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Chapter 28: Excavation

  Gu Meng and the others exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with varying degrees of astonishment. This thing that had been stolen from the ancient tomb by someone else, could it really be retrieved just because of the four of them?

  Professor Wang seemed to see their confusion and continued: "Of course, this is far from enough for us few people, and we dont have that skill either."

  "That......" Guan Tong looked at Professor Wang with a hesitant expression.

  From the start, unless necessary, if she encountered a place with doubts, Gu Mei tried not to speak up actively, but let Fu Wen or Guan Tong say it out, so as not to give the two men the feeling that she was "competing for favor", so at this time, although she was also very curious, she patiently waited.

  "Dont forget, what we are professionals at." Professor Wang smiled slightly and said to the three of them: "Just now I have already inquired with Professor Tung, currently there are specialized personnel who have collected some cultural relics that may belong to this ancient tomb, but due to insufficient professional knowledge, they cannot make a correct judgment. What we need to do is assist other professionals in finding out as many genuine items as possible from the things gathered together."

  The three of them nodded in unison and let out a sigh of relief. Just now, they really thought they were going to fight it out with all sorts of cultural relic dealers and even grave robbers!

  At the same time, a surge of excitement rose in their hearts. Compared to investigating ancient tombs and studying them, identifying unearthed objects was more attractive to these few people. Nothing makes one grow faster than practice.

  "Everyone is tired today, go to bed early tonight, or you will not be in good spirits tomorrow. Tomorrow we will start the emergency excavation of the ancient tomb, and we still need to follow up together. You can also take this opportunity to broaden your horizons. Once we receive further notice, we will go to assist with the appraisal." Professor Wang said seriously.

  "Got it." The three nodded simultaneously.

  After that, Professor Wang simply reminded them of a few things and let the three go to rest, while he himself went back into the tent where he had previously discussed with other professors.

  Gu Mei lay in the tent, beside her came the sound of Guan Tongs deep breathing. She thought back to what Professor had said that night and couldnt help but touch the jade bangle on her left hand. As for distinguishing between true and false things, at present, she believed no one was more skilled than her. Perhaps this time she really got it right.

  The next day, when Gu Ming and others woke up, someone had already started digging the ancient tomb. The construction team had only dug a small part before and didnt dare to continue, so they handed it over to the relevant department and sealed it off.

  While cleaning the tomb passage, a lot of water suddenly appeared from somewhere, causing some difficulties for the excavation. Later, a pump was found to drain the water before proceeding with the next step.

  When the water was drawn, everyone saw a mineral water bottle floating out from inside. Their faces suddenly looked ugly, and without asking, they knew that this kind of thing would not normally be found in an ancient tomb. It must have been left behind by the previous grave robbers.

  At this time, students like Gu Mei are not allowed to follow along and can only stay on the side, watching others work. If they accidentally damage something in the ancient tomb, it would be heartbreaking.

  Professor Hong, an expert in archaeology, clearly had a lot of experience with this kind of thing. Not only did he direct the workers on where to dig and how to construct, but he also went down personally to supervise, bringing his two graduate students who were said to be very experienced as well to help out. The others could only stand by and watch, their eyes widening with envy.

  Gu Meng didnt know what the situation was like inside the ancient tomb, only knowing that at first there were people constantly carrying out sand and soil, but afterwards there was no more news, possibly they had already smoothly entered inside.

  "Somethings coming out, be careful!" Suddenly a voice came from inside, and the people standing outside all rushed over.

  Professor Wang was the first to jump into the outermost pit, took a bamboo basket from a person covered in mud, and quickly passed it up.

  That basket was originally used to hold excess sand, but now its holding several shiny new ceramic plates.

  If Gu Man hadnt seen those porcelain plates being taken out of the ancient tomb with her own eyes, she wouldnt have believed that such clean and beautiful things had been buried underground for several hundred years.

  "Its as smooth as cream, transparent like a wing, and white as snow!" Gu Ming exclaimed, gazing at the ceramic plate in front of her.

  And Guan Tong and Fu Wen beside her had already been stunned, standing there like a wooden stake.

  "What are you still dazed about, hurry over here!" Professor Wang shouted after retrieving several more items from the ancient tomb and climbing out of the pit, seeing Gu Mian and others staring blankly.

  "Yes!" Gu Meng was the first to come back to her senses, and at this time she didnt care about what Fu Wen and Guan Tong might think. She quickly ran to Professor Wangs side, her attention had already been focused on the object from the moment it was taken out.

  Professor Wang was also very excited, carefully picked up a blue and white porcelain plate, gently stroked it and praised: "Look, its color is so pure, the glaze is so good! Its really a treasure among treasures, fortunately it wasnt taken away by tomb robbers, otherwise I dont know if we could get it back."

  After getting Professor Wangs consent, Gu Mei carefully took out a ceramic plate with patterns of peaches and grapes from the bamboo basket. The whole thing looked like it was emitting a faint, almost imperceptible glow.

  Her right hand lightly touched it, feeling the ceramic plate was icy cold, smooth as frozen fat.

  As soon as the left hand touched the porcelain plate, a scorching heat that was almost burning to the touch was transmitted, and an unspeakable joy surged up in my heart. The crisp sound produced by the collision of the porcelain also kept coming from the bottom of my heart, all of which explained the preciousness of the porcelain plate in my hand.

  With a heart full of joy, Gu Mian turned the porcelain plate over and saw that the bottom was clearly printed with seal script "Yongle year made" "Yu Tang Jia Qi" and other words, fully expressing the era when the porcelain plate was made.

  "Really beautiful..." Gu Ming touched the porcelain plate with a dazed expression.

  At this time, Fu Wen and Guan Tong, along with some other students, finally came to their senses and rushed to Professor Wangs side, wanting to have an intimate contact with the ceramic vessels that had just been unearthed.

  Although everyone is very eager and excited in their hearts, they also know the preciousness of unearthed cultural relics. Every move reveals carefulness, fearing that a slight touch might damage them.

  Professor Wang was afraid that something would go wrong in the midst of all this commotion, and apart from Gu Qing, who had arrived first, he did not allow any other students to touch the porcelain, only allowing everyone to stand three steps away and watch.

  As students brought by Professor Wang, Fu Wen and Guan Tong were naturally not within the three-step limit. The two of them cleverly took a step forward and squeezed to Professor Wangs side.

  "Guān Tóng, Fù Wén, you two are in charge of numbering, Gù Qiàn is responsible for packing. Hurry up, there might be more things coming out later." Professor Wang instructed his three students, ignoring the envious gazes of the other students.

  "Yes!" The three of them responded in unison.

  Bang!

  Suddenly, a dull sound came from the side of his ear. Gu Ming only felt that the ground was slightly shaking, and a basket containing several porcelain plates slid past his feet towards the pit.

  "Be careful!"

  Kitty stretches out small paws, Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, passionate calling for mooncakes~~~~

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