At the beginning of June 2019, Professor Ling Tan, an ancient anthropologist at Huatong University, searched for traces of ancient creatures and artifacts in the famous antique market in 'Chang'an'. Occasionally, when I passed by a vendor's stall, I heard the whispers of two vendors, and I couldn't help but stop when I mentioned bronzes. One of the young men in a cloth shirt whispered, "I can't see the origin of the goods that have left this time." It's just that I heard that these bronzes are all from the Warring States period more than 2,000 years ago. But except for the sword, the rest of the things are all mutilated, and they can't be identified at all. Another middle-aged man with a slightly fat figure glanced at Ling Tan and replied lightly, "Why do you care about him so much? Let's put it here for now. The conversation between the two is like a fishing tray, but bronze is one of Ling Tan's research directions, and even if he is deceived, he has enough ability to identify it.

So Ling Tan said to one of them, "Can you let me take a look at the bronzes that this gentleman is talking about?" Forehead.... Of course, I won't talk nonsense, so don't worry. The young trader shook his body and seemed to be a little moved, but another middle-aged man who had a fortune refused bluntly: "It's not that I don't understand people, everyone who does our business knows that there are some things that are not visible, and if you don't get it right, something big will happen." Ling Tan was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly said, "I know, I know." Can you move elsewhere and feast your eyes on the next one? I will not do them any wrong. “

When the middle-aged man saw that Ling Tan was so persistent, it was difficult to refuse. And the young man thought to himself, finally a fish has been baited. The two of them glanced at each other, and the young man said to Ling Tan, "Okay, please come with me" The young man was secretly happy in his heart, but the middle-aged man's face was a little uncertain, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The three of them walked a little way to an abandoned house that looked quite old. The young man pushed open the door of a building and walked in, followed by the two men. As soon as he entered the room, Ling Tan saw the young man squatting in the corner of the wall fiddling with a large box, just looking at the appearance made people feel extremely heavy, and when he saw the furnishings and dust in the room, he guessed that no one had cared about this place for a long time.

After opening the box, the young man got up and said to Ling Tan, "Sir, can you take a look at these things?" Ling Tan stopped looking around, came back to his senses, and looked in the direction that the young man was pointing. I saw that the box was full of bronzes. Among them is a complete bronze longsword placed at the bottom of the chest.

Ling Tan turned his head and said to the young man. "Can you let me take a closer look?" The young man glanced at the middle-aged man, and when he saw the middle-aged man nodding, he stretched out his hand to Ling Tan and said, "Sir, please" Ling Tan first carefully observed the sword body, looked at the pattern and carving of the bronze sword, and then held the sword body with both hands. , repeatedly weighed and was silent. Then he put down the bronze sword and fiddled with some other small objects. Seeing a fragment of armor, Ling Tan became interested. Tentatively asked, "Can I ask where these things were unearthed?" Aha, don't care, I'm just trying to determine the approximate age and what it does," Ling Tan said, rubbing the surface of the fragment in his hand.

The middle-aged man frowned slightly and hurriedly explained. Then he smiled a little weirdly and said, "It's roughly between Chang'an and Lin Tong." Ling Tan didn't react much when he heard this, which made the middle-aged man a little excited, and the young man also felt a little bored, so he simply found a cabinet and patted the dust on it, leaning on his chest with his hands, and continued to look at the bronze in Ling Tan's hand. Just when the young man was a little impatient, he heard Ling Tan's faint words, and suddenly exploded: "These things should be unearthed not far from the terracotta figurines, the time is not more than 15 hours, look at the color and appearance of the bronze produced in 200 BC, most of them are military artifacts." ”

Just when the young man wanted to make a move, the middle-aged man waved his hand to signal the young man to relax, "Sir's eyesight is good, this is indeed unearthed not far from the terracotta figurines, but no one has found anything here, we just wait." The middle-aged man said lightly, and squinted his eyes again, looking at the person in front of him, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and looking like a teacher.

Ling Tan's seemingly calm heart was actually already turbulent, and for no other reason than a piece of copper with a strange dotted pattern engraved with a strange dot and line pattern, when his fingers touched a small dot in the corner, it seemed that something was moving, but he couldn't feel anything. Others may not be able to see it, but the descendants of their Ling'an clan can sense that this is something related to the fate of their clan.

Ling Tan glanced back at the young man, then turned back to the middle-aged man and said, "This bronze sword is of good quality, it must be the sword worn by a certain general in the ancient period, if I can see its excavation location and situation with my own eyes, I can deduce his true origin, hey, it's a pity! Even so, its value is still immeasurable." In this way, let's discuss, I will provide you with the specific information of this bronze sword, it doesn't matter if you can send me a few broken pieces from this pile of bronzes, I just want to study their historical value, how about it?" The atmosphere in the air was a little solemn, Ling Tan saw that the conditions did not impress them, so he added, "I can guarantee that as long as this bronze sword appears at auction, its value will definitely exceed 100 million, from then on, you can withdraw from this business, and there will be no risk, with your ability, it is no problem to keep it secret." ”

The young man seemed to be a little moved, this ticket was enough to cover what they had earned in their lifetime, and they could even withdraw from the trip with their hands, and then gestured to the middle-aged man with their eyes. The middle-aged man seemed to be very cautious, "Since you know its value and why do you tell us, why don't you get it yourself, it shouldn't be difficult for us to fool us according to your ability, right?" After speaking, he stared at Ling Tan with sharp eyes, as if he wanted to see something from it.

Ling Tan replied without hesitation, "I'm a university professor engaged in these things, if people know about it, my reputation will plummet, and it will even affect my family, thankless, not to mention, I'm a scholar, reputation comes first, money or something is secondary, you should understand" Ling Tan glanced at the middle-aged man with a meaningful look, and the middle-aged man immediately understood. The young man on the side snorted with some disdain, "The more educated you are, the less it is a good thing, and you will be famous." Ling Tan smiled faintly when he heard this.

The middle-aged man thought for a long time before nodding and agreeing, "As long as what you say is true, this box of bronze remnants will be given to you, but if you pit us, hum~~~"

"Don't worry, I testify in my honor" Then Ling Tan told the two of them his identity information and said that if there were any unrecognizable antiquities looking for him at any time, he left his contact information and left, and when he talked to them, he took the fragment with him, and neither of them knew it. After wandering around the street for a while, he called for someone to come and take the box of bronzes.

And after Ling Tan left, the middle-aged man said to the young man, "Ke Xi, how impulsive in the future, it almost ruined our big business!" The young man nodded and said, "This person looks quite shrewd, how can he act so recklessly, why don't we be acting when he is acting, but he will not think of it when he dies, we are actually here for him! The Ling An clan has been hidden for thousands of years, no one would have thought that there would be anyone who recognized them, hehe" Ke Xi had a sinister smile on his face, and then a phone call suddenly came, Ke Xi hurriedly put away his smile and replied 'yes yes' while listening to the phone on the side.

After hanging up the phone, Ke Xi said to the middle-aged man, "Mr. Yu, the boss asked us to make the next plan and prepare for entering the ancient emperor's mausoleum." It turned out that the middle-aged man's name was Yu Ziyun, and in the transoceanic company 'Tianqi Technology', he was the general manager in charge of external affairs, and this time he received the task of the boss to hand over this fragment to Ling Tan and not let him detect anything, just so that they could enter the ancient emperor's tomb safe and sound as a foundation.

The ancient emperor's tomb is not to be able to enter if you want to enter, if you want to enter from the main gate, you have to go through the test of four levels, and if you don't have a key to enter the test, you will be sent to death, and you have sent three waves of people to enter the first level, but the people who entered have no response, so the above is ready to use the Ling'an people to find the key to enter the ancient emperor's tomb. The ancient emperor's mausoleum is different from other mausoleums, the main hall is poured by a large amount of mercury poured by ordinary methods, and the main hall is surrounded by four palaces, also known as the three Chen four poles A Fang Palace. If you are not proficient in astronomy and geography, you will only get lost in it. Tomb robbery is now a serious crime, the ancient capital of Chang'an is very strictly guarded, there are garrisons around the mountain, and it is basically impossible to use extraordinary means to enter, so you can only go through the main gate.

It is rumored that Xiang Yu has burned down the upper Ah Fang, and the lower Ah Fang. The specific location of this Xia Afang Palace remains to be verified.

PS: (What did Ling Tan see that made him so excited?Why did the Ling'an people find the key to the ancient emperor's tomb?And what is the fate of the Ling'an family?What kind of conspiracy did these fat and thin traders hold?The origin of the fragment is revealed below)