Gu Yixin's words scared me, and I quickly opened it, and there was a bunch of keys, a bank card, and a page of letterhead, scribbled:

Xiao Su, I know that you will come to look for me, however, it is better not to ask some questions, and many things are beyond your understanding. The mystery of my life's research and exploration is about to be revealed, and for more than 40 years, although I can't help myself, I can't stop it. This is going to Sichuan, the mountains are high and the road is far away, and there are many dangers, so you don't have to look for me. I have no children or daughters under my knees, and I will leave the meager assets of my life to you, and I hope that you will leave the archaeological institute, find another job, and start a family as soon as possible.

Renwu said goodbye to this, don't read it.

This letter was short, but very decisive, and after reading it, I had mixed feelings in my heart, and I was a little confused: Although Professor Kang Renwu has no wife and no children, he has a nephew who works in an auction house in Beijing, and Su Ri also has a relationship with him, why should he leave the family property to me? Could it be that there is some inextricable contradiction between him and his nephew?

Seeing that I had some doubts, the black bull put the bank card in his pocket and said, "If you send it, you will receive it, if you are embarrassed, I will help you hold it first." However, looking at the old man's posture, he is an unpredictable prophet, I'm afraid that we will run away from asking questions? But, as for what? ”

Gu Yixin suddenly understood something, and said: "I remember, the tombs of King Chu and King Liang were excavated by Professor Kang back then, and now, the third double beast horse pattern gold ornament suddenly appeared, Professor Kang said goodbye, will there be anything to do with it......

Let's sit down and analyze, Professor Kang may have been pursuing a mystery all his life, and this mystery is related to the ancient tomb of the Western Han Dynasty, or it may be related to the gold ornament of the double beast devouring horse. However, it is not clear where exactly it will be convenient.

Obviously, his whereabouts were carried out in secret, from us and from the archaeological institute. However, who gave him the clues? And who stuffed the gold jewelry into the Black Bull shop? Why did Professor Kang ask me to leave the Institute of Archaeology? In the dark, there seems to be an invisible force pulling us towards the land of Bashu.

When we were at a loss, Gu Yixin said, "I may have a way to know Professor Kang's whereabouts. After that, she took her mobile phone to the courtyard to make a call, and came in five minutes later, and sent an MMS message on her mobile phone, which was a screenshot of Professor Kang's ride information: take a train from Beijing to Tianfu, transfer to a bus to Leshan, and then transfer to a small passenger to Ebian Yi Autonomous County. Since then, no further information has been provided.

The black bull pulled me aside and asked quietly, "Where did this little girl come from?" The mana is boundless! ”

I whispered back to him: "If you can get this kind of information, either there is a relative in the Ministry of Transportation, or someone in the police station, I guess her father must be an official person." What, you want to be a door-to-door son-in-law? Do you want me to match you up? ”

"Look at you, your speech is so unskilled, you are a scholar with fine skin and tender flesh, you are suitable to be a son-in-law, I have to be the grade of a horse master."

Gu Yixin pouted and asked us what we were muttering.

I quickly straightened my tone and replied, "Uh, that...... We are discussing that we will leave for Leshan tomorrow, just me and Hei Niu go, you don't go. Professor Kang's letter said that this errand is full of dangers, and we will inevitably have to trek through mountains and rivers, sleep in the open air, and ......."

"No! Wherever you go in the future, I will go with you! Gu Yixin decisively interrupted me.

The girl's words came to this, and combined with her usual attitude towards me, I also knew what it meant. I'm afraid of this kind of thing that involves the love between men and women, that is, it's not easy to deal with it, and it's not easy to refuse, my brain is running rapidly, and I'm thinking about how to divert this topic.

Gu Yixin saw that I was speechless for a while, and added: "What's more, I discovered this secret first." ”

Hei Niu put his arm on my shoulder, secretly pushed it, and said, "Confucius said, men and women are matched, and they are not tired of working!" I raised my hands and agreed that Xiao Gu would follow the big team to explore and decrypt, not to mention finding a treasure or something, but also making a fortune and making a fortune by the way. ”

I couldn't resist them, so I had to decide to go with the three of them. Due to the relative secrecy of the place he went to this time, it was inconvenient to explain his leave to the archaeological team, so he had to learn from Professor Kang Renwu and say goodbye.

Without further ado, the three of them packed their bags and got on the green train to the land of Bashu early the next morning.

The train travels through the hinterland of China, passing through the flickering tunnels of the Qinling Mountains, revealing another world before your eyes: the vegetation is full of life, the yellow rape flowers are all over the mountains, the occasional scarlet dot is dotted with a few hints of crimson on the scattered hills, and a few cattle are working in the fields, sometimes looking up at the rushing train. The black bull pestered the girl on the upper bunk, insisting on showing the palmistry to the family to calculate the marriage. Gu Yixin took out a map and studied it with me.

The destination of Professor Kang's recorded whereabouts is Ebian Yi Autonomous County. By looking at the map, we found that there is a Black Tiger Mountain in its territory, spanning Haqu Township, Lewu Township and Jinyan Township. The total area is nearly 1,000 square kilometers, and the altitude is 1,500-4,000 meters. Its geological structure belongs to the "Kang-Yunnan axis" on the western margin of the Yangtze quasi-platform, and the northern section of the Liangshan fold bundle and the Ebian fault zone are mainly composed of the Xiaoliangshan skeleton and the Emeishan fault block. Heihu Mountain is located in the transition zone between the Sichuan Basin and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, on the east side of the Hengduan Mountains. Under the control of a series of north-south folds and deep faults, the trend of the mountain extends longitudinally from north to south, and the entire mountain range looks like a crouching tiger on the map.

The train arrived at Tianfu, we picked up the luggage and got off, although it is not the tourist season, but there are still a lot of passengers who come to the land of Tianfu, and the whole station is full of people.

The three of us were about to follow the flow of people to check the tickets and leave the station, and from a distance we saw that the exit platform was divided into two lanes, and the staff shouted with a loudspeaker: "Passengers from Beijing, please take the left passage." ”

"Hey, the treatment from the capital is just different." Black Bull said as he dragged his luggage and wanted to cut in line. I quickly pulled him back and told him: the left passage exit is checked more carefully, everyone's ticket must be carefully checked, and the luggage has to go through another security check, at this speed, we are afraid that we will delay the bus to Leshan.

I saw a staff member next to me, so I asked him if there was anything I could do to accommodate him.

The staff waved their hands, said with an authentic Trump: If you are on weekdays, everything is wide, but now the Beijing Museum has lost two gold medals from the Western Han Dynasty. ”

The news came as a thunderbolt to us. The three of them looked at each other for a while, and everyone knew that if the double beast devouring horse pattern gold jewelry plate in the black bull bag was checked, when the time came, we really had a mouth and couldn't say clearly.

The black bull looked around, pulled me aside, and asked in a low voice, "Damn, what's going on?" Why did you lose those two gold medals? I happen to have one in my hand, but don't treat me as a fugitive. You have to think of a way, if it really doesn't work, let's not leave the station and go back the way we came. ”

I shook my head and said, "Go back?" It is estimated that the Beijing station is now more strictly inspected. In any case, it is imperative to mix out of the station first. ”

At this time, a train from Shanghai to Tianfu also arrived, a middle-aged sloppy and fat man entered the bathroom, and two companions, a man and a woman, waited outside with their luggage.

I followed in and patted the fat man on the shoulder, startling him, he quickly zipped up his pants and asked, "Big brother, did you recognize the wrong person?" ”

I told them about the fact that we were in a hurry to catch the bus, hoping to exchange train tickets with them and get out of the station as soon as possible. He hesitated, and I added: "This doesn't make any difference to you, it's just to spend more time queuing, come, this is three thousand yuan, and I should thank my brother." ”

As I spoke, I took out a wad of money and three tickets, and the fat man took it with a smile on his face, took out three folded train tickets from Shanghai to Tianfu from his jacket pocket, handed them to me, and said pretendly: "Big brother, you are too polite, it just so happens that we are also three people, and three tickets are for you." ”

I took the train ticket I exchanged for beckoning Hei Niu and Gu Yixin to hurry out of the station, and the staff at the exit took a glance and let them go.

Just out of the station, suddenly, there was a commotion at the exit of the ticket gate behind him, and only one ticket inspector could be heard shouting: "Su Nianbei is here!" ”

In an instant, a group of uniformed people swarmed up, and without saying anything, they controlled the three people who exchanged tickets with us.

Seeing that the situation was not good, we didn't have time to think about it, so we ran out of the train station with our luggage in a smoke. We stopped in the alley, and the black bull gasped and asked, "Damn!" What just happened? Lao Su, when did you become a fugitive? What illegal and undisciplined things have you done recently, and you have truthfully recruited them. ”

I was also a little confused, and said depressedly: "How do I know, I am a regular soldier, and now I am scared when I hear my name."

Gu Yixin saw that there was a small noodle restaurant next to him, and beckoned us to go in and rest for a while. It's past dinner, and it's quite secluded. She ordered three servings of beef noodles, and while waiting for the meal, she analyzed: "Master may not be a wanted criminal, but, judging by the situation just now, he may be listed as a suspect, after all, those two Western Han Dynasty double beast horse devouring gold medals were lost from the archaeological institute, and Professor Kang and we said goodbye." ”

I nodded, thinking that the girl's analysis made sense, and asked them again, "Didn't you find the key to the problem?" Those two gold medals were also lost, and this will definitely not be just a coincidence! ”

Who stole those two Western Han gold medals? We discussed for a long time and couldn't come up with a reason, but we unanimously decided that Tianfu couldn't stay longer, and we had to leave for Ebian Yi Autonomous County immediately after eating.

The proprietress brought the noodles, and the black cow and I devoured it all at once, Gu Yixin ate slowly, and was urged by us again and again, and she simply stopped eating when there was still half a bowl left.

For the sake of safety, we gave up taking the bus, spent 3,000 oceans to hire a black car, and went straight to Ebian Yi Autonomous County.

Ebian Yi Autonomous County is subordinate to Leshan City, Sichuan Province, located in the Xiaoliangshan District in the southwest of Sichuan Province, adjacent to the Buddhist holy land of Mount Emei. Shaping Town, the county seat, is the gateway to Daliang Mountain, where the Yi people lived in the early days, in the sixth year of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent troops to the west, developed the "Southwest Yi", the Han people began to move in, Zhizhou County, Ebian area belongs to Nan'an County, Qianwei County, and then developed into a place where Yi and Han live together.

The driver of the black car was a warm-hearted person, introduced us to the local characteristics and the surrounding famous scenic spots along the way, and told us that he had a relative who owned a hotel in Shaping Town, and if we agreed, he would pull us directly to his relative's hotel to stay, and we would not have to look for a place to go around.

It was already six o'clock in the afternoon when I arrived in Shaping Town, and the night in the mountains seemed to come earlier than in the city. We paid for the car, and the black driver led us to a hotel on the side of the road that had been converted into a 90's house.

The front desk of the hotel was very cramped, and when the black bull opened the door, he accidentally knocked over a middle-aged and elderly man's cleaning bucket, and the water spilled the man's trouser legs. The two exchanged a few words, and the black cow's face turned black and he was ready to make a move, so I quickly pulled him away.

The driver of the black car was very familiar with a middle-aged woman at the front desk, and briefly introduced us to her, and the middle-aged woman simply registered and handed us two keys, which were marked with the room number. We took the key and went up the cement stairs to the second floor, and Hei Niu complained while going up the steps: "I thought this stinky driver was kind, but I didn't expect it to be such a broken hotel, and I didn't even have to take a hot shower, so I didn't agree to it if I knew it." ”

Gu Yixin learned my tone and said: "Boss Niu, you will just settle, it's good to have a place to live, I won't pick a girl." ”

Hei Niu glanced back at her and said, "Tut, listening to this tone, it is exactly the same as Lao Su, those who know know you are masters and apprentices, and those who don't know what do you think are your relationship." ”

Walking up to the second floor while talking, I told Gu Yixin to put down his luggage and come to our room to discuss tomorrow's arrangements, after all, we have to go into the mountains, and with the equipment in our suitcases now, it is definitely not enough to deal with the complex and changeable original ecological environment in the mountains. In the past, I mostly followed the archaeological team, but now I am fighting alone, so I naturally need to plan and prepare more.

The corridor on the second floor was dark and damp, musty, the slender light tubes on the ceiling flickered on and off, the rooms were lined up on both sides of the corridor, and 208 was the last room on the left, and there was a cat's eye on the yellow-painted wooden door, and the door opened with a very harsh creak. The black bull grumbled and pushed the door in, threw his luggage away, and lay on the bed on all fours.

I helped Gu Yixin open the door of room 207, handed her the key, and told her to go back to my room twice. As soon as I opened the door, the smell of stinky feet made my head hurt, and I fanned my nose with the palm of my hand and said, "Damn, the smell of your feet can be used for self-defense." ”

The black bull laughed twice and said, "You smell it a few more times to ensure that the insects do not invade and you are refreshed." With that, he began to imagine the harvest of this trip into the mountains.

When I go to Black Tiger Mountain, I just want to find Professor Kang, and then ask by the way: whether the two lost gold medals are with him, and why did he suddenly disappear in the ancient tomb.

Gu Yixin came in, she changed into a casual mountaineering suit, and her face was washed and repainted with light makeup, which looked more delicate and lovely. She frowned and wiped her nose with her hand, apparently soaking in the stench.

I sat down in my chair and coughed twice, subconsciously proving, "I don't have slippers yet, this smell is not mine." ”

The black bull sat up, reluctantly put on his shoes, and muttered: "The daughter of the capitalist is exquisite, and she turned around and changed her outfit like a trick, I really don't understand, are we here to explore, or are we here to go on a blind date?" ”

Gu Yixin's face was crimson, obviously making Hei Niu a little embarrassed, so I quickly interrupted him; "A cow can't spit out an ivory from its mouth! Let's get down to business, tomorrow we'll go to buy some equipment, what do you need, let's discuss the next list, this is a small county, some may not be able to buy, if you can use a substitute, you can use a substitute, but the guy who defends himself can still buy as much as he wants. ”

Gu Yixin added: "It is understood that Heihu Mountain belongs to the original ecological mountain forest, there are many wild beasts in it, wild boars, brown bears and many threatening animals, to deal with these fierce beasts, we have to have a gun." ”

Hei Niu smiled: I said Xiao Gu, where to get a gun in this era and this place? Although there are many fierce beasts such as tigers, dogs and bears in Black Tiger Mountain, don't be afraid, Uncle Shi, I will protect you. ”

I was in charge of the records, and the three of you said a word, and it took half an hour to make a shopping list. I was about to go out to dinner when I suddenly heard the sound of a police car honking downstairs, and I looked out the window and saw four or five policemen getting out of the car and rushing into the small hotel.

The three of us couldn't help but feel nervous in our hearts: Could it be that our whereabouts have been exposed, and these people are here to arrest us?

Just as I was thinking, there was a sudden knock on the door.

I glanced out of the cat's eye and saw that the man standing outside the door was the male cleaner in his fifties who had just been arguing with the black cow downstairs.

Seeing that I hesitated to open the door, the black bull squeezed his head over, looked out from the cat's eye, and suddenly became angry, shouting: "Damn, this is still coming to the door, who is afraid of who in a fight!" The black bull pulled the door open and said provocatively to the cleaner: "What's the matter, I want to send it to the door?" Master Niu, I will accompany you to the end today! ”

The male cleaner glanced at him, ignored him, and then looked at me again, and said unhurriedly in Mandarin: "Are you Su Nianbei?" I was introduced by Kang Renwu. ”

The three of us were stunned when we heard this, and looked at each other, worried that the police downstairs would come up, so I asked him to enter the house and close the door casually.

How did this unattractive male cleaner still know Professor Kang? Didn't Professor Kang let us come here? Why are you waiting for us here? Obviously, this doesn't make sense.

I asked the cleaner, "Why do we trust you?" ”

He stared at me and said, "You'll believe it, Kang Renwu asked me to tell you that those two gold medals are with him." ”

Hei Niu looked confused and asked, "Damn, what kind of routine is this old man!" The guards are stealing from themselves! No, Lao Su, didn't Old Man Kang tell you to come to him? I also gave you the family property, this ...... Why did you find someone waiting for you here? ”

I also have this question,

The cleaner stood at the door, leaned against the door and listened to the sound of the corridor, and said, "I think you can't stay here longer, there are a bunch of policemen downstairs, I don't know if it's looking for you?" As for the equipment you wanted, Kang Renwu had already asked someone to prepare it, but only two copies were prepared, but I didn't expect you to come with three people. Go stay with me tonight! I'll prepare another copy and send you to Black Tiger Mountain tomorrow afternoon. ”

The cleaner's tone was firm and unyielding, and I asked him, "How did you meet Professor Kang?" ”

He said: "I knew him before, he came here three years ago, and I was the guide who took him into the Black Tiger Mountain. This time, he contacted me before he came and asked me to prepare some gear. He knew you were coming, but he didn't expect to meet him here, and I was going to wait for you at the only entrance to the mountain in two days. ”

I laughed and suddenly realized: this trip to Black Tiger Mountain was just a ploy by Professor Kang. Professor Kang wrote that he would not let me come, and at the same time he said that he would give me all the family property, so how could he give me all the family property given to us with our friendship? Obviously, his purpose in doing this was to make me feel uneasy, to make me consciously go into the mountains to find him.

There is a sense of anger that comes from being teased,

Hei Niu also turned around and scolded: "Damn, I didn't expect that Old Man Kang, a stinky intellectual, is also an old fox, Lao Su, we must go into the mountains and catch him and torture him well." ”

I agreed with the Black Bull's proposal to continue into the mountain, and my heart was scratching like a worm: what did Professor Kang do this so much for?

I asked the male cleaner who he was talking about the two pieces of equipment that he was going to give me and whom.

The cleaner said, "It's for you and the big man, and as for this little girl, if I'm sure I'm going to go into the mountains with you both, I'll prepare another one, but it may not be as complete as before." ”

At this time, there was a commotion downstairs, and the four or five policemen followed the proprietress up the stairs and listened to the proprietress and one of them was the director of the local police station.

The proprietress took them to room 208, and the director knocked on the door and asked, "Is Miss Gu Yixin here?" ”

"Damn, their sense of smell is so sensitive, our butts were found before they were hot, Lao Su, what should we do next?" Black Bull asked me a little panicked, and I was a little overwhelmed.

Gu Yixin made a silent gesture and whispered: "Don't worry, it doesn't look like someone who came to find the two of you, don't talk, I'll go out and ask." It sounded familiar to me, but I couldn't remember who it was. ”

Gu Yixin walked out calmly, I hid behind the door with Hei Niu, only to hear the director say politely: "Hello, Miss Gu, remember me, I went to your house two years ago, and I am your father's old subordinate." The old chief ordered me to send you back to Beijing, you can clean up, you don't live here tonight. ”

Gu Yixin sighed and said, "It turned out to be Uncle Chen, why did my father let me go back?" Why didn't he just call me? ”

Director Chen smiled and said: "The old chief knows that it is useless to call you, he said that the road ahead is too dangerous, and I must send you back to Beijing, if you really don't agree, then we have to take coercive measures, as for your two companions, we will not interfere." ”

Gu Yixin saw that there was no room for maneuver, and said obediently: "In this case, I don't want to make trouble for Uncle Chen, you wait for me outside the door, I'll change my clothes, pack up and go back with you." ”

After speaking, Gu Yixin entered the house and closed the door, and whispered to me: "Master, my father knows that I am here, and he said that the road ahead is very dangerous and wants me to go home." ”

I whispered to her, "Or you can go back!" I always felt that it was not appropriate for a girl to go into the deep mountains and forests with us. ”

Gu Yixin looked at me, didn't speak, turned his face and asked the male cleaner, "Do you have a way to let us out?" Don't go through the front door".

The cleaner opened the iron window, looked out the window, and said, "There is no one downstairs, you can go down here." ”

With that, he climbed over the windowsill, stepped on the air conditioner, and landed on the ground with a bounce.

The black bull muttered: "Hey, I'm really smart, but fortunately I didn't do it just now." After that, he also jumped down, and then stood at the base of the wall, letting Gu Yixin step on his shoulder, I just turned over the window sill, and heard another knock on the door, Director Chen asked urgingly: "Is Miss Gu ready?" ”

I panicked, my foot on the shoulder of the black bull slipped, and I fell to the ground with a heavy butt, and I bared my teeth in pain.

The black bull laughed at me: "Old Su, when did you regress like this, Ya is now more than a lump of meat and has more limbs." ”

Gu Yixin stretched out his hand to pull me up, and at this time, the cleaner was already carrying our luggage and walking towards the alley. The three of them did not dare to linger, and followed them into the alley. The alley was very dark, and everyone walked forward one foot deep and one foot shallow, and turned around and came to a dilapidated house. This house is also some years old, the outer wall is made of loess rammed, some of the collapse, the shadow on the wall is Zhuozhuo, it seems to be overgrown with dry dog tail grass, only a single wooden door is still firmly standing in the door shaft.

The male cleaner lit a cigarette, and by the faint light of the match, he took out the key and opened the door, and the yard was barren and desolate, and there were three earthen houses in a row in front of us, and we were led into the middle hall.

The male cleaner fumbled to pull the light bulb from behind the door, put his luggage on the ground, and said, "You guys stay here tonight, I'll bring you the food later, don't go out." He paused for a moment to re-emphasise, "You'll all be here until tomorrow before departure." If you want to enter the Black Tiger Mountain smoothly, you must listen to me, there are no other cars around here who dare to go. ”

After the male cleaner finished speaking, he went out, and locked the door with his hand, and the black bull walked around the dimly lit house, and said, "This broken place can also live in people?" Lao Su, we won't be calculated, how do I think, we are like puppets now, we can move as much as others pull. ”

I told Black Bull that this middle-aged man should have no malicious intent, but the way he did things and communicated was too cold. Hei Niu was still not at ease, so he insisted on going to the other two rooms to have a look, but I couldn't resist him, so I had to take out a flashlight from the suitcase and Gu Yixin followed behind.

The easternmost house was unlocked, and there were several discarded tables with two large army-green Oxford backpacks on them, which the black bull asked me to open in the light of the light. We took a cursory look at it, and there were paratrooper knives, a climbing pickaxe, helmets with tactical spotlights, and other outdoor adventure equipment, in addition, some compressed biscuits and a few flintstones. This must be the equipment that Professor Kang asked him to leave us, looking at the sophistication of these things, the middle-aged man must have put a lot of effort into getting them.

When we came to the west room, we found the door locked, a full-height window on the wall, and a yellowed newspaper pasted on the wooden window shelves. We tore off the newspaper and looked inside with a flashlight, and vaguely saw a coffin, this discovery surprised the three of us. Isn't there something hidden?

The black bull didn't say a word, picked up half a brick from the yard, and smashed it against the door, which fell to the ground with a thud.

I held up my flashlight, and the three of them entered the door one after another. We found that the coffin in the West Room had no lid, it was made of pine, and it seemed to be only three or five years old, and there were several pottery pieces and a palm-sized bronze tripod in the coffin.

Hei Niu picked up the three-legged bronze tripod and looked at it under the light of the flashlight, and exclaimed: "Although I can't tell which dynasty it belongs to for a while, I conclude that this is a genuine old object!" Damn, I've been in the antique business for so many years, but I didn't expect to see real bronzes for the first time in this dilapidated house! If we take this guy back to Panjiayuan, we'll send it! ”

The bronze tripod is surrounded by ornamentation, slightly rusty but delicate and beautiful. Hei Niu turned around and asked, "Hey, Xiao Gu, aren't you a top student majoring in archaeology?" You help your Uncle Niu take a look, what age is this bronze tripod from? ”

Gu Yixin took the bronze tripod and said while looking at it: "Bronze is a symbol of the ruling class, in ancient funerals, only the royal family and the royal family can put bronzes in rank, and some special officials can also place bronzes with the permission of the royal family." The earliest bronze tripod was seen in the late Xia Dynasty, after going through various eras, it has been used until the two Han Dynasty, and even the Wei and Jin dynasties, the tripod is the longest used instrument in bronze, so the change is also very large, the Shang Dynasty is the square tripod four-legged, to the Zhou Dynasty evolved into a round tripod three-legged, there are also flat-footed tripods. Combined with the dragon ornament of this tripod, I concluded that this was a funerary object in the tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty. ”

While listening, I secretly admired Gu Yixin's talent. Suddenly, I noticed that there seemed to be something on the wall through the afterglow of the flashlight, and I quickly raised my hand to shine it. I saw a few air-dried black donkey hooves, an ink fountain, a rope to tie the corpse and a Luoyang shovel hanging on the wall.

I laughed, swept the wall with the beam of light from my flashlight, and said, "Looks like we've met a connoisseur." ”

The black bull echoed: "Just by looking at these things poured out, you can know that this is still a senior gold expert. ”

Suddenly, the door creaked shut, startling us. The middle-aged man came back at some point, and he stood behind us and said in an almost commanding tone: "Put the bronze tripod down for me!" ”

The middle-aged man's shout, we seem to be a bit of a thief, after all, it is a break in the lock, this kind of behavior is too disgraceful.

Gu Yixin handed me the bronze tripod at a loss, and I carefully put it in the coffin with a flashlight, and said while laughing: "I'm sorry, big brother, you see that we originally wanted to go to the yard to breathe, but we didn't think about it, and we arrived in this house unconsciously......"

Hei Niu interrupted me and shouted: "Old Su, we're afraid of a ball, the lock was smashed open by Master Niu, what's the matter, you have to explain to us, what are you doing with an empty coffin in this house?" Also, what the hell are you doing? ”

The middle-aged man didn't say anything, reopened the door, and motioned for us to go out. The moonlight shone into the threshold, reflecting the hazy reflection of the room, and the coffin was very gloomy in the half-light and half-darkness.

I was just about to go out, but the black bull grabbed me, patted the edge of the coffin, and threatened the middle-aged man with a Beijing accent: "It's okay not to say it, but if you accidentally take a dead weapon from here and send it to the police station, I'm afraid you won't be able to get out in this life." ”

The black bull is ready to fight evil with evil.

But this trick was quite effective, the middle-aged man hesitated, lit a cigarette, took two puffs, and after a violent cough, he said slowly: "This coffin is reserved for me." ”

Next, he told us about what happened to him and his son when they went to Heihu Mountain to rob the tomb five years ago. In that year, they found a Western Han Dynasty tomb in the depths of Heihu Mountain, he and his son went down to the tomb together, the tomb is not large, the burial goods inside are extremely simple, a sarcophagus in the middle is placed obliquely, and grimaces are depicted around, which is indescribably weird. The son guessed that there must be a valuable vessel inside, and the two took out the iron drill and the rope to tie the corpse and prepared to open the coffin, when suddenly, the candle in the southeast corner went out, and the tomb was dark. There was a shrill scratching sound from the sarcophagus, followed by the grinding sound of the lid being pushed open. The two were so frightened that the middle-aged man pulled his son out of the thief hole and ran desperately down the mountain. Running and running, he found that his son was getting heavier and heavier, and his hands became cold, he turned his head and looked through the moonlight to see where his son was dragging him, and it was clearly a blood-red stone man. He ran desperately back to the ancient tomb, but before he could go down, his son screamed in the tomb, and then a hairy head flew out of the thief cave and landed right on his chest. He saw that the eyeballs on his son's skull had fallen out and hung out of his sockets. When he woke up, he learned that Professor Kang's archaeological team had rescued him from the ravine, and that a cloth bag had been placed beside him with the small bronze tripod and two clay pots.

According to Gu Yixin's previous analysis, this small bronze tripod belongs to the Western Zhou Dynasty, and with her knowledge, it should not be wrong, but how can the bronze tripod of the Western Zhou Dynasty appear in the tomb of the Western Han Dynasty?

"On what basis do you conclude that you are stealing the ancient tombs of the Western Han Dynasty?" I asked, puzzled.

The middle-aged man threw the cigarette butt to the ground, crushed it with his foot a few times, and replied: "What Kang Renwu said, he concluded that we stole the Western Han Dynasty tomb based on those few pieces of pottery. Three years ago, he asked me to be a guide to take him into the mountain, also looking for this Western Han tomb, but I didn't find it, and the ancient tomb seemed to have disappeared. ”

Gu Yixin picked up the two pieces of pottery in the coffin, looked at them carefully, and said that these two pieces did belong to the black pottery used in the Western Han Dynasty for burials, and this kind of black pottery was made at a low temperature and belonged to soft pottery. In the Western Han Dynasty, all kinds of daily utensils were hard gray pottery, and although the soft pottery was exquisitely made and decorated, it was not practical and was often used as a funeral vessel. However, the paintings on these two pieces of black pottery have apparently been worn away recently, and it seems that they are hiding some secrets.