At the beginning when I shoveled the soil in Luoyang, the quality was okay, neither soft nor hard. When the shovel reached about 1.5 meters, I clearly felt that the resistance became smaller.
This is not a good sign, it means there is a layer of sand under the ground.
Seeing the loose sand brought up by Luoyang's shovel, he hesitated for a moment, frowned and said: "If there is a layer of quicksand, there is no need to dig it down, it is useless. The shovel will bring it up a little and it will be immediately covered by the quicksand. This way, the depth will never be enough."
Yunfeng, why don't you try making a four-legged formation?"
I nodded and said yes, took back the Luoyang shovel and looked for the copper bowl used to set up the four-legged formation.
The four-legged formation is a special method used by tomb robbers. If you are lucky, the accuracy can reach over 60%.
This method was first invented by a man named Ma Liu from the Nanpai Guangdong Gang.
In the early years, there were four people in the Ma Liu tomb robbery gang. These four people stood at the four corners, dug a hole in the ground, and then buried four copper bowls at the four corners. This kind of copper bowl was specially made and the bowl was divided into two layers.
, the lower layer is filled with water, and the upper layer is filled with soil. The shape is similar to the Kongming bowl used for tribute in the past. It looks big, but in fact it is full with just a little something.
This kind of bowl has strong sound transmission after being buried in the ground. After the burial, if someone lies on the ground and whispers at the other end, it can be heard at the other end. It is amazing. If you listen to the sound, it is going down or spreading to other places.
, this shows that there is a sound transmission space underground.
This method is more accurate and convenient than listening to thunder, because you don't have to wait for rainy days, you can use it at any time, and you don't need to learn Feng Shui to read the earth's veins. It is a tricky method, and you can get started after practice.
We were fully prepared in advance when we came to Yinchuan this time. After finding the copper bowl, we started filling it with water from the lower water injection port. In order to improve accuracy, we made sure that the water in the four bowls was almost the same.
The cyclone shovel dug the hole quickly. After burying the bowl, I, Douyazai, Xiaoxuan, and Aji stood apart.
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Dou Sprout lay down with his face on the ground, covering his mouth with his hands and whispered: "Hey! Hey! Did you hear that?"
I gestured towards Dou Sprouts and looked at the other corner.
After listening for a long time, I heard nothing. Then I saw that Xiaoxuan was blowing air there.
I said Xiaoxuan, please stop blowing and talk!
She said oh and called my name twice in a low voice.
This time it is basically confirmed.
I stood up and said, "No need to hit your head. There is nothing underground and the sound will not dissipate."
He felt a little disappointed after hearing what I said. He nodded and said that's fine. Let's eat something to replenish our strength and continue walking inside.
Dou Sprout was half-assed, and everyone sat around on the ground eating dry food and chatting. Dou Sprout asked some questions about finding a tomb, and Tou Tou answered them all.
In the industry, when looking for tombs, they usually look at the mountains, rivers and earthen bags. Landscapes are considered Feng Shui trends, and no matter how well they are covered up, there are traces to follow. Earthen bags refer to the mounds of sealed earth. Thousands of years later, the appearance of these large tombs will be
The sealing mounds have turned into mountains of earth. The larger the tomb, the larger the sealing mound. In theory, the larger the sealing mound, the better the anti-theft effect. However, this also has the disadvantage of being too conspicuous and attracting thieves.
The boss said that he had done this before. For example, if he wanted to find a tomb, he would take a train to travel. He had no precise purpose. He just sat by the train window and observed the passing mountains and scenic spots. Sometimes he could
When you see a pot-lid-shaped hill, sometimes you can see a funnel-shaped hill, so you have a high probability of finding the right location.
Dou Sprout ate the dry food and said with a smile: "That's good. Traveling to rob tombs kills two birds with one stone. Maybe Master Yao often takes the train."
After hearing this, he shook his head and smiled: "Master Yao is a frequent traveler. There is no train he has never taken."
"By the way," I heard that Yao Wenzhong was mentioned, and I asked the boss: "We cooperated with him on Hong Kong Island last time. Why haven't we heard any news about him recently?"
"Yeah, hey," he said with a sigh, "both ends of the payment have been taken by Xiaohong. Master Yao's relationship is with the boss of Hongxing. Xiaohong is my person, and I don't have the nerve to go to him again."
, he should be the same, if he doesn’t take the initiative to contact us, he is setting me up for failure.”
When I mentioned Hongxing Company, I noticed that Xiaoxuan lowered her head and said hurriedly: "If you don't want to look for it, don't look for it. Business cannot be done without mercy. Boss, don't blame yourself for Sister Hong's matter. As long as she is still alive, we will
We will meet again one day."
"Have you seen Yao Wenzhong?" Qin Xingping suddenly asked with a surprised look on his face.
I nodded and said I only met him once in Shunde. What's wrong?
"It's okay, just ask," Qin Xingping said: "Everyone in our industry knows this guy. Last time I heard that he played cards with others and lost eleven early Shang bronzes in one night."
There were rumors among the people that he was a gambler. I didn’t say anything. I just lamented that it was a pity. The eleven pieces of early Shang bronzes, even the most common three-mold round tripod without inscriptions, would add up to a huge price.
Hundreds of thousands.
"Stop playing with Aji! Why are you still playing? Do something serious!" Seeing that Aji was still concentrating on his cell phone, Dou Sprout couldn't help scolding him.
Aji was playing with his cell phone and made a sound. He raised his head and asked Uncle Hulu what was going on when he walked in, and whether he still remembered where he picked up the stone carving board.
Uncle Hu Lu stood up, pointed forward, and said something.
Aji immediately translated: "My uncle said that he could see an ancient well as he walked forward. The stone carving was originally used as a well cover. He thought it was interesting and took it back."
Ancient well?
Drilling a well in the desert?
Boutou and I looked at each other and both saw the confusion in each other's eyes.
This is contrary to common sense.
No modern person would go to a place like this to dig a water well. It must be an ancient water well. You know, it is useless to dig a submersible well more than ten meters in the desert because it cannot store water at all.
However, it would be very difficult to dig a deep underground water well with a depth of more than 100 meters, and ancient people did not have professional well-drilling equipment.
After everyone finished eating, we packed up and set off again. Uncle Hu had a good memory, so he used some dead poplar trees on the road as reference points. We led the camels and walked for about two hours until we arrived at the dry well that Uncle Hu had mentioned.
Qin Xingping sighed: "It's really a dry well. It's so strange to be in a place where birds don't poop."
The part exposed above the ground is indeed the wellhead, but it has been severely damaged by weathering. The wellhead is built with stones and is very crude. I roughly estimated the width of the wellhead, and the stone carving board should be large enough to cover it.
Uncle Hu said that the stone carving board was a manhole cover. If he said this, the problem would arise again.
The bluestone carving board dates from Xixia, and the theme of the carving is the three-faced Guanyin, which is a Buddhist theme. Xixia has been advocating Buddhism since the founding of the country by Li Yuanhao, and Buddhism is the state religion of Xixia.
If you look at it this way, it would be disrespectful to use a Guanyin statue as a manhole cover. Anyone who works in antiques knows this. For example, there are some individual copper Buddha heads and stone Buddha heads in the antique market. These Buddha heads have a flat section from the neck down and have closed eyes.
You know it's fake without even looking.
Ancient folk worshiped Buddha. Throughout the dynasties, there was no single Buddha head. The real ancient Buddha heads must have uneven sections under the neck, and they were all removed separately due to violent destruction.
Then Dou Sprout found a flashlight and looked into the ancient well for a long time.
I said Yazai, what did you see?
"It seems like it's all sand and rocks. Hey, wait a minute."
Dou Sprout was lying at the mouth of the well and suddenly said: "I seem to see a pile of rotten iron pieces."