Mysterious Tomb: The Enigmatic Gravesite and the Strange Mummified Corpse

Chapter 296 (3)
But anyway, I kept my eyes open, unlike Er Jian who was drooling when he was sleeping.After dinner in the afternoon, Brother Zhang showed up and took us to the conference room for a meeting. He first summarized the grassland archaeological work, then announced the decision of the bureau to adjust the salary, which won a lot of applause, and finally began to introduce the work of the next stage content.

Brother Zhang explained while showing the slides.First of all, the slideshow we saw was a ruin. Brother Zhang explained that this ruin was an ancient temple located at the intersection of Gansu and Ningxia. It was built in the early Ming Dynasty but was destroyed by war in the middle and late Qing Dynasty.According to legend, this temple was built by local people in the early Ming Dynasty for an eminent monk named Master Huiming.

Brother Zhang paused for a while and continued: "This master Huiming cannot be verified in the official history, but there are many legends about him in Ningxia, Gansu. Some say that Maitreya came to the world to save all sentient beings, but none of them say that he has extremely strong magic power, can subdue demons and protect the people, and there are still many relics about him in the local area."

Brother Zhang drank his saliva and continued: "This ancient temple is recorded in the wild history, and it is called Fumo Temple. It is said that Master Huiming and his disciples traveled to this place in the past, and when they saw the local demons rampant and harming the people, they used their supernatural powers to subdue them. After some fighting, all the monsters were subdued and sent to hell for eternity. Master Huiming took the initiative to live in a hut with his disciples at the entrance of hell for the safety of the local people, deterring the demons in hell. The local people are grateful for the kindness of Master Huiming. The Fumo Temple was built at the place where Master Huiming settled down."

Speaking of this, Brother Zhang changed a few more pictures, all of which are about the ruins of the Fumo Temple. From the pictures, it is impossible to tell that there used to be a temple in this place, it is full of weeds, rocks, and even The background is a wilderness, I really don't know who would think of doing archaeological work there.

Brother Zhang went on to say after changing the pictures: "This temple would have gradually disappeared in the long river of history after it was destroyed by war in the middle and late Qing Dynasty. As a result of the battle, the ground sank. The local people found a big hole in the ruins after the ground sank. It was so dark that they didn’t know how deep it was. Ma Hongkui, the Northwest warlord at that time, heard about it and sent a squad of soldiers to check it out. , As a result, the soldiers of this class entered the cave and never came out again. Ma Hongkui was shocked when he knew it. He originally wanted to send someone to investigate but was discouraged by his subordinates. The origin and legend of the temple, Ma Hongkui gave up the idea of ​​continuing to inquire, and sent someone to blow up the entrance of the cave. "

Brother Zhang changed a few pictures. At this time, the pictures showed a few small holes. In previous archaeological work, we have seen similar small holes. These are actually holes made by tomb robbers.Brother Zhang pointed to these robbery caves and said: "The matter was not understood because Ma Hongkui blew up the entrance of the cave and sealed it. On the contrary, it aroused the interest of many tomb robbers. These robbery caves are just a few of them. There are more than a dozen robbery holes in the vicinity of the ruins. So far, there is no news of anyone succeeding. The only thing that is certain is that the formation time of these robbery holes is different. They have existed from the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China to modern times. It has a long history.”

(End of this chapter)