Volume 2 Sand Sea Dragon's Lair Chapter 108 Legend of the Dragon Tomb
Bai Yang first saluted Ma Bingxiao with a glass of wine, and then asked with a straight smile: "Last time I was at Brother Xiao's house, Brother Xiao seemed to have something to say to me, I wonder if I can say it today?"
Ma Bingxiao took a sip of the wine glass and said: "I came here today to ask Brother Bai for kung fu advice, and secondly, there is something in my heart, if I don't explain it to Brother Bai, I always feel very sorry for Brother Bai!"
"What the hell is going on, Brother Xiao said it directly!" Bai Yang hurriedly responded.
Ma Bingxiao nodded, obviously there were only two people in the house, he and Bai Yang, Ma Bingxiao still lowered his voice and said, "Brother Bai has heard of it...... Inverted Fighter?"
Bai Yang's heart jumped, and he hurriedly said: "Of course I've heard of this, Brother Xiao should know that my grandfather used to be an inverted fighter!"
"Brother, have you ever heard that there is an ancient tomb hidden under this crescent spring?"
Poplar's "ah", although he had expected it, he couldn't help but be surprised, and said, "This ...... Unlikely, right?"
"But it's impossible, who knows!, but legend has it that there is not only a tomb under the crescent moon, but also a ......" He suddenly stopped, and looked at Poplar mysteriously, "Brother Bai, guess what kind of tomb is this?"
"It can't be the tomb of an emperor, right?" said Poplar.
"No!" Ma Bingxiao immediately shook his head.
Bai Yang thought about it carefully, and could only shake his head and say, "If it wasn't for the emperor's tomb, then I really can't guess!"
Ma Bingxiao grinned and said, "I know that you definitely can't guess!"
As he spoke, he stretched his neck closer to the poplar, lowered his voice even more, and said: "According to legend, there is a dragon tomb under the Crescent Spring, and the reason why the Crescent Spring has never dried up for thousands of years is because there is not only a dragon corpse below, but also a dragon ball that can turn decay into magic!"
Poplar was so startled that he almost jumped up.
Not only did he never expect Ma Bingxiao to say such a thing, but also because Ma Bingxiao's words coincided with the golden dragon illusion he saw last night.
"Dragon grave, dragon corpse? you mean...... Legendary ...... Dragon?" Poplar blurted out, having some difficulty breathing.
"Yes, it's the legendary dragon!"
Ma Bingxiao picked up the wine glass and drank it all, taking advantage of the poplar to pour him wine, still continuing in a small voice.
"Legend has it that in the Han Dynasty, there was a great drought in the local area for many years, and even the oasis of Dunhuang was swallowed up by the yellow sand. I finally hoped for the rain, but the rain was not only as heavy as a pour, but also could not be stopped. As a result, this originally arid land has become a flooded country. During this period, a golden dragon descended from the sky with a thunderbolt and smashed into the desert. smashed the originally flat desert into a big pit. This pit is now the Crescent Spring. The yellow sand piled up around it forms Mingsha Mountain. ”
Poplar listened to him talk eloquently, and wanted to interject several times, but he endured it.
In the past two days, he has read a lot of information about the crescent moon spring in Mingsha Mountain, and knows that the reason for the formation of the crescent spring mainly depends on the geological structure of the area, the low-lying terrain conditions, and the high regional groundwater level.
According to the local hydrological data of Dunhuang, in the late 40s of the last century, the groundwater level of Dunhuang City and its southern area was still about 10 meters higher than the current water level. Under this high water level condition, groundwater in the northwestern plains overflows through underground runoff into the spring area and overflows in the low-topography sandy depression, forming the Crescent Spring.
In other words, a high regional groundwater level is an important condition for the formation of the Crescent Spring, and it is also the basic guarantee for the Crescent Spring to remain dry for thousands of years. It has nothing to do with the "Golden Dragon Dragon Ball" mentioned by Ma Bingxiao.
In fact, after learning about the reason for the formation of the Crescent Spring, Poplar once considered that the rumors that there was a large tomb under the Crescent Spring were 99% groundless.
Because if you want to build a tomb, you must first dig a pit, and since the groundwater level will be high enough to form a crescent spring, then under the crescent spring, as long as there is a pit, it will definitely accumulate water, and it is impossible to build a large tomb at all.
But that night, Poplar did see the illusion of the golden dragon, in other words, even if the rumors of the tomb were false, the golden dragon falling to the ground that Ma Bingxiao said was not necessarily all nonsense.
So Baiyang endured it without interjecting, but listened to Ma Bingxiao continue to tell.
Later, when the rain had passed, the golden dragon was found lying in a puddle in the hollow. Frightened, the local officials hurriedly reported the matter to the emperor of the Han Dynasty at that time, and the emperor of the Han Dynasty did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent people to build a magnificent tomb for the golden dragon here. And on top of the dragon tomb, the Dragon King's Palace, Niangniang Palace, Thunder God Terrace and so on were built. Originally, these were just legends, I don't know how many adults have heard them since I was a child, but just last month, it was also a heavy rainy day, someone saw a golden dragon, rushing from the crescent moon spring! This news soon spread all over Dunhuang, far and near downside people heard the wind and moved, all said that there is a dragon tomb under the crescent moon spring is undoubted, who can enter the dragon tomb to get the dragon ball, then this life is really not to worry about everything!"
When Bai Yang heard this, he suddenly fully understood Ding Sicheng's intention of arranging for him to come.
First of all, of course, because among the members of the two tomb search teams, his poplar's martial arts may really be the highest and strongest, and he is more able to deal with dangerous situations calmly.
Secondly, but also more importantly, as a figure close to the hands and eyes, it is impossible for Ding Sicheng not to know the rumors about the "golden dragon in the sky" in Dunhuang City.
But Ding Sicheng did not mention this matter to Bai Yang, and it is estimated that he does not believe that there is really a golden dragon in the world.
It's just that there are different opinions, and not necessarily all of them are groundless, so he simply arranged for Poplar, who can see the illusion, to come, and to use Poplar's ability to determine whether the rumored "Golden Dragon Soaring" is true.
- This is probably also the reason why Ding Sicheng will give him the Hair Mound Seal to his poplar.
Because since Ding Sicheng believes that the "golden dragon" cannot exist, the so-called "golden dragon taking off" must be some kind of evil thing.
The Hair Hill Seal has an extremely powerful effect on warding off evil spirits, which can protect the holder from evil things.
Baiyang couldn't help but secretly admire Ding Sicheng's thoughtfulness again, and secretly thanked him for his care and protection.
How could Ma Bingxiao know the thoughts in Bai Yang's heart, and said: "Brother Bai, you know that our Ma family used to be an inverted dou person, but now although he washes his hands in a golden basin, he is running an antique business, and he is still inseparable from the inverted dou man." According to the information I have, several inverted gangs are preparing to sneak into the Crescent Moon Spring at night, and it is best to find the map of the Dragon Tomb, if they can't find the map of the Dragon Tomb, they will also dig three feet into the ground to see if they can find the entrance to the Dragon Tomb! These people are all outlaws, once the White Brothers clash with them, they are really worried about their lives!"
He looked at Poplar with a worried face, and it seemed that he was really worried.
Bai Yang was grateful, but he couldn't help but smile and said, "These inverted fighting gangs are too bold, aren't they? This place is open to the public during the day, and in just one night, they want to find a map and dig up the dragon tomb?"
"It's hard to say!" Ma Bingxiao shook his head, "These inverted fighting gangs are extremely experienced, as long as they find the right place, dig through the tomb overnight, and take away the most precious antiquities in the tomb, it's not impossible!"
Bai Yang was right to think about it, before they entered the Tang Dynasty tomb, if there was no female ghost to obstruct them, it would not be difficult for them to remove half of the gold and jade antiques in the tomb overnight.
So Bai Yang couldn't help frowning, and asked Ma Bingxiao again: "I don't know when these inverted fighting gangs are going to take action!"
"I'm afraid it's just recently, and I don't know exactly the exact time! If you want me to say that Brother Bai has moved to the city for the time being, aren't you the deputy leader here? You can completely change someone else to come here to be on duty at night! Those people don't have martial arts, even if they are really woken up in the middle of the night by the inverted fighters, at most they will be knocked out by the inverted fighters, and generally speaking, the inverted fighters will try their best to avoid killing and injuring people. But the white brothers are very strong in martial arts, and once they encounter the inverted fighters, it will inevitably lead to a vicious battle! At that time, the white brothers will not be able to stand up to the large number of people, but I am afraid that it will be very dangerous!"
Bai Yang secretly considered in his heart whether to take out the Hair Hill Seal and ask the Ma family for support.
But he thought that the Ma family was a native of Dunhuang after all, and he was inextricably linked with many inverted people in the region, once he asked the Ma family for help, and the Ma family was willing to help him, then the Ma family was afraid that in the future, he would turn against the inverted people.
What's more, he didn't dare to guarantee that the news would not reach the ears of the inverted people from the mouth of the Ma family, maybe the Ma family would deliberately leak the news to the inverted people in order not to offend each other, so that the inverted people would know that the archaeological department had taken corresponding measures against their actions, so that the inverted people would not act at least in the near future.
And once the inverted fighter postpones his action, then he Baiyang doesn't know how long he will be the administrator of this crescent moon spring.
(See Chapter 109 "Seeking Revenge in the Night")