Chapter 440: Exploring the Tomb

This tomb is about four or five meters away from the ground, and the entire area is about more than 100 square meters.

For example, the tomb of Tianhai is more than ten meters deep, which is made of bluestone as a whole, in the ancient times of strict hierarchy, there is no identity of the person, I am afraid that the tomb has not been dug up, and the person will still go to prison.

Another example is Fang You in the Qinling Mountains, following Zhu Papi they found the mountain mausoleum, its area is even grander, with the entire mountain as the tomb, this is no longer a thing that money and ordinary status can do, and only the royal relatives, princes and nobles, only have the capital to complete this huge project, this kind of tomb, can no longer be called a tomb, should be called the underground palace.

Fang You gradually walked to the front of the tomb, and looked down, the tomb seemed to have been explored, and the entire tomb had been excavated, and roughly speaking, there seemed to be four burial chambers.

The earth above it was completely excavated, and the tomb was not built with bluestone slabs so luxuriously, but with ordinary mud bricks, which by now were also in tatters and decayed to the end.

Wei Lao pointed to the tomb and said with a smile: "Xiaoyou, like this kind of ordinary people's tombs, they are generally designed according to the houses of the living, boxy, and there are four houses in them, which is basically copied from the courtyard on the ground, which is also the beautiful vision of the ancients who wanted to continue to live in the tomb after death, and the same is true for these burial goods." ”

Fang You nodded sympathetically, the ancients enjoyed all the glory and wealth during their lifetimes, but they still didn't want to give up these things after death, naturally with the level, the scale of the tomb became larger and larger, and the value of the burial goods was also getting higher and higher.

Although the whole has been excavated, but the next cleaning and excavation work is much more difficult than before, Fang You can see that two tombs have been cleaned up, some archaeologists are busy nervously, and the other two tombs, some places are still buried by the soil, several staff members are holding tools, gently cleaning the soil, eyes are always staring at the soil, in order to prevent the destruction of valuable cultural relics.

"Xiaoyou, although this tomb has not been cleaned to the main tomb, we can see from these burial goods that although the scale of this tomb is larger than that of ordinary tombs, the burial goods inside are extremely ordinary, it should be said that it is a rich family, but it is by no means a person with a big identity." Wei Lao said with a smile, from the overall structure of the tomb and the burial goods, it can be seen that the true identity of the owner of this tomb can be said to be extremely ordinary.

After saying this, Wei Lao changed his words and continued: "Just like what I said to the archaeological team before, our archaeology must not excavate which tomb is of great value, although the tombs of princes and nobles have many valuable items, but in the tombs of these ordinary people, there are also secrets that we need to explore, archaeology is only to explore ancient culture, not as it is said in the TV novel, to explore treasures, to dig treasures." ”

"It's not exciting, it's not fun, it's a boring job, Xiaoyou, you have to be mentally prepared." Wei Lao took this opportunity to give Fang You a dose of preventive injection first.

Fang You smiled, "Old Wei, some theoretical knowledge and historical information of antiques are not the same boring for ordinary people, but antique collectors can look at them with relish, the same is true of archaeology, as long as you love it in your heart, then there will be no boring time." ”

Wei Lao couldn't help but applaud, Fang You's analysis is very right, as long as you love this industry in your heart, then for others, boring things are full of fun and novelty in the eyes of archaeologists.

Just like him, although he has seen countless tombs of princes and nobles, when cleaning the tomb, he inadvertently found a porcelain fragment from the soil, which can surprise him for a long time, even if the porcelain fragment is of inferior quality in the end, the fun in it is not something that ordinary people can appreciate.

Next to Wang Dynasty and Li Qing, including some archaeological staff, all showed thoughtful expressions on their faces, many people looked sleepy, and after listening to Fang You's words, they all seemed to have returned to the novelty and excitement when they first came into contact with archaeology, everyone had a smile on their faces, and they were cleaning up the tomb below with anticipation in their hearts.

Seeing this, Wei Lao couldn't help but shake his head and smile, the words that this kid said casually could have such a great effect, and unconsciously, this previous ordinary kid had gradually possessed his own personality charm.

From the ground to the distance of the tomb, several earthen steps were dug to facilitate the passage of archaeologists up and down, and Wei Lao took Fang You and the three of them to step on the stairs and go all the way to the bottom of the tomb.

Going down to the tomb and taking the white gloves handed by Wei Lao, Fang You instantly smelled a familiar smell, the smell of the soil with a damp smell, in the eyes of others, it seemed to be very disgusting, but in the eyes of Fang You, a ground mouse with a retreat technique, it was really like home.

However, the smell of decay mixed in it also made Fang You frown, the smell of earth was not as bad as he imagined, but coupled with the smell of decay, it made people feel disgusting.

"Hehe, Xiaoyou, if you are not used to it, you can wear a mask." Looking at Fang You's frowning movements, Wei Lao couldn't help but smile and said, Fang You's psychological quality is considered top-notch, when some students came to the tomb for the first time, not to mention seeing the dried corpses in the tomb, it was not uncommon for them to vomit when they smelled this smell.

Fang You smiled and shook his head, signaling that there was no need, from the time he got the escape technique to the present, there were only two tombs he had set foot in, one was the Tianhai Tomb made of bluestone slabs, there was only some damp smell in it, and the decay was not felt, and the second tomb, that is, the prince's mausoleum in the mountain, he did not smell such an uncomfortable smell inside.

Maybe the conditions of these two tombs were very good, or maybe it was because he was in the retreat at that time, and the air was filtered by the retreat technique, Fang You smiled on his face.

Most of these burial chambers are buried in a thick layer of earth, and unlike the two mausoleums in Tianhai and Qinling, they can be entered without hindrance, just like the houses they lived in before their lives.

Wei Lao put on white gloves, picked up a small brush, and began to clean up the tomb in a planned way, brushing out the soil in the tomb with a brush little by little, revealing the structure of the mud bricks, while brushing, he explained the knowledge to Fang You, and did not talk too much about the profound things, after all, now he is only letting Fang You understand and feel the archaeological environment first.

From time to time, a porcelain shard was dug up, and Wei Lao wiped the soil on it with a white glove with some surprise on his face, and then put it in a bag and marked it.

Looking at this tiny brush, cleaning up this huge tomb like a snail, Fang You couldn't help but be a little surprised, this archaeological work, so careful and serious, was simply beyond his expectations.

Thinking of those tomb robbers holding sacks and filling them with the things in the tomb, Fang You's heart couldn't help but feel a little helpless, this archaeology is really a thankless job, not only have to face the misunderstanding of some people in society, but also have to endure such a gentle work.

In Wei Lao's explanation, as well as in his own continuous inquiry, Fang You has a certain understanding of archaeology, although it is all very simple knowledge, but compared with some of his own knowledge in the tomb and the knowledge of antiques, in some places, he can't help but feel a little suddenly enlightened.

The quality of the unearthed cultural relics is not the only one, they are always suffering from the erosion and change of the land environment, which is the reason why the color of the jade peiqin is different.

The different characteristics on each unearthed cultural relics represent what geological and soil changes they have received, which is definitely a topic of great interest to Fang You.

After using Wei Lao's satellite phone to say goodbye to his mother at home, Fang You followed Wei Lao to live at the archaeological site.

Wei Lao has profound attainments in archaeology, and the same is true in antiques, and with Wei Lao, it can be said that there are many common topics.

Wang Chao and Li Qing also interjected two sentences from time to time, but most of the time, they were listening carefully to the conversation between Fang You and Wei Lao, they always thought that they were Professor Wei's students, so they were arrogant, thinking that they were rich and rich, and they were only eight buckets, and they could see Fang You, and they knew that they were just sitting in a well and watching the sky.

Even introverted dynasties sometimes have such thoughts, but now, he is completely gone, Fang You's knowledge of antiques can reach the point of talking to Wei Lao on an equal footing, this kind of thing, they didn't dare to imagine before, Fang You's age is the same size as them, but he is still so humble to learn, without the slightest pride.

In the evening, some of the archaeological team members went to the town's hotel in a car to rest, but Wei Lao insisted on staying in a tent and spending the night in the cemetery with the soldiers outside.

Fang You's persuasion was fruitless, so he was a little helpless, so he had to stay and live in another tent to prevent accidents from happening, after all, Old Man Wei is also old, and there is a bit of a situation, I'm afraid these soldiers can't handle it.

Wang Chao and Li Qing were a little frightened about staying in the cemetery at night, and returned to the hotel to rest.

Wei Lao was a little surprised by Fang You's courage, but Fang You smiled and said that he had great courage since he was a child, and this thing was really nothing.

Indeed, Fang You can go in and out of the tomb alone, without any fear, what he relies on is not exactly the retreat technique, but also his peaceful state of mind, of course, the retreat technique is also the most important, it is the main condition to support him to enter the tomb and give him courage.

If a person is extremely afraid of the tomb, then even if he has the art of retreat, whether he dares to enter the tomb or not, is still two words.

(To be continued)