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Chapter 1 The Prince of Dreams Leads Troops to Resist Wu, Bandits Enter the Tomb in the Middle of the Night

"Xiao Wu, hurry back to the dormitory and go to rest. The construction ceremony will start early tomorrow morning, and you will be busy at that time."

I saw a man wearing a pair of glasses with deep myopia, standing in front of a crypt, walking back and forth. When he heard someone calling him, he immediately turned around and squinted his glasses and looked at it. It turned out to be the leader of the archaeological work group, Mr. Song.

"Ha, it turns out to be Teacher Song! Tomorrow is the start of the Prince's tomb. It's so exciting, it's really hard to sleep. So, I went around and came to the door of the tomb again. It's strange. Although this is not the first time I have participated in archaeological work,... I feel a little special about it."

It turned out that in 2017, in the Zhonggang Temple in Chaozhuang Village, Nanyang, local people suddenly found a stone tablet in the backyard of the old temple. The stone tablet was engraved with a line of ancient text - "There is an old tomb under the temple." After reporting, it attracted the attention of the local cultural department. After repeated investigation and demonstration by several experts on the spot, they came to the conclusion. The tomb here should be the location of "Prince Chao's Flying to Chu" in the late Eastern Zhou Dynasty. According to the documentary records, the "Prince Chao" below this temple is very likely to be the location of the tomb of Prince Chao.

Therefore, since then, scholars from all over the country have visited Nanyang one after another to witness the moment the tomb is opened.

Why did the tomb of Prince Chao touch the nerves of so many people? It turns out that Prince Chao is not simple. This person happened to the late Spring and Autumn Period, and the Zhou royal family had actually declined to a stalemate. According to the "Zuo Zhuan", in 520 BC, after King Jing of Zhou passed away, Prince Ji Chao fought for the throne with his brother Ji Meng, and Ji Chao killed Ji Meng and proclaimed himself king. Later, the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin, who was adjacent to it, frequently sent troops to interfere in the inheritance of the Zhou royal family. After fighting for more than ten years, he finally drove Prince Ji Chao out of Zhoudu. And another prince, Ji Yi, was appointed king, who later called him King Jing of Zhou.

After the defeat of the prince Chao, with the help of his people, he successfully escaped from Zhoudu and ran towards the Chu State. When Ji Chao ran away, he also took away all the assets that symbolized the royal power at that time. For example, a large number of Zhou Dynasty classics and a large number of bronze ritual vessels of the Zhou royal family, including the Nine Tribes.

Among the Prince Chao and his rank, there were both royal members, hereditary nobles, officials and scholars working in the Zhou royal library library. Even Laozi, a pre-Qin thinker who had worked in the Zhou royal library for a long time, was very likely to accompany him. Therefore, the Zhou classics carried by Prince Chao and his rank should be extremely precious, including documents, cultural relics from the Shang Dynasty, Xia Dynasty and earlier, as well as imperial edicts and documents of the Zhou Dynasty kings, and perhaps memorials and reports from various vassal states.

It is precisely because of this strange experience that the excavation of his tomb became so significant. Wu Weiyi was one of these many visiting scholars. Later, with his solid foundation in historical bibliography, he was caught by the current leader of the archaeological excavation team, Mr. Song, and left him by his side to study and conduct scientific research.

"Oh, it turns out it's Teacher Song. I won't go back to the dormitory tonight. Construction will start here tomorrow morning. I specially brought a simple tent. I will stay here tonight to keep the last shift."

Seeing that Wu Wei's attitude was very firm, Team Leader Song stopped talking and patted Wu Wei on the shoulder and said:

"Since that's the case, you have to be more careful. Don't get tired of your body. Maybe there will be many tough battles behind you!"

Wu Yi replied with a smile:

"Don't worry, team leader, my body is so strong! It's not that easy to fall apart."

Team Leader Song smiled and pointed at Wu Weiyi frequently with his fingers. He shook his head again, and showed an angry and helpless smile on his face. Then he said goodbye to Wu Weiyi and drove back to the dormitory in the local town.

After Wu Weiyi saw Mr. Song away, he stretched his waist and raised his right hand to look at his watch. It turned out that it was the hour of Hai. After Wu Weiyi yawned several times, he suddenly felt a sense of sleepiness. So he got into the tent, cleaned up and half-lying down. He took out his cell phone from his pocket and flipped through the rumor circle.

After turning around for a while, his eyelids could no longer hold on, and Wu Weiyi fell asleep in a daze.

...

"Mr. Wu, you are back. The Wu army has already broken through the city gate, so we are going to kill us!"

Wu Weiyi was just confused and looked at the person who had just talked to him with a blank expression. He saw that this person was wearing a brocade robe, a bronze sword around his waist, and a kingly aura was displayed between his eyebrows. Then Wu Weiyi looked around for a week and suddenly found that he was in the battlefield now. He heard the sound of killing outside and the sound of wolf smoke was rising above the wall, and it was impossible to see at first glance.

"Wu State? How can there be people from Wu in Nanyang?" Wu Weiyi thought to himself.

"General, now there are Wu Manzi everywhere, and the northern road is robbed by Jin thieves. Now we can only break through the west and take the two little Wang Ji to the west quickly. You should assist you with all your heart. In the future, our Great Zhou will definitely be able to make a comeback and revive the country's fortune."

At this moment, I saw an army neatly lined up in the distance. Not only were the flags clear and tidy, but there were hundreds of chariots in an array, and rushed towards this side with dust.

Looking at this side, the troops serving the kings everywhere have been divided and surrounded by the Wu army, and the situation is already extremely dangerous and dangerous.

The man pushed Wu Weiyi away, pulled out his sword from his waist, and shouted loudly at the dozens of soldiers who remained beside him:

"All the gentlemen, I, Ji Chao, can get help from everyone, and I have been so grateful to you all the way. But today, we are in a desperate situation. The people of Wu just want me to have a head. I will leave now! Don't lose your life here."

After saying that, he turned around and looked at Wu Jun who was rolling in. His chest was even more angry. He held the bronze sword tightly in his hand and muttered:

"I think my Great Zhou Dynasty has been established for more than 500 years, and I will be buried in my hands today. What kind of face should I have to meet my ancestors and ancestors! Well..."

After saying that, he wanted to lead the sword blade to his neck to find a short opinion. Wu Weiyi shouted:

"Not good! Don't do anything stupid!"

He stepped forward and knocked Ji Chao's sword to the ground. At this moment, Wu Weiyi was also shocked by his actions just now.

"Who am I? What am I doing? Where am I?"

Wu Weiyi inadvertently glanced at the shot downed Wang Jian on the ground again, but he was really shocked again.

"Then! Isn't that the sword of King Yue Goujian!"

The tattoo of this sword is exactly the same as the pattern of the "King of Yue Goujian Sword" excavated from the Chu State tomb decades ago. However, when I see this sword again, I only feel that its sword is sharp and sharp, and it is truly a king's sword!

Wu Weiyi didn't have time to sort out a clue, but he heard the guards beside Ji Chao kneeling on the ground in unison and shouting:

"King! If the king insists on dying, how can we survive in the world? We are willing to fight with the king until death and never live without a secret!"

After these people said that, they all held the long spear again, and heard that the war drums were beating again, and the sound of killing was shocking. Seeing that the soldiers were using their lives like this, Ji Chao roared with them again and rushed towards the enemy formation.

...

With a "bang", an extremely dull explosion sounded from outside the tent. Although the explosion was not loud, it also woke Wu Weiyi up from his sleep.

"Ah! It turns out that I am dreaming. But why is this dream so real just now?" Wu Weiyi thought about it, slowly got up, rubbed his sleepy eyes, picked up his cell phone and took a look. It turned out that it was only three o'clock in the middle of the night.

"Bang!"

I heard another dull explosion outside the tent. Wu Weiyi heard it so clearly, but he didn't know what was happening outside the tent. So he stood up and poked his head out and looked around. At this moment, he heard someone talking vaguely not far from outside the tent:

"Quick! Put the sparrow down and try if there is any poisonous gas underneath."

Wu Weiyi was shocked, and it was probably the prince who had sneaked into the tomb robber again in the tomb robber! Since the site was exposed, tomb robbers came to search for treasures every now and then. However, although the protections around the place were strictly protected, I don’t know what skills these tomb robbers had, they could break into it through the levels. At this time, Wu Weiyi couldn’t think of that much, so he walked out of the tent and stood in front of the guardrail, and looked at the door of the tomb with a searchlight.

"Oh no, it's true that he's a tomb robber!"

I saw that the stone pier gate of the tomb had already been blown up by the two dull explosions just now. At this time, the figure of the tomb robber was gone at the door, and I thought it had already entered the interior of the tomb.

Wu Weiyi was a little panicked when he saw this. He turned around and wanted to run back to find someone to help, but found that the guard room was empty at this time! Wu Weiyi was anxious and thought:

"This is still more than ten kilometers away from the nearest village. Even if we call the police now, those police officers will not be able to get there for less than half an hour. Now the situation is urgent, so why not send a message to the team first, so I will go to the tomb and find a way to trap and hold them up. Maybe I can still buy some time. When our people come, they will be unable to escape."

After Wu Weiyi was settled, he called the team and asked them to send someone over quickly.

"Xiao Wu! You must wait until we come before taking action. You must not act recklessly there. It doesn't matter if you throw a few cultural relics, but you must not have any trouble!"

Although the captain, Teacher Song, repeatedly told Wu Weiyi to be careful on the phone. Wu Weiyi also agreed, but he understood very well:
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