Mr. Xu looked at each picture very carefully. He stared at each picture for a long time with his eyes wide open, and his face gradually became serious.

His expression made my heart skip a beat.

Director Qian said earlier that Mr. Xu could date ordinary things at a glance. Isn't this nine-branch lamp an ordinary object?

No one dared to disturb him and could only wait silently.

The scene became depressed.

Seven or eight minutes later, Mr. Xu slowly raised his head, his eyes blank, but he held the pieces of paper tightly in his hands.

"How's it going? Mr. Xu, did you see anything?" I asked cautiously.

Mr. Xu frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and said, "This lamp is a bronze lamp."

Then there was no further text.

This... is it over?

Me, Poker, Director Qian and the five-clawed golden dragon looked at each other in confusion.

Finally, Director Qian asked timidly.

"What else?"

Mr. Xu shook his head gently: "I'm not sure about the rest. This is the first time I've seen the shape of this lamp."

"This..." Director Qian didn't seem to expect that Mr. Xu didn't recognize this lantern. His throat rolled a few times, and he wanted to say something, but he never came out.

Mr. Xu looked at the four of us, smiled awkwardly, and started to explain.

"Lianzhi lanterns first appeared in the Warring States period and became popular in the Western Han Dynasty. They were gradually phased out in the late Western Han Dynasty. Ironware was widely used in the Eastern Han Dynasty, while bronzes were basically no longer used except as ritual instruments and sacrificial objects. Therefore, the Lianzhi lanterns unearthed after the Western Han Dynasty

Most lamps are made of iron or pottery. In other words, all bronze branch lamps are from the Warring States Period and the Western Han Dynasty."

"The continuous lanterns during the Warring States Period were tall, usually about one meter, and the lamps were shaped like trees. By the Western Han Dynasty, due to the popularity of continuous lanterns, the appearance was no longer so monotonous, and a branch was added to the branches.

There are many sculptures of figures and animals, such as a group of monkeys playing, a golden crow crowing, a Kui dragon coiling branches, etc. Moreover, the connected lanterns in the Western Han Dynasty can be connected and connected. Each branch has a tenon rivet with different tenon openings.

The branches can be moved."

"But the one in the picture is small and has no patterns. It can also be embedded in the wall. All the branches are tilted in the same direction...it is completely unlike the things from those two periods."

"It's just a broken lamp. Where does it come from so much care? Maybe there were people who liked this style at that time..."

The five-clawed golden dragon has started the leverage mode again.

It stands to reason that this guy is from that era, so he should know what is going on with this lamp. It must be that the prince controls it and Qilin too strictly, so it cannot easily walk in the world.

Mr. Xu was not angry and said patiently: "Each dynasty and every generation has its own popular things. Moreover, these are things from the tomb. In that strict hierarchical society, there are certain rules. How can it be casual?

Can you put it in there?"

The five-clawed golden dragon lost its temper after Mr. Xu's words and calmed down.

At this time, Poker asked: "Mr. Xu, in your opinion, where does this lantern come from? And which dynasty does it belong to?"

Mr. Xu shook his head repeatedly: "I don't dare to speculate on this. From the picture, this lamp is extremely delicate and divided into nine branches. It is not an ordinary thing. Maybe..."

He paused here, pondered for a while, and then said: "How about this? Put these documents with me first, and I will send them to those old people and let them look at them for help."

"Okay, that's troublesome for Mr. Xu." Poker said, "But you have to pay close attention to this matter. It involves several lives."

"Oh? This lamp is related to human life? What's going on?" When Mr. Xu heard the poker words, he looked anxious and asked with a frown.

"There was a mentally disturbed robber who kidnapped several people and hid in that ancient tomb. He sent us these pictures and asked us to find the place within half a month, otherwise we would break up."

Poker made up a random reason.

When Mr. Xu heard this, he stood up and said, "That's not bad! I'm going to send a fax to those old guys now."

Mr. Xu was in a hurry to send a fax, so we stood up and said goodbye.

When we parted, we left each other's phone numbers and agreed that he would call us as soon as he had any news.

I feel unwilling to say goodbye to Mr. Xu.

We also begged Director Qian to take us to find other people to show us.

I contacted two cultural relic experts, and they both told Mr. Xu the same thing.

Now, I gave up.

When I got home, it was already dark, and the day passed like this, but I found nothing.

After half a month, I couldn't bear the shaking, so I had to think of a way quickly.

But now besides waiting quietly for news about Mr. Xu, what else can I do?

Sitting on the chair, my head was as messy as a pot of paste. In a hazy moment, I actually fell asleep.

I was so tired after staying up all day and all night.

However, I didn't sleep well this night, and I kept having a weird dream.

In the dream, all my relatives and friends were tortured to a state of disgrace. My ears were filled with their screams and the men in black laughing wantonly, and my nostrils were filled with the salty smell of blood...

I couldn't stand this horrible dream anymore, so I woke up.

Covered in cold sweat.

At this time, it was just after twelve o'clock, which was exactly midnight.

But I no longer feel sleepy, and my mind is so confused.

Master Hui and the others are behind bars, but I can't do anything...

Anger, guilt, unwillingness...

Several emotions were mixed together, like a heavy burden, weighing me down so much that I was at a loss.

In the darkness, I sat like a wooden pile.

As soon as it got light, I called Uncle Li Di and asked him about the progress there.

"The reward order was just issued yesterday, how could there be news so soon? Changsheng, don't worry, I will call you as soon as there is news..."

Uncle Li Di's words were full of exhaustion, which made me feel sour in my heart.

At his age, he should be enjoying peace and quiet at home, but now he is like a young man, running around for my business.

The sound of the phone woke up the five-clawed golden dragon.

This guy came down from upstairs yawning. When he saw me, he immediately stretched out his hand and asked me for money to buy breakfast.

Damn it, what’s the point of this, and you’re still thinking about eating it!

I really doubt this guy was reincarnated as a starving ghost.

When the five-clawed golden dragon came back with breakfast, Li Di happened to come in.

She handed me a piece of paper: "Chang Sheng, look at this. This is a picture restoration I hired someone to do. It's really just a mural, but this mural is so weird."

I took the paper and looked at it. The picture on the paper was very blurry, but I could roughly make out its outline.

Sure enough, as Li Di said, it is really a mural.

The picture above is of a person.

No, it's not quite appropriate to talk about people.

It just has the body of a human, but its head looks like the head of a fox.

With its pointed mouth and ears, it is a monster with a fox head and human body.

At this clueless moment, this picture is nothing more than a big clue.

only.

What on earth is this monster with a fox head and body?

How could such a weird thing be painted in the murals in the tomb?

Is it a totem of ethnic minority areas?
Chapter completed!