Chapter 1 Mysterious Bamboo Slips
My name is Xu Xia, and ten years ago, my father disappeared unexpectedly while inspecting an ancient tomb.
In order to find my father, I chose to major in archaeology when I went to university, and then I became an amateur archaeologist.
I've been looking for my father and hope that one day I'll be able to get my father back.
"Knock knock."
There was a sharp knock at the door, waking me up from my sleep.
"It's coming, it's coming."
I rolled out of bed and walked out of the room with a confused expression.
"Who is it, so early in the morning?"
I opened the door, and there was a fat man with a meaty face.
"Fatty, why are you here?"
I looked at the fat man and said strangely.
This fat man's name is Zhang Fan, and he was my classmate in college.
"Of course I'm here for you."
The fat man said and walked into the room.
"What can you do to me?"
I closed the door and looked at the fat man with a puzzled expression.
The fat man sat down on the couch and took out a heavily wrapped box from his pocket.
"Asha, come and see what this thing is."
The fat man opened the box and placed it on the coffee table.
Only then did I realize that there was a bamboo slip in the box, and the fat man carefully took the bamboo slip to me.
I looked at the bamboo slip carefully, and then my brow furrowed.
"Fatty, where did you get this bamboo slip?"
I frowned and said to the fat man.
The fat man was obviously stunned, then stood up and walked to the window and closed the curtains.
Looking at his movements, I faintly felt that this cloth was not simple.
The curtain was drawn, and the fat man sat down on the sofa again, and began to tell the origin of the bamboo slip.
In the fat man's narration, I learned the ins and outs of the matter.
The fat man is a photographer, and his favorite thing is to go to Xinjiang and Tibet to collect style.
While collecting wind in Tibet, the fat man accidentally discovered an abandoned temple, and this bamboo slip was found in this abandoned temple.
When the fat man found this bamboo slip, he thought that this was not a cultural relic, but he later thought, this bamboo slip may be a cultural relic, if it is a cultural relic, then it will be handed over to the state, he knows that I am an archaeologist, so when he came back, he brought this bamboo slip back.
On the way back, a crisis gradually approached the fat man.
The fat man's car suddenly braked and almost crashed into an oncoming minibus when he was on the highway.
If he hadn't reacted quickly and turned the steering wheel in time, he wouldn't have come back.
The fat man didn't care at first, thinking that the car's brake system was broken.
When he pulled the car to the workshop, the mechanic told him that the brake system of his off-road vehicle had been tampered with.
The fat man felt a trace of uneasiness, and the off-road vehicle stopped driving, and went home directly by high-speed train.
As soon as I got out of the car, the fat man came to my house in a hurry.
I frowned tightly, looked at the fat man and said, "Fatty, apart from the fact that your car was tampered with, did you encounter anything else?" ”
The fat man thought for a while, then patted his head and said, "I remember, once when I was eating in a restaurant, everyone else was fine, but I just got food poisoning from eating, and then I went to the hospital to wash my stomach and got better." ”
"The car was tampered with, and the restaurant was eaten with food poisoning."
I frowned and said, "Fatty, what do you say have to do with this bamboo slip?" ”
The fat man was obviously a little nervous by the recent incidents, and he said softly: "All these things I said happened after I got this bamboo slip, and once when I was collecting wind, I found that there were people in black who were following me, except for this bamboo slip, I really can't think of anything else on me that can be worthy of those men in black to deal with me." ”
"Hmm."
I glanced at the bamboo slips on the coffee table, frowned and said: "Fatty, this bamboo slip will stay with me first, don't tell anyone else about this cloth after you go home, and you must go out less recently, if those people are really here for this bamboo slip, this bamboo slip is an extremely hot potato, you know?" ”
"Oh."
The fat man nodded hurriedly, and then said cautiously: "Axia, can I go back now?" ”
I nodded and said, "Well, you can go back quickly." ”
With my approval, the fat man nodded quickly, stood up and left my house.
After the fat man left, I picked up the bamboo slips on the coffee table and observed them carefully.
After looking at it for a long time, I shook my head and put down the bamboo slip.
Although I am an archaeologist and have a certain understanding of ancient characters, I cannot understand the characters on this bamboo slip at all.
Just as I was upset about this, there was another knock on the door.
"Who is it this time?"
I stood up and opened the door.
The fat man stood outside the door, his face full of heroic and righteous looks.
"Why are you back again?"
I looked at the fat man and said helplessly.
The fat man straightened his chest and said seriously: "Axia, I have decided, I want to be with you, I caused this disaster, I want to face it with you." ”
"Alright, alright."
I waved my hand and said, "It's as serious as you say, you better not get involved in this matter." ”
"No, I've decided."
The fat man said resolutely and walked directly into my house.
"Ugh."
I looked at the fat man and said helplessly, "Whatever you want." ”
Three days later.
"Axia, you've been studying this bamboo slip for almost three days, have you found anything?"
The fat man said as he looked at me as he ate potato chips.
"Ugh."
I shook my head helplessly, and said: "I don't have a clue, fat man, you know, although I am an archaeologist, I don't know much about ancient characters or anything, so I don't know what is written on it at all." Still, I found something too. ”
"Something."
The fat man put down the chips and said suspiciously.
"Fatty, look."
I put my hand on the right end of the bamboo slip and said, "The right end of the rope of this bamboo slip has obvious signs of breakage, but there are no signs of breaking on the top, bottom, or left. ”
"What's next?"
The fat man looked at the bamboo slips carefully and said suspiciously.
"Hmm."
I nodded and said, "There's definitely the next volume." There is also the fact that this bamboo slip should be from the Qin Dynasty, but the words written on it are not the script of the Qin Dynasty, but another strange script. ”
"Oh."
The fat man nodded, took out his mobile phone and took a picture of the bamboo slips.
I watched him move and asked, "Fatty, what are you doing here?" ”
"Of course it's Weibo."
The fat man looked at me and said very indifferently: "The power of Weibo is powerful, since you can't think of it, then ask netizens for help." ”
"Fat people can't send it."
I hurriedly said.
"Ugh."
The fat man turned the phone screen very helplessly and said, "Big brother, I have already sent ......"
"Oh my God."
I patted my head and leaned back on the recliner helplessly.
To be continued