Chapter 42 Organs
The coffin was empty.
The absence of corpses was in my expectation.
But there is not a single decent thing, which is too unacceptable.
We've been busy all day, and now when the coffin is opened, there's nothing in it, so it's all in vain!
Lin Yuting also said in surprise: "No, how can there be nothing in such a big tomb?" ”
Liu Xiangjun said: "Big brother, why don't we leave, always stay here, be cautious." ”
Just leave?
I really don't feel good in my heart.
I was full of joy and planned to make a small profit, but now I have nothing, which is really unacceptable.
Lin Yuting saw that I was depressed, and couldn't help but say, "Don't give up yet, let's look for it again." Although the suspected grave is a fake tomb, most of the burial goods are there. Like the four doubtful tombs of the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum and Cao Cao's eighteen doubtful tombs, all of these famous doubtful tombs are like real tombs, making it difficult to distinguish between real and fake. The tomb is so tightly packed that I can't believe there's nothing in it. ”
Lin Yuting said well, not only did she not believe it, but even I didn't believe it.
I always have a vague feeling that there is something wrong here, but I haven't figured out what the problem is.
The armor and weapons in the two chambers could indeed be sold for some money if they were all taken out, but these things were old and tattered, and they were too heavy to come in, and it was not easy to bring them up from this valley.
On top of that, those things are too eye-catching!
Anyone who looks at it can tell that it was dug up in the tomb.
If you get a few porcelain vases and broken bowls, some people will believe them if they say they are handed down from their own family, but if they get a set of armor and sell them, saying that they are handed down from their own family, this possibility is very small.
And that armor is not a good armor. Not to mention the heaviness, I don't know how much it will be worth.
In addition to those things, the main tomb looked valuable, and there were also stone statues of the four beast-headed human bodies.
In terms of value, the value of these four stone statues is certainly not low.
Although I don't know much about antiques, I also know that one is to look at the year, the other is to see the place, and finally to look at the culture.
Age, of course, is that the older it is, the more valuable it is.
The source is whose hand it is, whether it is a famous artist or an unknown person. Something of the same year, with different origins, will vary in value by thousands of miles.
For example, an ordinary bowl, which the emperor used, is not the same as that used by ordinary people.
Looking at the culture, this one is more complicated.
Some antiques are very valuable, the age may not be very young, and the provenance may not be noble enough, but their own culture is simply priceless.
Each antique represents a piece of history and tells a story, and these are carved, carved, written, and drawn...... The cultural value represented by the artwork is higher than the value of the thing itself.
This is the case with these four stone statues.
Although I don't know much, I am also full of doubts when I see these four stone statues.
I wonder why they are carved like this?
Why the beast head and human body?
What do they represent?
What is the meaning of being placed in a burial chamber?
……
I, an ordinary college student, will have so many questions, if I take it out, put it in front of archaeologists, and turn out the stories behind these things, I can restore a piece of history, analyze a certain custom, and even find out a piece of truth!
However, can such a large stone statue be taken away?
I held on to a stone statue and moved it with all my might, but I didn't move.
Such a large stone statue, not thousands of catties, but hundreds of catties, to get rid of it, it seems that it is just a dream.
Liu Xiangjun saw that I didn't move the statue, so he couldn't help but try.
As a result, he tried it, but he didn't move.
Liu Xiangjun scratched his head with an embarrassed smile: "It's really heavy." ”
Lin Yuting seemed to see something, and said to me, "You look around these statues to see if there are any mechanisms." ”
What Lin Yuting said is exactly what I want to do.
This tomb cost a lot of money, built in such a remote and hidden place, and there are so many statues...... Thinking about this, I felt that there must be some secret hidden in this.
Looking at the four stone statues again, the carvings are not very fine, but the ones that come out of the table are indeed lifelike.
Each statue of a strange beast is kneeling on one knee, facing the sarcophagus, holding a box in both hands, making a treasure offering.
The box was also carved out of stone, and it didn't look like it could be opened.
The four stone statues seem to be connected to the ground, and there is nothing to turn underneath.
I fumbled around the statue for a long time, but I couldn't find anything that looked like a mechanism.
The head?
I twisted the beast's head on the stone statue, and it actually turned!
I twisted a dragon head stone statue, the dragon head was twisted by me, and I twisted it again.
With a "click", the stone box held by the dragon-headed beast was opened.
The lid pops up, revealing the contents of the box.
There was no light, no light, and the box was still dark.
I shone my flashlight at the box, and before I could take it out, I was stunned.
A black rag...... Treasure maps?
Thinking in a good direction, I can only understand it here.
Otherwise, what are you doing hiding a rag with such a complicated technique?
When I took it out, I saw that it was not a rag, but a rag.
It's more like a treasure map.
Sure enough, when I opened the broken sheepskin, there were all kinds of lines drawn on the sheepskin, and I couldn't see it clearly, and I couldn't read it.
In this piece of sheepskin, there is even a jade flat piece wrapped in it.
The jade piece is about three inches long and one inch wide, and only three or four millimeters thick. The surface is smooth, except for a few indiscernible grooves carved into it.
Seeing that the head of my dragon head statue could be twisted, Liu Xiangjun couldn't help but twist the head of the tiger head statue.
As a result, he twisted it and didn't move.
Again, there is a "click".
The tiger's head fell off.
"Holy!" I couldn't help but roll my eyes.
Then we tried the deer head and the leopard head, and the results were the same as the tiger's head.
This time, knowing that it didn't move, we didn't dare to push too hard.
Now this trip has finally been in vain, and I got a broken sheepskin, maybe some kind of treasure map.
There is also a piece of jade, although I don't know what the jade piece has to do with the sheepskin, but I can't help but think of the key.
The key to unlock the treasure......
But even if it's the key, it's useless for me now.
Not to be outdone, I tried again, trying to pry open the remaining three stone boxes.
As a result, I don't know what mechanism was used in the box, or if the three really didn't have any mechanism, anyway, they didn't open anything for a long time.
When Liu Xiangjun and I were tinkering with the four stone statues, Lin Yuting observed the coffin.
Most of the stone statues are not secrets, I saw that Lin Yuting could see it, and hurriedly asked, "Did you find it again?" ”
"Yes!"
Lin Yuting's eyes were like torches, staring at the stone coffin, and nodded and said.
(To be continued)