Chapter 207: Searching for a Tomb in Xiaoshitougou
I studied it all night after I got back.
According to the notes recorded by Che Baohua, there were a total of 7 people who participated in searching for tombs in Mangshan. They verified and excluded more than 70 tombs from the Qing Dynasty. This helped us clear up a lot of minefields.
Experts are often hidden among the people. Among these seven people, there is a tomb robber named Zhou who is good at exploring stone tombs and is nicknamed "Dulong Detective".
This person has a unique skill. An ordinary tomb robber needs two things to explore the pit, a Luoyang shovel and a probe.
But this man did not use these two methods. He had a secret method passed down from his family to explore tombs, especially stone tombs. According to legend, the Luoyang archaeological team approached him and wanted him to help detect the Qianling Tomb, which was also a stone tomb.
When the man refused, the archaeological team wanted to learn his family's secret method, but was rejected.
Because he cannot see with one eye, he is nicknamed Dulong Tanyingshou.
It is said that this unique skill is passed down orally, and the descendants of Dulong Tanyin have inherited his unique skill. I also want to learn and understand it, but I have no channels.
There is a very interesting thing. In 1958, the Ding family’s ancestral tomb was destroyed and could not be found. It was very similar to the experience of Kimchi Mei’s family.
The Ding family is the family of Ding Baozhen in the Qing Dynasty. This person is also called Ding Bao. He is the inventor of the current Sichuan cuisine Kung Pao Chicken. They have been looking for their ancestral graves until 2018, when they were finally found by the sixth generation Sun Dingjun, who helped them find it.
, is actually the descendant of "Dulong Tanyinshou".
According to the book, there is an area called "Little Stone Valley" in the middle of Mang Mountain. There is little soil in that area and it is almost entirely made of stones. At that time, Che Baohua and his group believed that the ancestral tomb of the Qin family might be in Little Stone Valley.
In the ditch.
I checked the location of this place and it happened to be within the area we drew on the map two days ago.
Heishitougou has a great chance. This is the effort of two generations. If we can't find it, the big girl in charge will probably shed tears.
He was actually under a lot of pressure to brag in front of a big girl. Perhaps, he also wanted to hear the old lady call him "Oh!"
Found it, pretended to be successful, and gained people and wealth.
If you can't find it, your pretense will fail, and you will lose both your people and money.
On this day, the five of us carried our bags and sneaked up to Mang Mountain while avoiding other people along the way.
When we arrived at Xiaoshitougou at noon, Douziai wiped his sweat and said, "Look, it's too hot here. I feel like these stones are so hot that they can spread eggs." ” Dou Sprout reached out and touched it, then quickly retracted his hand.
"Everyone, please work hard. We collect people's money to help them eliminate disasters. If we don't do it now, we won't be able to do it when the rainy season arrives in two days."
"Old rules, Xiaoxuan will be around for a while, and the others will put out probes to look for the tomb. Let's get started."
Xiaoxuan wore long trousers and long sleeves, and wore a hat, sleeves, and gauze. She covered herself tightly. From the outside, only her eyes could be seen.
I asked: "Xiaoxuan, are you hot?"
She said: "I'm hot, but I'm more afraid of getting tanned. I want to cover my skin until it's as white as a little bitch."
This was an unpleasant thing to say, and I later realized that she was talking about Kimchi Girl.
In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, there were three types of tombs: brick chamber tombs, masonry tombs, and stone slab tombs. The tomb shapes were rectangular and trapezoidal. If there is a tomb in this place, it is most likely a stone slab tomb.
When making a stone slab tomb, you must first dig downward with a hammer and chisel, hollowing out the inside of the stone into a rectangular or trapezoidal shape. After the tomb owner is buried, the tomb is covered with a stone slab, and layers of large stones are piled on top of the stone slab until it is completely buried.
Stone slab tombs have poor sealing, but are very stable and durable. They are strong and can survive earthquakes and will not collapse. This type of tomb is common in Zhejiang, but rare in the north.
Thinking of Kimchi Girl Gaozu, he was originally an Huizhou merchant from the south, so it makes sense to use this kind of stone slab tomb.
Xiaoshitougou is full of stones, and this kind of tombs were also camouflaged at that time, mixed in the environment, and it was difficult to tell where there were ancient tombs.
We don't know the unique skill of "single dragon probing the underworld", so we can only use the old method to get a probe.
Brother Yu stood on a large raised rock, waved to me and said, "Yunfeng, this place is very suspicious."
I said let's explore it, and after saying that, I helped support it with my hands.
Brother Yu didn't say anything, he just picked up the hammer and smashed it.
Compared with shoveling down to Luoyang, driving a probe is more strenuous. If the probe reaches three or four meters underground and suddenly "pops" through without being hindered, it means that there is space underground and there is an ancient tomb.
After knocking for a long time, when the probe was all the way down, Brother Yu shook his head in disappointment and said: "My guess is wrong, there is no tomb underneath, let's find another place."
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The area here is very large, and we visited seven exploration points. From noon to 3:30, the heat was unbearable. The stones were so hot that they burned me to death, and I was sweating profusely from the sun.
At this time, Xiaoxuan suddenly put down the telescope and said loudly: "There is someone! Two people are coming!"
"who!"
Xiaoxuan stood on the stone, picked up the telescope and looked at it. After more than ten seconds, she turned back and said, "Don't panic, it's a little bitch."
It was the old lady and the pickled girl who came over to see our progress and brought water by the way.
I said to Xiaoxuan: "Wait a minute, when someone comes over, don't call her girl that. It's a curse word and it's not nice to hear."
Xiaoxuan immediately said angrily: "I won't! I will scream! When she comes, I will scream! Little bitch! Little bitch! Little bitch!"
"Why"
Kimchi Girl saw me from a distance, waved and shouted, "Oh! I'm here to bring you a drink!" After shouting, she ran over with a basket in hand.
The gift was mung bean soup with a little sugar added, which was delicious and relieved the heat. I drank half the bottle.
She wanted to wipe my sweat, but I didn't let her.
On the other side, the old lady was also helping to dry her head. Compared to me, she had a smile on her face and seemed to be enjoying herself.
After pouring a glass, she brought it to Xiaoxuan and said, "Sister, the weather is so hot, you should drink some too. I stayed up for more than an hour, and Brother Feng drank a lot. He said it tastes good."
Xiaoxuan frowned and said: "Take it away! Little bitch! Who wants to drink what you cooked? Look at you like that!"
Pickle girl's face changed, "Sister, I was just kind-hearted. I didn't offend you. Why are you scolding me again?"
Xiaoxuan held a telescope on her chest and said coldly: "You can scold me back."
Pickle girl shook her head repeatedly and said: "Sister, I don't know how to use swear words, and I have never scolded anyone."
"snort."
Xiaoxuan snorted coldly: "Don't think I can't see through you, you are so damn good at pretending."
Afraid that Xiaoxuan would take out the knife, I winked at Brother Yu.
Brother Yu came over immediately, took Xiaoxuan away, and said, Xuan, let’s go and cool down under the tree.
Xiaoxuan just left.
"Oh, I accidentally hurt my foot just now."
Did I tell you the truth? She took off her sandals, exposed her white feet and said, "Oh, look, I have a blister."
"Where? Didn't you see it?"
"Oh, here, look, there is a blister here."
I looked left and right for a long time, and she wasn't lying. There was indeed a blister, but it was too small, about the size of a sesame seed.
It was such a hot weather, and as I looked at it, I suddenly felt a chill on my back.
We don’t stay here at night because there are centipedes, scorpions, and snakes in the cracks of these rocks at night. We will go back to stay and come back to explore again during the day.
If the ancestral tomb of the old Qin family is indeed here, a thorough investigation will take at most ten days and a half to find it.
After I returned home in the evening, I was about to take a shower. I turned my head and said, "Yunfeng, don't wash it yet. Go to Mr. Li's house and ask him to help me borrow some new probes. I want a 4-meter-5-meter long one."
"If you keep fighting like this, the probe will be consumed very quickly. You should go back quickly."
I said yes and went.
At around 9 o'clock, I arrived at the door of Mr. Li's house and found that the door was locked. I patted the door, but no one said anything.
"It's strange that Mr. Li is not at home? Yuan Bao is not here either? Where did he go?"
I thought I would go back if I wasn't at home and come back tomorrow night.
But when I walked to the village canteen, I suddenly saw Yuan Bao sneaking out, as if there was something stuffed in his arms.
I wanted to shout, but didn't.
He seemed very nervous and turned his head to look around from time to time.
At that moment, I quietly followed Yuan Bao.
It's getting weirder and weirder.
Yuan Bao deliberately took a long detour in the village, going around and around, until he reached a small courtyard, opened the door and went in.
After waiting for a few minutes, I leaned against the wall.
You know what my first thought was?
What I'm thinking about is whether Yuan Bao has a little lover here, or is having a tryst with a certain woman here without telling his wife.
The door is an iron chain lock with gaps.
I bent over and peeked in.
Sudden!
A cold gun barrel stuck out from the crack in the door.