After being silent for a while, Mu Feng turned his head to Chu Tianyi and said, "Hey, by the way, Tianyi, how are things going over there?" ”

Chu Tianyi sighed slightly, "It's not bad, it's quite rewarding." I learned a lot about what my dad went through. ”

"And what are you going to do next?" Mu Feng asked.

Chu Tianyi looked at the distant mountains outside the window, "I want to follow the route of my father's expedition back then." ”

Mu Feng looked at him, then at the bearded man and Xiao Meng, and didn't speak again.

The next day, Mu Feng and the bearded man's examination results were all normal, and in the afternoon, the two of them couldn't wait to be discharged from the hospital, and they also stayed in Chu Tianyi's hostel.

Towards evening, Chu Tianyi went to look for Mu Feng, and after knocking on the door, he found that he was packing his things.

Chu Tianyi asked in surprise, "Brother Feng, are you leaving?" ”

Mu Feng smiled while packing his things, "Yes, tomorrow morning, I still have to go into the mountain." ”

"You won't rest for two more days?" Because at this time, Mu Feng still had a piece of gauze on his forehead.

"It's okay," Mu Feng shook his head nonchalantly, "I'm in a hurry, otherwise I will really let the Qi family take the lead." Qi Guangyu, this bastard, dares to calculate me, this matter can't be calculated so easily. ”

"Then ......" Chu Tianyi was still a little worried, Mu Feng put down his things and walked to him, holding his shoulder, "Okay, Tianyi, don't talk about this, let's go eat first." ”

Mu Feng took him out of the hostel, and Chu Tianyi looked left and right, "Hey, Brother Feng, don't you ask Brother Hu Zi to go with Xiao Meng?" ”

"They're out on errands," Mu Feng waved his hand to signal him to follow.

The two of them walked into a nearby restaurant one after the other, and coincidentally, when Chu Tianyi and Xiao Meng first arrived in Manjiang Town, they also ate at this restaurant.

As soon as the boss saw the guests coming, he hurriedly greeted, "Here are the two, sit inside!" ”

When the two of them sat down, the boss came over with the menu, and immediately recognized Chu Tianyi, "Hey, it's you, brother, come here again?" ”

Chu Tianyi nodded with a smile, and then said to Mu Feng, "When Xiao Meng and I first came, we ate here. ”

Mu Feng took the menu, "Then we are old customers, you have to take care of it." ”

"That's fine!" The boss readily agreed, and then looked at Chu Tianyi, "By the way, what Changbai Mountain Protection Station you were looking for last time, did you find it?" ”

"I can be regarded as having found it," Chu Tianyi smiled bitterly, "This place was revoked more than ten years ago. ”

"Oh, I'll just say, I've never heard of it." The boss burst into laughter.

After ordering, the owner took two bottles of beer and left. Mu Feng opened the cap of the bottle and handed Chu Tianyi a bottle, "Last time, there were bearded people here, so I didn't ask in detail." What is the situation of Uncle Chu that you investigated? ”

So, Chu Tianyi told Mu Feng about what happened after he and Xiaomeng came to Manjiang Town from beginning to end, until Mu Feng woke up in the workshop of the protection station.

Mu Feng nodded, "You also saw that strange symbol?" And do you suspect that those symbols on the wall in the workshop of the protection station were left by Uncle Chu? ”

"It's not just suspicion," Chu Tianyi was very sure about this matter, "I know that it is my father's handwriting." It's just that I still don't understand why my dad did this. He seems to have a strange attachment to the symbol. ”

After listening to Chu Tianyi, Mu Feng stared at Chu Tianyi for a while, "Then based on your speculation, what kind of possibilities do you think there will be?" ”

Chu Tianyi actually thought about this question, "I think it could be that in the process of scientific research, my father heard or saw this kind of symbol, so he started to investigate and study." After all, I heard Director Wu say that many villagers on their side know this thing, and they call this symbol Yin Fu. ”

After listening to Chu Tianyi's words, Mu Feng shook his head gently, "I have a slightly different opinion from you, Uncle Chu has always been doing geological research, and it is impossible for him to suddenly have such a strong emotion for a strange symbol, and even if he is interested." It's perfectly possible to work with other more professional members of the expedition. He paused, and then continued, "You just told me that after the expedition team entered the canyon, that Director Wu had seen Uncle Chu go out alone at night many times. ”

Chu Tianyi couldn't help but say in surprise, "You mean that my dad went out alone to explore this symbol at that time?" Seeing Mu Feng nodded, he still didn't believe his guess, "It's unlikely!" So what is he for? "The question seems to be back to square one.

Mu Feng smiled and raised his wine glass, "Come, take a sip!" The two of them clinked glasses, and Mu Feng drank the wine down. But Chu Tianyi became more and more confused in his heart, so he felt a little tasteless.

Mu Feng took out his mobile phone, opened a picture, and handed it over, "Come on, you look at this." ”

Chu Tianyi took the phone, and at first glance, he found that the screen was black, and if he looked closely, it should be a rubbing, with some small lines on it. It may be that the light was very dark at that time, and the photo is not very clear.

After Chu Tianyi enlarged the photo, he was shocked to find that the lines on this rubbing were also that kind of mysterious symbols. He looked at Mu Feng in surprise, "Brother Feng, how can you have this?" ”

Mu Feng raised an eyebrow at him, picked up a mouthful of food and stuffed it into his mouth, "Before coming here, I also did some homework. Probably in the fifties and sixties, there were engineers who built roads in this area of Changbai Mountain, and to build roads in such a place, it was necessary to open the mountain. And what does it take to open the mountain? ”

Chu Tianyi saw that Mu Feng was still asking questions, so he urged eagerly, "Brother Feng, don't sell it, hurry up!" ”

Mu Feng smiled, and then said, "Of course you need explosives!" And once when the mountain was opened, I don't know what was going on, and there was too much explosives. As a result, there was a loud bang, not only the stones blocking the road were shattered, but even half of the hillside collapsed, and the frightened people scattered and fled. When the dust settled, everyone came to tidy up the scene, and unexpectedly found a lot of bronze objects mixed with the dirt and gravel. The commander of the engineering company felt that something was strange and hurriedly reported it, and after the research of experts, an ancient tomb of unknown dynasties was found on this hillside, and the preliminary speculation was that the age was before the Xia Shang. ”

Chu Tianyi listened carefully and asked curiously, "What does this ancient tomb have to do with the rubbing in your hand?" ”

"Don't worry, you listen to me slowly, come, have a drink." Mu Feng raised his wine glass and drank it with Chu Tianyi, and then took a few more bites of food. Chu Tianyi waited patiently.

Mu Feng wiped his mouth and continued, "Later, the archaeological team excavated this ancient tomb. In this ancient tomb, one of the biggest discoveries was the discovery of a square tripod. It is said that its craftsmanship level is not inferior to that of Simu Wuding of the Shang Dynasty. And this," he said, tapping to the picture on his phone's screen, "this thing was taken down from that mouth." ”

Chu Tianyi looked at the photo on Mu Feng's mobile phone, "This photo is too unclear." ”

"It's clear," Mu Feng flipped to a photo below, "For this rubbing, I later asked someone to repair and sort it out." After this is finished, do you see it is much clearer? Mu Feng handed the phone to Chu Tianyi again.

And Chu Tianyi's face suddenly changed when he saw it, "This, the symbol on this rubbing......"

"What's wrong?" Looking at Chu Tianyi's reaction, Mu Feng was also puzzled, "What do you see?" ”

"It's not that I see anything," Chu Tianyi took out his mobile phone, flipped through the photo album and handed it to Mu Feng, "You see this is a photo I took when I was in the workshop of the protection station." ”

Mu Feng took a look, and his expression changed instantly, "The symbol arrangement on this is the same as the symbol on the rubbing!" ”

"Yes," Chu Tianyi nodded, "What's going on?" ”

Mu Feng returned the phone to Chu Tianyi, "The record left by Uncle Chu is the same as the symbol on the Guding rubbing, which shows that he also knows about that ancient tomb." ”

"You mean my dad came to look for the tomb?" This guess made Chu Tianyi feel very unbelievable.

"No, no, that's not what I meant," Mu Feng waved his hand, "I haven't finished talking about the rubbing. About these symbols, archaeological experts have carried out very detailed research, after years of research, they found that the tomb, including the symbols on the tripod, are related to the ancient Xu Kingdom. ”

"Gu Xu Kingdom?" Maybe because of the antique shop, Chu Tianyi still knows more or less about history, but he has never heard of the ancient Xu Kingdom that Mu Feng just mentioned.

Mu Feng nodded, "Speaking of this ancient Xu Kingdom, we must first start with the founding monarch of the Xia Dynasty, Dayu, who has a capable general under Dayu's sailors, this person is called Boyi." Later, in recognition of his exploits in water control, Dayu rewarded the Xu State of Huaiyi, which is probably the area of Shandong and Jiangsu, to Boyi's son Ruomu. And Ruomu also became the monarch of the Xu Kingdom. Later, after Ruomu's death, a new monarch named Hou Yi appeared in the state of Xu. ”

"Hou Yi?" Chu Tianyi opened his mouth and asked, "The one who shot the sun?" ”

"No," Mu Feng waved his hand repeatedly, "the one who shoots the sun is called Yi or Dayi, and this matter has a clear distinction in the Zhou Dynasty." What we want to talk about today is that the monarch of the Xu State has the Houyi of the poor clan. ”

"Is there a poor clan?" Chu Tianyi was confused when he heard it.

"Okay, okay, don't care about these details," Mu Feng also didn't bother to explain in too much detail. Although Hou Yi of the Xu State did not shoot down the sun, he overthrew the then monarch of the Xia Dynasty - Taikang, and the Xu State occupied the sphere of influence of the Xia Dynasty, causing the Xia Dynasty royal family to flee. In the process, Zhong Kang of the Xia Dynasty succeeded to the throne and became Xia Jun. Later, Zhong Kang's son, Xiang, succeeded to the throne as Xia Jun, but was still hunted down by Xu Guo. ”