Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Chapter 201 Painted Pottery Cylindrical Jar, Corner

Cui Hao and Wang Hu, who were staying upstairs, were extremely anxious.

They stared at the stone mill with a nervous look on their faces and asked.

"Nianzi, what did you see?"

"You're a martial artist, don't be a coward, tell me if there's anything good in there."

Shi Nianzi took two deep breaths, and his expression relaxed slightly.

He gestured upwards and said, "Face, I see a strange face!"

"His eyes were wide open, and he was grinning at me with his teeth bared. His smile was so creepy!"

I frowned slightly.

The description feels familiar.

It seems to look like a monkey mask!

I asked Shi Nianzi to shine the emergency light inside, and then I lay down at the edge of the gap and looked inside.

It is indeed a face.

The eyes, nose, and square smile with eight teeth showing are all very similar to those of a monkey mask.

The only difference is that there are no horns on the head.

"Nianzi, look down."

"it is good!"

Shi Nianzi raised the emergency light and let the light shine downwards through the gap.

Below the face was a platform made of stones.

Because the gap is not big, you can't see the whole picture inside.

But I can be sure that I have found the right place and there is something inside.

The problem now is how to get in.

The capping stone is a whole piece, and it is difficult for just a few of us to lift it up.

We can only find a way out from the stone wall.

See if you can open a hole to get in.

I knocked on the stone wall. It was stacked very solidly and it was difficult to find a loose spot.

It seems that only the bottom attack is done.

Bottom attack is a method recorded in Tuoye's family notes.

It is specially designed to deal with tombs with good anti-theft measures, but it is more difficult to operate.

It is necessary to dig a deep hole from the outside of the tomb, which should be deeper than the tomb chamber. Then dig horizontally underground and open a hole from the bottom to enter the tomb chamber.

Fortunately, the stone mound is neither big nor deep.

In addition, the stone mill has an extraordinary talent for drilling holes, so it can probably be done in half an hour.

"Millstone, we have to keep digging."

"It's just a small matter. Master Chen, just tell me how to dig it."

I gave Shi Nianzi a brief explanation.

He was asked to dig two meters deep at the bottom of the stone wall, and then dig horizontally into the stone mound.

The stone miller waved his short-handled shovel and started working.

More than an hour passed.

The hole deep into the ground was dug another fifty centimeters horizontally.

Judging from the distance, it is already directly below the stone mound.

Considering that there is a stone platform in the middle of the tomb, we cannot dig upwards from the middle, but can only dig upwards from the edge.

Pususu!

If you dig upwards, the soil will fall down continuously.

I warned: "Slow down, be careful of landslides."

The most feared thing about bottom attack is landslide.

Logically, the horizontal holes dug under the stone wall should be used for support and reinforcement to increase the supporting force.

However, due to lack of materials, this step had to be omitted.

The stone mill moved much more gently and at a much slower speed.

As he dug upwards, I used a shovel to gather and tamp down the fallen soil.

Simple earthen steps were made to facilitate the stone mill to dig upwards, and also to facilitate entering and exiting the stone mound later.

More than an hour passed.

Not only soil fell, but also a lot of stones.

Stone mounds are usually built with stones piled up on all four sides to form walls, and the bottom of the tomb is covered with gravel.

Place the sarcophagus on the gravel and then fill it up, and finally lay another layer of gravel on the top of the tomb.

It can be said that the most important feature of a stone mound is the stone!

This is exactly what Master Yao knows.

When he was looking for Hongshan culture tombs, he determined the location by observing Feng Shui, and then used a pole to dig a hole.

As long as stones are hit over a large area at a similar depth in the same area, it can be basically determined to be a stone mound.

I picked up the gravel that had fallen with the soil and looked at it. "Grindstone, you're almost digging through it. Go a little easier."

"it is good."

The speed of the stone mill slowed down again.

After a few shovelfuls, there was a soft "puff" sound.

Fist-sized holes appeared on our heads.

The hole is made!

“It’s working!”

"Hey, I'll go slower."

Without my instructions, the stone mill carefully enlarged the hole.

When the hole expanded to a size large enough for one person to enter and exit, I asked him to stop.

"Okay, this is big enough."

"You wait downstairs, I'll go in and take a look."

I took a shovel and prepared to dig two footsteps on the wall of the cave to facilitate entry and exit.

But the stone mill simply grabbed my legs and lifted me up.

With a whoosh, he stuffed my upper body into the tomb.

Then I pushed my hands against the ground, pulled my legs up, and entered the tomb.

"Master Chen, the light!"

The stone mill held up the emergency light high.

I lay at the entrance of the cave and reached down with my right hand.

Bring up the emergency light.

He raised the emergency light and shone it around.

The stone wall was empty, with a stone platform built in the middle.

Shining through the cracks in the stone platform, it seemed like there was something inside.

I stood up slowly.

Look at the head placed on the stone platform.

When I looked closer, I realized that it was not a head at all.

It is a painted pottery cylindrical jar.

The body of the jar is painted with a pattern similar to a monkey mask, which is the face that scared the stone mill just now.

Cylindrical jars are more common in the Hongshan culture, and are mostly used for sacrificial purposes.

I picked up the painted pottery cylindrical jar and it felt quite light in my hand.

It indicates that the pottery is loose.

Moreover, this cylindrical jar has no bottom and is completely hollow and transparent from top to bottom, making it not practical.

It is most likely an artifact used for sacrificial ceremonies.

Time is tight and I don’t have time to study it carefully.

Then he handed the painted pottery cylindrical jar to the stone mill below.

"Take it, put it in the hanging basket and send it up first."

"Oh."

Shi Nianzi took the painted pottery cylindrical jar with both hands and took a look at it, then his old face turned red.

"The face is painted on it?"

"I thought I saw a dead head. I was so scared."

"They will definitely laugh at me later. I will be too embarrassed to face anyone!"

I smiled and shook my head, then turned back to study the stone platform.

The stone platform is made of stones of similar size. The base is about 40 centimeters long and wide, gradually narrowing to 20 centimeters upwards.

At the top is a whole square piece of bluestone with traces of polishing.

I lifted the top bluestone and looked inside.

A pair of horns stand upright in the hollow stone platform!

The horns are slender and slightly curved, and it is impossible to tell what animal they belong to.

But I somehow thought of the horns on the monkey mask.

Could it be that there really was a monkey with horns on its head?

After its death, someone kept its horns?

I thought as I took out the pair of horns.

The horns are cool to the touch and emit a lustrous reddish-brown luster under the light.

Attach the corners tightly to the emergency light.

It becomes transparent under strong light, and some dark red bloodshot can be seen.

At that time, I didn't know much about horns. I read it over and over again for a long time, but couldn't make any sense of it.

"Master Chen, what's going on?"

"Do you need help?"

I stopped observing the corners when I heard the sound of the stone mill.

I put the corner in my waistband and looked around again but didn't find anything else.

I left the stone mound and the stone mill and returned the same way.

I had just climbed out of the tunnel. Cui Hao and Wang Hu were grinning and were about to ask about our gains when they suddenly heard Old Man Su scream.

"what!"

"I was bitten by a poisonous insect!"

"A lot of poisonous insects have entered the forest. You, you better be careful!"