Chapter 070: The Mystery of Sacrificing to the Heavens
The person Lao Zheng is looking for has been waiting for a long time, he is the predecessor of Lao Zheng's master's generation, he is already in his eighties, and his body is still very healthy. Lao Zheng didn't introduce it specifically, and Han Wei just followed and called the other party Li Lao.
After a few simple greetings, Lao Zheng took out the jade figure and handed it to Li Lao respectfully, without concealing it, describing the general situation in the ancient tomb, but did not mention the matter of the pagoda. Li Lao took the jade man, and his expression didn't see any change, as if he was playing with an ordinary thing. After Lao Zheng finished speaking, he drank tea by himself, and he was also calm, but Han Wei had been restless, anxious about whether he could find clues, and worried about the affairs of the hospital, Li Hua had not called, and he didn't know what the situation was, if Lin Xue had an accident, who would be next?
Li Lao played with the jade man for a long time, and finally spoke, "The quality of the jade must not need to be said, you see that the upper body of this jade man is carved vividly, and any part is very clear, but the lower body is blurry, is it that the craftsman can't start?" This is extremely unlikely. ”
Han Wei and Lao Zheng listened quietly, knowing that Li Lao didn't speak, and didn't bother with anything. I saw that Li Lao got up and moved his muscles and bones, and his body was a little stiff when he kept the same posture for a long time just now. After waiting for a while, he spoke again: "There is a possibility that the jade man is a symbol of the eunuch, and because the eunuch's lower body is mutilated, he is somewhat evasive. ”
Half-length jade products are not uncommon, Lao Zheng is the first time I heard that it may be related to eunuchs, but many things have been confirmed, and they are not owned by eunuchs, why did Li Lao say this, Lao Zheng was also puzzled. Li Lao saw the doubts in the hearts of the two, and without waiting for the two to speak, he had already explained.
It turns out that half-body jade products are also divided into many categories, one of the most special is that jade is made according to the proportion of people's original height, just in the waist position segmented, below the waist is blurred, above the waist is lifelike, and the clothing in front of the body will be reflected. The jade figure in front of him is in line with this special jade product.
Even if it is a eunuch, this kind of jade is not something that ordinary people can have, only the great eunuchs who are in power can have it, and it is all used as a funeral object after death, used to transfer disasters, indicating that in the next life you can get rid of the fate of eunuchs and be a complete person. These jade figures are the most secret things, and usually the craftsmen who make them are difficult to survive, so that very few people know about them, and they only rely on the word of mouth of the great eunuchs.
Elder Li knew about the existence of the jade man, but he only knew about it when he was young, by chance, and he also heard an elder mention it. When the Eight-Nation Alliance attacked Beijing City, all the way into the Forbidden City, many eunuchs and palace maids escaped from the palace, and it happened that this elder saved a few eunuchs, and when he drank and was shocked, he said a lot of secret things in the palace, including the matter of the jade man. In the past, Li Lao was only skeptical, but later in his life, with this time, it was the fourth time he had seen this kind of jade person. That's why I dare to be sure that the jade man is a eunuch's thing, and the ancient tomb described by Lao Zheng is a eunuch tomb, which further verifies this possibility.
"Is there anything special and strange about this jade man?" Lao Zheng had already believed Li Lao's words, and now he was concerned about whether the jade man had any weird abilities and whether it had anything to do with the mysterious black shadow.
"The jade man is just a kind of sustenance, and there won't be anything weird." Li Lao smiled as he spoke, that look was a joke Old Zheng was suspicious, and he didn't have the courage of his youth at all.
Lao Zheng didn't care about these at all, the clues of the jade man ended here, and he could only see what the scroll that seemed to be the holy decree said, and the things recorded in the text would intuitively reflect many things. Thinking about the scroll in his heart, he didn't stay for too long, and Lao Zheng said goodbye and left.
When he went out, Han Wei asked the ghost: "Did the eunuch in the palace say who had this jade man?" ”
As soon as the words came out, Han Wei was a little embarrassed, this was too abrupt, if Li Lao knew, he must have said it early in the morning. Han Wei was about to apologize, but he saw that Li Lao fell into a state of contemplation, he should be thinking about something, could it be that Li Lao was old and had missed something just now? Han Wei hurriedly swallowed the words that came to his lips, for fear of disturbing him.
After waiting for a while, Li Lao came back to his senses and said: "At that time, the elders just mentioned it casually, and the matter has passed for so long, and I don't remember it very clearly, and I mentioned Gonggong An in my memory, but the specific name is unknown." ”
When Li Lao said the words "Father-in-law An", Han Wei and Lao Zheng were both shocked, and when the two looked at each other, they looked shocked and incredulous.
Could it really be the mausoleum of Andehai? Who transported his body back to Beijing, the Empress Dowager Cixi is the greatest possibility. If it is really An Dehai's mausoleum, then the mysterious pagoda connected to the ancient tomb is definitely related to the Empress Dowager Cixi, no matter how powerful An Dehai is, it was also given by the Empress Dowager Cixi, and with An Dehai, no matter what, he can't let the white flag sell his life.
Things became clearer and clearer, Lao Zheng and Han Wei hurriedly left, and in a hurry, Lao Zheng almost fell, and Han Wei almost hit the door and window. Soon left Li Lao confused, thinking that the two of them were crazy.
I drove quickly to Peking University, and the expert I was looking for was a professor at Peking University. As soon as he arrived at the gate of Peking University, Lao Zheng received a call from the other party, there was a dinner in the evening, and he was ready to go out after waiting for Lao Zheng for a long time. Lao Zheng hurriedly sped up, and when he arrived, the other party was about to go out.
"Lao Zheng, why did you come, I've been waiting for a long time." As soon as the other party saw Lao Zheng, he kept pointing to the watch in his hand.
"Jianguo, I'm sorry, don't say this, there are good things for you to see, if you don't look at it, you will definitely regret it." Lao Zheng said, pushed the other party back into the house, and sat down unceremoniously.
The two should be very familiar, the other laughed and scolded a few words, but there was no trace of the other's annoyed expression. Lao Zheng forgot to introduce it, but fortunately, Han Wei already knew the other party's name before he came: Lin Jianguo, and hurriedly called Lin Lao, otherwise it must be very embarrassing. Lin Jianguo and Lao Zheng are the same age, quite easy-going people, and they are very gentle to Han Wei.
Lao Zheng quickly took out the scroll and pounced on it, Lin Jianguo's eyes were immediately attracted, worthy of being a top expert, and quickly translated the Manchu text. This is a sacrifice to the sky, judging from the above words, the master of the sacrifice is prominent, and he is to tell the sacrifice as a junior in the sky, and there is a faint Thai style that is on par with the sky. This has to be said to be too strange, the emperors of all Chinese dynasties at most regarded themselves as the sons of heaven, which is also the origin of the emperor represented by the son of heaven. Now there are people who boast that they are on the same level, and I don't know if they are too arrogant or fearless.
Especially when it comes to Tongtian and immortality, the sentences seem to be very unsmooth, and it is very difficult to judge them by trying to connect them before and after. The most regrettable thing is that there is no payment behind the sacrificial text, and I don't know who the owner of the sacrifice is, will it be the Empress Dowager Cixi?
According to historical records, although the Empress Dowager Cixi controlled the fate of 40,000 people, she had not yet reached the point of being a god. If it wasn't the Empress Dowager Cixi, who would it be? People who can have a direct relationship with An Dehai and can control the white flag, except for the Empress Dowager Cixi, Lao Zheng and Han Wei can't think of a second person. Of course, there is also a possibility that the ancient tomb under the factory is not An Dehai's, so the pagoda is likely not to have been built by the Empress Dowager Cixi.
Who will it be?
"Where did your decree come from?" Lin Jianguo carefully examined the scroll, and studied not only the text of Qing culture, but also other human history. Since he said that it was a holy decree, he should not be wrong.
Lao Zheng knew that the stakes were very high, and he was hiding it from the Institute of Archaeology, so he didn't say it carefully, but just said that he got it from an ancient tomb. Lin Jianguo didn't ask much, in his heart, after all, Lao Zheng's identity is an archaeological expert, and many things are confidential.
After looking at it for a while, Lin Jianguo suddenly let out a suspicious sound, as if he had discovered something. Han Wei and Lao Zheng looked at the place where he pointed out, the blank position of the holy decree, it was the dragon and phoenix pattern, but the dragon-shaped pattern was very faint, and it couldn't be found if you didn't look carefully, but the phoenix pattern was very clear, and there was a feeling of flying out, giving people a kind of momentum of dominating the world.
"It stands to reason that the dragon-shaped pattern should be obvious and the phoenix pattern is slightly lighter, but this holy decree does the opposite, which is completely unreasonable." Lin Jianguo kept shaking his head as he spoke, full of doubts, and suddenly, his expression changed, and he said, "Unless..."
Before he finished speaking, Lin Jianguo stopped, and when he said stop, it was undoubtedly very anxious, Han Wei and Lao Zheng both looked at him eagerly. After waiting for a while, Lin Jianguo finally spoke again: "There are two people in Chinese history who have blatantly done such things, one is Wu Zetian, who directly replaced the emperor and became the first and only empress in Chinese history. The other is Cixi, although there is no yellow robe, but even after death, the stone carvings of the mausoleum are phoenixes on top and dragons on the bottom, and the significance is self-evident. ”
The holy decree is obviously something from the Qing Dynasty, and there is also the Zhengbai Banner army that Lin Jianguo doesn't know, if it is really the same as Lin Jianguo's judgment, then the master of the sacrifice to the sky is about to come out, and it can only be the Empress Dowager Cixi. What was originally uncertain became clear in an instant, and the owner of the pagoda was determined, so the connected ancient tomb could also be determined to be An Dehai's mausoleum.
Han Wei thought further, if it was the Heaven Sacrifice Pagoda built by the Empress Dowager Cixi, would it have anything to do with the White Jade Ring? The white jade ring represents divine power, in ancient times, heaven and god are synonymous in some senses, Cixi is likely to have a white jade ring, only to feel that it can be on par with the sky, so there is a measure to sacrifice to the sky, hoping to open the road to heaven and dominate the world forever.
Although a lot has been discovered, and clues to Cixi have been found at this time, how can we find more clues to the white jade ring? It seems that many mysteries have been solved, but it is inadvertently discovered that it is still stagnant.
Lin Jianguo's friend called many times to urge, but without further delay, he left immediately. Han Wei and Lao Zheng's purpose of coming has been achieved, and they don't stay long, they leave with Lin Jianguo, and then quickly drive to the hospital, Li Hua's phone has been in a state of unreachable, Han Wei and Lao Zheng are worried that something has happened, and they can't wait to fly back immediately.