Chapter 6: The Strange Tomb Robber's Corpse
Back in the dormitory of the village branch, Luo Yan synthesized all the information she had.
The coffin was near the robbery hole, and the police dug out a corner, and after determining that it was the coffin, the police did not continue to dig, and waited for the test results of the bones to come out, and reported to the superiors together.
There are Jiaqing Tongbao in the robbery cave, as well as the modern antique Ruyi, the bones of the tomb robbers are not weathered, for the corpses buried in the soil, this situation is very rare, and the bones of the tomb robbers are not one, and the scope of the tomb is several times larger on the basis of the original calculation.
If she guessed correctly, this should not be a simple Qing Dynasty squire tomb, a squire tomb will not attract so many tomb robbers, nor will so many tomb robbers die here.
Perhaps, not only will it be much larger than the professors had predicted, but it will also have to be pushed forward.
At this time, Wang Chu, who had just finished chatting outside, entered the house, "Luo Yan, tell you good news!" I'm sure you'll be blown away! A graduate student overheard the professors' conversation and said that there seemed to be a tomb under the squire's tomb! ”
Luo Yan, who was sitting on the bed, stood up suddenly, "What? You said there is another one under the tomb? ”
Wang Chu was very proud, "Isn't it exciting enough?" ”
Not to mention the excitement, if there is really a tomb under the squire's tomb, and it is the large tomb she speculated, then their archaeological achievements this time will definitely shock the entire archaeological community.
This is an opportunity that every archaeologist can encounter but cannot seek.
Luo Yan took a straw hat and dragged Wang Chu downstairs, Wang Chu was a little stunned, "I said Emperor Yan, where are you dragging me at noon?" ”
Luo Yan said, "Let's go to dinner first, and then go to the construction site." ”
Because they came back early, the two ladies just mixed the cold dishes, and the hot dishes were not yet in the pot, Luo Yan didn't care about eating, she took two steamed buns, and served a plate of cold dishes, and then sat at the table under the shade of the tree and ate.
After Luo Yan sat down, Wang Chu also sat down, "I said, what do you think?" What are you doing on a construction site on such a hot day? ”
Luo Yan's answer was simple, "Give the professor a hand." ”
"Why?" Wang Chu didn't understand very well.
Luo Yan knocked her on the head, "Because the opportunity is rare!" ”
Wang Chu, "......"
When the two arrived, the professor and the archaeological team were eating in the shade of the tree, they were eating a boxed lunch, and it was very fast, it seemed that they were ready to eat dinner and hurry to work.
Now Professor Song is the instructor of the two, and when he saw the two of them coming, he greeted him, "You two are coming here, is there something wrong?" ”
Wang Chu, who had been instructed, replied, "We're fine, we just want to see if we can help the teachers a little." ”
Professor Song was very pleased to see that the students were so sensible, but he did not agree, "The first time you go to the construction site, you can't adapt to the intensity of work here for a while, go back to take a nap first, and come back in the afternoon." ”
Wang Chu said to Professor Song, "Teacher, we are from martial arts training, and our bodies are good, so I can't be tired of this little work, if you don't believe it, I will play two tricks for you." ”
After saying this, she came to Duan Tai Chi in the same place.
Seeing that she really seemed to have two hits, Professor Song gave the two of them a green light, "There is mung bean soup in the kettle, drink a bowl before work, don't get heat stroke, you two will follow me and Professor Wang in a while." ”
Professor Wang is the deputy dean of the Department of Archaeology at N University, a very serious person who takes his studies seriously, while Professor Song is notoriously kind, and they are lucky to be able to study with these two.
At present, the work of the two professors is to excavate near the coffin, and the archaeological team still cleans up the bones, archaeology has its own procedures, even if they know that there is a more valuable tomb below, they can't let go of this and dig that.
Luo Yan and Wang Chu were arranged to use a shovel the size of their palms to dig near the coffin, and they could not use great force, and after a round of shovels, they had to use a brush to make sure that there was nothing in this layer before they could dig with a small shovel.
This kind of work cannot be done by anyone with little patience.
Of course, the two of them were not without gains, because they were close to the people of the archaeological team, and they found that the bones of the tomb robbers were a little black, of course, it was not obvious.
When the graduate students came at three o'clock, the two of them were sent to dig with everyone again, and they picked up the shovel again, and both of them felt very comfortable, and it was better to use this rough tool.
Three days later, all the bones in the cave were cleaned up, a total of twelve, and at this time, the five bones that were sent to the city for research in the early stage had already had results, but the results surprised everyone, and it was more confusing than when there were no results.
The bones of the five corpses were from different eras, some were two hundred years old with the first one, some were three hundred years old, some were four hundred years old, and some were five hundred years old......
Not only were they surprised by the result, but the person in charge of the test was even more surprised than them, and they all thought that there was an error in the test process, and in order to reach a correct conclusion, they conducted three tests on the human bones before sending the results.
Of course, the results of the three tests were all exactly the same.
As for the cause of the tomb robbers' deaths, it is difficult to find out from the bones alone, but it is clear that they were not badly injured before they died, because there were no signs of wounds on their bones.
As for the blackening of the bones, the test results indicate that it was caused by slight carbonization, which means that these people were burned by high temperatures before or after death, but for a short time.
The robbery hole is not long, only three meters, except for the first corpse at the entrance of the cave, the rest are still in the middle, the innermost part of the robbery hole is the north of the coffin, there are traces of warping on the coffin, but it is not pried open.
After cleaning up the cave, everyone was lucky enough to go inside, and there were no bones in the cave at this time, and the copper coins and pottery shards were also cleaned out, but some traces were still there.
Luo Yan stood at the entrance of the robbery cave, thinking about one thing all the time, how could there be a corpse from a long time ago in the robbery cave of the tomb? This question also bothers the professors, but the professors are not alone.
The three professors who accompanied the team this time, except for Professor Song, whose title is slightly lower, the other two are all well-known figures and have high academic achievements.
Of course, the most inseparable thing from academic achievements is practice, and the ancient tombs that these two have participated in excavation, not to mention dozens, the more practice, the more experience.
It is because of their rich experience that they have discovered many doubts in the tomb that ordinary people cannot find, and the reason why they argue so fiercely is because they do not agree on these doubts.
Professor Wu, the head of the archaeological team, believes that this robbery cave appeared after the appearance of the Qing tomb, while Professor Wang believes that this is a robbery cave 700 years ago.
Several professors will come to different conclusions because they think things from different angles.
Professor Wu believes that no one will build the tomb on the robbery hole, and the ancients were the most particular about feng shui, which is impossible to reason, of course, this explanation does not explain the problem of the bones of the tomb robbers.
Professor Wang and Professor Song came to the conclusion based on the weathering degree of the four walls of the cave and the color of the soil, the cave is almost not ventilated, and the cave 200 years ago will not be weathered like this, archaeology and geology have always been closely linked, although the two are not authorities in this regard, but they are by no means a mouthful.