Chapter 143: Stumped Experts
"Hey, don't make any noise, come and take a look at this slate! The text on it is still symbolic, a little similar to the oracle bone inscription, but it is not very easy to recognize, have you ever seen this kind of writing?
The two experts who had been watching the slate just now said.
"What kind of writing doesn't even know you Lao Ji? Let me see, this is a pictograph? No, it's a bit like an oracle bone inscription, but it's not exactly the same. I really don't know, who do you know?"
When the rest of the people heard the words they didn't recognize, they all gathered around, but they still didn't put down the tortoise shell in their hands.
"I don't know, it can't be an older text than oracle bones, but it doesn't look like a hieroglyph!"
"Well, it's hard to identify, could it be based on an oracle bone inscription?"
"No, the words after the oracle bone inscription are basically the evolution of the oracle bone inscription, which is easy to recognize. I guess this is the text before the oracle, after the hieroglyphs. Maybe it's the writing of the Xia Dynasty?"
"Didn't the Xia Dynasty also use oracle bones?"
"Not necessarily, there is no accurate record that the Xia Dynasty used oracle bone inscriptions. ”
The group was so engaged in a lively discussion that one of the two people who had been watching the slate had not spoken. The guy next to him touched him and asked:
"Old Han, what's wrong with you, why don't you keep talking?"
"Oh, I'm working on this slate. ”
"What is there to study on the slate, or look at the words on it, if you can't make out these words, you don't know what is written on it?"
"No, I found it not to be an ordinary slate. ”
"What's not ordinary? It's not the same, it's all slate anyway. Hey, that's not right. This slate is made of the wrong material. ”
"What's wrong? What's wrong with the slate?"
A group of people were confused by what these two experts said, how is the slate not ordinary? If the material is not right, can it be that the slate is not successful?
"This one shouldn't be made of rock, I found this on it, this slab should be made of meteorite. I didn't expect to be able to make it look like a slate. The first expert to find out that the slate was wrong said.
Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and it turned out that the slab was about 10 centimeters thick, and everyone was confused by the words on it, and they didn't find anything unusual at the edge. This is indeed problematic.
"Ahh
An expert said in surprise.
"But, old Han, where did you tell that it was a meteorite? This fossil doesn't mean anything?"
"No, I just looked closely, and this fossil is not owned by the earth. Because the materials around it are different, it's completely different from what we usually see. Not only is this creature not any of the species ever found on Earth, but I just tried it, and this slab is not as heavy as I imagined, but it is very hard. You see, all the magnets in my hands can be attached to them. ”
This is indeed the case at first glance. The magnet is attached to it, proving that the iron content of this slate should be high, but it is strange that the weight is so light.
"Maybe it's empty!"
"Impossible, how could the middle of the slab be empty?"
"Otherwise, let's smash it open and see? No, we're supposed to be studying the text on this slate now!
The curator also looked at these things and shook his head, he couldn't tell what was written on the slate, but from the tortoise shells just now, it can be proved that the two lost records of "Five Classics" and "Music" are still there, so that's fine.
After all, it can be seen from the appearance of the tortoise shell that these tortoise shells have passed thousands of years, which is a treasure. Just the inscription on that slate?
"Mr. Ji, look, what should we do now? The records on the slate are unknown to everyone! Why don't we invite some experts from outside to study together?"
Ji Kai heard the curator's suggestion, smiled and said:
"No, I know the text on it. ”
"Huh, you know?"
The curator couldn't believe that Ji Kai could recognize the words that they didn't know by a group of experts, didn't this mean that these experts were not even as good as Ji Kai? However, he didn't dare to say it, but an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.
"Curator, what I said is true. The text on this stone slab is Xia Seal, which was written at the beginning of the establishment of the Xia Dynasty, and it was only later that it slowly evolved into an oracle bone inscription. The above records are the laws established after the establishment of the Xia Dynasty and the laws used to bind the people at that time. ”
Ji Kai could only say the text content above, who told him to learn this kind of text from the language scene!
"Mr. Ji, are you saying that it is the text of the Xia Dynasty, and it also records the laws of the Xia Dynasty at that time?"
"Yes, it is. ”
"Then I don't know where Mr. Ji learned this kind of writing, or where did he see similar writing?"
The curator seemed unwilling to believe Ji Kai's words, but he couldn't say it clearly, so he could only say the doubts in his heart.
Ji Kai is in a dilemma now, do I have to tell you that I know all the words? And it was recorded in the recorder left by the aliens?
"Forget it, curator, I think you should ask the high-ranking officials for instructions on what to do, and these things, you can all transport them back. I don't care. ”
"Mr. Ji, it's not that I don't believe what you mean, I'm just curious, yes, curious. Then I'll arrange for someone to send them back to the museum?" said the curator.
"Well, you guys ship it back. However, these things, with the same treatment as the heirloom jade seal, should also be divided into an exhibition hall, as for research and the like, you can see that it has been done. ”
After Ji Kai sent the curator and the others away, he finally relaxed and never took these things out next time. It's too troublesome, and I have to think of a reason or something, and I don't do this kind of thing anymore.
In other words, the curator arranged for people and cars to come and pull away those treasures, and then after getting in the car, he thought about it and called the senior officials. On the phone, Ji Kai took out two ancient books that had been lost for many years, and also specifically mentioned that Ji Kai said that the suspected fossil stone slab recorded the laws of the Xia Dynasty.
The high-ranking official immediately said that he would ask the curator to take good care of these treasures, and he would ask the above for instructions, find some experts in the right words, and see if he could translate the words on them.
Later, writing experts from all over the country finally recognized that this was the script used in the Xia Dynasty, and it could also be called Xia Seal. It is indeed a record of the laws of the Xia Dynasty, and this discovery makes everyone look at Ji Kai even more, but I don't know where he learned this.
As for the fossils on the slate and the material, after identification, it is indeed made of meteorites, and from the composition analysis, it should come from Mars, but in order not to destroy this national treasure, I did not dare to destroy it.