Chapter 23 begins the investigation

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On Chinese New Year's Eve 2011, Bu Jin and I stayed at home. The seller's advertisement has been in the newspapers for almost a week, and several buyers have called in the meantime, but none of the prices offered have satisfied me.

Yes, more than five months have passed since the events in Yunnan, and I have seen half a year of time fly like this, and after tonight, I am a year older, but all kinds of things that have happened in the past five months have made my heart a lot older. After some hesitation, I decided to sell the house my parents had left behind, because it was too big for me alone, but the main reason was that I had the urge to move to another place, as if I could forget a lot of unhappy things.

This night, both my second uncle and my cousin called me frequently and asked me to go to them for the New Year, but I refused in ten thousand words. Right now, I just want to be alone for a while.

After my mother's funeral was dealt with, I began to investigate according to my father's instructions. At first, I did this with the mission of fulfilling my father, but later on, I gradually realized that I myself had gradually developed a little interest in those ancient civilizations. Especially the unsolved mysteries that have plagued historians for hundreds of years, I have put a lot of energy into it, because Gao Peng has always been a capable businessman, so I am at home almost all day long, and I have nothing to do, so I have studied these things.

In the past month or so, I have devoted a certain amount of energy to studying what ancient civilization there is in Hubei Province, where Ryazan is now. The oldest civilization that exists in Hubei Province is undoubtedly the civilization of the ancient Yongguo, and I have learned some things from the Internet.

The history of the ancient Yong Kingdom can be traced back to the Xia Dynasty at the earliest, and at the latest, it should also be born in the early Shang Dynasty. Because, in the history books, there was a clear record that the ancient Yongguo once helped King Wu of Zhou as a powerful warlord. In that year, King Wu of Zhou united the Western Tuyong, Shu, Qiang, Ji, Wei, Lu, Peng, Pu and other ethnic groups and Fang Guo, and personally led "300 chariots, 3,000 tigers, 45,000 Jiashi, and the east of the expedition", Yongguo ranked first among the eight countries, and must be a big country. This is an established historical fact, and it is difficult to deny it.

Like the previous ancient Dian Kingdom, the bronze civilization of the ancient Yong Kingdom in ancient times was also unusually developed. In the Shang Dynasty and even the Zhou Dynasty, many national treasure-level bronzes were actually cast by the ancestors of the ancient Yong Kingdom. They also cast a wide variety of bronzes, including weapons, bells, and a variety of bronze ornaments. Therefore, the ancestors of the ancient Yongguo were also called "Yongren".

In addition to the casting of bronzes, the ancestors of the ancient Yongguo also had outstanding wisdom in civil engineering, and they often appeared in the design and construction of many ancient cities.

In terms of politics and military, Gu Yongguo is definitely a local powerful existence. Although in the process of King Wu's invasion, the main force was the Western Zhou people, but the army of Gu Yongguo also played a role no less than the main force.

Later, the Western Zhou Dynasty saw that although the Zhou Ji clan divided many princes, these princes just had empty titles. Take the most powerful Qin State in the future, for example, when the Zhou Dynasty implemented the feudal system at the beginning, there was only one Zhao City in the entire Qin State. As for the southern barbarians, although the Zhou clan also gave them nominal titles, the southern barbarians were still relatively scattered at that time, and the titles were also very low.

Among these large and small feudal states, Gu Yongguo is definitely an exception, the monarch of Gu Yong is not the Zhou royal family, but there are some sources that the title of the monarch of Yongguo must be a marquis, at least an earl. In addition, in ancient times, the ancient Yong Kingdom could almost be said to dominate the entire Nanban tribe, which can be described as the head of the barbarians.

In many cases, due to the influence of various official historical materials, when we talk about Nanban, we can't help but think of those pictures of Ru Mao drinking blood, and I always thought so at the beginning. However, in the materials I consulted, it shows that in terms of culture, because the geographical location of Yongguo is located at the junction of Ba, Qin, Chu and other places, it has an immeasurable impact on Ba culture, Qin culture, Chu culture and Wu culture. Moreover, some people deduce that the ancient Yongguo has formed a relatively systematic language and writing system as early as more than 6,000 years ago, which is almost on the same level as the oldest cuneiform script of my sister.

It is precisely because the ancient Yongguo has such a strong military and cultural strength that some scholars even believe that the ancient Yongguo is the real source of Chinese civilization, at least, it should be one of the sources. In fact, such a statement has existed in the academic community for a long time, because many scholars also believe that the Chinese civilization has a long history, and it is a bit far-fetched to say that it only originated in the Yellow River Valley.

However, why do many textbooks not mention the ancient kingdom of Yongguo? That's because the history of the ancient Yong Kingdom is seriously lacking in detailed written records, which seems a bit incredible, and a country that formed a language and writing system more than 6,000 years ago lacks its own history books. However, the facts of history are often so mysterious.

Although in the history books, there is a very detailed description of the destruction of the Yong State by the rising Chu State, but there is almost no record in the history books about when the Yong State was established, who was the founder of the country, and whether it has experienced the change of dynasties in its existence for thousands of years.

How did the Yongguo rise? How was the strength of Yong replaced by Chu? Also, what struck my eyes the most, what did the mysterious hanging coffins and cliff burials in Gu Yongguo mean?

Whenever I think about these questions, my mind comes up with messages that my father wrote to me. Aren't the masses of people the creators of history? The tension of the history of the world is often manipulated by a very small number of people? The "person" who appeared in all ancient civilizations in China is likely to be a visitor from the distant mountains carved on the stone wall paintings in the Yunnan underground palace.

I kicked my feet to the ground, the wheels under the swivel chair made a "gurgling" sound on the floor, and I left my laptop in front of my desk, lit a cigarette, leaned back in my chair and took a deep breath.

I don't deny that these days, I do gradually become fascinated by these ancient civilizations. I think the biggest difference between studying these ancient civilizations and studying other historical periods is uncertainty, that is to say, in the process of studying those ancient civilizations, you will always have an inexplicable sense of mystery and unsolved mysteries, it is not like modern history, almost as monotonous as a truthful record, it is more like a child who likes to play peek-a-boo with you, you can hear his voice, see his footprints, but you just don't know where he is hiding.

Primitive religion, witch culture, high priests, what role did these things play in ancient civilizations?

As soon as I thought of this, I couldn't help but shake my head and smile, and said in my heart, in the past half a year, I have become less and less like Fan Peixi. It's not like me to study some ancient cultures wholeheartedly, but I have to do it in order to get the truth, and to ensure my own safety to a certain extent.

While rubbing my temples, I squinted at Bu Jin in the room. In the first few days of the Chinese New Year, I took him to the middle street of Shenyang to buy a few new clothes, the styles were all picked by herself, those styles are simply dirty in my eyes, but after all, she chose them herself.

I originally thought that she would be like other girls, and she would go home and try on beautiful clothes after she bought them, and tried them on endlessly, but I found that after she got home, she didn't look in the mirror at all, nor did she feel any joy, as if clothes could only play a role in hiding her body. More often than not, she kept wiping down her silver jewelry, and on a few occasions pinned the jingling strings to her head, which she liked.

I can't help but think of my father's message. Bu Jin, is she really the young woman who came out of the bronze coffin of the old village chief thirty-one years ago, ah, no, thirty-one years ago? Thirty-one years of age means that my father's words - she is not human.

However, from the first time I saw her, I always felt that she had no intention of hurting me, and that she had saved my life many times. The most important thing is that whenever I see her delicate face and the faint body fragrance that wafts with it, I don't have any defenses against her.

"Bu Jin!" I glanced at my watch, it was already 7:35 p.m., and said, "Are you hungry?" ”

Bu Jin looked out at me in the back room, then nodded blankly.

"Today's New Year, there are only two of us left in the family, I'll make a little quick-frozen dumplings, let's eat together."

"Dumplings?" Bu Jin didn't understand the word.

I smiled and said, "You'll know the way when you're done." ”

I extinguished my cigarette and stood up from my chair when there was a knock at the door.

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