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Chapter 42 Encounter

Just when Su Chen was staying in this old ancestral temple, a group of people were walking towards the ancestral temple. The leaders were the village chief of the village and the old man Lin who came here to find his roots and ask about his ancestors.

Compared to those who came before, the team has grown a lot this time. Several elderly people have chatted with Mr. Lin. These elderly people are from the local Lin family.

The Lin Family Ancestral Hall is in the Qian Village. Mr. Lin had already paid homage to him before, but Mr. Lin said he wanted to visit the entire village, so the village chief naturally agreed enthusiastically.

After all, Mr. Lin was generous and donated 200,000 yuan to the village and 300,000 yuan to the Lin Family Ancestral Hall.

"Sister, what's so good about this village?"

The team was divided into two parts. Mr. Lin and the local Lin family walked at the front, pointing and chatting all the way, while Chen Jie and Chen Xin sisters were behind.

"Sister, Mr. Lin is here to find his ancestors, what are you doing?"

Chen Xin was a little curious. At first, she had a sister who was interested in her classmate, but after observing along the way, she found that her sister was not interested in her classmate at all, which made her a little confused.

"Class Chen Xin, you don't understand this. What we study archaeology is not just about studying ancient cultural relics. To be honest, cultural relics are dead. Archaeological work mainly uses ancient cultural relics to restore the history of that era and the level of economic and humanistic development at that time."

Chen Xin did not answer, but another young man with glasses answered the question. He was also from the Department of Archaeology of Beijing University, but he was not an undergraduate but a graduate student.

The department of archaeology is not a very popular department, so many teachers will also choose good students among graduate students for training. Chen Xin and he are the same supervisor.

"In ancient times, people attached great importance to tombs, from the emperor to the people, so many emperors and nobles would prepare many burial objects when they were buried. Through those burial objects, we can infer the economic and cultural level of that era, restore the social productivity at that time, and give us a more correct understanding of the history of the country."

Huo Yuyong explained with a smile, and Lin Huai, who was standing beside him, curled his lips when he heard this. He said so high-end, he was just a tomb robber, but just a proof.

Chen Xin showed an expression of interest on her face and asked curiously: "Senior Huo, what do you those who study archaeology should learn?"

"I have learned a lot, ancient writing, ancient history and culture, and of course, we also need to learn Feng Shui."

"Learn Feng Shui, but isn't this a superstitious thing?" Chen Xin was a little puzzled.

"Feng Shui is a good superstition, but ancient people believed in these things, so some high-ranking officials would choose places with good Feng Shui when they were buried. So if we archaeologists want to find ancient tombs, if we understand Feng Shui, we can reversely refer to whether there is an ancient tomb based on the Feng Shui of the place."

Huo Yuyong was willing to answer the questions, and at the same time he looked at Chen Jie secretly. Chen Jie seemed not interested in their topics, and Miaomu kept staring ahead.

"Our teacher once summed up a sentence for us: Banshan of the Tang Dynasty, Wanwan, Han tombs come out at the peak of the mountain, and Shang and Zhou tombs come out on both sides of the river. The tops of the mountain were buried in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the large tombs of Qin and Han dynasties were buried in the mountains, the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties chose the mountainside, and the Song corpse slopes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties were raised. It would be absolutely wrong to follow this rumor to find the ancient tomb."

"What's the meaning?"

"This is compiled based on the customs of tombs of various dynasties, and it is also caused by the different cognitions of Feng Shui in each dynasty. Let's use the sentence Song Wanwan to explain it. The people of the Song Dynasty are very particular about Feng Shui and must be around mountains to report water. Therefore, there are generally water in front and mountains in the back. This Feng Shui pattern surrounding mountains and water will have to be around Song Dynasty tombs."

"To put it bluntly, you archaeological people are no different from tomb robbers. The difference is that you have certificates, and they are unlicensed." Lin Huai, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but interrupt. He wanted to attack Huo Yuyong, but he didn't want to see the other party showing off his knowledge here, and deliberately showed his presence in front of the Chen Jie sisters.

However, after saying this, Lin Huai regretted it. Chen Jie was also an archaeological person. This sentence was equivalent to bringing Chen Jie in.

He glanced at Chen Jie secretly and found that there was no change in his expression on the other person's face. He felt a little relieved.

When Mr. Lin and his group walked through the alley and saw a pond that appeared in front of him and the ancestral hall in front of the pond, the old man wearing a straw hat walking in front of Mr. Lin suddenly stopped.

Although Lin Ruosheng had been talking to his fellow tribesmen, he noticed it as soon as the old man with straw hat stopped, and at the same time he looked ahead along the old man with straw hat.

After a while, Lin Ruosheng pretended to be curious and asked, "Why is there a ancestral hall here? Which ancestral hall is this?"

"Mr. Lin, this is the old ancestral hall in our village. When each family has not built its own ancestral hall yet, everyone worships it here during the holidays." The village chief next to him introduced.

"So, let's go and have a look at the worship. This is also considered the ancestral hall of our ancestors."

Lin Ruosheng would say this because he saw the old man with straw hat nodded at him without any trace.

At the same time, no one noticed that in the old man's sleeve, he was holding a small disc in his right hand. There were many scales carved on it, which was a bit similar to a compass, but it was much more complicated than an ordinary compass.

After hearing Lin Ruosheng's request, the village chief hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed. Anyway, he had already accompanied Mr. Lin to see a lot of ancestral temples, so it didn't matter if he saw one more. As for burning incense and worshiping, it was just a matter of course.

"Hey, why did the ancestral hall open today? Liu Shanxi, where are you?"

The village chief walked to the entrance of the ancestral hall and was surprised to see the opened ancestral hall door. The key to the ancestral hall was in the hands of the bachelor Liu Shanxi in the village. He also knew that Liu Shanxi used the ancestral hall to stock up on weekdays, so the gate was almost locked for a long time.

Because the door was open, the group walked in under the leadership of the village chief. At this moment, Su Chen happened to be standing with Liu Shanxi, and the two were chatting without a word.

A person appeared at the door, which immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the ancestral hall. Seeing Lin Ruosheng and his party walking in, Yinli and his three daughters were fine because they didn't know the people in front of them.

However, the eyes of Su Chen and Liu Shanxi changed. When Liu Shanxi's eyes fell on the old man with straw hat walking in the front, his pupils slightly shrank, and Su Chen's eyes changed because he saw the Chen Jie sisters.
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