Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 202 Epitaph (4000)

"There's something strange down there!"

Surprised and delighted, Wu Liang hurriedly called Dian Wei to use the engineering shovel to clean up the ashes and dust under his feet.

After a quarter of an hour.

With the ashes and dust about 20 centimeters thick being cleaned up, a layer of uneven metal texture was finally exposed on the ground under his feet.

The material of this metal should be bronze which was very common in the Spring and Autumn Period.

As for the uneven lines on it, Wu Liang squatted on the ground to carefully identify them, and finally judged that they might be characters, and they were "golden script" fonts from the Spring and Autumn Period.

When this ancient city of Qidu was built, the Zhou Dynasty still had the ability to rule the princes from all walks of life, so the writing of all countries was relatively unified.

It was not until the Warring States Period that all countries were divided and governed independently that the fonts began to undergo various changes.

In the end, the characters of the seven countries with different styles were formed.

Later, Qin Shihuang destroyed the six kingdoms and unified the world. After a series of administrative measures, the characters were finally unified again, which laid the foundation for the unification of Chinese characters in later generations.

So it is.

The "Bronze" font is much easier to recognize than the Seven Kingdoms characters in the Warring States Period.

However, in the "History of Qi" obtained by Wu Liang from the tomb of Marquis Haihun, a large part of the characters used the characters of Qi State. Yu Ji, that's why Wu Liang handed over the finishing work of "History of Qi" to this old boy.

I have to admit that Yu Ji is still slightly better than him in terms of ancient writing.

Many characters that he needs to use "guess" to identify, Yu Ji knows the meaning with just a glance, and can even pronounce the pronunciation accurately.

"Wait a minute, let me handle the rest."

After discovering these words, Wu Liang stopped Dian Wei immediately, threw the engineering shovel aside, and then used a copper dagger to cut a piece of fabric from the clothes and cleaned the dust on it very carefully.

For any archaeologist, the value of this kind of cultural relic with writing is far better than the gold, jade and various treasures in the tomb.

Because this is the treasure that can really research and uncover history.

The cleaning work is very cumbersome. After thousands of years, the dust that has fallen down like this has turned into hard lumps, and in some places it is even stuck to the bronze below. Remove these debris in case of damage to cultural relics.

However, Wu Liang was patient and meticulous in doing these things.

In such a season, normal people would not even stretch out their hands, but a thin layer of sweat had already appeared on Wu Liang's forehead, and a few drops even slipped down from his temples.

"What the hell is that baby?"

Seeing Wu Liang's concentration and ecstasy, Yu Ji unconsciously approached Dian Wei and asked curiously.

"do not know."

Dian Wei shook his head, don't say he really didn't know, even if he knew, he wouldn't reveal it to anyone without Wu Liang's approval.

"It looks like a copper vessel with words on it..."

Yu Ji stretched his neck and looked around again.

"He never took a second look at those gold and jade objects, and all the stolen gold was given to Cao Mengde to supplement his military salary. On the contrary, these written things, even though they are worthless in our eyes, are like seeing treasures in his eyes. Generally cherish more."

Bai Jingjing also said aside.

She still clearly remembered the overjoyed look on Wu Liang's face when she found those bamboo slips in the tomb of Marquis Haihun, especially when she discovered "The History of Qi". Feeling fluctuated, he went directly to the next tomb after only a few glances.

What's more, she also found out in the process of following Wu Liang's tomb robbery.

When Wu Liang stole the Suihou Pearl from the tomb of Guangchuan King Liuqu, who was guarded by the Bai family, he didn't seem to regard it as a rare treasure worthy of collection, but as a lighting tool for tomb robbery. For more advanced torches...

So every time I saw Wu Liang robbing the tomb, I used Suihou beads to illuminate it.

She, a Suizhu person, felt that Suihou Zhu was worthless from the bottom of her heart. It was like someone finally got the Chuanguo Yuxi, but only used the Chuanguo Yuxi to smash walnuts (walnuts). There are more violent things than this what?
However, she didn't feel worthless for herself as a follower.

If she hadn't become a Suizhu person, she would never have been to so many places, met so many people, experienced so many things, and experienced so many things without violating the precepts of her ancestors... Bah bah Bah, Bai Jingjing, what are you thinking!

"When you say that, the old man has also realized that the young master has always regarded gold as dung, but he is so fond of these ancient books. He always feels that he is doing a big thing that ordinary people don't understand..."

Yu Ji also pondered for a moment and said.

……

After half an hour like this, the bronze vessel under the feet finally took a prototype, and the words on it can almost be seen clearly.

Wu Liang stood up and took two steps back, carefully deciphering the words on it:
"The Epitaph of Duke Ren of the Lv Clan of Jiang Surnamed in the State of Qi..."

For Wu Liang, who is used to the simplified Chinese characters of later generations, although reading this kind of characters is not a big problem, he also has a slight dyslexia, and he has to read each character slowly.

After all, these "golden script" fonts are quite different from the official script used in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In addition, the text at this time has no punctuation marks, and you need to think about how to break sentences when reading.

"Public taboo, the word Shude.

In the 12th year of Duke Ren, younger brother Jing colluded with the king of Yi who was Ji Houzhen, and the king of Yi was unkind and unwise.

At some point, Yu Ji had already gathered together, and after Wu Liang's words, he read the inscriptions on the bronze plate without any hindrance.

While reading it, he translated this epitaph for Wu Liang and others into the vernacular that is easy to understand today.

According to the records in "History of Qi", the Qi Rengong mentioned above is Qi Aigong, and Ai Gong is just his posthumous title.

When Qi Rengong took office for 12 years, his half-brother Lu Jing colluded with King Ji to slander King Zhou Yi. King Zhou Yi was also a violent and fatuous emperor, so he ordered Qi Rengong to be cooked and killed, and then Lu Jing was made Qi Hu Gong.

Qi Rengong's younger brother Lu Shan and his family transported Qi Rengong's body together with the cauldron that killed him and buried him here several times. They drank blood wine in front of the tomb and made a poisonous oath, vowing to kill Lu Jing to avenge Qi Rengong. Take back the stolen throne, and use Lu Jing's blood to pay homage to Qi Rengong...

This epitaph is probably what it means.

Although there is no mention of what happened later, there are already detailed records in the "History of Qi": Lu Shan finally fulfilled his oath, killed Lu Jing a few years later, and became Qi Xiangong himself, which can be regarded as a promise A ruthless role that must be done.

However, the "History of Qi" mentions that Qi Aigong practiced "the art of dispelling charms", but this epitaph does not mention this matter at all.

I don't know whether the records in "Qi History" are wrong, or the epitaph deliberately didn't mention it.

Wu Liang is more inclined to the latter.

After all, the Celestial Dynasty has always paid attention to the dead.

Even after the death of the former enemy, few people would speak ill of each other again, let alone the epitaph written by their own family for the deceased, which naturally would not mention some bad things.

But to get the most definite answer, you still need to find clues from Qi Aigong's tomb.

Now the epitaph of Duke Ai of Qi has been discovered.

Then the tomb of Duke Ai of Qi should be near here...for example, at the foot.

Wu Liang had already noticed through the sound that the lower part was hollow, and perhaps the lower part was the passage leading to the tomb of Duke Ai of Qi.

The "Yunyang" planted here may be the anti-theft mechanism set up by later generations for the Qiai Cemetery.

I have to admit that as an anti-theft mechanism, "Yunyang" is indeed much more high-end than the tombs that Wu Liang robbed before. Not only can the entrance of the tomb be completely sealed, but if someone comes here accidentally, they will be caught by "Yunyang". "Take off the soul, and finally make fertilizer to kill the living.

It can even create folk rumors that this place is a dangerous place in the world, and ordinary people may not dare to come after hearing such rumors.

Even if Wu Liang, the traveler, came.

Before seeing "Yunyang", he was also afraid of this ominous situation.

Even now, he is not sure whether he is "bewitched", let alone what will become of Yang Wanli and the soldiers who have been "bewitched", even though "Yunyang" has been completely burned by him.

……

After reading the epitaph in this way, Wu Liang immediately went into cleaning work again.

This time he no longer cleaned the bronze object, but expanded around to find the edge of the bronze object, trying to find its edge, so as to judge its size and the feasibility of entering it.

"It seems that we shouldn't come here in vain this time."

Yu Ji was also gearing up and frothing, "The old man really didn't expect that someone would build a royal palace on top of a mausoleum. You need to know that this mansion and the mansion are just like Yin and Yang. If they are built in one place, they will be different." It seems that the feng shui of this place tends to be yin or yang. Either the yang house suppresses the yin house and cuts off the incense of the tomb owner, or the yin house disturbs the yang house... When the old man came here a few days ago, he saw this place It is no wonder that the new king was murdered shortly after the palace was built, and this place has become a murderous place since then, and no one dares to live in it."

"..."

Wu Liang suspected that the old boy was an afterthought, but there was no evidence, so he didn't say much, and still buried himself in his own cleaning work.

After hearing this, Bai Jingjing thought about it, but asked a question worthy of scrutiny: "Mr., there is one thing I don't understand. You said that there was a mausoleum here first, and then someone came here to build a tomb." What about the palace? Or did someone build a mausoleum secretly under the palace after the palace was built first?"

"This……"

Yu Ji froze immediately.

While doing his own thing, Wu Liang also began to think about this issue.

There are two possibilities.

It is possible that Duke Hu of Qi and Lu Jing insisted on moving the capital here after he came to power, just to suppress the tomb of Duke Ai of Qi, but he just ignored or didn't understand Feng Shui at all, so that he hurt himself instead.

After all, building a royal capital requires a large-scale groundbreaking, and it is impossible not to discover that there is a mausoleum underground;
It is also possible that after Qi Hugong Lu Jing built Haowangdu, Qi Aigong's younger brother and family secretly moved the Qi Ai cemetery here. Naturally, the purpose was to harm people and seize power, and finally avenge Qi Aigong, and at the same time better hide the mausoleum ...

In this regard, Wu Liang still prefers the second possibility.

Because "Yunyang" is a harmful thing, and it seems that it should not be able to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy. It is impossible for Qi Hugong and Lu Jing to plant this kind of evil under his palace, so there is only one way to do it. "Yunyang" was transplanted after the new palace of Qi State was built.

That being the case, if the Qi Ai Cemetery is really here, it is very likely that it was moved here later.

What's more, even if Duke Hu of Qi and Lu Jing don't know Fengshui at all, she probably wouldn't be willing to build the palace she lives on top of a mausoleum... People in later generations will be very taboo to buy a building with a cemetery or cemetery around it, even more so. Not to mention the more superstitious ancients.

In the process of thinking like this.

Wu Liang had almost cleaned up the bronze vessel with the epitaph cast on it.

This is a rectangular bronze plate with a length of two meters and a width of one meter. Judging from the cross-section excavated from the edge, the copper plate is about 10 cm thick. It seems that there is no mechanism, it is just laid on bricks and stones. Just on the ground.

Wu Liang inserted the engineering shovel into the bronze plate and the masonry floor, slightly tilted the gap, put his finger in and lifted it up forcefully.

Very heavy.

With his own strength alone, he would definitely not be able to lift it up.

Fortunately, Dian Wei was a man with sharp eyesight, so he stepped forward to help without waiting for Wu Liang to greet him.

As a result, Wu Liang only felt light on his hands.

Hearing a "creak", the bronze plate has been completely lifted up, and a narrow stone step sloping downward is exposed below.

at the same time.

A stream of air mixed with the smell of decaying wood also gushed out from inside.

"Sure enough, there is a discovery!"

Wu Liang cheered up and said happily, "Dian Wei, move this bronze plate to the side, handle it as gently as possible, don't damage it."

"Yes."

Dian Wei immediately followed suit.

Wu Liang looked back at Yu Ji again, and said, "Old man, you still have two torches left, light one of them and tie it on a hemp rope and throw it down. Let's see what's inside first."

"okay."

Yu Ji also hurriedly followed suit.

After a while, the torch was thrown in along the stone steps.

The vertical height of the stone steps is only about 2.5 meters high, which is about the same as the floor height of later buildings. The ground below is also paved with bricks and stones, but the material of the bricks and stones used seems to be slightly different from that in the underground secret passage.

It can be seen from this that the tomb hidden in the lower level was indeed not built by the same group of people as the underground secret passage.

Also.

The torch did not go out immediately after the torch was thrown down, and the flame was only slightly smaller when it was thrown in, and it ignited again soon after it hit the ground.

This is enough to prove that the oxygen content below is still sufficient, and it should not cause people to suffocate to death.

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