Chapter 160 The Tomb of the Starting Prince(2/3)
Instead, there are many blocks, spreading to both sides, looking like a wall.
This...
Lin Chen looked at the bricks below and was confused. If the wall of the tomb would have been capped, the soil above would have fallen and the entire tomb would have been buried.
If it's not a tomb wall, what's the purpose of burying a section of it underground?
"Is it an ancient ruin that collapsed?"
A guess emerged in Lin Chen's mind. No matter what kind of building it is, it must be capped, otherwise the things on it will fall and it will be unbearable.
Unless it is a cemetery or temple, the exterior walls are only used to separate areas and have no load-bearing function.
"Call Captain Liu to come over!"
Lin Chen turned to Wang Jianbin, who was also pondering the situation, and gave instructions.
Wang Jianbin nodded, then turned and walked towards Liu Yifan.
The bricks in the ground also aroused the curiosity of the audience in the live broadcast room.
"Could it be a landslide? Why is there no roof?"
"It's not like that! These bricks are piled neatly, and they look like they were originally that way."
"Hiss... what is this wall for? Why is it buried underground?"
"I asked whether it was an ancient ruin, not an ancient tomb."
"Yes, it's impossible for the ancient tombs to be uncovered. They should be ancient ruins."
……
Everyone speculated a lot, and many people had the same idea as Lin Chen. They felt that the excavated brick wall had nothing to do with the ancient tomb.
After a while, Liu Yifan came over.
He stood next to the pit and stared at the brick wall below for a while, and then his face became serious: "Brick Tunnel."
"Brick Tunnel?"
Wang Jianbin looked at him in confusion, waiting for his explanation.
"The brick tunnel is the passage for transporting coffins into the tomb. It is only found in large-scale tombs."
The construction period of small tombs is short and they can be dug and used immediately.
To complete the construction of large tombs, many projects require months or even years of work.
Wait until everyone is dead and then build slowly.
The tomb hasn't been built yet, and the corpses may have rotted into disgrace.
Therefore, large tombs are built in advance, and people are buried in them when they are needed.
The question is when exactly a person will die is an endless question.
Once the cemetery is built, it cannot be used as a tourist attraction for people to visit. It must be hidden secretly so that no one knows where the entrance is.
This brings up a problem: how to put the coffin in when it is needed.
Brick Tunnel exists to deal with this situation.
The coffin was transported in through the brick tunnel, and then the tunnel was re-buried into the soil.
Wang Jianbin couldn't understand Jiang Yifan's explanation, but he understood what the word "big tomb" meant.
Qin Xi's tomb does not have such a thing. You can imagine what level of people can get such treatment.
"You mean this is the tomb of Wang Jianbin, a prince?"
Wang Jianbin suddenly opened his eyes wide and said curiously.
"If it is really a brick tunnel, this possibility cannot be ruled out."
There are not many ancient tombs in China that can be equipped with brick tunnels. Although blue bricks are not very valuable, building a tunnel underground requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Without considerable power, it will definitely not be possible.
Moreover, the burial system in ancient times was strict, and there were regulations on who should be buried in what size. If the burial was exceeded, the consequences would be extremely serious.
He is not a prince or king, but also a relative of the emperor, or a titled minister.
No matter how much money ordinary people have, it will be useless. They must follow the rules.
Hearing this, Wang Jianbin instantly became excited. Even if the existence of the princes and kings is the worst, the cultural relics buried with them are definitely incomparable to ordinary tombs.
A skinny camel is bigger than a horse.
At the level of princes, the gap between them and ordinary people is even greater than that of humans and dogs.
It’s not on the same level at all.
Any prince-level tomb is a major discovery.
"Brother Chen, we've made big news again this time."
Wang Jianbin turned to look at Lin Chen. He was indeed a walking accident-making machine. He would never encounter a major discovery like this once in his life. It was like leaving Lin Chen here for fun.
One after another, they line up.
Lin Chen was a little depressed, he had lost a lot of money, this was definitely a big project.
Originally I thought it was just a passage going downwards, but now it seems that a tunnel will be dug.
The workload has at least increased several times.
Liu Yifan didn't pay attention to Lin Chen's expression and said: "Lin Chen, don't dig down yet. Dig around and look around. After determining the location of the tunnel, you can continue digging along the tunnel."
The tomb walls of the large tomb have been reinforced, and it is very difficult to directly demolish them violently.
Besides, we don’t know the exact location of the tomb.
It is safer to find the way through the tunnel.
Moreover, large-scale tombs themselves also have considerable research value, whether they can be destroyed or not.
Lin Chen looked at him for a while and then said: "Okay!"
He originally wanted to talk about wages, otherwise he is not the kind of person to just sit back and raise prices, so after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.
"Next time, we must agree in advance."
Lin Chen pondered this matter in his mind while walking towards the excavator.
However, after thinking about it, it seems that he will never have this kind of opportunity in the future, and he has thought about it, but there is no need for it.
Soon, this matter was forgotten.
After he walked away, Liu Yifan quickly called the Director of the Cultural Relics Bureau.
"Something happened?"
As soon as the call was connected, the voice of the director of the Cultural Heritage Bureau immediately rang, asking urgently.
I just finished asking for instructions, and it only took half an hour until now.
Such a short time is far from enough to clean up.
Calling at this time is likely to be bad news.
"No, everything is normal."
After Liu Yifan finished speaking, a slight exhale sounded from the other end of the phone, as if he was relieved.
"What happened again?"
The director of the Cultural Relics Bureau sounded much calmer. Either something happened, or there was a new discovery.
The scene was so busy that it was impossible for Liu Yifan to call him and chat with him.
When you find something like this, the more the better.
It would be best to create a few national treasure-level cultural relics like bronze statues.
"We just excavated a section of brick tunnel, and the tomb under Qin Xi's tomb is a large tomb."
Quiet.
Extremely quiet.
There was no movement on the other end of the phone for a moment, as if the line was disconnected.
After a while, the director of the Cultural Relics Bureau said: "You continue to dig, I will take people there later."
How could he not know what the brick tunnel means?
There is another major discovery coming out.
After a few seconds, he seemed to have thought of something and warned: "Tell the people at the construction site that no one except the Cultural Relics Bureau is allowed to enter the construction site."
"Especially people from museums, they must not be allowed in."
Don’t let people from the museum enter the construction site?
Liu Yifan was slightly startled. The museum is also part of their cultural relics department and belongs to him.
To be continued...