The people Zhang Kailong was referring to were all gray-haired old men, and their temperament was similar to that of antique Li, and they all wore a pair of glasses with the thickness of a wine bottle cap.

I smiled politely at the men.

Actually, I'm not interested in any antique relics, vulgarly speaking, those priceless treasures in the eyes of archaeologists like antique Li have a clear value mark in my place.

It can be seen that these old men were very shocked when they saw this huge statue of the god Hepo, and they circled around again and again, often saying words such as "Oh my God" and "It's unbelievable".

I quietly pulled Zhang Kailong and asked in a low voice, "Brother Long, the police are also in charge of archaeology!" ”

Zhang Kailong patted me and replied softly: "This is the director's order, let me protect these experts in the province first, they will also leave after transporting this bronze statue, and their findings seem to be very helpful to our case!" ”

"What did they find?" As soon as I heard Zhang Kailong's words, my curiosity skyrocketed instantly.

"These archaeologists have seen this kind of sculpture before, but on the frescoes of an ancient tomb!"

Zhang Kailong arrived more than half an hour earlier than us, almost with these experts from the provincial capital, who saw the sculpture of Hepo from a distance and remembered an archaeological excavation in the western suburbs of Jinan a few years ago.

It was an ancient tomb of the Warring States Period, and the tomb was relatively well preserved, but all the experts involved in this archaeological activity were blinded, because this tomb was strange, there were no precious burial goods such as gold and silver, nor burial objects such as chariots and horses, and some were hundreds of things large or small that no one had ever seen.

It's hard to describe what it is, and it's just as peculiar as the frescoes in the burial chamber.

According to past experience, the murals in the tomb are all depicting the life and deeds of the tomb owner, but the murals in this tomb are obviously not.

The mural of this tomb seems to describe a fairyland, and many people with strange clothes and shapes, some are flying around in the sky, some are swimming in the water, and among them is this river woman.

At first, they thought it was Nuwa, after all, when they saw "the upper body is a human, and the lower body is a snake", the first thing people think of is Nuwa, but a staff member who carefully rubbed the film found that Nuwa in this painting is two people, these two people are very similar in appearance, but their expressions and movements are completely different.

At that time, they had already concluded that one of them should be Nuwa, and the other one did not know who it was.

When they saw the sculpture of this river woman today, they immediately remembered that this sculpture was one of the two Nuwa they saw on the mural back then.

Hearing Zhang Kailong say this, I still didn't understand, so I asked him: "This doesn't seem to have anything to do with our case!" ”

Zhang Kailong smiled bitterly: "Don't worry......"

It turned out that since the excavation of this ancient tomb, these local archaeologists have carried out a year-long investigation, and finally failed to determine the true identity of the tomb's owner.

With the study of the artifacts in the tomb, they found that these things were often "played" with by people, that is, they were used frequently, but the paradox was that the appearance of these things was intact, so some people speculated that these were sacrificial items.

Whose tomb would be full of sacrificial items, and only sacrificial items? There is probably only one type of person, and that is wizards or people who work in a similar profession.

There are also several strangely shaped jars in the burial chamber, which are about the same size as the ancient jars for wine, and the mouth of the jar is wrapped in a layer of animal skin.

At first, I thought it was wine, because it was too normal to find a jar of wine in the tomb, as early as the late stage of primitive society, and nearly to the Republic of China period, almost every era of people who were good at wine also had ancient tombs with burial wine, so I didn't care about these jars at first.

One day a few years later, an exchange group from other provinces came to our province to participate in the event, and an expert from Ningxia saw the jars at a glance and hurriedly asked where they came from.

Someone briefly described the whole process of discovering the ancient tomb and excavating the ancient tomb, and the person's face turned pale in an instant.

The man asked again if the jars had been opened, and when he heard the negative answer, the man let out a long sigh.

Seeing this reaction of this expert from Ningxia, even a fool could see that he knew what it was.

Ningxia experts trembled and said that this is the altar for cultivating Gu worms, and it is a sacred relic of the ancient Miao people.

At this time, several local experts did not understand, how could this holy relic of the ancient Miao people appear in the ancient tombs in the Central Plains!

Of course, the Ningxia expert didn't know the answer, but he reminded everyone present that he must mainly protect this jar, let alone open this hide, because he firmly believed that the Gu worm inside had not died so far.

The other experts present at the time felt that this was a bit alarmist, after all, the Warring States period was at least 2,000 years ago, but how could any life live for so long in a sealed and narrow space!

I don't believe it, but to this day these jars are still intact in the warehouse of the Cultural Relics Bureau.

Later, I took this Ningxia expert to visit the cultural relics unearthed in the tomb and the rubbings of the murals, and once again shocked the man speechless.

It turned out that these strange items were all Gu weapons dedicated to the Gu Miao King, which could be used to control Gu insects or hold any rituals.

As for the frescoes, the man explained it this way:

These murals depict the world of Gu worms, and those who fly in the sky and swim in the water are all things that combine human Gu worms. Of course, this is just the legendary world of the ancient Miao people.

According to the legend of the ancient Miao people, a long, long time ago, Gu art can be said to have reached the level of mythology, at that time, the Gu was not like now, now it is said to be the next Gu, in fact, it is no different from poison, at that time, the Gu worm can control the appearance of people, and even make people grow wings and become birdmen, grow scales and fins, and become fish people.

The inventor of all this is a goddess who looks like Nuwa, and her worshippers call her Hepo.

River Po? As soon as I heard this name, I trembled, which was in line with what Chen Laosan had told before.

As we whispered, a hired worker exclaimed, "Come and see! There's something in the middle of this statue's leg! ”

Since it is the upper body of a man, where do the legs of the lower body of the snake come from? Speaking of which, I have to admire the skill level of the person who cast the statue of the god, so that the snake tail skillfully posed the posture of his legs, and naturally there was between the legs.

It's the same thing we see inside the body of a giant banyan tree in the unreal world.

We hurried over to hear the noise.

I saw a local 40-year-old worker holding a strangely shaped jar in his hand, the size of a small watermelon, the whole was black, and the mouth of the jar was sealed with a layer of milky yellow cloth.

I said in my heart: Why is there such an altar hidden in this bronze statue! Maybe it was dark last night and I didn't notice it!

Seeing this altar, several provincial cities came to the experts and exclaimed: "It's this kind of altar, you ...... You have to be careful! ”

As soon as this "be careful" came out, I heard a "pop", and the jar fell to the ground and fell into several pieces.

I also reacted at this time, and suddenly thought of what Zhang Kailong had just relayed, and knew that this stall was probably the kind of jar they excavated in the ancient tomb in the western suburbs of Jinan.

Seeing that the jar fell into several pieces after it fell to the ground, everyone immediately stared at the ground without breathing.

There didn't seem to be anything terrible in the jar, just some yellow particles the size of broad beans, which looked like seeds of something.

Seeing this, the others also breathed a sigh of relief, and gradually began to discuss.

At that moment, I saw a few yellow particles the size of broad beans move a few times, then a dozen of them, and finally all of them.

At this time, no matter how clumsy the eyes were, they also saw it clearly, and they retreated like a launch.

The yellow broad beans kept rolling from side to side, and the range of movement became more and more intense.

Everyone present, including several provincial experts, didn't know what was happening in front of them, and looked at the little yellow broad beans on the ground in amazement.

Suddenly I saw a "broad bean" cracked, like a broken egg, and then it seemed like all of them were cracked.

I thought to myself: Could this be some kind of animal egg?

At this time, I suddenly heard Chen Laosan behind me shouting: "Not good! These are Gu worms! Run, everybody! After shouting, he ran towards the car as if he was dead.

The attention of the people present was on these broken shells of "broad beans", most of them didn't understand what he shouted, originally Chen Laosan was from Ningxia, and his dialect accent was very heavy, not to mention that he shouted quickly and quickly.

In fact, even if you understand his words at this time, it will be too late.

A red flying insect the size of a fly flew out of the broken little yellow "broad bean", then a second, then a third......

The first to scream was the man who found the jar, who had been standing on the side of the broken jar, and suddenly let out a pig-killing howl, which sounded exaggerated, followed by the second man......

At this time, the others woke up like a dream and immediately ran around.

I knew that I would not be invaded by all kinds of poisons, so I was not afraid, and when I saw Zhang Kailong escorting several experts from the province to run in the direction of the car, I also hurried to help.

These little red flying insects really gave me face, and they actually went around us to chase others.

At this moment, screams rang out, and many people covered their faces and curled up and fell to the ground, and I instantly understood that these little red insects that looked like flies were highly poisonous! As soon as it touches a person's skin, the person will be poisoned, and you can hear how painful it is to listen to the screams around you.

Chen Laosan had already run into the car, and when he saw us coming, he quickly opened the car door and dragged a few old men into the car.

I knew I was going to be fine, so I helped them close the car door and ran to rescue the others.

I took a general look, and there were already a dozen of them, most of them hired laborers, all curled up on the ground, their faces and hands red and swollen.

Some reacted quickly, directly covering their heads and lying on the ground, or rolling directly under the embankment, but these people escaped the catastrophe.