After walking three meters forward, they entered the first level of the archaeological platform, and the soles of their feet touched the ground. A cool breeze blew, and the woman surnamed Lin couldn't help but shiver. The artifacts on the first platform have basically been cleaned up, leaving two or three archaeologists to protect the site. Without lingering too long, the two continued to move forward, descending a few makeshift excavated steps to the second level of the grave.

The area of the second layer of the tomb is much more open, and the height is about two meters lower than that of the first layer, judging from the specifications, it should be the periphery of the tomb, and some of the unearthed cultural relics are still in the process of being cleaned. The two stayed for a while, and the woman surnamed Lin looked at the cleaning methods of the surrounding staff, nodded slightly, and continued to walk forward, walking towards the third layer of the grave.

The third layer of the tomb is close to the mountain, and a tomb protrudes from the mountain at the end of the tomb, and the entrance has been opened, and some patterns on the masonry of the tomb can be faintly seen, and some monster patterns that look like snakes and birds are faintly emerging. At the entrance of the burial chamber, there are two staff members who are rubbing the patterns and words on the doorway, and the movements are light and detailed.

When the two came to the door of the tomb, the woman surnamed Lin stopped for a while, carefully examined the pattern brick carving for a moment, and then stepped forward. Descend a few steps down the doorway into the ground and come to the third level of the tomb. The space suddenly opened up, because it had not yet been connected to the burial chamber, and the light was blocked and became dim. In the front corners, several special searchlights illuminate the interior of the tomb. At the end of the chamber was a larger door, still closed, with a more detailed pattern on it, and three people were standing in front of it. Behind the three stood an old man, staring at the tomb door in front of him, and from time to time he took a pen to write something down in his notebook.

The woman surnamed Lin walked over slowly, came behind the old man, and called softly, "Dad." ”

As if he hadn't heard it, the old man turned his back to the woman, and after a while, he replied lightly, "Here we are." ”

Seeing the old man's movements, the woman disagreed, took two steps forward and stood with the old man, looking at the curtain door. Judging from the specifications, there should be the main tomb behind the curtain door here, as Lin Ya, who has studied the ethnic culture of Caiyun Province and has specialized in archaeology for many years, there is a sense of intimacy when she sees the patterns on the curtain door. Judging from the investigation of the current tomb, the tomb here should be the tomb of the ancient kings and nobles of Nanzhao, but whether it is really the tomb of the legendary prince remains to be further investigated.

Half an hour later, the rubbing in front of the tomb door was completed, and the staff slowly retreated. Professor Lin looked at the rubbed documents, nodded slightly, and then turned to the staff behind him and said, "It's time to open the tomb door." ”

Hearing this, two men walked up from behind, took out cloth rulers, small shovels, jacks and other tools from their bags, and laid them out one by one in front of the curtain door.

"Everybody stand back," Professor Lin said as he stepped back.

Then there was the sound of digging in front of the tomb door, and the jack fixed to the ground supported the tomb door to rise little by little, and the door of the main tomb chamber opened little by little.

About half an hour later, the height of the tomb door was already high enough for one person to pass by, and under the signal of Professor Lin Lao, the opening work in front of him was suspended, and the two staff members fixed the equipment and bowed out. Professor Lin looked directly at the main burial chamber, pondered for a while, turned to look at the woman beside him, and said softly, "Go in." Then, he walked forward. Several staff members lifted their special searchlights and jumped forward to clear the way.

After entering the main burial chamber, under the illumination of the light, the group stopped and stayed for a few minutes, slowly adapting to the light in the room, and then began to seriously examine the space here. In terms of scale, it is wider than the outer burial chamber, because it goes deeper into the belly of the mountain, hollowed out a space nearly five meters high, and a few steps in front of it are nine steps, at the bottom of which is a square platform, and a sculpture is placed on the left and right sides. Two soldiers in armor rode on bronze horses, majestic. The most peculiar thing is that in the center of the platform below, a huge Taiji diagram is depicted. It's just that the color of the yin and yang fish is not black and white, but purple and green.

In front of the platform is a stone platform, which is three feet high, large at the bottom, gradually smaller in the middle, and gradually larger at the top. On top of the stone platform is a jade coffin. Under the illumination of the light, it looks very warm. The group of people who entered the tomb all noticed the jade coffin at this time, as if they wanted to see the contents of the coffin thoroughly.

"Qingzi Taiji, it seems that it is really her tomb. Old Professor Lin muttered in a low voice, then turned to look at the people around him, "Let's get to work, be careful not to step on the Taiji diagram in the middle." ”

When the staff heard this, they began to turn on the special searchlights, and placed them in several corners of the tomb one by one, and some people began to measure their work, and some people began to prepare rubbing paper.

"Let's go too. Old Professor Lin said a word to Lin Ya, and then walked towards the jade coffin. However, at this time, the mutation was sudden, and a staff member accidentally stepped on the edge of the Taiji pattern when he walked around the Taiji pattern on the ground, and the Taiji diagram slowly rotated, and after a while, a halo rose, which seemed to be gentle, but the people around the thorn could not open their eyes, and the halo slowly formed a pillar of light, straight up, straight to the top of the tomb.

When the pillar of light emitted by the Taiji diagram slowly dissipated, the entire tomb regained its clarity. Professor Lin Lao looked around and saw that Lin Ya and the rest of the archaeological team were safe and sound, so he was relieved. Slowly patting the dust falling on his body, he bent down to pick up the searchlight that fell on the ground, and shone it on the Taiji diagram and the jade coffin. Everyone was surprised to find that the original blue and purple Taiji diagram had become black and white at some point. Professor Lin suddenly remembered something, a nervous look appeared on his face for the first time, and he instructed loudly, "Everyone be careful, don't touch the Tai Chi pattern on the ground again." ”

instructed the staff around him to continue the survey of the main burial chamber, while Professor Lin himself walked slowly towards the jade coffin. At this time, the jade coffin exudes a light blue luster, which gives people a warm and cool feeling from a distance.

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When the pillar of light emitted by the Taiji Diagram suddenly changed, the man sitting by the window of the Penglai Teahouse felt something, slowly raised his head, stared at the direction of the hillside for a while, and then left the tea fee on the table, then slowly got up, picked up sunglasses, put on his backpack, and walked slowly towards the north hillside, and disappeared at the end of the street after a while.

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Lin Ya followed Professor Lin and walked towards the jade coffin together, for some reason, Lin Ya felt that the jade coffin revealed a mysterious feeling at this time. Old Professor Lin didn't speak, but it could be seen from his slightly trembling shoulders that his heart was not calm at this time. The height of the jade coffin was just about one and a half meters, and the two came to the jade coffin and stopped. Professor Lin took out his notes, flipped through one of the pages, and looked at the jade coffin.

"You should know where it came from, right?" asked Professor Lin after a moment.

"If you remember correctly, this should be the tomb of the legendary founding priest of the ancient kingdom of Nanzhao. Lin Ya replied.

"Well, I didn't expect the legend to be true, according to legend, the founding monarch of the ancient kingdom of Nanzhao was a woman, who won the jade of heaven and earth, commanded the tribe to repel the surrounding barbarian beasts, and was finally proclaimed as the monarch. However, this woman did not ascend to the throne as a king, and only ruled the country in the name of a priest for three years before passing on the throne, while she traveled far and wide. A few years later, he returned and lived in seclusion in the mountains until his death. Professor Lin stared at the jade coffin, as if talking to himself.