Chapter 53: Foreseeing the Future
After moving the remains of the female corpse from the coffin to the vacuum, the old horse and the others worked together to lift the coffin out of the coffin. After the coffin was brought out, everyone hurriedly gathered around and carefully studied the carvings on the coffin.
Zhu Gong squatted on the ground and looked at it for a long time and said to Professor Chen: "Lao Chen, generally the inner coffin is carved with regular patterns, and there are few flying pictures. ”
Professor Chen followed Zhu Gong's guidance and said: "This Nanmu coffin should have been done a long time ago, the carving on it is indeed the style of the Western Han Dynasty, maybe the master's craftsmanship is the inheritance of the Western Han Dynasty, from the end of the Western Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, some of the process changes are not too big, or even unchanged, the carving on this coffin is not the same as on the stone door, that is obviously with the initial form, and here is the combination of the Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty, look at the clothes of the characters There is a difference, you take a closer look at this fairy skirt, it is not the Western Han Dynasty prevailing, It's evolved. ”
After touching the patterns on the coffin for a long time, the archaeologists asked, "Professor Chen, were there any specific requirements for the color and carving of the coffin in ancient times?" ”
"There are strict requirements for color and ornamentation, if it is not for the royal family, the red coffin is basically not allowed, unless it is a special gift to the meritorious person, which also means that the tomb where we are now is in that period has a significant status and great merit, and in terms of ornamentation, it is not very demanding for them. Those who have read Wei Hong's "Old Han Yi" should know that he wrote in it, "The prime minister listens to the pavilion and says the Yellow Pavilion, and he does not dare to open the Zhu Gate, so he is different from the master, so he paints it with yellow and calls it the Yellow Pavilion", which means that the color is controlled. ”
"Oh, Professor Chen, that means from the time you see the color of this coffin, you can roughly determine that this is an extraordinary person?"
"It can be said that it is not too rigorous, this needs to be analyzed in combination with other information in the entire tomb, for example, there are many delusional people who have always wanted to be the Son of Heaven, so those people will also be self-righteous to make a high-level tomb for themselves, and they may not be able to enjoy living, and they also want to gamble after death."
"Oh, are there so many tombs like this? Why is it a gamble? ”
"Not much, after all, such a tomb is a serious problem in any dynasty, not to mention being dug up when it is discovered, and all the participants will be exiled at least and destroyed at worst."
Listening to Professor Chen's start of the teacher's lecture mode again, Zhang Gong asked on the side: "Old Chen, after moving this coffin to the ear chamber or the Hades Temple, we will continue to open the coffin?" ”
"Let them rest for a while, and then move to the Hades Temple, and we will open the three boxes while we have time, and see what kind of gifts are given to us inside."
Zhang Gong took three copper boxes and looked at them and said: "There is nothing special in appearance, there is no ornamentation, and it is not too heavy, it may be his identity information inside, right?" ”
Zhu Gong glanced at him and said, "Don't guess what is in this, just open it, why don't you pretend to be a scholar." ”
After speaking, Zhu Gong picked up one of the boxes and opened it with a little force, and after opening the copper box outside, he realized that there was a lacquerware wooden box inside. When the lacquer box was opened, it was filled with a silk painting about 70 centimeters long and 40 centimeters wide.
Zhu Gong looked at it and handed it to Professor Chen dumbfounded, saying, "The owner of the tomb is God!" ”
Zhang Gong didn't know what was going on, and asked anxiously: "What's the gods?" ”
"This is the scene we are in this tomb now, and we are looking at silk paintings!"
"Ah, what about evil nature! Can he foresee the future? ”
Professor Chen took the silk painting and looked at it for a while, smiled and said, "You two old guys, are you still surprised?" This is a psychological game played by the owner of the tomb for us, since we all know that we are destined, why don't we know that we must have opened this wooden box here? It shows that the owner of this tomb has a cheerful personality and is also a master who is good at playing psychological tactics. ”
Hearing Professor Chen say this, Zhang Gong reacted, and after giving Zhu Gong a blank look, he said: "I said, what are so many things, it is Lao Zhu who has transmitted his nervousness to me, if the prediction of the tomb owner is correct, then I will open another box to see what is inside." ”
Similarly, inside the copper box is a lacquer box, which contains a silk painting of many people in another ancient tomb, which is full of chests and scattered jewels.
Zhang Gong looked at it and said to Professor Chen: "Old Chen, this should be the same thing as the one hinted at on the glazed pottery, it is a ** with treasures." ”
"Well, it should be the same, let's talk about it after reading the other one."
Then Professor Chen opened the third copper box, and the contents were no longer silk paintings, but a map, an ancient map with a few holes in the top that I don't know if it was bitten by an insect or what's wrong, and a place on it was marked with cinnabar.
Professor Chen looked at the map and said excitedly: "Hehe, this is interesting, and it's a mystery again!" ”
"What's the matter? Treasure maps? ”
"I'm not sure, it's something similar. Now from this map, it should be somewhere in the north, I can't remember where it is, Lao Zhu, come and see, where is this place? After speaking, Professor Chen handed the map to Zhu Gong, and then continued: "Now the main problem is not what he wants to tell us, but what is there. The third one is now a map, and it's a rough map, so what does that tell us? It is not known from this map for the time being. ”
"Professor Chen," Zhu Gong looked at and interrupted, "This place should refer to Wuhuan on the territory of the Eastern Han Dynasty, this side is obviously the sea, this side is Goguryeo, and above is Xianbei. ”
"Are you sure?"
"Of course, I am sure that the place he marked is Wuhuan, the key is that Wuhuan is very big, where is he pointing, this is a problem."
"Take a picture first and then put it away, let Ma Kai print it out and study it at night, now prepare to open this coffin, today's task is to complete all the work in the main tomb."
After speaking, Professor Chen beckoned Lao Ma and the others over, and asked them to move the coffin that had just been moved out and the plexiglass container where the general's wife was stored to the Hades Temple, and the opening of the general's coffin began.
With the experience just now, the old horse and their operation this time are much more proficient, and the lid of the coffin was quickly removed from a crack, but at the moment when the coffin lid was opened, everyone was choked by the strong smell of herbs mixed with an indescribable smell, and when the old horse coughed on the side, everyone also put on their masks again. Professor Chen approached the coffin and looked through the gap with a flashlight: there was half of the black liquid in the coffin, and something was still floating on it in the black liquid.
After a while, Lao Ma put on a mask and completely opened the lid of the coffin. At this time, everyone also saw clearly that the coffin contained most of the coffin liquid, and the barren curtain covering the coffin was also full of coffin liquid and turned black.
After Professor Chen and the others looked at each other with red faces excitedly, Zhang Gong and the others put on medical rubber gloves and took out the curtains covering the coffin. Then, Lao Ma and the others immediately moved the coffin lid to the side, and in this way, the true face of the general was finally revealed: the thin old man in the robe was lying quietly in the coffin.