Chapter 171: Excavations begin
"Eyesight is good?"
Professor Pan looked at him suspiciously.
Su Chen said with a smile: "The situation here is very complicated, if you have a few seniors, it is better for me to explore the way in front." ”
"Well, let's go down and have a look, and the others will inform everyone and explore the neighborhood. One of the old men said.
"That's fine. ”
Everyone thought about it and agreed.
Although most of the excavation tools were not brought, after all, they were all professionals, and some basic equipment for archaeology was almost complete.
High-strength flashlights, magnifying glasses, hiking boots, shovels, etc.
is the truth, at first glance when he saw these equipment, Su Chen thought it was a tomb robber.
But after thinking about it, archaeology is sometimes no different from tomb robbing, perhaps the difference is that one is legal and the other is illegal.
"Master, I'll go with you too. Guo Jun's face was full of confusion in the back, but when he saw that everyone was ready, he couldn't help but say in the end.
Professor Pan glanced at him helplessly, thought for a while, and said to everyone: "It is my unsuccessful apprentice who still has some achievements in archaeology. Then he said to Guo Jun: "Then you prepare, I don't know what the situation is yet." ”
"Yes, thank you, master. Guo Jun nodded excitedly, and then glanced at Su Chen with a little provocation, but found that Su Chen didn't bird him at all, which made him very frustrated.
After everyone was fully armed, Su Chen opened the way at the front and led everyone in.
In addition to Liu Qingyuan and Professor Pan, only Guo Jun and two other tall and strong men accompanied him, as for the other two seniors, they did not come down with them, after all, they are all elderly, if they can't take care of it, something happens, and this archaeological work is estimated to be unable to continue.
This cave is not a natural formation, but a temporary passage that appeared after the second collapse, so its structure is not in the design of the original tomb mausoleum, so the situation ahead is not easy to speculate.
The entire tomb passage has a rotten atmosphere, but it is already very light.
"It is indeed the tomb style of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the scale is at least the royal level!"
As they moved forward slowly, Professor Pan and Liu Qingyuan stopped and stopped, constantly studying, and the excitement in their eyes became stronger and stronger.
Su Chen didn't have much research on tombs or anything, but his eyes were good at finding the age and dynasties, and judging from some of the facilities of this tomb, the time was at least more than a thousand years.
"Old Liu, Professor Pan, the road ahead is blocked, it should be caused by a landslide. ”
After turning for more than half an hour, there was suddenly no road ahead, but under Su Chen's super eyesight, he still found a small hole that had been dug out manually.
This should have been dug up by the group of tomb robbers.
Several people gathered around it, and the small hole was just big enough for one person to bend over, and the surrounding soil was very new, apparently newly dug during this time.
"Do you want to go out here and have a look, I think, as long as we go out of this cave, we can roughly determine the size of this tomb group at that time, which will be of great help to the official excavation work. ”
Professor Pan suggested with some emotion.
"Well, this group of tomb robbers still has some skills. Liu Qingyuan thought about it, nodded, and agreed to this proposal.
At this time, the two old men agreed, and the group had to bend down and start walking out from here.
In fact, if you don't go from here, there is no other way, after all, the road ahead is blocked, unless they go back the way they came.
The distance of this hole is not very long, but halfway through the walk, everyone found that the back was also blocked.
Gunpowder!
Su Chen's nose twitched a few times, and then he smelled a very faint smell of saltpeter.
"This place must have been blown up by those tomb robbers. Su Chen's eyes wandered on both sides and said.
"It seems that they are planning not to come back here, so they simply destroyed the traces. Liu Qingyuan thought about it and said.
Professor Pan's face was a little disappointed: "It seems that we have to re-explore, and now we will waste almost a day." ”
Because it was a newly dug hole, there was nothing to look at, so after discussing it, everyone began to return the same way.
It's just that when Su Chen was leaving, he accidentally stepped on an object under his feet, and when he picked it up, he found that it was a jade pendant with a very modern shape.
"This jade pendant ......"
Su Chen looked at this jade pendant made of high glutinous parrot green, and was slightly stunned.
How did he feel that this jade pendant was somewhat familiar.
When the group walked out, the time was only an hour and a half.
"Lao Pan, Lao Liu, what's the situation inside?" As soon as they came out, the few archaeological seniors who stayed outside couldn't wait to ask.
"I didn't find anything, the impact of the collapse is very great, it seems that we can only start from scratch, Lao Sun, our task this time is very heavy, I think, it is estimated that the second half of today will be consumed here." ”
Professor Pan shook the dirt off his body and said with a smile.
"Actually, it would have helped us in our excavation efforts if we could find the source of the grave robbers, but the guys blew up the hole. ”
Su Chen was still holding the jade pendant in his hand, this thing, the more he looked at it, the more familiar it became, it must have been something he had seen recently.
But how is this possible?
Most of the people he knew during this time were in Jinnan, how could people from Jinnan appear here.
After thinking for a while, Su Chen took the jade pendant away, and did not choose to tell Liu Qingyuan about it, his intuition told him that there must be a secret in it.
"Let's go, let's go back to work after the comrades from the Geological Survey Bureau come over and the excavation tools are all moved. Liu Qingyuan said.
The archaeological work was very boring, and in the afternoon of the same day, the other two archaeological teams also came to She County.
Su Chen probably counted, there were nearly hundreds of people in this entire archaeological team, especially one of them, half of the members of the team were women, and they were young and beautiful women.
This surprised Su Chen.
You must know that the work of archaeology is really boring, and it is very tiring, basically even the old men can hold on, and when I didn't see it before, there were only a few girls.
At this time, a group of warblers and Yanyan suddenly appeared, which immediately attracted the attention of the men of the entire archaeological team.
Especially the woman who led the archaeological team, in her twenties, although she was wearing the somewhat rigid clothes of the archaeological team, she still couldn't hide her pretty appearance, and in terms of figure and appearance, she was not inferior to Lin Wanqing at all, and she looked very enthusiastic and very leader.
Such a superb beauty appeared in the archaeological team, which made everyone have a sense of disobedience.
"That's the archaeological team from Jinling, that beautiful woman, it is said that she belongs to the Cultural Relics Protection Association. A man whispered.
"The Antiquities Society?"
"It's not a cultural relics association, it's a cultural relics protection association...... Hehe, these two are not the same. ”
"What's the difference? ”
"Then you don't understand, this cultural relics protection association can only be regarded as a half-private and half-public organization. It is said that it was founded spontaneously by a group of people with lofty ideals in the beginning, with the purpose of protecting some of our precious historical relics from being damaged, and sometimes they went abroad to participate in large-scale auctions to purchase some precious cultural relics left behind for historical reasons for our country. However, I heard that there have been some problems in the development in recent years, and the organization may be about to close. ”
"That's ...... so"
Su Chen was slightly stunned when he heard this, but he was a little curious about this cultural relics protection association.
However, he did not go up directly to talk, but went back to the room first, and drew a detailed sketch according to his memory.
Then he came to Liu Qingyuan's room.
"Su Xiaoyou, I haven't rested yet, I ran for a day today. Liu Qingyuan was sorting out the information, and when he saw Su Chen coming, he asked with a smile.
"Elder Liu, this is the sketch I drew about the tomb I entered today, and the passage that the tomb robber dug up, thinking about it, it should be of some help to tomorrow's exploration. ”
Su Chen handed the sketch in his hand to Liu Qingyuan.
"This ...... Have you memorized all the routes today?" Liu Qingyuan asked with some astonishment as he looked at the detailed road map in his hand.
"My memory is pretty good, and I remember it as I walk. Su Chen said with a smile, and then pointed to the location of a mark in the upper right corner, "This place, I guess should be the starting point of the tomb robbers' excavation." ”
Looking at the road map in his hand, Liu Qingyuan was slightly excited: "Su Xiaoyou, you have been a great help, as long as we confirm that this location is true tomorrow, we will soon be able to start the excavation work!"
When Su Chen left, Liu Qingyuan found the leader of this archaeological operation and informed him of the incident.
Early the next morning, after breakfast, at seven o'clock, the entire archaeological team of nearly 100 people set out on the road again, first by bus to a barren mountain, and then by that difficult mountain road.
Along the way, Su Chen didn't say much, but it was Guo Jun, jumping up and down, and from time to time he ran to the archaeological team where half of the members were women.
It's just that people don't want to deal with him, and this guy has touched the wall a few times, but he has been honest.
"It's a fucking hard mountain road. Guo Jun ran into a wall at the beauty, and he was a little unhappy, and scolded and scolded.
However, when he said this, everyone agreed that this mountain road is indeed difficult to walk.
Su Chen didn't feel anything, he was a dark powerhouse, and his body speed was much stronger than ordinary people, and this rugged mountain road was like a flat road under his feet.