After another half an hour, the road ahead suddenly opened up, and some very old and low houses gradually appeared on the side of the road.

Ding Yi pointed to the old cypress tree on a slope in front and said: "The front is the old pond village, Wei Wei and they are temporarily living in a fellow villager's house, and that place is on the hill behind the village. ”

Sure enough, when the car drove up the small hillside, I saw a small pond in front of me, and countless houses stood densely around the small pond, which made people's scalps tingle.

Ding Yi parked the car, pointed to a few families in the village with open gates, and said: "I heard that there was a famine in this village or something, there are many households, and no one wants to move in, there are only a few families left, and they are all old people." ”

He took out two bottles of wine from the trunk and walked towards the first house, where an old man was squatting at the gate smoking a dry cigarette, and when he saw them coming, he only raised his eyelids and did not squeak.

His attitude was cold, Ding Yi was not stunned, and shouted from afar: "Lao Liu, I went back to the town to get two catties of good wine, and I specially relieved your hunger with Lao Zhang!"

Lao Liu said lightly: "Put it in the inner room." ”

Ding Yi smiled awkwardly and said to Bai Xiu: "The old man is this character, his face is cold and his heart is hot! You wait for me here." ”

He carried the wine inside, Bai Xiu looked at the house in front of him, but after a few glances, he was a little surprised.

Although he doesn't know much about ancient buildings or anything, the decoration style on it is somewhat similar to Baijia Town, could it be that this is also an ancient village that has been around for thousands of years?

He was about to take a closer look, but he felt that a gaze was staring at him, and when he looked back, he saw Lao Liu quickly turning away his gaze.

He was looking at himself, and Bai Xiu was sure that what was strange about him was not this matter, but that the other party's gaze was very strange.

It seems to be very similar to the first time Pine Needles first looked at him, but it didn't seem to be quite the same. Doubt is greater than temptation, fear is greater than vigilance, just as ...... It's like watching a person come back from the dead.

"Uncle, can I ask you for some water to drink?" Bai Xiu smiled embarrassedly.

Lao Liu nodded slightly, stood up, scooped a scoop of water out of the kitchen with his body bent, Bai Xiu took a sip, and was thinking about how to talk to him, Lao Liu suddenly said, "You shouldn't come." ”

Bai Xiu was stunned: "Do you know me?"

Lao Liu took the water scoop, glanced at him, and said without a head or tail: "Go back quickly, this is not the place you should come." ”

Bai Xiu couldn't help frowning, and just as he was about to speak, footsteps came from the courtyard.

Ding Yi was followed by an old man in neat clothes and gray hair, who was chatting with him very happily, and the old man saw someone at the door, but he just glanced at it casually, but when he saw Bai Xiu, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.

Bai Xiu didn't know why, but the other party quickly regained his normal color, and said to Ding with a smile: "This is your friend?"

Ding Yi didn't notice the abnormality of the atmosphere, he also nodded with a smile, and turned to look at Bai Xiudao: "This is the village chief Brother Zhang, our food depends on him and Lao Liu!"

He said, gesturing to the bamboo basket in the old man's hand.

Bai Xiu was surprised in his heart, this bamboo basket is less than ten catties, this old man surnamed Zhang is in his seventies, but it seems to be empty when he carries it, I am afraid that many young people can't compare, no wonder Ding Yi, who has always respected the old and loves the young, did not rush to work.

The look of surprise on his face, Lao Zhang also saw it in his eyes, and said with a smile: "We are older, and we don't have anything to do on weekdays, so we like to fight boxing and exercise." ”

A few people gossiped a few words, and Bai Xiu followed the two of them through the village and went up the mountain from the path behind the village, and before they were halfway up the mountain, Ding Yi pointed to a small basin on the side of the mountain and said, "It's down there." ”

As soon as his words fell, the woods not far away shook, and a person came out in the next second, who was not Ye Xuan?

The latter raised his hand and pulled a girl and an old man in the age of a sixtieth year up, it was Wei Wei and his teacher Yin Ming.

And at the end is a thirty-seven or eighteen-year-old young man, with a polite appearance, it should be Wei Wei's senior brother Tan Qiuhua.

Ye Xuan and the others were also a little surprised when they saw Bai Xiu, Wei Weiren was quick to speak, pulled Bai Xiu and looked up and down a few times, and finally said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a year, why have you become handsome again, I really regret choosing Ye Xuan's wood, otherwise I would be Mrs. Bai now." ”

Bai Xiu rubbed her head and smiled helplessly, turning her head to look at Ye Xuan: "Why did you suddenly call it a day?"

Ye Xuan and Teacher Yin glanced at each other, and the latter sighed, as if regretful and happy, he spoke: "It's basically collapsed, fortunately it's an abandoned tomb, the research value is limited, the loss is not big, let the old man come and see it tomorrow......"

Lao Zhang lifted the bamboo basket and looked at a few people: "Then go back and eat?"

The group went down the mountain, Lao Zhang asked Lao Liu to cook a few dishes, took out the two bottles of wine that Ding Yi bought, and everyone sat down to eat together.

Speaking of their discovery, Mr. Yin said in a deep voice: "I suspect that this is not an abandoned tomb, but an unused tomb. ”

Except for the three of them, the others were all laymen, Ding Yiqi said: "Isn't this abandoned tomb an unused tomb?"

Tan Qiuhua said with a smile: "If a tomb is abandoned, it is possible that the owner of the tomb found a tomb with better feng shui and did not use it, that is, the owner of the tomb was not buried at all." ”

Ding Yi said again: "Then how do you know if it is abandoned or unused?"

Tan Qiuhua looked at Yin Ming without a trace, and saw that the latter nodded lightly, so he said: "This is going to talk about the characteristics of Hongshan culture......

"Are you studying Hongshan culture?" Before the others could react, Bai Xiu was already startled, and immediately said in his heart, sure enough, it was no accident that he would appear in this small village thousands of miles away, and it was even very likely that it was the one Xu Ming said.

According to Xu Ming's description, it appeared suddenly, and why didn't they find it before?

Obviously, Xu Ming and the others encountered the same situation as him, and the location where they were at that time was actually not the original area for a long time.

If the real Hongshan cultural site is nearby, then it is not surprising that a burial chamber with Hongshan cultural characteristics appeared here.

Tan Qiuhua glanced at him curiously and said with a smile: "Why, you also like Hongshan culture?"

Bai Xiu never expected that after the archaeological team disappeared twenty years later, there were still people studying Hongshan culture.

But it's normal.

According to reports at the time, if that hadn't happened, the emergence of the Hongshan culture would have been a very influential discovery, and Wei Wei's teacher, Yin Ming, was the most prestigious tutor in the Department of Archaeology at Decheng University, so he would naturally have taken over the research project.

It's just that he suddenly felt uneasy in his heart, if the Hongshan Cultural Site was related to the post-tribulation Shengtian, it meant that Ye Xuan and Wei Wei were also involved in this huge whirlpool.

Bai Xiu smiled reluctantly, remembering his plan to come here, and asked, "Teacher Yin, do you know Teacher Sun Yingsun?"

As soon as he thought of his words, not only Yin Ming and the others, but even Lao Zhang and Lao Liu changed their faces instantly.

Bai Xiu felt strange in his heart, it stands to reason that Ye Xuan had investigated the identities of Zhao Yixin and the others, and would also ask Yin Ming for news, but looking at Yin Ming's expression, it seemed to be very surprised.

As for the reaction of Lao Zhang and the others...... For the speculation just now, Bai Xiu was a little more sure in his heart.

Bai Xiu couldn't help but look at Ye Xuan, but saw him winking desperately at him.

Tan Qiuhua's face became gloomy, Wei Wei lowered his head silently, but Yin Ming quickly regained his composure, looked at a few people, smiled, and finally said to Bai Xiu: "Little Brother Bai, do you know Wei Wei's father?"

Sun Ying is Wei Wei's father, why has he never heard her talk about it? Bai Xiu was surprised in her heart, looked at Wei Wei, and she said lightly: "He has never been responsible for this family, so naturally I have nothing to say." ”

Ye Xuan shook his head a little helplessly, Bai Xiu finally understood, no wonder Ye Xuan has been "passive and slacking off", and the case is found on his father-in-law's head, so it is naturally difficult to solve.

However, Bai Xiu also knows Ye Xuan's character, the death of Zhao Yixin and the others should have nothing to do with Sun Ying, otherwise even if he is Wei Wei's father, Ye Xuan will not stand idly by.

Seeing the reaction of the two, Wei Wei smiled and said, "Are you still investigating the case in Qu City? He is indeed not a murderer, because he died twenty years ago." ”

Bai Xiu was shocked, Sun Ying was also dead?

Yin Ming looked at the three of them and wondered, "What case?"

Bai Xiu and Ye Xuan glanced at each other, and then carefully talked about the death of Zhao Yixin and the others. Yin Ming didn't speak for a long time after listening to this, and finally muttered: "Alas, this is probably fate......

Bai Xiu's heart moved: "Teacher Yin, you seem to know about that incident twenty years ago?"

Bai Xiu didn't tell them about Xu Ming's records, and what he said was not true, but he hoped to find out some information from Yin Ming's mouth.

Yin Ming didn't notice the temptation in his words, nodded and smiled bitterly: "It's been twenty years...... I didn't expect that I never forgot about them. ”

He said slowly: "In fact, back then, it was not Wei Wei's father who first conducted research on the Hongshan Cultural Site, but me.

And before that archaeological team was organized, there was always an archaeological team. At that time, I was the captain, and Wei Wei's father was also a member of the team.

But as the research progressed, I found that this so-called Hongshan culture is very problematic, it seems to come out of thin air, and finally disappeared out of thin air, although it has existed for thousands of years, but there are very few traces in the world.

And the ruins we found at that time were just a point for the Hongshan people to stop in the world, so we have been trying to find out if there are any other ruins in it.

I don't know whether to say lucky or unlucky, but we did find it in the end, and it was the last place where the Hongshan people disappeared, a place called Niluo Gorge. ”

We were ecstatic at this discovery, but when we dug deeper, we found that we were too optimistic.

Even though the area of the Hongshan cultural site in Niluoxia is very large, and some of the relics are very well preserved, there are very few clues available. It's as if its label has been deliberately erased, making it impossible to guess where it came from.

And it was back then that I used to have strange dreams, and one day I dreamed of a woman who cursed us in her dreams that 'all those who came here are dead and have no place to be buried.'"

I naturally don't care about these bizarre dreams, but within a few days, I got seriously ill, and finally I had to hand over the burden to Wei Wei's father.

Because of my departure, which had some impact on the team, Wei Wei's father simply changed all the members, and it was just the four of them.

But the strange thing is that not long after, he suddenly called me and said that it was not the place where the Hongshan culture really disappeared, and they were going to find the real Hongshan cultural site.

I was recuperating at the time, and I didn't think much about it, so I didn't expect to be able to contact him again. ”

Bai Xiu's thoughts were racing, Yin Ming's account was not much different from Xu Ming's record, the only difference was that he had not figured it out, how many people were in which archaeological team?

He pondered: "Actually, I met the team member named Cen Cui before, for some reasons, she finally jumped off the building and committed suicide, but I heard from her that there seemed to be two people in the team at that time. ”

"Is she dead too......" Yin Ming muttered to himself, and he took one last look at Wei Wei.

"It's true, but those two people are not officially organized, and it's not easy to talk about it on the façade...... One is Wei Wei's uncle Wei Min, and the other is stuffed into it at the time, I forgot what his name was, we all called him Xiaoye. ”

Ye Xuan asked him, "What happened to that archaeological team, why did Zhao Yixin and them run away incognito?"

"In fact, Cen Cui was the only one who came back at that time, because her mental condition was a little unstable, and we could only know from her that the others had ...... I didn't know that Zhao Yixin and the others were not dead. ”

Yin Ming sighed, "But even so, they still haven't escaped the minions of death. ”

"Because they, too, have been cursed. Tan Qiuhua said coldly.