Li Qiyu and Li Juan first went to the museum. When the museum curator saw Li Qiyu, he treated her as if she were some precious antique, carefully attending to her and almost granting her every request.
However, the museum's materials were all second - hand. If they wanted to get first - hand information, they had to find the archaeological staff on the front line.
Li Juan was an experienced person after all. On the way there, she gave Li Qiyu a psychological pep - talk.
"People doing this kind of professional work generally have a bad temper, and they don't like it when others pester them with questions. The tomb excavation is still in progress, so they definitely won't allow us to go in. I'll do the questioning later. You just stand behind me and don't get yourself hurt."
When they arrived at the destination, Li Juan took a deep breath first. After psyching herself up enough, with a smiling face, she went to the security guard standing outside the ancient tomb.
"Hello, sir. We are..."
Before she could introduce themselves, the security guard asked, "Are you from Li's Film Company?"
"Huh?"
"Are you Li Qiyu?"
"No." Li Juan quickly stepped aside and said, "This is her."
"Our experts have been waiting for you for a long time. Come in quickly."
Without any difficulties, the security guard let the two of them in.
Not only was the security guard easy - going, but the experts were also very cooperative. The main person in charge of the archaeological work personally showed them around the cemetery to help them better understand the Chunyu Tomb.
Yes, because the book *The Collection of Chunyu* had become a big hit online, this ancient tomb now even had a name, the Chunyu Tomb.
While the person in charge was leading them up a slope, Li Qiyu asked Li Juan beside her curiously, "Didn't you say the interview would be very difficult?"
Li Juan had been in the workplace for a while. She could probably guess what was going on.
The interview was indeed difficult, but with the power of money, all problems could be solved.
As a hard - working employee, Li Juan's hatred for the rich was stirred up again.
This General Manager Song was really something. It was him who insisted on sending his wife out to experience life, and now it was also him who was secretly making arrangements so that his wife wouldn't suffer.
It was just like a game.
The person in charge led them up a small hill from where they could overlook the cemetery.
At this time, the so - called cemetery was just a bunch of small pits. The coffins and some items of research value had already been transported to the museum for safekeeping.
"We found the coffin right there. At first, we thought the orientation of the coffin was very strange. According to feng shui, coffins are generally placed facing north with the south at the back, but this coffin was placed diagonally. We thought there must be a reason for this diagonal placement. So, following the direction of the coffin, we walked about one or two kilometers eastward and found the remains of an imperial mausoleum. That's how we determined that the owner of this tomb was a tomb - keeper. The orientation of the coffin might be because of the rules of that dynasty at that time."
Li Qiyu shook her head while listening and instinctively replied, "There was no such rule."
Since the emperor ascended the throne, he would start building his own mausoleum. They were too busy worrying about how to build their own mausoleums to care about how the tomb - keepers would place the coffins after their deaths.
The person in charge smiled and said, "We were also puzzled, so we were just making a wild guess. Unfortunately, after thousands of years, that imperial mausoleum had already been looted. We could only find some broken walls and ruins, which proved that there had indeed been a large tomb complex here."
Standing on the high ground, Li Qiyu looked in the direction of the imperial mausoleum and then at the orientation of the coffin in the archaeological pit. She already understood in her heart.
He was guarding her.
Even in death, he still faced her.
Such deep affection was hard to repay in this lifetime.
Li Qiyu said, "He should have wanted to guard someone, so he faced that direction."
Archaeologists need imagination because time will make many things disappear, and imagination is needed to fill in the gaps.
So, when the person in charge heard Li Qiyu's idea, his eyes lit up and he motioned for her to continue.
"In *The Collection of Chunyu*, he wrote that he loved a girl very much. I guess the girl he wanted to guard is lying over there. But because of the huge gap in their statuses, he couldn't lie beside her. So he could only guard her in this way. There were also fragments of a jade hairpin on his chest. He still carried it with him and placed it on his chest after death. It was something he cherished very much and was worn by the girl he loved during her lifetime."
"Yes, we were all wondering what this broken hairpin was for. Miss Li, your idea is really good!" The person in charge clapped his hands and praised, "Great! In this way, many things can be explained."
However, Li Qiyu also came with her own questions. She asked, "Do you know why he became a eunuch?"
The person in charge shook his head and said, "We don't know either. Logically speaking, such a romantic figure shouldn't have this kind of identity. And he was different from ordinary eunuchs. Since ancient times, when eunuchs were buried, they would be buried with their private parts to be a whole person in the afterlife, but there was nothing like that in this tomb. Unfortunately, there were no documents around him to prove his identity, nor any records about his life. There was only *The Collection of Chunyu*. We were really puzzled."
She had thought that coming to the site would uncover the truth, but she was still disappointed.
What exactly had Zhou Donglin experienced back then?
This guy was really something. He should have left her at least a few words. He suffered in silence without saying a word.
What a big fool!
This chat with the person in charge was very rewarding. Many small details that couldn't be collected in the museum were further supplemented here. Li Juan sorted out the materials and submitted them to the editorial department as supplementary materials for the script creation.
Li Qiyu had a very engaging conversation with the person in charge. She helped him fill in a lot of ancient knowledge that he didn't understand.
When Li Qiyu and the others had completed their task and were about to leave, the person in charge was reluctant to let her go.
"Miss Li, your knowledge reserve of ancient knowledge really opened my eyes. How about becoming my assistant? I'll pay you double the salary!"
Seeing this, Li Juan quickly stopped this topic.
But it was said that archaeologists were single - minded. Facing such a talented person, the person in charge definitely didn't want to let her go.
"Miss Li, think it over carefully. You can ask for whatever treatment you want."
Hearing this, Li Juan was speechless.
Ask for whatever she wanted.
The eldest daughter of the Li family and a major shareholder of Li's Film Company. If he didn't offer an annual income of hundreds of millions, could he hire her?