Sourness

Miyue is not very confident in the chart she made, but Jing Rong insists on looking at it.In desperation, Mi Yue had no choice but to bring her laptop from her office over, and opened up the pictures she made before to show them.

Jing Rong noticed the time when the file was saved, it was still a year ago.

Compared with Jing Rong's map, Mi Yue's map is more detailed.Especially after the picture was enlarged, Jing Rong saw that many small roads near the research institute were also marked.

"This map, can you send me a copy?" He asked Mi Yue humbly.

Mi Yue didn't think it was a big deal, she nodded and said, "No problem."

In conventional drawing software, different layers are superimposed on top of the base map.Each layer is a separate path, or a specific village.

Miyue marks these layers with different colors: the tombs that were first visited by tomb robbers and then the country began to organize the excavation are marked in orange; the exact information of the tombs is known, but they do not have the conditions for excavation and are currently under protection status, marked in green.

Tombs like Li Feiling that had not been damaged by tomb robbers and were successfully excavated were marked blue by Miyue.

Looking at the layers layer by layer, Jing Rong only felt dazzled.

Before he actually came into contact with the Institute of Lingxi Mountain, he thought that the tombs here, just like the museums he had been to, had several permanent and open exhibition halls.

But when he actually came, he realized that the tombs around Lingxi Mountain were very widely distributed. Some ancient tombs were open to the outside world, while others were only protected for academic research.

The museum was built together with the research institute. The exhibits in the museum are all cultural relics unearthed from different tombs, most of which are sacrificial objects.Most of them are jewelry and handicrafts.There are also some daily necessities, human figurines and chariot figurines.Calligraphy and painting cultural relics are even rarer, and because of preservation conditions, only some rubbings and pictures are on display.

This pavilion is also the last stop to visit the Xishan Scenic Area.

There are two stops before it: the second stop is a small burial community dominated by Li Changqing and Li Su and his son. In addition to the tombs of the father and son, there are also the tombs of several princesses and trusted ministers.

The first stop is Li Feiling's mausoleum.

Among the entire Xishan tomb group, Li Feiling's mausoleum is the largest and most elegant one, as well as the one with the most cultural and artistic characteristics.

In his tomb, archaeologists discovered the most exquisite murals found so far in the history of Xishan.Among them, the most famous ones are hunting pictures and palace banquet pictures.When the murals were discovered, the colors were bright, and the characters were vivid and full, full of the unique and vigorous vitality of the residents of the Xishan tribe.

These murals have been included in the museum's collection album.Li Feiling's mausoleum is no longer open to the public for protection purposes.

Visitors can visit the mural gallery next to the mausoleum, watch the complete copies of these murals, or learn about these knowledge through some video artifacts in the central exhibition hall of the museum.

Mi Yue checked her work progress at that time, and then added a new layer to remark the tomb of Princess Yunqin in the Nujun Valley and the other tombs discovered by tomb robbers in recent years.

"This should be the most detailed map so far..." Mi Yue muttered to herself, and then selected "Visible" for all layers.

The originally clean map was immediately turned into a mess by spots of various colors.

Mi Yue adjusted the scale, and the map on the computer screen kept changing, gradually showing a complete map of Lingxi Mountain.What appeared along with the whole picture of Lingxi Mountain was a pattern composed of dots of different colors, which seemed to be the shape of some kind of animal at a rough glance.

The first thought that popped up in Jing Rong's mind was: It's just a coincidence.

It is impossible to think about linking the planning of the burial group with the image of a certain animal.

Jing Rong felt a little disappointed.He thought that there would be some new discoveries, but it turned out to be such an oolong...

He raised his head, only to see Lin Qingshan and Mi Yue looked at each other very quickly, both of them were surprised as if they had found some important clue.

Lin Qingshan only said one word, "Quick!"

Jing Rong didn't know what to do, but Mi Yue obviously knew.He quickly called up a folder, opened it, picked and picked, and then opened a picture that had obviously been post-processed.

Jing Rong froze for a moment.Because of this graphic, he had seen it before.

On the way to Binhai City, after a night of chaos at the hotel in the mountains, Miyue handed over a gold hollow incense ball to the police at the police station.

He still remembered that Miyue told him that the patterns on the incense balls were called curly grass patterns.

At the place where the two semicircles are closed, there is such a pattern engraved: a standing human figure, followed by a series of animals, lined up from big to small, with different shapes, but maintaining the same posture.

They held their heads high, as if they were a group of brave soldiers following behind humans.

Mi Yue skillfully intercepted a part of this figure: it was the animal following the humans, a tall and strong bear.

Its head was raised high, as if it was roaring ferociously.

Mi Yue superimposed the image of the bear on the map just now, and then adjusted its transparency so that the map below could be clearly seen.

Then he began to adjust the proportions of the bear little by little.

As if it was just a mistake, Miyue adjusted the angle of the transparent bear pattern, and then a miracle happened under their noses: all the red dots, green dots, blue dots... were covered Inside the bear's body.

In other words, if these points of different colors are connected according to certain rules, the final shape is the shape of the roaring bear.

Jing Rong was still in a daze, but Mi Yue's already excited fingers began to tremble, "Master, have you seen it? Have you seen it?"

Lin Qingshan couldn't hide his shock, but he was calmer than Miyue after all, he just reached out and rubbed his head lightly, and said with a smile, "Nice job."

Jing Rong stammered and interrupted the conversation between the master and the apprentice, "What the hell... do you mean? Is it a totem?"

Miyue's excited eyes seemed to be shining, "Guardian beast! The bear is their guardian beast! Why didn't I think of it before... Did you see the pattern in front? The human leader walked in front, he Behind him was a string of animals, and right behind him was a bear. In the tradition of the Xishan tribe, the bear plays the role of a strong, loyal guardian."

Jing Rong understood a little bit, "So the burial place of the ancestors also needs to be protected by this loyal guardian beast...Is that what you mean?"

Lin Qingshan nodded, the excitement in his eyes was restrained implicitly, "There are many stone sculptures of bears around their tombs, and there are also other animals, such as tigers, leopards, wolves... they are all placed in the order of this pattern Let it go. Even Li Feiling's coffin has such a pattern painted on it. Legend has it that Li Feiling can command ferocious beasts to fight..."

Jing Rong's heart skipped a beat, and something flashed through his mind.Before he could catch it, Lin Qingshan's words dragged his thoughts back.

"If their city survives, it might be in the shape of a guardian beast." Lin Qingshan said: "This tribe has lived in the deep mountains from generation to generation, and they trust the power of the beast very much."

The master and apprentice did a simple science popularization for laymen, and then plunged back into the new discoveries.

Jing Rong also hurried over, trying to keep up with the train of thought of an insider.

"Here, look here," said the excited voice from Professor Lin, who was still mature and prudent a few minutes ago, "the tomb of the high priest is just at the position of the guardian beast's eyes. The tombs of Li Feiling, Li Changqing and Li Su are at the shoulder... Several of them are famous leaders in the history of the Xishan Tribe, does this mean that they have shouldered the responsibility for the prosperity of the tribe?"

"These famous ministers are all buried at the bear's paw..." Miyue zoomed in on the map for Lin Qingshan to see, "You can see that they are all in these places, it can't be a coincidence... the tombs of ordinary people are basically distributed Below the shoulders of the Guardian Beast... it probably has something to do with the status in the tribe."

Lin Qingshan said: "This is the earliest tomb of the rebel Zhuge family excavated. It is recorded in the history books that he wanted to become the leader as Uncle Wang, and even conspired to kill the leader's two sons. After the matter failed, he was skinned and dismantled by Li Changqing. The bones, the whole family were beheaded."

Mi Yue also nodded, expressing her understanding of Lin Qingshan's meaning, "Yes, yes, I didn't think there was any problem with the Zhuge clan being buried here before, but now that I look at it, it's like being stepped on by the bear's two paws. This position is already outside the graphic of the bear, which means that the Zhuge clan will not be protected by the guardian beast."

The master and apprentice became more and more excited as they talked.

Jing Rong heard them talking about the purpose of the location of the female monarch valley on the bear's back, and suddenly thought of another question, and suddenly became nervous, "Professor Lin, no one else saw this picture made by Mi Yue, right?" ?!"

The room fell silent.

Both Mi Yue and Lin Qingshan still had a bit of excitement on their faces, but they both showed solemn expressions because of Jing Rong's words.

"If someone else sees this chart," Jing Rong always thinks about the worst possible outcome before encountering an emergency, "and also analyzes the general layout of the entire tomb group like you, do you think they will use this chart? Think of it as a treasure map?"

When Lin Qingshan heard him ask if others had seen it, he had already thought of this kind of consequence.

He looked at Miyue, but Miyue thought back and forth about the use of her laptop in her mind for a moment, then shook her head and said, "We don't have the habit of borrowing computers from each other. Even if someone's computer has a temporary problem, I also go to the library to use the public computer. The things in my computer should not be touched by others.”

Lin Qingshan also knew this.Because each of them handles different tasks and each has content that needs to be kept secret, people in different groups will not inquire about each other's work progress.

And the people in the same group also complete various reports on their own computers, who would go to other people's computers?

Mi Yue hesitated for a moment, "I haven't made this diagram completely before, even if I open it and zoom it to a suitable ratio, it still looks messy... Even if I really see it, I probably won't understand what it means."

Jing Rong shook his head, he always felt that those who can come to work here are smart people.They can think of things that already have a direction, but if it is someone else, they may not be able to think of it.

The author has something to say:

Isn't this a treasure map~~