Chapter 31 Section VIII

Leopard quietly asked: "Who is Bishamonten?" Xia Mingruo put on a pose and said, "The Buddhist guardian deity in the north is the Heavenly King Tota Li on our side." "Mingruo, don't move around, hold the lamp," Qian Dabeard was drawing a simple map of the tower, and shouted, "What is Bishamonten like? Describe it!" Chu Haiyang replied: "It still looks like an Indian god, wearing knee-length armor and ornaments on its neck and arms." "Where's the head?" Qian Dabeard asked. Chu Haiyang lifted the statue's head out and raised it.

"One more good news for you, the fracture between its head and body is still fresh, and then," he stretched out his other hand, "I picked up this shell casing on the ground." Qian Dahuzi was stunned, Chu Haiyang climbed down the tower with a wry smile on his face, and put the cartridge case in his hand.Qian Dabeard immediately threw away the pen, hugged the number one and shouted. Chu Haiyang sighed: "Life is really full of conflicts and coincidences." Xia Mingruo said, "It's like that sweltering thunderstorm day." Chu Haiyang looked at him: "Sifeng."

Xia Mingruo said, "Ping." Chu Haiyang asked, "What shall we do?" Xia Mingruo poked the uncle: "Pu Yuan, what should we do?" The uncle said: "What else can I do, go back to sleep!" The crowd cheered and dispersed.The bearded man staggered a few steps and fell down the street.Chu Haiyang and Xia Mingruo could only turn around, set up their master, and walk away. The team members set up a simple shed with ventilation on all sides, lit a stack of dry firewood, and set up a cauldron to boil bath water.The bearded man huddled in the dark and cried, Chu Haiyang comforted him: "It's okay, if it's broken, stick to it again, isn't that what we do!"

The bearded man said: "There is a grievance and a debtor. This account will be charged to the armed police border guards. If I don't avenge this revenge, I will—" "If you want to report it to you, it has nothing to do with me." Xia Mingruo said. The bearded man said to him: "Bad boy! He has no sense of justice at all!" "Okay, we'll talk about it tomorrow," Chu Haiyang threw his beard into the tent, and pushed Xia Mingruo to run wildly, "Go take a shower!" The two rushed to the temporary bathhouse and asked, "Whose turn is it?"

The uncle was steaming, contentedly leaning in the tent and smoking a cigarette: "It's no one's turn, and the number of ice cubes is limited, so we basically rely on grabbing." Hearing this, Chu Haiyang quickly took off his coat: "Then even if you're naked! Don't believe it! Let's go together!" Xia Ming yelled happily, ran a few steps and kicked Gulim away. The uncle smoked, shook his head, and chatted with Lao Huang: "Tsk, what kind of monster did he turn into? He almost froze to death in the afternoon." Lao Huang thought for a while and meowed a few times.

The uncle said: "Oh, so it is like this, no wonder no wonder." There is a nearly two-hour time difference between here and Beijing, and life should start two hours later.But the ice-collecting team set off before dawn, braving the severe cold and the sky full of stars: last night, they got carried away and ran out of ice, so they had to go to the lake once more to survive. Xia Mingruo also woke up very early, and walked last with a smile on his face, closely following the leopard.Leopard was wary of him and Lao Huang: "What do you want to do?" Xia Mingruo said: "I want to see the Beacon Tower."

Leopard asked: "Where is the ocean?" "Still sleeping," Xia Mingruo said, "Don't take him with you." The leopard was startled and ran away, Xia Mingruo asked, "Why?" Leopard said: "I'm afraid! I'm flustered and short of breath when I can't see the ocean. I have to ask the guide to save me!" The real guide, Mamaiti Mahati, is a native Uighur. He has a strong body, is about 70 years old, has white hair and a long beard, but is very in line with international standards. He can speak Uighur, Chinese, Russian, French, English, German and other languages, the reason is simple: he has been serving expeditions and adventurers from all over the world almost since he was ten years old.

The old man was talkative and talked endlessly. He yelled at the camel affectionately: "Hey-hey-hey-hurry up, brother!" Xia Mingruo slipped over to chat with him: "Can I come back from the Beacon Tower before dawn?" The old man said: "No, you will get lost unless I take you there." Xia Mingruo said: "Then you take me there." "That can't be done," the old man made a gesture of showing his teeth and claws. "If you know that the ice cubes are used up, your beards will be angry." Xia Mingruo was disappointed. "Oh," the old man couldn't bear it. After thinking for a while, he suddenly leaned into Xia Mingruo's ear, and said mysteriously, "I'll show you another thing, and you promise to be back before dawn."

"Huh?" Xia Mingruo got excited. "Go in, the first ditch," said the old man, pointing to the high Yadan cliff opposite the Chishe Ice Lake, "it's there." It's really worth seeing there, much more than the ancient beacon tower. There is an ancient tomb that has collapsed in half.This is the dog shit luck that archaeologists dream of. When Sven Haiding was in Loulan, he picked up one that was blown away by the wind for nothing. Xia Mingruo really did not lose to him. Thanks to Uncle Maimaiti, he discovered this place when digging ice last time. Xia Mingruo hung the kerosene lamp into the mouth of the tomb, lay down on the ground and looked at it with relish for a while, then ran back to the ice lake.The labor chants of the ice-cutters came one after another, and Xia Mingruo grabbed the one who yelled the loudest: "Leopard! Come with me!"

The leopard was pulled by him and almost slipped, so he quickly stabilized his body: "What are you doing again?" Xia Mingruo said: "Come on! Come on!" The leopard said: "What are you doing, what are you doing?" Xia Mingruo couldn't help saying that he wanted to pull him away, but the leopard struggled, and the two of them fell on the ice together and slid out, almost from one end of the frozen lake to the other. Xia Mingruo got up on the ground with hands and feet, patted off the broken ice on his clothes, and said, "It's just right, come with me."

"Ah!" Leopard sighed and resigned, and thrust the pickaxe into the beach, "Just go, maybe you can make a dead man?" "Huh? How do you know?" Xia Mingruo walked for a while, stopped and pointed to the dark tomb and said, "Please come and rebury this dead man's pit with me." "Ah?!" Leopard shouted, "Tomb... a tomb?!" Xia Mingruo said with a smile: "Come on, brother Bao, after following uncle for so long, it's time to develop some courage." "That is, that is," Leopard looked towards the entrance of the cave with lingering fear, "I was afraid that Huang would be inside." Xia Mingruo heard the words, stared at the leopard silently for a while, and said slowly: "Old Huang, come out, you've been spotted." Lao Huang poked his head out, shook the sand off his body, and then jumped back onto Xia Mingruo's shoulder. Leopard spins away. Xia Mingruo pressed his hands against his back like guns: "Don't move!" Leopard said: "Hmph! Kill me, and—" Xia Mingruo said: "Pang pang!" "Ah—" Leopard covered his chest with his hands, "You are so cruel, my brother is also attacking, what do you want me to do? Build a grave?" "At least make it the same as the surrounding environment. According to the discipline announced by Huzi just now, our scientific expedition team has limited supplies, and we have to continue on the road tomorrow at the latest, so this time we can only sort out the ground relics of Chishe City without excavating them. The excavation has been delayed. Time is tantamount to making fun of life. So if you encounter an ancient tomb, keep it as it is, and report back. This tomb has already opened, and if you don’t cover it, it will be destroyed by the wind and sand.” Xia Mingruo said, “You do it first, I’ll go and hug it Here comes the dry branch." Leopard asked: "Do you want to get some marks? What kind of Xinjiang office for you?" "Don't do it," Xia Mingruo waved his hand, "The marks are all done for the tomb robbers—most likely for your master. In most cases, we are one step behind him." "Tsk, it's really troublesome." Leopard scratched his head, half squatted and carefully moved towards the entrance of the tomb. When he got close, he just wanted to stretch his neck, but another piece of the ancient tomb collapsed. The leopard let out a strange cry and fell, Xia Mingruo suddenly turned around and shouted: "Don't step on it!!" Amidst the dust and dust, the leopard curled up its legs reflexively, and quickly grabbed with both hands. When it encountered a hard object, it hurriedly grabbed it, clenched its teeth, and the veins on its face were bruised. "Damn it! I forgot that you are heavier than me!" Xia Mingruo rushed over, "Leopard!" Leopard's eyes were narrowed by Sha, and his expression was very ferocious: "I...I didn't step on it! Help me!!!" "Here we come!" Xia Mingruo clasped Leopard's wrist while coughing, "Hold tight, don't step on the coffin!" "Don't step on it!" The leopard hangs up, shrinks its legs and sticks out its buttocks. The posture is very painful. It is only five centimeters below the body. It is a thousand-year-old coffin that must not be stepped on. "Persevere!" Xia Mingruo choked uncomfortably, "I'll pull you up!" "Hey, hurry up, little brother!" Leopard said, "Little brother -! My brother -!" "I can't pull you! Hold on for a while, I'll go to the lake to call someone!" Xia Mingruo said urgently, "Don't step on it! If you step on it and break it, you will be shot!" The leopard cried and said: "Oh, it's better to shoot me as soon as possible. I will step on you when you call people over. Forget it, little brother, get out of the way." Xia Mingruo took three steps back. The leopard took a deep breath and shouted: "Dude, at least you have practiced!" With a sudden force in his arms, he couldn't come out suddenly, and kicked the coffin board away. "..." Xia Mingruo stood upright with his hands down, standing by the pit and looking at him. Leopard also looked up at him: "I have a last word." Xia Mingruo said: "I will shoot you." "Don't! Don't! Give me a hand!" Leopard begged for mercy, but couldn't help looking down secretly.At this time, the sky was already slightly bright, and as soon as his sight touched the coffin, the leopard howled, "Dead man! Dead man!" "Nonsense!" Xia Mingruo stretched out his hand again and shouted, "Come up to me!" "My mother!" Leopard screamed hoarsely, struggling to writhe on the ground, "The dead man is laughing! He's fucking laughing! Ahhhhh!" "Don't be afraid! That's a mask!" Xia Mingruo shouted, "Grab me! Never destroy the inside of the tomb!" Surprised and frightened, the leopard squirmed up with its own strength, but it managed to break free from its right shoe. The big-toed army leather shoes weighing two catties accurately hit the dead man's face, causing a cloud of fine ash to rise. "Ah!" Leopard collapsed to the ground, his face pale. "It doesn't matter!" Xia Mingruo jumped up, found a dead red willow branch from somewhere, and stretched it down to the grave, "Don't worry, the shoes are enough to get out, and he won't notice, look at me, Look... look... ah!" He threw away the stick and covered his face with a long sigh. The leopard panicked: "What's the matter? What's the matter? Is it not enough?" "I also have a last word," Xia Mingruo sighed lightly, "I took off the mask of the ancient corpse." "Comrades—! Let us thank comrades Xia Mingruo and Yuwenbao!" In front of the raging bonfire, the bearded man held up the enamel teapot and called out with joy, "Thank them for bringing us one step closer to sepsis! Do it! " All the team members raised their glasses together: "Do it!" The bearded man got drunk and ran to grab Xia Mingruo's hand: "Thank you, thank you!" Xia Mingruo buried his head behind Gulim, and clung to his back tightly. Chu Haiyang smiled and said, "What are you hiding from, hero? You see how the leopard can let go, undressing while dancing." "That's it!" Qian bearded said, "Don't get me wrong, my students, the teacher is really happy! Comrades are also really happy! The approval texts for this field trip were originally limited, and now we finally have something to dig. I’m very happy! I dug it up secretly, but the people in the Xinjiang Institute didn’t know about it. After digging it up, I’ll take a look, and I’ll fill it back up if it’s a big deal, wow! Of course, Comrade Xia Mingruo, you won’t be able to escape the inspection.” "Archaeology is digging!" He stood up, smelling alcohol, and shouted, "Comrades! In recognition of Comrade Xia Mingruo, let's celebrate!"