Master Archaeologist

Chapter 298 The Missing Haihunhou Yin

How to explain the cause of Haihunhou's death?
After the traces of melon seeds from the esophagus to the anus were found, they were covered up with a layer of suspicion.

However, Chen Han and Kong Jianwen are not physicists after all, let alone biologists.

The cause of Liu He's death is definitely not the direction of their research.

The discussion between Chen Han and Kong Jianwen was simply out of curiosity about this matter.

In fact, their guesses are also random guesses.

Poisoning melons and then poisoning Liu He to death.

It is just a guess without the slightest evidence based on the complicated relationship between Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty and Liu He.

This kind of speculation, in the absence of actual evidence, cannot be written into a thesis with arguments and sent out to the public.

Because of such a discussion, it is easy to mislead the public.

Perhaps in the paper, it is only a rigorous discussion of the possibility of Liu He being poisoned to death.

But when it came to the marketing account, Liu He had already been poisoned to death.

Even the marketing account can make up a logical and self-consistent story about Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty poisoning Liu He to death.

Chen Han didn't intend to spread rumors about such a good "hot spot" as the marketing account.

After chatting briefly with the teacher and sharing their guesses, the two of them extracted all the melon seeds from Liu He's esophagus and throat.

Afterwards, these fragrant melon seeds will be sent together for testing.

The main thing is to test it to see if there are any toxins.

Things that are poisonous will not become non-toxic over time.

For example, arsenic, what it was like before 2000, will be like it after 2000.

During the previous archeology, arsenic was often found in some large tombs.

Of course, those tomb owners were not poisoned to death by arsenic, and these arsenic were usually buried with them as a medicinal material.

Yes, arsenic is not just a highly poisonous substance, it actually has medicinal value.

Historically, there have long been records of using arsenic to treat chronic diseases such as sleeping sickness, tuberculosis, and skin diseases.

This is a serious traditional Chinese medicine!

Of course, if you use too much, it will poison people to death.

It's three-point poison.

Take these fragrant melon seeds for laboratory tests, and maybe you can find out whether they contain toxins or not.

If these fragrant melon seeds are really poisonous, it will reveal a thousand-year-old secret hidden under history!

The next day, afternoon.

The fragrant melon seeds have already been sent to the capital, so the front-line archaeologists don't have to worry about things after that.

Chen Han, Zhuang Yunpeng, Lin Ya and others returned to their jobs in the inner coffin and continued to clean and excavate the inner coffin.

After more than half a month of excavation and cleaning, the inner coffin is basically clear.

The lacquer boxes originally buried with them were basically cleared out and opened.

Other scattered jade articles were also properly preserved.

However, the "Haihun Hou Yin" that the archaeologists have been thinking about all the time has never been seen.

"Yugui, Yuhuan, Yubi, these lacquer boxes contain jade ritual vessels!"

Zhuang Yunpeng scratched his head in distress, and said puzzledly: "Not a single lacquer box contains the seal of Haihunhou!"

"What about Liu He's official seal?!"

Everyone never thought that Haihun Houyin would not be found.

After discovering Liu He's private seal and confirming the identity of the owner of the tomb, everyone has full confidence in the existence of Haihunhou Yin.

The nobles of the Western Han Dynasty, as long as they were nobles with official positions, they must have official seals.

And these official seals will inevitably be buried with them.

Don't talk about that kind of petty officials.

At the level of Liehou, it is absolutely impossible to bury private seals, but not official seals.

And as long as the official seals are buried with them, and the tomb is not stolen, then these official seals will definitely be discovered by the archaeologists.

Because the materials used to make official seals are copper, gold and stone.

It is just that these three materials have little influence on the time scale of 2000 years.

No matter whether it is gold, copper or stone, it is impossible to destroy it in just one to two thousand years.

So it must be in the tomb, at most it will be deformed or cracked.

But it's impossible to disappear completely!
But something miraculous happened.

Liu He's Haihunhou Yin has really disappeared!
At this time, Liu He's inner coffin had been completely cleaned out.

All kinds of lacquer boxes and jade ware were sent to the lacquer and woodware laboratory next door for unboxing.

Now, in Liu He's inner coffin, there is only a bed of glazed sheets tightly attached to the bottom of the coffin.

Obviously, Liu He's Haihunhou Yin should not be in the coffin anymore.

However, Chen Han still had a little hope and said, "Is there a possibility?"

"These glazed pieces are actually not glazed mats, but glazed jade clothes that Liu He made for himself?"

"Just because it's been too long, all these glazed pieces are scattered, just like the situation in the tomb of the Nanyue king before?"

"After the glazed pieces were scattered, they were all deposited at the bottom of the coffin, so it looks like a glazed mat?"

Chen Han approached Kong Jianwen full of hope and expressed his guess.

The reason why he thinks so is because if this guess is right.

It is possible that Liu He's official seal was pressed under the jade piece because the jade clothes were scattered.

However, even he himself has no confidence in this guess.

In fact, it is really unlikely.

Kong Jianwen shook his head, and pulled Chen Han around the coffin.

"Xiao Chen, you know that the principle of archaeological excavation is to never damage any cultural relics."

"The reason why these jade pieces have not been extracted for a long time is because the jade pieces are close to the bottom of the coffin, and they have already merged with the bottom of the coffin."

"So we thought about it in every possible way, but we haven't taken it out for a long time."

"Tell me, can such a piece of glazed jade that is connected to the bottom of the coffin be a jade garment?"

Kong Jianwen walked with eight-character steps, and said with a smile: "Although, in Liu He's main coffin room, there is room for yellow intestines."

"But in the end, he didn't make the decision privately, and used yellow intestines for himself."

"This shows that Liu He finally decided to wait for the emperor's bestowal instead of creating any funeral objects that transcended the system."

"Whether it's yellow intestines or jade clothes, these things have never been made by private individuals. They were made uniformly in the Shaofu of the Emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, and then given to the princes and princes."

"Since Liu He didn't use the yellow intestines to make it himself, it is impossible for him to make a jade dress privately."

"Even if it is to use a piece of glazed jade to brush the edge of the ball, he will not do so."

"After all, although Liu He is no longer afraid of death, he also knows that it is impossible for him to have a good result in this life."

"But he still has descendants."

"If he really overstepped the system and made jade clothes without the emperor's permission, he is dead, and future generations will suffer accordingly."

"It may even lead to extinction."

"Although the title of Marquis Haihun was abolished after Liu He's death, but Emperor Xuandi's son, Emperor Han Yuan, also restored the titles of Marquis Haihun to the family of Haihunhou!"

"This is the benefit of obedience!"

(End of this chapter)