Chapter 146: The Curse of Timur
Timur was the seventh female descendant of Genghis Khan, the great cripple who was given the name of the god of war.
The internal strife of the Yuan Dynasty caused the most powerful empire in history to be torn apart, and the intrigue within the dynasty was continuous.
When Zhu Yuanzhang led his troops to revolt, the Han army drove the declining Yesterday Empire out of the Central Plains like an autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and created the Ming Empire.
The chaotic and divided Mongol Empire had lost its cohesion, and the various powers that occupied a corner of the country and thought they were powerful were on the verge of extinction.
Timur came into being in such an environment, undefeated in forty battles, reunified the Mongol tribes, conquered Persia and Khorezm, and created the Timurid Empire, which could compete with the Ming Dynasty.
All his life, he longed to occupy the Central Plains again, and when he thought the time was right, he declared war on the Ming Dynasty and raised troops to the east.
It's a pity that a generation of gods of war finally died of pneumonia on the way to the east.
Timur's death made him known as the god of war who had never been defeated, but it also left the whole world with questions: if he had not died and continued to lead his troops to the east, would the pattern of the world have changed dramatically?
Timur's life was as wonderful as a book, but the reason for his real fame was the curse on the inscription after his death: anyone who opened the sarcophagus would be defeated by a stronger enemy.
On the night of June 21, 1941, an archaeological team sent by Stalin forcibly opened Timur's sarcophagus despite the curse on the inscription.
On June 22, 1941, Hitler launched the Barbarossa Plan to invade the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union suffered one defeat after another and suffered heavy losses. At this point, Timur's curse shocked the whole world.
However, the era of Timur's tomb should belong to the Ming Dynasty, and the style belongs to the product of *** culture.
Out of interest, I looked up the photos of Timur's Mausoleum on the Internet, and I saw that the magnificent and magnificent palace-like architecture was completely different from the secret collection style of the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty, and it did not have any guiding effect on our actions this time.
If you want to find the common ground between the tomb of Timur and the tomb of the Yuan Dynasty, there will be strange phenomena one after another in the process of opening the tomb door.
For example, the equipment failed, the archaeologists suddenly fainted, and poisonous snakes and poisonous insects appeared.
When I think of this, I can't help but be moved.
So, I lowered my voice and said to Liu Fatzi: "People in that era liked to take notes, can you borrow the notes of the proprietress and her grandfather to take a look?"
After saying this, I felt that it was wrong, and hurriedly added: "It is estimated that it is in Russian, you ask the proprietress to translate it for you."
Fat Liu nodded, and was about to get up, but found the steak on the table, so he hurriedly picked up the knife and fork, and said excitedly: "Fifth brother, I'll eat two bites first, this thing won't taste good if it's cold."
After a while, Liu Fatzi put down his knife and fork, drank the beetroot soup in one gulp, raised his hand to wipe a handful of oil from his mouth and wiped it on the tablecloth, and then got up to find the proprietress to continue the set.
In order to leave enough time for Fat Liu, I pulled everyone to chat and extended the meal time.
It is estimated that it was because of the cost of our meal, and in the end, only a few of us were left in the restaurant, from the proprietress to the waiter, all patiently waiting.
It wasn't until I saw Liu Fatzi making an "OK" gesture at me that I checked out and left.
Zhao Zitong really rushed to pay by card, but he couldn't stop it.
In that case, let it be.
When I got out of this Western restaurant, I didn't remember the taste of the food I had just used, and I was only thinking about letting Liu Fatzi find out.
Liu Fatzi smiled and came over and lowered his voice and said, "Fifth brother, there is a door."
"There are a lot of people outside, let's talk about it when we go back." I shouted to stop the excited Liu Fatzi and led everyone to stop the car and go back to the hotel.
On the way, apart from encountering the chattering driver "Bang Bang Bang" all the way, there was nothing else to say.
When I returned to the hotel, it was almost the second half of the night, but everyone barely felt sleepy, so they all gathered in my room and Shen Dali's room.
I asked Liu Fatzi to sort out the language and share the information I just got by accident.
Liu Fatzi was not hypocritical, and after bowing his head and pondering for a few minutes, he finally raised his head and began to state.
According to the recollection of the proprietress of the foreign restaurant, her grandfather did keep an archaeological diary, which she found interesting when she was a child and would often look through it.
The excavation of the tomb of Timur is indeed as detailed as I suspected.
In addition to this, the diary also records the details of archaeological research on other Yuan Dynasty tombs.
Although the Timurid tomb is not different from the traditional Yuan Dynasty tomb in terms of architectural style, the anti-theft measures are very similar.
With the development of civilization, the burial of living people was gradually replaced by wooden and stone maids, which is the inevitable result of the gradual importance of life.
But in the Yuan Dynasty, in some high-level tombs, there were traces of living burials, but they did not appear inside the tomb, but around the mausoleum.
Although the emperors were extremely brave on the battlefield, they were still very superstitious due to their limited thinking, believing that the evil spirits could guard the tomb.
In fact, there are some things that are still unanswerable with the current state of science.
After the tombs were located and the excavation began, archaeologists often experienced symptoms such as dizziness, vomiting, and even nightmares.
Of course, this alone is not fatal. What is really deadly is that near the burial pit of the living, poisonous snakes and poisonous insects will often emerge, and once someone is bitten, it can be seriously ill, amputated, or killed on the spot.
Inside the ancient tomb, in the main tomb and the tomb passage, traps and crossbows are dense, and poisonous gas and venom will shoot out from a certain wall tile at any time, making it impossible to guard against it.
Compared with these, what is even more terrifying is the curse hidden in the inscription.
If the archaeological team unknowingly provokes the curse to be activated, the impact will be widespread.
For example, the curse of Timur, like a great coincidence, affected the entire situation of World War II.
It is said that later, the day before the Battle of Stalingrad, Stalin sent planes carrying Timur's remains to fly around Moscow three times and collect Timur's remains.
After that, the Soviet Union gradually reversed the situation and finally won World War II.
Liu Fatzi said it very simply, but it made all of us fall into silence uneasily.
After a long time, Zhang Yi asked: "So, if we find the ancient tomb of the Yuan Dynasty this time, if we are not careful, it may cause a war?" It's outrageous, I don't believe it. ”
Although he said that he didn't believe it, his tone revealed the apprehension in his heart at this time.
Liu Fatzi raised his eyebrows and said, "You ask me, who am I going to ask?" I didn't make it up. ”
I looked at Zhang Yi and said, "Many seemingly incomprehensible things in history are actually coincidences, so you don't need to pay special attention to them." In comparison, I have a question that has been bothering me for a long time and needs you to answer it. ”
Zhang Yi was stunned when he heard this, frowned and looked at me, waiting for my question.
I took a deep breath and asked in as calm a tone as I could, "Are you really from the Ministry of State Security?" Since I'm going to live and die together in the fight soon, I need you to be honest. Who are you? ”