The other four old men were all in their sixties and seventies, and several of them smiled and nodded at me.

"Lao Qin, Lao Li, Lao Wang, Lao Song, Lao Han." The old man with thick glasses pointed at me one by one.

"He is Liu Ludong." He pointed at me again, "Everyone will call him Xiao Liu in the future!" ”

Lao Wang was one of the old men who followed Mr. Wu to the Hekou Police Station to look for me a few days ago, and he asked the old man with thick glasses with a smile: "Why don't you introduce yourself!" ”

The old man with thick glasses smiled: "Xiao Liu knows me - familiar people like to call me old glasses, and you can also call me so!" ”

Old glasses?

Look at the thick glasses on his eyes, not to mention, it's a fitting name.

"Alright! Let's welcome Xiao Liu to join our team! ”

A couple of old men clapped like children, much to my embarrassment.

"How many...... A few professors, I'm just a junior college student, I don't know anything about archaeology, I don't know how to help! ”

Lao Song waved his hand: "Brother Xiao Liu, don't say that, let alone think so!" Education does not represent ability, knowledge is not all equal to culture, in fact, you are the protagonist of this mission, we have a few old bones, we have to cooperate with you! ”

"Cooperate with me?" I subconsciously touched the back of my head.

"That's right! You come with me. As he spoke, the old glasses walked towards the wooden shelf on the left.

When I saw the objects on the wooden shelves, I couldn't help but ask, "These are all antique artifacts, right?" ”

The old glasses shook his head: "It's all imitations!" However, they are all specially imitated according to the cultural relics unearthed from the ancient tombs of Wuyi Mountain. It's almost possible to confuse the real with the fake. ”

I didn't quite understand: "What, the cultural relics of the Wuyi Mountain Ancient Tombs are related to these cases?" ”

Before the old glasses could reply, someone behind him replied: "It's related! In fact, we just want you to see the mural rubbings in the No. 2 tomb pit of the ancient tomb this time. ”

As he spoke, the old glasses stopped in front of a row of wooden shelves.

On the wooden shelves are dozens of pieces of paper the size of A3 paper, with a black background and paintings on them.

I took a deep breath and vaguely remembered listening to Wu Jinghan's introduction to rubbing.

Rubbing, refers to the inscription stone carving, bronze and other cultural relics of the shape and the text on it, the pattern of the paper piece of paper, is an ancient traditional skill in China, is the use of rice paper and ink, the inscription, the text or pattern on the vessel, a clear copy of a skill.

Because it is printed directly from the original, the size and shape are the same as the original, which is a good way to record scientifically. In addition to the artifacts with concave and convex ornamentation, oracle bone inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, inscriptions, epitaphs, ancient coins, portrait bricks, portrait stones, etc., are widely recorded in this way.

The basic method of rubbing is: first clean the surface of the stone, brush the pattern or text to be extended as much as possible, cover it with rice paper of appropriate size, gently moisten the paper, and then cover the wet paper with a layer of soft absorbent paper to protect the paper surface, and gently knock it with a brush to make the wet paper stick to the surface of the object, and undulate and concave with its pattern text. Odd books

Then remove the layer of paper on the cover, wait for the wet paper to dry slightly, dip an appropriate amount of ink with a puff, apply it evenly on the puff surface, and gently pounce on the protruding object to form a black and white rubbing.

It is said that as long as it is well sealed, even if it is an ancient tomb of the Warring States period 2,000 years ago, when you first enter, the murals in the tomb are still with bright colors, but they will soon be oxidized, a large area of discoloration, and even fall off, so in the previous era when there were no cameras, people had to expand the murals in the tomb as soon as possible in order to preserve the mural materials.

Thick glasses picked up two of the rubbings: "These are tomb murals, I have to make up some archaeological knowledge for Xiao Liu first......

The ancients believed that the soul could live forever after death, and from the late Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty, the families of the powerful and powerful in some places were buried in thick fashion.

According to the living conditions of the deceased before his death, in addition to the figurines of the symbolic guards, servants, maids and various precious items and daily necessities, the murals are also painted in the tomb. The murals are rich in content, and some of them cover an area of more than 200 square meters in a tomb.

Some of its artistic styles are more realistic, some are bold and uninhibited, and they belong to freehand painting.

The content of the mural paintings in the tomb is to include the living environment and the activities of people in the world as much as possible. The top of the tomb was originally painted with the image of the tomb owner ascending to immortal, and later the sun, moon, stars, and clouds, representing the green dragon, white tiger, vermilion bird, and Xuanwu of the four gods, to symbolize the heavenly realm.

The most important position in the tomb road and tomb is the tomb owner's illustrious eunuch experience, especially prominent is the travel honor guard, carriage and horse, guard and so on that can represent the official of the person.

Sometimes he had to draw his official residences, cities, and scenes of major events. And those who have held military positions should also paint the wars he has experienced, which are often fierce scenes of land and water invasion. Another important part of the content is to depict the daily life of the tomb owner and his wealth, and to depict his residence, livestock, farm property, cooking, feasting, and music, dance, and opera performances.

Because of the long time, the tomb murals before the Qin Dynasty are extremely rare, and the former Qin murals found today are also priceless treasures.

The old glasses pointed to the first rubbing.

Ten minutes later, he finished a dozen rubbings in one go, and a sacrificial scene that took place in ancient times came to my mind.

At this point, I just felt familiar.

When he spoke of the fourteenth sheet, his scalp suddenly went numb.

The fourteenth and fifteenth rubbings say that in order to drive away the plague, they nailed one of their leaders to a red coffin and pressed the coffin with "mountain" and "water".

Speaking of this, the old glasses' words stopped abruptly, and he squinted at me: "How is it, do you feel familiar with this scene!" ”

I said casually: "Could it be the red coffin in the thirteen ghost caves of the Yellow River?" ”

Thick glasses didn't answer me, but continued: "This is the most evil witchcraft of the Dongyi tribe, according to some other information we have obtained, it is judged that this leader who was nailed to the red coffin looks exactly the same as the leader of the Dongyi tribe at that time, Chi You. ”

"What? Is it Chiyou in the red coffin? ”

An old man behind me patted me on the shoulder: "Don't worry! Listen to the old glasses finish talking nonsense. ”

The old glasses then continued: "Of course it's not Chiyou, we judge that it should be Chiyou's twin brother!" ”

At this moment, words can no longer describe the level of shock in my heart. Chiyou even has a twin brother? And it was used as a sacrifice and nailed alive in a coffin, which is even more bizarre than a myth.