My words frightened He Bao, he didn't know how many times he had been frightened back and forth for half a day, and now he was on the verge of collapse.

"How is this going to be...... How did you do it......" He Bao cried and asked me vigorously: "Where am I going...... Where did you tell me to run......"

I haven't spoken yet, Yuan Sihai coughed softly twice next to me, which may mean that he doesn't want me to say more. The people in the ancient line have touched the warmth and coldness of people too thoroughly, and they don't have so much to do with He Bao, no matter what happens, they can't talk too much. Everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door, taking care of themselves is the most important, and sometimes they may say more words, and they will lead trouble to themselves.

"If you believe, you go, if you don't, then it's up to you."

I didn't say any more, just dropped that sentence and turned around and left. Li Er's house is no longer necessary.

We drove back to Huayang, and when we returned to Huayang, it was already four o'clock in the morning. A few guys followed for so long, and after going back, Yuan Sihai said that everyone was invited to have supper. I don't know how, but I remembered the Deli snack bar I hadn't been to in a long time.

A few people arrived at this small shop, it was so late, the people who had eaten supper had gone home, and the owner of the shop was about to close. We asked for a few dishes, and while we were having supper, I could recall that it was here that I met the man named 5.

The boss's craftsmanship is good, but I can't eat the original taste, probably because I have no appetite. After eating, I went to the warehouse with Yuan Sihai, and the half of the bronze statue had been brought back, and I compared it with the head that He Bao dug up, and the half of the bronze statue was a whole.

This thing must still be dealt with, and if it is not treated, it will not be rusty. Yuan Sihai said that Cheng Sheng was frightened last time he took over our work, and it is estimated that this time people will not want to do it again, and they have to find another person.

"Lao Yuan, in addition to finding a repair master, can you find another professional person to see the alloy ratio of these two things?"

I'm curious to know that two different bronzes were cast from that era. If there is no conclusive evidence to prove the age of the bronzes, then the only thing left is to make carbon 14 and test the alloy ratio. The level of bronze casting in each dynasty is different, and it can be roughly analyzed from the proportion of alloys when this thing was produced.

"Think of a way, this has to be entrusted to someone to find a relationship." Yuan Sihai said: "The detection in ordinary places is not very accurate, so try to go to the metal research institute in the provincial capital to have a look." ”

I was so sleepy that I slept all night in the office above the warehouse. slept until the morning, and Yuan Sihai found a repair master. This is also a master, and his fame is not as big as Cheng Sheng's, but he still talks about his work.

The bronze statue dug up from the old grave is small in size, and the rust is not particularly serious, otherwise it would be impossible to visually see the gap on the head with the naked eye. When it was time for dinner, the entire bronze statue was cleaned relatively clean.

When I saw the cleaned bronze statue, I felt a little indescribable. The bronze statue is still relatively crude, and it is not as good as the bronze head in Ta'er Lake. However, the approximate shape of the bronze statue is still recognizable.

It was supposed to be a monkey, a half-crouching monkey.

After we sent the master away, we immediately started to work again, I want to confirm a problem, the head of this bronze statue is also cast in two parts, there is also a welding gap, I want to see if the head is hollow, whether there is anything in it.

I probably know what to do this job, and when Cheng Sheng started, I was always by my side. Yuan Sihai found professional tools, and the two of us took turns to open the saw, and the speed was even faster than Cheng Sheng, and at eleven o'clock in the evening, the avatar was sawed open.

When the top half of the head was removed, a slightly familiar smell wafted out of the bronze statue's cranial cavity. This smell is not particularly stinky, but it is very unpleasant, and Yuan Sihai and I are both dry together.

Yuan Sihai hurriedly found two towels, poured them with white wine, and brought them to cover their noses.

Inside the head, it is hollow, but the volume is not as large as the cranial cavity of the skull in Ta'er Lake. Inside the hollow avatar, I saw a puddle of slimy stuff.

This sticky thing, glowing with a slight green, at a glance, the stomach is overturned.

"That's the kind of stuff in there." Yuan Sihai couldn't bear to look directly at the hollow head, covered his nose and said beside him: "The color is not so green." ”

"Lao Yuan, analyze and analyze, what is this beach?"

"I can't analyze it, I can't talk nonsense if I don't understand, and talking nonsense will mislead your thinking."

I smiled, walked outside the room, and took a breath of fresh air. That strange idea that had been generated a few days ago involuntarily resurfaced.

The bronze head of Ta'er Lake, and the bronze head of this monkey, are thousands of miles apart from each other, and may not belong to the same era, but their construction is exactly the same to some extent. No matter what the bronze statue is cast into, in the final analysis, it is for the hollow head.

As soon as I thought of the puddle of green slime in my skull, I kept telling myself that the speculation might be true.

Inside the hollow skull, there is a brain. After the brain decayed, this puddle of mucus that had not yet evaporated was left.

But what is the motivation for doing so? There must always be a motive for everything. It's just that no matter how much I think about it now, I can't match the thinking of the person who cast the bronze statue, and I don't understand the other party's intentions.

The bronze statue of the monkey is complete, and Yuan Sihai and I have done it ourselves, and the head and body of the monkey are simply welded together. But after the welding, nothing happened.

We took a sample from each of the two different bronzes. Yuan Sihai found someone in the provincial capital and went to the provincial capital with the sample. I stayed in Huayang and contacted Bao Weigong, anyway, I was idle, and it was not a bad thing to talk to him and pull the relationship.

After I contacted Bao Weigong here, I expressed my intention and said that I wanted to invite him to the restaurant I mentioned last time for dinner, and Bao Weigong expressed his gratitude, but he told me that it would definitely not work today, he was playing Douyin, and he was very fascinated by it, and he really couldn't get out.

I can't help it, it just so happened that Lao Wang called and wanted to sit together.

We went to the place where we ate fish heads last time, and Lao Wang asked for four large fish heads at one time, with various flavors, and then said that I must have a treat today.

While eating, Lao Wang and Ning Kitten both asked when the next action was and where they were going.

"It's not planned yet." I looked at the two of them, and felt that they were purely fed and supported, and I avoided such things as expeditions, and if it weren't for our personal safety, I wouldn't want to go if others forced me with guns.

"Then plan quickly, what are you waiting for?" Lao Wang was sweating profusely, and said while eating: "It's annoying to stay here, I always want to go out to breathe, don't you know, the business in the vegetable market is not very good now, and the new farmers' market is open, which will have a huge impact on our side, and the future is worrying." ”

I'm confused about the plan of action right now, but at least I'll talk about it after I get to the bottom of the two statues.

I didn't have anything to do in Huayang for the time being, and I didn't dare to go to the Qikong Bridge to hang around, taking advantage of the opportunity of the original Sihai to go to the provincial capital, I ran back to the old grave at home alone, and repaired it well.

I thought that Yuan Sihai's affairs in the provincial capital would not be particularly fast, but it may be that he had put the relationship in place, and three days later, Yuan Sihai contacted me and said that there was a result.

Yuan Sihai also said that if I had time, I might as well come to the provincial capital and listen to the evaluation of the test results in person.

I was idle anyway, so I answered the phone call from Yuan Sihai and immediately drove to the provincial capital. When I arrived in the provincial capital, it was more than three o'clock in the afternoon, and Yuan Sihai made an appointment with the client to have dinner together in the evening.

At six o'clock in the evening, we met with each other, the original Sihai stayed in the provincial capital for three or four days, and he was already very familiar with people.

This person may be thirty-six or seventeen years old, an assistant researcher at the Research Institute, and now he is working with others in the Institute of Metals to carry out a scientific research project. Brother Ren's surname is Qi, his name is Qi Siping, he wears black-framed myopia glasses, and he looks quite honest.

The three of us went to Nansha Fishing Port to eat, Qi Siping was very embarrassed, this place is also a high-end restaurant in the provincial capital, Qi Siping is not used to eating.

As soon as they started eating, they greeted each other and praised each other, Qi Siping's alcohol consumption was not very good, and his stomach was red from his face to his neck.

Seeing that the timing was about the same, Yuan Sihai led the topic to the samples we took over. Qi Siping said other things, he was a little restrained in his conversation, and he didn't seem to be very good at talking, but as soon as he talked about these professional topics, the momentum came all of a sudden.

"This is the alloy ratio of each of the two samples." Qi Siping took out a piece of paper, on which the metal content of the two samples was neatly marked very clearly, and it was clear at a glance.

I picked it up and looked at it, but after all, I am not a professional in this area, and I don't know if such an alloy ratio is the golden ratio of casting bronze. However, judging from the data, compared with the bronze head of Ta'er Lake and the bronze statue of the monkey, the alloy ratio is quite different.

"Let's say a word from Tuoda, Lao Yuan asked me whether the alloys of these two samples belong to the Shang and Zhou periods, and I can say responsibly, definitely not." Qi Siping said to me: "In fact, since the Shang Dynasty, the alloy ratio of bronze has been relatively perfect, and by the Zhou Dynasty, the technology of smelting bronze was more mature, and the alloy ratio tended to be perfect. The two samples sent by Lao Yuan have a much worse alloy ratio, and in that period when the smelting technology is more mature, it is impossible to make such a defective thing. ”

"That is, these two samples are from before Shang Zhou?"

"Nope." Qi Siping shook his head and said very seriously: "It's something after Shang Zhou." ”