Chapter 18: "Down to the Grave"
However, before the people above could make any moves, the blue brick tomb under my feet moved first, and without warning, I saw that the top of the tomb began to crack at a speed visible to my naked eye, and I secretly scolded for being unlucky!
The body couldn't suppress the shivering, and I had no choice but to pray desperately in my heart that my teammates could pull me up quickly, and at this time, the top of the tomb was already sinking slightly.
If I look at it this way, I will definitely fall with it, and I don't know what is going on in this tomb, whether there are any monsters that want to kill people, all of this is still an unsolved mystery.
Thinking of this, I hurriedly yelled at the entrance of the cave: "Fuck pull Lao Tzu up, it's going to collapse." ”
To tell the truth, I was about to cry, and I couldn't help but sigh to myself, what kind of life is this? Since I was a child, I didn't have a father or mother, and the whole childhood was also a tragedy, and I finally relied on my grandfather for 20 years, and the old man's life and death were unknown, and I didn't know what to do all of a sudden.
Thinking of this, I suddenly realized that the rope around my waist suddenly tightened, and a strong pulling force came from the other end of the rope, and in an instant, the top of the tomb under my feet collapsed completely.
Then a faint musty smell came from below, this smell was a little pungent! There was also a kind of disgusting smell after the meat had been rotten for a long time, I was choked so that my nose was sour and tears almost flowed out, and then there was the sound of bricks falling to the ground, forget it, it is important to go up quickly, regardless of this.
My posture at this time was the most uncomfortable, there were no bumps on either side for me to grab, and my whole body was suspended in the air by a rope.
In the end, I could only be dragged out by my teammates little by little, to be honest, when it came out completely, I was paralyzed directly, and the fat man was also anxious to see that I had not spoken, so he asked me what was wrong.
I didn't answer the fat man in a hurry, but tried to calm down as quickly as possible, so I slowed down for about ten minutes, and then I told the big guy about the accident that had just happened, and the fat man didn't say anything after listening to me, and then said: "I said, why are you so cowardly? It's not like an old Lu family at all, okay, hurry up, we should go to the grave." ”
I didn't pay attention to the fat man, and I didn't say anything or refute anything, after all, this is the truth! After that, the fat man took out the fire fold from his bag and walked towards the entrance of the cave, as for what he was going to do next, it was nothing more than two words to find the way.
At the moment, none of us know what the situation is in this tomb, if you go down rashly, only fools will do it, generally speaking, as long as it is an ancient tomb, there is a chance that there will be a hidden weapon in it in order to prevent tomb thieves, and I used to know about these when I chatted with an old oiler in the inverted bucket world in Uncle Li's shop.
I don't know the name of this guy is a southern crawler.,Anyway, I just know him and basically call him the old golden head.,It's said that he has poured countless big and small buckets.,But in the end he almost missed in a Han tomb.,There were six or seven people who went down to the tomb together.,And they're all top masters.,But in the end, only the old gold head came out alive.,None of the others survived and left their lives in the tomb.,It's the organ that makes them suffer.。
The fat man threw the fire fold into the hole, and the inside of the thief hole suddenly brightened, and with the faint light of the fire fold, we could vaguely see the green bricks and some sealed soil that fell on the ground.
Maybe it's because the oxygen in the tomb is sufficient, and the fire folds are endless, so it can be seen that when the craftsman built this tomb, he should have retained the ventilation facilities, and the fat man looked at it and scolded: "Damn this is a big tomb! Ancient tombs with ventilation facilities are very rare, generally speaking, this kind of technology is only in the hands of craftsmen who repair the tombs of the royal family, and I guessed that this tomb is buried, at least it is a fucking royal relative." ”
Tang Jing asked, "What should we do next?"
Fat man: "Do you need to say this?
Peng Hui: "Wouldn't it be better to rest for one night and then go to the grave?"
The fat man waved his hand and said: "We will go down this tomb sooner or later, to be honest, the outside is not necessarily safer than the tomb, and Lao Tzu doesn't want to keep vigil!"
In fact, what the fat man said is not unreasonable, he is experienced in this regard, and we can only listen to the fat man in the end, and the fat man did not hesitate to jump down the first one, and then I went down to the second row, and when I went down to the tomb, the fat man was already in the four circles.
When I entered the tomb, there was a disgusting musty smell on my face, which was not the same as the musty smell of our usual things, mixed with the disgusting smell of corpses after decomposing, although this smell was very light but very pungent to me, and for fat people who often go to the grave, this is the most normal.
I turned on the flashlight and shone around, this is about a space of more than fifty square meters, it looks like this should be a matching room, there are a lot of weapons and armor in the corner of the wall on the left, and a few wooden boxes are neatly stacked on the right, and the fat man opens them one by one and looks at them all, some of his mother's jewelry and jade.
I was shocked by the value of the tomb owner, to say that the most exciting thing in this is a few sets of heavy armor in the pile of weapons, looking at the style should be our Tang Dynasty, especially fashionable Mingguang armor.
I was almost shocked at the time of the jaw drop this is a baby, so far there is only the Palace Museum, there are some Qing Dynasty generations of defense products, this to say that this Ming Guang armor is the most authentic, we belong to the Tang Dynasty produced in the Tang Dynasty, whether it is from the manufacturing process or protection or aesthetics, it is not a decline of the Qing Dynasty manufacturing products can be compared.
If you take this thing to the outside world, casually sell it, conservatively estimated that it can sell for at least seven figures, and it is still a second dozen, I remember that in the two thousand years, the St. John's International Auction House in the United Kingdom sold such a Mingguang armor in the late Tang Dynasty at a high price of five million, and it was also a beautiful child.
It can be seen how rare this thing is, especially if it is so well preserved, it is even more difficult to meet, although these sets of armor are worth a lot of money, but at the moment I don't have the mind and even less courage, first of all, this reselling cultural relics is a felony, especially in the current world, if you are reported by the person who has a cheap mouth, but you have to be invited to drink tea by the official, it is not good to sit in prison and wear it lightly, and it is possible to eat peanuts and rice if the circumstances are serious.
At this time, the fat man suddenly said: "There are paintings on the wall, what are these paintings?"
Paintings on the wall?
Isn't it a mural?
I guessed in my heart that I was dragging my tired body and walking towards the fat man.
The earliest can be traced back to the Stone Age, which is also the embryonic period of Chinese painting, accompanied by the improvement of stone tool production methods, and the primitive arts and crafts have taken shape.
Generally speaking, most of the ancient tombs will have murals, and the content of the paintings is similar, which is nothing more than a record of the life deeds of the tomb owner.
I turned on the flashlight and shone it on the wall, and I saw that the wall was full of paintings from the right side.
At this time, Tang Jing asked me, "How is it, can you see anything?"
I smiled bitterly and said lightly, "I'll try it!"
After finishing speaking, I stopped inking, and looked at the murals on the wall with all my attention, and I have to say that the craftsmanship of the original painting is really amazing! If I have to use words to describe it, then I can only use vividness, the characters in the painting are quite vivid, and there is a certain sense of three-dimensionality.
The first painting from the right is of a stout young man who looks to be in his twenties, and it is not surprising that this must be what the owner of the tomb looked like when he was young.
Gradually, I was fascinated, and I looked at it thoroughly, and when I saw half of it, I was already shocked, and the identity of the owner of this tomb is not simple!
I Annai ups and downs, patiently look down, the whole painting basically includes the life experience of the tomb owner, his background is not very good, until he joined the army There were some changes, starting from the soldier until one day, he was unexpectedly favored by a nobleman in a centralized power, that is, after that, he started a counterattack career.
The owner of the tomb abandoned the martial arts, entered the court to become a minister, and then used some means to gain the trust of the emperor, and in the end it went directly, the highest position that a courtier can go to, from the position where the owner of the tomb in the court hall stands, this is clearly the position where the prime minister can stand.
But the good times were short-lived, and a sudden riot occurred, which depicted in detail the terrible scene of the riot, and the imperial city gates were full of rebels with weapons in hand.
Later, in order to cover the tomb owner, the centralized supreme ruler evacuated, and was unfortunately hacked to death by the rebels, and the content of the mural here was not completely finished until the content of the mural here.
After reading it, I exhaled a long breath, and I also had a rough guess about the identity of the owner of the tomb, starting from a commoner until later, there was only one person who became the prime minister of a country.
"Yang Guozhong!"
The fat man couldn't help but pat me on the shoulder and asked, "How about Xiao Xuan, do you see what is not the main master?"
Me: "Well, I'm a little eyebrow-raising!"
The fat man urged again: "You should say it quickly? Don't sell it, okay?"
I saw that the people present were all looking at each other, waiting for me to solve their doubts, and they no longer hung everyone's appetite, and said at the moment: "What is buried in this tomb is Yang Guozhong nine times out of ten." ”
"Yang Guozhong!"
The fat man asked me in disbelief: "Are you talking about Yang Guozhong, who was the prime minister in the Tang Dynasty? Brother, don't be joking! Can you be sure?"
I was very sure, nodded and said, "In the entire history of China, there are a few prime ministers named Yang Guozhong." ”
At this time, the fat man scolded one by one: "I'm a damn girl! Our vein has rules, and we don't touch the fight of loyal ministers and good generals, but Yang Guozhong, the old immortal, is another matter." ”
Peng Hui, who looked confused next to me, asked me: "Xiao Xuan, who is that Yang Guozhong? Why do you both have the same expression when you mention this person, and you want to strangle him?"
I was a little surprised when I heard this, and asked Peng Hui at the moment: "You don't even know Yang Guozhong?"
Peng Hui immediately scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "I have been practicing with my master since I was a child, how can I have the kung fu to study and understand the ancient history of our country?"
Looking at Yun Zhongzi and Zhang Yuntian, who had been there all the time, they also looked at me blankly, okay, I was speechless.
I have no choice but to popularize history for them, and those who have read the almanac should know that Yang Guozhong, the prime minister in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, was a traitor through and through.
Yang Guozhong lived in the Tianbao period ruled by Li Longji at that time, his real name was Yongle from Puzhou, Zhaotang, which is now our Ruicheng, Shanxi, and he and Yang Guifei, who was favored at that time, were also the same great-grandfather.
Yang Guozhong behaved dissolutely since he was a child, liked to drink and gamble, so he was poor, often borrowed money from others, and people looked down on him.
When he was thirty years old, he served in the army in Sichuan, and he worked hard to perform well, but Zhang You looked down on him because of his temperance, and only appointed him as the new lieutenant.
Later, after Zhang Qiu and Qiong's funding, Yang Guozhong took the two big trees of Yang Yuhuan and his sisters, so the Yang sisters often spoke for him in front of Xuanzong, and introduced him to Xuanzong, Li Longji appointed him to join the army for Jinwu Bing Cao, and from then on Yang Guozhong could enter and leave the forbidden middle school with the worship officer.
After establishing a foothold in Chang'an, he relied on the conditions of the Yang sisters to be favored, often approached Yang Guifei in the palace, carefully served Xuanzong to his liking, and did everything possible to tie up with the ministers in the imperial court, and in less than a year, he became an important minister of the imperial court with more than a dozen positions.
It wasn't until later that he overthrew Li Linfu, who was appointed prime minister at the time, in an extremely despicable way, and his fate ushered in a huge turning point from then on, yes, he replaced him as prime minister.
However, after gaining power, he was dictatorial and misguided the country to crowd out Zhongliang, and used traitors to corrupt the dynasty, until he later had a conflict with An Lushan, which led to the Anshi Rebellion before he was killed.
Thinking of this, I not only laughed, but what I wanted to express on the mural was that he died to protect Xuanzong, but he was actually caught by An Lushan's people on the way to escape and executed.
However, he still has some henchmen, and it is not a big problem to secretly build such a mausoleum after his death.
Seriously, I don't even know, whether I should be happy or sad, the fucking buddy made a prime minister's tomb for the first time he went to the grave, is this lucky or unlucky?
Although it is true that he is a traitor, it cannot be denied that he is the prime minister of a country, and he knows his tomb with his ass, which is definitely not as simple as it seems.
Zhang Yuntian: "The identity of the owner of the tomb has been clarified, what should we do next." ”
As soon as the words fell, everyone present fell into deep thought, including the fat man, and I didn't think too much about it at the moment and said: "What else can we do?
Yun Zhongzi stared at me without blinking and asked, "You mean, enter the main tomb?"
I said categorically, "That's right."
"I agree with Xiao Xuan!"
Peng Hui stood beside me quietly at this time and said, "And we are all here, there is no reason to give up halfway." ”
Although the fat man did not speak, but his actions have already shown that there are also his relatives who are also trapped in the tomb, and he has no other choice, Tang Jing only hesitated for a moment, and then nodded to me.
In this way, the whole room suddenly fell silent, and finally after more than ten minutes, Yun Zhongzi turned his head and said to Lao Dao: "Anyway, we are here with a task, and you also know the style of organization and service, once the task is issued, there will be no case of taking it back, it seems that we can't do this trip to the muddy water!"
Task?
This is the first time I've heard Yun Zhongzi mention that they didn't come to save people?
I was about to ask, and at this moment, the fat man and Zhang Penghui, who were standing on my left and right, as if they had a premonition, suddenly understood what I was going to do, and the two of them grabbed my arm and told me not to ask through their eyes, and I was even more puzzled now.
However, I still suppressed the urge to go up and ask clearly, and then Yun Zhongzi and Zhang Yuntian finally discussed.
Then he turned to the fat man and asked, "What should we do next?"
The fat man didn't rush to answer, but looked at the stone gate on the side with strange eyes, and said: "The place we are staying in at the moment is obviously one, specially used as a burial room, if you want to enter the main tomb, you must go through the corridor to arrive, you all know, the group of southern crawlers who came in a few days ago are suffering in the corridor, and we can't figure out how dangerous it is!"
Speaking of this, the fat man suddenly paused, and then said: "We can only cross the river by feeling the stones, in my opinion, we should rest here for one night, and then continue to act when we have recovered our strength." ”
We didn't have any opinion on the fat man's proposal, and when we got it together, we went to find a place to rest, I took out medical alcohol and gauze from my backpack, and treated the wounds on my body briefly, and Tang Jing could only do it for me if I couldn't reach it.