Chapter Seventy-One: That's it?
After a few moments, the group of seven finally descended the stone steps to the tomb.
Because it is a special construction method of splitting the mountain for the mausoleum, the pattern of this tomb is naturally not much different from the general mausoleum, and the most obvious difference is that the whole tomb is a large hall.
There are no cloisters or corridors, only many transepts and niches built on the east and west sides of the temple.
Therefore, the process of visiting the tomb this time will definitely be simpler than the previous tomb of King Liang Xiao, at least there is no need to walk too much.
Before he began to explore the ear chambers and niche chambers, Wu Liang first looked up at the dome.
The dome here is also painted with murals, which are also a very popular vermilion and ink cloud satin pattern in the Han Dynasty, but the scale is much smaller than that of the tomb of King Liang Xiao, and the level of painting and the pigments used do not seem to be as good as the "Four Gods and Clouds" of the tomb of King Liang Xiao, and some places have lost color.
The erosion of time can be ruled out here.
It is necessary to know that in history, Liu Wu, the king of Liang Xiao, died in 144 BC, and Liu Qu, the king of Guangchuan, died in 70 BC, which means that this mausoleum was built at least 74 years later than the tomb of King Xiao of Liang.
Even if it is eroded, it is the tomb of King Liang Xiao that has been eroded for a longer time.
What's more, this mausoleum was built on a mountain, and now it is still relatively dry, and the environment is not known how many times stronger than the damp and leaky tomb of King Liang Xiao.
Therefore, the fading problem here can only be attributed to the gap between the level of painting and the pigment.
Next is the east and west side of the ear chambers.
In the ear room and the niche room on the east side, from north to south, all kinds of drinking utensils, musical instruments, copper, iron, pottery cooking utensils and other utensils of different sizes are stored in turn.
The most striking thing is a square chessboard carved out of cypress.
The chessboard is about 50 centimeters long and wide, with lines carved on the front and four dots painted in red paint.
In addition, there are 12 bone chess pieces and six bamboo sticks next to the chessboard, of which 2 chess pieces are slightly larger, and the remaining 10 chess pieces are slightly smaller, representing "general" and "pawn" respectively.
Wu Liang knew that the chessboard, chess pieces and bamboo sticks were used to play "Liubo Chess".
"Liubo chess" is a very popular chess way in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and the Qin and Han dynasties, the "Bo" in the word "game" in ancient times refers to the "Liubo chess", and "Yi" is said to be "Go".
It's a pity that after the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liubo chess began to decline.
As a result, this kind of chess game is gradually lost, and the relevant historical materials that can be found in the 21st century are scattered and unknown, although many archaeologists have made a lot of inferences, but the exact way to play is still an unsolved mystery.
"Oh roar, this thing just reminded me that it's up to me whether or not this unsolved mystery of the afterlife can be solved!"
Wu Liang turned his head to look at Cao Yu, "Brother Anmin, can you play Liubo chess?" ”
"Of course...... No! I can't play this kind of thing, and you can make do with that backgammon. ”
Cao Yu, the stinky chess basket, shook his head and said disapprerovingly, "But Cao Ang is not bad, even my little brother Cao Pi is also very good, they often fight against the children of the scholar clan in Chen Liucheng, and occasionally win some wine money." ”
"Brother An Min will be a fierce general who will go into battle to kill the enemy in the future, and this kind of plaything will not be discouraged."
Wu Liang said with a smile.
It seems that if you want to understand Liuboqi, you have to find someone else.
"Hahaha, what Brother Xian said is very true, I love to talk to you."
Cao Yu immediately hugged Wu Liang's shoulders and laughed quite usefully.
Seeing this scene, Bai Jingjing on the side did not hide her disgust, and spat in front of the two: "Phew! The smell is the same, and the flatterers are flattering! ”
Wu Liang was such a role model for her, and she naturally didn't plan to continue to save any face for Wu Liang.
Anyway, some of the two have already said something clear enough, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they know the roots, and naturally there is no need to continue to maintain the harmony on the surface.
"White girl, if your little mouth is really idle, I don't mind using my ...... Stinky socks fill it up for you. ”
Wu Liang inexplicably froze his shell, and his eyes showed a fierce light.
"Humph!"
Bai Jingjing snorted coldly, and immediately stopped talking.
Immediately afterwards, Wu Liang and others investigated the ear chamber and the niche room on the west side, where they saw weapons, chariots, horses, armor and some more ordinary living utensils in turn.
It is worth mentioning that these weapons are also not climatic, and they are comparable to the weapons used by ordinary soldiers in contemporary times, and there is no way to compare them with the sophisticated weapons found in the tomb of King Xiao of Liang.
So far, however, the tomb is only halfway explored.
Because this is a double-storey tomb, on the south side of the hall, there is a clear stone step leading directly to the lower level, and the coffin of the tomb owner Liu Qu should be on the lower level.
And so they went down one by one.
A huge bronze coffin was placed in the center of the lower hall.
On the left and right sides of the coffin, there are two clay figurines of maids who bow down to the coffin, silently serving the owner in the coffin.
Wu Liang put the coffin aside, and still checked from the ear chambers and niche rooms on the east and west sides.
The discoveries here are finally enriched, and in the transept niche on the east side, there is a dry bone in almost every transept, except for some living things.
Judging by the clothes on the dry bones that have not yet completely turned into dust, as well as some gold accessories scattered around the dry bones, it can be judged that the deceased should be women, and their status is not too low, at least they must be the concubines of the tomb owner.
In addition, these dry bones have a black mark from the neck down, and it seems that they should have died of poisoning.
And in the transept niche on the west side.
Wu Liang and others found more dry bones of humans, in addition to the dry bones of pigs, cattle, and sheep.
Placed together with pigs and cows, the status of the burial here is much lower, and there are men and women, who should be subordinates such as maids and maids.
It was also in the last niche on the west side that Cao Yu finally found the thing he was most interested in - gold!
There is a layer of horseshoe gold and lintoe gold that are common in the Western Han Dynasty, as well as ten boxes of gold cakes placed together, which should be almost nearly 1,000 catties in rough calculation.
"Hahaha, although it is far from the time in Dangshan, it is not in vain."
Seeing this gold, Cao Yu, who was getting more and more disappointed along the way, finally breathed a sigh of relief, rushed over and picked up a box of gold cakes and grinned.
However, Wu Liang did not feel comfortable because of this.
That's it?
That's it?
That's it?
The legendary "Tomb Robber King" Liu Quzeng, who has stolen countless ancient tombs, has been at this level in "ONE PIECE" here?
He doesn't care about gold, but about things that have more historical value.
The tomb of King Wei Xiang, the tomb of Qu, the tomb of Yuan An, the cemetery of Jin Ling, the cemetery of Jin You, the tomb of Luanshu...... The tombs of these famous figures in history were all stolen by him, how could he leave only this little thing?
At the very least, there must be some seals, treasures and other things that can prove his "brilliant achievements", right?
"Come on, open the coffin with me!"
Wu conscience shouted unwillingly.
"Wait a minute!"
Seeing that Wu Liang was going to open the coffin, Bai Jingjing suddenly became nervous, and hurriedly blocked the front and said, "Childe, you said that you are measured in your affairs, and you only seek wealth without disturbing others, do you want to go back on your word?" ”