Everyone looked in the direction Tiger pointed.
Sure enough, on the other side of the wasteland, there were several figures busy with something.
Normally, the villagers would have just finished eating by this time. In the sweltering heat of summer, no one would go to the fields so early; they would usually wait until it was cooler before working in the fields.
Who would be in this desolate place at this time?
Xiao Weiguo frowned and stared at it for a while. Suddenly, he remembered something from his past life.
The county to which Xiaotun belongs is called Shang County. Although this place is poor and backward, Shang County has a very long history.
Legend has it that in the ancient times, a powerful being hunted a Qilin here, hence the area is also known as the Land of Qilin.
This shows that Shang County has a very long history and culture.
Later, many kings and generals visited this place, leaving behind countless precious historical records for this land.
It is precisely because of this that this place has become a frequent haunt of tomb raiders.
Xiao Weiguo had heard the village elders talk about things like the discovery of a unique jade pillow in the area since he was a child, and how an ancient emperor's palace had been found in a cave.
Some even say that it was a large tomb prepared for a famous emperor during his lifetime, but he was not buried here due to unforeseen circumstances.
Some say that the emperor once hid a golden ox there, which, after a thousand years, has become a spirit, and people often see it appearing in that cave.
Later, Xiao Weiguo also went to that cave, but apart from the water on the ground and the deep cave passage, he didn't see anything special.
In short, the more rumors spread, the more bizarre they became, and gradually more people believed them.
One night in 1989, the day before Xiao Weiguo left his hometown, a loud noise woke up everyone in the village.
Judging from the sound, it came from the wasteland on the southeast slope.
It was the middle of the night, and no one dared to go that far to check.
It wasn't until dawn that a few young people couldn't resist their curiosity and went together to the southeast slope, the place where Xiao Weiguo was now.
As a result, a very deep hole was discovered in the middle of the wasteland, north of the river and south of the wasteland.
The opening was about the size of a water vat, and it went straight up and down, with no bottom in sight.
At this moment, they finally realized that this was a large tomb, and the loud noise last night must have been the sound of tomb raiders using explosives to blast open the tomb passage.
In the midst of the panic, someone finally remembered to call the police.
Police arrived quickly and cordoned off the scene, keeping many onlookers outside the tomb entrance.
Then, a dozen or so elderly archaeologists arrived.
After some investigation, a stone tablet more than three meters high was found about ten meters away from the entrance of the tomb passage.
Therefore, it can be concluded that this is an ancient tomb from the Song Dynasty, specifically from the transition period between the Southern and Northern Song Dynasties.
The villagers couldn't read the characters on the monument, but the experts knew them perfectly well.
According to the above records.
The year was 1127 AD, the Dingwei year in the Chinese lunar calendar. It was the second year of the Jingkang Incident in the Northern Song Dynasty, the year of the infamous Jingkang Incident. The Northern Song Dynasty perished under the iron heel of the Jin Dynasty.
In the same year, the high-ranking officials who fled to the Suzhou and Hangzhou area established the Southern Song Dynasty, which, separated from the Jin people by the Yangtze River, managed to survive for another 152 years.
Due to the suddenness of the event, although some dignitaries fled to the south, a large number of them were stranded in the north due to delays in receiving the news.
Taking advantage of the unstable situation, these people fled south with their families, hoping to submit to the new dynasty.
This is the historically famous migration of the elite to the south.
The tomb's occupant was a prince who had long ruled the north during the Northern Song Dynasty. He was passing through this place in a hurry, but before he could cross the river, he fell seriously ill and died here.
During the war, his family dared not take his body south. So, they had no choice but to bury him here on the spot.
At that time, there was also a small hill here, which could be considered a feng shui treasure land with mountains and water.
Although the trip was rushed, as a prince, he still maintained all the proper etiquette.
According to experts below, the tomb chamber below was of an astonishing size, but unfortunately, it had been completely looted, and nothing of value remained.
Based on the traces inside, it's certain that a lot of things are missing.
Even after Xiao Weiguo left, the stolen items were never recovered, causing enormous losses to the archaeological industry and the country at the time.
Thinking about this, Xiao Weiguo suspected that the group of people over there were the same group of tomb raiders from back then.
"Let's go take a look."
With Jiao Bai by his side, Xiao Weiguo was fearless. As long as he didn't hold the truth in his own hands, Jiao Bai was the truth of this world.
With a wave of his hand, he led a few people and hurried over there.
As they got closer, Xiao Weiguo discovered that the people were divided into three groups, each with two people, each holding a thick iron rod and repeatedly digging it into the ground.
Just as I expected.
Xiao Weiguo didn't understand what methods they were using, but they were definitely using this method to probe the situation above and below ground.
The tomb robber's hole he saw back then was straight up and down, hitting directly above the tomb chamber.
If it was this group of people who did it, then they must be a group of experienced veterans. Such people are mostly desperate criminals who would rather die than risk their lives for money. Even Xiao Weiguo wouldn't dare to be too careless.
Before the other side could spot them, Xiao Weiguo signaled everyone to crouch down and slowly approach.
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