In the quiet and dark tomb corridor, near the stone door, there are two white bones that emit a faint phosphorescence under the light. The clothes on their bodies have long been rotten, and it is unknown what era they belong to.
Zhang Daniu, who was walking at the front, repeatedly raised his hands to the white bones and muttered: "Passing by, passing by, don't blame me..."
Zhang Daniu's actions made the people behind him laugh. How dare you dare to rob a tomb? No wonder they didn't even dare to open the coffin after entering the tomb. None of the items they took out were gold or silverware.
"Here, turn on two more lights, it's a bit dark..."
Professor Meng squatted next to the two corpses and looked carefully. Since he had to work in the tomb all the time, he didn't know how long he would stay there, so he had to use the light sparingly.
After Zhuang Rui and Dr. Ren turned on the strong light, the entire tomb passage suddenly became brighter, and the light passed through the damaged stone door and reached the tomb chamber.
Professor Meng used the wooden stick in his hand to fiddle with the clothes that had turned into fiber on the two corpses. After observing them carefully for a while, he said: "These are two tomb robbers. From the looks of it, they should be from the middle of the Qing Dynasty. They are
He died after being hit by a hidden weapon..."
"organ?"
The big cow walking in front was startled and said quickly: "Meng... Mr. Meng, please don't scare me. The last time I came here, I didn't encounter any agencies..."
There are many legends among the people that the ancient tombs were full of traps, including arrows, rocks, poisonous water traps, and they were impossible to guard against. The more superstitious ones said that there were dark soldiers guarding the tombs to steal people's souls.
When Daniel heard that there was a trap, his legs immediately trembled. He stood there without daring to move, completely forgetting that he had already been here once.
"Humph, do you still have the life to talk here when you encounter an agency?"
Professor Meng snorted coldly, reached out to take the lamp from Daniel's hand, moved a little closer to the bones, and said: "Look at what's inside these bones..."
"What is this black thing? Iron lump?"
When Daniel came here last time, he didn't dare to look at the two dead men at all. Only now did he discover that there were four or five rusty triangular iron blocks stuck in the chest and ribs of the dead men.
"Teacher, is this an arrow?"
Zhuang Rui came closer. He went in and out of the Archaeological Research Institute of Beijing University every day. Zhuang Rui was already used to dead people.
There were many such arrows on the ground next to the two corpses. Zhuang Rui roughly gathered them together, and there were as many as forty or fifty.
Looking up at the gate, Zhuang Rui couldn't help but feel cold in his heart. If he came here again all of a sudden, I'm afraid so many of his people would be killed here.
Professor Meng nodded and said: "It's an arrow, Xiaozhuang, what else can you see?"
"The arrow shafts must have rotted away, and these iron arrowheads are almost completely rusted, huh?"
Zhuang Rui looked at the bones carefully and suddenly became suspicious. He pointed at the two bones and said, "Teacher, are the arrows poisonous?"
The reason why Zhuang Rui said this is because the bones of normal dead people are usually white, and even if they take a long time, they will turn slightly yellow. However, the bones of these two dead people are somewhat black, like a sign of poisoning.
"Yes, the arrows are poisonous. I didn't expect these poisons to still be effective after more than a thousand years. Xiao Ren, when you turn back, take a rib and test it to see what kind of poison it is?"
Professor Meng's face was a little solemn. This was not an archaeological excavation. No one knew what dangers there would be in this thousand-year-old tomb?
"Please be careful for a while and don't touch randomly..."
There is only an arrow mechanism installed in the drainage tunnel, but if it were in the main tomb chamber, who knows how many murderous intentions would be hidden there? Professor Meng brought people here for archeology, and he did not want anyone to die here due to negligence.
Speaking of which, the Daniel brothers are lucky. Hundreds of years ago, two tomb robbers helped them die. Otherwise, the Daniel brothers would probably have died here quietly without knowing how to survive.
How many years will it take for someone to discover it?
Professor Meng saw a staff member accompanying him poking at the top of the stone door with a wooden stick, and said quickly: "Xiao Liu, don't touch that. Maybe the Ji Huang is not completely decayed and it will still shoot out arrows..."
Upon hearing this, Zhuang Rui took a look at the place and found that there was a one-meter-square iron box in the soil above the stone gate, which was completely rusted.
But what surprised Zhuang Rui was that there were actually four or five arrows inside, and they were well preserved, with even the arrow feathers not decaying.
Of course, Zhuang Rui would not tell what he saw, but after hearing Professor Meng's words, he also made a conscious effort to sense the entire tomb with spiritual energy.
"Teacher, where did these two tomb robbers come in from?"
Zhuang Rui suddenly remembered something. According to the Daniel brothers, the stone door was intact before they entered. So how did these two tomb robbers from hundreds of years ago enter this tomb?
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Professor Meng pointed to a hole in his head that was only the size of a fist and said, "No, that's the thieves' hole. The soil on the ground was dug out by them..."
"Is this a robbery hole?"
Following Professor Meng's fingers, Zhuang Rui found a very small hole on the top of his head, which was at best a little bigger than a fist and about the same as the mouth of a bowl at home.
There was an incredible look on Zhuang Rui's face. He couldn't believe his eyes. He couldn't crawl in even if he practiced bone shrinking skills.
"Haha, Zhuang Rui, it's been hundreds of years. As long as the earth's crust changes slightly, the structure of the soil distribution will naturally change. It would be nice if there is still a hole left..."
Seeing Zhuang Rui's surprised look, Dr. Ren explained to him that after a normal burglary hole, not to mention hundreds of years, even after thirty or fifty years, the hole that could originally allow people to enter and exit will become very small.
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"It seems that the entrance to the tomb passage is still in the mountain. Xiao Ren, tomorrow you can take two people to dig some holes in the mountain to see if they can find it. Let's go check out the tomb chamber first..."
The discovery of the robber cave shows that the mountain is not entirely wrapped in rocks. Tomb robbers can come in in ancient times, and modern people must be able to do it, so Professor Meng's face is a little anxious. If the main tomb chamber is stolen, what will happen to the national scientific research?
It will be a huge loss to the world.
The group of people passed through the stone door and entered the tomb where Brother Zhang Daniu had been. The thick dusty ground in the tomb was covered with messy footprints. No need to ask, it must have been left by the two brothers.
The entire tomb is about twenty square meters in size and about three meters high. The top ceiling is also very unique. It is not flat, but made of several diamond shapes that gradually slope toward the center of the roof from the angle between the wall and the ceiling.
It is composed of fine lines carved on it.
The four walls are made of relief bluestone, and each stone has exquisite carvings. These reliefs are much more detailed than those in the corridor, and they are all related to each other, seeming to tell some story.
At the two opposite corners of the tomb, there are two tall square stone pillars with very smooth and smooth sides. These should be used to strengthen the load-bearing capacity of the tomb and increase its ability to resist landslides.
"This...who did this?"
There were some broken ceramic pieces left on the ground, and Professor Meng became furious when he saw them.
Although the value of these ceramic tiles is not high, they were left over from more than 2,000 years ago, and they are cultural relics that cannot be copied. It can be said that one piece is broken and one piece is lost.
"This... this was accidentally broken by my brother..."
Zhang Daniu shrank his neck and replied cautiously, in fact, he was not telling the truth. These things were broken by Erniu because they were too heavy to carry out and he was playing with a hammer out of boredom.
There was a large pottery jar, which was completely broken by Erniu because it was in the way of the door.
Professor Meng couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, pointed at Zhang Daniu and said: "Okay, get out, you get out now!"
The reason why archaeologists hate these half-hearted tomb robbers is because they have no concept of protecting cultural relics at all. They only measure the value of cultural relics by whether they are valuable or not, and the harm they cause is far greater than that of professional tomb robbers.
Tomb robbery gangs like Mr. Yu will never damage anything they cannot retrieve. In a sense, they are archaeologists themselves, and they even have richer knowledge and experience than some experts.
Some tomb robbers in ancient times were even more particular. Some people entered the tombs and only picked up the three most valuable things and never took one more. This is why many large tombs were robbed for more than ten or even several years.
Ten times a reason.
"Old man, I...I'm going to get out, I'm going to get out right now..."
After Zhang Daniu heard that the two corpses were shot to death by a machine gun, he had been paranoid and suspicious. Professor Meng's decision to drive him out was exactly what he wanted, and he rolled out of the stone door while crawling.
"Xiao Zhuang, you are responsible for taking the photos. Xiao Ren, check to see if there is anything valuable left..."
After scolding the big bull, Professor Meng took a few deep breaths and then calmed down, because the next work was to open the coffin, and there was no room for any mistakes.
"Teacher, there is nothing left except some pottery..."
After carefully searching the tomb, Dr. Ren gathered all the broken ceramic pieces left on the ground into a pile.
Although these things are broken, they can still be pieced together and repaired after being taken out. For archaeologists, repairing broken funerary objects is also a basic skill that must be mastered.
