Yesterday, after the comrades left the scene, under the supervision of Professor Jin, Professor Nie and the leaders of the Cultural Relics Bureau, Captain Xiao led the workers to dig up the soil in front of the tomb entrance and seal the tomb entrance with bricks and cement.

The protection measures of the cultural relics department are very timely, and if the entrance to the tomb is not closed in time, it is inevitable that some people with excessive curiosity will go in to find out.

If this is the case, then it will be difficult for the face of the tomb to remain the same as when the comrades left.

In particular, the patina of more than a dozen stone carved platforms may be damaged.

As for whether the tomb will be excavated and protected, and when the excavation work will be carried out, it must wait for the Cultural Relics Bureau to meet to discuss and come up with a specific plan, and then the decision can be made after expert argumentation.

The group walked to the entrance of the tomb and put on their masks and gloves neatly.

A worker handed a construction lamp to Captain Xiao's hand.

Captain Xiao turned on the engineering light and walked towards the entrance of the tomb, Xiao Luhan followed closely with a cardboard box, followed by Zhao Zimeng, four professors and a leader of the Cultural Relics Bureau.

At this time, there was a commotion in the crowd of onlookers, followed by the sound of car engines.

The crowd not far away consciously made a way.

Everyone stopped.

Seeing Ma Jianping and Lin Di running over quickly.

Zhao Zimeng hurriedly greeted him: "How is it?" ”

"There is only one lonely old lady surnamed Qi at No. 187 Shigu Lane, and she is the owner of the house. We carefully searched the room where Cai Yaohui was staying, and there was nothing we were looking for except for some furniture. Ma Jianping said.

"Team Zhao, it seems that this Cai Yaohui is telling the truth, he rented Mrs. Qi's house to store things temporarily." LIN Didao,

"We haven't found anything else, I'm afraid 187 is only this bronze. The cunning rabbit is still three holes! I don't think he's that simple, I think he should have other places to store things besides Shigu Lane. ”

"When did Cai Yaohui live in No. 187?"

"A week ago."

"How long is he going to stay?"

Mrs. Qi said that he planned to rent for a month and had already paid the rent. When Cai Yaohui left last night, he told Mrs. Qi that the house could be rented to others. ”

"Team Zhao, I also think this Cai Yaohui is very cunning, he may be the master of changing places with one shot, he won't let Qiliang know the address of Shigu Lane, and the rental cycle is very short, he should have other places." Ma Jianping Road.

"I understand what you mean, we can't believe Cai Yaohui's words. He probably has more than one thing on his hands. Zhao Zimeng said as he helped Professor Jin, "Professor Jin, let's go—let's go in." ”

Ma Jianping stayed outside to maintain order with Xiang Daimo, Manager Feng and others.

Lin Di put on a mask and gloves and followed Zhao Zimeng and walked inside.

The group cautiously walked through the tomb passage, and in a few moments, they came to the burial chamber with a high platform carved in stone.

Professor Jin quickly found the three stone carved platforms that had left three-legged rust marks—the three high platforms around the right pillar of the antechamber of the tomb.

Xiao Luhan and Zhao Zimeng worked together to take out the Jiuyang bottle from the cardboard box and uncover the blanket.

Professor Jin and Professor Nie carefully carried the Jiuyang Bottle, compared them one by one on the three stone carved high platforms, and finally returned to the second stone carved high platform.

The distance between the three pieces of rust on the high platform is exactly the same as the distance between the three legs of the Nine Sheep Bottle.

The three feet of the Nine Sheep Bottle are in the shape of a sheep's foot, and the shape of the rust on the stone carved platform is exactly the same as the shape of the sheep's foot.

The other two archaeologists also compared the fine particulate matter remaining on the high platform with the fine particulate matter on the Jiuyang Bottle, and concluded that it was the same material.

The opinion given by the four professors is that this Jiuyang bottle is the burial goods stolen from the ancient tomb of the late Ming Dynasty in Ion Mountain.

Professor Nie said: Jiuyang bottle is a national first-class cultural relic, it casts exquisitely, the decoration of the bottle surface is rich in connotation, magnificent and majestic, and the shape of the nine sheep heads complements each other.

It is not only a treasure among bronzes, but also occupies a very important place in the history of art.

There is one such vessel in the Chang'an Museum, and it is the only one left.

Therefore, the Nine Sheep Bottle in front of you is a priceless treasure, and it is of great significance for the study of the politics, economy, culture and sacrifice of Qi during the Warring States Period.

It can be seen that several archaeological experts and the leader of the Cultural Relics Bureau could not suppress their excitement in the face of this result.

The leader shook hands with Zhao Zimeng again and again, thanking him for recovering the stolen cultural relics.

Zhao Zimeng and the others found the missing burial goods in the ancient tomb in less than two days, which made the leaders of the Cultural Relics Bureau overjoyed.

But at this time, Zhao Zimeng's mood was very heavy, he knew that the Jiuyang Bottle was only one of the stolen cultural relics, and it was difficult to find other treasures, and the road was long.

Lin Di carried a camera with her, and this time she took thirty-two more photos in the tomb - there were eighteen stone carved platforms, and sixteen were rusted.

Lin Di took two photos of each high platform, and although Lin Di had taken a lot of photos before, the angles were different, and this time they were all frontal photos from top to bottom.

After the comparison work, the group went out of the tomb, and Manager Feng and Captain Xiao instructed the workers to reseal the tomb entrance with bricks and cement.

Zhao Zimeng handed over the Jiuyang bottle to the comrades of the Cultural Relics Bureau.

Lin Di used his camera to take more than a dozen photos of Jiuyangzhu.

There are 16 patina platforms in the tomb, and archaeologists have judged that 16 bronze vessels should have stood on this platform. Now, after comparison, it has been determined that the Jiuyang bottle is one of them.

Zhao Zimeng couldn't help but ask secretly in his heart: Where are the other fifteen lost bronzes?

And in an ancient tomb of the late Ming Dynasty, why did there appear bronzes from the Warring States period? And there are as many as 16 pieces?

In the past, Zhao Zimeng was also in contact with tomb robbery cases in Hefeng, and most of the burial goods stolen by tomb thieves were contemporaries of the tomb owner.

Zhao Zimeng intended to consult several experts.

Several archaeologists are also thinking about this question.

Their preliminary opinion is that the demise of a dynasty is the trend of the times, and no one can stop it, but the kings of all generations want their country to be permanent and passed down from generation to generation.

After the end of the Ming Dynasty, several small dynasties appeared that were not recognized by the official history, and they were unwilling to accept the reality of changing the dynasty under the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty.

The bronze is the important weapon of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Qin and Han Dynasties, and is a symbol of the dynasty.

The owners of the tomb fantasized that these things could save the fate of the dynasty from extinction, and even if reality did not, they hoped to realize their dreams in another world.

The ancients had the idea of treating death as life, and placed these things in their tombs as if they were in the world.

This time, the municipal cultural relics department decided to send a comrade to assist the criminal investigation team in solving the "10.5" tomb robbery murder case.

Wen Mingjian is the head of the Cultural Relics Section of the Cultural Relics Bureau, and has assisted the public security department in cracking several cases of reselling and smuggling cultural relics, and has very rich experience.

He has a high level of identification of all kinds of cultural relics, is familiar with the domestic cultural relics market trend, and has contacts with cultural relics departments all over the country.

Although Zhao Zimeng has taken over such cases, he is a complete layman in the identification of cultural relics.

The cultural relics department often cooperates with the public security department to investigate and deal with cultural relics crimes, and with their assistance, the criminal investigation team is like a tiger with wings.

Zhao Zimeng was planning to send two people to Haizhou for a trip, whether that Humpty Dumpty Ning Shangzhi was a collector or a cultural relics smuggler, he couldn't just listen to Cai Yaohui, Ning Shangzhi, and Da Qibao.

On this trip to Haizhou, just send someone to go with Section Chief Wen.

Who to send to Haizhou with Section Chief Wen?

Zhao Zimeng thought of Xiang Daimo.

Xiang Daimo acts steadily, works steadfastly, and thinks more deeply than ordinary people.

He is athletic and good at dealing with unexpected situations, so it is only fitting to send him.

After Xiang Daimo accepted the task, he planned to make contact with Ning Shangzhi, Da Qibao and the driver of the car one more time.

He felt that he couldn't fight an unprepared battle, and went to Haizhou to cooperate with the local police to investigate the case, and the small amount of information he had would make him very passive.

He hoped to get more information from the mouths of these three people, which was also what Zhao Zimeng meant. This morning, because of the rush of time, the interrogation of Ning Shangzhi and Da Qibao was not thorough enough.

The main task of Xiang Daimo and Section Chief Wen in Haizhou this time was to find the whereabouts of several other bronzes, and to find the murderer of the "10.5" tomb robbery murder case through the traces of lost cultural relics.

Now, many days have passed since the incident, and some of the bronzes may no longer be in the city.

Section Chief Wen said that at present, there are three cultural relics distribution centers in China, and Haizhou is one of the important locations, and it is also the last foothold of cultural logistics overseas.

Antiquities dealers concentrate the acquired cultural relics in these three distribution centers through various channels, and most of them will directly transit through Haizhou to Nangang and Ryukyu, and finally flow to the rest of the world through these two places.

Nangang and Ryukyu – especially Nangang – are the main transit points for cultural relics smuggling groups to smuggle cultural relics.

At present, there are two kinds of people who target the top cultural relics in the domestic market, one is the antiquities collector and the other is the antiquities smuggling group.

With the gradual heating up of the cultural relics market, some collectors of cultural relics have also become impatient and have started smuggling cultural relics.

Once cultural relics enter the market, people must pursue the maximization of value and benefits.

In the domestic market, the profit growth space of cultural relics is limited by purchasing power, while the profit margin in the international market is even greater, and the smuggling of cultural relics and cultural relics smuggling syndicates came into being.

The time for contemporary opening up and innovation has not been long before people's pockets have begun to bulge, and some people have taken risks to smuggle cultural relics overseas in order to make a quick fortune. This has become a bad trend that is currently emerging.

Therefore, going to Haizhou to find out the whereabouts of these cultural relics and intercept these cultural relics is an appropriate choice at present.