Chapter 46: The Moonlight Sarcophagus
The criminal police investigated along the road between Guo Erxi and his parents' house, and inadvertently found that a piece of land in the woods and bushes in the back mountain was new soil, as if someone had turned it over not long ago. The careful investigators did not miss this clue, and immediately found a shovel and hoe to dig down, only to find an ancient sarcophagus underground, which was also engraved with oracle bone inscriptions and I Ching gossip symbols, which turned out to be an ancient tomb.
The people from the Ruicheng County Cultural Management Office came to see it and were surprised, and recognized the two oracle bone inscriptions as the words "Wind Queen", could this be the legendary "Wind Queen's Tomb"? This discovery was not trivial, and people did not dare to move anymore and immediately protected it, and the emergency report at the first level went directly to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.
The entire cultural relics system in the capital was shaken, and if the "Fenghou Mound" really saw the light of day, it would become the most significant archaeological discovery in China in the 20th century. The State Administration of Cultural Heritage immediately sent people down to verify, and when they arrived at the scene and confirmed that it was the legendary ancient moonlight sarcophagus, they were pleasantly surprised, because this stone is more than a thousand times higher than the embalming effect of the crystal coffin, and it is very likely that the body in the coffin will be immortal after thousands of years. On the one hand, they built temporary houses around the tomb to cover and seal them to prevent the destruction of cultural relics caused by too large changes in temperature and humidity, and on the other hand, they hurriedly transferred relevant personnel from all over the country.
So far, no one has dared to open the coffin directly, and people are waiting for the arrival of the last moment with excitement and apprehension.
The only thing that worries everyone is that the tomb is covered with new soil, indicating that the tomb has been robbed, but the heavy moonlight sarcophagus lid is still tightly covered, and I hope that the tomb robbers can not open the sarcophagus and bury it in a hurry, but these are all speculations, and everything can only be conclusive.
This incident was like a bolt from the blue to Secretary Qin, but he was like falling into a five-mile fog and was puzzled, he had obviously buried Guo Erxi's body in the moonlight sarcophagus, how could he appear in the hospital in Xi'an?
"Is that corpse sure to be Guo Erxi?" The wealthy brothers were urgently summoned at home, but he was still very suspicious.
"Absolutely." Youfu replied.
"I'll just say, the bald ghost lying in front of the window that night is him, the female ghost named Kerr." Guo Youcai said with palpitations that after a period of treatment, his sanity and mental state have stabilized.
Secretary Qin frowned and muttered, "How is it possible? It shouldn't be, it's been more than six years, how can she come out, this is completely unscientific. However, this matter has nothing to do with us, the person was killed by Song Diweng, and the cover up of the truth was also ordered by the chief, as a subordinate and party member, I only have unconditional obedience. ”
"Secretary Qin, the question is, can the chief admit these now?" Youfu asked.
"The chief is no longer in office, and the promotion he originally promised is gone, and it is difficult to find him." Secretary Qin sighed.
"Father-in-law, I can tell them that Guo Erxi is a ghost, of course ghosts can run around, isn't it very convenient to go to Xi'an." Guo Youcai suddenly meditated.
"Shut up!" Secretary Qin scolded angrily, "This matter, everyone has to ask three questions and don't know, do you understand?" ”
"I know it, father-in-law." Guo Youcai replied aggrievedly.
Youfu nodded thoughtfully and said, "The newly discovered Fenglingdu Houshan sarcophagus will be ready to open in the next two days, and we are now waiting for the relevant experts to arrive." ”
"Since Guo Erxi has run to Xi'an, then there is only an empty coffin left, let them toss it, there will be no clues." Secretary Qin groaned.
The day when the coffin was opened finally came, the police of the county bureau set up a cordon around the perimeter, and the relevant personnel of the state, the provincial and Yuncheng regional cultural relics bureaus and even the county cultural management office were all there, and CCTV also sent a film crew to record on the spot, which can be described as huge.
The oracle bone inscription and I Ching symbols on the lid of the coffin were photographed first, and Professor She stood in front of the sarcophagus, chanting words in his mouth, which could be used as a voice-over: "This is a moonlight sarcophagus in ancient times, if it is a body after the wind, under the conditions of constant temperature and humidity underground, it should theoretically be able to maintain for 5,000 years without decay." The oracle bone inscription on the lid of the coffin is clearly legible, which is the word 'after the wind', and these small rectangular holes are the eighteenth hexagram 'mountain wind Gu' in the innate eight trigrams of the I Ching. Visually inspect the lid of the sarcophagus weighing at least six or seven hundred pounds, please hand over the crowbar"
Professor She instructed several young archaeologists to insert a steel crowbar into the gap in the sarcophagus and slowly pry the lid open.
Under the light of the photographic lamp, as the coffin lid moved slowly, an old man with white hair was gradually revealed, wearing a shabby robe, with a cloth belt around his waist, eagle nose and sunken eyes, his face was iron-blue, and his face was full of wrinkles.
"The body of the wind queen is really well preserved, it's incredible, this is a person from 5,000 years ago," the leader of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage exclaimed happily.
"Let's witness this great historical moment," said the CCTV voice narrator standing behind Professor She, "the four ancient civilizations of the world, ancient Babylon, ancient India, ancient Egypt and China, only ancient Egypt used the method of mummification to preserve the dried corpse of the pharaoh. But today, the ancient oriental civilization has once again shown its magical charm, and the body of one of the three princes of the Yellow Emperor era 5,000 years ago has been well preserved, just like a baby asleep."
Professor She stretched out his white-gloved fingers to rub Guo Ruchang's skin and opened his lips and eyelids, explaining from a professional point of view: "The skin of the corpse is elastic and shiny, and the teeth have a thick layer of yellow spots, which is caused by long-term drinking of high fluoride water. ”
"Definitely never brushing your teeth." Someone muttered quietly in the distance.
"The corpse was blind in both eyes before death, and the neck muscles were thick and strong, which was different from ordinary people, and it seems that the physiological structure of the ancients 5,000 years ago was still different from that of modern people. Hey, what is this" Professor She pulled out a thin pink tube from the corpse's mouth, which was actually the ovipositor of the Confucian man.
"Look, this discovery is amazing," the voice actor's voice was already a little trembling, "The ancestors of the Chinese nation have evolved a flesh-colored straw in their mouths, and how convenient it should be to have this pipe in an era when productivity was extremely low and living utensils were scarce." It can be used to drink water, soup and even milk, which is an organ that can only be seen in the ancestors of the descendants of Yan and Huang in the world so far, which is enough to embody the fine characteristics of the race, just as the great leader Chairman Mao taught us to say, 'The Chinese nation has the ability to stand on its own among the nations of the world'. ”
"It's like an oviposition," Professor She muttered.
"What? Ovipositor! The voice actor exclaimed, "How is it possible that our ancestors could be bugs?" ”
Professor She snorted, took off his white gloves and turned to walk out of the makeshift room, while the other experts continued their archaeological work.
"What kind of corpse after the wind, it's all nonsense, it's just a Confucian barbarian." Professor She stood outside muttering, the cool breeze blowing on his face and his mind cleared up a lot.
In the old house of the Guo family in Fenglingdu Town, Secretary Qin and the wealthy brothers sat at the table waiting for the news of the on-site excavation, and everyone was like a mirror in their hearts, it was an empty coffin. Soon the news came that after the coffin was opened, the body of the wind queen 5,000 years ago was found, and it was well preserved, not decomposed at all, as if it was asleep, and now the entire excavation site is full of jubilation.
Secretary Qin and the three looked at each other, how could this be possible?
"Let's go and have a look." Secretary Qin waved his hand and said.
The people in charge of the vigilance were all public security officers of the county bureau, and when they saw that it was Secretary Qin and others, they immediately let them go, and entered the temporary shed, and sure enough, they saw a simple old man with gray hair lying in the sarcophagus.
Two experts were tugging at the pink straw to measure its size, and the people around them were puzzled, what kind of organ was this?
"Darwin's theory of evolution has been proven right once again," the voice actor continues, "Humans first evolved from single-celled organisms in the ocean, fish, amphibians, and mammals, and the straws in the mouths of the wind-borne corpses illustrate the diversity and complexity of evolution. ”
"He's a Confucian barbarian!" Guo Youcai suddenly shouted, startling everyone.
"Who are you? Archaeological excavation sites must not be loud and loud. The leader of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage reprimanded angrily.
"He is the mayor of Fenglingdu Town." Someone told.
"That's right, this is a Confucian man who can spit bubbles, I saw it in Fengling Temple, that fake empty monk is named Li Dihuo, and he also has the same straw in his mouth." Guo Youcai argued.
"Don't talk nonsense if you have money." Secretary Qin hurriedly muttered to him.
"Yes, it's a Confucian man, I've seen it too." Youfu said solemnly on the sidelines that as a Communist Party member and a hero of the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, he could not ignore the facts and continue to conceal and deceive. The innocent victim of Guo Erxi has tormented him for six years, for the sake of his brother and Secretary Qin, he endured not to say it, but his soul is tormented all the time, especially when he sees Guo Erxi's widow and unclothed child, that sense of guilt makes him embarrassed.
"Six years ago, in Fengling Temple, not long after the abbot Yidu Master was assassinated, Mayor Guo and I met Confucian Touman when we were investigating at the scene, his name is Li Dihuo, and he spit out a large bubble with a straw in his mouth, there are many small Confucian barbarian sperm worms in it, we were both poisoned, fortunately I was cured by a southerner named Hakka Mama with internal strength, otherwise I would not have survived today." Youfu recalled.
"Guo Youfu, you said that the old monk of Fengling Temple was murdered?" The county public security chief who was present asked in surprise.
"Yes, he was shot and killed by Fei Daochang, who is Song Diweng's apprentice, and they are all subordinates of the chief of the capital." Youfu decided to tell the past.
"Youfu, don't talk about it anymore!" Secretary Qin shouted loudly, and then he said to the county public security chief, "This matter involves the national political level, don't discuss it here, go back to the county and we will study it in detail." ”
"Yes, Secretary Qin."
Youfu let out a long breath, as if his chest was a lot more comfortable, and the big stone that had been pressed for many years could finally be moved.
All of these words they said had been listened to word by word by Professor She, who was standing at the door, and an imperceptible smile appeared on his face.