We drove a total of three dune motorcycles, which rolled up a few streaks of yellow smoke on the sand. Sand and rocks flew everywhere as we passed by.
I turned my head and looked at the road I started on, which had long been hidden in the yellow sand.
The road in the desert looked close but was actually far away. The dense smoke was so close that we kept walking for at least half an hour.
Seeing that it was almost here, I asked Wen Na,
"Wen Na, do you know how to brake this thing?"
Wen Na hammered my back and said softly, "Didn't you say you could ride?!"
"I know how to pedal..."
I couldn't find the brakes, so I had to use a stupid method and let go of the accelerator in advance. The car began to slow down slowly, and it didn't stop until it hit a small sandbag.
After the dust settled, Wen Na and I were covered with a layer of soil, like newly unearthed pottery figures.
After jogging for two steps, I found the people leading the way. They were already studying the source of the thick smoke.
What I saw burning were a few logs standing in the sand.
As we got closer, we discovered that the sand here was different from the soft sand on our road. It was more fine, like finely sifted flour.
"This wood... this wood seems to have been driven into the sand and set on fire." One of them was circling around and came to the conclusion.
I went to check the burning logs. Some of them had been extinguished by themselves. These logs were about one person tall. There were also a few logs that had been burned out like incense in an incense burner, leaving only gray-black charcoal. Be careful. Standing it upright, it will be blown away by the breeze.
This must be man-made! You can't grow such wood on your own in the desert, right? Who would put the wood in here? And the people who burned the wood were trying to send out some kind of signal? Or...what kind of ritual is going on?
"It's hard for one person to bury this wood. I don't know how many people were involved in this."
After these standing logs, there are some logs stuck in the sand. The difference is that these logs are carved into huge leaf vein shapes, but the middle is hollowed out. This makes us more sure that these logs are still there. This fire is man-made. .
There are two piles of strange-shaped wood stuck in the bare sand. This is so weird!
"Why are the pieces of wood inserted like this?" someone asked, but no one could explain.
"How about we pull out this wood and take a look!" Someone suggested. Since we can't draw a conclusion, let's give it a try.
The wood was inserted deeper than we imagined, but fortunately the soil was relatively soft, so we dug out a small hole without much effort and took out the strangely carved leaf-vein-shaped root.
"There seems to be something down there!" My current vision is far different than before. For just a moment, I saw something under the root of the tree. It quickly passed by and was covered up by the sand, but I was very sure that there was something under the root of the tree. There is something else buried deeper in the ground below!
We all simply knelt on the ground and dug the soil with our hands. As the pile of soil next to us got higher and higher, all the things buried underground were revealed in front of us.
This is a cylindrical thing. I don’t know what’s inside. The outside of this thing is tightly wrapped with a layer of animal skin. It’s so big, I think it should be cowhide.
A group of people wrapped something in cowhide, buried it in the ground in the desert, erected a standing log on it to mark it, and then lit it on fire? What on earth is this doing?
I also want to take a closer look to see if there are any gaps in this thing that can be opened.
The people at the desert camp had already taken out a knife, stabbed it diagonally into the leather, and then pulled the entire leather apart bit by bit.
Surprisingly, the thing wrapped with so much effort was not a treasure, but a piece of wood?
Is there something special about this wood? Aged pear wood? So you still have to go to great lengths to hide such valuable money?
"Here, help me!"
A few of us worked together to pull the piece of wood wrapped in cowhide out of the deep pit. The full picture of the thing finally appeared. We found that it was a vessel carved from wood into a boat shape and covered with linen. It looked very old and It's not a modern thing.
When I opened this layer of linen, I felt that what was wrapped inside might be a boatload of gold! No matter how bad it is, it's some other treasure. Otherwise, what's the point of burying and hiding it so hard?
We opened the linen cloth on the wooden boat, and there was a small lid on it. The people in the desert camp used a knife to lift the lid and flip it aside. The things inside appear completely before our eyes.
What was inside was not gold or other treasures, but a person. The moment we punched the lid, the man's face shriveled up at a speed visible to the naked eye. Within a few seconds, he turned into a mummy!
All of us are terrible!
The person lying inside had a tall, pointed hat on his head and a cloak on his body. If it hadn't been for the terrible change the moment it was opened, I might have just thought he was sleeping alone in this wooden boat. .
On his hat, there is a head that looks like a mouse!
Beside him, there were some carved wooden figures, some jade articles, and the most peculiar thing was, there was a little Lou, like a small fish basket, but very small, only as big as a fist. It is very delicately woven.
The man took out the small basket and poured out many small particles in his hand.
"What is this? Gold particles?"
"It doesn't look like this, this..." I couldn't tell what it looked like for a while.
"These are wheat grains!" Wen Na said.
He was covered with a lot of hay. I grabbed it with my hands, but when I touched it, the things fell apart.
"This man looks like he has a high nose and big eyes. He doesn't look like a person from the Central Plains!" I was unconsciously attracted by this man's face. His face was lifelike, and even his long eyelashes were clearly defined. I felt that what he was going to do next was Seconds, you will open your eyes and look at me.
We covered the hull of the boat again with a cover, and dug under the roots of the bare pole.
The upright tree also hid a mystery, it was thin at the top and thick at the bottom. Sure enough, a similar piece of cowhide was dug out under the upright tree. We cut the piece of cowhide open and found the same ship coffin. When we opened the lid, there was also a piece of cowhide lying inside. people.
I was stunned when I saw this person. I thought the legendary princess of the Western Regions should look like this.
The person lying in the ship's coffin also shrank quickly, but it still couldn't stop her beauty. She had a graceful face and an elegant demeanor. Her eyebrows were like a crescent moon and curved like a willow leaf. Her eyes were slightly closed, and her clearly visible eyelashes were like a There are rows of young pines standing upright, covered with a layer of fine sand and dust, just like the dense woods next to the clear lake, giving people a deep and mysterious feeling. There seemed to be a mist-like sadness between his eyebrows. The bridge of the nose is high and the slightly sharp lines add to the charm, and the corners of the mouth seem to exude a charming smile.
She wore a round hat and a cloak, but her cloak was obviously more luxurious. There were more jade items in the ship's coffin, most of which were ornaments.
Wen Na picked up the object in the hand of the unknown female corpse in the boat coffin and said, "This seems to be a bow."
I took it and saw that it was indeed a bow made of willow branches, but it was very mini. I thought it might be this beauty's toy.
Beauty's hobbies may always be a little special.
"I got it!" someone in the desert camp yelled, startling me.
"What does this look like to you?!"
He pointed to the logs standing in the sand.
like what? Like Dinghai Shenzhen?
"Look, underneath this vertical piece of wood is the body of a woman, and it's shaped like this!" He pointed to the vein-shaped pillar and said, "Underneath this is the corpse of a man!"
"Huh?" No one understood why. I was completely confused and didn't know what he wanted to express.
"Is this a kind of reproductive worship?!" Wen Na actually understood.
The knowledge I learned in biology class suddenly came flooding back to me, damn! That’s what it means!
I couldn't help but blush.
"Look at this one," the man in the desert camp said, pointing to a short piece of wood that had not been burned. "The tops of these woods are all polished to be very smooth. This is done deliberately! I dare say, Under this log, there must also be a female corpse!"
