explained to everyone the benefits of dehydrated vegetables.
"Miss Yang hid it deep enough, so many geniuses are willing to take it out." Fatty Wang said sarcastically.
But Yang Xueli said to the fat man's words with no surprise: "It is only in such a difficult situation that it can reflect its value."
Ye Yixin said: "That's right, Sister Shirley, it's great to be able to drink vegetable soup in such a desolate place."
The fat man said with emotion: "If you want to tell me, it's better to be in the Northeast. The delicacies in the forest are rich and delicious. Look here, there are sand except sand. If you take a bite of a yellow sheep, your mouth will be covered with sand."
"When we were in Inner Mongolia, a saying was circulating: "Isn't it circulating that the roe deer beats the stick and scoops scoop fish, and the pheasant flies into the rice pot."
Hu Bayi said: "Fatty, some of them are good now. Who would have thought that half a day ago, we were still in danger of life and death? Now we have vegetable soup, so you can be content."
Sadipeng said curiously: "Brother Wang, what does this stick mean to hit roe deer? Do you use stick to hit roe deer?"
Wang Kaixuan heard the last laugh and said, "Xiao Sa, you are quite easy to learn. This means that you can hit the roe deer with a stick and just wave it. When you go to the river, you can just scoop it with a scoop, and you can just scoop it into the river and it will be a plate of fish. It is used to describe the rich products in the Northeast."
Hao Aiguo said: "You can't say that. The Northeast is better than the Northeast, and the Western Regions are better than the Western Regions. Western Regions culture is an important treasure of human civilization."
Fatty Wang said unconvincedly: "I don't like to listen to this, there is no culture in the Northeast? Do you think there is only forest there? There are treasures underground, I..."
Zhao Shucheng coughed and said, "Fatty, why are you careless? Although there are treasures in the Northeast, the Western Regions culture has been over 2,000 years, and there are indeed many good things. Not to mention anything else, just the ruins of each ancient city have its unique culture and history."
Zhao Shucheng pointed to the Kanerjing where he had just dug the water and said, "Just talk about this, do you think it's just a simple Kanerjing? This may have been found more than two thousand years ago."
"It is recorded in "Records of the Grand Historian: Biography of Dayuan" that I heard that the Qin people in Wancheng knew to penetrate wells, but there was still a lot of food inside. It is said that there was no well in Dayuan City, and it quoted the flowing water outside the city. Later, during the war, the outer city was trapped and the water source was cut off. Only when I found the "Qin people" did I learn to penetrate wells and solved the serious water cut problem in the city at that time."
"One Kanerjing alone has a history of more than two thousand years. Think about how much history and precious culture are buried under this yellow sand. Even the Jingjue Ancient City we are looking for is just one of the many demise kingdoms in the Western Regions, which is worth exploring."
Zhao Shucheng said and looked at Hu Bayi and said, "Old Hu, you don't have the feng shui technique in the sky. Come and see how the layout of this place is."
Hu Bayi was a little surprised when he heard this, but he still took out the compass and looked at the changes in the stars in the sky.
"The Feng Shui here is excellent, and it is very similar to a layout in the Sixteen-character Yin-Yang Secret Art, but it takes a specific time to see it more clearly."
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Hu Bayi was thinking about this all the time. When the group was resting after dinner, they took out their compass from time to time and looked at the stars in the sky, and soon discovered it.
"Old Zhao, don't say it, this is really a Feng Shui treasure land. Look, the Jumen star, Zuo Fu star, You Bi star, and three stars shine, forming a regular triangle, with the sun star in the middle, and the water veins are shrouded below, there must be a large tomb underneath."
Fatty Wang asked curiously after hearing this, “Then where is this big tomb?”
"It's this well!"
"This well? Xiao Hu, there is an ancient tomb in this well. Are you sure?" Professor Chen also asked curiously when he heard Hu Bayi's words.
Hu Bayi said: "Based on the celestial feng shui technique I have mastered, it should be impossible to be wrong."
Zhao Shucheng said: "It should be good. After all, the ruins of this ancient city are here. The previous royal and princes' tombs would definitely choose Feng Shui treasure land, and this place is undoubtedly the most suitable."
Zhao Shucheng and Hu Bayi said this, and the others were ready to move and went straight to the well and looked at the situation below.
Yang Xueli suddenly spoke, "Listen, there is the sound of flowing water."
Fatty Wang said in confusion: "No, shouldn't this tomb be in a very dry place? Can so much water be used to be an ancient tomb?"
Zhao Shucheng said: "Fatty, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. There are thousands of Feng Shui patterns, and each place has unique customs. Tombs in front of the water and the back of the mountains are the most common. After all, the meaning is to have a backer, and the meaning of the flow and gathering of wealth."
"Don't think that there is no ancient tomb with flowing water. Such dogmatic experience is a taboo for archaeology. For example, there are hanging coffins in Sichuan and other places, and there are sky and water burials in Tibet. On the contrary, this burial method is the oldest and most common."
Professor Chen also nodded and said, "Xiao Zhao said it well. We are still lacking in research on Western Regions culture. The Western Regions are different from the Central Plains, and everything may exist."
Next, the archaeological team began to get busy and prepared to explore this ancient tomb.
When An Liman saw everyone's reaction, he said, "Are you tomb robbers?"
"Oh, old brother, we are archaeology and research. We are specializing in Western Region culture." Professor Chen explained to An Liman the difference between archaeology and tomb robbery, but An Liman could not understand what they called protective archaeological research. However, considering that Professor Chen and others came from the capital and were received by local leaders, they could only skeptical and no longer interfere with the actions of the archaeological team.
Fatty Wang secretly packed up his things, and when it was almost done, he pulled Hu Bayi to the side and said, "Old Hu, you are ready to touch the gold and the black donkey's hooves."
Hu Bayi said, "I said why are you running here in a hurry?"
"That's right, you don't think about such a small thing that can make you come in person. But we have the gold touching talisman, but Zhao Shucheng doesn't have it, what should I do?"
"Do you think he seems to be a person who needs such things? Besides, we are not going to rob the tomb this time, but archaeology. Do you think it is useful?"
"That's not necessarily the case. Being prepared is always good."
After discussing for a while, Hu Bayi fell down first. When Yang Xueli saw that Hu Bayi was about to go down, she stopped Hu Bayi and handed him the pistol.
Hu Bayi looked at Yang Xueli, took it and stopped it on his waist, and said, "Comrades, wait for the news of my victory."
After Hu Ba arrived in the well and found a place to settle down, he saw that the well wall on one side was a little different from other places. There were stairs and carved gates here, and it was obvious that it was the ancient tomb.
After Hu Bayi found the ancient tomb, he contacted everyone and came up to tell the others about the situation. Then he prepared to go down the well the next day to explore the ancient tomb.
The next day.
The people from the archaeological team knew that they would explore the ancient tomb today, so they finally didn’t have to travel in the desert and could use their own majors, so they naturally began to get nervous and busy.
Zhao Shucheng followed Hu Bayi to the bottom of the well again, fixed the ropes in place, and after receiving the others from the archaeological team, he began to open the cowhide that closed the tomb door and prepared to push open the main door of the tomb room.
However, Professor Chen was still popularizing knowledge for the archaeological team: "You see, people in ancient times would bring animals to the sacrificial platform and then kill them, and would immediately stick the newly peeled animal skin on the crack of the stone door to isolate the water vapor. A sealed environment will be formed inside and the items will be better preserved. Look at this, no one has been here for many years."
When Zhao Shucheng saw that others were still paying attention to the animal skin, he said, "Professor Chen, we will open the tomb door next. You all retreat and put on gas masks. I will push the door open in a while and make sure that the air inside is not poisonous, everyone will enter one after another."
When the others heard Zhao Shucheng say this, they hurriedly hid on both sides of the tomb door, put on gas masks, and looked inside expectantly.
Zhao Shucheng and Fatty Hu Bayi and Wang Wang tried hard together and then opened the tomb door. Just as the three of them were exploring carefully, as the air inside and outside the tomb chamber was circulating, the lights suddenly began to turn on both sides of the tomb chamber, which scared the archaeological team behind Zhao Shucheng.
Zhao Shucheng said: "Don't worry, this is when the lamp inside the tomb is ignited when the air outside is lit. In fact, it is to use the low ignition point of white phosphorus, which will spontaneously ignite when the air temperature is right, and then ignite the oil lamp. It is just a common method used in the past and is also the lowest-level way to intimidate tomb robbers."
However, when they saw the situation in the tomb clearly, the others became nervous again. Because there were dense corpses tied to the pillars on both sides, they looked a little scary. Especially here, it was different from other tombs. Perhaps because in the desert, all the corpses did not rot, but instead became mummies, maintaining a trace of their appearance during their lifetime.
It would be fine if it was just that, but the expressions on these corpses told everyone how cruel they had been treated during their lifetime.
After everyone walked around the tomb, Yang Xueli was the first to ask everyone's questions: "Isn't this a tomb? Why is there no coffin?"
After looking around, Professor Chen said with a guess: "These corpses should be slaves or prisoners who were buried with their lives. They should be a place for superstar sacrificial activities."
"These people should have been tied to the desert and died of thirst and then placed here after being dried. Then they were poured on these corpses with blood from sacrificing animals. Let's find out if there are any other discoveries."
Zhao Shucheng looked at a high platform at the end of the tomb, walked over and looked at it, and then stomped his feet gently to find out what was happening below.
Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang saw Zhao Shucheng's actions, walked over curiously and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "Are you surprised? It would be fine to build a sacrificial platform in a place like the desert, but he also specially brought in a stone slab of such a large one? If it was really a sacrificial platform, wouldn't it be better to not have bricks and stones?"
Chapter completed!