I didn't know any of the people at the table, so I sat down and introduced them, and it turned out to be the investigation team sent by Professor Tong before, and one of the purposes of the Tong family's father and son's trip was to pick them up.

It turned out that before the investigation team entered the underground ancient city, it was stopped by an "unknown object that moved faster than natural creatures", so it was rerouted out of the mountain, and was rescued by Old Man Wei and them, fortunately, there were no casualties among the team, some people were just frightened and were temporarily recuperating in the county. They still haven't figured out what the "unknown object" is, and I haven't said much, let alone Tong Liu.

According to their analysis, the ancient city was built at least 2,000 years ago, and its house architectural style and overall layout are extremely rare in the history of China's city construction, and it can even be said that it is the only case, and it really can't be calculated which dynasty or which ethnic minority it belongs to.

Professor Tong said that he also went to the county archives and local chronicle office to check the information in the past two days, and there was no relevant record of either the county chronicle or the local history, as if a group of people in a city suddenly appeared in the middle of a volcano.

I took out the photos taken by Liang Fang and showed them, and the experts passed them to each other, as if they were holding treasures, very far away from the dinner table, for fear of splashing oil stars. Professor Tong finally looked at a few of the photos, pointed to me and asked, "Xiao Li, where was this taken?" ”

I said that in the center of the ancient city, there were more than a dozen stone pillars carved with this strange symbol.

Professor Tong stared at it for a long time, thought for a long time, and finally handed the photos to an old man beside him, "Han Gong, you are an expert in this area, you always take a look-"

Han Gong took it, pushed the heavy frame on the bridge of his nose, and shook his head while looking at it, "I've never seen it before." ”

Professor Tong was a little disappointed, saying that if Han Gong didn't have any opinions, then I am afraid that no one in the industry would recognize him.

Han Gong didn't let go of his hand, and even took out a magnifying glass from his bag and looked at it without dropping. Professor Tong beckoned us to continue eating and drinking, many of us here are old scholars, who are good at learning, and they are also particular about drinking, and they must make a wine order for each sip, but they are not endowed with poems for pairs, but according to the dishes in front of them, they will talk about an archaeological exploration experience.

This is quite insightful, experts from the pre-Qin period to the end of the Ming Dynasty, and from Asia to Africa, some archaeology, some exploration, although most of them are from an academic point of view, but there are also strange forces involved.

For example, a plate of spicy fried bean sprouts was brought to an expert who told the story that during an archaeological excavation, they found a vat of liquid-soaked beans in the burial goods of the tomb owner. Before the composition of the liquid could be ascertained, the colleagues on duty at night discovered a shocking vision - the beans in the vat actually began to sprout, and they grew more than an inch long in just a few hours! At the same time, the coffin that had not yet been opened also made a "swishing quack" movement, and everyone opened the coffin overnight, opened it and looked at it, and suddenly they were all stupid-

The corpse in the coffin was also soaked in liquid, and it was not completely decomposed, and the bare and exposed skin was rough and rough, and it was actually covered with "little tails", and if you looked closely, they were all bean sprouts! Later, it was found that the owner of the tomb was stuffed with that kind of beans in his body after his death, and I don't know whether the deceased had a soft spot for beans before his death, or whether it was just a means of embalming......

Some experts turned the table and asked the bean sprouts to stay as far away from them as possible.

Another expert stopped a fruit bowl at his desk, and he talked about his experience in the tropical jungle of South America: that time, they encountered a tropical storm, food and equipment were lost, and finally they could only rely on wild vegetables and insects to feed themselves, and in desperation, they stumbled upon a large fruit forest, and the small red fruits were round and full, which was very gratifying, and the most surprising thing was that there were wormholes on it, and there were occasional meat worms crawling in it, which was a great good thing - there were insects, which showed that this fruit was non-poisonous and could be eaten by humans. But the expedition team was still very cautious, and after trying it with small animals many times, they dared to try the entrance...... Later, they used it as a camping place, and when they were hungry and thirsty, they used wild fruits, which were a bit like "begonias", but the taste was sweet, crisp and juicy, not only to quench hunger but also to quench thirst, just to help the expedition through the difficulties.

But it didn't take long for the problem to appear, and some people in the expedition team fell ill one after another, first with headache and fever, then unconscious, until finally the whole body ulcerated, and everyone thought that the wild fruit was chronically poisonous, but later it was found that the wounds of the sick people had worm eggs wriggling......

After the investigation, it was concluded that those wild fruits were not plants at all, but a kind of parasite egg packets, and the expedition members did not know how many young eggs entered the human body every time they took a bite......

Another expert has moved the fruit bowl elsewhere......

Someone next to me whispered: I can't eat this meal.

But I have no scruples, I should eat and drink, and I keep raising my chopsticks and toasting on the whole table.

I guess someone was curious about me, and raised a glass to me with a smile, "Xiao Li, we old-fashioned people don't drink just a lot, and we've all talked nonsense, what about you, tell everyone your own story." ”

I know that they want to knock on the side to know my experience of this trip, I am also full, wipe my mouth with a napkin, hold down the rotating table, just a plate of stone-ground tofu stopped in front of me, and only this dish has not been "blacked" by everyone, I smiled slightly, and told the story of the evil rich man who ate his own brain that I told Luo Zhouyi......

Now everyone has completely lost their appetite, you look at me, I look at you, let's disperse......

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In the next three days, I have been recuperating in the county bureau guest house, Lao Cheng came to see me twice, but because of his busy work, he came and went in a hurry every time, and I was embarrassed to trouble him more, so I went to the county hospital to change the dressing and remove the stitches for the shoulder injury, and when I felt that there was no big problem, I decided to rush back that night.

When I went downstairs, Tong Yang was waiting for me at the door and asked me if I wanted to go with their father and son, they had a car, and if it went well, they would return to Songjiang in three days.

I guess he just asked tentatively, I shouldn't have expected that I would readily agree, I was stunned for a long time, and then I seemed very happy, excitedly let me into the car, I made a request when he opened the door, "Can you follow the route I said?" ”

"Of course no problem!" Tong Yang seemed to regard being able to help me as part of his "atonement", and agreed without thinking about it.

The Audi car picked up Professor Tong, plus the driver, and a total of four of us set off overnight and set out on the way home.

After listening to my proposed return route, Professor Tong frowned, but didn't say anything......

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