"Until a month later, only a few mules and horses returned, and the people on their backs were unconscious, my father Liao Haiqing was one of them, and when my father woke up, he was panicked and incoherent, and the whole person was like crazy, he didn't know anything, he didn't dare to see people, and he didn't even dare to open his eyes, and he held on to something with both hands, and only found it after breaking it open......" Liao Kai's gaze fell on the bronze mask on the table.

"Your father has been holding this?" I understood what Liao Kai meant. "This bronze mask is also from the buried treasures?"

"No, no one has ever seen such a bronze mask, and they don't know where it came from, let alone why my father is holding him to his body."

"What about the others?" The palace lord asked in amazement. "Instead of going to more than a hundred people, just your father and a few people came back, what about the others?"

"I don't know, those people and my grandfather are like disappearing in the mountains, sending a lot of people to look for them but they found nothing, ask a few people who came back with my father, they all glanced at my father, crazy and frightened that they couldn't say a complete word, and the rest of the people and the treasure disappeared mysteriously." Liao Kai replied with a heavy sigh.

"It takes four or five hundred mules and horses to transport the gold and silver, and with such a large fortune, I brought more than 100 people, could it be that the news was leaked and intercepted halfway." Tian Ji said.

"Only the direct line of the Liao family knows what the mule and horse are transporting, and the subjects in charge of the transportation are not clear at all, and according to my mother, even if nothing happens, I'm afraid my grandfather will not let these subjects come back."

Liao Gaogu must have thought that he would kill people after hiding the treasure, Liao Kai said that there were less than five people who came back plus his father, there were no injuries and traces of fighting on his body, and there was little dry food left on the mule, so it can be seen that the person who buried the treasure walked for many days.

The location where the treasure was buried was chosen by Liao Gaogu, and the exact place was probably only known to him, according to Liao Kai's description, the more than 100 people were bound to encounter something, but Liao Kai was definitely not ambushed and robbed, but it was obviously greatly frightened and stimulated.

"Your father came back holding the bronze mask and refused to let go, which means that this mask has a special meaning to him, and it is likely to have something to do with what happened." Ye Zhiqiu said.

Liao Kai nodded and said that he thought the same way, so he has been trying to find out the origin of the bronze mask all these years, in fact, Liao Kai was still very young when his father and grandfather had an accident, and these things were told to him by her mother later.

Before the liberation, he went to Taiwan with his mother and his stupid father Liao Haiqing, when Liao Kai learned this secret, he never gave up the search for the family treasure, the reason why he did the antique business is also for this reason, about the source of the bronze mask, his mother said that after the accident, she asked the local elders, and confirmed that this was the mask worn by the ancestors of Miaojiang, but no one knew and knew the rest.

"It is said that among the Miao ancestors, this type of mask was only worn by the most noble priests during sacrifices, but this way of sacrifice suddenly disappeared in the early days, so the origin of the bronze mask is little known." Liao Kai said as he took out a map and drew circles in one place with his fingers. "I asked my mother the general direction of my grandfather Liao Gaogu, and my mother said that the mules and horses returning were still carrying bags of dry food that were almost exhausted, and I deduced a general range from them, but this is all inaccessible primeval forest, and the area is too large to start."

"Anyway, the bronze mask should be in this area, as long as you find the source of the bronze mask, you may be able to find the place where Mr. Liao's grandfather went back then." I looked at the map and asked seriously. "Aside from a bronze mask, is there any other clue for Mr. Liao?"

"It's been so long since I forgot it, not to mention that I was young at that time, and I learned all these things from my mother." Liao Kai shook his head silently, and suddenly frowned. "By the way, I remember one thing, I don't know if it's a clue, just a year ago my father was critically ill, and before he died, he suddenly had a brief clarity, but the memory stayed when he went to bury the treasure, and he couldn't recognize who I was at all, he looked very frightened and scared, and he said a word intermittently before he lost his breath."

"What?" Wen Ru leaned forward from the sofa, looking very eager.

"Kaboakoyi." Liao Kai thought for a long time before remembering.

"Ka Bo ......" Tian Ji is difficult, and he can't repeat it after learning for a long time." What a mess, could it be that your father's words on his deathbed were vague, you didn't hear clearly. ”

"At first, I thought so, but my father took me by the hand and kept saying these words, and I thought he was trying to tell me something, but I didn't understand the meaning."

"No, it's not nonsense, it's that you don't understand." Wen Ru shook his head in shock.

"We don't understand, do you understand?" The palace lord asked unruly.

"Does Mr. Wen know what he means?" Liao Kai's appearance was suddenly full of hope.

Wen Ru slowly put down the teacup in his hand and looked at Liao Kai with a surprised expression.

"When I was researching the religious history of the Miao people, I had come into contact with some lost writings of the Miao ancestors, the most difficult of which was a special language for priests, the pronunciation of this language was very similar to what Mr. Liao's father said, but there are very few people who can master this language, and it has disappeared for thousands of years in the religious history of the Miao people, and it is absolutely impossible for your father to know that he can speak the long-lost priestly language, which in itself may be more important and bizarre than any lost gold nugget treasure."

"Why?" Liao Kai looked at Wen Ru suspiciously. "Why is it more important than treasure?"

Wen Ru took a deep breath and his expression was solemn and serious.

"Because this is the language of communication with the gods of the Miao people!"

Wen Ru said that the only people who could master this language were priests of extremely high status, and that this language had been extinct for thousands of years, and was extremely important in the early religion of the Miao people, but he did not know why there was an incredible fault period, and those mysterious sacrifices and languages disappeared for no reason.

"This bronze mask is enough to prove that the early sacrifice of the Miao people does exist, but the strange thing is that I have studied the history of the Miao people for decades, and I have not figured out who the object of sacrifice is, the Miao people believe in ghosts and gods, and there are many objects of sacrifice, but such a high-standard is unique, no matter who is sacrificed, it is obvious that in the minds of the Miao ancestors, it has an irreplaceable position." Wen Ru said.

"Something must have happened to your grandfather in the process of hiding the treasure, the bronze mask should be crucial, and finding the place where the mask appears may be able to find the lost treasure." Gong Jue said to Liao Kai.

"I thought the same way, but I'm not very familiar with this aspect after all, and I'm worried that I will repeat the mistakes of the past when I rush into the mountains, so I hope to find some people who are proficient in this area to help." Liao Kai looked at us, and his voice was very sincere. "You are all recommended by Mr. Guo, I don't know if you want to help me with this, follow me back to Yunnan to explore the whereabouts of this batch of treasures, of course, after the matter is completed, I will definitely not treat you badly."

There is a three-eyed unicorn on the bronze mask, which is a sign of the eye into the ground, but what makes us stunned is that this symbol is actually related to the ancestors of the Miao people, who originally planned to inquire about the origin of the bronze mask, but now it seems that I can only follow Liao Kai to Yunnan.

"It is not easy for Wen to live in old age, and I can go for Wen Lao on the trip to Yunnan." Ye Zhiqiu said politely to Liao Kai. "Mr. Liao, don't be polite, as for what is not bad, there is no need for it, we just want to do archaeological research, and we are not interested in anything else."

"It's not in the way, I'm not old enough to be useless, this body is also time to move, since Mr. Liao is full of fists, I will accompany Mr. Liao on a trip." Wen Ru's attitude was very resolute.

The three of us looked at each other, Wen Ru would not go to Yunnan because of a bronze mask, there are definitely things he values in this thing, Wen Ru may not finish talking to Liao Kai and us, he must still be hiding something.

Coming out of the hotel, after Ye Zhiqiu sent Wen Ru away, I stopped her and told her not to follow, Ye Zhiqiu said that this is very important to her, if the origin of the bronze mask is confirmed, it can fill an important blank in the archaeological history of the Miao people.

Ye Zhiqiu didn't listen to my persuasion at all, and when he returned to the Sifang pawnshop, I told Ye Jiuqing the news I had found, and when I heard that Ye Zhiqiu was also going, he didn't object.

"I've spoiled her since she was a child, and I don't let Zhiqiu suffer a little, I'm afraid she won't be able to remember it for a long time, this time she will go, not to mention that I can rest assured that there are you." Ye Jiuqing walked back a few steps behind his back with his hands behind his back. "As for Wen Ru's side, you don't have to worry, if you send something and bring it, he will know tonight that since Zhiqiu is following him, he won't dare to do anything."