Chao Wenshun's words made everyone take a breath of cold air.
Even if Zhang's old witch forced them to go to the tomb, Yue Guanchao only felt that there were some rare treasures in the tomb that he had to remove.
I never thought that Emperor Haidong would bury half of the Bohai Kingdom’s national treasures in his mausoleum!
"How much is that?"
Yue Guanchao swallowed. The term "half country" was too huge for him at present. He had never thought about how many treasures there were in the tomb.
Chao Wenshun looked at them with greed in his eyes:
"There are so many that we need to build an underground city to store them."
Then, he knocked on the table a few times, and the nursing staff dragged out an ancient scroll screen from the side hall.
The painting screen is about half a person's height, and is firmly supported by two yellow wooden stool legs. It is just as wide as an outstretched arm. The scroll surface is slightly yellowed, antique, and smells of a special bookish atmosphere.
Chao Wenshun walked towards the screen with a ruler in his hand. He put the lamp behind the screen, and by the bright candlelight, the details on the ancient painting gradually became richer.
"Haidong Shengguo has five capitals, namely Longquan Prefecture in Shangjing, Xiande Prefecture in Zhongjing, Longyuan Prefecture in Tokyo, Yalu Prefecture in Xijing, and Nanhai Prefecture in Nanjing. The Bohai kings in the past dynasties mostly lived in Shangjing and specifically designated Shangjing as the capital. The rest of the capital is the companion capital."
Chao Wenshun tapped the ruler lightly, drawing everyone's attention to the ancient map on the screen.
In the ancient map, mountains and rivers are adjacent to each other, and rivers and lakes are close to each other. Shangjing City faces north and south and is located on the bank of Mudanjiang River.
The imperial city is surrounded by four directions, long from north to south and short from east to west. It has five vertical streets and seven horizontal streets, dividing the entire city into a chessboard pane. The imperial palace is located in the extreme north and is divided into the outer imperial city and the inner palace city. All palaces are located on the central axis, both inside and outside. The verandahs, imperial flower ponds, and palace gardens are all clear and distinct.
Outside the imperial city, the outer city where people lived was bustling with people, and hundreds of industries prospered.
From an overview, you can see the golden dome of Mujiang Temple on the edge of the capital city, which is full of brilliance. Foreign businessmen are filing in at the gate of the city. In the distance, the school grounds are in full swing and martial arts performances are in full swing.
In every detail, there are even lanterns and colorful decorations for married women to get married, monks on the move praying for alms, and beggars and poor people begging along the streets. It can be said that you can see the prosperity of the capital city at large, and the hustle and bustle of the city at small, extremely detailed!
"This picture is "The Picture of Peace in Beijing"!"
Song Siyuan noticed the content on the painting screen, and besides being pleasantly surprised, she also felt a little curious.
Although Yue Guanchao thinks this picture is not simple, he doesn't know how powerful it is:
"Do you know what this picture is called?"
"yes!"
Song Siyuan paused and said excitedly:
"The book I'm talking about contains the "Picture of Peace in Beijing"."
"It was painted by Da Yinzun for Mrs. Qionghua. Mrs. Qionghua was from the Western Regions and could only speak a small amount of Tang. She was always bored when she was trapped in the Bohai Palace, and could not leave the palace because she could not understand the language. In order to relieve the boredom of this beloved concubine. , specially ordered the painter to give Qiong Hua a hundred scenes of the capital on her birthday as a gift."
"After the death of Mrs. Qionghua, the whereabouts of this picture are unknown. There are rumors that it was burned by the Khitan people when they attacked the city. Some people say that it was collected as a trophy by the Khitan royal family."
"This thing should have been taken from Mrs. Qionghua's tomb, right?"
Song Siyuan looked at Chao Wenshun confidently, and his eyes told everyone that Song's guess was absolutely right.
"You are really talented to guess this level. This thing does come from the tomb of Mrs. Qionghua."
Chao Wenshun was not afraid that they would know, so he turned around and sat in the chair:
"I believe you also know that a local master dug up Qionghua's tomb at Yuxia Peak the month before last. Then these people were discovered by the Chao family and were taken back to the county and hanged in the city gate tower."
"Chao Da Dong, this must be to fool outsiders. I want to know what is going on?"
Song Siyuan didn't like being hidden by others. Since Chao Wenshun could show them such an important thing, he was naturally ready to tell them.
He filled the cup again:
"These tomb thieves, just like you, came to the palace to look for clues. We deliberately gave Mrs. Qionghua's tomb, and they got the tomb map and they took the bait and stole her tomb."
Song Siyuan looked at Chao Wenshun, squinting her eyes as if looking at an old fox:
"Then, you just waited outside and arrested them."
"wrong!"
Chao Wenshun shook his head, his eyes flashing with thick black light:
"Our court has rules. As long as we provide outsiders with the location of the Northern Dynasty tombs, half of the treasures dug out from them must be collected."
"If these tomb thieves are willing, they can take the other half of the tomb treasures and leave. We will neither report them to the authorities nor pursue them. We will live in peace."
"It's just that this time, after the group of local masters were discovered, they not only refused to shed blood and divide the spoils, but also wanted to play tricks on the Chao family. Of course, we were not afraid of force. We killed them all, leaving only one local master who pulled out his tongue and sent it away. County government, so he can no longer talk nonsense."
What Chao Wenshun said was completely different from what Song Qingyang said. For some reason, they were more willing to believe that what Chao Wenshun said was the truth.
Because the entire tomb robbery case was too coincidental, just like the court script they encountered today. There were coincidences everywhere, which naturally meant that it was a man-made plot.
Isn't this the "immortal jump" in the tomb robbing world?
