Dream Legend

A mask added endless troubles to Wu Shandi. He really didn't know what the relationship was between himself, the dragon and phoenix collar, and the mask. He and the dragon and phoenix collar were closely connected, which meant that the collar and the person were one, but the collar and the person were repelled by the mask, and they were incompatible enemies. Wu Shandi told Du Xiaoyong about this trouble: "Xiaoyong, please analyze what happened between me, the collar, and the mask. Why did such strange things happen to me? Am I the chosen one?" Du Xiaoyong understood Wu Shandi's doubts very well, and said to Wu Shandi in an enlightening way: "Captain Wu, don't think too much, just let it go. You can't figure out such a mystery no matter how hard you try, and it's useless to think about it. Everything depends on fate, and you can't force it. Just let it go." After listening to Du Xiaoyong's Buddhist comfort method, Wu Shandi gradually stopped taking this matter to heart and didn't need to worry about these things.

The exploration work has to continue. Although a Shang Dynasty mask was obtained unexpectedly, the exploration of the ancient tomb is still at a loss. Of course, there are technical reasons and environmental factors. The scope of Shushan is so large and the terrain is so complex, which restricts the development of the exploration work. Fan Cheng knows the difficulty of the exploration work and suggests that everyone stop here today. Everyone goes back to rest first and discusses the next exploration plan. Everyone has been running around in Shushan for most of the day. From more than eight o'clock in the morning to four o'clock in the afternoon now, everyone just ate a few breads at noon. Now we have to go down the mountain. Everyone's tired body seems to have energy again. It is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down the mountain. Although this is the case, it is true that going down the mountain is not as tiring as going up the mountain. The calf hurts when going up the mountain and the knee hurts when going down the mountain. The speed of going down the mountain is much faster than the speed of going up the mountain. Everyone can't wait to fly down the mountain and return home. After all, after staying in the mountain for most of the day, no one can bear hunger and fatigue. No one knows the hard work of the exploration work, only the participants know the taste of it.

Du Xiaoyong sat in his room, carefully observing the mask he found today. This mask was cast in bronze, with eyebrow patterns on the eyes like a cloud, and the nose and mouth were lifelike. Du Xiaoyong tried to put the mask on his face, and then took a few short videos with his mobile phone to see how it worked. The workmanship of this Nuo opera mask is still very delicate, and it must have been made by a highly skilled craftsman. Du Xiaoyong checked the short video of himself wearing the mask, which was very beautiful and revealed a sense of mystery. Du Xiaoyong simply sent the short video to the WeChat group of the Shenquan group. Sun Jingjing saw it and replied, "Who is this? He looks like neither human nor ghost." Shan Ming also replied, "Look at who this mask looks like. Guess. If you guess right I'll give you a red envelope." He Juan replied, "I think the mask looks like you, Shan Ming?" He Le replied jokingly, "I think it looks like Captain Wu. Look at how similar the nose and mouth are. The eyebrows are also similar. If you don't believe me, just look at it a few more times." He Le's joke caused a huge stir. When He Juan saw He Le's reply, she read it carefully several times and found that he did look a bit like Captain Wu. She didn't know if it was because of her longing for him or because of He Le's psychological suggestion. Sun Jingjing replied again: "Don't tell me, he really looks like Captain Wu. He looks like Captain Wu in his 40s or 50s." Shan Ming replied again: "Sun Jingjing, you are amazing. You even know what Captain Wu looks like when he is 40 or 50. Aren't you afraid that He Juan will tear your mouth apart out of jealousy, hahaha!" Sun Jingjing replied: "You are a good Shan Ming. If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. You can use the special effects of time traces on Douyin to take a photo of you, and you can see all your looks from childhood to old age." The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. Du Xiaoyong quickly ran to Wu Shandi's room, took a photo of Wu Shandi, and used the special effects of time traces on Douyin to make photos of Wu Shandi from childhood to adulthood. He deliberately compared them with the image of the mask and found that Wu Shandi's middle-aged appearance was 95% similar to the mask. Du Xiaoyong also found it very strange. He showed Wu Shandi the production photos and masks and told Wu Shandi. Wu Shandi was surprised to hear it, thinking that this was too coincidental. Before his adventure in Kunlun Mountain, Wu Shandi did not believe in metaphysics at all. Now he completely believes it. I wonder why the ancients made a mask that looks like me. It is incredible that a mask that was casually cast by the ancients could find its prototype thousands of years later!

With this doubt, Wu Shandi found Fan Cheng and told Fan Cheng about this doubt and said, "Director Fan, don't you think it's strange? My classmates all say that I look a lot like the mask. Do you think I look alike?" After that, Wu Shandi showed Fan Cheng the short video taken by Du Xiaoyong. Fan Cheng nodded and said, "It does look alike. I guess you look about forty years old." Fan Cheng asked Du Xiaoyong to bring the mask over. Fan Cheng observed it carefully and said to Wu Shandi responsibly, "This must be a coincidence. There is no necessary connection between the two. As for the mystery of your and the collar's repulsion with it, there must be a reason, and it is not groundless. As for what the reason is, we don't know." Wu Shandi remembered that the right protector Qingniao had said before that he had a bad relationship in his previous life. Could it be related to this matter? Anyway, he couldn't figure it out, so he didn't worry about it. He should do some useful work.

Fan Cheng took the mask and slowly turned it over and over from top to bottom, but found nothing new. He turned it over and found a blurry and inconspicuous picture on the back. There was a mountain on the picture, and there was a bamboo forest on the mountain. This discovery surprised Fan Cheng, and he quickly called Wu Shandi, Du Xiaoyong, Zhang Longxiang and Peng Xin to study the mask together. Fan Cheng told everyone about his discovery: "I found a blurry picture on the back of this mask, you can also come and see it." After that, Fan Cheng pointed to the picture on the back of the mask and asked everyone to take a look. Du Xiaoyong took a look and said casually: "Isn't this picture exactly the Shu Mountain? Do you think it looks like it?" Du Xiaoyong pointed to some of the features of the mountains in the picture and matched them with the Shu Mountain. Everyone nodded in agreement. Du Xiaoyong pondered for a while and said to everyone seriously: "Is there a possibility that there is an ancient tomb in the bamboo forest in this painting?" Everyone felt that Du Xiaoyong's guess made sense, and Fan Cheng admired Du Xiaoyong's analytical ability and unique insights. Fan Cheng quickly asked Peng Xin: "Peng Xin, how many bamboo forests are there on this Shu Mountain?" Peng Xin said with some embarrassment: "Director Fan, there really is no statistical data on this." Director Fan continued: "Then how about this, tomorrow everyone will split into two groups. One group will use drones to search for places with bamboo forests on the mountain, and the other group will survey the ancient tombs based on the locations of bamboo forests reported by drones. One group will have Peng Xin and Du Xiaoyong use drones to find bamboo forests, and the other group will have Wu Shandi, Zhang Longxiang and I go to survey the bamboo forests. What do you think? If you have any different opinions, you can raise them. If there are no opinions, everyone can take a rest. We still have to get up early to work on the mountain tomorrow!"

Peng Xin and Du Xiaoyong were in the front, controlling the drone, while Wu Shandi, Fan Cheng and Zhang Longxiang were behind. Today's goal was clear: the bamboo forest. Soon the drone found a bamboo forest, and Du Xiaoyong immediately sent the location to Wu Shandi. Wu Shandi quickly called Fan Cheng and Zhang Longxiang to go to the bamboo forest they had just found. Generally, bamboo likes to grow on slopes or in mountain valleys. Wu Shandi and the other three followed the direction of the positioning location and soon arrived in front of the bamboo forest. The green bamboo forest was endless, which was not difficult for Wu Shandi. Wu Shandi urged the energy of the dragon and phoenix collar to slowly surround the bamboo forest. He searched deep underground, but did not find any target, which was a bit disappointing. Although he did not find any target the first time, he still screened it three times before stopping. Wu Shandi shook his head and said to Fan Cheng and Zhang Longxiang: "Director Fan, Engineer Zhang has not found any target here." Fan Cheng gestured to continue to move forward to the next bamboo forest. From this bamboo forest to the next bamboo forest, they need to pass a small hill. The three of them climbed over the hill and went downhill. They found a small Taoist temple in front of them. The buildings of the Taoist temple are all old buildings. Judging from the appearance of the Taoist temple, there should be some ancient buildings of some years. The plaque on the gate of the Taoist temple reads "Zhuxian Temple". Wu Shandi smiled and said to Fan Cheng: "Director Fan, do you want to go in and take a look?" Fan Cheng nodded and said: "Let's go in and take a look, and take this opportunity to rest." After that, Fan Cheng stepped into the gate of the Taoist temple, and Wu Shandi and Zhang Longxiang followed him in. The Taoist Zhang Tianshi was enshrined in the main hall. From the incense burner filled with burning sandalwood, it can be seen that the incense here is still quite prosperous. On the surface, Zhuxian Temple is named after the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, but it is not a temple dedicated to the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. I don't know what the name means. Archaeologists always like to study these things. Fan Cheng also wanted to find out the truth, so he went straight to the Taoist priest of the Taoist temple. When the Taoist priest saw Fan Cheng asking about the origin of Zhuxian Temple, he took out an ancient book written in yellowed brush from the drawer. Fan Cheng took the ancient book and opened the first page. It said: "Zhuxian Temple was named after the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove and was built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Its predecessor was the Tomb Guarding Base..." Fan Cheng pointed to the words "Tomb Guarding Base" and showed them to Wu Shandi. Wu Shandi was ecstatic when he saw these words. If the records in the book were correct, the ancient tomb should be nearby. Wu Shandi asked the Taoist priest politely: "Excuse me, Taoist priest, is there a bamboo forest nearby?" The Taoist priest replied: "My benefactor, what do you mean?" Wu Shandi smiled and pointed to the plaque and said: "This Taoist temple is called Zhuxian Temple, there must be a bamboo forest nearby, otherwise the name is not worthy of the name." The Taoist priest nodded and replied: "What you said makes sense, there is a bamboo forest on the mountain behind the Taoist temple, but the terrain of this bamboo forest is very dangerous, and most people probably dare not go to this bamboo forest. I advise all donors not to take risks. Two years ago, two people went to the bamboo forest privately and were killed by falling down the bamboo mountain." If Wu Shandi said he wanted to go, the Taoist priest would definitely stop us from going. Wu Shandi smiled and said to the Taoist priest: "We will not go to such a dangerous place. We are just curious about the name of the Taoist temple and want to inquire about it. We are disturbing your practice, so we will leave now." After that, Wu Shandi, Fan Cheng and Zhang Longxiang walked out of Zhuxian Temple together.

Fan Cheng told Zhang Longxiang to call Peng Xin and ask them to come to the bamboo mountain behind the Taoist temple. Fan Cheng, Wu Shandi, and Zhang Longxiang avoided the sight of the Taoist temple staff and took a detour to enter the bamboo mountain behind the Taoist temple. Before the three of them stepped into the bamboo forest, they felt that the terrain here was not ordinary and dangerous, as if someone had deliberately created it. Wu Shandi knew that it was time for him to display his kung fu, and he urged the energy of the dragon and phoenix collar to break through the ground and investigate the underground situation. Wow, the target was found more than 20 meters underground. There were more than 20 ancient tombs in a group, and the middle one was the largest and the highest specification. There were too many burial objects in the ancient tombs, including gold, silver, bronze, knives, coins, bamboo slips, wooden slips, jade, agate, pearls and other things. A search can determine the size of this ancient tomb group. After Wu Shandi's three surveys, he reported to Fan Cheng: "Director Fan, there are more than 20 ancient tombs below, more than 20 meters deep, and the scale is quite large. Once excavated, it will definitely make a sensation around the world." Fan Cheng certainly believed Wu Shandi's words, but he still had to verify it with scientific methods. Fan Cheng ordered Zhang Longxiang to use the Luoyang shovel to survey and analyze the soil in this area. This process takes a certain amount of time, after all, it is more than 20 meters deep. The Luoyang shovel shoveled down one shovel at a time, and a lot of soil was piled on the ground. Looking at Zhang Longxiang who was sweating profusely, Wu Shandi was really distressed. The survey work was really hard. At this time, Du Xiaoyong and Peng Xin also came. Peng Xin immediately analyzed the soil on the ground and came to a reliable conclusion that there were ancient tombs underground, but the size and number of tombs could not be determined. Since scientific methods can determine the existence of ancient tombs here, it is enough. Although it is not as clear as Wu Shandi's survey, science can be used to prove the correctness of Wu Shandi's survey.

Fan Cheng quickly asked Peng Xin to make a map of the area where the ancient tombs were detected according to Wu Shandi, and Du Xiaoyong marked the location, longitude and latitude of this area in the form of a map. Zhang Longxiang took some of the soil shoveled up by Luoyang back for research and analysis, and buried the excess soil to prevent it from being disturbed by illegal tomb robbers. Since all the survey work was completed, Fan Cheng led everyone down the mountain and returned to the village. Fan Cheng quickly reported all the survey results here to the leaders of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. This place must be protected. These ancient tombs must not fall into the hands of tomb robbers. A working group and excavation personnel must be sent out quickly to carry out excavation and protection. In the next few days, Fan Cheng will lead everyone to protect and guard this group of ancient tombs until the working group, excavation personnel and security are in place, and the survey work can be considered truly completed.

In the evening, Fan Cheng made several requests to everyone. The first one is that the results of this survey must be kept absolutely confidential and no information can be leaked. If you leak secrets, you will be prosecuted. The second one is that our survey work has been completed, but it has not been officially handed over to the excavation team. We must protect and guard the ancient tomb area, and guard it 24 hours a day. The third one is that the four of you will be divided into two groups, one group during the day and one group at night to guard the mountain. I will be on duty with each of you until the handover. Of course, the local public security agency will also send people to assist in guarding tomorrow.