Tomb robber: No more pretending, I’m from the Zhang family!

Chapter 56 Stone Figures

Naively frowned, she didn't understand the meaning of Lao Tiao's words, she thought it was just an unqualified tomb robber who destroyed a peerless antique for thousands of dollars.

After finding this thing, Lao Xi took the shovel and dug again to see what else he could dig out, but after digging for a long time, he found nothing, so he began to backfill the soil with a serious expression on his face, appearing to be preoccupied.

"Old Itch, do you have any secrets to hide? If you still treat me as a brother, just tell me, I will definitely help you if I can." Said innocently.

Old Itch put down his shovel, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit it, took a deep puff and said, "Hey...it's nothing, just some things, I—I really can't figure it out."

Tian Zhen didn't speak, but waited for him to continue, his attention was all on what he said, and he didn't notice how the old itchy pack of cigarettes came, they didn't bring any cigarettes when they came out!

Old Itch spit out a big mouthful of smoke rings, and said: "It's mainly about my cousin. When I went into the mountain with him, he was still normal, but ever since he saw this bronze branch, I—— felt He has changed, at first the old cousin was just suddenly a little nervous, gradually, I——I found that he seemed to be getting more and more wrong..."

"What's wrong?" asked innocently.

The old itchy said, "He took this thing out secretly, and then buried it again. What was it for—for—for what?"

"Is there something wrong with this thing?" Tian Zhen said, then picked up the bronze branch and looked at it carefully.

Immediately, I felt like I have seen this thing before?

After recalling it carefully, he suddenly realized that it was a totem similar to a tree that a British missionary Jackson copied from a rock mural in a cave in western Hunan in 1845. Jackson noted under the painting that it was The "sacred tree" of the local aborigines, later this information was spread to the people, and was finally collected by the museum.

After research by archaeological experts, it is believed that this sacred tree is one of the totems of the culture of the Snake Kingdom, representing the meaning of the earth and fertility.

This incident set off a huge wave in the archaeological world at that time.

And the section he is holding now seems to be just the tip of the branch. If calculated according to this ratio, the whole bronze tree is at least seven to eighty meters high. If it is excavated, it will be enough to shock the world!

This was just a naive preliminary inference. He couldn't believe it from the bottom of his heart, how could there be such a huge bronze vessel in the world.

But at this moment, he suddenly felt a strange feeling in his hand, a gust of cold air poured into his palm, much colder than the surrounding air, and immediately made him shiver.

Tianzhen was startled, and quickly dropped the bronze branch in his hand, looking at the bronze branch with a horrified expression, but the thing just lay on the ground, motionless.

At this moment, an imperceptible and strange color flashed in the old itchy eyes beside him, and it disappeared in a flash.

"Could it be my illusion?" Tian Zhen thought secretly.

"What's wrong?" Old Itch looked at him curiously.

"It's okay." Naively waved his hand, "Don't think too much, I don't think this thing is as evil as you said, otherwise you would have gone crazy like your old cousin."

Old Itchy nodded, took a piece of cloth to wrap the bronze branch, stuffed it into his backpack, and then the two rushed back to the camp.

the next day.

After a hasty breakfast, everyone set off towards the depths of the mountains, and Master Liang was forced to lead the way.

After walking for seven or eight hours, everyone came to Jiazigou at the foot of Tianmen Mountain.

Looking up, I saw that the terrain was extremely spectacular. A huge rock was split by a giant sword, and a small crack was formed in the middle. The bottom of this crack was Jiazigou.

The surrounding terrain is extremely high, and the resulting line of sky landscape is different from those low mountains. Looking up, you can only see a very thin line of light on the distant zenith, as if the entire sky is condensed into a line. If you don’t experience it yourself, It is impossible to appreciate the case of this.

The old itching said that it would take at least one afternoon to pass through the Jiazigou, and the inside was very windy, the ground was wet, and it was inconvenient to start a fire, so everyone stopped not far from the entrance, lit a bonfire, and had a meal eat for lunch.

I took out the can and heated it with fire, and ate it with compressed biscuits and water. Although the taste was not good, it could fill my stomach.

After resting on the spot for more than an hour, everyone continued to set off with their equipment. After walking for more than an hour, they entered the inside of Jiazigou. The space on both sides became narrower and narrower. Seeing the chills running down his back, he wished he could get out of here right away.

Soon they walked for another two hours, and they gradually became a little numb. The mountain crevice was unknown how long, and the light became dimmer as they went in, and the temperature dropped, making it feel eerie.

And it's a bit eerie quiet here, only the howling sound of the wind blowing, and some strange sounds that cannot be described, this feeling makes one's scalp tingle.

Master Liang, who was walking in the front, was trembling with fright, coupled with the huge physical exertion, he stumbled when he walked.

After walking for another two hours, Mr. Liang, who was at the front, stopped suddenly. His whole body was shaking and his legs were weak. It seemed that he had seen something extremely terrifying, and he was so frightened that he couldn't even speak.

Zhang Yunfeng behind him immediately pressed his shoulder.

"Why did you stop?" Tian Zhen asked.

Master Liang's face was frightened, and he stammered, "There's—a dead man ahead!"

When a few people heard this, their scalps exploded.

Only Zhang Yunfeng was expressionless. He looked forward and saw a "human" shape standing in the shadow of the mountain crevice. His body was hidden in the black shadow, motionless.

"Who? Come out!" He yelled at the man.

As a result, the other party still stood there motionless.

Zhang Yunfeng didn't panic at all, instead, he quickened his pace and walked towards that person. When he walked in front of him, he realized that it turned out to be an ancient stone statue. The moss, the stone man's arms are bare, not the style of the Central Plains, and the clothing has the pattern of a double-bodied snake. Due to the problem of light, it really looks like a dead person at first glance.

Tian Zhen and the others also came up and found out that it was a stone sculpture, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Master Liang took a look at the Hemu collection, and then said: "It seems that this stone sculpture should be a stone figurine buried with him. We have already reached the range of the ancient tomb."

Zhang Yunfeng looked up and found that there were many caves on the cliffs on both sides, and outside each cave was a stone figurine like this, with a solemn expression, as if staring at everyone who entered.

(End of this chapter)