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This Wednesday, it was morning again, and there was no one in the museum, so the three of them didn't go out, and greeted them in a low voice.

Du Hanzhang spoke first: "Director Duan, why are you here?"

Duan Junxiu looked at them with the same puzzled eyes: "Yang Wu found out that there are patterns similar to astronomical symbols on the bottom of this bowl. I'll come and have a look. How about you?"

Du Hanzhang said "the same", and then exchanged the premise of learning with each other.

They learned about it from Mrs. He through Mr. Guan, while Duan Junxiu got the clue from Mr. Gui in the clan.

"The original shape of Guilao is a mud turtle. About 700 years ago, it hibernated in the soil. When it encountered a tomb raider, it fell into the tomb along with the soil. When it woke up in spring, the tomb room it was in had collapsed. Its tortoise shell is on the back of the copper bowl. I don’t know if it’s been too long or for other reasons, but the same mark is left on the shell. So when he saw the news that I asked Yang Wu to put it inside, he contacted me .”

Yu Yiqin nodded, and said, "Did Mr. Gui say anything else?"

Duan Junxiu: "He also said that when he woke up, his nostrils were clogged with mud, he couldn't breathe at all, and logically speaking he couldn't survive, but he still didn't die, and he felt that somehow this copper bowl saved it." His life."

Du Hanzhang raised the corners of his mouth, looked at the two and said, "Here comes another example, which shows that this kind of character has power."

Duan Junxiu showed approval on his face, and the three of them looked at the copper bowl together, and saw it standing quietly on a small wedge-shaped platform, with a deep belly and round feet, a small copper ear on the left and right, and the whole body was covered with bronze green. There are only two words on the card: copper bowl.

It looks so ordinary and old, without even a somewhat iconic name, so that if someone pointed it out, Yu Yiqin and others would pass by it silently even if they came to watch the exhibition.

Now they can't, since the bottom of the copper bowl is not visible, they have to use some metaphysical methods.

Yu Yiqin is the most suitable, because he is a bit skilled in making clay sculptures out of dust. Du Hanzhang watched him stick his finger on the outside of the glass, and the tiny and floating fluff ash precipitated from the air, fell like accelerated snowflakes, piled up on the platform and then Floating under the ring feet of the copper bowl.

A few seconds later, the dust floated out again like a rewind, floating to the corner closer to Du Hanzhang and Duan Junxiu, forming an image pattern.

When Du Hanzhang saw it clearly, there was a secret connection in his mind immediately, because it is also the shape of two S crosses intersecting, with a six-petal flower pressed on the central axis, but there are subtle differences. The animal shape on the end of the swastika above is no longer a dragon and a tiger, it has become a chicken and a dog.

Dragon, tiger, chicken and dog... Du Hanzhang's mind moved, and he carefully thought about the symbols in the video sent by Gu Chunxiao before he came here. The animal shapes on Yu Yaoyao's copper tie seem to be snakes and horses.

The concept of the twelve zodiac signs suddenly emerged from the depths of his consciousness, Du Hanzhang was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed.

Yu Yiqin heard the laughter and glanced at him inexplicably: "What are you laughing at?"

Du Hanzhang mentioned his own thoughts to him, and then added: "I think this direction can still be considered, because in the origin theory of the twelve zodiac signs, one is the theory of stars, from 28 constellations to the twelve zodiac signs, and then To the year of birth, numerology, marriage, national destiny, this is the context of folk customs or cultural evolution."

These things connect the history and values ​​of a nation, making it have a long history no matter in good times or in difficulties. Who can say that they are not a kind of strength?

Yu Yiqin felt a little jumpy, but he didn't refute it, probably because Du Hanzhang had in his heart a long time ago that he could appear serious even if he was talking nonsense.

After pondering for a few seconds, he said: "Assuming your guess is correct, and the swastikas are related to the zodiac, then the utensils engraved with them should also come in sets, right?"

Duan Junxiu's mind was also spinning quickly, and he inserted the topic at this time: "It makes sense, there is a talisman on this copper bowl, and there are two zodiac signs. If there are two zodiac signs on a talisman, there should be six in a group. This One talisman is occupied on the copper bowl, what about the remaining five?"

Logically speaking, they should also be included in this batch of burial objects, because the burial objects are generally complete sets, and they are all favorite things of the tomb owner during his lifetime, so this tomb owner is also worth noting.

After sorting out these questions, the three of them first went to the curator and asked him if there were any other collections in the library with swastika patterns on them, and the answer they got was yes.

The curator said that in addition to the copper bowl, there is also a Zudou and an urn with such symbols on the bottom.

"However, due to the scarcity of historical materials," the curator said regretfully, "We still don't know what the meaning of this symbol represents. But why are you interested in these symbols?"

The curator was just an ordinary person, and they couldn't tell the truth, so Du Hanzhang had to lie that they were senior poisoners of Xia culture, chasing the ancient mystery.

The curator appreciates their academic spirit, and they almost answer every question afterwards.

Du Hanzhang asked him for advice: "Curator, you see that there are six zodiac signs on the three swastikas, and there are still six missing, that is, three artifacts. Didn't you find the other three during the archaeological process?"

The curator was a little distressed: "No, our country's rule is rescue excavation. When this tomb was found, it was already damaged seriously. The main coffin room was stolen. These are all because the burial room on the west side collapsed badly. , was pressed into the soil by the coffin lid so that it was not stolen, and we have never seen the other three things you mentioned."

They have never seen it before, so naturally they have no way to study it. The three of them can't ask any more questions, and it is impossible to take away the public collection, so they had to ask the curator to give a scanned copy of the existing symbols, and they went back to Jinxi City together.

As soon as the three of them came out of the museum, Yu Yiqin suddenly had an idea. He said: "The tomb left by Yun is from the pre-Qin period, and there are three swastika bronze vessels in it. There are also three descendants of the Mausoleum, and Yu’s heirloom is also a bronze vessel with a swastika, do you think this is a coincidence, or are they related?”

The two people who were asked looked at each other, Du Hanzhang made a "please" gesture, and the person who answered became Duan Junxiu.

"There are too few clues now, and there is no clear direction of investigation," Duan Junxiu said with a smile, "so I will choose related."

"We can first assume that the family heirlooms of the three tomb guards in Lingwang's tomb were originally bronzes left in the tomb. They were stolen by tomb robbers, moved in the Central Plains, and finally returned under the reward order of my adoptive father. His subordinates were handed over to the government and became the 'key' to open the door selected by the minister."

Du Hanzhang was quite helpless about this kind of investigation method that relied entirely on guesswork, but there was nothing he could do, so he could only laugh and said: "You can think about it this way first, try to get all the swastikas of the twelve zodiac signs together, and then see if they can be combined. What a hall of fame."

Duan Junxiu nodded, but Yu Yiqin took over and said: "But the things of the tomb guards were destroyed in that formation. Yu Yaoyao drew one, and Han Huaping can also try it, but what about Wang Shuya's? She has disappeared."

Du Hanzhang was silent for a moment, and said optimistically: "Not necessarily, Wang Shuya's human form has disappeared, but do you remember what she said on the top of the mountain at the end?"

Yu Yiqin thought for a while and said, "Remember, she said that she prepared a surprise for those like Li Xiaoshan and the others."

"We still don't know what kind of surprise it is," Du Hanzhang said, "but I think her 'surprise' must be attached to the power of the swastika. We can take it one step at a time. If this zodiac is really hard to spell Qi, there is nothing to say, try your best."

There was no other way to do everything according to the destiny, Yu Yiqin said "hmm", the three of them had a small discussion, and then returned to the anti-transformation office with the same goal.

Here, because Han Huaping is old, and unlike Yu Yaoyao, he doesn't have a foundation in painting, he doesn't have a deep memory of the details of his family heirlooms, which makes it difficult for Chi Yan to progress in his work.

Du Hanzhang came back in time, and immediately took her post, and personally asked Han Huaping about the animal head on the tail of the swastika.

No matter how confused Han Huaping is, this obvious feature cannot be ignored. He has confirmed that the Chinese zodiac signs are rat and pig, but the pattern on the swastika is still unknown.

But at this point, Du Hanzhang and others can use the method of elimination to determine that the swastika Wang Shuya holds is the zodiac sign of goat and monkey.

Then Du Hanzhang passed the portrait of Yaoyao's copper binding to the curator of the Yunliu Museum, asking him to help analyze from a professional point of view whether the copper binding and the Yunliu copper bowl belong to the same batch of cultural relics, and then asked the team to search again The residences of the three suspects and big data related to the network, to see if there are any clues of the swastika in those places.

After finishing all this, Duan Junxiu was a little bored, so he said hello and left.

Everyone in the office was busy, and Yu Yiqin felt that he would cause hatred here, so he followed Duan Junxiu's stick and offered to leave.

Although Du Hanzhang is a field worker, it is not fun to neglect his duties. He can't leave even if he has nothing to do during working hours, not to mention that he is in a state of desperation right now. He didn't stop Yu Yiqin. I'll find you in the shop."

Before Yu Yiqin could speak, Gu Chunxiao thought he looked like a brown candy, and interjected dissatisfiedly: "Why are you looking for him?"

Du Hanzhang was actually planning to take him out for dinner, but Gu Chunxiao was like a thorn in his head, and Du Hanzhang probably knew what Du Hanzhang was harboring in his heart, so he looked down at her and smiled, "Guess what?"

Gu Chunxiao was so angry that she rolled her eyes halfway, when she suddenly heard Yu Yiqin say, "Okay."

In fact, he didn't care what Du Hanzhang asked him for, the point was the "finding".