The second uncle's words made me a little unexpected, I didn't expect that this matter would be related to the famous "Xu Fu Dongdu" in history.

Xu Fu's eastward crossing was an unprecedented move taken by Qin Shi Huang, the ruler of the Qin Dynasty, in his pursuit of eternal life. And this large-scale feat, but in the end, because Xu Fu sailed eastward and never returned, this incident was covered with an extremely mysterious veil.

After more than 2,000 years of circulation and evolution, the incident of Xu Fu's eastward crossing has spawned countless poignant, thrilling, or weird legends. The only earlier official annotation comes from Sima Qian's "Historical Records", according to the "Historical Records of Qin Shi Huang Benji": In the twenty-eighth year of Qin Shi Huang, Xu Fu and others of Qi wrote that there were three sacred mountains in the sea of words, called Penglai, Abbot, Yingzhou, and immortals. Please fast, and ask for children and men, so he sent Xu Fufa thousands of children and men to the sea to ask for immortals. ”

I didn't understand what the second uncle meant, "Second uncle, what does this incident in Huangshan have to do with Xu Fu Dongdu?" ”

The second uncle didn't answer my question, but asked rhetorically: "Do you know how many times Xu Fu went to sea back then?" ”

"......," I couldn't answer for a moment.

The second uncle stretched out four fingers, "Four times in total." And do you know where Xu Fu went to sea for the last time? ”

I shook my head. The second uncle pointed to the sea outside the window and said, "It's right here!" It was mentioned in the Western Han Dynasty Weihe's "Qin Void Affair" that in the 38th year of the first emperor, Xu Fu led the crowd to build a prayer platform 100 miles east of Zhifu, and sacrificed to the immortals of the sea. ”

"I see." I nodded, and then continued: "But I still haven't heard, what does this have to do with Huangshan!" ”

The second uncle smiled mysteriously, "After Xu Fu went to sea for the third time, he caught a giant fish, have you ever heard of it?" ”

"I know this," I hurriedly replied, lest the second uncle have to say that I don't know how to learn, "It is recorded in the history books that Xu Fu led the crowd to carry the most powerful long-range killing weapon of the Qin Dynasty at that time - a repeating crossbow, and after going to sea, when he traveled to the sea near Zhifu, he encountered a big Jiaoyu, and immediately fired a salvo of the crossbow, and the big Jiaoyu was killed by an arrow. ”

I finished talking to myself, and suddenly I realized the problem. Big Jiaoyu? I suddenly thought of that bone, my heart was shocked, and I hurriedly said: "Second uncle, you mean, what is hidden under the Huangshan Laboratory is ......"

Before I finished speaking, the second uncle's mobile phone rang, and the second uncle picked up the phone, said a few words, and stood up.

I hurriedly asked him where he was going.

The second uncle waved his hand and said, "Some things have been sent to my original place, I will go back and get them now." Come back later. ”

I asked him if he needed me to come with him. The second uncle said no, and left in a hurry.

Looking at the back of the second uncle's departure, I muttered in my heart, this old man doesn't know what he's doing. I suddenly patted my head, my mind was really not clear just now, and I forgot to ask him why he didn't say goodbye in the first place! Why are you here? I forgot about such an important thing, damn it! Now there is no choice but to wait for the second uncle to come back. When the time comes, I'll have to ask first!

I finished eating alone, and I drank some red wine during the period, and my person didn't drink enough, and my face turned red when I drank some wine. I walked out of the hotel and walked to the beach, and now the sea breeze is a little cold this month, but I feel very comfortable with this kind of sea breeze blowing in this hot and slightly drunk state now.

Now that I have found the whereabouts of my second uncle in a daze, it is really an inexplicable chance encounter. But anyway, the purpose of my visit this time has been achieved, and my heart is much more relaxed. But another feeling slowly became obvious in my heart. Specifically, it's a curiosity.

I originally thought that although there were many mysteries that had not been solved during that trip to Qilian, I thought that as time went by, these doubts would be slowly forgotten by me and gradually relieved. It ended up being an experience for me. Unexpectedly, when I came to Weihai this time, I unexpectedly discovered the Qilianshan incident, and there was a sequel. Originally, I could have held back my desire for exploration and curiosity, turned around and left, and went to his secrets, to his Huangshan! But I didn't expect the second uncle to be involved, which made it really difficult for me to stand by and stay out of the matter.

Although there are still some hidden secrets that I haven't figured out yet, I know that I may not be able to get out.

Under the influence of alcohol, my head is a little dizzy, and I am really a little unable to think about these problems, I have an advantage as a person, that is, I can really let go of things that I don't understand, and I don't think about it.

I went back to my room and slept comfortably, and by the time I woke up it was already evening.

I looked and found that the second uncle had not come back yet, so I called him, and the second uncle on the other end of the phone told me that there were a few local friends who were going to get together tonight, saying that he would only come back tomorrow. I believe that the second uncle has a wide range of hobbies, especially antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and all kinds of strange things, so he has a wide range of contacts, all over the country.

I got out of bed and turned on the computer, and the picture that I didn't turn off last time popped up again. These are all some strange ink paintings preserved in Huangshan at the beginning, each of which is the same size, but I really can't see what is painted on it, just like random graffiti.

I looked at them one by one, but I couldn't see any clues. I rubbed my eyes, looked out the window, and thought to myself: this Huangshan will not keep useless waste paper so carefully, there must be some secrets hidden in it.

I had the idea to use software to lay all the images together, and I thought maybe I could find something in common between them. But I was a little disappointed, because there were eighteen of them, and I didn't see any resemblance to them when they were laid out in front of me, except for the black ink on them.

Maybe I didn't look at the right posture, I spun around and looked at the pictures, but I still didn't find anything, and because of this, I noticed a small problem. I noticed that there were two adjacent images, and their lines seemed to be connected, so I adjusted the orientation of the two images and put them together, and it was so perfect that they fit together.

At this moment, it suddenly dawned on my mind that these pictures were a large ink painting, cut into pieces. They are not independent, they are unified with each other.

The next thing was a lot simpler, because when I took pictures, there were all kinds of angles. Then I just had to change the angle of them, and then it was like playing a jigsaw puzzle, and I put the eighteen small pieces together into one big picture.

When the whole painting was finished, I was stunned that it was a huge fish, unlike any fish I had ever seen. The whole picture has a strong sense of three-dimensionality, and the fish jumps up from the water. Two long tentacles soared through the air.

And what struck me was not its appearance, but its size, perhaps deliberately by the person who painted the picture, in order to reflect the enormity of the fish, a small fishing boat was drawn underneath the fish. In this painting, the size of the fishing boat is only equivalent to one eye of the fish. If you were to calculate this ratio, the fish would have been more than 100 meters long, which shocked me. As far as I know, there have been no records of such a huge animal on Earth to date.

I couldn't help but have a sentence in my mind, there is a fish in the North Underworld, and its name is Kun. Could it be that this kind of fish really existed?

I sat in my chair and looked at the big fish on the screen, the way it jumped out of the water, and I felt as if I had seen this fish somewhere. I thought for a while, suddenly grabbed my coat, took out a piece of paper in my pocket, this fax, is the second uncle received the seascape big fish picture, I compared this picture with the ink painting I got from Huangshan, although the details and angles are different, but on the whole, the content of the two paintings should be the same. And I know that the picture that the second uncle received should be from the content on the stone door of the ancient tomb of Qilian Mountain. It seems that there is some inevitable connection between them.

I was sitting in my chair and was distracted when my phone rang and almost scared me out of a heart attack. I picked it up angrily, "Hey! Who is it! ”

A clear girl's voice sounded, "What? Please help me, the attitude is still so bad, I have to think about whether I can help you! ”

I immediately heard that it was my classmate Feng Duyu. Originally, I was in the geology department of our school, and now I work in the Provincial Museum. I hurriedly smiled and apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I saw that it was a landline number, I thought it was selling fake invoices again!" ”

Feng Duyu smiled and said, "I'm still in the museum, and I'm using this landline." You're in such a hurry, I can't work overtime! ”

I was a little embarrassed, "Thank you so much!" I owe you a personal favor. Are there any results? ”

Feng told me that this bone is something special, it is neither a fossil of an ancient creature such as a dinosaur, nor a whale bone, and certainly not a skeleton of a land mammal, because even elephants do not have such a large bone. For a while, they couldn't be sure, unless they conducted detailed research, then there would be no results in a short period of time. I asked Feng if it could be a giant fish bone. Feng Duyu on the opposite side paused for a moment and laughed, "How is it possible, how big is this fish!" I smiled with her. Then she told me that the only thing that was certain was that they had determined the age of the bones, which was about 2,200 years ago. In the end, Feng Duyu said with some apologies that there was only so much she could do now. I told her that this information had helped me a lot.

Hung up the phone, combined with the situation that the second uncle told me today, coupled with the information that Feng Duyu told me just now, I can almost confirm the second uncle's statement, this fishbone is likely to be related to the incident of the Qin Dynasty's eastward crossing back then, but there is still a question, I don't understand, even if Xu Fu has something to do with the east, what can it mean? Such a result is only helpful for academic research, but I believe that Huang Shan, Wenmo and the second uncle are definitely not here to exert a sense of social responsibility and reflect their self-worth!

I can only suppress the doubts in my heart for the time being, and when the second uncle comes back tomorrow, everything will be clear.