The Kongque River originates from Lake Bosten, the largest inland lake in China, and flows eastward along the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains into Lop Nur. In the 1950s, due to large-scale agricultural development, the Kongque River gradually dried up and the small river disappeared without a trace. However, the small river cemetery may have been preserved intact in the Lop Desert.
I ate two loaves of bread and half a bottle of mineral water as breakfast, and followed Lao Sha all the way to the Xiaohe Cemetery. During the period, Lao Sha told me about the general situation of the Xiaohe Cemetery near the Kongque River. This Xiaohe Cemetery is actually not far from Lop Nur. Just a little further away is the area of Lop Nur.
However, what we are going to investigate now is the Xiaohe Cemetery. What happened last night was too strange. I always think that the "living person" that Su Xiaoniu mentioned might be Xuanxuan, so we have to go and find out what's going on no matter what.
On the way here, I asked Lao Sha what kind of person Sister Yu was. Lao Sha said with a smile, "Don't be fooled by Sister Yu's usual flirtatious demeanor, like a bad woman who's great at seducing decent boys. But if you get to know her for a long time, you'll find that she's actually a formidable explorer. Her courage makes Brother Tao and I feel ashamed. She also has powerful martial arts skills and is knowledgeable. She can tell lies to ghosts and people the truth to people. Even ghosts are terrified of her. She can climb mountains and swim in the sea, and she's practically omnipotent."
Holy shit, after hearing what Lao Sha said, it seems like the brothel owner is a very powerful expert! I'm not sure about the other points, but I can understand her courage. For example, last night's ghost incident, if it were an ordinary woman, she would have pissed herself in fear, but this brothel owner didn't feel anything at all and even protected me like a little brother.
From this we can see that the brothel owner is extremely courageous.
I then asked, "Are you three all explorers? You must have been to many strange and bizarre places, right?"
Lao Sha shook his head, then nodded and said with a smile, "They are both explorers, and I am actually a gold digger. Although our natures are different, our natures are similar, so we have become friends for life and death. This time I come to the Xiaohe Cemetery, maybe I can find another fortune!"
I thought to myself, I’m broke right now, if I had the chance, should I follow Lao Sha’s example and make a fortune?
As I pondered this, we arrived at the entrance to the Xiaohe Cemetery. The Xiaohe Cemetery itself consists of several layers of stacked tombs and other remains, forming an oval sand dune. The first thing that strikes anyone who visits the Xiaohe Cemetery is the densely packed poplar wood columns that rise from the sand dune.
I got out of the car and saw Uncle Zhang and the brothel owner, one squatting on the west side and the other on the east side, holding an iron rod and digging into the sand. I didn't know what they were doing, but Uncle Zhang told me, "They're trying to estimate how many levels there are in the cemetery and how many have been robbed. We can just follow the traces of those robbed graves, which will save us a lot of time. After all, our main reason for coming here is to find Xuanxuan, not panning for gold."
Using a stick to poke around in the sand, you can estimate the number of levels in a cemetery? Wow, that's incredible!
Lao Sha and I watched from the side. After a while, the madam stopped and gestured to Zhang Haitao. I only saw her hold up three fingers, then twist them in a circle and pinch them back to one. Zhang Haitao nodded, stood up, and said, "Over 300 tombs have been discovered so far, but only a little over 100 have been found. However, this doesn't guarantee there aren't more tombs below."
The madam came over and said, "The sand dunes at the Xiaohe cemetery weren't formed naturally. Instead, they were piled up layer by layer. How many layers there are below, and how many tombs there are, remains a mystery."
Zhang Haitao turned his gaze to me and asked me with concern: "Xiaofei, I didn't scare you last night, did I?"
I shook my head. Lao Sha put his arm around my shoulders and said with a smile, "Xiao Fei looks incredibly energetic. How could he be scared, right?"
That's right, I've seen a lot, and a bunch of female ghosts taking a bath can't scare me! I raised my head, only to find the brothel owner staring at me with a strange look. Damn, I quickly grabbed my Tianpeng ruler. This girl's eyes are not right. She must be planning to take my Tianpeng ruler again!
At this time, Zhang Haitao said, holding the Pisces jade pendant, "Okay, let's get ready and go down to the tomb."
"Okay!" Lao Sha turned around and went to the car to get tools.
I walked over to Zhang Haitao and asked, "Uncle Zhang, the fish on this Pisces jade pendant moved all night last night, and you see they're still moving now. What do you think is causing this?"
Zhang Haitao held the jade pendant high, facing the sun, as if observing it. After a long pause, he said, "Hmm... This jade pendant has been spinning non-stop since last night, and it's spinning faster the closer it gets to the Xiaohe cemetery. I have two theories. First, there might be some magnetic field underneath, exerting some force on the jade pendant, causing it to spin non-stop. Second, as we've been thinking, it's related to Xuanxuan's disappearance."
I nodded in agreement. "As long as we use the rotational force of the jade pendant to find the cause, we'll soon find it... I hope it's Xuanxuan."
"I also hope it's Xuanxuan." Zhang Haitao sighed.
Soon, Lao Sha and the madam arrived, ready with their tools. Although the Xiaohe cemetery was covered in yellow sand, it had long been frequented by numerous tomb robbers. A quick search revealed a hole. I followed Uncle Zhang and the others through a bunker-like hole on the east side.
Uncle Zhang was the vanguard, the madam was second, I was behind the madam, and Lao Sha was the last one.
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