"Ding-ling-ling... Ding-ling-ling..." The phone rang.
"Hello, this is the S Province Archaeological Research Institute. How may I help you?"
Lan Xiaolan put down the tools in her hands and answered the phone.
It is now past 8 o'clock in the evening and it is already dark.
The other staff members had already gone home after get off work, but Lan Xiaolan was different.
There is a staff lounge in the institute, which was originally provided as a place for staff to take a lunch break, but Lan Xiaolan used it as her own dormitory.
So even so late, she was still working in the institute.
"Hello, we are the police. We have received a report that workers at the construction site of the cross-river bridge found a coffin with a body inside."
"The on-site forensic examination revealed that this was likely a very old body. A scroll and several pieces of porcelain were also found at the scene."
"Because we don't know if it's an ancient tomb, we might need to send professionals from your side to take a look."
Lan Xiaolan picked up a pen and paper and wrote down the address on the other end of the phone: "Okay, I got it. Please protect the scene over there. I'll be right there."
After a simple cleanup, Lan Xiaolan picked up the toolbox and took the recording tools and rushed to the scene.
It was past 8 o'clock in the evening and the sky was already covered in darkness.
There are young people coming and going on the streets, and endless neon lights are passing through the brightly lit streets.
In the bustling city center of S Province, there was no hustle and bustle to attract Lan Xiaolan to stay.
Most of the time, Lan Xiaolan just stayed in the research institute to repair cultural relics, sometimes staying for ten days or half a month.
It is common to work in the wild, but it is indeed rare to dig ancient tombs so late at night like today.
However, Lan Xiaolan is the only one in the research institute now, and she has to go because of her duty.
The police set up a cordon at the scene and prohibited anyone from entering except the workers digging on site.
From a distance, you can see a group of construction workers wearing safety helmets, gathered in three layers outside the critical line, chattering incessantly.
Lan Xiaolan struggled to push herself through the crowd and squeezed to the innermost part of it.
She pulled aside the cordon and was about to go in, but was let outside by the police.
Lan Xiaolan took out her work ID, and the police's eyes lit up. They didn't expect that the institute would send such a young girl to investigate the scene so late at night.
And he came here to see the ancient tomb and the corpses, so he couldn't help but look up to the little girl in front of him.
The first ancient tomb has been excavated by workers on site.
When they first saw that it was a coffin, all the workers were scared and broke out in cold sweats. Later, someone called the police.
Fortunately, the police comrades took control of the scene at the first time, otherwise more and more workers would have gathered to watch and the situation would have been out of control.
Led by the police, Lan Xiaolan came to the side of the coffin. With the help of the forensic doctor, a skeleton was clearly revealed before her eyes.
One of the skeleton's hands is raised above its head, while the other is folded around its waist, and its head is twisted to the left.
The forensic doctor was very professional and fully demonstrated the original appearance of the skeleton.
"This is a female corpse. Judging from the size of the bones, the age of the corpse is approximately between 15 and 25 years old."
As Lan Xiaolan spoke, she carefully took notes with pen and paper.
The forensic doctor next to him was also surprised. He didn't expect that this seemingly unremarkable girl could accurately tell the gender and age of the corpse after just a few glances. It seems that the girl sent by this research institute is really capable.
A policeman handed over four transparent storage bags, each containing two ceramic plates.
One was a wooden strip in the shape of a corroded bamboo, and there were a few pieces of paper.
The words on the scroll are clearly visible.
Lan Xiaolan put on gloves, held the letter under the light, looked at it from left to right, and suddenly smiled.
"This is a script that is about 2,000 years old. As for the exact content, further research is needed before we can get any results."
Lan Xiaolan said to the people around her, "But what is certain is that this is a rare and valuable discovery."
Seeing the experts coming, the people around became more and more excited.
Most of the people on the construction site are construction workers, wearing safety helmets, and each of them has a dark, strong and sturdy build.
It took the police a while to keep the group of chattering workers out.
"Did the beautiful lady find any gold, silver, or jade?"
One of the construction workers wearing a yellow hard hat started to make a fuss nearby.
Another worker said, "They're just a few worthless broken bowls. We have a lot of them at home too. Let's get rid of those dirty things quickly. Don't block everyone from working."
Several burly construction workers nearby began to chime in, "That's right, this cross-river bridge is a key provincial project. You can't afford any delays."
"Yes, this kind of fence affects our construction work and we can't work properly."
The people around were urging him on one after another.
However, Lan Xiaolan ignored the noisy voices of the people around her. She picked up the tools and started digging in the soil to the east of the first coffin with the help of the light.
The police looked at the archaeologist Lan Xiaolan who was digging silently, and then looked at the construction workers who were chattering outside. For a moment, he really couldn't make up his mind.
After all, the area that was cordoned off was the construction site of the cross-river bridge, a project in which the province had invested hundreds of millions of dollars. If the progress was affected, they, a few small policemen, really couldn't afford the consequences.
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