Before setting off from the water conservancy station, Professor Song once told that in the underground space, they were attacked by a mysterious half-human, half-monkey creature, and Li Guozhi accidentally used this thing to save his life.

At that time, after listening to him, I felt a little incredible, even unbelievable, but after thinking about it, I didn't even say anything about Ma Huadong and Xue Chuanqiang, who studied ancient mysterious culture, and Mr. Wu, who specializes in ancient Dongyi culture, so I didn't think much about it.

At this time, when I heard Professor Gu say this, I couldn't help but recall what Professor Song told me at that time.

Yang Jianqiang interjected while getting dressed: "Professor Song has behaved very abnormally since he went down the cave, and at this time, recalling what he said that day is indeed a little unreasonable, perhaps...... Maybe it's made up! ”

Mr. Wu and Professor Song have been friends for decades, and when we doubted Professor Song before, Mr. Wu was not very happy, and finally had a seizure:

"Why? Based on my understanding of the Dongyi tribe, they may really have some kind of method of refining pills, and the pills they refine may be able to cure his injuries! Based on this alone, it is said that Lao Song lied, which ...... This is too arbitrary. ”

I don't know if he was tired or angry, he gasped as he spoke.

Professor Gu obviously didn't expect someone to stand up for Professor Song so indignantly, smiled embarrassedly, and replied softly:

"Of course, I'm just guessing, not to mention that so far, I haven't found any written records related to this elixir, according to what I said, before the Qin Dynasty, there were a large number of alchemists in the Central Plains who were obsessed with alchemy, and even until the end of the Qing Dynasty, this kind of alchemy still exists, but regardless of the Taoist priests or other folk masters, the pills refined not only can not prolong life, but hurt the body, it is said that Emperor Yongzheng died suddenly because of his obsession with the pills of warlocks."

Teacher Wu was still not convinced, and replied: "Everything in the Dongyi tribe cannot be concluded with known historical data......

Professor Gu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Then do you think that what has been left for more than 3,000 years can still be eaten?" ”

These words made Mr. Wu speechless.

"Alright, two! There is no way to reach a conclusion on this matter for the time being, and the truth can only be revealed when Professor Wu is found! ”

The two nodded, no longer arguing.

"By the way, although I am studying forensic medicine, but a few years ago, in order to prepare a subject information, I also checked a lot of ancient medical classics, Sun Simiao has a book "Ancient Medical Notes", which records that under the underground nine springs, next to the Fountain of Youth, there is a kind of laurel tree with red leaves, this kind of tree can produce black stone-like fruits, eating this fruit, not only can prolong life, but also the body can undergo unexpected changes."

After Professor Gu finished speaking, he looked at me.

"Professor Gu, you ...... Do you think that what Professor Song gave me to eat that day was the fruit of this laurel tree? I asked hurriedly.

Professor Gu smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said, "I don't know!" Originally, I would never believe this kind of thing, but now! …… I don't know, maybe we know far less about the ancients than we think. ”

I listened to Professor Gu's narration that Wu Jinghan and Yang Huiling were like ancient daughters-in-law, helping me bandage the wounds on my hands.

After saying this, Professor Gu didn't say anything, but held the bottle of the yellow liquid that had just been poured out in his left hand, and the bottle was empty at this time, and he was looking for something on the ground with tweezers in his right hand.

At this time, Han Jianli had already relieved himself, and when he saw this scene, he hurried over: "Professor, what are you looking for?" "It is estimated that after what happened just now, this kid realized that Professor Gu, who seemed to be the most useless, actually played an important role in this team of fifteen people.

Professor Gu smiled at him and ignored him. At this time, I saw him pick up a dead little black worm with tweezers and put it in a bottle.

"Mom!"

Han Jianli exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly took a few steps back.

"You...... What are you doing with these bugs? "It is estimated that this kid was bitten by a snake for a year, and he was afraid of the well rope for ten years, so he didn't dare to approach again.

"Go back and study, if I didn't guess, this is a class of schistosomes that lived in ancient times, and it is thanks to this isolated underground space that it can be preserved."

After a short break, everyone sorted out their clothes and moved on.

The farther you go in, the more the strange sound becomes, and after rounding a corner, the sound suddenly changes, and this time everyone's faces change suddenly.

"It's not...... Didn't you say that the wind blew the sound of the caves! ”

"This ...... It seems to be a real woman's cry, and there are many screams...... It's not like the wind! ”

The faces of Yang Jianqiang, Liu Liwei, and even a few old men became more ugly, and the voices at this time were very clear, clearly the women were crying and everyone was shouting, and there were some inaudible noises in the middle, and the sound source seemed to be not far away.

"Don't panic, everyone!" Yang Jianqiang scratched his head and thought for a moment before continuing, "There shouldn't be anyone in front, as for this kind of voice...... It must be an illusion! ”

It's better not to say that......

Xue Chuanqiang took a deep breath and asked us in a deep voice, "Have you ever heard a bizarre legend about the Forbidden City in the capital?" ”

I almost cursed, what time is this, what legends does this old guy still have on his mind.

"What legend?" Yang Jianqiang glanced at him, and his tone was not very friendly.

"It is said that in many special weathers, in front of a section of the wall of the Forbidden City in the capital, there will be a row of walking palace maids, and it is rumored that many people have seen it."

Han Jianli and Yang Huiling both said that they had read this information.

Yang Huiling said: "There is on the Internet, it seems that someone has cracked the mystery a few years ago, it is said that there are some red sand stones in the wall, with the power of lightning, the whole wall can be used as a camera, the image of a moment 'recorded', and then some special moments, will be projected." ”

In fact, I have also seen similar reports, it seems that in South Africa or North Africa, there is a valley, whenever there is thunder, there will be a neighing of war horses in the valley, and the sound of many people fighting and shouting, it is said that it is because thousands of years ago, there was a battle in the valley, and the sound of the two sides fighting was recorded by the valley.

Yang Huiling reacted quickly, and clapped his hands: "Professor Xue means that the sound here was also preserved a long time ago, for some reason?" ”

Xue Chuanqiang nodded: "I even suspect that this was deliberately 'recorded' by the ancients in order to scare people who approached." ”

"As things stand, this can only be explained in this way." Yang Jianqiang whispered to the three special police officers and Liu Liwei to prepare their weapons, and the four of them immediately took out their guns, and the atmosphere instantly became tense.

We followed them, walked towards the sound, and after a few more turns, a hall the size of a basketball court appeared, and the stone walls were also inlaid with hundreds of sarcophagi, similar to the hanging coffins on the cliff outside.

"! Why are there so many coffins? ”

Han Jianjian exclaimed.

Teacher Wu looked around, pondered for a moment, and said in a low voice: "This should be the tomb group of the Dongyi clan, and if you go inside, there may be a lot of such halls!" ”

There are all kinds of bronzes on the four walls of the hall, some large and some small, some look intact, some are broken, and the ground is covered with a layer of soft silt, which can be seen that this place was flooded not long ago.

The woman screamed, and the sound of everyone crying came from these caves in the stone wall where the coffins were placed, high and low, as if there was nothing, which made people sound like they had a creepy feeling.

"This is the tape recorder you just talked about?"

After understanding the source of the voice, I quipped.

Xue Chuanqiang walked into the stone wall, looked at it for a full minute, and suddenly patted the back of his head: "I understand!" ”

"Old Xue, what's going on?" Ma Huadong also came over.

"If you look carefully, the stone walls here are not ordinary stones, but ores, which should be bronze ores, if I guessed correctly, these stone walls have a recording function because of the special material and environmental reasons, and the sound we hear is recorded by the stone wall thousands of years ago when the funeral was made."

"So wicked!" I replied casually.

Xue Chuanqiang smiled at me: "This is not evil, but science!" ”

"After almost two thousand years, the Dongyi tribe has died at least a million people, can it be buried here?"

Ma Huadong changed his words and asked suspiciously.

Teacher Wu nodded, pondered for a few seconds, and then replied: "I think those who can be buried in the coffin are all people with status, and most of them may ...... Probably in another, simpler way of burial. ”

I was listening attentively when I heard Wu Jinghan on the other side shouting at us: "Look! Look! There's a row of footprints here! ”

Several people hurried over, and sure enough, they saw a clear row of footprints against the stone wall on one side, and the direction of the footprints was the same as the direction we came, and they went deeper into the cave.

"Could it be that it was also left by the last expedition?"

Han Jianjian muttered quietly.

Liu Liwei walked to the footprints, squatted down, looked carefully, and reached out to touch the mud on the ground:

"That's not right! These footprints were just left, and they definitely didn't take more than five hours! ”

"Ahh

"This ...... How is this possible! ”

Several old men exclaimed.

Professor Gu also squatted in front of a footprint: "There will be no mistake!" Look at this footprint, this man is wearing 42 shoes, and his height is ...... The height is estimated to be about 1.7 meters, and the weight is about 65 kilograms, and the error will not exceed three kilograms. ”

Such a? How many glances can you know so much information? Come to think of it, yes! He is a doctoral supervisor in forensic science and a teacher of Liu Xili, so he naturally has two brushes.

"This ...... This should be left by Lao Song! Teacher Wu shouted with a trembling voice.

"It's him! If you look carefully at the pattern of the shoe print, is it very familiar! ”

Yang Jianqiang said coldly,

The pattern of the shoes on the ground is wavy, obviously deeper than the texture of ordinary shoes, this pattern is too familiar, this time we went down to the cave of fifteen people, uniformly wearing this kind of shoes, or Yang Jianqiang.

"Did he avoid us in order to get here before we did?" Liu Liwei asked suspiciously.

"Lao Wu must have some ulterior secret!" Xue Chuanqiang sighed.

At this time, Mr. Wu no longer explained for him, after all, facts speak louder than words.

"I heard that there are treasures in the ancient tombs, especially the tombs of ancient emperors and nobles, will he want to swallow the good things inside?"

Han Jianjian explained.

Teacher Wu was holding his breath, listening to Han Jianjian's words, he hurriedly said, "Fart!" Lao Wu is not a greedy person, besides, at his age, he lives alone, what do you want so much money for! ”

Han Jianli hurriedly laughed and explained, "I'...... I also said it casually, not in this way! ”

Yang Jianqiang replied coldly: "No matter what, he must have a last resort purpose in doing this, it won't be for no reason, right?" ”

Teacher Wu opened his mouth and didn't say anything more.

"Let's go! If you find him, you will understand everything! Liu Liwei got up and ran along the footprints, and we hurriedly followed.

Out of a stone door, there is another stone hall, larger than just now, the surrounding stone walls are still inlaid with hundreds of stone coffins, and the ground is also scattered with various bronzes. This stone hall has three stone doors that go inward, and the footprints lead to the stone door in the middle.

"Look, the stone gate here really looks like a door!" Han Jian muttered behind me.

It sounds like a fool, but a few of us should know what he means. In these stone caves, the traces of artificial polishing are more obvious, and a door is almost installed, otherwise it is the same as the general building door - it may be slightly larger.

Following the footprints, we passed through several halls in a row, each hall was inlaid with a circle of sarcophagi, I estimated, this way through a dozen basketball court-sized stone halls, each stone hall at least 200 stone coffins, that is to say, more than 2,000 coffins have appeared, not including the coffins in the other doors along the way.

It seems that it is really a group of tombs of the whole tribe!

Just thinking about it, the tall special forces in front of me suddenly braked sharply, and I was caught off guard, and I hit him the back.

"Wow! With such a big coffin, there can be ten people in it! ”

Rubbing his aching neck, before he could look forward, he heard Han Jianjian mutter.

Bypassing the tall SWAT body, I saw a huge bronze coffin lying across the stone platform in front of us.

This coffin is more than three and a half meters long, more than two meters wide, and about one and a half meters high, which is larger than the average small armored car.

Looking around, this is a circular stone chamber, slightly smaller than the previous one, and there is only this one coffin in the entire stone chamber.

"You kid doesn't know, don't talk nonsense, it's not a coffin!"

Teacher Wu reprimanded Han Jianjian.

"Huh? What's not a coffin? You...... Don't fool me. ”

Teacher Wu snorted coldly: "This thing is called a coffin, and the real coffin is in the coffin!" ”

"You mean this coffin - oh! There is still a coffin in the coffin? Han Jianli scratched his head, looking surprised, "Okay, why do you have two layers?" ”

"Two floors? The emperor's coffin is all five layers! ”

Teacher Wu replied casually.

"Team Leader Yang, the footprints are gone when they reach the coffin!"

Liu Liwei pointed to the direction of the footprints and whispered to Yang Jianqiang.

Yang Jianqiang nodded, pointed to the three special police officers to both sides, and the three people plus Liu Liwei comprehended, divided into two groups, and outflanked them from both sides.

Only then did I understand what Yang Jianqiang meant.