A large group of people dressed in black were rushing in the direction of Stone Town, they were in a hurry, they had no leisure to enjoy the picturesque scenery around them, one of them was short and fat and said with a big round face smugly: "Okay, we are the first to take the lead this time, chief, why do you say those people in red are so well-informed, every time they are ahead of us, they are the first to get there, several times we have fallen short, and those people have no shadow after we go." ”

Another tall and thin man said with a hippie smile: "What's good, this time those poor people in red have suffered a miserable loss, and the disaster is not a single line, I heard that this time they were burned by the fire, and some of them even burned their eyebrows, it is really pitiful, we lost their wife and broke the army, we took advantage of their unpreparedness, and took the lead." ”

The big round face muttered: "Then we are really lucky this time, I hope that we can win and everything will be fine when the time comes." ”

The tall and thin man said disappreciatively: "You just put a thousand, ten thousand hearts, this time we are well prepared, recuperate, the army is pressing, and they are unaware, there must be no problem." ”

The eldest brother in front shouted: "Don't talk about it, hurry up and concentrate, hurry up and hurry, don't delay the opportunity." ”

The yellow dust concealed the menacing figures of the men in black. And we didn't know that we were looking at the majestic scenery under the sunset, and suddenly heard Hu Jiaojiao shouting in shock: "Help-" We thought there was another enemy, frightened, pulled out the sword, but what's going on, and didn't find anything abnormal, everyone felt like looking around, but still didn't see the slightest figure of Hu Jiaojiao, where did this guy go, in an instant, he disappeared without a trace, disappeared, it was so strange, and the voice was obviously next to it, and it felt close at hand,

"Where are you, we have come to save you—" said the prince in a loud voice. "I, I'm down there, and somehow, I accidentally fell down and scared me to death. Hu Jiaojiao's delicate faint voice came from below, it turned out that this guy bumped into each other, and he didn't know what subtle mechanism he had touched, so he accidentally fell down.

"Don't be in a hurry, steady, don't run around, stay where you are, we'll come down and save you right away. Wang Gongzi said with concern on the side, and we all began to act in person, but this mechanism is very hidden, we groped around for a long time, and finally found the mechanism, only to hear a click The door of the underground mechanism opened suddenly, we jumped in, and finally saw Hu Jiaojiao, who was helplessly lying inside, she was full of ashes, and stood up angrily, while muttering: "Oh, it's really annoying, what are these people doing digging a hole here,"

We were puzzled and turned on the lights to see, it is estimated that this should be the public cemetery of the residents of the Han and Tang dynasties, some scattered bones of Bai Sensen are scattered next to it, and there are countless scattered burial goods. And it twists and turns, winding and circling, and it seems that there is a deep road, deep and long, stretching into the distance. The walls of the tomb have obviously undergone many years of weathering, the gravel is peeling, pitted, speckled, and there are purple and black rocks in the middle, and the strange rocks are craggy, and the ears, eyes, mouth and nose are faintly visible from a distance, like a hideous grimace, and it looks strange and scary here.

And we found a lot of all kinds of human bones and box-type wooden coffins in it, the burial style in it is basically the body with straight limbs, the head is not the same, and the deceased are mostly infants and young children. Other words. Those somewhat gloomy four-legged closed fan box wooden coffins are exquisite in workmanship and complex in process, indicating that the wood craft at that time has reached a fairly advanced level, and the closed fan coffin lid with a rotating shaft is an important process, with distinctive regional and contemporary characteristics. And those antique coffins also have complex painted ornaments, from some of the painted ornaments on the lifelike, finely carved Vermilion Bird, Xuanwu and other patterns and the box structure of the wooden coffin, it is obvious that the wooden coffins of these small countries in the Western Regions are very obviously influenced by Han culture.

Xiao Fei tirelessly said: "Based on my years of study experience, I think that the origin of these wooden box coffins may be similar to the stone couches in the Sogdian tombs of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, and may also be the product of the combination of Zoroastrian funeral customs and beds in the Loulan area." In Zoroastrian funeral customs, water, fire, and earth were sacred, and in order to avoid contaminating the soil, it was necessary to separate the corpse from the soil, so the Sogdians often used bone vessels to hold the bones. The four legs of the wooden coffin are supposed to avoid contact between the corpse and the soil, and the wooden door with a closed fan is not only convenient for the burial of multiple deceased, but also corresponds to the wooden door on the bed, which is also a reflection of these ancient people's view of death as life. ”

Duan Gongzi was also beaming, and began to say not to be outdone: "Brother Xiaofei's opinion is quite novel, and I do feel that these four-legged box-type wooden coffins we found in Stone Town are indeed similar to the tomb forms of the Han people, which shows the spread of Central Plains culture in the Pamir Plateau region, and shows that this place is in the same vein as the Central Plains culture." It embodies a unique cultural heritage. “

Hu Jiaojiao said inexplicably: "You are too profound, I don't understand at all, a serious, long talk, but it's a vain talk, it doesn't mean anything, it's better to tell a joke, by the way, everyone can see it about the same, let's go out quickly, I don't want to stay in this gloomy ghost place anymore, let's go." Hu Jiaojiao estimated that she had just been suddenly frightened, and she still had palpitations, and her soul was undecided, so she wanted to go up early.

Zeng Lu said with some curiosity: "Strange, there seems to be a narrow road in front of the tomb, winding, should we go in and find out, see where the bottom leads?" Hu Jiaojiao said delicately: "Oh, I am really uncomfortable today, I feel very stuffy inside, and I am uncomfortable up and down, we should hurry up, it is important to go to other places, it will be dark soon, and there is no place to live in this wilderness, we have to quickly find an inn, otherwise we will have to sleep in the open tonight." “

Zeng Lu saw that Hu Jiaojiao was unwell, so he had to nod his head unwillingly, and we saw that there were no valuable objects inside, and this cave was still very deep, and the air inside carried a corrupt and dull old atmosphere of a thousand years ago, so we quickly got up and walked outside along the steps step by step.