golden escape

Hearing Fang You's words, Old Wei showed a thoughtful look on his face, sighed for a long time, and said with emotion: "Perhaps there were such people among the tomb robbers a long time ago, but now, in an era full of interests, all The tomb robbers are all robbing tombs for profit."

"It can be said that profit drives them to steal. In addition, there are other ways to help others, but there is no need to do things like tomb robbery that will be condemned by God."

Fang You looked serious, "Old Wei, if such tomb robbers really exist in reality, and I saw them with my own eyes, and they donated all the proceeds from the tomb robbery to the orphanage, then what should we do?"

Indeed, just as Wei Lao said, Fang You had already reached a conclusion in his heart. In any case, helping others is not a reason for Xu Mengyun and the others to rob the tomb.

Old Wei's eyes flickered slightly, "Oh, there is such a thing. The dozens of groups of tomb robbers I found were all for profit. Do such tomb robbers who are only for others and not for themselves really exist?"

While talking, Elder Wei didn't look at Fang You, as if he was talking to himself, or asking himself. Finally, he smiled and looked at Fang You softly, "Xiao You, you have fallen into a misunderstanding .”

What Old Wei said made Fang You feel confused, "Misunderstanding, Old Wei, what kind of misunderstanding did I fall into? Is such a tomb robber really devoid of conscience?"

"Hehe, Xiaoyou, so what if such tomb robbers really exist, or whether such tomb robbers are as devoid of conscience as other thieves? You shouldn't ask me these questions, you should ask yourself. That's your mistake."

Fang You seemed to realize something, "I should ask myself..."

Old Wei looked at the morning sun, patted Fang You on the shoulder with a smile, and continued: "Yes, you should ask yourself, Xiao You, your character is very tough, but there is indecision hidden in it. If it’s what you said, then it’s really a matter of benevolence and wisdom.”

"You want to listen to other people's opinions, this is a misunderstanding, everyone's opinions are fundamentally different, I know, you are looking for a kind of approval in your heart, but you don't need to care about other people's opinions and opinions, just Just be yourself, other people's opinions are usually subjective in nature, if you are a lawyer, no matter what the tomb robber is for, all he has is condemnation and scolding."

"If the people in the orphanage know about this, maybe their opinion will be the opposite of what the lawyer really thinks. Whatever you think in your heart, that's what it is. Caring about other people's opinions will only make you never get an answer, understand? .”

Speaking of this, Old Wei took a deep breath of the morning air, and said with a smile: "In order to continue to enjoy a luxurious life after death, the ancient princes and nobles did not hesitate to spend a lot of manpower and material resources on building underground palaces, and at the same time searched for all kinds of valuables. buried in the tomb."

"These things in the tomb are just dead things, dead things with no value. If it is really like what you said, it can help orphans and help more people. It can be said that these things have become real meanings. In this case, what do you think, whether they are bad people or good people, it doesn’t make any difference, the most important thing is to care about your own opinion.”

Old Wei smiled, "If you say they are good people, they are good people. If you say they are bad people, they are bad people. You don't need to care about other people's opinions. In life, you have to ask others what they think of you everywhere. Then living is too tiring. some."

These continuous words full of profound meaning hit Fang You's heart like thunderbolts from the blue sky, making him unable to calm down for a long time. His somewhat confused eyes became brighter and brighter. It became clearer and clearer, and finally a thick smile appeared on his face.

These words of Mr. Wei woke him up completely, and made him understand how serious the misunderstanding he had fallen into was, why he should care about other people's opinions, whether it was for peace of mind, or to find a pillar for his confused heart. Is the opinion of others correct?

There is no exact answer to this question, because everyone has their own answer in their hearts.

As Wei Lao said, his character seems to be tough and decisive, but hesitation is actually hidden in it. Other people's opinions only represent their own opinions, not themselves, and their subjective will cannot be changed in any way.

Some tomb thieves rob tombs only for money, sell national treasures abroad, and even want to disrespect the owner of the tomb in an extremely twisted heart. Such people are truly devoid of conscience. Xu Mengyun, from what she has followed along the way What she saw already proved that she was quite different from ordinary tomb robbers.

Although these things are not enough to be the reason for her to rob the tomb, but what she is doing now is something that no number of pious people can do.

What's more, the things in the tomb are useless at all. Using the things of the dead can make the living live better. It doesn't matter whether Xu Mengyun is a good person or a bad person. Why bother to care about other people's opinions and keep her own The heart is the most correct.

Fang You suddenly laughed a few times, and bowed deeply to Mr. Wei with bright eyes, "Mr. Wei, thank you for your guidance."

Old Wei smiled and waved his hands, "Hehe, Xiaoyou, what I said was just a whim, and it doesn't represent my point of view. No matter what, it's wrong to rob the tombs of our ancestors. The same is true for our archaeologists, but , what we are doing is non-interested public welfare work. It is to explore ancient history and let the ancient splendid civilization reappear in the world and be known to everyone. Of course, what I said is just to find a justification for archaeology It’s just that some people still misunderstand archaeology, that’s their business, we just insist on being ourselves.”

"Well, Elder Wei, I understand, just as Elder Chu told me, as long as you have a clear conscience in everything, that's enough." Fang You smiled and nodded, remembering what Elder Chu said again.

At that time, Elder Chu was like Elder Wei. He did not express his own opinion on the matter he asked, but told himself some perceptual things, allowing himself to experience it slowly, instead of blindly following other people's opinions. With a clear conscience, this has a lot in common with what Elder Wei said today.

As long as it is something that he has a clear conscience, he must stick to it. This is the reason he summed up based on the words of the two old men.

Elder Wei nodded, "Old man Chu is right. As long as you have a clear conscience, then other people's opinions will be as fleeting as a passing cloud."

Fang You smiled lightly and untied his heart knot. He couldn't help but feel a little happy, living in the opinions of others, such a life is very painful, as if it is suffering.

As the saying goes, you don't have that many audiences, so you don't have to care what other people think of you.

"Okay, Xiaoyou, let's take a rest, have some breakfast, and start today's work again." Seeing the sun gradually rising in front of him, Wei Lao smiled, patted Fang You on the shoulder and said.

Fang You nodded, walked into the tent with Wei Lao, and rested for a while. The staff of the archaeological team gradually arrived. Wang Chao and Li Qingsheng were afraid that they would be hungry, so they specially brought them steamed buns and deep-fried dough sticks.

After breakfast, the entire archaeological team started to get busy again, doing their work in an orderly manner.

Elder Wei, still with Fang You and Wang Chao, explained some knowledge in the tomb. As the saying goes, it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. The best way to learn is to practice in real life. Way.

After briefly talking about the layout and customs of the tomb, Elder Wei looked around and said with a smile: "The value of this tomb is not as great as imagined, but those two guys who smuggled cultural relics said roughly The location is near here, let’s go, we will take the Luoyang shovel and explore the situation in a radius of ten miles, so that you can use the Luoyang shovel to identify the soil quality and become more proficient.”

Hearing what Old Wei said, Fang You couldn't help becoming interested. Earlier in the tomb-robbing novels, he often saw the protagonist holding a Luoyang shovel and stealing it all over the world, but he didn't have a clear idea about the Luoyang shovel itself. Knowing, not to mention how to use Luoyang shovel to steal all the invincible hands in the world, that kind of extremely advanced state.

Elder Wei came to the tent and pulled out a large tool box, which contained both small and exquisite tools and various large objects.

Looking at these U-shaped metal objects of different sizes, Fang You couldn't help but wonder, "Old Wei, are these the legendary Luoyang shovels?"

Old Wei smiled and nodded, "Yes, Xiaoyou, these are the legendary Luoyang shovels. How about it? Isn't it strange?"

"Well, I thought Luoyang shovel was exactly the same as an ordinary iron shovel." Fang You said curiously. Indeed, after reading many tomb robbery novels, he didn't even know what Luoyang shovel looked like.

Old Wei smiled, and handed Fang You a small Luoyang shovel, then pointed to the U-shaped shovel head and said: "Most of these Luoyang shovels are semi-cylindrical, which is what we often call U-shaped. Because only in this way, when the Luoyang shovel goes deep into the ground, can the soil from the deep underground be brought out smoothly, so that we can analyze and identify it.”

"This Luoyang shovel, which can bring out a lot of soil, is also very helpful for digging holes. A small hole with a diameter of more than ten centimeters can be dug out without much effort. Okay, wait When we arrive at the scene, I will explain it to you in detail." Wei Lao smiled, and took out several Luoyang shovels of different sizes, put them in his bag, handed them to Wang Chao and Li Qing, and fought with the deputy of the archaeological team. After saying hello, he took them and walked towards the distance.

In the process of walking, Fang You understood the origin of Luoyang Shovel after Wei Lao's explanation.

The invention of the Luoyang shovel, the most widely said, is that it was made by Li Yazi, a tomb robber in the countryside near Luoyang, Central Plains Province, in the [-]th century.

Around [-], Li Yazi went to a market near his home to go to the market. After walking around for a while, he rested beside him. It's about tomb robbery. For example, some successful businessmen have the same idea of ​​how to make money all day long.

At this time, he saw a bun shop not far from him. The bun seller was about to make a small hole in the ground with something to fix the stall. The tool he used to make a hole in the ground aroused Li Yazi's interest. .

Because he saw that every time this thing pokes into the ground, it can pick up a lot of soil.Li Yazi, who has rich experience in tomb robbing, immediately realized that this tool is easier to penetrate ancient tombs than the shovel usually used, so he was inspired to make a paper pattern based on the tool, and found a blacksmith to make the real thing according to the paper pattern. This is how Luoyang Shovel was born.According to research, the blacksmith who built the first Luoyang shovel was called Chen Yinwa, who has passed away.

The Luoyang shovel is mainly used for digging holes and collecting soil. After installing a tough wooden pole, it can be driven into the ground for more than ten meters. By distinguishing the soil structure, color and inclusions brought out by the shovel head, it can be judged Soil quality and whether there are ancient tombs underground.

Speaking of this, Wei Lao smiled, pointed to this seemingly ordinary Luoyang shovel and said: "This Luoyang shovel looks simple, but in fact there are more than 20 production processes, the most important thing is the U-shaped arc created during molding. , It needs to be beaten more carefully, because if there is a little carelessness and the curvature of the shovel is deviated, then after the Luoyang shovel is driven into the soil, if it is not lifted, it will not be able to carry the soil."

"Not only that, the production process of Luoyang shovel is more complicated. Usually, making a small shovel requires nearly [-] processes such as billet making, calcination, heat treatment, forming, and sharpening. Therefore, Luoyang shovel can only be made by hand. , Only in this way can the truly useful Luoyang shovel be produced, but in real life, those Luoyang shovels mass-produced by machines are useless at all for exploring graves."

"Therefore, most of the Luoyang shovels used by tomb robbers are made by hand, and based on their own height and body shape, they create a suitable Luoyang shovel, so that they can be at ease when robbing tombs, and there will be no disadvantages. .”

Fang You couldn't help being a little surprised that there was so much knowledge contained in a small Luoyang shovel.

Old Wei smiled, "Originally, the Luoyang shovel was only a tool for tomb robbers and was not used by archaeologists. But around [-], a famous archaeologist witnessed the scene of tomb robbers using Luoyang shovel. At that time, it was inspired by this, and it is also used in archaeology. Now learning to use Luoyang shovel and analyzing the soil quality brought up by the shovel is the basic skill that every archaeologist must have.”

"Old Wei, now that the technology is so advanced, do you still need such primitive tools to search for tombs?" Fang You couldn't help but said with some doubts. Nowadays, technology such as X-ray perspective, infrared rays, etc., isn't it more convenient to use these to search for tombs? Is it convenient and fast?

Mr. Wei held the Luoyang shovel, looked fondly at it, shook his head slightly and said: "Although the technology is very advanced now, the use of means such as remote sensing detection can only determine the approximate position, and the Luoyang shovel is simple and convenient. The tool can find the specific location of the tomb more clearly and intuitively."

"A Luoyang shovel is stolen all over the world. This is the true portrayal of Luoyang shovel. Those high-tech instruments have too many restrictions and are not as practical as Luoyang shovel. Therefore, Luoyang shovel is still the most advanced archaeological and tomb robbery. Tools, and it will be the same in the future, no matter how advanced the technology is, the Luoyang shovel will not be eliminated." Wei Lao said with a smile.

About two or three kilometers away from the tomb that was being cleared, Wei Lao stopped slowly, took out a few refined steel pipes from the bag that Wang Chao and his wife carried, and looked at Fang Yousan. They each selected a section for them, and handed it to them.

Looking at the half-meter-long steel pipe in his hand, Fang You felt full of interest. The Luoyang shovel he held in his hand was just a shovel head plus a piece of white wax rod. According to Mr. Wei, this kind of white wax rod was an ancient Common materials for long shafts of weapons, such as spears, clubs and the like.

The whole body of this white wax rod is as white as jade, hard but not hard, soft but not broken, and the rod body will not break when it is bent to 180 degrees. It can be said that the white wax rod played a key role when Luoyang shoveled some solid ground.

The whole body of this section of steel pipe is bright silver, and it seems to be made of exquisite craftsmanship. Fang You studied the steel pipe carefully, but found that there are actually several sections of steel pipe inside, which can be stretched at will, interlocking, and the inside The steel pipe was fully pulled out, reaching a full length of about 1.5 meters, which was the best length for him to exert force without any effort.

Watching Wei Lao's movements, Fang You also imitated their appearance, connecting the Luoyang shovel in his hand with the steel pipe.

Needless to say his savvy, he quickly and completely connected the steel pipe and the white wax rod of Luoyang shovel, held it and waved it a few times, and felt that it was very suitable.

Old Wei smiled, and seeing that the three of them had connected the Luoyang shovel, his expression immediately became serious, "Okay, stop playing, archaeology is a serious matter, and this Luoyang shovel cannot be used indiscriminately, Li Qing , Wang Chao, where are you two going to dig holes, I'll teach Fang You some basic knowledge here first."

Fang You smiled, and touched the Luoyang shovel in his hand. Although he possessed escapism, he could easily find the location of the tomb, but these basic knowledge must be learned, and one day, they will be useful.

Ash trees are the most suitable hosts for ash beetles.Historically, there were many ash tree gardens in Xichang and other places where white wax worms were stocked. The "worm fair" used to trade white wax worms in Xichang was famous all over the country for obtaining white wax.In addition, the wood of the ash tree is tough and can be used to make furniture, farm tools, vehicles, plywood, etc.; the branches can be used to weave baskets;White wax is a precious natural medicinal raw material.

(To be continued)