The other colleagues who were slow down didn't have time to see the content of the bamboo slip in Su Sa's hand at all.

But Zhang Jianbo still acted fast, and took a lot of photos before he was oxidized.

Everyone immediately gathered around Zhang Jianbo again, eager to find a magnifying glass to take a closer look at the photos he took.

"In May of the thirteenth year, Gengchen, Jiangling Cheng dared to sue the underground Cheng."

"This sentence is still quite easy to recognize."

Professor Li pushed the lenses, and said with a little excitement: "May Gengchen of the thirteenth year!" ”

"The age of the tomb owner's life can be determined!"

"Since the first year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Huaxia has a year name."

"Before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the emperor who reigned for more than thirteen years in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty was only Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty!"

"The time when the owner of this tomb was buried was the seventeenth day of May in the thirteenth year of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty!"

More than a dozen colleagues from the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences were all excited.

This is a major discovery.

Professor Li waved his hand vigorously, turned his head and looked at Kong Jianwen excitedly: "By the way, what is the letter of sue for the land?" Is this a letter of injunction? ”

Kong Jianwen nodded, his expression mixed with a bit of shock.

"Xiao Chen, are you sure you're not mistaken?" He also asked Chen Han in disbelief.

The font on the bamboo slip is seal script.

The difference between this thing and modern simplified characters is not as similar as between simplified and traditional characters.

Even scholars who specialize in seal scripts find it difficult to distinguish most of the characters clearly in just a few tens of seconds.

Kong Jianwen also had time to read the first sentence clearly, and this was thanks to the fact that the first sentence on the bamboo slip was relatively simple.

"In May of the thirteenth year, Gengchen, Jiangling Cheng dared to sue the underground Cheng."

Kong Jianwen had time to distinguish this sentence, and then the bamboo slip became pitch black.

It was also because of this that Chen Han's fluent and smooth behavior of directly reading out all the content on the bamboo slip just now shocked Kong Jianwen.

Chen Han, a Ph.D. student, how could he be so proficient in seal script and be recognizable at a glance?

This can only be done by an old scholar who has been specializing in seal script research for more than ten years!

However, in addition to being shocked, in his heart, Kong Jianwen also felt that Chen Hannian might be right.

Because Kong Jianwen can probably judge from this sentence that he recognizes, this is indeed a "letter to the land".

Jiangling Cheng dares to sue the underground, this is not a letter to the ground, or what?

The letter of injunction is a kind of funeral utensils.

It is a document written by the ancients to handle the migration of the dead underground for the deceased in funeral activities, and imitate the migration documents written in real life.

Similar to the "road guide" used by the living!

In layman's terms, this is a letter of introduction from an official on the ground to the owner of the tomb, and the letter is received by the official underground.

This thing was more popular in the Western Han Dynasty, and it gradually became rare after the Western Han Dynasty.

A letter of advice was unearthed here in Jingzhou, from the No. 18 tomb of Gaotai in Jingzhou.

"Xiao Chen, read the text you saw again to Professor Li."

"Let him check the text on the photo and see if you make a mistake."

Kong Jianwen hurriedly instructed Chen Han to read it again.

Professor Li is the head of the Qin and Han Research Office of the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

He specializes in archaeological work in the Qin and Han dynasties, and his research on seal scripts is very deep.

At this time, Chen Han himself was quite surprised.

He actually read it out subconsciously, and he didn't expect that the whole sixty or seventy words of bamboo slip, except for two words he didn't recognize, the rest would be recognized so smoothly.

Immediately, Chen Han remembered the archaeological expertise points awarded by the previous system.

Seal scripts must belong to archaeological expertise!

Obviously, this point is added to the identification seal!

Not to mention, it's easy to use!

Chen Han hurriedly relied on his impression and read the words he saw to Professor Li again.

While listening to Chen Han's narration, Professor Li held Zhang Jianbo's camera and compared it with the photos inside.

Originally, Professor Li needed to take a little time to judge the clear words, but under Chen Han's "prompt", they immediately became clear.

According to Chen Han, the content of this letter to the land is roughly as follows: "On May 17, 13 years, Jiang Lingcheng told the officials of the prefecture that the owner of the tomb had brought a large number of chariots, horses, and servants to the prefecture, and hoped that the officials of the prefecture could help him ask the master of the prefecture for instructions and leave him an official position." ”

Professor Li listened and excitedly counted his head, constantly compared it with the bamboo bamboo photo, and said excitedly after the two phases were confirmed: "That's right, that's all the content of this confession!" ”

"That's a lot of information!"

"The exact time of burial of the tomb owner, the origin and identity of the tomb owner, and the number of main burial goods are clearly recorded."

"The content is roughly similar to the wooden slip unearthed from the No. 3 Han Tomb of Mawangdui."

"It's the last sentence, it's a bit bold."

"It can make the officials take the officials as officials and dare to sue the Lord."

"This is asking the officials of the prefecture for instructions and asking for official positions!"

can make officials take officials as officials and dare to sue the lord, this sentence translated into the vernacular means:

"This tomb owner who went to live underground is very capable, and he is a talent who is an official, and the owner of the underground mansion can consider making him an official."

This is the meaning of "Gangneung Cheng" to introduce talents to "Underground Cheng".

In the notices found in other Western Han tombs, there is no such situation where the above-ground officials took the initiative to introduce them.

Most of them are written clearly how many "slaves" and "livestock" the owner of the tomb brought to accompany the burial, and just make an introduction to the identity and background.

Professor Li sighed: "It can be seen that the tomb owner's connections in Jiangling officialdom were very hard during his lifetime, otherwise Jiangling Cheng would not have been recommended so favorably." ”

After confirming that he was indeed not mistaken, and after translating correctly, Chen Han was also a little excited.

The level of discerning seal books by yourself has risen dramatically!

In the past, when I could distinguish the seal script, I had to ponder for more than ten seconds to be sure, and I might not be able to recognize it for a minute or two.

Now I can read more than 60 words in a minute!

However, there are still two words in this bamboo slip that he didn't recognize.

In line with the good habit of asking questions if he doesn't understand, Chen Han humbly asked Professor Li for advice: "Professor Li, there are still two words in this letter of complaint that I don't recognize. ”

One is the word "Shiyang Five Doctors", and the other is the two horses behind "Four Horses". ”

Following Chen Han's reminder, Professor Li immediately found these two words in the photo.

The first word is okay, it is not the level of the seal script that is not clear, but the handwriting on the bamboo slip is a little blurred, and it may be necessary to wait until the cultural relics restoration workers have repaired it before trying to interpret it.

But here comes the embarrassing thing.

The second word, after Professor Li carefully identified it, he didn't recognize it.

This character is next to the word 馬, plus a pictogram that is a bit like non and a bit like a butterfly.

For a while, Professor Li didn't understand what this word meant.

At least this character is not a common seal script font, it is very out-of-the-way, and it is not even a character that has left a record.

"This...."

Facing Chen Han's eyes full of thirst for knowledge, Professor Li smiled awkwardly.

"When I go back to study and research, I should be cautious about words that I don't know and are difficult to distinguish."