Chapter 12 The Ancient City of Qushang

Through the analysis of Xiao Liang and Jiang Yongguang, it was learned that the Ge family could be said to be ambitious, and they were looking for not just one or two ancient Shu tombs, but the capital of the ancient Shu Kingdom in ancient times—Qushang.

Uncle Mei didn't quite understand this logic and frowned, asking, "What's so good about finding an ancient city? What is the Ge family looking for Qushang for?"

Jiang Yongguang said with a wry smile, "Third Brother, your question is a bit amateurish. Let me ask you, do you know where the most magnificent tombs and imperial mausoleums excavated in our country are located?"

Uncle Mei raised his eyebrows and asked, "Where?"

Jiang Yongguang said, "Around Chang'an, Luoyang, the capital, Jinling, Kaifeng... Third Brother, have you noticed what these cities have in common?"

Uncle Mei suddenly understood and said, "I see, these are all ancient capitals."

"That's right." Jiang Yongguang nodded and said, "In feudal times, emperors generally built their mausoleums in the suburbs of the capital, which was convenient for burial after death, such as the Ming Dynasty's Thirteen Tombs, the Tang Dynasty's Guanzhong Eighteen Tombs, and so on... According to historical records, Qushang, the imperial city of the ancient Shu Kingdom, has experienced at least four dynasties: Cancong, Yufu, Baiguan, and Duyu. In ancient times, even the descendants of the Yellow Emperor were granted titles here, which means that there must be large-scale mausoleums around Qushang."

"Larger than the Tuojiang Tomb and the Yazihe Tomb?" Uncle Mei asked.

Jiang Yongguang said with a smile, "Of course, it's much larger, there's no comparison. Tombs like the Tuojiang Tomb and the Yazihe Tomb are just scattered mausoleums outside the imperial city. The tomb owners were either not high enough in rank, only princes and dukes, or they were the last Shu kings who were driven out of the territory. Their tomb specifications are definitely not comparable to the real imperial tombs around Qushang."

Uncle Mei couldn't help but gasp and exclaimed, "Good heavens, if the Ge family really finds Qushang, how many bronze wares will be unearthed? The ancient Shu Kingdom established its capital here for four dynasties, that's nearly two thousand years of history!"

Xiao Liang also nodded slightly and said, "That's right, Qushang is likely to be the city with the longest capital establishment in Chinese history. Compared to it, Chang'an, Luoyang, and Jinling all seem much younger, like children."

Hearing this, I quickly asked, "Did the Ge family find it? Does this tomb raiding notebook record the specific location of Qushang?"

Jiang Yongguang and Xiao Liang nodded at the same time, it seemed that Ge Xueying had really analyzed the location of this ancient city.

Later I learned that the Ge family wasn't the only one looking for Qushang. In fact, the archeological community had been searching for this ancient city for a long time.

The true location of the ancient city of Qushang has always been a matter of debate, with many different opinions. After summarizing, there are roughly the following views in the domestic academic community:

One theory is that it is located on Huangcheng Mountain in Cifeng Town, Pengzhou City, on the north bank of the Luming River in Cifeng Town. The second is that it is located on Shuwang Mountain in Xiaoyudong Town, Pengzhou City, opposite Yufu New Street in Xiaoyudong Town. The third is on Muma Mountain in Shuangliu County, the fourth is at Yangping Temple in Xinxing Town, Pengzhou City, the fifth is at Haiwozi in Xinxing Town, Pengzhou City, the sixth is in Mengyang Town, Pengzhou City, the seventh is in Wanchun Town, Wenjiang District, and the eighth is even wilder, directly saying that it is the Sanxingdui Ruins in Guanghan City.

According to the analysis in the Ge family's tomb raiding notes, the specific location of the ancient city of Qushang is not much different from the above, it's within this range, but please forgive me for not being able to explicitly state the specific location.

But in later years, the domestic real estate industry developed vigorously, and large-scale real estate development was carried out all over the country, but a certain piece of land was unusually strong. No matter which developer offered a high price or used what level of relationship, they would never sell it. Until now, that area is still a barren mountain, and even a road has not been built. I don't need to explain the connection between these things, right?

Anyway, as soon as I heard that Ge Xueying had located the ancient city of Qushang, I immediately asked, "Da Yong, Xiao Liang, since the Ge family has been looking for this city of Qushang and has now found the specific location, can we just go to Qushang and wait for her to appear, then we can catch Ge Xueying?"

Jiang Yongguang agreed, saying, "That is indeed a method."

Uncle Mei said anxiously, "I don't care about Qushang or whatever, I just want to know when I can rescue my An'an! She's been taken away by Ge Xueying for so long, and the Ge family are all ruthless female demons, they even kill their own men, I'm really afraid that something will happen to An'an..."

Jiang Yongguang quickly comforted him, saying, "Third Brother, don't be too pessimistic. Judging from the previous dealings, Ge Xueying doesn't seem to be the type to kill everyone she sees. At least she didn't kill you and she even saved Chen Rongsheng twice, didn't she?"

Xiao Liang also said, "Yes, I've actually been wondering why Ge Xueying killed so many people, but she didn't attack you and Chen Rongsheng. Later, I thought there was one explanation, she must have been giving face to Xiao Mei, that's why she spared you two, right?"

Hearing what Xiao Liang said, Uncle Mei and I were a little moved.

It has to be said that women really understand women better, and Xiao Liang's statement made a lot of sense.

The White-Clothed Immortal killed people like flies, but she had never been willing to attack me and Uncle Mei, why?

The only explanation was that she was doing it for Xiao Mei's sake.

I couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Liang, are you saying that not only did Ge Xueying not make things difficult for Xiao Mei, but she actually had a good relationship with her? So she spared us for Xiao Mei's sake?"

"It's possible," Xiao Liang said.

Uncle Mei shook his head and said, "How is that possible? Ge Xueying killed An'an's mother, with An'an's personality, she would definitely fight her to the death!"

Xiao Liang didn't say anything, she didn't know how to answer Uncle Mei.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward, Jiang Yongguang immediately made a decision, saying, "There's no use in guessing, let's do this, since we've found the location of the ancient city of Qushang, let's set off to investigate in the next few days, maybe we'll get lucky and run into the White-Clothed Immortal."

I immediately agreed and said, "That's a good idea, let's do it."

Uncle Mei also nodded.

Finally, everyone made a decision and waited for Jiang Yongguang to make arrangements.

Jiang Yongguang had something to deal with, so he told us to go ahead first. So I took Uncle Mei and Xiao Liang, and the three of us took a long-distance bus to a small town next to Qushang and found a small hotel to stay in.

This small town wasn't very big, and it was somewhat similar to my hometown. There wasn't even a decent hotel in the town. The small hotel we stayed in was actually a family who had converted their own house. There were several independent small rooms in a row, with two single beds inside. The bed sheets and quilts were also in a flowered pattern that they used themselves, which looked quite unhygienic.

But in order to find Xiao Mei, neither Uncle Mei nor I complained, it was just hard on Xiao Liang, who had to suffer with us.

We wandered around the town for two days and found nothing. On the third day, Jiang Yongguang arrived.