When I woke up, it was already dawn.

Overnight, I clearly felt that the grass became much greener and taller. A breeze blew, and two swallows flew over, and while the game was swooping, there were a series of crisp chirping sounds.

I looked into the distance and saw that wisps of smoke had already floated from the distance in the sky, and the crowing of a rooster and the mooing of an old cow were faintly heard.

The sound of me gently opening the car door woke Liuye and Daya up. Seeing me staring at the distance with my eyebrows and eyes blankly, I also stretched my neck to look at me, as if I didn't know what I was looking at, and turned my head and looked at me curiously.

I smiled embarrassedly, stretched, and then signaled Liuye to start the car, go to the town to eat, and then make plans.

The breakfast in the town is very single, all of which are fried dough sticks, tofu brain or millet porridge. Fortunately, we also have this bite, so we don’t have enough to make up for it. In a short while, we will make our stomachs round and burp.

Youdao is that I have food and heart. I patted my stomach with satisfaction, and then asked Liu Ye and Da Ya what plans were next and where to go.

Liu Ye looked at Daya, and saw that Daya was chewing fried dough sticks in her mouth and couldn't get enough time. She smiled faintly and said to me: "I think instead of waiting for Li Yan's news, it's better to go to another place marked on the Human Bone Map. Anyway, we already have some understanding of this Human Bone Map, and probably won't be as passive as in Mengjialing. Of course, this is just my opinion."

After hearing Liu Ye's words, Daya stretched out his hand and didn't see the fried dough sticks in his mouth. He swallowed them in a hurry, and stretched his neck to the point of nodding at me: "Let's Liang, I think what the girl said makes sense. Anyway, I'm idle, so I'm going to see it. Maybe there's news about the fifth brother Lianzhen. No matter what, the heads of our brothers should not be on the belt, and they may fall down one day."

As soon as Daya mentioned this, the atmosphere became a little heavy at that time. I also felt that I should try my luck, saying that it was to uncover the secret of the beads, but at this moment, Daya and I were more about finding clues about Lao Wu Lianzhen. Even if it was only one percent possible, we could not easily miss it.

As for Liu Ye, I guess in my heart that what she might not be able to let go of is the whereabouts of her ancestor "Wu Qu". After all, the clues to the matters we are tracing now all come from the map of human bones left by "Wu Qu" back then, and the disappearance of "Wu Qu" is probably inseparable from this.

Soon, we reached a consensus that the three marking points on the human bone map, except for Mengjialing, which we just visited, are the closest to us now, "Yehe Dongcheng", which should be called "Yehe Ancient City".

There are three ruins of Yehe Ancient City, namely Dongcheng, Xicheng, and Shangjianfucheng.

When Yehe tribe was strong, "the land was wide and the army was strong and the army was called a great country." There were fifteen tribes, twelve major surnames, and twenty-eight cities. The royal city had two cities in the east and west and Shangjianfu City. The three cities were all located near Laoyemiao Village in the west of Yehe Manchu Town, Lishu County, and were distributed in a triangular shape. The east city and the west city were across the Yehe River, and Shangjianfu City was located south of the east city. The ancient cities were all surrounded by mountains and rivers, conquering the mountain passages from the Jurchen tribes to Kaiyuan Ma City.

Xicheng is called "Ya Heizhai". Because it was built earlier than Dongcheng, it is located on the west bank of the Yehe River. Therefore, it is called Laocheng or Xicheng. Dongcheng was originally called "Taizhuzhai". Because it was built later than Xicheng, it is located on the east bank of Yehe River, it is called Xincheng or Dongcheng.

It took more than 40 minutes to drive from here to Siping. After entering Siping, I went directly to Yehe Town. I found a fellow villager to find out Yehe Dongcheng. The fellow villager enthusiastically pointed out the direction for us. No one in the local area didn't know about this place. Our car followed the road to a cornfield and could no longer drive forward. Then I got off.

From a distance, we can see a large loess bundle, which should be the legendary "Yehedongcheng". We were all a little surprised and surprised that Yehedongcheng, which was extremely prosperous in the past, has become like this.

The grass is long and the grass is full of desolation. A trace of desolation and a trace of tragic power.

The original wood and stone structure of the outer city walls were no longer visible. Now the only thing you can see is the inner city. The base has been turned into arable land, but bricks and rubble can still be seen everywhere. The broken bricks and tiles and lonely old trees seem to be telling the glorious past with vicissitudes of life. Thinking about the momentum of golden swords and iron horses, the momentum of mountains and rivers, and when I saw the willows and flowers in front of me, I couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

After wandering on the mound of soil and walking back and forth several times, it was hard to believe that this is the place we were looking for. If we hadn't seen the stone tablet engraved with "Yehe Ancient City", we really suspected that we were in the wrong place.

Just as we stood still on this rustic bun, we attracted the attention of a villager passing by. The man looked at us in his forties, with a black and red face, wearing a straw hat, and carrying a shovel on his shoulders, and asked us a long distance away.

Daya smiled at the man honestly and took a few steps forward: "Brother, we are here to visit. I heard that this is the ruins of the ancient Yehe city of the past, so I came to take a look. I didn't expect this lump to be so broken."

The man was happy when he heard this, and then told us that this piece was just a wasteland bun, and there was nothing to see at all. Now he went to the Dongcheng Mountain Mountain to see the Yehenara ancient city built afterwards. The houses in that place were all imitated with antique buildings. As people became older, the houses were also very beautiful.

It seemed that we didn't understand. The man poked the shovel in his hand and saw half of the shovel head not entering the soil. Judging from the strength of others, Daya and I secretly praised him. It seemed that there were experts from the people, and it was just this strength. If we dig a trench, a hole, or something, it would be useless for me to tie it together.

After the man poked the shovel on the ground, he streaked at us and said, "Now this Ga'er is the original site of the old ancient city. It was tied up when Nurhaci attacked Yehe Kingdom. This place cannot be built again. Didn't you look at the stone tablet there? It was established by the government in 81st, saying that this is also a provincial cultural heritage. As for what the heritage is. We don't know, only this wasteland bun is left, and there is no other thing to do."

"If you want to visit, you can go to the ancient city you built later. It was built in 1994 and you have also filmed TV there. It seems to be called "Princess Yehenara". Now you are an old man who is traveling from other places."

I guess this fellow villager thought we were outsiders who were watching the lively, so he enthusiastically introduced us to the film and television city, but we were not interested in it. What we were going to see was the ruins of this original site.

I took out a cigarette and handed it to the fellow villager. After a long time of refusal, the fellow villager saw that I was not a fool, so he smiled foolishly and took it over.

After I lit a cigarette for him, I asked him in a trial manner: "Brother, this part is the previous East City, right? I heard that there is still a West City?"

After taking a puff of cigarette, the fellow villager squinted his eyes and said, "That's right, I heard from the old man that this was indeed called Yehedongcheng before. Look, the river ahead is the Yehe River, this one is the south bank, and there is also a west city on the hill on the north bank, but now I can't see anything to play."

Following the direction pointed by the fellow villager, I saw a small river flowing by. While smoking, the fellow villager told us that the source of the Yehe River is composed of dozens of mountain springs, and most of the rivers are in deep mountain canyons. The mountains on both sides of the river are Baibao Mountains, such as hazelnuts, white mushrooms, pine mushrooms, etc., and there are all kinds of mountain dishes and medicinal materials on both sides of the river. Among the mountain dishes, white mushrooms and bracken are the most famous. White mushrooms were tributes from the court in the Qing Dynasty.

Speaking of these, it can be seen that the man is also very proud.

I talked about it all, and the more I talked about it, I got to know that his surname was Liu and the third one was the third one in my family. It was from the village next to me, and it was called Xie Jiayuanzi. The villagers called him Liu Laosan. The real farmers, who have been digging food in this area for generations, relying on the gods to make a living.

As soon as the conversation was opened, the things I said were gone, but a story told by Liu Laosan caught our attention.

According to Liu Laosan, various legends about this ancient city have been circulating in the village, but most of them are about the haunted buns. It’s a long time ago, and I don’t know what era it was. It was probably around the end of the Qing Dynasty. After a cattle herding cow arrived here, he leaned against a tree to cool off at noon. He took a nap and felt that he had slept for less than half an hour. When he opened his eyes, he found that seven or eight big yellow oxen were missing.

The yellow cow was already slow to walk, and even if you were eating grass here, it would not be more than three miles away. However, the place was high and within ten miles of view, it was clear that even the shadow of a cow was not even seen.

The cattle herders also thought it was strange, so they looked for the cow's hoof seal on the grass. The soil on the grass was relatively soft, and the cow's hoof seal was very clear. When they followed the hoof seal to the southwest corner here, the cow's hoof seal suddenly disappeared out of thin air. The cattle herders searched around and finally found several cow bone racks in the weed pile, but the meat on their bodies was clean and the entire cow's skin was covered with holes.

Less than an hour ago, the few cows who were still alive just now turned into this in the blink of an eye. They were so scared that the cattle herder was so sick that they ran home and fell seriously ill. They kept talking nonsense, saying that grandpa ate his big yellow cow.

Later, some people in the village said that they could not be prepared because there were too many people who died here before, and the unjust souls were asking for their lives. This was not groundless. Many people sometimes heard the sound of rushing when passing here at night, and sometimes they could even see the firelight, and they could vaguely see a small building, which was said to be haunted. Later, no one dared to come here at night. In the end, it was broad daylight, and people who had nothing to do would not come here on the side during the day.

When Daya heard this, she couldn't help laughing, curled her lips at the Liu Laosan and raised her eyebrows: "I said Brother Liu, according to what you said, could this ghost also suffer from beef? This matter is too unreliable. If this ghost is in broad daylight, will this ghost dare to come out?"

Liu Laosan glanced at Daya: "Some people didn't believe it at that time, but in less than an hour, there were only a few cows left with bones. The meat was removed and there was no left. Even if you killed the animals, you couldn't do it well in a day. You can't believe it."

Liu Laosan wiped his face and smiled embarrassedly: "I heard from the old man about this. I don't know if it's true. However, when the thunder flashed, many people in the village had seen a ghost building here. Everyone in the village knew about it, but the government did not allow it to be said. I can't guarantee anything else. This matter is really true. My father has met it before. If I don't really break it, I dare to swear to the sky."

Looking at Liu Laosan's expression, it was obvious that he was not lying. We all felt cold all over our bodies and the wind and bones were coming out of cold air. We subconsciously gathered up, surrounding Liu Laosan in the middle, and heard him say it alone.

It is said that since a long time ago, sometimes when encountering thunder and rainy weather, people passing by can hear the sound of metal weapons colliding and war horses neighing. Some people even saw the ghost building with their own eyes, saying that it was like a big temple, with triple eaves, quite big, magnificent, flying eaves and painted buildings, carved beams and ridges, very grand.

His father had just been liberated when he encountered this incident. At that time, the Yehe River was much wider than now and the water was deeper. His father often came to the river to fish and hang the net. He could 20 to 30 kilograms in a few hours, which was enough for a family to eat for a few days.

The net is usually located in the turbulent water of the riverbed, and is on both sides of the river. In this way, the fish will get stuck in the net when swimming. After putting the net into the river, after a few hours, you will see the fish float on the water surface and pick it up and take a look. You will know how many fish are online. Old nets have good eyesight. You can tell where there are fish and where there are no fish when you hit them.

One day, it was around the evening, and it was a cloudy day. His father came to fish on a cloudy day. As soon as he got off the net, the wind blew. In the blink of an eye, the sun was covered with dark clouds. It was so dark that it was so dark that it could not be seen in the broad daylight.

So the rainstorm came and went quickly, so his father set up a tent by the river, intending to avoid a shower.

As expected, the effort was not high, and lightning was lightning and thunder were heard everywhere. It seemed that the rain must be quite heavy. When his father stretched out his neck and looked out, a lightning flash was slashing straight down. Under the instant light, his father actually found that a small building suddenly appeared on the local bun, with a walled hall, and a ghostly aura. Seeing this, his father was so scared that he didn't even bother to collect the fishing net. He quickly ran back home, so scared that he didn't dare to leave the house for several days.

When I talked about it later, no one in the village believed it, but Liu Laosan said that his father must not be lying, and this "ghost building" is designated.

Ghost Building?

Could it be the Octagonal Ming Tower where Jintai Stone was buried in the sea of ​​fire?
Chapter completed!