jdhmnovel Chapter 413: 9% of the tombs are there, and people come here to admire their reputation
Chapter 413: 9% of the tombs are there, and people come here to admire their reputation
I ran through the dense cornfields.
Came to the field where the corn was so sparse that it looked like alopecia areata.
Look around.
This sparse corn field is about twenty meters long and fifteen meters wide.
Looking down, there were very few weeds in the fields.
This is consistent with the characteristics of Western Zhou tombs.
Because the tombs of the Western Zhou Dynasty were not sealed or planted with trees.
There is no high mound of earth, and no trees planted to protect the mound and the tomb.
So on the surface, it is no different from ordinary land.
The only difference is the surface vegetation.
In order to prevent water and moisture, in addition to the mud layer, charcoal layer, lime layer and other measures, the backfill soil of the tomb will also be rammed.
The compacted soil is too compacted, which is not conducive to the downward growth of plant roots.
Therefore, the Western Zhou tombs in the northern region have a characteristic.
As long as the soil in the surface residual soil layer is not rich enough, the vegetation above the tomb will be sparse.
The land in front of us fits this characteristic very well.
In addition, the square shape of 20 meters long and 15 meters wide also meets the specifications of tombs for people from small princes to ministers.
However, to confirm that there is a Western Zhou tomb underneath, some supporting evidence is needed.
I walked to the center of the sparsely vegetated field.
He looked towards the north and south.
I tried to see the tomb passage.
It is suspected that the vegetation in the fields above the tomb chamber is sparse, so the vegetation above the tomb passage should also be sparse.
The north and south are the main directions of the tomb passages of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Here we need to talk about the relationship between the number of tomb passages and the level of the tomb.
Since the Shang Dynasty, the basic regulations on the hierarchy of large tombs have taken shape.
The Y-shaped tomb with four passages belongs to the king level.
The Chinese-character-shaped tomb with two tomb passages belongs to the prince level.
The tomb is in the shape of the Chinese character "甲" and has only one tomb passage, and belongs to the noble level.
A tomb without a tomb passage is basically a civilian tomb.
Why do tomb robbers check the edges when exploring tombs?
This is to determine the scope of the tomb chamber and the number of tomb passages.
By determining the number of tomb passages, we can also estimate the social status of the tomb owner.
This can be used to infer the quantity and level of the burial objects.
Let’s get back to the present.
I looked up and saw this.
There are sparse corn belts on the fields on the north and south sides that are more than two meters wide and extend for more than ten meters.
There is no doubt that there is a tomb passage below!
I am 90% sure that the tomb below is in the shape of the Chinese character "中"!
Huang Ziran strolled up to me.
He looked around and said, "This piece of land is interesting."
"The crops around here are all thriving, but this one isn't growing well."
"Why, do you think there's a tomb down there?"
I nodded and said, "Ninety percent there is a grave."
“I just don’t know if it’s ever been stolen.”
"This piece of land has obvious features, so someone should have discovered the tomb underneath long ago."
As I spoke, I looked down at the ground and started to walk around.
This is looking for a thief's hole.
If the tomb has been robbed, there will be obvious traces of the holes left behind.
Even if the stolen hole is backfilled, there will be a difference between the backfill soil and the surrounding natural soil.
Of course, if the tunnel appeared very early.
Then it would be difficult to see any clues by observing the surface.
It is necessary to use poles to drill holes in places where previous people may have dug holes.
Then, by observing the changes in the soil brought out, we can determine whether the tomb has been robbed by previous people.
These judgments are a test of one's eyesight.
Only experienced tomb robbers can tell.
I looked carefully around this sparse cornfield and found no obvious signs of tomb robbing.
This means that this tomb has not been robbed in at least the past 10 to 20 years.
Huang Ziran was getting a little bored waiting.
He urged, “Let’s go after we finish watching. My stomach is growling with hunger.
He said this.
I immediately felt so hungry that my chest was sticking to my back.
Rubbing his stomach, he said, "This is my official business, Captain Huang, you have to provide me with food."
"Of course, meals are provided."
"But you have to change the way you address me."
"Call me brother-in-law from now on."
"As for me, I came from Shandong Province to work in the countryside. I married your sister and settled here."
"Now I'm robbing tombs with your brother-in-law to make money to support the family."
"After meeting the Zheng brothers, all matters will be decided by you, my brother-in-law."
I nodded and wrote it down.
Huang Ziran's accent is too foreign.
They can only make up such an identity to deceive people.
It didn't take long to cross the cornfield and arrive at Hejia Village.
At that time, Hejia Village belonged to Jingdang Commune, Qishan County.
Professor Zhang mentioned this place specifically when he was teaching me history before.
According to academic speculation, the location of Jingdang Commune may be the location of Zhouyuan, the capital of the early Western Zhou Dynasty.
The reason for this speculation.
This is because many high-level tombs from the Western Zhou Dynasty have been discovered in this area, and many bronze artifacts have been unearthed.
Even chariot and horse pits from the middle Western Zhou Dynasty and bronze ware caches were unearthed.
The most legendary year was 1966.
When the villagers of He Village got up at night, they saw colorful lights coming out of the fields.
Three days later, a villager dug out a bronze bull statue from the glowing fields and handed it over to the village.
The village chief used this bronze bull statue as an oil lamp.
Later, experts from Shaanxi History Museum came after hearing the news.
After looking at the bronze bull zun, it was determined to be a bronze artifact from the late Western Zhou Dynasty.
After paying 13 yuan in collection fees to Hejia Village, he took the bronze bull statue back with him.
This is the third bronze bull urn from the Western Zhou Dynasty discovered in my country.
It is also the only one left in the country.
The other two were taken away by the Japanese in the early years.
After asking around in the village, we found out about Zheng Jianshe's home and went straight there.
clap clap!
I knocked on the gate of Zheng Jianshe's house.
"Who is it?" a questioning voice came from the yard.
The voice sounded a little hoarse.
There was a note of caution in his tone.
"Me." I replied casually.
But I have a Guanzhong accent.
The people in Baoji speak with a Xifu accent, which is very different from the Guanzhong accent.
The Dongfu accent in Weinan is closer to the Guanzhong accent.
My reply caused the yard to become completely silent.
No one in the yard spoke anymore.
He didn't come to open the door either.
It's like he felt something was wrong and hid himself.
Huang Ziran winked and told me to continue knocking on the door.
I gritted my teeth and knocked on the door again.
"Brother Zheng, I was introduced by a friend."
"I came here because of your reputation. I made a pot of rice and wanted to eat it with Brother Zheng."
I tried to reveal my intentions as much as possible.
I thought the Zheng brothers should be able to understand what I meant.
In the early years, one would have used jargon to explain one's purpose.
But the few lip tips I know are all hearsay from Camel Grandpa.
It’s okay to report a few things, but I don’t know what to say more than that.
In fact, when it comes to lip piercing, even those who started doing it in the 1980s only had a basic understanding of it.
Most of them use self-made jargon.
After all, every era has its own products.
Nowadays, lip spots have completely become a thing of the past and can only be told as stories.
After knocking on the door again, the yard was still quiet.
The Zheng brothers seemed determined not to open the door.
Just as I was wondering what to do next, I heard a squeaking sound behind me.
Huang Ziran and I turned around at the same time.
I saw the gate opposite was open.
An old man who was about fifty years old was looking at us.
There was something peculiar about his eyes.
The pupils seemed to be covered by a layer of white, as if he had cataracts.
Tuk-tuk-tuk.
He held a cane in his right hand as a blind stick, sweeping it back and forth across the road in front of him.
Then he slowly moved towards us.
The old man stopped in front of me, wrinkled his nose and sniffed.
He said slowly: "Young man."
"The rice you cooked isn't just outside the village, is it?"
"You can't eat that pot of rice!"