Author: SAMAEU
At eight o'clock in the evening, Shan Ninggang was about to turn on the TV when he received a phone call from Shen. Excited voice from the phone:
"Found it! Finally found it! "
After putting away the microphone in disgust, Shanning has been listening to Shen's endless narrative. Although he was not interested in those words, after hanging up the phone, Shanning was quietly delighted with Shen's discovery. After all, the excavation of Jishan tomb finally achieved decisive results: they found the entrance to the owner's tomb of Jishan tomb and successfully opened three side-by-side tombs, one for the main and two for the second time.
At 8: 30 in the morning, in the office.
As usual, Shanning came to the office on time. When Shen rushed in carrying a big box, Shanning frowned as usual. When will this boy learn to be steady? Thinking in this way, Shen has put the box on his desk, then wiped the sweat on his forehead and neck with the sleeves of his suit and turned away in disgust.
"Here ... everything that needs to be tested is in it." Shen Yi said to Shanning with a bright smile, "Please, can you finish it in a week?"
Shan turned to look directly at this guy who didn't know whether he was an idiot or an idiot, and said in a very formulaic tone, "Mr. Shen, we are the testing unit designated by the state, not the unit to which your archaeological team belongs, so we have many other important jobs besides your team's work. No matter how great the historical, cultural, archaeological and artistic value of your excavation is, it must be tested in accordance with the regulations and in order! "
"Single coagulation ...! ! ! "Shen wailed," can't we give something for our deep feelings ... care? "
With disdain eyes looked at each other's single meditation, coldly snorted, completely dismissed the idea of shen.
Shen left in a hurry because there were still many things to deal with at the scene. Tannin put her hand on the box she just brought and tapped it a few times. Finally, he took out the red application inspection document from the drawer and wrote down the inspection unit, the name and date of the item with a black marker. Finally, he filled in his name in the column of special inspector.
A week later—
With the test results report, Shanning couldn't help sighing. This result was made by herself, and all the test results above are completely believed to be true and credible. However, what is unreasonable can't be explained. I think the questions in this report may be related to the definition of the relevant historical background of their unearthed tombs. Tannin wants to know more about the tomb owner who may be different.
"Why is this?"
In fact, tannin can be said to be an authoritative figure in material analysis and identification, and has rich experience in the detection of archaeological excavations. However, the test report in his hand made him puzzled. I gave up the guess that a person had no clue here and decided to call Shen.
I dialed Shen's phone, and I knew from the voice of the other party answering the phone that he was very happy.
"The report has come out. There is a strange place. I want to deliver it to your home in person." Single condensate said coldly.
"Yes, how are you this evening? I'm really glad I drowned! Tannin, what do you want to eat? Come to my house for dinner! " Shen looks really happy.
"No, I'll go after dinner." Pour a pot of cold water directly on the other person's head, and then hang up immediately.
At seven o'clock in the evening, Shanning appeared in front of shenjiamen on time and rang the doorbell.
Shen quickly opened the door and let Shanning in. The clutter in the room is not as exaggerated as Shanning thought before, which seems to be the result of sorting out.
"Hey, it's neat!" Shen said to show off.
Sneer at 1, Shanning wiped her fingers on the black coffee table, waved her fingers with a thick layer of ash in front of Shen, and took out a piece of paper towel from the tissue box on the sofa backrest to wipe her hands clean.
Suddenly, Shen's face turned red, and he stood there completely at a loss.
"Well, I've fully understood your nasty habits in the two years I've lived with you, so you don't have to do this now. Let's get down to business."
Shanning doesn't want to waste time. After all, this is the place where she once lived with Shen and where she doesn't want to stay.
When it comes to business, Shen He seems to be a different person, and immediately sat down beside ChanNing with a serious face.
Shanning took out the report from his briefcase. And gave one of the two reports to Shen.
"Take a look at it first. Some things are strange. I want to wait until you understand them first. "
With the fastest speed, I finished reading what was marked page by page in Shen's report, and it was hard not to frown.
"What the hell is going on ..." Shen couldn't help but stand up and start to walk. "The composition is wrong ..."
"Originally, we thought that the people in Tomb No.3 should be martyrs ..." Shen went into the study, took out a drawing from the inside and put it on the coffee table.
"Look at the size and distribution of these three graves," he pointed to the picture. "Tomb 1 is the main tomb, the largest of the three tombs, and there are also the most jewels, gold, silver and jade articles buried with it. Judging from the murals and inscriptions around the tomb, the owner of this tomb should be the owner of Jishan tomb who ruled this vast land thousands of years ago. Naturally, Tomb No.2 also contains a considerable amount of gold, silver, jewelry and jade, which is second only to the main tomb in scale. Judging from the inscriptions and murals, it should be the wife of the owner of tomb 1, that is, the queen of the country, or the princess! However, the key is this No.3 tomb. Look at this position, right next to the main tomb. It feels like an ambiguous position. Generally speaking, in this position, either a favorite princess or his near minister. However, in terms of identity, it is impossible! "
Speaking of which, Shen stopped and looked at Qian Ning with serious eyes.
"Why is it impossible?" Tannin is also asked while thinking, feeling that maybe this impossibility is probably related to the unreasonable place in the report.
"Because here ..." Shen pointed to the location of the No.3 tomb on the map. "In this grave, we only found a coffin. Note that only the coffin has no coffin, and no funerary objects have been found. The tomb wall is empty. "
"Could it have been stolen?" Simple condensation raises a possibility.
Shen shook his head. "Impossible, I didn't find any traces of theft. Everything is complete. "
"Look at this report again ..." Shen opened the report. "No.4 to test should be extracted from the coffin of the No.3 tomb. This substance exists on the surface of the bone and on the cloth under the bone. Originally, we thought that the owner of this tomb might be a human sacrifice, and the black substance on the bones was probably the result of being forced to take arsenic poison before his death. However, the report shows that it is not arsenic ... "
"It's silver ... silver oxide ..." Tannin expressed his opinion. "If it is arsenic, you can't just extract it on the surface, but go deep into the bones. This kind of silver oxide, which was obviously applied to the surface, was formed after oxidation. It should be the result of partial decomposition of organic tissue and deposited directly on the bone, which can also explain why the same component was found on the cloth under the bone. "
"Here, why is there silver?" Shen and Shanning were silent.
"And here, 17 to be tested turned out to be organ residue!" Shen turned to another page and reported: "17 is a silver box next to the owner of tomb 1. I didn't expect ... the organs were actually put inside ... It seems that Americans didn't have the habit of digging up organs and repackaging them separately like ancient Egypt! "
"I don't know this, but I'm not sure what organ it is. Maybe this means something! " Single condensate lightly sighed.
"It should be the heart!" Shen immediately spoke the answer.
"Why are you so sure?" Single coagulation pause.
"Because there is an inscription on the box." Shen put down his report and said to Shan Ning, "Come to the study and I'll show you something."
Shanning followed him into the study. He turned on the computer and pulled out the information of Ji Mountain's tomb from it.
Shen opened the picture and browsed it, and selected one of them. "Look at this, it's the 17 box to be checked."
When looking at the photos in the box carefully, Shen took out another notebook, opened it and read a paragraph.
"The inscription on the box means that when you finally stared at me, I gave you my heart and took it away."
Feeling the strange atmosphere, Shan Ning looked up at Shen. Unexpectedly, he was also looking at himself. When his eyes met, Shan Ning bowed his head.
"Is there anything else?" Qian Ning some frantically click on the picture with the mouse.
Suddenly, Shanning stopped. "What is this?"
Shen Yi, listen. Come here.
"Oh ... these are murals and inscriptions on the tomb, which belong to tomb 1. They are all things that describe and praise the greatness of the monarch." As Tannin continued to click the mouse, the pictures behind him opened one by one. "Here is the mural of Tomb No.2, with no inscription and few words. These murals show how the princess got married ... "
"Why is the process of getting married?" Single condensate casually asked.
"The princess should be the princess of other countries or something! So the wedding ceremony not only symbolizes her noble status, but also shows the luxury of the ceremony! " Shen gave a cautious answer.
"This painting ... what's on it ..." Shanning found a strange place at the grand wedding.
"This is a sacrifice ... the people on the platform are probably sacrificial objects, so they are naked, and then the man dressed like a priest writes or draws some words or spells on him with a pen!"
"But ... this man's hand doesn't seem to be a pen! Also, what is the box in the hand next to this person? " Shen Shan Ning pointed to Maki Ka with his finger, looked at Shan Ning, and seemed to hesitate. At this time, Shan Ning had enlarged the picture.
"Sure enough ... this is ... a knife!" Shanning said in a surprised voice, then looked at Shen and found that Shen was shocked.
"This should be the princess's wedding ceremony! How can there be such a process in the ceremony? " Tannin asked, opening the next picture, a man wearing a crown stamped his body as a sacrifice.
I didn't seem to find anything special, so Tannin browsed back and forth these two pictures that should not appear in such a festive occasion as wedding for no reason.
"Single coagulation!" Shen suddenly patted Shanning on the shoulder. "Besides silver oxide, is there anything else to check?"
"What else ..." Single coagulation began to recall "nothing special ... silver oxide has formed a plate shape, which should be a simple solidification process with corpse tissue during oxidation ..." Single coagulation said to himself.
"Wait ... plates ..." Single coagulation seems to have found something, and some excitedly grabbed Shen's hand. "Yes! It's a blood wound! After the silver powder is applied to the wound, it first penetrates with the flesh and blood tissue and then is oxidized! "
Shen showed a puzzled expression, and Shanning stood up as if looking for something. At this moment, he saw the teacup in the living room and ran to pick it up. He poured some water on the table and said, "Look, what will happen if sand is scattered in the water?"
Shen pegged to the face of the single condensate "sand will absorb water ..."
"yes! Sand will absorb water, because water will penetrate between sand particles, but there is no chemical reaction, just a physical process. If you cut the wound with a knife and sprinkle fine silver powder on the wound, the blood and some tissues in the wound will penetrate into the silver powder. After a long period of oxidation, silver will be oxidized into silver oxide, and the infiltrated blood and tissues will not react with silver, so the original characteristics are maintained and hardened with silver oxide! "
"So ..." After listening to Shanning's explanation, Shen suddenly continued to imagine, "It's a picture of the priest cutting a wound on the person who was taken as a sacrifice with a knife, and the person holding the box next to him is responsible for scattering silver powder!"
"What a cruel ceremony ..." Tannin couldn't help feeling sorry for the victim lying in Tomb No.3..
"I think people who are sacrificed will generally be killed before the ceremony, otherwise it will cause unnecessary things and destroy the ceremony because of too much pain!"
With a sigh, Tannin approached the photo of the sacrificial ceremony and wanted to see the poor man again.
"Here ... there seems to be a sentence ..." Single condensate close to see.
"Yes, every part of this mural has a name, which records the whole process of marriage. Here are the words' Silver King Marriage Letter'. " Shen said with some regrets.
"'Silver King's Wedding Letter' ... is it to carve the certificate of this wedding ceremony with a knife on the sacrifice, and then sprinkle silver powder on these words?" Single coagulation frowned "how can it be silver ..."
"What did you say just now? ! "Shen suddenly asked, which made Qian Ning puzzled.
"I just now? Said nothing. " Single condensate found that something was wrong with Shen.
"Really ..." It seems that Shen was frightened by his own ideas and always wanted to deny it.
"What's the matter?" Single setting a full face of doubt.
"Single coagulation! Can you imagine a person living to accept this ceremony? " Shen asked in a trembling voice.
"alive? Isn't that like suffering in hell? Think about it, a knife and a knife lettering, and silver powder is scattered on the wound, which is even more terrible than a thousand dollars! " Single coagulation frowned, unwilling to imagine such a scene.
Shen suddenly sighed, "but ... Shanning, in fact, such people and things have happened!"
"..." Shan Ning suddenly lost his language.
Shen took the mouse, turned the picture to the front and stopped at an inscription on the tomb of 1.
"Here ..." He pointed to one of the paragraphs. "It says here:' Only our great king has used his seal on the wedding book of the living silver king'!" He looked at Shanning, who had fallen into a coma. "It seems that the Silver King's Wedding Letter should be an important ceremony for their king at the wedding, perhaps a ceremony for the king to prove his authority, while the Silver King's Wedding Letter stamped by other kings should have been killed in advance, while Confucius' Silver King's Wedding Letter is alive. Therefore, silver powder will form a hardened substance with blood infiltration, because a large amount of blood will only flow out when it is alive, and it is impossible for the dead to flow out a large amount of blood, so it is impossible to form this hardened substance after complete infiltration! "
"What's the difference?" Shanning doesn't understand the difference between the life and death of the victim.
"There is a big difference in meaning! If the' Silver King Wedding Letter' is a dead man, then he is just an ordinary person loyal to the king; Endure such a hellish cruel ceremony. Look, "Shen turned the photo to the" Silver King's Marriage Book ". "This man was lying there, hands and feet flat, without any constraints ... so he survived the ceremony ..." Shen didn't say more, he believed that the heavy-faced single condensate had understood what he wanted to express.
"Single coagulation ..." Shen seems to want to say something, but he never said it.
Then, although I got rid of the identity of the owner of Tomb No.3, my mood became extremely heavy and I decided to go home.
Shen insisted on taking Shanning to take a taxi, because it was close to midnight, and Shanning didn't refuse.
After walking out of the building, some cold wind made Shanning pull his collar. Shen naturally took off his coat and criticized it on him. Although Shanning frowned again, his mood was very chaotic at this time, so he didn't refuse.
Walking to the side of the road, I watched the car pass by, and I tried to see if there was a taxi available. At this moment, Shen suddenly found holding his hand.
"For what?" ChanNing want to break free, but shen some stubborn holding on.
"Shan Ning ... I feel really bad every time I leave you ..." Shen looked at Shan Ning, but Shan Ning was stubborn and didn't want to see him.
"Don't act like you're going somewhere. Break up soon 1 year? " Single condensate said coldly.
"But, that's when I started, I have been thinking about you! My heart ... has ... "Shen's fierce words were suddenly interrupted, and Shanning couldn't help but look back at him.
When the two men looked at each other, Shanning felt Shen's hand shaking.
"What's the matter?" Asked the single setting some worry.
"Really ..." Shen's eyes are a little scattered. "Shanning ... have you ever imagined that the' Silver King Marriage Book' has other identities besides the identity of sacrifice?"
Although Shen suddenly changed the subject to make people laugh and cry, he realized that there might be something strange and began to consider Shen's hypothesis.
But haven't single coagulation answer, such as shen can't wait to say out:
"Is zi have no opinion of lover! It is the lover who can't make it public! "
Shanning suddenly frowned: "How can ..."
"Do you think about it, Qian Ning, what kind of person would be willing to endure such torture for others? If it's just an ordinary courtier who finally becomes king, you don't have to choose such a painful process. You'll be cut alive with a knife and then sprinkled with silver powder ... "
"Do you want to say that' Silver King's Marriage Letter' is a voluntary living sacrifice for Zisui's burial after her death?" Single coagulation gently shook his head, "not necessarily! Even if you can't live together aboveboard, Zi Ji, as a king, should have the right to turn the status of "Silver King Marrying Letter" into a near minister, so that as a near minister, you can be buried with the king after death! Why does the' Silver King Wedding Letter' have to endure such torture again? Moreover, if it is a lover that the king can't disclose, then the identity of this' Silver King Marriage Letter' must also be royal, and it may even be royal. Then the result of choosing to call it a living sacrifice is that it will be buried as a' funerary object' after death, and it will not enjoy all the living status after death. Do you think it is necessary? "
At this time, Shen gave a wry smile. He looked Shanning straight in the eye: "Shanning, if you and one of me went to each other's wedding ... what would it be like?"
The expression of tannin becomes extremely ugly. Although I have broken up with this man, he will always care about him inadvertently. Love is sometimes such a helpless and painful thing.
"It turned out that the' Silver King's Marriage Book' was an unrecognized and undisclosed love affair with Zisui, and all this, when Zisui, the king, had to get married, the' Silver King's Marriage Book' made the decision to become a living sacrifice."
Shen tightly holding Shanning's hand, trying to suppress the painful mood, continue to tell this once sad feelings:
"Not only do you have to be buried after death to complete the impossible hope that you can't be with Zisui alive, but you also have to stop bearing the bitter sadness and resentment after you see Zisui with other women. The "Silver King's Wedding Book" was chosen as a living sacrifice ... At Zi Sui's wedding, the physical and mental torture turned into a beautiful memory of his last life-when Zi Sui stamped the "Silver King's Wedding Book", that is, his lover's body, he would certainly greet the "Silver King's Wedding Book" with his eyes and heart. At that time, the' Silver King's Marriage Letter' must be towards a beautiful world, where you can exchange the inhuman pain with your lover after death. At that time, it should be ... as written on the silver box where your heart was dug out,' When you finally stared at me, I had given you my heart and taken it away' ... "
Understand why Zisui wants to gouge out her heart from her body and put it in a silver box alone. He couldn't help crying quietly. He shook off Shen's hand and returned the clothes to him.
"Finally ... nearly a thousand years!" Shan Ning held out his hand and gently wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes. "But even today, can you make such a history as a formal excavation record and publish it with the historical discoveries of other ancient tombs to let the world know? Let the world know the relationship between lovers who are willing to be sacrificed alive? " Looking at shen leng did not move, ChanNing a forced into his hand.
"Shen, it's no different now than it was a thousand years ago ... taboo or taboo, even if the form is different, even if the love of' Silver King Wedding Letter' is great and touching, it will not be recognized as it was a thousand years ago! Flat ... It won't be known by everyone at all ... "He walked stiffly forward and talked to himself loudly. "After waiting for a thousand years, the' Silver King's Marriage Certificate' can only be an unidentified' burial object' and recognized by people, or only the owner of Tomb No.2, that is, the princess of Tomb 1 ... is a reasonable and legal partner.
Shen didn't follow him, he just stood there quietly, watching Qian Ning disappear into the night.
Half a year later, an article in the newspaper attracted a lot of people's attention and controversy. Shen's personal article on the identity of the owner of Jishan No.3 tomb has made everyone discuss it.
Shan Ning has seen it, and heard it from many people around him. As he expected six months ago, although the love in the Silver King's Wedding Letter was great and touching, it was only because he and Zisui were men that everything was overshadowed.
"In fact, I think that kind of thing is nothing! Great love is great! Touching things are touching! " Women in other offices are sitting in Tannin's office to discuss the topic of "Silver King's Marriage Letter".
"Who said that? You just said it was nothing. Think about it. If you were a princess, would you still recognize the love between the' Silver King Marriage Book' and Zi Yan? " Another woman immediately retorted.
For such an argument, tannin just laughed and listened, but did not participate.
"Oh, director, you also express your opinion! After all, you did the inspection of Jishan tomb. What do you think? " The two women couldn't argue, so they found the testing manager at that time and asked Tannin to express their opinions.
Just when Shanning didn't know how to answer, when he wanted to change how to deal with it, he was stunned by the figure standing at the door.
"You are Dr. Shen! Can you tell us something about the' Silver King Marriage Book'? " The two women immediately stood up and surrounded Shen.
Shen politely separated the two men and said, "I want to discuss something with Director Shan today. Can you go out first? " Although the two ladies are reluctant, they have to leave.
Qian Ning didn't speak, just quietly looking at shen. Shen gave him a gentle smile.
"I thought about it for a long time, but I still made the story of' Silver King's Wedding Letter' public ... It seems that some things have to admit that you are right!" Shen sat down opposite the single condensate.
"Now, even in this enlightened society, it is impossible to fully accept the feelings between the same sex as it was a thousand years ago. And we, although we can't understand the pain of' Silver King Wedding Letter' that we can't wait to love, and we can't tolerate the world choosing to make a living sacrifice, it's actually because of family, colleagues and friends, because there are too many people in the whole society that we don't want to hurt and face. In a sense, we ... also have the same pain as' Silver King Wedding Letter'. If we are really cornered, Shen said and quietly left.
Standing at the window looking at the back of the man who still loves himself, Shanning said simply:
"Those of us who don't have the courage to ask for a' Silver King Marriage Certificate' ... will slowly experience another kind of long pain of' paying sincerely' ..."
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