City Marshal

Professor Wang's eyes were wide open, as if he didn't believe Chutian's words. For him, Chutian's ability to go with him was a luxury he had been obsessed with since he saw Chutian. It was an extravagant request, so he didn't even dare to mention it. Now that Chu Tian took the initiative to ask to go, how could he not be ecstatic?

So, Professor Wang grabbed Chutian's hand again, and said excitedly: "Chutian, it's too late for me to welcome you? Why didn't you agree? With you here, I feel that there are more excavations and developments this time." Take it easy, don’t worry, I can decide who to bring with me.”

"Fang Qing will go too." Chu Tian spit out another sentence: "She will be a good assistant, Fang Qing, would you like to go?"

Professor Wang's face was excited again, and he nodded: "Yes, yes, I always think that Fang Qing has great potential in archaeology, and I wish she would go too."

Fang Qing looked at Chutian tenderly. Although she had no interest in excavation and development of archaeology, as long as Chutian was there, she felt that it was meaningful. No matter how dangerous or difficult it was, she would not be afraid , so he nodded and said to Chutian, "I'll go."

Chu Tian nodded, and said to Professor Wang seriously, "Professor Wang, the sheepskin map."

Professor Wang once again asked God to carefully take out the sheepskin map.

A sheepskin map, a bright lamp.

Chu Tian took a magnifying glass and carefully inspected every place on the sheepskin map, not missing any ancient characters of the Shui tribe.

Professor Wang's eyes looked at the sheepskin map and then at Chutian, as nervous as if he was waiting for the atomic bomb to explode.

Fang Qing was holding a pen and paper beside her, looking at Chu Tian, ​​ready to record something at any time.

For an entire hour, it took Chu Tian an entire hour to read out these more than a hundred ancient characters of the Shui tribe.

After all, the ancient characters of "Shui Shu" include many pictographic characters, imitation Chinese characters, oracle bone inscriptions, and bronze inscriptions. There are only more than 400 single characters in total, and there are only more than 100 commonly used single characters, and the more than [-] commonly used characters are limited to It is used in religious activities, so Chutian has to interpret the true meaning of the hundreds of ancient characters on the sheepskin map, which is no less difficult than recreating the oracle bone characters, just like the students in the college entrance examination. Make sense.

It is better to promote Mandarin.Chu Tian wiped the fine sweat from his brow, and sighed softly.

After explaining the reading, Chu Tian carefully read it several times, making sure that the content inside was familiar by heart, and then smiled slightly, Fang Qing said: "Fang Qing, give me the alcohol, the brazier, and clean water, and the camera. "

Fang Qing nodded, put down the pen and paper in her hand, and went out to prepare things.

When Professor Wang heard that Chutian asked for alcohol, a brazier, and water, he guessed that Chutian had already revealed the secret of the sheepskin map, his eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "Chutian, what do the more than 100 ancient characters of the Aquarium say? Aren’t there really ancient cultural relics?”

Chu Tian took a sip of the gradually cooling tea, moistened his throat, and said:

"Yes. More than a hundred ancient texts of the Shui people clearly indicate that in the place where the Shui people live, there is a sarcophagus tomb with a chieftain in it. There are rich funeral objects in it. Among them is a piece of jade with the body of a bull head, which is the treasure of the coffin. Liancheng." Then Chu Tian sighed and said, "But there is no mention in the hundreds of ancient texts of the Shui tribe, where is this place, it may be any place where Shui people live."

Professor Wang's face can only be expressed with ecstasy, and there are even tears in his eyes:

"Great. If we can really excavate this sarcophagus tomb and study the contents, especially the chief, it will have epoch-making significance for the ancient economy, culture and folk customs of the Shui people."

Chu Tian nodded slightly, secretly praising in his heart, this Professor Wang heard about those funerary objects, jade statues with a bull head and human body, and corpses in coffins, and only thought about how to develop research value, not how much they could sell; it seems that this It is the difference between archaeologists and tomb robbers. The former excavates and rescues research, while the latter seeks profit. How many ancient tombs have been destroyed in front of the word "利", and how much historical traceability value has been lost.

"Professor Wang, is it possible that you report the secret of the sheepskin map to the country and ask the higher authorities to send people to assist you in digging it out." Chu Tian said, "If I find out the landmarks marked on the sheepskin map for you."

Professor Wang sighed softly, shook his head, and said with a wry smile:

"Before the exact location of the sarcophagus tomb is determined, the higher-ups will not waste money and material resources to send people to assist me. After all, it is only a sheepskin map to explain, and there is no historical basis. The history is exquisite. To put it simply, Cao's tomb is in Henan. You said, will the central government try its best to explore and excavate? Apart from the hidden nature of this tomb, the more important thing is that in addition to exploration, archaeology depends on God's will."

"I'm afraid, it depends on people's wishes, right?" Fang Qing came in with a few things that Chutian needed, and when she heard Professor Wang's "God's will", she couldn't help but interjected with a smile.

Teacher Wang smiled, and said without answering: "Fang Qing, you are so naughty."

Both Professor Wang and Fang Qing belong to the system, so they naturally know the constraints of doing things within the system. The leaders above are all good people. For the undiscovered ancient relics, in addition to not wanting to waste manpower and material resources, the most important thing is that those ancient relics The ruins are full of variables and dangers; if archaeologists successfully find them, excavate and protect them, it is indeed a great achievement and can become political capital; but what about other variables?

If it is not found, the archaeologists have returned safely, at most it is a waste of money and manpower; if they are found, the archaeologists are in danger, at least the merits and demerits can be offset; , I guess my black hat has come to an end.

People who are in the officialdom know the unspoken rules. They don't seek merit, but they seek no faults. After a long time, the daughter-in-law becomes a mother-in-law. Naturally, she can be promoted and make a fortune. Why take those risks?

Chu Tian smiled lightly, knowing of Professor Wang's difficulties, he became more determined, this time to help Professor Wang find the sarcophagus tomb, and fulfill Professor Wang's wish.

Chu Tian turned his head and said to Fang Qing: "Sister Qing, take twelve pictures of this sheepskin map first, and take continuous pictures."

Although Fang Qing didn't know what Chutian was going to do, she picked up the camera professionally and took pictures skillfully.

After a while, Fang Qing put down the camera, checked it several times, and said to Chutian: "It has been taken and saved, and the pixels are enough to enlarge to three times the original size."

Chu Tian nodded, walked forward, put the brazier on the table, poured some alcohol into the brazier, lit it with fire, and roasted the sheepskin map inch by inch with a serious face.

After roasting like this for half an hour, Chutian extinguished the fire and threw the whole sheepskin map into the brazier with alcohol. Professor Wang and Fang Qing clearly saw more than a hundred ancient characters of the Shui tribe disappear gradually, and then, a pair of A more complete and detailed context-like picture emerged on the sheepskin map, replacing the original simple map and text.

Chu Tian raised his head and said to Fang Qing, "Sister Qing, hurry up and take pictures, twelve pictures in a row."

Fang Qing started to shoot again, and after a while, after checking the camera, she nodded to Chutian and said, "It's done."

Professor Wang looked at Chutian in amazement. Not only could Chutian decipher more than a hundred ancient characters of the Shui tribe on the sheepskin map, but he also knew how to display the real dark map. How could such an age have such experience and accomplishments?It seems that what Liu Zhonghua said is true. There may not be one person like Chu Tian in a hundred years.

Chu Tian nodded, turned to Professor Wang and said, "Professor Wang, take a good look at your sheepskin map. After a while, it will really become a piece of sheepskin."

When Professor Wang heard Chu Tian's words, he couldn't understand. He looked carefully at the sheepskin map soaked in alcohol, and saw that there was no movement on the sheepskin map. When he was really puzzled, Fang Qing's eyes lit up. Looking closely again, I was also surprised in my heart. The dark picture displayed on the sheepskin map is slowly fading away, and the bright picture is also slowly disappearing. After a while, there is nothing left. As Chutian said, it has become a real A piece of sheepskin, although a little older.

Professor Wang and Fang Qing looked at Chu Tian in surprise, obviously wanting to know the answer.

Chutian was a little helpless, but he knew that it would take a lot of words to explain, so he simply said in a general way: "Chemical action, the elements of sheepskin itself, lime, pumice, alcohol, heating, etc. are mixed together, and there is a reduction effect, so those words The picture is gone."

Professor Wang and Fang Qing nodded suddenly, as if they had learned these things in their memory.

However, Professor Wang then asked a question: "Chutian, how do you know that this can make the dark picture appear? Could it be that there are explanation methods in the hundreds of ancient scripts of the Shui tribe?"

Chu Tian touched his nose, smiled slightly, with a bit of embarrassment on his face, and said, "Actually, I guessed it."

Professor Wang and Fang Qing were about to faint. Professor Wang felt a little scared and said, "If there is no dark picture and the sheepskin is restored again, then, isn't the clue broken?"

"That's why I asked Fang Qing to take the first twelve photos." Chu Tian said with a faint smile, "Professor Wang, don't worry, Chu Tian will naturally do things properly."

Only then did Professor Wang feel a little more at ease. This Chutian is really brave enough to act, sometimes making people laugh and cry, but, as he said, he still has a sense of propriety in doing things.

Chutian asked Fang Qing to put the dark picture behind into the computer, and then zoomed in. The three of them looked at the map, and then looked at each other. The lines on the map were indeed very clear, and there was a big dot in the middle of the lines, which probably belonged to the sarcophagus tomb. Now, the question is where is this place?The Celestial Dynasty has more than 960 million square kilometers. With these lines in the dark map, I don't know when I will find it, and it may take several lifetimes to find it.

Looking at the enlarged map, Professor Wang muttered to himself, "Where is it? There are so many places with mountains and rivers."

Chu Tian thought for a while, smiled slightly, and said, "Professor Wang, don't be discouraged, the lines on this dark map are very clear and clear. If it was placed decades ago, I'm afraid there is really no way to find it, but in modern times, It all becomes easier.”

Fang Qing seemed to have thought of something, smiled lightly, and said, "Because I have a computer, these things are easier."

Chu Tian looked at Fang Qing approvingly, this woman in his family is really smart, she only said a little, and she knew what she meant.

Professor Wang didn't react yet, and was slightly dazed.

Looking at the computer, Chu Tian explained to Professor Wang: "Professor Wang, although these dark pictures don't exactly indicate which province, city, county, or village the sarcophagus tomb is in, we can use the textures to scan and find a suitable place. "

Fang Qing nodded and said: "Although the age has changed and the village has changed, the landscape and landforms should not have changed much. As long as we compare these lines with the map of the Celestial Dynasty, we will naturally know where the sarcophagus is located soon. "

Professor Wang slapped his head, understood what Chu Tian and Fang Qing meant, and gave an inappropriate analogy: "I see, for example, when I used to review students' papers, to see if they plagiarized, I used their papers Select a few paragraphs and search them on Baidu, if they find them, then he is plagiarizing; you are searching for pictures by pictures, right?"

Chu Tian and Fang Qing hesitated for a moment. Although Professor Wang's analogy was not quite right, his meaning was correct, so they nodded.

Professor Wang happily patted Chutian and Fang Qing, and said excitedly: "Chutian, Fang Qing, you are so smart, you can all figure it out like this."

Chu Tian secretly felt ashamed. In fact, Chu Tian also saw that the dark picture was very detailed and clear. It is estimated that the person who drew the picture is a person who is proficient in drawing, so it is so exquisite. Most of them are hand-drawn maps by ordinary people, not to mention searching for pictures by pictures, you can't even read them.

Fang Qing opened a newest map of the Celestial Dynasty and asked Chu Tian, ​​"Is there an approximate range, which can save a lot of time?"

"Guizhou." Chu Tian said calmly. After all, Guizhou Province is the province with the largest aquatic population in my country, and the aquatic population in its territory accounts for 90.8% of the total population of the national aquatic population.

Fang Qing held the mouse and concentrated on searching on the computer. The tea in Chutian's hand had become cold. Although Professor Wang was old, he was not sleepy at the moment. Staring at the past made him dizzy. But grateful computer.

Although this image search is not like a text search, hundreds of thousands of results come out once a search is made, which makes people search half dead, but there are still hundreds of results. Fang Qing can only compare them one by one. Although it is cumbersome, at least there are direction.

No one spoke, and 15 minutes passed, but there was no result; three and 10 minutes passed, but there was still no result. At 49 minutes, Fang Qing suddenly called out and said excitedly: "I found it, the two have a similarity of 70.00% .”

Chu Tian and Professor Wang asked in unison, "Where is it?"