"In ancient times, this kind of utensil was used to hold or scoop water, that is, a long water scoop with a flowing water mouth, and the shape of this bronze artifact is basically like this.

Not only is it oval-shaped, it also has a lid on it, and the mouth is not completely covered, as if it has an open mouth, the only difference is at the tail end and the bottom.

There is no 鋬 (pàn), that is, a handle, at the end of the end, of course, this volume is certainly not used to scoop water, and it is normal to have no handle. It also has no four legs, a flat bottom, and is in direct contact with the stone platform, so it can only be said that this thing looks a little like a bronze one.

The large bronze was not lying horizontally, but with the spout facing the support, which was also the area of the stone jar in front of it.

Lao Li and the others carefully checked the lid on the bronze artifact and found that the lid had a very special shape somewhere.

The lid fits the bronze body very well, and it is also oval, without a bulge and very flat, and in the middle position, it is connected to a uniquely shaped object.

Lao Li and the others took a closer look and found that it was actually a small bronze hand. I remember very clearly, Lao Li said, this bronze hand is lifelike, exactly the same as a real person's hand. The palm of the hand is open forward, and the five fingers are slightly bent, and I don't know ...... What does it mean......... Hiss...... Hmmm......"

"Director Wu? What's wrong with you? ”

How can this be explained? I remember very well that Lao Li said so on the phone at the time, but ...... Later, when I went to that place after the accident, I didn't see it like this. ”

"Oh? What do you see? ”

"Hmm...... The shape of that bronze hand is different from what Lao Li said. I saw that the bronze hand, it was in the shape of a fist, it was clenched into a fist, not open, and this was the strangest thing I felt. ”

"Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

"I'm sure I'm not mistaken. Lao Li said on the phone that the bronze hand was open, because it is very rare for the hand-shaped bronze style to appear on the bronze, so I remember it very clearly.

But then I thought about this problem, the bronze artifact can't easily change its form, maybe that bronze hand has some kind of mechanism or something like a spring, and it is also possible that Lao Li accidentally touched it and changed its appearance in the process of dismantling and repairing.

Although my speculation cannot be confirmed for the time being, it can only be explained in this way. ”

"No one has touched anything over there since the accident, right?"

"No, for a lot of reasons, I'll say it finally."

"Okay, you go ahead."

"Uh...... Where did I go? Oh, the hand-shaped artifact on the lid is so special, Lao Li and the others decided to study the role of the hand-shaped artifact after figuring out this bronze artifact.

To find out what exactly this bronze is for, you have to open the lid on it and see what will be inside.

However, the lid could not be opened. At this time, Professor Zhang found that the gap between the lid and the bronze body had been seriously oxidized, and many places had rusted and stuck together, so they could not be opened.

Lao Li looked at the situation, it required special treatment to open, and this process would take some time, so they decided to put this work aside for a while and go to check another bronze artifact.

This thing is in front of the big bronze, the shape of the vessel is special, not very high, plus some accessory connections, it is almost 165 cm high, and the position of the left and right protrusions, the widest part is about 60 cm.

It has three legs at the bottom, and the middle trunk is an arm-thick tube, and at the top of the tube, there is a fist-sized human head with a hideous face.

Lao Li said that he was surprised by the appearance of a human head again, but the human head was not a skeleton.

The human head is with a large mouth and protruding eyes, and a two-finger-thick tube runs through the mouth and the back of the head, which is very scary to look at.

The horizontal tube was 35 centimeters long, and at one end was a small bowl-like utensil with a layer of dry black inside; The other end supports a ring with a small bronze mirror that can be flipped inside.

At first, Lao Li didn't know that it was a bronze mirror, because the mirror was facing the side of the stone jar array, but then they turned to the side and found that it was a mirror.

There is something special about this bronze mirror, the mirror seems to have used some special process, although there is a thick layer of dust, but it is not rusty.

Lao Li and the others couldn't guess what it was used for, but Professor Zhang thought that this thing must be related to the big bronze ware, and it might be something complementary to each other, otherwise it would not be possible to put it so close.

There are only these two artifacts on this stone platform, so their next task is to remove the lid from the large bronze vessel and see what is inside, whether there are human bones.

In order not to damage the cultural relics, Lao Li and the others used professional means to take off the lid before twelve o'clock at night.

Just as they were dealing with the rusty skin little by little, there was a terrifying scream from the side of the stone jar array.

This cry was particularly clear in the empty cave hall, and at that time, Lao Li and the others immediately realized that something must have happened to the person who had stayed there to clean the inside of the stone jar.

They hurriedly put down the work at hand, and all rushed to the screams, and when they reached the stone jar array, they saw several people dragging a person out of the stone jar.

Lao Li hurriedly asked what happened and who fell in, and Lao Wang said that it was the intern named Liu Wei who fell in.

Everyone was busy just now, and they didn't pay attention to what happened to Liu Wei, so they heard him scream, and then the person fell into the stone jar.

At this time, the person had already been taken out of the stone jar and placed it flat on the ground, Lao Li stepped forward to take a look, isn't this the intern who said before that he saw a black shadow flashing in the bronze mirror.

The young man had some sticky things on his clothes, but in fact it was corpse oil, his face was pale, his eyes were closed, there were some scratches on his forehead, and there were some white foam hanging from the corners of his mouth, which were all flowing into his ears.

Lao Li thought to himself, how could this fall in? But after thinking about it, novices will inevitably make some reckless mistakes, and they may accidentally fall into it, but there is white foam on the side of the mouth, don't be young and have any illness.

He touched Liu Wei's carotid artery, and it beat quite firmly and powerfully, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

He opened his mouth again, fearing that the young man would have epilepsy or something, but found that he had not bitten his tongue.

He wondered if it was poisoned again, so he hurriedly took off Liu Wei's sticky clothes and threw them aside, but the color of Liu Wei's skin and lips was not abnormal.

Then Lao Li used the soil method to pinch people, but he didn't expect this trick to work, and after pinching it several times, Liu Wei woke up.

After the young man woke up, Lao Li helped him to sit up, and let him lean on the edge of the stone jar, and then asked him, what hurt on his body? It's not serious, but after asking for a long time, this person didn't say a word.

Lao Li suddenly felt that something was not right, this little young breath was stable, but his eyes were very dull, and he didn't know where to look with his eyes half-open.

There was limited light around, so he asked people to bring the emergency lights closer, and everyone present was shocked by this light.

This little young eye did not have the whites of the eyes, the whole eyes were black, and the pale face was very frightening, and in that environment, it looked indescribably weird.

Everyone was a little panicked, and they didn't know what was going on for a while. At this time, Professor Zhang reminded Lao Li and said that he should still be poisoned, because some of the symptoms of poisoning will have dilated pupils and dilated pupils, and consciousness will not respond to external stimuli.

Lao Li felt that Professor Zhang was right, but the current conditions were limited, and people still needed to be sent out for medical treatment as soon as possible.

Lao Li and two interns carried Liu Wei to the ground overnight. This young man is like a living dead, and he doesn't react no matter how he tries it. After they went up, it was already early in the morning, and Liu Wei was sent to the hospital, and it was dawn.

The doctor did a simple examination and said that Liu Wei was not in serious health, but he seemed to have a mental problem, and wondered if he had been overly frightened by some stimulus.

Lao Li pondered, this kid was stunned and mistaken before, don't be a psychological hint that he is timid and afraid to scare himself like this.

The doctor temporarily prescribed some calming medicine to let Liu Wei rest and rest, and then go to sleep and make observations.

Lao Li settled Liu Wei and left an intern to guard the hospital, and then he called me.

In terms of time, he didn't have time to write a report, so he gave me a detailed report on the phone directly, which is what I said above.

After he finished reporting on the phone, he was worried about the excavation work over there, and he was going to rush back, so I asked him to pay attention to his body and make sure that everyone was safe.

But no one thought that something would happen to this parting.

According to the usual practice, Lao Li needs to report the progress of the work to me every day, but because of their special geographical location, they can only call the next morning at the latest.

But it was noon, and I didn't get a single phone call. I was faintly uneasy in my heart, but I didn't think about the bad side, on the one hand, I felt that Lao Li and they might have delayed some time at work, and they would call later; On the other hand, I feel that there are a lot of people sent down this time, and if something really happens, someone should have informed me earlier. ”

"Smack~" tape is over again. The direction of the content seemed to indicate that something was about to happen, Qin Ding's heart beat violently, and he put the third tape into the tape recorder.

"But by five o'clock in the afternoon, I had finished arranging the excavation plan for a site, and Lao Li hadn't called me yet.

That's when I felt something was wrong. Since this excavation is deep underground, there is no condition to achieve wireless or wired communication, so I had to quickly contact the people at the construction site of the tunnel bureau and ask them to help go down and have a look.

After an hour and a half, the phone came back and said that something had happened down there, and everyone was unconscious for unknown reasons.

I was so nervous that I didn't ask for details, and quickly asked them to take people to the hospital first, and only later did I know that the people from the Tunnel Bureau didn't know how many people we had sent, and the scene was chaotic, so they thought that those fainting people were all the people we sent.

When I arrived at the hospital, I found that the number was wrong, in addition to the intern named Liu Wei and the intern who took care of him, there should be twelve people, but there were only 7 people brought up by the tunnel bureau, and Dr. Qin, Professor Zhang and Lao Li were not among them.

This is a very serious situation. I hurriedly went to ask the staff of the tunnel bureau who rescued the tunnel, and they said that when they got there, they didn't see anyone, the place was very large, and although there were several emergency lights on, it was still very dark.

They searched where there was a lamp, and found something black on the ground, and these men were lying next to them.

They hurried over to check and found that the men were not injured, but they could not wake up.

They thought there was a poisonous gas that could make people unconscious, and they were nervous for a long time, but in the end nothing unusual happened.

Then they found that there was also a light not far away, and when they went to search, there was only a strange stone platform and some equipment piled up on the ground, and there was no one.

They also searched near the underground river behind, but found nothing. ”