Shadow of the Tomb Raider: A Complete Record of the History of Tomb Raiders in China

Chapter 53 Resurrection, reheating: major tomb robbery incidents since the new era (5)
But how did he expect that his secret transactions in Zhengzhou had been clearly spotted by the plainclothes policemen from the Jinshui Bureau of the Zhengzhou City Public Security Bureau. The house has been empty.According to the waiter at the hotel where Li stayed, Li had already booked a train ticket to Qingdao and had left the hotel for a long time.

Li Qiang, who was desolate and panicked like a frightened bird, was having various fantasies in the bumps of the train. Unexpectedly, several police officers came over, checked his identity, and showed his arrest warrant!
It turned out that the Qingdao Railway Public Security Department immediately assigned a task after receiving a telegram from the Jinshui Bureau of the Zhengzhou Public Security Bureau requesting assistance. At this moment, it took no effort to capture him in the carriage.

Li Qiang confessed to the crime: in mid-April, he sold the three lifelike bronze horses from Zhao Wang's tomb to a Hong Kong cultural relics dealer for 4 yuan at Yanjing Hotel in Beijing.Upon hearing the news, the Handan police immediately embarked on a journey to recover cultural relics through various means and channels.

Half a month later, news came that the bronze horse and other cultural relics sold by Li Qiang had arrived in Hong Kong from the United States and would be escorted to Beijing by special personnel. At 5 o'clock in the morning on May 6, a red BMW, which had been parked one kilometer away from the hotel to observe the movement, drove into the hotel quietly carrying three rare "Warring States BMWs".On-site cultural relics experts and the Handan police verified that the returned cultural relics were exactly three bronze horses and a bronze shop head stolen from Tomb No. 3 of Zhao Wangling.

After Li Qiang fell into the net of justice, the Handan City Public Security Bureau sent Wang Hongjin, Ma Yingjun, and Shen Biansheng, three experienced criminal police officers, to the home of another criminal suspect, Yuan Weixiang, in Tongcheng, Anhui.

Wang Hongjin and others first explained to Yuan's family that the case was of great importance, and pointed out that if Yuan Weixiang could be reasonable, return the originals of the stolen cultural relics in King Zhao's tomb quickly, and actively cooperate with the police, legally speaking, he could be considered. It will be dealt with lightly, but if you refuse to hand it over, the circumstances will aggravate and you will be responsible for the consequences.

Yuan Weixiang's family said: Yuan is not at home now (actually he has absconded abroad), and when he comes back, we must urge him to return the cultural relics he stole as soon as possible.

In fact, like Li Qiang, Yuan Weixiang, like Li Qiang, was disturbed and restless when he learned that the tomb of King Zhao had been stolen and that all the suspects had been arrested, so he fled abroad in a hurry. After the first day of junior high school, I can't hide from the fifteenth day. I can't live in a foreign country all day in fear.

At this time, Yuan Weixiang received news from China: Handan City Public Security Bureau has issued an international arrest order!For this, Yuan Weixiang was terrified, feeling that the end had come and was at stake!
At this time, Yuan learned from his hometown that the public security personnel had gone to his home several times to do work, and he had to quickly return the cultural relics stolen from King Zhao's tomb!
Yuan Weixiang was even more terrified and confused. He deeply felt that the situation was over, and he might be caught by the police soon. Besides, his family members must also be worried about it at this moment.Awed by the powerful power of the public security organs, Yuan Weixiang finally sent a letter to the Anhui Tongcheng Public Security Bureau in May 1999, expressing his willingness to cooperate with the government. On May 5, 1999, the Tongcheng police informed Handan that Yuan Weixiang entrusted a lawyer to hand over cultural relics such as pieces of gold hazel and jade clothing to the Tongcheng Public Security Bureau.

On June 1999, 6, Wang Hongjin and his party went to Tongcheng three times, and finally brought the following national treasures back to Zhao: 2 pieces of jade clothes and jade pieces, a golden table ornament with an inscription worn by King Zhao, jade kui...

At 1999 a.m. on June 6, 17, a middle-aged police officer wearing black-rimmed glasses carried a black password suitcase and walked slowly into the conference room of the criminal police detachment of the Public Security Bureau of Handan City, Hebei Province. The thing jumped into everyone's eyes! After more than 10 days of pursuit and suppression, and a roundup of 200 li, finally ushered in an exciting moment.

Four days later, CCTV solemnly announced that the "10" robbery case of King Zhao's Mausoleum in Handan, which shocked China and the world, has been solved, and more than 18 precious cultural relics lost overseas have all returned to the embrace of the motherland!
Funeral mausoleums are hard to escape

In December 207 BC, the rebel army led by Liu Bang took the lead in attacking Xianyang, the capital of Qin. ”); On February 12, 206 BC, Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor on the north bank of the Si (sì) water near Dingtao City, and established his capital in Chang’an (now Xi’an, Shaanxi Province) in July.

After ascending the throne, Liu Bang adopted a relaxed policy of rest and recuperation, which not only appease the people and unite China, but also contributed to the cultural foundation of the Han Dynasty's grace and generosity.It can be said that Liu Bang truly unified the fragmented China, and gradually united the fragmented hearts of the people.He made decisive contributions to the unification of the Han nationality, the unification and strength of China, and the protection and development of Han culture.He reigned from 202 BC to 195 BC, a total of 8 years.After his death, he was buried in Changling.

Changling, also known as "Changshan", is also called "Changling Mountain".It is located on the Xianyang Plateau in the north of Sanyi Village, Yaodian Town, about 20 kilometers north of Xi'an city center and about 20 kilometers east of Xianyang City.The entire mausoleum area is composed of the cemetery, the mausoleum and the tombs of the heroes. The king is nine in the north and the Wei River in the south. It is majestic.According to the "Hanshu Geographical Records", Changling was built by Liu Bang for himself during his lifetime.Archaeologists surveyed the surrounding area of ​​the cemetery and found that the plane of the cemetery is square, with each side being 780 meters long and the circumference 3120 meters, roughly consistent with the literature records.At that time, there were two mausoleums side by side: the Mausoleum of Gaozu in the west and the Mausoleum of Empress Lu in the east.There are sleeping halls and toilet halls in the cemetery.In the hall, there are "clothes and a few sticks like living utensils" of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty for the servants of the palace.

Liu Bang Mausoleum is located in the west of the cemetery. It is shaped like a bucket and was built by ramming.The bottom is 153 meters from east to west, 135 meters from north to south, the top is 55 meters from east to west, 35 meters from north to south, and the height of the sealing soil is 32.8 meters.In front of the mausoleum, there is a stele of "Changling Tomb of Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty" written by Bi Yuan in the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. "Han Jiuyi" records that the underground palace of the imperial mausoleum of the Han Dynasty is "inner catalpa coffins, cypress and yellow intestines inscriptions, which are collected by hundreds of officials. There are four enviable gates, which can accommodate six carts and six horses. All are hidden. The four directions are involved. , Standing outside the east stone, first close the sword house, set up Yelong, Moye sword, Fu crossbow, and Fu fire in the house."Changling has not yet been excavated, and the internal structure of the underground palace is unknown.

Luhou Mausoleum is 280 meters southeast of Gaozu Mausoleum.The shape of the seal is the same as that of Gaozu's Mausoleum. The height of the mound is 30.7 meters.This mausoleum and Gao Zu's mausoleum are "same tombs but different caves", that is, they are buried in the same cemetery, but they have their own graves.This may be to show the close relationship between Liu Bang and Empress Lu.To the west is Anling, the cemetery of his son Huidi Liu Ying.

To the east of Changling is the burial area, which stretches for 15 miles.According to historical records, Xiao He, Cao Can, Zhang Er, Tian Fu, Zhou Bo and other officials and relatives were all buried here. Tang Yanqian, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem: "Changling is high in Anliu, and all the princes are buried here." , These numerous and continuous tombs, from a certain angle, reproduce the grand occasion of Wenzhi and Wugong in the early Han Dynasty.

In 1966, a batch of exquisite jade carvings were unearthed near Changling. One of them was a rider riding a horse galloping on a pallet engraved with cloud patterns.

Liu Bang, the king of the Han Dynasty who buried in the Sanqin, would never have expected that he would suffer a false alarm at the turn of summer and autumn in 1998.

August is the hot season in central Shaanxi. Villagers Wei Ming and Yin Xing of Houpai Village, Zhengyang Township, Weicheng District, Xianyang City, wanted to take advantage of the coolness in the morning to rush to the cornfield they had contracted to prepare for another (pǎng) land.Unexpectedly, the hoe hadn't been buried in the soil yet, and Wei Ming suddenly found that a piece of corn ten meters away seemed to be much less.The crops that were in good shape the day before were staggering at this moment. When he got close, he couldn't help being shocked: there was a deep hole about 8 meters in the ground!

Wei Ming was uneasy when he saw Yin Xing from the same village pushing aside the corn leaves, panting towards him, and said with a look of surprise on his face, "Old Wei, it's broken. My big field was blown up." The talent said a sentence almost at the same time: "Hurry up and report the crime!"

In less than an hour, seven officers from the Cultural Relics Police Station of the Weicheng Branch of the Xianyang City Public Security Bureau, led by Su Dongming, the director, had arrived at the scene of the crime—a field near the Mausoleum of the King of Han, Liu Bang, in Houpai Village, Zhengyang Township.

The Changling Mausoleum is majestic, and its secrets are unpredictable. How did the thieves know that the door of the tomb is here, and then explode the cave?With all kinds of questions, the policemen started a difficult investigation.

The hole that was blasted was about 1 meter in diameter and 5.2 meters deep.Several holes are similar, and they were blasted with TNT general explosive device.From the traces of soil falling on the scene and the analysis of the soil quality in the cave, the time of the incident was around 12 midnight yesterday.Judging from the more than 10 identifiable foot marks and shoe marks left behind, the perpetrators were a gang, with more than three men.

It's a pity that the shoe traces collected are not high in "crack-solving content", because they are all ocher red plastic-soled cloth shoes worn by almost all farmers in this area.What makes the police even more regrettable is that they searched all the floating soil, but found no relics in the bombed hole.The police officers reasoned logically and suggested setting up an ambush secretly and waiting at the spot.In order to keep the tomb robbers safe, Wei Ming, Yin Xing and other farmers deliberately pretended not to know about the incident and did not work at the scene of the accident.

"The perpetrators just blasted the hole yesterday, and they haven't had time to dig the tomb with hoes and shovels. They haven't found them in the tomb, so they will never stop."The sweating police officers looked at the pit and analyzed it carefully.

"Yes, let's just sit on the sidelines and wait for rabbits!" The police officers reasoned logically, suggesting to set up an ambush secretly and wait at the spot.

In order to keep the tomb robbers safe, Wei Ming, Yan Xing and other farmers deliberately pretended not to know about the incident and went to work at the accident site.

However, time passed day by day, and there was no movement in the cornfield where the accident occurred. Half a month later, the policemen of the cultural relics police station who passed through the makeup, all of them had tanned skin and peeling skin on their faces, and found nothing unusual.

"There is movement in the stillness!" The leader of the Weicheng branch repeatedly told the investigators to "endure loneliness". The calmer the surface, the more critical the moment for the whale shark to spy on its prey!
Sure enough, on September 9th, the eve of the National Day, in the atmosphere of leisure and celebration of thousands of people, under the flickering moonlight, several black shadows quickly jumped into the hole that was blasted a month ago and dug up. .The police officers rushed forward and shouted at the entrance of the cave, and the sound of the shovel stopped immediately.The six perpetrators climbed up the edge of the pit one by one, their hair, face, and body were covered with dirt.

In the pre-trial room, the perpetrators Ji Shuiping, Xiao Xincheng, Yang Zhanjun, Wang Jinhu and others confessed that they were a small group that planned to rob graves.In order to obtain the exact address, they searched many city and county annals, as well as other cultural relics, and determined that this area is likely to be the burial cemetery of Han Gaozu Liu Bang and his concubines. There must be many valuable cultural relics buried there, so they decided to rob the tomb. .The perpetrators also explained their methods of committing the crime one by one, especially the details of how to dig pits, fill explosives, detonate devices, and implement explosions.However, they categorically denied that they had dug up the emperor's funeral objects. Among them, Ji Shuiping even confessed: "We didn't even dig up a button of Liu Bang, the king of Han."

We must not take it lightly—after repeated on-site investigations, numerous interrogations, and analysis, the police found that the six perpetrators were indeed arrested during the initial stage of excavating the imperial tomb, and that the funerary objects in Liu Bang's tomb were indeed not exposed to the ground, resulting in loss.

However, they never imagined that when Wei Ming (Yin Xing and others) beat the harvested corn into the grain storage, when the holes that had been bombed all over the body were filled one by one, when the hard-working Qinchuan farmers were ready When the fine wheat seeds were about to be sown into winter wheat, Liu Huaqing, deputy head of the cultural relics investigation department of the Xi'an Public Security Bureau, heard a piece of shocking news: someone was going to privately auction a batch of high-level unearthed cultural relics worth more than [-] yuan.

——On the phone, the voice of a female whistleblower came.

It can be heard from the voice that this is a relatively young woman.She said she didn't know exactly what the unearthed cultural relics were or other details.But this situation (private auction) is definitely real.

The woman also urged the public security personnel to act quickly, otherwise, the cultural relics may be transferred to other places for auction.

Oh!The news of the bombing of Liu Bang's tomb has just come out, and the lingering sound is still lingering in my ears. It is no coincidence that there are such precious cultural relics here to be auctioned.Liu Huaqing frowned and thought.

After further investigation, it was confirmed that the consignor who wanted to auction these cultural relics was not far or near in Xianyang, and happened to be in the same jurisdiction where Liu Bang's tomb was located.After tracking and reconnaissance, the seller said that this is a batch of real "fresh goods" (referring to newly unearthed cultural relics), which are definitely "high-level" "treasures" (national key cultural relics), and "quantity is required" (quantity is relatively large) Many, the transaction is considerable).However, the seller has repeatedly emphasized that this batch of goods is only sold to customers from Guangdong and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macau, and mainlanders or locals are all "not to speak up"!
After several twists and turns, the police officers disguised as buyers finally arrested the suspect Zhang Suoyuan and brought him to justice.Zhang Suoyuan was born in Weicheng District, Xianyang City.A year ago, on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, he heard that someone had blown a hole on the plain in front of Liu Bang's tomb.He originally wanted to find out who the bomber was, and to rob the tomb together with the bomber, but he felt that he was unfamiliar with the hole bomber, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to deal with him, so he sneaked into the bombed cornfield by himself. snoop.Coincidentally, in the floating soil beside a hole, he found a piece of colored pottery with an area of ​​three to four centimeters square.Ah, isn't this the same thing as the terracotta warriors and horses unearthed in front of the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang in Lintong?Thinking, he hurried back to the village, found the villagers Xu Yangmin, He Yongli, and Cui Minzhu, and they squatted under a big tree, conspiring to dig the hole as soon as possible, walking in front of the hole bombers to get the treasure, so as not to blow up the hole The first to steal the tomb treasure.

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