The Jin State was located on the North of the Guo State, and in between them was a small state called Yu State. The Jin State bribed the Yu State in order to use its land as a base to fight the Guo State. The emperor of the Yu State considered it a good deal and agreed.

The mighty forces of the Jin suddenly appeared on Guo's land, and crushed its army with ease. On their way back home, they also conquered the Yu State. Later this story became an idiom "Guo State is conquered by borrowing a path from Yu State. Teeth will be exposed to the cold when the lips are gone."

If the historical records are accurate, Guo State governed today's Sanmenxia region for more than 100 years, so there should be numerous treasures and relics somewhere under the earth there.

The high quality and large amount of items excavated from an ancient tomb found in 1956 in Shanglingcun Village revealed the tomb owner had high social status. Later, archeologists found inscriptions on a dagger-axe reading that it belonged to the prince of Guo State. Two hundred and thirty four imperial and civilian tombs, three chariot and horse pits, and one horse pit, together with 140,000 funerary objects were found in the region. The place might be a public cemetery for both the nobility and common people of Guo State, but one problem remains: where is the tomb of the monarch?

With the major excavations winding up, archeologists had no idea that a more important treasure not far away was eluding their spades.

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