Chapter 570: Archaeological Notes
There are a lot of things in the backpack, but because it is a military workmanship, even if it is severely weathered, the fiber still maintains a very stable structure. Shen Yu wore gloves and cut the backpack inch by inch along the edge of the zipper.
I stood next to her and helped her catch and take out the contents of her bag one by one.
Most of the bags are handy tools for archaeology, including two hand shovels of different sizes, a roll of tape measure, a bag of brushes from small to large, and a bag of white ash.
Flip inside, and you can also pick up sharpened chopsticks (used to clean human bones), plumb weights, a spirit level, as well as a pack of nails, a coil of string, a hero brand pen, and a bottle of ink.
Flipping to the bottom, Shen Yu took out a wallet.
It's been a long time, and the leather of the wallet has stuck together. I was afraid of damaging the evidence, so I slowly tinkered with it for five minutes before opening it.
There was a stack of old renminbi bills in the wallet, and two one-yuan coins in the corner.
I counted it, and it was a hundred and twenty-seven dollars.
There is also a color photograph in the wallet of an intellectual and gentle woman holding a cute and cute boy. His eyes widened, and he stared hard at the camera, as if there was something there that particularly appealed to him.
Needless to say, this must be a photo of Shu Yun holding Wen Tingxu when he was a child. It's a pity that when I met him, his eyes were never so clear.
It's really changeable, and creation makes people.
Shen Yu suddenly exclaimed in a low voice, and I saw her shoulders trembling slightly nervously. Needless to say, she must have found something particularly important.
Sure enough, she took out a thick hard-shell notebook from her backpack with special caution. The book is A3 size.,The edge of the shell is also white.,It can be seen how often the owner used it.。
There is an elastic band rope sleeve sewn on the shell on the periphery of the book.,It's the most common red and white elastic band used before.,So that every time you finish writing,You can stretch the book and the pen and the bookmark together.,It's not easy to scatter things.。
This is very similar to the design of the current Internet celebrity book.,At first glance, it's the masterpiece of the ingenious Shu Yun.。
Shen Yu wanted to pull open the elastic band, but he didn't expect that as soon as he tried hard, the monkey skin band inside broke with a "snap".
It seems that many years have passed, and things from more than 20 years ago have deteriorated a lot in the desert.
Shen Yu was startled, she breathed a sigh of relief, I know that this notebook must have something written by Wen Mushan himself, and its evidence is of great significance, and it is absolutely not allowed to be damaged in the slightest.
Bai Ya'er also became nervous.
"Mr. Wen said that he must preserve the evidence - this is something more important than his life."
Shen Yu nodded, in fact, we could have waited to be handed over to the police. But at this moment, whether it is me, Shen Yu or Wen Tingxu, I can't wait to reveal the truth.
Bai Ya'er took a can of spray, sprayed it on the side of the notebook a few times, and said, "This is an imported paper relief potion, which can effectively separate adhesion and embrittlement, but you have to wait for three or five minutes." ”
Shen Yu looked at her watch, and she let out a long sigh.
I know that it is now half past ten o'clock, and there is not much time left for her today.
The can of spray was really useful, sharpening the knife and cutting wood, and after waiting for a while, sure enough, opening the inside of the notebook was much easier than expected.
But what disappoints us is that Wen Mushan's notebook is not a private diary, nor is it a work diary, it is more like a professional essay, a record of various problems and solutions encountered in archaeology.
Wen Mushan's handwriting is more delicate than I imagined. Although the color of the paper and ink has changed a lot over the years, you can still see between the lines the person's conduct, ethics, and even attitude towards life.
This is a person who is meticulous in his work and pursues the ultimate in his work.
Usually when we do shorthand, or memorize things, we try to use simplified words, and even use homophones to ensure speed, as for punctuation, it is basically something that we don't pay attention to.
But Wen Mushan is different, he writes every word and punctuation very carefully. As you can see from the color of the pen and ink, if there is a little wrong punctuation in the front, he will even find it in the back and correct it.
And judging from the connection between the words, his hand speed is extremely fast, even if he writes every word, it does not delay the speed of his recording.
Although these are all work problems, if we pay attention, we can still find clues between the lines, so as to restore the original state of things.
For example, the exact time of the discovery of the Western Night Site is recorded.
Because if you turn to the middle of the log, you can see such a paragraph.
"After 16 days of walking in the desert, the people and horses were exhausted, and the team spirit was almost broken, if it were not for the discovery of the ruins today, this time it would have been a futile and wasteful trip ......"
Next, Wen Mushan summed up the experience of searching for ruins in the desert.
"First, don't go deep alone, try to fan the search; Second, pay attention to the contour line, the movement of sand dunes will affect the distance; 3. Keeping a suitable distance back to the supply base, life and death are small, the military spirit is big, and it may not be a good thing to break the kettle and sink the ship......"
Wen Mushan and his entourage set out from Kalaya Tur to enter the desert on September 10, so sixteen days later was September 26, and it was on this day that the archaeological team, which was sleepy and almost collapsed, finally discovered the site of the West Night.
Immediately after that, Wen Mushan and Fei Tang discussed how to survey the site and whether to carry out protective excavation. Because once excavated, it is bound to cause damage to the closed cultural relics.
The point of contention between the two of them is that the city seems to have never been discovered since its destruction.
There are no traces of the entire city being excavated or stolen later, and even Dr. Stein, who once went to Kashgar and explored, looted, looted, and sold cultural relics everywhere in the desert, should not have discovered this place in the first place.
Fei Tang quickly confirmed that this was the site of Hugganda, the capital of the Western Night, and the two of them found that the temples in the city had been demolished to build a larger statue of the god.
But Wen Mushan disagreed.
“…… The stumps of the statue were found in the ruins, and it is possible that the height was more than 100 meters. Clay statues must not last in the wind and sand, and it is normal for the city to collapse.
"In the countries of the Western Regions, the Tang Dynasty built more Buddhist temples, Mani temples, Zoroastrian temples, etc., and there were no big Buddha statues. The statue of Tongtian Buddha was built in the post-martial period, which was also decades later than the western night. Why did this small country build statues, and who did they emulate? ”
Further down, Wen Mushan wrote the words "Bamiyan Buddha", a series of question marks, and then three huge exclamation marks side by side. Behind the exclamation point are two large characters that have been repeatedly sketched -
"There's a change!"