Jiang Bo was dead, in the ditch he dug up to the main tomb.
Those who found Jiang Bo's body were Lin Hongxing, who lived in the same room with him, and Qin Cheng, who lived next door.
Lin Hongxing got up early as usual, and the bed on the other side was as neat as usual. Obviously, Jiang Bo didn't come back that night.
Lin Hongxing was not surprised, because he had known for a long time that Jiang Bo had been carrying Li Guoxian on his back all this time, digging the passage leading directly to the main tomb of the No. 1 tomb in Ninghua Village at night.
Yes, secretly, because this is not allowed by Li Guoxian.
Li Guoxian is the general leader of their field archaeology team, and he is also a person who treats ancient cultural relics and ancient tombs very carefully. Before the main tomb was excavated, they first discovered the tomb method of this tomb. Different from the mausoleums of emperors covered with earth in the pre-Qin period, the No. 1 tomb in Ninghua Village used the mountain as the mausoleum and was buried because of the mountain. The mausoleum was built by almost hollowing out Qiongshan. Therefore, from the appearance of the mountain, it is an unremarkable mountain.
Buried because of the mountain, Qiongshan Mountain, where the No. 1 tomb is located, is more than twice as large as Dejin Mountain, where the burial pit of nearly 1,000 people was discovered.
Afterwards, a lucky exploration found that the mausoleum originally had two inner and outer city walls and four city gates. The total area of the inner city is estimated to be 1.4 million square meters. It is like a vast imperial city, but those city gates are almost annihilated in the long river of history, leaving only a little trace.
However, in the archaeological excavation, the most important thing is that at the end of last year, the archaeological team found that this huge tomb actually left a tomb gate!
At that time, the location of the entrance of the tomb had been discovered. Based on the protection of the ancient mausoleum, entering the tomb from the tomb gate could better ensure the integrity of the tomb. Therefore, Li Guoxian led the team to hold a meeting to discuss, not to open the roof to enter the tomb from the top of the tomb.
Entering the tomb from the tomb door can better protect the mausoleum, but the time spent is correspondingly more, and the budget is more expensive.
The tomb passages of Tomb No. 1 were all blocked by huge plugs with a length of five meters, a width and a height of one meter, which were tightly blocked. It became a big problem to remove each block and it took a lot of time.
Step by step, I found too many precious cultural relics step by step, and there are too many treasures hidden in the tombs that have hardly been stolen and excavated.
But none of these treasures can identify the owner of the tomb.
This became the biggest problem.
Funding for the archaeological team was also insufficient.
If the owner of the tomb cannot be researched, the existence of the tomb can hardly be announced to the world. In fact, it's not that the people above don't want to make it public, but that Li Guoxian doesn't agree.
He is an expert in this field, and he also has his persistence. He proposed that such a large mausoleum that is enough to shock the whole country, if it is announced before it is researched, it will definitely attract too many people to visit, which will not only give archaeology Work creates a distraction, and perhaps unnecessary trouble, attracting some thieves.
To put it bluntly, this decision did not bring certain economic benefits. In Xi'an, where there are many antiquities, a mausoleum that has not brought much economic benefits for more than ten years naturally gradually lost some necessary funds.
Without funds, the excavation work would be even more difficult, and Jiang Bo had already proposed to Li Guoxian the idea of penetrating the main tomb to explore the ditch.
"When you get to the main tomb, you will definitely know the identity of the owner of the tomb! When the funds are in place, the announcement will be announced, so that our work can also be valued, and we don't have to struggle like it is now!"
Li Guoxian, who disagreed, reprimanded Jiang Bo, which also prompted Jiang Bo, who was already in a hurry, to make up his mind to dig the channel.
Lin Hongxing discovered Jiang Bo's actions by accident, but he didn't tell Li Guoxian. He agreed with Jiang Bo's opinion at the time. Lin Hongxing felt that although Li Guoxian was an expert, he was too stubborn in some aspects. Such an orderly research and development method did not have much financial assistance, and the research could not be followed up, and life was much more difficult. , Lin Hongxing is not very willing to live.
It's just that he can't bring these things up to Li Guoxian. He is not Li Guoxian's student. Li Guoxian's old stubbornness is impossible to take care of him. But Jiang Bo is different. Jiang Bo was Li Guoxian's former protégé. Although he graduated from graduate school, he also worked with Li Guoxian. Lin Hongxing also turned a blind eye when he discovered that Jiang Bo had dug the passage.
According to the past, Jiang Bo went to the tomb with tools in the middle of the night. He would come back every morning to work with everyone, and in the afternoon, he would return to his residence for rest. However, something was wrong that day. When the sun went down, Jiang Bo didn't come back.
Lin Hongxing felt wrong. Thinking about this barren mountain, it would be very easy for something to happen. Besides, Jiang Bo went there at night...
After thinking about it, Lin Hongxing called Jiang Bo, but it was prompted that he could not be connected. After seven or eight o'clock in the evening, Jiang Bo was not seen to come back. Lin Hongxing panicked, and hurriedly got up and knocked on the door next door.
The location of Ninghua Village is still too remote, and the villagers here have all moved away, leaving only the old wooden blue tile house of the village for the archaeologists. The village without residents still maintains the same appearance as it used to be. It has not been developed yet, but without the activities of livestock and the play of children, the quiet village appears even more desolate in the night when it is raining.
Tomorrow is Saturday. After a week of hard work, the archaeological team naturally wants to rest. Except for a few young students, the rest of the archaeological team has settled down in Xi'an. After work on Friday, they packed their backpacks and left early. to Ninghua Village.
Except for a few students who are too lazy to run around and stay here on duty, almost no one wants to stay in this place.
What is there to stay in? There is no Internet or TV, let alone the burial pit of a thousand people excavated in the early years, not far from the old house, and I feel terrified to sleep at night.
Qin Cheng's family was not in Xi'an, and he was alone and did not want to go back to school.
He burned two pots of hot water with the induction cooker, washed his head, took a shower, and was drying his hair with a dry towel when there was a knock on the door.
Touching the glasses on the table and putting them on, Qin Cheng asked, "Who is it?"
"I, Lin Hongxing!"
Hearing the anxiety in Lin Hongxing's voice, Qin Cheng frowned and hurriedly stepped forward to open the door, "What's wrong?"
Seeing the nervousness on Lin Hongxing's face, Tan Cheng asked, "Why are you so panic?"
"Jiang Bo, Jiang Bo, he didn't come back!"
Didn't come back? This made Qin Cheng a little confused, "It's only what time, why are you nervous when he doesn't come back? Maybe you can ride your bike to the city to have fun."
"No, he hasn't come back since last night!"
"Last night?" Qin Cheng was stunned. He and a few colleagues have been cleaning up the bronze utensils from the mausoleum for the past two days. Jiang Bo was in charge of the on-site excavation. It was different from his work. Naturally, he did not notice Jiang Bo today. Is there or not.
However, this Lin Hongxing said that he didn't come back last night...
"What's the matter?" Tan Cheng threw the towel in his hand on the table and asked, "what's the matter with him? Did you call him?"
"I called, but I can't get through all the time," Lin Hongxing glanced at Tan Cheng's house, looking a little flustered, "Isn't Zhang Jun in the room with you?"
"He's not here." Seeing Lin Hongxing's expression, Qin Cheng guessed that he knew something, and asked with a frown, "Hurry up and say what's wrong!"
Lin Hongxing licked his lips, lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Tan Cheng, "Jiang Bo has been secretly running to Tomb No. 1 every night these days, digging a trench leading to the main tomb..."
Qin Cheng was stunned, not realizing what it meant for a while.
When Lin Hongxing repeated it again, Qin Cheng knew that the matter was serious, and said angrily, "Why didn't you discuss it with everyone!"
"Not me! Only Jiang Bo!"
What kind of person is Lin Hongxing, how could Qin Cheng not know? This person was very thoughtful and dissatisfied with Professor Li's actions for a long time. Even if he knew about Jiang Bo's reckless actions, he would let him do it.
He was too lazy to listen to Lin Hongxing's explanation. Tan Cheng ran into the room and put on the plastic water shoes. He took the flashlight and said to Lin Hongxing, "There's no one at the moment. Let's look for it first. If we can't find it, we will call the police." Seeing that Lin Hongxing didn't respond, Tan Cheng roared, "What are you doing here? Hurry up and lead the way!"
Lin Hongxing also understood the seriousness of the matter, and nodded hurriedly, "Okay, okay, come with me." After that, they didn't take anything else, and the two walked straight to Qiongshan.
There was a two-kilometer road from Qiongshan to where they lived. They rode a motorcycle and walked along the path they often traveled for a while, and they could only walk in front of them.
It has been raining for a long time, and the soil has long been wet and soft and muddy. In some places, small ponds have accumulated. If you accidentally step on the soil, your knees will be submerged.
At night, Ninghua Village was so quiet that only the occasional chirping of birds could be heard in the mountains. It was so dark that nothing could be seen on the muddy path. Only the light of two flashlights swayed left and right.
By the light of the flashlight, the two searched along the path a little bit, but found nothing.
On the left is the Dejin Mountain Accompanying Pit that was dug out a few years ago. At night, the wind with the rain blew over there, making a "hu-hu-" sound, and the air inhaled into the nose was inexplicably cold.
Stepping on his muddy feet, he lifted the double sound of "click, click, click" in the lower room, making Tan Cheng feel in a trance that besides him and Lin Hongxing, there are two people walking together.
"Ha, ha, it's the first time I've come here at night. Jiang Bo is really bold." Lin Hongxing, who was speaking, seemed to want to ease the somewhat cold atmosphere, but Tan Cheng ignored him.
After all, he and Jiang Bo had a good relationship. After all, they were both disciples of Li Guoxian, and the two of them had been getting along well for so many years.
But until they reached the foot of Qiongshan, they found no trace of Jiang Bo.
"Do you know where the ditch that Jiang Bo dug is?" Tan Cheng, who was walking in front, turned his head and asked, "Let's go there and look for it."
"I remember one time, I saw him walking to the northeast corner of Qiongshan alone, and it was probably there."
"Well," Qin Cheng nodded, "let's go look for it."
In fact, without asking Lin Hongxing, Tan Cheng could probably guess which part and position of the tomb Jiang Bo would strike at. The northeast corner was about 200 meters away from the foot of the mountain, which was the easiest place to reach the main tomb.
Sure enough, when the two of them arrived at that position, a passage that could only allow one person to bend down and walk in at a 25-degree angle appeared in front of them.
With the light of the flashlight, they penetrated into the ditch, and Jiang Bo, who was lying less than ten meters from the entrance of the passage, appeared in front of the two of them...
His eyes were round, and his canthals were splitting, as if he was staring at him...
Taking a deep breath, the blood on his body seemed to congeal in an instant.