It was noon and the sun was shining brightly.
The sun hung high in the sky, like a huge fireball, emitting scorching light and mercilessly baking the earth.
The sunlight shines straight down through the thin clouds, bathing the whole world in dazzling light.
It was noon at this time, and the temperature had risen to its highest point. The air was as hot as if it was burning.
Everyone went for lunch break, leaving only the dedicated Professor Bai, who was carefully looking at the information sent by Lan Xiaolan today under the awning.
Lan Xiaolan leaned over to look at the last two graves.
The smaller one was indeed just as Luo Yingying said, empty and with nothing in it.
Another relatively large tomb pit, which is also the largest tomb pit in the entire ancient tomb group, has also been sorted out in its original appearance.
There is no doubt that this is the owner of the ancient tombs.
Although it was noon, the sun was shining brightly, and the temperature was very high, the water in the tomb pit had not completely evaporated.
It is conceivable that the pit of this tomb owner was soaked in groundwater at that time, and how serious the water corrosion was.
There are three layers of coffins inside and outside the pit of this tomb owner, but this tomb is more than 2,000 years old, so no amount of protection can protect the owner's body.
Lan Xiaolan felt a sense of sadness in her heart.
The cemetery was deliberately designed in this way so that he could watch the performances of the dancers after his death.
He only considered whether his position was suitable for watching the beauty's performance, and did not consider the problem of groundwater leakage.
Therefore, the bodies of the twelve young women were preserved intact after more than 2,000 years of wind and rain, but the owner of the tomb was eventually lost.
All of this is his own creation.
"But what about this empty grave next to it?"
"You need to use your little head and think carefully." Professor Bai came over and tapped her head.
This empty tomb pit is relatively smaller than the tomb owner's, but larger than the tomb pits containing the twelve female corpses buried with him.
"Could this be the mistress's tomb?"
"How do you put it? Please elaborate on it." Professor Bai actually already had the answer in his mind, but he just wanted to test his apprentice to see how capable she was.
"The owner of the ancient tomb complex was a man. After his death, he poisoned twelve dancers and had them buried with him."
"And this empty grave belongs to the mistress. She handled the funeral arrangements for the master, and this empty space was originally prepared for herself."
"But everyone is mortal. Why wasn't the lady of this tomb buried here?"
"Because she feels sick."
Professor Bai was standing beside him and smiled with relief.
This is really disgusting!
The male owner of the tomb must have been a lustful and pleasure-loving person, so he instructed his wife to have twelve young girls buried with him after his death.
In ancient times, the dead were regarded as the greatest, and this was also a male owner with social status, so his wife followed her husband's will after his death.
She personally planned this tragedy and poisoned the eleven beautiful dancers to death. The only girl who did not eat the poisoned fruit was also strangled to death.
How could the hostess not feel disgusted by this?
What's even more disgusting is that because of secular customs, she had to be buried with her husband, so she reserved a place for herself next to her husband's grave.
Fortunately, the tomb owner was not buried here in the end. As for the specific reason, it is now impossible to trace.
But if you think about it, if we were the owner of the tomb, we would definitely feel disgusted. Who would want to be buried with such a person? Moreover, the twelve people buried with him were the ones who murdered him.
If the hostess was buried here in the end, she would probably die with her eyes open.
At this time, Ren Tingxi was behind Lan Xiaolan, holding up a parasol for her: "It's too sunny, be careful not to get sunburned."
Professor Bai was delighted as he watched this scene. The two of them, holding umbrellas under the sun, looked quite a good match.
"Mr. Ren, I really want to thank you very much. If you hadn't taken Xiaolan to Shimo Village today, we wouldn't have been able to determine the identity of the tomb owner so quickly."
"So, my guess is correct!"
“That’s right!”
Ren Tingxi asked in confusion: "Guess? What guess?"
"Do you still remember what Xu Guangzhi said when you persuaded him to move out because of the cross-river bridge project?"
"He said their grandfather, his grandfather's grandfather, and his grandfather's grandfather's grandfather once told them that they must never leave Graphite Village, otherwise they would suffer retribution."
"Yes! So I wondered if the Xu clan member in Shimo Village was the keeper of this ancient tomb."
"Gravekeeper?"
In fact, the owner of this tomb was once a wealthy king.
But at that time, various princes started fierce wars in order to seize resources and territory.
They led their respective armies, crossed mountains and rivers, walked through fields and villages, and fought for every inch of land, every city, and every bit of wealth.
On the battlefield, the air was filled with smoke and the shouts of killing shook the earth.
This king's territory, along the river, was originally a place with abundant harvests, prosperous people, and strong national strength.
Unfortunately, the king was a lazy and lustful man. When the enemy approached, he had no ability to resist them, so he could only take his belongings and flee again and again.
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