I collect cultural relics in the human world

"If you don't have the wings of a colorful phoenix, it's okay if you have a telepathic heart." Liu Rui nodded and said, "Lingxi refers to a kind of rhinoceros horn called Tongtian Rhinoceros. There is a white line running through the upper and lower ends in the center. Because it can The breath reaches the sky, and the price is worth tens of thousands. This is probably one of the reasons why the rhinoceros is extinct."

He Si listened to Liu Rui's sigh, and for some reason, she suddenly remembered what Lin Huan once said, "Every man is not guilty, but he is guilty of having a treasure in his possession." After a brief moment of sadness, her thoughts returned to the incident itself, but she could not form a causal connection with the incident. She could only ask: "Sister Liu, these cultural relics you mentioned, whether they are wine statues or carvings, It seems that the things that dignitaries play with have nothing to do with the appearance or disappearance of water."

"No," Fan Yu lowered his voice mysteriously, "Do you remember that I guessed before that this may be an ancient object from an ancient desert country that perished. Most of the reasons for the demise of these ancient countries were the disappearance of water sources, so This ancient artifact condensed people's despair for water and became a curse, causing the spring water in Shaquan Village to disappear."

"You mean..." He Si understood the implication of Fan Yu's words, "The extinction of rhinos is the same as the extinction of ancient countries, because a certain cultural relic related to rhinos carries the grievances of this group when it was exterminated. It wants this village to He also suffered the same fate as himself, which is why the spring water dried up."

"It makes sense." Liu Rui and Jun Jiuzi nodded at the same time, but He Si obviously still had doubts, and her small face revealed a disproportionate amount of bitterness and hatred.

Fan Yu just pretended not to see it and combed through it by himself: "But in this case, there are too many corresponding objects. Even if we launch a blanket search of the entire village, we still have to have a general scope. Sister Liu came here specially, no Will this be the only gain?"

"Fan Chu, don't provoke me. If you had found useful clues earlier, you wouldn't have kept me busy until now," Liu Rui said, changing the subject, "But I did find two kinds of clues that were related to Xiao He Si's previous work. A rhino horn product with a high degree of phantom fit.”

"What is it?" He Si pricked up her ears when she heard her name being mentioned.

"You said that what you saw in your first vision was an army fleeing to the desert, right? When an army marches, it is natural to drink water. One of the ancient artifacts I am looking for is the rhinoceros horn cup."

"Indeed." Qin Jian nodded after hearing this.

"Boss Qin also saw that illusion. Have you ever seen anything similar on the general's waist?"

"No," Qin Jian nodded and shook his head again, "The march in the desert was at an impasse, and suddenly a clear spring appeared. Everyone just fell to the ground and drank. Except for the last wine master, I never saw anyone take out a cup. Tool."

"The other thing is weapons and armor - weapons made of rhino horn and bone and armor made of rhino skin."

"The ancestors of the villagers in Shaquan Village are all descendants of soldiers. This is indeed consistent, but there is another problem." Fan Yu said after hearing this, "According to Sister Liu's idea, this ancient object is the first batch of soldiers who arrived in Shaquan. What does it have to do with the drying up of the sand spring today? Could it be a sudden change, some event that triggered this ancient artifact?"

After Fan Yu finished speaking, he glanced at Qin Jian. Ever since bones appeared in the hotel where he and He Si lived, strange things had happened one after another, and they had not been given any time to breathe. If this time The incident was also deliberately arranged...

"I don't know." Liu Rui didn't know what Fan Yu was thinking. She was very honest and spread her hands, as if asking you to continue studying.

"Ah Si, you have something else to say." Qin Jian did not immediately follow the discussion between Liu Rui and Fan Yu, but turned back to He Si, who had been frowning and remaining silent.

"The starting point is wrong." He Si said with a troubled face.

"starting point?"

"As for the statement that the ancient artifacts project the despair of the extinction of the ethnic group onto Shaquan Village, this is not the right beginning."

"Why?" Fan Yu and Liu Rui had long been accustomed to He Si's erratic illusions. They knew that when she said this, there must be some details that were left out that only she could see, so they didn't say anything. So this time, Jun Jiuzi was the first to ask questions.

"Because in the last village diary, the rhinoceros stood peacefully on the sand, showing no trace of hatred. It was only after that that the water came up from the dry sand, gradually rising until all the little beasts were covered. Submerged.”

Fan Yu was a little confused when he heard this: "What do you mean, haven't we already reached a consensus on the existence of water sources?"

"What if what she saw was the scene after the first spring water dried up?" Qin Jian's words came in at the right time, "You all seem to have forgotten what the trigger point of the second game is."

"Village?" Jun Jiuzi answered uncertainly.

"Yes, it's the village chronicle." Qin Jian stopped talking, but the meaning of his words was not finished.

He Si took over his words: "The reason why I went to see the village records was to find a way to sacrifice. It was the method adopted by the villagers after the sand spring dried up for the first time."

"Little He Si, you have confused me," Liu Rui lowered her raised legs, bent forward and looked at He Si and asked, "Are we not looking for the ancient relics that dried up the sand spring? Is it a sacrificial method to restore the sand spring?"

"Me too..." He Si hesitated, this was something she had never been able to figure out.

There is something strange about the drying up of the sand spring. According to past logic, her illusion should guide everyone to find the key object that caused the strange event. But now, after experiencing two illusions one after another, there is no scene where the spring water dries up. Instead, everything is about the spring water. Memories emerge, what on earth is going on? Could it be that there were no ancient artifacts causing trouble in this trip, and the village chronicler called them here just to ask her to help the villagers restore the sand spring?

"How about I ask Director Deng to transport a rhinoceros to the desert for a try?" Fan Yu couldn't make up his mind either.

"No," Qin Jian refused, "Maybe we can combine what Liu Rui just said. If what we are looking for are antiquities that can restore Shaquan, everything will make sense."

"Boss Qin refined what I said and I couldn't understand it myself." Liu Rui still looked confused.

"I just figured it out. We have been going in the wrong direction. We have always been used to looking for ancient artifacts at the scene of the incident, but what we are looking for this time may be things that disappeared from the village," See Before a few people could react, Qin Jian continued, "We have been ignoring one thing. So many ancient desert countries have perished due to depletion of water sources. So why couldn't the last spring in Shaquan Village be a natural phenomenon?"

"I understand, that time it was because of the antiquities!" A clear expression appeared on He Si's face.

"Why are there natural phenomena and ancient objects at the same time?" Jun Jiuzi's head was also dizzy, but Fan Yu suddenly realized: "Yes, the sand spring dried up for the first time, which is a natural phenomenon, and the reappearance of the spring is Because of antiquities.”

"So Boss Qin would say that what we are looking for is not something that exists, but something that disappears." After her thoughts were clarified, Liu Rui crossed her legs again, "This incident is because someone took the method that caused the spring water to recover. With the antiquities taken away, Shaquan can only follow the laws of nature again and disappear.”

"That's it." Jun Jiuzi looked at Qin Jian with even more respect, "Then who took something away? Was it intentional or unintentional?"

"I'm afraid the answer to this question lies in the last four words." Qin Jian said, "The difference is huge."

"This is exactly the second point I want to make," Liu Rui said immediately after hearing the new topic, "I checked and found that these four words come from "Laozi" - how different are they from "A"? Beautiful How different is it from evil? How different is it, and what is the meaning of the difference? Unfortunately, other than that, no useful clues have been found. Now that I know the direction of these four words, maybe I can try again."

"No need." Qin Jian still refused.

"Boss Qin already knows?"

"The father analyzes the son's burden, and the difference is infinite."

Fan Yu took out his mobile phone, clicked the screen a few times, and found the answer he wanted: "This is... what Bai Juyi said, referring to the descendants inheriting the unfinished business of their fathers. This saying is similar to that of Shaquan Village. The current situation of working on behalf of the villagers in this desolate land is indeed similar, but other than that, what else can these four words reveal to us?"

Jun Jiuzi first thought of some possible details: "It's not completely useless. If these four words reveal the identity of the suspect, then at least it can exclude those outsiders who are eyeing this land, as well as Xiao Wuzi. People like Zhu Bin who don’t want to continue their father’s business.”

"Oh, the scope of suspects has been narrowed down a lot at once."

Fan Yu was halfway angry when he saw Liu Rui frowning again, more confused than before: "No, since the son inherited the father's inheritance, why did that person take away the ancient relics that guard the spring water? Is it unconscious? "

"Because they are protecting Shaquan Village in different ways," He Si glanced at Qin Jian, who was looking at her with admiration. But for some reason, He Si couldn't feel happy, and even suddenly felt a surge of emotion. With the smell of dust, he said, "It's Zhu Bin, right?"

Qin Jian nodded.

"Zhu Bin? Hasn't he always been persuading the villagers to leave Shaquan Village..." Jun Jiuzi said halfway, then thought about it, "He... stays or leaves, he is using a completely different method from his father. Protecting Shaquan Village is not just the village, he protects more of the villagers of Shaquan Village."

"This is father analyzing son. It's so different. As expected of Teacher Qin. Now that we've discussed everything, I can't help with the rest. I'll go back and catch up on my sleep first," Liu Rui said and settled. He straightened his clothes, stood up gracefully, walked a few steps towards the inner room, then turned around as if thinking of something, and said, "No, there is one more thing I haven't figured out. What's going on with the rhinoceros, and why Xiao He Si's illusion This animal appears repeatedly in the film, how is it related to the disappearance and appearance of water sources?”

"I think, contrary to what Fan Yu said," this time it was He Si who answered Liu Rui, "due to ignorant slaughter and environmental changes, the rhino population has shrunk little by little, and they have watched helplessly as their companions were being killed. , were made into handicrafts, used as valuable medicines, or simply froze to death on the migration path due to the drop in temperature. In the end, the entire population embarked on the road to extinction. This is the first time I have seen being submerged in quicksand. The image of withered bones. But they are naturally docile animals. Just because they have experienced this kind of pain and do not want this village to suffer the same fate as their own group, they appeared in the first sacrifice. This is my The second time I saw the image of the little beast gradually being submerged in water."

"It turns out to be like this..." Jun Jiuzi was a little moved for a moment, "Because I didn't want the villagers to experience the same pain, so I tried my best to help them retain this water source that symbolizes life. Those illusions were also caused by it, weren't they? , it is calling us to help it and help these villagers."

"Let's go." Liu Rui's back disappeared at the door leading to the inner room. Fan Yu dusted himself off and stood up to prepare for the next stage of the task. "I'm going to meet Zhu Bin and the little boy who was hidden by him." Rhino, what about you?”

"I'll go too." Jun Jiuzi replied impatiently.

"Wait a minute." He Si stepped forward and blocked the two of them.

"what happened?"

"What's wrong?" Two confused voices, a man's and a woman's, came at the same time.

"The father splits the load and the son carries it, but the difference is huge." He Si did not answer directly, but repeated these eight words, "The father chops firewood, and the son carries it, what is the difference? Have you ever thought about the answer to this question?"

"Difference? Xiao He, what do you mean? You know the difference." Fan Yu actually understood what He Si meant. He just hoped that He Si could retreat from the difficulties and not make the original simple question complicated. Too complicated.

"I don't think there is any difference. They are all to protect the villagers. Why do we have to take back the antiquities and revive the spring water?"

Jun Jiuzi is also a smart person. After listening to the conversation between the two, she understood what He Si meant. This time, she sided with Fan Yu: "It's all to protect the villagers. Should the way of protection be used by the villagers?" What about making your own decisions?”

"Because they are too stubborn and cannot listen to anyone's opinions. This place is not suitable for human habitation at all. The extreme environment will only damage their health and life span, but they are here to protect something that they don't even know what it is." thing……"

"It's faith," He Si's words were interrupted by Jun Jiuzi, "What they protect is faith, just like us throwing ourselves in the dust all day long, and for what purpose? Since Miss He is a scholar who studies ancient history and culture, You should know that these ancient villages have their own persistence, just like ours."

"It is precisely because of my research direction that I know how stubborn these ancient village survivors are, so stubborn that they are almost ignorant. The drying up of this spring water is a natural change. It has caused changes due to cultural relics thousands of years ago. After all, it is not a long-term solution. Now It’s natural to leave cultural relics and respect nature. What’s wrong with that?”

"Ms. He knows how to respect nature, but not the villagers? Or do you think they have nothing to respect?"

Jun Jiuzi's words were very serious. The two women who had always been harmonious suddenly started to fight against each other. Fan Yu immediately stood aside with bated breath, looking at his nose and heart, praying that the flames of war would not spread to him, but unfortunately he heard Jun Jiuzi asked: "Fan Chu, what do you think about this matter?"

"It all makes sense, I haven't figured it out yet." Fan Yu told the truth to the angry eyes of the two women. Then, he heard He Si ask another person: "Qin Jian, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)