According to Qian Sheng's recollection, his old man said that the descendant of Adjutant Ma Hongkui once mentioned that Ma Hongkui made a fortune after hearing that Sun Dianying opened the Qing Dongling Tomb.
After the critical incident, through high and low management, nothing happened, and a few big soldiers were handed over as scapegoats.
Therefore, he became obsessed with the Xixia royal tombs under his rule.
It's just that the Xixia royal tombs were excavated twice on a large scale in history, and there were countless small-scale excavations. After digging three feet, there was only soil left.
"The man said that his father followed Ma Hongkui all over the country, and he was considered a confidant. He checked around Xingqing Mansion, but he still didn't find many valuable things.
Finally, after being guided by an expert, I went to a place called 'Blackwater City'. "
"Blackwater City!"
The Blackwater City mentioned by Qian Sheng was the northwest fortress of the Xixia Kingdom at that time. It was located on the desert on the north bank of the lower reaches of the Ejina River. It was only 25 kilometers away from the current EJNQ of Alxa League in Inner Mongolia and Dalaikubu Town.
The reason why this place is called "Blackwater City" is because it belongs to the Blackwater River Basin.
After the river flows through here, it forms the famous inland lake-Juyan Sea.
As early as the Han Dynasty, troops were stationed here.
During the Xixia Dynasty, the "Heishui Town Yan Army Division" was set up here, which was an important agricultural and animal husbandry base and border defense fortress at that time in the Xixia Dynasty.
After the Mongolian cavalry conquered the territory of Xixia, it also became an important pass for the Yuan Dynasty.
Later, due to the migration of wind and sand, Blackwater City was buried under the long yellow sand, and this period of history was sealed in dust for many years.
Until the beginning of the last century, an old man named Koslov, who claimed to be a Laoshizi explorer, accidentally discovered the majestic "Blackwater City" after a sandstorm.
This guy is not a good bird.
After discovering this ancient ruins, he quietly started digging.
This so-called explorer turned into a robber, looted Heishui City, and unearthed a large number of documents and cultural relics, including many Buddhist cultural relics, such as thangkas, Buddha statues, and scriptures.
These things filled 10 large boxes.
From then on, this greedy guy ransacked "Blackwater City" three times. It took more than ten days to load all the things that could be taken away on camels, which took a total of 40 camels. Just finished moving.
The number of documents alone is as high as 24,000 volumes.
Koslov returned to Russia with these priceless treasures.
After Kerslov, two more groups of "explorers" from Britain and the United States visited "Blackwater City".
When Ma Hongkui was in charge of Ning Province, and later when he went to "Blackwater City", he didn't even catch anyone with a thin mouth.
I could only pick up some damaged parts and bring them back.
That Buddha head was what those "explorers" left in "Blackwater City" at that time.
After hearing what he said, Lin Yi suddenly remembered the "treasure map" that Guo Wenbin showed them before.
"Do you remember that half of the treasure map? Is it possible that that map comes from 'Blackwater City'?"
Qian Sheng thought for a moment.
"It is possible, judging from the time, there is a high probability that he found the map of this underground mausoleum in 'Blackwater City', and when he was about to take action, he realized that it was too late.
I had to make an encrypted map and split it into two. "
"If this is the case, it is not difficult to explain that Guo Shuanzi had clearly surrendered, but in the end he rebelled and fled into the Helan Mountains with the intention of making a comeback.
It is estimated that this guy is planning this mausoleum. "
Lin Yi's mind was now fully open. He took out the half of the "treasure map" photo from his pocket and held it in his hand to observe carefully, but the amount of information on it was still too little.
He turned to look at the man in sunglasses again.
Having already reached this point, this guy was not in a hurry to "enter the city". Instead, he asked Ma Wenhai and the others to light a bonfire to keep warm and to dry their clothes.
Wang Qiang and the others also lit a fire to bake their soaked clothes and also carried out some supplies.
More than six hours have passed since going down to the underground cave.
Although there is no concept of time, the human biological clock is still relatively accurate.
Guo, Ma and others are the masters of singing and dancing every night, and they should be catching up on their sleep at this time to prepare for the upcoming nightlife.
Now everyone is sitting next to the warm fire and starting to take a nap.
With the previous experience, both parties have become very cautious. If you don't move, I won't move.
Ma Wenhai also seemed to feel that the man in sunglasses basically ignored their life and death and only cared about himself.
He felt that it was pure luck that a few of them were still alive.
"Man, what's the matter, why don't you continue going in?"
Lao Feng ate something, walked up to Lin Yi, lit two cigarettes, and gave one to him.
"You know why Sunglasses just stood there and looked at it for a long time, but didn't pass?"
Lin Yi held a cigarette and pointed at the man in sunglasses standing by the fire.
"Not sure? Or are you saying that you just suffered a loss, lost face, made a fool of yourself in public, and pretended to be serious?"
"It's not that simple. This guy is very deep-rooted and doesn't care at all about our strange eyes and opinions. He was standing there just now to 'watch the situation'."
"'Wangshi'? What do you mean?"
"This is a jargon in our sect. To put it bluntly, we are familiar with the environment. From the time we came in until now, there have been bumps and bumps every step of the way, and there has been no calming down at all. Moreover, the agencies here obviously guard against people who are 'artistic'.
No matter how hard he tried, he would not dare to enter the cemetery rashly. "
Old Feng nodded as if he understood something, and went to the place where Guo, Ma and others stayed to chat and connect with each other.
Bai Lu changed into dry clothes, walked closer, and handed Lin Yi a piece of compressed biscuit and a large vacuum-packed chicken drumstick.
"Eat something. Everyone feels quite tired now. Let's take a rest before going in to explore this cemetery."
"Okay, I'll explain to Lao Wang later. The old rules are to take turns to stand guard. You guys go to rest first. By the way, how is Wukong?"
"It's still listless. Let's find a reliable veterinarian to take a look when we get out. People are still different from animals. Our methods won't work on it."
Lin Yi nodded.
"That's all that can be done, just worry more."
After the explanation, Bai Lu had no intention of leaving yet.
"Any thing else?"
Bai Lu hesitated and said, "Brother Lin, I have a question."
"you say."
Lin Yi threw away his cigarette butt, gnawed on the chicken legs, and communicated with her.
“When we visited Mr. Li before, we heard him say that when they were demolishing the mountain to build the factory, they encountered a burial pit.
We have walked all the way up to now and have not seen any trace of the so-called burial pit. Could this old man be tricking us? "(End of chapter)
