Chapter 265: Tomb Robbery
In 202 BC, Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu and established the Han Dynasty, after the rule of Wenjing in the early Han Dynasty, the strength of the Han Dynasty reached its peak during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the territory was opened up to the outside world, defeating the Xiongnu in the sky, the 36 countries of the Western Regions surrendered one after another, and declared their submission to the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty began to establish the Western Regions Protectorate in the Western Regions, time flies, since the Han Yuan Emperor, the Han Dynasty has fallen, the power of relatives and eunuchs has risen, and the Han Dynasty, which was once strong, began to decline.
In 45 BC, the red moon hung high in the sky, and a child named Wang Mang was born, no one thought that thirty-seven years later, this young man named Wang Mang would actually stand on behalf of the Han Dynasty and establish a new dynasty, a new dynasty.
Wang Mang's new dynasty existed for a short time, but in just sixteen years, it was defeated by the Green Forest Army dominated by Liu Xiu and others.
Wang Mang was surrounded in the palace and left a strange last word: Everything is a lie, and I will never come again in the future.
What exactly did Wang Mang's last words mean, no one knows, this has become an unsolved mystery of history, after Wang Mang's death, Liu Xiu rebuilt the Han Dynasty, known as Guangwu Zhongxing in history.
Since Emperor Guangwu, the Han Dynasty has experienced ten emperors, the throne passed to the hands of Emperor Liu Hong, at this time, the Han Dynasty once again came to the dark period, relatives, eunuchs colluded, buying and selling officials, and when it was a disaster year, earthquakes, droughts continued, and the people were not able to make a living.
"Big brother, are you sure there is a treasure in this tomb?"
In a valley, three men were digging with shovels, perhaps busy for a long time, and the youngest of the three looked at his eldest brother with suspicion on his face.
The eldest of the three was an eight-foot-tall, handsome young man, about twenty years old, and when he saw that he was suspected by his younger brother, the young man was immediately unhappy and said, "Zhang Liang, if you are tired, just go to rest while the second brother and I continue to dig." ”
It turned out that these three people were brothers, the eldest Zhang Jiao, the second Zhang Bao, the third Zhang Liang, all three of them were from Julu County, the family was poor, and it was a disaster year, and the three of them were about to survive, so they counted their belongings, prepared to sell their belongings, and looked for a way to live.
Zhang Jiao moved his mind at this time, he turned into a seller to build three shovels, took his two younger brothers, and found the Valley of Hundred Flowers.
The three of them dug for three days according to the guidance of ancient books, but they did not find the real tomb, except for Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were a little impatient, covering their hungry stomachs, throwing down their shovels, sitting aside and rubbing their sore arms and no longer willing to move.
Zhang Jiao shook his head, in fact, he was also tired, but there was no way, if he couldn't find the tomb, all the belongings of the three of them would be only three shovels, and I was afraid that they would soon starve to death.
"Bell"
The shovel fell, and there was the sound of hard objects colliding, and the three Zhang Jiao brothers were all surprised when they heard this sound.
"Big brother...... Take a look and see what you dig up. ”
After Zhang Liang heard the voice, his hands were no longer sore, his waist was no longer painful, and he picked up a shovel to help.
Zhang Jiao waved his hand and said, "Don't be careless, be careful, don't fall into the trap." ”
Zhang Jiao asked Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang to step back, and he carefully used a shovel to cut the soil, revealing a blue-gray stone slab.
"Yes, this is it, there must be a tomb down here."
Zhang Jiao said excitedly, although Zhang Jiao has never robbed a tomb, but after all, he has learned words for a few days and knows some knowledge of tombs.
"Big brother, are we going to chisel through this slate?"
Zhang Bao rubbed his hands, his eyes were also full of excitement, the tomb of a big man, I don't know how many treasures are buried in it.
Zhang Jiao looked at the slate carefully, thought for a while, and said, "It's too difficult to chisel through directly, let's go around the slate and make a hole diagonally." ”
"Okay, big brother, you say, where to start fighting."
Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang didn't feel tired anymore, and they were about to start working with shovels.
Zhang Jiao was very satisfied with the performance of his two younger brothers, and after pretending to make a gesture for a long time, he chose a location, which was about two hundred steps away from the place where the stone slab was found, and as long as he dug a thief hole along this position, he could directly enter the tomb.
"Okay, let's get started."
Zhang Jiao picked up the shovel and took the lead, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were not slacking off, the three brothers rolled up their sleeves, and soon, an oblique thief hole was dug.
"It's here, there is really a tombway, big brother, we have made a fortune."
Finally, the three of them spared the stone slab and dug a robbery hole that connected to the tomb.
Zhang Jiao grabbed Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, who wanted to rush into the tomb, and said: "On weekdays, I asked the two of you to study, but you didn't listen, this tomb has just been dug through, and you have to wait for it to wind for a while and expel the poisonous gas inside before you can go in." ”
"It's still big brother smart."
"The eldest brother is right, let's wait for a while, third brother, you are really, why are you in such a hurry?"
After listening to Zhang Jiao's words, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liangqiang resisted the intention of rushing into the tomb immediately.
The three of them spent the night around the tomb, and by noon the next day, Zhang Jiao estimated that it was almost over, and woke up the two brothers who had woken up from sleep, and asked them to take shovels and prepare to go to the tomb.
A carved stone door blocked the way of the three Zhang Jiao brothers, and the stone door did not know what material it was.
"Big brother, what can I do about this?"
Zhang Liang looked at the stone door, his face was full of anxiety, seeing that the treasure was about to arrive, but he encountered such a stone door, which made Zhang Liang anxious.
Zhang Jiao scolded angrily: "What's the hurry, let me take a closer look, maybe there is some mechanism." ”
Zhang Jiao said, putting his hand on the stone door and kept groping.
After a while, Zhang Jiao looked back at the two brothers and said, "Let's go find a hammer and smash this door open." ”
Zhang Bao nodded and said, "Okay, I'm familiar with the king blacksmith in the city, I'll go to him to borrow a hammer." ”
When Zhang Jiao heard this, he hurriedly shook his head and said: "You can't borrow it from an acquaintance, otherwise it will be easy for people to find out what we are doing, this is a head-killing business, anyway, this shovel will not be used, Zhang Liang, you go to find someone to exchange the shovel for a hammer, and we will smash this stone door open." ”
The three brothers worked hard again, and finally got a hammer and smashed open the stone door.
"Boom~"
As the stone gate fell, a stone coffin appeared in front of the three brothers, and the three of them looked at the huge stone coffin, and their faces showed excited smiles.
"Rich, rich."