Zhang Tianyuan and Professor Li Mingguang had a good conversation, and gradually talked about archaeology and the mausoleum to be excavated this time.

"Professor Li, I see your battle, this mausoleum is not simple, right?" Zhang Tianyuan asked with a smile.

"That's right, you should have heard of it, we can only be regarded as the vanguard troops, we have to carry out drilling operations first, confirm the size of this mausoleum, and then the follow-up troops will follow up and carry out excavation work, Feixue's child is the granddaughter of an old comrade-in-arms, originally, but quite obedient, but this time I don't know what's wrong, I actually said such indecent words, alas. Li Mingguang said and mentioned the girl named Qin Feixue again.

"Okay, Professor Li, who hasn't made a second mistake, let him go in the past. In our vicinity of Phoenix Mountain, I have only heard of Tang Dingling, and what you should not be excavating this time is Dingling, right? But when we were in school, we all knew that this Dingling Tomb had been messed up by many officials and thieves in history, and there were not many things in it. After all, Zhang Tianyuan graduated from archaeology, and he has lived in this generation since he was a child, so he naturally knows what relatively large mausoleums there are here.

Tang Dingling is the Emperor of Tang Zhongzong and the Great Sage of Great Zhaoxiao (the first Emperor of Xiaohe, Tang Tianbao thirteenth year of February, changed to the Great Sage of Dazhaoxiao Emperor. Li Xian's mausoleum, Zhongzong died on June 7 in the fourth year of Tang Jinglong, and was buried in Dingling in November. Dingling is formed by the connection of three black bluestone rock peaks, like a flying phoenix, so it is named "Phoenix Mountain".

Phoenix Mountain is located at the junction between Zhang Tianyuan's village and the surrounding villages, and archaeological teams have been here and excavated in the past. It's just that Dingling is now also a key cultural relics protection unit in Shaanzhou, and later became a national key cultural relics protection unit. I don't know what Professor Li and they are here for.

It's a pity that this Dingling is much worse than the reputation of Qianling.

Qianling is the joint burial tomb of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi and Wu Zetian. The fame is indeed greater, but it is not easy to say that this Li Xian is not simple.

Li Xian was the third son of Wu Zetian, and after Li Xian, the prince of Zhang Huai, was deposed, he was made the crown prince. Hongdao ascended the throne in the first year, and the Empress Dowager Wu Zetian was called the dynasty. In the following year, he was deposed by Wu Zetian as the king of Luling, and successively moved to Junzhou, Fangzhou and other places.

In the second year of the holy calendar, he was recalled to Luoyang by Zetian and reinstated as the crown prince. In the first year of Shenlong, Prime Minister Zhang Khan Zhi and others raised troops to launch a coup d'état. Killed Zhang Yizhi, Zhang Changzong, etc., supported the restoration of Zhongzong, and abolished Zhou as Tang. After ascending the throne, more than 3,000 palace maids were released from the palace, and Wu Sansi and others were still reused, and Wu Sansi colluded with Empress Wei to expelle Zhang Cambodia and others who opposed the Wu group from the court. The government was controlled by Empress Merriam.

In the first year of Jinglong, the crown prince Li Chongjun sent troops to punish Wu Sansi and others, and was defeated and killed. During the reign of Zhongzong. The old system of the Tang Dynasty was restored, rents were exempted, ten inspectors were set up, and bachelors of the Bunkan were replaced. Develop economic and cultural exchanges with Tibet, implement a policy of harmony, and marry Princess Jincheng to Tubo Zampu. The stability of the frontier area is ensured.

Tang Zhongzong was in power twice before and after, and reigned for a total of five and a half years. In 710 AD, he was poisoned by his wife Empress Wei and daughter Princess Anle at the age of 55. He was called the Great and Great Sage Emperor Zhaoxiao (Chu Zhen Xiaohe Emperor) and was buried in Dingling.

Later generations commented that Tang Zhongzong Li Xian is actually the most powerful emperor in the history of our country, because his father is the emperor, his mother is the emperor, he himself is also the emperor, his younger brother is also the emperor, and his son is still the emperor (to be precise, Li Chongmao, the son of Zhongzong Li Xian, cannot be regarded as the emperor), which throughout history, he is really the only one.

Of course, this statement is a bit ridiculous, but if you really talk about it, this emperor can be regarded as a bad fate, he has a vicious mother, married a vicious wife, and gave birth to a vicious daughter, and finally died in the hands of a woman, poisoned by his wife and daughter.

Others have mothers, wives and daughters, but this one is a big tragedy.

When Zhang Tianyuan first started to study history, he was very sympathetic to this emperor, and later went to university and studied archaeology, and felt that this person was even more sad to the extreme.

Of course, Li Xian has one thing that is still the envy of many people with severe historical YY syndrome, that is, he also married Shangguan Zhaorong as a concubine, that is, the famous Shangguan Wan'er.

Hearing Zhang Tianyuan talk about Dingling, Li Mingguang nodded and said: "You're right, Dingling has been excavated for a long time, and now it is also a provincial and national key cultural relics protection unit, but just like the Qin Tomb, Qianling is the same, such a tomb can not be completely excavated for a while and a half, the mausoleum of Zhongzong Li Xian is also very large, it is better to say that the emperor's tombs in the Tang Dynasty are quite large, this excavation work is not an overnight thing, this time we are because someone wrote an anonymous letter, saying that there is a death row prisoner who left a suicide note before he died, saying that he had robbed the tomb in this generation and dug up a lot of treasures, so we will come here to carry out rescue excavations. ”

"Is the words of a death row prisoner really so credible? Aren't you afraid that he is playing tricks on you?" Zhang Tianyuan asked.

"When a man is about to die, his words are good. And this kind of thing is also better to believe in it than to believe in it. You studied archaeology, so you probably know about Tang Dingling, right?"

Zhang Tianyuan nodded and said: "The decline of the Tang Dynasty, the alternation of history, and the Dingling Tomb have been plagued by disasters, and it has been repeatedly burned and excavated. In February of the first year of the establishment of Tang Dezong, it was burned twice by the party, Qiang and Tubo. In April of the 14th year of Zhenyuan, he sent the left counselor Cui to repair the history of the Eight Tombs, and gave 380 houses to the mausoleum, and prepared the mausoleum curtains and all things. Later Liang Kaiping was excavated by Wen Taozi, a warlord who lived in Huayuan, in the second year. Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin Jianlong two years and Kaibao three years twice edict to repair the tomb. In February of the 27th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the eunuch Liang Yong patrolled Shaanxi, sent out the mausoleums of the past dynasties, looted the gold and jade, and the mausoleum was stolen and excavated again. Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty did not erect a monument to seal the tomb in 41 years. I have to say that Tang Dingling is indeed ill-fated, and he is as pitiful as its owner, Zhongzong Li Xian. ”

"Yes, just take the stone carvings in the cemetery, these stone carvings are tall and majestic, and the art is exquisite. It is the same as the stone carving group of Qianling and other tombs, and it is the essence of the art treasure house of the Tang Dynasty in China. Unfortunately, most of them are gone, after the war and the nearby residents stole stone chisels, the cemetery and the four stone carvings were almost looted. Now only a stone lion and a pair of stone figures in the south are relatively intact. Although there are stone lions and stone horses at the east gate and the north gate, they are all dilapidated. And there is no statue of Wang Binli. "When I say this. Li Mingguang looked a little angry.

Zhang Tianyuan's face was embarrassed, the so-called nearby residents. Isn't that just the villagers in the neighborhood?

Of course, Zhang Tianyuan knows, Li Mingguang is right, as far as he remembers, there were a few years when tomb robberies in this area were very crazy, mainly because eating and dressing were problems at that time, eating was the kind of dregs and buns that were as black as carbon, if you can eat a white flour bun, it is a blessing that has been cultivated for several lifetimes, and there are one or two pieces of clothes worn all year round. After washing, changing, and washing, the clothes are patches stacked on top of each other, and now people definitely can't think of the hard days at that time, as a post-80s generation, Zhang Tianyuan is glad that he has experienced that hard time, because he has experienced hard times, he knows how to cherish them.

At that time, because of poverty, some people really couldn't survive. Began the business of robbing tombs.

In some books, tomb robbers are described as how technical and high-end, or they are vicious and evil, and they do all kinds of evil.

In fact, in real reality. Most of the tomb robbers didn't understand anything at all, and Zhang Tianyuan remembered most clearly at that time, what Luoyang shovel. What kind of professional tools, it's really no fart. The graves were dug up in a mess and pitted. It's like rat-nibbled cheese.

However, at that time, people were still more fearful of ghosts and gods, so after robbing the tomb, they also filled back the excavated soil.

His father was also one of the tomb robbers at that time, but there was no way, for the sake of livelihood, and the state was not strict at that time, watching others rob tombs and make money, the people in the village were also anxious.

These people know what cultural relics, sometimes dig out the altars and jars do not know how to cherish, there are broken on the spot, at that time a lot of things now think about it is really sad, some people dig graves, actually specifically looking for gold and silver, like those altars and jars, directly thrown aside, the result is a lot of damage, until later I heard that those things may be more valuable, this is carefully protected.

Therefore, the collection of prosperous times, tomb robbery in troubled times, although it could not be regarded as troubled times at that time, but the life in the countryside was similar to that of troubled times, and I couldn't eat a meal of pork all year round, which was a luxury in the real sense.

This is also the reason why after life is good, many rural people are easy to gain weight, so they take the fat pork, which is really to die and eat, and it is strange if they are not fat.

Speaking of which, the eighteen tombs of the Tang Dynasty are all in Shaanzhou, which is something that Zhang Tianyuan is proud of, but at the same time, the tomb robbery caused by it is also something he regrets.

"Professor Li, you are tired, if you are tired, you should rest first, and tomorrow you will preside over the drilling and excavation work. Zhang Tianyuan looked at the time, it was not early, and said.

"Okay, you should rest early, I can't say I'll have your help tomorrow. Li Mingguang said with a smile.

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Zhang Tianyuan is also here to lay on the floor, who is in the room on the second floor, thinking about the crickets outside at night, blowing the breeze, although it is summer, but it is still quite cool, not long, he fell asleep thinking about things.

I don't know how long it was, but suddenly I heard a rush of footsteps and the sound of a dog barking.

Zhang Tianyuan was awakened in a dream, and then rushed out in a daze, and saw Li Mingguang standing in the courtyard with a grim face.

"What's going on, Professor Li?" asked Zhang Tianyuan, who was wearing slippers, shorts, and a sweatshirt at this time, rubbing his eyes.

"Someone is digging things in a mass grave!" Li Mingguang said.

At this time, Qin Feixue, who was also woken up, shuddered with fright, and said tremblingly: "Teacher, are you sure it's a person, not something else?"

"Feixue, you're studying archaeology, how can you believe in ghosts and gods, haven't you read too many tomb robbery novels recently, nonsense. Li Mingguang glanced at Qin Feixue, his face was not very good.

He doesn't like some of the tomb robbery novels that have been popular on the market recently, and ordinary people just read it, and it should be lively, but professional archaeologists actually read it and believe it, which is simply a bad thing.

Those who don't have ghosts and gods are okay, they are all adventure novels, and they have a certain amount of authenticity, but some of them are just nonsense and win the preferences of ordinary people, which he has no problem with, but he will never allow his students to be affected by this.

What ghosts, what monsters, just boring.

As he spoke, Li Mingguang had already taken the flashlight and was about to go out, Zhang Tianyuan hurriedly went back to the house to change a pair of shoes, and rushed out with him.

Those armed policemen had already arrived at the mass grave, and they didn't know if they had arrested anyone. (To be continued......)