One thing surprised You Fang, a "big expert". The light should be at the location of the three ancient tombs that were blown up yesterday. He had been to this valley during the day, and it didn't have the same atmosphere as this huge Feng Shui bureau.
The location of the Spiritual Pivot. Although it is said that the Earthly Energy Spiritual Pivot can only be determined by the actual induction of spiritual consciousness, but with You Fang's understanding of Feng Shui, you can basically determine the location of the Earthly Eye after observing the surrounding mountains and rivers.
Most Feng Shui masters in the world have not mastered spiritual sense or spiritual consciousness, and determining the earth's eye relies on surveying the terrain and calibrating Qi.
The eye of the valley should be about fifty meters above the ancient tomb, where the gently extending foot of the mountain meets the steeply rising cliff. The opposite Tanlang Giant Peak is surrounded by dragons and tigers on both sides.
The forest and the open valley in the center form an independent Feng Shui Yuan Bureau, like a paradise, which is theoretically the most suitable place for recuperation.
But there is a flaw in this valley, that is, it lacks water. There is no spring at the mouth of the water. There are only intermittent mountain streams on both sides of the mountain ridges in the distance. On the other hand, if this valley is cultivated, it will also be most susceptible to disasters during the rainy season.
Floods make it unsuitable for resettlement of villages. Even though it is fertile land, the harvest is difficult to guarantee.
After all, You Fang is not an ordinary Feng Shui master. He was surprised for a moment and then an idea flashed in his mind, and he understood the reason. That ancient tomb was more than two thousand years ago. The terrain here was different at that time from today. At that time, this valley
The location of the earth's spiritual hub is there. And the ground of the valley we see today is at least tens of meters or even nearly a hundred meters higher than it was two thousand years ago. It should be that the surrounding rain has continued to carry sediment for thousands of years.
The most important cause may be one or several large-scale flash floods.
After inspecting the ancient tombs in this area, my brother-in-law concluded that this may be the ancestral place of a certain lineage of nobles in Southern Chu and the place where they prospered and thrived during thousands of years of war. The topography here could not have been what it is today.
Either the natural environment forms a perfect structure, or there are artificial water conservancy, flood control and irrigation facilities to make the place suitable for farming and living. That would be a real paradise.
You Fang understood the heart disk on the south tower of Chenzhou. Although he has not used the heart disk technique now, he still has his eyesight and experience. Although he has not used the heart disk technique, he has deduced such a conclusion. What is in that ancient tomb?
It awakened the dormant vitality of the entire valley, and vaguely sensed the movement of the earth's energy spiritual hub more than two thousand years ago. Moreover, the ancient tomb should be sealed by Yin Qi. How could there be such a sense of vitality after opening it? You Fang
Now I am even more curious.
The ancient tomb was exploded the day before yesterday. He had been nearby to watch the excitement during the day, but he did not notice anything unusual. The reason was partly because there were too many people and the clutter was too disturbing, and partly because the sun had not yet set.
The smell of the sky and the surrounding vegetation is relatively strong, covering up this feeling. Only in the dead of night when everything is immersed in darkness can this vitality, which is similar to the stretching of spiritual consciousness, be noticed.
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Many people in modern times have great misunderstandings about archaeological excavations. Their understanding is still based on the looting and destruction excavations carried out by so-called Western explorers around the world in the last century. Many cultural relics and sites in the world were "discovered" in this way.
It was also destroyed forever.
Tomb robbers do everything for profit, but one of the biggest difficulties faced by contemporary cultural relic workers in the rescue and protection of ancient monuments is the lack of funds.
Archaeological excavation and cultural relic protection themselves will not bring direct economic benefits, but require social investment. Not all places with ancient monuments are suitable for the development of tourism projects like the Qin Mausoleum, and excessive commercial development and historic monument protection themselves are harmful.
There are huge contradictions, and if they are not handled well, they will cause a second man-made destruction.
One of the most serious misunderstandings that many people today have is that they do not understand the procedures for protective excavation of cultural relics. In fact, archaeologists like Chi Muduo do not have the right to excavate any ancient tomb privately, and the survey of any cultural relic site must
The plan needs to be reported and approved before it can be implemented. Field excavation work often only results from the rescue of damaged monuments.
In the 1950s, under the instigation of Wu Han, Guo Moruo and others, the central government approved the opening of Dingling. At that time, it was strongly opposed by many cultural relics workers. Later it was proved that it was also a wrong lesson, causing many irreparable losses.
loss.
Tonight, Chi Muduo had to lead a team to rescue and clean up three damaged ancient tombs overnight, because he knew that as soon as the archaeological team left, all the things here that survived the blasts would be looted and destroyed by the villagers again.
, I don’t know where it will end up, and valuable cultural information will be lost forever.
But the feeling of cleaning these three ancient tombs was very strange. The team members first started cleaning the suspected burial tombs on both sides, but found no burial objects in the tombs, only two bones without coffins, and some traces of silk fabrics.
The research on ancient silk fabrics does not necessarily require seeing real silk fabrics. The possibility of such things being preserved is too small. Chi Muduo observed the texture of the textiles on the decayed dust beside the bones that had not been touched for two thousand years.
trace.
This may be leftover from the clothes worn by the bones. More than two thousand years later, these ancient silk fabrics have long decayed, but they have left traces on the dust in the tomb. Chi Muduo has never seen this kind of weaving method, and it is still clear
The exquisite and unusual embroidery patterns of birds and animals can be identified, and the superb embroidery technology is incredible.
Chi Muduo crawled in the tomb, using a cold light source to examine inch by inch with a magnifying glass, and then used a high-definition digital camera to take photos and keep them. He felt a little lucky in his heart. It seemed that the tomb robbers had not had time to enter, otherwise they would have picked up the bones to find the victims.
In Chi Muduo's opinion, the most valuable trace information will be wiped out forever. Fortunately, the bricks and soil did not fall near the bones when the villagers blew up the tomb, otherwise the information on these ancient silk fabrics and textile craftsmanship would not be preserved.
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But the two tombs were very strange. Judging from the traces of rotten dust near the bones, no one had touched them at all, but no coffin was found. After cleaning, analysis and identification revealed that the bones on the left and the right belonged to a young man and woman.
, the other items were only two bronze swords, which did not look like burial objects. Judging from the traces of falling to the ground, they looked like they were held in the hands of those two people.
Chi Muduo made an astonishing inference that the two men were not buried after death, but they drew their swords and committed suicide in the tomb through some special ceremony. Why did they do this? Did they want to die after their death?
Do you use souls to protect the central tomb? It is normal for the ancients to have this idea, especially in the Nanchu area where various strange witchcraft and blessing techniques were popular.
There are two bronze swords. One is wider and thicker, about fifty-seven centimeters long, and the other is thinner and narrower, about fifty-four centimeters long. There are very exquisite carvings of auspicious animals on the sword spine, which seem to be male and female.
A pair, the most special thing is that there are two ancient Chu seals inlaid with gold on each sword grid. Chi Muduo didn't recognize the characters for a moment. This is the first written material that he has seen after so many days of rescue and excavation.
Extremely valuable information.
Bronze wares are much more resistant to corrosion than iron wares, and most of them are preserved in better conditions. However, they will also decay rapidly after being unearthed. Firstly, it is difficult to preserve the scabbard, and secondly, there will be a layer of salt-like frost on the surface of the wares.
It seems that what ingredients have been separated out. The thickness, color, and shape of this layer of "frost" are related to the metal composition of the artifact, the age of storage, the conditions of excavation, the preservation environment, and the surface treatment process. The difference is very large and not absolute. In some cases, it is not absolute until now.
It's not explained clearly so far.
However, these two swords have been preserved very well. Not only have they not been frosted at all since they were unearthed, they have not even been covered with a layer of hazy fog that is most common on the surface of metal objects. Their luster has not been lost at all, and the blades are extremely sharp and shimmer with a cold light.
Chi Muduo directed the team members to carefully put away the two swords and try not to touch the bones after taking pictures. According to general principles, the tombs need to be sealed in place and the robbery hole should be buried and restored to its original state as much as possible.
The subsequent cleaning work confirmed Chi Muduo's guess. The two strange tombs were actually connected with the main tomb, but they were not just side chambers, because the corridor between them was very narrow, let alone people.
, not even a cat can get through. The most reasonable inference is that this is for the souls after death to enter and exit.
For archaeologists, it does not matter whether they are atheists or not. The conclusions they draw must be based on the thinking of the ancients.
Then the most difficult work of cleaning the main tomb began. This time the cleaning was different from the usual situation and might be dangerous. Because the top of the tomb had been blown down, Chi Muduo had to go down and clean up the fallen rubble bit by bit.
and soil, if a second landslide occurs at this time, it is likely to bury him. The usual procedure is to dig out the soil layer on the surface of the ground, and then carry out excavation and cleaning, but in the current situation, it is too late.
Chi Muduo did not let other team members take risks and decided to go down by himself. You Chengyuan could not stop her husband and could only decide to go down with him. If something happened, he could pull him to evacuate quickly. While they were discussing here, they heard someone shouting at the foot of the mountain.
: "Sister Cheng Yuan, I am Xu Kai, I have brought you food."
You Fang arrived. He shouted hello in advance because he hadn't expected so many things when they broke up. He informed his sister that he had used a pseudonym in the village and would not reveal any flaws when he spoke later. You Chengyuan heard this voice and said,
She looked overjoyed and whispered in her husband's ear: "It's Chengcheng who has arrived. His alias is Xu Kai. I don't know what happened. Please listen to what I have to say later and don't expose any flaws."
Several other archaeological team members were shocked. Who could have come here in the dark in the middle of the night? Fortunately, he shouted before going up the mountain. It seemed that he was an acquaintance of You Chengyuan, otherwise he would not have been able to get out of here suddenly.
Are you scared? Those who do archaeology are not afraid of ghosts, but of living people with ulterior motives.
Looking further down the mountain, a young man walked up. Wow, he had three chickens and two rabbits in his hands. They were all washed and peeled. There was also a big black pot and a plastic bag. The plastic bag contained pepper, salt, onion, ginger and other seasonings.
. He really provided help in times of need. Everyone was tired and hungry at this point. The archaeological team’s field camp had gas tanks and steamers, but there were not many things prepared. They could only make rice and pickled mustard to satisfy their hunger. There was plenty to eat.
I still have to go back to the village.
I haven't had time to cook since I was so busy during the day, but now someone has brought such a sumptuous dinner. The chicken in You Fang's hand was stolen from the village, and the blood was bled to perform calligraphy on the wall of the village committee.
The rabbit was caught by chance in the mulberry forest. It was an authentic game. As for the seasonings, they were brought by You Chengyuan in his big travel bag. He also took a few pieces of ginger drying in the yard of Dabao's house and pulled out a few small roots in the field.
Young green onions.
You Chengyuan has already greeted you: "Xu Kai, you are finally here. You have been gone during the day, why didn't you come together?"
You Fang smiled bitterly and said: "I went into the valley with you. When I saw the attitude at that time, I didn't dare to come. I was afraid that I would be photographed by the villagers with a hoe together with you, so I pretended to be an antique dealer who came to the mountain to collect goods and lived in the village guest house. What if
If something really happened to you, it would be nice if someone informed you! I didn't see you come back until midnight. If you feel uneasy, I'll come over and have a look, and give you some food by the way. Are you all hungry?"
You Chengyuan turned back to Chi Muduo and explained: "I met Xu Kai in Guidong City. I heard that we found such a large group of ancient Chu tombs here. I was very interested and wanted to come over to see it. We have many people here.
It was not enough, so I brought him here."
Chi Muduo smiled and said: "Xu Kai, didn't you switch your career to collection and appraisal? Why are you still interested in archaeological excavation? Come and see for yourself, I'm afraid you have never seen such a large distribution of tombs in the pre-Qin and Han dynasties.
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You Fang replied: "I am very interested in this business, but I can't bear the hardship of working for many years. It is still easy to do collection and appraisal. I have always admired Director Chi very much!"
Chi Muduo explained to several other archaeological team members that Xu Kai was also a colleague. They had worked together in archaeological excavations in Xinjiang before. Later, they stopped doing field excavations and switched to collection and appraisal. They were considered old friends.
He had long been accustomed to the various tricks played by You Chengyuan and his brother, and they tacitly understood the lie. Since Director Chi said this, the archaeological team members could not doubt anything.
You Chengyuan stepped forward and introduced the other archaeological team members to you, including Zhong Yi, a 36- and 7-year-old male team member from Bo, Hunan Province, Zhang Renyun, a male team member in his forties, from the Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau, and a male team member in his early thirties.
Zhu Dayou and Jiang Xiafei, another female member of the archaeological team, work at the county museum and archaeological work station.
Jiang Xiafei is twenty-seven or eight years old. Her hometown is in a nearby mountainous area. She has a figure similar to that of You Chengyuan and is half a head taller than most local women. She has the freshness and beauty unique to girls in the mountains, but her temper is a bit carefree.
He patted You Fang on the shoulder and said, "What a handsome guy! Cheng Yuan, didn't you say you were going to bring your brother to introduce me to me this time? Why did you change the person?"
You Chengyuan: "I don't know what my brother is doing. I couldn't get through the phone in Guangzhou. I happened to meet Xu Kai on the way back. Our relationship is also very good, almost like biological siblings."
Next, the cleaning work was suspended, and everyone set up a simple gas stove and started to stew chicken soup. A bonfire was lit over there to roast rabbits. The alluring aroma filled the foot of the mountain, making people drool after smelling it. It was cold and tense here.
The dark night added a warm and relaxing atmosphere, and everyone's fatigue from the day seemed to be relieved a lot.
Everyone gathered around You Fang and asked about the situation in the village. You Fang introduced in detail the bizarre explosion that occurred in the village and the police investigation. Finally, he comforted everyone and said: "The villagers can't do anything for a while. Tomorrow, a large number of police will enter the village.
Searching for explosives from house to house and asking about the case."
Jiang Xiafei: "Great, I can finally live in peace for a few days! Thank God, Feiju Village has finally received its retribution! I hope the police will catch those tomb robbers."
Zhu Dayou frowned and asked: "Who did the arson and bombings? You didn't hear any news in the village?"
You Fang shrugged: "It's my first day here, so how do I know anything about the situation? When I ran back with the villagers, the village committee had long been destroyed by the bomb, and I saw those words on the wall. They must be from people here.
You have committed too many sins and you will be punished."
Zhu Dayou shook his head and said: "We are archaeologists. We have never seen anything. How can we believe this?"
You Fang disagreed: "It doesn't matter whether we believe it or not. That's the police's business. Can such a vicious incident not be investigated carefully? If we really go through the sieve in the village, it's one thing whether the arson case can be solved. I'm afraid those grave robbing cases will have to be investigated.
It’s all gone.”
While they were talking, the chicken soup was stewed and the rabbit was roasted. Jiang Xiafei took out several stainless steel vegetable basins and aluminum lunch boxes from the tent, and everyone ate together. However, You Fang said that he had already eaten and was not hungry, so he stood up and asked
Chi Muduo said: "How is the cleanup going? Is there anything you need help with?"
You Chengyuan said: "The main tomb is a bit dangerous. The dome of the tomb collapsed. No one has gone down yet for fear of another collapse."
You Fang walked nearby and looked down: "No problem, I'll go down."
You Chengyuan asked: "Are you sure there is no problem?"
You Fang nodded firmly and winked at his sister: "If I go down, there should be no problem. If you help hold the rope up there, there will be no danger at all."
You Chengyuan took the opportunity and said to Chi Muduo: "I think when we were doing excavations in Xinjiang, Xu Kai was the most agile and the most skillful. He was much better than you and me. Why don't we let him go down and have a look at the situation first.
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You Fang really wanted to go down, and he was the first to go down. From the valley to this place, the strange feeling in his consciousness has always been there, but it has not become stronger because of the distance. It has always remained as if there was any.
The vague and subtle state of Ruowu is the resonance of this feng shui structure as a whole, and the spiritual inspiration that inspires it comes from the tomb.
In this tomb, there must be phenomena that are difficult for ordinary people to understand and detect. When I was chatting just now, my brother-in-law told me about the strange discovery of cleaning two accompanying tombs. You Fang was very shocked. Could it be that people more than 2,000 years ago performed some kind of magic?
An incredible secret method that left some kind of message to future generations?