Chapter Forty-One: The Ghost Town of the Camel Fourteen
Facing the two remains with missing left hands, I couldn't help but look at the so-called main tomb. In fact, if strictly speaking, this place should not be called a tomb, or it is not a standard tomb. Although its structure is similar to that of the Song Dynasty.
The tombs after the middle period have many similarities, but they have a bit of a copycat feel, which is specious.
Judging from the size of the pit, the owner of the tomb must have had considerable status and strength, otherwise he would not be able to carry out such a large project. But the main tomb chamber and coffin appear to be very shabby. Although there is no very conclusive evidence, I guess,
These two remains must be those of the tomb owner and his wife.
And if you think about it for a moment, you can get some information beyond the signs from these two remains. Especially the fractures on the left arms of the two remains. Such fractures were left by cutting with a sharp weapon. If the remains of the tomb owner were rotten into
If you chop the skeleton with a knife, the fracture should be radioactive, and the entire remains will completely fall apart.
Therefore, the only reasonable explanation is that shortly after the tomb owner was buried, the place was looted by dirt crawlers. His body was not completely decomposed. He was first dragged out of the coffin, and then his left hand was chopped off with a knife, including the skin, flesh and bones.
Come down.
When I thought about this, I guessed that the very old robbery cave we saw when we came in might have been left by this group of people.
But judging from the condition of this tomb and the main coffin, it is impossible to have particularly valuable burial objects. In ancient times, the owners of some large pit tombs were dismembered and taken away by earth crawlers. That was because they had burial objects of corresponding value. And here.
What about this tomb? Even the coffin was only covered with a coat of varnish.
Could it be that these crawlers worked hard to penetrate a layer of Sanhe soil and entered the tomb just to chop off the left hands of the tomb owner and his wife?
I thought about it for a long time, but it seems that I can't find any other reasonable explanation.
Mustache stared at the two remains for a long time, and then stared at the two coffins that had been opened. At this point, he should be able to think that even if there were any important burial objects in the coffins, they had already been buried by the people from the Song and Yuan Dynasties.
The dirtbag took it away.
I was a little discouraged, but at the same time I was a little relieved. Xiao Hu was the kind of person who would never die until he reached the Yellow River. Now I finally saw the main tomb chamber and the empty coffin that had been looted. Although I didn't find the bronze medal,
We can at least exit immediately. I really don't want to stay in this hellish place anymore.
I walked around the two remains and moved closer to the empty coffin. As I expected, the coffin had no idea what was originally there, but by this time it was empty.
"We are a step late." I said to Mustache: "Now we can almost go back the way we came. Mada and the monk are still up there, and the situation is unknown. Let's go back early. If there is an accident, we can have someone take care of us."
Mustache ignored me. He kept walking around the empty coffin, trying to find some places that had been missed by the previous batch of dirt crawlers. But that group of people had even penetrated the three-piece soil. They were obviously not ordinary mediocre people who could
They will also look for the place they are looking for, so as not to leave too much trouble for latecomers.
Mustache seemed to be unwilling to give up at this point, tapping the walls of the coffin with an alloy pipe, trying to find if there was any interlayer. I sighed slightly and stopped trying to persuade him. Anyway, I could understand what he was feeling at the moment.
My mood is that I risked my life to come here, but the things I dreamed of were taken away early. The disappointment and loss are hard to bear.
Neither Lao Gong nor I spoke, but looked at Xiaozi's busy work. There were only two remains and two empty coffins in the main tomb. The search area was very small. If he didn't give up, he would have to stop and withdraw after a while.
We just watched him search the empty coffin carefully and thoroughly from inside to outside, top to bottom, and found nothing. Mustache straightened up, walked around the coffin again and walked to the two remains with missing left hands. I couldn't see
There was obvious disappointment on his face, but under the flashlight light, his expression was indescribably scary.
He slowly squatted down and shined his flashlight on the two remains. The remains had completely turned into withered bones, and there were some indistinguishable pieces of cloth covering the bones.
The mustache looked at it for a few minutes, then gently stretched out the alloy tube and picked apart the brittle pieces of cloth on the remains. Lao Gong and I became even more helpless. We looked at each other and shook our heads. This man is really very special.
He is so stubborn and stubborn that people want to slap him severely.
But when Lao Gong and I looked over again, we suddenly discovered that after the fragments on the abdomen of a corpse were opened, a faintly fluorescent disk was immediately revealed.
This disc is firmly embedded in the abdominal cavity of the remains, with a silvery color that has not been erased by countless years of erosion, and is still gleaming.
As a result, Lao Gong and I were both very surprised and hurriedly came over. The feeling that I wanted to lick my mustache disappeared immediately. Indeed, no one could have imagined that there would be something like this hidden in the abdominal cavity of the remains.
A thing.
Mustache was trying to pry the disc out with the tip of the alloy tube. I only took a close look at it and felt a thump in my heart.
The appearance of this thing is very similar to the Xixia bronze medal, but it does not have the color of silver and copper. The whole thing looks like a silver pancake.
"What is this? Why didn't the previous batch of people take it away?" I subconsciously asked Mustache.
"It's the Xixia bronze medal!" Mustache's hand holding the alloy pipe was very steady, but there was a hint of unexpected joy in his tone: "This bronze medal was sewn into the abdomen of the tomb owner before he died."
"No wonder." I continued to stare at the disk. When the last batch of crawlers came in, maybe not long after the tomb owner was buried and the body had not yet rotted, the disk was perfectly preserved in the abdominal cavity. If it hadn't been
The mustache is persistent and careful, and we will probably miss it.
Soon, the disc was completely taken out. Mustache put on a pair of gloves and wiped the disc gently. At this time, I could see clearly that he was right, the disc seemed to
It is really a Xixia bronze medal. Perhaps for the purpose of protecting the bronze medal, the outside of the brand was evenly wrapped with a layer of wax less than half a centimeter thick. This layer of wax undoubtedly acted as a protective layer.
It has a little fluorescence and is slightly transparent, so you can vaguely see the bronze medal wrapped inside.
"Walk!"
At this time, Mustache returned to his extremely decisive style. Once he got the bronze medal, he didn't stop for half a minute. He put the bronze medal away and immediately stepped out of the tomb.
The road back has been traveled by us before, so we don’t have to worry too much other than guarding against attackers. After getting the bronze medal, we can finally evacuate from here, but the sense of crisis in my heart has intensified invisibly.
Someone came in. Where did they come in? The monk held a big weapon and stood guard outside. It was impossible to let anyone in.
Thinking about this, I became more and more uneasy, fearing that something might happen to them, so I kept urging Xiaohu to leave quickly.
We walked all the way back very carefully, and were very lucky to have no trouble again. The white smoke in the tomb passage was no longer visible, but the pungent smell seemed to still be there.
"We can't take risks. This white smoke has to completely dissipate before we can leave." Mustache stopped moving forward, found an inconspicuous corner, then turned off the flashlight and led us to lie down quietly, waiting for the smoke and smell.
All astigmatism.
I secretly cursed that just now he was rushing deep into the tomb without giving up, but now he puts safety first. But think about it, those who dare to fight and kill are all paupers. Once he gets rich, he will
Your own life is more precious than anything else.
We waited quietly like this for a long time, until the smell dissipated, and then we started again. We passed through the tomb passage and returned to the robbery cave under the three-piece earthen wall. The situation outside was unknown, and it might be dangerous to show our head rashly.
, Mustache listened attentively for a while, and then Lao Gong took the lead in getting out of the robbery hole.
Fortunately, everything was calm, but the calmer it was, the more I felt there was a potential crisis. We followed the curved deep hole until we were close to the ground. Lao Gong stuck his head out and carefully peeped for a long time.
, and then jumped out of the hole.
We got out of the cave, lay down on the sand, and looked toward the monks and their hidden roof. It was almost dusk, but the location we were in was very flat without any shelter. Soon, I saw
A thick shadow emerged from over there and waved at us.
"It's Baiyin!"
We immediately ran over, and my heart suddenly dropped. The monk and the others should be fine.
Bai Yin supported Lao Gong, while Monk and Ma Dad poked their heads out from the roof. After meeting, we had a brief chat. Monk and the other three expressed that they were confused because after we got down, the three of them had been taking turns staring here.
There was nothing unusual at the entrance of the cave, and no other people were found.
This was very strange. I lay on the roof and looked towards the mandala. None of the monks saw anyone. How did the attackers appear in the pit?
But we should still be thankful that we got what we wanted successfully. Only Xiaohu and Lao Gong were slightly injured. It was getting dark, and Xiaohu told us to rest here overnight and pack up and leave Bantuo tomorrow morning.
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Everyone's vigilance did not relax, but our luck seemed to be slowly improving, and it was very quiet that night. By the next morning, there was a slight wind, blowing up pieces of sand. Baiyin went to pack his luggage and camels.
, the monk once again stood guard on the roof with a gun, and Ma Dad had a telescope hanging around his neck, hoping to accidentally find a sand wolf before leaving here, and then shoot to his heart's content.
Baiyin packed up the camel, and I took this time to change Lao Gong's medicine. But before the bandage was wrapped, Ma Dad was on the roof, lowering his voice to warn us.