I heard Professor Chen say that this was a large multi-chamber brick tomb, and I naturally thought that the ancient tomb was a house built under the ground with green bricks. But now, when I went to the edge of the ditch, I saw seven huge stone gates lined up at the bottom.

The stone gates are all made of bricks and stones, and the archaeologists have dug out a passage more than three meters wide outside the door, and there are steps up and down with wooden planks and stones on both sides.

The group came to the edge of the steps, and Professor Chen said to the people behind him: "After we go down, we will turn on the satellite locator, and you should draw a map map of the Spirit Palace according to the route we are traveling, so that the subsequent excavation work can be carried out."

Listening to Professor Chen's explanation to those people, I couldn't help but poke the fat man with my elbow, "Eh, look at the people, the satellite positioning system is all used, when will you people update their equipment?" ”

"Balls." The fat man looked at the gang of people with disdain, "That kind of thing has a fart in a really powerful place, what we want is experience and wisdom, those instruments are at most psychological comfort, it is rainy in the south, there must be a lot of stagnant water down there, hum, the road will not be easy to walk at that time, I see how he fiddles with the instrument." You are a descendant of a family of tomb robbers, so you can learn from them. ”

The fat man was obviously not interested in those high-tech things, and after the two of them muttered for a while, the few people who were pulling the rope just now walked to the side again. It was only then that I noticed that they had pulled a large tarpaulin, which had been covered with earth before, and now, judging by their movements, seemed to be ready to cover it again after we went down.

"Eh, this thing is covered, so what if there is no ventilation underneath?" I couldn't help but ask out loud.

Yang Lang on the side explained to me that there are many carvings on the seven stone doors below, and if they are exposed, if it rains, I am afraid that they will be damaged. So, before the official excavation begins, it is necessary to cover it with something. As for the ventilation problem, Yang Lang asked me not to worry, they have already done tests below, and there is a certain amount of ventilation in the tomb, and there are many patios in this kind of multi-chamber brick tomb, maybe which patio is connected to the outside world.

Professor Chen looked at his watch, and then said to the fat man, "Mr. Cao, we can start." ”

The fat man nodded, and then was the first to walk down the steps. The archaeological team members behind me immediately shouted, some cheered, and some wished us a smooth journey, and I was also very excited in this atmosphere.

Damn, tomb robbers work secretly, Lao Tzu not only went in with the people in the official face this time, but also people beat drums and cheered, thinking about it made me complacent for a while.

After walking a distance of more than 20 meters, we came to the front of the seven doors. Unlike the last time I was in Gulin, this time, I felt the dampness and stuffiness rushing towards me. Before they could go in, several people began to sweat.

As the fat man said, there seems to be stagnant water here, just at the door, there are many small puddles, if it is one or two o'clock in the afternoon, it must be similar to a sauna.

However, the group was soon attracted by the brick carvings on the door. When I took a closer look, I found that all the murals here were carved on bricks, and they were all made of Yin lines, so I couldn't help but wonder and asked Professor Chen, "These carvings are very complicated, Professor, why are these bricks not cracked at all?" ”

Professor Chen said: "This kind of brick carving is different from stone carving, it is carved when these bricks are still mud embryos, and then the mud embryos are taken into the brick kiln to bake, and after those mud embryos become bricks, they are put together piece by piece to form the original pattern, and the process is very complicated." ”

After listening to this, I couldn't help but say, "Why do you want to make such a trouble, can't you just find a stone and transfer it?" ”

"What do you know?" Zhuge Xuan's voice suddenly came from behind. Looking back, she was holding a camera in her hand, and behind her was still the brocade guard.

As soon as I saw this woman, I felt uncomfortable, and the little learning spirit that was so easy just now was suddenly gone. But I can't show my depression now, after all, this little girl caught me and the fat man's ponytail.

So I smiled bitterly and pretended to be very interested and said to Zhuge Xuan: "I would like to hear the high theory." ”

Eh, who knew that this girl ate this set, and immediately laughed at me, "Let me tell you, in fact, whether it is a brick carving, a brick tomb, although the process is a little cumbersome, but compared to other types of tombs, this is already very thrifty."

Before the Wei and Jin dynasties, the people of the Central Plains all emphasized "seeing death as life", that is, what kind of life a person (generally a man) lived when he was alive, then after his death, these things still had to continue. Therefore, at that time, those emperors and generals were desperately trying to find a good place for themselves and build a huge spiritual palace. When he died, he would take a large part of his possessions to the grave so that he could continue to enjoy himself in the underworld.

And when this kind of scenery burial practice reached the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was even more outrageous.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were two ways for people to be officials, one was to be filial piety and honesty, and the other was to show talents, so whether a person was filial piety or not was not just a matter of conduct. And one of the most important manifestations of filial piety is the funeral for parents. As a result, in order to become officials, people at that time began to hold crazy funerals, and countless people went bankrupt, sold land and land, and held funerals for their parents. Therefore, most of the property in the Eastern Han Dynasty was buried in tombs, which was also an important reason for the decline and fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

And the first person to really change this wrong practice was Cao Cao. The simple burials of the Wei and Jin dynasties were also brought up by Cao Cao, Cao Pi and others. Therefore, at that time, the mausoleum project was not too big, and the bricks that were easy to transport and available everywhere began to rise gradually, and were widely used in the tombs, and brick carving also flourished at that time.

Seeing that I could listen attentively, Zhuge Xuan patted me on the shoulder, "In the future, if you don't understand anything, just ask me." After giving me a "teachable" smile, she stepped aside and continued to take pictures.

At this time, Yang Lang had already hung a fluorescent light in a door in front of us, and then shouted at it: "We are ready!" ”

After he finished shouting, the people above began to close the rain cloth little by little.

It was as if his eyes had suddenly gone blind, and the surroundings were immediately plunged into darkness. It was a good three or four seconds before I felt the light of the fluorescent light in front of me. Then, the people around him turned on their flashlights one after another, gathered in front of the door with fluorescent lights, and prepared to enter the ancient tomb.

Before leaving, Professor Chen said to everyone: "The situation inside may be very complicated, and when you do anything, you must ask me and Mr. Cao first." ”

The others had no opinion, only Zhuge Xuan snorted. The fat man didn't pay attention to her, and began to arrange the order in which everyone entered the ancient tomb. This time, the fat man was the first, of course he was in the front, Professor Chen and I followed, followed by Peanut, Zhuge Xuan, Zhang Yadong, Zhang Yaxi, and Yang Lang behind the mat.

But as soon as the fat man finished arranging like this, someone in the team suddenly raised his hand, "Report, report." ”

Seeing Peanut tiptoe up like a student made me almost burst out laughing.

The fat man said, "Hua Chen Zixiang, what's your problem?" ”

Peanut's acting kung fu is definitely at the level of an actor, at this time, he looked around nervously and said, "I, I'm a little scared, can you let me go behind?" ”

"Hmph." Zhang Yadong suddenly sneered, "If you want to be afraid, don't follow." ”

"That's it, coward." Zhang Yaxi echoed.

The fat man and I can understand the purpose of peanuts. The fat man stood in front, not to mention this person's ability, even his fat was enough, plus Professor Chen's experience, so there was no problem in the front row of the team. If Peanuts are behind us, then at least I and the fat man are the most assured.

"Don't laugh." The fat man yelled at the two brothers, and then said seriously: "Okay, then you will go to the last place, since you are timid, I will specially appoint my right-hand man, Miss Yuan, to suppress your shock." ”

"Miss Yuan?" The fat man was confused when he heard this, and he didn't explain, so he took the miner's lamp and walked inside first.

Everyone followed, and Peanut and I stopped first and reached the very end of the line.

However, just as everyone was walking inside, I suddenly saw Yang Lang stop in place. His gaze kept sweeping over us people, frowning, as if something was making him very confused.

"What's wrong with you?" I couldn't help but ask.

Yang Lang didn't react for a moment, and then smiled stiffly at me. "Uh, no, nothing." With that, he lowered his head and walked forward.

I saw that he looked a little flustered, and I couldn't help but look at everyone as well, but I didn't find anything wrong.