"Xiao Wu, hurry back to the dormitory and rest. Early tomorrow morning, it will be the opening ceremony, and you will be busy by then. ”

I saw a person wearing a pair of glasses with deep myopia, standing in front of a crypt pacing back and forth, hearing someone call him, he immediately turned around and squinted his glasses to see, it turned out to be the leader of the archaeological work team, Mr. Song.

"Ha, it turned out to be Mr. Song! Tomorrow is the opening ceremony of the prince's tomb, which is so exciting that it is really a bit sleepless. No, I went around and around, and I came to the door of this mausoleum again. Strange to say, this is not the first time I have participated in archaeological work, but it is ...... But there is something special about this place. ”

It turned out that in 2017, in the Zungang Temple in Chaozhuang Village, Nanyang, the local people suddenly found a stone tablet in the backyard of the old temple, which was engraved with a line of ancient text - "There is an old tomb under the temple". After the incident was reported, it attracted the attention of the local cultural department, and then after repeated investigation and demonstration by several experts at the scene, a conclusion was reached. The tomb here should be the location of the "prince Chao Benchu" in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. According to the literature, this "missing mound" under this temple is very likely to be the mausoleum of the Prince Dynasty.

Therefore, since then, scholars from all walks of life from all over the country have visited Nanyang one after another, just to witness the moment when the mausoleum was opened.

Why does the mausoleum of this prince dynasty touch the nerves of so many people? It turned out that it was not easy for the prince to face this person. This person coincided with the late Spring and Autumn Period, when the Zhou royal family was actually declining to the point of crumbling. According to the "Zuo Biography", in 520 BC, after the death of King Jing of Zhou, the prince Ji Chao and his brother Ji Meng competed for the throne, and the Ji Dynasty killed Ji Meng and established himself as king. After that, the neighboring Spring and Autumn overlord Jin State frequently sent troops to intervene in the succession of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty, and after more than ten years, he finally drove the prince Ji Dynasty out of the Zhou capital. and set up another prince - Ji Kuo as the king, and later generations called him King Zhou Jing.

And after the defeat of the prince's army, with the help of his countrymen, he successfully escaped from the Zhou capital, and the group ran in the direction of Chu. And when Ji Chaoran out and fled, he also took away all the assets that symbolized the royal power at that time. For example, a large number of Zhou classics, as well as a large number of bronze ritual vessels of the Zhou royal family, including Jiuding.

In the prince's court, there were not only members of the royal family, hereditary nobles, but also officials and scholars who worked in the Zhou royal library and archives, and even Lao Tzu, a great thinker of the pre-Qin dynasty who had worked in the Zhou royal library for a long time, was also very likely to go with him. Therefore, the Zhou classics carried by the prince and his entourage should also be extremely precious, including documents and cultural relics of the previous Shang Dynasty, Xia Dynasty and earlier eras, as well as the edict documents of the kings of the Zhou Dynasty, and perhaps a series of documents and archives such as the chapters and reports of various vassal states.

It is precisely because of this strange experience that the excavation of his tomb has become so significant. Wu Weiyi was one of these many visiting scholars, and later, with his solid foundation in historical philology, he was caught by Mr. Song, the leader of the current archaeological excavation team, and left him by his side to study and conduct scientific research.

"Oh, it turned out to be Mr. Song, I won't be going back to the dormitory tonight. Construction will begin here early tomorrow morning, so I have brought a simple tent, and I will stay here tonight to take care of this last shift. ”

Seeing that Wu Wei's attitude was very resolute, Team Leader Song didn't say more, patted Wu Wei's shoulder and said:

"In that case, you have to be careful. Don't get tired, maybe there will be more tough battles ahead! ”

Wu Yi replied with a smile:

"Don't worry, team leader, my body can be strong! Which is so easy to fall apart. ”

Team Leader Song smiled and pointed at Wu Weiyi frequently with his fingers. He shook his head again, with a smile on his face that was both angry and helpless. After saying goodbye to Wu Weiyi, he drove back to the dormitory in the local town.

After Wu Weiyi sent Mr. Song away, he stretched his waist, and then raised his right hand to look at his watch. It turned out that it was already the middle of the day, and after Wu Weiyi yawned a few times in a row, he suddenly felt a wave of sleepiness hit him. So he went into the tent, cleaned up, and then half-lay down. took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket and flipped through the rumor circle.

It's just that after rolling it for a long time, his eyelids couldn't support it, and Wu Weiyi fell asleep in a daze.

……

"Mr. Wu, you can be regarded as back. The army of Wu has broken through the city gate, and this is about to be killed! ”

Wu Weiyi was feeling confused, and looked at the person who had just spoken to him with a blank face, only to see that this person was wearing a brocade robe, carrying a bronze long sword at his waist, and his eyebrows showed a kingly spirit. Then Wu Weiyi looked around for another week, and suddenly found that he was now in the middle of the battlefield. I only heard that there was a killing sound outside, and I saw wolf smoke rising at the head of the wall, and I couldn't see the end at a glance.

"Wu Guo? How can there be Wu people in Nanyang? Wu Weiyi thought in his heart.

"General Wu, now there are Wu barbarians everywhere, and the north road has been robbed by Jin thieves. Now the only way to break through to the west is to quickly escape to the west with the two little princesses. You should do your best to assist, and he will definitely be able to make a comeback and revitalize the country. ”

At this moment, I saw an army lined up neatly in the distance, not only with a clear and neat banner and a rigorous march, but also hundreds of chariots in an array, galloping towards this side in the dust.

Looking at this side again, King Qin's troops everywhere have been divided and surrounded by the Wu army, and the situation can be described as extremely dangerous and critical.

The man pushed Wu Weiyi away, casually pulled out his sword from his waist, and shouted loudly at the only dozens of soldiers around him:

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am sincerely grateful that I have been able to get the help of everyone and run all the way here. But today, we are in a desperate situation. The Wu people just want me to have a head, and the ministers will leave! Don't lose your life in vain. ”

After saying that, he turned around, looked at the rolling Wu Jun, and his chest was even more angry, holding the bronze saber tightly in his hand, and muttering:

"I think that I have been a country for more than 500 years, and I will be buried in my hands today. Let this king have the face to meet the ancestors and the ancestors! ...... don't hesitate."

After speaking, it is necessary to lead the blade of the sword to the neck to find a short view. Wu Weiyi shouted when he saw this:

"Not good! Don't do anything stupid! ”

He stepped up with an arrow and knocked Ji Chao's sword to the ground. At this time, Wu Weiyi was also shocked by his own behavior.

"Who am I? What am I doing? Where the hell am I? ”

Wu Weiyi inadvertently glanced at the downed Wang Jian on the ground, but he was really shocked in his heart.

"That! Isn't that the Yue King Goujian Sword! ”

I saw that the tattoo of this sword was exactly the same as the pattern of the "Yue Wang Goujian Sword" excavated from the tomb of Chu State decades ago. It's just that when I see this sword again, I only feel that its sword aura is fierce and sharp, and it really deserves to be a king's sword!

Wu Weiyi didn't have time to sort out a good idea, but he heard the guards around Ji Chao kneeling on the ground, and shouted in unison:

"King! If the king is bent on death, how can we steal our lives in the world, we are willing to fight with the king to the death, and never steal life! ”

After these people said that, they all started to fight again, only to hear the war drums beating heavily at this time, and the sound of killing shook the sky. When Ji Chao saw that the soldiers were using their lives like this, they roared again with them and rushed towards the enemy formation head-on.

……

There was a "bang", and I heard an extremely dull explosion outside the tent, although the explosion was not loud. But it also woke Wu Weiyi from his sleep.

"Ahh It turned out to be a dream. But why is this dream so real? Wu Weiyi thought about it, slowly got up, rubbed his worried eyes, picked up his mobile phone and took a look, it turned out that it was only three o'clock in the middle of the night.

"Bang!"

I only heard a dull explosion outside the tent, Wu Weiyi heard it really this time, but he didn't know what happened outside the tent? He got up and poked his head out and looked around. At this moment, I heard the voice of someone talking not far from the tent:

"Quick! Put the sparrow down and see if there's any poison gas down there. ”

Wu Weiyi was shocked, thinking that it must be the prince who had mixed into the tomb robbers again! Since this place was exposed, tomb robbers have come to hunt for treasures every once in a while. However, although the protection of this place is strictly protected all around, I don't know what skills these tomb robbers have, but they can break into it through the level. At this time, Wu Weiyi couldn't think so much, walked out of the tent and stood in front of the fence, looking at the door of the mausoleum with a searchlight.

"Oops, it's really a tomb robber!"

I saw that the stone pier gate of the mausoleum had been blown out of a hole by the two muffled explosions just now. At this time, the tomb robber was no longer at the door, and it was expected that he must have entered the mausoleum.

Wu Weiyi was a little panicked when he saw this, he turned around and wanted to run back to find someone to help, but found that the guard room was also empty at this time! Wu Weiyi was in a hurry, and thought about it:

"It's still a dozen kilometers away from the nearest village, and even if you call the police now, the police won't be able to catch up in less than an hour and a half. Now that the situation is urgent, it is better to send a message to the team first, and I will go to the mausoleum first to find a way to trap and drag them. Maybe we can buy some time, and when our people come, they won't be able to escape. ”

After Wu Weiyi made up his mind, he called the team and asked them to send someone over quickly.

"Xiao Wu! Don't wait for us to come, you can't act recklessly. If you don't care about losing a few cultural relics, you must not have an accident! ”

Although the captain Teacher Song told him on the phone, Wu Weiyi must be cautious. Wu Weiyi also agreed, but he understood it very well in his heart:

"Captain Song, they won't be able to catch up no matter what. The prince's mausoleum is of great significance, and there must not be a slight mistake, and now it ...... The only way to take the risk is to try. ”