The clouds were shrouded, the sun was hidden, and a gust of wind blew up from the surroundings, raising the dust from the surrounding ground, forming a hazy and subtle curtain of sand.

The branches and leaves of the surrounding trees swayed and rustled, as if they were roaring and rubbing in the whimpering wind.

"Half a person in the club, snake princess?" Lin Ruoxue was slightly stunned, her sleeves covered the dust that had just swept over, and turned her head to look at Jiang Xian: "Do you have any impression of this?" ”

Jiang Xian nodded slightly, with a thought on his face: "I don't have much research on the legend of southern Yunnan, the name of the snake concubine is only vaguely heard, it seems to be the princess of the first king of Yunnan, but there are too few relevant records and materials." ”

"Even serious historical materials, and most of the Zhiwei are not described."

He paused slightly: "It seems to be passed on by word of mouth only to a few people in southern Yunnan." False Taoist, do you have any impressions? ”

"You say that, I seem to have really read the materials related to the snake princess." Ling Xiaozi touched his chin: "But it's only a few words, it's still a guess, it's useless." ”

Professor Zhao said beside him: "To be honest, even if we excavate and explore several tombs of the Dian King and many ruins of the legend of the snake concubine, we have not found any clues. There is no specific record of bronzes, stone carvings, or anything else. ”

"It's like a region that deliberately makes up some stories for the sake of tourism."

Speaking of this, he smiled: "Of course, we also discussed and explored, the rumors of the snake concubine have been around for a long time, far earlier than the development of tourism in China." ”

"If there really is a snake concubine, it is likely to be the kind of person with a slender body and a weak body? Boneless people. ”

Jiang Xian and the others nodded, and Ling Xiaozi interjected: "Professor Zhao, you better hurry up and talk about the snake concubine." ”

"That's ......" Professor Zhao paused and continued: "After the snake concubine appeared, she was immediately taken by the king of Dian at that time and included in the harem to become the princess. And for the sake of the soft mud monster, the snake concubine, the king of Dian acted even more recklessly, building a large number of buildings, building a stargazing platform, and ascending to the sky, which made the resentment of the ministers and the people even stronger. ”

Such desperate days are moving forward day by day, and the top and bottom are secretly cursing the king of Dian. One day, the King of Dian was playing with the snake concubine, and the snake concubine was playing with the secret treasure, when suddenly the fierce beasts around him rioted, and they all rushed towards the two. ”

The King of Dian was shocked and hurriedly wanted to take back the secret treasure, but unexpectedly, the snake concubine jumped out of the car with the secret treasure. And there are several long snakes around the ground, protecting her. ”

"Only then did the King of Dian know that the other party was just trying to deceive his secret treasure, and he was just paralyzing him before, and mastering the use of the secret treasure."

So he frantically pounced on the snake concubine and snatched the secret treasure, and after some scrambling, he finally won, but those huge monsters cultivated by the secret treasure had already pounced. He hurriedly manipulated the secret treasure to fight, but suddenly found that the control of the secret treasure over those monsters had become weaker. ”

Frightened, he hurriedly relied on the power of the secret treasure to barely control and stop these monsters, and fled to the national capital in a panic.

"But the monsters stared at him, chasing him and attacking the surroundings, until they reached the national capital, destroyed the entire national capital, and still pursued him closely."

"This chase is many days and months, the king of Dian can't hold on, and his body continues to decline, so he is ruthless in his heart and comes to the mausoleum he prepared for himself."

Professor Zhao's gaze looked at a few people: "You should have guessed the result later, right?" ”

Jiang Xian nodded: "King Dian used the arrangement in the mausoleum to trap all the monsters in his mausoleum and bury them there. ”

"And because of this monster riot, the Dian Kingdom completely collapsed and disappeared into history."

"It's not bad." Professor Zhao nodded: "But, you can listen to this story as a story." So far, we have explored many places, and there is no place to support the content of this legend, and there is no trace of it. ”

"Maybe it's just the processing of the oral tradition of southern Yunnan for generations, just like the myths and legends around the world."

Ling Xiaozi and Jiang Xian glanced at each other, after so much, they no longer regard the so-called story as a story.

The so-called groundless wind may not be without cause. Most of the myths and legends in the world are based on reality, based on some historical events, and some associations and speculations.

Although it has been changed beyond recognition, if you combine some archaeological discoveries, sometimes there are unexpected discoveries.

"Professor Zhang told me, your experience is strange, if there is really something that can correspond and help in southern Yunnan, it may really be in the tombplace of the last king of Dian in that legend." Professor Zhao looked at a few people: "And the statue that is very similar to the one you found there is here." ”

He took a step and walked backwards, and in a few steps came to a broken wall, pointing upward.

Jiang Xian's eyes followed the gaze, only to see a strange portrait of a human face on the wall.

Its long eyes squinted to the side, its short nose wrinkled, its long, jagged mouth, the corners of which rose to the lobes of its ears.

The strange arc drawn by the upturned mouth seemed to be laughing at the surroundings, and it seemed to see countless flesh and blood pouring in, revealing a greedy smile.

That's right!

These faces look exactly like the statues in the Shadow Vault!

"Finally, I saw some clues......" Jiang Xian took a deep breath, his heart was slightly excited, the research institute there, the decipherment of the text was not successful, and the information currently had was pitiful.

Now a little trace has been found here, proving that their original judgment was not wrong.

"Professor Zhao, are there any statues around here that are similar to these people's faces? Or how many things have you found in southern Yunnan over the years that resemble this person's face? ”

Professor Zhao shook his head: "No, this kind of face portrait has only been found here, and the rest of the places have not been seen even in the tomb of King Dian." ”

Lin Ruoxue's brows moved slightly, and she said thoughtfully: "Only here?" That means that this statue is closely related to this place, and it is likely to be an extremely important sign. ”

"Why?" Fang Yunye next to him asked, "It is scarce in number, or it may be extremely secluded, and it is not important......

"Because this is Yuxi, it is around Fuxian Lake." Ling Xiaozi stepped forward, blinking his eyes, carefully looking at the rough and cracked broken wall. Under the covered loess, the cyan stones are quite conspicuous, and the lime traces at the connecting places between the stones are still clear, without the slightest sense of breakage.

"The capital of the ancient Dian Kingdom has always had different opinions, among which the public and academic circles are more recognized as Dianchi Lake, that is, Kunming Lake."

"But Fuxian Lake is also one of the alternative answers."

He narrowed his eyes and said thoughtfully: "And you look at this wall, it is built up of huge stones, and in the middle is a piece of mountain rock, do you know what this means?" ”

"What does it represent?" Fang Yunye asked curiously.

"In ancient China, there were two methods used to build walls, one was rammed earth, and the other was brick-clad." Jiang Xian walked over from the side and said: "Among them, the rammed earth method has a long history, and it is also called plate construction technology. ”

"The plate building of 'Fu Shuo is lifted between the plates' in Mencius refers to this wall-building technique, which can be appealed to the Yellow Emperor period according to legend."

"And the brick wrapping is to build it up with bricks and stones on the basis of rammed earth. Generally, the two technologies are combined. Before the Ming Dynasty, there were many fewer brick-clad buildings than rammed earth. ”

Professor Zhao nodded: "That's right, since the Ming Dynasty, there have been more brick-covered buildings. ”

"But the city wall here is neither a single rammed earth, nor a brick covered with bricks, nor a fired brick, but a mined mountain stone." Jiang Xian said slowly: "If I remember correctly, there is no stone quarry around here, and there is no suitable area for mining. ”

"In comparison, firing bricks and stones is much simpler and more labor-saving."

"But the city wall here is a more labor-intensive method." Lin Ruoxue interjected: "Whether this is the capital of the ancient Dian Kingdom or not, it can be seen from the structure of this wall alone that this is definitely an important city of the ancient Dian Kingdom. ”

"That's what we think too." Professor Zhao smiled bitterly: "That's why we will take this village under wrap up and study it carefully." In recent years, although three or three broken walls have been discovered, the archaeological results of the heavy fight have not been produced at all. ”

"It's like there's no such city, and the broken walls just fall here from somewhere else."

He couldn't help but shake his head, and was just about to speak again, but his expression couldn't help but pause, only to see a dusty figure running over quickly: "Teacher, I have found all the information, sorted it out, shall we go to see it now?" ”

Professor Zhao's face was slightly gloomy, and he looked at the surrounding walls again and nodded: "Okay, thank you for your hard work, here Mr. Jiang They just finished reading it, and they just went back to see the information." ”

"That's what I'm supposed to do." Song Feng smiled, came to Jiang Xian and the others, and said enthusiastically: "Mr. Jiang, have you found anything?" ”

"It's not that easy, we're not immortals." Ling Xiaozi raised his eyebrows on the side and said, "If we can see something just one day after we come, wouldn't it mean that the Archaeological Bureau has been working in vain all these years?" Don't underestimate the technical level of your archaeological bureau. ”

Song Feng smiled awkwardly: "No, no, I'm just looking forward to you as a legendary figure who has explored the underground palace of the First Emperor......"

"Legends are also going to be the Basic Law." Jiang Xian patted Song Feng on the shoulder: "Let's go, go and take a look at your information here, maybe you can find something from it." Archaeological exploration is a meticulous job, don't think that you can make a big discovery all at once, this line of work is also about accumulation. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Jiang, I see." Song Feng scratched his head, and took a few people to the office in the village.

Stacks of materials were neatly placed on the table, waiting for a few people to look at them.