Zhu Beichen looked at the triumphant fat man in front of him, wise and old, and all kinds of qualities that belonged to the old and wise people were brought together.

In contrast, Zhu Beichen, who has a student temperament, is full of immaturity.

Pretend, fat man, you continue to pretend.

In other words, other teenagers under twenty will never be able to see that the fat man is deliberately hiding his temperament, deliberately revealing a youthful frivolity. But Zhu Beichen understood that he was covering himself.

First of all, the history of ancient Loulan, the most popular record comes from 400 A.D., when the monk Fa Xian traveled west to learn scriptures.

In the "Records of the Buddha's Kingdom", it has been recorded that this place has been "no birds on the top, no beasts below, all over the eyes, only marked by the dry bones of the dead." ”

The history of Loulan has almost declined and perished, and the important towns on the Silk Road have gradually lost their population and disappeared silently on the stage of history after nearly 500 years of glory.

The recorded text dates back to around the 4th century AD, after which the kingdom of Loulan suddenly disappeared.

At this time, Zhu Beichen interjected and agreed: "It is an indisputable fact that the history of Loulan did only last until the 4th century AD. "I myself am a student of history, and this is true of all kinds of historical records.

The fat man sighed lightly and shook his head, "Only two kinds of people will retain a skeptical attitude, and history books kill people." ”

Either a person who is illiterate will not be constrained by written records, and can have a broad space to wander his mind.

Either it is a person with extensive knowledge, and the knowledge points are quoted from each other, and the doubts will naturally be found under the confirmation.

The fat man confessed that he was a tomb robber and grasped an important clue in his experience with an ancient tomb during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

That is, Loulan still existed during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and it intersected with the regimes of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

The side shows that the time point of the demise of Guloulan was not around the 4th century AD, but why did the historical records omit the more than 100 years of intervening?

What happened to Guloulan in more than 100 years that the historical record of this period is blank?

Due to the limited historical data, the research ended here, and the fat man became more and more convinced that there must have been an unsolved mystery in Guloulan more than 1,000 years ago, and the vicissitudes of a generation of civilization were told everywhere under the yellow sand.

The vague outline of history took shape in Zhu Beichen's mind, "Did you think at that time, during the blank period of more than 100 years, the people of Loulan hid under the yellow sand and built a huge underground building that no one knew, just to bury a secret?" ”

After half a cup of tea, the fat man's mind spun quickly, and he realized that he had said enough, and waved his hand to show that he was tired, and the conversation ended there.

He leaned sideways and turned his back to Zhu Beichen and fell into a deep sleep. After a while, I remembered the sound of heavy snoring.

As soon as he heard this snoring, Zhu Beichen's heart itched, thinking of the scene of the fat man grinding his teeth in his mouth, and he couldn't sleep anymore.

……

The cool breeze and the sound of the water converge into a shallow movement, which comes from the riverside.

Seeing the fat man underwater, Zhu Beichen pouted and snorted coldly, old fox.

There was no light in the darkness, and Zhu Beichen would never dare to leave too far. But now the moon is high in the sky, and the road in the canyon is clearly discerning, so I dare to step on the dark river.

The river that flows beneath the stratum is called the Dark River, and the water flows under the tomb of the sun, and the surrounding scenery is the same as the ground.

Where does the river come from? How many years have passed since the river stood on the riverbed.

The water came from and stretched to the dark end, and Zhu Beichen stood alone on the bank of the river.

The sound of running water is mixed with the crisp sound of bells, and the sound floats into your ears as if it were nothing.

Thinking he was hallucinating, he shook his head violently, and the voice seemed to come from the middle of the river.

The sound of the flowing water slapping against an object over and over again made the moonlight hazy enough to see the scene in the middle of the river.

I can only see a rough outline.

The appearance is very similar to a bronze tripod, and the sound of the water beating the copper tripod with the sound of flowing water forms a rich movement.

Zhu Beichen took off half of his torn shoes, and tested the temperature of the river with his bare feet, it was cold and biting, and the chill soon spread all over his body.

The extreme temperature difference between day and night has caused the current temperature of the river to plummet by more than 10 degrees, which is far from the suitable water temperature of about 20 degrees during the day, and the bitter cold is extremely unbearable.

The wind chime-like music and string rhythm were so beautiful that he couldn't help but figure out what the statue was floating on the surface of the river. If it is really a bronze ancient tripod, the weight is at least more than 1,000 catties, how can it support it to float on the water.

During the day, I have never seen such a tripod in this water, and it seems to have appeared suddenly at night.

Lightly untied his jacket and underwear, bare-chested, with only a pair of pants left, Zhu Beichen dripped into the river. The endless chill from all directions still made him shiver.

Thankfully, the water wasn't as turbulent as it was during the day, so he took a deep breath and closed his nose and mouth to make sure he didn't inhale a mouthful of water. Walk slowly towards the depths of the river.

The water gradually overflowed the knees and extended to the shoulders.

The voice of the dead sighed softly behind his head, and stopped in a low voice: "Beichen, don't go near it." ”

After being silent for a whole day, Zhu Beichen almost forgot that she still existed, and the voice that appeared quietly scared him suddenly, and he almost stepped on the riverbed.

"I say, little ghost. You can cough twice before you speak next time, no, ghosts are scary, but they will scare people to death. ”

He had gradually become accustomed to the situation of being close to him at all times, but he was a little uncomfortable with the fact that the girl had not spoken for a long time, and when she spoke, she was cold. Especially in the middle of the night, in this kind of cold situation, if you don't speak, you will really be scared to death on the spot.

Zhu Beichen fluttered twice, finally stabilized his body, and thought, why didn't this girl let herself get close to the Ding. Are soul things more sensitive to unknown dangers than humans, and do they smell some danger?

Yan seemed to be extremely dissatisfied with Zhu Beichen's title, pouting and frowning: "People are not little ghosts. Hell, hell, how ugly. "Besides, she doesn't understand what her state is now, originally according to the wizard, as soon as the Heavenly Desire Dream formation is broken, she should disappear.

However, she miraculously survived.

Well, Zhu Beichen agreed, thinking that people are also characters with a history of nearly 2,000 years, it is indeed disrespectful to call other people's ghosts.

So he changed his tone and shouted, "Sister Yan, is it okay?" He softened his temper and sighed softly at the air in front of him.

She had always been hiding in the space, and she had never seen her body, and she didn't know how tall or fat she was.

What is her temperament, her beauty and ugliness are like a fan.

After being silent for a long time, Yan Cai said with a little worry: "In short, you can't touch that Ding." Listen to me, okay? Don't touch it, you're going to get in trouble. ”

What kind of tripod will be placed in the river, and what taboo will make Yan worship like a god, and he has to stop himself from flowing over.

The icy river water made Zhu Beichen sober up a little, staggered and took a step in the water, and then stopped and asked the void: "That Ding ......"

"Hey" looked at Zhu Beichen with a look of unwillingness, so he had to explain: "In our Loulan, this kind of tripod is called the floating tripod. ”

Floating? The word "floating" is so familiar in my mind, and there is indeed an explanation for the word "floating" in my memory.

The deceased, who do not believe that they are dead, or who still have nostalgia for the world, will become wandering spirits in the world, seeking a home.

Is there some potential connection between the floating tripod and the floating spirit? Zhu Beichen's heartfelt voices fell in Yan's ears one by one, and before he could ask, Yan explained: "To put it bluntly, You Fuding is to gather the soul Ding, and gather the undead in the river. ”

The time of the existence of Youfuding is unverifiable, and it has existed since the beginning of the construction of the city in the Loulan period. The inhabitants of Loulan City were secretive, and even the sorcerers in the city repeatedly warned that they should not touch this ancient statue in the middle of the night.

"It is said that the earliest time to swim in the floating Ding is to suppress the evil spirits in Hanoi, with the passage of time Shen Ding itself has changed, whenever there are residents in the city to cross the river, the next day will be inexplicably corpsed on the riverside. After the wizards checked it, they all said that they had lost their souls. Since then, whenever the people in the city talk about this ancient ding that suddenly appeared in the middle of the night, they have a trembling and uneasy expression.

Most of the stories of the dead were heard by the guards while they were chatting, and it was impossible to determine whether the floating tripod they were talking about was the one in front of them. As a spirit body, she could even more personally feel the energy fluctuations of the yin and evil that permeated the surroundings of Youfuding.

The life forms in the water body that could not be perceived by the naked eye converged in thin lines around Gu Ding, and he felt slightly dizzy in the space, and he felt a little relieved when he was busy separating himself from Gu Ding's position at a distance.

"I'll just take a look at it twice, and I'll never move him back." Zhu Beichen touched his nose and smiled. There was no echo in the darkness, and I thought that maybe this girl acquiesced to her own approach, or she was angry.

Regardless of the echo on the other end, he plunged headlong into the water, changed to a beautiful backstroke position and swam over with a splash.

There is still some water distance from Youfuding, and the water flow is silent and rapid, and the waves are sweeping and fluttering.

A mouthful of icy river water poured into his mouth, and Zhu Beichen was in a hurry, stuck his throat and coughed twice before choking out the ice water.

I finally got close to the floating tripod, and finally could observe this ancient tripod suspended in the water up close.

The ancient tripod is about 4 cubic in size, with six ears on the tripod body and three legs under the tripod body. There are dense patterns engraved on the body of the floating ding, and it is impossible to see what it is for a while.

Judging by the size of this tripod alone, the overall weight may exceed 10,000 catties, and it is like a gravityless levitation.

Ding's body shows rust that has been sealed for many years, and a large piece of patina can fall under a slight touch of the hand.