Chapter 82: Jade Guanyin
Not only Wu Zhongyuan was excited, but Wang Xinran could not suppress the excitement in his heart, the head and body of the porcelain doll were not far away, which showed that Wu Zhongyuan's previous analysis was correct, this porcelain doll was washed out of the grave by the rain, and it didn't take long to rush out.
Searching along the winding ravine, I soon found another porcelain doll, half-buried in the sand, with some weeds attached to it.
This porcelain doll was discovered by Wu Zhongyuan, and after picking it up, he looked carefully and found that this porcelain doll was also a porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty, with a complete shape, and the doll found before was of the same type, all of which were funeral dolls, but the shape was slightly different, this doll was holding a windmill with a happy smile on her face.
Wu Zhongyuan was not only excited at this time, but also rejoiced, because the appearance of the second porcelain doll showed that it was closer to the grave of Qian Yunzhi's young son, in addition, this doll was complete, and if it was seen by nearby farmers, it would definitely be picked up, which also indirectly showed that no one had come here after the tomb was destroyed by the rain.
"Look, there. Wang happily cheered.
Wu Zhongyuan raised his head when he heard the sound, and looked north according to Wang Xinran's point, only to see a large number of artifacts piled up in the mountain col in the north, including porcelain dolls, most of which were buried in the sand, and only a small part of them was exposed.
The pile of artifacts was only a dozen meters away from the two, Wang Xinran finished shouting, and ran over first, although Wu Zhongyuan was very excited, but he walked over, and at this time, he was already half sure in his heart, because there were gold and silver utensils among those utensils, if someone found them, they would definitely all be dug up and taken away, and no part would be left.
When Wu Zhongyuan walked over, Wang Xinran had already begun to dig the pile of artifacts buried in the sand with his bare hands, and while digging, he said, "It's dangerous." β
Wu Zhongyuan did not dig with Wang Xinran, but looked up to observe the situation above, the location of the pile of artifacts scattered is not at the bottom of the ditch, the rainwater flowing from the upstream is from the side of the pair of artifacts to the downstream, in front of this pile of artifacts is a relatively steep mountain wall, about five meters high, some small shrubs grow on the stone wall, in the upper area of the middle of the mountain wall, there is a circular hole, the diameter is about one meter, at this time the hole of the circular hole is blocked, and what is blocked is a wooden coffin that has decayed and brokenγ
At the same time that Wu Zhongyuan looked up, Wang Xinran had dug up a lot of utensils from the sand mound, most of which were gold and silver utensils, most of which were living utensils, including gold cups, gold bowls, silver plates, and silver chopsticks.
In addition to these, there are several porcelain dolls, which are of different shapes and hold different utensils in their hands, but without exception are playful postures and happy expressions.
"If we come a few days late, the consequences are unimaginable. Wang Xin was then afraid.
"We should be thankful that this is not the season for farming, nor is it the season for chopping wood. Wu Zhongyuan looked up at the circular hole in the stone wall above, the round hole was completely blocked by the coffin inside, which means that the coffin inside is larger than the round hole, in this case, how did the coffin be put in?
Wang Xinran didn't know that Wu Zhongyuan had made a new discovery, and was still busy with her head down, until Wu Zhongyuan pulled her, and she followed Wu Zhongyuan's line of sight and saw the circular hole in the stone wall under the cover of shrubs.
"It turned out that these things were rushing down from above. Wang said happily,
"It's very high, so you shouldn't rush there even if it's raining heavily. Wu Zhongyuan said.
"Don't worry about that, do you want to look for the bottom first, or do you want to find the top first?" Wang happily looked up, looking for a climbing route.
"Split up. After Wu Zhongyuan finished speaking, he jumped up, climbed a protruding rock near the round hole with one hand, and observed the coffin in the grotto closely.
But the grotto is round, while the coffin is square, and the volume of the coffin is larger than the opening of the grotto, and after several attempts, it has never been possible to drag the coffin out of the grotto.
Looking around the grotto, there are no traces of inlaid compression, how did this coffin be put in the first place?
said that it was a separate action, Wang Xinran had no intention of continuing to dig and tidy up, and kept looking up, and saw that Wu Zhongyuan couldn't drag the coffin out, so he reminded, "Is there another hole?"
Wang Xinran's reminder did remind Wu Zhongyuan, give up dragging and climb to the top of the stone wall, and sure enough, he found that the peak where the grotto is located is a lonely peak, only more than five meters high, and on the north side of the lonely peak is a large area of mountains that are level with the mountain peak or even higher than it, there may have been a heavy rain earlier, a large amount of rain washed down from the north, part of it flowed into the ravine on the right, and some rushed to the peak.
The mountain is crossed from north to south, and there is a hole on the north side of the peak, but this hole is square and about two meters in diameter, and a large amount of silt has accumulated in this hole.
"Did you find anything?" Wang Xinran shouted from below.
"Yes. Wu Zhongyuan replied, he guessed that Qian Yunzhi would not bury his young son too far, nor would he bury his young son in the shadows, but he did not expect that Qian Yunzhi would hollow out the mountain peak to place the coffin, and the location of this lonely peak was located directly in front of Qian Yunzhi's tomb.
Although there were also a large number of funeral goods under the mountain wall, Wang Xinran was more concerned about what was in the coffin, gave up his work, and went around to the top of the cliff, where Wu Zhongyuan was digging the mud in the square hole with his bare hands.
"It turned out to be the right one. Wang Xinran suddenly realized.
"Yes," Wu Zhongyuan said, "I only thought that he would not bury his young son in the shadows, nor would he let his young son out of his sight, but I didn't expect that he would dig a mountain as a grave, this is the best of both worlds, but the amount of work is huge." β
"Yes, this mountain peak is seven or eight meters long from north to south, and it is not easy to carve out such a large space. Wang happily wanted to light a cigarette, but after touching his pocket, he remembered that the cigarette had long been smoked, and since there was no cigarette to smoke, he simply reached out to help.
"If you want to bury someone, you just need to dig a hole, why dig another one from the south?" Wang Xinran wondered.
"It's not just the love of the son, but also out of feng shui considerations," Wu Zhongyuan picked up a gold ingot from the mud he took out, threw it aside, and continued to dig, "There are many differences between the yang house and the yin house, one of them is that the yang house has doors and windows, and the yin house has doors and no windows, and there are doors and no windows. The round hole on the south side was supposed to be camouflaged, but it was weathered and crispy, and the water poured in from the north gate, breaking directly out of the window, and washing out part of the burial goods inside. β
"Why don't you open the door from the south, what's the point about this?" Wang Xinran asked casually.
Wu Zhongyuan shook his head, "This doesn't seem to be a big deal, but Qian Yunzhi's grave is in the north, he probably hopes that his child can go home when he opens the door, and he can see the scenery in the distance when he opens the window." β
Although Wu Zhongyuan's statement has no basis, Wang Xinran still accepted this explanation, because there were too many burial goods in the tomb, which shows Qian Yunzhi's love for this young son, and this also indirectly explains why Qian Yunzhi was hit and depressed after the death of his young son.
The two worked together and quickly dug up the coffin, Wu Zhongyuan grabbed the coffin and pulled it outward, but there was also mud around the coffin, and he couldn't drag it.
Only one person can be allowed to stretch out his hand here, Wang Xinran couldn't help, so he climbed the stone wall and went down to the south, kicked vigorously with his feet, and Wu Zhongyuan pulled vigorously from the north, and the two worked together to finally drag the coffin out.
Compared to ordinary coffins, this coffin appears to be very small, and it is obviously used to bury children.
When Wu Zhongyuan prayed silently and apologized to the deceased, Wang Xinran couldn't wait to lift the lid of the coffin.
Due to ventilation, the corpses in the coffin have been completely decomposed, even the white bones have been crisped, and the clothes have long been turned into dust.
At a glance, there are no spirit stones.
Just when Wu Zhongyuan was disappointed, Wang Xinran pinched out something from the corner of the coffin, and since it was pinched, it was naturally not very big.
Wu Zhongyuan fixed his eyes and took a closer look, only to see that Wang Xinran was holding a Guanyin pendant made of Hetian jade, looking at the jade color, it was undoubtedly carved from a spirit stone, but it was very small, maybe less than ten grams, only a quarter of the size of other spirit stones......