Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Chapter 200 Stone wall, stone mound?

"Then why bother exploring? Just dig!"

The millstone rolled up its sleeves and prepared to start digging with a short-handled shovel.

Wang Hu couldn't help but laugh: "Why rush? What Master Chen said is possible."

"It might just be a small rock found underground. We need to explore around and find out if it matches the characteristics before we start digging."

"Oh, so that's it." The millstone suddenly understood.

"There are all these tricks. It seems I was too impatient and thought I could just dig out the treasure directly."

I lifted up all the rods.

I estimated the depth of the rock, which was about four to five meters.

"Put down a rod next to it, and cast it five meters deep."

"okay!"

The four of us each occupied a position, and we set down the poles at the same time in the front, back, left and right positions.

The stone mill has the fastest speed.

We got the spot in less than five minutes.

The rod also hit the stone, vibrating and making a buzzing sound.

"I got it, I have stones here too!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the rod in my hand began to tremble.

Lift the rod and then gently let go. The recoil force is quite strong, indicating that there is also stone underneath.

Moreover, the depth at which the rod hits the stone is basically the same.

According to my guess, this stone is most likely the capping stone used to cover the cellar.

Soon Cui Hao and Wang Hu's rods also hit the position, and the rods also hit the stone and caused vibrations.

The four of us looked at each other, and joy appeared on our faces.

Cui Haole couldn't close his mouth: "Brother, it looks like there's something big buried down there!"

"A big thing from the Shang Dynasty, how much would it be worth!"

Wang Hu spat into his palm, picked up the short-handled hoe and held it in his hand: "Master Chen, dig!"

"Hold the edge and dig along the edge to get things more easily."

I pointed around and said, "Everyone step back ten centimeters and put down the pole."

"If you hit a rock, continue to retreat ten centimeters and probe again. If you are more than five meters deep and still haven't hit any rock, stop."

The purpose of edging is to find out the size of the stone below, and then formulate a suitable drilling plan based on the size of the stone.

We got to work with full enthusiasm.

A quarter of an hour later, everyone stopped one after another.

The distance between us was about two meters.

It appears that the stone below is nearly square.

"Master Chen, is it time to dig?"

"Just tell me where to dig it, and I, the stone mill, will do all the digging!"

The stone mill was excited and eager to try it out.

I pondered it for a moment.

Such a large square stone was most likely buried underground by humans.

The possibility that there is a hidden treasure under the stone is very, very high.

So I drew a line on the ground with my foot and said, "Dig a hole one meter long and half a meter wide along this line."

"Huzi, you and Nianzi will start digging first. I'll take over with Haozi later."

"Okay."

Wang Hu was about to dig with a short-handled hoe when he was pushed aside by the stone mill's elbow.

"Grindstone, why are you squeezing me?"

Shi Nianzi swung his arm and gestured: "You're getting in the way."

"It's just digging a hole, I can do it, you guys just rest nearby."

"You guy..."

Wang Hu also wanted to go up and help dig.

But I saw the stone mill swinging its arms like a wind-fire wheel, shoveling out the soil.

"Ptui, pui, pui!" Before Wang Hu got close, dirt was thrown in his face. He retreated, spitting out the dirt in his mouth.

"Nianzi, you are so cowardly that you are crazy!"

"Got dirt all over my face."

"Hehe!" The stone mill continued to dig the soil with a silly smile.

I thought he would soon collapse from digging so frantically.

Who would have thought that he dug more than one meter down without taking a break, and his digging speed was faster than that of the other two people.

"Nianzi, are you tired? Come up and have a rest?" I shouted at the edge of the pit.

"What's so tiring about this? I haven't practiced for a few days, so this is a good opportunity to stretch my muscles."

Then I remembered that he was the one who practiced martial arts by lifting stones weighing hundreds of pounds.

His strength is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

When I go back, I have to find a master to practice martial arts with.

More than two hours passed in a blink of an eye.

Shi Nianzi dug a Guanzhong-style tunnel more than five meters deep by himself. His arm strength is really enviable.

Bang!

There was the sound of a shovel hitting something hard.

Then the millstone shouted, "Master Chen, we've reached the edge of the rock!"

"Dig down along the edge of the rock!"

"it is good!"

The stone mill clanged a few times with a shovel, digging down along the edge of the stone.

Soon the excavated soil filled the basket, and Wang Hu pulled the rope to lift the basket up.

After pouring out the soil, he put the basket down again.

The disadvantage of the Guanzhong-style tunnel is that it requires a huge amount of soil to be dug.

I shone the emergency light inside, my eyes fixed on where the shovel was digging.

The edge of the stone is clearly exposed, and the thickness is about thirty centimeters.

Then there was a gap.

There is another stone under the gap!

The stone mill dug down nearly half a meter along the newly excavated stones, and ended up digging out a stone wall!

"Master Chen, there are still rocks underneath."

"Build a wall layer by layer!"

"Should we continue digging?"

The appearance of the stone wall was somewhat unexpected to me.

Isn't this a cellar?

It is a big deal to have a capping stone on top of the cellar. Many cellars do not even have a capping stone when they are discovered.

For example, the Hejiacun cellar.

When they were discovered, there were only two large jars and a silver pot with a handle, and there was no protection such as a capping stone at all.

So when it was discovered, the jar was full of water.

This also shows from another aspect that the Hejiacun cellar was buried in a hurry.

"Keep digging!" I ordered.

After digging another meter deeper, the stone wall still had not been seen to the bottom.

This stone wall doesn't look like the size of a cellar.

Instead, it looks a bit like a stone mound!

When talking about stone mounds, we have to mention the Hongshan culture.

When I was studying with Professor Zhang, I read materials about Hongshan culture, so I have a certain understanding of Hongshan culture.

Among them, the large-scale use of stone mounds for burial in the Hongshan culture left a deep impression on me.

Later, Master Yao, who was rampant outside the Great Wall, became very good at finding stone tombs.

He discovered the mystery of the stone mound earlier than his peers and accumulated experience in using a piercing rod to identify the stone mound.

For a period of time, he frantically excavated the Hongshan culture stone mounds and stole a large number of Hongshan culture jade artifacts.

This also laid the groundwork for his later sentence of suspended death penalty.

However, the stone mound burial method of the Hongshan culture did not move south with its jade culture, but was introduced into Inner and Outer Mongolia to form stone pestle tombs and stone slab tombs.

The cultural systems of the same period in the Central Plains and Northwest regions mostly used vertical pit tombs.

I was a little surprised to find a tomb that looked like a stone mound in southern Shaanxi.

After being surprised, I stopped the stone mill.

"Stop for a moment, millstone. Let me go down and take a look."

"Okay!" The stone mill stopped.

I stepped on the pedals on both sides of the tunnel and slowly went down.

He reached the bottom of the cave, raised the emergency light, and shone it towards the stone wall.

The bright light made every detail of the stone wall visible.

I found a place with a larger gap and shone the light inside.

The stone mill lay down at the edge of the gap before me, staring inside with wide eyes.

He only took a glance and then retreated trembling.

He clutched his chest and exclaimed, "Face!"

"There's a face in there!"