Master Archaeologist

Chapter 110 So You Are Marquis Zengyu!
"Neither does it show that the mission failed, nor does it show that the mission succeeded."

"What does this mean?"

In the corner of the cultural relics storage room, Chen Hanan sat here quietly.

In the eyes of others, Chen Han is wandering in the sky.

But in reality, he was staring at a system panel that only he could see.

On the very simple system panel, the task of "solving the mystery of Zeng Suo" was still hanging on it.

This made Chen Han extremely puzzled.

The inscription that Professor Li interpreted has clearly proved that Zeng Guo is Sui Guo.

The Suiguo story recorded in "Zuo Zhuan" was experienced by the monarch of Zeng Guo.

And it is the Marquis Zeng who was buried in Tomb No. M1 of Wenfeng Pagoda!
That being the case, it sparked a 50-year-long debate in academia.

All kinds of conjectures, such as Zeng Fei Sui, Zeng Mie Sui, Sui Mie Zeng, etc., can be stopped in front of this inscription.

Can Zeng follow the mystery be declared solved?

Why is the system task still motionless?
Scratching his head, Chen Han was completely confused.

There is no intelligent voice or artificial intelligence in this system, so he doesn't even know what's going on.

Logically speaking, when he completed the previous task, the system automatically judged that the task was completed as soon as the thesis was written and not yet officially published.

Now that the inscription has been deciphered, shouldn't it be judged that the mission was successful?

Or, to solve the mystery of Zeng Sui, it also needs to be formally confirmed in the form of a thesis?
Chen Han touched his chin, and made another bold guess.

Could it be that in the tombs of Wenfeng Pagoda, there is more clear evidence pointing to Zeng Sui being the same country?

After all, the appearance of this inscription is actually only a side confirmation that Zeng Sui is a country.

If you can find artifacts with the inscription "Sui" among the aristocrats of the Zeng Kingdom, it will be the most conclusive proof!
For example, words such as "anywhere" and "follow people" are mentioned on a certain bronze vessel.

This will 100% prove that Zeng Sui is a country.

So far, Chinese archaeologists have discovered many bronzes with inscriptions of "Zeng" and "Marquis Zeng".

However, no bronze inscription with the word "Sui" was found unearthed.

According to the double-evidence method of archaeology, the history that is only recorded in history books, but without any underground or surviving cultural relics, cannot be regarded as 100% reliable history.

That is to say, the "Suiguo" that only existed in pre-Qin dictionaries cannot actually be determined to be a real country.

Like "Xia", it cannot be said that there must be no such country, but it cannot be said that there must be.

This is scientific rigor.

Tombs M1 and M2 have only been excavated in the Wenfeng Pagoda tombs.

You know, there are more than 66 tombs in the entire tomb group.

For the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Social Sciences, the excavation of this tomb group has just begun.

Maybe more evidence that can conclusively prove that Zeng Sui was a country will be unearthed in the future!

"In any case, the guess that Zeng Sui is a country should be close to ten." Chen Han murmured.

In the afternoon, the archaeologists who were in charge of cleaning up the filling of the M1 tomb discovered two new copper gilts one after another, and they were sent to the cultural relics preservation room.

The researcher who sent it said with a smile: "Professor Li! There are two copper gilts unearthed from Tomb M1 with inscriptions on them!"

"Yo, is there a new product?"

Professor Li, who was continuing to decipher the inscription on Chime No. 1, shouted without raising his head: "Xiao Chen, go and check it."

Chen Han, who was temporarily transferred away from the archaeological site to assist Professor Li in the interpretation and deciphering of the inscriptions, immediately moved forward to inspect the two copper stews.

The shape of the two copper 鬲 is exactly the same, it looks like a team of twins.

Even the inscriptions engraved on the bottom of the two copper gilts are exactly the same.

After staring at this line of inscriptions for a while, Chen Han read uncertainly: "Marquis Zeng ()'s trip?"

There are a total of six characters in the inscription, five of which are common characters, which are very recognizable.

The only thing is the name of Marquis Zeng, which looks a little hard to read.

But what Chen Han thinks, how does he feel that this word is familiar.

"Brother Zhang, please bring my computer here."

Zhang Jianbo, who was sorting out the unearthed cultural relics, taking photos and drawing pictures for filing, got up and handed over Chen Han's computer.

Chen Han immediately boarded the National Archaeological Platform and inquired about the relevant inscriptions in the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng.

Since he has an impression of this inscription, it means he must have seen it before.

Among the various archaeological discoveries related to Zeng Guo and the surviving bronze inscriptions, he is most familiar with the bronzes in the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng.

Definitely start with this.

Sure enough, Chen Han saw the exact same inscription on a photo of a bronze Ge unearthed from the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng.

Next to the picture, there is a translation made by a team of ancient text researchers from the School of Liberal Arts of Peking University.

"Marquis Zeng and!"

Chen Han slapped his thigh hard, stood up and exclaimed: "The identity of the owner of tomb M1 can be confirmed!"

"It's Zeng Houyu who was mentioned in Tong Ge in the tomb of Zeng Hou Yi!"

"He is also the one recorded in the history books handed down from generation to generation, who saved King Chu Zhao's Suihou!"

"Since the history of the chime bell unearthed from tomb M1 is recorded, it must have been cast in 506 BC, which is nine years after Helu!"

"And the year of casting is also engraved on the chime inscription!"

"Weiwang's first month is the auspicious day of Jiawu. According to the Zhou calendar, the first month of Jiawu, the year of Heshuo should be 497 BC!"

"It was nine years after Wu Guo conquered Chu, King Huai of Chu, Ben Sui!"

"The year Zenghouyi died was 433 BC, which is 1 years different from the Zenghouyi in Tomb No. M64!"

"The bones of Zeng Hou Yi were identified to be about 40 to 45 years old. It is speculated that Zeng Hou Yi has been king for more than 20 years, and there should be about 40 years of vacancies."

"In the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng, apart from a bronze dagger that mentions Marquis Zeng Yu, there is also a bronze dagger that mentions a former emperor named "Marquis Zeng Yue"!"

"In the tomb of Zenghou Yi, only artifacts related to these two Zenghou appeared, indicating that these two generations of Zenghou are the two generations of Zenghou before Zenghouyi!"

"Then, this Zeng Houyue should be Zeng Houyi's father, and Zeng Houyu, the owner of tomb No. M1, is Zenghouyi's grandfather!"

"In the past, it was widely believed in the academic circles that if Zeng Sui belonged to the same country, Zeng Hou Yi was the son of Sui Hou who saved King Chu Zhao."

"However, this conjecture is now definitely wrong!"

"Actually, Marquis Yi of Zeng is the grandson of Marquis Zeng Yu!"

"Marquis Zeng died nine years after Wu conquered Chu, far less longevity than King Zhao of Chu."

"Although King Chu Hui who sent the chime bell to Zeng Hou Yi is the son of King Chu Zhao, he has been in power for 57 years!"

"King Chu Hui with a super long standby time has spanned two generations of Zenghou!"

"This has caused misunderstandings in the historian circles, thinking that Zeng Hou Yi and King Chu Hui are of the same generation!"

All eyes were on Chen Han.

The sequence and identities of the three generations of Zeng Hou Yi, his grandparents, and who is the Marquis Sui recorded in "Zuo Zhuan" have been unraveled in this way?
He really set off a big bomb, it shocked everyone, and it was difficult to digest the huge amount of information for a while
(End of this chapter)