Chapter 248
At this time, Uncle Hu Lu pointed to the northeast and said something. Where he pointed, it was pitch black and he saw nothing.
Aji said: "Uncle said that if he remembers correctly, if you walk in that direction for a long time, you can see several stone spiers that have fallen on the ground. That is where we plan to go tomorrow. The spiers were still there two or three years ago. I saw it, but I don’t know if it’s still there now, maybe it’s covered by sand.”
My head and I looked at each other, and I could feel the excitement in his eyes. The fire-burnt paving stones and stone spire are enough to prove that we are not in the wrong place.
"Everyone, get some rest quickly and head out early tomorrow," the leader ordered.
Everyone responded and went back to their tents to rest and sleep.
A night of silence.
They woke us up before dawn the next day. The place Uncle Hulu mentioned was about thirty kilometers away from here. We had to get up early and be on our way.
There was no water to wash my face and I got up so early. On the way, Douyazai was lying on the camel listlessly. I asked Douyazai, can you be more energetic?
Dou Sprout yawned and pointed to the sky and said, "It's not even bright yet, why don't you sleep more?"
Xiaoxuan rode a camel and leaned over and kicked Dou Sprout, "Pig, you sleep every day. Have you forgotten what we came for?"
Dou Sprout lay on the camel's neck and laughed, saying that the eldest lady's kick was really comfortable, so he could give her a kick.
So cheap.
As we walked, it got daylight, and Aji suddenly pointed ahead and said, "Look over there."
Looking in the direction Aji said, he saw some stone spires lying scattered on the yellow sand, and two long polished stone strips that looked like door beams or foundations.
Speed up and run over, jumping off the camel head first.
Buddhism is the state religion of Xixia. At that time, the local government allowed ordinary man-made pagodas to be used for worship. This resulted in the largest number of pagodas in the country. As an important city on the border of Xixia, Heishui City had many types of pagodas built by believers themselves. This is The planting tower is called the support tower. The big one is more than ten meters high, and the small one is one or two meters high.
The spiers we saw were half buried in the soil. Judging from the size of the exposed parts, if these support towers were complete, their original height should be about three to five meters.
Blackwater City is a city, not a tomb. Our goal is to dig out some things that were in the city back then.
Who knows what can be excavated from such a large place, including stone carvings, building components, wooden books, gold and silverware, daily necessities, pots and pans, etc.
Although we knew the chances were slim, we all thought about where to dig out an Ashoka Pagoda and how easy it would be to sell. We have experienced it, and we all tasted the sweetness, it is so fragrant.
There is no need for any technical skills to dig holes in this place. There are no mountains or water, and there is plain desert as far as the eye can see. It is useless to look at the mountains and rivers to see the dragon veins. There is really no good way.
Back then, Kozlov hired people to dig randomly in the sand, and so did we. Each of us would carry a shovel and dig a hole here and there. When we dug more than one meter deep and nothing came out, we would change places.
Not to mention, beating the old master to death with random punches is really something.
On the first day, Douyazai dug up a small lion carved from bluestone, but unfortunately only half of it was broken. Xiaoxuan dug out a rotten futon, the kind used for chanting sutras. My head and I were unlucky enough not to see anything. Aji dug out an object that looked like a rolling pin, made of stone.
The first day of receiving goods here can be summed up in one sentence.
It's worthless, it's all junk.
