The sunny half of the mountainside of Ghost Mountain has basically been cleared up and down. After three days of direct sunlight, it no longer has that eerie feeling, even when you see stone pillars, boulders and skulls on the stone walls.
A large group of archaeological teams landed on Ghost Mountain in helicopters, but when they saw so many skulls and skulls, the photographers accompanying the team couldn't wait to take pictures. Scenes like this are so rare that Ghost Mountain is famous for this reason.
"Xiao Mo, many people have died on this ghost mountain. Not only are there skulls on the stone walls, but there are also real skulls that have not completely decayed in some corners."
Yanagawa Qing called Li Mo and pointed to a corner. It was a skull covered with moss, and there were many small insects crawling in and out.
A soldier came over with a bag, picked up the moss-covered skulls and cremated them uniformly. A lot of remains were discovered when clearing trees and vegetation in the early stage, so a second unit was sent in after the engineering depot to clean up.
"The evil feudal society."
Li Mo could only say this, in that era, human life was like grass.
"Li Mo, the blasting equipment and ventilation equipment are ready. What do you think will be arranged next?"
Shibin came over to report the progress of the work. It was not the first time that he followed Li Mo to discover treasures, so he could just follow Li Mo's arrangements.
"Master, Professor Sima, let's go to the first suspicious cave I found."
A group of people soon came to a huge cave, which was blocked by rocks.
"Looking at the piles of rocks in these caves, they should have been blown up directly with gunpowder."
Shibin studied and made a judgment before saying, and then looked at Li Mo. A group of them were studying a large number of skulls carved on the stone walls on both sides of the cave. As expected, professionals paid completely different attention to each other.
"These pictures are also engraved with a large number of weapons. This is a naked deterrent to killing."
There are also research historians in the casual team, so I was filled with emotion after seeing these stone wall paintings.
After reading the pictures on the stone wall, Li Mo walked to Shibin and asked, "Can these be used for directional blasting?"
"It's possible, but I don't know the structural stability of the mountain. I'm worried that the shock wave caused by the blast will cause other collapses, or accidentally destroy the patterns carved on the two walls at the entrance of the cave. After all, these also represent a period of time. Destruction of history is a great crime, and the best way is to clean it up manually."
"Thank you all for your hard work. Tell your brothers that after the mission is completed, I will take credit from you. In addition, I guess that there may have been a massacre in this cave, so everyone should be careful. "
"Don't worry, we are prepared for these."
Li Mo handed the matter over to Shi Bin, and then continued to study the stone carvings outside with Yanagawa Kei and the others.
"When the treasure excavation work here is completed, this ghost mountain can be developed into a very special tourist attraction." Professor Sima reached out to touch the lines of the skull patterns on the market, "The carved lines are of similar depth, and the craftsmen's The skills are pretty good. If you look closely, there seem to be a variety of techniques in withering."
"If you study it carefully, you can figure out a lot of things just from these stone carving techniques."
A large group of experts were engaged in a lively discussion, and some historians took out some tools to make rubbings of skull patterns of different shapes for preservation.
"Xiao Mo, you have found a few caves like this before. Is this where Wu Sangui's real treasure is hidden?"
Yanagawa Kei pulled him aside and asked softly.
"How do I know? It's already amazing that I can find this place, okay? There may be treasures in the cave, or there may be nothing at all. Master, are you hiding something else from me?"
Yanagawa Kei showed an awkward smile and said: "Magic University has assigned me an assistant professor. Her research direction is mainly Qing history, but Qing history has been studied thoroughly, so if she wants to cross that threshold, she must have a lot of knowledge. A novel academic paper. I think Wu Sangui is a very representative person. If we can discover some historical truths that have never appeared in him, it will definitely be a very good opportunity for her."
Li Mo looked at his master and felt that his expression and tone were strange. Yanagawa Kei didn't know what was going on, so he and Li Mo quickly averted their eyes.
Comrade Lao Liu has a problem.
Some thoughts came to Li Mo's mind, then he shook his head and said, "You asked this too late. I have already arranged for five students to come over. They will arrive tomorrow."
"Can't you be accommodating?"
Yanagawa Kei asked cautiously.
Li Mo's expression changed slightly: "Master, are you hiding something from me?"
"No.
. No, there is nothing I can hide from you. "
"Master, I have been with you since I was a child, and I know your character very well. If something really happens, tell me now, and I can find a way to help you solve it. Don't wait until the matter can no longer be hidden and then expose it. That More serious consequences may occur.”
Yanagawa Kei turned around and looked at the people not far away who were still studying the carvings on the stone wall. Then he pulled him further and whispered: "I was tricked, and now I'm caught."
Li Mo's eyes narrowed and he said solemnly: "Is that the assistant professor?"
Yanagawa Kei nodded: "I drank too much after a dinner party, and I didn't expect to wake up.
. You know that too, she took a lot of photos. She threatened me with those photos. If they were exposed, the reputation of our line would be completely destroyed overnight. "
Li Mo frowned: "Between you.
. "
"I told you, I was tricked, so nothing happened. I asked someone to go to the hotel to adjust the surveillance. She helped me into the room by herself, but came out after only three minutes. , and more importantly, there were two men following her out of that room at the same time."
Li Mo breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the master didn't go out of his way, everything would be easy to handle.
"Do you know who those two men are?"
"I have been threatened by her. How can I find the time to figure out who those two men are these days?"
"Is there any copied surveillance video?"
"Yes, my friend in the police station can get one for me."
"Okay, send me a copy of the surveillance video, and you can notify the assistant professor to come over. In addition, you can find a reason to leave first, and let me handle other matters."
Yanagawa Qing hurriedly sent the video on his phone to Li Mo, and then asked hesitantly: "You won't tell your wife about this, will you?"
Li Mo smiled angrily and said, "Do you think I look like a troublemaker?"
"Anyway, you never calm down." Yanagawa Keidi muttered, and then continued, "This time I suffered a big loss, and I will have a better memory in the future."
Li Mo looked at the video and waved to Chen Xiaojun who was not far away.
"Little uncle."
"Go and find out all the eighteen generations of ancestors of the three people in the video, and find your confidants."
Li Mo's voice was a bit cold, and Chen Xiaojun knew that the three people in the video must have violated his bottom line.
"Uncle Junior, I will arrange for someone to check immediately."
Yanagawa Qing came over after making the call: "Xiao Mo, that person will arrive tomorrow. I'll go back to Kuncheng first and then talk about it."
"Okay, I'll let you know when the matter is settled."
The gravel at the entrance to the cave was processed relatively quickly, and the entrance was opened by almost noon. Under Li Mo's warning, ten people wearing protective clothing entered the cave to explore the way first, while the others stayed outside and waited for news.
About twenty minutes later, Lu Tiancheng walked out of the cave and reported with a solemn expression: "Professor Li, as you guessed, a tragic massacre happened inside. There are a lot of corpses inside. We need to get rid of those corpses first. Then we will carry out comprehensive disinfection and ventilation, and then you can enter for research and archeology, which is expected to be around three o'clock."
Li Mo nodded: "Sorry to trouble everyone, it doesn't matter if we wait a few more hours."
The outside of Ghost Mountain is enough for everyone to spend a long time studying, so I'm not too anxious about entering the cave. After being able to enter the first cave, the second cave will also be cleaned.
Yanagawa Kei said hello to everyone and went out first, and the others didn't pay much attention.
There were many corpses in the cave. A total of fifty-nine corpses were cleared out and transported out one by one by helicopter. More than an hour after the ventilation equipment started running, the air inside was detected to be completely normal.
"Professor Li, there are other entrances and exits found in the cave. Do they need to be opened?"
"need."
The lighting inside had been set up. Li Mo led everyone into the cave, and suddenly there were waves of surprises.
"Professor Sima, what do you think this cave was used for before?"
Sima Haotian looked at the casting tables, furnaces and some hammering tools, thought for a moment and said, "It should be a place similar to a weapons foundry. You see, all the damaged weapons are recycled and recast."
"There are a lot of wooden boxes here."
An archaeological worker walked to a pile of wooden boxes and was about to reach out to open them. When he touched the wooden boxes, he shrank back and looked back at Li Mo and others.
"Open it and see what's inside?"
Li Mo motioned for him to open it directly, and the man carefully opened the wooden box. There were knives neatly placed inside. These knives had no scabbards and had unique shapes.
"Professor Li, I don't have much research on weapons. I don't know what kind of knife this is."
The man looked at the weapons in the wooden box and said a little self-deprecatingly. Li Mo and Sima Haotian walked up to them. He bent down and picked up a knife from the wooden box, looked at it and said, "This is a unique type of knife that was common in the early Qing Dynasty, called a straight-back machete. This is a An official weapon. A typical example is the Kangxi royal sword. The blade has a wider back and a wider back. The blade is flat. The ratio of the handle to the blade is about 3:2. It is held with both hands and has strong breaking power. It is used for infantry combat and as a forward. Battalion Infantry Equipment.”
Sima Haotian opened another wooden box, which contained the same standard sword. When the third box was opened, the shape of the sword inside had changed. It was a lancet with a scabbard. The sword was pulled out, and the surface of the blade was coated with a special grease. It was probably because it had been sealed for so many years, but the blade still shone coldly and was extremely sharp.
"Good knife."
Li Mo took a closer look at the scabbard and handle. There were patterns of peonies, sunflowers and other grass leaves, as well as the shape of Suanni auspicious animals. The back of the blade was decorated with bamboo knots and Bagua patterns, and the blood grooves also had many changes. These swords are very beautifully forged, exquisitely crafted, and decorated with extraordinary decoration.
"Professor Li, let's start counting the weapons here one by one. It seems that these swords have no blood. They will definitely attract attention when placed in the museum in the future."
Sima Haotian looked at the time and saw that he could still do a lot of work before dark. Li Mo nodded. In addition to the straight-backed machetes and lancets he had already seen, there were waist knives and wild goose feather knives in other wooden boxes. These knife types are actually relatively common among the people.
In the early Qing Dynasty, the types of official swords were not very rich. In the future, there will be Shun Dao, Wo Dao, Zha Dao, Zhanma Dao, etc., which are unified standard war knives.
Of course, among these stacked wooden boxes, there are ten boxes storing firearms and long guns, which are proper antique guns. Now that thing is either kept at home for collection, or it can only be handed over to the authorities for disposal.
Wooden Box Chinese weapons are all good and perfectly cast. The weapons scattered on the ground were either damaged or severely rusted, and had basically no combat effectiveness or lethality.
When there are many people, things can be done quickly and in an orderly manner. Several people form a small team to unpack, inspect, register, pack, etc., and then hand it over to the soldiers to carry it out and load it into a helicopter, and then transport it to a temporary barracks outside the mountain for guarding.
"Wu Sangui must have been very ambitious at that time to build a secret base in this inhospitable place. Since there is a military foundry here, I guess there must be other types of workshops. The main purpose is to carry out some operations secretly. Preparation for storing supplies. Perhaps he also wanted to guard against Emperor Kangxi who was far away in Kyoto, so that even if something major happened, he would have a way out, and he might stand up again in the future."
Sima Haotian was counting the weapons and analyzing them. This was close to Li Mo's previous thoughts.
"Those things are too far away from us. At that time, no one knew why Wu Sangui left this hand behind. Unless we can find a book with written records somewhere in this ghost mountain, we can only rely on ourselves to guess."
Li Mo looked at the dozens of boxes of weapons, and after they were all cleared out, he collected and studied some other casting tools in the cave.
"Professor Li, if you collect these weapons and put them in a museum in the future, you can create an independent museum of Qing swords."
"I would like to, but I will basically never build another museum."
Li Mo sighed a little.
Professor Sima turned to look at him and asked in surprise: "Why won't it be built again?"
"There is no land in the Yanjiao area for me to build a museum. So many antiques I brought back from Europe are now stored in an underground treasure house. And the treasure house is almost full, and I am very worried now. I am worried about Wu Sangui's treasure. After they are all shipped out, there is not even a place to store the treasures. Don’t mention it, I will shed tears if I talk about it too much.”
