The master's family finally reacted, and he replied hesitantly: "This is what my brother picked up when he was grazing, he is a nomadic and is not at home all the year round, and we don't know where he came from." ”

The fat man frowned and asked, "What about your brother?" Can you reach me? This is a major matter concerning all mankind, and we must not be careless. ”

I have a black line on my face, knowing that the fat man has begun to talk nonsense, and if I let him blow it down, I guess he dares to say that this jar is used by Taishang Laojun to pretend to be an elixir.

I hurriedly interjected: "What he means is related to the research of human history and civilization, and we must be responsible for history, and it is best to explain the ins and outs of this jar in detail and objectively." ”

If the fat man's words made the master confused, my words made him completely confused. He nodded confusedly and asked, "Uh...... Do you need to contact my brother and ask about the situation? ”

"Yes!" It's rare for me to be in sync with the fat man.

The host continued to nod and said, "It's simple, he has a mobile phone." ”

Some people say that this is nonsense, with a mobile phone on the grassland, where to go to the signal tower, and how to charge the mobile phone when it is out of power, it is impossible for nomads to pull the wire around.

I'll interject a little digression here, it is true that there were no mobile phones and no battery before.

Now it's different, not only mobile phones but also TVs and other portable low-power electrical appliances, signals, there are satellites in the sky, mobile phones have 2G signals, and there are satellite pots for watching TV.

Electricity is photovoltaic solar panels plus batteries, and the basic living electricity can be self-sufficient.

The host started calling his brothers, but of course they spoke Mongolian and we didn't understand a word.

After the phone call, he said to us: "My brother said that he found this jar when he was looking for sheep, and he brought it back because he thought it was strange, and he almost forgot about it when he put it in front of my house." ”

The fat man frowned and asked, "Looking for sheep?" What is the situation of finding sheep? Was the sheep stolen by thieves? ”

The owner scratched his head and smiled and said: "This friend said that there are no sheep thieves on the grassland, only wolves can steal sheep, of course, herdsmen have sheepdogs, so even wolves have no chance to steal." ”

"Oh! That's right. The fat man nodded, and then asked, "Since the sheep will not be lost, why did he go to find the sheep?" ”

The host continued: "The sheep will not be lost, the sheep are afraid of thunder and lightning, and the sheep will run around when there is thunder and lightning, and if they are lost, they have to look for it." ”

I couldn't listen anymore, and I said that the dead fat man was crooked to my grandmother's house, and if I continued to ask like this, I might have asked about the meat by hand, and I didn't know anything about the jar.

I reached out and patted the fat man, motioned for him to let go, and then I began to ask, "You said that you found the jar when you were looking for sheep, so is this jar also on this grassland?" ”

"Hmm." The host nodded, and continued, "My brother said that he remembered finding it in Stone Town, near the sea of sand in the south of the grassland, where there were many stone houses buried in sand. ”

"Stone Town ?!!!"

These three words shocked me, the fat man, and Liu Rumei again, because the word also appeared on the letter to me.

The owner probably didn't understand the meaning of Stone Town, and then explained: "Legend has it that it used to be an oasis and a place where the gods lived, but then for some reason, the devil buried it with sand. ”

"It is said that those stone houses were left by the immortals, and when the wind season came, the immortals would move the sand away, and after the wind season, the devil would bring the sand back."

I know that legends like this have a certain true history, and they have gradually been mythologized by word of mouth. I think if nothing else, the oasis before Stone Town is where the ancient ancestors lived, and it may have been the sand that buried it when the oasis dried up after climate change.

This jar is a thing of the Feather Clan, so the one who once lived here may be a branch of the Feather Clan, of course, this jar may only be traded, but this possibility is still very small, after all, the scope of the ancient people's barter is generally not too large.

It is also more than 1,600 miles away from the lonely mountain in a straight line, just imagine who would carry a jar and travel more than 1,600 miles to exchange something?

I figured these things out, and began to inquire about the legends of the immortals, but the owner only remembered the story of an immortal who taught the locals to collect salt.

Legend has it that the herders used to rely on the salt lake, but they did not collect salt. The water in the salt lake is so brackish that it festers when touched, so no one dares to go there.

People and livestock always have to eat salt, and the lake can't eat it, so the rock salt mine on the salt mountain has become a better choice, but this salt mountain is controlled by a group of devils, and the herdsmen want salt to sacrifice maidens.

Finally, one day the fairy came here, and he made the salt lake grow white salt, so that the herdsmen no longer had to worry about eating salt, and they no longer had to sacrifice maidens in exchange for salt.

Of course, this incident angered the devil, and the gods and the devil fought for a long time, until they finally disappeared into the vast desert.

It's a story, and I think there must be some kind of real event in it.

Try to guess, if the legendary gods are a branch of the Yuren tribe who migrated, they used to live by the salt lake in Hedong, and naturally understand the method of making salt from the lake water, and there is naturally nothing wrong with teaching the local nomads.

The other tribe that controls the rock salt mine will be harmed, so the interests will be harmed, and war will naturally be inevitable, perhaps because of this, these two tribes will gradually die out in this war.

This is just my speculation and speculation, and there is no evidence, but reasonable speculation and speculation are often the first step in solving the puzzle of history. If you want to know the truth, then you need to go to Stone Town to find evidence to prove whether the conjecture is correct or not.

Thinking of this, I asked the specific location of the master's stone town, and the reply I got was that it was very close, walking along the edge of the grassland, if you can ride a horse for about half an hour, you can also get to the off-road vehicle, and you should be able to get there in half an hour.

After I inquired clearly, I stopped talking, and handed over the matter of making up my mind to Liu Rumei.

Liu Rumei leaned down to look at the jar, raised her head and asked knowingly, "Qin Fen, are you sure it's a cultural relic?" ”

I nodded: "It should have something to do with the Feather Clan." ”

Liu Rumei stood up and said to the owner: "Since this jar is a cultural relic, I think it is best to report it to the Cultural Relics Bureau, and it can be regarded as a contribution to the archaeological cause, what do you say?" ”

The host nodded yes.

Liu Rumei then said to me: "Since Stone Town is not far away, let's go and have a look together, if we really find any relics, it can be regarded as contributing to the archaeological cause." ”