Jianbao Lingyan

This expedition was nothing like the previous ones.

Through this expedition, Xu You discovered that the previous few people just walked around the periphery of the deserted island, and did not go deep at all.

As he got deeper and deeper into the interior of the island, Xu Er discovered more traces of human life, some of which were more than 1000 years ago, and even hundreds of years ago.

Seeing the traces of life that were suspected to be left by pirates hundreds of years ago, Xu You was really desperate. If the things had already been found, then there was nothing wrong with him at all.

But Xu You didn't give up either, at first he just wanted to clear up the doubts in his heart, not to mention that he came out with Chen Zhibei this time, no matter what he said, it wasn't a loss.

Xu Wei even thought that if the pirate used this place as a stronghold, he might find some things left by the pirates back then.

Chen Zhibei held a Yangwen dagger in his hand and looked around vigilantly. There were two mercenaries standing beside him.

The two geologists had gone back to the ship, and there were only six mercenaries and the two of them left on the island.

The captain of the mercenary was named Ma Wen, and he and Chen Zhibei were also old friends. The two had known each other a few years ago, and Chen Zhibei even healed Ma Wen's daughter's eyes.

In the past few years, every time Chen Zhibei went abroad, he would hire Ma Wen's mercenary team, mainly for peace of mind.

It was raining heavily today, and the expedition team couldn't move forward. Several people were trapped in a small cave, and they lit a bonfire with a pot of hot soup on it.

The soup is filled with canned meat and vegetable packs. Although the taste is very ordinary, it can replenish nutrition as soon as possible.

Chen Zhibei was sitting by the bonfire, drinking Ma Wen very seriously to discuss about tomorrow's trip, while Xu Wei was sitting on the other side, studying a small thing in his hand.

It was a fragment of a bowl, and this piece of broken porcelain was just discovered by a river far from the cave.

A few broken human bones were also found nearby. A member of the mercenary team who was a hunter said that this man should have been attacked by a wild beast.

This made everyone become more cautious. Who knows if the beast has any descendants now, living on the deserted island.

And that broken piece of porcelain, now in Xu Wei's hands, has a very faint halo. Although it is faint, it also allows Xu Wei to see a little residual influence.

Judging from the clothing, it is indeed the clothing of the Kucha people in the middle Tang Dynasty, and the beast should be a leopard.

However, Xu Wei couldn't tell what kind of leopard it was, but it also made Xu Wei heave a sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't some weird monster.

Ever since he transformed into a giant snake in the cave in Xiangjiang, Xu You knew that the so-called rare and exotic beasts in this world were not groundless.

Xu You also wanted to save his life and see more of these rare treasures in the world.

The next day, a few people followed the trail they found yesterday and continued to head towards the island. Although the road became muddy due to yesterday's heavy rain, it was very difficult for them to move forward, but they still walked forward without wasting a bit. time.

Hard work paid off, and several people found another stone tablet in a bush.The text on it is still Tocharian script, but it doesn't seem to be as complete as the one that was first discovered.

Xu Er copied the text on the stele to his water depth notebook, and then several people found a place to stay nearby, planning to rest here today.

The appearance of this stele undoubtedly gave everyone a shot in the arm.

Although this group of mercenaries said that no matter whether they found something or not, there would be a hiring fee, but if they found the treasure, they would have another hard fee.

These days, who would dislike a lot of money.

After a night of overnight translation, Xu You roughly understood the contents of this stone tablet.

Unlike the one on the previous stele, this stele should have the names of people written on it. Obviously, the person who made the stele wanted to keep everyone's name as a memorial.

At the same time, it is also written on it that the flat land not far from the stele is the place where they lived and accepted their death.

Until he reached the recessed flat, Xu Wei knew that he had found a place.

The outside is surrounded by a small earthen wall, and there are four or five house ruins inside, but it can be seen that no one has lived here for at least hundreds of years.

There is a piece of land behind the house, and there are seven or eight tombstones scattered on it, all carved in Tocharian.

A few people walked carefully inside the small earthen wall, and then searched the houses one by one. Finally, in the largest house, they found a sheepskin notebook from a decayed cabinet.

They all spitcharian characters, and it can be seen that the stone tablet outside and the notebook in the room were probably made by one person.

Several people searched a lot, but there was nothing but this notebook.

This confused Xu Wei. After all, there was no one here. The last person who died couldn't bury himself.

Obviously, he couldn't bury himself, so where did the bones go?

It is said that these people are holding a boatload of goods, but they have been unable to leave here. Although they have mountains of gold and silver, they live a life of savages. After living like this for a few years, if they think about it, they will treat the wealth in their hands with a sick way. emotion.

Then the last person who died might have put himself and a bunch of treasures together, and let those precious goods be his funeral objects.

Uh, how about this? If I really found the place, it would be considered grave-digging, right?

Xu Er felt awkward about her guess, and hesitated about whether she wanted to continue.

This should be considered a grave robber, right?

This is not a good thing. Xu You doesn't like tomb robbery. Although Xu You is in the antique business, he never touches those newly unearthed graves.

Digging people's graves is a matter of destroying people's ancestral graves. Although Xu Er is a graduate student, he is still a country boy at heart, and he attaches great importance to offering sacrifices to ancestral tombs.

For a long time, grandfather Xu Dongliang often said that the reason why the family prospered was because the tomb of the family grandfather was on a feng shui auspicious acupoint, so his uncle was able to be so successful, and he was able to become a graduate student.

Not to mention the fact that being able to go to university has anything to do with the ancestral grave, but Xu You will never do grave digging.

Taking advantage of the mercenary's inattention, Xu Wei told Chen Zhibei about his guess, and also told the other party that he wanted to give up.

Chen Zhibei thought for a moment, then shook his head, "It's not considered a grave."

Chen Zhibei and Xu Wei explained the definition of a tomb well. As the saying goes, the soil is a tomb, and the hole is a tomb, which is commonly called a "tomb".

The place where the goods are stored is likely to be a cave, which has nothing to do with the tomb.

Rather than saying that there is a grave, it is better to say that the person wanted to be with those goods when he was dying.

He just died there, not buried there.

After hearing Chen Zhibei's words, Xu Er thought it made sense, so he stopped being entangled and continued to actively search for the goods.

The sheepskin notebook is the author's handwriting, which records some experiences, and also writes some things after being dragged here. It also says that several people put the most precious batch of goods in another place, but The exact location is not mentioned in the notes.

But there were indeed a lot of porcelain and silk in the goods, which confirmed Xu Wei's previous conjecture.

Although there is a saying that hard work pays off, in fact, no matter what happens, some luck is needed.

For example, Xu You's treasure hunt this time, at the beginning, he would occasionally find some pieces of broken porcelain, which proved that Xu Wei's initial guess was correct.

Later, they found the places where the dead crew members lived, which also indirectly proved Xu Wei's guess.

But after that, things went nowhere.

The goods from the Tang Dynasty seemed to have disappeared without a trace, but a mercenary found a pirate's den when he went out to find food. Judging from the remaining items, it should be an item from the Age of Discovery .

There were only a few discarded rusty scimitars and a few gold and silver coins in this pirate den. Chen Zhibei didn't want them and gave them all to the mercenaries.

This made the mercenary happy for several days. Although there were not many items, the younger one in the employer told him that one of the few gold coins was very good. Take a price of [-] to [-].

The money is worth going out on a big mission by myself.

The other mercenaries were also very happy, because Chen Zhibei said that if they found this kind of pirate stronghold again, all the things they found would belong to them.

As a result, the few mercenaries who were already working hard burst into action in the next few days.

Time passed like this, Xu Er and Chen Zhibei have been leading people to search on this deserted island.The two geologists also often went to the island, carrying a bunch of strange instruments to test the nearby terrain.

The boat hired by Chen Zhibei also went back and forth between the deserted island and San Francisco three times to replenish various supplies.

Just when Xu Er gave up and planned to come back next time, he finally saw the dawn.

On this day, Xu Er and Chen Zhibei were not far from the camp, and the two left the team, wanting to live together for a while.

The terrain here is very high, and you can see the beach and coastline from a distance.

At the beginning, the two still cuddled together very warmly, taking walks and chatting, and then they started playing around while chatting.

Xu Er ran to the side, asking Chen Zhibei to come and catch him.

And Chen Zhibei was also willing to play around with Xu Wei, but when the two of them were having fun and were about to do something shameless, Xu Wei stepped on the air and fell into a hole with a bang.

Xu You fell, although he fell, but it was not serious, but Chen Zhibei was so frightened that his heart almost stopped beating.

"Little Er." Chen Zhibei quickly lay down at the entrance of the cave, calling Xu Wei's name.

Xu You yelled "Ouch, Ouch" a few times, which was the answer to Chen Zhibei.

Afterwards, Xu You belatedly realized that he was sitting next to a pile of skeletons, and was startled.

The opening of the hole in the ground is about two meters long, and it is easy to jump down, but it takes some external force to get up.

Chen Zhibei still gave Xu You the flashlight on his body, telling Xu You not to move around, and went back to the camp to find the rope by himself.

Xu You naturally agreed, then turned on the flashlight, squatted at the entrance of the cave, and waited for Chen Zhibei.

This hole looked like it was dug by hand. Xu You shined a flashlight into it, and he could clearly see a deep tunnel ahead.

It's just that Chen Zhibei didn't let him run around, Xu You was afraid that if he went in by himself, he wouldn't be able to see him when Chen Zhibei came back, so he could only endure the curiosity and excitement in his heart and wait here.

After about 20 minutes, Xu Wei heard movement above the entrance of the cave, and after a while, he let down a rope, and Chen Zhibei jumped down along the rope.

After that, Marvin and four mercenaries also jumped down, all carrying equipment on their backs.

It seems that Brother Beizi thinks the same as him.

Xu You said happily in her heart.