According to An Liman, Hao Shuai and the others were still more than half a day away from the ruins of Xiye Ancient City at this time, so in order to feel the ruins of Xiye Ancient City before dark, Hao Shuai and others decided to rush on their way during the day.
You must know that in the desert, anyone with some experience knows that you cannot travel during the day, but there is still plenty of water now. You can replenish fresh water when you arrive at Xiye City, so we marched in the desert under the scorching sun.
The desert is vast and boundless. If it weren't for the long footprints behind me, I wouldn't even feel that I was moving forward continuously.
Finally, at four or five o'clock in the afternoon, everyone arrived at the ruins of Xiye Ancient City.
The ruins of Xiye City are quite well preserved, and the city is relatively late. It was not destroyed by war until the end of the Tang Dynasty and is abandoned to this day. In the early 19th century, German explorers discovered this place and removed most of the ruins.
Cultural relics with artistic value such as murals and statues were looted.
This empty city is the only one left in the desert, and the oldest ancient Kongque River channel ends here. Since underground water has flowed through the city all year round from ancient times to the present, it has become an important supply point for travelers in the desert.
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After setting up camp near a well, Hao Shuai roasted the queen ants and said, "We will rest in this ancient city for two days before setting off. Let's eat as much as possible and drink as much as possible in the past two days to store up physical energy."
An Liman and Hu Bayi were the first to agree to Hao Shuai's suggestion. An Liman felt sorry for his camel, and had lost a lot of weight in the past few days.
Hu Bayi, on the other hand, was really worried that Professor Chen and the others would not be able to bear it physically. Hu Bayi himself felt almost exhausted, not to mention them.
Although Professor Chen and the others were determined to act quickly, after spending time together, they all knew Hao Shuai's one-word personality and knew that he was doing it for everyone's benefit, so they agreed.
“It smells so good!”
As the queen gradually turned golden yellow, the fragrance gradually floated out, causing Ye Yixin to shout and others to swallow their saliva.
"Come on, let's all try the taste of this six-winged queen ant."
Soon, the queen ant was roasted, Hao Shuai shared one-third of it without hesitation, and Hu Bayi and the others shared the remaining two-thirds.
“Crack~~it’s so delicious!”
This queen ant is fat and fat, and her body is basically composed of protein and fat. When she takes a bite, she will be burnt brown with a delicate fragrance, oily but not greasy. After swallowing, she will savor the aftertaste and have a hint of sweetness, which is better than countless others.
meat.
Even the emperor Hao Shuai rarely tastes this kind of delicacy. After all, it is difficult to find such a big queen ant.
The group of people just gathered around the campfire, eating barbecue, drinking the vegetable soup contributed by Shirley Yang, and chatting, especially Fatty Wang who was bragging.
But Fatty Wang got a little carried away when he was bragging, and almost revealed the story of their fight at Niuxin Mountain. Fortunately, Hu Bayi reacted quickly and immediately reminded Fatty Wang with a cough, so he didn't let it slip.
It's a pity that Hu Bayi and the others could not hide it from Professor Chen and the others, but they could not hide it from Shirley Yang, who was born in the Daedou family. At this time, Shirley Yang was already looking at the two of them with suspicious eyes.
Seeing this, Hao Shuai on the side felt that there was an opportunity to call these three people out in the next two days and have a frank talk. The two sides in the province were always so suspicious of each other, which affected the unity of the team.
Hao Shuai also wanted to train Hu Bayi, the Iron Triangle, and if he was interested in it in the future, he would come to this world to fight head-to-head with the three of them, hunt for treasures, etc., and relax.
This is also the reason why Hao Shuai does not dare to behave unscrupulously, for fear that the relevant departments will take notice of him, and then he will not be able to go out and hang out.
After everyone had eaten and drank enough, they started to wash up. Because of the problem of water resources, no one paid much attention to washing. Especially the two women, Ye Yixin and Shirley Yang, had not taken a shower or washed their hair for who knows how long.
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Now that Gujing existed, he boiled water and started washing without any scruples. Only Hao Shuai and Fatty Hu Bayi Wang were left indifferent.
Hao Shuai doesn't need it. With his current strength, keeping warm in winter and cool in summer is a basic operation, and he often takes time to go to other worlds to take a mandarin duck bath.
Fatty Wang originally wanted to wash up, but Hu Bayi took him to the sand dunes not far away to smoke. Hao Shuai knew that Hu Bayi was here to educate Fatty Wang.
After the two chatted for a while, Hu Bayi hurried back, took out the compass from his package and placed it, looking up at the stars in the sky from time to time.
Hu Bayi's behavior suddenly caught the attention of Professor Chen and others who were about to go to sleep. They gathered around Hu Bayi. Professor Chen asked curiously: "Comrade Hu, what did you find?"
After watching for a while, Hu Bayi replied: "Professor Chen, there should be a big tomb here, which is where a treasure is located. The giant gate star, the left auxiliary star, the right star, and the three shining stars are arranged in an equilateral triangle with the sun in the center.
The Taiyin star is obvious, which is a good set of Ganjia Jin auspicious stars."
No one present could understand the rest of the words, except for a fake Taoist priest like Hao Shuai, but the previous sentence, "There is a big tomb," was really heard by everyone.
"Where?" Hao Aiguo asked eagerly.
"It's in that well!" Hu Bayi still wanted to calculate, but Hao Shuai directly said the answer.
"Patriot, Xiao Chu, hurry up, get the tools, let's go to the well."
After getting the position, Professor Chen quickly gave instructions loudly, and then he ran towards the ancient well. Good guy, when Professor Chen ran, even the two strong young men Hu Bayi and Wang Fatty were stunned.
Can't catch up with him.
Other members of the archaeological team also quickly ran towards the ancient well with their tools.
Seeing the team that was suddenly full of morale, as if they had been beaten to death, Hao Shuai slowly followed.
In fact, Hao Shuai had previously planned to influence Hu Bayi to prevent him from discovering the underground tomb in order to save time. Later, he saw that the team had been in the desert for so long and had not gained much at the time. This gradually weakened the morale of the archaeological team and even caused
I felt negative emotions, so I wanted to use the ancient tomb to stimulate the morale of Professor Chen and others.
Now it seems the effect is amazing!
After some research, everyone determined that there was an underground river under the ancient well and a large tomb next to it, so they planned to go down and find out.
However, An Liman strongly opposed Professor Chen and his companions from digging ancient tombs. He always believed that they were here to rob tombs. No matter how Professor Chen explained that they were members of the national archaeological team and were not tomb robbers, it would be useless.
Hao Shuai, who was watching the excitement, said to An Liman: National Archaeological Team? They are not the same tomb robbers. He fully agreed with this. It is indeed the same. The only difference is that the archaeological team is certified and legal.
In the end, Professor Chen and the others explained painstakingly for a long time before An Liman angrily allowed them to go down.
However, for safety reasons, Hu Bayi suggested that he go down to explore the road first. After confirming that there was a tomb, he would organize Professor Chen and others to go down the well.
Hao Shuai agreed with Hu Bayi's sound opinion. Although Hao Shuai also knew that there was no danger down there, he deliberately did not do it in order to let Professor Chen and others know how to follow the arrangements.
Hu Bayi was very efficient. He completed the pathfinding work within ten minutes and confirmed the existence of the ancient tomb below.
At this time, Professor Chen and the others could no longer sit still and immediately prepared tools to go down the well.
"Everyone is tired today. Let's have a good night's rest and go down tomorrow morning!" Hao Shuai stepped forward to stop them.
"Daozhang Hao, this~~" Professor Chen was a little anxious.
But after seeing Hao Shuai's disconcerting look, he could only say helplessly: "Okay!"
