Chapter 14 The Tomb of the Prince of the Ming Dynasty
Speaking of this, I saw a rare excitement on Li Wenhai's face; even a person like me who has not studied knows that in the Ming Dynasty, the prince was a high official. If a Ming Dynasty prince's tomb is discovered here,
, but if word spreads, many people will be shocked.
Before I opened my mouth, Zhou Xiaoshe behind me was already swallowing his saliva.
Zhou Xiaoshe geared up and said, "Hey, grandma is such a bear. She has been having a bad year for most of the year. God finally opened his eyes and actually found a prince."
"Little Taoist Priest, what are you talking about?"
"Nothing, the trail says that if there is to be a Ming Dynasty prince's tomb here, it must be archaeologically and protected, so that it can live up to the country and people's ardent expectations for the trail..."
"Hey, I didn't expect the Taoist Priest to be so enlightened. If everyone was like the Taoist Priest, then we wouldn't have to worry about our ancestors' belongings being lost overseas." Li Wenhai said deeply moved.
Zhou Xiaoshe nodded with deep understanding. I saw it in my eyes and couldn't help but want to give this calf a slap on the nose. It would be a pity not to act in a movie with such a damn talent.
There is a burial ditch in front of us, and we can only walk across it. However, in this ditch, corpses are scattered everywhere, and there are even rats scurrying around in it. It's okay for us gentlemen, but it's just a pain for Li En.
That wild girl.
Li Wenhai said: "In the Ming Dynasty, the nobles had an unconventional funeral custom, that is, the more entourages were buried, the more status the owner of the tomb had. There were at least hundreds of corpses in the burial trench, which is enough to see
The owner of this tomb has a noble status. I hope that the tomb can be preserved intact and not be damaged."
Li Wenhai insisted on crossing the burial ditch to find the tomb hidden in the darkness. Zhou Xiaoshe also supported this with both hands.
The burial ditch is not wide, but it is full of mummies. If you are not careful, it is easy to sink your foot into the chest and skeleton of the corpse.
Zhou Xiaoshe led the way, holding hands with Li Wenhai as if they were in love at dusk, and they were particularly enthusiastic.
"Professor, be careful, the trail will pull you over."
"Thank you, little Taoist priest. You should be more careful."
In this way, Li Wenhai and Zhou Xiaoshe took the lead in crossing the burial ditch, leaving Li En and me staring at each other.
"Let's go?" I said.
"I want you to take care of it."
Li En rolled his eyes, left me and walked forward. I was watching from behind, confused, wondering when I had offended this unruly girl again.
The three to five meter wide burial ditch does not look wide, but it is not easy to walk through it. The ditch is very deep, and there are corpses piled underneath. The bones and flesh of these corpses have long been gone, and only the skeletons are left. Some of them are preserved.
It's better, there is still a layer of skin left, but at any time a furry mouse bigger than your head may pop out of it.
Li En stepped carefully on the edge. Although she was careful enough, she still missed the step and fell into the chest of a corpse.
The chest bone of the corpse was as brittle as instant noodles. Li En stepped on it and the plate of her foot was immediately stuck in the corpse. No matter how she moved, she could not get rid of the corpse.
Li En was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. Looking at the corpse stuck with his feet, Li En could not break free. His whole body was a little unstable and shaky.
"Xiao En, be careful."
Li Wenhai, who had already reached the opposite side, saw his daughter about to fall and spoke quickly.
Li En screamed in surprise, his feet slipped, his whole body turned backwards, and he was about to fall on the corpses in an instant.
At the critical moment, I jumped over and without saying a word, I immediately put my arms around her waist, and then I was able to hug her.
Li En came back to her senses and found that my hand was on her waist. Her pretty face turned red immediately and she said: "Shameless, you gangster, let me go!"
"good."
I really let go of Li En, but as soon as her feet landed on the ground, she found that a big furry mouse suddenly jumped out from under her feet. She was so frightened that she screamed and jumped directly into my arms.
My mind suddenly froze. At this time, I clearly felt that my chest seemed to have been hit hard by something on Li En's body...
"Big rat, such a big rat!" Li En was so frightened that his face turned pale.
I lowered my head, wanting to see how big the rat was, but I found that all my eyes were on Li En's neck. I couldn't help but murmured along with Li En: "It's true.
Very big..."
Li En didn't dare to come down anymore, so I had to hold her up, step by step across the burial trench, and send her to Li Wenhai's side.
It wasn't until I landed safely that I said to Li En: "Hey, is it time for you to come down?"
Li En suddenly realized this and quickly jumped off me. His delicate little face instantly turned as red as an apple, causing Zhou Xiaoshe on the side to wink...
According to Li Wenhai's many years of archaeological experience, the burial ditch is often just the first checkpoint of a tomb. For the owner of the tomb, part of the corpse in the burial ditch is a reflection of his identity, and the other part actually symbolizes the sacrifice for him.
It has the function of isolating the outside life. After all, once a corpse comes into contact with too much human life, it is often easily weathered and corroded. The ancients believed that the body's hair and skin are influenced by the parents. Even if they die, they cannot let their bodies be damaged. Therefore, it is more
Many times, the tomb owner will set up multiple killing mechanisms in his own cemetery to kill all the tomb robbers to preserve his body. In the end, he will even set up a suicide mechanism, preferring to die with the tomb robbers.
I don’t want to let the tomb robbers succeed...
After crossing the burial ditch, we searched around according to Li Wenhai's experience, but could not find the passage into the tomb.
As a last resort, we had to find a dry ground, rest there and get some food.
Since we were losing troops along the way, we didn’t have time to take away the backpacks containing a lot of dry food, so we gathered around and had to eat some of the only biscuits soaked in water.
After eating and resting for some time, Li Wenhai, encouraged by Zhou Xiaoshe, once again proposed to search for the tomb passage.
I thought that it was okay to just sit down. Since we were all here, we should find something to look at, so I simply agreed.
The four people grabbed flashlights and searched again in the depths of the cave where they couldn't even see their fingers. As I stepped on the fine river bottom sand, I vaguely seemed to hear a sparse sound.
At first, I thought it was the sound of stepping on sand and didn't pay much attention.
But when I got to the back, I realized that the sound was coming from the burial trench far behind me.
My heart immediately moved and I couldn't help but look back, only to see that there seemed to be a corpse moving in the burial trench...
[Author's digression]: Here comes the third update! Here, special thanks to Zhuge Stein, @lone,back,ranyh476
, You Lin'er, Mechanical Laowang, Secretly Having Fun without Nothing, Sadness and Love. There is nothing else to repay for the rewards from several book friends. I can only repay everyone by writing this book.