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To be honest, seeing the corpses of dead people in the strange coffins in this gloomy burial chamber is completely different from the bones of dead people seen outside, although Zhuang Rui is an atheist, he can't help but feel a little creepy in his heart. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

It is estimated that Zhuang Rui is the only person in the field who participated in the on-site archaeological excavation for the first time, except for him, others have turned a blind eye to this corpse, and Professor Meng is wearing gloves and has begun to check the teeth of the bones.

Watching Professor Meng directly take out a magnifying glass and put his face on the dead man's skull, Zhuang Rui's hair almost exploded, Zhuang Rui asked himself, I'm afraid I can't be so dedicated.

Archaeologists have to dabble in a wide range of subjects, not only history and chemistry, but also medical anatomy, so that at least they can know whether a dead person died a natural or unnatural death.

"Judging by the degree of wear and tear of this woman's teeth, she should not be very old, no more than thirty years old, could it be a funeral?"

After examining the bones, Professor Meng's face was a little solemn, and everyone present knew that burial with a living person was a common custom in ancient funerals, and some of the deceased's wives and concubines and servants were buried with them, which was called human martyrdom.

The use of living people for burial can be said to be a cruel and barbaric system in ancient China, after the Qin and Han dynasties, it was somewhat restrained, and often replaced by wooden figurines and terracotta figurines, and few people were buried after the Qin and Han dynasties.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, the wind of human martyrdom revived, Ming Taizu set a precedent, Ming Yingzong ended the funeral system, and the Qing Dynasty Emperor Taiji and Shunzhi all had burials, and the Kangxi period ended the martyrdom system of the feudal era.

"Teacher, could it be that he died later and was reburied?"

Dr. Ren disagreed, the people before the Qin and Han dynasties would not be buried so thickly, most of them were a burial pit, burying people alive in it, or driving the martyrs into the tomb, closing the tomb door, and letting them die inside.

Only in the Ming and Qing dynasties, those concubines were allowed to commit suicide, and then they were buried in the tombs on both sides of the emperor with coffins, but it is obvious that this will definitely not be the tomb of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Dr. Ren's reburial after death is also a common practice in the Ming and Qing dynasties, especially in the Qing Dynasty, that is, after the emperor builds the mausoleum, if the queen dies early, he will first place it in it, and wait until the emperor dies, and then open the tomb door to be reburied.

It is precisely because of this that the location of the tomb of the emperor of the Qing Dynasty is the clearest and widely known to the world, otherwise Sun Dianying would not have been so easy to dig up the tombs of Cixi and Qianlong.

Professor Meng shook his head and said, "Impossible, this cliff tomb is difficult to open after the tomb is sealed, it should be a burial, but there can be such a sarcophagus, presumably this woman's identity is also very high......"

The tombs of ancient emperors, especially those of the Qin and Han dynasties and the Yuan dynasty, are extremely secretive, generally only known to the royal family, and the records are also incomplete, only the approximate location, once the tomb is closed, it will never be opened again.

After Professor Meng finished speaking, he searched carefully in the coffin, he wanted to find some objects that could explain the identity of the owner, but unfortunately, except for the burial goods, there were no words.

"Alright, take out all the jade stoppers in the nine orifices, these items are the tomb robbers' favorite ......"

With the excavation of this woman's bones, Professor Meng became more interested in this ancient tomb, and he can now be sure that there is a main burial chamber in it, and even many burial chambers like this, after all, as the owner of the tomb, it is impossible to have only one wife.

In layman's terms: "Nine orifices" refers to the two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, mouth, anterior vulva, urethra and posterior vaginal anus of the human body.

The jade plug at the back vagina and anus was taken out after the two staff members gathered the bones into a bag.

Zhuang Rui took a mouth and looked at it, it was a jade cicada, and the jade cicada was also called "Wang Han", thinking that the emperor had it in his mouth after his death.

This is the jade cicada head and eyes are large, the body wings are narrow into a slender inverted trapezoid, the knife work is exquisite, the jade cicada is taken upside down, it looks faintly a character, a typical Han eight knife carver.

There is no hole in the head of the jade cicada, it is purely used for burial jade, the jade material is high-grade white jade, but there is blood on it, and the whole jade cicada surface is slightly red, and the color has penetrated into the jade, and the blood light flows in the hand, and it is not ordinary at a glance.

"What's the matter, Zhuang Rui, I can't pull it out when I see it in my heart, haha......"

After Dr. Ren finished cleaning up the things in the coffin, he saw Zhuang Rui playing with the jade cicada in love, and couldn't help but cancel, he knew that Zhuang Rui had developed from antiques to archaeology, and when he saw these things, it was the same as when the teacher saw the documents in the ancient tomb, and he couldn't wait to take them back to his home to study them slowly.

"Hehe, Brother Ren, it's really, it's just such a little gadget, do you know how much it costs?"

Zhuang Rui smiled, this jade cicada is the best jade he has ever seen, whether it is carved or jade, if the identity of the owner of this tomb can be verified again, I am afraid that just this one object can be auctioned for a sky-high price.

"100,000?

After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Dr. Ren was also a little curious, his usual attention was on academics, although he would also identify the authenticity of some cultural relics, but he didn't know much about the price of antiques in the market.

So it's this 100,000 yuan, and it was also shouted by Dr. Ren to Gaoli, in his mind, this jade is not a cultivated white jade, and the jade quality is still soaked in blood, so it is estimated that it will not be sold for any price.

"100,000 yuan, Brother Ren, 100,000 yuan can't even buy this jade cicada's knife work......"

Zhuang Rui laughed when he heard this, rubbed his thumb on the jade cicada, and then said: "This color is natural blood, the white jade is red, and it is a famous Han eight-knife carver, if such a jade cicada is on the auction floor, the starting price will be more than 2 million......"

"Two ...... Two million? This ...... Such a little gadget, can you ...... Can it be worth that much money?"

Ren Chunqiang almost thought that he had heard it wrong, he followed Professor Meng to excavate many ancient tombs on the spot, almost as long as the bones were intact, there were dozens of jade unearthed, but he didn't expect that the price of such an inconspicuous thing would be so high.

"Hehe, Brother Ren, 2 million is just the starting price, and it is normal to get five or six million in the end......

However, the general jade is not so valuable, most of them can be bought for more than 100,000 yuan, but this one is very beautiful, and the knife work is very good, and the jade quality is also good, so it is a little more expensive......"

The burial jade is also divided into quality, in the Qin and Han dynasties, the price of the burial jade is actually very low, because those burial jade is not pure jade, almost all of them are half stone and half jade, and more than half of them are stones, which are naturally not worth much.

Therefore, the price of burial jade in the market is also very unstable, the price of good quality funeral jade is scary, and the price of poor quality cabbage may not be wanted.

But this jade cicada in Zhuang Rui's hand is definitely the best in the burial jade, if he sees such a beautiful jade cicada in the auction hall, he will definitely take it regardless of the cost.

Listening to Zhuang Rui's words, Dr. Ren was already dumbfounded, he really understood now, why those tomb robbers dared to take risks to dig up ancient tombs one by one, this is simply a lot of money, as long as you make some effort, the rewards are extremely rich.

Looking at the jade cicada in Zhuang Rui's hand again, Dr. Ren's eyes have become a little different, he only earns more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan a year, but this small object can almost make him worry about food and clothing for the rest of his life.

"Alas, wealth is moving, Xiao Ren, Xiao Liu, remember, these things belong to the country's historical inheritance, and they are references to witness history, so you must not be greedy......"

Professor Meng listened to the conversation between Zhuang Rui and Ren Chunqiang, and suddenly interjected, which made Ren Chunqiang and several staff members present clear their minds and nodded again and again.

Professor Meng's words are by no means untargeted, in the country's many museums, there are some black sheep, selling the precious cultural relics in the museum's collection to cultural relics smugglers, such a thing has not happened one or two times, there have been many cases.

The harm of these people is even more unforgivable than those tomb robbers, and it is a violation of the law, and at the same time, some national treasure-level cultural relics have been lost abroad, which is basically difficult to recover.

If you want to talk about mentality, Zhuang Rui's mentality may be the best among these people, he just simply likes it, likes these objects that carry history, as for money, it doesn't mean much to him anymore.

"Alright, it's noon now, let's hurry up and find the tomb door to the other tombs, then go out to eat and rest for a while, and continue to work in the afternoon......"

After Zhuang Rui returned the jade cicada, Professor Meng began to assign work, including Zhuang Rui, everyone took a small wooden hammer and tapped it on the surrounding walls.

"Here, teacher, I'm listening to the sound a little empty......"

After three or four minutes, Zhuang Rui's voice rang out, in fact, as soon as he entered this tomb, he saw where the tomb door was, and now it was just a show.

This tomb door is made of two large bluestones, and there are also carved patterns on it, which are integrated with the surrounding stone walls, and it is still relatively difficult to find if you don't hear the echo of a hollow in the back.

It is very difficult to open the tomb door from the outside, but it is easy to open it from the inside to the outside, this is a trap door, there are three grooves in the ground, and there is a long dragon sealing stone in the innermost groove, after Zhuang Rui lifts the stone strip out, the tomb door can be opened directly.

"Okay, let's all go out, there is still a corridor in the back, come in after eating, everyone should be careful, if no one has walked through this corridor, it is very likely that there will be a mechanism......"

After opening the tomb door, a smell of rotting dirt came out, choking everyone back again and again.