109. Seal mound
But he suddenly stopped. "Something's wrong. When I left decades ago, I obviously moved a lot of gravel to block this road. Where are the stones? They're broken. Someone must have got there first!"
Everyone hurriedly followed him and ran inside. Ten minutes later, all of them were exhausted and panting. They finally saw the pile of earth seals he had mentioned before. They saw many, many flags stuck beside the pile of earth seals.
The flags in Tibetan Buddhism are not the same as those in mainland China. They look like an umbrella. They are surrounded by tassels and are wide and large. The largest one just covers the area dug by Lao Xie and others decades ago.
Some of them were covering the gaps in the mounds of earth. Others were covering several withered bones, and there were many Tibetan scriptures carved on the surrounding stone walls.
Needless to say, the purpose of the big banner was certainly because it was afraid that a gap would be dug out of the Hades Palace below and rainwater would leak into it. It is not clear why the other ones were covering a few withered bones. But those few withered bones should be
They are Lao Xie's family.
Lao Xie returned here decades later. Looking at the corpses of his former relatives, he was so painful that he knelt on the ground and crawled with his knees as his feet.
"Ama, mother-in-law! The child is unfilial! It took me so many years to come back to collect the body for you..."
It turns out that these withered bones are Lao Xie's parents, wife, uncle, and aunt. Over the years, this matter has been weighing on his mind and he can't let it go. It's not that he doesn't want to come back to collect the bodies of his relatives, but it's because the fog-stealing beetle is in his heart.
The shadow created in his heart could no longer be erased. It penetrated into his bones like a ghost. He was really afraid.
"Lao Xie, please stay here and see how some old people are laid to rest. I also brought some paper money here to worship according to your Manchu customs. We can just go down there."
I took out a shovel from my bag and walked towards the pile of soil.
Meihui said: "It seems that the lama just now didn't have any ill intentions. Lao Xie, even if your family has dug up the land here before, it is possible that all this could not have escaped the eyes of the old lama. If he hadn't been in your
There are flags standing next to the bones of family members, and I’m afraid they’ve long since died.”
I tried to tap the mound of earth hard with a shovel, and then jumped back, fearing that the "fog thief" inside would come out. But fortunately, maybe too long time passed, and the mound was dug up.
The internal ventilation has also been improved, so all the creatures that originally lived in the sealed environment have flown out or simply died.
It was summer when Lao Xie came here decades ago, but we are now in late autumn. The altitude here is high, white snowdrifts can be seen everywhere, and the soil is frozen hard. The mouse and I rounded the sticks
After digging for half an hour, it was only a small pit of 1 meter square. If we keep digging like this, we will not be able to find a solution.
"Damn it, don't fucking do it. You asked me to lose weight, didn't you? Hurry up, didn't Lao Xie bring explosives? Just blow it up, what are you talking about?" the rat said angrily.
Meihui said: "Brother Haotian, can you not be careful? Don't use explosives to bury us all in Kunlun Xu? The top is full of snow. If you don't fix it, there will be an avalanche!"
I asked Lao Xie how thick the soil sealing layer here is. He said it should not be more than 3 meters. But now that the sun is setting, the temperature in Tibet is extremely low at night, which is comparable to that of the Greater Khingan Mountains. If it continues like this
It's definitely not possible to dig anymore. It's better for us to find a flatter place to set up tents and sleeping bags, have a good rest for a day, and wait until the weather improves tomorrow before working again. This way, we can be more confident. Even if we can dig out the sealing soil at night, it won't work.
It's best not to go down there. Although Colonel Touch Jin is generally a bold and distrustful person who works at night, there must be some evil spirits inside the ancient tombs of nobles of this age that should guard the tomb owner. We are still in the daytime when the yang energy is the strongest.
Chapter completed!