Chapter 2: Thousand-Year-Old Corpses

Wang Housheng pointed to the hill in the photo and said: "Since the Qinghai Railway was opened to traffic in '84, the state has been building the western region faster and faster. In the early hours of yesterday morning, when the geological exploration team on the shore of Qinghai Lake was inspecting the leyline minerals, they accidentally found scratches on several rocks in the local pagoda mountain. The head of the geological team felt that something was wrong, so hundreds of people began to work by hand. The rocks in the photo are the result of a busy night of work by the exploration team, and the body was found under the rocks early this morning. ”

Huang Yunxiang picked up the photo with two fingers, looked at the dead corpses in the stone pile carefully, and exclaimed: "It's so perfect, if it is really an ancient corpse that has gone through thousands of years and is still preserved like this, it will definitely cause a national sensation." This wet corpse is much better preserved than the ancient corpses found in the country and even the world, and if we can discover the mystery of his incorruptibility, we will open a new era in the archaeological field. ”

Wang Housheng was also infected by Huang Yunxiang's excitement, and said excitedly: "The mystery of the ancient corpse of Qinghai Lake is about to be handed over to you to solve it, and it is currently known that this ancient corpse is still in the secrecy stage, and it is closed to the media in the outside world. However, this matter has already alarmed Xie Lao, and the thousand-year-old corpse was transported by Xie Lao himself. ”

Hu Mingyu was dissatisfied: "Director Wang, you are too unkind. Since there is a big event, we should have told us as soon as possible, and we should have prepared in advance. ”

Wang Housheng said: "The notice from the superior is strictly confidential, and I have no choice." I am afraid that it will cause unnecessary trouble if the media knows about it, and I am worried that this ancient corpse will be like the Lianyungang ancient corpse incident in 2002. ”

Ma Jianguo asked puzzledly: "What's going on with the Lianyungang ancient corpse incident?" ”

Hu Mingyu glanced at him and said, "Please, if you can look at the archives more and look less at those messy websites, you won't say anything that makes people laugh." The Lianyungang ancient corpse incident is the rescue and sorting of the original Dean Zhang Jiadong, if you want to know, please consult Zhang Ning. ”

Zhang Ning said sadly: "At that time, I was still in college, and I didn't know the whole thing very well, but that incident was definitely what my father was most angry about. I remember that on July 7, 2002, during the demolition of Shuanglong Village in Lianyungang, an excavator accidentally discovered the ancient tombs of the Western Han Dynasty. A total of four coffins were excavated at that time, but the scene was very chaotic, and some villagers forcibly opened the coffins. The male corpse in the inner coffin is a rare non-decomposing wet corpse soaked in corpse liquid, which has been artificially destroyed due to the ignorance of the villagers and the fear of non-decomposing wet corpses. Later, someone reported the case and alarmed the local cultural management office and the museum, and the excavation work destroyed the other two coffins, and also destroyed the unknown corpse fluid in the coffin. When my father received the report, he was furious and rushed to Lianyungang overnight to protect the last coffin, which my father said was a crime against mankind......"

Wang Houchang sighed: "That time I went to Lianyungang, your father and I finally rescued the last coffin, and unearthed more than 80 precious cultural relics of the Western Han Dynasty. Therefore, this time, the thousand-year-old corpse found in Qinghai Lake notified the domestic archaeological master Xie Changtian in the first time, hoping that Xie Lao could solve the mystery of the incorruptibility of the ancient corpse for us. ”

Huang Yunxiang asked in surprise: "Director Wang, the old Xie you just talked about turned out to be Xie Changtian who saw the beginning and the end of the dragon?" He is the most authoritative archaeological predecessor since the founding of the People's Republic of China! Xie Lao once excavated the tombs of Zeng Houyi in Suizhou, Hubei Province and found the bell of Zeng Houyi that shocked the world, but he did not expect to be fortunate to witness this legendary figure after nearly 30 years. ”

Wang Housheng nodded and smiled: "It's rare that Team Leader Huang will know about Xie Lao's deeds, and few of the current juniors know about Xie Lao." The time is almost up, and Dean Ma and Xie Lao are about to arrive. Team Leader Huang, you all go and prepare, nothing can go wrong no matter what! ”

Huang Yunxiang patted his chest and said firmly: "Director Wang, don't worry, unless the thousand-year-old corpse can fly, otherwise we will definitely be able to solve the mystery of incorruptibility......"

At around 4:50 p.m., a large golden dragon drove into the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Wang Housheng led four staff members who had already been waiting at the gate, and three or five people walked down from the big golden dragon car, among which there was an old man with crane hair and a childish face, who came to Wang Housheng at the respectful invitation of Dean Ma Jin. Ma Jin asked softly, "Director Wang, have you arranged everything?" ”

Wang Housheng nodded and said, "Dean Ma, please rest assured, this time it is the second group of people with the strongest skills in the whole hospital to test the thousand-year-old corpse." Team leader Huang Yunxiang is now making a testing plan, and the No. 3 sterile laboratory has made all preparations. ”

Dean Ma smiled and said, "Old Xie has been tired of driving all the way, let Xie rest first, and we will start testing the ancient corpse as soon as the detection plan comes out." ”

Xie Changtian waved his hand and said: "Ma Jin, I'm fine, let's directly test the ancient corpse, this day is not waiting for anyone, a heavy rainstorm is about to fall." ”

Ma Jin Gong said: "What Elder Xie said is right, then Director Wang, you are responsible here." I and Mr. Xie are in the office to do the handover procedures, Mr. Xie, please. Ma Jin made an inviting gesture and guided Xie Changtian into the building. Wang Housheng was busy asking the staff to move a large stainless steel box nearly two meters long and one meter high from the carriage, and the box was moved to the trailer and drove straight to the laboratory......

In Dean Ma's office, Xie Changtian was sitting on a leather sofa, taking off his glasses and rubbing his temples with his fingers. Ma Jin asked cautiously: "Old Xie, you are working too hard, drink a cup of Longjing before the rain to refresh yourself." ”

Xie Changtian laughed and said, "Old man, it's useless." After more than two hours in the car, my bones hurt, if only I had been ten years earlier. ”

Dean Ma put down the teacup in his hand and said, "Hehe, Xie Lao, you don't see old at all." I remember that when Zhang Jiadong and I learned from you more than thirty years ago, you were as strong as you are now, but God is jealous of the talent, I didn't expect that Jiadong would suddenly have an accident. For more than a year, there has been no clue at all, Jiadong's ability is far better than mine, and his disappearance is a great loss to the archaeological community. ”

Xie Changtian put on his glasses and pondered: "You and Jia Dong can also be regarded as half of my students, and Jia Dong has a unique talent for the attainment of ancient characters. I heard that Jiadong's daughter also entered the Chinese Academy of Sciences? ”

Ma Jin took out a box of giant panda cigarettes from the drawer and handed it to Xie Changtian, Xie Changtian took out a cigarette and put it under his nose, sniffed deeply, and said, "It's a good thing, but my doctor has already stopped letting me smoke it." My heart is dead and I've been quitting smoking for many years. I really want to know the current situation of Jiadong's daughter, does that girl also have the same talent for ancient characters as Jiadong? ”

"Old Xie, Jiadong's daughter is called Zhang Ning. In the early years, I studied at Beijing University of Political Science and Law, and I am 26 years old this year, and I have a boyfriend from the criminal police team named Zhao Haipeng. After graduating from university, Zhang Ning worked in a law firm, it turned out that she should have gotten married early, but because of Jiadong's mysterious disappearance, the girl was as stubborn as Jiadong, and she had to find her father, so Zhang Ning applied for the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She seems to have studied ancient characters very well, and may have inherited Jiadong's genes. Xie Lao, why did you ask about this? Ma Jin looked at Xie Changtian in confusion.

When Xie Changtian heard that Zhang Ning also studied ancient characters, his eyes flashed with a glimmer of hope. Xie Changtian happily took out a few photos from the cowhide bag he was carrying, and stretched out his hand to put them on Ma Jin's desk. Ma Jin looked down at the photo and saw that there was half a jade plaque on the photo. The jade plaque is crystal clear, and there are a few words engraved in the middle of the jade plaque.

Ma Jin looked at it for a while and said, "Old Xie, this should be an official position." Judging from the handwriting left on the jade plate, it seems to be a Jun character, what is engraved in the name of the ancients, what is the Jun that is very common? ”

Xie Changtian shook his head and said, "Ma Jin, you can use a magnifying glass to take a good look at the words engraved on the edge of the jade plate." ”

As soon as Xie Changtian said this, Ma Jin immediately felt that things were not as simple as he thought, grabbed the magnifying glass on the table, and when he looked at the photo again, his face turned pale instantly, his lips twitched, and he couldn't say a word......