One Pillow Huaxu

The corridor was not long, and the three of them walked to the end quickly. When the flashlight swept forward, the light was quickly swallowed up.At the end was a huge space. Wu Xie looked up and saw that the entire mountain had been hollowed out, and in front of him was a ten-story stone cave the size of half a football field.The cave is in an inverted hemispherical shape, with smooth walls and empty surroundings.

Only in the middle stands a gigantic monster with a strange shape. The whole body of the thing is light-colored, the surface is white and gray, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and looks a bit like a tower at first glance.From the square base up, there is a whole piece of bare arc-shaped building, like a huge water bottle supported on the base of a pagoda.

A slightly smaller tower-shaped building also grew out of it, extending all the way up to the top of the cave.There was a very faint light near the top stone wall, as if an opening had been opened.

"Studupa?" Wu Xie looked up and down, showing a touch of surprise, but Nada was stunned, as if seeing something sacred, he knelt down and performed a big Tibetan salute.

Looking at the huge building, Zhang Qiling's expression gradually became serious, and he walked forward a few steps to the bottom of the building.This stupa is one piece, and the entrance cannot be found. There is a simple stone step at the bottom, which circles around and leads to the top of the building.

The Sanskrit transliteration of the tower is "Stu Po", which means grave.What is in front of you is a Tibetan Buddhist pagoda-style building. This type of building is usually composed of three parts: a tower base, a tower bottle, and a tower brake. It is used for the tower burial of deceased eminent monks.

The small stupas of this type are only a few tens of centimeters long, and they are used on family altars. The large stupas can reach more than 30 meters, but they are not very common.Wu Xie walked up to him and sighed, "Such a big stupa, this master seems to have immeasurable merit."

Zhang Qiling narrowed his eyes and looked towards the top, there seemed to be other shadows besides the looming light spot.He glanced at the bare rocks next to him for a week, and finally said: "There is something in Tasha. The surrounding is so peaceful that it is difficult to climb with bare hands."

Wu Xie followed his gaze for a while, and finally pointed to the stone ladder.Zhang Qiling nodded, said "follow me", and walked up first.

It is said to be stone steps, but in fact, it is a rough road that is attached to the wall, and stone slabs are inserted one by one. .After walking through the tower, it was already more than ten meters high, and the steps began to slope horizontally and became extremely narrow, only enough for a person to hang in the air.

Zhang Qiling walked in the front, climbing in the dark with ease and settled down very steadily, but he didn't walk fast, and would calmly slow down after a while.Wu Xie was barely able to keep up with him, but Na Da fell behind, sweating profusely from crawling.

The three of them climbed to the middle of the tower bottle. The wall here was convex and extremely smooth, making it difficult for people to find a starting point.Wu Xie took out the dagger and inserted it into the gap to borrow strength. At this time, he found that vague scripture decorations began to appear on the surrounding walls.Walking along the stone ladder to the back, he raised his hand to take a picture, and saw densely packed holes in the shadows.

The back of the tower bottle is full of Buddhist niches more than half a meter high. These Buddhist niches were built by drilling rocks, and each of them contained a mummy.The mummy sits in a meditative posture, and has completely dried and shrunk, and most of the clothes are rotten, but a few can be seen wearing lama clothes.

Zhang Qiling stopped in front of a Buddhist altar, Wu Xie squatted beside him, looked over with the light in his hand, and saw the mummy with its eyes closed and its face calm, as if it was in a deep sleep.In the tower burial of Tibetan Buddhism, it is also called "the system of the body". After the internal organs are taken out, the body is absorbed with Tibetan salt, then treated with sandalwood powder and spices and medicines, and finally decorated with gold to set the shape.The surface of the body in front of him was covered with a thin layer of gold, and it was extremely well preserved.

Buddha statues and scriptures are also carved on the cave rock behind the altar.Zhang Qiling looked over and said, "The Three Karmas of the Buddha."

"Body karma, speech karma, mind karma." Wu Xie said in a low voice.Then he looked up at those shrines that numbered at least fifty or sixty, and suddenly said: "There are so many well-preserved golden statues of living Buddhas, wouldn't the fat man be so happy to find them?"

Hearing this, Zhang Qiling turned his head to see Wu Xie looking up, with lights shining in his eyes, showing a little smile.At this time, his tone was relaxed, as if he was talking about an extremely everyday thing.

He couldn't help but soften his expression, looked at Wu Xie and said softly: "The bottom is solid, and it has been treated for anti-theft. It is difficult for him to remove it completely."

Wu Xie snorted, continued to scan the top, and said: "Just his bad temper, the more you don't let him take it more vigorously, the detonator will be put on after a while."

"If it's not complete, the price won't go up." Zhang Qiling said calmly.

Wu Xie stopped when he heard the words, looked into Zhang Qiling's eyes, and suddenly smiled: "Professor Zhang is right."

As he spoke, he straightened up from the mummy, stepped over Zhang Qiling to the next step, and continued moving forward with a flashlight.Zhang Qiling looked at his back, pursed his lips, stood up, and followed closely with a few steps.

The stone steps twisted and twisted in the middle of the altar, and the road became more difficult. They climbed a little further, and a small platform appeared in front of them.The platform is about seven or eight meters wide and protrudes outwards. There is also a Buddhist niche on the back wall, but it is larger and more ornate than the one below, and the seated golden statue inside is also more complicated.

Zhang Qiling looked up, the light was still in the darkness in the distance, as if the distance had not been shortened too much, and it seemed that the light was illusory and did not exist.

At this time, Nada also panted and rolled up from the bottom of the platform.Although the speed was not fast, the two did not deliberately wait for him. He climbed extremely hard all the way, and he looked very tired at this moment.

Wu Xie calculated the time, more than ten hours had passed since they left the village, and it was already night outside at this time.Climbing at high places consumes a lot of physical strength. Although Zhang Qiling didn't even change his breathing rate, he took a look at Wu Xie and offered to take a rest.

Without saying a word, Wu Xie took out the stove and lit it, handed a bag of dry food to Zhang Qiling, and threw another bag to Nada.He put water on the stove, ate dry food and looked at the road behind: "Half left?"

Zhang Qiling nodded: "It's probably more than half of the way now."

Nada tore apart the dry food and sat down by the stove. When he looked up, he saw two people sitting in front of the mummy, eating and discussing the next journey, as if the corpse was invisible.He smacked his lips, looked away, and said with a sigh: "Boss, you are really not ordinary people."

Wu Xie stopped talking, turned his head together with Zhang Qiling, glanced at Nada, and said, "I think you're pretty good too."

After speaking, he ate the remaining dry food in a few mouthfuls, and confirmed with Zhang Qiling to take turns to watch the night. Putting his hands in his hands and closing his eyes, he leaned against the wall next to the mummy to take a nap.

Wu Xie's sleep has been extremely light these years, and the environment at this time is not suitable for people to relax completely.He closed his eyes and seemed to be asleep, but in fact, as long as there was a little movement, he would wake up soon.

But as time passed, he felt as if he had slept in place for a very long time.The surroundings were very quiet, and Zhang Qiling's breathing beside him was inaudible.Nada seemed to be sitting farther away, the stove was still on, casting light and shadow through his eyelids.

In the end, it was this light and shadow that made Wu Xie wake up. At some point, the surroundings became dark, and the stove extinguished with a soft bang.

He remained motionless, leaning against the wall with his eyes closed, calmly focused his senses on his hearing, and only heard a rustling sound around him, as if someone was walking.He judged the direction and found that the sound came from his right.

Wu Xie opened his eyes quietly, and to his right was the Buddhist altar.At this moment, the surroundings were pitch black, and the feeling of someone breathing around him disappeared.Zhang Qiling seemed to have disappeared, and there was no one around at this time.

There was another swishing sound from the altar on the right, as if something was moving inside.Wu Xie looked there, relying on his gradually recovering night vision and instinctive intuition, he could tell that there seemed to be a person in front of him.The man was squatting on the opening of the altar, as if the motionless mummy inside had crawled out at some point.

Wu Xie squinted his eyes, and saw a sudden light in front of him, and saw a person suddenly appearing in front of Wu Xie.The man was arching his back like a stone statue, squatting motionless in front of the altar, and the light was emitting from the man's hand.

The man paused for a while, as if he was holding a light to illuminate the Buddhist altar, then withdrew his hand after a while, and raised his head without saying a word.

Wu Xie saw Nada's face.He is holding the stove with a lighted cigarette dangling from his mouth.At this time, the light from below hit his face brightly, making his face immersed in a large shadow.

He squatted for a long time before turning his head slowly, and saw that Wu Xie had opened his eyes and was staring at him expressionlessly.Nada was stunned for a few seconds, then smiled, and said, "Boss Zhang went to explore the way, I just heard something moving here, come and have a look."

Wu Xie let out an "oh", and still sat there without moving. His eyes swept over the mummy in the altar, and finally fell on the half-smoked cigarette in the young man's mouth.

Nada said again: "Sitting and distracted, I took a cigarette from you."

Wu Xie still didn't reply, just coughed a few times, and looked down after a while.He stared at the stove held in the other party's hand, and suddenly said with a sigh: "I wanted to ask when I lit the fire on the other side of the waterway."

"Isn't it hot?"