At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Tian Dongmin, a veteran expert from the Qinshan Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau, rushed to the scene. After checking the items excavated at the scene, he said to Zhao Yu:
"There might be a temple down here!"
One sentence left Zhao Yu and others dumbfounded, as if they were falling into the fog.
"Temple!?" Cui Lizhu even missed the last helicopter flight back to Qinshan out of curiosity and still stayed at the scene, "Is it the kind of temple where incense is burned?"
"Yes," Tian Dongmin said, pointing to the earliest unearthed unicorn, "this thing is called Haechi. Judging from the shape and material, it should be the kind of auspicious beast inlaid on the eaves!
"And these..." He pointed to several incomplete stone beasts, as well as various tiles and green bricks that were excavated later and said, "These are all materials used in ancient buildings!
"Inside the mountains, what else can there be besides temples?"
"There used to be a temple on this hillside..." Zhao Yu pinched his waist and said, "Why has no one ever told us? Doesn't anyone know?"
"A landslide washed away the temple," Miao Ying pondered. "The landslide occurred in the early 1990s... It means that the temple has been buried underground for nearly 30 years. In addition, it is located deep in the forest. If it is not known, it will Seems reasonable, right?”
Temple, well, corpse...
Zhao Yu couldn't help scratching his head. He thought that if he dug out what was underneath, the case would make significant progress, but now it seemed that it was more complicated and confusing.
"Professor Tian," Miao Ying asked, pointing to the excavated items, "can you determine the age of this temple?"
"Hmm..." Tian Dongmin looked at the excavated items carefully and said, "Judging from the shape of the vessel, it cannot be too old. At most, it is from the late Qing Dynasty or the Republic of China period."
"I think so..." Cui Lizhu said, "If it's made roughly, it's definitely not worth it!"
"I think it might be a mountain temple, right?" Professor Tian said, "In the area near the inhabited Qinling Mountains, many mountain temples have been discovered before, all of which were very small.
“This has something to do with the customs and culture of Longxi.
"In fact, it should not be difficult to understand that residents in coastal areas believe in the Goddess of the Sea, so of course we people in the mountains revere the mountain god.
“In order to pray for good weather or to catch prey, people will build mountain temples deep in the mountains.
"So, it is only normal that a mountain temple is excavated here."
"Mountain Temple...Lin Chong Snow Night Mountain Temple..." Cui Lizhu patted her forehead, "My dear, why do you remember Water Margin?"
"So... how big is the scale?" Miao Ying pointed to the bottom of the pit and asked.
"I can't say for sure, but in such a remote mountain, it shouldn't be much bigger, right?" After Professor Tian finished his analysis, he asked curiously, "By the way, aren't you criminal police? Could it be that... another case related to archeology has been discovered?
"This girl is right," he pointed at Cui Lizhu and then at the Xie Zhi. "This kind of rough folk product is not very old and has no collection value."
"Well, anyway..." Zhao Yu said, "Please do some hard work! We have to excavate all night tonight. If we dig out something again, you have to help identify it!"
"Okay, no problem, no problem, you saved my life," Tian Dongmin said politely to Zhao Yu and Miao Ying, "I will do my best both in public and private matters!"
"Thank you!"
After Miao Ying said something polite, the three of them left Professor Tian and went to the excavation site.
"That's amazing," Cui Lizhu asked Zhao Yu curiously, "You two have saved his life? Can you tell me about it? It must be particularly exciting, right?"
"Of course, you, Sister Miao, and I fought against tomb robbers, found the golden Buddha that had been missing for hundreds of years, and saved the old expert by the way," Zhao Yu said without blushing, "But, I, Zhao Yu, It is my duty to save the common people, and I have saved many people, so there is nothing to be proud of."
"Okay, now is not the time to talk about this," Miao Ying said to Cui Lizhu with a serious face, "Xiao Cui, since you missed the last helicopter back to Qinshan, are you still going to Fu'an tomorrow
"If you don't want to go, I will ask Wu Xiumin to go."
"Go, you must go!" Cui Lizhu said, "Sister Wu still has to find the identity of deceased No. 3!
"Let's do this. I'll go with the people at the forest ranger station tomorrow. From here I'll go to Xixia Province. Then I'll take a long-distance bus directly from Zhangze to Fu'an. This will be faster!"
"Well, that's good!" Zhao Yu pointed to the tent in the distance, "Tonight, let's stay in the wild for another night!"
…
On the hillside, more than a dozen generators roared to provide electric lighting to the excavation site.
It was already 8 o'clock in the evening, and the armed police officers and soldiers continued to work without stopping, and were still excavating the scene intensively.
The large pit was gradually dug from more than 20 meters to more than 30 meters.
Further down, they dug out more building materials, such as bricks, tiles, stone pillars and other items. As more and more things were dug out, the situation became clearer and clearer.
Professor Tian Dongmin made a good guess. There is indeed an ancient temple buried under the hillside.
Moreover, through comparison of unearthed items, the professor is more convinced that this is a mountain temple built in the Republic of China or the early days of liberation.
"Let me guess first..." At this moment, Cui Lizhu held Zhao Yu's notebook in a tent on the side of the hillside and said, "Since the murderer dug a well from here and buried the deceased alive in the well, then... this person must be Did you know that there is a mountain temple buried under the hillside
"Then... why did he kill people?" Cui Lizhu drew a big question mark on the notebook, "Isn't it possible... that there are still human sacrifices in the mountain temple?"
"Hey, please stop drawing," Zhao Yu grabbed the notebook, "This is my notebook, what are you drawing blindly?"
"The landslide happened 30 years ago, which means that the murderer in this case must be over 30 years old, but..." Cui Lizhu continued to hold her chin and guess, "If there is any relationship with Shanshen Temple, it means that when the landslide happened, he had already You have to look like you are 10 or 20 years old...
"That is to say... the murderer should be forty or fifty years old, or older!"
"The key is... why did he kill?" Zhao Yu said, "Miao Ying and I had guessed before that the murderer wanted revenge, so the deceased must have offended the murderer before he was alive!
"But...the mountain temple...how many meanings does it have?"
"Do you think... could it be..." Cui Lizhu started thinking, "the landslide is not a natural disaster, but an accident?"
"ACCIDENT?"
"For example... those four deceased used explosives to blow up the mountain and caused the landslide in order to obtain some profit?" Cui Lizhu guessed.
"Exploding mountains?" Zhao Yu scratched his head, "There are no mines in the mountains, so why should we blow up mountains?"
As soon as Zhao Yugang finished speaking, his walkie-talkie suddenly rang.
"Zhao Yu, Zhao Yu..." Miao Ying's voice came from the intercom, "Don't be too busy analyzing the case. It's better to call Zhang Peipei quickly!"
"Ah? What's wrong?" Zhao Yu was surprised, "Where are you?"
"I'm in the pit! Come and take a look!" Miao Ying said hurriedly, "It turns out that there's more than just the mountain temple buried in the soil!"
(End of chapter)