Chapter Eighty-Seven: Familiar Voices

Mo Fan is like a thief with a weak heart, but in fact, he is just to disgust this old man.

Grandma Zhou pulled Mo Fan hard: "The meal is almost ready, no matter how anxious it is, isn't it bad to have a meal?"

"Hmm. Mo Fan hugged the suitcase, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and glanced at Professor Zhao, he blew his beard angrily and glared.

Mo Fan went to the living room and sat down, turned on the TV, Professor Zhao hesitated outside for a moment, and walked in: "Xiao Mo, you still have a piece of oracle bones, show me?"

"The professor understands what I'm here for?"

"Archaeological documents, we can't disclose any information to the outside world until the Canadian government makes it public, this is the minimum professional ethics. ”

"Oh, so you don't have a non-disclosure agreement? I just want to know the content of the oracle translation, and I will never tell anyone else, but I still have the ability to keep it secret. ”

"No, no, it's about integrity, the integrity of the country. Can you tell me where these two pieces of oracle bones came from?"

"I'm sorry. ”

The professor's face was solemn: "At the Mobia site, during the archaeological process, it was found that someone had taken the lead and might take away a large number of cultural relics. The Canadian government defines the cultural relics unearthed at the Mobia site as 'national treasures', and if you have stolen the cultural relics in Canada, I suggest that you collect them well, and it is best not to think about selling them, and the fewer people who know about it, the better. ”

"Huh?" Mo Fan thought that the professor would persuade him to return the cultural relics, but he didn't expect to say such a thing, "Professor, if you say two words from the bottom of your heart, there is really no way for me to see the translation materials of the Mobia oracle bone inscription?"

"No, we're not representing individuals, we're countries, and it's our country's image that has been ruined by data leaks, and I guess you don't like too many people knowing that you're interested in the Mobian Oracle. Otherwise, with your ability, it should be easier to start with Canada. ”

"I must know?" Mo Fan said.

"As far as I know, the Mobia Museum will have a selection of oracle bones on display on the day it opens, and there will be a column of English translations at that time. Foreign archaeology is the first thing that comes to mind, you just need to wait patiently, and when the archaeology of the Mobia site is over, the translation of the oracle bone inscription will naturally be lifted, and all the translations will be stored in the library, so you don't have to ask for fish. At that time, the materials collected by our side will also be compiled into a book, and only when Canada publishes the materials first, can we publish the research findings. Okay, can you show me another piece of Oracle now?"

Mo Fan just didn't have the patience, and if there was a particularly significant discovery in the oracle bone translation, it would not be possible to publish it in a book. Mo Fan wanted a complete translation......

Mo Fan thought about it and opened the box, took out a piece of tortoise shell and handed it to the professor.

The professor held it in his hand and frowned, "Huh, this is not a divination tortoiseshell. ”

"What's on it?"

"Wait, I'll study it...... The Yan River dried up, there were no birds in the sky and no beasts in the land, and the dogs starved to death...... What is the 'Hou'...... It should be to ask Lord Hou for permission or to enlighten Lord Hou. Professor Zhao said and looked at Mo Fan: "The tortoise shell has no traces of fire, it is a sacrificial tortoise shell." Lord Hou appears many times in the Mobia oracle bone records, spanning nearly a thousand years. According to the oracle bone inscription, Lord Hou raised two 'Queza Mobia', the modern translation is the sun god bird, which is the totem and god of the 'Yan' department, and the current name 'Mobia' is the sun god bird. And Lord Hou should resemble the existence of the creator god in their civilization. The oracle bones with the name 'Lord Hou' are all 'tortoise shells' and 'dragon bones', both of which are used by shamans who hold the highest power in divination and sacrifice. ”

"Divination is the question of the gods, usually based on the burning of fire, according to the shape of the cracks that appear after the burning. But why didn't the tortoise shell of the 'Lord Hou' use fire? Strange, strange......"

Mo Fan's expression was strange, the god of divination asked, 'God' is nothing, but 'Lord Hou' is real.

"Xiao Mo, these two pieces of tortoise shell record important things and are very precious. You have to take good care of it and try not to show it again. Professor Zhao returned the tortoise shell to Mo Fan.

Mo Fan's expression was strange: "You don't persuade me to return the tortoise shell?"

"In this way, these two pieces of tortoise shell did indeed come from the Mobian site. ”

Mo Fan pinched the bridge of his nose: "To be sure, one of them is, and the origin of the other should be." Mo Fan smiled and put the tortoise shell into the box.

"This tortoise shell is well kept in your hands, why should you return it. In Canada, the Toronto Museum alone has 8,702 Chinese oracle bone fragments, and they have not been returned. Professor Zhao exhaled.

In the archaeology of Yukon Tombstone Hill in Canada, Professor Zhao had heard his story before he had met Mo Fan. Professor Zhao admired Mo Fan very much and had contact with him a few times, but Mo Fan came to translate the oracle bone inscription...... At that time, the Mobia archaeological team discovered that the site had been reported to the Canadian Department of Cultural Heritage by the first to arrive, and it is speculated that the robbers had taken a large number of artifacts. Under Canadian law, that's theft. Mo Fanhe recently bought a super gold mine only a few dozen kilometers away from the site......

The Great Northwest Gold Mine is located in a remote location, hundreds of kilometers uninhabited, and some people speculate that Mo Fan may have visited the site first. Fortunately, Alutak (the discoverer of the ruins) maneuvered around and muddied the waters, and then there were several white bones found at the site about a hundred years ago, and the crime of stealing cultural relics was shirked. But in fact, the Canadian Department of Cultural Heritage secretly investigated Mo Fan, and Mo Fan did not behave abnormally in that short time, he was in the mine all day, and then occasionally came to the archaeological site to meet his old friend Alutak, and secretly investigated for a period of time and found nothing to dispel his suspicion of Mo Fan.

In Yukon Tombstone Mountain, Mo Fan asked the oracle bone translation several times, but Professor Zhao didn't give Mo Fan a good face, and warned Mo Fan that he was actually protecting him. Chinese help Chinese, Professor Zhao heard Mo Fan talk about the most in Yukon, self-made step by step to now, what he said, in the Yukon has become a famous word of gold diggers, Professor Zhao admires Mo Fan, has been in contact with a few times, I feel that he is too anxious, not calm enough.

"Professor, I've seen a part of the translation of the Mobian oracle bone inscription before, which mentions Kunlun Xu. Mo Fan looked at the professor, the main purpose of this trip is to explore Kunlun Xu, according to Xiaobai, Kunlun Xu is a terrifying and great civilization: "I don't know if there is any mention of Kunlun Xu in other oracle bone inscriptions?"

"The east of the east, the east of Kunlun, my mulberry, the thought of it. When will our sins be...... That's what you're reading, right?" Professor Zhao said.

"Yes. ”

"This passage is similar to the 'Classic of Mountains and Seas', which records a 'dragon bone'. Most of the translations above are wrong, such as 'mulberry', the glyph on the keel is a 'tree', and the 'east of the east' is three arrows pointing to the east of the oracle bone. 'Sin' is a humanoid pattern with lines of torture on top of it...... Most of the characters that are too old are not elaborate and can only be inferred from the glyphs. We don't know exactly how many errors we have in translating oracles. The text of the oracle bone inscription at the Mobia site is somewhat similar to the Chinese oracle bone inscription, but there are also great differences, and some of the text can only be interpreted by ourselves...... The three words Kunlun Void are correct. We also have these three words in the oracle bone inscription of China, see the Classic of Mountains and Seas. Why are you interested in Kunlun?"

"No, not interested. ”

"Kunlun Void has appeared many times in the Mobia oracle bone inscriptions, but they are all plausible and have not been found significantly. ”

"That'...... Combined with the legends of our country, and then compared with the Classic of Mountains and Seas mentioned in the Mobia oracle bone inscription, can we determine the location of ancient Kunlun?"

What Mo Fan is looking for is the Kunlun mentioned in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, or the Kunlun that is older than the records in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, not the Kunlun Mountain that preceded it. The ancient legend of Kunlun and the current Kunlun Mountain are two places......

"This ......" Professor Zhao shook his head: "Now there is a common view that Kunlun in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" is really today's Mount Tai. However, it does not make much practical sense to study these things, so there is no authoritative conclusion until now. The Mobia oracle bone inscription mentions Kunlun, that is, it marks three arrows pointing to the east of the oracle bone, and considering the location of the oracle bone, its 'east' does not point to our country. Therefore, the Kunlun mentioned in the Mobian oracle bone inscription is of no help to find the Kunlun through the mountains and seas......"

"Tarzan?"

Famous tourist attractions. It receives tens of millions of tourists a year, and if there were a site of a great civilization, it is estimated that it would have been discovered long ago.

It feels like Shangbai has made a trip. In fact, it was quite rewarding......

Grandma Zhou cooked the meal, and Mo Fan at home: "Home-cooked food, don't be polite, just treat it as your own home." ”

"Thank you, grandma, I'm welcome. Mo Fan stretched out his chopsticks and grabbed a piece of fish meat, and slipped the fish fillet: "It's delicious." ”

"If it's delicious, eat more. Grandma Zhou said that she sandwiched a prawn for Mo Fan.

"Grandma, I'll come by myself, eat and do it myself. ”

"Okay, good...... I don't know why, but when I saw you, my grandmother was very happy and happy. ”

Professor Zhao glanced at Mo Fan a few times, his mouth moved, and he looked very unhappy when he was jealous.

Mo Fan smiled, and saw that Grandma Zhou was not good at peeling shrimp, so she helped peel one, and just sent it to Grandma's plate, the gate of the yard creaked open: "Grandma, we're back......"

"Grandma, have you had lunch? ”

Two young girls, so familiar voices, one sweet and glutinous, the other sweet and glutinous.