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Gangzi lay on the ground, bloodied and unable to rise for a long while.
Brother Ma crushed the cigarette butt underfoot and said, "Qin Hao, Xiao Ni, I truly apologize."
"This kid gets drunk and starts causing trouble."
"Don't worry, I'll keep a close eye on him."
With that, he shot another glare at Gangzi. "Aren't you going to hurry up and leave?"
Only then did Gangzi get up and walk away.
By dusk the next day, we finally arrived at Xiangshui City.
This ancient city had long been buried beneath shifting sands.
Only some crumbling walls stood atop the Dune.
The most prominent feature was a Buddhist Pagoda.
Unfortunately, the base of the pagoda had weathered severely.
The tower itself was also in ruins.
Scattered throughout the ancient city were various shards of pottery.
Many houses were buried halfway by the wind and sand.
If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would have been hard to imagine that this place was once an important node on the Silk Road.
As a history enthusiast, this scene was undoubtedly striking.
I wandered around the ruins for a while and noticed that everyone else was busy with their own activities.
Brother Ma was taking photos.
sister Yang was picking up those broken pieces of porcelain.
Ni Liping was busy deciphering the faint inscriptions on the stone tablets.
Only the tattooed man with a buzz cut was bored, squatting on the ground and smoking.
The history of Xiangshui City is not particularly long.
This ancient city first appeared during the Tang Dynasty.
At that time, Xiangshui City was one of the important nodes on the Silk Road, where traveling merchants would stop to rest.
As a result, there was also a sizable Buddhist Pagoda within Xiangshui City.
However, this ancient city was abandoned during the Ming Dynasty.
It was later forgotten in the long river of history.
Until the end of the Qing Dynasty, a man named Kozlov rediscovered the existence of this ancient city.
He not only marked its location on the map but also plundered a large number of precious cultural relics from there.
The most famous among them is the Northern Wei Stone Buddha, renowned as the "Eastern Mona Lisa."
It is said that after Kozlov left Xiangshui City, the Northern Wei Stone Buddha mysteriously disappeared.
Since then, it has never been seen again.
However, as far as I know, Kozlov did not actually take the Northern Wei Stone Buddha with him at that time.
He did not have enough manpower or resources to transport the over two-meter tall statue.
So he could only choose to hide the Northern Wei Stone Buddha, waiting for an opportunity to return and retrieve it later.
Unfortunately, before he could come back to Xiangshui City, he died in a foreign land due to an accident.
Since then, the whereabouts of the Northern Wei Stone Buddha have become a mystery.
And the veil of mystery surrounding Xiangshui City has been completely lifted.
Later on, countless adventurers and Tomb Raiders came here in search of treasure.
Unfortunately, they did not find the mysterious Northern Wei Stone Buddha.
They only discovered some worthless fragments of porcelain among the ruins.
I was well aware of these historical events.
While I was wandering around the site, Brother Ma suddenly called me over: “Qin Hao, come here for a moment.”
I was taken aback: “What’s up?”
Brother Ma looked at me with a smile: “I heard you’re very interested in history, so let me quiz you.”
“Do you know what Western Xia artifacts were unearthed in Xiangshui City?”
I thought for a moment: “Of course!”
“When Kozlov first came to Xiangshui City, he found a Gilded Bronze Buddha Statue here.”
“That statue was about fifty centimeters tall and was entirely covered in a layer of gold leaf.”
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