The whole journey is not that far, just a few hundred kilometers. We drove all the way for five or six hours and arrived at the place. At that time, it was not Qiyang City, but a larger county town.
A layman watches the excitement, an expert watches the door.
Driving all the way here, I discussed with the boss for a long time. The most important thing about Qiyang is that it has an excellent geographical location, with lush trees and rolling hills.
have water.
It is surrounded by water on three sides, with the Baijiang River in the south, the Qihe River in the north, and the Qingjiang River in the east. The mountains account for about half of the total area of the county. With such good Feng Shui, there will naturally be many ancient tombs in the territory, but
Most of them were stolen.
We will stay at a small hotel in the county town to rest in the evening. Early tomorrow morning, Boutou and I will check out the location first. If it is confirmed that there is no problem and that we can do it, Yu Ge, Dou Sprout Zai and the others will go there later.
“Oh, so comfortable”
Scalding your feet with hot water makes most of the day's fatigue disappear.
"Fengzi, look at it! Is that okay?"
"No, it's still far from enough. Keep wiping."
Dou Sprout frowned and continued to wipe my Luoyang shovel diligently.
I promised to give Dou Yazai two hundred yuan to help me maintain the Luoyang shovel. The Luoyang shovel is like a car. It needs regular and comprehensive maintenance regardless of whether it is used or not.
My shovel was made for me by Kong Laoxie of Luoyang. I dare say it is the best in the world and is more than ten times stronger than the Luoyang shovel used by the provincial archaeological team. Therefore, I have been regularly maintaining my shovel.
Maintenance is mainly scrubbing and then oiling. I always carry a small bottle of "No. 26 white oil" in my bag. This No. 26 white oil is said to be cosmetic grade white oil. Using this oil to maintain the Luoyang shovel can make it last forever.
Does not rust.
"Okay! It's so damn bright that it can show people's faces!" Dou Sprout said loudly and dissatisfied.
"Ya Zai, why are you so impatient at work? Let me see."
"Come on my little darling!"
I took the shovel and gave it a kiss. Just like Dou Sprout said, there was no dirt at all, and it was so shiny that it really reflected a person's face.
I unscrewed the mineral water and poured a little on the shovel, and the water droplets fell to the ground almost instantly.
When this phenomenon occurs, it means that the white oil has formed a smooth protective layer on the metal surface. I nodded with satisfaction, took out two hundred yuan from my pocket and handed it to Dou Sprout.
"Oh! Thank you, Brother Feng! You can ask me for this job next time! You will be satisfied with my job!" Dou Sprout immediately took the money, his face lit up with joy.
I sat on the sofa and danced the shovel casually twice, and saw that under the light, it instantly shone like the shadow of a sword, with cold light.
The more I play with it, the more I like it. I named this shovel Xiang Shovel before, but now I don’t think it’s very good. It should be called “Qinglong Shovel”. Just like Er Ye’s Qinglong Yanyue Sword, the gods can block the gods and the Buddhas can block them. Kill Buddha, even if someone offers me one million, I won’t sell it.
"Head."
"Yunfeng, why are you so playful like a child?" He sat down with his head next to mine and said, "I thought about it. Let's try not to attract the attention of the villagers tomorrow. It's best to dress up in disguise."
After talking to me carefully, I put down the shovel and nodded as I listened.
The next day, I rode a broken three-wheeled motorcycle with a handle and a load of hay to Chaozhushan Village, Lijia Town. The grass we pulled was called "mat grass", used for weaving straw mats, Qiyang mats
It is a local specialty. You won’t sweat at all when you lie on it in the summer. It is very cool. Nearly twenty years ago, there were many people planting mat grass. Unfortunately, no one seems to be planting it now, and the mat grass fields in the town have long since closed down.
.
"Sister! Do you have any grass for sale at home?"
"Grass?"
"Yes! We collect mats!" I chuckled.
"Then you harvested it too early, right? Even if the new grass comes down in October, how many months is it now?"
"Haha, sister, you misunderstood. We collect the old grass from previous years. Why don't you get some at home? I'll give you six yuan a pound for it!"
The village woman was eating melon seeds and said, "My hay has been sold out a long time ago, but your six yuan is too low. In previous years, it was at least eight yuan."
"Sister, you also know that the market has dropped a bit this year. By the way, sister, where is the Mercury Bridge? Let's go there and take a look."
The eldest sister pointed in the direction, I thanked her and rushed over.
While walking and stopping along the way, we collected dozens of kilograms of hay in the village without arousing any suspicion from the villagers. If there happened to be people from this village, they might have some impression of me and the leader.
There has always been a local legend that at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, after Chen Youliang was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang, he was reincarnated into a baby with the help of a Taoist priest. The woman who was pregnant with the baby lived here in Chaozhu Mountain Village.
At that time, Liu Bowen calculated and figured it out. In order to eliminate the root cause, he sent people to kill the woman, stripped the unborn baby from her belly, poured mercury on the body, buried it deep in the ground, and built a tomb on top of it.
The stone bridge was used for suppression, hence the name "Mercury Bridge."
After doing this, Liu Bowen knelt down to worship his master Zhu Yuanzhang, so this place was first called "Chaozhu Village". There is still an abandoned temple on the mountain called "Chaozhu Temple".
Of course, these are unofficial legends spread among the people and are not very credible. As soon as the leader and I arrived here, we saw the Mercury Bridge. There was a small river under the bridge, with several villagers' houses on the left and a large forest on the right.
It was noon at this time, and the villagers basically took a nap at home after eating.
When people noticed, we quietly entered the woods and began to carefully look for the mark left by the salesman Mr. Hu.
Soon, we saw a circle of small stones placed on the ground under a big tree, which was obviously placed artificially.
I looked left and right, then up again, frowned and said, "This should be it, but look around, why can't you see any sign of earth sealing here?"
"This is the reason why this place has survived." He frowned and said, "It is very likely that the owner of the tomb deliberately did not leave any sealing soil on the surface for safety. Yunfeng, you can use this tree as the middle line and explore the pit with me.
have a look."
"good."
Putting my head aside, I quickly picked up the Luoyang shovel and started digging into the ground.
soon.
"Head, no! This is seven or eight meters long!"
"Excuse me! Mr. Hu doesn't sell fake things like that. The earlier the time, the deeper the grave."
I naturally know this truth, and now I am afraid that if I buy something fake, we will lose a lot of money!
After going down another meter, I picked up the shovel and saw the soil layer I brought out. I was overjoyed.
There is a performance!
Among the clods of soil I brought out, I could clearly see some "little white spots". I got closer and smelled them.
Yes, this is 100% white paste mud.
I continued to dig down again, and this time I saw large chunks of white plaster mud.
I was shocked.
White mud was expensive to build in ancient times. It would be considered a luxury to have a three centimeter thick layer of white mud to protect a general tomb. However, unlike this one, there are big chunks of white mud. I visually inspected the white mud underneath.
The thickness will not be less than ten centimeters.
What does this mean?
Two words.
Big tomb!
Moreover, it is possible that a certain prince and king was buried here.
I concluded that the bottom here is definitely not from the Western Han Dynasty. Some large tombs in the Western Han Dynasty sometimes produce white paste mud. But remember, the white paste mud from the Western Han Dynasty has small stones in it, but the white paste mud from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States tombs does not. It is very pure.
I squatted on the ground, smoked a cigarette, and rested for a few minutes. Then I dug eight more exploratory holes in the surrounding area. I wanted to determine the actual area of the tomb and where its boundaries were.
After digging the hole, I took a look and my heart was pounding.
If all the exploration pits are connected with a line, it will obviously be in the shape of "A".
This confirms my guess that there is a large tomb at the level of princes and kings underground, but this tomb is very rare and does not have a sealing mound.
I don’t know how the sales person found this place. In short, if the underground is an original pit, then our 190,000 yuan is worth it! We can make back our money by producing a decent bronze. !
There is a saying in the industry that "the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are not divided into families," which means that the Spring and Autumn Period Tombs and the Warring States Period Tombs are somewhat similar in regulation.
Remember this feature I mentioned.
If the overall shape of the tomb is "sub-shaped or A-shaped," this is the tomb of a prince or a noble.
If it is in the shape of a Chinese character, it is the tomb of the king! The tomb of the emperor!
If it is in the shape of "pin", it is the tomb of an average well-off family.
If it's "convex", then it's a pauper's grave.
That is, Ya, Jia, Zhong, Pin, and convex. If you remember these five words, you can probably know the status of the tomb owner without digging deeper.
Once you have determined the overall shape of the tomb by digging holes and finding boundary lines, you will know which point to dig down from.
It's like the "A-character tomb". The bottom vertical line is the tomb passage, and the top is the "田" character. This Tian character is divided into four small grids, right?
According to the situation, under normal circumstances, the coffins are in the small grid in the upper left corner of the word "田". Well, just dig down from here, and you can accurately reach the main tomb chamber where there are rich burial objects.
For example, in a "Chinese-shaped tomb", this kind of tomb has tomb passages at both ends and a stone door in the middle. If you enter through the tomb passage, you will be blocked by the stone door. But if we find a point above the word "口" and hit it, we can
It perfectly avoids the stone gates at both ends of the tomb passage.
The only abnormal thing about the tomb in front of me is that the mound is not sealed. Everything else is as we expected. At this time, I am already imagining what kind of bronzes will be produced. I don’t dare to think about things like the Siyang Fangzun. I can’t think of more with inscriptions.
I am very happy if the square tripod and the round tripod are there.
At this time, the leader said, "Yunfeng, I see there is an empty house on the east side of the bridge. You go to the village and find the owner. We will rent that bungalow as a base. If the other party becomes suspicious, do you know what to say?"
"I said we collect hay here and rent a house to use as a warehouse to store the collected hay."
"That's right, let's just say that after you rent it, call Wen Bin immediately and ask them to come over quickly."
"Head, let's take action tonight?"
"Well," Baotou nodded and said, "Soldiers are valuable and quick."
The boss immediately said, "Two soil workers are enough this time. Let Dou Yazai and Wen Bin do it. I visually inspected that there is a lot of white plaster mud layer underneath. Yunfeng, you should mainly do the loose soil."
After hearing this, my face fell, and I immediately frowned and said, "Boss, I don't want to work with loose soil anymore."
"Why?" asked the head.
I said firmly, "No reason! I just don't want to do it!"
After saying that, I thought to myself.
"It's a joke! I want to be the leader, how can I still do it? If I really do it, I won't be back again."
