Yellow River Craftsman

Chapter 167 The Big Iron Bull in the Ancient Yellow River Road

"Where are we going? You have to tell me a destination! Don't tell me we're just floating on the Yellow River all day and all night like this?" I yawned and asked the Lich out of boredom.

The Lich lit up the light bulb in the cabin, took out a map from his pocket, spread it on the table, and leaned closer to study it.

I was very curious, and I leaned over to take a look, and couldn't help but secretly exclaimed.

The map on the table is not an ordinary map, but a detailed topographic map of the Yellow River. In other words, it is a geographical map of the Yellow River. The names of cities and villages are marked on the map in detail, and there are even sections of the river. The name of the mountain.

What puzzles me is that there are many red crosses drawn on the map, all the way down along the Yellow River Ancient Road, from the beginning of the Yellow River to the end of the Yellow River, densely packed, almost covering the entire Yellow River Ancient Road.

"What do these red crosses mean?" I asked curiously, it was difficult to guess the meaning of these red crosses for a while.

However, the lich said something that almost broke me: "These red crosses are the destination we are going to on this trip!"

"What?!" My eyes were bulging, and I looked at the Lich like a lunatic: "Are you kidding? How many red crosses are there on this map? It's densely packed. We're going to so many places?"

Lich's finger slowly slid across the map: "There are 81 Jiujiu, a total of 81 red crosses, that is to say, we are going to 81 places, and these 81 places are on the ancient Yellow River road!"

I felt extremely incredible: "Then tell me, what do these red crosses mean, and why do we go to the places marked by these red crosses?"

The Lich said coldly: "Where are there so many why? I said you just follow me. Don't ask so many nonsense. When you arrive at these designated places, you will naturally know! Let's set sail and go to the first place." Where a red cross is located, where the Yellow River starts, Bayan Har Mountain in Qinghai Province!"

After several days of trekking, we sailed upstream into Qinghai Province.

Finally, we came to the place marked by the first red cross.

The temperature here is very low, and a layer of white frost has condensed on the outside of the tin boat.

Fortunately, my body is not afraid of the cold now, so even if I don't wear thick clothes, I won't feel cold.

After repeated comparisons with the map, the Lich asked me to stop the boat on the river, then took out two sets of diving suits that had been prepared a long time ago from the cabin, handed me one, and ordered coldly: "Put it on! "

At the same time, he also handed me a foldable whirlwind shovel for me to wear on my waist.

"What's this for? Diving here? Are you crazy?" I looked at the Lich puzzled.

The Lich glared at me: "If I tell you to change it, you can change it, hurry up, and follow me into the water!"

I also wanted to find out the secrets of those red crosses, so I obeyed the Lich's order, changed into the diving suit quickly, and sat side by side with the Lich on the deck.

The Lich stretched out his fingers and gestured to me, and we both fell back at the same time, turning over and falling into the icy Yellow River.

As soon as we entered the water, the Lich and I turned on the searchlight on the top at the same time, and the bright beam shot out, and the world under the water suddenly became much clearer.It's very quiet here, suffocatingly quiet, I can only hear my own breathing.

I followed the lich all the way to dive underwater, and I looked at the electronic watch on my wrist, which showed that we had dived to a depth of more than 20 meters underwater.

At this time, the Lich stopped, and after searching around with the searchlight on its head, it swam towards a muddy area at the bottom of the river.

The Lich shined on me with a searchlight, then waved at me, took off the whirlwind shovel, and pointed to the mud under his feet.

I was slightly taken aback, what is under the mud?Why is this a bit like the rhythm of discovering treasures?Could it be that there are some precious objects buried in the places marked with red crosses?
I swam over, removed the whirlwind shovel, and slowly dug it under the mud.

Because the underwater buoyancy is relatively large, it is actually not easy to use force, but the silt here is relatively soft, and the whirlwind shovel is sharp enough. I cooperated with the Lich and quickly dug a mud pit under me.

After digging down for a while, I felt that the whirlwind shovel was against something hard, making a clanging sound.

Sure enough, there is something under the mud pit!
The Lich pointed the searchlight at the bottom of the mud pit, and the white circle of light fell on the pit, and there was a dark object under the mud pit, which looked like a cast iron thing.

The lich danced and became a little excited, and gestured for me to continue digging.

My curiosity was also aroused, and I really wanted to see what strange things were buried under the ancient Yellow River road.

We worked hard for a while, and the mud pit got deeper and deeper, and the object in the pit gradually revealed its true colors, which turned out to be an iron-cast bull's head.The pointed horns and the clear face of the bull, due to years of water washing, the surface of the bull's head has been washed black and shiny, very smooth, especially the pair of horns, which are still glowing coldly under the mud.

Continuing to dig down, I was surprised to find that what was buried under the mud pit was not just a bull's head, but a whole iron bull with unique shape and lifelike.The iron bull is huge, with its head raised slightly, and an iron ring is worn on the nose of the bull. There seems to be light flowing in the eyes of the two bulls.The casting of this iron ox is as vivid as it is alive, and it is estimated to weigh more than a thousand catties, which is why it has been deposited under the ancient Yellow River Road for so many years.

I stared blankly at the iron bull in front of me. Could it be that the Lich brought me all the way here just to find this iron bull statue?Who buried the Iron Bull statue here?Why is the Lich looking for the Iron Bull Statue?Also, could it be... Could it be that under the 81 red crosses marked on the map, there are actually 81 statues of iron bulls?

If I remember correctly, there is an article in the primary school textbook that specifically mentions the Yellow River Tieniu.The Yellow River iron ox in the textbook was unearthed in the famous ancient Yellow River ferry—Pujindu, which is the east bank of the Yellow River outside the west gate of the ancient Puzhou City, Yongji City, SX Province. It is said that it was cast in the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, so it is also called Kaiyuan Iron. Later, due to the eastward movement of the Yellow River, the Kaiyuan Tieniu submerged in the water and disappeared quietly. In the 50s, flood storage in the SMX reservoir area caused the river bed to silt up, and the river moved westward, so Kaiyuan Tieniu reappeared in people's sight.

The Tieniu in front of him is very similar to the Kaiyuan Tieniu. Is this also a product of the Tang Dynasty?

When I was puzzled, I saw the Lich swim up in front of the iron bull, reached out and grabbed the iron ring on the iron bull's nostrils, stepped on the iron bull with both feet, and pulled back hard with his strength.

Click!

Under the silent water, I vaguely heard the sound of mechanical twisting coming from Tie Niu's body.

Nima, isn't it? Could it be that this iron bull statue is actually a mechanism?
Who buried such an iron bull mechanism under the ancient Yellow River Road?

madman!

The ultimate madman!
I quietly floated next to the iron bull, and after hearing the sound of the machine bracket, I kept waiting for the reaction under the iron bull.

Can this iron bull move?

Will there be a secret passage under the Iron Bull?

I guessed a lot of thoughts in my mind, but what I never expected was that after the Lich pulled the iron ring on the iron cow's nose, he even paddled his legs to signal me to surface.

Is this the end? !
Puzzled, I followed the lich out of the water.

We climbed onto the deck and took off our diving suits.

"What's the matter with the iron bull below?" I asked suspiciously.

But the lich ignored me, walked into the cabin and took out a piece of dried bacon, biting it: "Nimma, I'm starving to death!"

"Is this the end?" I looked at the Lich with a puzzled expression.

"That's right! What else do you want to do? Go in and cook a bowl of noodles!" Lich waved his hand.

We came here from thousands of miles just to do this?

I don't know what kind of mechanism the iron ring on the iron cow's nose is, and I don't know what the lich pulled the iron ring for. The lich refused to tell me, and I couldn't guess it, and I didn't bother to ask later.

We went upstream along the ancient road of the Yellow River, following the guidance of the map along the way, we would stop at every red cross, and then Lich and I would put on our diving suits and go down to the bottom of the water.As I expected, under each river marked with a red cross, there is such a statue of an iron bull. Most of them are buried under the mud at the bottom of the river, and some iron bulls are exposed to the mud due to the rise of the river bed and dive into the water. Every now and then, you will see a shiny black bull's head, staring at the bull's eyes like copper bells, which is very strange.

Of course, every time an iron bull is found, the lich will repeat the first behavior, which is to pull the iron ring on the bull's nose to open the hidden mechanism.

I couldn't help being secretly amazed. Based on this situation, I speculate that the 81 iron bull statues buried in the ancient Yellow River Road are likely to be a group of interconnected institutions.Who can design and build such a huge set of organs?This group of agencies actually covered the entire ancient Yellow River Road?What is buried under the Yellow River Ancient Road?Is this closely related to the secret of our Tuoba family guarding the Yellow River?

After more than a month of sailing, we drove from Bayan Har Mountain, the starting point of the Yellow River Ancient Road, to Huanghekou Town, Kenli County, DY City, SD Province, at the mouth of the Yellow River. We searched all the red crosses marked on the map and succeeded. Found 81 iron bull statues, and opened the mechanism inside the iron bull statue.

I have been sailing on the ancient Yellow River Road for more than a month. I am almost sun-tanned and my skin is extremely dry, just like a middle-aged man.

"What are we going to do next?" I asked the lich.

The Lich said lightly: "Go back to Broken Dragon Cliff!"

"Back to Broken Dragon Cliff?!" I don't know what the lich's plan is, and I didn't ask too much, anyway, it's useless to ask, this bastard basically won't tell me anything.

"What day is today?" The Lich looked up and asked me, "Speaking of the lunar calendar!"

I thought about it: "July [-]rd in the lunar calendar!"

The Lich nodded, and said to himself thoughtfully: "There are still twelve days, and the river eye will open in another twelve days. After 60 years of waiting and thousands of years of hard work, let me come to the Lich!" Complete this task! Hehe, from now on, my Lich's name will be recorded in the annals of history forever!"

(End of this chapter)