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    The "fishing stone" at the entrance of the village looks more similar in the daytime. Many natural stones in nature have their own unique shapes like "fishing stones".In fact, stones are the most normal stones. The difference lies in the artistic conception depicted by the people looking at the stones, and the stories passed down orally afterwards.

    As a guide, Abu took them to the edge of the fishing stone for a walk.

    The stream around Yushi is the most turbulent in this section. Occasionally, a wave with white foam is rolled up and sprinkled on the "fish" part of "Yushi". It really feels like a fish jumping into a shallow stream.

    Bao Le took out his camera and even asked Abu to take a picture of her.

    Looking at the little girl standing under the fishing rock, performing scissors hands, Shen Wangyan suddenly felt that it would be great if she could always maintain such optimism.Among the nine of them, she was the only one who thought they were here for a trip, so carefree.

    "Abu, let me ask you." Shen Wangyan waved to the young guide, "When the archaeological team came to explore, where was the entrance of the tomb dug?"

    Bao Le also brought his head closer.

    The young man from Guyu Township frowned: "One is in the mountains, and the other two are in the village. My family has one, and Meiduo's also has one."

    Shen Wangyan's eyes fell on the deep forest behind the fishing stone.

    Abu said again: "The one in the mountain, the archaeological team that came before did not dare to go down. It is said that there are unclean things in it. There are so many of them that they can't figure it out. You should not go. Meiduo's house is near here. I will take you there.have a look?"

    Bao Le originally thought that Shen Wangyan would not be fooled by his few words, but Young Master Shen was always so unexpected.

    Shen Wangyan patted Abu on the shoulder and said, "Young man, don't have feudal superstitions, we are a serious archaeological team, how can we believe that there are unclean things down there?"

    "But you are right, the principle of proximity, we should all go to the home of Comrade Meiduo first."

    ...

    Meiduo is sixteen years old this year, a lovely little girl who just came back from her busy work in the tea plantation.Strangers can't come to the family several times a year, so she is not afraid of strangers, instead she is very excited to ask things, and later found out that they are members of the archaeological team who came to explore.

    "Drink tea."

    Meiduo brought them teacups and a plate of tea cakes from the hotel yesterday.

    "You are here to see the big hole in the backyard." Meiduo also sat down and shook his head after hearing what they said, "My old man usually forbids me to approach it, saying it is unlucky."

    Bao Le took a sip of tea.

    It has to be said that the taste of the people in Guyu Township is unusual. The eight clusters of bitterness and an inexplicable fishy smell are really not something ordinary people can judge.Bao Le chose to eat a few more tea cakes to calm his shock.

    Shen Wangyan asked her: "Do you still remember how this big hole in your house was formed?"

    Meiduo said: "Three months ago, something underground was dug out in the village, it was near my house. Later, the neighbors wanted to search again to see if there were any treasures, and more and more pits were dug.What is the principle of the pit, it suddenly collapsed, and then it became a big hole. My old man said that the archaeological team suspected that our hole was the door of the surrounding tombs, and then the old man was not happy, and no one likes others to sayI built my house on a cemetery, right?"

    "Can you show us?"

    Meiduo hesitated for a moment before nodding.

    ...

    The big hole in the backyard didn't lead directly to the ground. Bao Le guessed that a lot of holes had been dug around, which caused the soil to loosen. The underground tomb, which was originally buried tightly, also collapsed, exposing the entire stone door buried inside.However, this stone gate is not complete, as if it was blown up with some kind of gun|powder.

    "It's not a new mark." Shen Wangyan touched the stone gate with his hand, "It looks like a masterpiece from the Republic of China. A group of tomb robbers should have gone in first."

    Bao Le thought the same in his heart, and couldn't help but regret: "That may not leave us with anything."

    Shen Wangyan looked at her in surprise, and smiled: "What do you want to keep?"

    "Hmm... Rubbings of documents?" Bao Le twitched the corners of his mouth, showing that he was right, "Of course they are precious cultural relics that can make us more valuable to discover and understand history!"

    Shen Wangyan covered his mouth with his hands to prevent himself from laughing too much.

    Bao Le didn't bother to pay attention to him, and waved to Meizi Chuan who was standing at the entrance of the cave: "Sister Meiduo, let's go down and have a look by ourselves, you can wait for us up there."

    "Well, then be careful."

    While speaking, Shen Wangyan had already moved the stone door away, no matter what mechanism the stone door had before, it would not take much effort to decipher it.The tomb robbers blasted the tomb door and the sand in front of the tomb door to create gaps.When the door opened to a size that a person could freely enter and exit, Jun Zhi stopped him.

    "Me first." He said, bent down, and entered through the opening.

    Shen Wangyan made a "please" gesture to Bao Le: "Ladies first."

    Although Shen Wangyan is weak and sick, Bao Le is a girl in the team after all, Jun Zhi is responsible for opening the way, and Shen Wangyan walks at the back of the hall by himself, putting Baole, the little girl, in the safest position in the middle.

    The air in the corridor is very humid and has no peculiar smell. Jun Zhi took out a lighter from his pocket, lit it and observed it.

    He turned his head, nodded to Shen Wangyan at the end of the team, and said, "The air is fine."

    Shen Wangyan took three flashlights out of his bag, threw one forward to Jun Zhi, and handed another to Bao Le.

    "Let's go."

    In fact, the tomb below Meiduo's house is not very big. Before coming here, Shen Wangyan had analyzed the size and shape of the three main tombs in Guyu Township. This one is the closest to the ground, so the exploration is more accurate.Walking down the corridor for less than 100 meters, you can see the central tomb.

    In fact, they did see a double carved stone door about two meters high and two people wide between them and the central tomb.

    Bao Le shines the flashlight on Shimen.

    Shen Wangyan watched her carefully, and couldn't help asking, "Can you understand?"

    The little girl nodded confidently: "Of course. The painting on the left side of the stone gate is a scene of two people leading a caravan across the desert, while the right side is a caravan of two women sending off their relatives. Both sides extend from the center to the two sides.The proportion of the people in the center is slightly larger than that on the two sides, and they wear the imperial clothes of the Han Dynasty. If you think about it, you can know that the one in the middle is Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the one on the left is Zhang Qian going out of the fortress, and the one on the right is the princess and his relatives. To describe the artistic conception of the whole picture, I can sum it up in four wordsthat is……"

    "Silk Road." Jun Zhi rushed to answer.

    Bao Le retorted: "I think 'Emperor Wu conquered the West' is better. The Silk Road can only show that Emperor Wu of Han wanted to penetrate the Western Regions culturally and economically, but he was not satisfied with this, and even sent the princess to marry him many times. This is the real meaning.I want to unify the Western Regions."

    Jun Zhi took out a short dagger from his waist.

    Bao Le was nervous: "Even if we disagree, you don't have to draw your sword!"

    Shen Wangyan, who had been listening for a long time, was completely amused by the little girl's reaction this time, but he did not forget to extend his hand to Bao Le and let her stand behind Jun Zhizhi with him, before she said anything, compared a "shh" gesture.Bao Le, who still didn't know what he said or did wrong, closed his mouth in a daze.

    Jun Zhi turned the dagger, and held the entire handle of the knife in the palm of his hand in a fist position, with the tip of the knife facing down.He started from the engraved picture of Zhang Qian going out of the fortress on the stone gate, drew an irregular arc to the left, passed the head of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and drew the route of the princess's marriage on the right all the way to the end of the princess statue.

    In fact, if you look closely at the bottom of the entire ring, there are dark lines to be found, but Bao Le didn't think of connecting them before.Now it seems that this circle is not the epitome of the ancient "Silk Road" established by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

    Because Shimen touched the mechanism correctly, he squeaked and retracted to both sides.

    Jun Zhi put away the knife and entered the tomb first.

    Bao Le died in depression.

    "Your theoretical knowledge reserve did not disappoint me," Shen Wangyan patted her on the shoulder, "but he is better at the world below." After finishing speaking, Young Master Shen also took steps and walked in.

    When Bao Le came back to her senses, it was undeniable that Shen Wangyan's words had hit her a bit, but it wouldn't depress the little girl for long.Everything around her was very new to Baole, and she knew her shortcomings, so she was extremely excited when facing these things she had never been exposed to before.

    ...

    The central tomb was much wider than the corridor, but it was also lower. When Bao Le entered through the door, he found that the ceiling of the tomb was too low, almost touching her head.Of course, if you are the shortest in the team, you have to hold your head. For two men who are very similar in appearance and height, they have to bend down to walk in the tomb.

    There is a coffin in the center of the tomb, and there are no other decorations or objects around it. Instead, there is a small door behind the brick wall on the right, which is probably an ear chamber, where the tomb owner's funeral objects are stored.

    Shen Wangyan walked to the coffin in the dark, reached out and stroked the coffin, seeing his expression, Bao Le thought he was going to open the coffin to have a look.But after waiting for a while, he didn't move any further, and the timid little girl moved over.

    "What are you afraid of?" Shen Wangyan turned to laugh at her.

    Bao Le rolled his eyes with a guilty conscience, then raised his head and chest and pretended to be like that: "Who said I'm scared!"

    Shen Wangyan didn't expose her, but he casually called out, "Jun Zhi, open the coffin."

    "Wait, wait," Bao Le quickly retreated a foot away, covering his eyes, trying to convince people with reasoning, "Isn't this a cultural relic, we should report it to the higher-ups, you can open the coffin casually, it's not good!"

    Now even Jun Zhi couldn't hold back, coughing lightly to cover up the fact that he was holding back his laughter.

    But in the end they opened the coffin, and Bao Le closed his eyes the whole time, keeping a safe distance from them and the coffin.Jun Zhi pushed open the coffin without any effort, and Shen Wangyan shined a flashlight into the coffin—as expected, the bones in the coffin were very messy.Clothes from thousands of years ago have long since decayed, leaving only the last bits of fabric with large holes in them, randomly wrapping a few bones, and a few bones lying alone on the other side of the coffin.

    Pulling out a telescoping stick from the bag, Shen Wangyan stretched it a bit, and rummaged through the coffin.

    Although Bao Le had her eyes closed, she heard the sound of the iron rod touching the wooden coffin, she almost screamed, wondering how this man would still do it, isn't it disgusting!Are you not afraid?

    Putting away the iron rod, Shen Wangyan gave Jun Zhi a look.

    After a while, there was the sound of the coffin being closed again. Bao Le was guessing what they were going to do when someone patted his right shoulder.

    "gone."

    Opening his eyes, he saw Shen Wangyan with a playful smile.

    Bao Le followed behind him, not daring to take a step down, and by the way looked back at the coffin in the center, it was already closed again.

    The little girl bit her lip and asked, "Did you find anything?"

    Shen Wangyan who walked to the entrance of the ear room said, "There is nothing."

    "real?"

    "Want to know?" Shen Wangyan turned to look at her, "Open the coffin and see for yourself."

    In fact, before opening the coffin, Shen Wangyan knew that there was nothing in the coffin.When the ancients were buried and the coffin was built, they would definitely use something to seal the coffin, be it beeswax, rivets, or even mercury.But there is no coffin, so Jun Zhi can open it so easily.

    However, it is not surprising that such a situation occurred. After all, tomb robbers had come in before, and it was very logical that no personal burial utensils were left in the coffin, and the bones showed obvious signs of turning over.

    ...

    The ear chamber of the tomb was lower, and Bao Le discovered after following Shen Wangyan's pace that she had to bend down to move forward, and it was only 1.5 meters high by visual inspection.

    "Why is it so short here?" Bao Le complained.

    Shen Wangyan said: "This is normal in ancient tombs, or do you think that after the tomb is built, it is for people to leave?"

    Hearing what he said, Bao Le shuddered all over his body.

    The ear chamber is different from the main tomb, and there are some scattered objects inside.

    A pile of coins is placed on almost every corner, which is regarded as gathering wealth in feng shui.In addition to coins, there are also some bronze wares randomly placed on the ground, including pot-shaped, plate-shaped, tripod-shaped, and some bronze ornaments.The one under her feet has been seen in a museum before. It is a kind of ancient horse ornament, it is a horseshoe, and its function is similar anyway.

    Bao Le used a flashlight to shine a light on the coins in the corner. Due to the damp location, the copper coins were covered with green rust marks, and the pattern on them could not be seen clearly.She took out her white gloves from her pocket, took a copper coin, briefly wiped the rust on the coin, and then checked the front and back of the coin repeatedly by the light of the flashlight.

    "Five baht coins, a thing from the Western Han Dynasty." Bao Le's appraisal was completed.

    There is nothing in the main tomb except a coffin, but combined with the stone gate of the corridor and the coins in the corner, it is basically certain that this is a Han tomb, and the time should be around Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

    There is another thing that I am more concerned about. Most of the burials in the tomb are bronze wares, but in such a size of the tomb, the owner of the tomb is not to say that he is very noble, at least he also used bronze, gold, or jade burial objects.not seen.

    It can only be said that the tomb robbers are ruthless enough and dig clean enough.

    Jun Zhi found a robbery hole from one end of the ear chamber. After the baptism of time, the robbery hole was buried tightly.Incoming light.Presumably, the group of tomb robbers in the Republic of China entered through the blasted stone gate, and then dug such a robbery hole to get out.

    To steal a hole and dig through it, the person with the best skills must go to explore the way first.

    From the bottom to the top, the robbery hole is estimated to have a height of seven or eight meters. The soil layer is gradually wet and muddy from drought, and there is no point to focus on.What Jun Zhi took out this time is a weapon with a long handle but a small blade. Although the blade is relatively small, it has a unique shape. It is hook-shaped and has a slot in the center of the blade.

    Jun Zhi threw away the knife in his hand, as if he was looking at the soil above the robber's hole.

    He probably wants to insert this knife into the soil as a pedal and a point of leverage, let alone how dense the soil is, and whether it can be inserted into things.Even if it is ordinary soil, if you want to insert a knife in the way of throwing, it will take a lot of force, can an ordinary person do it!

    Facts have proved that Jun Zhi is not an ordinary person.

    His first knife was inserted fifty or sixty centimeters away from the exit, and the blade of the entire knife was completely buried in the soil.With the first successful experience, the next three knives are also very easy to throw away.Almost at the same time as the last point of leverage was fixed, Jun Zhi jumped up, stepped on the handle of the knife, quickly moved left and right, and snaked up to the top of the robbery cave.

    After Jun Zhi went up, he threw a climbing rope down from above.The little girl, who was still in the normal human category, felt that even such a rope and a few knives buried in the soil were not enough for her to climb to the top.Therefore, this is a less mature suggestion.

    "Why can't we go back the way we came?"

    Shen Wangyan pulled the rope to check whether it was strong, and when he heard Bao Le's question, he didn't answer, but asked her instead: "Why do you think the previous tomb robber didn't return the same way, but dug a hole here?"

    Bao Le made sense when he thought about it, the tomb was not very big, even if he went back the same way, it was not far away.

    "Some doors are one-way. Of course, you can choose to use explosives to open the door, but judging by the space of this tomb and the strength of the door, you may be smashed into pieces together with the door."

    After Young Master Shen finished speaking, he turned his head and showed a sunny smile to Bao Le, then pulled the climbing rope and "swish" twice to the top.

    ...?

    !!!

    Who told her why the weak Young Master Shen has such good skills, so in the end, is she the only "ordinary person" among them?!

    The climbing rope was let down again.

    The little girl gritted her teeth, thinking, Jiang Baole, you can't lose face in front of this group of people, even a sickly person like Young Master Shen can do it, there's no reason why she, a healthy young woman in the new century, can't do it, you sayis not it!

    She pulled the climbing rope, and after a while the rope was lifted in the opposite direction, giving her a "yes" reply.

    Bao Le tied the rope around his waist once, and wrapped it around his hands twice before slowly lifting his feet, trying to climb up through the mud layer of the stomping hole.She felt that this was more reliable than stepping on a knife stuck in the soil.

    But the soil is much more slippery than she imagined, and it is not so easy for even the most experienced rock climber to drive the gravity of the whole person upward through a rope, let alone she is just a little girl.

    After climbing almost five meters, she almost used up all her strength, basically relying on the rope around her waist to drag her up.

    The rope rubbed against her tender skin, and it hurt so badly that she even felt like she was going to suffocate for a while.One second before the hallucination was about to occur, the little girl stepped on the ground, the rope knot on her waist was also torn off, and the whole person fell down.

    Jun Zhi was originally pulling the climbing rope at the top, but the other end of the rope lightened suddenly, he froze for a moment, then turned around and jumped into the robbery cave without thinking.

    While catching Bao Le, he drew out the longest knife in his whole body equipment.Because one hand was still around Bao Le's waist, he could only draw the knife with one hand—his thumb resting on the back of the knife and pushed the buckskin scabbard upwards with all his strength. The moment the scabbard fell off, Jun Zhi had no time to think, the palmHolding the entire blade on the blade, he swung his arm and thrust the long knife into the soil forcefully.

    Can stand to stop the decline.

    Bao Le felt something dripping on his face, and when he looked up, Jun Zhi's left hand holding the knife was already soaked in blood, and the blade could be seen three points into the palm with the naked eye.

    Bao Le was about to cry in fright, but the person holding her showed no expression.

    "Don't look."

    Jun Zhi hugged her tightly, forcing her to bury her face in his chest.The refreshing sandalwood on his body bloomed at the tip of her nose again.

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