"Staff Officer Yang, how do you always think about the worst, I'm an honest man. To tell you the truth, I just thought of a way to go up the mountain, as long as you follow me, you will be guaranteed to be bright. ”

"Stop! -Shirley Young pulled me into the alley and snapped, "I don't know if you're a little chick gut." Are you planning to pretend to be an expert group to get close to others? - I exclaimed: "Staff Officer Yang is high-minded. Shirley Yang vetoed my mention without saying a word, "You don't know anything about the situation on both sides, and it's easy to be exposed if you go up rashly to talk." I ask you, do you know the name of the Panel? Do you know which unit they sent down? Do you know how many people come from people, whether they are men or women? If you want to impersonate someone else without understanding these situations, it's no different from committing suicide. ”

When confronted with her questioning, I had to review my mistakes and admit that my plan was too simplistic. "Since there is no hole to exploit, let's go back first. According to Wang Dashao's temper, he will definitely go to the house to uncover the tiles when he is in a hurry. ”

The two of us were about to go back when a whistle sounded in the distance on the river. The few PLA soldiers guarding the shore were suddenly in high spirits, and one by one they stood straighter than a telephone pole, and it seemed that the main owner had finally arrived. I stopped, turned my head and said, "Since you're here, let's see what a living expert looks like, and it's not in vain to wait for half a day." Shirley Young thought for a moment, and finally followed me towards the docks. At this time, the ship had slowly approached, and a group of passengers walked down from the suspension bridge. There was a man who walked in the forefront, with a childish face, very conspicuous, he was wearing a blue-black tunic, wearing thick black-rimmed glasses, and he looked like an old pedant, and before he got off the boat, he waved his hand at the people on the shore, and the chief was full of style. He was followed by four or five people carrying luggage, all dressed as students.

"Does that old man with glasses sound familiar?" After Shirley Young's question, I really felt that I had seen him somewhere, but I couldn't recall it in a hurry.

"I remember," Shirley Yang recalled, "that we met at Professor Chen's house, his surname was Li, and he used to be a colleague of the professor, but he seems to have been transferred from the museum. When she mentioned Professor Chen, I vaguely seemed to have some impression of this person, when I was still doing the work of touching Captain Jin with the fat man, I went to Professor Chen's house to eat in my spare time, and the person in front of me did meet a few times at the professor's house. I said to Shirley Yang, "This is a good opportunity, since we have met and we are Professor Chen's colleagues, it is not impossible for us to go up and have a few conversations." ”

Shirley Yang was a little hesitant: "I'm afraid that if we appear too suddenly, it will arouse the suspicion of others." ”

At this time, Professor Li and his entourage had completed the handover work and were following the comrades of the People's Liberation Army towards the main road, apparently preparing to return to the mountain. Seeing that I was about to miss the opportunity, I grabbed Shirley Yang and ran to Professor Li's side. There were already a lot of pedestrians on the wharf, and as soon as we ran, there was inevitably a commotion in the crowd, and the PLA soldiers who took the lead were very alert, and as soon as they saw us leaning over, they immediately put their hands on their waists. I knew that this was a preparatory action before drawing the gun, but I could only pretend not to see it, and an arrow stepped forward and deliberately collided with the students led by Professor Li.

"What people! Hands up! - "Boom - two sounds, a pistol directly against my head. I said in my heart, Comrade of the People's Liberation Army, you are too fast, I still have a person on the ground, I haven't had time to get up, you have already taken out the guy. As soon as the onlookers saw the gun, they all screamed loudly, and the few well-trained little soldiers immediately formed a human wall, firmly blocking Professor Li in the middle, which showed the importance of this person.

Shirley Yang explained to me: "We are friends of Professor Li and have met in Beijing. He was so excited just now that he was squeezed out of the crowd. Don't be nervous, everyone. ”

The Professor Li stretched his neck out of the human wall, looked at us a few times, and then said, "I don't know these two people, you can deal with them." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, I kicked someone hard, and the person who was originally pressed by me screamed and scolded: "Hu Bayi, you are finished, Lao Tzu is about to crush you to death!" -

At first, I thought I was hallucinating, but when I looked again, it was a fat man! He was wearing an elongated tunic coat, with a big back combed, and the top of his head was shiny, and he didn't know how much lard he had smeared. There were too many people on the dock before, and I didn't see who I hit at all, but when I saw my own people, I was a little confused.

"Hehe, hehe, Professor Li, you don't know them, I do. They are the American experts I was talking about earlier. Come and come, everyone scatters, their own people. At this moment, a tall figure came out of the pile of students and smiled at me and Shirley Yang: "You two have the ability, every time you appear, it is so unexpected." ”

"Lin Fang? Why are you here? You're not...... Ouch...... - before I could finish speaking, the fat man pinched me the waist. I immediately understood that there must be something greasy in this, so I covered my waist and didn't say much. Professor Li and Lin Fang whispered across the human wall, and the old man glanced at us suspiciously, and finally waved his hand and said, "Let him get up, it was a misunderstanding just now." ”

The fat man pulled me up vividly, and then introduced Professor Li's students: "This is my right-hand man, Mr. Hu. Next to her is Miss Shirley Young from the American Museum of Natural History. They are all new to China, and I hope you will be able to welcome them warmly. ”

One of the male students with a flat head stepped forward and shook my hand excitedly: "Hello Mr. Hu, welcome to China. Professor Kelly told us many stories about your adventures in the United States along the way, and I personally adore you! -

I turned my head and asked Fat Professor Kelly who he was, and he winked at me for a long time, and I finally understood that Kelly was his new English name, designed to bluff the college students. Lin Fang smiled and explained in a very fast voice: "Things have changed, and the pit on the mountain has been occupied. Let's go with Lao Li, don't be exposed. ”

I secretly looked Professor Li up and down, and said in my heart, is this guy not guaranteed to be late and defected to the US imperialists? Otherwise, how could he blatantly take the fat man and Lin Fang into the team. However, there are many people nowadays, and the more questions you ask, the easier it is to show your feet. Shirley Yang and I smiled heartily, exchanged a few words of greeting with everyone, and said no more.

Lin Fang also solemnly introduced Professor Li to us, and deliberately used the word "national treasure" to describe his prominent position in the Chinese archaeological community. Professor Li didn't mean to be humble at all, and nodded slightly to acquiesce. I said in my heart that this old man was thick-skinned enough, and he had a stinky frame like Kong Laojiu, and he would definitely be imprisoned in the cowshed for labor reform in the early years.

The PLA soldier who had previously held a gun apologized to me with great solemnity. Later, I learned that his name was Guo Weiguo, and he was the squad leader of this group of little soldiers. In his own words, this was the first time he had taken part in such an important field mission, willing to give his last drop of blood for the protection of state property. On the way back to the camp, Guo Weiguo briefly briefed us on the situation of Niangniang's grave.

After receiving the report from the Chadong locality, the higher-level department sent Master Yu from the Changsha City Museum to the local area with five staff members to conduct a comprehensive investigation. Master Yu has participated in the excavation of the Mawangdui Han Tomb and is an archaeologist with rich experience. The existence of Niangniang's tomb was originally just a folklore of the Youshui Basin.

Legend has it that in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, many remnants of the Southern Ming Dynasty were forced to go away to live in seclusion, and a noble concubine Niangniang who escaped from the palace fled all the way to Youshui with the treasure left by the emperor, and was later rescued by the medicine farmers who lived in the mountains. After going back and forth, the two developed feelings, and the husband and wife planted medicine and practiced medicine, and did many good things for the people under the mountain. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and the Qing soldiers soon chased to the local area. They threatened to hand over the treasure or slaughter the townspeople.

The concubine was afraid that Ai Yin and the villagers would be affected, so she led the Qing soldiers to the mountain hut, and then set a fire to die with them.

The grief-stricken villagers gathered in the mountain hut to mourn the concubine, but found her body intact, without a trace of being baptized by fire. The fortune teller said that Niangniang was originally the reincarnation of the Nine Heavens Xuannu, and this time she went through the calamity, thinking that she had already achieved the right fruit and returned to heaven to enjoy happiness. Everyone said that it was reasonable, and they did not dare to slack off on the body of Niangniang, the squire donated money, and the people contributed, and soon built a Niangniang tomb on the mountainside. Although this legend is full of loopholes, it leaves a lot of information worth referring to, such as the identity of the owner of the tomb, the specifications of the tomb, and the approximate age of the tomb. I tried to ask Professor Li for advice, but no one looked at me.

The fat man laughed: "Touched the ashes, right?" This old man is a cow, and he didn't even let out half a fart when he was on the boat. Look at this behavior, the people of the whole country owe him food stamps. ”

"What's the matter with you and Lin Fang, where did you find such a person? Didn't we say it well before, to enjoy the treatment of international VIPs? ”

"Hey! Don't mention that stubble, I'm almost, fat man. It's all fucking yellow. This Professor Li was protected by the U.S. government during the Cultural Revolution and returned to China after being rehabilitated. He used to stay in the Beijing Museum for a while, and I heard that he offended many people because of his hard attitude and bad temper, and was finally transferred to the Chengdu Museum as the deputy head of the scientific research team. We originally planned to use his relationship to match, who would have thought that he would actually tell us that the Youshui tomb had been dug up half a month ago, and you said that you are not angry. ”

Fortunately, a notice came from the province later, inviting Professor Li Hongsheng to participate in the excavation of the Niangniang Tomb site. Lin Fang didn't stop doing anything, and followed up with Professor Li's team with a cheeky face, which led to our encounter on the dock today.

When I passed by the Shunfeng Inn, I remembered that Wang Dashao was still left inside, and hurriedly went to meet him, he was much smarter than before this time, and when he saw us appear with the expert group, he didn't ask anything, and honestly picked up his luggage and went out.

It is about a two-hour walk from the town to Niangniang's grave, and there are sentry posts all the way into the mountain. Guo Weiguo told us that Niangniang's tomb has been protected by the provincial register, and the superior leaders attach great importance to this archaeological work. Lin Fang's face turned green after hearing this, and the fat man whispered to me: "Lin Fang's troops were blocked on the border line, and none of them slipped in, and it took us a lot of effort to squeeze into the list of experts. But judging from the current situation, I'm afraid we will have to go up in the water this time. ”

"If you look at the cordons around you, it's for sure. Now that the state has been registered for protection, there is only one thing we should consider now - how to get out of the country. ”