I Excavated an Emperor to Become a Wife.

Although the science and technology in ancient times is not as good as today, some skills of the ancients are beyond the reach of today. It is impossible for those who study archaeology to think that the ancients were dull. If they were dull, how could they have the ability to push the land of China to the top of the world in the past many years? Becoming the world's largest country is something that even contemporary society cannot achieve...

There are so many capable people and strangers in history, and it is impossible for them to be the only ones who have noticed something is wrong over the past 1000 years. It is impossible for them to be the only ones who have noticed that a period of history has disappeared from people's eyes.

However, it seems to be unfounded speculation, and it is absolutely impossible to write it down to official history until definite evidence is found, so there are many unofficial histories in history.But like this kind of historical gap, a dynasty or a period of time disappears directly before people's eyes without any records. Even if someone in ancient times had such a guess, they would not dare to draw conclusions, because this is really absurd. Even modern people They didn't dare to presume. Perhaps someone had guessed in ancient times, but they didn't write it directly because there was no evidence. Just like the poem, they used other methods to express their doubts.

Tan Cheng briefly told Wu Hai what he thought, "Pingyao should be the former capital of Daxu. Generally speaking, the imperial tombs of emperors are not far from the imperial city. We have found out that there is only one place in Ninghua Village. There are two big tombs, one is the emperor's tomb, and the other is... the queen's tomb..." Tan Cheng paused and continued: "There is only one tomb, so of course it cannot be the location of Daxu's royal tomb."

Wu Hai lowered his head and frowned after thinking for a long time before continuing to ask

"You suspect that there are also tombs of other royal families of that dynasty in Pingyao, and you want to find that tomb to see if there is anything in it that records that period of history? It's just that Pingyao is so big, and the whole county is close to the Fen River. At least it is tens of square kilometers, so where can you find it? And you can see the architecture of the tomb in Ninghua Village. The construction method of this dynasty was to use mountains as mausoleums and build them by digging them out. Mausoleum's mausoleum."

Indeed, compared with mausoleums covered with earth, mausoleums built on mountains are much more difficult to identify. Mausoleums covered with earth are generally built in relatively wide areas. It is a strange hillside, but people with some archaeological knowledge, if they see such an abrupt but regular hillside on the plain, they can almost conclude that it should be a mausoleum.

However, the tombs built by digging mountains rely on naturally formed peaks. Some royal cemeteries are even set up in the mountains. It is difficult for him and Wu Hai to detect that there is a tomb in that mountain with the only tools on his body.

The map that Su Jingmo gave him was more specific, delineating a certain range for him, but he couldn't find those mountain peaks when compared with the topographic map of Pingyao that Tan Cheng found.

It’s not surprising to say that more than 1000 years have passed, especially the large-scale development in the past 100 years. Mountains were blasted to build roads, mountains were bulldozed to expand and build cities... those once iconic mountains are long gone.

"I can only come here a little bit. You saw the photo of the copper wine bottle that Wei Pengfei got on the train. You should also be able to tell that it was a wine bottle used in the funeral. Since someone can take something out of the tomb, I think Both of us should be able to do it."

"Are you trying to use the thieves dug by those people?"

Tan Cheng replied with a smile: "Of course, if you don't steal a hole, can you walk the tomb path in an open and aboveboard manner? The tomb path of the big tomb in Ninghua Village is blocked by huge strips of stones. If the tomb here is built in the same way , we really can’t get in because of it.”

Wu Hai couldn't help laughing and said, "We've made it like a tomb robber. Well then, where should we start? I'll have to listen to you. The time I went into the big tomb, I didn't know anything about it." If I had time to see it, I hurriedly took you to escape, and I don’t know what’s inside.”

Mentioning that time, Tan Cheng thought of Su Jingmo's mention of Tang Jiaming seeing him. It would be impossible for Tan Cheng to really feel relieved, but he just wanted Su Jingmo to say that his worries would not be of any use. As a matter of fact, the only thing he can help is to get a rough idea of ​​what's going on here first, and if it ends earlier, then he can go back earlier.

Thinking of this, Tan Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, "There is a town called Zhongdu Town four kilometers to the west of Pingyao. According to the picture and description in my tomb, Zhongdu Town is no matter how far it is from the Fen River. Still, the terrain is somewhat similar to that described in the picture. I want to go there first, but before that, I want to go to the antique market in Zhanglan Town, southwest of Pingyao County."

Since Pingyao is an ancient city, there are many such antique markets, and the Jiexiu Zhanglan Antique City in Zhanglan Town is well-known in China, with a wide range of categories, and everyone in this industry knows it.It’s just that most of the fakes are sold in the antique market, and the water is too deep, but occasionally there may be some real things among the thousands of fakes, so you have to understand it.Tan Cheng just wanted to try his luck, maybe he would meet something from Daxu's time.

Understanding Tan Cheng's plan, Wu Hai also nodded, "Then go, I hope to get some useful information."

Zhanglan Antique City is very close to the ancient city of Pingyao. There are so many people on the National Day that taxis cannot be taken. Tan Cheng can only take a black taxi for 15 yuan.

Zhanglan Antique City covers a large area, and they are all antique buildings. Fanggu buildings have two or three floors. Except for a few food and specialty shops, the rest are almost all antique shops. There is a spacious avenue between the two rows of antique buildings. Vendors from all walks of life set up stalls on the spot, and they were divided into three crowded roads, and these three roads were also crowded with tourists who came to "Taobao". The moment he entered Zhanglan Antique City, Tan Cheng's ears began to tingle with the sounds of hawking, bargaining, and noise from all walks of life. Three-quarters of the crowded crowd were men. The stink is literally at its peak here.

"I'll go!" Wu Hai was stunned by the sea of ​​people in front of him, "I really didn't know there are so many people in China who love antiques."

Tan Cheng looked at the man squatting in front of a stall full of miscellaneous objects, playing with a snuff bottle. He saw that the man nodded as he listened to the vendor's introduction that the snuff bottle was an item from the Qianlong period and cost at least 1000 yuan. He seemed to like it very much. The look of that snuff bottle.

Tan Cheng shook his head: "I'm afraid most of them are here to join in the fun."

The snuff bottle in the man's hand is rough in workmanship, smooth and beautiful on the surface, but very rough in the middle, and there are traces of wear on the bottom. It looks like a fake product today, and it can be bought in some boutiques for 20 yuan.Besides, how can I come to Shanxi to buy things from the Qianlong period? It’s not that there are no such things here, but it’s better to go to Beijing. I checked it online, and I also know that this Lanzhen is mainly things from the Wei and Jin Dynasties...

Wu Hai glanced around twice, and couldn't help but nodded in agreement: "I'm afraid it's true. I've seen it a lot, and it's basically just giving money away."

Don't say it, that sentence is really correct. You want to know how to distinguish real jade from fake jade. You will know if you touch the real one. They study archaeology. One piece, but the ones I have touched are all real ones. After so many years, the decoration, texture, and appearance have long been carved into the flesh and blood. Many things are really fake at a glance.

There were a lot of people in the antique market, and it took the most time to look at this kind of thing, so the crowd moved more slowly, but Tan Cheng was not in a hurry, this speed just happened to be able to slowly see if there was anything he was looking for.

Almost two hours later, Tan Cheng and Wu Hai only moved less than 50 meters. For one thing, they really saw some old valuables, which looked good. Naturally, Tan Cheng and Wu Hai would not missed.

Just because they are knowledgeable does not mean that the seller is stupid. How can he not know which of his fakes is the real thing?The eyes are kept there all the time, for fear that some thief will walk by.

Tan Cheng looked at the black and blue jade hairpin. It was very fine in texture and warm to the touch. The luster was soft, simple and clean, and the workmanship was meticulous without too many decorations. It was only carved with a few strokes but it looked like a bouquet of Clivia on ink, and this was pure and warm. The ink color only reminded Tan Cheng of the person with ink in his name.

Black sapphire, a kind of sapphire in Hetian jade.Under the strong flashlight, the black and blue light is cyan light.In natural light, the best black sapphires look pure black.

This is the real thing, although it is not from the second year of Hongwu as the seller said.

"2 yuan is too expensive. This is only something from the late Qing Dynasty. It is estimated to be more than 100 years ago. It is not a treasure."

The middle-aged man who set up the stall also knew that the deceitful young man in front of him was really knowledgeable, so he simply said: "Look at the quality of this jade, it is definitely good jade. I will not lower the price. It is the real thing. If you don’t buy it, put it down and someone will buy it.”

Tan Cheng looked at the middle-aged man in front of him who was using the aggressive method, and smiled: "Black sapphire is no better than white jade, and it is not favored by people. It would be great if you could sell it." Speaking of which, Tan Cheng put down the jade hairpin and got up to leave.

"Hey, wait!" The middle-aged man has not been able to sell a single item until now. He bought this jade hairpin for 2000 yuan when he saw it was genuine. It's just that black jade is not easy to sell after all. This has been placed for a long time and no one asked, but those fake emerald jade made of glass have sold a lot...

"That's 1 yuan." Sell it if you can. Black jade doesn't look very good and no one buys it.

Tan Cheng, who was called, looked at the boss with a smile, but did not speak.

"Six thousand, no less."

"Two thousand and five hundred yuan." Tan Cheng said the price and walked to the stall. Before the vendor was about to get angry, he said, "You sell it to me. Then I can help you find some real things in this store."

Not to mention these words really moved the heart of the middle-aged man, he could see that the person in front of him knew a lot, and he knew better than him, so he might be able to ask this person to help him find some good things...

After thinking about it, the black jade hairpin still earned [-] yuan, and the man nodded, "Alright, I got something a while ago, and you can help me see how much it is worth." As he spoke, the man got off the stool He took out a jade ring from the box, held it carefully, and asked:

"Can you show me how much this thing is worth? I think it's available in the year, but it doesn't look like the goods that Tang Dynasty would have. Could it be an imitation?"

The whole body of the jade ring is translucent, with some dirt permeating through a little wear marks, and there are engraved dragon patterns on the outside of the ring...

Tan Cheng was not surprised by the authenticity of the jade ring, but that the jade ring was almost exactly the same as the one on Su Jingmo's thumb...