Shovel

At this moment, the sun has been completely swallowed up by the mountains to the west, and the sky and the earth are dark.

I looked up at the mountain in front of me between the two low mountains. The forest on the mountain was extremely dense. It was a typical mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forest of Yanshan generation. However, the smelly firs were the most common, and occasionally other tree species were mixed in. The smelly

The fir branches and leaves are very luxuriant, and when intertwined into a forest, it can be said to block the sky and the sun. In addition, there are many bushes on the ground, which is most difficult to cross and consumes more physical energy.

Could it be that there are ghosts and gods in the mountains?

This was the first thought that came to my mind. The main reason is that Xing Guili specializes in this way. Naturally, he didn't think anything of it at the first time. But before I could ask in detail, Xing Guili had already turned his head and stared again.

He looked at the mountain in front of him, sometimes shaking his head, sometimes nodding. There was an obvious look of surprise and uncertainty in the dog's eyes, and he muttered in a low voice: "There's nothing weird about it, what on earth is going on? But... it's really

Something doesn’t feel right, it feels very familiar! What on earth is it!!”

There are no ghosts and ghosts? Then this is...

For a moment, I wasn't sure what this dog meant.

Suddenly, this guy turned to look at me: "Tell me, is the ruins of Yan State you are looking for right here?"

Yanshan is different from Heizhugou and other places we have been to before. There is no dangerous geographical environment that is difficult for humans to cross. It is also close to the capital. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. The situation in the entire mountain has long been explored.

It’s clear, if the Yanguo ruins were the kind of place that was particularly conspicuous on the earth’s surface, they would have been discovered long ago.

Qingzhu also said that before the mysterious demise of Yan State, a terrible disaster occurred in Yanshan Mountain.

So very early on, we made a guess that most of the ruins of the Yan Kingdom were not on the ground. They should have been buried underground by natural disasters when the country was destroyed.

Could it be that...under this mountain?

I was silent for a moment, then turned around and asked Brother Yaozi: "Brother, how far is the water vein we saw before from here?"

I am referring to the water vein we saw in the mountains just after noon, which was just a mountain stream.

Brother Yaozi thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid it must be twenty or thirty miles away? It's quite a distance!"

Looking for the relics of these ancient countries is different from looking for ancient tombs. The tombs were built according to Feng Shui, so you can’t go wrong by following Feng Shui. The establishment of these ancient countries is more based on the geographical environment, and water veins are the top priority.

Of course, Feng Shui will also be taken into consideration, but it is just a reference factor.

"Twenty or thirty miles away, it's a bit remote!"

I let out a long sigh.

"Three or four thousand years have passed, and the geographical environment has changed drastically. What we see now is just a reference."

Brother Yaozi immediately knew what I was thinking, and suggested from the side: "How about we try with a shovel? Anyway, we have prepared a lot of water and dry food this time, and it happened to be in the autumn, so it is easy to find it in the mountains.

We have some food to prepare for a long battle. We have been wandering around in the mountains all day and found nothing at all, so we are not afraid of delaying one more day!!"

This is what I thought. Although Xing Guili's ability is mainly in sorting out ghosts and gods, and he knows nothing about Feng Shui, but since this place makes it feel strange, it is indeed worth paying more attention to it. There is nothing we can do about it. The painting painted by Qingzhu

The Woniu Mountain Area is quite large, and Wan Xiaofeng only helped us narrow down the area further, but compared to the few of us with just a few guns, it is still a bit vast, and it will take a while to search.

"Then make camp!"

Finally, my master made the decision.

So, a few of us walked forward for a while, and finally camped at the foot of the mountain ahead.

Throwing down the heavy backpack, I took out the sleeping bags and opened them one by one. In order to prevent a fire, I cleared a large space on the ground and swept away all the fallen leaves. Then I asked Wushuang to pick up some dry firewood and put them in the firewood.

A campfire was lit in the open space, which temporarily dissipated the cold air in the mountains at this season.

While warming his hands by the campfire, Brother Harrier emerged from the dense forest of smelly fir trees. He held his coat in his hands and carried many red fruits, which are the naphthalene seeds in Yanshan. The scientific name of this thing is

Also called sand fruit, it blooms in April and May, and the fruiting period is in August and September. At this time of year, it is a little past the fruiting period, but there are still some left on the tree, so it would be good to use it as a tooth memorial.

While eating and drinking, I touched the soil of the mountain again.

If Yanguo was really buried in a disaster, raw soil and mature soil would definitely be mixed together during the burial. This is the condition for the formation of Wuhua soil!!

In other words, as long as we can dig out the five-flower soil, we can basically make a conclusion.

However, the Yan State existed during the Yin and Shang Dynasties for more than three thousand years. The geology in the mountains has been changing. Natural changes will bring more natural soil to cover the original ruins. All of those soils are raw soil.

If you want to dig out Wuhua soil, you may have to dig up the raw soil.

I carefully recalled the local geographical and hydrological records of Huailai that I had read a while ago. All the geological disasters that have occurred here over the past thousands of years were in my mind, and I roughly estimated the soil erosion that these geological disasters would cause in this place.

, and then estimate the soil thickness caused by natural changes.

This is a very complicated estimation process. Most of the judgments are made based on our experience in this industry. It is just a rough range.

After eating, I thought about it for a while, and I already had a rough prediction in my mind, so I took out the Luoyang shovel from my backpack, and then said to Lao Bai, Wushuang and the others: "Although Yan Guo is a very small country,

There is a city in the Fang Kingdom. Look at this hilltop. This hilltop is just a small hilltop in Woniu Mountain. It is barely enough to cover a city. If the ruins of the Yan Kingdom are really down here.

, if we dig from any direction in this mountain, there is a high probability that we can dig out ruins!

I just estimated that the thickness of raw soil must be at least about eight meters. In other words, we can dig down from the bottom of the mountain to a depth of about nine meters. If we can dig out five-flower soil, it means that

The ruins of the Yan Kingdom are here, if we can’t dig them out, we can leave!”

Brother Yaozi looked happy and gave me a thumbs up.

I smiled, didn't say much, let them rest first, picked a place and started shoveling. For experts like us, using the Luoyang shovel to hit a depth of more than nine meters is not a big deal.

There was no physical work to be done until seven or eight o'clock at night, when the shovel had already driven down three to four meters. At this time, I was shocked to find that the soil below seemed to have changed. It was no longer soft and became extremely hard.

It's very difficult to dig down with a shovel. It's not like the soil texture in the mountains.

So, I hurriedly pulled out the shovel, and after pouring out the soil, I saw that the soil was uniform in color and not five-flowered soil, so I frowned, thinking that it might be a unique geological structure, and then I started to continue digging.

It became harder and harder, and at the end the shovel head of the Luoyang shovel was a little curled up. Brother Yaozi used a hammer to pound it back, and then I started to hit it downwards again.

I hit it down no more than one meter, and I was already sweating all over my body.

Brother Yaozi saw that I was struggling, so he took the shovel and asked me to rest while he and Chen Shuisheng worked on the remaining four or five meters.

I knew the importance of physical strength, so I didn't refuse. After saying yes, I got into my sleeping bag and went to sleep. But the moment I closed my eyes in a daze, I heard a very strange sound for a while...
Chapter completed!