As the saying goes, you can run to death when you look up the mountain. This is absolutely true. Although the distance does not look very far, Zhuang Rui and Er Mao walked for nearly an hour and just reached the mountain ridge that is full of loess. If it were not for stealing
If he injected spiritual energy into his legs, Zhuang Rui might not be able to walk long ago.
Looking at Ermao, who was as energetic as before, Zhuang Rui couldn't help but sigh in his heart that he was not as stamina as a half-grown child when he became an adult.
Standing on the mountain ridge, Zhuang Rui discovered that the mountain ridge, which was more than ten meters above the ground, did not seem to be an extension of the mountain range, but rather looked like a mound of rammed earth.
Rammed earth is a term in archaeology, and Zhuang Rui can often see it in related books.
In ancient times, there were no building materials such as cement and lime. At that time, city walls and foundations were often built with rammed stones.
Rammed earth is compacted layer by layer using rolling logs. It has a tight structure and is generally harder than raw soil. However, the color of the soil is not as consistent as raw soil and contains ancient relics. The most obvious feature is that it can be layered, like
The paper is average, and the ramming pits can be seen on the ramming surface. There are often fine sand particles on the ramming pit surface.
The rammed earth layer is actually the modern foundation. In ancient times, palaces and other buildings were often built on the rammed earth layer. And around the palaces and rammed earth layer, there were often the tombs of emperors. In the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, there are still
A nine-story stepped rammed earth building with a height of more than 30 meters remains.
Zhuang Rui once read a report that in a strange desert grassland under the Helan Mountain, there is the cemetery of the Xixia emperors and the tombs of the princes and nobles. Among the ruins of this vast and majestic cemetery, the tallest and eye-catching building is a dilapidated building.
The 23-meter mound of rammed earth looks like a steamed bun.
In comparison, the rammed earth layer under Zhuang Rui's feet is not that high, but its area is much larger. Historical records say that soldiers wore heavy armor and galloped on the rammed earth layer in order to
It has become thicker and tighter. Perhaps more than a thousand years ago, there was such a grand occasion here.
"Brother Zhuang, look, all the people in our village are there..."
Zhuang Rui looked in the direction of Ermao's finger. There was a simple pergola set up more than a hundred meters away from them. Next to the pergola, there was a large pit, which should not be very deep. Zhuang Rui stood here
From the pile of rammed earth, more than a dozen people could be seen squatting and busy in the pit. Since the distance was not close, Zhuang Rui could not clearly see what they were doing.
More than ten meters away from those people, there were four armed police soldiers standing with guns and live ammunition. At this time, they also saw Zhuang Rui and Er Mao, looking here vigilantly.
"Those people don't want to take out the treasures in the ground? There were people in our village who went digging before, but they were arrested by the government. These people are not afraid. There are soldiers standing guard for them."
Ermao was a little unconvinced. In his opinion, whoever digs the things in the land naturally belongs to whoever digs them. Why can others dig it but they can't dig it?
"There are also grave robbers in your village?" Zhuang Rui didn't know about this, so he asked curiously.
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Ermao said angrily: "That's not tomb robbing. How can the things dug out during the digging of the crop fields at home be stolen? The government was unreasonable and even sent people to confiscate them.
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"Haha, Ermao, there are regulations. The cultural relics unearthed belong to the state and are not allowed to be kept privately. Although the cropland you plant belongs to you, it does not mean that the things underground also belong to you.
Yes..."
Zhuang Rui explained to Er Mao casually while walking towards the scientific expedition team.
"Then they can dig it out openly? Who knows if they dug it out and hid it themselves?" Zhuang Rui didn't see that Ermao was still an angry young man.
Er Mao looked around and whispered to Zhuang Rui: "Brother Zhuang, let me tell you, the person who was caught stealing oil in the county this time was a person from our village, and he was somewhat related to our family.
Yesterday, that man's wife went to Brother Long-hair to plead for mercy."
Zhuang Rui finally understood that someone in Ermao's family had been arrested, so he stopped explaining to him and walked straight to where the group of people gathered.
"Stop, what are you doing?"
The two were just twenty or thirty meters away from the dug pit when they were stopped by an armed policeman. The combination of two people and one dog made them a little confused. Ermao was naturally from the village.
, they have seen it before, but judging from Zhuang Rui's clothes, it is definitely not the case, and even these soldiers who saw the big dog felt scared.
"My sister-in-law is working there, and I'm here to give you a watermelon. This is our honored guest, and I'm not stealing anything. Why don't you let us pass?"
Er Mao shouted at the top of his lungs. He was not afraid of these soldiers. He also had a gun, and he also had an old cannon barrel at home for hunting wild boars.
Several armed police soldiers looked at each other and nodded, indicating that they could go over. When they were sent here to perform duty, they were told by their superiors that as long as they did not attack the archaeological excavation site, they were not allowed to conflict with the locals.
Although Zhuang Rui was not a local, he didn't look like he was here to grab anything.
When he got closer, Zhuang Rui discovered that the pit was not too shallow. It was dug into a staircase shape, one level at a time, and was very flat, so it didn't look deep. In fact, it should be three or four meters in diameter and depth.
The area of the pit is about forty square meters. There are more than a dozen middle-aged women, some holding palm-sized shovels digging the soil, and some actually holding brushes and brushing away the soil bit by bit.
Zhuang Rui was dumbfounded when he saw it. The tools they used were like children's toys. How could they dig such a big hole?
Ermao seemed to have noticed Zhuang Rui's doubts and said beside him: "Brother Zhuang, this hole was dug by our gentlemen. After they dug it, they drove us away, as if we wanted to steal something."
As if, they took away the dug things openly, why..."
Er Mao had a deep resentment for that day's fifty yuan, and he has never forgotten it.
Zhuang Rui lazily explained to Er Mao, a half-year-old child, and said casually: "They are official thieves, and you call them private thieves. It's different."
Unexpectedly, before Zhuang Rui finished speaking, a crisp voice rang out from beside Zhuang Rui: "How can you talk? We were entrusted by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage to conduct rescue excavations. How could we become official thieves?"
Really? You should make it clear, otherwise I will never be done with you..."
Zhuang Rui heard what he heard in his ears was a mouthful of crispy Beijing movies. He couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart. What was originally a joke was actually heard by someone. This is really a disaster that comes from the mouth.
The voice sounded like that of a young girl, but the girl was wearing a straw hat and her back was facing the sun. Zhuang Rui looked down on her appearance for a moment, thinking that what he just said was indeed inappropriate, so he wanted to go down and explain to the girl.
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"Don't come down. This is an archaeological excavation site. Not everyone can enter." The girl raised her hand, making Zhuang Rui stand there awkwardly, neither up nor down.
"Sister, Brother Zhuang didn't say anything." Er Mao couldn't stand it and explained to Zhuang Rui.
"Who is the eldest sister? Bah, bah, I am a young and invincible beautiful girl."
The girl was upset when she said "big sister". She climbed up from the bottom of the pit and took off the straw hat on her head.
"Sister, what does O mean?" Er Mao understood the meaning of the next few words except for the word "Bah".
"I told you not to call me eldest sister anymore. What do you mean? That's what I mean."
The girl stomped her feet angrily, but there was nothing she could do about it. She couldn't help but turn her anger to Zhuang Rui and said: "Just now you said that we were official thieves, and I haven't settled the accounts with you yet."
It wasn't until the girl turned to him that Zhuang Rui saw the girl's appearance clearly. He couldn't help but praise her from the bottom of his heart. She was really a young and invincible beautiful girl. She had big eyes, long eyelashes, a slightly straight nose, and a small mouth that pouted in anger.
It adds a bit of cuteness to the whole person and pretends to be angry, which makes Zhuang Rui feel a little pleasant to see. However, this is just a simple appreciation, because the girl seems to be a bit younger, she should only be eighteen or nineteen years old.
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"What are you looking at? Brother Wrong, Brother Yingning, someone is here to cause trouble." The girl glared at Zhuang Rui fiercely, and the words she shouted almost made Zhuang Rui stumble.
"Destroy the place?" Zhuang Rui had no such idea, he just wanted to come and experience it.
"I told you not to call me Cuo, my name is Fan Cuo!"
With the sound of talking, a big boy came up from below.
"Hehe, the full name of Fan Cuo is Fan Cuo Cuo, so there is nothing wrong with calling you Brother Cuo Cuo."
The girl completely forgot about Zhuang Rui and joked with the boy with a smile.
"Swing, you are bullying me again. If your grandpa finds out later, you will definitely get scolded."
The girl just called out the names of two people. The one speaking now must be the one named Ying Ning. These two names are really unique, Zhuang Rui thought in his heart.
There is a person with the surname Ying, and he is quite famous. There seems to be a former Minister of Culture with the surname Ying, and there are two juniors who are very successful in the entertainment industry. Zhuang Rui often sees stories about them.
news.
"I'm not bullying anyone, brother Yingning, this person said that we are official thieves..."
The girl named Zhuang Qian only then remembered the reason for calling them two, and pointed the finger at Zhuang Rui again.
"This gentleman knows the word official thief, so he must also know a lot about archeology, right? Isn't it a little inappropriate to talk like this?"
This boy named Ying Ning looks like he is about twenty-two or thirty years old, he looks like a student, but when he talks, he is quite sophisticated and a bit overwhelming.
