Grave Robber: Beginnings Fusion Hydra Cypress

Chapter 319 Zhang Family Ancient Building (plus Chapter 320)

Zhang Family Ancient Building, the cemetery where all the secrets of the Zhang family are buried.

It finally appeared in front of people today. This is the secret place that the Zhang family wants to protect, and it is also the place where "it" deliberately wants to come in.

Ji Changsheng was also a little excited. The biggest secret in the tomb-robbing world is about to be revealed!

Under his leadership, everyone quickly came to the ancient building.

Looking at the ancient building from a close distance, it looks even more majestic and magnificent. It is more than 100 meters high, as high as a building with more than 20 floors!

It covers an area of ​​more than 10,000 square meters, which is about the same size as a football field.

Wu Xie couldn't help but admire.

"People more than 100 years ago actually built such a magnificent building. It's incredible!"

"It's nothing more amazing than this."

The fat man's eyes were shining, and he almost drooled.

"This ancient building is a huge project no matter what era it is placed in. It seems that the Zhang family is really rich!"

When he thought of how many gold and silver treasures there were in the ancient building, he was eager to take them.

Although it was a bit excessive to steal his family's ancestral tomb in front of the little brother, he could take a few things secretly without telling the little brother.

This ancient building is not only tall and majestic, but also has carved beams and painted rafters. The craftsmanship level can be called the ceiling in ancient buildings, which is comparable to the ancient buildings in the imperial city!

Even Ji Changsheng sighed.

"The Yangshi Lei family is worthy of being the royal architect. The title of the world's number one is not in vain."

"If this ancient building is on the ground, it will definitely be a national treasure!"

Aning noticed that the ancient building seemed to be damaged. She pointed upward.

"Mr. Ji, look, the guardrail on the third floor has traces of damage. Outsiders have been here before!"

Everyone looked up and saw that the guardrail on the third floor was seriously damaged in several places, as if it had been left after a fierce fight.

This made Ji Changsheng feel surprised. Didn't Chen Wenjin and his team fail when they came in more than 20 years ago?

It is impossible to enter here without the real Zhang Qiling leading the team.

The Zhang family will definitely not cause damage. This can only be left by outsiders.

Who did it?

He thought about it and said immediately.

"Everyone follow me. There are traps everywhere in this ancient building. Be careful."

After saying that, he walked towards the gate on the first floor.

This gate is also built very grandly. The gate is painted red and there are 9981 copper nails on the door. These are privileges that only the royal family can enjoy.

The fat man grew up in the capital and often went to the Forbidden City to play. Naturally, he was very clear about this common sense.

When he saw the copper nails on the door, he couldn't help showing a surprised expression.

"Young man, your ancestors of the Zhang family are probably going to rebel. How dare they overstep the boundaries?"

In ancient times, overstepping the boundaries was a serious crime, especially in the early days of a dynasty when the imperial power was stable. Anyone who dared to do so would basically have a big death written on his face.

However, more than a hundred years ago, it was the end of the last dynasty in China. The royal family had long lost control over the local areas. The imperial edict was just a piece of waste paper once it left the capital. Local forces were separatist and hollowed out the imperial power.

So in that era, the Zhang family would not be held accountable for doing such a thing.

The young man did not speak, but just stretched out his hand and pushed gently.

The heavy door actually opened in response, and it was not locked at all.

Ji Changsheng could not help but frown slightly, this was unreasonable.

The Zhang family's ancient building was the Zhang family's cemetery, and they certainly did not want anyone to disturb them. Why was the door not locked?

Could someone have entered before them!

He stepped forward and took a closer look, and denied this guess.

The door and the ground were covered with thick dust, and the porch was full of cobwebs, with no signs of anyone entering.

Ji Changsheng walked in first without thinking much.

This ancient building is a traditional style with a wide bottom and narrow top. The first floor has the largest area, which is nearly as big as a football field!

After entering, I looked around and saw that the entire first floor was densely packed with thousands of coffins!

It was indeed the Zhang family's cemetery!

Everyone followed Ji Changsheng in. When they passed by those coffins, they found that these coffins were of very ordinary style and looked ordinary.

There was only a small wooden sign in front of each coffin, but it didn't look like a spirit tablet, but more like a tombstone.

The fat man took a closer look and couldn't help but read it out loud.

"Zhang Haoran, a native of northern Jiangsu. He was brave when he was young. In the 25th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, he went to the northwest to quell the rebellion, beheaded 200 people, captured 3,000 thieves, and was named the Earl of Loyalty and Bravery. He was 68 years old the following year."

After reading it, he was stunned for a moment, then turned around and asked.

"Tian Zhen, what is the Earl of Loyalty and Bravery? Is he the emperor's uncle?"

Wu Xie was surprised when he heard it.

"What uncle? He is the first-class earl of the Qing Dynasty!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard it.

The titles of the Qing Dynasty, except for the king, were divided into five levels for men, namely, earl, marquis, and duke, for a total of ten levels.

A man who was awarded the first-class earl for military merit must be a great general with outstanding military achievements, worthy of being recorded in the annals of history!

For such a big man, the tomb must be a very grand tomb.

I didn't expect that after his death, he only used the most ordinary coffin and lived in a large bunk bed that could accommodate thousands of people.

Isn't this treatment too shabby?

Wu Xie thought about it and looked at the coffins next to him.

At a glance, he was even more puzzled.

Among the Zhang family members next to him, there was a scholar, a butcher, a farmer, and a seventh-rank county magistrate.

The status of these people was far from being comparable to that of the earl, yet they were actually buried together.

It seems that the order in which the Zhang family was buried was not based on status.

"Is it based on time?"

The fat man immediately shook his head.

"Although I am not good at history, I also know that Kangxi was the third emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and there were only two emperors before him."

"If they were buried according to age, they should be people from the Guangxu period."

At this time, Ji Changsheng said calmly.

"They are ranked according to their merits."

Everyone couldn't help but be stunned and looked at him in confusion.

A fierce general who killed two hundred enemies and captured three thousand alive. In terms of merit, how could those peasants and scholars compare with him?

Ji Changsheng immediately added.

"Contribution to the Zhang family."

When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized.

Regardless of the status of these Zhang family members, their contribution to the Zhang family is the only criterion for judgment. After their death, they will be buried in the ancient Zhang family building according to their merits.

If this is the case, there should be many Zhang family members who are not qualified to be buried in the ancient building, and only a very small number of people can be buried here.

Wuxie looked at the more than a thousand coffins and said with enlightenment.

"I understand that being buried here is a very high honor for the Zhang family."

When the fat man heard this, he couldn't help but frown.

"A dignified earl was not buried in a grand ceremony. The coffin was thrown carelessly on the first floor and crowded into a room with so many people."

"What kind of honor is this? If I were this earl, I would never want to be buried here."

Chapter 320: Open a coffin and make a fortune

Fatty expressed his disbelief at Wu Xie's conjecture.

"More than a thousand people were crammed into a big shop. There is no place for future generations to burn paper and worship. They might as well be buried outside."

"What kind of honor is this?"

Although his words were a little rough, the truth was the same.

Chinese people attach great importance to the concept of family and worship ancestors. Worshiping ancestors during festivals and festivals is an extremely important activity. No matter which dynasty, Tomb-Sweeping Day is a legal holiday.

As the collective cemetery of the Zhang family, the ancient building of the Zhang family is hidden so secretly for fear of being discovered, which obviously goes against common sense.

Wuxie said immediately.

"Have you forgotten? The Zhang family's biggest secret is hidden in the ancient building of the Zhang family. How can it be buried outside?"

"They must have done it for a purpose."

The fat man scratched his scalp and said.

"Can't the confidential things be hidden somewhere else? It would be weird to have to put them together with the ancestral graves."

Wuxie thought for a while and couldn't answer this question.

Everyone was also confused and looked at Ji Changsheng.

Ji Changsheng thought for a moment and then said.

"The secret they want to protect may be related to these remains!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but look at each other, and even the younger brother showed a suspicious look.

What secrets can the dead have?

If there is an unknown secret in the Zhang family, then Zhang Qiling, as the clan leader, should be the first to bear the brunt of it!

It's a pity that he has lost his memory, and even if he has a secret, he can't remember it.

The fat man looked at the little brother and said cautiously.

"Brother, I have an inappropriate suggestion. If you think it won't work, just treat it as a fart and don't take it to heart."

The little brother looked at the fat man and seemed to guess what he was thinking.

"Do you want to open the coffin and conduct an autopsy?"

The fat man nodded.

"Yes, since the secrets of your Zhang family are related to these remains, why don't you just open them and take a look?"

"But this will offend the ancestors of the Zhang family. If you don't want to, just pretend I didn't say anything."

The little brother didn't say anything and walked directly to a coffin.

A palm was slapped on the coffin lid, and the coffin lid opened in response.

The fat man couldn't help but feel happy when he saw this, and said quickly.

"I'm afraid one research sample is not enough. We need to look at more samples. I'll help you."

After saying that, he took out his engineering shovel and started to pry open the coffin. Of course, his intention was to open the coffin and make a fortune.

The little brother ignored the fat man's thoughts and just stared at the remains in the coffin.

Ji Changsheng stepped forward and took a look, only to see a male mummy in the coffin. He was wearing a Qing Dynasty mandarin gown and had a unique Qing Dynasty hairstyle on his head.

From the wooden sign in front of the coffin, we learned that this man was a master from the Qianlong period and had been dead for more than two hundred years.

But the strange thing is that the corpse was extremely well preserved, with no signs of decay at all, and became a mummy without moisture.

The younger brother thought for a while, stretched out his hand to look under the body, and his expression changed slightly.

"There was no charcoal or lime."

Only in a dry environment will a corpse become mummified.

However, the Zhangjia Ancient Building is located in a huge, dark and humid cave. The environment here is not suitable for producing mummies. If it is not embalmed, the corpse will rot into nothing but a pile of bones within three to five years.

So what's going on with this mummy?

Wuxie thought for a while and said.

"I heard that as a monk, if you cultivate to the right level, your body will not rot. Could it be that this senior is an expert in Taoism?"

The younger brother squeezed the body and shook his head.

"It doesn't look like that."

"Fat man, what's the situation over there?"

While they were observing the mummies, the fat man had already pried open two coffins and was groping for valuable treasures in the coffins.

Hearing what the younger brother said, he was shocked and quickly replied.

"I'm fine here."

The young man frowned.

"I'm asking about the corpse!"

The fat man wiped his sweat and looked at the corpse and said.

"One man and one woman, two mummies, it seems that they are a couple buried together."

Turning his head to look at the wooden sign, he showed a puzzled expression again.

"Why do both of them have the surname Zhang?"

Ji Changsheng gave an order immediately after hearing it.

"Look at more and choose randomly."

Everyone immediately started to work, hammering here and there, opening dozens of coffins, making a mess of this floor.

The result was that without exception, all of them were mummies!

This situation confirmed Ji Changsheng's guess that the secret of the Zhang family was related to these corpses!

After thinking about it, the young man arched his hands towards the corpse in the coffin and muttered silently.

"I'm sorry, Zhang Qiling."

After saying that, he reached out and took out the mummies in the coffin and observed them carefully.

However, this was a man in his fifties. Although he had turned into a mummy, it could be seen that when he was alive, he was burly and had long limbs, which was exactly what the ancients called a tiger body and ape arms.

After a closer look, Wuxie found a clue.

"Brother, this man's index finger and middle finger on his right hand are the same as yours."

The two fingers of the brother are particularly long, which is very different from ordinary people. You can see it at a glance.

The fat man also shouted.

"All the Zhang family members are the same, they all have very long fingers!"

Everyone felt very strange about this discovery.

Could it be caused by the unique genetic genes of the Zhang family?

But this speculation is obviously unreliable. The Zhang family is a huge family with countless members distributed across the country.

After thousands of years, even if the Zhang family has special genetic genes, the blood of their descendants will gradually be diluted due to intermarriage from generation to generation.

How could it remain unchanged for thousands of years!

At this time, the fat man made another amazing discovery.

"These dozen couples buried together, they all have the surname Zhang!"

In other words, the Zhang family will only intermarry with the Zhang family!

But close marriage will lead to many genetic diseases in offspring. Why does the Zhang family keep such a tradition?

Ji Changsheng looked at the young man and said softly.

"The answer lies in the unique blood of the Zhang family!"

In order to prevent the blood of the Zhang family from being spread outside, they can only intermarry!

In other words, the secret of the Zhang family is hidden in their blood!

But the problem is, as everyone knows, Zhang Dafoye's wife is Yin Xinyue, not a member of the Zhang family.

Ji Changsheng looked up at the stairs in the distance.

"If you want to know the final answer, go up and take a look."

In this first floor, there are no other clues except more than a thousand coffins and mummies.

So, people followed Ji Changsheng up the stairs and came to the second floor.

The second floor is not much different from the first floor, but it is smaller in area and has about seven or eight hundred coffins.

Everyone went forward to check and found no other clues, so they went to the third floor.

When they came to the third floor, hundreds of separated rooms appeared in front of them.

Each room is about seven or eight square meters in size and contains a coffin, which is more advanced than the ones on the two floors below.