Chapter 0241 – The Eighteen Tombs of Guanzhong
“I say several people, I really didn’t mean it. It was just a casual remark, no need to take it so seriously, right? Count me wrong and apologize to a few of you.”
Zhuang Rui originally wanted to come to see this field archaeological excavation, but did not expect this little girl so difficult, the heart beat the drum, we can not afford to avoid it!
“Apologize? Apologize is to have sincerity.”
The girl called Qiuqian, her big eyes darted around, then stared at the big watermelon in Ermao’s arms.
“Qiuqian, don’t be like that, the teacher will criticize us if she knows.”
On the contrary, the young man called Yingning next to him couldn’t look past it and said to Zhuang Rui: “It’s okay, you guys go! It’s true that this place doesn’t allow idle people to enter.”
“How are we just uninvited people? This piece of land that you are digging is the eldest uncle’s house, you are the ones who are idle!”
Ermao was a bit unconvinced, this side was originally a vegetable field, but now it’s all been cleaned up, although the archaeological team compensated Ermao’s family for the loss, but this land is really their family’s.
“Okay, Ermao, stop talking. Call your sister-in-law over, let’s eat a watermelon, such a big one, everyone has a share.”
Zhuang Rui was afraid that if Ermao said any more, the two sides would quarrel again, he quickly stopped Ermao, and carried the watermelon over from his arms, this watermelon also weighs more than ten kilograms, and it is still not a problem for the people present to share a piece of it with each other.
Ermao saw Zhuang Rui insisted, also did not say anything, Zhuang Rui is long hair brother’s classmate, but also city people, his heart is still very respect.
“Hee hee, this is not enough, I’m going to ask grandpa to come and eat watermelon.”
Seeing that Zhuang Rui had given in, the girl smiled triumphantly and walked towards the bottom of the pit, but she didn’t take two steps before turning back and saying, “It’s you who sent us the watermelon to eat! It wasn’t us who asked you for it oh!”
“Yes, yes, it was me who gave it to you guys myself, okay?”
Zhuang Rui was made to laugh and cry by this girl, but he didn’t get angry, although this girl was a bit unreasonable, she wasn’t obnoxious.
“Everyone take a break! Work for a little while longer. Then we’ll continue working at night.”
A voice rang out in the pit, and all of a sudden the big girls and little daughters-in-law, swarmed up from the bottom of the pit, surrounding Zhuang Rui and Ermao, and some of the little daughters-in-law who were familiar with Ermao, even pinched his cheeks, making jokes.
Zhuang Rui was also shocked by this battle, and hurriedly used the watermelon knife in his hand to divide the watermelon into a dozen portions, and handed it out piece by piece.
There are a few people received the watermelon, said thank you to Zhuang Rui, Zhuang Rui briefly and they chatted a few words to know, the original these people are local cultural relics department staff.
“Young man, thank you!”
Handed out the last piece of watermelon, Zhuang Rui realized that there is an old man standing in front of him, the age should not be small, beard and hair all white, but the spirit is very good, standing in the sun, the face actually did not sweat much.
Zhuang Rui waved his hand and said with a smile, “It’s okay, I’m also generous at the expense of others, oh, this is my classmate’s home grown watermelon, the old man don’t care, if it’s not enough, I’ll turn around and send two more over.”
“That’s not appropriate, let’s just buy it!”
The old man looked at the big pit below, thought for a moment and said, “I think I’ll be here for half a month, let my classmate send two watermelons over every day! A watermelon is twenty dollars, do you think it’s okay?”
“No, it doesn’t have to be that expensive, five or six dollars is enough.”
Didn’t wait for Zhuang Rui to speak, Ermao took over, which made Zhuang Rui a little impressed with this half-grown kid, just now he was acting like a little money-grubber, and now he would actually ask for less money.
“Ten dollars a piece then! Ermao, you send two watermelons over here every day, just turn around and I’ll give a word to your long-haired brother.”
“Uh-huh!”
Ermao nodded heavily, the resentment from just now has long gone, this watermelon is not worth much in the countryside, whoever passes by the melon field on weekdays, picking two to eat is okay, only do not destroy the melon seedlings on the line.
“Grandpa, quickly eat watermelon ah!”
Zhuang Rui and the old man talking this, the girl’s watermelon has finished, some unfulfilled licking lips.
“Here. You eat it! Little glutton.” The old man smiled tolerantly and handed the girl the watermelon in his hand.
“Teacher, eat it yourself, I haven’t eaten this piece yet!” The student called Yingning, hurriedly pulled the old man’s granddaughter away from him, and gave the girl the piece of watermelon that had been allocated to her.
“Young man, this granddaughter of mine’s parents are abroad, and I usually don’t have the time to discipline her, so I’ve made you laugh.” The old man had actually heard the conversation between a few people just now, and knew that it was his granddaughter who was being unreasonable.
“The old man is overstated, there is nothing wrong, I am just more interested in archaeology, I heard that there is an archaeological team excavating the site here, I want to come over to see it, just now, but I said the wrong thing.”
Zhuang Rui is still somewhat curious about the identity of this old man in front of him, seeing the attitude of those local cultural relics department staff towards the old man, Zhuang Rui knows that the archaeological excavation work here, should be this old man to preside over, but such a serious matter, and with a granddaughter. And with students, it is a little too childish.
“Hehe, young man, you can say the word “Official Thief”, I think you are usually very concerned about the knowledge of archaeology or cultural relics, right?”
The old man for the “official theft” word is not taboo, his idea is quite different from the crowd, digging a grave that is tomb theft, even if it is in the name of the state to dig, also can not get out of this word theft, just the state dug out of the tombs in the cultural relics, mostly used for exhibitions or research at the time of the social situation used. Instead, it’s not like private theft, which is completely for personal gain.
“Master, I just like collecting as an amateur, I don’t know much about archaeology, and I’m thinking of studying a postgraduate program in archaeology to recharge myself!”
Zhuang Rui although this period of time to supplement some knowledge about archaeology, but in front of this old man in front of him, naturally do not dare to show off.
“Oh? Now enroll in the archaeology profession, but not many ah, this work is relatively boring, and often in the field field around, sometimes all year round can not return home, young man how do you have this idea?”
After hearing Zhuang Rui’s words, the old man froze for a moment, obviously a little surprised by Zhuang Rui’s answer.
“Oh, old man, I just said, I just want to systematically learn the customs and culture of China through the ages from the archaeology profession, which is also very beneficial to the collection, not that I will be engaged in archaeology related work in the future.”
Zhuang Rui did not hide his thoughts, with his wealth, there is no need to come to engage in this work, staying in the wild every day, it is estimated that the white lion will like it, but Zhuang Rui absolutely can’t stand it.
“Which university’s archaeology major did you enroll in?” The old man asked casually.
“From Beijing University, I heard that the faculty there is the strongest.”
The old man’s eyes lit up for a moment as he said, “Beijing University is not a good exam! The archaeology major is cold, but that department head, old man Meng, is an old codger oh!”
“Oh, my chemistry grades in the university are not bad, on Chinese history has been ancient Chinese, are slightly involved, I believe it should be not much of a problem, the old man also know Professor Meng of Beijing University?”
Zhuang Rui said confidently, he graduated from university that time. Originally Zhuang mother is to let him continue to read graduate school, but Zhuang Rui considering the situation at home, or come out to work, and now just graduated only two years ago, a lot of just did not lose, and then review can be.
“Of course know la, know him for life, that old man, tsk, very difficult, so! Young man, let me test you on a few questions, if you can answer them, I’ll go and give that old man Meng a piece of my mind.”
Zhuang Rui didn’t realize that when the old man was talking, the eyes that had seen through the world’s situation inadvertently revealed a hint of childlike innocence.
“Old man, a word of mercy is unnecessary, but I really don’t have much experience with interviews for graduate school, so if you have any questions, just ask! I’ll take it as an early experience.”
Zhuang Rui said smilingly, Uncle De has already greeted that Professor Meng, himself and the old man in front of him have never met before, how can he have the cheek to trouble each other ah! Besides, listening to this old man’s meaning, that Prof. Meng is a bit eccentric, if there are more than one person to intercede, maybe it will backfire!
“Okay, then I’ll ask you, this tomb we’re excavating now, do you know who it belongs to?”
The old man’s question made Zhuang Rui frown, there are just too many big tombs in this Shaanxi! Other than that, since the Qin and Han Dynasties, until the fall of the Tang Dynasty, Shaanxi has existed as the capital of the country, and there are countless celebrities, emperors and generals in this country, and this question of the old man’s is really a bit difficult to answer.
Zhuang Rui’s eyes toward the bottom of that pit, the aura then overflowed, but from the soil did not find any clues, there are only some broken ceramic vessels, the aura inside is very thin, Zhuang Rui also can not see what age.
Retrieve the aura, Zhuang Rui saw a few armed police on duty, heart moved, by the national cultural relics department to take the lead, the local full assistance, as well as the armed police to protect the scene, it must be that this tomb is not simple, it should be an emperor’s tomb!
Just this emperor’s tomb, the scope is also too big a little bit, from the Qin Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, there are dozens of emperors, who knows which one ah?
“Guanzhong 18 tombs!”
Zhuang Rui brain suddenly came up with this term, he remembered a short time ago read a document, said that the Tang Dynasty eighteen emperors’ tombs, it seems that one of the Tang Ruizong Qiaoling, Tang Xuanzong Taoling, Tang Xianzong Jingling, Tang Wenzong light mausoleums and so on several emperors’ mausoleums, in this small county ah!
That literature says that these tombs are built on the mountain, and the location where he is now, is also relatively similar, just the literature said that the bridge mausoleum is majestic, the stone carving is exquisite and unusual, for the Guanzhong eighteen mausoleums of the most, it should not be it, as for the rest of which emperor’s mausoleum, Zhuang Rui no longer can not guess out.