The clear stream flows, splashing thousands of waves on the rocks at the foot of the mountain.
Under the scorching sun, there were seven or eight figures in the cool stream, searching for something in the rushing water.
Except for the two girls, the remaining six figures all had old faces and gray hair.
But at this time, they stood in the knee-high stream, but they did not show any signs of fatigue. The rapid stream did not have any impact on them. The six white-haired old men rolled up their trouser legs and carefully searched everything on the river bed. , the old cheeks almost touched the water, for fear of overlooking any details!
I don’t know how long it took, but one of the old men was suddenly stunned. He quickly grabbed an object from the stream and stood up. After identifying it for a while, he burst out laughing!
"Hahaha! Found it!"
"I found a fragment!"
The old man laughed excitedly, and everyone hurriedly looked around and found a piece of palm-sized fragment in his hand.
It is about one centimeter thick, irregular in shape, and covered with a dull red color. There are many black and white outline patterns in it, with a slight curvature, like a broken tile.
Seeing the fragments in the old man's hand, everyone was suddenly surprised!
"It actually does exist!"
"There is another fragment!"
"Hahahaha! It's really not in vain!"
Everyone was excited and excited, even the two girls had bright eyes!
That's right!
These old men are none other than others!
It was the many archaeologists who came to search in the Qilian Mountains!
Ever since he discovered the clay basin base here, Ye Qingyao immediately told all the remaining people what he had discovered here!
"You discovered the ruins?!"
"A colorful ceramic cellar basin base from the Qin Dynasty?"
"It hasn't even faded away from the erosion of the river yet?"
After hearing the news about Ye Qingyao, many archaeologists were stunned for a moment, and then followed the location display on the radio with some doubts and arrived at Ye Qingyao's location.
However, when they saw the base of the pottery cellar basin that Ye Qingyao was holding, they were all shocked!
"Actually. It really does exist!!"
Seeing this scene, a group of old archaeologists were extremely excited!
They have been searching in this barren mountain for two full months, and almost all their passion has been exhausted!
Now, only six old men including Ye Qingyao, Chu Yi, and old man Li Yunshan are left in the former search team!
The remaining people had all gone home during this period!
Even among the group of people who were tracking down the Ding Qin Sword and the Alchemy Altar in museums across the country, only a few people like old man Lu Changling were still persisting!
Now, looking at the clay cellar basin base in Ye Qingyao's hand is like a powerful shot in the arm, rekindling their hope!
Without hesitation, they started searching upwards along the stream!
as expected!
This discovery did not disappoint them!
After just searching the river bed for less than half an hour, they found several broken ancient cultural relics!
Most of these cultural relics are fragments of clay utensils, and they are different. Some are fragments of pottery bowls, some are fragments of pottery pots, and some are some unknown pottery.
But without exception, they all have dark red as the base, black and white as the outline, and the patterns are complex and magnificent. Even if they are dimmed and washed away by the years, they still show their former momentum!
Especially the recently discovered fragment, which has a black black bird engraved on it!
And near the black black bird, there is a small ancient character written on it!
"Qin!"
The people standing here are all famous archaeologists from ancient Xianyang and even Shaan'an. How could they not recognize this word?
Everyone has bright eyes!
"Qin! The ruins here really belong to the Qin Dynasty!"
Although they had previously guessed that the ruins here might be related to the Qin Dynasty through the clay, textures, and sketched patterns and portraits, when they actually saw the words on it, they were still extremely excited!
"Maybe there really is a ruin here!"
"The records in unofficial histories are not necessarily false!"
"All these clay objects were found in the river, which means that the stream probably came from the ruins. Going up the stream, you will definitely find more things!"
"That's right! Although the colors on these clay objects are blurred and dim, they have not faded away. This means that they may have been broken not long ago, no more than two years at most!"
"Awesome! If it had come a few years later, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to tell the difference even if I saw it!"
"Hahaha! Qingyao, you are really the mascot of our team! Lao Li, you have a good granddaughter!"
Many old archaeologists were talking excitedly, and Old Man Li Yunshan was obviously very happy that his granddaughter was praised in this way, but in the end he still kept a straight face and forcefully said: "Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and get there!"
"Hahaha! Let's go!!"
Hot summer!
The scorching wind blew in the jungle, and the harsh and irritable chirping of cicadas echoed on both sides of the stream. However, the many archaeologists who had found a trace at this time were no longer irritated at all.
They stood in the rushing river, carefully swam upstream, and carefully observed everything in the river bed, for fear of missing any details!
“There will definitely be”
"There will definitely be one!"
Many old archaeologists were muttering silently, and while walking in the rushing river, fine beads of sweat had already appeared on their foreheads.
A group of people came up in the mud.
The surrounding jungle is green,
Summer is hot.
Along the way, Li Yunshan, Ye Qingyao and others once again found several fragments in the stream. Although these fragments were not large, they particularly inspired everyone's confidence to continue moving forward!
All the way back.
I don’t know how long this situation lasted. Everyone walked from noon to night, and then rested for a period of time before moving on the next day.
After trudging on this river for two full days, everyone suddenly discovered that the originally fast-flowing river began to become calmer at some point!
Not only that, the river water, which was slightly hot under the scorching sun, gradually became cooler!
Then this coolness gradually turned into ice coldness, which was particularly abrupt in the hot summer.
How is this going?
Why is this happening?
Everyone was a little surprised.
The jungles on both sides seemed to be getting taller, with scattered branches covering the sky and the sun. From time to time, hares and wild boars were running in the jungle, making rustling sounds.
Not only that, but the chirping of birds and cicadas seemed to have diminished, and the surrounding jungle seemed to have suddenly become silent.
Feeling the increasingly weird atmosphere, everyone frowned.
But in the end, they did not stop, but continued to move forward.
The silent jungle is shrouded in dark shadows.
The cold stream is biting.
After walking here for who knows how long, a dark rock crack suddenly appeared in front of everyone.
Looking at the crack in the rock, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then their pupils shrank!
Because they were walking in front of the stream.
It's an underground river!
"An underground river?"
Seeing this, everyone finally understood why the previous stream was so cold. This was actually water flowing from an underground river!
"To be precise, it should be flowing from a crack in a mountain range. It is not the purest underground river."
Looking at the huge mountain crack that was as high as two people, old man Li Yunshan spoke in a deep voice.
"What should I do? Do you want to go in?"
After hearing this, everyone hesitated.
There is no doubt that places like underground rivers have always been extremely dangerous, and the many geographical factors that constitute them have led to instability here.
Various undercurrents, pits, rocks
In the dark mountains, various dangers may occur if you are not careful!
Although the underground river in front of us is not the most dangerous, but evolved from the fissures in the mountains, it is still equally dangerous!
Logically speaking, it is the safest way for everyone to stop now and wait for professionals to come in!
But now this place is located deep in a dense forest. If you want to call someone here, it will take at least a week or so!
And even if they come, if they are not a professional archaeological team, they will still find something!
After all, antiques and cultural relics have been buried underground for too many years, especially things like clay relics. Not every one of them has a color. Even if people who don’t understand see it, they may regard it as an ordinary stone!
And when it comes to exploring cultural relics, professionals are not as good as professional archaeologists after all!
Everyone looked at each other, but finally gritted their teeth!
"I've been looking here for more than two months. How can I not go and take a look?"
"Qingyao, you and Xiaochu stay here to make a call and ask the relevant departments to send someone to assist," an old archeology professor said in a deep voice, "We old men will go take a look!"
Hearing this, Ye Qingyao and Chu Yi were stunned for a moment, and then when they wanted to object, old man Li Yunshan waved his hand to stop them.
"Don't worry, although we old men are old, our bodies are not weak."
"I've been going to the mountains and the sea all year round. Where haven't I seen it? I've seen places like these underground rivers and fissures a few times."
"Although you two are young, you still have no experience. It will not be good if you continue to follow."
Ye Qingyao and Chu Yi opened their mouths, but in the end they looked at the firm eyes of several old people and could only nod their heads and spoke worriedly.
"Be careful!"
The elders Li Yunshan nodded, took the necessary equipment and flashlights, and carefully walked into the underground river formed by the cracks in the mountain.
The river is silent.
Perhaps it is not because of the purely underground river. Although the river in the mountain is dark, it is not too narrow, but rather spacious.
There are traces of corrosion on both sides, and there are signs of massive water erosion.
The entire river was extremely dark and extremely humid. The cold river water flowed on the hard rocks, and the potholes were filled with puddles and raised rocks.
"Be careful."
"Be careful."
Several old archaeologists walked cautiously among them. In this dangerous area, their rich archaeological field experience came in huge use.
In the dark and twisted river, it was extremely closed, and the six of them could not straighten up. In some twisted places, they could only lie on the ground and sink half of their bodies into the water, so that they could barely get through.
After walking through the river, a dark bottomless fissure unexpectedly appeared in front of him. Old man Li Yunshan who was walking in the front almost missed his step and fell. Thanks to the quick eyesight and quick hands of the old archaeologist behind him, he caught him. !
"It's so dangerous."
After arriving here, old man Li Yunshan and others were already a little scared.
This underground river is so complicated that even a group of old people like them, who have been doing field archeology for half their lives and are almost full-level explorers, almost fell into it.
After some discussion, everyone planned to go forward a certain distance. If they didn't find anything, they would retreat.
Move forward cautiously.
Along the way, everyone looked around, but found nothing except a few fragments of clay objects.
Just keep going.
I don’t know how long it took, but the stream in front of me suddenly began to weaken.
Moreover, the originally narrow road began to become wider at some point.
"Um?"
An old archaeologist frowned because he discovered that air currents were gradually surging in the underground river. It was obvious that wind was blowing in from somewhere.
And on both sides of these rocks, old man Li Yunshan actually discovered a stretch of moss!
These moss are continuous together and spread far away. It seems to be many years old at a glance.
This discovery made several people breathe a sigh of relief, because it showed that the place was at least relatively strong and would not collapse at any time.
keep going.
However, not long after they left, an old archaeologist in the team suddenly frowned, turned on the searchlight, and came to a wall, frowning.
"What's wrong?" asked another old archaeologist.
"There seems to be something wrong with this mountain." The archaeologist frowned: "And you didn't notice that it is too flat compared to the underground river channel we walked through before? And it is also too spacious."
Everyone was stunned, looked at each other, and then frowned.
Indeed.
The underground river they walked through earlier was curved and broken, completely shapeless. There were protruding stones and sharp gravel everywhere, like ruins. At first glance, it was formed by the fracture of the mountain.
If it weren't for the guidance of the underground river, they wouldn't even be able to find the accurate way forward.
but now.
Everyone looked around and found that although the underground river they were in was still rough, it was much better than before.
After watching for a while, old man Li Yunshan narrowed his eyes.
"It seems that this place was not originally an underground river, but more like an artificially dug road!"
the way?
Everyone's pupils shrank and they looked around hurriedly.
As expected, it didn't take long for everyone to find traces of excavation all around!
It was under a thick patch of moss. The rocks were abnormally fractured, with large irregular jagged fractures.
"keep going!"
Seeing all this, everyone's morale was immediately boosted!
What does this mean?
They may not be far from the ruins recorded in unofficial history!
The six people looked at each other and hurriedly moved on!
However, they have not yet gone far
"Um?"
An old archaeologist who was walking at the end of the team suddenly frowned. As he walked, he suddenly came to the corner next to him and squatted down and started to pull.
After a moment, the old archaeologist's pupils suddenly shrank and he suddenly screamed!
"This is."
"Lao Li! Lao Wang! Come on, come and see! What is this!"
Many archaeologists were stunned and hurriedly ran over with flashlights.
"What happened? What did you find? What is this?!"
Before he finished speaking, old man Li Yunshan was stunned!
Because in the hands of the old archaeologist, there was nothing else but a piece of black jade!
This jade is quite neat, about the size of two palms. From the gap, it seems to be a broken fragment, just like the previous clay fragments.
But compared to the previous clay fragments, this black jade is obviously much finer!
The fine lines are carved on it, which looks particularly exquisite. Although it is broken and broken, it has a warm feeling. Just at a glance, it has a colorful ancient meaning!
"A piece of broken jade?!
"There is such jade here!"
Many archaeologists were extremely surprised and came forward one after another!
In the dazzling flashlight light, the black jade is as dazzling as obsidian. Even people who are not professional archaeologists can clearly know that this jade is definitely worth a lot of money!
And the most important thing is that on the back of this broken jade, there are still a few lines of colorful small characters vaguely carved!
There is a written record! !
The six old archaeologists were extremely surprised. Without saying a word, they endured the excitement in their hearts and hurriedly watched!
[The first year of the Qin Dynasty]
[A hundred schools of thought contended, and the seven kingdoms competed for hegemony. Since the death of the previous king, King Zhaoxiang, the Great Qin Dynasty has lost two kings one after another. The fortune and celestial phenomena have declined terribly. If things go on like this, it will be a period of great chaos. 】
Seeing this, the eyes of many archaeologists suddenly lit up!
A hundred schools of thought contend!
Qi Kingdom fights for hegemony!
Queen Zhuang Xiang lost two kings one after another
And it’s still the first year of King Qin’s calendar!
This, isn't this a record of what happened when Ying Zheng came to the throne!
Actually
Saw it on this jade slip! !
But what is this so-called fortune celestial phenomenon?
The archaeologists were puzzled, but did not pay attention. They speculated that it was some kind of name for the national destiny in the Qin Dynasty.
Then he suppressed the excitement in his heart and continued to watch.
[At this critical moment, the eldest son of the Qin Dynasty, Zizheng, was appointed king of Qin. 】
[Before he came to the throne, there were people from hundreds of schools of thought who looked at the heavens and predicted the fortunes. They falsely claimed that the Qin Dynasty would be in chaos, that its fortunes would decline, that the sky would fall into dust, and that the heavenly phenomena would be weak and vague, like two tigers fighting each other. 】
Seeing this, the six old archaeologists nodded repeatedly, their eyes shining!
as expected!
This is the jade inscription that records the time when King Qin came to the throne!
I didn’t expect to see it here!
Everyone was excited and hurriedly continued reading.
However, when old man Li Yunshan continued to read the words behind the jade stone, he was suddenly stunned.
because
[However, on the day Qin Wangzheng came to the throne, he caused an unparalleled appearance! 】
[There is a strong wind and hundreds of birds are falling from the sky! 】
[The king of Qin said that the vastness is shaking, all spirits are coming to the mountains, millions of beasts are rushing like rivers, and dust is swirling in the sky, worshiping the king! 】
[There are six countries who are kowtowing, and all the disciples are kneeling, and the celestial images are like pillars, rising up to the sky, and the power of their power shakes the sky and moves the court! 】
Um? ?
Looking at these records, the six old archaeologists were stunned.
Were the ancients so capable?
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