After returning from the Zaoshulin Cemetery, Chen Han also took the time to go to the Yejiashan Cemetery to inquire about the situation.

On the side of the Yejiashan cemetery, three tombs of the Marquis of Zeng were also unearthed.

And it is also the tomb of Marquis Zeng in the early Western Zhou Dynasty!

One is the tomb owner of M65 Zeng Hou Ji, the east of Yejiashan M2 is the tomb of his wife, unearthed a "plow" Ding, the experts on the scene believe that the "plow" is Zeng Hou Ji, is the title of the Ji during the mourning.

Then there is the owner of the M28 tomb in Yejiashan, "Bosheng".

Yejiashan M27 in the east is the tomb of his wife, and there is a bronze cup with the inscription "Bosheng Zuoyi" in the tomb.

The private name of the owner of the M28 tomb is "Bosheng", and his tomb is a standard monarch-level tomb.

However, no inscription with the words "Zeng Housheng" was found in the tomb.

Experts speculate that he was very young when he died, and it is very likely that he died suddenly within two years of inheriting the throne, so the funeral goods were all used to accompany the funeral when he was not even a marquis.

It was buried in a hurry, so the name engraved on the inscription is his private name.

In addition, there is also an M111 tomb in the Yejiashan cemetery, which is also a monarch-level tomb.

The owner of the M111 tomb is Zeng Hou Qian, and in his tomb, there is an inscription of "Lie Kao Nan Gong", which was made by Li for his father "Nan Gong".

After these news were sorted out and summarized, Chen Han, Professor Li, Professor Zheng Xian, and a group of experts in academic research in the Yejiashan, Wenfeng Pagoda, and Jujube Forest excavation projects all gathered for many demonstrations.

After a heated discussion and brainstorming, a conclusion was reached.

It is inferred from the chronological order of the tombs.

Zeng Hou should be the "Nangong" of Zeng Hou and the bell inscription "The king sent the order of the Nangong, and the camp was in the soil".

He should be Nangong Shi's eldest son, who was ordered by his father to establish the Zeng Kingdom anywhere.

Nangong Mao, who stayed in the court, was the second son of Nangong Shi, and he was another branch that developed in the court.

And Bosheng and Zeng Hou Qian should be brothers.

Bosheng is the elder brother, and Zeng Houqi is the younger brother.

Because the tomb of Marquis Zeng has the inscription of "Lie Kao Nangong", which was made by his father "Nangong".

And Bosheng and Zeng Hou Qi are both people in the Kangzhao period, they can't be father and son, then they can only be brothers.

The "uncle" of Bosheng should be the ranking boss, and he should be the brother of "Bosheng"!

Historical research is based on evidence, not reasoning.

Everyone came to this conclusion based on the different ages of the three tombs and the speculation of the inscriptions of the tomb owners.

However, in the end, whether the lineage of the early years of Zeng Guo was really sorted like this, Chen Han and the others were not 100% sure.

But this early Zeng Marquis must have been discovered with certainty.

So far, plus the results of excavations in the seventies and eighties of the last century.

The Yejiashan cemetery in the early Western Zhou Dynasty of Zengguo, the Guojiamiao cemetery in the second week, the Sujialong cemetery in Jingshan in the early Spring and Autumn Period, the Zaoshulin cemetery in the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Wenfeng Tower cemetery in the late Spring and Autumn period have all been found.

Plus the tomb of Marquis B of the Warring States period of the drum pier.

As well as four unexcavated tombs of the Marquis of Zeng, some bronzes of the Zeng Kingdom that have been handed down.

All things add up, Zeng (Sui) Kingdom, a mysterious vassal state that is only recorded in three words and two words in the history books, and none of the Zeng Marquis has an official name.

With the efforts of archaeologists, a total of 19 Zeng marquis have been clarified, and the lineage extends from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the early Warring States period!

And the excavation continues!

Half a month later, the Jingzhou Archaeological Institute announced on the Internet in a timely manner the news that the thousand-year-old incorruptible ancient corpse "Mr. Sui" was unearthed from the No. 168 tomb of Phoenix Mountain.

At this time, Chen Han was still in the Wenfeng Pagoda cemetery, hurrying to carry out the latest excavation of tomb M18.

Tomb M18 is also a tomb of the Marquis level!

And to the northeast of it, there is also the tomb of his wife M8.

During the excavation, a number of ritual vessels with the words "Zeng Hou Bing" were unearthed one after another.

And judging from the shape of the ritual vessel, this Zeng Hou Bing may be a later Zeng Hou than Zeng Hou Yi, roughly in the middle of the Warring States period!

You can also get a glimpse of it from his name.

A, B, C, D, C can be after B.

However, among these bronzes unearthed one after another, except for inscriptions such as "Zeng Hou Bing's Trip", there are no other inscriptions that record any major events.

"Deceived Kangxi"

It's a shame.

But Zeng Hou Bing's appearance in the tombs of the late Spring and Autumn Period of Zeng Guo was quite surprising to Kong Jianwen.

It's not that there are no tombs of the Warring States period on this side of Wenfeng Tower, but the tombs of the Warring States period here are all Chu tombs, and the unearthed ones are all nobles with strong Chu culture and "Chu" inscriptions.

Therefore, everyone thought that the Wenfeng Pagoda should belong to the Chu State during the Warring States Period.

That's why Zeng Houyi's tomb is on the side of the drum pier further north.

But I didn't expect that there was a Zeng Marquis who reigned later than Zeng Hou Yi was buried here.

That Zeng Hou Yi's tomb ran to the drum pier, which is a little too strange.

Moreover, there is a large tomb at the level of Zeng Hou on the side of the drum pier, which is protected and forbidden to be excavated.

What was the reason why the two Zeng Marquis in the early Warring States period went to the north to be buried under the Drum Pier Tomb, but Zeng Hou Bing moved back to Wenfeng Tower?

Perhaps in the early Warring States period, there was a big change in the territory of Zeng?

This is destined to be a mystery that cannot be solved for the time being.

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Chen Han, who followed Kong Jianwen to excavate Tomb M18, learned about the Jingzhou Museum and prepared Mr. Sui's publicity work.

He said goodbye to the excavation site for the time being, and Wei Sisi, who came to meet him, bought a train ticket from Suizhou to Jingzhou.

Originally, he promised the Jingzhou Museum to help make a popular science video of Mr. Sui.

It can be regarded as Internet promotion for Jingzhou Museum.

But later, the Jingzhou Museum put forward a suggestion, hoping that Chen Han could be a "special visitor" and come to a "first meeting" live broadcast before the official opening of Mr. Sui's underground palace.

Lead netizens to first have an Internet cloud tour of the underground palace.

Chen Han, who received this suggestion, was quite surprised.

In general, museums are reluctant to allow private individuals to conduct live-streamed events in their museums.

I didn't expect Jingzhou Museum to be so advanced, planning to combine online live broadcast and offline museum visits.

In this regard, Chen Han is happy to help.

Because he also wanted to see what Mr. Sui's underground palace looked like, and what was the difference between the underground palace of Mrs. Xin Chai next door.

Therefore, after receiving that the underground palace had been completed and the glass coffin where Mr. Sui was placed was also in place, Chen Han immediately put down the excavation work in his hand.

After consulting Kong Jianwen, he took Wei Sisi and the live broadcast equipment and set off for Suizhou.

This special live broadcast can also get a lot of heat and attention for his self-media account!