Chapter 8: The Ancient Tomb
On Sunday, December 20, 2014, the weather in Phoenixville was cloudy
At eight o'clock in the morning, when Han Leng knocked on Eleven's door, she was still asleep. Eleven got up in a daze, grabbed the glasses on the table and put them on casually, staggered to the door, opened the door, and asked, "Are you going to the ancient tomb?" ”
Han Leng saw that her face was still not good, she kept angry, and her brows couldn't help frowning, "How is it, are you still uncomfortable?" ”
Eleven didn't say anything and rubbed his eyes and walked back to the room, Han Leng walked in after him, and said with some worry, "Otherwise, don't go today." I'll go and see it alone, and you can rest again. ”
Eleven took out a pink sweater from his duffel bag and looked at it, put it in his bag again, then pulled out a blue striped sweater, thought about it, threw it on the bed, and then said unhurriedly, "I'm fine, I can go to the scene." ”
"But your face is not very good." Han Leng said with concern.
"I'm fine." Eleven said lightly, his subordinates did not stop, and picked out a few more clothes, but after a few words, the neat duffel bag that was originally packed by the servants at home was messed up by Eleven. The duffel bag was stuffed indiscriminately by Eleven without a little gap, but unfortunately there were still a lot of clothes still thrown on the ground, and there was no way to stuff them into the bag.
"You also said that there might be danger this time, how can I rest assured that you will go like this." Eleven still insisted that he was fine, which really made Han Leng a little helpless.
Eleven turned his head, looked at Han Leng, and had no choice but to tell the truth of the matter, "I am like this now because of the relationship between the spirits, not because of my poor health." My current spiritual power is only one-tenth of the original one, plus I had a precognitive dream that consumed spiritual power on the road before, so my spirit is so bad, I'm really fine, even if I rest in the hotel, I can't recover for a while. ”
It was the first time Han Leng had heard Eleven talk about her family, you must know that Eleven's family was a very mysterious family, even if the Han family had experienced thousands of years, they still couldn't understand the Liu family very thoroughly. It's just that they know that their family is engaged in the work of slaying demons and eliminating demons, and no one knows the details of the family at all. Of course, he also knew that even if Eleven occasionally talked about family matters, he couldn't ask in detail, as a well-educated child of a family, he still knew about this. "Then I can't let you go. The spiritual power is insufficient, what if I encounter danger? ”
Eleven was stunned, but he didn't expect that he would lift a stone and hit his own foot, what is this called. "But ......" Eleven still wanted to defend herself, but unfortunately Han Leng didn't plan to give her this opportunity at all, and stuffed the clothes in Eleven's hand into the duffel bag indiscriminately, only to find that she couldn't stuff it in at all, and she was funny in her heart, and while taking out the clothes in the duffel bag, she said, "Don't worry." I'll take a look at it first. If you have to insist on going, then go over in the afternoon, and I'll ask Xiao He to leave you a car. That's it! ”
Eleven watched Han Leng fold the clothes she took out and put them back in her duffel bag neatly, and sighed, "Okay." So be it. ”
Han Leng was very happy that Eleven could listen to his opinion, and after folding all the clothes that Eleven took out on the ground and putting them in his luggage bag, he got up and touched Eleven's head, and said with a doting smile on the corner of his mouth, "Then you can rest in the hotel for half a day." If I can raise a little more spirit, I can raise a little more, so I can rest assured. ”
At eleven o'clock, Han Leng came out of Eleven's room and walked downstairs.
Downstairs, the personnel of the archaeological team were basically ready to go, and at this time, they only waited for Eleven and Han Leng to come down, and then they got into the car that went to the Yuxi Ancient Tomb and set off. Who knows, only Han Leng came down, Professor Qian was stunned for a moment, and asked puzzledly, "Why are you the only one?" ”
"Eleven is not feeling well, so he won't come with us today. In the afternoon, she would go on her own. Mr. Xiao He, please contact Eleven with a car so that she can use it in the afternoon. "Except for Eleven and Zhu Chenyang, Han Leng is cold to everyone. In the face of more than a dozen archaeologists, Han Leng was still indifferent and cold.
"Humph! I'm not in good health, and I just want to come to see some archaeological site! Coming and not going to the scene, there is really no hard-working spirit of scholars! Professor Qian was very dissatisfied with Eleven and Han Leng's expressions as usual, and said coolly, "Xiao He, don't prepare a car for her in the afternoon, just let her have a good rest in the hotel!" ”
Xiao He on the side smiled wryly, neither daring to respond to Han Leng's request, nor daring to casually respond to Professor Qian's words, it was really a dilemma for both sides.
Han Leng pushed his glasses, glanced at Professor Qian, didn't say anything, and got into the car directly. Without the last sentence, he really looks like an unreasonable leader, and at this moment, he is just an old man with a knife mouth and a tofu heart! Professor Qian panted heavily, and under the persuasion of everyone, he took his archaeological tools and got into the car. The car finally started and drove towards the ancient cemetery in Yuxi Village.
Ancient cemetery of Yuxi Village
Fang Yu felt that he had nothing to do, so he wanted to drive Zhang Dazhu back to work in the ancient cemetery. But Zhang Dazhu didn't want to leave her alone in the hospital, Fang Yu said that he drove Zhang Dazhu back to the construction site, but Zhang Dazhu was not at ease after all, so he invited his mother-in-law over to help take care of Fang Yu for a few days, so he was relieved to go to work in the ancient tomb.
As soon as Zhang Dazhu arrived at the construction site, he found that no one in the village had yet come, and the archaeologists had already begun to get busy. Zhang Dazhu sat on the old locust tree on the side, smoking a cigarette while thinking about his thoughts, I heard that experts from Shanghai would rush over to open the main tomb today, and the funeral goods would be moved out. After working on the construction site for so many days, he more or less heard some doorways, this ancient tomb is so large, it is estimated that the official products of the tomb owner are at least second-grade or above. That's a big official, how many funeral goods must be in here. Thinking of the funeral goods that he and Brother Hu saw in the tomb that night, Zhang Dazhu couldn't help but regret that he didn't take a few more things.
Just thinking about it, the villagers of Yuxi Village arrived at the construction site one after another, Zhang Dazhu threw away the cigarette in his hand, picked up the shovel, and prepared to officially start construction. At this time, a villager came over and said to Zhang Dazhu, "Brother Hu won't come today." I'm in a group with you. ”
Zhang Dazhu was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's wrong with Brother Tiger?" ”
"Alas, Zhang Hu's family is also quite miserable now. Jiajia was lost last night and hasn't been found yet. In the morning, we searched the inside and outside of the village, but we couldn't find anyone. The village chief has already called the police, and it is estimated that the police are inquiring about the situation at his house at this time. The villagers shook their heads and said regretfully, Jiajia has a lively personality and a sweet mouth, which is very likable in the village. No one wants Xiao Jiajia to disappear like this.
Zhang Dazhu was really stunned at this moment, "Why did Jiajia get lost?" What the hell is going on? Zhang Dazhu chased after him and asked anxiously.
"Alas, it was last night when your daughter-in-law was popular, everyone was busy taking your daughter-in-law to the hospital. Sister-in-law Li said that before she left, she specially told Jiajia and Xiaocheng to stay at home. Who knows, when she went home with Zhang Hu at night, she found that Jiajia was missing. I searched for it all night last night, and this morning everyone helped to find it, but I still didn't find it. The villager said to Zhang Dazhu as he walked.
Zhang Dazhu suddenly thought that Fang Yu said that he had seen Jiajia in the hospital last night, and he didn't care about it, but then he was thinking, maybe it was really Jiajia, "Is it possible that Jiajia went to Fengxian City?" Zhang Dazhu asked tentatively.
"Phoenix City? No way! How far is Yuxi Village from Fengxian City, it is more than ten miles away, you said that Jiajia is a six or seven-year-old girl, how can she go alone! The villagers shook their heads, not believing that Jiajia was a little girl with such great ability.
"Yes." Zhang Dazhu sighed, this idea is indeed a little too ridiculous.
In the middle of the morning, a car stopped next to the cemetery, and thirteen or four people got out of the car. The leader was a man with a rather stern expression, and the others were also middle-aged, only two younger people followed behind the group, and at first glance they were internship students. As soon as Director Li saw the leader, he immediately walked over with a smile on his face, held the man's hand tightly, and said happily, "Old classmate, I haven't seen you for a long time!" ”
"yes. It's been about three or four years! When Professor Qian saw Director Li coming, his original expression immediately turned into a smile, and he clasped Director Li's hand a few times and said, "Thank you for inviting us to participate in this archaeology." We are very honored to be able to come to the archaeological site of the ancient tomb of Yuxi. ”
"Okay, don't talk about these scenes. You've come just in time to clean the last layer of rammed earth. If you move quickly, you may be able to go down to the tomb in the afternoon. Curator Li smiled and led Professor Qian to the other people's workplaces.
Director Li took Professor Qian's team and his own team to give a brief introduction, and everyone couldn't wait to enter the archaeological work.
The white rammed earth layer has just shown its full picture, and the rectangular rammed earth layer is the last protective layer of the ancient tomb. This kind of rammed earth layer artificial traces are very obvious, is the ancient tomb craftsmen little by little to tamp the special soil after the formation, want to use a shovel to dig it is very difficult, tomb robbers generally use vinegar to dissolve, but in fact, as long as it is acidic things can dissolve the rammed earth layer. Curator Li asked someone to transport a large number of toilet cleaners early this morning, this kind of thing is extremely common in ordinary families, containing a certain amount of hydrochloric acid, but it is not dangerous to reach people, Curator Li likes to use it very much.
The bottles of toilet cleaners were opened by the archaeologists, and they were first slowly poured out of a rectangle of about 20 square meters, and then carefully poured every inch of the rectangle of more than 20 square meters with the toilet cleaner, until the soil on it began to soften, and everyone stopped. The acidic liquid has just been poured down, and it has not yet been in good contact with the rammed earth layer, so it is not possible to dig it yet, and all the archaeologists gathered together to talk about this archaeological discovery.
Director Li smoked a cigarette and lit the fire, exhaling a puff of smoke, "Speaking of this archaeology, I have always felt strange, from the form and specifications of this tomb, it can be generally known that it is a tomb in the early Tang Dynasty, and the owner of the tomb is at least a second-grade or above, but the more I dig, the more strange I feel, and I feel that it is a little different from the form of the tomb of the real second-grade official of the Tang Dynasty." Alas, I can't tell, but I just feel that way. ”
"Haha-" Professor Qian patted Director Li on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I also took a general look at the situation of the ancient tomb just now, and it is basically the same as your speculation." For those things that are still a little doubtful, don't you know when you enter the tomb? There will be more or less information about the owner of the tomb inside. ”
Director Li took a few puffs of cigarette and thought about it, but when he thought of finding a thief hole before he came, his mood couldn't help but sink again, "I hope so." "Hopefully, the thieves just took the burial goods, the inscriptions in the coffin of the tomb owner, or something that would help them guess the identity of the tomb owner, then thank God. Everyone sat together, chatting with each other, waiting for the hydrochloric acid and the rammed earth layer in the toilet cleaner to fully contact.
On the other side, after Han Leng saw Professor Qian being pulled by a man in his forties to catch up, he quietly slipped out from behind. Han Leng first wandered around the cemetery, but seeing that everyone was busy, he was not interested in helping, and the ancient tomb had not been dug up, so he couldn't see anything, so he walked to the side of the mountain forest.
This is not a very high mountain, for Han Leng, who is used to seeing steep mountains, this is just a small mound, but this small mound relies on dense forests. Even though it is winter and the leaves of the big trees have withered, the thick body of the tree and the altitude of more than ten meters can still see the luxuriance of the woods. Some trees even need two people to hug each other, not to mention hundreds of years.
Han Leng was walking around and paying attention to the surrounding terrain, and suddenly saw a little girl squatting on the ground playing with mud in a small mountain col, the little girl combed two ponytails, her big eyes were very beautiful and bright, she was playing with mud while talking to herself over there.
Han Leng walked over and looked at the little girl, who also noticed Han Leng's arrival, and waved to Han Leng with a smile. "Big brother, did you also come to play at the little brother's house?" The little girl asked Han Leng with a smile.
Han Leng glanced at the mud on her hand and said coldly, "No. Where's your little brother? ”
The little girl turned her head and looked around, but she didn't find it, and said unhappily, "I was still here just now." ”
Han Leng looked around, although this mountain forest was not covered by leaves, the terrain was complicated, the terrain was high and low, and it was difficult for a little boy to find it when he walked over, so he had to say to the little girl, "Your little brother went over there, I'll help you find it." ”
"I don't know. However, the little brother said that his home was over there, and maybe he would go home first. The little girl pointed to the top of the hill and said.
"Then I'll take a look, don't run around." Han Leng admonished the little girl, turned around and walked towards the top of the mountain.
The mountain road was rugged and difficult to walk, even though Han Leng had practiced martial arts for several years, but by the time he reached the top of the mountain, he was already tired and out of breath. Han Leng pushed his glasses, looking at the scenery around him except for trees or trees, and couldn't help but wonder, where did this look like a house. Then he thought of the little girl waiting for him in the mountains and forests, and had no choice but to retreat back the way he came. Who knows, when he returned to the col to look, there was still the shadow of the little girl, leaving only a strange-shaped lump of mud on the ground.
Han Leng looked at the dense trees around him, frowned and walked to the side for a short distance, and a few intermittent human voices came. Presumably, the little girl left with her parents. Han Leng thought like this, and he no longer took this matter to heart.