"The question you asked is still a mystery, judging from the dried corpses unearthed here, they all have significant Europa characteristics, not our race, where they came from, and where they eventually went, until now, there are still different opinions, there is no unified answer. ”

"There is a more mainstream theory that these people are the Tocharians who originated from the northern shores of the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, and one of them is a tribe that has been migrating eastward, first to the Altai Mountains, then south to the Tarim Basin, and finally settled here, so the dried corpses buried here should be from this tribe that migrated from the west." Wu Ze explained.

"It's desert everywhere, what did they do to survive? Why did they abandon their homeland in the end? Liu Rumei kept asking questions like a curious baby.

"Three or four thousand years ago, this place was not as barren as it is now, because the Peacock River Basin flowed through here at that time, so it was actually a suitable place for human habitation......" In order to satisfy Liu Rumei's curiosity, Wu Ze took great pains to explain.

The cemetery unearthed hexaploid wheat from the West, as well as millet from the northern region, the cattle heads they used for sacrifices, and the cowhides used to cover the coffins, are all domesticated Western cattle species, from the things unearthed in these cemeteries, it can be seen that the level of agriculture in this area was still very high at that time, and it is not surprising that it can feed a tribe.

But judging from other discoveries unearthed from the cemetery, the production and living utensils of these Xiaohe people are highly dependent on plants such as poplar trees and red willows, and looking at these towering poplar stakes and those poplar coffins, you can see how much they need to consume these plants, and the growth period of these psammophytes is very long, and when the rate of felling exceeds their growth rate, these plants are unsustainable.

This year is like a year of consumption, gradually causing irreversible damage to the ecological environment here, trees and vegetation have been cut down uncontrollably, resulting in more and more serious desertification here, and in the end, the entire ecological system collapses, and the Xiaohe people living here can no longer continue to survive here.

Of course, this statement is only one of many conjectures, and some people say that the Xiaohe people are because of some kind of disease, which caused a sharp decline in population, which led to the extinction of the entire tribe, and of course, some people say that it is because of the factors of war, which led to the demise of the Xiaohe people.

More than 3,000 years have passed, and there is no written record of what happened back then, and there is no evidence for why those Xiaohe people left here.

"Alas, to sum it up in one sentence, that is, the vicissitudes of life!" Luo Fatzi sighed.

Wu Ze nodded, "Well, about the theory of the collapse of the ecological environment, these are the mainstream inferences of the demise of the Xiaohe people, and they are also the mainstream inferences of the demise of the entire Lop Nur civilization. ”

Looking at these towering poplar stakes, as well as those poplar coffins like brackets, and listening to the story of Xiaohe people told by Wu Ze, Liu Rumei felt that she had entered a mysterious unknown world, and this trip, she felt that she was very worthwhile.

In fact, in general, there is no scenery to see in this place, but they have already experienced this unique funeral culture from more than 3,000 years ago, which cannot be seen anywhere else, so they are worth the trip.

"Brother Ze, why don't you say that we Central Plains people don't learn the practices of these Xiaohe people, think about it, if there are 1,000 coffins stored in a cemetery in the mainland, how many burial goods should be dug up!" Luo Fatzi's eyes flashed with greed.

Wu Ze couldn't help but shake his head when he saw Luo Fatzi's thief and said: "Comrade Fatty, your head is still turning so fast, but have you ever thought that if there are so many coffins buried together in an ancient tomb in the mainland, will it still be your turn to pay respects?" I don't think I've been patronized many times, and I guess I can't even keep a coffin board until now. ”

Luo Fatzi scratched his head, he thought about it carefully, and it was right, if this pile of tombs appeared in the mainland, where could he wait for a little thief like him to worry about it, it was estimated that it would have been hollowed out a long time ago.

Since ancient times, there are many official thieves and thieves in the mainland, and the famous sects in the rivers and lakes alone, there are the captains of the Jin, the Lishi of the Mountains, the people who move the mountains, and the officials of the Faqiu, in addition, there are countless scattered thieves from all walks of life, the people are like combs, the official thieves are like grates, so many scattered ancient tombs across the country are not enough for them to explore, if these ancient tombs are concentrated, it will definitely be in the catastrophe.

"Lucky for them, but fortunately this tomb is located in the desert, and if it were in the interior, their bones would have been gone." Luo Fatzi sighed.

"Even in this uninhabited place, this cemetery has been stolen by people, and there are no valuable burial goods in these tombs, so even the dried corpses have been carried away." Wu Ze said.

Luo Fatzi sighed, "Alas, those guys are really not easy, they want to find this place, but it takes a lot of effort, and this place is too difficult to find, it is estimated that they must have suffered a lot when looking for this cemetery." ”

"The first person who came to rob this tomb was a foreigner, before the liberation, those Western robbers, incarnated as archaeological experts and scholars, but they made a lot of good things in these places, and after they took the things, they said that they were for archaeological research, which is really shameless." Wu Ze said indignantly.

"Phew, it's shameless, damn it, I haven't even started researching yet, so let them take it back for study, and I don't know if I have some to study, these people are so shameless,." Fat Luo immediately took the topic crookedly.

"Fatty, there have been Xiaohe beauties unearthed here, do you want to study it?" Jiang Yan looked at Fat Luo with a smile and said.

"Uh...... The beauties in front of me can't study them thoroughly, who still has time to study the ancients more than 3,000 years ago. Luo Fatzi said with a smile.

"Yo, comrade fatty, you're quite fat, which beauty do you want to study? Tell me about it, and let me help you with the staff. Jiang Yan asked with a smile.