"The Feng Shui of this place has a name, called Qingying Dianshui." Mr. Wu said while looking at the entrance of the cave. "If there is a tomb inside, it should be a vertical pit tomb, that is, the coffin is erected and placed on the air cavity." Mr. Wu introduced.
Professional matters should be left to professionals. Yang Fan was chatting with Mr. Wu above, so naturally he wanted the trio of tomb robbers to go down and take a look.
Zhang Geda said to the trio of tomb robbers: "You three, go down and take a look."
The three of them didn't dare to disobey. This was what they were doing, so they naturally wanted to go down and take a look first.
They waited for a while to release the gas, then stuck a torch in to try.
The torch was blown outward by the wind inside and burned very fiercely.
It seems to be okay. It's not sealed here. There are ventilation ducts connected to the outside. It has been kept ventilated for thousands of years without much carbon dioxide deposition.
It is estimated that it is unlikely to be an ancient tomb.
Then the three tomb-robber brothers held torches and got in. Below was a passage, just under the bridge.
The piers are built on the cover of the channel.
I don’t know how it was sealed, but it didn’t leak.
Zhang Geda saw that the trio of tomb robbers were okay, waved his hand, and the engineering team entered the tunnel one after another. Engineers placed a carbide lamp every ten meters in the passage.
Suddenly the passage was illuminated as bright as day.
The engineers and soldiers were exploring inside, and Yang Fan, Xiao Niangpi and Mr. Wu were sitting at the entrance of the cave chatting.
It was also the first time for Yang Fan to come into contact with people like Earth Master. He was very interested and had a great time chatting with them.
"Mr. Wu, why should the vertical cave burial you mentioned be buried vertically?"
"The reason why we say only vertical burials here is because the essence of this land is under the tower. The real crypt is only a three-foot-square well. Such a small crypt cannot hold a coffin if it is laid flat. It can only be put in vertically. That means the body can stand in the coffin," Mr. Wu explained.
"What's the difference between standing and lying down?" Xiao Niangpi asked.
"Those who are buried standing must be people of high status and status. For example, King Zhou of the Shang Dynasty was buried in a vertical cave. After King Zhou failed in the battle with King Wu of Zhou Muye, he climbed onto the Lutai and set himself on fire. The Shang Dynasty was destroyed. King Zhou Wu Geng, his son, followed Zhou's order to "be buried in the Qi River after his death" and ordered people to cut off the Qi River and dig a vertical hole on the river bed for burial. After the seal was sealed, the river flowed. Later, due to the eastward movement of the river, the river bed was Seeing that the erosion became lower, the tomb of Zhou was exposed and gradually connected with the embankment. The tomb of King Zhou we see today is a typical vertical pit tomb."
At this time, there was a noise in the passage, and Miao Shugen climbed up again and said to Yang Fan: "There is an iron door inside, which is locked. The inscription on the copper lock says Chen Mansion. I wonder if it has been occupied by Chen for a long time. The family found out, everything was taken away, and the Chen family used this as a warehouse."
Yang Fan asked: "Mr. Wu, are you sure that Shi's treasure is here? Is there another entrance? This is the Chen family's cellar where the silver is hidden."
Mr. Wu said, "For thousands of years, many tomb robbers have known that this is where the treasures of the Shi clan of the Sixteen Kingdoms are hidden. However, due to the dangerous Feng Shui, experts who really understand Feng Shui do not want to cause trouble and do not want to look for it. Others couldn't find the entrance, so they kept it until now. The island was riddled with holes that had been dug for hundreds of years, but no one could find the entrance, so it gradually became deserted. The buildings on it were all except that brick The pagoda is from the Liao Dynasty, and the others were built by the Chen family in recent years. It shouldn’t be wrong.”
Xiao Niangpi sighed. It seemed that the treasure had been taken away long ago. The Chen family used this place as their own warehouse.
But when I thought about it, I had nothing to lose. It would be great if I could find the Chen family's hidden silver.
"Open that copper lock," Xiao Niangpi said.
"Here" a few people got back into the tunnel again. The sound of violent unlocking came from the tunnel. After a while, the iron door was opened.
Zhang Geda ran out excitedly, "Master, this Chen family really belongs to the rat family. There is a large stone room inside, filled with things, including many silver lumps, each of which is two feet square."
Yang Fan said in confusion: "What's wrong with the Chen family? Why do they pour such a big piece of silver? When they use it, they have to knock off small pieces. It's not troublesome enough."
Xiao Niangpi said: "You don't understand the trick here. This kind of silver lump is nicknamed Guijianchou. It is to prevent theft. Silver is twice as heavy as iron. Such a big silver lump weighs several hundred kilograms. There are not more than a dozen people who can't get it away. Besides, this hoard of silver won't be easily taken out for circulation."
"It's better to be bigger. The bigger it is, the better I like it. Get them out quickly. The engineer brought the pulley set over," Yang Fan said excitedly.
No matter what worries he has, as long as it's silver, there's nothing he can't make. How stupid would he be to think of making silver into big pieces to prevent theft? No matter how big the silver is, he won't be afraid.
The engineers set up the pulley block at the entrance of the cave and began to move the things inside out. Hundreds of silver lumps were hoisted up one after another. The silver was very old, and the surface was oxidized and looked dark.
Seeing that there were more than three hundred thousand taels of silver, Yang Fan was very happy.
What was hoisted up from the back were camphor wood boxes. Some of the boxes are a bit rotten and are obviously old. I don’t know if they were stored in the Chen family’s generation.
Yang Fan used a crowbar to open several of them one after another. They contained various jewelry and books. There are many Song edition books.
Xiao Niangpi opened a rotten box, which contained porcelain carefully wrapped in straw. There are also calligraphy and painting scrolls carefully wrapped in oilcloth in cowhide bags.
There were too many things and I didn’t have time to look at them carefully, so I could only take them away and slowly identify them.
The engineers were well-trained, and they emptied everything inside in a short time. It was filled with the Chen family's belongings, and no treasures belonging to the Shi family of the Sixteen Kingdoms were found.
"Mr. Wu, this should be all these things. They are all accumulated by the Chen family for more than a hundred years. The bottom is empty." Zhang Geda said.
"It shouldn't be like this. Can I go down and take a look?" Wu Jiuling asked Yang Fan.
"Okay, let's go down and have a look. I don't think this place is that simple."
Several people climbed down from the crude wooden ladders that the engineers had cut down trees temporarily and nailed them with nails.
There are still some engineers inside, lighting up with torches.
Yang Fan and others walked to the end of the passage and saw the iron door. It looked like it was not very old. The original door must have been destroyed. This one was replaced by the Chen family later.
After pushing open the iron door and entering, the space inside is relatively spacious, covering more than forty square meters and about three meters in height.
The stone walls are carved with exquisite stone carvings, showing scenes of Hu people herding horses and playing polo. Polo originated in the late Han Dynasty and became very popular during the Sixteen Kingdoms period.
Guarding engineers stood on all sides, and carbide lamps were placed at the four corners. The light inside was as bright as day.
Yang Fan took out the detector without saying anything and started detecting along the four walls.
What he detected on the bridge was the silver and bronze in this stone chamber.
Now I continued to detect along the four walls and walked around, but found nothing.
Yang Fan refused to give up and scanned the ground and roof repeatedly. The power was exhausted and nothing was found.
It seems that there are really no metal objects within a few meters away.
At this time, Mr. Wu looked at the mural thoughtfully.
Suddenly Mr. Wu said.
"No, this is only part of the building. There should be another part that has not been discovered."
