"Isn't this nothing? This old monk is probably dead. If you guys catch him ringing the bell, it's his own bad luck. Seeing that you are covered in dust and covered with sand, you won't spread the old monk's ashes, right?" Yue Erpao was shocked when he heard this, and then after looking at the bodies of these people, he knew it was a joke and teased them casually.
Xu Xiake waved his hand: "That's not the case. We have no enmity with the old monk. We only recovered his bones."
Xu Taoist knew that Yue Erpao liked these weird stories, so he told Yue Erpao everything about what they found out in a few sentences, adding more details to Yue Erpao. Now he was envious of him: "Good guy, if I were If you go with me, won't you be able to see the corpse of the monk ringing the bell with your own eyes? If I go back to Yingzui Village and tell the story, it will be my only honor, and no one can compare with me. "
Yue Guanchao put a hand on his shoulder: "Don't be poor. Maybe you will see the monk's corpse ringing the bell, and I will have to come back to wash your pants. It will be embarrassing to go out."
Seeing that he was being looked down upon by others, Yue Erpao crossed his arms angrily: "Humph, Shi Fareen is treating me with admiration. I am no longer the Yue Guanhai I used to be. After experiencing so many strange things, who would be afraid of a corpse? I I’m thinking about the fact that iron fans are recording, do the Tubo people really know about it? According to you, their governance level is very poor, how did they discover that iron fans can record under special conditions?”
Everyone was also very curious about this question and looked at Wang Yuanlu. The Taoist Wang coughed a few times: "The Tubo Dynasty is just not as good as the prosperous Tang Dynasty, but it may not be inferior to other small countries. At that time, the Tubo Dynasty was also the most prosperous and prosperous, and it was always there. Absorb the technology and culture of neighboring small countries..."
When Princess Wencheng entered Tubo, she brought them a lot of gold and silver jewelry, craftsmen, craftsmanship, pictures and books, utensils, and even food cultivation, a technology that affects the stability of the country. She also taught them, Tubo The splendid culture is completely based on absorbing the culture of the prosperous Tang Dynasty and surrounding small countries!
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, society was extremely open and tolerant. The government did not prohibit folk inventions and creations, and even encouraged people to do business and pursue commercial wealth. Various crafts emerged in an endless stream. The technology of iron iron, which is similar to the high-quality steel of later generations, was produced in the Tang Dynasty, and gunpowder also It was Taoist priests who accidentally discovered it when they were refining alchemy. It is completely understandable that they could discover the phenomenon of iron powder recording!
When Taoist Wang said this, he paused and reminded: "The old Taoist guessed that this technology was not discovered by the Tubo people, but some new technology brought with Wencheng when he entered Tibet, and was later used by them on the Great Pagoda. "
"Well, Taoist Xu said that there are many ghost towns in the towns near Hexi. Could it be that the bones of old monks are buried in their towns?"
Yue Erpao went from here to there, and soon discovered the strangeness of ghost chanting. According to Xu Xiake, there were many such towns in Hexi.
Song Siyuan nodded: "Now it seems that this is indeed the case. When the Tubo ruled Hexi, many such Buddhist pagodas were built in the towns in Hexi. However, due to the erosion of water and soil in Hexi, most of the towns were abandoned."
Over the past thousand years, the climatic conditions in Hexi have deteriorated. After these towns were buried by yellow sand, they no longer have any use value. Of course, they have been spared the reconstruction and war destruction of future generations, and they will always stay under some sand in the desert.
After these things are covered by wind and sand, it is even more difficult to tell which dynasty and which generation they are. Maybe the ancient city where ghost sounds are transmitted is a town from the Tubo period.
"Anyway, as long as it's not ghosts and gods causing trouble, we won't have to inquire about the situation again if we encounter a similar ancient city."
After Keli finished speaking, he walked over to the camels and saw the camels nesting in twos and threes on the sand, regurgitating fodder. He knew that they were full.
He let them lie down for a while, picked up the map and said: "We were only a quarter of the way at noon. We were delayed a lot of time just now. Now we have to hurry up. I think based on our current camel foot distance, The next place to stop and rest will be Lop Nur!”
"Is there still water in Lop Nur now?" Song Siyuan asked. If there is, they can add some water.
Ke Li nodded: "There is water."
He paused and showed the map of the desert to everyone: "During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Kongque River changed its course and dried up Miranze, but unexpectedly created Lop Nur. It is said that the area of Lop Nur lake at that time was tens of thousands of square meters, and there were many lakes. The water forest, under the irrigation of capillary tributaries, formed an irrigation oasis with Lop Nur as the center. Loulan City prospered precisely because it was close to Lop Nur and had access to water sources."
"Now, the Kongque River has changed its course again, and most of Lop Nur has dried up. The current water area is only one-fifth of its original size. It is estimated that it will be completely dry in less than fifty years, and it will eventually form a secret land. Such auricle salt crust.”
"You will know when you go there."
When they came to the ancient city to rest, it was already noon. In addition, searching for the source of the ghost sound delayed a lot of time. Keli had to hurry up and let the camels walk for half a day, and finally arrived at Lop Nur before sunset.
When they arrived near Lop Nur, the camels gradually stopped and everyone got off the camels and approached the waterside.
After the Kongque River was diverted, Lop Nur has changed from a lake with living water to a freshwater lake without water replenishment. In addition, in the desert and dry climate, the lake water evaporates faster. What is now displayed in front of them is a lake that is on the verge of drying up. of lakes.
As the area shrank, they could see the lakeshore in the distance at a glance, and more ravines began to emerge from the water as the water level dropped. These large and small ravines were like ridges in the fields, dividing Lop Nur into scattered tidal flats. It lacks the boundless majesty and majesty of the past.
The vegetation at the waterside has degraded, leaving only the extremely cold-resistant Elaeagnus elegans, sea buckthorn, dwarf Populus euphratica, or some cold-resistant and salt-resistant aquatic plants. These plants are scattered throughout Lop Nur. There is no forest or grass on the loess soil. , all covered with patches of short grass and shrubs.
Furthermore, in the sun-dried river soil on the banks of these tidal flats, you can clearly see white salt-alkali crystals or salt-crust hard soil.
Song Siyuan lowered her head and grabbed a handful of hard soil from the shore, and crushed it carefully with her hands. She could observe the salt-alkali particles that had crystallized in the loess: "Because there is no water replenishment in the freshwater lake, Lop Nur today is like Milan Ze. The lake gradually becomes salty and eventually turns into a salt crust."
"Whether it's sweet water or salt water, I have to go in and take a shower first."
At noon, Yue Erpao had already thought about washing his face. When he came to Lop Nur, how could he miss this good opportunity? He immediately took off his clothes and went to take a bath.
Ke Li quickly stopped him: "Don't rush to take a shower yet, the water here is not suitable for washing."
