"What should we do now?" Qi Xiaohei asked.

Jin Abacus thought for a while and said: "If we take this place as the center, there should be many altars in the nearby mountains. I need to find them all to see if this is a method of sealing the dragon, so that I can prescribe the right medicine."

Ye Bai nodded and said nothing. Now he was observing the tomb map displayed by the system.

The ancient She Kingdom sacrificial tomb is one of the few large-scale sacrificial tombs he has ever seen. It is buried thousands of meters underground, and the tomb passage is wide and long. It is initially judged that it is an underground natural cave, which was later used by the She Kingdom. Of course, the possibility of artificial construction is not ruled out.

, but the amount of construction is too large.

The location of the crystal treasure chest is high underground. Ye Bai estimates that this is the location of the Qinling Sacred Tree, but the system cannot display the Sacred Tree.

However, judging from this height, the Qinling Sacred Tree is at least close to a thousand meters.

Bronze craftsmanship and unique carving techniques. I really don’t know how such an amazing bronze creation was forged in the distant smelting era.

After the three returned to the camp, Jin Abacus roughly drew a map of the nearby mountains, and assigned tasks to the Qinglong and White Tiger teams, working in pairs to find nearby ancient sacrificial sites with the same dragon veins sealed.

And Ye Bai was going to go to the entrance of the tomb alone to explore.

Originally, Ye Bai wanted to take Qi Xiaohei there, but Ye Bai still knew the skills of his master. Even if he practiced the Zixia magic skill, he was still a scumbag and needed someone to protect him.

Moreover, there is a mysterious Qijia Village nearby, so it would be better for Qi Xiaohei to follow Jin Abacus.

The entrance to the ancient She Kingdom Sacrificial Tomb is still quite a long way from here. Seeing that it was already evening, Ye Bai set off early on his way.

After crossing two mountains, Ye Bai stopped in a lush valley.

There is smoke rising from the bonfire ahead, as well as the laughter and laughter of people talking.

I saw a dozen men and women sitting together in front of a bonfire, singing trendy songs such as "Military and Civilian Big Generation".

After the song was sung, everyone shared some solid food.

"Teacher Chen, do you think we can find Queen Dou's tomb this time?" asked a girl in college student clothes from the crowd.

"Haha, your teacher Chen has long been confident. You can tell by looking at the expression on his face."

The person called Teacher Chen is a middle-aged man with an elegant appearance, wearing a brown Chinese tunic suit, and is the teacher in charge of this archaeological operation.

"There is nothing confident about archaeology. Our country has just been established and various systems are not perfect. Excavation and protection of ancient tombs is a very challenging task for us..."

Teacher Chen started to educate endlessly, and the students became impatient and listened quietly. Occasionally they would interject a few words, which caused bursts of laughter.

They are all archeology students in Peking. It was the first time in their lives that they went out to search for tombs in the Qinling Mountains. Naturally, they were very curious about everything.

After Ye Bai knew the identity of this group of people, he was about to go around, but when he heard what they were talking about, he stopped in his tracks.

"Old Li, the "Hemu Collection" passed down by your family has an extraordinary origin. It is unheard of to record the location of the tomb in dumb characters."

Hemuji?

Ye Bai was slightly startled, he really remembered this thing clearly.

In the original work, the protagonist Wu Xie met a small group of tomb robbers who brought Hemuji to search for tombs.

It is rumored that Hemuji was left by a mute army from the Northern Wei Dynasty. This army was similar to the Mojin Colonel in the late Han Dynasty, and was a tomb-robbing gang organized by official forces.

After the Mute Army finds an ancient tomb, they are usually not in a hurry to excavate it. Instead, they record it, trample it with horses, fill it with iron slurry, and then retrieve it based on the record when necessary.

The thing that records the location of the ancient tomb is called "Hemuji", which means where the tomb is.

"They are all family heirlooms. I don't know whether they are good or bad. Besides, if Teacher Chen is not proficient in dumb Chinese, he would not be able to translate the things in Hemuji." Li Tongwen said with a smile.

Teacher Chen also nodded, showing a look of regret: "It's a pity that the Hemu Collection is missing. Only four ancient tombs are recorded on it. If the Hemu Collection is complete, the country will have another treasure."

Li Tongwen agreed with his mouth, but he didn't care in his heart.

No matter what country it is from, it all belongs to me.

The mutilation of Hemuji was naturally his fault.

In order to find someone who could translate the information in Hemuji, Li Tongwen tore off a piece of Hemuji, used ancient methods to distress the edges, and handed it over to the state.

Now, based on the translated information, the country has found three ancient tombs, and the tomb of Queen Dou they are looking for on this trip is the fourth one.

After the bonfire burned out, everyone was about to set up camp. The men crowded into a big tent, and several female students shared a tent.

In addition, there are three retired soldiers responsible for protecting this archaeological team.

"Brother Qin, you will have to work hard tonight. I heard that there are many wild beasts in this mountain."

"Don't worry, Teacher Chen. We are here specifically to protect your safety. It's not hard work."

After chatting for a while, Teacher Chen nodded and entered the tent.

For some reason, he always felt that these three people did not look like soldiers who had retired from the battlefield. They did not have the masculine atmosphere of soldiers.

However, these three people were sent from above. No matter what their identities are, I think they will not be harmed.

After nightfall, the sound of deep sleep could be heard in the tent. The three retired soldiers who were keeping watch stood up at the same time, and the two of them disappeared into the forest.

Ye Bai did not show up, but just looked at the retired soldier beside the embers of the bonfire.

The figure of this man was very familiar. Although there was a human skin mask on his head, Ye Bai still recognized him.

Zhang Zhihuai, a member of the Zhang family who rebelled against the Wang family.

In the Changsha mine tomb, this person disappeared after escaping from the meteorite world.

Now that he appears in this team, he doesn't know if he is part of the Wang family or "it".

At this time, Zhang Zhihuai was closing his eyes to relax when he was suddenly startled by a hissing sound. He saw a green whistle raising the head of a snake in front of him, making snake poses, and slightly spitting out the message.

This snake?

Is there something wrong...?

Green Whistle flicked its tail and got into the jungle.

Zhang Zhihuai seemed to have thought of something, his face was shaken, and he hurriedly followed.

The green whistle was very fast, and Zhang Zhihuai ran all the way, and finally lost the trace of the snake under a big tree.

He looked up and saw a familiar figure standing in the tree.

"Three... Master"

"Take off the human skin mask and talk to me."

Zhang Zhihuai decisively took off the human skin mask, revealing his original appearance.

More than ten years have passed and Zhang Zhihuai is no different except for his slightly white hair on the temples.

"What are you doing here?"

Zhang Zhihuai thought for a while and did not dare to hide it: "The first is for the complete Hemu Collection, the second is for the bronze branches, and the third is to protect the archaeological team."

"Bronze branches?" Ye Bai frowned.

"A few months ago, someone was selling bronze branches privately, and it was found that the branches came from the Qinling Mountains."

Ye Bai understood clearly in his heart that the Erzhou brothers probably didn't tell the truth. They tried to secretly sell bronze branches in China, but they went to Hong Kong after they failed. As a result, they attracted the attention of "it".

"What did you find?"

"I haven't found the key information yet. If the third master is interested in bronze branches, I won't check it."

Ye Bai smiled: "What's your position here? You speak with such confidence."

"Only those under Zhang Qishan have some say."

"Where is the Wang family? Do you still have contact?"

"To be honest with Third Master, the Wang family has lost contact, so I took refuge with the boss."

"What's going on with Bai Gufeng? Where is he now?"

Zhang Zhihuai looked surprised: "Didn't Mr. Bai say he was coming to see the Third Master?"

Ye Bai frowned: "Come to me? What do you mean?"

"About ten years ago in the summer, I received a secret letter from Mr. Bai, saying that something had happened to the Wang family and that he could not go back. The end of the letter said that he was going to seek your help... Of course, it could also be that Mr. Bai's plan had changed.

."

Ye Bai pressed his head lightly with his fingers, thought for a moment and said, "Do you still have the original letter?"

Zhang Zhihuai smiled bitterly: "Third Master, how could I keep such a letter?"

"If there is any news about Bai Gufeng and the Wang family in the future, please send a letter to Chen Tianyou of Jiumen."

Zhang Zhihuai nodded in agreement and looked up again to see that Ye Bai had disappeared into the tree.

In the camp, Ye Bai came to the tent first. Several grown men in the archaeological team were almost asleep, while Li Tongwen was sleeping in the corner.

Ye Bai used his spiritual sense to explore, and then took out a layer of folded linen from the gap on the inside of Li Tongwen's clothes, which was covered with dumb writing.

This should be Hemuji.

Ye Bai can't understand the dumb text, but Jin Abacus can, so he can take it back and show it to him later.

......

After early morning, the archaeological team was in chaos. Li Tongwen shouted that his treasure was stolen and said he was looking for the thief.
To be continued...