Chapter 80: The Temple of the Sun (Part II)

Loulan used to be the most powerful country among the 36 countries in the Western Regions, and Loulan at the crossroads of the Silk Road had the most developed commercial market 2,000 years ago.

Most of the houses in the city collapsed and collapsed in the earthquake, but when those small stone figures fell, they still maintained their original posture, Xia Ruobing gently picked up a small stone carving, this is a merchant leading a camel, the camel's back is full of goods, the head wrapped by this merchant proves that he came here from a farther west, the facial expression of the small stone statue the size of a thumb cannot be carved clearly, he leaned forward slightly, his right hand led the camel, and the palm of his left hand stretched out upwards and forward, Xia Ruobing picked up another small stone figure, Gently put them together, this little stone man carried a cloth bag, wore a cloth hat on his head, and a robe with a collar, Xia Ruobing carefully looked at the stacking of clothes, the collar was pressed on the left and the right, and the right was worn by Oriental clothing, which proved that he was from the East, and the little stone man with a small cloth bag on his back tied his sleeves with his hands, which was the characteristic of the low-level people in that era in order to facilitate labor and production, and the characteristics of the aristocratic wide robe and large sleeves, he leaned back slightly, and spread his hands.

Xia Ruobing's mind suddenly appeared such a scene: the merchant who came to Loulan from the far west urgently needed to sell the goods on the camel's back, and he bargained fiercely with the merchant from the East, but the offer of the merchant from the East made him very dissatisfied, and he tried to make the opponent raise some prices, but the merchant from the East said that he could only give so much......

Xia Ruobing cleaned up the bazaar and restored those villains one by one, there was a lively bazaar in front of him, the little stone people in front of him seemed to come alive, the neighing of camels, the bargaining sound of various languages, the joyful laughter after the successful transaction, and the sigh of failure to succeed in the transaction, echoed in Xia Ruobing's ears, what a prosperous city this used to be.

There are many such scenes to restore, Xia Ruobing roughly counted the small stone statues found, there are about 300 in total, there are merchants, soldiers, war horses, camels, and citizens, most of the men are male, and most of the female stone figures are in residential areas, these solidified stone statues show a peaceful scene of the male protagonist and the female protagonist.

However, Xia Ruobing did not find any other words except for the Loulan Lu Wen at the city gate, perhaps because this miniature carved city scene was not suitable for carving too small characters, and after cleaning up the market, Xia Ruobing carefully followed the street and came to the collapsed palace.

The palace had turned into a pile of ruins, the once exquisite walls and stone pillars were stacked in a mess, a shining green gem was mixed in the ruins, Xia Ruobing gently took away the stone that pressed it, and held the gem in the palm of his hand.

Lop Nur was an oasis in the desert more than 2,000 years ago, and Loulan is the shining jewel by the Peacock River! This pigeon-egg-sized malachite shines with a pale green light, just like the once glorious Loulan, full of life and representing infinite hope.

How did this once vibrant and powerful country disappear into the long river of history so silently? This underground world reproduces the strong scene of Loulan, expressing the strong nostalgia of the remnants for their homeland, but one day in history, this place is the same as the disappeared Loulan, disappeared from the eyes of the world, and no one has ever been here, so it lies quietly under the coffin mountain, silently telling the glory of Loulan.

"Milan is completely ruined, and Nya has not left much left, and the creek is quite well preserved." When Xia Ruobing cleaned up the Loulan Castle, Mr. Min checked the other castles, but there were still no more written records.

Chen Badai rummaged through the ruins and found several Loulan crystals, Sherpa raised his head and turned on the flashlight, studying the sky of the dome, the sun and the constellations were in the sky at the same time, what kind of meaning is this?

Wang Xingguo continued to check the passage, he had to find a way to live for everyone, and he felt that he was one step closer to his guess, and there would definitely be an exit to the north.

To the north of the underground kingdom is a large flat land, and the yellow hematite is like a vast desert, Wang Xingguo stared at the front of the northern passage, where there was a stone platform, maybe he would give himself some hints.

When Wang Xingguo approached, several fluttering figures appeared on the side of the stone platform, they seemed to be dancing around the stone platform, and vaguely heard the sound of a murky ballad, he stepped forward and stretched out his hand to pass over a figure, and the figure flickered and disappeared.

After this stone platform was placed, there were sacrificial activities, and the huge natural video recorder recorded the image and reproduced it for Wang Xingguo to see.

Approaching the stone platform, this is a stone platform carved from marble, much more valuable than those limestone carved castles, but the age is very old, the surface of the marble is contaminated by mold, and there are some gravel and soil on it, so the original appearance of the stone platform cannot be seen.

Wang Xingguo painstakingly cleaned up the rockfalls and mold, and a corner of the flat stone platform was smashed off by the falling stones, leaving two-thirds intact.

"Xia Ruobing! Here are the words! Wang Xingguo wiped off a large piece of mold, and the handwriting engraved on the marble was clearly visible, not a few, but several dense lines.

"What word?" Xia Ruobing was holding a malachite, and when she heard Wang Xingguo's shout, she raised her head and asked.

"Luwen, a lot! Come on! Wang Xingguo continued to clean up the mold and rubble, and the engravings on the stone platform slowly surfaced, not only with words, but also with lines and drawings.

Mr. Min and Sherpa also ran over to help, but Chen Badai was not interested in this kind of thing and continued to search for his Loulan crystal in the ruins.

"Temple of the Sun!" Xia Ruobing saw the first line of Lu Wen and read in a low voice.

"What?" Mr. Min didn't hear clearly.

"This is the Temple of the Sun!" Xia Ruobing said, "The sun gives Loulan light and heat, and the Peacock River gives birth to life......

This stone carving records the information of the primitive worship of Loulan, the shamans who once held the power worshiped the sun, the sun is the father of all things, water is the mother of all things, they believe that after death, they will return to the sun in the sky, waiting for the next reincarnation, the sun burial is developed from this primitive worship, the marble stone platform is engraved with the mountains and rivers of Loulan, on this solidified map, everyone knows that the land area of Loulan was once so large, and those Lu Wen are full of the pride of Loulan people, The Peacock River and the Tarim River are both in the territory of Loulan, and Lop Nur is our inner lake, which is connected to the Han Dynasty in the east, to the far frontier in the west, and to the Xiongnu in the north, with a population of more than tens of thousands......

This may be an exaggeration, but Loulan was undoubtedly the most powerful one among the 36 countries in the Western Regions that year, he was once on an equal footing with the Han Dynasty, and he also once competed with the Xiongnu Desert.

It's a pity that the second half was smashed by falling rocks, Xia Ruobing tried to put together those broken words, but he didn't succeed, how Loulan declined is still a mystery, and how these remnants of Loulan came here is still a mystery.

When Xia Ruobing was interpreting Lu Wen, Wang Xingguo was attracted by a pattern in the corner of the stone platform, which was obviously not the mountains and rivers of Loulan, and those straight lines seemed familiar.

Following the lines to clean up this part, Wang Xingguo saw radial lines, which were the map of the underground labyrinth!

Wang Xingguo didn't guess wrong, this is a huge underground sun burial, the center is the death cemetery, the Loulan people believe that death is just another beginning, they will return to the sun father, waiting for the next rebirth! With the Death Graveyard as the center, the radial lines diverge out, which is the connecting passage, those stone chambers and tombs surround the Death Graveyard, and the Sun Temple is located just north of the Death Graveyard, and beyond that is a stone chamber, and the stone chamber continues to the north, which is the passage out!

Wang Xingguo took out the route map he had drawn, and found that most of the lines matched the imprints on the stone platform, and Wang Xingguo noticed that those lines were thick and thin, and when he connected those thick lines, they were the passages connecting the tomb and the stone chamber!

Unfortunately, in the current situation, most of this huge sun burial was destroyed in the earthquake, and perhaps it is for this reason that the people in the vicinity abandoned this place.

"Xia Ruobing! Look at this! Wang Xingguo pulled Xia Ruobing, which was much more important than her interpretation of Lu Wen.

"This is a map of the Catacombs!" Xia Ruobing was shocked!

"What's written on it?" Mr. Min asked, pointing to the brief Lu Wen.

Lu Wen was distributed in various places on the map, and Xia Ruobing looked from the south.

"The entrance to death is ...... to the south"

"Ghost Gate?!" Mr. Min became excited, and he really didn't guess wrong.

"To the north is the Shengmen, where the remains of the wizard were brought in, and Wu Qi's tomb is the first tomb on the north side, and from here, along these passages, one by one, you can connect to other tombs...... This is the sacrificial altar of the Devil's Eye, and this is the tomb of Wu Yuzhi...... Oh my God, there are other wizards' tombs! ”

"Ghost Eyes? Is that the beetle carving we saw? Wang Xingguo remembered the first trapped stone chamber, the damaged beetle stone carving.

"Yes, it's ...... in the southernmost place" Xia Ruobing continued to look at it, and another small pattern cleared out at the bottom of the map was the distribution of the mechanisms in the tomb.

"We've found a way out!" Xia Ruobing became excited, "Those mechanisms are driven by water. ”

The Loulan people used the water of the coffin mountain and the principle of the lever to arrange the delicate mechanism in the tomb, in the tomb there is a complex canal, the stone door is connected to the lever, when a specific switch is flung, the water will flow into the trough, when the water accumulates enough weight will lift the stone door, the stone trough containing the water presses down the lever, the water flows away slowly, and the stone door will slowly close under the counterweight at the other end of the lever.

Wang Xingguo remembered that when he and Xia Ruobing were trapped, it was because he pulled the candlestick on the wall.

The discovery is encouraging, but it is not indicated on the drawings which switch controls them, and it is unknown how many of these mechanisms survived the earthquake.

"But we'll have to try! The tomb of the Great Wizard is just to the north, to the north! There will be a way out if you go north! Mr. Min's eyes were eager, and he urged.

"There is also a theoretical exit to the west, and after they carry the body of the wizard to the tomb, they will go out through the exit on the west side." Xia Ruobing looked at the picture carefully again and said.

"Nope! Let's go north! Mr. Min objected to Xia Ruobing's proposal.

"Uh...... None of you care how the dead came in from the south?! Hearing their argument, Chen Badai finally spoke.