Beipai Tomb Raiders Notes

Chapter 495 Big Discovery

As the rope was pulled up little by little, my diving light began to flicker slightly again. It was impossible that there was any quality problem with the new diving light.

It’s as if there is always a mysterious force under the abyss disturbing us.

I felt increasingly nervous.

This is the only solution we can think of at the moment. If the underwater camera fails like last time, it means that our work for the past two days will be in vain.

Five minutes later, I pulled the camera up and down.

Chaosheng took a look and made a gesture to me. The small red light on the outer shell was still flashing, proving that the camera was not damaged.

But the next second, Chao Sheng seemed to have discovered something and he pointed to the bottom of the camera.

I turned it over and saw that the bronze mirror tied to the outer shell was cracked.

It cracked in the middle of the mirror!

Obviously, it is not the kind of cow hair crack, but a through crack.

This mirror is made of brass and was originally intact. How could it crack on its own?

I was worried because it was not a good sign.

After going up, we sat together and couldn't wait to check the pictures we had taken.

Because I set up time-lapse photography, I took a lot of pictures within an hour, and the pictures taken earlier were all black.

As I flipped through the pages, I began to see some blurry images.

Black mud, black stones...and seemingly some black rotten wood.

"stop."

"Previous one!"

"Not this one! Go forward!"

I pointed and said, "See? Here! What is this?"

Douyazi pressed his face close to it, stared with wide eyes and said, "It's so bright, it looks like gold. Is it a gold leaf?"

He stared at it and also frowned, "It doesn't look like a gold leaf. It looks like a part of something."

I said excitedly, "That's right, this is not a gold leaf. This may be a part of something. Most of it is covered by mud and sand, with only a small part exposed."

"Yunfeng, what do you think this looks like?" he asked me puzzledly.

"Can you make it bigger?" I turned to Chaosheng and asked.

Chao Sheng frowned and said, "The camera is just like this. You can try to replace the memory card with the phone. The prerequisite is that you need a smart phone."

"Is my cell phone okay?"

I quickly took out my Nokia n93S, which was originally the phone that Brother Yu used to log into QQ. I just bought it two months ago, and it seemed to have cost me more than yuan.

Chaosheng opened the battery, took a look and said it was okay.

We immediately transferred the camera memory card to the phone.

Then find the photo and try to zoom in on it.

the effect is not very good.

When zoomed in, the graininess is extremely obvious, and the details are completely gone. All you can see is a patch of "golden stuff" in the mud.

Seeing the confusion in my eyes, Chaosheng said, "You can tell the age of jade through its packaging, but you can't tell what this is?"

"It's difficult, don't rush."

I stared at the blurry photo zoomed in, over and over again.

This is definitely not a single item of gold leaf, because there has never been such a large gold leaf before.

I roughly estimated the size of this thing in my mind, so I temporarily called it a "gold piece".

Suddenly, I noticed that there was a "reflective spot" the size of a fingernail in the upper left corner of the "gold piece".

This is the effect of enlarging the photo to the maximum. In reality, the real object is definitely much larger than a fingernail.

I frowned and thought for two minutes, then said, "Boss, I think the actual size of this gold piece is about 20 centimeters. It might be the breastplate of the armor. Look here, there is also a glowing spot. Maybe they are connected. This is most likely a set of gold armor."

Douyazi's eyes widened immediately and he stammered, "Gold...Gold...Golden armor? Armor made of gold?"

I nodded and said yes.

"My God...if it's a set of armor made of pure gold, who uses it? How much would it be worth?"

I said, "Apart from the man surnamed Fang, who else is qualified to use the golden armor? Back then, not counting the other places in the Five Continents and Twelve Counties, the gold and silver treasures looted by the rebels from Hangzhou City alone were more than enough to make a hundred sets of this golden armor."

"Yunfeng, could you have seen it wrong? Is it really the golden armor you mentioned?" Xiaoxuan asked me doubtfully.

Actually, I'm a little unsure.

Anyway, based on my own experience and feeling, I think it is the breastplate on the armor, because the size and shape of this gold piece are suitable, and it has a certain curvature.

But I dare not say it with certainty.

Golden Armor....

That is something even rarer than the Golden Jade Burial Suit. My impression is that golden armor has only existed since the Han Dynasty. It is not an actual combat item, but a symbol of noble status, just like the formal dresses people wear on important occasions in modern times.

"Fengzi, has a golden armor ever been unearthed from a tomb before?"

I hadn't heard of it, so I looked at the leader.

He shook his head and said no.

I added, "It has never been found in the tomb, but there are physical objects handed down from generation to generation. Ancient people have also described it, such as the poem by Huang Chao, "The fragrance of incense permeates Chang'an, and the whole city is covered with golden armor." There is also a poem by a man named Wang Something, "Three pieces of golden armor, the Chanyu is frightened and returns." The key is the sentence written by a Song Dynasty person, "A piece of golden armor, the horse is proud to conquer the west." This shows that golden armor still existed in the Song Dynasty, and the adjective is not "one" or "a pair", but "a piece."

"Don't keep reciting poems, Fengzi. I don't understand. Just tell me, if it is confirmed to be the golden armor you mentioned, how much is it worth?"

When I heard Douyazai ask how much it cost, I started to feel uneasy again.

If it really is a complete set of golden armor, then its price cannot be measured by money, and there is no reference price even on the black market.

During the Republic of China, someone sold two sets of the Golden Jade Burial Suit. Converted into modern currency, it is worth about 500 million yuan. As for how much the Golden Armor is worth, who dares to say?

If there is an inscription on the golden armor that the Archbishop used for himself, then it is 100% a national treasure. How can we sell it? If it is really obtained, who would dare to buy it?

This is a big problem.

Let's take the Jade Burial Suit with Golden Thread as an example. From the 1950s to today, a total of fourteen sets have been unearthed. Whether it is Mancheng, Lion Mountain in Xuzhou, or Xishan in Yongcheng, Henan, those large Han tombs are all riddled with holes dug by robbers. Many bronze, gold and silver artifacts have been taken away. Why has the Jade Burial Suit been preserved?

Are those people who do this business fools?

of course not!

Those large Han tombs were all built by opening mountains. Some of the tomb entrances were even blocked by thousand-ton dragon-breaking stones! Those who could enter were all experts among experts. There were reasons for not taking anything.

What exactly happened here back then?

Golden Armor Sinks into the Abyss...? ?

It's kind of scary.

So, now I am both afraid that I guessed wrong and afraid that I guessed right.

I was undecided whether to continue, so I asked the boss.

If the boss says to do it, then we will do it. If the boss says to give up, then I will also do it obediently. Because this is not a joke, and people who don’t understand may not understand the seriousness of it.

Before the head could say anything, Douyazi slapped his thigh and said, "Go for it! Damn it, what are you wondering about? Find a way to get here! We must get here even if it costs our lives!"

Xiao Xuan said, "Keep your voice down. What are you yelling about? Can't you see the boss is thinking seriously?"

Douyazi was scratching his ears and cheeks anxiously, and was fidgeting.

He thought for a moment and said to me in a deep voice: "Yunfeng, if the things can be brought up, I have my own way to deal with it."

I feel relieved that there is a head. The only thing left is to consider how to deal with it?

This is not an easy task.

It's difficult. Very difficult.