Early in the morning, the sky was not completely bright, and the countryside was filled with pervasive wet and cold air, which made Qin Fan sneeze fiercely. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In a poor village like Yujiagou, the vast majority of people don't even have a decent electrical appliance at home, and there is no entertainment at night, so they usually go to bed early after dinner.

This made Qin Fan, who was used to being a night owl, a little uncomfortable, and stayed up late last night to fall asleep. If Huzi hadn't come to wake him up on time in the morning, I'm afraid he would have missed Professor Guo and them.

At the entrance of the village, Qin Fan saw a short, thick-eyed middle-aged man waiting for them from a distance with a flashlight in his hand and an earthen shotgun on his back.

This short, middle-aged man was the guide that the village chief found for Professor Guo and them, Yu Jun.

I heard from the village chief that this Yu Jun often went to the mountains to hunt and was very familiar with the terrain in the mountains, but his personality was a little taciturn, and the words he said along the way would not add up to more than three sentences.

"I'm sorry Professor Guo, I slept a little late yesterday and almost couldn't get out of bed in the morning." Qin Fan said apologetically.

"Don't worry, we've just gotten up."

Professor Guo's first impression of Qin Fan was good, so he agreed to let Qin Fan follow them to the archaeological excavation on the mountain.

Oh!

Just as Professor Guo and the others were about to set off, Huzi suddenly roared at the guide twice without knowing what's going on, and took an attack posture as if he had encountered a fierce wolf.

"Huzi, don't make trouble."

Qin Fan was also startled when he saw Huzi's appearance, for fear that Huzi would hurt people, so he hurriedly rubbed its head to comfort it.

After comforting for a while, Huzi calmed down and followed Qin Fan honestly, never leaving half a step.

"Qin Fan, what's wrong with Huzi just now, don't eat anything bad, right?" Guo Jing looked surprised, although Huzi was huge, he was very well-behaved and intelligent, never yelled at people, and was very close to people. How could you suddenly launch a madness for no reason?

"I don't know."

At this time, Qin Fan inadvertently noticed that Yu Jun's eyes, and suddenly chuckled in his heart, and a chill appeared on his body. His eyes were extremely indifferent, like a bloodthirsty wolf, full of disregard for life, which made Qin Fan feel very uncomfortable.

Qin Fan guessed that it might be because Yu Jun often hunted, and his body was contaminated with murderous aura, so Huzi would yell at him when he sensed danger.

"It's getting late, let's go."

Without having time to think about it, Qin Fan followed Professor Guo and them towards the depths of the mountain.

The spring breeze in April swept through the green mountains and forests, and the warm sunlight sprinkled on Qin Fan's face was warm and very pleasant. The temperature is gradually rising, and there are more snakes, insects, rats and ants in the mountains and forests.

"Everyone be careful, there are a lot of poisonous insects and poisonous snakes in the mountains this season, so it's best not to walk around."

The mosquitoes in the mountains and forests are very poisonous, and the bite on the skin is a big bag, which cannot be eliminated for several days. If you are accidentally stung by a centipede or some other poisonous insect, I am afraid that even the skin will fester.

Qin Fan and the others cautiously walked through the dangerous mountains and forests, but the tiger was very happy, from time to time to dig the soft soil, dig out a big scorpion under the soil, bite to death and then take it in front of Qin Fan to ask for credit, making Qin Fan cry and laugh.

After about three hours of walking around in the mountains, Professor Guo and the others finally found the place where the iron egg dug up the bronze statue.

"The dirt here has been turned over with a shovel, so this should be it."

Qin Fan saw that there were a lot of shallow or deep pits on the hillside here, and it seemed that this iron egg had not been less holes here.

At this time, Xu Bin took out a strange-shaped U-shaped shovel from his bag, found a place that had not been dug up, stood up straight, spread his legs, held the pole with both hands and placed it on his chest, and the shovel head was placed between his feet with the head facing the ground, and he probed vertically downward.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Bin held the pole and kept rotating the shovel head, alternating on all sides to keep the hole cylindrical. Then cut off the soil from the blade and cut it longitudinally to see the section.

The strangely shaped U-shaped shovel in Xu Bin's hand is the famous Luoyang shovel.

The Luoyang shovel was first widely used for tomb robbing, and it was not until 1928 that the famous archaeologist Wei Juxian witnessed the scene of tomb robbers robbing tombs with Luoyang shovels, and then applied it to archaeological drilling.

Nowadays, the Luoyang shovel is the symbol of China's archaeological drilling tools, and how to use the Luoyang shovel to identify the soil quality is the basic skill of an archaeologist.

Because the Luoyang shovel is used for digging caverns and collecting and exploring soil, the shovel body is not flat but semi-cylindrical, similar to the tile cylinder, very similar to a common murder weapon in the seventies and eighties.

The common Luoyang shovel clamp is only 2 inches wide, wide into a U-shaped semicircle, and the upper part of the shovel is equipped with a long handle. Luoyang shovel seems to be semi-circular, but in fact, the shape is not round or flat, the most important thing is to create the arc when forming.

Generally speaking, the head of the Luoyang shovel is 20 to 40 centimeters long and 5 to 20 centimeters in diameter. Then, by identifying the soil structure, color, and inclusions brought out by the shovel head, it is possible to determine the quality of the excavation and whether there are ancient tombs underground.

With the development of the times, the old-fashioned Luoyang shovel has been eliminated and replaced by a new type of Luoyang shovel that is transformed on the basis of the Luoyang shovel. This new type of Luoyang shovel does not use wooden poles, but uses rebar pipes, which can be layered up and down half a meter and extended at will. When you usually look at the terrain, you can detach it and put it in your backpack, which is very convenient.

Archaeological excavation is a meticulous job, not sloppy at all, and extremely patient testing.

Xu Bin held the Luoyang shovel and hit several holes, and he was tired and sweating profusely and didn't dig anything out of the ground.

"Professor Guo, how did you use the Luoyang shovel to survey whether there is a burial chamber underground?"

Although Qin Fan is no stranger to archaeological excavations, he can only be regarded as a layman in front of professional archaeology professors. If you have the opportunity to go out to archaeology with Professor Guo, you naturally want to learn from him, and this trip is not in vain.

"Quite simply, in archaeological exploration, soil is generally roughly divided into dead soil and living soil. Dead soil is native soil that has not been disturbed by humans. It is characterized by a relatively compact structure, slightly shiny, uniform color, pure texture, and no traces of human activity. ”

"Living soil, also known as cooked soil, is soil that has been turned by humans and changed its original structure and texture."

"Use the Luoyang shovel to bring out the soil underneath the ground, and then analyze the soil structure, color, density and various inclusions of different soil layers. If ceramics, gold, silver, copper, iron, and other materials are found in the soil, it can be inferred from the underground collections, as well as the nature and layout. ”

"In the past, some experienced tomb robbers could even judge the situation underground and accurately find out the tomb passage and the main burial chamber by relying on the different sounds made by the Luoyang shovel colliding with the ground and the feeling in their hands."

Archaeological exploration is very professional, although Qin Fan also did some rescue excavations with the archaeological staff in his previous life, but he did not systematically learn archaeological knowledge, and can only be regarded as a beginner without entry.

At this time, Xu Bin was wearing a pair of white gloves, holding the Luoyang shovel to make holes every three or five meters, and then analyzed the soil he brought up to see if there were any burial goods in it, and he was already tired and sweating profusely after a while.

"Professor Guo, there doesn't seem to be anything to be found here, let's change places." Xu Bin wiped the sweat on his face, he and Guo Jing walked around the mountains for several hours, and after playing for a long time, they were already tired enough.

Professor Guo sighed a little disappointed and said, "Okay then, let's go take a look on the hillside over there." If you don't find out, then we'll get here today. ”

The mountain is very dangerous at night, and wild beasts often come out to feed, so they must return to Yujiagou before the sun goes down, otherwise it will be bad if they get lost in the mountain.

Qin Fan and the others coarsely ate a few flavors of dry food from the fading birds for lunch, and came to the hillside over there to continue the archaeological exploration.

"Brother Xu, you sit down and rest first, and I'll help you make a few holes."

Seeing Xu Bin using the Luoyang shovel to make holes, Qin Fan also had some itchy hands, he had used this thing before, but it was definitely not as skilled as Xu Bin's.

"Hehe, okay, I'll tell you how to use this shovel first. When you start to make a hole, you first dig down the Luoyang shovel hard, hit a meter deep, and then use a little force to shovel and go down. If you hit it a little deeper, you don't have to exert any effort, and as soon as you loosen your hand, the shovel will go down into the soil. ”

If you are a beginner who has not been trained rigorously or the posture of holding a shovel is not standard, there will be deviations and crooked holes. This situation is not uncommon, and Xu Bin also made several crooked holes when he was a beginner.

After listening to the explanation on how to use the Luoyang shovel, Qin Fan took the Luoyang shovel with great interest, followed Xu Bin's appearance just now, stood up straight, spread his legs, aimed at the position between the two toes, and leaned down violently.

Just when the Luoyang shovel in Qin Fan's hand went down to a depth of about three or four meters, he suddenly felt numb in his palm, as if he had found something underneath.