Chapter 30: The Ancient Tomb
Kai Ming folded the tiles of the eaves, went down the bamboo ladder, and found An Yi squatting in the yard watching the stupid brother scribbling on the ground.
Silly brother has liked to paint since he was a child, he painted chickens catching insects, wild boars digging soil, especially vivid, at that time Kaiming also followed him to paint, but the level is worrying, maybe autistic people will show extraordinary talent in some aspects.
"The house is repaired, silly brother, you will live in it from now on, help me take care of the house, and never have to sleep in that bad granary again. ”
As soon as Kai Ming finished announcing this decision, his wife applauded, and the silly brother also coaxed, and this scene happened to be seen by the uncle and aunt passing by.
The uncle said with a straight face: "Look, I haven't been home for more than 20 years, and I will eat inside and outside as soon as I come back." He was very critical of Chemming's handing over his house to outsiders. His wife pulled him away, "Old man, don't make any more trouble." ”
The silly brother painted intently, and after a while, the ground in the courtyard was full of pictures of birds and animals.
An Yi was particularly interested in one of the patterns depicting ancient characters, and with her in-depth research on archaeology, she concluded that the words on this map came from somewhere and were not utopian.
"Silly brother, where did you see it?" she asked, pointing to the text on the ground.
The stupid brother casually pointed to the other side of the mountain, squeaking or not saying clearly.
Kai Ming saw that his wife was very nervous about this matter, so he came over and looked at the pattern on the ground, that is, a few words were written in a rectangular Kuang, the font was crooked, he couldn't understand it at all, even if he wrote it was more neat than this, "Is there anything special about this picture?"
An Yi glanced at him, then pointed to the box and handwriting and replied, "These are hieroglyphs, and the box is actually a stone tablet. ”
"What does this mean?" Kai Ming didn't see a reason after looking at it for a long time, and he had to admire his wife's imagination,
An Yi pinched his chin and pondered for a while, "I believe that there is an ancient tomb buried near the village. ”
That's an exaggeration, isn't it? Just by a children's drawing, you can know that there are ancient tombs here, when he was a child, he ran all over the surrounding mountains, and he had never seen any ancient tombs.
However, the wife is a professional archaeologist and barely believed her once.
An Yi asked many times, but the stupid brother just couldn't tell where the stone tablet was, Kaiming thought of a countermeasure, he squatted down and said to the stupid brother: "Let's play a treasure hunt." ”
This was my favorite game when I was a child, and the brothers stayed in the mountains for a long time.
The silly brother stopped drawing, and happily pulled the couple to run up the mountain.
Walk along the winding path into a dense shade of trees, the half-exposed rock is still there, and it was used by buddies as a secret camp when they were children.
The silly brother climbed up to the stone layer in one go, and then beckoned to them.
Kai Ming felt that his hands and feet were much more stupid than before, and he didn't take this stone layer seriously when he was a child, and although An Yi wore sandals that were easy to slip, he was one step faster than him to reach the top.
He shook his head secretly, alas, outdoor workers are still better than white-collar workers sitting in offices.
The three of them walked down the crack in the stone, and the sound of rushing water reached their ears, and when they lifted the cover of green leaves, they saw a stream flowing down from the high mountain.
The water of the stream is clear, cool in your hand, you can see the fine sand under the water, there are small fish shuttling among the aquatic plants, their bodies are slender, swishing, swimming in front of you.
"I found it, treasure. The silly brother suddenly pointed to the other side of the stream and shouted, where lay a long stone, which, unlike the others, had four right-angled edges, apparently polished by hand.
The three of them walked through the ankle-deep stream and found that it was engraved with hieroglyphs, just like the one that the stupid brother had drawn in the courtyard.
An Yi squatted down and carefully observed the words on the stone, "Tomb of Di Xin." ”
Kai Ming and Silly Brother were carrying small fish by the stream, and when they heard his wife's research have an eyebrow, he asked, "Which guy is Di Xin?"
An Yi replied with a serious expression: "The last emperor of the Great Shang Dynasty, King Xu." ”
When Kai Ming heard this, he immediately let go of the small fish in his hand, and stumbled over, "Huh..... Wang, isn't he buried in Henan?"
"In the tombs of ancient emperors, in order to prevent tomb robbery, a suspicious mound was often set up to distract the world's attention. An Yi explained.
Kaiming grabbed her shoulder and asked, "Is that real?"
"Judging from the current situation, there may be a suspicious mound in Henan Province. "An Yi has participated in a lot of tomb excavations, the tomb of this kind of thing, the more hidden the more genuine, look at the terrain here surrounded by mountains on three sides, facing the northeast, there is a great momentum of the hidden dragon and the moon, it is definitely the first choice for the tomb.
Oh my God, that legend is true! There is indeed a treasure buried near the village.
"Haha, it's going to be sent this time. Cumming cheered.
An Yi shook her head and had to interrupt her husband's words, "Isn't it a bit presumptuous for you to say this in front of a national first-class archaeological researcher?"
Keming froze in place, almost forgetting about it. He was unwilling to let all the treasures go down the drain, so he held his wife's hand and said, "Anyi, I only take a little bit of things that can be sold at a good price, not much, enough for us to have no worries about food and clothing in the future." ”
"No, you can't take any of the things in the tomb, they all belong to the state. ”
Facing his wife's serious gaze, Kaiming nodded helplessly in agreement.
Alas, when you meet a brainless person, you can't work against her, at least not on the surface.
"It's useless for us to talk here, let's go see the cemetery, maybe it doesn't exist at all. Kai Ming said comfortingly, and at the same time wanted to inquire about the location of the tomb, if you look for it alone, I am afraid that I will not be able to find a way in this life, so I must rely on his wife's professional knowledge. He stretched out his hand respectfully, "Brick family, please lead the way." ”
An Yi looked at the surrounding terrain and found that there were a lot of dead trees lying across the stream, which should have been washed down from the mountain by a recent flood.
"Have you seen this stone before?" An Yi asked, pointing to the stone tablet.
Kaiming replied, "No, I used to play here when I was a kid, but I never saw it. ”
In other words, the stele was also washed down recently. An Yi thought for a moment, and then said, "The tomb is most likely upstream of the stream. ”
So what are you waiting for? Kai Ming called the stupid brother who was playing in the stream, and the three of them walked up the mountain along the stream.
The road became narrower and narrower, and then there was no road at all, so I had to struggle through the dense grass, and there were often thorny grass scraping on the skin, making blood-red scratches. Seeing that his wife was wearing only a thin white shirt, Chemin took off his coat and draped it over her.
The three of them walked out of the dense forest and came to an open area, where there was less grass than elsewhere, and the soil was exposed in many places.
An Yi walked around, squatted down and pinched the dirt on the ground, then stood up and said, "The tomb is under this land." ”
Hearing An Yi's affirmative tone, Kai Ming also carefully observed the surroundings, but no matter how he looked at it, it was just a wasteland, "True or false?"
An Yi saw the confusion on her husband's face, whether it was a layman, she had to come to the scene to teach, "Have you noticed? ”
"Yes, it's a lot stronger. Kaiming stroked the back of his head, "What is the reason for this vision?"
"With the same light and humidity, there is a noticeable difference in the growth of grass growth, which can only be a problem with the soil. ”
"Dirt?"
"Yes, it's dirt. Unlike other places, the soil here contains a lot of calcareous and is not suitable for grass growth, while lime is waterproof and is the best material used to fill the tombs, which are most likely buried underground. An Yi said.
Oh my God, the treasure is at your feet. Kaiming couldn't resist the excitement in his heart.
"Oh. The silly guy who was playing in the grass suddenly screamed.
Kaiming and Angel ran over and found him half sunk into a hole in the ground, waving helplessly at the two of them.
After pulling the man up, Kaiming lay down at the entrance of the cave and looked, it was very dark inside, I don't know how deep, "If there is a mouse in it, it must be the size of a person." ”
The joke did not attract the attention of his wife, who looked at the bottomless cave and her expression became solemn.
"It's not a rat hole, it's a thief hole. ”
Damn, the treasure has been dug up a long time ago.
Kaiming's heart was cold, and he was unwilling to return empty-handed, so he crawled into the cave halfway.
Her husband's action frightened An Yi, and in order to prevent him from falling into the deep hole, she rushed over and grabbed his legs, "What are you doing? ”
"Grave robbers may leave something for me to look for. Kemin tried to lean inside.
"No, it's too dangerous, come back to me. An Yi saw that this guy looked like he wanted money and didn't want his life, so he grabbed his feet tightly.
Kaiming put his hand into the dark hole, and dug it out, all he touched was dirt, God, the treasure that he had found with great difficulty could not be returned empty-handed.
His brow suddenly loosened, "I touched it, there's something in it." ”
The hand went a little deeper, and finally grabbed it, a little heavy.
Kemin jerked and pulled out a human arm, his skin blackened and withered into a skinny state.
He screamed in fright, threw away his dry hands, and withdrew from the cave with the help of his wife.
An Yi saw her husband's face like a blank piece of paper, "Let's see if you dare to act recklessly next time." ”
"Before you even enter the tomb, you encounter a corpse, it's too evil. Kai Ming breathed a long sigh of relief and saw his wife looking into the cave through the light of her mobile phone.
People who do archaeology are different, and they are still calm in the face of corpses.
Not far from the entrance to the cave lay a blackened corpse, withered, wearing a T-shirt and shorts, and a flashlight next to it.
"Did you find anything?" said Kemin, as he approached his wife's side, his eyes staring at the bottomless hole of thieves.
An Yi pointed to the corpse and said, "He is a tomb robber." ”
"How could he hang up?"
"There were no obvious external injuries on his body, it must have been an accident during the tomb robbery. An Yi guessed.
Kaiming's eyes suddenly lit up, "In other words, the underground tomb hasn't been stolen yet?"
An Yi looked around, "No other robbery holes have been found for the time being, and the tomb should not have been opened yet." ”
Great, I didn't make a trip in vain.