Knowing from the mouth of the tomb robbers that the tomb with the mountain as the mausoleum, local archaeologists in Pingyao went to explore it. There is a collapse on the south side of the mountain mausoleum, which seems to have happened recently.
In addition, several robbery caves were also discovered, but the mountain collapsed, and archaeologists dared not rush into it.
The discussion was rushed, Tan Cheng and Professor Zhu rushed to Pingyao, and the conference room was already full of archaeologists, arguing all the time.
"This must be a group of royal tombs. Didn't the police also say that those tomb robbers did dig a few emperors' tombs?"
"No, it's impossible. If the emperor's mausoleums were grouped, which dynasty did you say had mausoleums here during the Wei and Jin Dynasties?" An archaeologist frowned in disapproval. There is no need to be an emperor to build.”
"No matter how gorgeous it is, it can't be the establishment of the emperor's tomb! Didn't the tomb robbers also say that those mountain tombs were built according to the emperor's tombs at that time?"
"You also believe the words of the tomb robbers!"
At some point in the meeting, a group of people quarreled, and the person in charge of the meeting couldn’t even shout. He was so annoyed that he slapped the table and shouted, “I said quiet, did I not hear it or what? Yes! They are all highly educated and high-quality people who don’t understand meeting discipline?!”
Seeing the person in front of him who had finally calmed down, the host was furious, "What is the first task now? Is it to discuss whether that is a mausoleum group?! I haven't seen a large tomb that has collapsed in half? The tomb has completely collapsed, so let’s meet again and decide to file an application for excavation?!”
Seeing that the old friend around him was gasping for breath, Zhu Jianmin shook his head helplessly and patted his shoulder. When the old friend was calm, he faced the members of the archaeological team in the audience and said, "I really can't delay this time. From the pictures you took, the collapse is still very serious, if we don’t take rescue measures quickly, maybe the tomb will collapse tomorrow.”
None of the people present here are children, so naturally they understand this principle.
"But it's not easy to rescue now, I'm afraid it's not easy to do. The location of the cemetery is too remote. There are only mountain roads, and it is difficult for small machines to get past."
A young man at the meeting should have gone to investigate in person, took the photo and said, "The machine can't go through it, and the mountain road is not easy to walk. It's basically impossible to rescue it."
Tan Cheng looked at the picture and was a little dazed. He just felt that the place was familiar, but he couldn't tell where it was familiar... What was said at the meeting, he didn't pay attention, just stared at the printed picture in his hand.
When the eldest brother beside him pushed him, he realized that Zhu Jianmin had called him several times.
Seeing that Qin Cheng was still at a loss, Zhu Jianmin was not annoyed, and asked with a smile, "I asked you just now, what do you think can be done so that the rescue can be done faster."
Qin Cheng had already read the pictures and the investigation report of the local archaeological team, and he had no answer in his heart. Chong Zhu Jianmin nodded and said that after he heard it, Qin Cheng slowly opened his mouth and said:
"It's the south side that collapsed. I see a robbery hole on the north side in the picture, and the north side is still intact, or we can try to start from the north side and dig a trench."
Zhu Jianmin nodded, but did not reply, a middle-aged man said, "I'm afraid that the mountain will collapse at that time, after all, the south has been stepped on."
"But other than this, there is no other way," said a lady beside Tan Cheng, "there can't be large machinery over there, so I want to dig the top, or dig the side of the collapse, unless the road is made first. pass."
The road construction is actually fast, as long as the 'upper' is willing, it will only take half a year, but if you don't agree, there will be no drama in those years.
The meeting lasted for nearly five hours, and finally it was decided to submit an excavation application first, get some small equipment, and adopt conservative excavation.
The application was approved a month later. During this period, Tan Cheng followed the team to the tomb to explore several times, and found that the tomb collapsed more or less in the rest of the tomb, except for the direct collapse on the south side.
I'm afraid not much will be preserved inside.
The official excavation took place in mid-August. The road was repaired in the month of waiting for the approval result, and it became a lot wider. Several farmers’ cattle and horses were hired, the equipment was pulled into the open space, and the electricity was led into the depths of the mountain.
The hands from the collapsed place in the southwest, a dozen workers and eleven archaeologists worked day and night for nearly half a month. After clearing a lot of rubble and soil, a relatively safe bucket-shaped pit was slightly cleared. Fragments of the tomb's first funerary vessel were dug up.
Seeing this fragment, most of the entire archaeological team cheered, except for Qin Cheng.
If Qin Cheng had never seen what was excavated from the tomb of Ninghua Village, he would have followed his teammates to guess that the fragment was from the Tang Dynasty, but Qin Cheng had seen it before... So, facing the exact same pattern, Qin Cheng Can't laugh.
The pain from never visiting in the past six months surged up, and Tan Cheng's face turned pale. Quietly covering his chest, which started to ache, with one hand, Qin Cheng's breathing became chaotic.
He thought that this inexplicable pain had disappeared after half a year, but he never thought that it would hit his heart after half a year, and it was even more painful than usual, making him almost unable to breathe.
The teammates next to him, seeing that Qin Cheng's footsteps were unsteady, hurriedly reached out to support Qin Cheng, "What's wrong? Suddenly his face turned pale."
The rest of the people who heard the voice also turned their heads, seeing that Qin Cheng's breath was unsteady, his face was pale, he couldn't speak, and panicked.
"Quick! Let him sit down and give him some sugar water!"
The middle-aged man who supported Qin Cheng hurriedly put Qin Cheng down, took the sugar water from a female team member, and let Qin Cheng drink a full bowl.
After waiting for a while, seeing that Qin Cheng's face was getting better, he said, "I'd better find someone to take him back to rest first. Recently I saw that he was so busy that he didn't take much rest."
Hearing this, Qin Cheng shook his head, "I'm fine, I should have been squatting for a long time just now, and it was a little uncomfortable to stand up suddenly."
He knew that it wasn't because of lack of rest that he felt better, and he struggled to get ready to stand up, but when he stood up and raised his head, the distant mountain scenery suddenly overlapped with the one in his memory. At that moment, my heart skipped a beat.
He... seems to have been here before
Before Qin Cheng could think about it, there was a sudden exclamation in the distance, followed by a rustling sound of falling.
"Landslide!"
"Ke Zhiwei is below! Hurry up and save people!"
A dozen people here rushed over after hearing the words, but the few people who arrived first stopped when they saw the collapse, and hesitated to take a step forward.
Seeing the young migrant workers calling for help, Qin Cheng was pulling the gravel and soil with all his might. Without thinking, he bypassed the few teammates who were afraid to go forward and joined the rescue team.
The few who did not dare to step forward were also a little embarrassed.
The collapse was not serious, there were many people, and it was even easier to dig it. While digging the rocks and soil, he shouted Ke Zhiwei's name, but no response was received, which also made everyone feel cold.
It was only after a dozen people digging for two hours that they discovered something was wrong. It stands to reason that by now, Ke Zhiwei should be able to be seen, but no one has been seen.
Seeing that the sun is about to set, the people in the barren mountains and ridges can't stay too long. If the mountains and tombs have not been developed, who knows if there are beasts. Tan Cheng looked at the surrounding scene, and the more he looked, the more familiar he became. When he saw the stone stairs covered by weeds not far from the flat bottom, Qin Cheng's eyes suddenly widened and his hands trembled slightly.
Just now... He clearly remembered the same scene just now, the only difference is that there should be a stone tablet above the stone stairs... Moreover, there seems to be a well-hidden...
Qin Cheng was a little uncertain. Looking at the direction of the collapse in front of him, Qin Cheng took a deep breath, raised his hoe and smashed it hard.
"Bang-dang-" The sound of rocks rolling down sounded, causing the surrounding people to rush to avoid them.
Only Qin Cheng did not walk away.
Ignoring the scolding of his teammates, Qin Cheng stared at the place where he opened, and the dust lifted by the rolling rocks dissipated, and a hole slowly appeared in front of everyone.
Qin Cheng's heart also beat violently at that moment...
Sure enough, there's a robbery hole here...
He really came here.
"What's the matter? Why is there a hole here? I haven't found it."
"No, this doesn't seem to be a natural hole! It's a thief hole!"
"Could it be that Ke Zhiwei fell off here?"
"Then go down and save people?"
"It's getting dark..."
Tan Cheng looked at the quarreling people around him, took a deep breath, and shouted loudly towards the entrance of the cave.
After a while, he seemed to hear something, whether it was his own echo or something else. The people around him were too noisy, and he couldn't hear it clearly. Qin Cheng couldn't help being a little annoyed, "Don't make any noise! I think I heard a voice."
"Voice? Where is it!"
"You all be quiet. I heard a sound in the cave. It was too loud to hear."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was quiet, and Qin Cheng shouted again at the cave. Sure enough, it didn't take long before he heard a response. Although it was small, it was enough for a person to hold his breath and discern. The voice came from Ke Zhiwei.
"It's Ke Zhiwei!! He's fine!"
"But how to save people!"
"If you can hear some noise, the hole shouldn't be long." A migrant worker suggested: "How about we tie a flashlight with a rope and throw it down? That person will catch it when he sees it."
"I don't know how big the hole is. If it's not big, it won't work if the light gets stuck in the middle."
"It should be big, or Ke Zhiwei will slide down?" The female team members couldn't help frowning as they watched a group of big men grinding and chirping: "There is no way to do it now, hurry up and try it with a rope! Otherwise, you will go down!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone shut their mouths and found a long hemp rope, fearing that the flashlight would be too clear, and in the middle of the card was tied an unopened mechanical lubricating oil barrel.
Put the rope down a little bit.
Fortunately, the hole was dug well, the slope was very high, and it slid down smoothly.
When he felt the bucket fall, Tan Cheng put another length of rope, so that Ke Zhiwei underneath could tie him. After waiting for a while, when someone was pulling the rope, several men stepped forward and followed Qin Cheng up.
The robbery hole was not long, but several people were afraid that the rope would break, so they carefully pulled up, and it took nearly an hour to pull Ke Zhiwei out.
Ke Zhiwei is very lucky, except for the disgraced face and scratches, the rest is fine.
After escaping from death, Ke Zhiwei lay on the ground with some prostration and sighed: "I was standing here just now, and the top collapsed. I subconsciously avoided the outside and inside, and stepped on the air and slid down. It's good luck, I didn't fall to death, and I didn't die. crushed to death by a collapse."
"What's going on down there?"
"I fell down and didn't dare to move, so I just sat there. Later, the torch you tied up was put down, and I looked at it casually, and almost gave me a heart attack. Damn, the one I stayed was a The tomb passage, the depths of the tomb passage are like being burned by a fire, there is a sudden blackness, and it is horrifying!" Ke Zhiwei said with lingering fears.
"Fire?" Tan Cheng walked to Ke Zhiwei's side, just now he noticed that Ke Zhiwei had been holding a notebook, and simply asked, "Why do you have a dirty notebook in your hand?"
"This book? I saw it below the entrance of the cave. This book, I'm afraid it was left by tomb robbers in the past?" Ke Zhiwei opened the book.
Although the small notebook shell is tattered and full of mud, the inside is clean.
"Suicide note? The signature is..." The book was upside down, and the last page was turned over. The two large characters in the suicide note appeared in front of him. He couldn't help but look at the signature. , Ke Zhiwei couldn't believe it, "... Qin Cheng?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes immediately converged on Qin Cheng, but Qin Cheng had been there for a long time.
Tan Cheng, who was beside Ke Zhiwei, naturally saw what was written in the notebook early... He recognized that the words belonged to him, he recognized that the notebook belonged to him...
However, there are three words in the suicide note with only a few sentences, but he wrote it several times.
Stunning ink...
Reciting these three words silently over and over again in his heart, looking at those three words, Qin Cheng opened his mouth, but for a moment, tears rolled down without warning, and the hazy dream instantly had a master.
Memories came in like a tide, and the pain in the sky instantly drowned Qin Cheng. The pain in his chest made Qin Cheng tighten his clothes on his chest with his right hand.
Slowly bent down and knelt down with his head on the ground, like a dying beast, an uncontrollable low roar overflowed from his throat.
How could he forget... how could he forget this name carved into his soul
How could he try to forget...
"what!"
He finally lost the man...