"Is that nothing? This old monk is estimated to be rotten, and if you can be bumped into the bell, it can be regarded as his own bad luck, seeing that you are covered in ashes and sand, you will not raise the ashes of the old monk, right? Yue Erpao was shocked at first when he heard this, and then looked at the bodies of these people who were still intact, and knew that it was a joke, so he teased casually.

Xu Xiake waved his hand: "That's not it, we have no grievances with the old monk, we only collected his bones." ”

Daoist Xu knew that Yue Erpao liked these strange stories, and told Yue Erpao all the information they found out in three sentences and two sentences, which made him envious: "Good guy, if I go with me, won't I be able to see the monk corpse ringing the bell with my own eyes?" If I go back to the eagle's beak tunzi and tell the story, it will be the only face, and no one can compare to me. ”

Yue Guanchao put his hand on his shoulder: "Don't be poor, maybe you really let you see the monk corpse ring the bell, and you have to come back to wash your pants, how embarrassing it is to say it." ”

Yue Erpao saw that he was flattened by others, and hugged his arms indignantly: "Hmph, Shibei should be impressed for three days, I am no longer the Yue Guanhai I used to be, I have experienced so many strange things, who is still afraid of a corpse, I am thinking about the recording of iron fans, do the people of Tubo really know?" According to your meaning, their level of governance is very poor, how did you find out that iron fans can record under special conditions? ”

This question, everyone was also very curious, and they all looked at Wang Yuanji, this Wang Taoist priest coughed a few times: "The Tubo Dynasty is just not as good as the Tang Dynasty, not necessarily as good as other small countries, at that time, the Tubo Dynasty was also the richest and most prosperous, and it was absorbing the technology and culture of the surrounding small countries all the time......"

When Princess Wencheng entered Tibet, she brought them a lot of gold and silver jewelry, craftsmen, skills and techniques, picture scrolls, classics, utensils, and even grain cultivation, which affected the stability of the family and country, and taught them that the splendid culture of Tibet was completely based on absorbing the culture of the Tang Dynasty and the surrounding small countries!

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the society was extremely open and inclusive, and the government did not prohibit private inventions and creations, and even encouraged the people to do business and work, pursue commercial wealth, and various crafts emerged in an endless stream.

When Daoist Wang said this, he paused and prompted: "The old Taoist priest guesses that this technology was not discovered by the Tubo people, but some new technologies brought by Wencheng into Tibet, and they were later used in the Great Floating Tu. ”

"Then, Daoist Xu said that there are many ghost sound towns in the towns near Hexi, could it be that the bones of old monks are also buried in their towns?"

Yue Erpao and the other quickly discovered the strangeness of the ghost sound chanting, according to Xu Xiake, there are still many such towns in Hexi.

Song Siyuan nodded: "Now it is true, when Tubo ruled Hexi, there were many such Buddha sound floating temples built in the towns and cities in Hexi, but later with the soil erosion in Hexi, most of the towns were abandoned. ”

In the past thousand years, the terroir of Hexi has deteriorated, and after these towns have been buried by yellow sand, they have no use value, and of course, they will not be rebuilt and destroyed by wars and wars in later generations, and they will stay under some sand in the desert forever.

After these things are covered by wind and sand, it is even more impossible to tell which dynasty and which generation are the products, maybe the ancient city that you encounter to transmit ghost sounds belongs to the town of the Tubo period.

"In any case, as long as it's not a ghost or a god, we don't have to inquire into the situation again if we encounter a similar ancient city."

After Keli finished speaking, he walked up to the camels, and saw the camels lying in twos and threes on the sand, regurgitating forage, and knew that they had eaten enough.

He let them lie on their stomachs for a while, picked up the map and said: "We only rushed a quarter of the way at noon, and we delayed a lot of time just now, and now we have to hurry up. ”

"Is there still water in Lop Nur?" Song Siyuan asked, if there is, they can replenish some water.

Keli nodded: "It's kind of water." ”

He paused and showed everyone a map of his desert: "During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Peacock River was diverted to dry up Mirandze, but it was unexpectedly achieved Lop Nur, it is rumored that the area of Lop Nur Lake at that time was tens of thousands of square meters, there were many water forests in the lake, under the irrigation of capillary tributaries, the lake area formed an irrigation oasis centered on Lop Nur, and Loulan City prospered because of its proximity to Lop Nur and access to water sources. ”

"Now, the Peacock River has been diverted again, and most of Lop Nur has dried up, and the current water area is only one-fifth of its original size, and it is estimated that it will be completely dried up in less than fifty years, and eventually it will form a pinna salt crust like Mirlanze."

"You'll find out when you go."

When they came to the ancient city to rest, it was already noon, and there was a lot of delay in finding the source of the ghost sound, so Keli had to hurry up and let the camels walk for half a day, and finally arrived at Lop Nur before sunset.

When they arrived near Lop Nur, the camels gradually stopped, and everyone got off the camels and approached the water's edge

After the diversion of the Peacock River, Lop Nur has changed from a lake with living water to a freshwater lake with no water source, and in addition to the desert dry climate, the lake water evaporates more quickly, and now they are presented with a lake that is on the verge of drying up.

As the area shrank, they could see at a glance the shore of the lake in the distance, and more ravines began to emerge as the water level dropped, these large and small ravines were like ridges in the fields, dividing Lop Nur into intermittent tidal flats, and there was no longer the heroic majesty of the boundless sea in the past.

The vegetation at the water's edge has been degraded, leaving only the extremely hardy sand dates, sea buckthorn and dwarf poplars or some cold-tolerant and salt-tolerant aquatic plants, these plants are scattered all over Lop Nur, the forest does not form a forest, the grass does not become grass, and the loess crust is full of patches of dwarf grass and shrubs.

In addition, the river soil on the banks of these tidal flats has been dried in the sun, and the saline-alkali crystals or salt-crust hard soil of white flowers can be clearly seen.

Song Siyuan lowered her head and grabbed a handful of hard soil on the shore, carefully touched and crushed it in her hands, and could observe the salt-alkali particles that had crystallized in the loess: "Since there is no water replenishment in the freshwater lake, today's Lop Nur is also like Mirandze, the lake water gradually becomes salty, and eventually it will turn into a salt crust." ”

"Whether it's sweet or salty, I'll have to go take a shower first."

At noon, Yue Erpao was already thinking about washing his face, and when he came to Lop Nur, how could he let go of this good opportunity, and immediately took off his clothes and went to take a bath.

Keli hurriedly stopped him: "Don't rush to take a bath first, the water here can't be washed." ”