Here, Wu Liang finally saw the pile of broken pottery Hua Tuo was talking about.

Most of these pottery vessels have been turned into broken pottery shards. In fact, the best-preserved one has only half of its bottom left, and its shape now looks like a broken pottery bowl.

These things have no value to ordinary people, but for Wu Liang, they can still detect some information related to this holy mountain of healers.

With everyone standing aside, Wu Liang lowered his body and carefully cleaned the broken pottery pieces.

"..."

Hua Tuo looked on in confusion, but saw that Wu Liang was very serious and did not dare to disturb him easily.

Everyone in the Hu army has long been accustomed to this. After all, every time he enters an ancient tomb or ruins, Wu Liang's focus is completely different from that of ordinary tomb robbers. He can always find some other people among those inconspicuous things.

Invisible information.

really.

About a quarter of an hour later, Wu Liang had actually split the broken pottery pieces into three piles, and also found some unusual traces from underneath the broken pottery pieces.

"This pile is all black pottery with sand, this pile is all gray pottery with sand, and the smallest pile is clay red pottery..."

Although Wu Liang did not try to teach the people in the Hu army to master these archaeological knowledge, he would patiently explain it whenever he discovered something. This was a habit he developed while working as a tour guide in later generations.

Of course, this is also done to attract others.

After all, there are several people in the Hu army who have insights that he does not have, such as Yu Ji and Zhen Mi. Sometimes they can always give some unique insights after listening to Wu Liang's analysis.

"There are also decorative patterns on these pottery fragments, this is the concave and convex string pattern, this is the rope pattern, and this is the relatively rare leaf vein pattern..."

Wu Liang talked to himself and gave his final judgment, "Whether it is the production technology and materials of these pottery, or the decorative patterns on them, this can prove that this holy mountain is from ancient times.

ruins, but whether it is related to the Yellow Emperor is open to question, because most of these crafts originated from the tribe of Emperor Yan, and it was also the tribe of Emperor Yan that used them most widely."

"Isn't Emperor Yan the leader of the Shennong clan? And as far as I know, the tribe led by Emperor Yan has the surname Jiang. This...it is said that although Taigong Jiang is from the Jiang family with the surname Ji, he is actually a descendant of the tribe with the surname Jiang."

Zhuge Liang immediately took over the conversation and said, "Brother Youcai, do you think there might be some connection between the two? After all, judging from what happened just now, the strange insect in the medicine man's body seems to have something in common with the worm."

Where?"

"This is indeed a direction of exploration."

Wu Liang pondered for a moment, nodded slightly and said.

If this sacred mountain was built by Emperor Yan, then it has an inseparable relationship with the Shennong clan.

According to legend, Emperor Yan was called "Emperor Yan" because he was the first leader surnamed Jiang in the Celestial Dynasty to master and use fire.

In addition, Emperor Yan may also be the initiator of traditional Chinese medicine. He tasted the taste of herbs and the sweetness and bitterness of springs. At most, he identified seventy kinds of poisonous weeds in one day. Based on the characteristics of various plants, he was the first to try to use herbal medicine to treat diseases.

Put it this way.

Even Bian Que, a famous doctor in the Huangdi period, most likely had to learn from Emperor Yan who had tasted hundreds of herbs. Only then could he stand on the shoulders of Shennong and become a famous doctor, using herbal medicine and Shennong's experience to treat diseases and save people.

It can only be said that there are too few records in history books about this original Bian Que, and the only thing that cannot be found is this name.

even.

Is it possible that this so-called "Bian Que" originally belonged to the miracle doctor or medical team of the Shennong family?

However, in the later period, the Yellow Emperor defeated the Yan Emperor in the "Battle of Banquan". Since then, the Yan Emperor has formed an alliance, and the two tribes have merged into the Huaxia tribe. From then on, there was no distinction between you and me between the Yan and Huang, so "Bian Que" became the Yellow Emperor's.

"Bian Que", in the name of the Yellow Emperor, traveled among various tribes to cure diseases and save people.

But even so, each tribe will inevitably retain some of its own secrets.

For example, this sacred mountain may be the secret of the Shennong family and the secret of the Jiang family.

As for the strange insects and worms in the body of the medicine man...

If Jiang Ziya is indeed related to the Jiang tribe led by Emperor Yan, then it is naturally possible to master the secret of the Jiang surname. In this way, there is the possibility that the strange insects and the worms are from the same clan, or that the strange insects are the ancestors of the worms.

"But have you ever thought, gentleman, that Emperor Yan and the tribe he led were born in Jiangshui, so they have the surname Jiang. And Jiangshui is probably thousands of miles away from here, so why did he travel thousands of miles to set up here?"

Such a holy mountain?”

Zhen Mi raised her doubts at the right time.

This is indeed a problem.

Jiangshui is located in Baoji, Shaanxi Province in later generations. One is in the west and the other is in the east. The only connection between them is probably the Yellow River that runs from east to west. Even if a holy mountain is really to be established, this place is not the best choice.

"In addition, according to what I know, before the Battle of Zhulu, the territory where this sacred mountain is located should be in the hands of Chi You."

Zhen Mi went on to say, "So even if this holy mountain is related to Emperor Yan or the Shennong clan, it can only be established after the Battle of Zhulu... But in this case, it will be possible for Emperor Yan to establish a holy mountain here.

Possibly, because the battle between the Yellow Emperor and Yan Emperor's coalition forces and Chi You was not far from here."

"Your analysis makes sense!"

Wu Liang nodded again and again.

This can be regarded as a preliminary delineation of the time period for the establishment of this holy mountain. It is very likely that it should be after the Battle of Zhulu, when the Yan and Huang tribes took control of this area.

Before this, whether it was geography or distance, there was basically no such possibility.

With these questions, Wu Liang continued to explore the situation at the bottom of the sinkhole.

Just now when he was cleaning and classifying these broken pottery pieces, he discovered some unusual traces underneath these broken pottery pieces, the most obvious of which were four very regular and identical circular pits.

These small circular pits are about ten centimeters in diameter and almost ten centimeters deep into the ground.

They are connected together to form an extremely regular rectangle. This rectangle is about two meters long and about one meter two and a half wide. At first glance, it is a trace left by man.

Wu Liang first took an engineering shovel and dug out a pit nearby to survey the soil conditions at the bottom of the sinkhole.

The shovel went down without much effort.

That is to say, the soil in this place is relatively soft, and the composition should be loess with a slightly higher sand content... This is understandable. Although this place has only become the estuary of the Yellow River in recent years, the Yellow River often flows

After the embankment burst and its course was changed, this place is located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It may have been the estuary of the Yellow River or lived near the estuary thousands of years ago.

As far as Wu Liang knows, the entire west coast of the Bohai Sea should basically have similar soil quality, which is caused by the sediment brought down by the Yellow River when it flows through the Loess Plateau.

This matter was confirmed.

Wu Liang immediately came to one of the small circular pits and used an engineering shovel to dig it out to check the situation.

After doing this, Wu Liang quickly came to the conclusion: "The soil quality in this small circular pit is no different from other places. It's just that the middle part has been compacted by heavy objects, so it sank and remained."

Such traces.”

"In addition, the depth of the four circular pits is exactly the same, indicating that the pressure they endured was exactly the same, which means that the things pressing on them should be a whole."

"In addition, the small pits are connected to form a very regular rectangle. I reasoned that the shape above was once a square four-legged vessel. And such a huge four-legged vessel has such weight, I am afraid it can only be

The tripod is broken.”

As far as Wu Liang knows, although bronze wares were not yet popular during the Yan Emperor Shennong period, large vessels such as "ding" had actually appeared, and four-legged square tripods from this period were discovered in relevant archaeological sites in later generations. Therefore,

Wu Liang's speculation is not easy to come by.

Moreover, Wu Liang did not confirm that the tripod that was once placed here was a copper tripod. It might also be a stone tripod.

After all, if this holy mountain can set up those three gate towers at the entrance, it should be able to make such a large stone tripod.

"Speaking of the tripod, I think of the bronze tripod we saw before that was related to Bian Que."

Zhuge Liang deliberately ignored the related "Qi'ai Cemetery" and continued, "But judging from the traces pressed on the ground, the bronze tripod is still a bit smaller, so it probably did not come from here."

"The question is, if there was such a big cauldron here, where is it now?"

Yang Wanli asked with a frown.

"No, such a large cauldron must weigh several thousand kilograms at least. This is a large pit that is difficult to walk through. It is simply too difficult to move it away."

Cao Ni also said in shock.

Cao Ni is right. Even in today's Eastern Han Dynasty, most of the way to move such a large cauldron out of the tiankeng and move it to other places can only rely on manpower. This is indeed a big project, requiring at least hundreds of people.

A great project of man.

And it's impossible not to leave any traces.

However, Wu Liang looked around the surrounding environment and then looked up at the slope of the sinkhole, but he did not find any obvious traces. He always felt that things were not as simple as they thought.

"Let's discuss this later."

Under this situation, Wu Liang had to put this issue aside for the time being.

"Um."

Everyone in the Hu army nodded in response.

"..."

Only Hua Tuo had remained silent since he reached the sinkhole. It wasn't that he didn't want to talk, but that he simply couldn't get a word in, because none of the issues discussed by Wu Liang and others were within his area of ​​expertise.

Even sometimes when he listened to Wu Liang talking to the people in the Hu army, he felt as if he was listening to a book from heaven. Sometimes he understood and sometimes he didn't understand. It was like being in a fog.

However, he became more and more convinced of Wu Liang's identity as Taishi Ling.

How could anyone know so much historical materials and related knowledge if they weren't a person who specializes in pursuing historical truth?

…
To be continued...