Chapter 152

Curator Jiang turned his head and asked suspiciously: "What big thing?"

The assistant panted while handing over the phone: "Look! Qianlong's shroud has been found!"

"Qianlong's shroud?" Curator Jiang took the phone and watched for a while.

Then his eyes widened, and he clicked pause.

He zoomed in to full screen and looked carefully.

Immediately, he was very excited: "This is Qianlong's Dharani Sutra quilt! Who is the person next to him? Is it Dean He?"

The assistant nodded vigorously: "Yes, it's Dean He of the Palace Museum!"

Now he was shocked. A big shot in the archaeological world actually appeared there in person. Is something big about to happen?

He immediately returned the phone to the assistant and thought for a moment: "Do you know where they are?"

"In Xihai City, Jiangning Province. That place has recently become the focus of the national archaeological world!"

"Okay, book a flight ticket immediately. We must bring this sutra quilt back!"

"Got it, Curator!"

At the same time, the curator of the National Museum of China also saw the relevant news.

Originally, a sutra quilt wouldn't have moved him.

After all, this thing is more suitable for the Silk Museum.

But he actually saw his old colleague, Dean He!

This made him have to take it seriously.

When he learned that Fang Yang had dug up a national treasure yesterday, he was completely shocked!

Until he watched all of Fang Yang's videos, until he dug up Zhang Xianzhong's treasure, and the ancient tomb, he couldn't sit still anymore.

He immediately called the management below to go to Xihai City to see the situation.

But after hanging up the phone, he thought, something's wrong!

Even Dean He went there in person, what's the use of these people going?

He immediately turned to the assistant and said: "Book the nearest flight ticket to their place. I'm going over there, and by the way, I'll meet my old friend!"

The assistant nodded immediately: "Got it, Curator!"

On the construction site.

The coffin had been lifted out.

Fang Yang was digging along the dirt around the coffin.

Today's work was different from the past.

Before, there was a clear work goal, digging foundations or clearing mud.

But this time, it could be said that he was digging wherever he wanted without any purpose.

This made him feel very bored, not knowing what he was doing.

Just digging numbly, one, two, three times.

He was about to fall asleep, sleepy and exhausted.

However, just as he was about to fall asleep, a 'clang'!

Immediately woke him up.

This loud noise was like a big bell ringing in his brain.

The surrounding crowd had been staring at the front of the excavator from beginning to end.

These onlookers were even more nervous than the person digging.

Not to mention falling asleep, they didn't even want to blink their eyes, for fear of missing any important information.

Now hearing this sound again.

Bursts of discussion came from the crowd.

"Based on my twenty years of experience operating an excavator, this sound definitely means he dug into a stone!"

"Yes, it must be a big one! Everyone guess what it is?"

"Could it be a gemstone?"

"Is it possible he dug into an ore vein? Is there a mineral vein under us?"

Fang Yang had no mind to listen to their small talk now, and his original sleepiness was swept away.

He focused entirely on clearing the dirt in front of him.

During this process, several more impact sounds were heard.

Clearly, this stone was not small.

After he completely cleared it out, a thick rectangular bluestone slab could be clearly seen lying on the ground.

This stone slab was square, about two meters long, about one meter wide, and over three centimeters thick.

How you looked at this shape, it looked like it was a set with the coffin just now!

Everyone started guessing again.

"Looks like a tombstone, could it be the tombstone of the coffin just now?"

"Most likely, otherwise it's too coincidental for this stone to appear here!"

Director Dai and the others couldn't help but look at what this thing was.

But from the surface, it was just an ordinary bluestone slab.

The only difference was that it was polished square.

It stands to reason that if it were just an ordinary bluestone slab, there would be no need to polish it so flat.

Fang Yang also jumped down curiously to take a look.

At this look, the system panel actually popped up.

It scared him.

Originally, he also thought it was a tombstone or an ordinary stone.

【Astronomical Chart】

【Era: Southern Song Dynasty】

【Material: Bluestone slab】

【Height: 200cm, Width: 105cm, Thickness: 30cm】

【The astronomical chart consists of two parts: the upper part is the star chart divided by the stele, and the lower part is the chart explanation. The circular star chart in the upper half has a diameter of 91.5cm, containing three concentric circles of different sizes. The inner circle is the North Pole circle, with a diameter of 19.9cm, representing 35 degrees north latitude. The middle circle is the equator, with a diameter of 52.5cm, and the outer circle is the constant hidden circle, with a diameter of 85.1cm, representing the visible range of the starry sky.】

【The Northern Song government organized four star observation activities during the Jingyou, Huangyou, Yuanfeng, and Chongning periods. This star chart was drawn based on the observation results during the Yuanfeng period (1078~1085). Later, this chart was carved on a stone stele, which is the most concise and authoritative interpretation of ancient Chinese astronomy, covering almost all astronomical knowledge before the Song Dynasty.】

【Reason for loss: After the stone stele was carved, it was stored in the Confucian Temple. Due to changes in later generations, the stone stele was unknown, people gradually forgot it, experienced wars, the stone stele was taken away, no one knew its value, and it was finally buried deep underground.】

After reading the introduction, Fang Yang was greatly moved.

This was actually an astronomical chart.

Astronomy! In his impression, didn't you have to see it through a telescope?

Could it be that ancient people really had some 'calculate with fingers, observe the stars at night'?

You have to know that this stele was a product of over 1000 years ago!

People of that era could actually observe the mysteries of the universe.

It was simply unbelievable.

If he wasn't mistaken, the astronomical chart carved on this stele should be the oldest actual star observation chart in the world.

Although ancient people started studying stars a long time ago.

But to be able to draw it in such detail.

It definitely counted as the first one!

It was really hard to imagine how ancient people drew such a chart without an astronomical telescope.

And according to the system's introduction, comparing this star chart with modern star charts, the coincidence rate reached an astonishing 90%!

This was terrifying!

Ancient people could not only observe it, but they were also right!

What was even more unbelievable was that in the small circle on this stele, 1434 stars were clearly depicted, plus the twenty-eight mansions.

And the positions of the stars were mostly very accurate. ===== CHAPTER 153 =====