Chapter 370 Wu Hou
"Wu Hou? Who is it?" Lin Yupan asked, leaning his head behind Zhang Yang.
"The State of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, who do you think the Marquis of Wu could be?"
"Sun Quan?" Lin Yupan casually guessed the answer.
"As a friendly reminder, Sun Quan's tomb is in the Purple Mountain. Moreover, he was the King of Wu at first and later became the emperor. He has never been to [Hou]."
"Oh, that's Sun Ce."
"This answer has to be concealed... you are also the director of the museum after all." Zhang Yang showed a heartbroken expression.
Now he understood why Teacher Miao did not dare to hand it in.
Because that is the tomb of Sun Bofu, the little overlord of Jiangdong.
Although Sun Ce had not yet claimed kingship and hegemony when he died, he was already the actual ruler of the Jiangdong region.
For such a figure, the archaeological value of his tomb is self-evident.
If Teacher Miao, a former tomb robber, handed over everything and fully explained the tombs he had robbed, he might even be sentenced to death based on the attitude towards tomb robbers at that time.
(Before 2011, the maximum penalty for tomb robbing was death)
Now of course Teacher Miao doesn’t need to be afraid. At his age, as long as he surrenders, he may get a three-year sentence with a suspended three-year sentence.
"Teacher Miao, where is Sun Ce's tomb?"
"I really can't remember clearly." Teacher Miao shook his head, "I just remember that it was on a construction site in Huijing."
"That tomb was robbed before. Everything in the main tomb chamber was emptied out. Even the armor from the dead was stripped off and sold."
"I was looking for a tomb there with a few accomplices. We found this seal while visiting the ghost market, and we immediately understood the identity of the owner of the tomb. So we escorted the tomb robber who was selling the goods and took us back... …”
Teacher Miao described the situation in detail.
After getting down to the tomb, he saw the words on the tomb bricks at Gongguanmen and was sure that it was Sun Ce's tomb.
As for the things in the east and west rooms, it's not because the stone seals couldn't be removed, but because the tomb robbers at that time were unprofessional and didn't notice them at all.
Zhang Yang sees the world from the shoulders of Master Cheng, so he has a certain understanding of the tombs of the Han Dynasty.
But for the wild archaeological team at that time, it was good luck to dig out the main tomb chamber by chance. How could they expect to find a place like an ear chamber?
Unfortunately, Teacher Miao and his team could only move out some small items from the ear room. The carriage and horse items were too big to pass through the robbery hole.
They originally planned to go in with a saw, cut the metal tools apart and transport them out, but when they went back two days later, they found that the hidden entrance to the cave had been covered with prefabricated concrete slabs by the construction team.
The prefabricated stone slabs were too heavy to move, and because it was a construction site that was already ready to start, the group had no choice but to give up.
"Except for a few bronze mirrors, most of the things are here with me."
"Do you think we should call the police or contact the archaeological team?"
Teacher Miao looked at Zhang Yang.
The same goes for Lin Yupan.
"Don't worry, let me see what else is there first."
Zhang Yang wanted to know first what Sun Ce brought with him when he was buried with him.
As for how to divide these cultural relics, you can make a decision after reading it.
"Okay." Teacher Miao nodded obediently, "What do you want to see first?"
"I think..." Lin Yupan hesitated and turned his head to look at Zhang Yang.
"Director Lin, it's your fault. We are not outsiders. Why are we so nervous?" Zhang Yang shrugged and made a gesture of invitation with his hands.
"Yeah, okay. Teacher Miao, I want to see the kind of treasure that can be placed in the Great Yin Museum."
Da Yin? Or Daying?
Zhang Yang couldn't tell any difference from Lin Yupan's mouth.
This is very uncomfortable.
"Well, Lao Lin, if you can't tell the difference between nasal sounds, you might as well call your museum the Museum of the Underworld, otherwise I really can't tell the difference."
"Okay. Teacher Miao, I'm talking about the Museum of the Underworld."
After listening to Lin Yupan's words, the old man turned around and scanned the room.
It seems to be looking for something connected to the underworld.
Soon, he found it.
The stuff comes in a small cardboard box.
After opening it, it was filled with ceramic models.
There are buildings such as huts, pavilions, and pig pens, as well as animals such as ducks, chickens, dogs, and turtles, and of course human figurines.
However, the workmanship of these models is quite rough, and only a rough shape can be seen.
As funerary objects, such houses, poultry, and livestock for the deceased to use in the underworld obviously meet Lin Yupan's requirements.
But after he took the things over, he didn't look very happy.
"To be honest, Teacher Miao, it would be a bit unfair if you were sentenced for something of this level."
"It's really unnecessary!"
"You can talk." Zhang Yang gave Lin Yupan a thumbs up.
"Teacher Miao, please help our Curator Lin to see if there are any larger cultural relics."
"The bigger one... there is an auspicious beast, but I can't move it."
"Auspicious beast?" Lin Yupan's eyes lit up.
There is no auspicious beast in the tomb, it must be the tomb-suppressing beast.
This thing is Lin Yupan's favorite. Without the tomb beast, there would be no Dayin Museum.
However, the dust in the room still made Director Lin a little scared.
He asked the old man: "Teacher Miao, do you have any masks at home? Lend me a mask and I'll go in by myself."
"No more." Teacher Miao shook his head, "It's all used up."
"No? Forget it, I have a way."
In front of the other two people, Lin Yupan tore a piece of the vest he was wearing as a base layer and covered his nose.
Then he entered the room and brought out a half-meter-high ceramic statue of an auspicious animal.
The shape is a bit like a sea lion, but with four legs.
Each leg has a wing close to the body.
This kind of wing decoration is very classic and often appears on tomb beasts in Tang Sancai.
As for the head of the statue, it looks a bit like a dog and a bit like a sheep.
Being so ugly, he really can only be an "auspicious beast".
"Wait a minute, there are some good things inside."
Lin Yupan didn't rest for a second and entered the room again.
This time the delay was longer and the items to be moved out were larger.
A ceramic sculpture that is one meter tall and as wide as a human being.
The base is hemispherical, with an ox standing on top of the ball;
On the back of the cow are seven candlesticks of different shapes, distributed in a tree shape.
There are various patterns on it.
Seeing this thing, Teacher Miao said with emotion that this was the largest piece of pottery they had brought out from the tomb.
"This thing..." Zhang Yang walked around in a circle. After seeing the decorations on it, he nodded sincerely and praised, "This is at least a second-level cultural relic."
"Same as that soul bottle, it is filled with elements from the underworld and is a top-notch burial object."
"The most important thing is that it is not easy for such a large pottery lamp to be preserved so completely."
"There seems to be nothing else." Lin Yupan gasped and said, "Teacher Miao, don't be so pretentious, just tell me if there is anything else."
"It's just right to put these things in our Great Underworld Museum."
Zhang Yang almost laughed out loud after hearing Lin Yupan's words.
At this time, you, Director Lin, are not polite.
Who are the people who didn't want to come here before?
However, Teacher Miao really followed Lin Yupan's lead and nodded and said, "There are indeed a few exquisite items in my eyes."