Origin

Not only Wu Zhongyuan was excited, Wang Xinran was also unable to restrain the excitement in his heart. The porcelain doll's head and body were not far away, which showed that Wu Zhongyuan's previous analysis was correct. This porcelain doll was washed out of the grave by the rain, and it came The time is not long.

Looking forward along the winding ravine, soon, I found another porcelain doll, half buried in the sand, with some weeds attached to it.

This porcelain doll was discovered by Wu Zhongyuan. After picking it up and looking it over carefully, he found that this porcelain doll was also porcelain from the Yuan Dynasty. The doll holds a windmill in her hand and has a happy smile on her face.

Apart from being excited, Wu Zhongyuan was more fortunate at this time, because the appearance of the second porcelain doll showed that he was closer to the grave of Qian Yunzhi's youngest son. In addition, this doll was complete. will be picked up, which also indirectly shows that no one has been here after the tomb was damaged by rain.

"Look, it's there." Wang Xinran cheered excitedly.

Hearing the sound, Wu Zhongyuan raised his head and followed Wang Xinran's pointing direction to the north. He saw a large number of utensils including porcelain dolls piled up in the northern mountain depression. Most of these utensils were buried in the sand and only a small part of them was exposed.

The pile of utensils was only more than ten meters away from the two of them. After Wang Xinran shouted, he ran over first. Although Wu Zhongyuan was very excited, he walked over. By this time, he was already half at ease, because there were gold and silver in those utensils If someone finds out the utensils, they will definitely dig out all of them and take them away, and will never leave any part behind.

When Wu Zhongyuan walked over, Wang Xinran had already started digging the pile of utensils buried in the sand with his bare hands. While digging, he kept saying, "It's so dangerous."

Wu Zhongyuan did not excavate with Wang Xinran, but looked up to observe the situation above. The place where the pile of utensils were scattered was not at the bottom of the ditch. Ahead is a relatively steep mountain wall, about five meters high, with some small shrubs growing on the rock wall. In the upper middle area of ​​the mountain wall, there is a circular hole with a diameter of about one meter. At this time, the circle The opening of the shaped hole was blocked, and what blocked it was a decayed and broken wooden coffin.

While Wu Zhongyuan looked up, Wang Xinran had already dug out a lot of utensils from the sand mound, most of which were gold and silver utensils. Exquisite, but the individual is too small, obviously specially built for children to be buried with.

In addition to these, there are also several porcelain dolls. These dolls have different shapes and hold different utensils in their hands, but without exception, they have playful gestures and happy expressions.

"If we come a few days late, the consequences will be disastrous." Wang Xin was terrified.

"We should be thankful that it is not the season of busy farming, nor the season of chopping firewood." Wu Zhongyuan looked up at the round hole in the stone wall above. The round hole was completely blocked by the coffin inside, which meant the coffin inside It is bigger than the round hole. If so, how did the coffin fit in?

Wang Xinran didn't know that Wu Zhongyuan had made a new discovery, and was still busy with her head down. It wasn't until Wu Zhongyuan gave her a hand that she followed Wu Zhongyuan's line of sight and saw the circular hole on the stone wall under the cover of bushes.

"It turns out that these things came down from above." Wang Xinran said,

"The terrain there is very high, even if it rains heavily, you shouldn't rush there." Wu Zhongyuan said.

"Don't worry about it, should we look for the bottom first, or the top first?" Wang Xinran looked up, looking for the climbing route.

"Look separately." After Wu Zhongyuan finished speaking, he jumped up, grabbed a protruding rock near the round hole with one hand, and observed the coffin in the grotto at close range. Although the coffin was damaged, it was still intact. Looking at the wood, it should be very precious golden nanmu.

But the grotto is round, and the coffin is square, and the volume of the coffin is larger than the opening of the grotto. After several attempts, the coffin cannot be dragged out of the grotto.

Looking around the grotto, there is no trace of embedding and compression. How did this coffin be placed in the first place?

Said that they were splitting up, Wang Xinran didn't have the heart to continue digging and tidying up. He kept looking up and saw that Wu Zhongyuan couldn't drag the coffin out, so he reminded, "Is there another hole?"

Wang Xinran's reminder did remind Wu Zhongyuan to give up dragging and climb to the top of the stone wall. Sure enough, he found a clue. The mountain where the grotto is located is a lone peak, only five meters high. There may have been a torrential rain earlier on the mountain's haze, a large amount of rainwater washed down from the north, part of it flowed into the valley on the right, and some rushed towards the mountain.

This mountain peak runs from north to south, and there is also a hole on the north side of the mountain peak, but this hole is square with a diameter of about two meters. At this time, a lot of silt has accumulated in this hole.

"Did you find anything?" Wang Xinran called from below.

"Yes." Wu Zhongyuan replied, he guessed that Qian Yunzhi would not bury the youngest son too far, nor would he bury the youngest son in the dark, but he did not expect that Qian Yunzhi would hollow out the mountain to place the coffin, here The isolated peak is located right in front of Qian Yunzhi's tomb.

Although there were a lot of funerary objects under the mountain wall, Wang Xinran was more concerned about what was in the coffin. He gave up his work and went around to the top of the cliff. At this time, Wu Zhongyuan was digging out the mud in the square hole with his bare hands.

"It turns out they are worn opposite." Wang Xinran suddenly realized.

"Yes," Wu Zhongyuan said, "Before I only thought that he would not bury the youngest son in the dark, and would not let the youngest son out of his sight, but I didn't expect him to dig a mountain as a grave. This is a way to achieve the best of both worlds. Huge amount."

"That's right, this mountain is seven or eight meters long from north to south. It's not easy to carve out such a large space." Wang Xinran wanted to smoke, but when he touched his pocket, he realized that he had already run out of cigarettes. Since there was no cigarette to smoke, Just reach out and help.

"If you want to bury people, you can just dig a hole. Why do you have to dig another hole from the south?" Wang Xinran was puzzled.

"It's not only because of love, but also because of Fengshui considerations." Wu Zhongyuan picked out a gold ingot from the mud he took out, threw it aside, and continued digging, "There are many differences between Yangzhai and Yinzhai. The door has windows, but the yin house has a door but no window, and there is no return without a door. The round hole on the south side should have been camouflaged to cover it, but it was weathered and crisp. , washed out part of the funerary objects inside."

"Why don't you open the door from the south? What's the point?" Wang Xinran asked casually.

Wu Zhongyuan shook his head, "It doesn't seem to be a big deal, but Qian Yunzhi's grave is in the north. He probably hopes that his children can go home when they open the door, and they can see the scenery in the distance when they open the window."

Although there is no basis for Wu Zhongyuan's statement, Wang Xinran accepted this explanation, because there are too many funeral objects in the tomb, which shows Qian Yunzhi's love for the young son, and this also indirectly explains that after the young son died of illness, Qian Yunzhi Why do you get hit hard and die in depression.

The two worked together and quickly dug the coffin. Wu Zhongyuan grabbed the coffin and pulled it hard, but there was mud around the coffin, so it couldn't be dragged.

There is only room for one person to reach out. Wang Xinran couldn't help, so he climbed the stone wall and went down to the south, kicking vigorously with his feet, while Wu Zhongyuan pulled vigorously from the north. Together, the two finally dragged the coffin out.

Compared with ordinary coffins, this coffin looks very small, obviously used to bury children.

When Wu Zhongyuan prayed silently and apologized to the dead, Wang Xinran couldn't wait to lift the coffin lid.

Due to the ventilation, the corpses in the coffin have completely rotted, even the bones have been thawed, and the clothes have long been turned into ashes. Since most of the funerary objects are placed outside the coffin, apart from the bones, there are only some worn by the owner of the tomb in the coffin. accessories.

It is clear at a glance that there is no Lingshi.

Just when Wu Zhongyuan was disappointed, Wang Xinran pinched something from a corner of the coffin. Since it was pinched, it would not be very big.

Wu Zhongyuan took a closer look, and saw that Wang Xinran was pinching a Guanyin pendant made of Hetian jade. Judging from the color of the jade, it was undoubtedly carved from a spiritual stone, but it was very small, maybe less than ten grams, and only other spiritual stones. quarter size...