Tomb Raider: I, at the beginning, took Fatty Lao Hu as my younger brother

"That place was gloomy and dark, and it was so scary!"

This sounded more and more like a ghost story, so Fatty Wang interrupted quickly, "It's just a story, not a make-up story!"

Xiao Ma said seriously: "Fat Master, what I said is true. On that cliff, we also found an altar, which is from an unknown era!"

"There is a bronze tree on top. This tree looks like it grew out of the ground!"

Xiao Ma said here.

Wu Tianzhen also became more energetic!

Bronze tree, this is a real and rare thing!

The casting technology at that time was required to be particularly high, and it is of great historical significance and research value!

Xiao Ma continued, "Now that I think about it, it's quite weird!"

"I just followed that crack and looked down, but I couldn't see the bottom at all."

"And that bronze tree, I estimate it to be a hundred meters tall!!!"

Hear this.

Fatty Wang drank a glass of white wine in a daze.

Wu Tianzhen didn't believe it at all: "You are too weird, the bronze tree unearthed in Sanxingdui is only four meters tall."

“And it’s cast in sections.”

"Your 100-meter bronze tree not only needs to be cast in sections, but also needs to be poured as a whole. How is this possible?"

Xiao Ma was powerless to refute and said directly: "What I said is true. Anyway, if you don't believe it, I can't do anything about it."

"Fatty, haha, just treat it as a story!"

Fatty Wang asked curiously, "No, then, then, then, then what did you dig out in the end?"

Xiao Ma laughed and said, "We dug it up. We found some jade pieces and some ancient porcelain. Hey, there's also this bell!"

"Um...after I went out, my cousin disappeared."

"I was holding these things and was reselling them in my hometown when I was caught by the police."

"I took it and went to jail for two years."

"I just came out, I'm penniless."

"Luckily I hid this bell. Now I'm counting on it to turn things around!"

Fatty Wang said, "Whether you turn over or not, it's up to me anyway, but is the story finished?"

Xiao Ma turned around and whispered to the air beside him: "Are you finished? Are you finished?"

Fatty Wang and Wu Tianzhen looked confused.

Suddenly I felt that this guy seemed a little abnormal!

Xiao Ma smiled at the two and said, "That's it!"

Fatty Wang said cautiously, "Okay, then cash or bank transfer?"

Xiao Ma turned to the air again and asked, "Cash or transfer?"

Then he smiled at Fatty Wang and Wu Tianzhen and said, "Haha, let's just use cash!"

Fatty Wang looked at Xiao Ma in confusion and said, "No, who are you talking to?"

Xiao Ma pointed to the side and said, "My buddy, my buddy from my hometown!"

Fatty Wang leaned over and looked around in the direction Xiao Ma pointed, but there was nothing.

He looked at Xiao Ma in shock, and then glanced at the shocked Wu Tianzhen.

He quickly stood up and took out 20,000 yuan in cash from the safe and handed it to the other party.

After personally escorting Xiao Ma and his buddies out the door, Fatty Wang carefully closed the door.

Returning to his seat, he was completely speechless: "I've heard of buyers bidding prices and being mysterious, but this is the first time I've seen someone so schizophrenic! Ha, ha ha ha!"

Wu Tianzhen held the bronze bell wooden box and thought for a moment: "I don't think that guy is acting!"

"Fatty, you mentioned the bronze bell. It has appeared in the Xisha Undersea Tomb and the Qixing Palace of King Lu. Now there is also the Qinling Mountains. It is such a weird thing."

“It’s impossible for such a large area to exist!”

"Also, the bronze tree that Lao Ma mentioned is a hundred meters tall. How big is that?"

Fatty Wang poured a glass of wine and drank it: "Hey, I don't know about Bell, but you can talk about the Bronze Tree. He must be bragging."

"In the Bronze Age, the manpower and material resources were limited. Even if it was made by the government in the late Qing Dynasty, he couldn't make it."

"It's impossible that it can be several hundred meters. If it is really that big and made such a thing, how can it not be recorded in history?"

"No!!!"

"cut!"

He poured another glass of wine, drank it, stood up and said, "I'm so bored!"

"Don't let your imagination run wild. Go to sleep. Next year we'll go ask Grandpa Zhou. Although Grandpa Zhou didn't tell us the first two times, he definitely knows what this thing is."

"Even if Master Zhou doesn't know, his subordinates must know. Besides, there is also my Master Jin Ya."

"Ah, go to bed early!"

Wu Tianzhen thought about it and it was true. Zhou Xun was running such a big antique business and was doing so well. Wu Tianzhen himself didn't believe that he didn't have capable people under him.

I simply put the box down and went to sleep with Fatty Wang!

......

the next day.

The two came to the palace early in the morning to practice martial arts.

Two hours later, everyone finished breakfast.

So I went to the stone table in the backyard to drink tea.

Today, Big Gold Tooth is also here.

Chapter 510: The Disappearance of She Kingdom

Da Jin Ya no longer has asthma since he took the bone-strengthening pill.

I happened to have something to discuss with Zhou Xun today, so I simply came to the palace to practice martial arts.

The brothers all knew that as long as Zhou Xun was in Kyoto, he would be in a fixed place during a certain time period every day, which was the palace in the early morning, and he would definitely practice martial arts in the martial arts academy.

As for the rest of the time, Zhou Xun's schedule is not fixed. He may go out to play or patrol his own property.

Zhou Xun poured a cup of tea for everyone: "Tell me, what happened to you all today? Why did you come to block me so early in the morning?"

Fatty Wang laughed and said, "Uncle Master, if you have something to say, please speak first!"

Big Gold Teeth smiled and said, "Looking at the way you two are, I know you can't hold it back any longer. Speak now!"

"Okay, then let's talk about it!" After saying that, Fatty Wang glanced at Wu Tianzhen.

Wu Tianzhen took out the wooden box from his pocket and placed it on the stone table.

"We found this in Fatty's antique shop last night. Inside is a bronze bell. We wanted to take a look. Master Zhou, does anyone here know about this thing?"

Wu Tianzhen opened the box directly.

"Oh?"

"The bronze bell, the one in Mr. Zhou's museum?"

Big Gold Tooth took out his handkerchief, poured out the bronze bell and looked at it carefully.

Zhou Xun took a quick look and nodded, "Yes, that's mine!"

"This bronze bell is made of bronze, but the craftsmanship inside is so unique that it can make people hallucinate and disturb their minds!"

Wu Tianzhen said: "That's right, we want to know the origin of this bronze bell and even where it came from!"

Da Jin Ya looked at it for a while and put it down: "From the material, production process, and the degree of weathering, it can be seen that this is an ancient thing, there is no doubt about it"!

"My recommendation is that it should be something from the Xia Dynasty to the Western Zhou Dynasty."

"It should appear between our current Shaanxi and Hubei."

"There used to be an ancient country that disappeared, called She Kingdom!"

Wu Tianzhen asked curiously: "She Kingdom?"

Big Gold Teeth said: "Yes, She Kingdom!"

"The history of She State appears intermittently in the bamboo slips we have unearthed."

"It was very prosperous for a period of time, but in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty, it suddenly disappeared."

“Although it has disappeared, we can still find its shadow in other classics.”

"For example, Classic of Mountains and Seas!"

"In the Classic of Mountains and Seas, there is a description of a country called Chuanwai Snake Country. The people of this country worship a human-headed, two-bodied snake as a god!"

"If this pattern is engraved on various objects, then this snake country outside Sichuan may be the She country!"

Having said that, Big Gold Teeth pointed to the pattern on the bronze bell.

"Speaking of this She country, you two are lucky. I can tell you that I have studied its history."

"Where did She State come from? Current research generally believes that this She State is a descendant of the ancient Huaxu State, and its predecessor can be traced back to the matriarchal society!"

"The ancient country of Huaxu has a legend about Fuxi, who had a human face and a snake body."

"She Kingdom is likely a branch that split from the ancient Huaxu Kingdom!"

After Big Gold Tooth finished speaking, he picked up the small teacup and drank it all to moisten his throat.

Wu Tianzhen and Wang Pangzi didn't expect to get so much information at once.

Wu Tianzhen asked: "Mr. Jin, do you know any other information about this country?"

Big Gold Teeth smiled and said, "Boy, you are greedy, right? There is no record of this country. I can only guarantee that what I told you is very true."

Wu Tianzhen smiled embarrassedly: "Hehe, yes, Mr. Jin, thank you today, what you said is very helpful to me."

Big Gold Teeth waved his hand nonchalantly.

Then he asked Zhou Xun: "Master Zhou, you are very knowledgeable. What do you think of what I just said?"

Zhou Xun pointed at the big golden tooth and said with a smile: "Okay, you're still taking me seriously. When it comes to the study of antique history, there are not many people in this world who dare to say they can surpass you!"

"Okay, now that you've spoken, I'll tell you!"

"What you said is correct. This She State did exist during the Western Zhou Dynasty. In the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty, it seemed to have quickly disappeared into the primitive jungle within ten to twenty years."

"々｀ Indeed, they exist in many myths. Among them, the Chuanwai Snake Kingdom in the Classic of Mountains and Seas that you just mentioned, I think it is also the She Kingdom. We boldly cite it because She is a homophone for snake."

"Another reason is that they have one thing in common, which is that they all like to worship the human-faced two-bodied snake as a god. Many decorations have this pattern."

"This human-faced, two-bodied snake is also the totem of She State."

"I know one thing about this She country, that is, they have a major sacrificial activity, which is to sacrifice to a kind of "Snake God Tree"!!"

"Legend has it that this tree can fulfill any request as long as you offer blood. It is a wish tree!"

Big Gold Teeth gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Master Zhou is Master Zhou. When it comes to history and antiques, you are the real deal! Awesome!"

Zhou Xun took a sip of tea and said to Wu Tianzhen and Wang Pangzi, "That's enough. I only know this much. If you want to know more, go find a tomb of the She Kingdom and do some archaeological research yourself!"

Wu Tianzhen said: "Master Zhou, we actually know of a tomb of the She Kingdom, it is in the Qinling Mountains!"

Then he said to Fatty Wang, "If what that man said last night is true, then could that 'Snake God Tree' be the Bronze Tree?"

Fatty Wang shook his head and said, "That shouldn't be possible. How could there really be a 100-meter-tall bronze tree? That's ridiculous!"

Wu Tianzhen thought for a moment and said, "I plan to look up information for another two days, and then go find the bronze tree. The bronze bell was picked up there, so it must have some connection with She State!"

Chapter 511 Trigger Selection Conditions

Zhou Xun paused in drinking his tea. He didn't expect that Wu Tianzhen was actually going to find a tomb for archaeological research.

Then he seemed to think of something, and it turned out that he had reached the plot of the Qinling Sacred Tree.