Chapter 341: Genghis Khan's Ambition (5)

This corpse was dressed in the costume of an ancient Mongolian general, and it was by no means an ordinary soldier, but judging from the body structure of the dried corpse, it did not look like the age of Genghis Khan when he died, but more like a young general.

When Chen Zhi stood in front of the coffin, Fat Wei and the others also quickly followed from behind.

The first thing Fat Wei did when he saw the coffin was to poke his head into the coffin and carefully search inside.

This bold action startled Hu Meng a lot, and he couldn't imagine that someone dared to stick his head in the coffin to look at things without hesitation.

And when Fat Wei poked his face out again, his face was full of disappointment~~~

"Don't think about it, the master in this coffin is not Genghis Khan's ...... at all,

The most admired by the Mongols is the golden iron horse, and when the princes and generals die, they are eager to engrave their life's military exploits on their faces.

But you see, this corpse doesn't even have a knife all over it, which is not right at all......

Also, Genghis Khan was over sixty years old when he died, and this corpse was too young, probably an unknown general who guarded the spirit......"

"If you can occupy a place here, you will definitely not be a nobody~~~"

Chen Zhi lowered his eyes and looked at the corpse in the coffin, then reached out and fiddled with the position on the corpse's neck, and turned over a tag inside.

This is a hang tag made of pure copper, half the size of a matchbox, with Mongolian ~~~ engraved on it

Chen Zhi had seen it at the auction before, this is the military card in the ancient Mongolian army, when the ancient Mongols were marching, they fought in the south and the north, death was a common thing, and many people's bodies were left in the distance~~~

In order to bring back to the dead warriors, the Mongol soldiers wore a badge around their necks, with their names and birthplaces written on them, as well as the names of their parents.

In this way, after they are killed in the battlefield, their comrades can send back his knife and the head on his forehead, which is also the greatest respect for these warriors~~~

And this military plaque is obviously more noble, the edges are inlaid with silver, and the surface of the military plaque is adhered to the skin of some corpses, and the text is a little unclear. ”

Chen Zhi dealt with the sticky material on it, revealing the Mongolian characters.

"Look at what these Mongolian words mean......," Chen Zhi handed the tag to Humeng next to him.

"This ......",

Humon took the tag and struggled to make out the ancient Mongolian characters.

"It's been a long time since I copied the ancient scriptures for my grandfather, so I barely knew them.

It should be the name and location of the tribe, as well as the person's own name.

But this name is a bit strange, a bit like the name of the Han people, called, called ......",

After Hu Meng carefully identified it for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up,

"This name is, Liu Zhonglu ......"

"Liu Zhonglu?"

When he heard these three words, Chen Zhi's heart trembled slightly.

He didn't expect that Liu Zhonglu, who had never been able to determine his existence in history, would appear here at this time and be buried in this desert......

Liu Zhonglu was a Mongolian military general in the late Song Dynasty, his life is unknown, and he was a minister of Genghis Khan.

In the fifth month of the lunar calendar in 1219, Genghis Khan sent Liu Zhonglu to Shandong to invite Qiu to take the opportunity. Liu Zhonglu was originally a native of the Jin Kingdom, and soon after the Mongol army invaded Yanjing, he surrendered to Mongolia.

He was able to make a Ming Di, knew how to heal, and was brave and resolute, and was appreciated by Genghis Khan and became Genghis Khan's close attendant. When Liu Zhonglu went to Shandong to invite Qiu to take the opportunity, he traveled for 7 months, and went to Haotianguan in Laizhou, Shandong in December of the lunar calendar, and finally invited Qiu to the opportunity.

A copy of "Journey to the West in Changchun", which was written by Li Zhichang, a disciple of Qiu Chuji, when he followed Qiu Chuji to the west, was written in 1228 and consisted of two volumes.

In the first volume, it is written that the pilot and apprentice of the Qiu Division traveled west to Baluwan on the northwest slope of the Great Snow Mountain (now the Hindu Kush Mountain in Afghanistan), met Genghis Khan in the palace, and exhorted him to issue a stop killing order!! He then returned to Samarkand (present-day Uzbekistan) in Central Asia to spend his old age in peace. The book includes a list of Genghis Khan's edicts and four holy decrees.

All records mention that Genghis Khan's envoy Liu Zhonglu and how he used his perseverance and wisdom to persuade the unconcerned Qiu Chuji to travel west to meet Genghis Khan.

In other words, it was Liu Zhonglu who brought the Qiu Chuji to Genghis Khan through thousands of mountains and rivers, and he was the first witness to the whole process of the killing order......

However, with the development of modern archaeology, many scholars have expressed doubts about whether the figure of Liu Zhonglu really exists.

First of all, in the most authoritative "Secret History of the Mongols", this figure is never mentioned, and even in the record of the cease-killing order, there is no mention of this Mongolian envoy, which does not conform to the record habits of the time, as if this person was made up by later generations.

Secondly, judging from the "Journey to the West in Changchun", the identity of this envoy is very vague, one will be Genghis Khan's imperial doctor, and the other will be Genghis Khan's tent general, and even later become Qiu Chuji's attendant. And his name does not have the characteristics of a nomad, but more like a Han Chinese name.

Thirdly, according to the folklore of the time, Qiu Chuji had the art of immortality, and his age was 300 years old.

Among the "Four Kingdoms", there are three emperors who have invited Qiu to take the opportunity. Jin Xuanzong and Song Ningzong all invited Qiu Chuji to take important positions in the imperial court.

As a Han Chinese, he finally chose Genghis Khan, which was very incomprehensible at the time, what was the reason for Qiu Chuji's doing? Is it really because of Liu Zhonglu's perseverance and wisdom?

"I wonder one thing......",

Fat Wei touched his chin, looked at the corpse and said,

"I just looked, no one has touched this corpse since it died, and he stretched out an arm~~~

That is to say, he should still be alive when he was lying in the coffin, he stretched out an arm by himself, wanting to do something~~, but he didn't hold back his strength, so he lost his breath~~~

You said that he was forced to be buried here, which was enough to be aggrieved, so why did he honestly lie in the coffin and stretch out his arms? This death is too ugly~~"

"There are no nails falling on the coffin, and being able to open the coffin lid by himself proves that he was not forced, but voluntarily martyred~~~",

Chen Zhi glanced at the shriveled corpse, and then looked at the arm that had turned into white bones,

"But one thing you are right, when this Liu Zhonglu stretched out an arm, it should be when there is still a trace of breath.

He wanted to take something, but perhaps he was too weak to hold it at the time, and he died!!

And that thing, now ......",

When Chen Zhi said this, he looked down at that arm, and under the white bone and phosphorus finger bone, there was a piece of yellow sand~~~

Fat Wei walked over in one step, dug in the sand, then put his hand in and turned it over, and after a while, pulled out a scroll,

"Hey!!

I really made you right~~~~, what this guy wanted to take before he died, it should be this scroll............"

When Chen Zhi said this, he looked down at that arm, and under the white bone and phosphorus finger bone, there was a piece of yellow sand~~~

Fat Wei walked over in one step, dug in the sand, then put his hand in and turned it over, and after a while, pulled out a scroll,

"Hey!!

I really made you right~~~~, what this guy wanted to take before he died, it should be this scroll............"