Raising Gu Notes

(Chapter 1 is here. Thank you Yang Biaoer and Cangxi Children's Shoes for your support, hehe.)

After Xie Lin picked up Huohuo, he quickly followed Ye Xia and walked towards the middle of the secret room.

It's just that in the center of the secret room, there are also only humanoid terracotta figurines one by one. Like other places, there is no abnormality.

Ye Xia turned to look at Xie Lin, but did not linger, and led Xie Lin around the secret room again.

The secret room is rectangular, about 20 meters wide and 150 meters long. There are no other things in it except pottery figurines. Schelling estimates that there are about three or four thousand pottery figurines in the secret room. These pottery figurines are lined up neatly. Neatly, like soldiers lined up.Although these pottery figurines have different postures, standing, squatting, kneeling, empty-handed or holding various weapons, their faces and even clothing or armor are also different. There are even pottery figurines in this secret room. The chariots and horses, some of which are also standing or sitting terracotta figurines in the shape of soldiers or generals, are lifelike, but these did not give Schelling any sense of clutter, but gave Schelling a sense of It feels very neat and orderly, without any sense of incongruity.

This reminded Xie Lin of the famous Qi family army. It is said that when the Qi family army led by the famous anti-Japanese general Qi Jiguang fought against the Japanese pirates, the sergeants would put up various formations, usually eight or ten soldiers. In the first team, each soldier in the team holds different weapons, such as spears, broadswords, shields, and even fishing nets. The division of labor is clear, and each soldier has a special role. Qi's army is invincible , with few failures.

This also made him even more skeptical that these terracotta warriors and horses would not be buried with Qin Shihuang like the terracotta warriors and horses of the Qin Mausoleum.

But did the Qin army more than 2000 years ago have such superb actual combat skills?Schelling knew very little about history, and he couldn't be sure.

However, Xie Lin followed Ye Xia among these terracotta figurines, and he also faintly felt that although these terracotta figurines were huge in number, they seemed to form a whole, with both offensive and defensive capabilities, and were unbreakable.Xie Lin felt as if he was in a huge battlefield, standing with thousands of soldiers, becoming a part of them, and would fight against the enemy bravely with them and attack the city.

This also made him feel a little heroic in his heart.He even had the urge to run to the front, make a horizontal knife, and shout a few times to rush and kill.

Even Ye Xia, who was walking in front, sighed a few times, saying that these terracotta warriors are majestic and majestic, and they are not inferior to the terracotta warriors and horses of the Qin Mausoleum.

Seeing Ye Xia open his mouth, Xie Lin couldn't help asking Ye Xia if he had visited the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the Qin Mausoleum.

Ye Xia nodded and said he had seen it.

Xie Lin raised his own doubts, guessing that these pottery figurines could not be left over from the era of Qin Shihuang, and this could not be the burial pit of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum, or the real Qin Shihuang's mausoleum.

Ye Xia smiled, and said that he was not sure, these terracotta warriors and horses were very similar to those in the Qin Mausoleum Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit in terms of shape and production techniques, but compared to those in the Qin Mausoleum Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit, these The pottery figurines are more well-preserved. It seems that they have hardly encountered any human and natural damage. This secret room is also more regular than the pit of the terracotta warriors. Are the thousand pottery figurines also left by the Qin Dynasty?

Speaking of which, Ye Xia sighed again, showing a trace of regret: "I don't know how Xiaolan will react when she comes here. If she is here, maybe she can see the origin of these pottery figurines..."

"Xiaolan, do you mean Ba ​​Xiaolan?" Xie Lin couldn't help being stunned, a little confused.

Ye Xia nodded, smiled and said, "Yes, she specializes in this."

"Specialize in this?" Schelling was a little strange, "She specializes in terracotta warriors?"

Although Xie Lin and Naba Xiaolan have known each other for several months, and they had a lot of contact in school, but Xie Lin has never been very clear about what Ba Xiaolan does.Xie Lin has always been a little curious about Ba Xiaolan, but he never asked Ba Xiaolan personally, and even if Ba Xiaolan followed Ye Xia to the Longevity Village last time, Xie Lin was even more curious about Ba Xiaolan's identity, but because of many things , plus Ba Xiaolan took Zhang Lang back soon, so Xie Lin still didn't ask about it.

And although Xie Lin also saw that Ye Xia and Ba Xiaolan were familiar, he didn't even know much about Ye Xia's situation, and it was not easy to ask Ye Xia about Ba Xiaolan's situation. Ba Xiaolan had never been mentioned before, and now that he finally mentioned it, Xie Lin couldn't help being a little curious.

It's just that what Ye Xia said made him even more confused.

But after Xie Lin asked, Ye Xia shook her head again, with a wider smile on her face: "It's not that she specializes in studying terracotta warriors, she is very interested in history, and usually likes to study this, um, maybe she should be considered a researcher." Archaeologists."

"Archaeologist?" Xie Lin was surprised, quite surprised.

In his impression, archaeologists seemed to be old men or old ladies with gray beards, but he didn't expect Ba Xiaolan to be an archaeologist at such a young age.However, the term "expert" is becoming a bit prevalent now, and Xie Lin has some doubts about whether Ba Xiaolan, the so-called archaeological expert, is an expert or a real expert.

Xie Lin was also very unfamiliar with the so-called archeology. He still didn't know whether there was a major in archeology in the university.

Ye Xia seemed to see the doubts in Xie Lin's heart, and said with a smile: "But she is not the same as other archaeologists, maybe she should be called a Gu test expert."

Naturally, Xie Lin couldn't tell the difference between 'archaeological expert' and 'Gu test expert', so he was at a loss, wondering why Ye Xia's words didn't match the beginning and the end, so contradictory.

Xie Lin didn't understand until Ye Xia realized that he didn't make it clear and explained it to Xie Lin.

But after hearing Ye Xia's explanation, Xie Lin was even more surprised.

Ye Xia said again: "Don't underestimate her as an expert in Gu testing. Although she doesn't raise Gu herself, she has a very good understanding of the history and techniques of Gu. There are few Gu techniques that she doesn't know from ancient times to the present. .”

Ye Xia said that Gu and Gu Sect also have a long history. Although Gu has a lot of harm and more dross, it is still an integral part of Chinese culture. , also had a considerable impact.There are also many kinds of historical experts and archaeological experts. Some specialize in the history of the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States, some specialize in the history of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, some specialize in the history of the Tang and Song Dynasties, and some specialize in the history of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are more detailed divisions among them. For example, there are those who specialize in the history of political systems, and those who specialize in the history of economic changes. As the saying goes, there are specialists in art, while Ba Xiaolan specializes in the study of Gu culture, the history of Gu and the inheritance of various Gu arts.

However, when studying history, it is impossible to completely intercept a certain period of history and study it. It must combine various aspects, history before and after, and other aspects of history at the same time. , politics, environment, etc. must also have a full understanding, and the study of Gu is the same. Gu has been passed down for thousands of years, and Gu culture is also developed based on the real society, so it is not an exaggeration to call Ba Xiaolan a historian , but her research is really a bit biased.

After hearing what Ye Xia said, Xie Lin also suspected that Ba Xiaolan read all kinds of books in school because of the need to "test Gu".

But he was even more surprised, why did Ba Xiaolan want to study such an unorthodox thing? It is understandable if you say that raising Gu, after all, can master power beyond ordinary people, but like Ba Xiaolan, who only studies and does not practice, it is really It's a little hard to understand, and besides such a partial thing, I'm afraid that even if some research results are produced, it will not be recognized by the orthodox historical academic circles.

Ye Xia said it was just Ba Xiaolan's personal hobby.

He told Xie Lin that Balan's father was the party secretary of Xie Lin's school and Zhang Lang's father's old comrade-in-arms, and the reason why Ba Xiaolan fell in love with "testing Gu" was precisely because of her father.