C21 Dried Corpses

For Wang Xinran, college life could be a real torture. This guy had no interest in archaeology at all. He basically played games in class every day. Otherwise, he would be napping and sleepy. He would be the first one to rush out after class. He ran to the end of the corridor and leaned against the window to smoke.

Wang Xinran was not the only one. The other students also chose archaeology. In fact, they were not very interested in archeology. Part of it was to satisfy their curiosity about unknown things. This type of people liked to study archeology after Qin Han. This was Wan Shanhai's mentality.

There was also Wang Jize in the same dormitory. He and some of his classmates had other thoughts. They chose this profession to work in the future. There was a cultural relics appraisal course in archaeology. They came for this, to follow the development of the market economy. More and more people liked to collect antiques, and they became more and more valuable. To be able to appraise cultural relics, whether it was to collect them by themselves or to help rich people appraise antiques... It was a good way to make money.

Wu Zhongyuan's mentality was different from theirs. The courses he was most interested in were rock archeology and Xia, Shang, and Zhou archeology. The reason why he liked these two courses was that according to the appraisal of swaddling cloth, the era he originally lived in should have been the era of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. That era was after the Newstone Archeology. Before Xia, Shang, Zhou, was a special period with only legends and no historical records.

There were not many objects found in archeology during this period, at least not many were recorded in books. The current known unearthed bronze artifact could be traced back to the late stage of the new stone artifact. There were very few of them, most of them living utensils, the artifact body only had simple patterns. There were no hieroglyphs left behind.

The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were not part of a feudal society, and many tribes coexisted as the main structure of society at that time. There might have been a part of the slavery system at that time, but the reason why it was possible... It was because there were insufficient archeological objects, and it was based on the bones of some people who died abnormally in the tomb. It was deduced that there might have been cases of people dying at that time, and the bad habits of people dying mostly appeared in slavery society.

Just based on this pitiful amount of archeological discoveries, it was very difficult to accurately deduce the local customs, customs, and living conditions at that time. Due to the age being too long ago, coupled with the fact that there were very few cultural relics that existed in the world, it also caused the archaeology of that period to be in a very awkward situation. There was even no separate classification of subjects.

Although there was a lack of conclusive historical records, there were many legends passed down in the ancient era. Wu Zhongyuan found some clues from these legends. Among them, the ones that made him the most excited were the totems of the few large tribes at that time.

The Yellow Emperor clan used bears as totems, while the Flame Emperor clan used cows as totems. The Chiyou tribe had two versions of totems, one was the same as the Fire Emperor tribe. They were also cows. Some scholars even suspected that Chiyou did not exist. The so-called Chi You and the Fire Emperor were actually the same person.

However, there was another saying. According to some of the known archaeological discoveries, they discovered that a strange bird had a very high position at that time. Some stone tablets and pottery often appeared. And most of these archaeological discoveries were found in the northeast region of the current Shandong, Henan. As well as the southern region of the Hebei, this was also the region where the Chiyou tribe lived. Therefore, some scholars believed that this strange bird was the true totem of the Chi You Race.

Regarding these two theories, Wu Zhongyuan was more inclined towards the latter. The reason was naturally because of his own unique coloration. If that was the case, then his identity would have a general idea. Dean Wang had once said: The extra mammal's coloring was inherited from his father, and the bird's coloring was inherited from his mother. Zhao Ying had also told him before she left that the mammal's coloration was somewhat similar to a bear's. Based on this, his father should be from the Yellow Emperor's clan. His mother was from the Chiyou clan.

One had to know that the Yellow Emperor clan and the Chiyou clan were enemies. The union of his parents should not have been allowed and acknowledged by the two clans. In addition, Dean Wang had also found someone to analyze the material of the swaddling cloth. He came to the conclusion that it came from the noble class at that time, which meant that his father and mother... At least one of them was of the noble class, and the most likely one should be his mother. Because for things like swaddling clothes, a father normally wouldn't worry about preparation.

Also, the strange skeleton with a bird mouth buried under the tree next to the old house proved that his mother was from the Chi You tribe, which used birds as totems. As for the identity of this person, it was very likely that he was from his mother's tribe.

Wu Zhongyuan couldn't figure out why this person would bring him to the modern world. However, there was one thing that could be confirmed, which was that the two of them appeared in the modern world. There must have been some accident, and no one had done it on purpose. The reason was very simple, no one could control time and space.

College life could be wonderful. For most students, it was like this: eating, drinking, having fun and dating.

College life could also be very peaceful. For Wu Zhongyuan, it was like this. Every day, he would follow the usual routine. The classroom, dormitory, restaurant, and three o'clock and one line line.

University life could be very boring, but for Wang Xinran, it was like this. She followed Wu Zhongyuan every day. Other than sleeping, she did not follow him. She was almost inseparable from other times. When class started, she was dejected, and when class ended, she woke up as if she had just woken up from a dream. When she entered the restaurant, she was full of energy.

Wang Xinran and Zhao Ying were two completely different kinds of people, even though they were inseparable. Wang Xinran did not have any intimate actions with him and did not even bother to pretend. Even her words were hard and not the tone of a girl in love at all.

Very soon, the students also realized that something was wrong. Although they didn't know what kind of relationship the two of them had, they knew that the two of them were definitely not boyfriend and girlfriend, because a girl in love would never play with her phone with a cigarette in front of her boyfriend. The boys who were in love would not lower their eyebrows like Wu Zhongyuan, with deep hatred on their faces.

Being followed by Wang Xinran was already enough to annoy Wu Zhongyuan, but what made him even more annoyed was that Wang Xinran had a lot of smoking addiction. One pack per day was not enough, and guarding her was like guarding a big chimney, with the smell of smoke coming from her body.

Very soon, the classmates began to suspect that the two of them were boyfriend and girlfriend again. Because recently, Wu Zhongyuan had been using his card to pay for his meals. Others did not know the reason. Wu Zhongyuan, on the other hand, knew his hardships. It was not that he wanted to treat them. It was because Wang Xinran did not charge her meal card.

Later on, Wang Xinran went even more overboard and borrowed money from him.

"You are a paid person. Borrow money from a poor student like me?" Wu Zhongyuan was stunned.

"Look at your stingy face. It's not like I don't want to pay you back. Hurry up and take five hundred." Wang Xinran had a look of disdain.

Wu Zhongyuan was unwilling to give it to her. "How much is your monthly salary?"

"More than 4000, isn't it very pitiful? "Wang Xinran took the money and stuffed it into her pocket.

"More than four thousand yuan. You can smoke soft Chunghwa." Wu Zhongyuan grinned.

"None of your business." Wang Xinran turned around and left, leaving Wu Zhongyuan on the spot with a look of disgust.

In the blink of an eye, it was almost past New Year's Day. There was nothing unusual. Lin Qingming would come to see him every once in a while. This time, there was a woman who came with Lin Qingming.

The woman was about twenty-two or twenty-three years old and was driving a foreign car with an unknown brand. Lin Qingming got off the car but she did not get off. She sat in the driver's seat and took a small box to make up her makeup.

"Brother, who is she?" Wu Zhongyuan took the fruit that Lin Qingming brought.

"Zhao Lin." Lin Qingming said casually.

"What does she do?" Wu Zhongyuan asked again. Although he did not know Zhao Lin driving this car, he knew that the cars with four exhaust pipes were not cheap.

"Zhao Dazhong's daughter." Lin Qingming took out a cigarette and lit it.

"What's your relationship with her?" Wu Zhongyuan asked again.

Lin Qingming did not answer.

After waiting for a while, he did not see Lin Qingming answer. Wu Zhongyuan knew that Zhao Lin was Lin Qingming's girlfriend now.

"Is there anything going on recently?" Lin Qingming asked.

Wu Zhongyuan shook his head. He had been targeted by officials and thieves. He couldn't tell Lin Qingming about this, or else he would be worried. As for other things, it was really nothing. He took a step back and said: Even if something really happened, he wouldn't dare to tell Lin Qingming. He was different from Lin Qingming. If he could argue, it would be best if he didn't make a move. If Lin Qingming could fight, he definitely wouldn't fight.

"What are the arrangements for the winter vacation?" Lin Qingming asked again. Their house in their hometown had been demolished, and Wu Zhongyuan had nowhere to go during the holiday.

"I want to go back to the county and work in the hospital. I haven't seen Huang Ping for a long time. I also want to go and see her." Wu Zhongyuan said.

Lin Qingming naturally knew why Wu Zhongyuan said that. He tilted his head and looked at him, but did not say anything.

"Brother, do you like her?" Wu Zhongyuan pouted at the car.

"Not bad." Lin Qingming waved at the car. "Come down and meet Zhongyuan."

The woman put down her makeup box and got off the car to greet Wu Zhongyuan. She was very polite and had a good attitude.

Seeing that Zhao Lin listened to Lin Qingming, Wu Zhongyuan felt relieved. However, he also felt a little disappointed. To be more precise, he felt disappointed for Huang Ping. Huang Ping had liked Lin Qingming for many years, and Lin Qingming had always been cold to her. Now, it was over. Huang Ping had no chance at all.

After a short pause, the two of them got into the car and left. Wu Zhongyuan carried the fruit and walked back.

As soon as they entered the school, Wang Xinran came up to them and took the things in his hands. "Zhao Dazhong has a dark background. You'd better advise your senior brother not to get too close to him."

"Do you think he will listen to me?" Wu Zhongyuan shook his head helplessly.

Wang Xinran did not say anything else and changed the topic. "Don't make other arrangements for the winter vacation. Come with me."

"What do you want to do?" Wu Zhongyuan was alert.

Wang Xinran took out an apple from her bag and took a big bite. "I'll take you to a place."

Wu Zhongyuan did not ask where Wang Xinran wanted to take him and directly refused, "I'm not going."

"You will go. There is something you will definitely be interested in." Wang Xinran said.

Everyone was curious, and Wu Zhongyuan was no exception. "What is it?"

Wang Xinran opened her mouth and bit the apple. She freed her hand and took out her phone. She pulled out the photo album and handed it to Wu Zhongyuan.

Wu Zhongyuan reached out and took it. When he saw it, he almost threw the phone away. It was a picture of a dried corpse. It looked like it was a man. His hair was white. He should have been quite old when he died. Although his skin was not rotten, it had already dried up and turned black. At a glance, it was quite terrifying.

"Why do you want me to see a corpse?" Wu Zhongyuan looked at Wang Xinran in confusion.

"Look at his chest." Wang Xinran said casually.

With Wang Xinran's reminder, Wu Zhongyuan looked at the picture again and saw that the skin color on the chest of the dried corpse was indeed different from other parts of the body. Looking closely, it was a tattoo. The size and position of the tattoo was very similar to the one on his chest. However, the pattern was different. The tattoo on the body of the dried corpse was a ferocious bear head. The bear's mouth was wide open, and its fangs were long.

"This male corpse is also abnormal in color. There are 47 of them. After comparing them, we found that the extra color he has is 20% similar to one of your colloids." Wang Xinran said.

"Where did you find it?" Wu Zhongyuan asked in a deep voice. This dried corpse was different from the ones he had seen before. This dried corpse had normal human facial features.

"I found it in Yellow County in 1998." Wang Xinran said.

"Yellow County?" Wu Zhongyuan frowned. Yellow County was his territory.

"Yes." Wang Xinran nodded. "This person was a rank two military officer of the Qing Dynasty when he was alive."

"What? Qing Dynasty..."