Cat Gu Notes

The armor on the body was no longer as bright and eye-catching as it was when the coffin was opened because it had been exposed to the air, but removing the oxide layer was not a complicated issue. What was complicated was how to completely remove the armor from the corpse.Mr. Li has also stripped clothes from corpses before, weaving gold, silver and jade clothes with cotton, linen and silk, each method is different, but this is the first time for armor.

After more than a thousand years of metal rust erosion, the bands of the braided armor plates have deteriorated and hardened. If the armor plates are peeled off piece by piece, the bands will be destroyed; It appears to be very difficult under the premise.

"Comrade Shaohu, what do you think should be done?" The old man wanted to consult the opinions of experts in other disciplines.

Lin Shaohu held his chin and said solemnly: "Use salt water to dissolve the armor."

"..."

The old man shrugged his shoulders, and Xia Mingruo hugged him to comfort him: "You have to understand him, in his view, these are just gold-plated iron sheets... Teacher, don't cry, good boy..."

Chu Haiyang gently picked up a section of band with tweezers, and looked at it repeatedly under the lamp: "Thin hemp rope...Three strands, more solid and wear-resistant...I think it's better to choose the first one, and number the nails when you take it off. , and re-edit when it is repaired."

"Hey! It's really troublesome." Xia Mingruo said.

"The lesser of two evils," Chu Haiyang said.

The old man thought about it and agreed.Everyone went back to rest that night, and the stripping work began the next morning.Since most of the archaeological team members—including Captain Zhou—have been transferred to deal with the newly unearthed cultural relics, and the gold, stone and jade articles worn by the corpse and a long sword with a jade handle have also been transported away together, so this side seems to be short of manpower. Fortunately, the old man has no sense of family status, so he brought the uncle and the leopard into the work team.

If you compare peeling off the armor to surgery, then Lin Shaohu and Chu Haiyang will be the main surgeons. The old man will guide Xia Mingruo and others to do it, and the rest will write the number on the back of the armor, and then put it in a wooden box and consign it. to Beijing.

After the nail piece is peeled off, there are clothes, mainly silk products, with complicated layers.Chu Haiyang could only spray distilled water to moisten it first, and then slowly peel it off bit by bit. After peeling off one piece, Xia Mingruo coated the front and back of it with transparent plexiglass solution to isolate the air.

This solution is definitely not the best choice, the shape and color of the silk will be preserved, but it will also be hardened.It's just that the stagnation in all aspects caused by the "Cultural Revolution" has made my country's cultural relics protection technology backward. With the development of science and technology, plexiglass solution will eventually be replaced by more advanced things.

After a few days, Lin Shaohu held the scalpel and said happily: "Finally it's my turn to specialize."

He dug into the cellar and didn't come out for twenty hours. His assistants changed batch after batch. The old man was poor and nervous, so he sent Xia Mingruo to watch.

Xia Mingruo pushed open the heavy door, and saw the man hung a small lamp above his head, and was digging out the stomach of the ancient corpse expressionlessly.Xia Mingruo backed out silently, and then tricked the leopard into watching the fun together. Two seconds later, the leopard threw itself on the door and vomited, his face was blue and emerald green.

Xia Mingruo looked at him regretfully, Lin Shaohu lifted the rag-like muscle layer on the ancient corpse's belly, and said to Leopard, "Spleen-stomach disharmony, fetal gas rises, and vomiting occurs, starting at five weeks and ending at sixteen weeks."

Leopard turned around, Lin Shaohu held up a scalpel and asked, "Aren't you throwing up?"

Leopard quickly shook his head like a rattle.

"If you don't want to see it, you can go out," Lin Shaohu said. "If you want to see it, then close the door, don't move around, and don't make any noise unless I agree."

Leopard raised his foot to leave, Xia Mingruo quickly kicked the door shut, leaned on his shoulder and whispered to him: "I'm doing it for your own good, how can you be a craftsman if you're too timid?"

The leopard looked up and thought right!He stared at Xia Mingruo, only to see his concerned and calm expression.

"Thank you!" Leopard said emotionally while holding Xia Mingruo's hand.

"We are all working class, we need to help each other," Xia Mingruo said.

"Quiet," Lin Shaohu still lowered his head, pointing to the corner with his knife, "I haven't spoken a word after staying here all day."

There are two reflective spots in the low part of the corner, one yellow and one green.

Xia Mingruo squinted his eyes and shouted, "Old Huang."

Lao Huang replied: "Meow."

Xia Mingruo pointed at it and laughed loudly, "Here, here, let's talk."

Lin Shaohu slowly raised his eyes, Xia Mingruo immediately stood aside solemnly, the leopard picked up Lao Huang, and hid behind Xia Mingruo, not daring to vent his breath.

Lin Shaohu said to Xia Mingruo: "Look at his arm."

Xia Mingruo put on the gloves and pressed on the dark brown corpse: "It's still a little elastic."

"A miracle?" Lin Shaohu said with a smile, "Immortality for a thousand years is simply a godsend for the study of the race, body characteristics and pathology of ancient people. Unfortunately, it is not within the scope of my research."

Xia Mingruo asked: "Why doesn't it rot?"

"Because it has been embalmed," Lin Shaohu motioned to look at the thigh of the corpse, "this one, and this one, are they obvious? This is a blood spot, I guess it may have been punctured through the skin to drain the blood, the same trace On his arm too."

Xia Mingruo couldn't help nodding, Leopard covered his mouth and looked at the roof.

"Then, it has something to do with the coffin fluid. Mr. Li just told me that the coffin fluid may be formed by the infiltration of water vapor in the tomb." Lin Shaohu said, "Conditions are limited, I just did a preliminary test. The sodium chloride content in the liquid is very high, the mercury content is also high, and there are some chemical components that I can't find out at the moment, it is estimated that some strange medicine is dissolved in it, and the ancients often did this kind of thing."

Xia Mingruo said to Leopard: "Do you understand? It means this person has been pickled."

The leopard groaned and said, "Don't talk anymore..."

At this moment, Chu Haiyang opened the door and came in: "Huh? Who let Biexin in? This place doesn't allow him to come. Mr. Shaohu, I found something."

"Ah, thank you." Lin Shaohu took a silver hairpin from him.

"It was stolen by the dog, his grandma's precious dowry, which was almost destroyed during the 'Cultural Revolution'." Chu Haiyang said with a smile, "What do you think? oxide layer."

"Then I have to use it quickly, so that no one will be beaten." Lin Shaohu said and took a test tube, which contained some brown solution.

Lin Shaohu threw the silver hairpin into the test tube.

Xia Mingruo instantly understood: "Poisonous?"

"Hey," Lin Shaohu raised the test tube and stared at it, "There is no laboratory, there is ancient wisdom... ho... ho! See?"

The three hurriedly surrounded, and Lin Shaohu took out the hairpin, only to see that the originally bright silver ornament was slightly darkened at one end.

"Silver sulfide," Lin Shaohu said, "Arsenic in ancient times was impure and often contained sulfur. Once sulfur met silver, a chemical reaction would occur, and silver sulfide was black."

He shook his head and smiled, cleaned the silver hairpin and returned it to Chu Haiyang: "Occupational disease, I scraped something from his stomach, and I guessed it right."

"I'll call the teacher!" Xia Mingruo ran out.

After a while, the old man who was roughly pulled from the bed crashed into the door: "Poisoned?"

Lin Shaohu said, "It's possible."

"How to explain?" asked the old man.

Lin Shaohu said: "Because there is still an inconspicuous small hole in his neck, but it is very deep, reaching to the main artery. If this hole was stabbed with a sharp object, when the toxicity did not occur, he would die due to excessive blood loss. Death is also possible."

The old man found a stool and sat down. Since the ice was stored in the cellar, everyone was wrapped in a big cotton jacket borrowed from the factory, which looked clumsy and cute.

"Died by accident?" The old man muttered to himself, and then said to Lin Shaohu, "If there is anything else, please tell me."

Lin Shaohu flipped through his notebook and read one by one: "There is arteriosclerosis; the spine is not good, and there is hyperplasia; the gallbladder is swollen, and there are thirteen stones in it, and there are pinworm eggs and whipworm eggs in the abdomen. ..."

The leopard rushed out of the door, Yu Yinyu: "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

"Wait, above." Lin Shaohu calmly closed the notebook.

The old man was silent, and after a while he said, "This person is not Yang Zhao."

Yang Zhao is the name of Prince Yuande.

Speaking of the Sui Dynasty, most people know two emperors: Emperor Wen and Emperor Yang.In fact, there were five emperors in the Sui Dynasty. After Yang Guang, there was his grandson, Emperor Gong Yang You, after Yang You, there was Yang Hao, and after Yang Hao, there was Taidi Yang Tong.Of course, the last few are puppets, children who can't help themselves.

Yang Zhao was the father of Emperor Gong Yang You. He died in the prince's palace in the second year of Daye (606 AD), 12 years earlier than his father Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty.

Lin Shaohu asked, "How old was Yang Zhao when he died?"

"very young."

Lin Shaohu said: "That's definitely not the case. I took a look at this man's teeth, and he is over 45 years old."

Who is he?

"I don't know," said the old man, "and it doesn't have to be Yang, after all, we haven't found one thing."

"What?" Lin Shaohu asked.

"Epitaph." The old man said, "I dug three feet into the ground, but it has not been found yet."

When these words came out, everyone was silent for a while.

Lin Shaohu took off his gloves, took off his coat, and picked up the toolbox. "Professor Li." He handed the notebook to the old man, "At this point my work is all over, I will go ahead."

"Ah?" the old man asked, "Where are you going? Let's go together. We will start handing over the work with Henan Province tomorrow, and we will leave for home in three to five days."

Lin Shaohu didn't answer, Xia Mingruo laughed instead.Lin Shaohu ordered: "Don't say anything."

Xia Mingruo smiled: