Wang Feng and his entourage also brought some supplies to these old people and children, which can be regarded as condolences.

Then, under the guidance of an informed villager, he left the impoverished mountain village and went deep into the steep barren mountains and deep forests.

After walking for more than half an hour, I walked through dense thorns and vegetation to reach the top of a mountain.

It was on this hill that they dug up a pile of ancient coins.

Standing on the mountain, Wang Feng looked around, then turned around and said, "Yunsu, this place, what I told you...... The house of a local tyrant who wants to build a manor in the countryside is not far away?"

"Honestly, it's really ...... It's closer. ”

Xi Yunsu smiled bitterly and pointed with his hand: "If I'm not mistaken, as long as I cross two more mountains, it will be his home." In the past, it is estimated that you can still see the scene of large-scale construction. ”

"Oh. ”

Wang Feng nodded, his eyes shining: "Therefore, the scope of clues may not be limited to one place." ”

Everyone understands this. ”

Professor Chen smiled: "Not only is it limited to here, but it even covers a range of 100 miles. You must know that the influence of the ancients can also be spread through culture......"

"So in this place, there may not be relics of the bear tribe, it may be influenced by culture and cast something related to it......"

Everyone nodded in understanding.

This is a matter of course, after all, what the villagers dug up was only ancient coins from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a bear tribe from ancient times, with a history of at least one or two thousand years.

In the long years, who knows what the situation is.

Perhaps, it is really possible that in ancient times, the people in this vicinity worshiped the bear family, so they engraved some words on the coins as a commemoration.

Or, in the Spring and Autumn Period, a branch of the Chu people may have migrated here.

The word "Xu" on the coin is the symbol of the monarch of the Chu State.

It should be because there are so many possibilities that archaeology and verification are needed.

In short, when we reached the top of the mountain, everyone came to the corner of the hillside under the guidance of the villager, where the rocks and weeds were stacked. If you move the rocks and trees away, you will see a hole.

As soon as the flashlight shone, a cave with a radius of more than ten square meters came into everyone's eyes.

According to the villagers' explanations......

A few days ago, he and a few companions went up the mountain to dig for medicine.

In the middle of the way, they encountered heavy rain, and in desperation, they had to enter the cave.

When it rains heavily, it's for hours. One of them, so bored that he simply picked up his hoe and dug in the cave.

Digging and digging, the man dug up a bunch of things.

Everyone entered the cave, and sure enough, in the corner of the cave, they saw traces of excavation.

This luck is also ...... Not bad.

But blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, and a few people are too greedy and turn good things into bad things.

They are not stupid, and they know that what they dig up should be quite valuable, so when they trade with the dealers, the lion opens his mouth. People don't agree, so they lose their temper.

From an ordinary quarrel, it has evolved into a full martial arts.

In the end, he was unwilling and motivated by profit, and planned to grab a handful to make up for the loss.

As a result, they face jail time.

Pathetic, lamentable.

The villagers who led the way were sent away.

The rest is naturally the work of the expedition team.

"This cave must have been the place where the mountain people lived in the first place. ”

One scholar, after watching for a moment, concluded: "Before I came, I searched the local annals, and found that this place has preserved its life along the cave many years ago. ”

"The reason why such primitive customs have been preserved......"

"There are three reasons for this. First, the place is dangerous, and it is not easy to build houses. Second, there is a lot of rain in the mountains, and the soil is loose, which is easy to form landslides, mudslides, and destroy houses. ”

"Thirdly, it is the environment here, which belongs to the karst landform, with many natural cracks and natural caves. You don't need to dig much, you can live in it, it's very convenient. ”

He concludes: "Three reasons have shaped the customs of this place, which have formed a tradition for more than 1,000 years. ”

Yes, a thousand years.

Because the local history only records the history of 1,000 years.

Because a thousand years ago, this place had an administrative unit, a county.

With the county, the local history can be repaired.

Pushing forward, thousands of years ago, this place was not completely developed, and the people living in the mountains, in the eyes of the government, were afraid that they belonged to the likes of savages, and could not collect taxes, and were not included in the household and people, so naturally there was no specific record.

However, it is reasonable to speculate.

The traditional customs here are certainly not only for thousands of years.

After all, in this ancient cave, coins from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were dug up.

This in itself is ironclad evidence.

It shows that 2,000 years ago, there was no imaginary wilderness here. No matter how bad it is, there are also people, in order to escape the war, drag their families into the barren mountains and live in caves.

In any case, this place has a research meaning.

"Let's work. ”

Professor Chen waved his hand and gave the order: "Take this place as the center, spread around and search to see what you find." ”

"Yes. ”

The crowd echoed in unison.

Dozens of people suddenly dispersed in an orderly manner.

As for Wang Feng and Xi Yunsu, they are not professionals after all, so they can only watch it.

In this way, it seems that the two of them are idlers.

Everyone else is working, and it doesn't seem good to be so relaxed by yourself.

The two glanced at each other, and they had a tacit understanding and started next to Professor Chen.

But before he came over, he was driven away by Professor Chen: "I can do this by myself, and I don't need your help...... You really don't have anything to do, so go for a walk in the nearby countryside. ”

"Study whether the customs and habits of the surrounding countryside are consistent. ”

Professor Chen said casually: "If it is consistent, it means that our guess is correct, and there is a cultural transmission factor." If there is a discrepancy, it means that this is an isolated case and needs to be further screened......"

In the countryside, ten miles of different winds are too normal.

"Uh-huh. ”

The two immediately nodded and turned away.

They naturally knew that Professor Chen was sympathetic to them and arranged the easiest job for them.

Compared with others, he overcame obstacles and dug mountains and soil.

It was not difficult for them to climb a few hills and visit the nearby villages.

The first stop, naturally, is the hometown of the local tyrant that Xi Yunsu mentioned before.

A flat village with a concrete road at the foot of a mountain.

This place looks close.

But the two of them also walked for more than an hour to reach their destination.

Standing outside the village, Xi Yunsu pointed with his hand: "Did you see it, the place where the construction is under is what I said...... The tyrant asked me to design the manor. ”

“…… Average. ”

Wang Feng glanced at it and didn't care.

Xi Yunsu suddenly rolled his eyes.

Of course, he also knew that Wang Feng was qualified to pretend to be this ratio.

After all, the manor of the local tyrant only occupies a small half of the mountain, even if it can be compared with Wang Feng's huge manor.

"Where's the ancestral hall?"

Wang Feng looked around, but he remembered that Xi Yunsu had said it.

In the ancestral hall of this village, there are also bird and insect seal books.