Master Archaeologist

Chapter 173 Where is the coffin? !

"It's finally time to open the main tomb!"

Zhuang Yunpeng's eyes were shining, and he couldn't wait to stand in front of the big stone door in the main tomb, rubbing his hands nervously.

After Kong Jianwen and Fu Pu discussed and decided yesterday, the cleaning of the main tomb can begin today.

There were five people from the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Social Sciences, and five people from the Guangzhou Institute of Archeology. A team of ten people in total stood in the small front room.

"When the cleaning work of the front chamber and the left and right ear chambers in the tomb is about to be completed, the cleaning work of the rear chambers has already started planning."

Director Fu, as the person in charge, seriously explained to all excavators:

"But first we ran into a problem."

"The second stone door in the tomb is closed tightly without leaving any gaps. How can the excavators enter the back and clean it?"

"From outside the stone gate, we can observe that the structure of the second stone gate is similar to that of the first stone gate."

"That is to say, the upper and lower door shafts of the two doors are equipped with copper parts, which are severely corroded. The two door panels are corroded by copper and become a single iron plate."

"We once removed a section of the stone threshold in front of the door, and a gap more than 10 centimeters high was exposed at the foot of the stone door."

"Try to push it manually, but it can't be pushed, and then put a hydraulic jack under the door, but it can't move a bit."

"Obviously, this stone door also uses a door jack."

"However, unlike the first stone door in the front room, the upper shaft of the first stone door has been broken, so the stone door can be lifted directly."

"The stone door leading to the main tomb is still well preserved, and the capping stones above the front room and the main tomb are still there. It's not easy to remove the stone door directly, and there is a risk of the whole room collapsing."

"How to open the stone door?"

"To this end, from yesterday to today, the excavation team held two small meetings to study and proposed three plans."

"The first method was proposed by Professor Li. Try to open the stone door, even if only one door is opened, but the stone door board must not be damaged."

"Secondly, Director Kong proposed that if the stone door cannot be opened, the method of removing the roof can be considered, that is, the roof slabs of the rear rooms are lifted, and the staff members go down from the roof of the room."

"The third is my idea. We can try to dig a tunnel from the front room facing the stone gate, and people can enter from the underground tunnel."

"Which of the three methods is better, it's difficult to judge at the moment. After much deliberation, Professor Li, Director Kong, and I still think that individual personnel should first enter the main tomb to find out the situation before making a conclusion."

As usual, Fu Pu reported the situation discussed at the meeting yesterday.

Usually, if only the Guangzhou Institute is working on the project, it is certainly not necessary to be so meticulous, but now the two institutes have established a joint archaeological team.

It is better to open up and explain all aspects of things clearly.

After talking about the situation, Fu Pu issued today's work tasks.

"What we have to do today is to dig a small passage from under the stone gate that can accommodate one person to climb in, and conduct on-the-spot investigation."

"Everyone, let's do it!"

Chen Han, who had already received a specific task and knew what to do, quickly stepped forward with Zhuang Yunpeng and Ling An, a researcher from the Guangzhou Institute of Archeology, to relocate the stone threshold on the west side of Shimen.

Ling An is also a young man. He just graduated with a Ph.D. and joined the Guangzhou Institute of Archeology this year.

The three young men were young, strong and powerful, and quickly removed half of the stone threshold.

After removing the threshold, the ground is presented in front of everyone.

At this point, the excavation work can begin.

It's like a gopher digging a tunnel.

Everyone needs to dig a pit from the front of the door that can only accommodate people, directly across the stone door, and dig behind the door.

It's a bit like the tunnels used in ancient sieges.

Such a tunnel that can only accommodate one person in and out is relatively easy to dig.

Ten people went up in turn, and within a short time, the tunnel was dug through.

Seeing that the tunnel was successfully opened, Fu Pu stroked his chin and said, "Well, let's send three people in to investigate the situation first."

In his heart, he really wanted to lead the team into the main tomb.

But as project leader, he definitely had to sit in the front room.

Therefore, Fu Pu looked at Professor Li.

Professor Li was also unambiguous, and said directly: "Why don't we let Chen Han, Zhuang Yunpeng, and Ling An go in to investigate the situation."

"The three of them are relatively young and have plenty of physical strength, so they are suitable for this task."

Among the ten archaeologists, four are middle-aged and elderly male professors aged over 45 and under 55, and three are female researchers in their 30s.

Only Chen Han and the others are young gay men.

This requires drilling a tunnel and entering the main tomb, which may be a "dangerous house", to investigate the situation.

After much deliberation, the three of them are more suitable.

Chen Han and Zhuang Yunpeng have nothing to hesitate, this is a good thing!

The three of them immediately nodded in response, lay down and planned to drill into the small hole.

Professor Li quickly reached out and grabbed Chen Han.

"What's the hurry, take some protective measures first."

Several knee pads and elbow pads prepared in advance were brought up immediately and tied to the knees and elbows of Chen Han, Zhuang Yunpeng, and Ling An.

"If you want to crawl forward in the tunnel, you have to protect your knees and elbows, and the friction of sand and gravel is also very painful."

The soil layer 20 meters below Xianggang is not the two or three meters of clay on the surface, it is all sandy soil, which is very harsh.

"Okay, let's go in."

After the protective work was ready, Professor Li patted Chen Han on the back, indicating that he was ready to go.

The tunnel dug by everyone can only allow one person to pass through, so the three of them can only enter in line.

After a brief discussion between the three, they decided that Chen Han would go in first, and Zhuang Yunpeng would be in the rear.

If the situation inside is not right, step back immediately.

After putting on a hat similar to a miner's hat with a flashlight lighting device, Chen Han pouted his buttocks and got into the tunnel at the entrance of the tomb.

Not to mention, it is really narrow.

The tunnel was dug almost close to the lower edge of the stone gate.

The only fortunate thing is that because the thickness of the stone gate is only a little over one meter, the tunnel is not very long.

With a height of 183, Chen Han only climbed seven or eight steps in the tunnel before climbing over the tomb door and entering the main tomb.

Getting out of the inner hole that was only a few centimeters wider than his shoulders, before he had time to look at the situation in the main tomb, Chen Han immediately turned around and reached out to help pull Ling An out.

With Chen Han's help, Ling An got out of the tunnel, and while patting the dirt on his body, he said with lingering fear:

"My mother, this tunnel is too narrow. If you have claustrophobia, you will definitely get sick."

It's not a pleasant thing to drill tunnels.

Especially the newly dug tunnel is full of earthy smell, and is very narrow, you will have a feeling that you can't breathe when you drill in it.

"Stop talking, give me a hand!" Zhuang Yunpeng's scream came from the bottom of his feet.

Ling An and Chen Han quickly stretched out their hands to help pull Zhuang Yunpeng away.

His figure was bigger than Chen Han and Ling An's. When Chen Han crawled inside, there was still a gap of a few centimeters in his shoulders.

Zhuang Yunpeng is inside, that is really intimate friction with the sand.

Every step is very strenuous.

"It can be regarded as crawling out."

"How is it, what's the situation in the main tomb?"

Zhuang Yunpeng asked casually, and didn't expect them to answer. He raised his head, and with the help of the lighting equipment on his head, he couldn't wait to look at the center of the main tomb.

"what"

"Where's the coffin?!"

　Brothers, I don’t know why, the unpopular word can be displayed in the last chapter on the PC side, but not on the mobile phone side.

　　The seal on the clay seal of the last chapter is an ancient character next to a twisted silk. If you are interested, you can search it yourself.

　　This word is indeed very, very cold, and it has been eliminated in the modern lexicon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)