You Fang opened his mouth and said, "Whose house is this?"
You Chengyuan: "Village director's house! Don't just stare at this wall. The mountains and rivers in this village are deep."
After walking a few steps forward, he passed by a house with several free-range chickens in the yard. You Fang stopped and was surprised again: "Sister, look at the basin of chicken food. If I'm not mistaken, it's missing.
The pottery beans on the base are still painted pottery!”
The so-called bean is an ancient food container, shaped like a plate with a base. The painted pottery you saw, both in terms of decoration and shape, was at least two thousand years ago. The base has
It is damaged but the shape of the upper container is basically intact. The price of this thing in the antique market is not very high. It can only be sold for a few hundred yuan by experts in Panjiayuan, Beijing. It is not very cost-effective for cultural relic dealers to travel thousands of miles to transport it from here.
, this family is really good at "waste utilization", loading feed for chickens.
You Chengyuan was no longer surprised. He shook his head slightly and said: "There are many such things in the village. They are all burial objects damaged during tomb robberies. Cultural relic dealers will not accept them... Alas, in fact, the value of cultural relics and cultural research value are quite high.
It’s a pity that the original appearance can no longer be seen, even the tombs have been destroyed.”
This village is called Feiju Village. On the way here, people upstream have already heard that there is a large group of ancient tombs in the deep valley nearby. They extend from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Han Dynasty. They are of high standard. They should be the ancestral tombs of nobles of a certain ancient lineage.
, not many historical materials from the time in the Nanchu area have been preserved, and there are few clues for historical research.
There is not much information to verify why such high-standard tombs were built in the deep mountains and lasted for thousands of years. Where do the materials for building tombs come from? Timber and stone can be collected nearby, while other materials need to be brought from outside the mountain.
Ship it in.
It can be seen from the path that You Fang takes today that land transportation must have been extremely difficult two thousand years ago, but there are differences between ancient times and modern times. You Fang not only looked at the map, but also observed the topography of this area. In ancient times, it was possible to walk
By water transport, you can go upstream along the Lei River from the direction of Changsha and Hengyang, get off the boat outside the mountain, and then go over two mountain passes and walk about ten kilometers of mountain roads to reach this place. It should be the most convenient mode of transportation in ancient times.
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Times have changed now. If You Chengyuan and You Fang had come this way from Hengyang, it would have taken at least half a month according to the ancient method. If they were transporting goods and building materials, it would have been even longer. It can be seen that the vast amount of artificial intelligence that stretched for thousands of years at the beginning.
It is speculated that this may be the fiefdom of a certain aristocratic family, or the ancestral place where it made its fortune. This can be explained.
All of this should be an important missing link in the ancient Chu culture, and even involves the specific administrative territory of China in the pre-Qin period. In recent years, many cultural relics scattered to the antique market have gradually attracted the attention of the archaeological department, and only then have professionals
I went to this area for investigation, but unfortunately the tombs I discovered were severely damaged by looting and excavation. Many cultural relics with historical documentary value were either stolen or damaged during the excavation process.
It's a simple truth. The bronzes with inscriptions that have the most documentary value in the archeology of the Pre-Qin and Han Dynasties are also the favorites of tomb robbers. As for other murals, paintings, bamboo slips, and silk books with more historical value, as soon as the tomb is opened, they will be stolen.
If it is damaged, it is difficult to preserve it. And tomb robbers cannot carry out excavations for the purpose of rescue like archaeologists, recording and protecting them at any time. They just try to take away all the valuable things they can.
The mountains here are high and far away, and transportation is inconvenient. The discovery of ancient tombs and theft of cultural relics were all done underground. It was not until last year that it attracted attention, so the archaeological team led by Chi Muduo came. As soon as Chi Muduo arrived, there was
The two biggest surprises are that the tombs in the mountains here are so large in scale, so old, and so valuable! The second is that the rampant tomb robbing here is shocking.
Due to transportation reasons, Feiju Village is the only way to the deep valley. The "work" of illegal excavation is completely monopolized by this village, and no outsiders are allowed to intervene. The young and middle-aged people in this village rarely work in recent years, and they do not
They are engaged in farming or developing local specialties to develop a special economy in mountainous areas, and even the roads into the mountains are deliberately not built. According to You Chengyuan's observation and guessing, almost all the men, women, old and children in this village are underground workers.
Chi Muduo is the deputy director of the Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. Why did he lead a team to the border of Hunan and Jiangxi? Of course he was transferred. This kind of thing is very common in the archaeological and cultural relics protection circles. He once participated in the Warring States Period Chu Tombs in Chenzhou
He has conducted excavations, sorted out archaeological objects and published professional documents. He is also one of the most familiar cultural relic experts in this area.
The archaeological team had an approval document from the provincial cultural relics department and a letter of introduction from the local county and township governments. On the surface, the local village committee was not able to stop their work. Only after arriving here did Chi Muduo feel that the cultural relics here
Protection is not taken seriously at all, and the support from the county and township governments is nothing more than a letter of introduction to the work team. The villagers secretly stare at these cultural relics protection experts like thieves, and You Chengyuan can certainly feel it.
Chi Muduo and the others are not here to dig tombs, but to inspect the distribution of tombs in this area, as well as their cultural relics and cultural value, to determine their age, scale, scope and specific historical relics information, and to conduct research on the ancient tombs that have been robbed and damaged.
Conduct rescue excavations, try to organize and preserve the remaining cultural relics, record their valuable findings, and require local government departments to take protective measures for the place in accordance with the law.
Seeing the colorful pottery beans feeding the chickens in the villagers' courtyard, You Chengyuan looked back and pointed at the courtyard wall of the village director's house and said: "That courtyard was built three years ago. At that time, the family themselves did not realize the mystery of the wall. Later, cultural relic dealers came
With more people in the village, people in the village also understand that if someone comes to the village and doesn't squat under the wall of the village chief's house for a while, they don't want to pay attention to it and think it's not class enough."
You Fang couldn't laugh or cry, but he didn't expect that this wall would, by some coincidence, become a test of the eyesight of cultural relic dealers. This small village with only more than a hundred households is located in a deep mountain with traffic congested. It actually has three small shops and two
There is a small restaurant, and there is also a farmhouse with a guest house sign. It seems that cultural relic dealers from all over the country have flocked here in recent years, and the annual turnover is not small.
You Chengyuan went on to introduce that according to Chi Muduo's on-site investigation, all traces of excavations in the mountains were done by local villagers themselves. They were savagely excavated and even used explosives to directly lift off the top, and the destruction was very thorough. Ordinary tomb robbers would not do this.
Well, most of the time they excavate very technically and only take out the contents, so the damage to the structure of the tomb and the remaining artifacts is not that serious.
The local villagers do not allow any outsiders to interfere. On the one hand, they want to keep it secret, and on the other hand, they are worried that the good things will be stolen by others. Even the cultural relic dealers who come to the village to buy things are not allowed to enter the valley and can only pick out the villagers in the village.
something that comes out.
After hearing this, the tourists had other speculations. The discovery of the ancient tombs and large-scale excavation in this village was definitely very short, that is, it happened in the past few years. Before that, the underground tombs here had been sleeping undiscovered, which is different from the north of Luoyang.
The situation of the "Tomb Robber's Paradise" in the Mangshan area since ancient times is completely different. This is because Chi Muduo almost always found underworld soil in the soil outside the destroyed tombs.
Things like Yin Realm soil not only need a green paste mud layer, but also need to seal in the rich Yin Qi and isolate it for more than a thousand years before it can take shape. Theoretically, the Yin Qi will still condense after being dug out, and the black film will not
It will disappear, but it is not absolute. It will disappear after three to five years when exposed to the air.
In other words, the underground burials here have been well preserved for more than two thousand years, and there are very few traces of tomb robbers. That is why we can see such a large scale and distribution range today. However, in recent years, they have suddenly suffered a catastrophe.
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As he was talking, he walked past the "guest house". Parked on the other side of the courtyard wall was a muddy off-road vehicle with all four tires punctured. You Chengyuan's expression changed suddenly when he saw it, and he shouted.
: "No, something happened! No wonder none of the young adults in this village are here. Come on, follow me to the excavation site!"
Just now he was walking leisurely while talking, but now he was suddenly walking quickly. Carrying a Luoyang shovel weighing more than 80 kilograms, You Chengyuan left the village and walked quickly on the mountain path. You Fang followed closely, carrying a big bag.
: "When I entered the village and saw the smoke, I felt strange. The sun was setting, but few people had a fire to cook! ... Sister, what could happen?"
You Chengyuan: "I have long suspected that there is a mole in the work team. Everything we cleared out is clear to the village. A while ago, we were just picking up the leftover bits and pieces from the tomb robbery. We can still live in peace. What will happen once we unearth it?
Valuable antiques are likely to cause trouble! I reminded your brother-in-law that the villagers here are very unruly and lawless.
Last week when we were carrying out rescue and excavation work here, some villagers dared to set off cannons to blow up tombs at the other end of the valley. Your brother-in-law was so angry that he called the police several times. The township police station also sent police officers, but when they got there, they didn't catch him at all.
People. The villagers think that your brother-in-law has cut off their financial resources, and they secretly hold a grudge against the archaeological team. It is very possible that they will take the opportunity to cause trouble.
Chengcheng, when we get to the place later, if a fight breaks out, I will protect your brother-in-law. Don't be too conspicuous. Mix in the crowd and do secret tricks. Squeeze in the crowd and specifically kick your neck. Be gentle and don't let anyone notice. You can
No matter how many people are knocked down, we won't be able to find out who hurt whom by then. I've been holding back my anger for a long time, so I want to help your brother-in-law breathe a sigh of relief."
Walking south from the village, the terrain is very special. There are continuous mountain peaks in the distance on both sides, and in the middle is a mountain ridge with gently undulating terrain. The top of the mountain ridge is very flat and wide, and both sides slowly extend downward. Judging from the terrain, going left and right
There must be a stream when you go down to the bottom of the valley, and you can occasionally hear the sound of water on the road.
It is surrounded by a dense mulberry forest. This large area of mulberry trees may have been planted by ancient people, and new ones have been planted all over the mountains over the years. But now it has become a wild forest. The mulberry trees are so thick with shrubs and thorns that it is almost impossible to stay. But
There is a road in the forest along the top of the mountain ridge that has obviously been trampled by people. It can barely pass by a walking tractor or a donkey cart.
After walking for about a mile, a clear view suddenly opened up in front of you. You Fang couldn't help but look up and take a deep breath, because the vitality-nurturing spiritual energy gathered here was unusually pure, and his mind was refreshed. Looking from a distance, You Fang remembered
An ancient article "Peach Blossom Spring", this place is so much like a paradise!
After leaving the mulberry forest, the top of the mountain ridge spreads out to form a large flat valley. Surrounded by lush mountains covered with green bamboo on three sides, there is a radius of nearly two miles. In other words, in this deep mountain, there is a nearly two-mile radius.
There are thousands of acres of land that can be cultivated. The tourist looked at the soil under his feet and found that it was all ripe land suitable for farming.
This is a natural geomantic treasure land! In ancient times, it was very suitable for forming the ancestral place of the local noble lineage. It was also very suitable for retreating and protecting oneself in troubled times, and it has continued to thrive for thousands of years. However, the fields that have been cultivated today are not as large as this.
Half of the valley area is surrounded by wild trees and forests, and the early spring seedlings in the cultivated fields are also sparse and carelessly planted.
What makes people even more surprised is that the fields are here, but the village is more than a mile away from the mountain road, and there is no place to build a village here, so why should the villagers choose to go far away? After all, You Fang is good at Feng Shui, and after just a glance,
I understand, this place looks great, but there are huge hidden dangers in concentrated farming, mainly due to water.
This place is located in the Luoxiao Mountains of the South, with abundant rainfall all year round. Especially in the rainy season every year, mountain torrents from three sides converge into this valley, which can easily lead to flooding. The fields here must be frequently flooded. It looks like good farmland suitable for farming, but in fact the harvest
It is very difficult to guarantee. This open and flat valley should be formed by the alluvial accumulation of soil carried by flash floods over the years.
The floodwaters overflowed through the valley and flowed into the mountain stream from both sides of the mountain ridge covered with mulberry forests. The villages a mile away were not harmed.
It can be seen that everything has pros and cons. There is no feng shui situation that is perfect in all aspects, but the pure vitality nourishing aura here is really suitable for you at this time! But in this pure aura, his newly restored consciousness is
I vaguely sensed a trace of yin energy, evil spirit, hostility and impetuous human energy, coming from directly in front of me on the other side of the valley.
The mountains on both sides of the valley are steep and precipitous, and the mountain directly opposite is majestic and majestic. The terrain immediately adjacent to the valley is not very steep. There is a gentler slope that stretches around and extends upward. The traveler has excellent eyesight and can see from a distance.
I saw about a hundred people gathered on the edge of a slope, mostly young and strong men, and there were also a dozen women among them.
Several vegetation on this hillside have been destroyed, and there are several large and small pits on the surface. The light brown soil is exposed, and there are also layers of five-flowered soil lifted up from the ground scattered around. From a distance, it looks like you have ugly psoriasis.
.An isolation belt was stretched with hemp rope around the pit, and three marching tents were set up on the gentle slope of the hillside above, which should be the work site of the archaeological team.
There are about a hundred villagers gathered around the hemp ropes. There are 70 and 80 young and strong men with hoes in their hands. They are menacing. Those who don't know the situation may think that a movie is being filmed here. The ones who appear are the Hoe Gang and more than a dozen women.
At the front, people dancing and dancing didn’t know what they were talking about. The surrounding villagers were excited, and a few people who looked like village cadres were blocking the way to dissuade them.
Behind the hemp rope stood a uniformed policeman with a nervous and helpless face. Behind the policeman were four men, one woman and five archaeological team members, all of whom had pale faces.
You Fang said to You Chengyuan from a distance: "Sister, there are police to maintain order, and there hasn't been any trouble yet. If something really happens, a policeman might not be able to suppress it. Let's not walk together. You go to meet your brother-in-law first, and I'll secretly
Check the situation and if it doesn’t work, send these people back.”
There were more than a hundred aggressive mountain people, but You Fang's tone sounded like he was talking about more than a hundred goats. You Chengyuan frowned and said: "That's fine, there are too many people over there and they are still holding the guy. If something really goes wrong, I will
I'm afraid I won't be able to protect your brother-in-law. If you want to take action, be careful and don't get carried away. After all, a strong dragon cannot overwhelm a local snake."
You Fang nodded and said: "Don't worry, I'm better at Jianghu Piaomen than you. The other people here don't know me, but if there is a spy in your archaeological team, you are responsible for keeping an eye on it. ...
… Someone saw us when we entered the village together. I’ll take the bag first, and you can take the accessories with you.”
It was not easy for others to understand what the siblings said. You Chengyuan took out the accessories of the detector and put it in his pocket, carrying the Luoyang shovel on his back and continuing to stride toward the valley. You Fang disappeared into the sparse forest next to the field, mentioning
Carrying the big bag, he took a detour from the side to the scene of the trouble. He was very fast and arrived before You Chengyuan.
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In front of the crowd, a middle-aged woman in her forties shouted excitedly at the top of her voice: "Folks, these foreigners dug up our ancestral graves, took away the treasures our ancestors left for our village, and even cut our bones."
The feng shui dragon vein of the village must be driven away today!"
Many people nearby shouted: "Get out of here, leave all your things behind! The feng shui of Feiju Village cannot be destroyed... Party Secretary, who are you talking to? Why are you stopping us?"
The village party secretary loudly advised: "If you are making trouble, go back to me. They are sent by the government! What's wrong with the digging? Anyway, the things dug out belong to other people. The government doesn't care if the feng shui is bad. Who of you are here?"
What about promoting feudal superstition?"
It's okay if you don't say this, but if you say it, it is like deliberately adding fuel to the fire. Someone shouted loudly: "The people sent by the government can destroy the feng shui of our people? Isn't that the government of the people? ... Our village also has it.
Where is the government, where is the director of the village committee, where is the director, please come out and say something!"
There was a 27- to 8-year-old female team member in the archaeological team who couldn't help but scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about? Your Feiju Village was moved here less than fifty years ago, and the monuments here are at least two thousand years old. It's unfair to recognize them."
What ancestors!... Are there any people who dig their own ancestral tombs and sell them? Whoever dug up their family's feng shui has ruined the cultural relics here by you. We are rescuing and protecting them!"
Immediately, some people quit, crowded forward, shook their hoe and said: "You are a lesbian, how can you slander us and insult our ancestors? Which of your eyes saw us robbing the tomb?... Mr. Chang, you heard it all."
Right? She falsely accused us, why didn’t you arrest her, and why did you stop us?”