Soon after, Wu Liang and others set up the tent.

Then the investigation of the Sun Tomb began. There were hundreds of Sun Tombs, more or less, mainly because the area of ​​each tomb was not small, and Wu Liang's exploration was very detailed, so

The progress will naturally not be too fast.

This eliminates time for eating and resting during the hottest periods.

After spending a whole day, Wu Liang and others explored most of the Tomb of the Sun.

Before this, although it cannot be said that there was no harvest, the harvest was also very limited.

However, Wu Liang is certain that the inferences drawn by later archaeological circles about the Sun Tombs should be good. These Sun Tombs should have been built at least during the Xia and Shang dynasties, and possibly even earlier, at the junction of the Stone Age and the Bronze Age.

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Because most of the utensils scattered in the tomb are fragments of very ancient stone tools, pottery, and bone tools, occasionally one or two bronze fragments can be seen, which are also extremely primitive bronze alloys. Wu Liang can tell at a glance.

This kind of bronze simply cannot reach the strength to make tools and utensils. If it is stretched to death, it can only be used to make some small decorations. The production level is also very backward.

This whole day has made everyone in the Hu army very tired.

In fact, they didn't put in much effort, it was mainly a waste of energy.

Different from previous experiences of excavating ancient tombs, this trip to the Tomb of the Sun not only took a long time on the road, but also after entering this strange world, and even after discovering the Tomb of the Sun, the exploration time also took a lot longer, and the environment

It is also much worse, which is naturally a severe test for their spirit and will.

main.

In addition to being a bit more peculiar in shape than the ancient tombs excavated before, this Tomb of the Sun is also located in such a strange and isolated world. So far, it looks like an ordinary ancient tomb ruins. This is naturally

This made everyone in the Hu army feel a little discouraged.

Fortunately, hard work pays off.

When Wu Liang and others explored most of the Tomb of the Sun, they finally discovered something different.

It was a corpse lying on the ground, located just outside the next Tomb of the Sun that Wu Liang and others were about to investigate.

The corpse was not wearing any clothes, and the skin had turned into a slightly dry yellow-brown color. The muscles and tissues under the skin had also dried, making the corpse look thin and dry.

It was in a state of skin and bones, and was only slightly plumper than the completely dried mummies that Wu Liang and others had seen before.

Judging from the integrity of the skin, it seems that the corpse did not go through the normal decomposition process, but began to dehydrate and weather directly after death...

"Sir, this corpse doesn't seem to have been dead for too long, right?"

Yang Wanli was the first to discover the body, and while calling Wu Liang and others to check it out, he expressed his opinion.

What he said "the time of death will not be too long" is relative to this sun tomb. Wu Liang has previously said that the construction time of this sun tomb should be more than 2,000 years ago or even earlier, and previously here

All the corpses found had only broken limbs and broken bones that were worse than rotten wood. Compared to this, this corpse was naturally considered relatively "fresh".

"should be……"

Wu Liang nodded slightly, and carefully came to the corpse under the protection of Dian Wei and Yang Wanli.

Although this corpse was lying on the ground, because there was no cover on the whole body, and the organs on the body were only shriveled but not rotten, it was easy to determine the gender. This was obviously a female corpse.

He is estimated to be about 1.4 meters tall. There is no obvious trauma on his entire back, because he is already skin and bones, and it can be seen that there are no obvious fractures in the bones.

Wu Liang examined it carefully and found that the cause of death of the female corpse could not be seen from the back, so he said to Dian Wei and Yang Wanli: "You two, turn her over and have a look."

"promise!"

Dian Wei and Yang Wanli responded, but did not take action directly. Instead, they used an engineering shovel to insert it from under the female body, then pried it upwards and carefully turned it over.

No obvious trauma was found on the front of the female corpse, but it may be because this side was less exposed to sunlight and hot wind, so the preservation condition was slightly better than that of the back. The muscles and tissues under the skin were also slightly plumper, and the skin was even the same yellow-brown.

It also has a slight elasticity, just like the tanned corpse seen in the tomb of Wang Liuqu in Guangchuan.

"Sir, this female corpse definitely does not belong to the Tomb of the Sun. Although I cannot tell exactly when she died, she is obviously incompatible with everything in the Tomb of the Sun. She must have come here later."

Yu Ji looked at the female corpse up and down, stroking his beard and analyzing seriously, "But the most strange thing for me is, what kind of woman would take off her clothes and come here, even if we haven't seen a living person here, or even just a

I have never seen any flying birds, but the sun in this desert is no joke. A few days ago, I was too hot and didn't wear a headscarf, so a layer of skin peeled off my head. It took me a while to recover from the pain."

Everyone in the army knows this. The old boy has a Mediterranean hairstyle and doesn't have a single hair on his head. He dares to imitate others and not wear a headscarf. Naturally, he deserves to be punished.

"Not to mention these, do you think the face of this female corpse looks familiar?"

Wu Liang asked attentively.

"Does it look familiar?"

Everyone subconsciously looked at the yellow-brown, somewhat shriveled face of the female corpse.

Bai Jingjing frowned slightly and said: "When you put it this way, there is indeed some similarity between the facial features and Fang Qiong, but it's hard to say that it has become like this. In my opinion, many people in the Western Regions seem to be like this.

Their appearance, high nose bridge, and somewhat sunken eye sockets all look similar."

Prosopagnosia.

This is not unique to people of this era, there are many people in later generations who feel the same way.

Moreover, Easterners are face-blind when looking at Westerners, and Westerners are also face-blind when looking at Easterners. If a group of people's faces are put together, it is impossible to recognize who is who.

Wu Liang used to be blind to the faces of Westerners and people from the Western Regions. He always felt that everyone looked similar. Later, after watching more NBA and Victoria's Secret, he gradually got relief.

What's more, the female corpse's face is already a little shriveled.

The facial features have changed to varying degrees, which naturally increases the difficulty of identification. It’s no wonder that everyone can’t see clearly. Even Wu Liang took a few more looks before he felt that they were somewhat similar.

"However, the height of this female corpse is very inconsistent with Fang Qiong's. Fang Qiong's height is close to six feet, while this female corpse is less than five feet tall. The difference is quite big, but it looks similar to the previous Fang Qiong's.

The height of the 'stone statue' is very close..."

Zhuge Liang also expressed the difference he saw, but when he said this, he suddenly froze and said thoughtfully, "Brother Youcai, do you think this is the same as that 'stone statue'?"

Fang Qiong from the same period stayed behind. If you think about it this way, it becomes possible again."

"exactly."

Wu Liang nodded and said, "When I interrogated Fang Qiong before, I heard her say that she left Jani City ten years ago and then went to the Central Plains. This coincides with the time when the 'witch' in Jani City appeared.

, which means that Fang Qiong did not lie about this matter, and if she left some footprints here, she should have been as old as that 'stone statue' ten years ago."

When he said this, Wu Liang couldn't help but think of the female mummy named "Loulan Beauty" discovered by later archaeologists in the Tomb of the Sun on the north bank of the Kongque River.

However, according to the scientific determination of later generations, the age of the female mummy should be around 45 years old, and the time of death was more than 4,000 years ago. In other words, the "Loulan Beauty" was already a middle-aged woman, and she should not be the same as Fang Qiong's corpse.

will have any relationship.

But the location is probably the Xiaohe Cemetery near the current "Camel Grave".

Archaeologists also discovered the well-preserved body of a young female named "Princess Loulan".

This female corpse was placed in a boat-shaped wooden coffin, with her eyes closed and the corners of her mouth slightly raised, as if she had just fallen asleep under a spell... I wonder if it has any relationship with Fang Qiong?

certainly.

This is just Wu Liang's baseless guess. It can't be counted. It can only be regarded as a whim at best and cannot be taken seriously.

Shaking his head to get rid of the random thoughts, Wu Liang said again: "What the old gentleman just said makes sense. Anyone with some common sense cannot walk naked in this desert.

This is also unreasonable, unless other people came here and took off her clothes, or for some special reason, she just arrived in the desert without any clothes and had no time to prepare clothes.

Nowhere to prepare clothes."

"What could be the reason?"

Bai Jingjing added, "Even if there is no time to prepare, as a woman, it is absolutely impossible not to wear clothes on weekdays, right? Women in the Western Region also know how to behave with shame, right?"

"I can't tell, so it's some special reason..."

Wu Liang shook his head slightly, shrugged and said, "But this is a new discovery for us. Don't touch her for the time being. Let's explore the area again. Maybe we can find some clues related to her, which will give us a chance to solve the problem."

Unravel the mystery of her."

So Wu Liang and others began to act separately.

However, everyone still maintains a distance of no more than 20 meters. Once someone encounters a special situation, ensure that there is care for each other.

It only took two minutes to search.

Yang Wanli, who went to explore the Tomb of the Sun next door, shouted again: "Sir, there is also a female corpse here... No, there are actually several female corpses here, come and take a look!"

"Several female corpses?"

Everyone was stunned and quickly gathered together to follow Wu Liang to check.

Indeed, as Yang Wanli said at the same time, several female corpses suddenly appeared among the wooden piles of the Tomb of the Sun.

These female corpses maintained different postures, lying on the ground, lying on their backs, or sideways. They also did not have any clothes on their bodies, and the dry condition of the corpses was also very similar to that of the female corpse discovered previously.

Not only that.

The appearance and height of these female corpses seemed to be carved from the same mold as the female corpse discovered earlier. Especially when compared and compared together, they are exactly the same!

"this……"

Everyone looked surprised.

This ordinary Tomb of the Sun has finally become weird...
To be continued...