The first chapter of the wrathful sea

The lid of the box slowly opened automatically. There was only a little finger-sized space inside, and a small copper fish was placed inside. I took it out and saw that the fish looked very ordinary, but the workmanship was very fine, especially the eyebrows above the fish's eyes. There was a snake in the place, which looked very lifelike. I was very surprised. What was so valuable about it? Why was it placed so nicely ?

At this time, Uncle San had already walked in dragging a gas cutting cylinder. Seeing that the box was already opened, he asked in surprise : "How did it open? How did you open it?"

When I told him about the number, he frowned and said , "It's getting more and more chaotic. It seems that these Americans are not just here to rob tombs." He picked up the bronze fish, his face suddenly changed, and he said, "Isn't this the snake-brow bronze fish?"

I saw that he seemed to know, so I asked him hurriedly. He took something out of his pocket and handed it to me. I looked at it and it was also a very delicate copper fish, about the size of my little finger. The copper fish's eyebrows were also two sea snakes, with excellent workmanship. Each scale was very delicate. It should be from the same source as the one in the box. The only drawback was that there were a lot of tiny white lime-like dirt in the grooves of the scales, which were very firmly attached. I knew it at a glance and said, "Is this a seafood?"

Uncle San nodded. I was quite surprised. Sea goods are antiques fished out of the sea, usually blue and white porcelain. It is easier to find antiques in the sea than on land because many things are exposed on the seabed. However, because there are too many microorganisms in the sea, most of the things brought from the sea have white gray dirt, which is difficult to wash off. So the value is discounted.

I was confused. As far as I could remember, Uncle San would not be interested in such cheap goods. So I asked him, "Have you ever been to the sea bucket?"

Uncle San nodded and said, "Only once did I regret it. If I had been able to resist the urge to get involved, I would have had many children by now."

I know a little about Uncle San's story. Uncle San had a woman before, who was also a heroine. I heard that they met in the tomb. The woman's name was Wen Jin. I heard that she was a very quiet woman. You wouldn't think she was a tomb-raider from the northern school. Uncle San and her had been together for 5 years. The woman was looking for dragon points and the man was exploring points and locating them. They were known as the Condor Heroes in the tomb-raiding world. Later, I suddenly heard that the woman disappeared. I just thought that she had failed when she entered the tomb. It was not appropriate for a girl to do this. The family was very sorry. But I was only a few years old at that time and didn't understand so much. I just saw Uncle San was like a wooden stick for a week, always sad and sad, and then he gradually got better. I don't remember these childhood things clearly. Now when I hear that Uncle San seems to want to tell it, although I really want to know, I can't show too much gossip. I asked: "Was it a sea tomb that had an accident?"

Uncle San sighed and said, "At that time, she and I were still young. She had several classmates who were in the archaeological team. They vaguely knew that I was a craftsman, and I didn't think of hiding it from them. We were all very good friends. Later, they went to the Xisha Islands to do shipwreck archaeology, and I went with them. I just didn't expect," he paused, as if he didn't want to think about that thing, "I didn't expect that the thing that sank under the water would be so big."

It was more than ten years ago. Uncle San actually had no experience in sea fighting. He was blinded by love and boasted in front of Ai Wenjin about how great he was. So he followed the archaeological team out to sea. They chartered a local fisherman's boat and spent two days to reach the Wanjiao of Xijiao. That place was one of the most dangerous sections of the ancient Maritime Silk Road, with many sunken ships. Uncle San went down to take a look and was almost stunned. He saw that the entire seabed was almost full of broken Qing Dynasty porcelain. The scale was really amazing.

Wen Jin told him that these things fell from a sunken ship and were washed everywhere by the sea. In the past, fishermen could pull up four or five pieces of porcelain with one cast of the net. However, they believed that those that fell into the water belonged to the Dragon King, so they would usually throw them back.

Unfortunately, most of these things are rotten, and it is rare to find intact ones. Even if they are found, most of them are infested with marine organisms and are difficult to clean. Wen Jin's classmates see these things for their archaeological value, so they are very excited. Uncle San saw a desolate scene and was heartbroken. He thought to himself, why wasn't I born when the damn shipwreck happened? He didn't think that the blue and white porcelain at that time was not an antique at all.

They spent two or three days in the water and brought up baskets of porcelain. Uncle San liked this. He knew everything about porcelain and could talk about any one of them for a long time. All of a sudden he became the spiritual leader of the archaeological team. His surname was Wu, and his name was Sansheng. The young people called him Brother Sansheng, and Uncle San became very proud of it and really considered himself their leader.

On the fourth day, something happened. One of the archaeologists went out on a kayak and had not returned by dusk. The others became anxious and ordered the big ship to weigh anchor to look for it. Later, they found the stranded kayak on a rocky mountain 2 kilometers away from Wanjiao, but the people on it were gone.

Uncle San thought it was bad, maybe someone went into the water to look for something and something went wrong, so he quickly put on his gear and dived down at night. After searching for half a night, he finally found the man's body. His feet were stuck in the coral reef and had swelled up. When they dragged the body up, Uncle San saw that his left hand was tightly grasping something. He opened it and saw that it was the snake-browed bronze fish. Although a person died and everyone was very sad, Uncle San realized that there might be something under the water, otherwise the man would not come here to salvage it at night.

Uncle San guessed that maybe during the daytime towing search (using a boat to tow a person to search), this person saw something but didn't say it, and wanted to go back at night when no one was around, and something went wrong. Of course, Uncle San didn't say what he thought, because now the person is dead, there is no point in saying it. However, the snake-browed bronze fish in his hand must be a clue.

The next day, Uncle San mentioned this to those people. Of course, he said: Comrade So-and-so worked overtime for the sake of archaeology, but unfortunately he had an accident. However, judging from the fruits of his labor, this comrade had obviously discovered something on the seabed. He exchanged his life for this snake-browed bronze fish, so we cannot let him down. After some discussion, everyone's mood recovered a little, so they returned to the sea area where the accident occurred and conducted a carpet search in the water. At that time, they had some clues.

They found more than 40 huge stone anchors (accessories on ancient ship anchors) under the water nearby . They were all the same size and specifications. The inscriptions on them were basically unclear. Uncle San estimated that these 40 stone anchors were either lost from 40 ships of the same specifications, or they were from the same ship. It is easy to understand how 40 ships could sink in the same place at the same time. There must be a very huge ship underground. It is so big that it needs 40 anchors to fix it.

Uncle San was very familiar with history. Seeing this, he had a very bold guess in his mind. When he surfaced, he said to Wen Jin, "It looks like there is a shipwreck burial underwater tomb underneath."