Han Zitong's words surprised me a little, because I originally thought that being involved in this matter was just a coincidence.

Deliberately involving us? Why did she do it?

Zhou Xuanye frowned slightly, and said, "Miss Han, I believe that there must be your reasons for doing this, but please make it clear." ”

Han Zitong still had no expression on his face, the speed was low, he drove steadily, and said slowly: "Xiao Xu can't do without me, in fact, since his accident, I will take him with me for every long-distance investigation in the future." He was also there when he discovered Jinsha Cave. ”

I imagined before that if she knew about Han Xu after meeting Han Zitong, she would react. No matter how helpless our actions are, I think Han Zitong will definitely be angry and even resentful of us. But now, her calmness was beyond Zhou Xuanye's expectations.

And the words that came out of her mouth also made me realize that she was about to tell us the truth.

"At that time, it was actually the first to discover Jinsha Cave, and no Jin Ren was found. I took an intern and Xiao Xu who was sticking to me and went down the hole, and the gold content in it was very high, and the more I dug down, the more the golden sand came out, and people began to sink. I felt that something was wrong, and was going to leave with them and ask for support from the archaeological team. But at that moment, from the golden sands, suddenly a hand stretched out! ”

This is obviously a painful memory, Han Zitong's breathing became a little short, and the hand holding the steering wheel was even shaking. It's too dangerous to drive like this, I think her mood needs to be stabilized, and there happened to be a restaurant next to the road, so she said: "Zitong, pull over, I'll have a treat today, eat something first, your current state, it's not safe to drive." ”

Han Zitong took a deep breath, nodded slowly, we parked the car, went up to the second floor, and asked for a small private room, because I didn't have much appetite, so I ordered something at random.

After the waiter left, Han Zitong continued: "The intern who followed me is called Wan Li, and that hand stretched out and grabbed his leg directly...... All at once they dragged people into the sands. I was frightened, and my first reaction was to let Xiao Xu run first. Xiao Xu's child...... You know, although stupid, but definitely not the kind of person who will not be saved. He followed to save Wanli, but was also dragged down by the other hand. ”

When she said this, she paused for a long time, and the waiters began to serve the food, before she said, "Later...... I kept digging and digging, but those golden sands, like quicksand, couldn't dig at all. I tried all the ways to drain the sand and drain the side, but to no avail, and you should know the result. ”

I felt very uncomfortable in my heart, and said, "Han Xu, where did the accident happen?" ”

Han Zitong nodded and said, "Then I called for help and called the archaeological team and the nearest troops to rescue." It took a day and a night to dig the Jinsha Cave to the bottom. The golden sand below is more than ten meters thick, and at the bottom of the golden sand, there are two golden people Xiaoxu and Wan Li, who are caught by them like that, and their mouths are full of ........." There was a wetness in her eyes,

In the archaeological team, there is an old-timer who has a wide range of knowledge and recognizes the Jinsha Cave, which is an ancient folk sacrifice in Northeast China, called the 'Golden Sacrifice Festival'. ”

"The Golden Sacrifice?" Zhou Xuanye suddenly hissed and said, "I have heard of this." ”

I said, "What is the Golden Sacrifice for?" "What kind of sacrificial activities do you need to use so many golden sands? And sacrifice two living dead?

Zhou Xuanye shook his head and said, "I don't know, I've just heard of it, this seems to be a sacrificial method of ancient shamanism, how it is operated and what it is used for, I don't know." Han Zitong nodded slightly and said, "I didn't know at the time, and that senior didn't know much." Shamanism is a very primitive religion that originated from the original nature worship of human beings and believed in animism, but now, shamanism is almost lost. ”

Although I don't know about the Golden Sacrifice Festival, I know about shamanism. Shamanism to put it bluntly, it is the primitive witch, witch doctor witchcraft and celestial beliefs, forming the original shamanism, the original belief of human beings, are all the same, so in the East and the West, there are shamanic prototypes, but the name and development trajectory are different, it is a kind of world-wide primitive religion.

Later, with the development of civilization, there were gradually Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Islam, etc., and shamanism, a diverse religion of animism, gradually disappeared.

Nowadays, only some remnants of shamanic culture can be seen in some remote places, and there are also some tourist attractions. In recent years, it has become popular to perform shamanic culture, such as dancing and the like, which I have seen in travel programs, so I know a little about it.

But shamanism is a diverse religion, one faith in one place, some even a village has many beliefs, you worship birds, he worships grass, I may worship mud, so the method of sacrifice can not be counted at all, so what is the origin of this golden sacrifice, no one can really say clearly.

That old-timer of archaeology has been doing archaeology all his life, so he knows some, but his knowledge is also limited.

Han Zitong began to tell us about the origin of the Golden Sacrifice.

The Golden Sacrifice is a kind of worship of gold.

In the ancient history of the local area, it is said that there was this ancient worship, the ancients worshipped jade, believing that jade can be spiritual, so in ancient times, jade was used as an artifact, and only the sorcerer or leader of the tribe could wear jade, so that era was called the era of divine jade.

The Golden Sacrifice is a special example of the age of the god jade, who did not believe that jade could channel the gods, but that a kind of golden sand could channel the gods. Gold is highly recognizable, and it is one of the earliest metals discovered by human beings in the early days, and there should have been a tribe that worshiped gold in the area around Jinsha Cave at that time.

There is no detailed historical record of the Golden Sacrifice Festival, and the reason why the old man knows this is because he has participated in the Stone Age archaeology in the northeast area, and has seen similar graphic records in those primitive patterns, half speculation and half research, and roughly deduced a piece of information.

The tribe that worships Jinsha should not be large, but the place where they live is rich in Jinsha, and they believe that Jinsha can channel the gods and preserve people's souls and bodies, so after the death of an important person in the tribe, he will be buried in Jinsha. Use the golden sand to preserve his body and soul.

These corpses buried in the golden sands will come back to life in a certain period of time and need to eat like people, so there is a sacrifice to throw prisoners of war into the golden sands, which is called the golden sand sacrifice.

After Jinsha Cave was dug up, Han Zitong looked at Han Xu's corpse, almost crazy, she was holding Han Xu's corpse, and the whole person was stunned, so she didn't know what happened during that time. In her words, it was as if her whole soul had left her body, and when she regained consciousness, she found that she had held Han Xu in her arms and sat in the camping place for a day.

Han Zitong felt chills all over his body, Han Xu's body was covered with golden sand, and his mouth and nose were also full of golden sand.

What is the greatest pain for a person?

Han Zitong summed up eight words: I want to cry without tears, and I want to be sad without sound.

At that time, she couldn't say how sad she was, because for a whole day, she couldn't make her accept this fact, and her whole heart was empty that day, in a state of no sadness and no joy. It wasn't until the people of the archaeological team couldn't stand it, brought her dinner, and 'woke up' that Han Zitong completely collapsed.

It stands to reason that she should be comforted at this time, but not many people paid attention to her at that time, and the archaeological team and the people in the army seemed to have discovered something terrible, and they seemed to be very busy. It was already dark, but the camp lights were bright, and a group of people went back and forth between the camp and Jinsha Cave, except for a few interns, no one cared about comforting Han Zitong, and even in the end, those interns didn't know where to go.

Han Zitong was in a daze, her brain was in a somewhat abnormal state at the time, and deep down she knew that Han Xu was dead, but her behavior was very naïve. She subconsciously wanted to find a doctor to save Han Xu, so she headed towards the nearest tent.

In the tent, lying were two golden figures dug out of the Jinsha Cave.

At that time, due to poor conditions and insufficient manpower, there was no one guarding outside the tent, but Han Zitong heard a long-awaited news.

When she said this, she took a sip of the liquor on the table, in fact, Zhou Xuanye and I don't drink much, Zhou Xuanye pays attention to health, he doesn't drink beer, only liquor, but never drink more every time. I myself am used to drinking beer, and this bottle of liquor was ordered by Han Zitong himself.

I didn't expect her to drink so well, I poured it down in one small glass, and my face was not red and I was not panting.

A long-awaited message?

What will it be?

Han Xu became a living dead, could it have anything to do with this news?

She drank a glass of wine before she said slowly: "I heard them discussing the belly of the golden man." They said...... The Jin Wu sacrifice caused a strange thing to appear in the stomach of the Jin man. The reason why it became the living dead was caused by that thing. ”

I had a little bit of a retrospect: "So, you stole something like that?" ”

Han Zitong was expressionless, and finally nodded: "I spent a lot of effort, but I didn't expect it to be really useful." Actually, I already expected that what I had done would be revealed, and I brought you involved in it to let you figure out what was in the stomach of the golden man. ”

I think it's a little strange, we haven't seen that thing before, how can it be clear? On the contrary, she stole that thing and transplanted it to Han Xu, she should know better than us, right? Why do you want us to get it?

Thinking so, I asked.

Han Zitong didn't answer my question, but asked rhetorically: "Do you know why the people above attach so much importance to this matter?" ”(.)