The Xiao brothers quietly disappeared two days later in a Wrangler off-road vehicle. Wang Xuanzhen explained to the archaeological team that the two men had no interest in the subsequent trip and had gone back.
Professor Zhao had no objection to this. He just wanted to see Wang Xuanzhen being indifferent to where others went.
After the off-road vehicle drove away, Xiang Que, Wang Xuanzhen and Cao Qingdao also mounted the horses rented from the nomads and followed the archaeological team in a wandering manner.
The archaeological team led by Professor Zhao, Xiang Que, and Wang Xuanzhen had completely different modes of exploring the tomb.
The five-man group of tomb robbers is a folk tomb robbing team composed of Banshan Taoist priests as the leader and Xiling warriors as the assistants, Feng Shui masters as the staff, and Maoshan Shufa as the thugs.
This team looks disorganized, but what is extremely tough is that these people are professional enough and are experts. One of them can stand alone, and together they have the potential to dominate the world of tomb robbing.
The archaeological team led by Professor Zhao completely adopts modern methods. They will first consult ancient books to study the history of the Yuan Dynasty, and then use detectors and analyzers to inspect suspicious areas one by one, sample soil, and based on theoretical foundations.
Determining the location of the tomb is completely scientific.
Of these two modes, you cannot simply evaluate which one has higher accuracy and which one has lower accuracy. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages.
However, in the opinion of Xiang Que and Wang Xuanzhen, although the archaeological team is very professional and has a lot of professional knowledge, if they want to discover the ancient tombs of the Yuan Dynasty in the vast grassland, the possibility of trying their luck is overwhelming. Some things are scientific.
There is no way to explain this word.
They have determined that there is a tomb beneath the underground river. It is estimated to be at least ten meters deep. If you don't completely dig out that area, there is no way to discover the tomb below.
Although the two of them were sure that what the archaeological team was doing was in vain, their expressions were still a bit ugly when the team came near the dry river bed. Although luck was mostly involved, blind cats can also encounter death.
Damn it, maybe the archaeological team accidentally discovered some traces and then followed the clues to find the underground tomb.
In this world, too many people die due to coincidence.
"Brother, you don't look good." Wang Xuanzhen pretended to be calm and stared at Professor Zhao who was taking soil samples. Tang Wenyi suddenly came over and asked in his ear.
Wang Xuanzhen smiled dryly and touched his fat face and said: "People who are blown by the wind and sand on the grassland will feel uncomfortable. It will be fine after a while."
"What do you think the teacher is doing here to collect soil for testing? I think this place is not suitable for burial, are you right?" Tang Wenyi asked casually.
Wang Xuanzhen hummed, and Tang Wenyi asked again: "I heard that my senior brother also knows a lot about Feng Shui. Can you tell me whether this is a good place to build a Yin House?"
"The Yin House must be built close to mountains and rivers. There are mountains to the north, but what about the water? There used to be a river here, but didn't it dry up? So I don't think this place is suitable," Wang Xuanzhen replied seriously.
Tang Wenyi nodded seriously and said: "I think so, but there is nothing we can do. That piece of parchment says that the location of the tomb is in the east, so we can only search here, and then go to other places to find the needle in the haystack.
Pretty much, it’s definitely hopeless.”
"Well, after all, we can't completely rely on the content of the shamanic texts. Maybe it has nothing to do with the tombs." After the two chatted for a while, Professor Zhao had already collected the samples and took them back for testing.
Xiang Que looked at Tang Wenyi thoughtfully and frowned. He always felt that what this woman said seemed to mean something else.
Sure enough, Professor Zhao did not come to any conclusion after testing, so he passed by this area again.
A few days later, the archaeological team had basically explored the east side of the grassland, but still found nothing. Professor Zhao also lost interest in the content recorded on the sheepskin, thinking that it was just an ordinary scripture of shamanism, not related to the Yuan Dynasty.
There is no connection with the tombs of the emperors.
After a few days, the archaeological team decided to end this year's expedition. There was no harvest and no disappointment. This kind of thing is done every year. It is not only the search for the tombs of the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty, but also the undiscovered tombs of other dynasties.
Archaeological investigations have not yielded much results for many years. Basically, more than half of the ancient tombs in the country were not discovered by archaeological teams.
Someone once said that real estate developers are the most authentic archaeologists, and the ancient tombs excavated from their hands are far more than those discovered by the archaeological team.
Half a month after arriving in the grassland, Professor Zhao left with his team. Before leaving, he no longer tied Wang Xunzhen. He exhausted all the modern methods of the team but could not find the tomb of the Yuan Dynasty emperor. Only Wang Xunzhen and the others could find it.
People with empty hands may not be able to find them either.
After Wang Xuanzhen, Xiang Que and Cao Qingdao found an excuse to separate from Professor Zhao, they sent the news to the Xiao brothers. The two of them drove back in the off-road vehicle the next day. After the five people got in the car, they followed the dry road.
The riverbed headed south and came to an inland lake on the grassland.
The lake is not very large and the river water is very clear. There are many nomads grazing their livestock on the shore, and there are also two small fishing boats docked nearby.
Wang Xuanzhen spent some money to hire a boat and took the two Xiao brothers to row the boat into the lake. After arriving in the lake, brothers Xiao Quanming and Xiao Quanyou quickly took off their clothes and plunged into the water.
The cold river water made the two of them shiver. After moving in the water for a while to adapt, they took a deep breath and dived into the water at the same time. It was not until about four or five meters later that Wang Xuanzhen lost sight of the two of them.
Two or three minutes later, the two brothers emerged from the water, shook their heads and pointed towards the north. Wang Xuanzhen followed in the boat, and the two brothers dived into the water again.
After struggling for more than half an hour, when the Xiao brothers were completely exhausted, they made a discovery on the west side of the lake.
"There is a whirlpool at the bottom of the lake. The water flow is not very fast. It is obvious that there is an undercurrent leading to other places. The entrance of the whirlpool can allow one person to pass through. There is absolutely no problem."
After finding the entrance to the underground river at the bottom of the lake, the three people rowed the boat back with joyful faces. Wang Xuanzhen said: "It's basically confirmed. The whirlpool must be the entrance to the underground river. Let's sneak in with diving equipment at night."
Xiang Que frowned and looked back and forth at the two Xiao brothers. Xiao Quanming and Xiao Quanyou were annoyed by him: "Old Xiang, what are you looking at? We just came out of the water, and we look like lotuses in the water.
chant?"
"Did you find anything at the bottom of the river?"
"It's just the whirlpool. Other than that, there's nothing underwater."
Wang Xuanzhen guessed that Xiang Que had seen what was going on, and asked cautiously: "What do you mean? What's the problem between them?"