By decree and pro

Chapter 110 Vinegar

Setting up a camp is the first step, and it is also the time when the epigrapher Tavekir emerges.

The 35-year-old Taiweiker is from the Sanji tribe in the north of Xiliang. He has lush reddish-brown hair, eyebrows and beard. Especially conspicuous.

"A hundred steps from here to there... Yes, that's where you stand, put a red pole for me to mark it." Ever since Taivikir knew that he would go to explore the ancient city with the queen, it was still those seven cities that no one had really found. After living in the thousand-year-old ancient city, he was in a state of insomnia and inexplicable excitement.

And along the way, he was studying the constellation map and literature and history materials given to him by the queen, and now he was able to see the first ancient city of Kule, which corresponds to the constellation of the Raven, with his own eyes. And all the people present are guests, subject to his guidance and scheduling.

Holding a ruler made of leather rope and a notebook made of sheepskin, he determined which places could not be touched, which places should be vacated, and which places could be used as breakthroughs into the city according to the outline of the ancient city ruins looming on the ground.

"Your Highness, take a closer look at this 'line' that runs from west to east, straight and protruding from the ground. Yes, it is this, like a rutted place, it is the top outline of the city wall, along this line You can basically determine the location and scale of the whole city." Taivikir grabbed the porter to help him measure and roughly divide the archaeological area, grabbed Ilya to help him record the calculated figures, and grabbed the With a smile on his face, he happily described the general appearance of the ancient city of Kule in his mind.

"Your Highness, according to the records in ancient books, Kule does not occupy a large area, but it is five stories high. At that time, it was built with soil embryos and pampas grass. It is not easy to build a five-story building." Taiweiker seemed afraid. Yan ran away, grabbing Yan's right wrist with one hand.The queen was probably a man, and Yan had said long ago that there was no need to be polite, so this Tyvikir was quite out of touch, and treated Yan like a colleague he had known for a long time.

Taivikir enthusiastically introduced what he had learned and known to Yan, and took Yan to the east for a while, and pulled him to the west for a while. In just two hours, Taivikir gave Yan the entire outline of Kule City. Draw it out clearly and explain it to Yan one by one.

"That is to say," Yan was finally able to escape from his bear's paw, with a polite smile on his face, "Except for this beacon tower like a mound, the entire city is buried underground."

"Yes, Your Highness." Taivikir seemed very happy that Yandu understood, "If my calculations are correct, then the priest towers, stables, and houses in the ancient city are all under the sand about a foot thick. If it can be preserved like the ancient city of Linze, we can know a lot about the life, diet, and culture of our ancestors..."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work. It's getting late, let's go eat something before we get busy." Yan suggested.

"No wonder I feel a little dizzy, I think it's because it's getting dark." Tevikr smiled shyly, "So I'm hungry."

"Tevikir, I'm following you, and my legs are almost broken." Ilya was tired and hungry, and could not help complaining, "Your notebook is too heavy, so I will return it to you."

"Thank you, Ilya!" Tevikr said with a smile, "When I get excited, my handwriting is scribbled, and I can't recognize it when I look back. I still have to ask you to memorize it to see clearly."

"It's obvious that you were lazy and took care of Queen Ra to talk." Ilya frowned and said, "Feralas has been taking shorthand, I never saw him ask for help."

"I'm a rough man, how can I compare with Master Xiang."

"That's right, you have self-knowledge." Ilya's mood improved again, and she trotted along beside Yan.

Yan glanced at Ilya, and asked, "How did Feralas benefit you?"

"Ah?" Ilya was startled, and denied it with a flushed face, "It's no good, he's very poor."

"How can a dignified Prime Minister of a country be so poor." Yan shook his head with a smile, and then said, "Speaking of which, I have never heard you praise Feralas before, why did you praise him so much when you came out this time? .Others are not here and cannot hear your praise, so which play did you sing?"

"What, what, I didn't praise him." Ilya denied it, and then changed the subject, "Yan, you should pay more attention to Helen Uro than you care about me, I think he has been staring at you and Tai Vickers looks like he's almost drowning in vinegar."

"Don't talk nonsense." Yan said with a straight face, but he knew in his heart that it was true.

It was completely dark, and Helian Uro stood in front of the tent set up by the guards.These tents are gray and yellow all over the top and bottom of the dome. At first glance, they look like adobe houses of local people, but they are actually dyed fire raccoon cloth. There is a window on the left and right sides of the tent, and a door facing east, which is suitable for both ventilation and lighting. is excellent.

Each tent can accommodate two to four people. They built a total of ten such tents, forming a half-moon ring, with the main battalion in the middle, and a group of five guards guarding the place in two shifts.

The camp was only 200 steps away from the ruins of the ancient city, and there were no rocks in between. Both sides could see each other.

In front of the tent, a bonfire stuffed with a lot of coal cakes was burning very vigorously, and the smoke with the smell of food rose continuously and drifted under the moonlight, and the joy of pots and pans sounded.

The cook put a large iron pot that was enough for everyone to eat and drink on the bonfire. There was stewed stew in it. There were mutton and haggis left over from yesterday, as well as ingredients such as sweet potatoes, old tofu, sprouts, and cornmeal. The shape of the pot is not very good-looking, but because of the sufficient ingredients, it tastes better than the banquets on the tables, commonly known as "one pot of freshness"!

Meals are served in the open air, around the bonfire, and before the fire, there are repeated orders and five orders, so that everyone does not have to pay attention to etiquette, as long as they obey the orders and complete the task, and other things are as simple as possible.

For example, in this hodgepodge, what Yan eats is exactly the same as what they eat, and there is no special treatment.

Helian Wuluoxi walked up to Yan with a cup of freshly warmed goat's milk and handed it to him.

Yan smiled, took the iron cup with one hand, and Helian Wuluo sat on the ground beside him, reminding softly: "Drink it later, it's still hot."

"I'll pour it into the soup bowl." Yan ingeniously poured the hot goat milk into his bowl, stirred it with a spoon a few times, his bowl of mishmash immediately wafted out a milky aroma, making the people around him greedy They all stretched their heads over to have a look.

Then follow Yan's example and pour the goat's milk into the bowl.

"Your Highness, this is so delicious! The taste is even more fragrant and fresher!" The big guys seemed to have found something incredible, and they were all very happy.

"Then eat more." Yan greeted everyone with a smile, then asked Usman beside him, "Why don't you eat a little?"

"I'm not hungry." Usman replied, and suddenly added, "I'm really not hungry."

"...It doesn't matter if you have enough vinegar." Yan teased in a low voice, and drank the salty and savory chowder soup in the bowl.

"I'm not such a stingy person." Usman gently touched Yan's thigh with his knee, "Yanyan, I can be his teacher's teacher when it comes to knowledge, why don't you let me try?"

"No, your identity is a crow spirit warlock." Yan whispered.But he knew in his heart that Usman was not allowed to go because he was not sure whether there was any mechanism in the ancient city, and he did not know whether the crow killer was hiding in which secret passage, so he asked Usman to help build the camp instead of Busy around the ancient city.

But hearing Usman despise Taiweiker so much, Yandu felt that the hodgepodge in the bowl was really sour.

At this moment, Taivikir came excitedly, he had already eaten whole, and he wanted to go back to the ancient city to continue the unfinished preliminary surveying and mapping.

"I'll go with you." The expedition team brought enough fuel and candles to work at night. Yan planned to explore the seven ancient cities within one year at the fastest and two years at the slowest.That would be work day and night, so he quickly finished the soup and meat in the bowl, handed the empty bowl to Usman, and stood up.

Usman followed suit and stood up.

"Go to rest early." Yan patted Usman's right shoulder lightly, and instructed, "It's been a day's journey."

Usman looked at Yan and knew what he meant: "Don't follow, don't run around, just stay in the tent obediently."

"Be careful." Usman wanted to help, but Yan "rejected him for thousands of miles", so he could only nod in response.

Taivikir on the side looked a little dumbfounded. Although everyone was very "respectful" to the Raven Spirit Warlock and didn't dare to provoke him, the Queen's attitude towards him was too polite, just like Helian Uro What is the important guest.

Taivikir couldn't help staring at Helian Uro. He often went to the library of the priest's tower to borrow ancient books, but Helian Uro's appearance was very familiar, as if he had never seen it in the priest's tower, which meant that he should Not a high-level warlock in the priest tower, then he is...

Suddenly, Helian Uro's eyes swept over him coldly, Tai Weikton felt as if a knife had been cut across his face, and he clearly felt the pain!

"It's scary!" Taiweikir broke out in a cold sweat due to his aggressive murderous intent, and he didn't know how he offended the crow spirit warlock.

He hurriedly hid behind the queen. Yan was telling Ilya to stay in the camp and help the cook clean up the dishes. When he turned around and saw Tevikir huddled in a ball behind him, he was confused, so he looked at Usman.

Usman squinted and smiled at him, looking in a good mood.

Yan also smiled at him, and then said to Taiweiker: "Let's go."

"Yes, yes!" Taiweiker quickly followed behind Yan, and went to explore the ruins at night.

When Yan came back with a tired body, it was already midnight.

He thought Usman had fallen asleep, but saw that the lights were still on in the tent.

Yan gently lifted the curtain, and saw Usman sitting in front of a simple desk with foldable legs and feet, propping his chin with one hand, and drawing something with the other.

"Why haven't you slept yet?" Yan smiled slightly and walked into the tent.

Two sheets, one on the left and one on the right, are separated by a road, and Ilya has already laid them out.On a dining table there are meat naan bread and

Milk tea, according to Yan's instructions, Ilya served Usman properly.

But Usman didn't seem to eat or drink much, and he didn't rest. On the soft bed stuffed with cotton pads, the bedding and blankets were still laid flat

All right, no wrinkles at all.

"If you don't come back, I can't sleep." Usman raised his head, his eyes were a little red from the candlelight, but his smile was sweet and charming.