Chapter 39 Chapter Thirty-Eight

The only one who was a little dissatisfied with this decision was Lin William. He always felt that there were still many treasures waiting for him to discover, so returning at this time made him feel a little bit full of energy and could not find a place to vent.But what everyone said made sense, and it was hard for him to refute. Chu Feng saw his listless look after hearing everyone’s decision to return. He didn’t know what he was thinking, so he walked over and patted him on the shoulder: “It will take some time for Xiao Wang to register these things. Let's go to the underground floors to take a look. Maybe there will be even more amazing discoveries!"

William's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Brother Chu, there is an underground secret room here?! Wouldn't there be more hidden treasures? Where? Quick! Take me there!" Chu Feng smiled when he heard his childish words: "It's true that there is an underground floor here, but I don't know if it's a secret room. When we came here just now, didn't we see that there were steps over there? That is the way to the underground floor. " When William heard this, he had seen such an obvious step on the other side for a long time. He must have no secrets to speak of, so he had no interest. But after thinking about it, wasn't this box of gold treasures discovered in broad daylight? ?Maybe there is a treasure in the basement, just lying there, waiting to get it by myself?Thinking of this, his heart became hot again.

Leaving aside what Chu Feng, William and Da Qi could find in the basement, even Sang Bu led people to continue excavating near the ruins of the palace. Only Wang Cong and two soldiers were there to count the contents of the box. This time their harvest is really rich. The box is a long strip box with a length of 1.8 meters, a width of 50 centimeters, and a height of nearly one meter. In addition to the gold artwork on the top layer, there are all kinds of other things underneath. Jewelry, silks, gold coins, small sacrificial bronzes, glass, bronze mirrors, etc.After sorting out one by one by Wang Cong, there were an astonishing 2,070 pieces. Including the 11 pieces of gold they had picked up along the way, the total was 2,081 pieces.When Wang Cong got this number, he was in a daze for a long time.Then, he couldn't help it, and burst out laughing in surprise: "Haha, haha, post, post! This time we are well-developed. There are so many good things, and the higher-ups don't know how many rewards they will give!"

One of the soldiers who helped him count was "Skinny Monkey". He rolled his eyes when he heard this: "Uh, let me say, brother, if these things are handed over to the country, how much reward can we get?" ?” "That's not necessarily the case! It depends on the value of the items. Moreover, in the international arena, the standards of each country are different. Some countries will share the discovered treasures equally with the discoverers, and some countries will share the value of the items found. 10% of the discoverer is rewarded, but our country generally does not implement this. Those with cultural relics or historical value may also be rewarded higher. Things like what we discover today are all hard currency. I guess, the reward No matter what. Some things, such as honors and opportunities for promotion, these things cannot be bought with money!" Wang Cong guessed a little uncertainly.

"Oh—that's it!" The "thin monkey" was a little disappointed! "Hey! I said you boy, don't make any wrong calculations! There are so many things, even if the country only rewards 1% of them, then we can't eat and drink. Don't think about doing some small tricks yourself. When the time comes, Don't steal chickens and lose rice, and make a country that cannot be tolerated!" Wang Cong is very clear-headed, although he is not much older than others, and it is the first time that so many things have been harvested during archaeological excavations, but after all, he has seen , after the initial contemplation, it is wise to choose to let go of unrealistic ideas.Seeing that "Skinny Monkey" seemed to be a little bit unable to control himself, he hurriedly took a blow in the head, trying to dispel his small thoughts.

"Skinny Monkey" got a clear expression when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Well, Brother Wang, tell us, what's so special about these things!" This made Wang Cong stumped. Although he had been in the archaeological team for three years, he usually participated in few large-scale excavations, so he didn't know much. Besides, the things in front of him were all-encompassing, and he really couldn't recognize them all. .He had to cheer up, and picked up what he could probably understand and gave it to the two little soldiers in front of him: "This is Chinese silk, you should know that, that one seems to be a Greek god, this bronze ware, definitely They are from China, and these glassware should be from Persia! Oh my god, the head on this gold coin is definitely not Chinese, which country is it from? Isn’t this the headquarters of the United Nations?” Wang Cong’s heart grew stronger as he counted. Surprised, these things actually have the characteristics of ancient civilizations in so many countries. Is it true that I and others have unearthed an ancient United Nations headquarters?

The statistical work here took more than two hours without knowing it, and the excavation of Sambu over there is coming to an end. Due to their limited manpower, the five palace ruins were simply excavated, and there was no valuable discovery. However, those colored bricks used to build palace walls are of great archaeological, historical and cultural value. Unfortunately, compared with other discoveries they have made today, these colored bricks are heavy and difficult to transport. First of all, the single-plank bridge cannot pass, otherwise If so, Sambu will move a piece of it no matter what he says.It's a pity that a soldier who was excavating at the back of the main palace ruins seemed to have touched something hard with the small handy shovel in his hand: "Ah! Captain Sangbu, come quickly, there is a discovery here!"

Sangbu was refreshed when he heard the words, and hurried to his place: "Let me see, what is it?" He jumped down from the big hole dug by the soldier, and carefully observed what the small handy shovel touched just now. After cleaning off the yellow sand on the surface, a long stone box was exposed.There is an upright portrait on the stone box, his image is a bit like an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, with a parrot standing above his head, with clouds under his feet, and a staff in his hand. As soon as he saw this portrait, Sangbu, who had quite a lot of experience in archeology in the Western Regions, knew that he had found a big guy.He felt his heart beating hard "thump, thump", and he stretched out his hands excitedly, trying to hug the box, but in the end, he couldn't!

"Huh!" Sangbu couldn't help expressing his doubts in a low voice!He sank into his dantian, stretched out his arms to embrace the two ends of the stone box, exhaled and said, "Get up!" Still didn't get up.Sambu wondered.Why is this small stone box so heavy? Even if it is a whole stone, I hugged it myself. What's going on? Sangbu tried two more times, but he couldn't lift it up, so he had to call the soldiers next to him to come too.The two of them, one at each end, worked together to lift the stone box up, put their hands on the bottom of the stone box, and exhaled at the same time: "Get up!"

The result was very surprising. The two strong men did not lift the stone box, which seemed to be the size of a square pillow, and it was still lying there motionless. At this time, Sangbu became alert, don't be some kind of organ hub!He picked up a handy shovel and carefully shoveled away the surrounding sand, and saw that there was indeed something under the stone box. It is a giant stone, a blue boulder, under the stone box, and it is integrated with it. It seems that someone made a stone box from the upper end of the huge stone by some method. It is not separated from the bottom, but connected. In this way, the bottom The boulder weighing several tons made Sambu and his team return without success.

When Sangbu saw it, he didn't know how big the boulder was, because it hadn't been dug to its edge so far. , don't even try to take that stone box away.Faced with this anti-theft method that the ancients came up with many years ago, Sambu didn't know whether to cry or laugh. Given the current situation here, not to mention large equipment like a crane, even a miniature car can't get through.Could it be that you just gave up? no!Absolutely not!Sangbu's heart was burning hot. He knew that the more special methods were used to collect things, the better things would be. Maybe it could directly solve the mystery of the city buried under the sand for more than a thousand years.This stone box can't be given up no matter what, but this huge rock is not something they can solve with their current manpower. Besides, before they came, they didn't have cutting equipment such as a chainsaw. There is a lock on the stone box, which is also made of stone. The craftsmanship of that small stone lock is amazing!Sangbu studied it carefully, but he didn't see the way. Suddenly, he thought of a possibility: "Quick, pay attention to the corners and corners, and see if there are keys, stones or something!" Hearing this, the four soldiers surrounding him looking at the stone box hurriedly searched under their feet.Regrettably, until everyone dug out 40 centimeters of sand on the ruins of the palace, nothing was found. Time passed by, and the sun was gradually tilting towards the west. If you didn't start transporting things to the opposite bank at this time, the large box of gold and jewelry might not be finished before dark.Sangbu understood this very well, but he just didn't give up. At this moment, Wang Cong came over and said, "Team Sang, it's time to close the team!" "Well, you lead the two of them to the other side in batches. Remember, don't take too much at a time, for fear that the bridge will not be able to bear it. If there is a problem with the bridge, you will be in big trouble. Don't be greedy, take it little by little. Take it over!" "Uh!" Wang Cong responded, turned around and left, and then turned around again: "Team Sang, you all have to hurry up, there are so many things. We can't transport them!" "Understood!" Sambu waved his hand impatiently, he was also impatient! The sun slanted to the west, and the sun shone on the cliff on the opposite bank. The earthy-yellow cliff was dyed orange and red in the afterglow of the setting sun.As usual, many filmmakers would definitely be blocked, but unfortunately, no one has the heart to look up at the moment. "That! What is that?!" A soldier who raised his head inadvertently, looked at the blue color on the high cliff on the other side and cried out! When Sang Bu and others heard the sound, they turned their heads to see his surprised expression, and then followed his gaze towards the other bank. Sure enough, a green light shot out from the loess cliff on the other bank. This green light shot straight towards this side, and landed behind Sangbu and the others. Now it was as if someone had pulled a shiny green fluorescent belt obliquely over their heads.Their eyes followed this belt and landed slightly in front of the ruins of the three palaces in the middle. Sambu couldn't understand why this light appeared, but this did not prevent him from giving the order to dig at the point of light.This kind of lens that has only been seen in film and television works also reminds them that it should be right to follow the established development route of those common treasure hunting stories. But they didn't get anything. After digging down two meters, there was still nothing. Sangbu was a little discouraged, but he still didn't stop digging.But suddenly, he slapped his forehead: "Oh! What a pig's brain! Stop it! Stop it! Stop digging! Wrong! Wrong!" Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him with puzzled eyes.He couldn't see anything about his black face anyway, but his tone was a little embarrassed: "Hey, everyone's hard work is in vain! The earthquake caused this place to rise by about 50 centimeters, so the light band The place where the photo was taken should have moved forward by about 60 centimeters, and we have to dig a little further back." Everyone continued to dig with a look of sudden realization, and it didn't take long this time to find out the situation.Sang Bu first felt his hands sinking, and he hurriedly stopped to look, and a small wooden box was exposed. The carvings on this wooden box are exactly the same as the previous stone box. Now, even a fool can understand the relationship between the two. There must be a key to open the long and narrow stone box inside. The wooden box was not locked, and Sambu reported it to his hand, and gently lifted the top cover. At that moment, all the people present held their breath, as if the key inside would be taken away by blowing. Like blown away. The lid of the box was opened, and everyone couldn't help squinting their eyes with a touch of bright yellow—it was a key made of gold, lying quietly in the box.It seems to want to tell people something. Sangbu picked up the key with trembling hands. He originally thought that the stone box was a stone lock, and it should be a stone key to match it. Unexpectedly, he found a golden key here. The shape is similar to the copper keys and wooden keys unearthed in the Western Regions, but the size is twice as large. Sangbu held the golden key in one hand and the wooden box in the other, and walked quickly to the stone box. His hand holding the key was shaking so badly that he couldn't help it. He slapped himself and calmed down with difficulty. .Although his performance at this time is far from his usual image, no one will laugh at him, because let alone him, even those warriors who don't know anything about history and archeology are in this situation. A look of excitement. For Sangbu, this discovery is a feat that can be recorded in history. For these warriors, although they still don’t know how much value and significance it has, anyone who sees so many ancient Gold works of art with unique charm will dazzle you. Sangbu took a deep breath, took a deep breath, took another deep breath, and after letting out a long breath, held the golden key with his relatively stable right hand, and inserted it into the keyhole of the stone lock! At this moment, a gunshot interrupted what Sambu was going to do next!