The room was a little depressing, and everyone didn't say anything for a while when they saw that I was in disarray, waiting for my decision

"Old man, I don't know what help you can provide me?" I pondered for a moment before asking

"Looks like you've decided!". The old man didn't show too much surprise

"I'm such a relative of the old man now!". Spread my hands, I smiled helplessly: "Don't say it's a dangerous place in Nanling, even if it's a Yin Dynasty underworld, you have to break through for the old man."

"Little young, righteous enough, I like it!"

The old man teased, and then said, "Actually, I originally planned to start looking for your master, and I have already found enough people, including many professionals!" After all, your master and I have a fateful friendship, I can't ignore it! ”

"It turns out that the old guy deliberately tricked me!" In my heart, I slander in my heart, they all say that people are old and fine, and none of these elderly people are simple-minded! Of course, as a junior, I can't say that

"The old man is righteous, and the little one admires," I complimented

The old man smiled and nodded, and continued: "Today you have a good rest, tomorrow we will leave, I will introduce you to a few people by the way!" ”

"Hmm" I nodded, sending the three out of the room

Nothing was said all night

At six o'clock in the morning, I got up early, washed up, and pulled the drunken and hazy Guo Shuai downstairs

Outside the gate of the hotel, there were already people waiting here, and the person responsible for receiving us was Zhao Si, who we met yesterday, and after a greeting, we got on the car one after another

In the suburbs, in front of a villa, the car asked to stop, and the three of us got out of the car one after another, and then a security guard came to drive the car away

"Breakfast has been prepared in the house, the old lady is waiting for you, there are a few characters you need to meet," Zhao Si said as he walked in front

Sure enough, it's a mansion! I exclaimed, "The life of a rich person is different!" ”

Passing through the corridor, Zhao Si led us to the restaurant, and there were already several people waiting in the room at this time, in addition to Old Man Zhao, Zhao Yingran, there were three other men and a cold beauty

When the old man saw me come in, he smiled: "Come, come, come, Xiaolong, you came just in time, breakfast is just right!" The old man got up to welcome me, and everyone's spirit was evident

A few other people were a little surprised when they saw this! There are not many people who can make Old Man Zhao stand up to greet him, and several people have guessed the identities of me and Guo Shuai

Breakfast was simple, porridge, fritters, soy milk, eggs, pickles.

Soon, everyone finished their meal and returned to the hall again, and Mr. Zhao officially introduced it to everyone

The old man first pointed to one of the middle-aged men in military uniforms and said: "This is Instructor Fu, born in the special forces, who served as the personal bodyguard of the central important members, and is skilled in wild survival."

And this ...... Old Man Zhao pointed to the beautiful woman in a red dress and said: "China's youngest historical archaeologist - Li Xiaoran, double master's degree, this operation is responsible for providing historical documents, collecting intelligence and medical rescue

Yo he, beauty, so beautiful, I sighed in my heart, and after a few more glances, Li Xiaoran had an indifferent personality, and a faint nod was considered a courtesy

Old Man Zhao pointed to the other two men, one tall and one short, and said: "These two are famous, they are all amazing, the tall one is Huo Laoda, and the short one is Huo Laoer, the two of them have the map of this operation in their hands, and they have to rely on the two of them in a special place!"

Old man Zhao is polite, our brothers must do our best, and the two of them smiled slightly and seemed confident

"Captain Touch?" At a glance, I saw the "touch gold talisman" hanging on the waists of the two

I heard the old man say that this profession belongs to the people who fight backwards, and they deal with dead people all the year round, no wonder there is a faint smell of dead people on the two of them, and they secretly pay attention to it.

Since ancient times, professional tomb robbers, according to the different means of acting, divided into four factions, the four factions of Faqiu, touch gold, move mountains, and unload the ridge are very different, for example, "unloading the ridge force" and "touching the gold school captain", "unloading the ridge" is a trumpet-type tomb robbery, is a means of mainly using external forces to destroy, and "touching the gold" is more focused on the technical link.

"Touching gold" is the most technical school in the inverted bucket, and the longest origin, many of the common lip set in the industry, most of them are spread from the mouth of the captain of the gold school, for example, today's tomb robbers, all say that they are "inverted bucket" craftsmen, but why call tomb robbery "inverted bucket"? I'm afraid many people can't say, this word is first derived from a vivid description of the tomb robbery by the captain of the touching gold, the Chinese tomb, in addition to the repair in the belly of the mountain, most of them have sealed mounds, taking Qin Ling as an example, the shape of the mound is just like a bucket for measuring rice, and in turn buckled on the ground, the underground palace of the Ming weapon is in the bucket, the easiest way to take out the Ming weapon is to turn the bucket over and take it away, so it is called an inverted bucket.

The Captain was a kind of staff set up by Cao Cao, who were professional tomb robbers who stole gold and silver treasures from ancient tombs to expand their military salaries.

There are many rules for robbing the tomb of the golden school captain, they only steal the "big bucket", the so-called "big bucket" refers to the tomb of the dignitaries and even the emperor's relatives and relatives, and the emperor and general.

Only one or two pieces of artifact were taken from each tomb robbery. The purpose is to save some food guys for future peers. And the Ming ware refers to the valuable items that accompany the funeral.

Every time he enters the tomb, he will light a candle in the northeast corner, and then open the coffin and start touching the gold, and if the candle goes out when touching the gold, it is called "ghost blowing the lamp".

At this time, Captain Touching Jin wanted to put back the things he had taken untouched, and then left the same way.

If the gold candle is not extinguished after touching it, you can take away what you touch.

Each captain will bring a "gold charm". The gold talisman is made from the sharpest claws of pangolins, and then it has to go through many specific processes to complete, which has the function of warding off evil spirits.

Every time he goes to the fight, he has to bring black donkey hooves and glutinous rice, black donkey hooves are used to deal with zombies, glutinous rice to drive away evil spirits, and sometimes he will also bring peach wood nails and tripping ropes. Each grave can only go in once, and the gold captain can only rob the tomb at night, and there is a saying that the rooster does not touch the gold

Without further ado, back to the topic,

The old man pointed at me and continued: "The last person to be introduced is the initiator of this operation, Mr. Ben's beloved apprentice Long Xiaoyang. Old Man Zhao smiled slightly, but he lifted me to the position of initiator

"Mr. Ben" !! Huo Lao Da and Huo Lao Er suddenly exclaimed, with an incredible expression on their faces

"But that descendant of the Hundred Heavenly Masters who is proficient in everything?" Boss Huo turned his head to look at Old Man Zhao with a shocked expression

"Exactly"! Old Man Zhao smiled and nodded

So the person we are looking for this time is Mr. Ben? Boss Huo asked

Old Man Zhao nodded again

"This ......" The Huo brothers glanced at each other, their hearts clear

Boss Huo got up suddenly, bowed his hand slightly to the old man and said, "Old man Zhao, since this matter involves Mr. Ben, then the conditions we discussed will be null and void!" ”

"Why is that?" Old Man Zhao was taken aback, and his face suddenly looked bad

Seeing this, Boss Huo hurriedly explained: "The old man misunderstood, we mean that this time our brother will unconditionally contribute to this operation."

"Oh? The two of them have confused the old man! "Old man Zhao doesn't know what kind of medicine is sold in the two gourds of the brothers

Boss Huo was extremely solemn at this time: "It's a long story, in fact, Mr. Ben is kind to my Huo family, and this kindness is extraordinary, because there are too many involved, and the specific process is inconvenient to talk about in detail."

"That's it!"

Old Man Zhao nodded, indicating that he understood, and smiled slightly and did not ask in detail

Li Xiaoran obviously didn't know who Mr. Ben was, but he showed an interested expression, his beautiful eyes flashed, and he was full of color, I said in my heart that if I marry back and be a daughter-in-law, I look at it!

Again, I didn't expect that the old man would be so famous? I muttered secretly in my heart, on the surface, I had to be polite with the Huo family brothers

"The last ......" When Old Man Zhao's gesture was introduced to Guo Shuai, he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have forgotten to ask this kid's name!

Who is Guo Shuai? People are exquisite, and they suddenly jumped out to relieve the old man

"Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Guo Shuai, the handsome guy's handsome, I am Brother Long's newly accepted disciple, take care of me. Take care of ......"

The Huo family brothers glanced at me and looked at me again, probably guessing my strength, after all, I have opened the mountain to accept apprentices.

It's just that they want to break their heads, how do they know the history of the comic between me and Guo Shuai

After a short while, we drove away from the villa complex and headed towards Ailao Mountain

Kunming is still 300 kilometers away from Ailao Mountain, and this journey takes several hours.

Everyone is riding in a special extended version of the car, there is plenty of space inside, everyone either closes their eyes to recuperate, or they talk, only Guo Shuai is playing with a mobile phone to fight the landlord, and it is still a voiceover, which makes everyone cast strange eyes from time to time

At noon, the car stopped.

This is the "Ailao Mountain"? I looked at the rolling mountains, and my heart was a little heavy

Ailao Mountain extends from the northwest to the southeast, stretching for 500 kilometers, and the height of the main peak is more than 3,000 meters

"I don't know which area the South Mausoleum is in?" I suddenly felt a feeling of weakness, but I was fortunate to have the help of the old man, otherwise it would have taken me a lot of time to find the tomb on my own

At this time, the Huo brothers walked up, and a somewhat yellowed brown paper map appeared in Boss Huo's hand

"Old man, this is the map, according to the map, we have to climb over the four partial peaks, fifty miles south, you can reach the area where Nanling is located, and it will be easier to locate at that time."

"Well," Old Man Zhao nodded, and said to Zhao Si: "Get ready, act immediately"

"Bang ......" A heavy wooden box was thrown in front of everyone by Zhao Si, and the dust stirred

The old man looked at everyone and smiled mysteriously, and said to Zhao Si: "Four, open it"

"Okay...... Zhao Si responded, took out the key, and inserted it into the lock hole,

With a "quack", the iron lock opened in response, and Zhao Si also lifted the lid of the box under the curious eyes of everyone

"......?" Guo Shuai's eyes widened, staring straight inside the box

A few of us stared at the inside of the box in amazement

I heard the sound of Guo Shuai swallowing saliva beside me, and the guy licked his dry lips and said, "I...... I say...... I said, old man, are you going to fight? ”

In this regard, I deeply sympathize, and my heart is a little shocked: "This old man's ability can be described as heavenly!" , so many thermal weapons, enough to equip half a reinforced platoon! ”

Old man Zhao heard Guo Shuai say this, and smiled proudly: "Hehe...... What do you know about this baby, Nanling is a fierce place, who knows what haunted houses and evil things will be encountered, it's better to be careful! ”

Although I have never been to the tomb or fought upside down, I have heard the old man say more than once that the ancient tombs are generally not clean, so it seems that the old man Zhao is indeed fully prepared, and it is completely real ammunition

Maybe it's because I've been with the old man for a long time, and under the influence of my ears and eyes, I also understand another truth, sometimes no matter how fierce the firepower is, it won't help.

But with plenty of ammunition, our confidence is much stronger

Guo Shuai suddenly nervously approached Old Man Zhao, and said in a low voice: "Old man, you are engaged in so many arms, this is a crime!" ”

Old Man Zhao smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry, I have a certificate, and a few weapons are out of the way!" Pick what you like, and I'll just do it when the task is completed."

"That's what you said!" Guo Shuai shouted excitedly, and began to choose weapons, the first time he came into contact with a real guy, Guo Shuai was excited

When everyone heard this, they stepped forward one after another and picked them up

In the end, the Huo brothers picked two pistols, but they need technology to use this thing, and the two brothers don't know if it's okay?

Li Xiaoran picked a short and sharp dagger and stuffed it into his waist as a self-defense

And I hesitated, I didn't even kill a chicken, let me shoot, isn't this nonsense! After thinking about it, I finally selected two grenades, heavy ones, put them in my pocket, I really wanted to meet something, a grenade was thrown over, and the king of Hades also broke two teeth for you

Only Guo Shuai is a little bitter, and this product has typical selection difficulties, and two of the weapons are what he dreams of playing.

AK-47, the world-famous automatic rifle, is the murder weapon that harvests human lives

AA-12, a powerful shotgun, this thing is not covered, as soon as it is sent out, it is a large piece

Guo Shuai carried a handful in one hand, a vigorous gesture, and was reluctant to throw any of them, I scolded this greedy in my heart, because for firearms, this guy is the same as me, a rookie

"Old man, can I leave both of them behind?" Guo Shuai asked with a bitter face and cheekiness

What surprised me even more was that ~ the old man actually agreed.

I'm going to ......

I turned my gaze to Instructor Fu, I dare to say that in our team, people are experts, but to my surprise, he just picked a 54 at random, just took a few more magazines, and then he picked two cold weapons

What surprised me the most was Old Man Zhao, who smiled, didn't even look at these weapons, and asked Zhao Si to move the box away

And Instructor Fu, in order to be afraid that Guo Shuai would go off, pulled him aside and temporarily taught him how to use a gun

Ten minutes later, the team set off, me, Guo Shuai, Old Man Zhao, Li Xiaoran, Huo brothers, Instructor Fu and a total of seven people.

It wasn't until I set off that I found that Mr. Zhao was carrying a long black cloth bag, and I didn't know what it contained?

According to the guidance of the map, we need to first climb over the four partial peaks, and then advance to the south, this distance is simple to say, but it is not so easy to walk, especially the matter of going over the mountains and wading through the water, which is very physically exhausting, especially in the case of a girl like Li Xiaoran, everyone has to take care of her

So when the night came, everyone could only cross the first mountain, and by this time, it was impossible to hurry, so everyone found a relatively spacious place and began to camp

"Are you alright, old man?" Instructor Fu walked up and handed over the kettle

The old man took a sip of the kettle and said, "I'm not old yet, you take care of Xiao Ran's girl, it's not easy for a big girl to run so far on the mountain road!" ”

Li Xiaoran is obviously also a girl who grew up in a greenhouse, she has never suffered, although she has a tough personality, her body is not good, and her calves are swollen in half a day

Of course, Guo Shuai would not let go of such a good opportunity, so he ran to deliver a bottle of meridian activating oil with a shy face, and chatted with the girl for a long time.

Although Li Xiaoran looks cold on the surface, he is actually a good person, very polite, and has no frame at all, which makes Guo Shuai constantly praise in front of Long Xiaoyang

The food for the night was the braised pork and some bread that everyone carried, plus the scenery was good, and everyone ate happily, and when night fell, everyone entered the tent one after another, leaving two people to keep vigil, because there were many wild beasts in the mountains, and it would obviously be more troublesome if they were attacked

The night was uneventful

The next day, everyone continued to hurry, Guo Shuai insisted on pulling me to accompany Li Xiaoran together, of course I understand Guo Shuai's fancy intestines, this product is ten percent of the girl's bad intentions

This day's mountain road is difficult to walk a lot, yesterday through the place, obviously there have been people involved, everyone along the predecessors walked the speed is not slow, but now everyone has become a pioneer, along the way through the thorns, so not troublesome,

Li Xiaoran almost accidentally fell off when passing through a short area, but fortunately, I quickly grabbed her with my hands, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable

The temperature in the mountain was cool, although everyone was tired, but they were not too embarrassed, at ten o'clock in the afternoon, everyone climbed the second mountain, had lunch and rested for a while, and continued on the road

And at this time, there was finally an accident, Huo Boss was accidentally bitten by a poisonous snake and fell into a coma, although everyone brought antivenom, but obviously it did not have much effect

Just when everyone was at a loss, Li Xiaoran didn't know where to pick a handful of herbs, mash them and apply them to Boss Huo's wound

Half an hour later, Boss Huo woke up leisurely and was grateful to Li Xiaoran, which also made several of us look at Li Xiaoran with admiration.

At last they reached the third hill when it was dark, and after dinner, everyone rested

For some reason, as I went deeper, my heart became more and more inexplicably irritable, and I was extremely anxious at the thought that every moment of delay I had, the old man might be more dangerous

Li Xiaoran sat on the stone on the side, and the night mountain wind caressed her cheeks, blowing away his hair and fluttering in the wind.

I hesitated and walked over to myself, because I had something to ask the young archaeologist about

Li Xiaoran obviously noticed my arrival, moved to the side, and made room for me to sit

"Thank you". I smiled slightly, a little uncomfortable sitting next to me, after all, I basically don't have much experience alone with girls, to be honest, Li Xiaoran is very beautiful, my heart is a little fluttering

After calming down, I asked, "I want to ask you some questions?" ”。

Li Xiaoran still had that unsmiling expression: "Do you want to ask about Nanling?" ”

"Hmm!" , I nodded in surprise, and said that this girl is delicate enough

"Actually, I don't know much about Nanling, but I probably know a little bit about history." Li Xiaoran said

I nodded slightly and said, "I've heard that Yunnan Province should be unified to the territory of China from the time of Kublai Khan in the Yuan Dynasty."

Actually, this statement is not wrong! But to talk about the origin of Nanling, the real earliest history can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty, at that time, Yunnan was called the "Nanzhao Kingdom". Li Xiaoran spoke eloquently

"Nanzhaoguo? Is it the small country that made peace with the Tang Dynasty during the war? ", I asked

"Yes". Li Xiaoran glanced at me differently and continued: "At that time, there was no Nanzhao State in the Yunnan-Guizhou region, but it was called Mengshe Zhao, in addition, there were other five edicts to divide together, and later the Tang Dynasty came forward to help Mengshe edict destroy the other five edicts, which led to the Nanzhao Kingdom

So that's it! I sighed, it seems that my knowledge is really limited

Li Xiaoran smiled and continued: "In ancient times, people were more superstitious, the eunuchs were worried, believed in feng shui ancestors, and reincarnated, so they paid special attention to the burial of their tombs after death, hoping that they could bless future generations after death, or continue to be reincarnated as an official and a lord, and Ailao Mountain is one of the treasures of feng shui in their mouths!" Therefore, many eunuchs and princes have placed their cemeteries in this Ailao Mountain! ”

I nodded secretly and then asked, "So Nanling is a general statement?" refers to the entire group of tombs in Ailao Mountain"

Li Xiaoran smiled again, brushed his wind-blown hair, and I couldn't help but look at the style of the moment.

When it comes to professionalism, her words seem to be more: "Yes and no, in fact, the earliest name of Nanling came from the mouth of the people of Nanzhao, because somewhere here used to be the king of Nanzhao!" ”

"It's Nanzhao again!" I wondered, it seems that this place has nothing to do with Nanzhaoguo

In fact, Nanzhao existed for a long time, starting from the destruction of 738 and 937, and was a slave regime in the southwest of China during the Tang Dynasty, including the whole territory of present-day Yunnan and parts of Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet, Vietnam, and Burma. It was established by Pi Luoge, the leader of Mengshezhao, in 738, until it was destroyed by Duan Siping in 937, and Dali was established! ”

Li Xiaoran said it in detail, but I was confused

Li Xiaoran continued: "And the name of Nanling comes from the death of Pi Luo Ge, because the tomb of Pi Luo Ge is in Ailao Mountain!" Therefore, later generations called it "Nanling"

"I see! In other words, the so-called Nanling actually only refers to the tomb of one person in Pi Luo Ge? He asked

"You're right this time," Li Xiaoran quipped

I secretly admire in my heart, I deserve to be an archaeologist, and I know a lot of things! ”

At this moment, I finally have a goal in mind, since only the tomb of Pi Luo Ge is called "Nanling", then it means that I only need to find the tomb of Pi Luo Ge to find the old man!

"Thank you". I smiled gratefully, stood up, and had the heart to talk for a moment but there was no topic.

"Piro Pavilion also has the name of King Laurel." Li Xiaoran was suddenly born again

"Uh-huh......" I smiled and thanked me

"Oh, by the way, some Taoist tricks I know, if you encounter something that can't be solved in the future, you can find me and promise to be on call."

What I didn't expect was that because of this phrase "on call", my fate was completely turned upside down