"The water of the waves is clear, and it can wet me;

The water of the waves is turbid, and it can wet my feet.

The water of the waves is clear, you can wet me ......"

On the speeding Buick business car, Professor Qin Ziqing of the Shanghai Museum knocked on the handrail and hummed this song more than 2,000 years ago, happily entertaining himself. Last week, Director Zhao of the Yixing Museum called and said that an old Warring States tomb was found during the demolition of a local real estate project, and according to the inscription on the unearthed bronzes, this should be the tomb of the prince of Chu at the end of the Warring States Period.

"Brother Xiong, who the hell is I, Yu Lingjun?" The leader didn't speak, the people below were all playing with their mobile phones, Xiong Jing was replying to the post at this time - he was nearly middle-aged and alone, and his only hobby at the moment was to pour water and fart in a forum that was once famous for military affairs and is now famous for slowing down.

"I'm Yu Lingjun......" glanced at the post-90s generation who asked this question, Xiong Jing quickly finished typing the last few words - strongly scolding the altar for attacking the court and slandering the big slow rules, and then put down the phone: "Do you know King Chu You?" ”

"King Chu You?" The curious baby doesn't study history, and his understanding of the Warring States period probably comes from a certain popular Warring States Palace fighting drama. He thought for a while and said, "Is it the son of King Chu Huai, who was deceived twice by Zhang Yi in a row and changed six hundred miles into six miles?" ”

"How could King Chu You be the son of King Chu Huai? Governor. Before Xiong Jing could speak, Xia Shirley, who was sitting in the back row, smiled. She is also a post-90s generation, and the strangest thing is that her name is the same as the heroine in a certain tomb robbery. Don't look at the flowers and branches that this little girl dresses up every day, the history of the pre-Qin Dynasty can be recited backwards. "King Chu You is the son of the son of the son of King Chu Huai, this is called... Called......"

Xia Shirley is familiar with history, but not with the title of in-law, even if the relationship is so simple.

"It's... Should... Called great-grandson. The beauty was speechless, and there was naturally a flower messenger by her side, and a man with glasses spoke in a hurry with a light in his eyes, and his face was flattering and smiling.

"I know it's called great-grandson." Xia Shirley glanced at the man with white glasses, and the fragrance of Japanese hand cream on his hand was fragrant. "In the biography of Chunshenjun in the historical records, it is said: King Chu Kaolie has no children, and Chunshenjun suffers. Zhao Li Yuanjin his daughter's brother, Chun Shenjun said that the king of Chu, the king of Chu summoned Xingzhi, and then gave birth to a son and became the prince. This is Chu You Wang Han, he also has a half-brother Ju, a half-brother. My name is Shen, and according to the professor's research for many years...... "She looked at Professor Qin, who was listening in the front row, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. “…… He is the elder brother of King Chu You. ”

"Y is right." When it comes to his research, Professor Qin no longer hums. "In the biography of Chun Shen Jun, the historical record says that King Chu Kaoli had no children, which is inaccurate. As the crown prince, King Chu Kaoli was hostage to the princess of Qin who gave birth to two sons, who were the two brothers Changping Jun and Chang Wenjun who helped Yingzheng quell the rebellion of Chang Yu in the ninth year of King Yingzheng's reign. Later, the Qin army captured Shouying, the capital of Chu, captured the king of Chu, and Changping Jun was embraced by the Chu people as the king of Chu, and he was born here.

In 73 years, Wuxi unearthed three bronzes with the inscription of my Yuling Junshen, C14 research proves that these bronzes were cast around 235 BC, and the specifications are not low. In 12 years, a batch of bamboo slips were unearthed in Fengyang, Anhui Province, and it was judged that this I Lingjun, that is, the prince of Chu, Shen, can be concluded to be a prince of Chu who has not been recorded in the history books, and his age is a few years older than Youwang Han, and his biological mother is a lady.

So there is a problem...... "Professor Qin became serious when he talked about his research, and the people in the car did not dare to play with their mobile phones anymore. "Since this Chu prince Shen may be his son-in-law, why was he not made the crown prince by King Chu Kaolie? Is it really as recorded in the history books: Youwang Han is the son of Chun Shenjun, and Chun Shenjun is the commander of Chu State, so under his manipulation, the prince Shen, who is the son-in-law, was sealed in my tomb, and his son Wang Zihan was made the prince?

After the death of King You, his younger brother Yu, that is, King Chu Ai, succeeded to the throne, but the concubine killed him and established himself as the king of Chu. At this time, am I, Yu Lingjun, that is, Prince Shen, still alive? In 223 BC, Shou Ying was captured and captured, is he still alive? It is impossible not to be involved in the struggle for the power of the Chu king, but it is strange that his name is not recorded in the history books, and we know that he also knew through the bronze inscriptions and bamboo slips unearthed from the Chu tomb that eighteen years before the destruction of the Chu State, there was originally a prince Shen ...... of the Chu State"

Qin Ziqing is white-haired, and he has studied pre-Qin history all his life, starting from the three bronzes in Wuxi Qianzhou Commune in 1973, he has always remembered this Chu prince Shen who was hidden in the history books. Now, the tomb of Prince Shen of Chu suddenly appeared in Yixing, and the mystery that had plagued him for more than 30 years was finally about to be solved.

*

It was noon when the car arrived in Yixing, although Deputy Mayor Liu of Yixing, who was in charge of cultural and educational work, Director Zhao of the museum, and others suggested that they should eat first and then go to see the tomb excavation site, but Qin Ziqing insisted on seeing the scene first and then going to eat, so the group had to go to the scene first. The site is not far away, a grassy paddy field, countless tents, vehicles, and warning belts surround a excavation site within a radius of several kilometers. At this time, it was meal time, and a large group of archaeologists and workers of all kinds gathered outside the tent eating boxed lunches; Outside the cordon, some locals holding their children to look strange were pointing and staying.

The excavation was carried out by an archaeological team from Nanjing, who not only knew Professor Qin, but was also a student of his early years as a teacher in Fudan.

“…… It is a large-scale tomb in the late Warring States period, and the scale is definitely not under the tomb of Marquis Yi of Suizhou. "The archaeological captain couldn't suppress his excitement." The national archaeological team arrived in the afternoon and they ......"

"Impossible." Professor Qin couldn't help but interrupt, "Wang Zishen is just a prince, how can his tomb be bigger than the tomb of Marquis Zeng?" ”

"Teacher, this is the peculiarity of the prince's tomb!" The archaeological captain was excited, and after wiping a handful of sweat, he said very seriously: "Inferring from the bronze inscriptions unearthed so far, I am afraid that from the eighteen years before the fall of the Chu State to the early Western Han Dynasty, the history of these decades will be rewritten......

"Little bear, there is still ......" After listening to the student's introduction, Professor Qin was about to go to the tomb site to take a look, he first called the old Xiong Xiongjing, who was replying on his mobile phone, and then saw Xia Shirley looking at him expectantly, so he said: "Shirley also come and see." ”

It is not the first time for Xiong Jinglai to go to the cemetery, but his major is historiography rather than archaeology, and ancient tombs are not common. After changing into special clothes, shoes and hats, a group of four people entered the tomb of Prince Shen of Chu, who was bound to rewrite the entire history of the Warring States Qin and Han dynasties, in the mouth of the archaeological captain, "The scale is definitely not under the tomb of Marquis Yi of Suizhou", which is bound to rewrite the entire history of the Warring States Qin and Han dynasties.

Zeng Hou Yi is the monarch of Zeng Guoguo, the tomb was discovered in Suizhou in 1978, and more than 10,000 pieces of cultural relics have been unearthed, which is the largest Warring States tomb found so far. If the tomb of Prince Shen of Chu is larger than the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng, wouldn't there be tens of thousands of cultural relics? With this question, Xiong Jing was a little stunned as soon as he entered the tent that covered the entire burial chamber:

The shortest side of the pit is more than 20 meters, and the longest side is estimated to be 100 meters long. The unearthed wooden coffins, sorted bronzes, and lacquerware were all hung with numbers and stacked on the blankets next to the graves like roadside stalls. This is only the periphery, the lowest part of the tomb pit where there are still traces of water, the main tomb has been cleared out of a corner, and the half-unearthed bells are arranged in four rows, from small to large, more than 20 meters long. What really makes people smack is that it is still deeply buried, only two ears are exposed, the distance between its ears is about 1.5 meters, can it be said that the record of the world's largest bronze tripod, Simu Wuding is going to be broken?

"Teacher, at the beginning of the excavation we found a very strange mark. You see, here ....... Ahh Descending to the tomb, the archaeological captain pointed to a mark on the bronze tripod and said, "That's it, a standing phoenix, the strange thing is that it has three heads: the original one, and two more heads on the wings." There is also a bird and insect text below: 'Chu... Xiong Shen, this is also a bit like the word jing, Xiuzi made gold,...... To worship the emperor's ancestors, to meet the father and brother ......, and to use it forever......'"

The archaeological captain read the jerky and indistinguishable bird and insect text, and Professor Qin, who was holding a magnifying glass, focused on the phoenix. It wears a triple wreath of flowers, stands proudly with its neck, its wings are raised at the same shoulder, and a few flower branches hang from under the wings. This is a common picture of the phoenix ornament of the Chu people - the countries respect the dragon, the Chu people worship the phoenix, and it is normal to see the phoenix in the tomb of the Chu people. But this phoenix is really a little weird, and two more crested heads appear on the wingtips of the inner hook, mysterious and illusory.

"This is Lizhu, which is the sunbird. The corolla on it should be the fairy tree Langji in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. The No. 1 tomb of Mashan has unearthed the embroidery pattern of a three-headed phoenix, but the appearance of the two is very different. Professor Qin put away his magnifying glass. The Chu people believe that the phoenix is immortal, and even if it is dead, it can be reborn again and again. In the "Taiping Yulan", the "Zhuangzi" Yiwen was quoted and said: "Lao Tzu sighed and said: I heard that there is a bird in the south, its name is phoenix, one person and three heads, and it is handed up to serve Langji."

Chu people Shang Wu Chongfeng, if ......" Professor Qin turned around and said as he walked, the water in the grave pit had not been drained for a long time, and the mud under his feet made it quite difficult for him to walk. "If the prince of Chu, Shen, is really made the king of Chu later, it is reasonable for Chu to cast a three-headed phoenix on the ding in order to beg him to live forever."

"It's weird. Giggle...... "After Professor Qin turned around, Xia Shirley hurried up to see the three-headed phoenix that represented immortality, she didn't touch it, and took a picture with the apple 7 hidden in her hand, which was probably going to be posted on WeChat to show off. With a little bit of joy, Shirley quickly turned around, not wanting to slip and fall backwards. Xiong Jing, who didn't react, subconsciously wanted to help her, but she couldn't stand on her feet when she helped herself. 'Dang', his temple slammed into Ding's ear.

In the blood-soaked water, the three-headed phoenix on the tripod oozed clear and crystal blood.