I collect cultural relics in the human world

The sun was getting hotter and hotter. In order to save energy, the two of them tacitly agreed not to speak any more on the way back. Soon, they arrived at the spring. In other words, we came to a pond where there was still greenery.

"The water level has dropped again." Qin Jian said, more like a sigh than an exclamation.

He Si followed Qin Jian's words and saw that she had never seen this sandy spring with abundant water and grass in reality, but from yesterday's fantasy, she could imagine what kind of greenery a clear spring that could nourish a villager would be surrounded by. It was full of vitality, but now——

The traces of water have completely disappeared. Except for the concave arc, the sand in front of me is no different from the surroundings. It almost overlaps with the quicksand pit in He Si's fantasy. Fortunately, there are no animal bones, and fortunately there are reeds surrounding it. . But the reeds have also reached a desperate situation. The water in the branches has evaporated, and they have lost the strength to stand. Large pieces of reeds fell on the hot sand, and the temperature on the gravel burned the leaves, making everything worse.

"I can't hold it anymore." He Si said worriedly, not sure whether she was talking about things or people.

Before Qin Jian could answer, Li Chong's voice came from not far away: "Hey!"

Then a figure quickly ran towards the two of them. Before he could stand still, he fired a barrage of questions: "Why are you here alone? No, who is she? Why is there another outsider entering the village? Did you bring Why did she come to Qingquan? Why didn’t Professor Jun come? Where is Uncle Zhao?”

"come and see."

Of course, Lao Chaofeng would not answer them one by one, and He Si didn't know where to start. A series of questions came to nothing, and Li Chong was stunned. He Si couldn't help but burst into laughter. It was the first time that Li Chong saw such a fair, tender and quiet little girl. He was dazzled by her pursed smile and knew that she was laughing at him. His dark face turned red, but Lao Chaofeng's face turned darker. He replied in a bad tone: "Let's take a look at the latest situation before going to the ancestral temple to worship."

"Is that so?" Li Chong scratched his head, his eyes still fixed on He Si, and asked stumblingly, "Then, who are you?"

Lao Chaofeng didn't wait for He Si to answer and said first, "You, Uncle Zhao, are here to help. You also know it."

"Oh." Li Chong didn't know if he understood. Anyway, he nodded with a confused expression. Then his eyes returned to the sand spring behind him - now in the mud pit. When his consciousness returned, his face immediately changed, and he said anxiously, "It's getting more and more serious. The plants will be unable to survive, and the water birds may also...have you discussed it? The sacrifice can't wait."

He Si could sense the uneasiness of the people in front of her and comforted her: "Professor Jun and Uncle Zhao are busy with this matter. I'm new here, so Teacher Qin took me to take a look first."

"Can you see anything?"

He Si remained silent, just looking at the strange yet familiar sight in front of her, clenching her fists nervously while looking.

Li Chong felt strange. The desert pit and the fallen green made it possible to see the head at a glance. He didn't know what the little girl was looking at, and what the old man hoped she could see. Li Chong's eyes flickered over Lao Chaofeng's face. Seeing that he was also looking at He Si, he returned to He Si. At this moment, Li Chong suddenly noticed that He Si's eyes flashed and her face changed.

"What did you see?" Li Chong and Lao Chaofeng asked at the same time, and Lao Chaofeng even grabbed He Si's hand.

"No," He Si broke away from Lao Chaofeng's hand and pointed not far away, "Then, is there something silvery and reflective in the reed field over there?"

He Si broke away her hand to tell Lao Chaofeng that what she saw was not an illusion, but in Li Chong's eyes, it had another meaning. He thought of the scene when they first met - is this the old cow wanting to eat young grass? It was so disgusting that Li Chong looked at Qin Jian with a different look, and stood between He Si and Lao Chaofeng on one side.

Qin Jian had no time to pay attention to him. The sun happened to pass through the wind, and he also saw the silver reflection passing by among the greenery - was there really something buried by the spring? Qin Jian thought and rushed over quickly.

The old man ran quite fast. Seeing this, Li Chong was about to tell He Si, "Be careful, I'll come as soon as I go." Unexpectedly, when he turned back, He Si also left side by side with Qin Jian like an arrow.

This girl... He didn't have time to sigh, and hurriedly walked towards the place where the two were running.

After all, Li Chong was used to running in the desert. He caught up with Qin Jian in a few steps. The two came to the mud pit together and walked a few more steps in. The pit suddenly dropped. It seemed that the water level in the spring was getting deeper. Qin Jian was still walking in.

"Hey……"

"There's something inside." Qin Jian forcefully interrupted Li Chong's blockage, raised his hand and pushed his arm away before walking inside. Li Chong followed up and wanted to pull Qin Jian's collar, but for some reason, seeing the black cloth with silver embroidery thread right in front of him, he missed it twice in a row and missed it.

When Li Chong was making his third attempt, Lao Chaofeng squatted down.

"What is this?" he asked, picking up a piece of metal and examining it.

Contrary to what he imagined, although the object in his hand was also made of metal, it was obviously not an ancient object. At first glance, the surface was smooth and well-made, and the parts were perfectly connected, showing an extremely modern X-shape. Lao Chaofeng was confused.

Li Chong also stopped attacking, and all his attention was attracted by the unknown object in Lao Chaofeng's hand. He repeated Lao Chaofeng's words: "What is this?"

Two people who have been abandoned by modern civilization look at me and I look at you. Their eyes are full of ignorance. One moment they were tense, but now they have sympathy for each other. Fortunately, He Si arrived at this moment. She recognized what Qin Jian was holding at a glance and said curiously: "Drones? Why are there drones here?"

"Drone?" Li Chong's tone changed from confusion to understanding, and he suddenly blew the whistle hanging around his neck.

He Si still didn't know the origin of the drone and the purpose of the whistle. She was startled by the sudden sharp whistling sound, but Lao Chaofeng knew about it. He patted He Si on the shoulder and said: "Come on, let's wait for someone up there. .”

"Wait for who?"

"For all the people left in Shaquan Village, I'm afraid there are other things to say about the drying up of Shaquan Village." This sentence was said by Qin Jian to He Si, but he immediately turned to Li Chong, "I heard that little Wu Zi said that the day he used a drone to survey the water surface happened to be the day he secretly obtained water in the year of Shu. It seems that we will have to discuss who will be used to worship the ancestors later. "

He Si was confused when he heard this, but Li Chong was livid at these words. He was in no mood to care about Lao Chaofeng's hand on He Si's back, and walked to the sand spring in three or two steps to wait for the villagers to come.

Xiao Wuzi, Representative Wu and the two villagers who were looking after them were the first to arrive. Before the two villagers reached the spring, they hurriedly shouted to Li Chong: "Brother Chong, has the water returned? "

"I'm dreaming, see for yourself." Li Chong pointed back casually, and the green color symbolizing life became more and more withered.

In fact, it's no wonder that the two villagers, the spring water has dried up, they really can't think of anything else that would make Li Chong whistle to gather the villagers. The only possibility is that the spring water has returned. Just when they were frustrated, the two heard Li Chong shout again: "Hold those two bastards down!"

"What?" The four people who were walking over didn't understand and didn't make any new moves. But at this time, Xiao Wuzi saw Li Chong running over and suddenly ran away. Representative Wu was still stunned on the spot, but the other two people reacted. One of them held down Representative Wu, and the other turned around and grabbed Xiao Wuzi.

Xiao Wuzi is not like Representative Wu. He is a native of Shaquan Village. He is familiar with the terrain, reacts quickly, and moves quickly. When he saw something was wrong, he first turned around and pushed the person chasing him down, and then immediately fled towards the village like a loach. He was about to escape.

Li Chong was so anxious that he staggered, and was pulled further away. He could only run and shout: "Catch him!"

Fortunately, at this time, Fan Yu and others came running from a distance. When they heard the cry and saw Xiao Wuzi running in an extremely embarrassed manner, they naturally concluded that he was acting like a monster again and immediately stepped forward to block his way. Xiao Wuzi still wanted to dodge, but he was no match for Fan Yu. Fan Yu only raised his foot slightly on Xiao Wuzi's escape path, and Xiao Wuzi fell to the ground and was caught in the mud.

"Why are you catching me!" Although he was caught, Xiao Wuzi was unconvinced, like a fish out of water, struggling and shouting.

"Then why are you running?" Fan Yu actually doesn't know the cause and effect. The main reason is that Li Chong chased him with righteousness, but Xiao Wuzi ran with a sly look. It was obvious who he wanted to help.

"I...I..." Xiaowuzi stared at me for a long time, but he didn't understand why he ran. He just instinctively sensed the danger and his feet were faster than his head. "I came over to take a look when I heard the whistle. Who knows?" Li Chong suddenly rushed over with a fierce look and held down Representative Wu, so of course I had no choice but to run away."

"That is indeed Li Chong's fault." Fan Yu said, but the strength of his hands did not relax at all.

"Listen to his bastard's nonsense, look what we found in the spring!" Li Chong raised his hand angrily, then remembered that the thing was still in Lao Chaofeng's hand, turned around and pointed, Qin Jian and He Si also emerged from behind the dune at this moment.

"Oh, it turns out it's Uncle Qin and Professor He. No wonder they've made a new discovery," Fan Yu joked, then squinted his eyes and looked at the thing in Qin Jian's hand, and became convinced, "UAV, it seems Someone lied."

Of course, Xiao Wuzi also saw what Qin Jian was holding, and his face became even paler.

"Uncle Zhao," Li Chong finally arrived, "Xiaowuzi said that they once used a drone to see the sand spring. Look what we found in the spring, a drone! That day he suddenly heard a whistle and was We were so shocked that the drone crashed into the spring. Our attention was attracted by the college student and we didn’t notice that this bastard was hiding such an important thing from us!”

"Hey wait," before Uncle Zhao could speak, Fan Yu immediately realized the change in the situation and said quickly, "Does that mean you arrested the wrong person before?"

"That...that's not necessarily true," Uncle Zhao noticed that Jun Jiuzi's expression changed and knew that the incident was beginning to develop in a direction that was unfavorable to his village. He argued, "That young man also touched the spring water, didn't he?"

Jun Jiuzi stood up immediately: "One is for collecting water or sterile test tubes, and the other is for dispensing, and they deliberately concealed it. Uncle Zhao can't tell which one is more serious."

"Don't talk nonsense. Drop it. Drop what? I was just nervous and the drone accidentally fell."

"If it was just an accident, then why didn't you say anything afterward?" Fan Yu continued to stir up trouble with his hands on his hips, "Obviously there is something wrong in his mind."

"I just... I just..." Xiao Wuzi was so anxious that his tongue was tied, and Representative Wu was also escorted over. The two of them looked at the people around them with their own thoughts, and they were speechless.

"Uncle Zhao, what do you say now?" Jun Jiuzi continued to press. It was obvious that the conversation about the sacrifices on the way just did not go well. "You have also seen that this drone is a solid evidence. If we hadn't specially invited Professor He who came to help found out, I'm afraid Xiao Chen's blood will be in vain today."

He Si was standing aside to watch the excitement, as if it was nothing to do with her. When her name was suddenly mentioned, she quickly puffed up her chest and snapped her fingers. She looked at Xiao Jiu flying from a distance and said, "It's Xiao Jiu." found."

Xiao Jiu was naturally appreciative. He passed by the crowd and landed on He Si's shoulder, shouting loudly: "Chirp."

"It turns out to be the Sun God Bird." Fan Yu immediately bowed to Xiao Jiu with a respectful look, which made the remaining people stunned. Although Li Chong had not participated in the discussion about He Si's identity in the yard, he saw a black bird flying out of thin air, which did not look like an ordinary bird. He also thought that He Si had found the foreign object in the spring as soon as he took action, so he did not dare to speak.

Qin Jian struck while the iron was hot and said, "Professor Jun, how was your discussion with Uncle Zhao about the sacrifice?"

"Uncle Zhao refused to let us study the village chronicles, and he also complained about the cattle and sheep sacrifices. He insisted that he dictate it, and we followed his steps."

"We originally wanted to agree," Fan Yu immediately made an aggrieved expression upon hearing this, "After all, it was Xiao Chen who was at fault first, and it is our responsibility, and we cannot refuse, but now it seems...Uncle Zhao, how do you say?"

"This...isn't this still undecided?"

"Then let's wait until the culprit is determined." Lao Chaofeng said as he put his hands behind his back and was about to leave. He Si quickly stopped him and was about to sing the oboe.

"Mr. Qin, no matter who the culprit is, at least the villagers are not to blame. If the spring water dries up, why should the villagers deserve it? If we leave now, Professor Jun will naturally no longer be responsible for the accommodation of the evacuated villagers and the water for the remaining villagers. You let What should they do? Are they going to die without saving me?"

"Then what does Professor He think we should do?" Lao Chaofeng said with his back turned, winking at He Si where no one could see him.

"Uncle Zhao still listens to me about the sacrifices, just use cattle and sheep. This is also my previous experience in traveling to ancient desert countries. All sacrifices must use horned objects." He Si said firmly, "As for the arrogant , since we can’t determine who it is at the moment, then Chen Nian, Xiao Wuzi and Representative Wu should all stay at the sacrifice site."

"But the village chroniclers made it clear that the blood of the delusional must be used to comfort the spirits of the ancestors." Uncle Zhao still had a bitter and hateful expression on his face.

"Ancient texts often have meanings of extension, which is why we insist on reading village chronicles. Uncle Zhao, you also said that even your elders have never seen the spring dry up. It can be seen that it has been too long since the spring water dried up. It was the method of sacrifice that saved everything. If I am not allowed to see that record with my own eyes, how can people today restore the rituals of the ancients? If they worship ancestors based on a little bit of knowledge, who is the delusion? Woolen cloth?"

He Si's words were actually more effective than Lao Chaofeng's. Uncle Zhao thought for a long time and finally nodded: "But this village chronicle... must be read together in our presence."

"Okay." He Si responded immediately.