Please, don't make wood into a relic

Chapter 16 The Great Controversy of the Archaeological Team

Chapter 16 The Great Controversy of the Archaeological Team

Two days passed.

The investigation of the imperial tomb by the Yanyun University archaeological team has entered a feverish stage.

The mausoleum of Emperor Tianqi is called "De Ling".

When it was built that year, the Ming Dynasty was already facing a serious financial crisis.

At that time, Emperor Chongzhen, who succeeded to the throne, collected money everywhere to complete the construction of Emperor Tianqi's mausoleum.

The imperial mausoleum built under such a difficult situation will not be large in scale.

Therefore, the staff of Yanyun University quickly completed the survey and drawing of the ground buildings in Deling.

The repair and protection of ground buildings is not difficult.

What really troubled the archaeologists was the exploration of the underground palace.

The underground palace is where the value of the imperial mausoleum lies. Emperor Tianqi and Empress Zhang are buried in it, as well as countless funeral objects.

The tomb robbers also stole things from the underground palace.

There is nothing to steal from the buildings on the ground. After all, no one is stupid enough to steal stones and move beams in the hall.

"What's going on? Haven't you found the entrance to the underground palace yet? It's been two days. What are you guys doing for food?"

"It's fine if you didn't find it yesterday or the day before yesterday. It's the third day, and you can't even find an entrance to the underground palace? Isn't it going to make the academic circle laugh at Yanyun University?"

When He Hongzheng received the report from the staff, his expression immediately collapsed.

The geologist in charge of the exploration lowered his head and remained silent for a while.

This is indeed the responsibility of their exploration team.

Since arriving at Mingde Mausoleum a few days ago, the personnel of the exploration team have been analyzing the soil quality and soil layer.Cooperate with the tomb experts to analyze the structure of the imperial tomb.

But no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't find the entrance to the underground palace of the imperial mausoleum.

Several professors said that this is the first time they have experienced it in their decades of practice.

When He Hongzheng saw the old man in front of him showing embarrassment, he also realized his gaffe.

He cleared his throat and said in a serious voice, "Mr. Wu, please forgive me for my gaffe just now. If you have any difficulties, you may as well speak up, and we will work together to solve them."

"This imperial mausoleum is for emergency repair. I was a little anxious just now."

Mr. Wu shook his head: "Dean He, the members of our exploration team have put in all their strength. There is a lot of strength, and that's all a lot of effort. This imperial tomb is really weird. "

Han Bing listened for a long time, and suddenly interrupted: "To open the underground palace, do we have to go through the main entrance? Since we can't find the entrance, why don't we enter the underground palace from other places?"

Elder Wu sighed quietly, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes.

Afterwards, he snorted coldly, "It's not that simple."

"After our investigations over the past few days, the first half of the underground palace in Deling is surrounded by an underground river, and the second half is surrounded by a corridor. It is very likely that there are poisonous gases and terrible traps in the corridor."

"One front, one back, two and a half encircling circles, just enough to cover Deling tightly."

"If you want to drill a hole directly from the ground, it may directly cause the soil layer to collapse. At that time, the entire underground palace will be annihilated, and the gain will not be worth the loss."

He Hongzheng also nodded in agreement. He is an expert on burials, so the stakes are very clear.

Han Bing waved his hand and said with a smirk, "No, you got it wrong. I mean going through the robbery hole."

"Since the entrance can't be found, and it's not easy to find the entrance by yourself, why not walk along the path of the tomb robber?"

"What's the danger? Haven't they all tested it?"

After hearing this, Mr. Wu and He Hongzheng looked at each other.

There is a feeling of enlightenment.

"That's not a bad idea."

Mr. Wu nodded affirmatively, and gave Han Bing an approving look.

He Hongzheng said pleasantly: "Mr. Wu, you should go and inform everyone immediately, so that we can discuss this new way of thinking. It might be a breakthrough."

Soon, a dozen professors sat in a row in a tent.

Dean He Hongzheng put forward Han Bing's suggestion.

Everyone's eyes lit up.

But some people still raised doubts.

These people said that the road traveled by the tomb robbers is not necessarily safe.

If you enter rashly, you may also encounter different degrees of danger.

After about 10 minutes of heated discussions, the camp quickly split into two groups.

One party agreed to take the robbery cave, and decided to send two archaeological team members into the underground palace to investigate and find the entrance of the underground palace.

The other party felt that this was too risky and completely disregarded the personal safety of the personnel.They suggested continuing to survey the entrance on the ground, and then enter through the entrance after finding the entrance.

According to experience, the danger of entering from the main gate of the underground palace is the least.

So far, the two parties have spat at each other a lot, but neither has convinced the other.

"Everyone, excuse me."

Qin Xiao stood up and bowed his hands to the professors present.

He Hongzheng was completely stupefied. Qin Xiao, as the vice president and one of the organizers of this excavation, actually left just like that?

"Hey, Lao Qin, where are you going?"

"You didn't express your opinion, so you just left?"

He Hongzheng called Qin Xiao, but he still didn't let the latter stop.

The professors present also looked at each other in blank dismay, they couldn't figure out why Qin Xiao left the meeting suddenly.

Among them, Han Bing was the most sensitive to Qin Xiao's departure.

She found that since she came here, this senior brother has been extremely indifferent to her.Completely failed to fulfill the friendship of the landlord.

Today, everyone is discussing "the matter of stealing the cave", which is a suggestion made by Han Bing.

Faced with this suggestion, the senior brother not only did not judge, but even left the meeting at halftime.

Is this a silent objection?
"This guy, what a shame."

Han Bing muttered to himself.Before he knew it, he had credited this senior brother.

In fact, what Han Bing didn't know was that Qin Xiao didn't leave the meeting because he opposed her.

On the contrary, Qin Xiao himself is more inclined to this suggestion.

The reason for his sudden departure was that the time he had agreed with Zhang Jue had come.

In order to let Zhang Jue join the archaeological team, Qin Xiao made an agreement with Zhang Jue to visit him every day at four o'clock in the afternoon.

Counting this time today, this is already the fourth time Qin Xiao has gone to Zhang Jue.

As soon as he entered the courtyard where Zhang Jue was, Qin Xiao found a small bench and sat in the corner without saying a word.

After sitting quietly for a long time, the old man lit a cigarette again and thought hard.

Zhang Jue has become acquainted with this old man, seeing that the other party is a little abnormal today, he asked casually: "Why, Professor Qin has something on his mind?"

(End of this chapter)