"Why are you so stunned? There is only so much left! Finish the drink!"
"No, my throat feels uncomfortable. Just drink hot water."
I was afraid that the boss would hear it, so based on the principle of doing more, doing less, I didn’t say anything about the wrong wine in his house, but Qin Xida didn’t seem to care at all, and he poured all the remaining wine into his own glass.
Watching him pour himself a drink, I was wondering, mentally or psychologically, is there such a disease as losing the fear of all lost things in the outside world? If so, will it be accompanied by the loss of other emotions? If not,
So what's going on with him? Is he born like this? I know nothing about this and really want to know the answer.
It seemed that he was drunk on fake wine, and his words gradually became more concise.
"I said I like Henan! In addition to the reasons for the Song brothers! There is one more thing! There is Yin Shang culture underground there! This is unique in the country!"
"I told you, except for soul bottles, I like all mysterious objects and culture! Let's talk about bronzes. Can you understand it from the Western Zhou Dynasty?"
I said: "I can understand most parts."
He gave me a thumbs up sign and then asked, "What about those from the Shang Dynasty, or those from the past?"
I thought about it seriously and shook my head.
The Shang Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty are next to each other. Some experts often say that the Shang Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty are indistinguishable. This is a big mistake. In fact, all experts who really understand know that the things of the Shang Dynasty are fundamentally different from those of the Western Zhou Dynasty. They are like objects from two worlds.
Up to now, no one can understand many things in the Shang Dynasty, and some researchers believe that the initial formation of our culture began after the emergence of "Zhou Rites". I think this view is reasonable.
Qin Xida said: "Only things from the Shang Dynasty are produced in Henan, especially Anyang. In the first ten years, I met someone who packaged and sold oracle bones. One bag cost 500,000 yuan! I haven't picked it out, I haven't picked it up, it's fresh.
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I said: "Then you have to make sure it's genuine first. There are a lot of fakes out there, and many of them are imitations of animal bones that have been buried for hundreds of years and then engraved on them. It's hard to read."
"Wait a minute! I still have the photos taken by the middleman at that time! See if they are real or fake!"
He took out his cell phone, flipped through it for a while, and showed it to me.
The quality of the photo was so bad that when I first saw it, I thought someone had leftover ribs. There were also markings similar to words or symbols engraved on the ribs.
I looked at it carefully again and nodded: "It's the real thing. It's a fragmented oracle bone inscription from an ox shoulder blade, probably from the late Shang Dynasty."
He slapped his thigh and said, "I fucking wanted to buy it at that time! I had all the money ready! But the middleman suddenly disappeared! Later, these items were also missing!"
I said: "There are two situations. One is that you are caught, and the other is that someone offers a price that the middleman cannot refuse, so you are intercepted. Since this kind of thing can come out of Henan, then the latter
The probability is even greater. If someone takes a large amount of money, they will definitely not contact you again."
He sighed: "This is called no fate. At that time, I was still thinking of buying that bag, washing it, and putting a piece of it in a soul bottle. It would be awesome."
I smiled and said, "Maybe it's a good thing you didn't buy it. The risk of that thing is higher than you thought. Everything circulating in the market, even the size of a child's fist, is designated as a first-class unearthed cultural relic, which is more serious than bronze. You
If the middleman in question is caught, he won't even need a lawyer and will go straight to playing basketball."
Qin Xida took a sip of wine and said: "Actually, I have also done some research on oracle bone inscriptions, and I even deciphered a word."
"Oh? Really?"
He dipped his finger in water and drew a crooked symbol on the table.
"Do you know what this word is?"
"no."
"Haha, I am the only one who recognizes this character. Do you think its two legs look like the curved hind legs of a frog? And does this semicircle look like its belly?"
"Is this the Chinese character for brother frog?" I asked.
He laughed loudly, pointed at me and said: "Wrong! This word should be pronounced jump! Jump with a bounce!"
I think what he said makes sense, but it only makes sense. No one will recognize it, because it is very difficult to determine an ancient Oracle script. It requires all the "sounds, shapes, and meanings" to be deciphered. This requires complete Oracle sentences to be handed down.
As evidence, for example, an oracle bone inscription says "What can I do two meters"? At this time, this
If you put a word into it, it means "I can jump two meters." Only when the pronunciation, shape, and meaning are clear can it be considered approved. So there is a news saying that the society is soliciting to decipher oracle bones, and a prize of 100,000 yuan will be awarded for deciphering one word. Just listen to it.
, because it is difficult for individuals to find complete sentences to support it, and even the Song brothers dare not say that they can find it.
I praised his idea and said that the word probably means "tiao". He was very happy to hear that, so he said to me: "Brother, you must have heard of the Shang Dynasty bronze ware unearthed in the early years. There are also
There is a complete human head, why do you think people at that time cut off the head and steamed it in a pot? "
"You must be talking about sacrifice, right? Then why did you choose a young girl to sacrifice? And why did you use this method of sacrifice to steam your head?"
Actually I knew the reason, but I wanted to hear him tell it, so I asked him why.
He gestured with his hands back and forth and said: "Because the girl is pure and clean, the businessman realized at that time that high-temperature steam can kill bacteria invisible to the eyes, and the human head will be clean after being treated like this. Maybe a powerful person at that time
If you have any disease, you offer it to the God of Plague in this way to pray for your recovery from the disease. This may be the earliest prototype of ancient awareness of the God of Plague, and it may also bring the ancients' understanding of germs to more than 3,000 years ago."
After hearing this, I applauded and said, "That's right, that's right. The young man is promising and insightful. Have you considered joining our Northern faction? You are not afraid of anything. You are indeed quite suitable for tomb robbing."
"Haha, you mean you are still afraid after working for so many years?"
"Yeah, sometimes I'm afraid of the things in the tomb, and sometimes I'm afraid of the people behind me, like Moth Mountain. Sometimes when I think about it, I'm still so scared," I said.
"Stop, stop! Don't mention that. I told you not to talk about it."
"Let's talk about something else. Tell me about looking at soil and using a Luoyang shovel. I know a little about this, but I'm not involved in it deeply. I want to hear the opinions of you, the top young master of the Northern School.
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I got up and went to get a pot of hot water, came back and sat down and said, "Loess soil, black soil, flower soil, mixed soil, brown soil, red soil."
"A simple summary is, yellow and black flowers, mixed brown and red."
"The soil is loose and contains a lot of plant roots and plant ash. Even the small pieces of tiles are flower soil and miscellaneous soil, which is useless."
"The soil is soft and full of bug holes. The charcoal gray, cinnabar red, or light green embroidery that comes out is basically tomb soil. What I mean by loose and soft are different."
I ran to the back kitchen and asked for a handful of chicken essence from the boss who was sitting there and asleep.
"It's like this is loose soil."
I let go of my hand and the chicken essence flowed down like dry sand.
Then I poured some water into the palm of my hand, rubbed it back and forth, and slowly loosened my hand. At this time, the chicken essence fell down in pieces.
"Do you understand? That's pretty much it."
"This kind of tomb soil is like this from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Liao and Jin Dynasties. In terms of breakdown, the red soil can be divided into the natural red soil in the south and the cinnabar red soil in the tomb. If there are bug eyes or pottery fragments in the brown hard soil, then it will
The era is already early, it may be the New Age or even earlier.”
"There's not much to say about the Luoyang shovel. I have a top-notch Luoyang shovel in the industry. I just use it to dig holes and get stuck. Now sometimes I don't even need to drill holes and just get stuck."
"Three-step edges, six-step edges, cross-step edges. If I get the edge of this tomb, I will know its shape. I can judge the age based on the shape, and then know the specifications of the underground tomb based on the age.
"The approximate position of the coffin and the orientation of the tomb owner's body are different in different eras. Some are lying in the coffin with the head facing north and the feet facing south, and some are just the opposite."
"Correspondingly, you can know whether the burial objects are concentrated on the head side or the feet side. At this time, when you shovel, you can accurately orient it."
Having said this, I thought for a while and said: "Actually, I still have a lot to learn. I have now surpassed the stage of looking at soil and have reached the stage of tasting soil. The most powerful tomb robber in the Northern Sect does not need to look.
You don’t need to taste it, you can know all this just by touching it with your hands, and the accuracy is 100%.”
After hearing this, Qin Xida was surprised and said: "It all depends on touch? Can you tell what color the soil is by touching it? This is impossible."
"Possible! It's absolutely possible. Once I fully master the taste of soil, I will also try to learn to touch soil."
"That's very difficult. It's even harder than listening to thunder. I asked the boss about it, and it was all techniques used by the old tomb robbers of his generation. The boss said that these masters can feel the earth's atmosphere by touching the soil."
"Earth energy?" Qin Xida looked in disbelief.
I nodded: "That's right, it's the earth's energy. That's the highest stage. At that stage, all the earth-viewing knowledge I just talked about can basically be thrown away. The eyes are the head. The eyes are the head. At this step, you can abandon the eyes.
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Qin Xida wondered: "But I don't think it would be faster to see with your eyes? Just like you, you can tell whether there is an ancient tomb under what kind of soil at a glance."
I shook my head: "I will definitely reach this stage anyway, firstly to improve myself, and secondly to pay tribute to my predecessors."
I asked again: "Do you know why these people touch the soil?"
Qin Xida shook his head.
I looked at him and said with a smile: "Because tomb robbers are all done at night, and I didn't have a flashlight before."