Golden Forbidden Land: I am at the highest level, exploring the secrets of immortality

Just last night, I was drowsy and ready to fall asleep, and suddenly I felt something hot in my pocket. I took it out and saw that it was the heart-shaped stone, but it was very hot at the moment, as if it had just been taken out of the stove, and a terrifying skull flashed from the stone.

I was so scared that I thought I had a nightmare.

I wanted to wake Li Da Kui up, but he was snoring and couldn't be woken up even by shaking him.

I rubbed my eyes and saw that the stone was densely packed with things like blood vessels, beating like a heart, and I was so scared that I quickly threw the stone on the ground.

The strange thing is that once it fell to the ground, everything seemed to be back to normal.

Strange!

Then I fell asleep and thought it was a dream, but this morning I saw traces on the stone, as if it was carved with a knife.

Fortunately, the stone later returned to calm and nothing strange happened.

I hope I am overthinking.

Not far from the village, it is not too remote. There is a looming Silk Road tour route, so it is not very troublesome along the way. There are supply stations around.

Everyone who has taken a train knows the price, so I won’t say more.

Fortunately, compared with life, money is nothing.

Along the way, we also visited many scenic spots, but the development of the eastern section of the Silk Road is still relatively thorough, and there are not so many dangers, so there are more people along the way. Many travel agencies have launched Silk Road tour routes, and most of them stop at the eastern section, because supplies and some necessary survival supplies can be delivered as soon as possible, and there is almost no danger.

It is much more dangerous to reach the interruption. Many ancient city ruins are also in the interruption, and the nearest one is also on the edge of the desert. However, I still don’t understand why Mo Lan and his team can start directly along the interruption, so they start trekking from the eastern section of the Silk Road. Wouldn’t it be troublesome?

I guess she has her own plans, so I didn’t ask more.

There are also many people exploring along the way, but there are few professional explorers.

In this way, we traveled along the way, stopping and walking, and we were safe and sound for more than half a month. However, until that afternoon, all the silence was broken...

Unconsciously, we had arrived in the territory of Gaochang.

However, most of the ruins here are ruins. Because it is relatively remote, there are almost no people here. The ruins of the ancient Gaochang Kingdom are located in Hara Hezhuo, southeast of Gaochang District, Xiji City. This name is the ruins of a castle. There are the ruins of Gaochang City in the Han and Tang Dynasties in the southwest of the castle. "Hezhuo" may be a mispronunciation of "Gaochang". "Hala" is a Turkic word, meaning black.

Because the ruins of the ancient Gaochang Kingdom have been eroded by wind and sand for thousands of years and are difficult to protect, now there are almost only rough outlines left.

When our group arrived at the ruins of the ancient country, it was already past six o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was about to set at that time.

The entire site is surrounded by sand dunes and has been eroded to pieces by wind and sand, but the city walls are still very strong and extend east and west. It can be seen that the city area of ​​Gaochang at that time was not small.

And there are some strange building ruins around the city.

However, the only thing that can be seen clearly is the stone tablet standing at the westernmost side of the city wall, which is about five or six meters high.

"Master Xuanzang of the Great Tang Dynasty!"

The tablet is buried deep underground. Although it has been eroded, the inscription on it is still vivid.

The content of the inscription is some traditional Chinese characters. The content records the story of Monk Xuanzang passing through Gaochang when he went to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures. In the end, Xuanzang and Gaochang King Qu Wentai became sworn brothers. This historical event was recorded on this stone tablet. Later, it can also be found in "The Biography of Master Tripitaka of the Great Ci'en Temple of the Great Tang Dynasty" written by the eminent monk Huili, which records the historical events between Xuanzang and the King of Gaochang, which have been passed down to this day.

There is another story in it.

When Xuanzang went to Gaochang, he was already a well-educated Buddhist master with a great reputation in Beijing. At first, he arrived in Yiwu and planned to go to Barkol and take the northern route of the Silk Road. However, when Gaochang King Qu Wentai heard the news, he sent an envoy to ask Xuanzang to change his plan and come to Gaochang. Xuanzang later accepted Qu Wentai's kindness and changed his route to Gaochang.

Legend has it that when Xuanzang left Gaochang, the king gave him a jade Buddha amulet that could be protected by the gods.

This is roughly what is recorded in the inscription.

However, he was robbed by bandits all the way west from Gaochang. Although the King of Gaochang sent dozens of soldiers to accompany him at that time, Xuanzang saw a lot of debris along the way, most of which were frequent merchants on the Silk Road, and there were debris everywhere.

At that time, Xuanzang did not know that those so-called bandits who ate people without spitting out bones were not ordinary people, but people who came out of the ancient country of Rakshasa!