Chapter 2:

I saw Jiang Youyou in the afternoon of the next day, and Ning Mitang came to the Bell Hotel to look for her.
"Mitang, let me tell you, originally I wanted to live in your house, but my cousin was afraid that I would run around and lost it. He replied three times and said it was not allowed, so I was angry." Jiang Youyou saw his roommate and quickly took She pulled into the hotel room to complain.
"Professor Jiang is very foresight."
Jiang Youyou was born a road idiot, and it was very serious. She could lose her way even on the short journey from the library back to the dormitory. What's more, when she came to Qingshi, an unfamiliar life, it is no wonder that Professor Jiang repeatedly told her.
"Even you teased me." Jiang Youyou bit her lip and stared at her.
"You know, I only tell the truth." Ning Mitang blinked back, "By the way, what about Professor Jiang and them?"
"Uncle has already set off to the scene. Mitang, let's go, let's set off quickly."
Speaking of this, Jiang Youyou was excited, she couldn't wait to take Ning Mitang's hand and walked out.
The site of the discovery of the ancient tomb is in the western suburbs of Qingshi, where it has not been developed yet, and it is surrounded by desolate mountains and loess.
"Two, Huangpo has arrived." The driver turned his head and said to the two beautiful girls in the rear seat, "Blame me for saying more, you must pay attention to safety when you come here. Recently I read the news and said that the tomb of the dead was found here. It."
"It just so happened that we came towards the tomb. I won't come if it doesn't appear." Jiang Youyou smiled brightly, and when the driver's eyes widened in shock, he handed him the money.
The two got out of the car, and as soon as the door was closed, the car ran away quickly.
"The driver's brother was scared away by you." Ning Mitang turned and looked at the Huangni Mountains in the distance. The trees were not lush, and many places were bare, with only some weeds growing.
"He is too timid. Go and find my uncle, I have heard some noises."
With that said, Jiang Youyou wanted to move forward, Ning Mitang quickly overtook her, "You follow me, don't lose it."
Jiang Youyou: "..."
Ning Mitang has never been to the western suburbs and is not familiar with it, but she quickly bypassed the mountain and came to the scene where the ancient tomb was found.
She looked not far away. A cordon had been set up, and non-archaeological excavators were not allowed to enter. There were several patrol officers standing guard at the edge of the cordon to prevent onlookers from entering and to prevent the theft of cultural relics.
"You two can't go in."
As soon as Ning Mitang and Jiang Youyou approached the cordon, they were stopped by one of the patrol officers. He met Ning Mitang's face inadvertently, and he was shocked, his tone softened unconsciously, "You can't enter casually inside, you can only stand outside and watch."
"That's my uncle, and I'm also an archeologist." Jiang Youyou waved to Professor Jiang who was surveying not far away, "Uncle, uncle..."
Jiang Zheng is in his forties, his figure is still very thin, and there is no sign of middle-aged gaining weight. Even though he often participates in archaeological operations and gets very dark, he is full of literati elegance. At this time he was investigating the scene, and he did not expect to hear his niece's voice.
He strode towards Ning Mitang and Jiang Youyou.
"Professor Jiang." The blocking patrol saw him and greeted him.
Jiang Zheng nodded, and taught Jiang Youyou: "Making a fool of yourself, didn't you say you were waiting in the hotel?"
"Uncle, let us help you too." Jiang Youyou righteously said: "How easy people are to do things. It doesn't matter if you don't agree, I won't leave anyway."
Jiang Zheng really couldn't help this niece.
"Hello Professor Jiang."
Seeing Jiang Zheng looking over, Ning Mitang hurriedly said hello.
"I remember you, Yoyo's roommate." Jiang Zheng nodded.
"Yes, Professor Jiang."
Jiang Youyou couldn't help but speak again: "Uncle..."
Jiang Zheng knew the character of his niece, he sighed, and turned to the patrolman directly to understand that the two were archaeological technicians.
After entering, Jiang Youyou praised Jiang Zheng with joy, "Uncle, you are so kind."
Jiang Zheng sighed again, "As long as you don't be unfavorable."
"How could it not help? You have to know that I have all your true knowledge. There is no problem with archaeological expertise, and the practical operation is also passable. As for Mitang, her understanding of ancient Chinese characters should also help. We are both archaeological technicians. No problem."
The weather was very hot and there was no shade around the scene. It was on a desolate yellow mud land. Everyone could only be scorched by the violent sun and sweated.
There is a big and deep rectangular yellow mud pit in the middle of the wasteland. There are many shelves built around the pit to prevent the mud from collapsing. I heard that this pit is ten stories high. Standing on it and looking down, it makes people feel horrible.
At this time, Ning Mitang stood on the edge of the fence and looked down. Her beautiful eyebrows had been frowning since she was near the big hole. She smelled a strong rotten smell.
"My uncle said that the archaeological team originally excavated two coffins. At that time, there was dark water inside. After they took out the human bones, they cleaned the coffins. Apart from finding a large number of burial objects, you know Is there anything on the inside of the coffin?" Jiang Youyou walked over and said excitedly to Ning Mitang.
"What did you find?" Ning Mitang resisted the disgust of the rotten smell and asked.
Jiang Youyou's face was a little excited: "The inside is covered with jade, and the two coffins are both jade coffins. Up to now, only two jade coffins have been found in China. I didn't expect to find two at once." She paused briefly. "However, my uncle checked it out and he said that it was not jade, it was just an imitation jade like black glass, but to the people of the time, they thought it was jade, and the meaning was the same. They wanted to preserve the body. Don’t rot, get eternal life."
Ning Mitang was surprised. She also knew the rarity of jade coffins.
"You found a jade coffin?"
She has seen some materials before, "The jade coffin in the tomb of the king of Chu is inlaid with more than 2,000 pieces of jade, and the area of ​​jade inlaid is close to 9 square meters. Such a luxurious lacquered coffin inlaid with jade cost money for the entire dynasty. It was unbearable. Later in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the imperial court standardized the jade burial system, abandoned the use of jade coffins, and retained the production of jade clothing. Therefore, in archaeological excavations, jade coffins will be even rarer than jade clothing."
"This is not the point. The point is that they found that although the status of these two jade coffins is prominent, they are just burial persons according to the location. It is difficult to imagine who their master is."
Ning Mitang is also very curious.
The archaeological team is still digging. In the first half of the year, they have discovered the existence of the underground palace. The huge stones covering the underground palace have been moved, and the entrance can be seen at the location of Ning Mitang Station.
She just heard from other staff members that at the beginning, the archaeological team members were shocked by what they saw. The ground of the underground palace is covered with top-quality Hetian jade, on both sides are tall pillars plated with a layer of gold, even if it is covered with dust for thousands of years, this still cannot stop the extravagance of the underground palace.
"found it."
Suddenly, an excited shout came from below.
Ning Mitang seemed to realize something, and his heart jumped in the graveyard. Then, she watched everyone work hard for a while.
"Mitang, hurry up, let's go down. It is estimated that we have found the owner of the ancient tomb." Jiang Youyou guessed, feeling excited.
Ning Mitang followed Jiang Youyou down the class excavated by the archaeologists. On every next floor, she noticed that the rotten stench coming from the pit was so strong that it made her feel sick.
"Mitang, what's the matter with you?" Jiang Youyou looked back at her and found her face a little pale.
Ning Mitang shook her head, "I'm fine, let's go, it seems that something has really been found below."
After a while, the two quickly reached the bottom of the pit. The ground was the size of a football field. What they saw was the coffins being carried out one after another.
"What's wrong? Did you find the owner of the tomb?" Jiang Youyou asked other archaeologists.
"We found it in the nave at the bottom of the underground palace."
A man wearing a light-colored shirt said that he had just joined the archaeological team and had less experience than others. The scene he saw in the underground palace made him unforgettable for life.
"How many coffins are there?" Ning Mitang frowned, her pink lips had long lost their color and turned white, and the body's rich and rancid smell became stronger and stronger, she couldn't help but ask.
"One hundred and eleven, all are jade coffins." The man replied.
The number of rows of jade coffins in the underground palace reached one hundred and ten, and they were placed around the huge white jade coffin on the jade platform in the middle. He had never seen so many coffins before, and seeing that moment, coupled with the permeating cold surrounding him, made him get goosebumps constantly, and he was paralyzed.
"My God, so much!" Jiang Youyou opened his mouth wide in fright.
Ning Mitang did not expect that there would be so many. According to reason, the burial person would not be treated with such a high standard. If you use the jade coffin, you must know that the emperor's burial also requires the permission of the emperor to use the jade coffin. And the magical thing was that she saw the jade coffins that she moved out, each one was kept intact, without any decay or damage, as if it didn't exist in the millennium.
However, the rotting stench that became more and more obvious, let her know that there were corpses that were thousands of years old.
Jiang Youyou returned to his senses for a while, "Mitang, let's go in."
Ning Mitang shook her head. She was afraid that after entering, the smell of hundreds of dead bodies would really choke her out. "We are waiting outside, we are not familiar with the inside, we still wait for Professor Jiang to arrange."
Jiang Youyou thought for a while, and didn't say anything. They didn't know where the trap was in the tomb, or waited for them to be safer.
The sun is about to go down, and the setting sun sprinkles on the pit, reducing the coldness brought by the jade coffins placed in rows.
Ning Mitang stood in the distance and looked at the beautifully crafted jade coffin in front of him. There are a large number of jade pieces inlaid on it, and the jade wall is glued with gold pieces. The golden light and jade light are intertwined to form a structure. Into a beautiful pattern. She admired the superb wisdom and first-class craftsmanship of the ancients, who could make the coffin so gorgeous and exquisite.
"Mitang, your complexion is really bad, are you scared?" Jiang Youyou looked at her friend from coming down, her face became paler and paler, and her skin, which was almost transparent in the sun, seemed to be used now. She couldn't help but asked worriedly with the white paper that would break when she pinched her fingertips.
"Well, I was a little scared."
There are indeed a lot of coffins in front of him, and the corpses inside are intact, the whole set of shiny white human bones are not damaged at all, Jiang You You also seeps in panic.
She swallowed her saliva and comforted: "When I first participated in archaeology, I saw the corroded bones, and I was very scared. This is a normal reaction for you."
Ning Mitang was about to say something to answer, but was instantly attracted by the scene at the exit of the underground palace.
"My deed, it's a big jade coffin."
Jiang Youyou followed her astonished gaze, and a huge white jade coffin was lifted out. That delicate and beautiful jade coffin seemed to be a huge work of art.