Chapter 1324: The Altar
"Brother Chen, there is a hemp rope in your bag, which I removed from the car before, you find it and give it to me. Zhao Yongqi turned around and greeted Li Chen who was not far away, and quickly got the hemp rope from him.
After looking left and right for a long time, he found a solid raised stone, wound the thick hemp rope around, and then grabbed the hemp rope and pedaled it with his feet a few times, and after finding that there was no problem, Zhao Yongqi turned back to everyone and said: "I'll go down to see the situation first, don't come down first." If it was safe, I would climb up and take the girls down. Anyway, I'll talk about it later. ”
"Brother Qi, you pay attention to safety. Xiao Baozi looked at Zhao Yongqi with some concern, and couldn't help but admonish.
"Well, don't worry. Zhao Yongqi nodded with a smile, and then said, "Although I didn't see it very clearly, I didn't find any danger just now." And there is no smell of wild beasts here, let alone a sound, and it is estimated that it is safe below. ”
Seeing Zhao Yongqi's confident smile, everyone's worries were somewhat reduced. Watching him throw the hemp rope down, and then with the careful help of Deng Chao and Cheng He, he climbed down the hemp rope little by little, and at the small hole opening, several men immediately lay on their stomachs and illuminated it with a lamp.
Sure enough, just like Zhao Yongqi said, although he couldn't see it clearly, within the scope of the pillar of light, Zhao Yongqi already seemed to have a firm foothold.
The people lying on the top of the cliff saw Zhao Yongqi first holding a strong light to shine around, and then squatting down and not knowing what he was touching on the ground, and finally saw him grab the hemp rope and climb up like an agile ape.
Grabbing Zhao Yongqi's arm, after Cheng He and the others pulled him up the cliff, they first glanced up and down, and only after making sure that he was okay did they ask, "Xiao Qi, how is the situation below?"
Licking his lips, Zhao Yongqi frowned, as if he was thinking about what to say, but Deng Chao couldn't help but ask, "Is it dangerous?"
"There is no danger, it's just ......" Zhao Yongqi looked at the girls hesitantly, and in their staring eyes, he said in a deep voice: "Don't be afraid, maybe I'm wrong." ”
As soon as they heard the words "don't be afraid", the girls looked at each other, and finally asked in a daze, "Oba, what's going on?" ”
After thinking about it, scratching his messy hair, Zhao Yongqi, who finally decided to speak out, said stubbornly: "We seem to have broken into an ancient tomb or some kind of ancient people's ruins." There's a big open burial pit down there. Although the bones inside are almost weathered, I think there are at least a few hundred. ”
"Burial pit?" Everyone was stunned, and Li Chen couldn't help but say, "How can there be such a thing in the desert where this bird doesn't?"
"There have always been a lot of small countries in the desert. The vast majority is an oasis, that is, a country. Some are only a few decades, others can be hundreds of years, but the vast majority are dying because the desert moving oases disappear. It is only recorded in history that in the Han Dynasty there were the so-called 36 countries of the Western Regions, and in the Tang Dynasty there were more than 50. Zhao Yongqi paused and continued: "I'm not an archaeologist, and I can't tell what kind of ruins this is, but judging from the scale, it should be a burial pit that is still in a slave society. This kind of open-air burial pit is rarely recorded in history, so it ...... It is likely to be a relic or burial chamber left by a mysterious ancient small country in the Western Regions. ”
Hearing Zhao Yongqi say this, everyone looked at each other. To say that they are not afraid, it is a lie, but the current situation, I am afraid that they can't tolerate them grinding here. In the end, Li Chen was bold and said that he could go down first.
Heng and Zhu also need to find a way out, this is the only way out that can be found now, no matter what lies ahead, you have to try your luck. After Zhao Yongqi thought about it, he also agreed with Li Chen's decision, so a group of people pulled the rope up, tied it to Li Chen's waist, and worked together to slowly put him down, and agreed that before everyone went down, don't go away easily. Who knows if there will be any mechanism or dangerous things in this strange place.
Li Chen was the first, followed by Deng Chao, and then Cheng He, after the men went down one by one, only the girls remained.
Before Zhao Yongqi could decide the order, Zhizhi said angrily that he was the last. In fact, the last one left is necessarily the most dangerous. After all, Zhao Yongqi can only carry one girl on his back at a time, so in the end, after carrying a small bun on his back, Zhizhi must stay on the mountain wall first. However, there is no way, the hemp rope is so thick, in case you really carry two more, if you break it halfway, the height of more than ten meters, not to mention falling to death, at least it will be injured.
Fortunately, when the last one fell to the ground, everyone was safe, not even a little bruised.
Guarding everyone to land safely, everyone's hanging hearts were slowly put down, and only then did they have the heart to observe the surrounding situation. I don't know how high the roof of the cave is, but there is no light at all, and you can't feel the wind, so it must be an enclosed space. The diameter of the entire ground is about a kilometer, and in the center of the circular field is an altar dozens of centimeters above the ground, which seems to have some patterns on it, but because of the time, even if the dust is wiped off, it is not clear what it is. With this altar about ten meters in diameter as the center, it is divided into two semicircles on the left and right. The corpse on the left is judged by Zhao Yongqi to be human bones, while the one on the right is an animal bone. However, because of the age, there are no clothes left, so the consultation available is extremely limited.
Judging from the overall layout, since there is no so-called coffin in the center, the possibility that this is an ancient sacrificial site is higher than the burial pit of the ancient tomb.
Cheng He, who had briefly looked around, glanced around with some emotion, and said softly: "If these cows, horses, people, and animals are really sacrifices, the national strength of this country is not simple! Just covering these grounds, it is impossible to have a few thousand." ”
"Well, it's okay for people to say, maybe prisoners of war or something, but those cows and horses are ...... Even in the Central Plains Dynasty at that time, it was not easy to kill so many cattle and horses at one time. Zhao Yongqi nodded, obviously agreeing with Cheng He's statement.
"You two stop muttering, look around and see if there's any other passage. Deng Chao and the girls stood on the altar in the center, which was still clean, and complained to Zhao Yongqi and Cheng He. I don't know why, Deng Chao, who is usually old and steady, seems to be very concerned about this kind of place full of corpses and bones.
Glancing at each other, Cheng He and Zhao Yongqi smiled, and they didn't make fun of Deng Chao, but took the strong light and shone around. At this moment, Lee Kwang-so suddenly let out a sharp exclamation, which instantly attracted everyone's attention!