In 138 BC, that is, the third year of the founding of Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian was sent as an envoy to the Western Regions. The Legend of the Western Regions once mentioned that the so-called Western Regions are in the west of the Xiongnu, the south of Wusun, the north and south, the north and south, the river in the center, the east side is connected to the Han Dynasty separated by Yangguan and Yumen, and the west side is limited to the Green Ridge, and the ancient country of Cheshi we are looking for is in it. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoAt that time, the ancient kingdom of Cheshi had always been friendly with the Xiongnu, until the Marquis of Kailing led the army to fight with the Cheshi, and the Cheshi was only submitted to the Han Dynasty.

At that time, the Xiongnu were not reconciled, and assisted Dou Mo to set up a military residence for the Cheshi King and the Han Dynasty, and the Cheshi King was divided into the former dynasty of the Cheshi and the later dynasty of the Cheshi. The capital of the former dynasty of the Cheshi was set up in Jiaohe, that is, the Turpan area of Xinjiang, and the later dynasty of the Cheshi was established in the southwest valley of Qitai, Xinjiang, 21 years after the establishment of the military, during the Liu Xiu period of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, due to the killing of the King of the Cheshi, the latter Cheshi annexed the neighboring small countries, and finally Mi, Beilu, Pu, and the transfer branch, and the front and rear are also called the six countries of the Cheshi, and then, in the first six years of the Yuan Dynasty, the first year of Yongjian, the first year of Yongxing, the site of the ancient country of the Cheshi is constantly changing.

Nowadays, the most recorded ancient country of Cheshi is located in the ancient city of Jiaohe, "Hanshu Western Regions Biography" said that the former country of Cheshi, the king ruled Jiaohe, and the water of the river flowed down, so it was called Jiaohe. When we trace back to the village of Yarnaizgou, 10 kilometers west of Turpan City, we will find that the two rivers are entwined and intersected, so most of them are considered to be the national capital of the Cheshi people during the Warring States Period, but it is also mostly speculation and there is no detailed record.

Whether it is history or the present, whether it is war or natural disasters, the ancient country of Cheshi has always been shrouded in a veil of mystery in history, no matter how many times someone has announced that they have found the ancient country of Cheshi, but there are always some people who firmly believe that Cheshi, that once mysterious, powerful and rich country has always been deeply hidden in the depths of the Gurbantunggut Desert and no one knows.

With the continuous rise of the Silk Road linking Asia, Africa and Europe and the discovery of the 36 surrounding countries in the Western Regions, people seem to have gradually realized that many unknown places in the Western Regions, especially in the depths of the desert, are like a big treasure waiting for people to mine, so in recent years, a large number of ancient tombs have been stolen, and it is not surprising that tomb robbers have become more and more wanton and rampant.

And the desert is not as all tomb robbers imagine, is a place where you want to come and go, that era of tomb robbers, there are countless young tomb robbers' bones buried in the depths of the desert forever, the desert is scattered with bronze coins, military orders, beacons and other remains, and these broken scenes are intended to show that the desert here is actually a place where there is no return, but a large number of tomb robbers can't resist the temptation of money and treasure, often desperately want to borrow the desert to make a windfall, It's just that in the end, I didn't expect to end up with a fate but no fate.

The state later strictly prohibited tomb robbery and began to protect the ancient ruins, which made the rampant tomb robbery somewhat restrained, but as the so-called policy has countermeasures, as the state continues to allocate funds to fund the archaeological team to conduct investigation and research, some smart tomb robbers are sneaking into the archaeological team unknowingly, just like the second uncle once mentioned to us to investigate the Shanshan Yanghai ancient tombs The scholar and professor are because they only have some book knowledge in their heads and lack of practical experience. Where can I resist the tomb robbers who work underground all day long, and although they finally find the ancient tombs, they are still preempted by the people who are mixed in the team.

The second uncle said, in fact, he saw that the leader of the professor did not look like an academic person, although he knew how to find the ancient tomb and judge the ancient tomb and the on those books, but in fact, what was leaked between the words was what was the Tao of the gold and the gold schoolmaster, however, there are rules for doing this line, as the so-called well water does not violate the river water, people have not done anything to block your way, and you can't destroy people's financial roads at will, which is that everyone in this line knows the rules.

However, at that time, the professor was honest and down-to-earth, and the second uncle took advantage of the absence of the team leader to remind the old professor several times, but the old professor didn't take it seriously, and the second uncle didn't say more, so it would really break the rules of the ancestors. In fact, the second uncle has thought about following the old professor and his party to take a look, and by the way, mention the old professor on the way, don't let others take advantage of the work he has worked so hard to figure out, the second uncle is like this, although he is not a serious thing, but when he sees this kind of thing to take advantage of, there is still no room for a grain of sand in his eyes, if you want to find a baby, you can mix in the team and steal other people's research results.

The second uncle later did not follow the professor because of a big deal, and the professor later came back and passed a few letters with himself, in which he mentioned the regret at the beginning, and said that if he had another chance, he would definitely learn from the second uncle, and it would be best to have an actual archaeological expedition, but the second uncle did not answer anything, so he should say to the old professor that he could do it, but he thought in his heart, at your advanced age, and then the desert, it is estimated that most of them will go and have no return, and I will not mix with you. But now that the second uncle thinks about it, if he had been studying like a professor at the beginning, maybe his small life would have been more enjoyable now.

After saying such a small episode, anyway, we and the man in the cave finalized a decision to find the so-called real Cheshi Guguo as soon as possible tomorrow morning, but the man revealed to us that he remembered that we would pass by the Wuerhe mining area in the lower reaches of the Jiamu River on the northwest edge of the Junggar Basin. "Shay Tantarsi", which means Devil's Town.

Legend has it that the real horror here is not its strange landforms, but the countless sand dunes near it rise from the ground, exactly the same, as you enter this realm, you lose reference to the surrounding direction or location, like a labyrinth array falling from the sky, thousands of ravines, and even more, the legend says that the wind blows into the devil's town, and the sound of ghosts crying wolves will be heard everywhere in the city, translated as the devil's cry, where the sky is red by the setting sun, as if oozing blood, And this fiery red color will attract a large number of rare beasts, the peak turns around, it is difficult to find the way back, and there is a legend of "entering the ghost town and not getting out" since ancient times.

Anyway, we slept in the dark tonight, what the ancient country of the Cheshi, what the devil desert, all of them were thrown aside, since the last time I came back from the ancient tomb, I found that I seemed to be changing little by little, and this change is weak for me, maybe, this is what my father said, memory is awakening.