Chapter 1349
Squatting his head on the ground, he held up a flashlight, frowned and said, "It's in Xixia script. The inscription on this stele is very similar to the induction tower stele in the Gansu Museum where the Huguo Temple was rebuilt in Liangzhou. According to the Xixia people's habit of being bilingual when building stele, There may be Chinese characters on the back, turn it over and take a look.”
We turned the stone tablet over and scraped off the layer of cement with a knife. Sure enough, there were matching Chinese characters in regular script!
Reading from left to right, three characters are engraved on the head of the stele.
"Death letter."
Looking down, there is such a long paragraph.
"He Luo Gong, supervising the construction of defensive towers, humbles himself but respects others, is cautious and fearful of justice, seeks to serve the king, but does not end well. It is a pity for the high country to know that it is a pity. What a pity. Bai Jun ordered to write a petition for death, and gave him a golden bowl and a silver bowl. He was given 16 pieces of gold and wine vessels, and an imperial horse sign was given to be buried with the coffin and sealed with mud. Anyone who disturbed the soul of He Luogong would have no peace forever. It will be four years of Qian Ding, Gui Weiqiu. "
After reading this passage, Boutou and I looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.
My breathing started to quicken.
This is a death warrant!
Not an epitaph!
The so-called death petition is a document issued by ancient officials. It can be understood as a "death certificate" issued to an official. On the one hand, it highlights the recognition and respect of the superior (emperor) for the deceased's life contribution. Secondly, the descendants of the deceased's family can receive a certain amount of rice, grain, and money on a monthly basis based on the death petition issued by the superior. If the immediate family members of the deceased also pass away, the death petition can be passed on to the descendants, and they can then receive rewards. In summary, this is a very high honor.
I was shocked not only by this, but also by several words directly mentioned in the inscription.
There are 16 gold bowls and silver bowls, and 19 gold wine vessels!
And... unexpectedly... there is also the "Emperor's Horse Card"!
We're going big.
This is a national first-class cultural relic with a single-digit inventory!
What was the identity of the man named "He Luogong" in the inscription? To be given such a thing!
The imperial horse talisman is a unique talisman of Xixia. Its status and function are a bit like the tiger talisman in the Central Plains. Let alone getting started, I have heard of it but never seen it. I only know that this thing exists. I don’t even have a picture. I’ve seen it, but I don’t know what it looks like.
In 2005, at that time, there was only one physical horse sign from the Western Xia Dynasty in the National Museum. Later in 2009, the construction team dug out another one when building a community in Wuwei City. There were only two in total, and they were gone.
I lit a cigarette and leaned against the tree, looked up at the night sky and took a deep breath.
Don't talk to anyone, I want to be quiet.
Forget about the golden bowl and silver bowl. If we really dig out the "Qi Ran Horse" sign written on the inscription, I dare not say that the Sarawak Bird is valuable, but the level of cultural relics is not lower than that of the Saraswati Bird. For this thing, let each of us get a big Ben More than enough.
But if you're caught selling something of this level, it's almost enough to give you a reprieve from death.
"Fengzi! Why are you sitting there?
Bean Sprouts blushed and had a thick neck, shouting: Dig quickly! There are gold and silver bowls in the coffin! "
"Don't panic yet," he said to me, waving his head and hands, "Yunfeng, when did you say the fourth year of the job?"
"I can't remember the first thing. It should be... it should be the year before Li Xian succeeded him? History books say that Li Xian died a year after he took office."
"Yes, you are right."
"I suddenly thought of a person," he pointed at the stone tablet and frowned deeply:
"It is said here that this person's name is He Luogong, and he also has the same surname. I am wondering if it is possible that this person is related to He Chengzhen in the early Xixia period?"
I was confused and asked who the leader He Chengzhen was? I have no idea.
At this moment, the head's face was extremely solemn, and he said one sentence.
"He Chengzhen is a great Feng Shui master and architect who is not inferior to Yuan Tiangang. He presided over the construction of all the Xixia imperial tombs at the foot of Helan Mountain."
After hearing this, my right eyelid kept twitching and I started to feel scared.
It was said that it was a suspended death sentence just now, but now it is 100% the death penalty and will be executed immediately.
