Chapter two hundred and two, archeology of Lu ran

For archaeologists, gold and silver treasure is just property, in addition to the value of money, in most cases than the words and patterns of other objects are more important.

"support the trend of the old" .

This is the writing on the bottom of the seal, which is different from the seal found in the square pit. "Chen" word, should be the official seal holder's surname, followed by "Shang" , it seems that this person is the Ministry of the Ministry of direct officials, just do not know he or she is the Ministry of fashion which level of official.

We then carefully examined the surface of the carving sarcophagus, still unable to determine. But the skeleton inside gave us a clue.

"You see, Master Lu, this man has several knife wounds on his chest and thighs, varying in width, width and depth. So far we can see that he is a military attache. "

"Not bad. Military Attache Shangbu... If I remember correctly, Shang Bu is divided into provinces, here is Bailong province, and there are three military attache In other words, if it's a joint burial, it's not one -- there should be three or at least two -- or it wouldn't be in the northeast corner."

Everyone is tiny one zheng, understand come over, together brush to look to the northwest corner and cross place with north-south Middle Line.

If, as Captain Wang judged, is a tomb, and as Lu ran said there is a primary and secondary, the main tomb location must also be symmetrical, to the north and south of the Middle Line points. So there is at least one in the northwest corner, and even one in the center line, which corresponds to the military attache's establishment at that time.

And so, everyone was worried. The northwest corner is now occupied by members of the Black Spirit sect, whose words would certainly arouse suspicion.

"All right, let them dig in the northwest corner. Even if they did, they would only put a seal like this one. Let's go to the intersection of the Middle Line and dig again. "

Lu Ran said to take everyone back to the center line, continue to dig.

After a while, they found a sarcophagus.

The terrain here is much the same as on either side, but the sarcophagus is obviously several metres lower.

"Strange, Huai Zhou City in the historical data, there is no record of this place in the past earthquake Ah. The middle of the tomb than the other how much lower? "

He was puzzled, but for the time being did not struggle, but while the three waves of people outside have not yet noticed, hurriedly began to open the coffin.

POW!

I kicked it in. Nothing happened.

Dang!

A sword poke gap, still no movement, Seven-star Sword almost broken.

"It won't open, will it? "

At that moment, a rough voice came from above. At some point, one of Zhang Feng's men appeared outside the pit. In fact, there were two others outside the pit, one was a disciple of Tianjianzong and another of Xuanling.

Lu ran is tiny tiny one zheng, in the mind cool half.

Damn, these guys are good? When did you get here? Come without saying a word?

"Childe Zhang, here has found again! "

The brother cried out, and all the people from the three main schools were attracted. Soon both Zhang Fengliang bin and Shang Guangjie appeared around the pit. Lu ran a glance, and found his mother Yao Zhipeng do not know when to come.

Tsk, I see you are the poor, a tomb let you four big door all out, spread not afraid of being laughed at?

Also, this is only the vanguard, even if the formal establishment of two days, but also only four goods sub-zong, care about so much? If they find any more gold or silver here, they can steal a fortune.

"Master Lu, let me help you! "

Later Yao Zhipeng, at the moment to be particularly positive, than Zhang Feng and others to lead, fly over is a foot, even the whole cover plate intact from the side to kick out.

Harvard

Just like the northeast corner, the cover plate was lifted, and a jet of black gas was released. Then the crowd put their heads inside, and then a sigh.

"Grass, how is it empty again? These two poor devils had discussed before they died? " Someone scolds a way.

"Yes, he was a poor man, so poor that he had nothing left but money to buy a coffin. "

......

Lu ran squeezed in, and found a seal, as expected found similar words. It appears that there are three main tombs here, all of which were military attache of the Shangbu of Bailong province at that time.

With this in mind, he simply told everyone the location of the third coffin.

"listen to me, everyone. According to our archaeological experience, the north-west corner is in line with the two coffins, and there is another one. There may be gold and silver in it. Why don't you go and dig it up? "

After hearing this, they looked at each other and immediately ran to the northwest corner with their weapons.

Although Lu ran's words are not how they believe, but just dug out two, look at the location seems to be there may be another. What if it's not empty?

Lu ran smiled, and came from the square pit Wang Captain Together to study the coffin and skeleton of the military attache.

"Captain Wang, have you found any new clues? "

"No, it's all precious gold and silver. The seal on the east side was also found, just as we expected. Master Lu, I didn't expect you to study archaeology. Please forgive me for my neglect. "

"Ha-ha, no problem. Captain Wang, in your opinion, is there anything special about this sarcophagus and skeleton? "

Captain Wang carefully observed and began a detailed discussion. From the material of the sarcophagus, to the patterns engraved on it, to the date and position of the official seal, and so on, the deduction is clear, more accurate than Lu ran and several other archaeologists found.

"So, " Captain Wang is quite proud: "Lu Tong Zhu, this really is a combined grave just. But you're right. There are priorities. It seems that this is a collective martyrdom of former officials of the Ministry of fashion. It is not politically correct, but it is of historical significance."

By politically incorrect, I mean martyrdom for the previous regime. In the present history of Fufeng, the former dynasty was decadent and corrupt, and to die for such a dynasty was foolish and unprogressive.

But Lu ran didn't think so. Of course, it's not that we don't agree with the politically incorrect argument, but we don't agree that these people were buried with the country. On the contrary, he now confirmed his original view.

"Captain Wang, to tell you the truth, I still don't think this is a co-burial tomb. The real main tomb hasn't been found yet. "

As soon as this remark was made, all the archeologists were taken aback and soon burst out laughing.

"Ha ha ha, master Lu, aren't you funny? "

"We can understand why you had doubts before, because there were so many doubts about the excavation. But now that all three main graves have been found and the coffins are open, it's a bit far-fetched to say it's not a co-burial, " he said

"Yes, sir, now that all the evidence is out, what is there to doubt? "

Captain Wang also want to laugh, but after today this, and think of before Lu ran's style and personal reputation, he is more than a mind.

"Master Lu, have you found something? "

Lu nodded and waited for the laughter to end before he spoke. "In fact, just like all of you, I have almost confirmed that this is a common joint burial for the state. But after the discovery of this tomb in the middle, I changed my mind again. "

At this point, the northwest corner came a burst of hissing. Lu ran first with captain Wang went to look carefully, found the western sarcophagus situation, and the other two, there is nothing new.

Only when the men of the four families continued to dig elsewhere did he open his mouth again to explain.

"Captain Wang, fellow experts, I don't know if you've noticed a bit about the location of the Harvard Skeleton. "

They all looked into the sarcophagus and began to think.

Do not say, unexpectedly Lu ran such a reminder, this is really a point worth pondering. Because the bones in the three sarcophagi, are all facing south, not north.

It's confusing, very confusing, and the more you think about it, the more it feels wrong. All the clues and all the judgments are pointing north, and the bones that are buried face south.

If we compare the shape and position of the tomb, even the sarcophagus, to the external features of the tomb, the skeleton inside the sarcophagus is the internal features. External characteristics can be confusing and contradictory, but internal characteristics must be the most critical.

Now, the most critical internal signature is the opposite of all external cues. This is like a person all parts of the body grow good and straight, the result of the eyes grow on the butt, can not let people feel uncomfortable?

"And if you notice, the sarcophagus is actually north and south. The edges on both sides are smooth near the south, and the north is rough, caused by the friction of the lid before the bones are placed in the coffin. Therefore, the southern end is the head and the northern end is the tail, which was designated by the living person."

Captain Wang and the others nodded, both holding their beards in their hair as they pondered why? To Bury together in the north, to die for the country, is like kneeling toward the north. But the skeleton faces south, this is similar to kneel down after the head earns behind to see, this is what mean?

North, center, south?

No, if that were the case, it would be from south to north. The heart can not go south, for there are barbarians to the south. If you go east, west, you'll never go south.

"And, " added Lu ran, "the middle military attache's grave is deeper than the others. "

The crowd stared again. Captain Wang thought for a long time, think of Lu ran just said speculation, can not help but feel surprised.

"Master Lu, are you saying that there is a real tomb, and that the three military attachés do not face the south, but the main tomb? "

It's the only explanation he could come up with. Facing south, not toward Barbarian, but toward their master's tomb, which they had yet to discover. The central military officer's Tomb is particularly deep, which can also be explained by the fact that the main tomb has not been found. This is a common layout between the main tomb and the sub-tomb, and also has the effect of preventing theft.

"Ha ha, Captain Wang is really thoughtful. Yeah, that's what I thought. In my opinion, the gold and silver in the periphery, and even the tombs of the three military attache, were all carefully designed to conceal the fact that they were intended to give the robbers the benefit of the doubt. So we have to dig, it should be right on the middle line, at least as deep as the middle military attache's grave."