The origin of doom

Chapter 181: Archaeological Camp
"Uncle, you must have misremembered."

"Impossible." The driver said in an affirmative tone: "I will never remember it wrong! It has been deserted for many years. No matter what you are going to do, I advise you to give up your thoughts as soon as possible, because it is very evil!"

I am really not afraid of evil things, so I said: "Uncle, we are actually the staff of the museum. An ancient tomb was found near Anning Village. We are going to do archaeology."

The driver thought for a while: "It's 400 kilometers from here to Anning Village, it's a long distance, [-] yuan."

"Uncle, it's too expensive, is it three hundred?" I bargained on the spot.

The driver shook his head: "To be honest, young man, I don't even want to go for [-] yuan. The place is too remote, and most people have never heard of it. Otherwise, you should find another driver."

Xu Ningrou brushed her hair and said, "Xiaolong, why don't you just take this car, we have to get there before dark."

"That's it." I changed my smiling face and said to the driver: "Uncle, I saw that you are an old driver. You must be driving steadily, so I will take your car!"

Sure enough, the uncle did not disappoint us. He drove to Anning Village in an hour and a half. We could see from a distance that the chimneys in the village were smoking. The man sat in the co-pilot and said, "Brother, don't you say that this place is deserted? Look Look, there are people cooking."

Along the way, the boy was already familiar with the driver, and he called each other very kindly.

The driver scratched his head in embarrassment: "Impossible. When I was a child, my mother always told cute stories, saying that there are monsters eating people here."

Doudou smiled and said, "Uncle, that's to scare the children."

"Hehe." The driver smiled and didn't say anything, because he felt that he was being slapped in the face. . .

A jeep was parked at the entrance of the village, and an old man in his 60s was sitting in the car. He was a member of the archaeological team and came here to pick us up.

After getting out of the car, we walked over, Xu Ningrou shook hands with the old man: "Is it Professor Luo?"

The old man nodded and said, "It's me, but... Didn't your museum only send two people over?"

Xu Ningrou explained: "Professor Luo is like this. This is my boyfriend Bruce Lee, and the other is his friend Yang Jiannan. They have a lot of research on ancient tomb institutions, so I invited them here personally."

"That's it, welcome." Professor Luo shook hands with me and the boy respectively.

When shaking hands with the boy, the boy said: "Brother, you are a bit sinister."

Why does this guy call everyone brother?People at this age can be your grandfather, okay?but. . .What's the matter with the yin?Why didn't I feel it?You know, I'm very sensitive to Yin Qi, and I can feel it even if I don't open my eyes.

Professor Luo froze for a moment and asked, "What?"

I hurriedly replied: "Professor Luo, he praised you for being heroic, and you can see that you are an upright person."

"Haha, what a bad old man, what a heroic spirit. Get in the car, and take you to the scene first."

Before getting in the car, I grabbed the boy and asked in a low voice, "Professor Luo really has Yin Qi?"

The boy replied, "A little bit, but not much."

I nodded slightly: "They have entered the ancient tomb, so it's normal for them to have some Yin Qi on their bodies..."

In the car, Professor Luo excitedly introduced the ancient tomb, saying that the owner of the tomb was from the Song Dynasty and that there were many funerary objects in the tomb.

Then, Xu Ningrou, Doudou and Professor Luo chatted about porcelain, all in technical terms, such as celadon, white porcelain, black porcelain, Ru kiln, official kiln, etc. Anyway, I couldn't understand it, so I looked at the scenery outside the window.

After driving through a section of rugged mountain roads, they finally arrived at the camp. There were three engineering tents in the camp. There was a deep pit in the middle, and a cordon was drawn around the pit. It seemed that it was undoubtedly a tomb.

After Professor Luo got out of the car, he shouted loudly: "Everyone, don't be too busy, come out and introduce some new comrades to you!"

Not long after, four figures came out of the tent one after another. The first one came out was a bald middle-aged man in his 40s wearing a black jacket; the second was a well-mannered middle-aged man wearing a blue shirt and glasses; Then there was a middle-aged woman in her 50s with a short, fat body and freckles on her face; as for the last one, she was a young man in her 30s, wearing a beige trench coat, with handsome features and a sunny smile on her face.

Professor Luo introduced us first, then pointed to the bald middle-aged man and said, "This is Lao Fang, an expert in antique calligraphy and painting."

Pointing to the middle-aged man wearing glasses: "Old Chen, a geologist."

Then he pointed at the chunky middle-aged woman: "Zhou Li, the archivist, she must record every antique unearthed in detail."

Just as Professor Luo wanted to introduce the last one, Doudou asked first, "This is Bai Cai, Professor Bai?"

The young man smiled gently, "You know me?"

"Ah, it's really you!" Doudou showed excited eyes: "Professor Bai, I'm your fan. I often read your papers before graduation. It's great to meet you!"

Bai Cai smiled, looked at Xu Ningrou and said, "But I admire Ms. Xu even more. She proposed several new restoration methods for antiques. Unexpectedly, Ms. Xu is not only smart, but also so beautiful."

"Thank you for the compliment." After Xu Ningrou replied, she looked at Professor Luo and asked, "Are there only so many people in the archaeological team?"

Professor Luo replied: "A few comrades are not feeling well and are resting in the village, which may be caused by the lack of air circulation in the tomb."

"Then are they okay?"

Professor Luo waved his hand: "It's okay, there are villagers taking care of them."

"That's good." Xu Ningrou looked at her watch and said, "Then let's start the antique appraisal work now."

"Xiao Xu, you have been traveling all the way, so don't rush to work, let's go eat first, the mutton in this village is very delicious." Speaking of mutton, Professor Luo's stomach growled twice.

Xu Ningrou declined politely, "No, Professor Luo, we're not hungry, so let's work quickly."

"Haha, Xiao Xu, you guys are really dedicated. Lao Fang, is it your turn to be on duty tonight?"

The balding middle-aged man nodded. Just as he was about to speak, the young Professor Bai suddenly said, "Brother Fang, go back and rest today. I will stay on duty and discuss with Miss Xu."

Professor Luo said with a smile: "It's also good, if you young people communicate more, we old bones will go back to rest first."

After speaking, he drove Lao Fang, and Lao Chen and Zhou Li left, preparing to go back to the village to rest.

The boy said helplessly that he also wanted to eat mutton, but I ruthlessly refused.

There is no reason for it, just because I am in a bad mood!That professor Bai is so courteous to Ningrou!But I need it for work, and I can't stop it, so I said to the boy angrily: "What kind of mutton are you eating? Go around and see if there is anything unclean!"

The boy agreed, and ran out happily, while I walked around the tomb to check. According to Professor Luo, the tomb is not big, and the body of the tomb owner has rotted away, leaving only a pile of dead bones, so it is impossible to change the corpse , Yin Qi did not feel, so there should be no problem.

Not long after, the boy came back and said with a complaining expression on his face, "Brother, there is nothing around here. I wanted to catch some game. If I had known, I would have gone to the village with them to eat mutton."

"If you don't eat a meal, you won't starve to death. Have you found any strange monsters or places with strong yin energy nearby?"

"No." The boy shook his head and said, "There is a small river nearby. I'll see if I can catch a fish."

I waved my hand: "Go, be careful... wait, can you swim?"

The boy turned around and said with a contemptuous expression, "Brother, my nickname is Landlubber."

Hearing this, I was in a trough at the time. With such an amazing nickname, how dare I go into the water?Isn't this courting death?So he pointed to the project tent and said, "Go and protect Ningrou Doudou, call if you have something to do, and leave it to me to catch fish."

"Brother, you can go at ease!"

I rolled my eyes: "You say that, how can I feel at ease? Remember, keep an eye on that Professor Bai, I always feel that he looks like a bad guy and doesn't look like a good person."

The boy chuckled: "Brother, you are jealous of his handsome parents."

"Stop talking nonsense! Do you still want to eat grilled fish?"

The boy hurriedly changed his words: "Brother, you are the most handsome man I have ever seen!"

Seeing that he was so knowledgeable, I didn't say anything more, and walked towards the direction of the stream. . .

……

After walking for about two kilometers, I saw the small river mentioned by the boy. The river is about 15 meters wide, and the water is very muddy. I can’t see what’s under the water, and there’s a rancid smell. Could there be fish in it? ?

I picked up a branch, squatted by the river and stirred it a few times, the surface of the water spread out layers of ripples, but I didn't see any fish.So, I poked the branch down and stirred it more vigorously, but the branch seemed to have caught something, and I pulled it up, bringing out a broken piece. . .There is still a bone!
I was also taken aback by the sudden appearance of this kind of thing, but after looking at the bones carefully, my complexion became even more gloomy!
This is a human forearm ulna with a very thin wrist. Judging from the size, it is either a woman or a child. The metacarpal bone is only connected to the index finger, and the rest is missing. It is because the index finger is hooked on the cloth that it was brought up.

I have seen many corpses. If it was just an ordinary white bone, it wouldn't shock me, but this arm bone is only half, and the incision is smooth. That is to say, this arm was severed by a sharp weapon!
Moreover, this 'river' is stagnant water. Strictly speaking, it should be a stinky pond like a 'river'.In other words, this amputated arm bone could not have rushed over from other places, and something extremely tragic must have happened here!When you have time to go to the village, maybe you can find out something from the villagers.

Looking at the cut bones, I was in no mood to catch fish anymore. I dug a small hole, buried the bones in, and turned around and walked to the camp. . .

(End of this chapter)