Sand Sea Devil's Nest 1

It turned out that the big golden tooth happened to know a professor from the Beijing Institute of Archaeology and Museums, and they often had horizontal exchanges with each other.

After the reform and opening up, the archaeological protection and other activities that were forced to be interrupted in the ten years of the Cultural Revolution have been restarted, and the last three years have been a peak period for archaeology, and a large number of ancient tombs and relics have surfaced.

Antique collection exchange and trading is also extremely hot, all kinds of large and small tomb robbery gangs heard the wind, and dug when they saw the mound, especially in Shaanxi, Henan, Hunan and other places, and there is a tendency to intensify.

Since the discovery of the Xiaohe tomb group in Loulan, Xinjiang, people seem to have suddenly woken up to the great desert of Xinjiang, the once glorious Silk Road, the 36 countries of the Western Regions along the Peacock River, Huhu, Loulan, Milan, Niya, Luntai, Pu, Gumo, Xiye...... The paradise of adventurers, I don't know how much treasure and prosperity are covered by the vast yellow sand.

For a time, countless expeditions, archaeological teams, and tomb robbers rushed into the Taklamakan Desert in search of treasure, which was the second expedition boom after the desert exploration fever in the early nineteenth century, but for most inexperienced explorers, this great desert is just like the famous Swedish explorer Sven Hedin explained to the Taklamakan that it is a place where there is no return, the Sea of Death, hence the name.

The protection of ancient tombs in Xinjiang is imminent, but the government does not have enough manpower and financial resources to excavate and protect the relics in the Taklamakan Desert, and a large number of archaeologists are racing against time in Henan to excavate ancient tombs that have been robbed or damaged by construction.

The professor who Da Jinya knew had been studying the culture of the Western Regions for a long time, and he was worried about the destruction of ancient tombs in Xinjiang, and he had been looking for leaders to apply, hoping to personally lead a team to the desert to conduct an on-site assessment of these relics, and then apply to the relevant departments for excavation or protection.

In fact, funding is secondary, mainly because there are too many people who have had accidents in the desert recently, and they are worried that they will go out of something, and China's officialdom has been baptized by the Cultural Revolution, and now there is an unspoken rule, not to seek merit, but to seek no fault, not to make mistakes is to make great contributions, and it is a matter of time before you get promoted and make a fortune.

Until recently, a Chinese-American came forward to provide full financial support to the professor's archaeological team, which was able to make the trip, and the archaeological expedition team is still in preliminary preparations, they also need to find a team leader with rich experience in desert survival, in addition to the lack of a capable person who understands the art of feng shui stargazing, because most of the archaeological team members are nerds who gnaw books, there is no team leader, and they will definitely not be able to get out of the desert.

It's not easy to find this kind of person, some people come to apply, most of them are deceitful people who steal their reputation, and when the two sides talk, they show their timidity, so the professor also asked the big gold tooth to find such a capable person in the people.

The big gold tooth asked me if I wanted to go, but the price offered by the Americans was quite high, and I could go to the desert to see if there were any big tombs, so I should step on the plate and have a reference for future actions.

I said, "It's a good opportunity, it's a great practice for us, we've never worked with archaeologists before, and if we can go together, we can learn a lot from them." I have been to the desert, the army has twice entered the depths of the desert for military exercises, the leader is the leader, if you want to enter the desert, you must also find a good local guide, in addition to the stars in the sky, I understand, as long as there are stars in the sky, I can take them to find the place they want to find. It's just that I don't quite understand, why did this American pay to sponsor our Chinese expeditions? What is his purpose? Americans are not Lei Feng, Americans are very pragmatic, they value practical interests the most, and they will not do anything that is not beneficial. ”

Daikin said: "I don't know the details of this matter, I don't know very much, I only know a rough idea, the American who funded the fund, is a woman, Chinese, her father is a Wall Street tycoon, usually likes to explore archaeology and other activities, last year, her father and her fiancé, and a group of Chinese explorers, together went to Xinjiang to explore, her father seems to be particularly interested in what exquisite culture, they went that time to find the exquisite ancient city hidden in the hinterland of the sand sea, but they went and did not come back, no one came back, The local garrison sent planes to look for it, but in the end they did not find it, and there was no clue at all. She inherited a large inheritance from the family, I am afraid that her father's affairs are not too dead, this time the sponsorship, may also want to do their best, and then go to find her relatives, although she is American, after all, she is Chinese, according to our Chinese tradition, after death, you have to be buried in your hometown, thrown in the desert in the wind and sun, far away from the relatives at home, not peaceful. ”

The three of us drank until the evening, and agreed that the big gold tooth would contact the buyer and introduce us to Professor Chen, the organizer of the archaeological team who was about to leave, and we needed to meet Professor Chen if we could join in.

Two days later, the big gold tooth took us to Tianjin, in Tianjin Shenyang Road, there is a small antique store, the owner is a white woman in her thirties, we all call her "Sister Han", Sister Han is a big Hong Kong boss to raise the mistress, the boss is one of the few major antique collectors in Hong Kong, in Tianjin for Sister Han to open such a shop, one is to find something to do for her boring life, and the other is to buy antique ware.

Sister Han is a woman who doesn't like to talk much, but she has a very high attainment in antique identification, and after seeing our Ming artifact, she generously paid 60,000 yuan: "The current market, at most, is 50,000 yuan, and I will pay you 10,000 more, I hope we will make friends, and if there are any good things in the future, please get it here." ”

I took the thick banknote in my hand, I was excited, my hands were a little trembling, and I secretly scolded myself for not being productive: "Lao Hu, Lao Hu, you can be regarded as a person who has seen the world, when Chairman Mao inspected the Red Guards in the Tiananmen Tower, were you excited when you participated?" Frankly, I was excited at the time, but not as excited as I am now. If you are so arrested, you can be regarded as climbing trees in the big forest, digging pits on Kunlun Mountain, and shooting at the Vietnamese counterattack, why are you so excited today that you can't even hold the money? Alas, this is the power of money, no way, you can disrespect money, but without money, you can't pull wires for the villagers in the mountains, you can't improve the lives of the families of those who sacrificed their comrades, money is too great, born and died, for what, it's for money. ”

After I went back, I divided the money into four parts, one for Yingzi, one for the fat man, and one for the branch secretary, and divided it among everyone, and the remaining one was kept for the purchase of equipment and the funds for the next operation.

The fat man didn't want his share, he said that the money this time was a lot less, but it was not too much, it was definitely not enough to build a road for the Ganggang camp, we didn't have much left, I heard that Lao Hu has a lot of martyrs in the countryside in your company, the family has a large population, although there is a government subsidy, but life is very difficult, and even some old women, her son died, she has no money to buy a ticket to Yunnan, to see her son's tomb. Hearing you say this, my eyes are sour, my heart is very uncomfortable, you just send me this to those martyrs and wounded and disabled brothers, in my life, the biggest wish is to be a soldier to fight on the battlefield, but my father died early, I don't have that chance, Lao Hu, you can help me fulfill this wish, and it will not be too late for us to share it with me when we have more money in the future.

Speaking of this, tears also rolled in my eyes, and I patted the fat man on the shoulder: "Okay, now my consciousness is getting higher and higher." In the future, there will be an opportunity to make money, and this time we will strive to go to Xinjiang and make money from Americans. ”

After resting for a few days, the big gold tooth came to inform, saying that he had made an appointment to meet Professor Chen of the archaeological team, and took me and the fat man to Professor Chen's office.

Along with Professor Chen, his assistant Hao Aiguo, a middle-aged intellectual in his 40s, with messy hair like a chicken's nest and a lack of experience in dealing with people, his deep myopia glasses show people that he is a person who has a rigorous, pragmatic and hard-working attitude to study, and does not pay much attention to his own image. There were many people like him during the humanistic revolution, but after the reform and development, with the popularity of new values such as new knowledge and new trends, there are not many people who are so old-fashioned.

Hao Aiguo looked at us seriously, and he was not polite, and said straight to the point: "Two comrades, we already know the intention of your visit, and you must also know the requirements of our archaeological team. You can't be sloppy about this, and if you don't have the skills to do so, we won't go through the back door. After speaking, he glanced at the big gold tooth: "It doesn't work to see anyone's face." ”

Professor Chen felt that Hao Aiguo spoke too straightforwardly, he was also very familiar with the father of the big golden tooth, and often asked them some questions about antique appreciation, and he didn't want to make the relationship too stiff, so he got up from the sofa and played a round, invited us to sit down, chatted a few words, asked me and the fat man some things, and nodded with a smile after listening: "It's not easy, I have been a company commander of the People's Liberation Army, and I have participated in the war, and I have been to the desert, it is really rare, when we are the leader of the nerd, it is really more than enough." The ruins and ancient tombs in the desert, most of them are buried under the yellow sand, the ancient road of the Peacock River has long been dried up and difficult to find, if you don't know the Tianxing Feng Shui, I'm afraid you can't find it, I don't know if you two understand this feng shui? ”

I know that this kind of celestial star feng shui, also known as the heavenly dome green capsule technique, is the most obscure chapter of the heavenly scroll in the "Yin and Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique", I have never actually used it, but at this time, I can only blow hard, I scratched my scalp and replied: "Old man, it's not me bragging, I am familiar with this astrolabe moon carving feng shui, but where to start......"

Sand Sea Devil's Nest 2

In order to get this job paid in US dollars, I poured out all the inventory in my stomach, hoping to knock them down, Kanmeng, thanks to my ancestral secretary, at the beginning Hao Aiguo saw that I was young, thought I was a relative of the big gold tooth, and came to them to eat through the back door, I said a few words, the head was the way, he couldn't help but look at me, and listened attentively on the side.

This feng shui is known as the best of geoscience, and the land of feng shui can be simply summarized as: the place where the wind is hidden, and the place where the water is obtained. This "Book of Burials" is very good: "The mourner, take advantage of the anger." Qi is dispersed by the wind, and the boundary water is stopped. The ancients gathered to make it not disperse, and the line made it stop, so it was called feng shui.

Later generations expanded Feng Shui infinitely, not only limited to the leyline acupuncture points of the tomb, but gradually extended to the art of Kanyu, Kanyu, heaven and earth, to put it bluntly, is a science that analyzes the relationship between heaven, earth and man.

But today I only to the professors and teachers here, to talk about a branch of feng shui "Tianxing Feng Shui", the ancient emperors and nobles, the things after death are very important, the treatment enjoyed during life, after death to continue to have, not only that, they also think that the rise and fall of the world, are all in the dragon vein, so the mausoleum should be set in the feng shui treasure land, Emperor Yongzheng once will be the emperor's tomb incisive outline, he said: Qiankun gathering show area, yin and yang confluence place, dragon cave sand water, no beauty is not received, the situation is reasonable, all auspicious and salty, mountain water law, The organization is detailed, and Xun is the land of good luck.

Although there are only a few short sentences, this is undoubtedly the most direct, most vivid, and most vivid description of the emperor's tomb, but he only said half of it, the ancients pursued the realm of the unity of heaven and man, not only the mountains and water, but also the sun, moon and stars.

Since ancient times, people often watch the celestial phenomena, study the changes of the stars, and use them to speculate on the good fortune and bad fortune, when choosing the treasure of feng shui, they will also add the essence of astronomy, the difference between heaven and earth, 84,000 miles, the heart and kidney of people are different, eight inches and four points, the human body is gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, and there are five stars corresponding to the heavens and rivers, 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 using the flow of nebulae to determine the acupoints is the most difficult to master in feng shui.

There are 24 nights in the sky, 24 hours in the day, and 24 solar terms in the year, so Feng Shui also has 24 directions, 24 places, which 24? They are: Emperor, Tiangang, Tianguan, Tianyuan, Tianshi, Tianchu, Tianmistletoe, Tianhan, Tianlei, Tianfu, Tianstable, Tiangui, Tianyi, Shaowei, Tianhan, Tianguan, Tiandi, Antarctica, Tianma, Tianping, Taiyi, Taiwei.

We can understand the auspicious and evil arrangements of these stars, and then locate them through the compass, we can find the place we want to find, but there are many schools of Feng Shui of this kind of celestial stars, each with its own rules, and there are many contradictory monuments in the vast sea of sand, after a thousand years, it is good to have a 23% chance to find it.

When Professor Chen heard this, he stood up happily and said, "What Comrade Hu said is so good, God opened his eyes, he finally sent us such a talent as you." In the great desert of Xinjiang, after thousands of years, or even thousands of years, the vicissitudes of the sea, the former oases and cities have become a vast sea of sand, mountains and rivers have disappeared, if we want to find those mausoleums on the ancient Silk Road, relying on the art of Tianxing Feng Shui is the most concise and effective way. I announce that both of you, from now on, have officially joined our archaeological working group. ”

Hao Aiguo also came over to shake hands with us warmly, and apologized for the unkindness just now: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, intellectuals like us are all stinky old nine, and for so many years of the Cultural Revolution, we have been squatting in the clay kiln, squatting stupidly, and we don't know how to speak, please don't care." ”

I secretly rejoiced: "Hehe, I also know so much, and then I have to show my feet, Tianxing Feng Shui is rare and unimaginable, I can't understand it, but presumably you intellectuals who wear myopic glasses can't resist the test of the cruel environment in the desert, and you have to run back in less than two days after entering, in addition, I exaggerated, and said that the probability of finding the ruins is extremely low, if you can't find it, then it's not that I don't understand the responsibility of Tianxing Feng Shui, but our wages can not be less." ”

I was thinking proudly, when a young woman came into the room, and Professor Chen hurriedly introduced us: "This Miss Yang is the funder of our funding, and she will go with us, don't look at her as a girl, but she is a photographer of the famous National Geographic magazine." ”

I made a gentleman's gesture and shook hands with her, I thought that since the other party is an American, I have to speak English to others, how do you say it? It's like: "Ha...... Ha...... Leakage. ”

Miss Yang smiled slightly: "Mr. Hu, I can speak Chinese, let's talk in Chinese." You can call me Shirley Yang from now on. "I didn't expect her Mandarin to speak very well, without the slightest American accent, as for what the American accent is like, in fact, I don't have that concept, anyway, I think she is no different from Chinese."

Shirley Yang shook hands with the fat man again, and then raised a question, Mr. Wang Kaixuan (fat man) came with Mr. Hu, Mr. Hu has great skills, has commanded troops, and understands Tianxing Feng Shui, but what skills Mr. Wang has, we haven't learned yet. This desert expedition is a big deal, and we don't need people who don't have unique skills.

I didn't expect the Americans to speak so directly, everyone looked at the fat man together, and I hurriedly said for him: "It's not peaceful in the desert, my friend, good marksmanship." ”

Seeing that the American woman looked down on him, the fat man pursed his mouth and snorted angrily: "What is Xinjiang, when my lord I went to the Xinjiang desert to suppress bandits, the bandits I killed in the Niya Oasis were full of, and I killed the bandit leader with my own hands, you see, this is the spoils of war." After that, he took out the jade pendant and shook it in front of everyone: "Have you seen you?" "This jade pendant is his father's old comrade-in-arms during the Red Army, a gift given to him by the fat man when he was a child, and it was obtained by him from a group of bandits he eliminated in the Niya Oasis in Xinjiang.

I grinned beside me, thinking to myself that this idiot, I can't tell a nonsense, you put all the heroic deeds of your father's generation on your own head, and you went to Xinjiang to suppress bandits, and you were still wearing open crotch pants when you suppressed bandits, and you said that you had eaten Xinjiang mutton skewers. Now, it seems that I can only play tricks, if I don't take the fat people to go, I won't go, I guess they can only compromise in the end.

However, no one refuted, Professor Chen and Shirley Yang's eyes were attracted by the jade pendant in the fat man's hand, and wherever the fat man held the jade pendant's hand, their eyes followed, and they even had to blink their eyes.

Sand Sea Devil's Lair 3

Shirley Yang originally did not agree with the fat man to join the archaeological team, but since she saw the fat man's jade pendant, she did not hesitate to agree to the two of us, each of whom will be paid 10,000 US dollars, and if we can find the exquisite ancient city in the heart of the desert, we will pay twice more. But the money won't be cashed until we come back from Xinjiang.

The big gold tooth has also seen the fat man's jade pendant, with his old way, he can't see the origin of this jade, he is not as good as Professor Chen and others in this regard, after all, the big gold tooth is an upside-down thing, Professor Chen has been immersed in the study of ancient culture in the Western Regions, for decades, Shirley Yang's father and he are friends, Shirley Yang has been influenced by the family environment since childhood, and he is also half an expert in the history of the Western Regions, so the two of them looked at this piece of jade and looked out of the door.

Professor Chen believes that this piece of jade has a history of at least 1,500 to 2,000 years, and the text engraved on it is the ghost cave text, the ghost cave is an ethnic minority in the Western Regions in ancient times, and now this nation has long been extinct.

Professor Chen and Shirley Yang's father are obsessed with the culture of the Western Regions, and this once prosperous and gorgeous city can be said to be the Chu Qiao of the 36 countries of the Western Regions, in its heyday, it was rare in the Western Regions, and then there seemed to be a catastrophe in the country, the queen died, and since then this ancient city has disappeared.

The glory of the past has been buried in the yellow sand, and the clues that prove its existence are only sporadic records in some ancient documents, and the legend is that the Queen of Essence is the first beauty in the Western Regions, she is like the sun in the sky, and her appearance eclipses the stars and the moon.

Shirley Young's father was looking for the queen's tomb, and an expedition of five Chinese and American scholars, carrying top-notch equipment, went into the depths of the sand sea, but never returned.

This operation, one is to conduct on-site assessment and survey of the ancient tombs in the desert, and the other is to try their luck to see if they can find the remains of the five explorers and bury them properly.

Shirley Yang wanted to buy the jade pendant in the fat man's hand, and the fat man and I thought that the strange goods were habitable, and we didn't sell them if we killed them, and secretly calculated how many dollars we could kill her. We joined this expedition of scholars and photographers, I mixed in with the leader, the fat man mixed with the vice-captain, and the matter of going to the desert was finalized.

The first stop was Xi'an, where we were to meet up with a few of Professor Chen's students, and then to Urumqi, where the expedition's equipment would be shipped directly.

As soon as Hao Aiguo came in, he made the fat man's stinky feet so smoked that he almost fell, and he pushed me awake: "Comrade Hu, wake up, wake up, the professor is looking for you to discuss something, come over for a while." ”

I looked out the car window, it was still dawn, I didn't know what time it was, I fell asleep, put on my clothes and followed Hao Aiguo to the next door.

Professor Chen and Shirley Yang were looking at the map, and when they saw me coming in, they beckoned me to sit down, and Hao Aiguo poured me a cup of hot water, and I asked them what was the matter?

Professor Chen said: "We will be able to go to Xi'an tomorrow morning, pick up my three students, even if all the personnel are here, you are our captain, I want to discuss the route with you in advance." ”

Shirley Yang also said: "Yes, Mr. Hu, I have discussed with the professor, and plan to start from Bosten Lake, go south to find the ancient Peacock River, and then, through the ancient Peacock River channel into the depths of the desert, along the Ziduyan River south, to find the ruins of the exquisite ancient city, we would like to ask for your opinion." ”

I think it's funny in my heart, these intellectuals and rich people, talk whimsical on paper, you go in circles in the desert Gobi like this, how dare anyone take the Z-shaped route in the desert, even if they don't die of thirst, starvation and sunburn, they have to die of exhaustion in the end, but I have always thought that these people belong to the people who have more money to burn, eat enough to support, and have a good life, but they have to go to the desert to suffer, and it will not take two or three days to designate, and they have to cry and shout to go back, so it doesn't matter what route it is, just give me the money after I go back.

I said to Shirley Yang: "Miss Yang, although I am the leader of the team, I am not qualified to participate in the decision on the arrangement of the route, you have determined the route and goal, and I am responsible for leading everyone to the place, in other words, your, the shopkeeper's work, ours, the coolie work." ”

As soon as the words came out, I also regretted a little, as the saying goes, take people's money and people to eliminate disasters, people spend money to hire me, of course I have to do my duty, so I told them that about the route, we must wait until I arrive in Xinjiang, find a local guide, ask for his opinion, and then decide, it is a bit too early to say, and the matter of finding a guide is on me.

After this conversation on the train, I had a vague feeling that they were so determined that they might not have to run back a few days after entering the desert.

In Xi'an, I met the rest of the members of our archaeological team, all of whom were students led by Professor Chen, the simple-looking Sa Dipeng, the tall Chu Jian, and a female student Ye Yixin.

I contacted a former comrade-in-arms in the army, Liu Gang, who is a descendant of the 359th Brigade of the Xinjiang Army, and was born and raised in Xinjiang, but he is not very familiar with the locals, and it is not easy to find a local Uyghur guide who is familiar with the desert geography.

The old man's name is "Eshaiti Amat", but his name is no longer called, and people call him "Anliman", which means a living map in the desert.

An Liman held a cigarette pouch in his mouth and shook his head non-stop: "No, no, it's the wind season, go into the desert, Hu Da and his old man, that's to blame." ”

I asked Professor Chen to show the documents, and I explained to him that we are cadres sent by the state to work, and the local comrades must cooperate, and if you don't give us a guide, we will find the police and confiscate your camel and donkey, so that you can't do business.

Shirley Young told him that as long as you come and be our guide, I will buy all your cattle at double the price, and when you come back from the desert, these animals will be yours, and the money will be yours.

An Liman was helpless, so he had to agree, but he made a request: "Don't drive the car, Hu Da doesn't like machines, camels have a lot of belts, Hu Da likes camels." ”

In this link, I agree with the old man Anliman, camels are much more reliable in the desert than cars, camels are known as the ships of the desert, not only is an animal with the ability to carry things, they have a lot of skills left from ancient ancestors, they can avoid desert storms, quicksand and other natural threats, can also not eat or drink under the scorching sun to carry the weight forward, wide and fat soles, the focus area is very large, will not easily fall into the sand, old and experienced camels, It will lead the owner to find a water source in the vast desert sand, and at night, the vigilant camel can also act as a sentinel, alerting the owner when wolves and other wild beasts take advantage of the darkness to sneak attack.

On the day of departure, the old man loaded all our equipment and materials on the camel's back, and then brought a large amount of bean cake and salt, and the fat man asked while helping him carry things: "Old man, let's eat bean cake and salt in the desert?" Isn't this *** the more you eat, the more thirsty you get? ”

An Liman laughed: "Oh, my Wuli Anjiang (strong friend), this, you can eat it, but Hu Da thinks that these should be left for the camels to eat." ”

The old man told us that the current season is the most dangerous time in the desert, from Bosten Lake to the ruins of the West Night City, this previous section of the road, there are deserts and Gobi Desert, fortunately there are ancient channels of the Peacock River connected, it is not difficult to identify, but if you want to go deeper, whether you can find the Zidu Dark River, it depends on Hu Da's will.

Our team of nine people is not so much an archaeological team as an ancient camel team, the amount of food carried is enough to last less than a month, the clean water is enough to use for more than ten days, and the drinking water can be replenished in several oases and underground rivers along the way. In addition, there are several large leather pockets of yogurt soup, when you are thirsty in the desert, you can drink a sip to quench your thirst, which can withstand ten mouthfuls of water. Coupled with the various equipment and equipment of the expedition team, the weight of each camel is very large, and when marching, the personnel can only rely on two legs, walk half the way, and ride the camel half the way.

The first leg of the route starts from Bosten Lake to the southwest and follows the Peacock River west until you find the ancient river channel to the south, Bosten can be translated as standing, the origin of the name because there are three mountains in the middle of the lake. In ancient times, this lake was also called the sea of fish, it is the largest inland freshwater lake in China, the Peacock River originates from here, flows to the depths of the Taklamakan River, when we pass by the lake, look at the vast and far-reaching blue lake water makes people dizzy, inadvertently, there is an illusion that it seems to have reached the end of heaven and earth.

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In the first two days after leaving, the professor's three students were very interested, they were all young, it was the first time in their lives that they had entered the desert, and they thought it was both fresh and fun.

I was also eager to try and toss with them, but as the leader of the archaeological team, I still had to be serious, and thinking of it, I straightened up and rode on the back of a camel, trying to make my image as strong and wise as possible.

The initial part of the journey, according to the words of the old man Anliman, is not a desert at all, this section of the ancient channel of the Peacock River, was the existence of the river before the diversion of the river, some sections of the riverbed is not completely dry, the surrounding sand is also very shallow, there are scattered small lakes and seas everywhere, there are occasionally a small group of red-headed gulls and red-billed pochard swimming on the water surface, along the bend of the Peacock River, there is a small piece of oasis, growing sand dates, poplars and some shrubs.

After this bend of the river, it is really into the desert, the Peacock River is diverted to the southeast, to that side is Loulan, Lop Nur, Tanya, we are marching southwest, into the "black desert", the old man Anliman said that the black desert is produced by Huda (Allah, Allah) to punish greedy infidels, the desert buried countless cities and treasures, but no one can bring them out of the black desert, even if you only take a gold coin, you will lose your path in the black desert, buried in the wind and sand, Don't think about it again.

This is a large mobile desert, the wind blows the sand dunes, the landform is the same day by day, there is no feature, the ancient river channel has long disappeared, thanks to Anliman, those are buried in the yellow sand for most of the part, only half of the roof of the ancient castle, houses, towers, by the wind into an inclination, and the ground is at an angle of 30 degrees, a few small Suosuo (plant name) in the desert, can not escape the eyes of the old man of Anliman, these things are connected, it is strung into a line, it tells us that the ancient channel of the Peacock River once passed here, At the end of this disappearing ancient river channel is the exquisite ancient city that was abandoned by Hu Da in legend.

If you don't see it with your own eyes, who would believe that there are trees in the desert, each tree is towards a vigorous flying dragon, all the branches are crooked to the east, as if this dragon is running in the desert, in such a harsh environment, after thousands of years, it has long since died, and the trunk is blown by the wind and sand to the ground, but it still does not fall.

The first rays of the morning sun rose from the eastern horizon, reflecting the clouds on the horizon, and the sand dunes in the desert were shrouded in a layer of glow, and the dry poplars and rippled yellow sand were reflected in golden red, thick colors, forming a magnificent picture between heaven and earth.

In order to avoid the scorching sun at noon, everyone hurried all night, and was walking tired, and when they saw this scene, they could not help but be refreshed, and Shirley Yang exclaimed: "The desert is so beautiful, God, you see that poplar tree, it is simply a golden dragon in the desert." "I took out my camera and pressed the shutter to capture the beautiful view.

When everyone was drunk by the beautiful scenery, I found that the old man An Liman was staring at the morning sun in the east, and there was a faint trace of uneasiness on his face, so I walked over and asked him: "Old man, what's wrong?" Is it about to change? "Because in the mainland, I have also heard that if the morning glow does not go out, and the sunset travels thousands of miles, the fiery red clouds in the morning are not a good light.

An Liman nodded, and only after a long time did he speak: "Yes, the clouds in the sky are bleeding, Hu Dama, probably angry, this desert, it's going to be windy again." ”

I smiled and said, "My surname is Hu, and Hu Da is also surnamed Hu, isn't it?" The people of our old Hu family have a good temper and never like to get angry. ”

An Liman was so angry that he blew up his goatee: "Why is Hu Dama's surname Hu?" If you say that, Hu Da is going to be angry. It's going to be very windy in the Black Desert tonight, so let's not rest during the day, so hurry forward. ”

This is the fifth day of our departure, the third day of entering the Black Desert, in front of us are the ruins of the ancient city of the West Night, we were expected to arrive tomorrow, but the old Khan said that this time the storm will be very big, and the sand wall will not stop it, if we don't rush to the ruins of the West Night City, we will all be buried alive in the desert.

I heard him say this, and knew that this matter was not a joke, there was still more than half a day's journey from the ruins of the ancient city of the West Night, and if something happened on the way to delay, it would be troublesome, and after walking all night, everyone was tired, and it was hard to say whether those old and weak women could hold on.

I jumped on the back of the camel and wanted to beckon everyone to go quickly, but I saw the old man of Anliman slowly and leisurely, got down from the camel, took out a blanket, spread it on the yellow sand unhurriedly, knelt on it, his eyes were slightly closed, his expression was reverent, he stretched out his hands to the sky, and then covered his face again, and said aloud: "Allahhh ”

He was praying to Allah, the homework that must be done every morning, and I saw that he was so calm and relaxed, thinking that he said that there would be a great storm in the evening, so I relaxed, and went to watch the beauty of the desert with the fat man, Shirley Yang and others.

Who would have thought that after Anliman finished praying, after that, it was like a different person, his body seemed to be full of clockwork, rolled up the blanket three times and twice, jumped on the camel like a spring, and whistled a long way: "Oh yo yo yo...... Run quickly, if you run late, you will be buried in the purgatory of black sand. The big camel under his crotch ran first.

I yelled, "This fucking old man." In such an urgent situation, he had been praying leisurely and slowly, and now he was running so fast that he beckoned everyone to move at the moment.

The camels also felt the danger signal from the sky, as if they were crazy, they threw off their four big hooves and ran wildly in the desert, usually sitting on the camel to walk, swaying and thinking it was very interesting, but once it ran, it was very bumpy, and we lay on the camel's back tightly, for fear that one would fall off if it was unstable.

The running camel team was speeding in the desert, the yellow sand raised rolled up a yellow dragon, everyone wore goggles on their eyes, covered their noses and mouths with turbans, I looked left and right, and felt more and more that the situation was not right, the camels were out of control, staring and panting and following the big camel of the old man of Anliman, running like a whirlwind, it seems that things are more urgent and dangerous than I expected the bottom line,

What I was most worried about was that some members were thrown off by camels, and I wanted to shout to Anliman in front of me to slow down, but I didn't have time to open my mouth, and I couldn't open my mouth, so I poured a mouthful of sand into one mouth.

I could only keep looking left and right, counting the number of people on the hump, and ran until noon, when the camels were walking vigorously, and at this time they were also tired and sweating, and had to slow down, but fortunately no one was left behind.

An Liman asked everyone to hurry up and eat a few mouthfuls of dry food at this time, drink more water, don't worry about drinking up the water, under the ruins of the West Night City, you can find the underground water veins of the ancient Peacock River, where the clear water will be replenished, eat and drink enough, let the camels raise a little bit of foot strength, fortunately, it is not far away, but it is better to continue running immediately, otherwise it will be too late.

Everyone took out the naan and dried meat and ate a few bites randomly, and the fat man and I were worried about these intellectuals, and asked them one by one if they had anything wrong.

Although Professor Chen was not young, he was so out of breath by the camel that he couldn't say a word, Ye Yixin, the youngest female student, spit out a few sips, and the two of them only drank some water and couldn't eat anything.

The most terrible thing is Hao Aiguo, his deep myopia glasses have fallen off, he can't see anything clearly, and he is so anxious that he is in a hurry, thanks to the graduate student Sa Dipeng is also myopia, he has a spare pair of myopia glasses, and their degrees are about the same, which solves Hao Aiguo's urgent need.

Shirley Yang and another tall student Chu Jian are nothing, especially Shirley Yang, maybe it is related to her adventurous father's genetics, or it may be related to her growing up in the United States, she has a strong adventurous spirit, and her physical fitness is also very good, she has not slept all night, and she has been running in the desert for most of the day, and she has not seen how tired she is, she is still in good spirits, and she is busy helping the old man An Liman to reinforce the materials on the camel's back.

A true breeze blew through the sand dunes, rolling up wisps of fine sand, and the sky in the distance gradually turned a dark yellow, and the old man shouted: "The trade wind is coming, don't rest any longer, Allah willing, there are so many of us, run for your life quickly." ”

The members of the archaeological team dragged their tired bodies and climbed onto the camel again, but at this time they could no longer care about the camel's physical strength, and shouted and urged the camel to run.

The sky was still clear just now, it seemed to be darkened in an instant, the wind came too fast, and there were more and more fine sand swept into the air by the wind, and the surrounding area was shrouded in overwhelming sand and dust, and the visibility was getting lower and lower, in the chaos, I secretly counted the number of people in the team again, plus me, a total of eight people, who fell behind?

Sand Sea Devil's Nest 5

The wind was blowing more and more fiercely, the sand was raging, and everywhere was a dull yellow, and I couldn't see who had fallen behind, but the camel caravan had just descended from the sand dunes, and it was still too late to go back and find someone.

The first thing I thought of was the American Miss Yang, she was gone, our money would be lost, but then I dispelled this thought, the idea just now was a little selfish, their American lives are certainly precious, our Chinese's lives are not exchanged for salty salt particles, and no one can be left behind.

Beside me was the fat man, and the only person I could recognize, and I wanted to talk to him, but the wind and sand were so strong that I couldn't open my mouth, so I rode on a camel and gestured to him, so that he could stop the old man who was running in front of me.

After such a delay, the twenty-peaked camel ran dozens of meters away, and I didn't have time to confirm whether the fat man understood what I meant, so I turned over and fell off the back of the wild camel.

The footprints of the camels in the desert have been blurred by the wind and sand, and will soon disappear, and I run in the direction of the wind, feeling that my body is like a piece of paper, and every step is involuntarily, and it will be swept away by the wind at any time, and I cannot hear anything in my ears except the sound of the wind.

We staggered for nearly two hundred meters, and finally found a man lying on the ground on the dune beam where we had just rested. The man's body was already half covered with sand, and I didn't know whether he was dead or alive, so I hurried over and pulled him out of the yellow sand.

It turned out to be Professor Chen, his situation just now was not very good, maybe when everyone got on the camel to flee for their lives, he was turned upside down by the camel in a hurry. Professor Chen was still alive, but he was so frightened that he couldn't speak, and when he saw me coming, he fainted with excitement.

Although the wind and sand at this time are fierce, but I know that this is just the prelude to the desert storm, the real violent storm, may come at any time, can not be delayed for a moment, I carried him on my back, turned around and looked, I just stepped out of a series of footprints can still be recognized, God forbid, the fat man must stop An Liman, the old guy who is greedy for life and afraid of death.

I wanted to carry Professor Chen down the sand dune, but I didn't expect the wind behind me to be too strong, and I didn't stand on my feet when I took the first step, and the two of them rolled down the sand slope in a bunch, and in the dim wind and sand, someone helped me up, and it turned out that the fat man understood what I meant, and stabbed the camel's ass with a knife, caught up with An Liman in front, and threw him off the hump, and the camel group saw that the first camel stopped, and the rest also stopped, only the one with an injured buttocks, ran forward like crazy, and immediately disappeared into the vast wind and sand.

That is, thanks to the fact that they didn't run too far, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to find it back at all, and no one could speak at all, they could only gesture, and if they could understand it, they would understand it, and if they couldn't understand it, they would just do it, and everyone was ready to climb back on the camel and flee for their lives.

But the camels seemed to be frightened, and they would not run away, and no matter how the old man of Anliman beats, he did not listen to the command, and lined up, squatted in place, and buried his head in the sand.

Along the way, we have seen the bones of many camels, and when they die, they retain this posture, as if they were sinners being punished. An Liman said that these were all camels frightened by the big black wind and sand, and they knew that the black wind and sand would come soon, and it was useless to run, so they simply knelt on the ground and waited for death.

This situation suddenly appeared, and we were helpless, were we all waiting to be buried alive in the yellow sand? It didn't taste good. Just when I was at a loss, Shirley Jan took my arm, pointed to the west, and motioned for us to look there.

I saw that in the wind and sand, a huge white shadow ran towards us, it was already very close, but the wind was too loud, no one heard it, I subconsciously took off the sports rifle on the hunchback, this small-caliber sports gun is what we are going to use to deal with the wolves, all the people don't care about the wind and sand, and focus on the white shadow, what is it? Not like a person.

The white shadow came to us in an instant like a devil, it was a camel twice as large as an ordinary camel, with only one hump growing on its back, and its whole body was snow-white, which stood out in the yellow sand.

"Wild camels!" Several people who knew this camel screamed at the same time.

In addition to the difference in size between ordinary camels and wild camels, the biggest difference between them is that the camels raised by people have two humps on their backs, while wild camels have only one on their backs.

Through the goggles, I could see the light of the old man's eyes, a light of joy in the midst of death, and he waved his arms in praise of Allah, and the camels kneeling on the ground raised their heads again as if they had been summoned to do so.

I don't know what happened, but I intuitively understood what they were doing, and we still had a chance to survive, just follow this snow-white wild camel, it is an animal in the desert, and it should know where to hide from the big black wind and sand. Immediately make a gesture to the rest of the people, and let the group climb on the back of the camel and run after the white camel in front of them.

The camels lowered their heads, ran so much that they were about to foam at the mouth, used all their remaining physical strength, followed the white camels in front of them, turned a large sand mountain, the terrain of the desert suddenly rose here, and the figure of the white camel flashed, and disappeared in a flash.

I secretly said that it was not good, it was gone, we were in trouble, seeing that the surroundings were getting darker and darker, it was no longer possible to distinguish between the sky and the earth, and in a minute or two, the black sandstorm that would devour life was coming.

Before we could understand what was going on, the camels under their mounts turned around the towering sand hill, and I looked to the left and right, and the sand hill had a ruined city wall, and a large rammed earth fortress underneath, which turned out to be the remains of a small ancient city.

Most of the buildings have been buried in the yellow sand, some of the houses have collapsed, only the strong wall towers out, the wind and the sun have been exposed to the wind and the sun, I don't know how many years, it has long since become the same color as the desert, from a distance, it will only think that it is a large sand dune, and if you do not turn in from the side, you will never find this ancient castle.

The snow-white wild camel on the peak turned out to have run into this place for refuge, but the ruins of the ancient city blocked the view, and it was impossible to see where it had gone.

The city wall is like a high sand-proof wall, and if you can rely on it to stop this rare sandstorm, in the words of the old man An Liman: "Then it depends on Hu Da's will." "In short, in this case, having a place to hide is already an eye-opener.

The members of the archaeological team for the rest of their lives after this catastrophe, everyone was yellow, and they couldn't see whether they were scared to the point of yellowing or dust, everyone got off the camels, and An Liman commanded the camels to lie down by the wall, and then led a group of people to wait, and went down from the broken roof of a big house one after another.

Although the ancient city has walls to protect from the wind and sand, those walls are broken in some places, and a large amount of sand has been blown into the city by the wind for so many years, and the ground is full of fine sand in the broken houses, which is more than two meters thick.

The big house where we took refuge was probably a facility like a yamen or a city hall, and it was relatively tall, but even so, we still had to bend our waists, and if we looked up slightly, we would hit the wooden beams on it.

Ye Yixin, Hao Aiguo and other people with poor physique, when they went in, they lay on the ground, took out the kettle and drank it, and the rest of the people helped Professor Chen in, he had recovered his senses, but his legs were weak, and the fat man let out a breath: "Our fate has been picked up." ”

After An Liman entered the house, he immediately knelt on the ground, the devil from the black hell blew up a black sandstorm, thanks to Hu Da, thanks to him for sending the auspicious white camel, to save us from the nightmare of disaster, An Liman said that the dromedary white camel is the most magical elf in the desert, Genghis Khan, the king of Western Xia, Li Yuanhao and others, have white camels, but those are two humps, although rare, but not magical.

If there is even one person in the team that Hu Da does not like, we will not see the white camel, it seems that we are devout disciples who are favored by Allah, and from now on we will treat each other as brothers, breaking bones and connecting tendons, and An Liman patted his chest and promised: "If there is any danger, I will never glance at everyone first and run for my life." ”

I scolded in my heart: "He***, dare to love you old man, he didn't take us seriously before, I said that if something happens, you will run faster than a rabbit." ”

As he spoke, the sandstorm outside had come, the wind howled, and the sky was shaking, and we couldn't help but be frightened in the ruins of the ancient city, in case the exit of the house was buried by the wind and sand, and we had to suffocate to death? So I arranged for Sa Dipeng, Fat Man, and Chu Jian to take turns staring at the hole in the house, and as soon as there was any situation, I quickly notified everyone to run out, but everyone knew that if the storm moved the desert and the city wall in front was swallowed up, even if we ran out, it would just be another way to be buried alive.

Under the outer wall of the house was covered with artemisia seeds, a kind of hay, and I leaned out and plucked some of them, took out solid fuel, and lit a small fire to keep everyone warm.

The dark ancient house was illuminated by the firelight, Ye Yixin suddenly jumped up, and hit the beam of the house with her head, she was almost knocked unconscious, countless fine sand fell on the beam, and the people below were not wearing goggles, and they couldn't be blinded.

While rubbing their eyes, everyone asked Ye Yixin what was wrong? What nerves to make.

My eyes also entered the sand, and I couldn't see anything, and I only heard Ye Yixin's trembling voice shouting: "There is a dead body lying in the corner of the wall on the right!" ”

Sand Sea Devil's Nest 6

"Dead bodies?" Hao Aiguo rubbed his eyes and asked, "You Xiaoye, what are you doing in a daze?" Are we archaeologists still afraid of dead bodies? ”

Ye Yixin's eyes also entered the sand, and he covered the top of his head that hit the roof beam and apologized: "I'm sorry, Mr. Hao, I'm ...... I just didn't expect there to be dead people in this house, and my mind was not fully prepared...... I'm sorry, I'm sorry. ”

I have heard of a secret recipe, I was confused, and I can spit on it immediately, this trick I have tried a hundred times before, so I quickly spit a big spit, and the feeling of being confused was immediately reduced, and a lot of tears flowed out, but I was able to open it.

When I opened my eyes, I was startled, it turned out that the spit I had just spit on the top of Shirley Yang's head, she was a clean person, even if she was in the desert day and night, she also maintained good hygiene, she was blinded by the sand, she was rubbing her eyes constantly, and in the confusion did not notice that someone was spitting on the top of her head.

I had to pretend that there was no such thing, hurriedly took out the flashlight from the portable geological bag, and looked at the wall, sure enough, there were human bones, the climate in the desert was dry and abnormal, I couldn't tell how long I had been dead, only a pair of white bones remained, half of the yellow sand blown in by the wind was buried, and most of it was still exposed.

At this time, the rest of the people also opened their eyes one after another, took out the kettle, and rinsed a few people with clean water for a few people who were seriously blinded, I told everyone not to worry, it's nothing, it's just a human bone, I don't know how many years I've been dead, wait for us to eat something, rest for a while, dig a pit and bury him.

The members of the archaeological team, except for An Liman old man, are often dealing with ancient corpses, and no one is afraid, but they are a little puzzled by the death of this human skeleton here, the dead in the desert rarely decay, most of them are dried into mummies by natural air, but there is no skin and flesh on this white bone, maybe it is eaten up by the sand wolf.

An Liman thinks this is not strange, the peak of the white camel did not run in to avoid the big sandstorm, we were spared thanks to following it, this desert is different from the half-desert and half-Gobi with Loulan ruins Yadan wonders, people enter the black desert in the west, only dare to deviate from the route of the ancient channel of the Peacock River, do not dare to deviate at all, by ourselves, it is impossible to find the ruins of this castle, but the animals in the desert are different, this ruined city, must be a refuge given by Hu Da to the animals in the desert, we don't see, Behind the broken walls of those broken houses, there may be many sand wolves, yellow sheep, and sand leopards hiding in the ......, at this time there is a big sandstorm in the sky, and the animals on the ground are frightened, and no one can take care of anyone, and after the sandstorm passes, you may find that the wolf and the yellow sheep are hiding in a room, and then the wolf should stick out its teeth, and the yellow sheep should stick out the horns on its head.

I heard that there are still a lot of wild beasts hiding in these broken houses, Ye Yixin and a few other timid people are a little nervous, An Liman is also worried about the camels hiding behind the broken city wall, he has to brave the sandstorm to go out and tie the camels, it seems that this big sandstorm will not stop for a while and a half, and I don't know how long it will take to spend in this big house, so I asked the fat man and Chu Jian to go out with him, and by the way, they brought in food and fuel sleeping bags.

The three of them put on goggles and covered their mouths, noses and ears with bandanas and tumbled through the holes in the roof. After smoking two cigarettes, they came back, their bodies were full of sand, the fat man tore off his turban and goggles, and sat down on the ground: "**, this wind is blowing, if it weren't for the three of us pulling each other, we can blow it to the sky, but the old man didn't get us, when we passed by a broken wall, there were six or seven yellow sheep hidden behind it, and when the wind was lighter, I took a gun to shoot two, let's eat fresh meat, these days are all jerky, and it's annoying to eat." ”

When An Liman heard this, he resolutely disagreed: "No, no, no, as soon as you shoot, the sound of that gunshot, it will scare away all the beasts hiding in the city, they will run out, and they will all be buried alive in the devil's black sandstorm, we are the same as those animals, we are all Hu Da Kai, so we can come here to hide, you can't be like this." ”

The fat man said: "Come on, stop quickly, don't I just say that, I will summon you so many words, can I continue to eat dried meat?" Hu Da and his old man won't even let us eat jerky, right? Then he took out the jerky and canned liquor from his bag and gave them to everyone to eat and drink.

I have been running for my life in the desert for more than half a day, and now I am trapped in the ruins of this nameless ancient city by the sandstorm, except for the fat man and the old man An Liman, the rest of the people are not in the mood to eat, I care about Professor Chen, he is old, and there is a lack of medicine in the desert, but don't have any accidents, I took the skin bag containing liquor, walked to Professor Chen's side, and persuaded him to drink two sips of wine to relieve fatigue.

Shirley Yang and Hao Aiguo helped Professor Chen sit up, and the students, except for Chu Jian's turn to go to the roof to stand guard, also gathered around the professor with concern.

Professor Chen seemed to have recovered, took a sip of wine, and said with a wry smile: "Think about the fact that I used to work in the field, and then I was locked up in the cowshed for more than three years, and then went to the labor camp to dig stones, and I didn't suffer any crimes, and I survived. ”

I comforted him a few words, saying that I can't take Miss Yang's share of dollars for nothing, these are my own things, if you always feel unwell, let's go back as soon as possible, it's still too late, after the ancient city of the West Night, that is the heart of the Black Desert, the environment is much more cruel than this, and it will be too late to regret it then.

Professor Chen shook his head and said that he was determined to go on, everyone don't worry, this kind of rare sandstorm will not happen in a hundred years, and it will not happen often.

I was about to persuade him a few more words, but Shirley Yang pulled me aside and whispered to me: "Mr. Hu, I used to think that you were a little too young to be the leader of the archaeological team, and I was very worried about whether you had enough ability and experience. There is something that I still need your help with, we have learned the power of nature, and the morale of the team members has suffered a lot of setbacks, I hope you can cheer everyone up and cheer everyone up. ”

It was a problem, but the shopkeeper sent a message, and I had to do it, and everyone gathered around to eat, and I said to everyone, "That...... Comrades, our current atmosphere is a bit dull, marching all the way and singing all the way is a fine tradition of our army, let's sing a song together, okay? ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, it's a little inexplicable, thinking about when will we become soldiers? What does the fine traditions of our army have to do with our common people? Singing on this occasion at this time? No one reacted for a while.

I thought to myself, I was confused again, how to take out the set in the company, so I quickly changed my words: "No, no, what, let's chat, I will report to you all about a small incident I fought on the front line." ”

As soon as everyone heard that I was going to tell the story, they all became interested, and they surrounded me tighter, and listened to me while eating: "Once, we were connected to a difficult task, to forcibly capture the 306 heights, there are several Vietnamese firepower points on the heights, they are very well arranged, relying on each other and dead ends, our army's artillery fire can not directly destroy them, can only let the infantry attack hard, the company I led is six companies, we attacked three times in a row, unsuccessfully, seven were sacrificed, and more than ten people were wounded, Our company is a well-known heroic company in the whole division, and we have never fought such a battle, and the soldiers are very depressed and can't keep up our spirits, and I was in a hurry, when suddenly the regiment commander called me and scolded me on the phone, saying that you can't even do it? No, get out of the way, give up the title of the hero company, and send other companies in the regiment. As soon as I heard this, I hung up the phone and came up with a solution, I said to the soldiers. Just now, the Central Military Commission called me and said that Uncle Deng knew the deeds of our Sixth Company on the front line, and the old man said that the Sixth Company was really good, and he would definitely be able to take down the position. As soon as the soldiers listened, what? Uncle Deng knows that we are connected? Then we can't embarrass him with this face, he came to the momentum at that time, and he went up and took down the position with a charge. ”

When everyone in the archaeological team heard this, they all felt a little excited, and they all asked about the details of the battle on the front line.

I said to everyone: "Comrades, what I mean by this story is that no difficulty can stop us, our greatest enemy is ourselves, and as long as we can overcome our own fears, as long as we overcome our weaknesses, we will surely achieve the final victory." ”

Under my guidance, the previously oppressive and dreary atmosphere was finally greatly relieved, and although the sandstorm outside was violent, these people were no longer as nervous as before.

After eating, it was Sadipeng's turn to take over Chu Jian's sentry, and the fat man and I went to clean up the human bones of the victims in the corner, and put it there like that, and the people in the room were not very comfortable, so it was better to bury this human bone before going to bed.

Now in such bad weather, it is impossible to bury it outside, you can dig up the sand on the spot, dig a few times, the sapper shovel touched the stone, I think it is a little strange, this house is very high, hundreds of thousands of years of yellow sand blown in, piled up higher and higher, these sand is two or three meters thick, how to dig a few times is a stone.

Set aside the sand and look at it, the stone was black, dig a few more times on both sides, but there was no stone, Hao Aiguo and others saw it, and also came over to help, and worked together, digging more than half a meter deep, and in the fine yellow sand, a black stone statue was revealed.

Sand Sea Devil's Nest 7

We only dug up its head, and the statue was carved entirely out of black stone, with no other color on it.

The size is enough to be as big as the two heads of ordinary people combined, the eyes are olive-shaped, long, and it seems not very coordinated in the facial features of the face, the proportion is too large, there is no crown and hat on the top of the head, only a flat hairpin, the expression is very serene, there is no obvious joy and anger, it is like the statue of the god in the temple, and it is also like the stone man on the mountain road of some large mausoleum, but judging from the position of the stone statue in this big house, it is more likely to be the former.

I lit a gas lamp to illuminate them, Professor Chen looked at it, and said to Hao Aiguo, "Look at this stone statue, have we seen it anywhere before?" ”

Hao Aiguo put on his nearsighted glasses and looked at it carefully: "Ah, it's true, a thousand coffins have been unearthed in Xinjiang, and there are stone figures exactly like this one in the tomb, with very prominent eyes, different from ordinary people, this should be called a giant pupil stone statue." ”

In the Tianshan Mountains of Xinjiang, Altay, Hotan River Basin, and all parts of the Mongolian steppe, this kind of giant pupil stone statue has been found, the origin of the stone statue, has not been verified, there have been scholars pointed out that this should be a certain god worshiped by the Mongols, according to the historical records, Kublai Khan has a secret palace in the desert of the Western Regions, called "Xiang Palace", the earliest statue of this stone man is enshrined in the Xiang Palace.

But a few years later, with the discovery of several older tombs and ruins, the giant pupil stone statue was also discovered, which overturned the assumption, and some people said that it was left by the ancient Turks, and in the end there was no exact statement, becoming one of the many puzzles in the history of archaeology.

Several students in the archaeological team had never seen the giant pupil stone statue, took out a pen and wrote and drew it in the notebook, discussing to dig up the sand below, and look at the whole body of the stone man, Hao Aiguo told them some relevant knowledge, saying that everyone is tired today, let's rest first, and tomorrow when the sandstorm stops, let's clean up the sand in this big house and see if there is anything to find.

I changed places, dug up the yellow sand, and buried the bones of the victim, he had no clothes on him and nothing that could prove his identity, and he couldn't even make a simple tombstone for him, alas, how much to stay at home, what to toss in the desert, just rest here.

I looked at my watch, and it was already evening, and the black sandstorm outside was still not stopping, but it was getting more and more violent, maybe it would blow all night.

Except for the sentry Sa Peng, the rest of the people rubbed their feet with fine sand and lay down in the sleeping bag to rest, this is learned from Anliman, in the desert, water is gold, and the only way to wash feet is fine sand, I found Sa Dipeng who was sentry under the hole in the roof, and asked him to sleep for a while, and I came to guard for him.

I sat in the corner of the wall, holding the sporting air rifle in my arms, in case a wild beast suddenly jumped in and hurt people, smoking while listening to the wind outside, the thought of Professor Chen and they have to continue to walk into the depths of the desert, it is really a headache, who knows how many dangerous traps lurk in the depths of the black desert.

The desert is like this, on the surface it looks very calm, when there is no wind, the whole earth seems to be covered with golden silk satin, but under this calm surface, the quicksand that swallowed countless people and animals, the ever-changing wind and sand, all kinds of animals and plants in the desert, are all factors that threaten the safety of the expedition team, and if you can't say it, you will get any accidents, today there was a big sandstorm, and the team members did not have casualties, this can definitely be regarded as a miracle.

I thought of it, smoking one after another, and I don't know how long it was, the sky outside was already dark, and the wind was still so loud, as if countless devils were crying, and from time to time sand fell into the holes in the roof, and the wind did not stop, I was afraid that the broken wall in front of me would be swallowed by sand.

At this time, I found that Shirley Yang woke up, she saw me sitting in the corner of the sentry, so she came over, and saw that she meant to talk to me, usually, I rarely talked to her, mainly because she and the fat man did not deal with each other, and they did not look at each other very well, so except for the necessary communication, we did not talk to her much, saying that she deducted some money from us, and that was enough for us to bear.

Out of politeness, I said hello to her, and Shirley Yang came up to me and asked, "Mr. Hu, you can go to sleep too, I'll take you two hours." ”

I said no, I asked the fat man to take my place later, and I asked her to go and rest again, but she sat across from me and talked to me about it.

There is one thing I have always wanted to ask her, why do you have to find that ancient city, maybe that city has long disappeared, no one has seen it for so many years, her father and those explorers, may not have died in that ancient city, any danger in the desert may be encountered, it is really difficult to find the remains of those lost victims, and there are still many unsolvable mysteries in this black desert, I once read some tabloids, which said that there were three explorers who also came here to explore, and then disappeared, after a long time, Their bodies were found at the edge of the desert, all three of them had died of dehydration, and strangely enough their jugs still contained drinking water. There are countless similar things, we humans know too little about the desert, there are many kinds of animals and plants in the desert, some of which belong to undiscovered species. Let's just try our best to find it, and even if we can't find it, we don't have to blame ourselves too much.

Shirley Yang nodded: "Mr. Hu, what you said is very reasonable, but I always firmly believe that my father and they have found the exquisite ancient city, because since he disappeared in the desert, I have dreamed more than once of a big black hole, there is a big coffin hanging at the entrance of the cave, the coffin is engraved with ghost cave inscriptions, and there are many big chains wrapped around it, and there is a huge thing lying on top of the coffin, but I can't see what it is, every time I try to see clearly, what is on the coffin, but at that time, my dream will wake up." For more than half a year, I have dreamed of the same scene almost every night, and I believe that this is the dream that my father gave me, and that the coffin must be the Queen's Absolute Queen. ”

I thought to myself why Americans are so superstitious and still believe in dreams, but seeing her solemn expression, I didn't dare to say anything to refute her, but comforted her a few words, and asked her what was going on with that exquisite country.

Shirley Yang said: "My father and Professor Chen have been friends for many years, they were classmates when they were young, they are very obsessed with the ancient culture of the Western Regions, four or eight years, my father and his family went to the United States, after the Cultural Revolution, he returned to China again, when he was in the United States, he once bought a number of cultural relics, are in the early nineteenth century, European explorers in the Xinjiang desert excavated precious cultural relics, those European explorers have found an ancient city ruins near the Niya Oasis, according to research relics and cultural relics are from the Han Dynasty, From some clues, it is speculated that it is likely to be the ruins of the most powerful Elite Kingdom among the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, and after years of research, my father and Professor Chen deduced that the ruins of Niya are just a subsidiary city of the Exquisite Kingdom, and the real Exquisite Main City should be in the north of Niya, the lower reaches of the Ziduyin River, and my father only hoped to find the ruins of the Exquisite Ancient City in person in his lifetime, so he took the risk of organizing an expedition into the desert. Throughout his life, he was fascinated by the exquisite ghost cave culture, and there are not many surviving records about this once glorious ancient city. The Elite Country was the leader of the alliance of small countries in the Western Regions at that time, those small countries, in fact, are now just a number of cities of different sizes naturally formed on some trade routes, and a small city also claims to be a country, and the most powerful of these small countries is the Essence Peerless, the Essence Peerless people are mainly Ghost Cave Clan, and there are also other ethnic minorities, after the death of the last queen of the Elite Country, the city disappeared in the sea of sand, whether it was destroyed by natural disasters or wars, there is no way to know, It was as if the country never existed, but until the eve of World War II, there was a British explorer who led an expedition into the Taklamakan expedition, and in the end he was the only one who walked out alive, his sanity was completely lost, but a few photos and diaries in the camera confirmed the existence of the exquisite ancient city.

Later, some people tried to follow this clue, but then World War II broke out, and it was only in the last three or four years that various expeditions had the opportunity to enter the desert in search of treasures and relics.

Shirley Young took out a small bag and showed it to me, I took it and opened it, inside was an old yellowed black and white photograph, and an old diary book full of English, the picture of the photo was very blurry, faintly recognizable, the photo was taken of a city in the desert, with a tower standing in the middle, and the details were almost unclear.

I asked Shirley Yang if this was ......, and Shirley Young said: "Yes, this is what my father bought from England, this is the explorer who once visited the exquisite ancient city, Mr. Walter's diary and photos, which also gave us some clues, but the diary only wrote that they saw a huge ancient city in the lower reaches of the Ziduyan River, and were going to go in the morning to explore, and then it was gone, I don't know what happened to them in the ruins of the ancient city, In the end, only one insane man survived. ”

I chatted with her, and accidentally found that in the corner of the wall illuminated by the gas lamp in the house, the giant pupil stone statue with a big head was dug out, its eyes seemed to move, I didn't close my eyes for a day or two nights, could it be that I couldn't see it?