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Xianyang Palace.

The courtiers looked up at the sky, the initial shock that had swept over them fading away.

The characters on the stone gate of Tianmu Cemetery are strange and sparse, and are definitely not the seal script of the Qin Dynasty.

The woman named Tiantian was dressed in a bizarre style, and the words she frequently uttered, such as "museum" and "visit," were completely unheard of and made her seem isolated from the world.

All the clues point to one answer.

That is—this woman comes from a thousand years in the future.

This idea was like a spark falling into dry grass, instantly igniting a wildfire.

Li Si remained expressionless, repeatedly pondering this mind-blowing truth in his mind.

After a long silence, a court official finally murmured in a low voice, "Could this woman be from later generations?"

"It should be true."

"How could people of later generations possibly command the heavens to send down a divine elephant?"

The whispers were like the rustling of withered leaves in the wind, so quiet that no one dared to raise their voices.

Song Ye's achievements, power, prime ministership, mausoleum... are all facts that are indelible and have been written into the annals of history for thousands of years.

Li Si pondered the word "visit," feeling a chill run down his spine.

The so-called visit means that ordinary people can step into the resting place of the sages, just like strolling through a market, disturbing the souls of the dead who have been gone for thousands of years.

Meanwhile, the learned senior officials and important courtiers below had all figured out the key to it.

Some people turned pale and were shocked, as if they had been stabbed by an invisible blade.

The next moment, everyone's gazes were extremely restrained and discreetly turned towards the tall, imposing figure of the emperor in front of them.

Despite his unparalleled achievements and the benevolence he bestowed upon the people, even his mausoleum could not escape the fate of being excavated and visited by later generations, disturbing his peaceful rest.

And what about their emperor?

"..."

This emperor, who unified the six kingdoms, called himself the First Emperor, used mercury as rivers, pearls as the sun and moon, and the map of the nine provinces as the dome of the sky, how could his tomb be a place of peace and tranquility in the future?

This idea is utterly outrageous.

Yet it remained firmly entrenched in the hearts of everyone present, like a fine needle, making them restless and uneasy.

Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zheng, stood before the white jade steps, like a bronze statue that blended into the earth.

The emperor's wrath was never expressed through roars, but rather like a stone sinking into a deep pool, silent and still, yet causing ripples to spread across the entire lake, spreading layer by layer and lasting for a long time.

All he could do was coldly observe the future and watch how future generations would analyze and dissect it.

After a long period of deathly silence.

"Keep watching."

However, as everyone knows, the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum is subject to my country's general archaeological policy of prioritizing protection and rescue. The State Council has twice explicitly stipulated that large imperial mausoleums will not be actively excavated until cultural relic protection technology is fully mature.

[Rescue excavations are only permitted when a tomb has been damaged by floods, earthquakes, looting, or infrastructure damage.]

The Qin Mausoleum's earthen mound and underground palace structure have remained stable and intact for over two thousand years, and there is no reason for excavation.

The Records of the Grand Historian states that the underground palace was constructed with mercury representing the rivers, lakes, and seas. Modern geological exploration has confirmed that the mercury content in the soil of the core area of ​​the burial mound exceeded the standard by a hundred times, and the distribution of mercury matches the water system of the Qin Dynasty's territory. It is estimated that the total amount of liquid mercury in the underground palace reached the hundreds of tons.

Furthermore, the sealed underground palace accumulates high concentrations of mercury vapor. Forcibly breaking the seal would result in a large-scale release of this highly toxic gas, causing heavy metal poisoning among archaeologists in a short period. Mercury vapor and liquid mercury would seep into the soil and groundwater, polluting the entire Lishan Mountain area and the Wei River water source, with a pollution period lasting over a century.

After saying this, the First Emperor inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.

For a moment, I didn't know whether to be glad that I had foresight or to be grateful that my descendants had spared me.

Although the tomb of Song Xiangling did not contain poisonous gas or mercury, the Records of the Grand Historian clearly states that: "In those days, the people of the land, fearing that future villains would plunder the tomb, spontaneously set up numerous traps and mechanisms in the tomb passages, their construction ingenious, ruthless, and extremely dangerous."

[Rumor has it that in modern times, a group of people accidentally wandered onto the outer perimeter of the cemetery, and all of them perished; none survived.]

Furthermore, in the 21st century, due to the strong desire of the people nationwide, the state has never proactively excavated the main burial chamber. The funerary objects displayed in museums today were all passively extracted from the outermost area of ​​the mausoleum.

Thank goodness, they didn't tear up the coffin.

Song patted his chest, finally putting his mind at ease.

She is incapable of accepting this, and she really doesn't want to visit her own mausoleum while she's still alive.

"Alright, let me take you on a tour of the museum first." With that, Tian Tian stepped into the museum's exhibition hall.

The interior lighting is warm and soft, the decor is simple yet elegant, and it exudes a rustic charm.

Visitors were constantly coming and going in the hall. The woman stepped aside to make way for a young man who was taking pictures with a device, and said in a low voice to the camera, "There are still so many people. Let's go inside."

Sweetie walked through the crowd and finally stopped in front of a standalone display case.

The cabinet displays several pieces of pottery, with simple and unadorned shapes, no complicated carvings, and marks of chips and damage on the edges of the pieces.

Above the glass stands a neat and clear explanatory sign with text.

She bent down to examine the pottery closely for a moment, then straightened up and explained to the camera: "These pottery pieces were unearthed at the De'an County site during the Qin Dynasty, roughly dating to the mid-Qin period. If you look closely at the shapes of the vessels, you'll see they are all very simple and unadorned, without any superfluous decorations, which reflects the practical nature of the people at that time and their aversion to extravagance."

She paused briefly, then added: "This stratum yielded a vast quantity of pottery, mostly everyday utensils, primarily cooking and storage jars, with a small number of vessels for holding food and water. This suggests that the area was densely populated and the people lived relatively comfortably in those days."

After saying that, the camera slowly panned across the items in the display case.

Several grayish-brown pottery jars have faint smoke marks on their outer walls, and shallow grooves worn into the rims, all signs of wear and tear from years of use.

Next to it was a broken pottery basin, with a corner missing from the bottom and obvious cracks all over its body, as if it had been repaired after being broken, with different colored clay filling the cracks.

...

Beneath the sky, in the courtyard of the county government.

Looking at the pottery in the light screen, Xiao He couldn't help but exclaim, "This pottery basin... is exactly the same as the one I use at home."

Cao Shen, who was standing beside him, casually remarked, "The shapes of pottery basins in the world are all pretty much the same."

Upon hearing this, Xiao He remained silent, only feeling a growing sense of familiarity as he looked at the scene.

Is it a coincidence?

I think so?

On the other side, Lü Zhijing remembered that her own storeroom also contained several similar earthenware jars, which she used to store rice, salt, and dry vegetables.

I never imagined that such ordinary household items would be properly placed in a display case a thousand years later, for future generations to view through a window.

A sweet voice came through the screen again: "Let's go inside and take a look."

Under the sky, all the viewers had the same question in their minds: Where exactly is De'an County located?

Could it be that the famous prime minister Song Ye, who was renowned throughout history, was in this De'an County?