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Chapter 192 Is there an ancient tomb under the well?
The wolves began to attack.

Hu Bayi, Fatty, and Shirley Yang spread out, echoing each other like horns, and fired from time to time.

After all, ammunition was limited, and they did not dare to attack openly.

Sa Di Peng and Chu Jian each held a shovel and stood in the inner circle to protect the safety of Professor Chen, Professor Hao and Ye Yixin.

However, Professor Chen and the three of them were not idle either, each holding a torch.

For them, they do not seek to kill wolves, but only seek to protect themselves and not to burden Hu Bayi and others.

Fortunately, Ding Xiu rushed back quickly and rushed directly towards the wolves...

"Comrade Xiao Ding, it's dangerous..." Professor Chen yelled anxiously.

"boom!"

At this time, Ding Xiu had already kicked a wolf away.

Immediately afterwards, there was another side kick, and another one was kicked away.

Fatty Wang couldn't help but be dumbfounded and murmured: "Is this still a human being?"

"Fat man!" Hu Bayi couldn't help but glared at Fatty Wang.

With the addition of Ding Xiu and the three spears, the wolves finally couldn't stand it anymore.

But at this time, there were not many left, and they fled away with their tails between their legs.

"It's alright, it's alright..."

An Liman comforted the camel.

This time, the fat man rarely tried to squeeze An Liman or help him. After all, he also knew the importance of camels.

Without camels, their group would have no chance of getting out of this vast desert.

"It's alright, it's alright..."

Ding Xiu also said with a smile.

"so close!"

"Thank you so much to Comrade Xiao Ding..."

"Old Ding, you didn't kill all the other wolves, right?" Fatty Wang couldn't help but ran to Ding Xiu and asked.

"Well, almost."

"Too awesome..."

After experiencing this incident, the group became more confident in Ding Xiu's skills.

With such skills, this trip will be safer.

Especially Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang. They had seen Da Zongzi with their own eyes, and they had fought to the death with Da Zongzi. It could be said that they had a narrow escape from death.

With Ding Xiu's skill, why should he be afraid of the big guy?

Next, the group continued moving forward.

Perhaps after experiencing a disaster, the rest of the trip went smoothly, and they found another ruins.

As soon as he arrived here, An Liman couldn't help but said with surprise: "Yes, this is it, this is the place where I will be reborn..."

He said he was reborn because many years ago, he reached the end of his rope and suffered from dehydration. He thought he would be buried in the desert.

Unexpectedly, a white camel appeared in front of him, and the white camel carried him here.

"There is a well in there..."

An Liman pointed to a dirt bag.

In fact, that earth bag used to be a house, but over time, it turned into a earth bag after being eroded by wind and sand.

"Come on, Fatty, let's go in and take a look."

Hu Bayi raised his hand and greeted the fat man.

"I'll go as well……"

Shirley Yang followed him towards the dirt dump.

This time, it was a huge surprise. There was actually a well inside, and there was a lot of water.

"That's great, that's great..."

Professor Chen and his party were extremely pleasantly surprised.

After all, their water has almost been consumed, and they will be finished if they don't have any more water.

Professor Hao analyzed: "It seems that this place should have been a small city before. This well was the water source of the city. In order to protect the water source, it was specially built with a house..."

This is not surprising. Some small countries in the ancient Western Region were short of water, so they had strict control over people's water use and appointed special officials to guard water sources.

"There is living water down here."

Ding Xiu walked to the well, listened, and then said something.

"running water?"

The group of people couldn't help but be surprised.

"Is it possible that there is the Duzi Underwater River down there?"

"Great, if it is Duzi Underwater River, then we are heading in the right direction. Maybe we are not far from Jingjue Ancient City..."

The group of people was very happy. This time they could finally take a bath comfortably without saving water.

That night, the group camped beside the earthbag, lit a bonfire, and took out a lot of dried meat and grain, preparing to cook a comfortable meal.

After all, since they entered the desert, they almost always relied on eating dry food and drinking cold water to get through.

Tonight, I can finally indulge in a big meal.

An Liman also took out his treasure: a bag of Manaizi wine.

"Eh? Miss Yang, what is this?"

Hao Aiguo watched with curiosity as Shirley Yang put some crispy things into the pot.

Shirley Yang smiled: "This is dehydrated cabbage. It is the cabbage we usually eat that has been dehydrated, but still retains the color and nutrition of the cabbage. It can supplement vitamins and is very suitable for field work..."

In this era, dehydrated vegetables are a new thing to Chinese people. It is estimated that [-]% of people have never seen it or even heard of it.

Ding Xiu smiled and said: "Actually, these things have been around since ancient times, such as bamboo shoots, fungi, and even meat. The ancients have long made bamboo shoots, dried meat, dried fish, including tangerine peel, etc., all based on similar principles. .

However, what we generally use now is the traditional method, which is raw drying.

Of course, some are pressed, such as some farm-made dried radish.

However, we have not formed a concept of dehydrated vegetables now. Most of them are dried bamboo shoots, dried mushrooms, dried fungus and so on.

And fresh vegetables are not suitable for drying raw, which is why we don’t have dehydrated vegetables.

This is a technical job. If you want to dehydrate fresh vegetable leaves, the best way is vacuum dehydration, which can quickly remove the moisture from the vegetables and turn them into dried vegetables like the ones in Ms. Yang's hands.

In this way, it is convenient for storage and transportation, as well as easy to carry, and the color, nutrition and taste of vegetables can be retained to a large extent..."

After hearing Ding Xiu's eloquent explanation, Shirley Yang couldn't help but be surprised: "I didn't expect you to know so much about dehydrated vegetables."

Ding Xiu smiled and said: "I happened to have read some information in this area. The main reason is that our country currently does not have much demand for dehydrated vegetables, and there is no relevant technology, so... this thing can only be imported, and the price It’s not cheap, it’s many times more expensive than fresh vegetables.”

"Haha, no matter how expensive it is, we must have enough to eat tonight...right, Miss Yang?" Fatty Wang couldn't help but glance at Shirley Yang.

Shirley Yang smiled, grabbed two more handfuls and threw them into the pot.

As the water boiled, a refreshing fragrance began to spread. Ye Yixin couldn't help but say: "Why do you feel that the fragrance of vegetables is more appetizing than the fragrance of meat?"

"Of course, everyone hasn't eaten vegetables for so long..."

It's been a long time since everyone had a meal in such a comfortable way, gnawing on cakes and dried meat, drinking vegetable soup, and taking a sip of wine. It was simply beautiful.

While chatting, the fat man started talking about the train again.

"If you ask me, the Northeast is better. The woods are full of delicacies and game. Look here, there is nothing but sand... Do you know what the local saying was when Lao Hu and I joined the team in Inner Mongolia? It's called "Bang" Beating the roe deer and scooping out the fish, the pheasant flew into the rice pot..."

Sa Dipeng couldn't help but ask: "Brother Wang, what do you mean by beating the roe deer with a stick? Do you want to beat it with a stick?"

Fatty Wang couldn't help but glance at Sa Di Peng, and replied: "You are quite studious, okay, then let me tell you, what this means is that if you go to the forest, pick up a stick and roll it casually, you can kill one. Roe deer, if you just scoop up a ladle in the river, you can scoop up fish..."

This is naturally just a boast.

It can only be said that the ecology was good at that time. There were indeed many wild animals in the mountains and forests, and there were indeed many fish in the river.

However, not everyone can hunt wild animals and catch fish.

Professor Hao heard Fatty Wang bragging blindly. It's all about bragging, but you can't criticize him?
So I couldn't help but say: "Comrade Xiao Wang, the Western Regions are also as good as the Western Regions. There are many mysteries worth exploring here..."

Fatty Wang was dissatisfied and said: "Do you think there are only forests there? Let me tell you, there are treasures under the ground. Lao Hu and I were there some time ago..."

"Cough cough cough..." Hu Bayi immediately coughed loudly.

Fatty Wang suddenly felt speechless and stopped quickly.

Shirley Yang smiled and watched quietly how Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang would perform next.

Professor Chen and others were intellectuals who focused on studying archeology, so they didn't think there was anything wrong with Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang.

However, Shirley Yang has traveled extensively and seen a lot. The most important thing is that she herself is a descendant of the captains who moved mountains and touched gold. Therefore, she has long begun to doubt the identities of Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang.

Now, Fatty Wang accidentally spilled the beans again, which strengthened her judgment.

Sa Di Peng was curious and asked Fatty Wang again: "Brother Wang, what happened some time ago? Just keep talking."

Fatty Wang could only say: "Well... Lao Hu and I went back some time ago to visit our fellow villagers..."

"Look, fellow man, how do you know there is a treasure under the ground?"

"Yes, let's see how this fellow countryman knows...Old Hu..."

After all, Fatty Wang couldn't make up any more, so he had to glance at Hu Bayi.

Shirley Yang was even more amused and continued to watch the show.

Fortunately, Hu Bayi came back and said, "That's it. Fatty and I went back to our hometown to visit the fellow villagers. The old party secretary told us that a national archaeological team came recently and said that they discovered something in Niuxin Mountain. What tomb..."

"Is it the tomb of Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao Dynasty?" Professor Chen continued.

"I don't know if it's true, but I heard it's very big..."

Professor Chen added: "By the way, it was reported in the newspaper some time ago that a tomb of a Liao Dynasty general and a little Japanese fortress were discovered near Niuxin Mountain. Do you two know about this?"

"Ah? This..." Fatty Wang glanced at Hu Bayi again.

This time, even Ding Xiu couldn't help but laugh.

Poor old Hu, he was roasted on the fire by Captain Pig.

Hu Bayi gritted his teeth and said: "This... seems like I haven't heard of it..."

I'd be surprised if I haven't heard of it.

It was something he and Fatty had worked out, so naturally he felt guilty and didn't dare to say anything.

Fortunately, Ding Xiu changed the topic at this time: "By the way, I don't know which country in the Western Region this was before?"

Sure enough, after saying this, Professor Chen and Hao Aiguo immediately began to analyze.

At this time, Ding Xiu subconsciously glanced at the sky, looked at the stars in the sky and said, "Old Hu, look at the arrangement of the stars. Isn't it a little complicated?"

"Oh?"

After saying this, Hu Bayi couldn't help but look at it carefully, stood up, walked to the luggage and took out the compass.

"Lao Hu Lao Hu..."

Fatty Wang looked excited and ran over quickly.

"Fat man, stop talking in the future..."

Hu Bayi couldn't help but whisper.

"Yes, yes...have you come to live?"

"Go aside..."

Hu Bayi said angrily.

"Xiao Hu, did you find something?"

Professor Chen walked over hurriedly.

Hao Aiguo, Ye Yixin, Shirley Yang and others also gathered around with curious faces.

Hu Bayi observed the sky, the compass, and the surrounding terrain, and then said solemnly: "If nothing else, there is a big tomb here."

"Really?"

Professor Chen looked excited.

"Where?" Hao Aiguo also asked excitedly.

Hu Bayi looked up at the starry sky again and murmured: "Jumen Star, Zuo Auxiliary Star, Right Bixing Star, three shining stars, arranged in an equilateral triangle, with the sun star and lunar star in the middle..."

"Their corresponding positions are..."

Hu Bayi observed the compass again and moved a few steps.

Then he glanced at the dirt bag with a look of disbelief: "Is that a well?"

Even he himself was a little unsure, but according to the hexagrams, it was indeed that position. ,

"Well? Why is there a tomb under the well?"

This time, even Fatty Wang, who had always had confidence in Hu Bayi, felt confused.

"Are you sure there will be a tomb in the well?" Professor Chen couldn't help but ask.

Ding Xiu said: "I believe in Lao Hu's judgment. In fact, I observed the stars before and felt that the feng shui here is unusual. There is probably a big tomb, and it is not an ordinary tomb."

"Oh? Comrade Xiao Ding also knows Tianxing Feng Shui?" Hao Aiguo glanced at Ding Xiu in surprise.

Ding Xiu smiled and said: "I know a little bit..."

Hu Bayi: "..."

Why does your tone sound the same as mine?
In fact, knowing a little bit is often a sign of self-effacement. People who say they know everything all day long are half-empty.

When it comes to knowledge related to Feng Shui, everyone present, including Hu Bayi, is far from Ding Xiu's opponent.

"That's wrong..." Ye Yixin looked confused: "When we fetched water before, the well water should have been an underground river. How could there be a tomb?"

Professor Chen replied: "We can't make common sense. After all, we don't know much about the culture of the Western Regions. Maybe there are some strange burial customs in the Western Regions. Let's do an on-the-spot investigation."

"Yes, don't you know if you go down and take a look?"

So, a group of people began to prepare tools.

At this moment, An Liman refused, and stepped forward and asked, "Are you tomb robbers?"

Professor Chen smiled and explained: "Brother, you misunderstood, we are not tomb robbers, we are national researchers, specializing in the study of Western Region culture.

Our inspection, research, and excavation of ancient tombs are to study the inheritance of ancient culture, and at the same time to protect cultural relics..."

"If you take away the things in the tomb, isn't that also tomb robbing?" An Liman said again.

"Brother, I understand your feelings, but we are here to better protect these cultural relics.

Tomb robbing has always been crazy. Even foreigners have come to our country to rob tombs. How many treasures have they stolen from our country?
They rob tombs for money and to resell the cultural relics, but we rob tombs... no, no, no, we..."

Having said this, Professor Chen himself couldn't help but laugh. Why did he get his words astray?

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(End of this chapter)