Master Archaeologist

Chapter 118 The system is down?
The tomb of Zeng Gongqiu, after being stolen and disturbed, can still be preserved so well. 320 burial objects were unearthed, which made Chen Han and the others envious.

Compared with the lucky Zaoshulin cemetery, the M1 and M2 tombs excavated here at Wenfeng Pagoda were seriously robbed and disturbed, and only dozens of cultural relics were unearthed.

Among them, there are less than 20 bronze wares.

This also made the comrades of the Institute of Archaeology, Academy of Social Sciences, all hold their breath in their chests.

These three archaeological excavations in Suizhou were carried out almost at the same time.

The various units conducting the excavation of the three projects naturally have a little bit of a rivalry mentality.

Previously, the Wenfeng Pagoda cemetery had always been the leader. First, the tomb of a generation of Marquis Zeng was excavated, and an inscription in which Marquis Zeng boasted that he had saved the King of Chu was found.

This made the "mystery of Zeng Sui" brought up again by domestic scholars, and it was widely discussed.

However, the hot discussion this time is no longer a debate, but after the unearthed Zeng Houyu Chime Bell, everyone has abandoned speculations such as "Zeng Mie Sui", "Sui Mie Zeng", "Zeng Sui Standing Together".

Most scholars believe that Zeng Sui is the same country, which is basically an ascertainable fact.

From the point of view of the academic world, it is beyond doubt that once accompanied by a country.

After all, Zeng Houyu's chime bells all recorded the story of Chu Zhao Wang Ben Sui being rescued.

It's just that the protagonist of the story recorded on the chimes is Zeng Houyu, not Suihou.

Judging from the weight of evidence, the historical documents handed down are not as important as the unearthed cultural relics.

Although the vassal state recorded in the history books is called "Sui", the vassal who experienced it personally and engraved it on the chime called himself Zenghou.

One is the history recorded by others after collecting and inquiring about it.

One is the self-report of the parties.

Which is more credible, the answer is obviously self-evident.

It's just why Zeng Guo is called "Sui" in historical records, but it is still a question that puzzles domestic scholars and experts.

Of course, some historians have also put forward some conjectures one after another.

Including what Chen Han thinks, maybe this "Sui" refers to any place, and Zeng Hou ruled any place, so it is called Sui, which has also been proposed by many experts.

It's just that there will be no answer to this matter for the time being, and it is impossible to answer it in the foreseeable future.

After all, history is in the past tense. It is impossible to find answers to some missing records and questions that have disappeared in the long river of history.

But this is not important, as long as it is confirmed that Zeng Sui is a country.

Then, the relationship between "Bo Shi" found on the chime inscription and "Nangong", the ancestor of Zeng Guo.

It has once again aroused heated discussions and discussions among major domestic scholars who study the history of the pre-Qin period.

During this period of time, they have been holding on to the inscriptions unearthed from Tomb M1 of Wenfeng Pagoda and are constantly studying.

There have also been various speculations and inferences.

Some people think that "Bo Shi" is not Nangong Shi, they are actually two people.

There are also those who believe that "Nan Gong" is actually a hereditary title of Zeng Guo's family.

In short, all kinds of speculation about "Nangong Shi" and Zeng Guo and Zeng Guo's lineage are almost becoming a mess in the academic circle.

However, when a large number of ritual vessels and musical instruments were unearthed from the Zaoshulin Cemetery.

The eyes of the academic circles turned from the Wenfeng Pagoda to the jujube forest.

The inscription on the Wenfeng Pagoda is only about a hundred words anyway, so it won't be too late to slowly consider the information in it.

Here in the jujube forest, a new Zeng Gongqiu has been discovered!
And the unearthed sacrificial vessels with inscriptions are much more than the Wenfeng Pagoda cemetery!

Perhaps the inscription on a certain ritual vessel has solved the mystery of "Bo Shi"'s identity.

Soon, the limelight of the Wenfeng Pagoda cemetery was taken away by the Zaoshulin cemetery.

Chen Han didn't care much about it. Archeology is not an industry that strives for the limelight, so why should he care about it.

However, he has a lot of resentment towards the system.

In the past week, from Peking University to Fudan University to Xi'an University, as well as historical research institutes in various places, basically gave a positive view of Zeng Sui as a country.

In the eyes of most scholars and experts, the inscription on the chime bell of Zeng Houyu is enough to prove that Zeng Guo is Sui Guo.

But the system in Chen Han's mind has been silent, without any response.

At first, Chen Han thought that this research result was not confirmed in the form of a thesis.

So he spent three days writing a paper "Determining Sui State as Zeng State from Zeng Hou Yu Chime Bells".

However, the thesis is written.

The system still didn't move at all.

Chen Han, who does not believe in evil, immediately submitted his paper to "Han River Archeology" after asking Kong Jianwen for instructions.

When I wrote a paper on the Lajia ruins last time, the achievement reward was triggered immediately after the paper was submitted.

As a result, after the paper was delivered, the system still did not respond.

This made Chen Han think that his system, which appeared inexplicably, is down?
Or is this just an inferior system that doesn't work at all times?
But when he checked the system page carefully, he found that in the achievement column, the only achievement he had achieved was "new researcher", the suffix (1/3) had changed to (2/3).

In other words, this paper submitted to "Han River Archeology" has been approved by the system.

"What about my mission reward?"

Seeing that the system task was still "in progress", Chen Han was stunned.

Arguing that Zeng Sui is a country's papers are all recognized.

Isn't this considered to have solved the "mystery of Zeng Sui"?

Clenching his fist, Chen Han secretly guessed in his heart.

That's the last possibility.

In the cemetery of Wenfeng Pagoda, there may still be one buried, which can directly prove that Zeng Sui is a cultural relic of a country, and has not yet lived!

Maybe it's a tripod that records "Marquis Zeng Zhi Yu Sui", or some other ritual vessel with the inscription "Sui"!
With this in mind, Chen Han stopped working on his thesis in the dormitory.

He put the tool bag on his shoulders, and immediately walked out of the dormitory and rushed to the excavation site.

A total of 66 tombs have been explored in the Wenfeng Pagoda cemetery, including 54 earth pit tombs and 12 brick chamber tombs.

These are all within the scope of the construction site, that is, tombs that require salvage excavation.

Needless to say, those 12 brick-chambered tombs were definitely not from the pre-Qin period.

Although the earliest brick-chambered tombs can be traced back to the late Warring States period, it is only an isolated case, and it is far away in Shaanxi.

Brick room tombs in the Lianghu area did not become popular until at least after the Eastern Han Dynasty.

So this brick tomb should have nothing to do with Zeng Guo.

However, most of the remaining 42 earth pit tombs should be the tombs of nobles from the Zeng State, and at most there may be some tombs from the Chu State or the Western Han Dynasty.

After completing the rescue excavation of tombs M1 and M2, Kong Jianwen led a team to excavate other tombs within the scope of the construction site in a planned way.

Although there are quite a lot of tombs here, not all of them are the tombs of Marquis Zeng.

Most of them are actually small and medium sized burials.

大型墓葬只有五座，分别是M1、M2、M4、M8和M18。

Among the remaining tombs, there are about a dozen medium-sized tombs, and all of them are small tombs in the end.

Small tombs were excavated quickly and cleaned up quickly.

In just a week, Zhuang Yunpeng and Su Sa had cleared four or five small tombs.

Kong Jianwen also led a team to excavate tomb No. M4.

However, tomb M4 was also severely stolen and damaged, and a lot of artifacts were lost, only 26 burial objects remained.

Among them, only one chime bell and one bronze halberd have the inscription "Marquis Zeng".

Apart from being able to confirm the identity of the owner of the tomb as Marquis Zeng, there is no other value.

On the chime, however, there is an interesting inscription.

"Left and right the king of Chu, it's okay to ask for it."

It means that the Zeng State at this time has surrendered to the Chu State and has become a vassal of the Chu State.

The ancestor of Zeng Guo, as a member of the same family with the surname Ji, once assisted King Wen and King Wu in defeating Yin and Shang. Later, he was entrusted to the land of Eastern Han to command the princes of Eastern Han, and became the hegemony in the south of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Repeatedly resisting the invasion of Chu State, and even defeating the King of Chu many times, Zeng Guo, who can be called the enemy of Chu State, finally became the younger brother of Chu State.

Still the younger brother surnamed Ji.

This is somewhat black humor.

(End of this chapter)