"Zhou Cang, you have been dealing with antiques for the past seven or eight years, can you tell the age of this thing?" Zhang Jisheng said.
I took it over, held the porcelain jar in my hand and looked at it for a long time, and then said: "This is a azure-glazed porcelain jar, with a thick body and azure glaze. There are hollow patterns on the jar. It feels like
It should be something from the Yuan Dynasty. This thing looks a lot like an urn."
"Ah, the urn." Xiangyu stood up after hearing this.
"The tools we have at hand are limited and we cannot find the tombstone that was buried first, so we cannot date this tomb group for a while. However, after digging casually, we found a celadon jar in such good condition. It is really
Unbelievable." Wang Zhishui sighed with emotion.
"But," I held the porcelain jar in my hand and felt something was a little strange. "This porcelain jar seems a bit heavy. I don't know if the tire mud is special, or if there is something else hidden in it."
"Shall we open the porcelain jar and take a look?" Zhang Jisheng seemed to be asking for everyone's opinions.
"Isn't it just ashes here, do you still need to open it?"
Xiangyu is a girl, so she is somewhat scared.
"Zhou Cang said that the jar is a bit heavy, and there may be something hidden in it," Wang Zhishui said.
Seeing that everyone agreed, I carefully opened the lid of the porcelain jar. The lid left the jar, and the light shone into the jar. What caught our eyes was a square gilt silver letter.
Wang Zhishui was very professional. He took out the box and put it on the ground. The box had no lock. When he opened it, he found a piece of gold silk inside. The fiber of this thing was inlaid with gold thread, and there was a picture of three rabbits sharing ears.
The pattern is very well preserved, and there seems to be something wrapped in the gold silk.
Opening up the golden silk, a blue dome-shaped bone appears in front of us.
"Are these human bones?" I looked at the bones in the gold-plated silver letter and looked at Wang Zhishui and asked.
"It should be," he said, taking out the gloves from his backpack and putting them on, while muttering to himself: "How come there are blue skeletons here too."
Wang Zhishui took out the blue bones and looked at them carefully. We all came forward to take a look. What surprised us was that the blue color actually came from the inside out.
"Aren't all the bones white? Did this person die of poisoning?" Xiangyu asked.
"Even if he died of poisoning, it should be black, not blue," Zhang Jisheng said.
"In 2013, an ancient tomb was accidentally discovered in Dabona Village, Xiangyun County, Yunnan. The bones in the ancient tomb were also blue, and these blue substances were more obvious on the skull and lighter on the body. Later, archaeological experts found out through research
It is claimed that these bones are the result of dyeing. However, no large-scale blue iron ore has been found near Xiangyun County. No one can explain that during the Warring States Period thousands of years ago, iron smelting technology had just sprouted and was only mastered by the army.
In my hand, where did the blue iron ore in that ancient tomb come from and how did it work? I didn't expect to see blue skeletons with my own eyes in Wawu Mountain today." Wang Zhishui said.
"Could it be that these blue bones were dyed blue and buried because of the special or noble status of the deceased?" Xiangyu said and looked at Wang Zhishui.
"I feel like this is not dyed. I have never seen the blue bones in Yunnan, but you can see the skull in front of me. This blue color comes from the bones, and it is so evenly blue.
"Wang Zhishui said, "Let's dig a few more to see." Then he started digging towards several nearby tombs.
The blue skull was particularly shocking to us, and we all started digging.
Four or five more porcelain jars from different eras were rediscovered, and without exception, they all contained blue skulls.
"This is incredible. Even among the tombs in Dabona Village, only one corpse was found to have blue bones. And if nothing else goes wrong, all the tombs in this tomb should be blue skulls. What's the matter?
What kind of mysterious ethnic group is it? Why are there bones with such strange colors? This has never appeared in Chinese history, whether it is official history or folklore." Wang Zhishui looked at the porcelain jars scattered on the ground.
, the silver letter and the blue skull, he couldn't help but sigh. "I really want to see what the face of a person with a blue skull looks like."
"The time on the tombstones here are all in units of sixty years. I think what Xiangyu just said is actually reasonable. Could these blue skulls be a symbol of status, such as being one of the patriarchs of an ethnic group?
After the death of people with these special identities, the tribesmen will dye their bones to represent a certain kind of power." Zhang Jisheng said.
"However, according to China's historical tradition, red or yellow are generally used to symbolize power, and blue is rarely used. You see, their skulls are also wrapped in golden silk. In addition, I have another
I'm confused, why are only their skulls buried here, and where are the other parts of the corpses?" I said, looking at the King's Water.
"This is a secondary burial. This special burial method originated from the Neolithic Age and gradually declined. However, this burial method is still preserved in some areas along the southern coast. This kind of burial method has gradually declined.
The burial method is to bury the corpse in a hole or tree first, and then pick up the body and bury it after the body has rotted. However, this is the first time that only the skull is picked up in China." Wang Zhishui stared at the ground.
Blue Bones lying in the silver letter said, "Moreover, these short stone tablets were buried in the soil. It seems that they were not naturally covered by sand and gravel because of their age. It seems that someone did it deliberately."
"Did you do it on purpose?" I asked in confusion.
"Yes, you see, the sand we dug out is basically the same. If it were a natural cover, the sand would be layered and mixed with other things."
Wang Zhishui's observations are so meticulous that I feel inferior to him.
Suddenly, Zhang Jisheng turned around and asked the old man who had been standing outside the cemetery: "Old sir, have you heard of this place?"
"A few years ago, when I accompanied Professor Chen into the mountains, I heard an old woman at the foot of the mountain say that there is a huge treasure buried in Wawu Mountain. The people of Shangfen Village have guarded the huge treasure for generations. Even if they die, they will be buried in the mountain.
, the soul guards the treasure, and the treasure is in the 'mountains, mountains, and water'. If what the old woman said is true, then the ancestors of the people in Shangfen Village should be buried here," the old man said.
"I wonder if we can still find the villagers of Shangfen Village. If we can, all our doubts will be solved." Wang Zhishui said.
"Is the treasure in the ancient temple?" Xiangyu asked.
"I don't know. At that time, Professor Chen said that the old woman was talking nonsense, so we left without listening to her," the old man said.
When Zhang Jisheng and Wang Zhishui heard what the old man said, they both took a few steps forward, arrived in front of the old man, and started chatting with him, probably because they wanted to know more about Shangfen Village.
But I didn't move. I stayed where I was, staring at the piece of gold silk wrapped around the blue skull on the ground. For some reason, it felt very familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere before, but I couldn't remember it.
I'm sure I've seen this thing before. That feeling of familiarity is like when you clearly want to say something, but when the words come to your lips, you suddenly forget them. It's very uncomfortable.
The golden silk fabric was slightly dazzling in the sunlight, and I looked at it in a daze.
Zhang Jisheng and Wang Zhishui talked with the old man for a while, but probably didn't get any valuable information, so they returned to the place where we excavated the porcelain jars and said to Xiangyu and me: "Let's bury all the porcelain jars first."
Go down, and when you get out in the future, report this situation to the country and let a professional archaeological team do the excavation. The most important thing for us now is to find the ancient temple."
A few of us rewrapped the blue skull and put it back into the porcelain jar. At this time, while everyone was not paying attention, I secretly took out the piece of gold silk on my hand and stuffed it into my pocket.
This series of actions probably took less than three seconds. I didn't have time to think about it, and I didn't even know what my purpose was. I just did it subconsciously.
Just when we were about to bury the porcelain jar in the soil again, the old man standing next to us suddenly shouted: "Be careful, there is a big spider behind you."
The four of us looked back at the same time and saw a huge spider crawling towards us.
The spider was so huge that we all froze in place and forgot to run for a moment.
Its body is about the size of an adult man's fist, but its legs are extremely long. The entire body is estimated to be nearly one meter in size, making it look very scary.
"It's a tarantula, everyone, run." Xiangyu reacted first, she shouted and ran away.
We all came to our senses instantly and ran out of the tombs.
Who would have thought that there was not just one spider, but a large swarm that appeared at some point and were now attacking us from all directions.
"What to do? Tarantulas are poisonous to a certain extent, especially the irritating stinging hairs on their abdomens. When attacked, they will use their hind legs to sweep these stinging hairs away. Once they are exposed to this natural
If you use itching powder, your whole body will itch unbearably, but once you scratch it, it will be excruciatingly painful." Xiangyu said. "Although this kind of tarantula is originally very large, it has grown to such a large size.
, and it’s really rare for so many people to gather together.”
"Their obvious target is us, what should we do now?" Zhang Jisheng said.
"Thirty-six strategies, the best thing is to run, let's run first. Otherwise, it will be miserable if we get caught with that kind of hair." Wang Zhishui said, and ran away.