Chapter 52 The Tomb of the Princess of the Western Han Dynasty
We walked forward along the corridor for about a few hundred meters. During this period, we passed at least thirty or forty dead bones. Occasionally, a snake would quickly jump out from under the bones, which was quite shocking.
At this time, the long corridor finally came to an end. The stone door in front should be the official entrance of the ancient tomb, or the door of the tomb, but there was also a big hole in the stone door, and it looked like it had been forcibly blown open.
From this point of view, it is obvious that the original group of warlords entered this ancient tomb, and it is estimated that the valuable objects inside must have been looted long ago.
Yang Bailiu looked inside the stone door with his flashlight, and after confirming that there was no danger, he walked in first.
This should be a tomb. The space inside is so large that you can almost never see the end of it.
There are some pottery figurines standing neatly on both sides of the tomb, as well as burial objects such as bronze vessels, such as copper pots, copper cups, etc., most of which are relatively well preserved.
The walls and stone pillars of the tomb are carved with dragons and phoenixes, as well as some ancient writings.
Of course we can't understand this, but archaeologists like Professor Gu are obviously familiar with this kind of ancient writing.
"These are official script fonts. They should be ancient tombs from the Han Dynasty. And judging from the size of the tomb, it is obviously a royal mausoleum."
After looking at it for a while, Professor Gu said this.
"Then what's written on the wall?"
When I heard this, I couldn't help but ask a few more questions.
"My family is married to me, and the sky is far away, and I am entrusted to the king of Wusun in a foreign country. The dome is the house, and the roof is the wall. Meat is the food, and cheese is the pulp. I live in the soil all the time, and my heart is hurt. I wish to be a yellow swan and return to my hometown.
....."
The only female archaeologist read out the official script text on the wall. Then she thought for a moment and said, "Isn't this the sad song of Princess Xijun of the Han Dynasty? Is this the tomb of Princess Xijun?"
"According to historical records, the Song of Sadness was a poem written by Liu Xijun, the Wusun princess of the Western Han Dynasty, after she married to the Western Regions and was not adaptable to life. Therefore, Princess Xijun's tomb must not be in the Central Plains. The owner of this tomb should be her close relative. In order to express her respect for Xijun
I miss the princess, so I carved her sad song on the wall of the tomb. Of course, it is also possible that this is just an empty tomb to commemorate Princess Xijun."
Professor Gu quickly analyzed and popularized the knowledge of history and archeology with everyone.
"The professor is indeed different. He even understands history so clearly."
Yang Bailiu couldn't help but chuckle.
"Of course, if you can't even understand history, why study ancient times?"
Speaking of this, Professor Gu looked proud.
As for the female archaeologist, she seemed a little embarrassed, probably because she had just preconceived ideas and guessed the wrong direction.
Then Professor Gu and four other archaeologists began to carefully investigate the tomb chamber.
Of course the rest of us were not idle either and took the opportunity to look around.
After taking a closer look, I discovered that the tomb was much larger than we imagined. It felt like an underground palace. The tomb was quite grand, with a burial chamber on each side, and there were countless burial objects in it.
Such as pottery figurines, stone horses, bronze mirrors, copper plates, etc., and even many jade ornaments, as well as dressing tables.
Judging from these grave goods, there is no doubt that the owner of the tomb is a woman.
Finally, everyone focused their attention on the coffin in the center of the tomb, because obviously, the most valuable things must be in this coffin.
It's a pity that the coffin has been opened and the lid of the coffin has fallen to the ground.
Judging from this situation, the ancient tomb must have been stolen a long time ago.
I just don’t know why so many funerary objects in the tomb are still kept here? If the ancient tomb has been stolen, then all these funerary objects should have been stolen.
Maybe there was some emergency at that time, so the tomb robbers ran away directly, but in the end those people still died in the corridor outside.
"do not move."
I was about to go up and take a look inside the coffin, when Professor Gu suddenly stopped me.
Then he hurriedly led the three archaeologists towards the coffin of the tomb owner, as if he was afraid that we would sneak away a few items in the coffin.
As a result, Professor Gu and the four of them went up to take a look, and they were all stunned.
"This body... is actually so well preserved?"
One of the archaeologists exclaimed.
I quickly went up and took a look, only to find that there was a lifelike ancient female corpse lying in the coffin.
Although the face of the corpse was a little pale, it really wasn't rotten at all. The face had clear facial features, fair skin, and even looked graceful and luxurious.
The gorgeous palace clothes on the female corpse also showed no signs of decay, and she was also wearing many gold and jade ornaments.
Seeing this, Yang Bailiu, myself, and others already frowned.
Because those of us in this business all know that a corpse cannot be preserved for so many years under normal circumstances. Even if a special method is used, the corpse should definitely not look like this lifelike.
Moreover, it had been an unknown number of years since the lid of the coffin was opened. The body was so directly exposed to the air that it would have no antiseptic effect at all.
While I was thinking about this in my mind, I suddenly caught a glimpse from the corner of my eye. The sleeves of the female corpse moved obviously, as if her arms were moving.
"Get out of the way, there's something wrong with this female corpse."
I quickly shouted to Professor Gu and others.
Several people were startled now, and they all turned to look at me.
"Why are you so surprised? What age are we in now? We must believe in science."
After Professor Gu calmed down for a while, he scolded me with an unhappy expression.
But when he turned his head and looked inside the coffin, he was stunned.
Because the female body in the coffin disappeared in the blink of an eye, and was replaced by several small white snakes, twisting and turning in the coffin.
"ah......"
The female archaeologist was so frightened that she screamed and then retreated in panic.
Then Professor Gu and the other two archaeologists also quickly took a few steps back.
The body in the coffin suddenly disappeared out of thin air. Even people like them who believed in science were a little frightened for a while.
A strange aura began to spread around, and a gloomy feeling instantly enveloped everyone's hearts. Even the air in the tomb seemed to have dropped to freezing point in an instant.