The Director Li that Yang Yu mentioned was naturally Li Luo.
Ye Fan nodded and took out a cigarette from his pocket. He handed one to each of the archeologists."Brother Yang, I wonder why Director Li isn't here.”
That person had short hands and a short mouth. He took the cigarette from Ye Fan and the atmosphere became more harmonious. Before Yang Yu could speak, a young man behind him spoke first,"Chief Physician Li has been staying in the bureau for the past two years and has not come down to walk around. This time, he came to this beautiful place with beautiful mountains and rivers. He must still be leisurely enjoying the scenery on the road.”
The person who spoke looked about the same age as Ye Fan. He looked to be in his twenties. Unlike the others, the other archaeologists had dark skin because they worked outdoors all year round, while this young man's skin was very fair.
"Oh right, let me introduce myself. My name is Han Xiaofei, and I'm a student at Qingyan University's Department of Archeology.”Han Xiaofei introduced himself.
The archeological team had already followed Huang Linsheng to the location of the tomb, but Li Luo was still on the way.
"Uncle Li, we've been walking for twenty minutes.”Cheng Qingyu said weakly.
They were walking well at first, but who knew that Li Luo would deviate from the direction as he walked, as if he had forgotten what his purpose for coming here was.
"Uncle Li, Big Brother Huang must have brought the archeological team over by now. Not only are we only halfway there, but we're also going in the wrong direction.”Cheng Qingyu pouted and complained.
"Aiyo, is Xiao Yu angry?" Li Luo chuckled.”
" Humph…" Cheng Qingyu snorted. Without saying anything, he pulled Li Luo's arm and left.
Li Luo retracted his thoughts of admiring the scenery and was consciously pulled by Cheng Qingyu's arm towards their destination.
A few minutes later, Li Luo and Cheng Qingyu finally arrived at the tomb. At this time, everyone was sitting on the ground and chatting. It had to be said that the discipline and self-discipline of the archaeological team were very strong.
Although they knew that this was an ancient tomb from the Han Dynasty, everyone was impatient. However, they did not start investigating on their own. Instead, they waited for Li Luo to come over.
"Hehe, I'm late.”Seeing that everyone else had arrived, Li Luo felt a little embarrassed.
Although Li Luo was very experienced, he would never show his seniority in front of others. Instead, he was very polite to others and was very respected by the archaeological team.
"Uncle Li, you're finally here. Hurry up and assign work to all of us. Our hearts are itching to die.”As soon as Li Luo came over, the archeologists rushed over impatiently.
Because Li Luo was very easy to talk to, everyone called him Uncle Li in private, not Director Li. Li Luo was also willing to let others call him Uncle Li. In his words, calling him Director was too distant. It was better to call him Uncle. It sounded warm in his heart.
After Li Luo greeted everyone, he walked to Ye Fan's side."You must be Ye Fan. Xiao Yu has mentioned you a lot these two days.”
"You did scold me a lot, didn't you?" Ye Fan shrugged his shoulders innocently."I don't know how I offended him.”
Ye Fan's words made Li Luo unable to help but laugh."I didn't say anything. You're the one who's smart.”Although he was almost sixty years old, he was very willing to joke with young people.
As Li Luo had also been outdoors all year round and participated in archaeological work, he looked a little old and looked to be in his sixties.
"Uncle Li, I didn't scold him. You don't care about me at all.”"Look, I haven't done anything yet, but he's already looking so aggrieved." Cheng Qingyu said unhappily.”
"..." Ye Fan was speechless. He had a very normal expression, but he was said to be aggrieved.
"Alright, Xiao Yu, stop fooling around." "Ye Fan, can I take a look at that thing?" Li Luo asked.”
Although he didn't say it explicitly, Ye Fan knew what he wanted to see. Li Luo wanted to see the Nine Dragons and Phoenix Painting."I'll bury that back. Uncle Li, let me bring you in to take a look.”
"Why did you bury it back? You didn't take it for yourself, did you? Then, you made a fake one and put it back.”Cheng Qingyu displayed his wild imagination.
Ye Fan didn't want to answer at all. However, when he saw Li Luo's questioning gaze, he still explained,"There should be nine of those things, but I only found one.”
"Yesterday, I looked around again, but I still couldn't find anything. So I thought it might be the order of burial. They were buried in a specific position. I wanted to wait for you to come and take a look. Although I have some knowledge of antique appraisal, I only know a little about burial.”
As an archaeologist, one needed to have a good grasp of history, geography, ancient characters, and burial. Some archaeologists even studied Feng Shui.
Although most people now believed that it could be learned and did not believe in Feng Shui, ancient tombs paid great attention to Feng Shui. Therefore, in order to accurately determine the tomb, one still needed to master a certain amount of Feng Shui.
Li Luo looked at Ye Fan approvingly and said," Ancient tombs are indeed very particular. There are also some tombs of high-ranking officials and nobles. They will bury some tools at the bottom of the tomb according to the direction and shape of the stars.”
As an authoritative archaeologist, Li Luo's many honorary titles were not undeserved. The knowledge he possessed was profound, and the fields were relatively complicated. History, geography, literature, ancient characters, burial studies, and Feng Shui were all involved.
"Uncle Li, why are you burying these things under the tomb? Why are you burying them in the shape of stars?”Cheng Qingyu asked curiously. Although she was an archaeology student, she didn't know much about these things.
Other than the basic courses, she was currently studying history and geography. As for ancient characters and burial, she had not yet touched on them. She would have to learn them herself when she worked in the future.
"Don't just focus on your studies. There are many things that archeology needs to learn from the things taught in school.”Li Luo said earnestly.
After saying Cheng Qingyu, Li Luo cleared his throat."There's an old saying in our country that goes,'Absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the essence of the sun and moon.”
"Of course I've heard of it, but that's only in mythical novels.”Cheng Qingyu replied.
Li Luo didn't think much of it. He said," Although we all believe in science now, the ancients believed in gods and ghosts. Therefore, when people died, they would bury some precious jade in the cemetery according to the position of the stars.”
When Li Luo spoke, whether it was Ye Fan or the other archeologists, they all stretched their ears and listened carefully. Ye Fan listened purely out of curiosity.
As for the other archeologists, they treated it as learning. After all, what Li Luo said was related to archaeology. This was an opportunity for them to learn.
"The ancients believed that as long as the precious jade was buried according to the shape and position of the stars, it would absorb the spiritual qi of heaven and earth and the essence of the sun and moon. This way, the tomb would be filled with spiritual qi and the corpse would not rot.”Li Luo said patiently.
After hearing Li Luo's explanation, Cheng Qingyu shook his head disapprovingly.""The ancients were really superstitious."
The other archeologists had thoughtful expressions on their faces. They remembered what Li Luo had said. In the future, when they participated in archeological work, they would have the ability to brag when they encountered such a situation.
"Xiao Yang and everyone, get ready. I'll go in and take a look first. You guys can investigate later. As soon as we find it, we'll start excavating.”Li Luo said to Yang Yu.
Although the Cultural Relics Bureau had already asked Li Luo to lead a team down, if they wanted to excavate the tomb, they still needed the archaeological team to investigate first, make a report, and then report it to the city government.
Then, the city government would submit it to the Cultural Relics Bureau for approval before they could start the archaeological excavation.
The so-called investigation and report were nothing more than the confirmation of the specifications and age of the tomb by the experts of the archaeological team, as well as the estimation of the size and integrity of the tomb.
After confirming this, he needed to sort out these things in writing and make a report.
"Alright." Yang Yu quickly agreed in pain. In fact, he could not wait to start investigating. He was just waiting for Li Luo to say this.
As for what Li Luo and Ye Fan were talking about, he did not ask much. The archaeology industry was actually not as simple as it seemed. There were also many ways to go about it.
There were some things that were not convenient to say in front of others, and there were also some things that would be kept secret until they were confirmed to be true.
In particular, some cultural relics related to history would be kept confidential before they were confirmed. This way, the safety of the cultural relics could be guaranteed.
The Nine Dragon Painted Phoenix was something that Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, used to suppress the fate of the mountains and rivers. Its historical value was naturally self-evident, so Li Luo chose to keep this matter a secret.
Before confirming the value and historical records of this item, no one would know of its existence.
Li Luo took a small backpack from a team member and entered the tomb with Ye Fan, while the others prepared outside.
"Uncle Li, this is the place." Ye Fan held the flashlight and squatted down. The location was where the Nine Dragons and Phoenix Painting was excavated.
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