evening.
Qingluan Mountain on.
"How far is it?" Zhang Dongfang panted.
"It's quite far County Chief Zhang." said the village secretary Xiao Cheng.
Zhang Dongfang waved his hand, "Phew, I can't do it anymore, I have to take a break."[
Someone came up from behind and said, "I'll help you County Chief Zhang. Sit down and have a rest."
Zhang Dongfang's little 200-pound body was trembling. He could no longer hold on after climbing for more than ten minutes. The accompanying people from the county government office quickly took care of County Chief, helping him sit down and getting him mineral water. The group of people going up the mountain had no choice but to stop.
"I'm sorry Secretary Dong." Zhang Dongfang wiped his sweat and gasped. "I'm getting old. I think I was quite thin when I was young. I couldn't climb such a high mountain without taking a breath. Alas, time is not forgiving. It can't be done now, it can't be done now."
Dong Xuebin asked concernedly, "Are you okay?"
"It's okay, I'll get over it after taking a rest." Zhang Dongfang couldn't let County Party Secretary wait for him, "You can go first and don't worry about me."
Dong Xuebin said, "How can that work?"
Zhang Dongfang said, "Xiao Xiao, you take Secretary Dong up first, I will be there soon."
Dong Xuebin shook his head, "Let's do this. You guys will help County Chief Zhang up the mountain in a while, and I'll go take a look first. Xiao Xiao, which direction is it specifically?"
Xiao Cheng said hurriedly, "It's almost dark. You don't know the road. The mountain road is not easy to walk and there is danger. How can you do this alone?" Xiao Cheng has been working here for five or six years, which is half A local man, who knew the situation of Qingluan Mountain very well, dared to take people up the mountain. If it had been anyone else, who would have dared to climb up such a barren mountain in the dark? If he got lost, he would have lost his life.
"Just point it out to me." Dong Xuebin didn't listen.
Xiao Cheng was reluctant and could only point to the top and said, "Go over there. There will be a small road after a while, turn left, and you can see it if you go straight up for ten minutes."
Dong Xuebin thought for a while, "Is there a long, thin rock several meters high?"
Xiao Cheng was stunned, "It's five minutes further up the rock. How did you know?" He looked up and confirmed that it was impossible to see the rock from here. It was too far away and there were many trees blocking it. He didn't understand how Dong Xuebin knew.
Dong Xuebin smiled and said, "I've been to this mountain before. Okay, then I know the way. You guys take care of County Chief Zhang. I'll go first."
Zhang Dongfang said loudly, "Pay attention, Xuebin, be careful where you step."
"Okay." Dong Xuebin waved his hand back and went up.
Dong Xuebin Why do you know this place? Because he had been here before, Dong Xuebin specifically came to the mountain early in the morning that weekend for this ancient tomb, and climbed almost the entire mountain along the path. I picked up things and dug while climbing. Although I didn't gain much in the end, at least I got a general understanding of Qingluan Mountain. He also has a strong sense of direction, so when Xiao Cheng mentioned Dong Xuebin, he immediately recalled that very distinctive rock on this kind of bald mountain. That rock is considered an iconic road sign.
One minute...
Five minutes...[
The journey Xiao Cheng said took more than ten minutes, but Dong Xuebin only took seven or eight minutes to get there.
As soon as it passed, light came into sight not far away. It's not the halo of the setting sun, but the artificial searchlight, which is very bright and dazzling.
"Ouch."
"Secretary Dong?"
"Why are you here in person?"
The staff who were building a temporary headquarters and some related facilities over there saw Dong Xuebin and hurriedly said hello and came over. There are Bureau of Culture people inside, and there are Public Security Bureau people inside. Obviously, everyone had been idle before, and it could be seen that the cordon had been drawn up over a large area. Hundreds of meters around were surrounded, several large tents had been erected, searchlights were set up on the trees, and everything was basically set up.
Dong Xuebin looked around and couldn't help but said, "Everyone has worked hard and you haven't eaten yet, right?"
"It's not hard, we should." Cultural Center Director Liu said, "We haven't eaten yet, but the villagers have already sat down. We are going to eat on the mountain, because there are still some things to be finished, and we will go down the mountain after we finish them. We will just leave a few people behind."
Dong Xuebin looked to the side, and sure enough there was a fire and pots set up. Several fellow villagers who Qingbei Village took them up the mountain were helping everyone cook. Many tents and related equipment were probably shared by several fellow villagers when they went up the mountain. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the twenty or so people Cultural Relics Protection Team to carry so many things up, and it would be difficult for them to estimate and "touch" them by themselves.
"Fellow." Dong Xuebin hurried up, "Thank you. I'm sorry for asking everyone to work with us."
A middle-aged man smiled honestly and said, "What's the point of thanking you? Secretary Xiao gave us the order, so we'll just go there without any trouble. If you want to eat or move something in the future, just call us."
Dong Xuebin said, "That's so inappropriate, and I'm asking you to run back and forth."
The middle-aged man said, "We all pick herbs in the mountains all year round. You feel tired climbing the mountains, but we do it every day. It's hard not to climb twice a day."
Another young villager said, "Second Uncle, the meal is ready."
The middle-aged man called everyone to come for dinner, and he also filled a bowl of soup and sat on the floor to drink it.
It's called cooking, but it's actually just a pot of miscellaneous chowder. There's not much oil or water in it, but it's good enough to have something hot to eat on the mountain.
Dong Xuebin called Director Liu, "Don't forget the wages of the fellow villagers when the time comes. Pay them as much as you can every day. When the time comes, the county will pay the bills."
Director Liu nodded slightly, "I will definitely never forget it."
Everyone was hungry, so they all put down their work and went to eat.
Dong Xuebin looked back. A man opened the cordon tape and bent down to go in. On the other end, the staff had marked the place and put a flag to mark the location. It was obvious that had been dug out. At Bronze Mirror, Dong Xuebin exhaled, walked forward slowly and stood there. He squatted down and dug out the small hole that had been dug out with his hands. He tinkered with it for a long time but did not dare to dig it. He was also afraid of causing any damage.
At this time, Zhang Dongfang and others arrived late.
The people in the work group hurriedly put down their bowls and wanted to greet him. [
Zhang Dongfang, however, tiredly waved his hand and asked them to continue eating. He looked at Dong Xuebin over there, and then opened the cordon and went in.
"Secretary Dong."
"Coming?"
"Is this right here?"
"Well, Bronze Mirror was dug out here."
Zhang Dongfang also squatted down and watched for a long time with Dong Xuebin. Finally, he whispered, "You said there really is a group of ancient tombs under this ground? It doesn't look like it."
Dong Xuebin said, "This requires confirmation by professional equipment and professionals. If there is indeed an ancient tomb, dig it layer by layer and peel off layer by layer. Only then will the traces of the ancient tomb be revealed. You can't see it if you look at it now. Which Doesn't the excavation work take months or even years? It's very time-consuming. If the tomb robbers don't care, they can just dig it. They don't care about the historical value of the ancient tomb. If they destroy it, they will destroy it. They only value the valuable funerary objects inside, but we can't do that."
Zhang Dongfang nodded, touched the ground with his hand and said, "I hope there will be good news."
"They'll be here soon, and we'll see what happens soon." Dong Xuebin looked at his watch, Mu Zhengzhong where they should have got off the plane early, there was no signal on his mobile phone, and he couldn't contact him anymore, but Su Yan had already been transferred to Su Yan's phone number was left with Teacher Mu and the others. Don't worry about this. Su Yan has been waiting at the airport. Dong Xuebin told him to rush over to Qingluan Mountain's side immediately after receiving the call.
It's dark.
Several fellow villagers have gone down the mountain.
But when they saw that Secretary Dong and County Chief Zhang had no intention of going down the mountain and were still talking there, no one in the working group left when they saw this. After everyone finished installing the equipment and building the facilities, they turned on an additional searchlight to brighten the scene.
Finally, around 7:40, the light of a flashlight came from the bottom of the mountain.
Xiao Cheng and two local villagers came up with Su Yan and a few middle-aged people.
"Teacher Mu, it's been a hard journey." Dong Xuebin smiled when he saw the person.
Many people in the Jiaolin County working group obviously recognized Mu Zhengzhong, and they were all stunned. They didn't expect that Secretary Dong had invited such a famous person, and that they had come all the way from thousands of miles away. Qingluan Mountain Such a small corner? For a while, everyone started to wonder, could there really be an ancient tomb here? Could it be that Secretary Dong really guessed it right? Did the blind cat meet a dead mouse? No way?
Mu Zhengzhong The others were also very tired. They hurriedly caught a plane in the afternoon and came non-stop Jiaolin County. They also climbed up the mountain non-stop. The three of them were several years old. They are not young anymore. This physical exertion is conceivable. Sweat and exhaustion can be seen on everyone's forehead. However, what is surprising is that even though several people are exhausted, their eyes seem to be full of good health and full of energy.
"Xuebin, let me introduce you first." Mu Zhengzhong pointed to the two people next to him, "This is Old Chu of Archaeological Team, and this is Old Meng, a researcher at Forbidden City-Museum."
"Teacher Chu, Teacher Meng." Dong Xuebin went up to shake their hands, "Thank you for your hard work." After that, he introduced Zhang Dongfang, "This is Zhang Dongfang County Chief Zhang."
Zhang Dongfang also said a few words to them.
Archaeological Team's Teacher Chu was the most anxious among the others. He didn't bother to say hello to people he knew, and immediately asked, "Where is the thing?"
Director Liu also heard the introduction just now. When he saw that the other party was Archaeological Team, he couldn't help being awe-struck and quickly brought up the box wrapped in Bronze Mirror. He took it up the mountain according to Dong Xuebin's instructions.
Teacher Chu The result box was opened.
Mu Zhengzhong and that Teacher Meng also gathered around, put on gloves, took out the things, looked at them carefully under the light, and finally looked at each other and nodded vigorously.
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