Listening to Zhuang Rui's explanation, Battelle's expression couldn't help but change. When he heard the tragic end of the imperial mausoleum of the Qing Dynasty, his expression became even more ugly.
Although the Mongolian people understand death, the immortality of the soul is more important than the death of the body, but as a descendant of Genghis Khan, Battelle certainly does not want his ancestor to end up with a broken body like Emperor Qianlong.
"Okay, Brother Zhuang, I believe you, let's go with Peng Fei to find the troops stationed nearby..."
After much thought, Battelle finally agreed to Ren Chunqiang's plan. Although the excavation of the royal tomb would disturb the peace of the ancestors, it was better than being humiliated by tomb robbers, right?
Moreover, Battelle also knew that if what Zhuang Rui discovered was really the tomb of the Mongolian royal family, then they, the tomb guardians, might not be able to stop the development of the tomb.
Because although the country will have some policy preferences for ethnic minorities, it is absolutely impossible to give up the excavation of the tombs of the Mongolian emperors in order to take care of their emotions for such a major event as the creation of the tombs of the Mongolian emperors.
You know, Qin Shihuang was the first emperor to unify six countries and establish a feudal dynasty. Aren't the burial pits around Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum dug up? If it weren't for technical reasons, even Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum would have been visible to the world.
"Brother Battle, it would be best if you could understand. I think the grassland people also hope to see Genghis Khan's style thousands of years ago..."
Zhuang Rui also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Battelle agreed to them exploring the secrets underground.
If you want to unearth this Genghis Khan mausoleum that has been buried underground for thousands of years, two factors are necessary. The first is state behavior. There must be a state to host the excavation. The second is the support of the Mongolian people, which is also very important.
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You must know that if these local people who have lived on the grassland for generations really oppose it vigorously and make trouble in the dark, it will bring many unexpected difficulties to the excavation work.
"Brother Zhuang, I won't go. I can go alone..."
Peng Fei is a little unhappy with Ren Chunqiang's arrangement. He is Zhuang Rui's personal bodyguard. What if something happens after he leaves?
Dr. Ren was stunned for a moment when he heard this. Yes, what qualifications does he have to appoint Peng Fei? Then he looked at Zhuang Rui.
"Peng Fei, you must go. After arriving at the garrison, contact my elder brother immediately. This matter is very important..."
Zhuang Rui understood Ren Chunqiang's intention to let Peng Fei go. As long as his identity or the certificate he was carrying were taken into account, the relevant departments would pay attention to it.
"Okay, but Brother Zhuang, please be careful. The water channel is not easy to live in. Grandma's water channel is full of water plants..." Seeing Zhuang Rui speak, Peng Fei nodded unhappily and agreed.
After explaining Peng Fei, Zhuang Rui turned around, looked at Ren Chunqiang and said: "Brother Ren, inform the garrison first and I agree, but I'm afraid you won't be able to enter the secret passage. I think... it's better to inform Professor Meng first and then let him know."
Let them bring equipment for diving and surveying..."
With Peng Fei's body, he could barely hold on in the waterway. If Ren Chunqiang dived in, he would probably be like Zhu Jiuling, the hero who was caught in a gap in the mountain in Jin Yong's martial arts novel "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword".
, stuck in the water channel at the bottom of the lake and unable to enter or exit.
Ren Chunqiang shook his head and said firmly: "No, I have to go in and take a look first before deciding whether to report it. Xiaozhuang, although you are the captain of this archaeological operation, after leaving Dunhuang, this archaeological operation has actually
It’s over, you have to listen to me..."
Just based on the gold cake that Zhuang Rui took out, Dr. Ren could not conclude that it was a Mongolian royal tomb, because the underground might also be a shelter built by the royal family of the Yuan Dynasty at that time for future generations to use as a refuge.
This is very common in all dynasties. A few years ago, someone once discovered many dilapidated buildings from the Ming Dynasty in a mountain with a mountain of 100,000 in Hubei, and a large amount of food and weapons were found underground and in some buildings.
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After final appraisal, the relevant departments came to a surprising conclusion: Zhu Yuanzhang built this place as a refuge for future generations.
Genghis Khan conquered the world, and his enemies were naturally all over the world. There is no eternal dynasty in this world, so maybe this is the path he left behind.
More importantly, there will be a world-wide Dunhuang cultural exchange meeting in Beijing the day after tomorrow. In a sense, it can be regarded as a commendation meeting, which will be of great help to Ren Chunqiang's future development.
If you listen to Zhuang Rui rashly and don't attend the Dunhuang Academic Exchange Conference, and the discovery here is in vain, then Ren Chunqiang will get no benefits from both sides. That's why Dr. Ren decided to personally
Go down and investigate.
"Damn, look at it, I'll take you to see Genghis Khan's body..."
Zhuang Rui felt a little depressed after hearing what Dr. Ren said, but he couldn't refute it. He thought for a moment and said, "Okay, but Brother Ren, if you can't hold on underwater, you must return to the surface..."
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According to Zhuang Rui's estimation, it will take at least nearly two minutes to pass through the waterway from the lake, and within this time, you still need to swim a distance of thirty to forty meters. He is not optimistic about Ren Chunqiang's ability to be better than bean sprouts, but
It is far from being said that a strong body can hold up.
"Okay, I know, as long as there are no water ghosts down there to hold me down, am I still looking for death?"
Ren Chunqiang waved his hand nonchalantly, but when he mentioned the water ghost, he couldn't help but shudder in his heart. If this underground place really was the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan, how many people might have died during the pruning? There might be one in this lake.
Many wronged souls.
Of course, Dr. Ren's professional ethics, or his expectations for the Mongolian Emperor's Tomb, are worthy of praise. Although he was a little worried, he followed Zhuang Rui into the lake.
Zhuang Rui first took Ren Chunqiang to dive a few meters and showed him the entrance to the waterway. Then the two of them resurfaced, took a deep breath, and dived down together.
Not to mention, Zhuang Rui had really underestimated Ren Chunqiang before. This guy was pretty good at water. He followed Zhuang Rui without falling behind and entered the suction waterway one after another.
In fact, it was more difficult for Peng Fei before because he had to cut off the water plants, which cost Peng Fei a lot of energy and physical strength. Now Ren Chunqiang only needs to swim along. As long as the water quality is good, he can swim to the other side of the waterway.
Zhuang Rui, who was swimming in front, tried his best to hold some water plants with his arms, and then used brute force to pull them off. Ren Chunqiang, who was following behind, immediately saved a lot of effort. More than two minutes later, the two of them were in the pool at the underground river at the same time.
The head popped out of it.
"Brother Ren, are you okay?"
Zhuang Rui reached out and brushed the water plants off his head and face, climbed out of the pool, and heard only Ren Chunqiang's rough breathing.
"No...it's okay, Zhuang...Zhuang Rui, turn on the flashlight..."
Suddenly entering an isolated place, the psychological pressure caused by the darkness is even greater than the physical fatigue. Although some plants in the river seem to emit a faint light, for Ren Chunqiang
, here you can’t even see your fingers.
A beam of light shone from Zhuang Rui's hand. This was either a waterproof flashlight or the most ordinary flashlight. It was just wrapped in a plastic bag by Zhuang Rui and brought in.
"Brother Ren, this is the box of gold cakes. Look...are there any traces of manual excavation on the rock walls on both sides?"
Zhuang Rui waited for Ren Chunqiang to take a break and pointed his flashlight at the pair of gold cakes on the ground. After Dr. Ren went up to look at them for a while, he then shined his light at the rock walls on both sides, especially the artificially dug ones around the pool.
The traces are very obvious.
"Yes, it was dug manually. This underground river should have been formed in the middle stage of karst development. It is not suitable for human survival and food storage. It seems that this is not a refuge built by the Mongols..."
After Dr. Ren looked at it, his expression became a little excited, and he murmured to himself: "Some people once said that Genghis Khan's mausoleum is in the water. Is it... that the legend is true?"
"Is there such a legend?"
Zhuang Rui was stunned for a moment when he heard this. He searched through the Secret History of Mongolia that had been passed down through singing, but he didn't see such a statement?
Ren Chunqiang nodded and said, "This is a statement I saw in a novel. It said that when building Genghis Khan's mausoleum, except for slaves, all the people used were soldiers who were most loyal to Genghis Khan. These soldiers
Everyone knows that after they finish building the mausoleum, they will definitely be buried.
Whether they were slaves or soldiers, they were all blindfolded when they went to the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan. However, there was once a man whose mind wandered and when he returned to the ground to transport stones, he ran away secretly. According to him,
He heard the sound of water flowing underground.
In the end, those soldiers killed all the craftsman slaves after building the mausoleum, and when they were changing defenses, they were killed by other soldiers. After three times, the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan became an eternal secret...
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"Ren...Brother Ren, are you sure this is a novel and not historical data?"
Zhuang Rui was dumbfounded by Ren Chunqiang's words, because the novel and the Genghis Khan's Mausoleum deep in the river were too imaginative, and what he said was so accurate.
Entering the cave from the underground of the Arzhai Grottoes, there are many rivers there, and you can naturally hear the sound of running water. The burial pit at the outermost edge of Genghis Khan's mausoleum also proves that the craftsmen were killed. These are all things Zhuang Rui has used
Spiritual energy proves it.
"Ahem, it's really a novel. It was written by a guy named Ni Kuang from Hong Kong. I forgot the name. You can go look for it..."
Ren Chunqiang's face turned a little red, and he coughed twice to hide his embarrassment. It would be too unserious to compare novels with rigorous archaeological science.
