Sourness

Before Mi Yue could wait for Da Mao's answer, she heard commotion downstairs, people running on the stairs, and men yelling something loudly, and then heard someone outside the door start banging on the door.

Mi Yue turned her head and saw that Da Mao, who was squatting by the window, had disappeared, probably frightened, and rushed out again.

Mi Yue conveniently placed the little owl on the window sill, and walked over to open the door with her slippers on.

As soon as the door was opened, an old cat's voice was heard outside the door, "My brother has already fallen asleep, what are you..."

Mi Yue was slightly taken aback, the brother the old cat was talking about didn't mean him?

Is this person... defending him? !

Standing outside the door were two dark-skinned middle-aged men. They were not tall, but they both looked very strong.Seeing that the people in the guest rooms on both sides were called up, there was no apologetic look on their faces, but a look of course.One of them reached into Miyue's door and clicked on the ceiling light in the room.

Mi Yue frowned, "What's the matter?"

Across a corridor, the door of the old cat's room was also open. A black and strong man was coming out of it with half a cigarette in his mouth. The old cat stood beside the door with a serious expression.

Mi Yue's eyes met the old cat's, and the old cat shook his head slightly.

Mi Yue looked away, reached out her hand to stop the man who turned on the light for him on his own initiative, "Who are you?"

Just as the old cat was about to step forward, he heard the man walking in front of him say, "Sorry, little brother, the monkey we brought out ran away. Let's come out and look for it."

He said he was embarrassed, but his expression and tone didn't feel any embarrassment for disturbing others.

Mi Yue already knew what these people were doing from Da Mao, so naturally she wouldn't be so stupid as to confront them head-on.There are only two people on his side... No, no, the old cat is not his companion.This person doesn't know what his plan is, so it's better not to stab the knife in the back while taking advantage of the chaos.

Mi Yue stepped aside and let them look into the room by themselves.

The room area is limited, and the furnishings are clear at a glance.Except for the little owl on the window sill guarding the plate and pecking at the boiled corn, there is nothing special in the room.

The man who turned on the light took a special look into the bathroom, turned his head, and shook his head at the dark and strong man outside the door.

The black and strong man walked to the window at the end of the corridor, held the guardrail to test how firm it was, and then turned around and went downstairs with him.

Mi Yue followed her to look downstairs.From his perspective, he could only see that the doors of the guest rooms downstairs were half open, and there were two men standing in the hallway, saying that it was hard to find outside.

It was still raining, and there were forests outside the inn, not to mention that there were no street lights in the deep mountains and old forests. It was really not easy to find a monkey in such an environment.

Mi Yue lay on the railing watching the excitement for a while, and when she turned around, she saw the old cat still leaning on the door frame, fiddling with the lighter in her hand a little bored.

Seeing Mi Yue look over, he raised his eyebrows, with a gentle expression on his face, "Don't worry, it has nothing to do with us."

Mi Yue thought to herself, who are you and us? !

The old cat didn't seem to notice the alienated expression on his face, and asked again with a smile, "Have you seen the one they said...?"

Concerned that there were people downstairs, he didn't say the word monkey.

Mi Yue shook her head, then looked downstairs again, "There are quite a few of them."

The old cat raised his hand and made a gesture, "This number."

Mi Yue was taken aback, "How do you know?"

The old cat smiled and said nothing.

Mi Yue was a little more wary of this person.

How could it be possible that the people Wang Xiaohu sent to deal with him were simple things?As for why she directly rejected Wang Xiaohu's words because of bad face, Mi Yue didn't believe it at first.

Mi Yue waved her hand and entered her room, "Since it has nothing to do with us, then go to bed early."

The old cat sneered behind him, not knowing what it meant.

Mi Yue pretended not to hear, and only frowned after closing the door, feeling that it was really cumbersome to have such an unclear person by her side.

But for a while, he really couldn't do anything about this person.

Mi Yue lay on the bed worrying for a while, but couldn't think of anything to do, so she could only turn off the lights and go to sleep, because she had to go on the road tomorrow after all.

As soon as he fell asleep, he heard the little owl cooing twice.As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a black shadow jumping in along the window sill.

Even knowing that it was Da Mao, Mi Yue was still taken aback.

"What's wrong?" He stretched out his hand subconsciously to press the switch of the bedside lamp. When his fingertips were about to touch the switch, he suddenly realized that he couldn't turn on the light. He quickly retracted, lifted the quilt and sat up, "Big Mao? You Where did you go just now?"

The rain was still falling outside the window, and the faint skylight came in. Da Mao's figure shrank a little in the dim light, as if he was guarding against being beaten and scolded at any time.

"It's for you." It moved closer, and stretched out its hand towards Mi Yue in a fawning manner, "This is for you."

"What?" Miyue couldn't see what it had in its hand, but he could hear the joy in Da Mao's voice, as if it had accomplished something important, and couldn't wait for Miyue's praise.

There was something the size of a walnut in Mi Yue's palm, a round metal product, not heavy, like a hollow handicraft, with raised patterns on the surface, a little warmth from being held by the big hair .

Afraid that turning on the light would attract the attention of the people downstairs, Mi Yue simply covered his head with a quilt and turned on the phone's light, but as soon as the light came on, he himself was taken aback.

"Is this... taken from them?" Mi Yue's voice trembled a little.

Under the light, the metal product in Mi Yue's hand had a blue-yellow gleam.

This is the color of gold—the color of the highest purity gold can achieve, limited by smelting technology thousands of years ago.

It was a gold hollow incense ball with intricate and gorgeous curly grass patterns. In the place where the two semicircles closed, he saw a circle of familiar patterns: a standing human figure followed by a bunch of animals, some of which were larger , some are smaller, and have different shapes, but they maintain the same posture: with their heads held high, as if they were soldiers following behind humans.

No need to look at the second one, Miyue knew it must be something stolen from the Xishan Tombs.

Everyone in the Lingxi Mountain Research Institute is very familiar with this pattern of humans leading the herd.It has appeared countless times on various utensils and funerary objects representing the Xishan civilization.

According to limited information, it should be a special totem for the chief of the Xishan tribe, and it has a special meaning.

Da Mao rubbed his hands and nodded nervously.

It ate Mi Yue's food and used this thing to thank him.Although it doesn't know what this thing is useful for, the people who raised it obviously cherish it, so Da Mao took it for granted that this thing is very important, important enough to express its gratitude.

But Miyue's reaction made it a little nervous, it stared blankly at Miyue, and rubbed its paws in bewilderment.

Mi Yue breathed a sigh of relief, "Da Mao, thank you."

Da Mao breathed a sigh of relief.

It blinked its eyes and whispered, "You're welcome, you gave me something to eat."

Mi Yue reached out and touched its head, "Don't go out yet, I'm afraid those people downstairs are still looking for you."

Da Mao understood this sentence.It didn't know whether to trust this human being, but he could understand what it said and gave it something to eat.If given a choice, it would still like to stay here.

But Miyue felt that this was really...a hot potato that fell from the sky.

He asked Da Mao, "Do those people downstairs still have such things in their hands?"

Da Mao thought for a while, then nodded, "There are also plates and bowls, both yellow and white."

It has lived with humans for a long time, and it still knows the basic daily necessities, and can barely distinguish colors, but it does not understand more detailed classifications.

Mi Yue's heart sank again.

In recent years, as the Xishan ruins have been known to more and more people, various collections representing the Xishan civilization that have flowed into the collection market have also become more and more sought after by collectors.

As a result, more and more sneaky people appeared near Lingxi Mountain.

Mi Yue had also participated in several large-scale rescue excavations, but it was the first time for Mi Yue to run into a tomb robber face to face in real life.

It was impossible for Mi Yue to watch these people slip away from under his nose with their things.

Hiding under the blanket, Mi Yue took a few photos of the aromatherapy ball, sent them to Lin Qingshan, and secretly discussed with the teacher what to do.

He was afraid of making some unnecessary noise to attract the group of people downstairs, so he didn't even dare to make a phone call. He pressed his hands back and forth to send texts, and it took him a long time to get a general idea of ​​what happened.

Lin Qingshan asked him to post a location, and then told him to pretend to be a quail honestly.

Just as Mi Yue breathed a sigh of relief, she heard two furries outside the bed chatting in a low voice.Da Mao stammered and explained his motives to the little owl, "...Miyue gave me some food."

The little owl turned his head, "He also divided me."

Da Mao was very moved and said: "If I want to eat, I will share it with him."

Mi Yue thinks that the monkey values ​​food so much, probably because it rarely has a chance to get enough to eat.It looks too thin, and its coat color is not shiny, and it is bald.

The little owl doesn't know why, but it always has an inexplicable sense of comparison with this new partner who joined on the way. Hearing that it said that it would give Miyue a share of food, it said unwillingly to be outdone, "I will give him too. It's delicious!"

Mi Yue laughed, he pulled off the quilt, and whispered to them, "Don't run around, listen to the movement downstairs."

He worried that these people would come upstairs and knock on the door again.It would be fine if only monkeys were found, but it would be troublesome if this aromatherapy ball was also found.