In the early morning of the next day, the train had entered the territory of Ningxia, which was known as "Saishang Jiangnan", and to the west was the Tengger Desert of Inner Mongolia, blocked by the tall Helan Mountains, which stretched for 250 kilometers and became a natural barrier to the Ningxia Plain, and to the south were the Liupan Mountains.

The ancient Yellow River flows northward through the north-central region of Ningxia, with a total flow of 397 kilometers in Ningxia, flowing through 12 counties and cities, the Yellow River water from the sky makes the ditches here vertical and horizontal, irrigation agriculture is developed, and the hard-working people of Ningxia make the Ningxia Plain become a ditch vertical and horizontal, rice and fish fertilizer, melons and fruits are fragrant, and the scenery is beautiful.

The mountains you see along the way are sparsely vegetated, and the veins of the ridges washed by the storm are clearly visible, which is completely different from the lush, wooded mountains of the south. Large expanses of bare rocks and yellow sand add a majestic sense of vastness to this northwest scene.

After more than a day, the train finally arrived in Yinchuan. Professor Hai packed up and got out of the car with everyone.

Before leaving the platform, the staff of the Ningxia Museum came to pick up the train, and a middle-aged man wearing glasses held a sign with six big characters written "Nanjing University Hai Jianfeng", and kept looking at the flow of people who got off the train.

When Professor Hai saw it, he hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands with the other party. After a moment of greeting, everyone was greeted to get into the business car driven by the other party and leave Yinchuan Railway Station.

The middle-aged man introduced himself while driving, his surname was Zhang, and he was the director of the office of the Ningxia Museum. In addition to inviting Professor Hai Jianfeng, who is proficient in Song history, Professor Xu of Xiamen University, who has studied the history of the Western Xia, and Director Wang of the Ningxia Museum, who is known as the living dictionary of the Western Xia, participated in the excavation work together. Professor Hai's trip to Yinchuan is temporarily in charge of him.

Yinchuan is vast and sparsely populated, and the roads are wide and straight. Unlike driving in Nanjing, there are many traffic lights, and you can stop and go. The car drove very fast, and Li Qingcang didn't have time to sigh about the thousand-year-old changes in Western Xia, so he arrived at the Ningxia Museum.

As soon as I got out of the car, Director Wang, who is known as the Xixia Living Dictionary in the industry, had already greeted him, this person was in his fifties, the top of his head was slightly bald, his face was purple, and he held Professor Hai's hands and shook and said: "Welcome, welcome, Professor Hai, I have always admired you for a long time, and today I finally have to see my respectful face, please give me a lot of advice!" The voice is loud, revealing the straightforwardness and enthusiasm of the Northwest man.

Professor Hai hurriedly replied: "You're welcome, Director Wang, I have really admired your famous living dictionary for a long time, and I can work with you this time, please don't hesitate to give advice!" The two humbly exchanged politeness and laughed at each other.

Director Wang led everyone to the hall and continued: "Lao Xu of Xiamen University came one day earlier than you and has already arranged to go to the hotel. Your room, Director Zhang, has also been arranged. I'll go and meet them later, this time the archaeological research institute seems to attach great importance to this excavation, and the funds and personnel are as much as possible to meet this time! As soon as I asked for this, I called you two masters. ”

Professor Hai replied: "If you don't pay attention to it, you can't do it, it's all caused by the Ministry of Public Security, and according to the public security, the gang of tomb robbers arrested have business dealings with foreign cultural relics dealers." If we don't figure out the situation sooner, we will let these tomb robbers get ahead of us. ”

Director Wang nodded yes after listening, and then invited everyone to enter, and after a short rest in the museum, Professor Hai introduced the entourage one by one.

In the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the Hui and Han coexist, and the Hui people have many particularities and taboos in food, and these customs are derived from Islam.

The Qur'an says: "It is forbidden for you to eat dead things, blood, pork, and animals that are slaughtered by prayer other than Allah." "In normal times, all the cooking utensils and utensils that contain these forbidden foods are not used or melted. Cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks and other edible animals and poultry eaten by the Hui people are generally slaughtered, and in special circumstances, the Hui people who know the precepts of slaughtering animals are also invited to slaughter. Ningxia's food and beverage have both the traditional Central Plains and Muslim flavors, such as steamed lamb, hand-grabbed mutton, mutton steamed buns, mutton powder soup, yellow stewed mutton, mutton skewers, spicy fried chicken, roast chicken, roast beef, lamb haggis, etc., all of which are delicious and unique.

After a short time, Director Zhang returned to the museum with Professor Xu and his five assistants and disciples from Xiamen University, but Professor Hai and Professor Xu were old acquaintances. The two have met several times at several archaeological academic seminars in China. As soon as we met, it was naturally another greeting, and everyone was introduced to each other. Director Wang and Director Zhang drove two cars to take everyone and colleagues from the museum out to eat together.

Coming to a restaurant that is said to have a history of more than 100 years, a shoulder-high black stone tablet lies at the door of the store, with several golden Chinese characters "Lao Mao Hand Grabbing" on it.

Director Wang led everyone into the hotel and asked for a large box. Anyway, the funds allocated for this activity are sufficient, and as the landlord and the organizer of this excavation work, it is natural that the guests who come from afar can appreciate the hospitality of the people in the northwest. Hand grasping mutton is a must-order, as well as stir-fried lamb, braised Yellow River carp, Helan Mountain wild mushroom stewed desert chicken, iron plate beef tenderloin, shallots, wolfberry seedlings, mixed noodles, sheep plate wrapping, fennel fruit and other signature dishes.

Waiting for the waiter to serve the dishes, Director Wang introduced the dishes to everyone: "Lao Mao Hand Grab" is the best taste of their hand-grasped mutton, which is also a must-eat delicacy for foreign tourists to Yinchuan, the biggest feature is that the mutton has no smell, fresh, tender, refreshing, smooth, dipped in vinegar and garlic juice to eat it is particularly delicious. Therefore, the name of this store is also as the name suggests, and the characteristic is the word "grasp".

The stir-fried lamb plate is amazingly large, at least half a meter in diameter, the mutton sauce is red, the green vegetables are green, the vermicelli is golden, and the aroma is tangy.

The braised Yellow River carp is a specialty of the north, the fish meat is delicate, fat and delicious.

Helan Mountain Wild Mushroom Stewed Chicken, the soup color is thick and oily, with green vegetables and red wolfberries floating on it, the soup is delicious and fresh, fat but not greasy.

Other kinds of food look bright, smell fragrant, eat lips and teeth, and the Tao is deep in the essence of "color and fragrance". And they are all full of plates, with a few bottles of 56-degree Red Star Erguotou. It shows the rugged and heroic style of Northwest food.

The northwestern men who grew up in the bitter cold land generally have a good amount of alcohol, and after the wine and food are served, Director Wang, as the host, frequently advises him to drink, and Director Zhang and others under him also raise their glasses again and again. Under the warm hospitality of Director Wang and others, everyone also really appreciated the food of Ningxia, and the guests and hosts enjoyed a meal of wind wine.

After the meal, Director Wang sent everyone to the hotel where they stayed, and accompanied the big guys to start a discussion on the excavation work.

Since this ancient tomb is in the desert, the main topic is whether the ancient tomb can be found according to the map and what materials are needed in the desert, and Professor Hai took the opportunity to recommend Li Qingcang to everyone.

Curator Wang was curious to see that Li Qingcang knew the Tangut script at a young age, so he took a pen and wrote a few Tangut characters on the paper on the spot. Of course, the result was difficult for Li Shaoxia. I tried to write a few Xixia characters to him that I was not sure about, but Li Qingcang still did not hesitate to tell him the meaning of the words, which were exactly the words that he thought in his heart but could not be sure.

Director Wang was overjoyed, and discussed with Li Qingcang about the ancient feng shui and public opinion.

When Li Qingcang was in the Song Dynasty, his father also taught him some feng shui and yin and yang knowledge such as "The Book of Funeral", "The Book of Houses" and "The Book of Yin and Yang of the Six Ren". This is no stranger to this, the reason why Xiao Meng and the leopard pretend to know a little bit about the art of feng shui, is that he can cover up a thing or two, when he sees the director Wang asking, he said: "The tombs of the ancients pay attention to feng shui, this feng shui technique, known as the most geoscience, the land of feng shui can be simply summarized as: the place of hidden wind, the place of water." The ancients said, "The mourner, take advantage of the anger. The qi of yin and yang, which is the wind, rises and clouds, and descends into rain, and walks in the middle of the earth, which is called vitality. The air is dispersed by the wind, and the boundary water stops. The ancients gathered to make it not disperse, and the line made it stop, so it was called feng shui.

"We can now find a tomb in the desert based on the map, but without a map. Then we can only rely on the method of "stargazing and fixing acupoints". But all the ancient emperors and generals, people with prominent status, attach great importance to the things after death, and enjoy the treatment before death, and continue to have them after death, not only that, but they also think that the rise and fall of the world are all in the dragon vein, so the mausoleum must be set up in the treasure land of feng shui. The ancients pursued the realm of the unity of heaven and man, not only the mountains and waters, but also the sun, moon and stars.

Since ancient times, some wise people often watch the celestial phenomena, study the changes of the stars, used to speculate on the good fortune and bad fortune, when choosing the treasure of feng shui, will also add the essence of heavenly science, the heaven and the earth are far apart, 84,000 miles, the human heart and kidney are far apart, eight inches and four points, the human body is gold, wood, water, fire and earth, there should be five heavens and stars, and there are twenty-four stars corresponding to the geography of the mountains and rivers in the world, the stars have beauty and evil, and the earth has good luck and evil. All the auspicious soil must echo with the sun, moon and stars in the sky, and the Qingwu technique of fixing the acupoint with the circulation of nebulae and the auspicious terrain is the most exquisite "stargazing and fixing acupoint" in feng shui. If we can understand the auspicious and bad arrangement of these stars, and then locate them through the compass, we can find the place we are looking for. ”

After saying this, Hai Ruyu raised her eyebrows, Professor Hai secretly applauded, Xiao Meng and the leopard were triumphant, and Gu Zhaohui and Zhu Qianwen admired it even more.

The rest of Curator Wang, Professor Xu and others were even more surprised and surprised. After losing his mind for a while, they congratulated Professor Hai, for bringing out a good student, and for the archaeological team to have such a master! Curator Wang said to Li Qingcang: "Xiao Li, it's really as you said, I want to ask Professor Hai for a personal favor and leave you here for more time, you know how many ancient tombs there are on this reckless Yellow Sand Silk Road." With your stargazing technique, how many precious cultural heritages can be found that have been annihilated in history! ”

When Professor Hai heard this, he hurriedly looked at his daughter, saw his daughter's mouth pursed, and hurriedly said to Director Wang: "That's not for me to say, Xiao Li is not my student, he is also invited by me to help, now we will complete this task first, and we will talk about this later!" ”

Curator Wang saw a little understanding, so he didn't talk about this topic anymore. talked about the departure time tomorrow, and then left Director Zhang to accompany everyone. I said goodbye and went to prepare for the departure. Director Zhang is responsible for everyone's food and accommodation, and naturally the arrangements are appropriate, and this matter does not need to be detailed.