Vol 2 Chapter 20: Sand Sea Nest

The first part of the itinerary starts from Bosten Lake to the southwest and walks west along the Kongque River until you find the ancient river channel to the south. Bosten can be translated as the meaning of standing. The origin of this name is because there are three lakes standing in the lake. In ancient times, this lake was also called the sea of ​​fish, and it was China's largest inland freshwater lake. The Peacock River originated from here and flowed deep into the Taklimakan. When we passed by the lake, we looked at it. The vast and deep blue lake was dazzling. Inadvertently, we had an illusion that we had reached the end of the world.
In the first two days after leaving, the three students of the professor were very interested. They were all very young. For the first time in their lives, they entered the desert for the first time. They felt fresh and fun. After a while, they learned the whistle of an old man commanding a camel. Hurry up and sing.
I was also eager to try, and I wished to toss with them, but as the leader of the archaeological team, I still have to be more serious. Thinking of this, I straightened my body on the back of the camel, trying to make my image strong and strong. some.
According to the words of An Liman, this initial journey was not a desert at all. This ancient channel of the Kongque River existed before the river was diverted. In some areas, the riverbed was not completely dry and the surrounding sand was very shallow. There are scattered small lakes and seas everywhere, and occasionally a small group of red-billed gulls and red-billed diving ducks swim on the water. There is a small piece of oasis in the bay of the Peacock River, with jujube growing. , Populus euphratica and some shrubs.
Even after passing through this river bay, even if it really entered the desert, the Kongque River diverted to the southeast, and Loulan, Lop Nur, and Danya to the other side. We headed southwest and entered the "Black Desert". Old Man Anliman said that the Black Desert was created by Hu Da punishing greedy pagans. There are countless cities and treasures buried in the desert, but no one can bring them out of the Black Desert, even if you only took one Gold coins will also lose their way in the Black Desert, and will be buried in the sand forever. Don't think of it anymore.
This is a large and fluid desert. The wind blows the sand dunes. The landforms change day by day, without any features. The ancient river channel has long disappeared. Thanks to An Liman, the old castles, houses, and towers that were buried by the yellow sand for only half of the roof; the Populus euphratica that was tilted by the wind and inclined at an angle of 30 degrees to the ground; several plants in the desert The little Shuttle (plant name) couldn't escape An Liman's eyes. These things are connected to form a line. It tells us that the ancient river channel of the Kongque River once passed through here. At the end of this ancient river channel that disappears, it is the legendary ancient city abandoned by Hu Da.
Those who have left the deepest impression in the desert are those Populus euphratica that have been around for thousands of years. If they had not seen it with their own eyes, who would believe that there are trees in the desert. Each tree is like a vigorous flying dragon, all branches are crookedly extended to the east, as if this dragon is running in the desert, in such a harsh environment, after thousands of years, it has already died, the trunk is blown by sand They blew almost flat against the ground, but it still didn't fall.
In the morning, the first rays of sunlight rose from the eastern horizon, reflecting the clouds on the horizon. The desert sand dunes in the desert were covered with a layer of ray of light. The dry Populus euphratica and the rippled yellow sand were all reflected. Golden red and heavy colors constitute a magnificent picture between heaven and earth.
In order to avoid the scorching sun at noon, the people rushed all night and were sleepy. Seeing this scenery, they couldn't help but feel refreshed. Shirley Yang praised: "The desert is so beautiful, God, look at that Populus euphratica. It ’s a golden dragon in the desert.
Take out the camera and double-click the shutter, hoping to keep this beautiful scenery.
When everyone was drunk by the beauty, I found that An Liman was staring at the rising sun on the east side, and there was a slight uneasiness on his face. I walked over and asked him: "Master, what's wrong? Is it going to change? Is it? "Because in the mainland, I also heard that Zhao Xia wouldn't go out. Evening Xia traveled thousands of miles, and the hot red cloud in the morning was not a good sign.
This is already the fifth day of our departure and the third day of entering the Black Desert. The ruins of the ancient city of Xiye are in front of us. We were expected to arrive tomorrow, but An Liman said that the storm will be very big. The sand wall can't stop it. If we don't rush to the ruins of Xiye City, we will all be buried alive in the desert.
I heard him say this, knowing that this thing is not a joke, there is still a long way away from the ruins of the ancient city of Xiye. If something is delayed on the road, it will be in trouble, and I have been walking all night. Everyone is exhausted. It's hard to say whether those old, weak women and children can hold on.
I jumped on the camel's back and wanted to greet everyone to go quickly, but I saw An Liman old man slowly came down from the camel, took out a blanket, and laid it on the yellow sand without a hassle, kneeled on it, eyes closed slightly, the expression pious, Zhang Open your hands to the sky, then cover your face again and recite aloud.
He is praying to God, the homework he must do every morning. I saw him so calm, thinking that he said that the big storm was not serious at night, so he relaxed and went to the fat man. , Shirley Yang and others watched the beauty of the desert together.
Who would have thought that after An Liman's prayer was over, it seemed like he had changed his body, his body seemed to tighten the clockwork, rolled up the blanket three or two times, and the spring came on the camel and made a long whistle: "Oh yo yo yo ... Run quickly, you will be buried in the black sand of the purgatory late. "He urged the big camel under the hips and ran first.
I yelled, "This old man." In such an urgent situation, he had just prayed slowly and leisurely, and now he ran so fast again, and greeted everyone to leave now.
The camels also felt the danger signal from the sky, like crazy, throwing off four big hooves and running in the desert, usually sitting on the camel walking, dangling feels very interesting, but once it runs, it bumps Awesome, we were lying on the back of the camel tightly, fearing that one of them would fall off because of an unstable grip.
The running camel sprinted through the desert. The yellow sand raised rolled up a yellow dragon. Everyone put their goggles on their eyes and covered their noses and mouths with headscarves. I looked around, and I felt that the situation was not right. The camels were out of control. They followed the big camel with an energetic old man, staring and panting, running like a whirlwind. It seemed that things were more urgent than I expected. Danger.
What I am most worried about is that some members were thrown off by the camel and wanted to call out the safety in front of them, but it was too late to open their mouths, and they could not open their mouths.
I can only keep looking around, counting the number of people on the hump, and running until noon. Rao is the camels who walked vigorously. At this time, they were too tired to sweat. They had to slow down. Fortunately, no one left.
An Liman let everyone rush to eat a few mouthfuls of dry food at this time, drink more water, don't worry about the water running out, below the ruins of the West Night City, you can find the groundwater veins, where the fresh water will be replenished. Eat and drink, and let the camel raise a little foot, but fortunately it is not far away, but it is still running immediately, or it will be too late.
Everyone took out the naan and dried meat and ate a few bites indiscriminately. The fat man and I worried about these intellectuals and asked them if they had anything to do next to each other.
Professor Chen was not young, so he was breathless by the camel, he couldn't say a word; Ye Yixin, the youngest female student, vomited a few bites. They only drank some water, nothing. Can't eat anymore.
The most terrible thing is Hao Aiguo. His deep myopia glasses are off, and he ca n’t see anything clearly. He is so anxious that he turns around. Thanks to graduate student Sa Dipeng who is also myopic, he has a pair of myopia glasses. Hao Aiguo's urgent need.
Shirley Yang has nothing to do with another big student Chu Jian, especially Shirley Yang, maybe her father who loves adventure is inherited, and may have a relationship with her growing up in the United States. She has a strong adventurous spirit and physical fitness. It's also good. I didn't sleep all night, and ran in the desert for most of the day. I didn't see how tired she was. She was still energetic and busy helping An Liman reinforce the material on the camel's back.
A breeze blew through the sand dunes and rolled up a sliver of fine sand. The distant sky gradually turned into a dark yellow color. An Liman screamed: "The trade wind is coming, don't rest anymore! God bless you, we have so many People, escape quickly! "
The members of the archaeological team dragged their tired bodies and climbed the camel again. At this time, they no longer had any care for the camel's physical strength and screamed to urge the camel to run.
The sky was still clear just now, and it seemed to have darkened in an instant. Then the wind came too fast. More and more fine sand was blown into the air by the wind. The surrounding was covered with dust and the visibility was getting lower and lower. In the chaos, I secretly counted the number of the team again, plus me, a total of eight people, who left behind?
The wind became more and more fierce, and the mad sand was raging everywhere. It was dark yellow everywhere. I couldn't see who was left behind, but the camel team had just been down the sand dunes only one hundred meters. Now it's too late to go back and find someone.
The first thing I thought of was Miss Yang in the United States. If she was gone, our money would be squandered, but then I dismissed this kind of thought. The idea just now was a bit selfish, and their American lives are golden, Our Chinese people's lives are not exchanged for salt particles, and no one can be left behind.
The fat man beside me is the only person I can recognize. I want to talk to him, but the wind and sand are very fierce and I ca n’t open my mouth. I rode on the camel and gestured to him to stop him from running. An Li in front of the old man.
After such a delay, the 20-peak big camel ran several tens of meters away. I had no time to confirm whether the fat man understood what I meant. I rolled over from the back of the camel.
The footprints of the camels stepping in the desert have been blurred by the wind and sand, and will disappear immediately. I ran against the wind in the direction when I returned, and felt that my body was like a piece of paper, and I could n’t help myself at every step. , Will be swept away by the wind at any time, except for the sound of the wind, you can hear nothing.
Stumbled out of nearly two hundred meters, and finally found a person lying on the ground on the sand dune beam we just rested on. The man's body was half covered with sand. I wonder if it was alive or dead. 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 came to the camel to escape, he was turned down by the camel in a hurry. Professor Chen was still alive, but he was too scared to speak. When he saw me coming, he fainted when he was excited.
Although the wind and sand were fierce at this time, I know that this is only a prelude to the great storm in the desert. A truly violent storm may come at any time. I ca n’t delay it for a moment. I carried him on my back and turned to look at it. The series of footprints that I just stepped on can still be recognized. God bless you, the fat man must stop An Liman, the old man who runs faster than the rabbit. Guys.
I wanted to walk down the sand dunes with Professor Chen. I didn't expect the wind behind me to be too strong. I didn't stand on the first step. The two of them rolled down the sand slope. Someone helped me up in the dim sand. It turned out that the fat man understood what I meant, slammed the camel's with a knife, caught up with An Liman in front of him, and threw him off the hump. The camel stopped at the sight of the camel, and the rest stopped. The one with the injured ran forward like crazy and disappeared into the vast sand.
That is, thanks to the fact that they did n’t run too far, or they could n’t find it at all. No one could speak in this time. They could only gesture, understand, understand, and follow. The people were ready to climb the camel to escape. .
But the camels seemed to be terrified, and they wouldn't run anymore, let An Liman's old man beat him, and didn't listen to the command. They lined up, crouched down, and buried their heads in the sand.
We have seen the bones of many camels along the way. When we died, we kept this posture, as if the sinner was punished. An Liman said that these camels were terrified by Hu Da's black sand. They knew that the black sand would come soon, and it was useless to run. They simply knelt on the ground and waited for death.
This situation suddenly appeared, we are helpless, are we waiting to be buried alive by the yellow sand? That taste is not very pleasant. Just at a loss, Shirley Yang pulled my arm and pointed to the west, beckoning us to look over there.
I saw that in the sky and sand, a huge white shadow ran towards us, very close, but the wind was so loud that no one heard it. I unconsciously took down the sports rifle on the hunchback. This small-caliber sports gun is what we are going to use against wolves. Everyone can't take care of the wind and sand and concentrate their attention on the white shadow. What is it? Not like a person.
The white shadow, like a devil, came to us in an instant. It was a camel twice as large as a normal camel. There was only one hump on the back. The whole body was white, and it was particularly eye-catching in the yellow sand.
"Wild camel!" Several people who knew this camel screamed at the same time.
In addition to the difference in body size between ordinary camels and wild camels, the biggest difference between them is that there are two humps on the back of camels that people keep, and only one on the back of wild camels.
Through the goggles, I could see that the eyes of An Liman's old man were shining. It was a beam of joy that was alive and dead. An Liman was excited and waved his arms to praise the true God, and the camel kneeling on the ground They also seemed to be called to some extent, and raised their heads buried in the sand again.
Although I do n’t know what happened, but intuitively understand their behavior, we still have a chance to survive, just run with this snowy wild camel, it ’s an animal in this desert, you should know where to avoid Hu Da Black sand. Immediately make a gesture to the rest of the people, and let everyone climb up the hunchback and run with the white camel in front.
The camels lowered their heads and ran out of foam in their mouths. They used the rest of their strength and followed the white camels in front of them. They turned a large area of ​​sand hills and the desert terrain suddenly rose here. White camels The figure flickered and disappeared with just a flick.
My secret road is not good, it runs out of shadow, and we are in trouble. Seeing that the surroundings are getting darker and darker, the sky and the earth are no longer clear. After another minute or two, the black sandstorm that devours life is coming.
Before we could understand what was going on, the camels under the seat turned around and bypassed this towering sand mountain. I looked to the left and right. There was a broken wall in the sand mountain. There was a rammed earth below The original fortress is originally a small ancient city ruins.
Most of the buildings have been buried by yellow sand for more than half, and some houses have collapsed. Only the solid wall of the city towers up, the wind and the sun are blowing. It is unknown how many years have passed, and it has already changed to the color of the desert. From a distance, it will only be considered a big sand dune. If you do not turn in from the side, you will never find this old castle.
The white wild camel in that peak turned into a refuge, but the broken walls of the ancient city blocked the view and could not see where it had gone.
The city wall is like a high sand-proof wall. If you can use it to stop this rare big sandstorm, use the words of An Liman to say: "It depends on Hu Da's will." Anyway, here In such cases, it is already a god's eye to hide somewhere.
The members of the archaeological team stayed for the rest of their lives. Everyone's face turned yellow, and they couldn't see whether they were scared or turned yellow. The crowd came off the camel, and An Liman directed the camels to lie down beside the wall, and then led a crowd of people to wait for them to descend from the roof of a big house.
Although the ancient city has walls to block the sand, but some of those walls were broken. Over the years, a lot of sand was blown into the city. The damaged houses were filled with fine sand, which was more than two meters thick.
The big house we took refuge in may be a facility like Yamen or City Hall, which is relatively tall. Even so, we still have to hold our cat's waist and raise our head a little, and we will hit the wooden beam above.
People with bad physiques such as Ye Yixin and Hao Aiguo lay on the ground and took out the kettle to drink. The rest of the people helped Professor Chen in. His consciousness had recovered, but his legs were soft. The fat man breathed out: "Our fortune-teller picked it up."
After An Liman entered the room, he immediately knelt down to the ground, and the devil from the black scraped the black sandstorm. Thanks to Hu Da, he sent the auspicious white camel to save us from the nightmare of disaster. An Liman old man said that Shanfeng white camel is the most magical elf in the desert. Genghis Khan Xixia Wang Li Yuanhao and others all have white camels, but those are two humps. Although rare, they are not magical.
If there is even a person in the team who Hu dislikes, we will not see the white camel. It seems that these of us are devout devotees favored by God. From now on, we will break each other ’s bones like our brothers. An Liman patted his chest and promised: "If there is any danger, we will never leave everyone to escape."
I swear in my heart: "His grandmother, dare to love you old man, did not take us seriously before, I said that if something happened, your mother would run faster than a rabbit."
Between the speeches, the big sandstorm outside was already coming, and the wind and the wind were shaking, and we were shaking in the ruins of the ancient city. If the sand exit buried the exit of the house, wouldn't we be able to suffocate it? So I arranged for Sa Di Peng, Fat Man, Chu Jian to take turns staring at the hole in the roof, and in case of any situation, I immediately notified everyone to run out. But everyone knew that if the storm moved the desert and the front wall was engulfed, even if we ran out, we would just be buried alive in another place.
The outside wall of the house was covered with wormwood seeds, which is a kind of hay. I leaned out and pulled out some, pulled out the solid fuel, and lit a small fire to keep everyone warm.
The dark-painted old house was lit by the fire, Ye Yixin suddenly jumped up, and bumped into the room beam with his head. He was almost knocked out, and countless fine sand fell on the room beam. The people underneath did not wear goggles. Eyes closed.
While rubbing their eyes, everyone asked Ye Yixin what was wrong and what nerves he felt.
My eyes also got into the sand, and I couldn't see anything. I only heard Ye Yi's trembling voice in my ear and cried, "There is a dead body lying on the right corner!"
"Dead body?" Hao Aiguo asked, rubbing his eyes, "What are you doing, leaflet? Are we still afraid of dead bodies in archaeology?"
Ye Yixin's eyes also entered the sand, covering his head against the roof of the house and apologizing: "I'm sorry, Teacher Hao, I ... I just didn't expect there will be dead people in this room, and my thoughts are not fully prepared ... I'm sorry I'm sorry."
I have heard of a secret recipe. If you lose your eyes, you can spit and spit immediately. This has taken me to try all kinds of spirits. So I quickly spit out a big spit. The feeling of lost eyes immediately eased, and a lot of tears came out, but it was already Can be opened.
When I opened my eyes, I was frightened. It turned out that my spit was just over Shirley Yang's head. She was a clean-loving person. Even if she was traveling in the desert day and night, she kept good hygiene habit. She was rubbing her eyes nonstop, not knowing that someone was spitting on the top of her head in confusion.
I had to pretend that this was not the case, and hurriedly took out the flashlight from the portable geological bag and looked at the wall. Sure enough, there was a human bone. The climate in the desert is abnormally dry, and you ca n’t see how long you have died. There is only a pair of bones left, buried in yellow sand for a small half. Most of them are still exposed outside. It is really scary to look at it coldly. Ye Yi's heartbeat was so high.
At this time, the rest of the people also opened their eyes one after another, took out the kettle, and rinsed it with water to a few people who were seriously confused. I told everyone not to worry, just a human bone, I do n’t know how many years died, etc. Let's eat something, take a short break, and dig a hole to bury him.
The members of the archaeological team, except An Liman, often deal with ancient corpses, and no one is scared, but just a little puzzled about the death of this human bone here. The dead in the desert rarely rot, most of them are naturally dried into mummy, but there is no skin on this white bone, maybe the sand wolf is eaten up.
An Liman thinks this is not strange. Didn't the white camel run in to avoid the big sandstorm? We were able to escape from it thanks to following it. This desert is different from the semi-desert and half-Gobi with the wonders of Yadan in the ruins of Loulan. People enter the black desert on the west side and dare to follow the route of the ancient Peacock River. They dare not deviate at all. It is impossible for us to find this. The ruins of a castle, but the animals in the desert are different. This abandoned city is definitely a refuge Hu Da gave to the animals in the desert. We did n’t see that behind the broken house and the wall, how many refuge sand wolves, yellow sheep, sand leopards might be hiding ... When the sandstorm is blowing, the animals on the ground are terrified, and no one can care about anyone. After the sandstorm passes, you may find that the wolf and the yellow sheep are hiding in a room, then the wolf should be out. The teeth of the yellow sheep should reach out the horns on their heads.
I heard that there are still many refuge beasts hidden in these broken houses. Ye Yixin and a few timid people are a little nervous. An Liman is also worried about the camels hiding behind the broken city wall. The camels were tethered. It seems that this big sandstorm will not stop for a while, and I do n’t know how long it will take in this big house, so I let the fat man and Chu Jian go out with him, and by the way, eat and fuel Sleeping bags are moved in.
The three of them put on goggles, wrapped their noses and ears with their headscarves, and flipped through the hole in the roof. After two cigarettes, they came back, all covered in sand, the fat man ripped off the headscarf and goggles, and sat down on the ground: "If the wind blows, if the three of us are pulling each other, all I can scrape it into the sky. But the old man did n’t cover us. When we passed a broken wall, there were six or seven yellow sheep hiding behind. When the wind was lower, I took a gun and hit two. Let ’s eat fresh meat, these days are dried meat, and we ’re tired of eating.

An Liman heard this and expressed his strong disagreement: "Is it possible or not, as soon as you shoot, the sound of the gun scares away the beasts hiding in the city, they run out, It will be buried alive in the black sandstorm of the devil. We are like those animals, they are all Hu Dakaien, can we come here to hide, you ca n’t do this. "
The fat man said, "Come on, you hurry up and stop. I wouldn't say that. I invite you to talk so much. Then I can eat dried jerky? Won't even let the dried jerky let us eat?" Remove the dried meat, canned food, and white wine from the bag, and distribute it to everyone.
After fleeing desperately for more than half a day in the great desert, he is now trapped in the ruins of this unknown ancient city. Apart from the fat man and the peaceful old man, the rest of the people are not in a mood to eat. I care about Professor Chen, because he is very old and lacks medicine and medicine in the desert. I took the bladder filled with liquor, walked to Professor Chen, and persuaded him to drink two sips to relieve the fatigue.
Shirley Yang and Hao Aiguo supported Professor Chen to sit up. The students besides Chu Jian who went to the whistle beside the hole in the roof, also surrounded him with concern.
Professor Chen seems to have recovered, took a sip of wine, and smiled bitterly: "Think of the crimes that you have worked in the field and were later kept in a cowshed for more than three years, and then went to the Laogai Farm to dig for stones. It's all coming through now. Now, old, not useful, alas, thanks to Brother Hu today, without you, my old bones have to let the sandstorm live. "
I comforted him a few words, saying that I ca n’t take Miss Yang ’s share of dollars, these are my share of things, if you always feel unwell, let ’s go back as soon as possible, and it ’s too late. In the heart of the Black Desert, the environment is much cruel than this, and regret will be too late.
Professor Chen shook his head and said that he was determined to go on, everyone should not worry, this rare sandstorm will not happen for a hundred years, and it will not happen often. Since we have escaped, it will be a blessing after all.
I was about to persuade him a few more words. Shirley Yang pulled me aside and whispered to me: "Mr. Hu, I used to think that you were the leader of the archaeological team. It was a little too young, and I was worried that you would have enough. Ability and experience, I finally know today, this captain's choice is none other than you. There is something that needs your help, we have learned the power of nature, the morale of the team members has been greatly frustrated, I hope you can Cheer everyone up and cheer everyone up. "
This is a difficult problem, but the shopkeeper's speech, I can only do it. Everyone was eating together, and I said to everyone: "That ... comrades, our atmosphere is a bit dull now. Marching all the way is a good tradition of our army. Shall we sing a song together?"
Everyone you look at me, I look at you, it's a little bit inexplicable, thinking when will we become soldiers? What does the fine tradition of our army have to do with our people? At this time, singing on this occasion? No one responded for a while.
My mind was broken, and I was confused again. How did I take out the set in the company, so I quickly changed my mouth and said: "No, no, then, we can talk. I will report to you guys. A trifle. "
When I heard that I was about to tell a story, I was interested, and I got tighter. I ate and listened to me and said, "Once, we were connected to a difficult task, and we forcibly captured 306 highlands. The firepower of the Vietnamese is very good. Their mutual placement is also a dead end. Our army ’s artillery cannot directly eliminate them, and can only let the infantry attack hard. The company I brought is a six company, and we have attacked three times. , Have not succeeded, sacrificed seven, and more than a dozen people were injured. Our company is a famous hero company of the whole division, has never fought such a solitary battle, the soldiers are very frustrated, unable to fight the spirit, I am Anxious, Suddenly the leader called me and spit me on the phone, saying that you can't even do it? Can't you give up the position, give up the title of the hero company, and then send another company to the team. As soon as I heard what happened, I hung up the phone and came up with a solution. I said to the soldiers that the Central Military Commission called me just now, saying that Uncle Deng knew about our six companies on the front line, old man. Say Liulian is really In this way, the position must be taken down. The soldiers heard it, what? Uncle Deng knew that we were connected? Then we ca n’t lose face with him, and then we got a lot of energy, and we took the position when we charged. Come down. "
Everyone in the archaeological team felt a little excited when they heard this, and they asked in detail about 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. As long as we can overcome our fears, as long as we overcome our weaknesses, we must Can win the final victory. "
Under my leadership, the previously depressed and dull atmosphere was finally greatly relieved. Although the big sandstorm outside was violent, these people were no longer as nervous as they were just now.
After eating, it was Sa Di Peng ’s turn to take Chu Jian ’s whistle, and the fat man and I went to clean up the bones of the victim in the corner, just put it there, and the people in the room were not very comfortable. Before going to bed, first It is better to bury this human bone.
In such bad weather, it is impossible to bury it outside, only to dig sand in place. After digging a few times, the engineer shovel touched the stone. I feel a little weird. The room is very tall. The yellow sand that has been blown in for hundreds of thousands of years is accumulating higher and higher. Why did you dig a few times to be the stone?
Looking away from the sand and soil, the stone was dark, digging a few more times on both sides, but there was no stone. Hao Aiguo and others saw it, and they came together to help, digging more than half a meter deep, in the thin yellow sand , Actually showing the head of a black stone statue.
This person's head and feet are as large as the two heads of ordinary people, and the eyes are olive-shaped and long. The proportion of the facial features is too large and it seems uncoordinated. There is no crown cap on the head, only a flat bun, and the expression is very calm, without obvious colors of joy and anger. It is like a statue worshipped in a temple, or like some stone people on a large tomb mountain road, but from the stone statue here Judging by the position in the big house, the former is more likely.
I lit a steam lamp, and Professor Chen looked at it and said to Hao Aiguo: "Look at this stone statue, have we seen it before?"
Hao Aiguo put on myopic glasses and carefully read: "Ah, it is true, there was a thousand coffin grave unearthed in Xinjiang, and there are also stone men of the same shape in that tomb, their eyes are very prominent, different from ordinary people, this should be called a giant Stone statue of pupil. "
Such giant pupil stone statues have been found in the Tianshan, Altay, Hotan River basins, and Mongolian grasslands of Xinjiang. The origin of the stone statues has not been verified. Some scholars have pointed out that this should be a worshiped by the Mongolians. According to historical records, Kublai had a secret palace in the desert of the Western Region, called the "Palace." The earliest statues of this kind of stone man were enshrined in the palace. However, some years later, as several more ancient tombs and ruins were discovered, giant pupil stone portraits were also found from it, which overturned the assumption of "Shang Palace". Some people say that this is left over by the ancient Turks, and in the end there is no definite statement, which has become 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 to write and write on the book, and discussed to dig out the sand below to see the whole body of the stone man. Hao Aiguo told them some related 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 to see if there is any discovery.
I changed a place, dug the yellow sand, and buried the body of the victim. There was nothing on his body that could prove his identity. Even a simple tombstone could not do it for him. Alas, stay at home. How good to stay, what toss in the desert, rest here.
I looked at my watch. It was already late in the evening. The black sandstorm outside still did not stop. Instead, it was gaining more and more momentum. Maybe it would last all night.
With the exception of the sentinel Sa Di Peng, the rest of them rubbed their feet with fine sand and lay in their sleeping bags to rest. This was learned from An Liman. In the desert, water is gold, and only fine sand can be used for foot washing . I found Sa Di Peng under the hole in the roof, let him go to sleep for a while, I came to guard him.
I was sitting in the corner of the wall, holding the sports air rifle in my arms, in case suddenly a beast suddenly jumped in and hurt people, and I was smoking while listening to the wind outside. When I thought of Professor Chen, they would continue to go deep in the desert. Headache, who knows how many dangerous traps are hidden deep in the black desert. There was a big sandstorm today, and there were no casualties among the team members. This is definitely a miracle.
I figured out that God, smoking one by one, did not know how long it was. The sky outside was already dark, the wind was still so loud, like countless demons crying, and sand fell into the roof hole from time to time. The wind will never stop, fearing that the broken wall in front will be swallowed up by sand.
At this time I found Shirley Yang awake, she saw me sitting in the corner and sent her whistle, and came over to see that she meant to talk to me. Normally, I rarely talk to her, mainly because she and the fat guy are not very good with each other, and they are not very pleasing to each other, so except for the necessary communication, we do not talk to her very much, saying that she took us to deduct some money. , That is enough for us to suffer.
Out of politeness, I said hello to her, and Shirley Yang came over and asked me: "Mr. Hu, you should go to bed too. I will do it for you for two hours."
I said no, when I asked the fat man to take over my post, I asked her to go and rest, but she sat opposite me and chatted with me.
I have always wanted to ask her why she was looking for that ancient city. Maybe that city has long since disappeared. No one has seen it for so many years. Her father and the explorers may not have died there. In the ancient city, any danger can be encountered in the desert. It is really difficult to find the bodies of the lost victims. There are still many unsolvable doubts in this black desert. I once read some tabloids that said that three explorers also came here to explore and then disappeared. After a long time, people found their bodies on the edge of the desert. All three were dehydrated and died. The strange thing is Most of their pots also contain potable 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, and some belong to undiscovered species. Let's just try our best to find it, even if we can't find it, don't blame yourself too much.
Shirley Yang nodded: "Mr. Hu, you are very reasonable, but I always believe that my father they found the ancient city, because since he disappeared in the desert, I have dreamed of a hole more than once There is a large coffin hanging at the entrance of the cave. The coffin is engraved with ghost cave scripts, and there are many big iron chains. There is a huge thing lying on the coffin, but I ca n’t see what it is. I want to see clearly what is on the coffin, but my dream woke up at that time. For more than half a year, I have dreamed of the same scene almost every night. I believe this is what my father gave me Too ’s dream, the coffin must be the Queen ’s.

I thought to myself that Americans are so superstitious and trusting dreams, but she does n’t dare to say something that refutes her, but she only comforts her, distracts her from the topic, and asks her how terrific she is. what's going on.
Shirley Yang said: "My father and Professor Chen have been friends for many years. They were classmates when they were young. They were obsessed with the ancient culture of the Western Regions. In 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 batch of cultural relics, all of which were precious cultural relics unearthed in the desert of Xinjiang by European explorers in the early 19th century. Those European explorers found a place near the Niya Oasis The ruins of the ancient city, according to the textual research and cultural relics are from the Han Dynasty, some clues speculate that there may be the most powerful ruins of the 36 countries in the Western Region. My father and Professor Chen have inferred after years of research The remains of Niya are only a subsidiary city of Jingjue. The true main city of Jingjue should be north of Niyah and downstream of Zidu Anhe. My father hopes to find the ruins of Jingu Ancient City in his lifetime. Adventure organization expeditions entered the desert. There are not many existing records about this once brilliant ancient city. Jingjue was the leader of the alliance of small countries in the Western Region. Those small Now, the country is nothing more than a number of cities of different sizes that naturally form on trade routes. A small city also lives in a country, and the most powerful of these small countries is the exquisite. The exquisite people are the ghost cave people. Mainly, but also mixed with a few other peoples. After the death of the last queen of Jingjue, the city disappeared in the sand sea. Whether it was destroyed by natural disasters or war, it is impossible to know, just like this country is basically There has never been the same. But until the eve of the Second World War, there was an English explorer who led the expedition into the Taklimakan expedition. In the end, only he walked out alive. His consciousness has been completely lost, but the camera A few photos and diaries have confirmed the existence of Jingju Ancient City. Later, some people once wanted to follow this clue to find it, but then World War II broke out. Until the last three or four years, each expedition team had the opportunity to enter the desert. Look for treasures and ruins. "
Shirley Yang took out a small bag and showed it to me. I took it and opened it. It contained a yellowish black and white old photo and an old diary filled with English. The picture is very blurry, and it is vaguely recognizable that it was a city in the desert with a tower in the middle, and the details are almost unclear.
I asked Shirley Yang. Is this ... Shirley Yang said: "Yes, this was bought by my father from the United Kingdom. This is the diary and photo of the explorer Mr. Walter who once went to the ancient city. This It also gave us some clues, but the diary only wrote that they saw a huge ancient city in the lower reaches of the Zidang River, ready to go in for an adventure in the morning, and then it was gone. I do n’t know what happened to them in the ancient city ruins. Why is there only one lunatic who survived in the end? "
I chatted with her, and I accidentally found that at the corner of the wall illuminated by the steam lamp in the house, the eyes of the giant pupil stone figure with a big head dug out seemed to move. I did not close my eyes for two days and nights. Is it possible to be blinded?