Wu Xie and Zhang Chulan searched the tomb chamber for a long time without finding any clues, though they did spot the large porcelain vase that had lured them here.
Looking at the vase and then at the bathtub-like coffin, Wu Xie asked in puzzlement, "Why would there be a Warring States-era tub coffin in this tomb? This is clearly a Ming dynasty tomb!"
"Wasn't the last time at King Lu's Palace also a Warring States tomb remodeled on the foundations of a Western Zhou one?" Zhang Chulan said. "If it were the other way around—if we came here and found the tub coffin first, and then went to King Lu's Palace—wouldn't it feel a lot less abrupt?"
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