Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Chapter 257 Hongshan Culture, I underestimated you before

There is also an altar in the tomb of the king of Bi State.

At that time, I was wondering why there was an altar in the tomb.

Judging from Huang Ziming's surprised reaction, there must be something fishy going on.

"No wonder?" I asked.

Huang Ziming glanced at me.

He pursed his lips and hesitated for a few seconds before speaking: "That's confidential."

"Since you're almost dead, I can reveal a little to you."

"..."

I was speechless for a while.

I thought you were the dead ghost.

Huang Ziming shook his head and spoke in the tone of an old scholar.

"Have you ever seen a tomb with an altar?"

Without waiting for my answer, he started muttering to himself.

"I know it without asking. You definitely don't know."

My eyebrows raised, and I really wanted to tell him that I knew.

Not only did he know about it, he also walked around in the tomb.

But he quickly suppressed the urge to speak it out.

The fewer people who know about the tomb of the King of Bi State, the better.

It’s best to keep it rotten in your stomach forever.

“When I first saw the relevant information, I was also very surprised.”

"In June 1921, European geologist Andersson visited Shaguotun in Northeast China, discovered ancient ruins, and conducted archaeological excavations."

"That was the first formal archaeological excavation of a site in China, and also the first time that relics of the Hongshan culture were discovered."

"In 1935, the Hongshanhou site was excavated again."

"In the 40s, Pei Wenzhong proposed that these two sites were a hybrid culture formed by the contact between the northern grassland microlithic culture and the central plains Yangshao culture."

"And proposed the Hongshan culture type for the first time."

Huang Ziming spoke slowly and in detail.

But I was confused by what I heard.

We were talking about tombs of gods and altars, how did we end up talking about Hongshan culture?

I also have some understanding of Hongshan culture.

When I was studying with Professor Zhang, he also talked about some content related to Hongshan culture.

He also said that Hongshan culture has extremely high research value and he really wants to go to Northeast China to conduct relevant research in person.

It’s a pity that he fell into a coma before he had the chance to go there.

Thinking of Professor Zhang, I couldn't help but look outside the cave.

Professor Zhang's face, with his eyes tightly closed, was still enveloped in scarlet blood mist.

As the scarlet blood mist rolled and floated, Professor Zhang's neck was faintly revealed.

And there was no body below his neck!

Only his head was in the scarlet blood mist!

What's even more bizarre is.

The constantly surging scarlet blood mist seemed to be gushing out from Professor Zhang's neck!

What the hell is this?!

What on earth does it have to do with Professor Zhang?!

"Cough!" Huang Ziming coughed loudly.

He glared at me dissatisfiedly and said, "Everything I told you is confidential!"

"If I tell you this secret while I'm still alive, we'll both lose our heads!"

"You're so distracted and not listening carefully!"

He was obviously displeased with my distraction.

At this moment, I am troubled by Professor Zhang's strange situation.

Stimulated by his words, I could no longer control my suppressed temper.

The corners of my mouth curled up slightly and I said, "Do you think that you are the only one who knows what you said?"

"I also know a little bit about Hongshan Culture!"

"Since 1970, large-scale archaeological surveys have been carried out in northwest Liaoning, and a large number of Hongshan culture sites have been discovered."

"In 1973, the Hongshan Culture stone mound cemetery was first excavated in Hutougou, and the age of Hongshan Culture jade artifacts was confirmed for the first time..."

I started talking rapidly.

I told Professor Zhang everything I had heard about the archaeological discoveries of the Hongshan culture.

Huang Ziming's originally disdainful look gradually became dull.

Then he went from being stunned to being surprised.

Finally, the pupils began to vibrate violently.

An expression of shock spread across Huang Ziming's entire face, and overflowed from the three wrinkles on his forehead.

"You, you...how do you know all this?!"

Huang Ziming jumped up from the ground.

No, to be exact, it floated up.

He stared at me with wide eyes, and his pupils gradually shrank into small dots.

When his pupils shrank into small dots and stared at me, I felt like he saw through my whole body.

"Tell me, who are you?!"

"How did you know this?!"

"Tell the truth!!!"

When Huang Ziming shouted at me, Wang Hu lowered his head and turned slightly.

Wang Hu looked over through the drooping hair and the gap between shoulders.

He thought he was doing it very secretly, but I saw him.

I lowered my eyelids and pretended not to notice his little action.

He replied slowly, "This information is known to anyone who studies history and archaeology."

"My former teacher was a history professor who had a special interest in the Hongshan culture and collected a lot of archaeological data on it."

"So I just..."

At this point, a light bulb suddenly lit up in my head.

According to Huang Ziming, the altar in the tomb of the gods should be related to the Hongshan culture.

Professor Zhang has a special liking for Hongshan culture.

He ignored his friends' advice and took on the research on Bashe culture, and came to this dangerous cave... Could it be related to Hongshan culture?!

However, Hongshan culture mainly spread in the Northeast and grassland culture areas.

The location of this cave is unlikely to be within the coverage of the Hongshan culture.

What's more, according to previous clues, that God Ang came from the southwest region.

It is located at the exact opposite end of the Hongshan culture geographically.

My brows were twisted into knots.

I felt that the flash of inspiration that came into my mind seemed wrong.

"So you what?!" Huang Ziming asked.

I came to my senses and shrugged. "So that's all I know."

"Is the Hongshan Culture you mentioned related to the divine tomb altar in the cave?"

"But the Hongshan culture area doesn't cover this area."

I threw out the questions that I couldn't figure out.

Since Huang Ziming knows more, just ask directly.

"what?!"

Huang Ziming couldn't close his mouth when asked this question.

The pupils that had shrunk into small dots suddenly expanded.

Then he put his hands on his hips and took a deep breath, and his already erratic figure suddenly dimmed a little.

"Why have you faded?"

"Just a few questions for you."

"If you don't want to answer, you don't have to. There's no need to act like you're about to lose your soul."

"Huh!" Huang Ziming blew hard into my eyes.

The cool air he blew hit my face, and the refreshing feeling made my eyes feel very comfortable.

The things I saw in front of me suddenly became extremely clear.

Are you going to lend me a more advanced technique of qi-gazing?

When I was about to ask, Huang Ziming said weakly: "I underestimated you before!"

"Since you know about Hongshan Culture, maybe we can take a gamble!"

"I will share my Qi-gazing technique with you completely. Your physical body will also be able to see everything I see."

"Now, you must write down carefully every word I say!"

"Starting in the 70s, we initiated and led the large-scale archaeological excavation of the Hongshan culture."

"Every archaeological team excavating Hongshan culture relics has a field staff member from our institute serving as deputy team leader."

"Earlier this year, sacrificial remains of the Hongshan culture were unearthed for the first time in Zuoshanzui."

"Then the ruins of the Goddess Temple were discovered in the Niuheliang area."

"A few days before I came here to carry out my mission, the archaeological team in Aohan Banner received the latest news!"

"We discovered the remains of a building that combines a tomb and an altar!"

"The institute then ordered us to focus on investigating the altars from the ancient tribal era!"

"Do you know why we should focus on investigating the altar?"

Huang Ziming still can't change his habit of keeping people in suspense.

He stopped at the key point.

He glanced at Wang Hu, who was peeking at us, then drifted over to my ear and whispered in a very low voice, "Because the altar is related..."