Stretch out your hand and carefully pick up this stone inkstone from the ground.

Kong Jianwen looked at it very curiously.

Chen Han also came over.

This set of stone inkstones is also stained with a lot of soil.

After using a brush to sweep away all the soil stuck to the inkstone, the situation of this inkstone clearly appeared in the eyes of the two.

A reddish ink stain in black clearly remained on the inkstone, and even spread to the inkstone, looking chaotic.

"The Evil God"

"This shouldn't be a funeral object, it's a practical tool, right?"

Chen Han touched his chin and said affirmatively: "The ink on this inkstone is the same color as the ink on the walls and top of the front room, which is black and red. ”

"This is supposed to be the tool left behind by the craftsman who was responsible for painting the murals on the tomb."

"If you look for it, you might even find a brush."

The brush appeared very early.

Although the saying that "Meng Tian invented the brush" is widely known.

But in fact, Meng Tian improved the brush, and the prototype of the modern brush was indeed determined after Meng Tian.

However, this does not mean that before the Qin Dynasty, there were no brushes.

It is already certain that, at least in the Shang Dynasty, the brush was created and used as a tool for everyday writing and painting.

Through the study of Yinxu, it is certain that although the Shang Dynasty scripts that we can see today are all oracle bone inscriptions, they were carved out of knives.

In reality, however, in everyday life, merchants, like the later Qin and Han dynasties, wrote on bamboo slips or pieces of wood.

Unfortunately, because the writing materials and brush characters could not be preserved for a long time, only the oracle bone inscription engraved on the hard bone bone was preserved.

This led to the misunderstanding that "the Shang Dynasty only had oracle bone inscriptions".

"But the ancestors of Yin have books and canons."

The "book" and "dictionary" in this sentence, in the oracle bone inscription and the big seal, represent not the oracle bone, but the "canon" composed of bamboo slips and wooden slips!

Even, from a prehistoric tomb in Zuojiagong Mountain, Changsha, Hunan, a complete set of writing instruments was excavated.

It shows that in ancient prehistoric times, the ancestors had the habit of writing with a brush.

Even if it's not writing, it might be making symbols or drawing!

"It should be." Professor Li nodded, agreeing with Chen Han's idea.

"Professor Li! We've found a stone inkstone! ”

At this moment, Lin Ya and Zhuang Yunpeng, who were cleaning the corridor of the west ear room, also found a stone inkstone.

The two of them trotted in front of Chen Han and Professor Li.

The four of them compared the stone inkstone in their hands.

The two inkstones are almost identical, and even the layer of ink that sticks to the inkstone surface is almost the same.

It is clear that they were all left behind by the craftsmen who were painting the murals at the time.

"It's strange, why don't you take the stone inkstone away, this is a utility, it shouldn't be left in the front room, right?"

Professor Li was a little puzzled.

How could these craftsmen do such a careless thing and leave all the stone inkstones for painting in the front room.

According to the views of that era, the craftsmen who left these two stone inkstones were guilty of a big crime!

You know, this is the tomb of the king of Nanyue!

It's not a cat or a dog's tomb, anything can be stuffed into it.

The princes and kings have their own set of funeral systems, and it is clear what should be buried with them and what cannot be buried with them.

What is certain is that the craftsmen who built the tomb and the tools used were absolutely not allowed to be used for the burial of the king of Nanyue.

In a sense, this behavior is even an insult to the owner of the tomb.

What's the matter, leaving this stone inkstone in the front room, it means that I, the king of Nanyue, am doing the work of a painter?

Did you paint murals for others during your lifetime?

This is simply an insult to a princely king!

"Tsk..." Chen Han also shook his head and sighed, "I hope these two craftsmen who left the stone inkstone in the front room were not executed." ”

These two are really careless.

The South Vietnamese officials who finally inspected and accepted the mausoleum project were also too careless.

I didn't even find that there were two stone inkstones left.

However, this old incident from 2,000 years ago, everyone only sighed briefly.

"Teacher, the frontrooms have been cleaned up, can we start cleaning the east and west ear rooms?" Lin Ya looked at Professor Li eagerly, looking forward to it.

To be honest, the clean-up of the Frontrooms really didn't have much to offer.

Except for the beginning, a set of jade ornaments and bronze mirrors that the person was buried with are more exquisite.

The rest of the funeral goods are almost all chariot and horse accessories.

Of the 60 cultural relics cleaned up in the front room, more than 40 were ornaments on a set of chariots and horses.

Almost most of the tombs of the nobles of the Western Han Dynasty can be unearthed.

It's something that is not too rare for tomb robbers.

Although the carriage is also made of copper, it uses too little copper, and it is a hassle to collect.

With this kung fu, it is better to pick up the parts of the car and horse one by one, it is better to hold a tripod, the action is fast, and the value is high.

Therefore, most of the Western Han tombs, including the stolen tombs, have unearthed a large number of Western Han chariot and horse accessories.

This thing is really not a new and rare artifact for archaeologists.

The east and west ear chambers that are closely connected to the previous life are the places where "big goods" can really be produced!

Generally, in addition to the personal burial goods that need to be put into the coffin of the tomb owner, most of the other valuable burial goods are placed in the ear chamber.

It's a treasure room.

"East and West Ear Chambers." Professor Li lifted his glasses.

"We're going to give our brother units some space."

"On the west side of the chamber, colleagues from the Guangzhou Institute of Archaeology strongly asked to be responsible for the excavation and cleanup."

"So we're not responsible for the West Ear Chamber."

"And here in the east ear room, my colleagues from the Guangdong Institute of Archaeology have already gone in to investigate."

"A roof stone in the east chamber has broken and fallen, and is slanting in the middle of the chamber."

"Because the stones were too large to be transported out of the aisle, they had to be chiseled through the original rock at the top of the chamber and lifted away by a crane from above."

"And because the roof was originally a layer of rock, we had to dig a hole to lift the rocks."

"This matter is already being arranged, and there will be an engineering team to dig it tomorrow."

"Let's wait."

This tomb of the king of Nanyue was dug down to the rock layer.

The east wall of the east chamber, as well as part of the overhead, is already bedrock, which greatly increases the amount of work required to build the chamber.

At the same time, the cleaning of the archaeological team also caused trouble.

There are a total of three capstone in the east chamber, but one of the capstone is broken and fell and is obliquely stuck in the east chamber.

In order to clean the east ear chamber, the broken roof stone must first be removed.

However, the bedrock above the east chamber is the bedrock, and if you want to remove the top stone, you have to dig a hole large enough in the roof of the east chamber.

It's also a lot of trouble...