In the study, Chen Jie opened the lockbox, took out the cultural relics in turn, and placed them on the table. Professor Qiao leaned forward and took a closer look, perhaps because he felt that the light in the room was not bright enough, so he said to Qiao Benliang: "Xiaoliang, go and open the curtains, and go to the bookcase and bring my magnifying glass!" ”

Qiao Benliang answered, walked a few steps to the window and opened the curtain, and the strong light instantly shone through the glass, and the room suddenly brightened up a lot. He found a large magnifying glass from the bookcase, turned back to his father, and respectfully handed it over with both hands.

"Xiaojie, where did you get these things?" Professor Qiao glanced at Chen Jie opposite him and asked with some confusion.

"Haha!" Chen Jie chuckled a few times and replied, "Uncle Qiao, I'm going to say that I picked it up, do you believe it?" ”

Qiao Benliang, who was next to him, took over the conversation and said to his father: "Dad, I asked him about such a topic just now, and he also said the same, how can there be such a good thing in the world?" Professor Qiao couldn't help frowning, and he couldn't believe this matter: "Chen Jie, your relationship with our family Xiaoliang is the best friend, and you belong to the kind of iron buddy, right?" As for me, as your elder, I don't have any prejudice against you, but you must be honest with your uncle, where did you get these things? ”

Chen Jie listened to Professor Qiao's words, but still refused to believe his statement, his smile disappeared, and his heart suddenly panicked. Of course, no one would be skeptical about something like this. At this time, even Chen Jie himself felt ridiculous, which tomb robber was so stupid, taking a huge risk to get a few things from the grave, and if he didn't take them home and hide them, he casually dug a pit outside and threw them inside?

He has to make it clear, stealing cultural relics is a crime, why do others ask the bottom line, they are afraid of being implicated!

So, he promised Professor Qiao: "Professor Qiao, I assure you in my personality: I have never done anything illegal and undisciplined! These objects were really picked up by me outside, and if I say a word of nonsense, I will definitely be hit by five thunders! ”

Looking at his expression, he looked very serious, not like he was lying, Professor Qiao put his mind at ease, he worked in the ** department, of course he had to do his duty, and he had to deal with things of unknown origin.

"Hmmm! Chen Jie, Uncle knows that you are not the kind of bad boy who does evil, if these cultural relics have research value after I identify them, then I have to report to the higher authorities, and reward you well! ”

When Chen Jie heard this, a happy smile appeared on his face again: "Uncle Qiao, I want to ask, if these are all national treasure-level cultural relics, how much can I be rewarded at that time?" ”

Qiao Benliang stretched out his hand and shook the fat man's head, and said angrily: "You kid, you know that money is money, you do good deeds without leaving a name, you should contribute to the country!" ”

"Hey, Xiaoliang, you can't say that, Xiaojie can take the initiative to hand over these cultural relics to the country after picking up these cultural relics, this is a positive thing, and the country will not treat individuals badly, not only spiritually encouraged, but also materially rewarded!"

Then, Professor Qiao said to Chen Jie: "Xiaojie, Uncle Qiao doesn't know how much money he can reward you, let's not talk about these things first, the most important thing now is to understand things first." ”

Professor Qiao first looked at a few bronzes, the muscles on his face trembled slightly, and judging from his expression, he was also very surprised. "Dad, this little bronze man turned out to be three-eyed, is there really such a race in the world?" Qiao Benliang asked softly.

"I don't seem to have such a situation in my memory bank, it's weird!" Professor Qiao took a magnifying glass and carefully examined the entire body of the little bronze man, but found no handwriting, "Hiss! It's so puzzling, it's just a bare statue, how can it not even have words? ”

According to past experience, if you want to quickly determine the age of the cultural relics, the first thing is to look at the words left on it, but the little bronze man in front of you is different. He picked up two more bronze objects and looked at them, but there was still no trace of the words.

It's incredible!

"Dad, do you see any clues?"

Professor Qiao shook his head, pointed to these bronzes, and said: "I have been engaged in the research of cultural relics for so many years, and I have never encountered such a strange thing....... ”

"Won't it?" Chen Jie was surprised, looked at the senior old-timer, and asked, "Uncle Qiao, can't even your old man handle these things?" ”

Professor Qiao sighed lightly and said, "Child, Uncle is not a fairy, and there are times when he is stumped!" This little bronze man, the appearance is still very different from our people, you two come to see," his finger pointed at the bronze man's face, and analyzed: "You see, the bronze man's head is a little protruding, the pupils of the eyes are relatively large, the bridge of the nose is collapsed, the nostrils are narrow, and the facial features are not like Asians, and they are also different from the races of other continents." ”

"The Book of Mountains and Seas also describes some strange people and animals, but there is no comparison with the statues in front of you. There are indeed four different species in the real society, which is a large animal of the deer family, called elk, but what are these two species? ”

Chen Jie said to Professor Qiao: "Uncle Qiao, these bronze artifacts have embarrassed you, don't worry about it for now, then you should always tell which dynasty these copper coins belong to, right?" ”

Professor Qiao pinched a copper coin and looked at it, laughed, and said, "These copper coins still have a history to be found!" Well, it is the currency of the Western Han Dynasty, which has collection significance and no research value. Next, let's see if there will be any gains from these bundles of bamboo slips! ”

Professor Qiao carefully opened a bundle of bamboo slips, the handwriting on the bamboo pieces had turned yellow due to age, and he spread them flat on the table, holding a magnifying glass in his hand to make out the words one by one. Looking at it, after a while, the professor blurted out excitedly: "Oops! Great, great! Now we have finally found the answer! ”

Qiao Benliang and Chen Jie, who were standing on the side, heard the old man shout like this, and they didn't know what was going on, so they all gathered around. "Dad, have you found anything?" A smile bloomed on Professor Qiao's face, and he looked radiant: "The mystery is about to be revealed!" Let me tell you two people, this is an ancient book left over from the ancient kingdom of Loulan, and it describes anecdotes from ancient times. ”

Chen Jie curiously pointed to the symbols engraved on the bamboo slips and asked, "Uncle Qiao, what kind of characters do these belong to?" ”

"Haha, these belong to the Indo-European language family, that is, the "Tocharian language" used by the Loulan people at that time. This ancient book records such an event: in ancient times a long, long time ago, there was a tribe named Qilu living in the land of Loulan; The people of this tribe, both men and women, were tall and strong; Moreover, these Talu people have a very peculiar appearance, with huge heads, vigorous hair, flat noses, narrow nostrils, and three eyes. ”

"Although these people are ugly in appearance, they have a very developed intelligence, and they are constantly expanding their territory and building some huge cities, for some unknown reason, that is, there is no written language."

After hearing this, the two young people invariably glanced at the bronze statues placed on the table, and Qiao Benliang exclaimed: "These bronze statues, are they cast by those Lu people?" Chen Jie asked eagerly: "Uncle Qiao, what else does the ancient book say?" ”

Professor Qiao continued to preach to the two while looking down: "While the people of Qilu were immersed in happiness, suddenly one day, there was a catastrophe that shook the earth and the mountains, and the people were so panicked that they ran out of their homes and fled in all directions. Large buildings collapsed, many people died, and later, when the disaster passed, they were never seen to return to the land, and they disappeared into the long river of history. ”