Date: May 16, 2009.

Location: The excavation site of Yinxu somewhere in Henan Province.

Characters: Members of the archaeological team of Bureau W, Professor Gu Zhenting, etc.

"Feng Chun, see the letter, you wrote earlier that the statement that the Xia Dynasty ruins are in Erlitou is up for debate, and I agree with your statement, but for now, both the commentators and opponents still lack evidence to explain their views, so let's wait for new archaeological discoveries to provide more evidence. I am now in Henan to preside over the excavation of a site in the Yin Shang period, the number and quality of unearthed cultural relics have brought us unprecedented surprises, there are more than 600 oracle bones engraved with words alone, and now experts are still interpreting these words, but today the bronze unearthed in the No. 7 pit made all the staff involved in the excavation stunned, and the thinking we had established before was completely subverted. You know what we dug up? You can't imagine it! We dug up 13 lifelike bronze masks and bronze figures, did you think of anything? That's right! This is basically the same series as the bronzes unearthed on the Sanxingdui site in Shudi. Based on my experience in Sanxingdui, I can even judge that these bronzes are even from the same craftsmen. ”

Gu Zhenting took a puff of cigarette, and then slowly blew the smoke out, in the tent, the faint light shone on the paper, and the pencil writing looked vigorous and powerful. But at this time, he seemed a little absent-minded, and he stopped talking about something in his heart. The wind and rain outside were raging, and the tent was beaten by the wind and rain, and the "crackling" sound was non-stop, Gu Zhenting thought for a while, and wrote on the paper:

"At present, the No. 7 pit is still being excavated day and night, I believe there is a greater harvest to come, if you can, you can take the time to come and see, with your ability, I think you can come up with a definite answer, what is the relationship between this batch of cultural relics and the cultural relics civilization system of Sanxingdui in Shu, Cuba." When Gu Zhenting wrote this, he suddenly sighed. "Our father and son haven't talked about it for almost two years, and I miss it very much." When Gu Zhenting wrote the last few words, the tip of the pen trembled a little.

Gu Zhenting always has an indelible guilt for his son Gu Fengchun. Gu Fengchun lost his mother since he was a child, and Gu Zhenting ran outside for many years, so he had to foster Gu Fengchun in the unit, so Gu Fengchun lacked father's love since he was a child.

Gu Zhenting's unit is Bureau W. After decades of development, the scale of the W Bureau has been extraordinary, there are many outstanding scientific research workers, but also a lot of folk strange people, Gu Fengchun grew up in such an environment, and also learned a lot of things here. Until Gu Fengchun was 15 years old, he followed Gu Zhenting to participate in various archaeological activities, and learned a lot of experience. This was a surprise to many.

Gu Fengchun stayed by Gu Zhenting's side for a few years, and later Gu Zhenting also felt that he didn't have much to teach this talented and intelligent son, so when Gu Fengchun was eighteen years old, Gu Zhenting sent him to a famous university to study archaeology. Since then, Gu Fengchun has been less and more separated from Gu Zhenting, and seven or eight years have passed in a blink of an eye. Gu Fengchun, who graduated from college, also wanted to return to his father to work, but Gu Zhenting took into account the particularity of his identity and background, so he deliberately did not let Gu Fengchun set foot in his research area. But whenever he finished a project, he would organize his notes and send them to Gu Fengchun, so that Gu Fengchun could appreciate the strange processes in those archaeological processes.

"Our archaeology this time is a top-secret activity, you better not come, you have to participate in the whole process when you come, this process is arduous and long, this time we are mainly verifying an ancient legend, we have an ancient book in our hands......" Gu Zhenting thought for a while, sighed, about the content of these, he didn't want to continue to write.

"Professor, no, something happened to Pit 7." The door of the tent was suddenly opened, and Gu Zhenting saw a frightened face, it was his assistant Wu Haode. Due to the peculiar cultural relics unearthed in Pit No. 7, the archaeological team worked in two shifts day and night in order to find more clues. Of course, Gu Zhenting also believes that in addition to the secret behind the No. 7 pit, there is a bigger mystery in it.

"What's wrong?" Gu Zhenting put down the pen in his hand, "Xiao Wu, you have been following me for several years, how have I taught you over the years, archaeology is a meticulous job, you can't be in a hurry, you can't panic." Gu Zhenting saw that it was raining heavily, and Wu Haode didn't even wear a raincoat, and he was already soaked. And the lightning flashed, Wu Haode's face became extremely pale, and his lips were frozen purple. The excavation site of Pit 7 was almost 500 meters away from the tent, and it appears that he had come all the way from there.

"No, Professor, something is wrong," Wu Haode looked grim and panicked, "We may have dug up that thing." "Wu Haode has been by Gu Zhenting's side for many years, and he has seen all the winds and waves, but this time, he is extremely panicked." What, really? Gu Zhenting was so excited that he couldn't calm down anymore, so he picked up a raincoat next to him and put it on his body.

"I don't know, look at it, when we dug down, a puddle of blood gushed out, and everyone present panicked." Wu Haode said urgently.

"Look at what you're fuss about!" Gu Zhenting said unhappily, "This is a big deal." Although the words were said easily, Gu Zhenting's heart sank, "Really dug up?" Gu Zhenting was surprised and delighted in his heart.

This archaeological operation was carefully planned by the W Bureau for several years before it began to carry out a large-scale archaeological activity, and the whole activity was presided over by Gu Zhenting, who mainly focused on the history of the three dynasties of the Xia and Shang dynasties, and he had extremely profound knowledge and unique insights into the three dynasties, and he also had extremely rich archaeological experience in this area. Although Gu Zhenting had never seen such a thing, he had made a lot of preparations in advance.

Gu Zhenting said without thinking, "You call Colonel Zhang and Chen Wenming over immediately, and I will wait for them at the scene first." He put on his raincoat and was about to go out. He is over half a hundred years old, and even ordinary young people can't compare to him in this neat movement.

"Colonel Zhang has always been there, and Chen Magnet has also rushed over." Wu Haode continued his words. Colonel Zhang was the leader of the guard team sent by Bureau W.

"So fast!" Gu Zhenting was stunned for a moment. This Colonel Zhang is a workaholic, as energetic as a cow. Usually he sleeps for two or three hours a day and is in good spirits, and it is normal to be still digging at the site at this time, but that Chen Wenming is a sick man, usually fine, and he is not even willing to take a step in the tent. However, this person specializes in architecture, knows ancient buildings well, and it is rare that he is also very familiar with the structure of ancient tombs. No matter how deep he hid, he could accurately tell. That's why everyone also calls him a magnet, which means that the ancient ruins are like needles that fall in the grass, and he can suck them out when he shakes them.

"I called him to let him know." Wu Haode said with a wry smile. Gu Zhenting is not only an archaeologist, but his living habits are also close to those of the ancients. Now he basically doesn't use communication tools, what mobile phones, computers and the like, he can try not to touch them. Back a few years ago, when he wrote letters to Gu Fengchun, he still used brush and ink. However, after years of archaeology outside, it was not easy to replenish the ink when it ran out, so it was changed to use other substitute pens.

Gu Zhenting was slightly apologetic, he smiled slightly, "I also use my mobile phone on stage, it's too hard to keep you running around." ”

"That's a good dare," Wu Haode was afraid that Gu Zhenting would regret it, "Professor, I'll give you one tomorrow, don't be polite to me." "He has to go back and forth to several places every day, and it is because of the inconvenience of contact with Gu Zhenting that he is so tired.

"Hehe, then I'm not welcome, but it's disrespectful." Gu Zhenting said as he stepped quickly into the heavy rain. Wu Haode's tense nerves seemed to be infected by Gu Zhenting's optimistic mood.