The rescue excavation of the ancient tomb in the western mountainous area of Jinhai City is in full swing. However, God seems to have deliberately embarrassed the archaeological team, and after a light rain, only one day later, there was a three-day rain.

The archaeological team had to devote most of their time and energy to the rain protection of the tombs.

When Wen Shuo arrived in Jinhai City, it was more than three o'clock in the morning.

At about nine o'clock in the morning, Chen Shijie drove over to pick him up and go to Passpass Town, a mountainous area in the west of Jinhai City.

The temporary site of the archaeological team, on the west side of the town of Pass, is an old three-story office building provided by the local government, which has been idle for many years after the closure of a factory enterprise. Before the archaeological team was stationed, the local authorities carried out simple repairs to the first and second floors, and connected them with water and electricity.

But after all, it is a factory area that has been abandoned for many years, and the environmental conditions are still relatively poor.

The archaeological team is stationed here, and it is also more convenient to go to the archaeological site in the mountains.

Ma Youcheng lived in a guest house in the town.

When Wen Shuo drove to the town of Pass, a dense light rain was falling in the sky.

Chen Shijie drove directly to the temporary station of the archaeological team, and he said with a smile: "Ma Ye said, you two have time to talk, let me send you to the archaeological team first, otherwise, Professor Yang will definitely be furious...... Be careful yourself. ”

"It's very angry?" Wen Shuo asked cautiously as he sat in the car and couldn't get down.

"When Professor Yang and Ma Ye had dinner the night before, they complained. Chen Shijie smiled: "After all, I've been waiting for you for a few days." ”

Wen Shuo's eyes rolled, and he said, "Let's go see Ma Ye first." ”

"Are you sure?" asked Chen Shijie.

"Wen Shuo, what are you doing here? Go back to the capital directly, no one is welcome here!"

Outside, Yang Jingbin's angry scolding suddenly came.

The two followed the prestige, but saw Yang Jingbin standing under the rain outside the door of an office, glaring angrily at the fat man sitting in the passenger seat of the off-road vehicle.

"Well, I can't run. The fat man hurriedly pushed the car door and got out of the car, and said, "Brother Chen, remember to let Ma Ye come to save me." ”

Chen Shijie laughed.

The fat man ran in front of Yang Jingbin against the light rain, and behind him, the off-road vehicle had already turned around and drove away.

"Teacher, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm late......" The fat man nodded and said with a flattering face, "How is it? Is the excavation going well?

"Hmph!" Yang Jingbin snorted coldly, turned his head and walked into the office: "Come in and say." ”

Wen Shuo followed up with a fart, and said, "This god is really, what kind of rain is it......"

Yang Jingbin was speechless.

He was angry that the fat man came a few days late, so he deliberately protected the fat man and applied for a place for him to be a site archaeology, and when he arrived here, he applied for a temporary archaeological work permit for him before and after running, and as a result, this guy didn't come to report for four days.

This made the members of the archaeological team inevitably slander Yang Jingbin and his students.

Oh, what's the matter?

When this is your family's store, you can come whenever you want?

Seeing Yang Jingbin sitting behind the desk with a black face and not saying a word, just holding a lot of materials and a stack of photos and constantly looking at them, the fat man walked over with a shy face and explained: "Teacher, I'm really sorry, I also wanted to come early, but I was delayed by things on the grassland." ”

"It's fun, isn't it? Yang Jingbin sneered: "I heard the old horse say, you ride a horse on the prairie every day to dabble......"

"Nope. Wen Shuo whispered: "I solved the interpretation of runes and spells about steppe witchcraft in those materials that Professor Inovich gave me...... Teacher Yang, these things can be corroborated with some things in our traditional metaphysical runes, and I preliminarily speculate that there is a certain correlation between the two, and it is only because of different customs and belief cultures that there are huge differences. According to some of the materials I have consulted before, comprehensive analysis, these rune cultures have been exchanged and spread by mutual culture as early as the Warring States Period. These will definitely be of great help to our future archaeology, as well as the cultural exchanges and verifications between ancient peoples. ”

After hearing these words, Yang Jingbin's expression was much better, and he nodded and said: "Sit down, the reason why I am angry and anxious about the rescue and excavation of the ancient tomb this time is also because there are many traces similar to runes in the ancient tomb, and you need to record and investigate." The ancient tomb itself has suffered great damage, and in the current continuous rainy weather, the inside of the ancient tomb has also been circulated with the outside air, and I am worried that the runes in the ancient tomb will soon be completely damaged, alas. ”

"Huh?" Wen Shuo was stunned, and then said, "Without further ado, let's go and see it now." ”

Yang Jingbin saw that Wen Shuo's demeanor did not seem to be fake, nodded with satisfaction, got up and took the rain gear, handed Wen Shuo a key, and said, "Next door is your office and dormitory, rain gear and archaeological tools, I have them ready for you, go and prepare." ”

"Okay, thank you. Wen Shuo quickly turned around and left.

He was so anxious, it was really not pretending, but an occupational disease - Ma Youcheng said that the stone latch in his hand was probably from this ancient tomb.

Runes have appeared in the tomb again!

What Wen Shuo wants most now is all kinds of runes and magic circles, and then analyze and study them, even if he gets a little bit of useful value from them, and comprehends some lost rune circles, for him, they are all priceless treasures!

The distance between the station and the ancient tomb at the archaeological site is not far, about four or five hundred meters.

But if you take a detour along the mountain road by car, it will be at least seven or eight miles away.

Because it rained for several days, the mountain road was rough and muddy, so it was better to walk along the mountain trail faster.

Walking all the way, Yang Jingbin told the general situation of the ancient tomb.

The discovery of this ancient tomb was caused by a mountain resident reporting to the higher authorities, and when the local personnel arrived, they saw a severely damaged ancient tomb.

The ancient tomb covers an area of about 500 square meters, with a masonry structure.

The coffin of the main burial chamber is gone.

From the traces of destruction at the scene and the results of the previous police investigation, it can be seen that the tomb robbers actually dug up the tomb road with large machinery at any cost, and then used vehicles to transport the coffin away. Strangely, the tomb robbers seemed to know that the use of large machinery and vehicles for transportation was too eye-catching, so in order to hurry, they did not even move many of the ear chambers on the side.

Because of this, many of the precious cultural relics buried in the ancient tomb were not stolen, and most of the cultural relics were intact, except for some of the cultural relics in the main tomb chamber and the side chamber adjacent to the tomb road, which were damaged under the rough excavation of the tomb robbers.

Why did the tomb robbers only steal the coffin?

Is it stupid, or is it something else?!

The members of the archaeological team, and even the local police, were quite puzzled - due to their particularity and large size, it was difficult for the coffin to be sold in the sale of cultural relics, and it was easier to attract the attention of all parties, thus revealing the identity.

Moreover, the purpose of tomb robbers in this business is for money, and how to make a quick move and how to get the maximum benefit is the most important thing.

According to common sense, since the tomb robbers have discovered this ancient tomb, the structure of the ancient tomb and the anti-theft measures are not strict, and it is not difficult to excavate it. Tomb robbers can sneak into it quietly, steal valuable cultural relics bit by bit, and finally fill in the robbery hole, unknowingly, and have the greatest security for themselves, so that it is reasonable.

"Powerfully" used large equipment and vehicles, just to get rid of a coffin......

These doubts are often discussed privately by the archaeological team, but in their daily work, rescue excavations are still the mainstay.

At present, it can be basically concluded that this is an ancient tomb in the Song and Liao periods, and the owner of the tomb is still a figure with a certain status in the Liao State, otherwise, it would be impossible to build such a large-scale tomb beyond the schedule. The problem is that from the unearthed artifacts, there is no clue to the identity of the owner of the tomb.

After listening to Yang Jingbin's general explanation, Wen Shuo frowned and thought as he walked.

The fact that the tomb robbers only stole the coffin but did not give a disdain to other artifacts shows that they were no ordinary tomb robbers.

And the coffin......

Ma Youcheng said that the stone bolt in his hand is very likely to come from this ancient tomb.

Teacher Yang Jingbin also found many traces of runes from the excavation of the ancient tomb. This is enough to show that the coffin has the secret of the occult law.

The person who stole the coffin is a Xuanshi?!

"What are the results of the current police investigation?" asked Wen Shuo casually.

"I didn't pay attention to these issues. Yang Jingbin shook his head and said: "The focus now is on the rescue excavation of the entire ancient tomb, although it only destroys the tomb road and the main burial chamber, but due to the rough excavation methods of the tomb robbers, there is no need for this ancient tomb to be repaired and preserved, alas." ”

Wen Shuo was silent and nodded.

When he came to the archaeological site, standing under the long steel canopy built by the workers under the supervision and guidance of the archaeological staff, and looking at the messy ancient tomb, Wen Shuo really understood why Professor Yang Jingbin said that there was no need to repair and preserve the ancient tomb.

Because, the tomb road of the entire ancient tomb is dug up alive and reaches the tomb, and the width of the excavated passage reaches more than three meters, and there is no concern about the side chamber and tomb wall next to it.

In the face of modern excavation machinery, the ancient tombs of masonry structure do not have any resistance at all.

Wen Shuo clenched his fists, his face pale.

He knew that the runes and magic circles in the entire ancient tomb had been completely destroyed - losing the runes and magic circles on the main tomb and tomb road, even if he rescued some runes on the rubble, but he didn't know the rules laid down, it was even more difficult for research.

What a grave robber!

What was the purpose of stealing that coffin?!