Looking up at the mountains and mountains that are gradually approaching, the clouds on the horizon are becoming more and more thick, I don't know why, the sense of redundancy in my heart is getting heavier and heavier.

This is my first time taking on the job, and I don't want to be perfect, I just want everyone to be safe.

At first, these future archaeologists were shouting because of the excitement of the mountain road, but after more than an hour, the road turned from twists and turns to bumpy, and the ability of the off-road vehicle finally showed at this time.

The road changed from the original cement road to asphalt road, and then from asphalt road to sand and gravel, and finally evolved into the current pothole mountain road.

The speed of the off-road vehicle has also gradually slowed down. The slower the car, the more desolate the view becomes. At this time, the surrounding area was already uninhabited, and it was undoubtedly very difficult to excavate in such an inaccessible place.

After nearly two hours of bumpy driving on the mountain road, the car finally slowly stopped at the foot of a fairly flat mountain pass.

Before I got out of the car, I couldn't help but cover my head.

In the car before, Xu Fengxiang also mentioned to me that this time the archaeological site is a village.

At that time, I was still thinking that if it was in the village or in the surrounding area, it would at least mean that there were people, and the evil spirits in the places where there were people were generally not too fierce, but now I look at it. What kind of village is this, it's a ruin! A ruin that has been deserted for at least a hundred years!

Some of these ruins are still intact in appearance, but they are crawling with vines, and they are overgrown with weeds, and the most strange thing is that they are at the entrance of the village. That is, not far from our parking location, there is actually a locust tree that is at least 100 years old!

Locust tree, locust tree.

The word acacia is taken apart for ghosts and wood; The ancient Chinese characters are all for a reason, the locust tree is one of the five yin trees, so people have "not planting locust before, not planting mulberry after that", locust trees are usually not planted in front of villages and houses, but this village, actually planted, but also planted in the head of the village.

This is a big taboo both in ancient times and now. There is no one who is so ignorant.

I kept staring at the old locust tree, and when Xu Fengxiang saw it, he couldn't help but smile and said, "This old locust tree is at least a hundred years old." ”

Naturally, I don't care about the age of the locust tree, but about the surrounding environment.

"Old Xu, how many years has this village been abandoned?"

I spoke in a low tone, and Xu Fengxiang also knew that I was an "expert" in this area, so he immediately said: "Ouyang should have investigated, I called him." ”

Soon, Xu Fengxiang pulled Ouyang Zhonghua over.

Ouyang Zhonghua looked at me and asked, "Xiao Wu, what's wrong?" ”

"Professor Ouyang, I want to ask, how long has this Zhaojiagou been abandoned?"

Ouyang Zhonghua thought for a while and said, "It's been about a hundred years, and it is said that the water source here has dried up back then, and the villagers have no way to move out of this place where they depend for their livelihood. ”

"So, this old locust tree was planted when they moved out."

Ouyang Zhonghua stepped forward, deliberately walked around the old locust tree, nodded at me, and said, "That's right, this old locust tree should have been planted when they left, and the timing coincided." ”

If it was planted when the villagers left, it makes sense, but why did the villagers plant a locust tree when they left?

"Professor, what are you talking about?"

It's this Xu Junjie again, this Xu Junjie is not from Jinling, he is a standard East China Sea little sissy. He's the same as a small group of little men in the East China Sea. The eyes of the heart are similar to the chrysanthemum hole behind him.

I fixed him once, and this grandson didn't give me a good face all the way over. Moreover, that look kept drifting to Qin Niang, so that Qin Niang asked me: "Do you want to slap him to death?" ”

A person who can arouse Qinniang's "fan person"** is indeed a superb.

Xu Junjie put his hands in his trouser pockets at this time and staggered over.

He glanced at me with his small thin eyes. He said to Ouyang Zhonghua: "Professor, it's not early now, let's camp here, this big tree is good, it can block the wind and rain." ”

"Nope." I immediately objected, "At least seventy meters away from this locust tree." ”

"Ouch. Ouch, master, you don't want me to believe the nonsense you usually use to scare people, do you? Xu Junjie rolled his eyes and said in a weird manner, "Let me tell you, master, I don't believe in evil." In our Catholic doctrine. The devil is a villain who does not believe in the Lord! They are the embodiment of evil, but as long as they follow us to the Lord and ask for the Lord's forgiveness, all evil will be dissolved! ”

As he spoke, Xu Junjie took out a cross necklace from his collar and shook it at me.

"Any idea what this is? It's a holy relic! It was after I was baptized. The Lord felt the piety of my parents and conveyed it to me through a cardinal! Only with it, no evil thing in the world can invade my body! ”

As he spoke, Xu Junjie walked to the locust tree and said to me with a lofty attitude, "Actually, I objected to the professor spending money on you charlatans from the beginning, and your set is old-fashioned, it's time to change something new." ”

Xu Junjie turned around and kicked the old locust tree with lush foliage.

As soon as he landed, the old locust tree's body suddenly trembled, and then a large black and filthy thing and lumps of fallen leaves fell above Xu Junjie.

This sudden thing suddenly made Xu Junjie make a sharp sound similar to a woman being by a bow!

I saw that among the countless fallen leaves, he held his head in his hands, squatted on the ground and kept screaming. Constantly wailing: "Help! Help me! Don't eat me, don't eat me, I'll give you money, give you a lot of money! ”

Shaking my head slightly, I ignored the man and turned to pick up the package from the buggy.

I glanced at Qinniang and said to her, "Let's go, let's go set up a tent." ”

Qin Niang didn't speak, but kept up with me.

Although I didn't see any signs of this abandoned village for a while, I always trusted my instincts.

Moreover, I don't think Xu Fengxiang will spend 200,000 yuan to invite us for no reason, there must be something related to this. One of the two of them must have known what had happened here, but they didn't seem to want to tell me.

At my insistence, Xu Fengxiang finally agreed with me, after all, my purpose is to protect their safety, and safety must come first when I go out. After discussing with Ouyang Zhonghua, everyone set up their tents about a hundred meters away from the village, where the terrain was stable and there was a clear stream not far away, which was convenient for washing and boiling.

The five SUVs returned before dark, but fortunately there were more people on the expedition this time, so even in the mountains, they would not feel lonely and lonely.

For many archaeology students at Jinling University, they saw this as a camping trip.

"What's the matter, what's on your mind?"

I sat alone on a big rock at the edge of the camp, looking up at the sunset that was gradually setting on the back of the mountain, Xu Fengxiang came over with a roasted chicken leg and handed it to me.

I'm not welcome, I took the chicken leg and took a bite, well, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, it tasted good, I handed the chicken to Qin Niang next to me, she ate it carefully, like an elegant lady.

"Lao Xu, tell me the truth, have you been here to inspect before?"

Xu Fengxiang shook his head: "Ouyang and another old fellow have been here, and their team has been here to investigate. Through the instruments, they found that there seemed to be some ancient tombs under the village. However, because this generation does not have any cultural accumulation, it is judged to be a small type of ancient tomb group. The main thing is for the students to do some field trips and exploration, and if they can find a slightly larger tomb and go down, it will be great. ”

"There's a big tomb down there?"

"Well, according to Ouyang, under a small forest a few dozen meters to the east, there is a large and winding space. They suspected that there was a large tomb underneath, most likely belonging to the village chief, or some big man. It's just that according to Feng Shui, the location of this ancient tomb does not seem to be quite right. ”

I'm not an archaeology major, and I'm not interested in tombs, antiques, or anything like that, but for me now. The only purpose is to protect these people from harm, and I mean that it is best not to go to the grave, but all this is beyond my control.

After all, in the minds of the students and teachers of the Department of Archaeology, it is extremely difficult to find an ancient tomb that has not been stolen and is well preserved, and it depends entirely on luck.

After a tiring day's travel, we were all tired and soon fell asleep.

This sleep was very natural until dawn, and as usual, as soon as the sky was slightly bright, I got up.

As a result, I glanced at the pillow, but found that Qin Niang was not there!

I hurried out of the tent. glanced around, but found that Qin Niang was actually standing on a rock by the stream.

She stood motionless, facing the east, whose clouds were now golden-red.

It's the first time I've seen Qinniang's action, and at first I thought she might have watched too much TV, learning that the characters on TV were doing yoga and other meditations. But it soon became apparent that something extraordinary.

When I approached Qin Niang, I found that there was a flow of air around her slowly circling, and there seemed to be something invisible and intangible, and I could only vaguely feel a trace of flowing energy converging on Qin Niang.

Turning my head to look around, I found that no one else was up, I slowly closed my eyes, under the control of my mind, a hot current soon filled my eyes, and when I opened my eyes, I couldn't help but be surprised!

When I opened my eyes, I found that Qin Niang was surrounded by a kind of air currents, which were just like the energy bodies I had felt on the plane before, seeping into Qin Niang's body in wisps.

Qinniang's breath is very shallow, which is completely different from when I practiced qi. She seemed to be just breathing very simply, and she didn't practice very deliberately.

Although Qinniang stood still, I didn't know why, and I was horrified to find that the distance between me and her suddenly became illusory and uncertain.

The heartstrings between me and her began to become vague.

How so!?

This kind of situation only occurred when Qin Niang was weak and most dangerous before, but now Qin Niang's state looks normal!

I panicked all at once. Hurriedly walked up to Qinniang and grabbed her hand.

However, even if I held her slightly cold hand, the heartstrings that tugged at each other's souls still seemed very weak, as weak as when the empress existed before!

At this time, the first rays of dawn from the eastern sun shone on Qin Niang's body. Qin Niang opened her eyes, slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity, turned her head as usual, and looked at me blankly and cutely.

It just so happened that a gust of mountain breeze came, bringing up the soft ends of Qinniang's hair, making her look psychedelic and intoxicating.

Until this time. The heartstrings that bind each other's souls are back.

Call----

It scared me a lot.

However, I don't know why, but I have a very bad premonition in my heart

(Battlefield Literature)