I have become accustomed to the startled personality of the fat man, and I asked very calmly, "What's wrong?" ”

The fat man lowered his voice and said, "Wen Xianbao." ”

"Oh?" I was a little surprised, and I lowered my voice and asked, "What's wrong with Wen Xianbao?" ”

"I can't say exactly." The fat man shook his head and whispered, "I went behind the rocks over there just now...... Peeing, I heard Moon Hyun-bo secretly talking on the phone. ”

"Smoke and smoke...... Pee. I glanced at the fat man and said, "Isn't it normal for someone to make a phone call?" I don't think it's normal to listen to someone else's phone call, right? ”

"That's not right." The fat man shook his head and said, "That's not the point. ”

"What's the point?" I asked, "Tell me what you've heard." ”

The fat man shook his head and said, "I didn't hear clearly, but the tone in which he was on the phone sounded low, and it didn't feel like his usual at all." ”

"Lower three and four?" I'm a little speechless about the adjective fat man, but when I think about it, it really doesn't feel right to be able to use this word on Moon Hyun-bo. Wen Xianbao gives people the impression that he has always been neither humble nor arrogant, and it is understandable that he is a little arrogant and unsociable, but what is the situation of being low. But when I thought about it, maybe he was reporting to his superiors, and his posture was relatively low, and I didn't know. Thinking of this, I reached out and patted the fat man on the shoulder, and said, "Don't think about it, maybe he is reporting to work, it's none of his business, let's stay here for a few days, why do you care so much." ”

When the fat man heard me say this, he stopped talking, but pouted. He was still helping next to Shi Jian, but his eyes peeked at Wen Xianbao from time to time. I can see that the fat man still doesn't give up, but I don't think anything serious will happen, so I don't care about him.

The collapsed stones near the entrance of the cave were quickly cleared, and an arc-shaped hole that could accommodate one person was exposed, and from the appearance, it was obvious that there were traces of artificial excavation, but the light in the cave was very dim, and it was not clear to see the situation in the cave.

Shi Jian found a strong flashlight and stood at the entrance of the cave to shine inside, and everyone looked in curiously. Wen Xianbao walked over at this time, also holding a strong flashlight in his hand, and beckoned everyone: "Shi Jian, I will go and have a look, and everyone will prepare the lighting equipment." ”

The lighting equipment used by the archaeological team is a portable multi-functional flashlight, which can be used as a flashlight or a fixed light source, and the light intensity can also be adjusted. It uses a rechargeable high-capacity lithium battery, coupled with a new LED light that is very energy-efficient, and it is said that it can work continuously for more than 72 hours in bright light mode.

Only me and the fat man were empty-handed, and even Liu Rumei took out a slightly smaller flashlight from her bag, which didn't seem to be issued by the archaeological team. The fat man rolled up his sleeves on the side and whispered: "This Cultural Relics Bureau is too picky, and I am reluctant to buy a few more flashlights." ”

Liu Rumei next to him also heard it, turned around and handed the flashlight in his hand to the fat man, and said, "You can use me." ”

"What are you going to do?" The fat man asked, already taking the flashlight and trying it in his hand.

"I have a spare." Liu Rumei said and took out another flashlight from her backpack.

The fat man smiled and said, "Then you're welcome." ”

Liu Rumei also smiled and said: "It's just a flashlight, what's so polite." ”

"Uh-huh." The fat man nodded.

At this time, Wen Xianbao's voice came from the cave: "Okay, everyone come in, pay attention to your feet, pay attention to safety." ”

Everyone responded, turned on the flashlight and rushed in, and me, the fat man and Liu Rumei, followed at the back of the line.

The entrance to the cave is small enough to allow one person to pass through, but as you go inside, it gradually becomes more and more spacious, and it feels like a bell mouth, and the further you go inside, the more space inside you have. After careful observation by the light, I found that the cave must have been formed naturally, and there were no traces of excavation around the inside of the cave, except for the traces of artificial excavation at the entrance of the cave.

Everyone quickly walked to Wen Xianbao and Shi Jian's side, this place is about thirty or fifty meters away from the entrance of the cave, and the internal space of the cave is already extremely large, and it feels like there are one or two hundred square meters. Everyone changed the lighting mode of the flashlight, and the divergent light suddenly illuminated the entire cave, and the details of the entire cave were completely presented in front of everyone's eyes.

The air quality in the cave is very good, and you can feel a slight air flow passing through, except for the entrance, there should be a passage to the outside. The walls of the cave are gray, the roof is black, the ground is dusty, and there are some fragments of pottery in the corners.

"Petroglyphs."

Li Xin screamed in surprise, and everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and the black petroglyphs on the gray cave wall were not too obvious.

"There's one over there."

"And here......"

There are petroglyphs around the entire cave wall, and the discovery of this is enough to make everyone excited. You know, in an archaeological activity like this, it is generally good to be able to pick up a few pottery shards, but if there are some patterns or characters on the pottery shards that are conducive to judging the age, it is basically a major discovery.

In the excited exclamation of everyone, Wen Xianbao cleared his throat and said, "Let's start, Li Xin will arrange the specific work." ”

Li Xin nodded, and quickly arranged the personnel, and everyone began to get busy. Wen Xianbao walked around the stone wall with his hands on his chest, as if he was observing the petroglyphs. The fat man and I continued to make soy sauce on the side, and there was nothing to do. My eyes were more focused on the petroglyphs, and the fat man was watching others fiddling with tools, and when he encountered something he didn't know, he would ask questions from time to time.

"Koyanagi, this is a DSLR, right?" I heard the fat man's voice and turned my head to look, and saw the fat man talking to Liu Rumei.

"Well, yes." As Liu Rumei spoke, she had already taken out a roll of film from her bag and skillfully loaded it into the camera.

"Yo, it's still the kind of film." The fat man looked at the camera in Liu Rumei's hand in surprise and said, "This thing is quite expensive, right?" ”

"It's not expensive, it's just that the film is not easy to buy." Liu Rumei pursed her lips and smiled, and handed the camera in her hand to the fat man. The fat man took it and pretended to study it for a long time, and then handed it back to Liu Rumei, and he couldn't stop praising it.

I glanced at it and thought to myself, we really don't understand the world of the rich. Aside from the price of this camera, there has been almost no place to buy film on the market in recent years, and even if it is photographed, it is a hassle to develop it.

Soon the work of the people was already in full swing, and they were busy going their own way. The fat man and I were not assigned specific work, and some of them were happy, just standing aside and looking at the petroglyphs on the cave wall.

The entire pale gray cave wall is covered with petroglyphs, which are supposed to be painted with some kind of pigment, and the lines are black-brown, not to mention the painting technique, but the simple lines outline the scene at a glance. There are a large number of hunting scenes in the petroglyphs, and the animals depicted on them can be roughly distinguished.

"Rubbish, this is an elephant, right?" The fat man asked me, pointing to a petroglyph.

"Oh?" I answered, turned my head to look closely, and saw that it was also a hunting scene, and it showed a group of people wielding spears, surrounded by two animals, one large and one small, with several spears stuck diagonally in their bodies. Among them, the small animal has fallen to the ground, and the large one is looking up as if roaring, and its long nose is slightly rolled up, and it does look like an elephant. When I saw this, I said to the fat man, "It really looks like an elephant." ”

The fat man frowned and thought for a while, and continued to ask, "So, we used to have elephants here?" ”

"I guess there is." I am not sure of the answer, according to historical records, the Yellow River basin was not a bare loess hill and ravine, but a large area of forest cover, until the rise of agricultural civilization, slash-and-burn forests were slowly cut down. Based on this, it can be roughly concluded that the age of the rock paintings in the cave should be before the agricultural civilization, or at least the era of tribal strife.

The fat man looked at the petroglyphs carefully, and muttered: "These ancient people are too ruthless, they have eaten all the elephants and extinct them, and we have to spend money to go to the zoo if we want to see an elephant now." ”

"Poof." Liu Rumei on the side should have heard the fat man's complaint, and she couldn't help laughing, she pointed to the petroglyphs on the other side and said to the fat man: "It's not just elephants, you look at the rhinoceros painted over there, and antelopes." ”

The fat man leaned over and looked at it, scratching his head as he looked at it, and said, "I really envy these ancient people." ”

Liu Rumei asked the fat man puzzled: "What's wrong?" ”

"It's not illegal to eat anything." The fat man pointed to the animals on the petroglyphs and said very seriously.

"Hahahaha......" Liu Rumei was amused by the fat man's brain circuit and laughed out loud again, causing everyone to cast curious eyes. She hurriedly restrained her smile, then held the camera and pretended to be serious about looking at the petroglyphs.

I turned my gaze back to the petroglyphs and looked at them one by one. Most of the petroglyphs depict hunting scenes, and a few seem to depict scenes of fighting between tribes, and the figures wielding spears on either side and lying on the ground with spears are crudely depicted, but the difference between the two sides can still be distinguished from the headdress and clothing. Comparing other scenes in the petroglyphs, it can be concluded that the person with the headdress painted on his head should be the one who describes. The so-called headdress is simply a few lines drawn on the head, which I think is similar to the feathers that some African or Indian tribes have on the headdress.

"Hey, that's interesting."

The fat man's voice came from the side, and I turned my head to see that he was looking up at a petroglyph. The petroglyph depicts a group of people in a circle, in the center of which are two people, one standing and one lying, and the standing man holds a rod in his hands. I think this should be a sacrificial scene, standing in the middle or a sacrifice, he is holding something similar to a scepter, and the person lying on the ground may be a sacrifice, you must know that prisoners of war in primitive societies are often used to sacrifice to the heavens. Seeing this, I said with some uncertainty, "This is probably the scene of the sacrifice of the ancients." ”

"Is it a sacrifice? Right? The fat man frowned and pointed to the petroglyphs next to him and said, "Waste, come and see this ......."