As soon as I heard that there was something strange about the corpse, I rushed to the front of the group and jumped down the stone stairs in three steps and two steps. At this time, Captain Jiang was squatting in front of a group of graves, his whole face was red, and sweat was constantly seeping out on his forehead. Looking over his shoulder, I immediately understood what he meant: dozens of bones were lying in a pit less than a meter wide, all buried in a distorted posture with their hands and feet bent backwards. I wanted to go up and look through it, but I was stopped by Team Jiang, he took out a pair of gloves from his bag and said, "Put it on, put it on, these are all state property, and they are sacred and inviolable." ”

I said in my heart that it was good that it was white bones, and I couldn't stiffen and hurt people, otherwise I would have been choked by the neck, and Captain Jiang would blame me for the rough neck and the damage to public property.

Several other people also came to the edge of the burial at this time, and Master Yu glanced at it and said, "It's useless for you to ask me, I don't study the dead." What kind of professor is you from the Forbidden City? Let him see. ”

As soon as he said it, we remembered that there was Professor Li, and he was silent all the way, and he didn't even say a word when he found out about the burial pit, so that I almost forgot that there was such a person. When I looked back, I found that Professor Li had already changed into rubber gloves and walked forward with archaeological tools on his back. Wang Dashao was speechless: "The old man is really playing? When is this, and he still has time to bring the toolbox down? ”

Shirley Yang and I looked at each other, although I had long known that the characters Lin Fang found were not ordinary, but I didn't expect Professor Li's behavior to be so out of common sense, and he didn't even forget to bring the guy who ate when he went to the grave to save people, I really had to admire his professionalism.

When Professor Li saw the bones, his eyes suddenly lit up, he dug up the soil with a small shovel, carefully lifted a piece of white bone in front of him and sniffed it, and then repeatedly observed it for a long time. I looked weird and disgusted, turned to Shirley Young and said, "Let's go ahead and find the fat man." By the time he's done studying, it's time for the sun to shine on his ass. ”

"We came down to save people, anyway, the corpse can't escape, and the research work can be dragged back. Let's search further. ”

After Shirley Yang said this, no one responded, and the rest of the people seemed to be infected by Professor Li's affection, staring directly at the white bones in his hands. It was inconvenient for Shirley Yang and I to leave the team, so we had to stay where we were and wait for Professor Li to speak.

"These are not people." Professor Li put down the white bones in his hand and said such a sentence for no reason. My scalp went numb, and the others looked surprised.

"What is not a person?"

"I'm talking about their social identity." Professor Li took off his gloves, pointed to the white bones with twisted postures, and said: "In the pre-Qin period, the custom of human and animal burial was very common. The ancients valued life, and their attitude towards the dead was particularly pious, and when the family sacrificed the national funeral, they mostly used the living to sacrifice. The white bones in front of us are all human animals used for worship. ”

I looked at the whole burial pit, and I could barely see the end, could it be that all the slaves buried here were buried with them?

Captain Jiang nodded: "A burial pit of this scale should not be a simple family sacrificial pit, but a sacrificial pit shared by several families. In ancient times, it was supposed to be a public tomb, just like when we went to the cemetery to burn ingots and paper money, they used the blood of the living to comfort the souls of their ancestors. When they were killed, their hands and feet were tied behind their backs, and they were hung like pigs to be slaughtered at the end of the stone staircase we had just passed. You see, most of the corpses did not have fatal wounds left by slashing or smashing. I think they were bled to death with their throats cut and then their bodies dumped in the grave like garbage, so this is a real slaughterhouse. ”

Shirley Yang couldn't help but whisper when he heard this-Amen. For some reason, the thought of the corpses everywhere being slaughtered as chickens and ducks as sacrifices made me break out in a cold sweat and I always felt that something was starting to be wrong around me.

Captain Jiang kept wiping his sweat and said excitedly: "So, what we found is not a simple dead man's tomb, but most likely a public family tomb?" Or even an unprecedented mass burial tomb? ”

I interrupted their conversation with some impatience: "Ladies and gentlemen, we have two members of the archaeological team whose lives are still unknown, should we wait until we get out of the tomb to discuss it?" ”

Captain Jiang calmed down a little, and he smiled: "Occupational disease, occupational disease, it's not over when you talk about it." Since there is no human figure here, let's continue to look ahead. He stopped abruptly at this point, then glanced at us eagerly and asked, "What about Master Yu, why is the person missing?" ”

I jerked back and saw that Master Yu's original squatting position was empty, except for a brown glass bottle lying alone in the dark.

"What about people?" Wang Qingzheng walked to the glass bottle with a flashlight, he squatted down to pick up the bottle, turned around and asked me, "Didn't you always stand behind you?" Such a big living person will lose it, it's not scientific! -

I had been listening to Professor Li explain the origin of the burial pit just now, and I didn't notice the movement behind me at all. I tried my best to recall, but I only remember that when I finally saw Master Yu, everyone was gathered in front of the grave, and he was the only one squatting in the corner, not knowing what he was studying.

Shirley Yang analyzed: "Master Yu is not bad, if it is an accident, at least he should make a noise." Now that he had disappeared without a sound, it must have been of subjective will. ”

"Fart! -Captain Jiang was so anxious that his face flushed, "If you have something to go, you should always say hello, Master Yu must have had an accident." ”

I said, "You like to think in the negative. With Lao Yu's body, ten zongzi can't help him, what can happen? ”

"So what now?" Captain Jiang wiped his sweat, looked left and right, and said, "I've already lost two, and besides, add Master Yu......-

"Lose it and look for it! What are you panicking about. Professor Li let out a loud shout, then pointed at Captain Jiang and said, "The psychological quality is too poor, how did you lead the team?" When I go back, I'm going to write a report to the province. ”

I said, "Don't rush to be held accountable, let's look around first." ”

Captain Jiang was afraid that things would continue to happen, so he repeatedly emphasized that he was not allowed to go far, he must avoid acting alone, and he would come back to gather later.

Wang Qingzheng followed behind me and Shirley Yang, and said whimfully: "Such a good opportunity, why don't we leave?" ”

"Where?" I glanced at it, made sure that no one was following us, and whispered, "Master Yu hasn't been found yet, if we disappear again, the remaining two academics won't be scared to death, no, we can't go." ”

Shirley Yang also agreed with me, she looked around the entire burial pit, and said sternly: "We are not here this time for the Ming artifact, and there is no conflict of interest with the archaeological team, so there is no need to act alone." You're a little bit of a crooked brain, so let's save it. ”

Wang Qingzheng said disdainfully: "Don't think I don't understand your little tricks, the fat man has already run away with Lin Fang, isn't this called taking off the order?" Young master, how do I know if you have done something shady behind my back. ”

When he said this, I remembered that the fat boy hadn't squeaked since he just got out of the burial pit, and he and Lin Fang couldn't help but explore the way. I stood up and shouted a few times, hoping that he would respond, but apart from Team Jiang and Professor Li flashlights at me, I didn't even see the slightest fat man. I said in my heart that it was not good, could it be that the second junior brother was really taken away by a female goblin?

"How's it going, don't you have anything to say?" Wang Dashao shook the flashlight smugly, "Then the old man may also forget his righteousness for the sake of profit, and left the archaeological team off for his own pocket." I advise you to listen to me and plan for yourselves, after all, we are people in the same boat, and you will have to share the benefits. ”

Shirley Yang said: "Lin Fang, they have been down for a while, why haven't they shown up until now, will they have already run to the front?" ”

"That's not good." Although I don't know much about Lin Fang, I am still sure about the fat man, he is as kind as seeing the Ming Instrument as he is seeing **, and he can't control it if he wants to. But even if there is any gain, at least it should leave me a mark, so that it does not disappear so completely, like elopement. "This burial pit is not big, but it is small, and it takes a lot of effort to find people. The longer the time drags on, the more dangerous it becomes. I think it's better to send the two leaders up first, and don't let them stay in the hole and guess. ”

"It's probably not easy to get them to step back." "For them, the pit itself is a priceless treasure, and now that they have come down, they won't leave without finding out something." ”

"Isn't it easy to trick them out?" Wang Dashao said to Shirley Yang, "Later, you can pretend to be faint and let them carry them out." ”

"What a bad idea you have! - I severely criticized him, "Shirley Yang is not related to them, it must be counted on our heads, and when the time comes, they will be bombarded back by others, and then it is really called stealing chickens and rice." If you have the time, you might as well use your brain to find someone. ”

"If you don't do it, you won't stop knocking Professor Li out, so you can't ignore the surname Jiang, right?"

I didn't bother to take care of the little bastard anymore, so I turned my head to look at the burial pits on both sides, hoping to find the traces of Master Yu and the others. Shirley Yang suddenly pulled me, she dimmed the flashlight, pointed to the mound not far away, and said, "Listen carefully, there is movement." ”