Xianyuan Farm

Cui Peng is a new member of the scientific expedition team. He is a college student who just graduated from an archeology department in Gansu Province this year.

Originally, new employees like him had very few opportunities to go out for practice. In the early stage, they were mainly engaged in the cleaning and compilation of cultural relics. However, the large scale of the archaeological excavation in Honghu Village allowed him to enter the practical stage so quickly. .

But Cui Peng was obviously too happy too early. As a young scientific expedition team member, he was led by an experienced senior at the excavation site. The old comrade was also very attentive while excavating the ruins and talking to Cui Peng. Explain various techniques and techniques discovered by oneself.

At this moment, they were not with Director Yao. They were on the other side of the ancient city ruins. There were many ancient architectural ruins around them, but there were no buildings at all where they excavated, just like a city square.

"Master Duan, just now I saw a lot of people surrounding Director Yao, let's go take a look too!" Cui Peng was digging the ground with a hoe. Now they can tell at a glance that there are no ancient cultural relics in this place. Some of the things may have been highlighted, so he didn't seem particularly focused at the moment.

The man named Lao Duan, who stood beside him and was digging the ground with a tool, said patiently: "Xiao Cui, doing scientific research and excavation is not as fun as you imagined in school. It is a very boring job." Don't look listless at work. The area assigned to us by Director Yao will not be finished even at dark at the current rate!"

"Alas, our area is not a key location for excavation. I originally thought it would be more interesting to unearth a valuable cultural relic with my own hands this time!" Cui Peng said dejectedly.

Lao Duan smiled again and comforted: "We are all one body. However, the division of labor is different. All the excavations have found that our contributions will not be less. There is nothing to complain about. This mentality of yours is not good!"

"Haha, I'm just talking. I just haven't personally unearthed a valuable ancient cultural relic yet!" Cui Peng had a strong desire to unearth antiques with his own hands. At this time, it became a knot in his heart.

The teacher, Lao Duan, said sincerely: "Okay, when you get to our age, you won't think like this. Do your work well. There are many opportunities like this!"

Cui Peng had resentment in his heart, but Lao Duan's persuasion had little effect. Just chisel down into the soil in front of your feet. Suddenly the chisel encountered a relatively hard object. He thought it was just a stone mixed in the soil, but the old man next to him didn't think so. Based on his experience, he immediately heard the difference in sound.

"Xiao Cui, stop it!" Old Duan stopped him quickly when he saw Cui Peng holding up the chisel and planning to pick again.

"Master Duan. What's going on?" Cui Peng put down the chisel and asked in confusion.

"No. The sound your chisel made just now was wrong." Old Duan said with a frown.

"Xiao Cui, you can continue digging, but this time with less force. There might be a surprise down there that you are looking forward to!" Lao Duan thought for a while and suggested.

Since the master said this, Cui Peng naturally had no choice but to do it. He suddenly became more energetic after hearing what Duan said just now: "Master Duan, you said there are cultural relics down there?"

Lao Duan looked at him and smiled mysteriously: "Haha, there must be surprises, but I can't say whether they are considered cultural relics or not!"

After digging for a few times, something different from the soil was revealed underneath. Cui Peng couldn't see clearly at first, but after digging for a few more times, an animal skeleton soon appeared in front of him.

"Ah!" Cui Peng shouted, throwing away the chisel and pointing his finger at the skeleton excitedly: "Sure enough, I found something!"

Old Duan on the side was not surprised but looked confused. He walked to Cui Peng and picked up the chisel he had dropped. He carefully dug around the skeleton. Soon a complete skeleton appeared in front of them.

"Human bones, these are definitely human bones!" Cui Peng continued to yell.

At this time, Lao Duan's face became more and more serious. A human skeleton was discovered and he did not stop digging. Soon another human skeleton was discovered again.

Soon, a small pit was dug out of the flat ground, and corpses were piled up one after another in the pit. Cui Peng was shocked by the sight in front of him. He opened his mouth wide and never screamed again. Make a sound.

With all his strength, Lao Duan threw the chisel to the ground aside, and said breathlessly: "Xiao Cui, call Director Yao and the others over quickly, saying that there is a major discovery here, and ask them to come and take a look at the scene!"

"Okay, okay, I'll go right away!" Cui Peng ran away after hearing Lao Duan's order.

Soon, Director Yao at the excavation site was brought over by Cui Peng. There were other people along the way, and Gu Hongyu and his father were also among the crowd.

"Old Duan, what's the big discovery?" A scientific researcher who was following Director Yao asked loudly before he even got closer. His line of sight was blocked by the people in front of him, otherwise he wouldn't have asked this question. .

Before Lao Duan could answer, Director Yao, who was walking in front, ducked down to the bottom of the pit full of corpses. The people who followed him squeezed each other and looked at the scene in front of them, and they were shocked.

"Director, no corpses have been seen since the ancient city ruins were excavated. Now they are found in groups. I estimate that this pit with corpses is not small. I'm afraid this is just the tip of the iceberg!" Old Duan Qingqing He said to Director Yao who approached him.

Director Yao sighed: "Now I guess this ancient city was destroyed by war. We have just found two corpses, one big and one small, snuggling together. The big one is obviously protecting the underage child, but the two corpses can still see obvious wounds from knife and gun cuts. The corpses here are the same. You see, each corpse also has various scars."

"Director Yao, it's getting late. Should we continue excavating here or wait until tomorrow?" Old Duan suddenly asked.

Director Yao obviously didn't expect Lao Duan to ask this, but after thinking about it, he smiled and said, "Continue working. I will arrange other personnel to connect a lighting line. I'm afraid that there will be too many people to handle it. Don't worry, I will personally stay here and send other personnel from other less important excavation points to clean up the findings here first. Maybe we can find some clues!"

In fact, Director Yao didn't need to make any arrangements. The staff at other excavation points saw that it was time to get off work. Everyone came to watch the situation here. When they heard what Director Yao said, they looked at each other and consciously dug gently around the corpse.

A big discovery made every member of the scientific expedition team energetic. At this moment, the sky had darkened, but the pit was as bright as day. They seemed to have forgotten hunger and fatigue, and worked hard to dig the soil without sleep and food.

There is strength in numbers, and the sand and soil disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

More corpses appeared at the bottom of the pit. These human corpses seemed to have merged into a whole. Many bones were scattered and stacked together. Some of them could still be seen as a human figure, while others were completely broken. It was unknown which bone belonged to which corpse.

Finally, the entire earth pit where the corpses were buried was cleared out. The scientific expedition team measured the pit with a tape measure and found that it was 20 meters long and 10 meters wide, a full 200 square meters.

Director Yao and Lao Duan were not idle either. They stepped carefully on the corpses and carefully cleaned the dirt on the corpses. There were actually a lot of debris scattered under these corpses. After sorting out the corpses of several square meters, they concluded that the total number of people buried in this 200-square-meter pit was at least 1,000.

In ancient times, this remote place was originally sparsely populated. A city with a thousand people was already very large. Besides, it was not known whether these people alone were all the people in the city.

Seeing hundreds of square meters of corpses in front of him, even the brave Gu Hongyu still felt a little chilled when thinking about this scene. He didn't know why these people died here in groups. Was it really because of the war? How cruel people would do such a tragedy of genocide.

"Report it, the situation here is beyond our imagination, and we must let the higher-ups pay attention to it!" Director Yao sighed and said to an archaeologist beside him.

Old Duan also sighed and said: "I have been doing archaeology for decades, and this is probably the time when I have encountered the most dead people. The only regret is that I know that no useful written records have been found so far."

It cannot be said that no cultural relics such as books were found in this excavation, but perhaps it was too old, or these books and materials were not properly preserved. Some of the text books found by the archaeological team have turned to dust.

"Don't worry, there will always be clues. If there is no corresponding historical event to tell about major archaeological discoveries such as the massacre of the city, who will believe it!" Director Yao said with a smile.

"This Honghu Village will probably be popular for a while because of this incident. No wonder Xiao Gu has been so good to us recently. He has always been willing to help us. It turns out that he just wants us to make a major discovery. Now it's his wish!" Old Duan also said with a smile.

"Who cares? But the food in their house tastes really good. I can't forget it. I will come here often in the future. Okay, it's late. Let's all come here today!" Director Yao and his team are accustomed to archaeological work. They are already talking about dinner in the place where corpses are everywhere.

The team members are now dragging their tired bodies out one by one. Cui Peng is the most nervous among them. What this kid encountered today is really strange. He originally expected to find important cultural relics, but he dug up countless ancient corpses. You can imagine how disappointed he is!

Cui Peng only remembered at this time. No wonder Old Duan gave him a mysterious smile when he was digging the ground, and said strangely: "It's hard to say about cultural relics, but there will definitely be surprises!"