After some explanations by Fan Cuo and Yingning, as well as Meng Qiuqian, a little girl chirping on the side, Zhuang Rui knew that what they were excavating was the imperial tomb of Tang Wenzong Li Ang.

The first novel Zhuang Rui read when he was in school was the biography of Liang Yusheng's empress Xuanying, and from then on, he naturally paid more attention to the Tang Dynasty, and often looked for some historical materials of the Tang Dynasty, but the more he knew, the less Zhuang Rui had a good impression of the Tang Dynasty.

Although the Tang Dynasty was famous, even the people who went abroad in the early years regarded themselves as Tang people, with the title of Chinatown, but the emperors of the Tang Dynasty actually ended up quite miserable, even the founding emperor Li Yuan, who had great military achievements, and Li Longji, the emperor of Tang Ming in the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, were usurped by their sons and died of depression.

There are not a few unknown emperors who were killed by eunuchs or ministers, and there are not many who can get a good death, and this Tang Wenzong is the fourteenth emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and the end is also very bleak.

Everyone knows that the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were domineering, but the Tang Dynasty was even more powerful, at that time, the government and friends were tilting against each other, the officials were frequently transferred, and the regime and even the emperor's abolition and death were in the hands of the eunuchs.

Tang Wenzong was supported by the eunuchs, and later used Li Xun, Zheng Zhu and others, intending to eradicate the eunuchs, in the ninth year of Yamato, Li Xun lured the eunuchs to visit the so-called "nectar", trying to eliminate it in one fell swoop, but the matter was revealed, but it led to the eunuchs wantonly slaughtering the court officials, afterwards, Wenzong was clamped down by the eunuchs, and died of depression.

After the death of the Tang Dynasty, the five dynasties and ten kingdoms were even more war-torn, which brought great harm to the Central Plains.

"Xiao Fan, the eighteen tombs in this pass have all been recorded for a long time, why did you start excavating them now?"

Zhuang Rui was a little puzzled, as far as he knew, the Eighteen Tombs in Guanzhong, except for the mausoleum where Wu Zetian and Gaozong were buried together, had already been patronized by tomb robbers, and if the country wanted to protect it, it should have been done a long time ago.

"Brother Zhuang, you don't know this, the state has always been extremely cautious about the excavation of cultural relics, and it will not easily dig tombs unless it is absolutely necessary.

The reason why we came here is because some time ago, Guangdong Customs seized a batch of smuggled cultural relics, one of which is even a national first-class cultural relics Ma Ta Feiyan, according to the captured cultural relics dealers, this batch of cultural relics is from the tomb of Wenzong, so we came to do rescue excavations, to see if some cultural relics can be protected. ”

Xiao Fan did not say some words, in fact, the state controls the excavation and archaeology of tombs, the root is still in the money, because the unearthed cultural relics have been eroded by the soil and humid environment for a long time, the maintenance after the excavation is very important, which requires a lot of expenses.

Not to mention anything else, that is, the collection and maintenance of those cultural relics in the Palace Museum, the money spent every year is an astronomical amount, even so, there are many precious cultural relics due to poor preservation, a lot of damage, of course, these things are not easy to pass on.

The country is like this, and those local cultural relics and archaeological departments are even more neglected Qingshui Yamen, and they can't come up with the money for the maintenance of cultural relics, so some people propose to suspend the excavation of tombs and let the cultural relics continue to remain underground.

However, in Zhuang Rui's view, this is all nonsense, cultural relics stay underground for one more day, the chance of damage and theft is more, some people only need to eat and drink a few less, the money for the protection of cultural relics will be saved, of course, for such a suggestion, the leadership will not adopt, drinking is also the need of revolutionary work, do not think that drinking every day is like 2580000 is very comfortable.

"By the way, the horse stepping on the Feiyan you just talked about, that is an object from the Han Dynasty, and only one has been unearthed so far, how can it be said that it was unearthed from the tomb of Wenzong? Is it imitated by later generations?"

When it comes to cultural relics, Zhuang Rui can be regarded as half an expert, and he is naturally no stranger to the famous horse stepping on Feiyan.

Unearthed in Weiwu County, Gansu Province in 1969, Ma Ta Feiyan is an outstanding work of the Eastern Han Dynasty sculpture art and bronze casting technology, representing the highest artistic achievement of the Eastern Han Dynasty in the history of Chinese sculpture.

The whole work of the bronze horse with its head high, four hooves churning, the horsetail is high, the mouth is open to neigh, its three legs are in the air, the right hoof is stepping on the back of a swallow that is fluttering its wings, the swallow Gu head is shocked, echoing with it, the head of the galloping horse is slightly left, because of the brisk horse's hooves, the fluttering of the horse's mane and tail, just like the sky, so that the swallow does not feel its weight and is surprised, its bold conception, romantic techniques, give people a thrilling feeling, amazing.

However, Zhuang Rui has only heard of this work that has been unearthed, and he has some doubts about the horse stepping on Feiyan that Fan Cuo said.

Fan Cuo shook his head and said: "It's not imitated by later generations, after identification, the horse stepping on Feiyan, in terms of size, shape and material, is almost exactly the same as the one collected in Gansu, which also shows that in the Han Dynasty, there should be more than just such an artifact, the teacher came for this, and he also wants to know if this artifact is really unearthed in the Tang tomb......

"It's all up, rest, Brother Fan, you'll be lazy......"

The voice of the little girl came from above, and the people under the pit rushed up, it was already close to noon, the sun was too poisonous, so I would wait until after four or five o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun was about to set, and then dig for a while.

"Ermao, pick two more watermelons to ......"

Although he didn't do any work, Zhuang Rui still felt his mouth dry, took out fifty yuan from his pocket, and handed it to Ermao.

"No, no, Brother Zhuang, I can't ask for your money. ”

Ermao waved his hand again and again, if the money was given by the archaeological team, he would have continued, but Zhuang Rui took it out, but he didn't dare to ask for it.

"Take it, this is bought by the archaeological team, go and come back quickly......" Zhuang Rui knew Ermao's thoughts and stuffed the money into his hand.

"Hey, I'll be back in a minute. Ermao jumped up like a rabbit and ran quickly to the melon field.

When Ermao came back, followed by a few women, each carrying two baskets, this is to deliver food, the archaeological team during this time, are living in Liujiazhuang, because the noon round trip time takes more than two hours, so they will not go back, but spend a little more money, let the people in the village to send over.

Zhuang Rui was also hungry, and he also ate with relish about this farmhouse dish with little meat, but a few people in Yingning were a little tired of eating such a meal for a few days, and they didn't eat a few bites of the meal, so they all went to deal with the watermelon brought by Ermao.

After eating, Zhuang Rui and Yingning Fan Cuo gathered around Professor Meng, and those staff and locally hired women all found a shady place to cool off, but after eating a few pieces of watermelon, the armed policemen dutifully took on the task of guarding.

"Teacher Meng, can you be sure that this place is where Wenzong's mausoleum is located? I see that the unearthed things are very ordinary......

Zhuang Rui just went to look at the broken porcelain pieces that were placed together and marked, although the craftsmanship was quite detailed, it did not look like a royal sacrifice, and the aura in his eyes could now penetrate the ground at a depth of about ten meters, and he did not find any precious cultural relics below.

Professor Meng was not angry because of Zhuang Rui's question, he thought for a while and said: "The tombs of the Tang Dynasty are generally built on the mountain, like the joint tomb of Emperor Wu and Gaozong Li Zhi, which was built in the mountain.

The location we are in now is the end of this mountain range, which belongs to the feng shui treasure land of mountains and rivers, and the tomb of Wenzong should be here, but after more than a thousand years, after wars and several thefts, it is difficult to infer the location of the underground mausoleum from the ground building.

The reason why it is excavated here is because a thief hole was found next to it before, and after detection, this soil is also five-flower soil, but now the place where the thief hole appeared has been dug up, and the unearthed objects are not of great value, which does not indicate any problem, maybe we have made a mistake in the direction of excavation......"

Zhuang Rui mentioned the problem, Professor Meng has long been considering, from the objects unearthed now, this is like a burial tomb, but within a radius of a few hundred meters, they have all probed, only here is the ground is five-flower soil, when other places hit down seven or eight meters deep, they encountered a rock layer, it is impossible to have a tomb.

"Xiao Fan, Yingning, you take Luoyang shovel away a little farther, and then make some holes to come out, pay attention to the straight-line distance from the sealed soil layer. ”

Professor Meng pondered for a while and arranged tasks for the two disciples, in fact, after excavating the cross surface of the thief cave, he had this idea, and Zhuang Rui's words prompted him to make up his mind.

However, this matter is more painful for Fan Cuo and Yingning, using a Luoyang shovel to make a hole is not as labor-saving as digging the soil, and if you hit it seven or eight meters deep, both of your arms will become sore.

"I'll go with you......"

Zhuang Rui also stood up, he was mainly interested in the legendary Luoyang shovel and wanted to see it.

The term Luoyang shovel has always been associated with tomb robbery, about who invented it, there are different theories, a more reliable statement, is the tomb robber Li Yazi in the countryside near Luoyang, Henan Province invented in the early 20th century.

Around 1923, Li Yazi, a villager from Mapo Village, came to a place called Mengjin near his home to catch a market, and after a while, he squatted on the side of the road to rest.

Inadvertently, he saw a steamed bun shop not far from him, and the seller of steamed buns was preparing to make a small hole in the ground, and the tool he used to make a hole in the ground aroused Li Yazi's interest, because he saw that this iron tool, which was only 2 inches wide and formed a U-shaped semicircle, could bring up a lot of soil every time he poked into the ground.

Li Yazi, who was experienced in tomb robbing, immediately realized that this thing was easier to explore the ancient tomb than the shovel he usually used, so he was inspired to make a paper pattern according to the tool, and found a blacksmith to make a real object according to the paper pattern, and the first Luoyang shovel was born.

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