Almighty Appraiser

Chapter 179
"The weather that day was very similar to today's. The sky seemed to be very low," the old man glanced out the window and said with a dumb smile, "It's just that it was midsummer that day, and even in the extreme north outside the pass, it didn't look like the sky." The weather here, when it snows, the temperature drops by three or four degrees."

"Although the heating is good, it's not as good as the heated kang in the farmhouse over there. When people sit on it, the fire is burning under their buttocks, and the cold air in their bodies is forced away."

The old man thought about it, and there were endless good memories in his eyes.

"Old man, since the archaeologist has passed by, he should have his own opinion on the ancient tomb and the two corpses, right?" Shen Yunfeng tentatively asked.

"Indeed, the experts don't agree with the villagers' opinions," the old man said with a puzzled smile, "his basis is a nameplate found on the coffin cover, because the nameplate has two big characters 'Daming' that everyone knows. "

"In order to convince the villagers, the archaeologist also took out the historical materials he carried with him, pointing out that the Zhu Ming Dynasty once set up the Nuer Gandu Division here to govern the entire HLJ River Basin."

"And the large area where the ancient tomb was discovered was precisely the political center at that time. Based on this, experts concluded that the ancient tomb belonged to the Ming Dynasty."

"The credibility of archaeological experts should be quite high," Shen Yunfeng said with a smile, "after all, he has a professional background, and when it comes to the study of history, he has a more thorough and rigorous understanding than ordinary people."

While talking, Shen Yunfeng's eyes were always watching the changes in the old man's expression.

Sure enough, the old man who seemed to be in deep thought, after hearing what he said, showed a disappointed expression on his old face.

Although it was fleeting, it was still captured by Shen Yunfeng.

"It is better to believe in books than to have no books!"

The old man drank his tea and mumbled a sentence.

Shen Yunfeng pretended not to hear, got up and went to the quiet room for new tea for the old man, poured hot water, and sat beside him quietly.

"In order to convince the villagers of his own judgment, the archaeologist also specially found a small book of "Shuo Yue Quan Zhuan" from the village, pointing to the costumes of Jin Dynasty officials in the book, he swore to the villagers that the two The clothes of the ancient corpses are completely different from those in the books."

"Because the two corpses were dressed in Hanfu when they were encoffined, and the nameplate found on the coffin board had the word 'Daming' written on it, so the archaeologists came to the conclusion that the ancient tomb was a Ming Dynasty tomb. A joint burial tomb for an official couple."

"This official couple is actually very wronged. After so many years of death, they were dug up and exposed in the wilderness." Shen Yunfeng sighed.

The old man ignored Shen Yunfeng at all, but said to himself: "Later, the old rely on the old to sell the old, do you know if there is a sentence that should be said?"

"Please tell me, this junior is all ears." Shen Yunfeng said seriously.

"Although you are a master invited by the antique shop, some of your views are still a little superficial," the old man said seriously, "Sometimes, what you see may not be true."

"You are old, do you mean?" Shen Yunfeng thought for a while, "there is another story about the ancient tomb?"

"The brain is not stupid, but it is easy to be confused by illusions." The old man smiled gratifiedly.

"I also ask the old man to give me some advice." Shen Yunfeng quickly stood up and bowed respectfully to the old man.

The old man nodded and said with a smile: "In that situation, let alone a young man like you, even the archaeological expert and his students were almost deceived by what they saw and some of the so-called evidence they found."

"However, an expert is an expert after all. After he confirmed that the ancient tomb belonged to the Ming Dynasty, he began to shift his attention to the female corpse."

The old man said slowly, "Because, in the impression of that expert, he has seen a lot of tombs in the Ming Dynasty, but he has never seen such a thick yellow cloth wrapped around the woman's head."

"In order to find out the truth about the masking of the female corpse, the experts decided to start with the funerary objects again and re-investigate the research, hoping to find some clues about the masking of the female corpse."

"This expert's academic attitude is quite rigorous." Shen Yunfeng expressed his admiration.

The old man was noncommittal. After eating a piece of snacks and drinking half a cup of tea, he took it easy and continued: "The archaeologist spent some money and asked the villagers to transfer the two corpses, the coffin and some burial items to the opposite place. safe place."

"The family of the villager who was planning to build a new house also contributed a lot, because after all, this is the homestead they selected. After sending away all the unearthed things, his family took out a big gift to invite Huhuang outside the customs Mrs. Hu, one of the Five Great Immortal Gates of Bailiuhui, settled the inside and outside, and then started construction again."

When Shen Yunfeng heard the old man say the "five great immortal sects", his heart moved slightly, because he remembered that in the inheritance of his grandfather's sect, there seemed to be records about fox yellow, white willow and gray protecting family immortals and walking horse immortals.

"Are the Baojiaxian and Zoumaxian outside the customs really as magical as the rumors say?" Shen Yunfeng couldn't help but ask after his mind was touched.

"Whether gods are gods or not, who can say?" the old man laughed, "Anyway, the family's heart house built on the ancient tomb has been quite stable for decades since it was settled by Chu Maxian. "

Shen Yunfeng said "Oh" twice, stopped talking, and looked at the objects on the counter.

The old man smiled slightly and continued: "Three archaeologists came here again. Some people think that the female corpse is covered to curse the tomb robbers. Some people think that this behavior should be some kind of special sacrificial ceremony."

"In the end, the four archaeologists came to an opinion that everyone agrees with. They believed that the yellow cloth on the head of the masked female body was called face silk in the past."

"Oh!!" Shen Yunfeng couldn't help it, and made a long sound as if he had realized something, but he didn't want to, and unconsciously interrupted the old man's train of thought.

"Young student, did you think of something?"

The old man was not annoyed at being interrupted abruptly by Shen Yunfeng, but asked with interest.

"Sorry to interrupt you," Shen Yunfeng said apologetically, "When I heard you keep saying the word 'mianbo' just now, I suddenly remembered a sentence my teacher said in college."

The old man nodded and signaled Shen Yunfeng to continue.

"My university teacher said that when a female corpse covers her face, it is often because she made mistakes during her lifetime." Shen Yunfeng explained.

"Your teacher's statement coincides with the opinion of the four archaeological experts who finally reached a consensus." The old man nodded kindly.

Shen Yunfeng smiled.

"If we can know the identity of the owner of the tomb, we can almost be sure which statement is more credible," the old man continued after taking a sip from the teacup Shen Yunfeng handed over, "Next, the four archaeologists With four students, I began to divide the work, starting from the clothes and burial objects of the ancient corpse, and sent people to find local documents, and even read the entire "History of Ming Dynasty."

Outside the door of Hengxing Antique Store, the sound of pedestrians stepping on the snow can be heard from time to time. Inside the store, it is so quiet that you can almost hear a needle drop, only the voice of the old man talking calmly.

".The clothes worn by the ancient corpse, the brocade robe with dragon patterns, the embroidered gold belt, and an ancient jade sword on the right hand side, everyone concluded that the identity of the owner of the tomb is at least a first-rank official."

The old man tapped the table lightly with his fingers very regularly, "There was a Ming Dynasty, which lasted 270 years, and there were sixteen emperors in total. There are traces."

(End of this chapter)