red tomb

Only relying on three notebooks is naturally not enough.To determine the specific age and related details, the most reliable and scientific identification method is undoubtedly to use Jiuxiaoqin and Mulei Cup for radioisotope determination.It's just that they are as hard as diamonds, and there is a risk of being discovered and considered to be a national treasure.

Large items must be hidden, but small samples are always okay, right?

So Jin Sheng wore gloves and held a small spoon. With his professional attitude in chemical titration, he carefully scraped off the dark red precipitates at the bottom of the cup, and sent them back to Pingcheng University as samples.He is in charge of the experiment, and his job is convenient. It is a matter of minutes to ask people such as mass spectrometers and infrared spectrometers to help.

While waiting for the results of the sample analysis, in addition to continuing to study the Book of Changes, several people had another task, which was the study of ancient characters—yes, the inscription on the bottom of the cup.

"This thing is rare." After flipping through a lot of related documents, Su You said with certainty, "There are very few things that can be handed down from the former Qin Dynasty to the present, and even fewer are engraved. In fact, in the wine glass There are no inscriptions engraved on it, only a three-legged tripod like that-recording the reason for casting and the ceremony of worshiping heaven at that time. And there is only one tripod in the whole world."

Jin Sheng leaned over his head, looked at the photo of the bronze three-legged square tripod on Su You's computer, and appraised it: "No matter how you look at it, our cup is more beautiful."

"Anyone with eyes can tell - without the patina, of course it's more beautiful." Jiang Siqi stopped Jin Sheng out of habit. "And, isn't the point the words? The lines on the outside are very clear, so why are the words inside blurred?"

Du Ying shrugged. "Either by accident or on purpose."

"This is really a good all-purpose answer." Jin Sheng was very unimpressed by this dispensable answer. "Unless it's filled with hydrochloric acid, will the words be blurred?"

This is clearly a rhetorical question.That is to say, Jin Sheng thinks that someone—no matter who—deliberately erased the key parts in order to prevent them from reaching their goals, or not to achieve them so quickly.

"I know you're just giving an example, but there's absolutely no way it's hydrochloric acid." Su You folded his hands behind his head and turned the seat around unconsciously. "It's some kind of red liquid that doesn't like to evaporate very much..."

"I want to say, whether it's blood or wine, it's impossible to leave it there for 2000 years to kill it if you open your mouth normally." Jin Sheng said.

The three looked at each other.Everyone understands such a simple truth, so... can we just wait for the analysis results to come out?

"Then it will be a few more days." Su You made a decision. "I guess the inscription is Xiaozhuan. You can try rubbing it out to see. In addition, there are only a few known ruins of the former Qin Dynasty, and the elimination method can get rid of them. I am afraid that I will come to a place that no one has discovered before... "

"And this is very possible." Jiang Siqi spread his hands. "The same Paiyun Mountain, we can all go to another one, so what is there to be lucky about?"

Jin Sheng's eyes swept over the two of them, and stayed on Du Ying's face for a while before he said, "Anyway, hurry up. If possible, I sincerely hope to get this done before school starts. "

"Who said no?" Su You agreed, a little annoyed.He saved so much annual leave, it wasn't originally used to explore supernatural events!

Although except for Du Ying, the three of them were more or less reluctant, but no one raised objections or doubts, and proceeded step by step according to the plan——

Jin Sheng rubbed down the inscription with a pencil, and he kept an eye on it. He only cut out a few words and asked someone to ask the old professor; Su You compared the cultural relics unearthed in the ruins of the former Qin Dynasty with the Mulei Cup, and ruled out possible locations one by one; Jiang Siqi was flipping through the former Qin books, trying to find related wine glasses or descriptions of red liquid.

In the end, Du Ying looked at the map and tried to find out the geomantic treasures that existed in the former Qin territory, and then went to buy some tools that might be useful.To put it bluntly, the places where good things from the past are buried are either tombs or temples, and they have to be prepared.

As mentioned earlier, Jin Sheng's interpersonal relationship is quite good.On the third day after the sample was airlifted away, he received the electronic analysis report from the laboratory of Pingcheng University.

"Your popularity is so reliable!" Su Yu exclaimed.This speed, is it to help them do it immediately after getting it?

Jin Sheng didn't even look up, he just quickly downloaded the attachment and opened it.Inside are peak and line diagrams one after another, mixed with numbers and scientific symbols, ordinary people are absolutely dumbfounded.

At least Du Ying said he was at a loss. "What does it mean?"

Like Su You, Jiang Siqi immediately got up and walked over when he heard the result came back. "The carbon thirteen isotope decay period...the time is correct," he squinted his eyes and looked at the pictures that jumped on the screen, "the peak area is the largest for short-carbon chain polyols, and there are abundant esters... this The thing is wine!"

At this time, even Jin Sheng had to admit that although Jiang Siqi's personality was not very attractive, that outstanding graduate was really a childlike child. "That's right," he affirmed, "There are other characteristic substances—" He pointed to another peak on the screen, "The possible locations are listed below...there are three, and it looks like the Heyuan area?"

All four were shocked.Because the Heyuan area is the birthplace of the former Qin Dynasty, it is normal if there are ancestral temples or mausoleums.It's just that until now, the archaeological team hasn't found anything there, at least according to official sources.

"Is this asking us to position ourselves?" Su You said dryly.Are you kidding me, the Heyuan area has an area of ​​tens of thousands of square kilometers at least?

"No, just follow the river." Du Ying corrected, "In that era, cities were all close to the river. As long as we go up the river, we can always find clues."

"It sounds very simple, but..." Su You sharply pointed out the biggest problem, "The river course was different then, right?" The Qinhe River is known as the mother river, but it has been diverted many times in history, as we all know.

"Of course we don't know, but, brother, Du Ying has lived for so long, even if he hasn't seen it, he must have heard of it!" Jiang Siqi said, with a smile on his face finally.

"You've said that, how can I still say I don't know?" Du Ying nodded, looking helpless.

"That's fine." Jin Sheng finally spoke, giving the matter the final word. "I'm going to book a plane ticket, everyone pack up what needs to be packed, and prepare to leave tomorrow or the day after tomorrow!"

A group of people are full of confidence, but none of them really know what is waiting for them ahead.

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