Chapter 1: Fresh Corpses in Ancient Tombs

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On a spring day in 2010, early in the morning, the old Wang Tou, a villager near Qianling in Xianyang, was working in his own vegetable field, and suddenly heard a loud bang, the old Wang Tou frowned, and dug a few hoes, and there was a sound of rattling, bending down and pulling a few times with his hands, and what appeared in front of him was some scattered ancient copper coins, the old Wang Tou was shocked, and pulled a few times, more and more copper coins in front of him, shocked, and quickly called the Municipal Institute of Archaeology.

After the people from the Institute of Archaeology came, they saw that the copper coin was a small flat money during the Qianlong period, and they didn't care too much, and then used the Luoyang shovel to check the soil layer, but they saw the five-flower soil when they went down, and the five-flower soil meant that there was an ancient tomb, and the archaeologists were excited to see the Qianling Wu Zetian tomb in front of them, and the archaeologists were excited, and they might not find a large tomb in the Tang Dynasty?

Huh! Not to mention, this is really possible, you must know that nearly twenty imperial tombs in the Tang Dynasty are distributed on the Erdaoyuan in Xianyang.

However, as the field archaeology unfolded, the excitement on the faces of the archaeologists soon disappeared, it turned out that after exploration, the scale of the tomb should be very small, and the archaeologists pondered that even if there were ancient tombs in this palm-sized place, eighty percent was the civilian tombs of the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.

However, no matter what, you have to follow the archaeological process, with further excavation, when digging to a depth of five meters, what is shown in front of the archaeologists is a brick coupon tomb, and then carefully check the coffin, it is actually a grout tomb with a length of three meters and eight widths of two meters, this scene immediately exploded between the archaeologists, and the hearts of the archaeologists were thrown from the bottom of the valley to the peak of the valley in an instant like a roller coaster.

Huh! Someone asked, what is this slurry tomb, and is it worth the excitement of these well-informed archaeologists?

Pouring the tomb, the lime, fine sand and loess are mixed in a certain proportion, and then mixed with the juice boiled by glutinous rice, after solidification, its hardness is no less than today's cement concrete, and it is poured between the tomb pit or the coffin, the sealing performance is excellent, and it can play the dual role of anti-corrosion and anti-theft. Zhu Xi once described the grout tomb as follows, "The lime is sand and solid, the soil is sticky, and it is all stone after a long time, and ants and thieves cannot enter it."

Therefore, the relics in the coffin are relatively well preserved, and if you are lucky, you may find fresh corpses that have not rotted for thousands of years in this kind of tomb, understand! Fresh corpses, this is the reason for the excitement of the archaeologists.

However, just as the archaeologists were eager to try to open the coffin to see what was going on, they immediately calmed down, knowing that due to the difference in air, temperature, humidity and light outside the coffin, the burial goods and ancient corpses in the coffin would be damaged to varying degrees, or even wiped out, so the Xianyang archaeologists immediately reported to the province.

Soon, the next afternoon, the coffin was extracted in a whole box and safely transferred to the Shaanxi Provincial Archaeological Laboratory, and the person who presided over the archaeological discovery research task was the director of the Provincial Institute of Archaeology, a nationally renowned archaeological expert, and one of the archaeological Taishan Beidou 'One Chapter and Two Tang' Professor Tang Fanghua Tang.

Tang Fanghua is about fifty years old, with a broad forehead, and his eyes do not have the slightest look at first glance. However, when he learned from the phone that the coffin had arrived in the laboratory, his usual listless eyes revealed a bit of interest and three points of brilliance, after all, not a single incorruptible ancient corpse had been excavated on the ground in Shaanxi, a major archaeological province in the country!

Soon Tang Fanghua rushed to the laboratory, walked straight to the coffin without saying a word, walked slowly around the coffin, knocked on the sarcophagus on the periphery with his hand as he walked, stood still, sighed, and said, "Xuan! ”

The other people were puzzled, and Tang Fanghua sighed with a calm face: "I'm afraid that there is no hope for the immortal ancient corpse!" ”

Fan Zhifeng, a thirty-five-year-old archaeologist, was puzzled, and asked in Shaanxi dialect: "Teacher Tang, this outer coffin is very well preserved?" This is a grout tomb! ”

Tang Fanghua shook his head: "Listening to the sound, you can know that most of the grout layer between the outer coffin and the inner coffin has been destroyed and dispersed, if this grout layer is dispersed, can the bones still be intact?" ”

Everyone recalled that the sound of Tang Fanghua's tapping just now was indeed both virtual and real, and they all stretched out their thumbs to Tang Fanghua in their hearts

Zhang Bo, who graduated from the Department of Computer Science of Peking University, frowned and asked: "Teacher Tang, I have checked the information, this grout tomb has always been found in the south, how can there be a grout tomb in the north?" ”

Tang Fanghua smiled slightly and said: "Zhang Bo, you just graduated, you must know that the tomb of Li Yu'an, which was excavated near the railway station in Zou County, Shandong Province in 1975, is a pouring tomb, and it is possible for southerners to be buried in the north and northerners to hide in the south." ”

Zhang Bo respectfully said again and again: "Teacher Tang, I will definitely study more in the future." Tang Fanghua nodded, and said again: "Ganxi, a native of Jiangning in the Qing Dynasty, has a description of the slurry tomb in his "Baixia Trivia", 'The tomb in the north is only covered with cave soil after the coffin, and it is not processed and built. If you bury it with the method of building three and earth, you can not only fulfill the heart of the son of man, but also enough to kill the trouble of thieves. ’”

After listening to Tang Fanghua's words, the archaeologists looked at each other at a loss, not because they didn't understand Ganxi's ancient words, but because they didn't understand Tang Fanghua's intention in quoting this passage.

Tang Fanghua seemed to see everyone's thoughts, and continued: "I want to say that in the Qing Dynasty, those who generally had a slightly more solid family background could make a grout tomb, combined with the information from the field archaeology, I am worried that the number of things buried in the coffin will not be large, and secondly, I am afraid that most of the things that accompany the burial are folk things, and the research value will not be too high." ”

Only then did everyone understand what Tang Fanghua meant, and listening to Tang Fanghua's analysis was reasonable and well-founded, the disappointment jumped on their faces.

With Tang Fanghua's 'open coffin', everyone was busy, but this grout coffin is indeed very strong and strong, please take out an electric drill and cutting machine, it took two hours, this is the outer coffin to open, as Tang Fanghua expected, the grout layer of about 14 centimeters is indeed mostly scattered, the coffin lid of the inner coffin is preserved quite completely, when the moment the coffin lid is opened, everyone is depressed and at the same time retains the expectation of one ten-thousandth, expecting to see the miracle of the incorruptible ancient corpse, after all, the coffin lid is very complete.

The lid of the coffin was finally opened, and everyone let out a 'huh' sound in surprise, not wanting to have a layer of coffin inside, everyone was stunned and looked at Tang Fanghua. Zhang Bo, who had the least experience among the archaeologists, didn't feel anything, and was busy with his own work, taking pictures and making records.

Tang Fanghua was shocked when he saw this: Could it be that I made a mistake, these two coffins and one coffin, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like the grout tomb of ordinary rich and noble people, and after thinking about it for a long time, he said: "Go on!" ”

The grout layer inside is only eight centimeters, and soon the inner coffin is displayed in front of everyone, and a few wisps of faint wood fragrance diffuse from the inner coffin, wandering around all corners of the laboratory, and the archaeologists spit out three words "Jin Sinan!" almost at the same time. ”

It is necessary to know that this golden silk nanmu is known as the emperor's wood, and the coffins of the emperors of the past dynasties are mostly taken from it, which has strong anti-corrosion and moisture-proof characteristics and is not easy to deform.

The idea of not decomposing the ancient corpse surged again in everyone's hearts, and doubts, nervousness, anticipation, excitement, and excitement took turns one after another, stirring the hearts of archaeologists.

Archaeological anthropologist Wang Ge, in his early forties, couldn't suppress the upside down in his heart, and said: "Eh, it's strange, I said Old Tang, this scene doesn't look like a civilian tomb!" ”

Tang Fanghua tried his best to calm his mood and responded: "Yes! Maybe it's not as simple as I thought! It seems that the owner of this tomb is likely to be a prince and nobleman! ”

Qi Hong, an expert in archaeological history, the only woman here, interjected at this time: "This is not right, the information obtained from the Xianyang archaeological team shows that the tomb (tomb) is very small, and no burial goods have been found, is this what the tomb of the prince and nobleman looks like?" ”

Tang Fanghua was also clueless, pondered for a moment, and said, "That's it!" If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if, prepare a low-oxygen ancient corpse low-oxygen storage cabinet, humidifier, nitrogen filling machine, compressor, by the way, everyone should bring an oxygen mask! ”

Everything was ready, the lid of the inner coffin slowly opened, and when the first ray of light entered the inner coffin, which had been dark for hundreds or even thousands of years, everyone let out an 'ah', because at that moment, that ray of light reflected a touch of brightness, a glimpse of brilliance, and a glimmer of life.

But how could there be a glimmer of life reflected in this coffin, which has been dead for thousands of years?

Just because what they saw was a brocade quilt, a bed of peony flower brocade quilt with a bright color, a red peony flower coat pink, red and red bright and dripping, pink bright and soft, almost newly woven.

Someone said, as for it? Isn't it just a quilt? Surprised?

The so-called layman looks at the liveliness, and the insider looks at the doorway, but the archaeologists don't see it that way, because Tang Fanghua blurted out two words while making an 'ah' sound: "Yunjin?!" ”

Uh, Yunjin? What is Yunjin? Popular science, Yun brocade is a traditional silk product, there is "inch brocade inch gold" said, has nearly 1600 years of history, because of its color and luster brilliant and brilliant, beautiful as the sky clouds and xia, Yun brocade is especially famous in the world for Nanjing Yun brocade, Nanjing Yun brocade and Chengdu Shu brocade, Suzhou Song brocade, Guangxi Zhuang brocade and called "China's four famous brocade", the first of the four famous brocades, the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties are royal tribute.

Eh, some people are not convinced! To know that the main feature of this cloud brocade is to flower by flower different color, from the different angles of cloud brocade observation, the color of the flowers on the embroidery is different, with the old-fashioned jacquard wood machine weaving, must be completed by the jacquard worker and the weaver two people together, two people can only produce 5-6 cm a day, this process is still not replaced by a machine.

Now it's ready! Not only because of the preciousness of the cloud brocade, it was also used exclusively for the royal family in ancient times, but also because none of the cloud brocade unearthed so far can be compared with the color in front of them, this cloud brocade has been preserved for hundreds of years and is still as good as new, how can Tang Fanghua not be excited? !

Okay, let's get down to business, continue, when the coffin lid was completely removed, the archaeologists were greeted with an even more surprising and unbelievable thunderbolt-like shock and shock in addition to the cloud brocade quilt, only to see everyone take a deep breath, a pair of eyes were as wide as bull's eyes, and Qi Hong and Zhang Bo, who were closest to the coffin, were so shocked that they took two steps back.

So what exactly did the archaeologists see in the inner coffin?

Ladies and gentlemen, stand still! Don't scare you, there is a person lying peacefully in the golden silk nanmu coffin and under the cloud brocade quilt, yes, a person, a man, a man with beautiful facial features in his twenties, yes, a person, not a corpse. At this moment, this young man who had been lying quietly in the coffin for hundreds of years was quietly looking at Tang Fanghua and his family, this young man had dragon eyes, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, with a little elegance, a little indifference, a little mockery, and a little indescribable weirdness, and he was smiling at Tang Fanghua.

In the face of this unbelievable, shocking and strange scene, even the archaeologists who have seen a lot of knowledge and seen countless ancient tombs and ancient corpses are also frightened. After a long time, seeing that the young man was not breathing, and his eyelashes did not move for a long time, everyone came back to their senses.

Tang Fanghua, who was calm, slowly took off the oxygen mask, smiled slightly, suddenly, and laughed heartily: "There is such a well-preserved and flawless incorruptible ancient corpse in this world, no, it is a fresh corpse and a living person, hahaha......"

Zhang Bo seemed to be unbelieving, strengthened his courage, and approached the inner coffin, but seeing that the ancient corpse's skin was fair, the pores on the skin were visible, and the blood vessels under the skin were clearly identifiable, he secretly claimed to be surprised in his heart, but he was still not at ease, and shook his hand in front of the ancient corpse a few times, but saw that the black hair on the ancient corpse's head moved with the wind, and the black and white eyes were still looking at him as before. The courage gradually grew, and he used his fingers wearing special gloves to gently press the major artery in the neck of the ancient corpse, but he felt that the skin was smooth and elastic, and the major artery did not pulsate, so he was completely relieved and took a long breath: "Scared me to death!" What a hell of a life! ”

At this time, everyone clapped their hands and hugged each other as if they had just woken up from a dream, celebrating this unprecedented discovery of the first incorruptible fresh corpse in the national and even global archaeological community.

Wang Ge joked: "At this time, Mrs. Xin Chai of the Wangdui Han Tomb in Changsha is afraid that she will be ashamed!" Qi Hong quipped: "Well, the Qing Dynasty 'Xiangfei' unearthed in Dangshan, Anhui Province is estimated to be unable to laugh." ”

Tang Fanghua looked at the fresh corpse in front of him and happily closed his mouth, and walked slowly around the inner coffin to carefully observe the national treasure-level fresh corpse in front of him, but strange things happened, Tang Fanghua found that no matter which direction he went, the eyes of the fresh corpse always looked at him, only to feel that the cool breeze on his back Tang Fanghua's right eye jumped violently for no reason, as if he found that the right eye of the fresh corpse was also jumping suddenly, and his strange and frightened heart gave birth to an ominous premonition for no reason, and he always felt that something was wrong.

Seeing Tang Fanghua's pale face, everyone asked with concern, "Teacher Tang?" You okay? "Old Don? What's wrong? ”

Tang Fanghua pinched his broad forehead, stabilized his mind, and said, "It's okay!" I guess I'm tired. Suddenly, a strange and strange thought flashed through his broad forehead - where did he seem to have seen this ancient corpse?!

Ps. chasing more children's shoes, are there any free appreciation tickets and starting coins~ The countdown to the 515 red envelope list is over, I'll pull a ticket, ask for an increase and appreciation vote, and finally rush a handful!

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