No one looked at the animal carcasses dragged by Lao Huang, and they all looked at Xiao Qi in a daze, Xiao Qi put the sword back into the sheath after wiping it, and walked back to the campfire and sat down with an expressionless face, exactly the same as the original action.

Everyone sat down, only Ah Chuan took the corpse in Lao Huang's hand and smiled: "A yellow sheep, we are lucky, we have something fresh to eat tonight." ”

As he spoke, he dragged the yellow sheep to the downwind, took out the knife and started*, the eyes of those students were still firmly glued to Xiao Qi, but there was no frolicking appearance in the morning, half surprised, half afraid.

Xiao Qi turned a blind eye to these eyes, changed his slightly comfortable posture, leaned against the rock and closed his eyes, the atmosphere eased a lot, and those students began to chatter again, talking about their affairs, and Lao Huang and I couldn't participate in it at all.

The two of us didn't have the heart to participate, so they simply ran to help Ah Chuan, he had already cut the yellow sheep in half from the abdomen, and we didn't have much experience, relying on the sharpness of the Mo family's knife, we cut it indiscriminately, and pierced a large piece of good meat on the thicker branches, and it was quite like that.

We walked back to the campfire with a dozen dressed branches to smoke and roast, and Ah Chuan walked a little farther away, throwing the yellow sheep outside the devil's city, so as not to attract wolves to the smell of blood, and seeing that there was barbecue to eat, the atmosphere finally became lively, and those students took out all kinds of seasonings and sprinkled them, and soon there was a burst of meat aroma, which was no different from what was smelled at the barbecue stall.

Professor Zhang seemed to like this harmonious atmosphere very much, and at this moment he held a thick branch and roasted it, and spoke: "This expedition is in a hurry, I haven't even had time to tell you about our destination, do you know where we are going?" ”

"The desert must have something to do with the previous Silk Road, right, teacher?" Wang Yiming said.

"No," Professor Zhang smiled, "our destination this time has nothing to do with the Silk Road, the Silk Road originated in the Western Han Dynasty, and the ruins of this time were left by the Qin Dynasty before the Western Han Dynasty." ”

I didn't want to listen to it, but now I suddenly heard the Qin Dynasty, and the hand holding the branch couldn't help shaking, this is too coincidental, the jade is the Qin Dynasty, and the ruins are also the Qin Dynasty, if you want me not to pay attention, this ruins and jade have no connection and they are ghosts.

"Teacher, this place is outside the Qin Dynasty, very remote, how can there be relics of the Qin Dynasty?" Liu Dongqing asked.

"That's a good question, this relic is only dated to the same period as Qin, but it doesn't belong to Qin," Professor Zhang said, taking out a photo from his backpack, "This is the information provided by the anonymous reporter, you look at the photo of this mural, I have been engaged in archaeology for so many years, I have never seen such a painting style and human image, and there was also a human bone fossil found in the ruins sent with the photo at that time, I used the carbon 14 detection method to check it, it was in the era of Qin, this is a relic that has never been discovered, It's a whole new history for us. ”

For these archaeology students, it is rare to be able to participate in archaeological excavations in person, and it is rare for them to encounter new ruins that have never been discovered once in a lifetime, and they are very lucky to see them at first sight.

I looked at their burning eyes and smiled, and there was an indescribable sense of nostalgia in my heart, Professor Zhang spoke again: "We are in such a hurry this time precisely because the ruins have been discovered, fortunately, this discoverer chose to report in time, but one person discovers, and soon a second person will find out, in order to prevent the ruins from being destroyed, we can only leave as soon as possible, this ruins are not something that a few of us can excavate, we are only going to investigate this trip, if it is valuable, and then contact and protect, Do not feel ye sorry. ”

"No, it's good that we can be the first to see it, how can we regret it." Several students echoed, and the regret in their eyes could not be hidden.

Professor Zhang smiled, I watched them pass the photo around, I couldn't wait to grab it, and then I thought about it, I am afraid that their hope is going to be disappointed, the Mo family has already rushed ahead of them, and that person, this photo and that fossil were provided by him to the archaeological team, he must have been there.

I only felt a buzz in my head, I realized that something was wrong, he had been there, if he went first, then how could the Mo family not know, if he really went first, just go directly to find that thing, why bother to involve the archaeological team to force the Mo family to act as soon as possible?

He certainly hadn't been, so where did this photo and fossil come from? Could he still casually make a false certificate and send it to the archaeological department? It's, and the evidence they're holding doesn't belong to the ruin, unless......

My heart beat wildly, if this is really the ruin, it means that the fake Ah Chuan has been there a long time ago, since he went, there is no reason not to take out that thing, unless it is extremely difficult to obtain, and it must be borrowed by the Mo family's hand, if this is the case, Uncle Yuan and they will be in danger.

I always felt that there was something wrong with it, and after thinking about it carefully, I found that this was a paradox, the Mo family had already made preparations, and they must have been monitoring the ruins day and night, and if Ah Chuan had a move, he would definitely be discovered, and he had no possibility of going there at all, so thinking about it, it can only show that the evidence in the hands of the archaeological team is fake.

I wanted to take a look at the photo even more, but Ah Chuan on the other side was not the slightest disturbed, he was so smart, even I could think of things, he couldn't think of it, he could only say that he hid it too well.

Seeing that they had passed the photos around and sent them back to Professor Zhang, I finally couldn't sit still and said, "Professor Zhang, can you show me the photos too?" ”

"Of course, of course," Professor Zhang hurriedly stuffed the photo into the hand of Liu Dongqing, who was sitting next to him, "and passed it to Professor Zhao to see." ”

For the first time, I felt that it was quite useful to have the name of a professor, and I didn't have time to sigh at the moment, so I quickly took a look at the photo, the photo was taken in the daytime, and the angle of the shooting was a little biased, but it was obvious that it was a mural that had peeled off into shape, and it could be seen from the only remaining color that it was an elegant human shape, at first glance it was very much the taste of the Dunhuang mural Feitian, but the face and eyes of the character were far from the flying sky, and what was even more strange was that there was a black thing under the figure, and a few legs could be vaguely seen. The rest of the place is peeled off, and the original appearance is not visible.

What the hell is this? Originally, it was a mural with no features, but because of the black mass below, it became weird and evil, and the thing with legs must be a living thing, what exactly does it represent?

I turned on the flashlight to look closely, but I still couldn't see it, and the photo was only taken on a part of this mural, and many of them didn't enter the lens, and I couldn't see what it looked like under my feet.

Ah Chuan's face didn't show anything, and now he saw that I took the photo and came over to take a look, and quickly shrank back, I raised my eyes slightly, only to see a trace of imperceptible ridicule flowing from his eyes, and quickly changed to a look that I had expected.

He must have known something, I looked at him several times, and he didn't look back, just concentrated on roasting the lamb, and I handed the picture back, with mixed feelings.

The meat is already cooked, roasted to the point of oil, exuding an attractive aroma, much better than compressed beef, but unfortunately my mind is not on it, just stuffed it into my stomach, Professor Zhang took the photo, and spoke again: "Before I came, I had checked the relevant classics of the desert ruins of the Qin period, and there was a conjecture about this ruin, but unfortunately there were only a few sentences in the record, and I couldn't be sure whether it belonged to it, if you want to hear me, you can talk about it." ”

"Teacher, don't sell it, just say what you have." Wang Yiming opened his mouth while nibbling on mutton.

"Okay, good," Professor Zhang looked satisfied, "Then I'll tell you, I saw an interesting story in that classic, saying that there was a desert for millions of miles outside the Qin Dynasty, and there was a yellow sand city inside, the name was green and elegant, the city was not big and the people were numerous, and the gods were not like ghosts." ”

"Ghosts?" Sun Kai frowned and shouted.

"Yes," Professor Zhang nodded, "This is just a classic, the ancients used to exaggerate, I guess what it wants to express may be that this Qingya ancient city is hidden deeply, because it is not often known by outsiders to appear mysterious, the next one is even more interesting, it says that this ancient city belongs to a queen, and she has a treasure in her hand that can bring people back to life, so the residents of the city will be like ghosts, but unfortunately this ancient city existed for a short time, it is said that it was buried by a sandstorm, and Qin has disappeared before he died." ”

There was silence all around, everyone was waiting for Professor Zhang to continue, but he didn't say anything more, and after waiting for another half a minute, Sun Kai took the lead in speaking: "Gone?" ”

"Well, it's gone." Professor Zhang said with a smile.

I also want to laugh a little, I still think the first half is true, but the second half is completely unreliable, how can there be anything in the world that can bring people back to life, this record should be just a folklore.

"Teacher, do you think this ruin we are going to is Qingya Ancient City?" Wang Ze spoke.

"Perhaps, the age and geographical location are relatively similar, and I have never heard of it since the opening of the Silk Road in the Western Han Dynasty, and it is the same as the flash in the pan in the record, and it is ......."

Professor Zhang stopped halfway through his words, lowered his head, his eyes stayed on the photo in his hand, staring at a place above, and a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, as if he was missing something.

"And what?" Wang Ze asked.

"It's nothing, we'll know when we go." Professor Zhang smiled and carefully put away the photo, as if it were hiding some treasure.