In the southwest of Huaxia, the province of Caiyun, Erhu City.

Since ancient times, Erhu City has been a place full of mysteries. There are 8 major races of different faiths here, and they have created their own kingdoms and national totems in history. On the opposite side of Erhu Lake, is the famous Cangshan Mountain in China, the mountain peak is majestic, and the ridge goes to the south peak. Under Cangshan Mountain, there is Chongshang Temple, which guards a lake and a mountain with three pagodas that are as white as jade.

Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a bloodthirsty water monster living in Erhu Lake, which often went ashore to make trouble, preyed on livestock, and devoured human beings, disturbing the peace of a few nearby races. During the Tang Dynasty, a monk from the Central Plains passed by here, encountered a water monster and made trouble, so he cast a spell to fight with the water monster, the water monster was invincible, and retreated to Erhu Lake, in order to wait for the monk to leave and then rejuvenate the wind and rain. The monks did not want the races around Erhu Lake to be bullied again, so they sat quietly on the Cangshang for three months, watched the trend of Erhu Lake in Cangshan Mountain, selected the vein point of mountains and rivers under Cangshan, called on all kinds of ethnic groups to build civil engineering, build Buddhist temples, and set up three towers to suppress the water veins and seal the path of the water monster ashore. After the completion of the Buddhist temple, the monk said goodbye to everyone, entered the Erhu Lake, tried his last strength to kill the lake monster, and he himself has been sleeping under the water since then. In order to mourn this high monk, the people of the surrounding ethnic groups named the temple as Chongshang Temple, which is a common holy place for all ethnic groups and has been worshiped for a long time.

Twenty miles away on the southwest shore of Erhu Lake, there is a small town called Bishuiwan on the south bank of Cangshan, and the north of the town is a gently uplifted hillside, which is closely connected with Cangshan. In the middle of the gentle slope there is a natural forest field that connects to the foot of the mountain from the mountainside, occupying almost all of the slope. On the morning of this day, there was a loud rumbling sound in the middle of the hillside, which spread for miles, startling the birds in the forest to flutter their wings and fly high. The villagers who were working in the distance felt the ground tremble from afar, and they raised their heads to look in the direction of the hillside, and the residents of the entire Bishuiwan Town were alarmed.

Located in the north of Bishuiwan Town, there is a Penglai teahouse near the mountain forest, at this time there are a few tables of guests sitting sparsely in the hall on the second floor, and the teahouse guys shuttle between the tables and chairs from time to time, add tea and pour water to the guests, and send snacks. At this time, a loud noise came, and the whole teahouse trembled slightly, and the water rippled in the teacup containing water on the table, sending out circular ripples from the outside to the inside, and the tables and chairs also made a squeaky sound.

"It's started again, it's the third day, and this archaeological team won't stop!" came from one of the tables complaining, following the reputation, it was a man dressed as a Bai tribe, about forty years old.

"yes, every day starts at noon, and they don't know what they're looking for...... " another member of the same clan at the same table chimed in.

"Let's not say a word, many people are running to see the excitement now, the teahouse is not usually so deserted at this time, aren't you two interested?" the third man interjected.

"I'm interested, but it's heavily guarded over there, and the separation line is almost drawn to the foot of the mountain, so I can't see anything when I go, so it's better to have tea here, and someone will bring the news back in the afternoon." ”

"I'm too lazy to go, there is news coming out here every day, yesterday I heard that the first layer of the tomb door has been opened, look at the progress today should be able to get to the main tomb, listen to the old man Li in the north of the street said, this time the discovery is likely to be the ancient tomb of Nanzhaoguo, look at the specifications are not small, maybe it is the tomb of which prince and noble......"

After chatting a few more words, the three of them began to change the topic again, chatting about some parents.

At the northeast corner of the teahouse, at a table by the window near Bishuiwan Street, a man sits. is about twenty years old, with dry short hair, his appearance is not handsome, but he is also attractive, and his two sword eyebrows are stretched, which is quite heroic. Dressed casually, with a pair of sunglasses on the right hand side and a backpack on a stool next to him, he looks like a backpacker visiting Erhu City.

In front of the man was a pot of Pu'er tea, surrounded by four small white porcelain cups, and he was holding a cup of tea in his left hand, drinking quietly, seemingly unconcerned about the conversation taking place in the teahouse, and his eyes skimmed the street next to him from time to time to look at the place where the loud noise occurred on the hillside.

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At the foot of the natural forest farm, the small square in the north of the street, which is usually deserted, is now full of nearby residents, a long separation line almost encloses the woods, and heavily armed armed police guard the entrances and exits to prevent curious people from breaking into the warning area.

At this time, a rapid car horn came from the street in the distance, from far and near, and a few minutes later, a military jeep stopped in the small square north of the street. The door opened, and two men and one woman got out of the car, the women were dressed casually, with short ear-length hair and a small black bag on their backs, and the two men were dressed in green uniforms, wearing military hats, and their bodies were tall.

After the woman got out of the car, her eyes crossed the lively crowd and looked at the natural forest farm, her eyebrows slightly furrowed. Thinking of the temperament of the old man at home, if he didn't encounter a tricky problem, he wouldn't easily ask himself for help, it seems that this tomb is a bit of an article.

At this time, two men came behind him, one left and one right, sandwiched the woman in the middle, and pushed away the crowd to see the excitement and came to the separation line. One of the men took out a green ID card, showed it in front of the armed police in the quarantine area, and was immediately released into the quarantine area.

The trio walked slowly along the winding mountain road, stopping and stopping, and from time to time there were people in charge of guarding to check their documents along the way. After three rounds of inspections, we finally came to an open and wide area.

The natural trees have been cleared to make way for two basketball courts. In the center of the clearing is an excavated pit of 30 square meters, excavated in three layers, next to which a makeshift wooden scaffolding is erected, and occasionally some earth is brought out from below. Three tents were temporarily erected around the open space, and some staff wearing white overalls came in and out, and the sound of various instruments working was heard from time to time in the tents.

After looking around, the woman looked at one of the middle-aged men who was on the edge of the dirt pit, and walked forward under the guidance of two men in military uniforms.

"Report to the chief, Professor Lin of the Department of Archaeology of Yenching University!" one of the men stopped about three feet away from the middle-aged man and gave a military salute.

The middle-aged man turned his head, looked at the woman in front of him, and smiled slightly. "Xiaoya, you finally came, I haven't seen you for two years, and you're getting more and more beautiful, why don't you call me uncle when you see me?"

The woman was slightly stunned and said, "Uncle Li is good." ”

"You little girl is still the same, the same temper as your old man......" The middle-aged man shook his head and smiled.

"Uncle Li, this time I received an urgent notice from the military, asking to come and participate in the work, I don't know what the situation is now?" The woman didn't care, looked at the dirt pit in front of her, and continued to ask.

"Now the situation is not clear for a while, if you guess well, this time the ancient tomb should be the tomb of King Nanzhao, judging from the current excavation progress, the main tomb should be opened this afternoon. The specific situation, when you enter the tomb, you will know when you see your father. ”

"Alright then, I want to get to work now. The woman said.

"Okay, I wanted you to take a break first, since you insist, it's okay to go down now, but you must pay attention to safety, otherwise I won't be able to explain to Lao Lin. The middle-aged man pondered for a while and spoke. "Instructor Xu, please go over with Professor Lin, and you must be responsible for her life safety. ”

"Yes, Chief. One of the men replied with a salute.

So, under the watchful eye of the middle-aged man, a man and a woman prepared simple clothes and walked along the makeshift scaffolding towards the dirt pit.