After I ran over, Brother Lei pointed to a piece of grass that was growing well on the ground and said, "How about it? The grass here is very fat, right? The soil below is also very wet. I just squeezed a handful of soil with my hands and water came out. Come."
I lowered my head and observed for a moment. The grass here does grow well, and there is enough moisture in the soil. I also tentatively dug it into the ground with a steel drill. I dug it for about half a meter, and there was a popping sound when I dug it in. The cracking sound must have been caused by a stone or something. The steel drill was still stuck in the crack of the stone, and it took a long time to pull it out.
I said that the bottom should be the outlet of one of the water troughs, because the outlet will be blocked by rocks to prevent water from being directly blocked by soil.
Brother Lei patted his chest proudly: "Well, I've made a great contribution this time, right?"
I would say that this little bit of effort is nothing compared to the mistakes you made in the first place. You can’t make up for it yet, and you still need to look at your performance in the future.
Then I looked around and said to him: "Generally speaking, there are water troughs on both sides of the tomb passage. We found one here, and there should be one on the other side. You can go and look for it on the other side. It won't be too big." You can spot it from afar.”
Brother Lei responded, and after walking a short distance to the other side, he found another harvest. He yelled at me, saying that the grass over there also grew very well.
I went over and checked for a moment, and I was basically sure that it was also the outlet of the gutter.
Then I called everyone and asked them to start digging downwards, first digging out the water outlet.
Because the burial was not deep, and everyone worked very hard, it took less than ten minutes to dig to the rocky layer, clear away the stones, and reveal a drainage channel made of stones underneath.
Maybe the weather has been dry recently, and there is only a little water flowing in the gutter, which means that the inside of the tomb is generally very dry.
Zhao Hu was still lying on the water outlet, using his flashlight to shine into the water trough. He estimated that it was very deep inside. He said excitedly: "Damn, this project looks like a big project at first glance. The stones in the water trough are so big." Neat and tidy, the size of this tomb is definitely not small, right?"
I said you are not talking nonsense. This is a prince's tomb after all. Can the specifications be lower?
Zhao Hu scratched his head: "Oh, I suddenly remembered that my master told me that tombs in the Northern Wei Dynasty generally have little to gain. Most of them are stone statues, pottery figurines or murals, which are difficult to transfer and not very valuable. We won’t be like last time, and it will be in vain again, right?”
The pigtail glared at him: "Don't worry, the master is just talking about the ordinary Northern Wei Dynasty tomb. This is the prince's tomb, and the burial goods must be very rich."
Zhao Hu chuckled, and then looked into the water trough, muttering: "This damn water trough is too narrow. If it were wider, I think a thinner child could just go through it." Get in here."
At this time, I also lay down and took a flashlight to take a photo. The water channel led upwards diagonally to the mountain, and it looked really deep.
"Where is the tomb door?" Xiaoye asked.
I stood up and looked towards the mountain: "I guess it's on the mountain. Let's use the Luoyang shovel to pick up soil while walking up the mountain. If you find something new, just ask me to come over and take a look. The tomb gate shouldn't be very far away."
Maybe everyone thought they could go into the tomb and touch the treasure today, so they worked very hard later on.
But this is a stone mountain after all, not cultivated land. It is too difficult to get soil down. You have to use a steel drill to drill holes in the ground, and they have to be drilled very deep.
So the speed of advancement is not fast.
In addition, this ancient tomb was built on the mountain and was very large. We walked up a long distance before we found some clues.
It was almost dark at that time, and Zhao Hu called me over excitedly, saying that he had made a new discovery.
After I passed by, he had already dug a pit half a meter deep on the ground. At the bottom of the pit was a pile of stones. The stones were all long and neat. Each piece was about eight meters long. Ten centimeters, about thirty centimeters in width and height, and weighing at least two to three hundred kilograms.
Several of us used a crowbar to pry up a piece and found that there were still rocks underneath.
I said that these stones were probably very thick and were probably used to block the tomb door. If I guessed correctly, the tomb door was probably underneath here.
Everyone became even more excited when they heard this. Zhao Hu immediately said that he would dig out all the stones and then go into the tomb to find the treasures.
I looked at the sky at this time and said: "The tomb door is estimated to be several meters high, and the thickness of the stones is at least several meters. It is getting dark now and we are tired. We might as well do it tomorrow morning. Let's rest now." "
Zhao Hu couldn't wait. He said, "It's okay to clean out the rocks first. We can clean up as much as we can."
Brother Lei and Jianzui were also anxious, and they also agreed with Zhao Hu's proposal.
I thought they could clean it up if they wanted to. Anyway, I was a little tired and needed to rest.
I said to them: "Let's do this. Those who are willing to clean the rocks will clean the rocks here, and those who are willing to rest will come with me to rest."
After discussion, except for me, Xiao Zhuizi and Sister Yuan, we went back to rest in the night, and everyone else stayed in place to clean up the rocks.
They came back around nine o'clock in the evening.
I asked them how their progress was, and Zhao Hu said it was too laborious. Some of the rocks underneath were bigger and heavier, weighing at least four to five hundred kilograms, and it took a long time to get them up.
I smiled and said, "Won't you dig up the surrounding soil first, and then start unloading the stones from the edge? Then a piece will fall out as soon as you push it. It's not very convenient. Anyway, it's better than pulling up the stones." Is it convenient?"
Zhao Hu patted his forehead and said, "Oh, why didn't you tell me earlier? It's my fault that you had to come back so early to rest. If you were here to direct us, we would have finished clearing the rocks long ago."
"In addition to stones, are there any other discoveries?" I continued to ask.
"Yes, there is a stone door underneath, but only a little of the beam is exposed now. It is not clear yet what the door looks like and how big it is, but judging from the specifications of the beam, the door is probably not small."
I said we should rest first and then do it tomorrow. If we are lucky, we might find the treasure tomorrow.
Early the next morning, after breakfast, we went there to continue working. According to the method I mentioned yesterday, we first dug up the soil around the rocks, and then pushed or dragged the rocks down the slope from the edge. After pushing further into the ravine and working for about two hours, the tomb door completely appeared in front of us.
The tomb door is about three meters high and two and a half meters wide, which is quite impressive. However, there are no carvings on the tomb door and it looks like just two bare stone slabs.
There was a gap about a finger's length between the two doors. I shined a flashlight into it, and it seemed that there was a tomb corridor inside, which went diagonally downwards.
As for the thickness of this door, I estimate it to be thirty centimeters.
The stone door that is so tall and wide is actually 30 centimeters thick. I think it weighs at least four or five tons. If there is no door shaft and it is not an open and close door but a dead door, it will be a little difficult for us to enter.
I called them over and pushed the door hard with me.
The results can be imagined.
The door seemed to be motionless.
It can't be pushed at all.
