Chapter 130: The Five Tigers of the Li Family
Although proficient in all aspects of tomb robbing, Li Zhenbei disdains the company of other tomb robbers, and he even looks down on those traditional tomb robbers, in his words, "not atmospheric enough". Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Although the ancient tombs in Bishan are clustered and contiguous, after thousands of years of theft and excavation, basically the valuable ones have been excavated.
And for thousands of years, the tomb owner and the tomb robber have been studying the same set of feng shui, basically they know themselves and know their opponents, there is a theft, there is prevention, the thief is stealing, the rest of the tomb is hidden very secret, just using the method of finding the dragon point can no longer be explored.
This kind of highly concealed tomb adopts the "anti-feng shui technique", the basic principle is that you say south, but I go north, you point to the east, but I pout the west.
There are many people in history who do this kind of anti-feng shui technique.
Just like Genghis Khan and his Mongol dynasty, they do it more absolutely, you know feng shui, I know better than you, you use feng shui to find acupuncture points, I just buried you can't find it. Therefore, few tombs of the Yuan Dynasty have been excavated.
The emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties in modern times did not have this sense of crisis, and they all felt that their dynasties were long live, so the tombs were blatantly and fanfare......
From ancient times to the present, the valuable tombs can actually be counted, counting the gods and kings, the emperor's relatives, relatives and celebrities, and turtles...... No matter how many burials there are, they can't withstand the theft and excavation for thousands of years.
Therefore, the further you go in modern times, the more sad the days of tomb robbing become, the risks are too high, and the benefits become smaller. Coupled with the intensification of competition in the industry, there are many poor people who do this business.
And Li Zhenbei has been living a good life, although there are not many shipments, but everything is high-quality and superb. Sometimes he even provides customized services, that is, he can dig up what kind of treasure the buyer wants.
The whole mountain is like a cornucopia to him, whatever he wants, he can "pop out" by himself as long as he shouts.
Folklore even says that there is indeed a cornucopia hidden in Li Zhenbei's house.
Behind the scenes, I don't know how many people covet the "cornucopia" of his family. If it weren't for the fear of the three fierce tiger cubs raised by Li Zhenbei's family, maybe someone really had the idea of beating it.
These three tiger cubs are not fierce animals, but the three eldest sons of Li Zhenbei.
Li Zhenbei's three eldest sons are all good men - the fourth Li Tianming is not counted, he has been frail and sick since he was a child, and his personality is also obscene and weak, so some people joke that they are three tigers and one cat behind their backs.
In fact, Li Zhenbei really doesn't have any treasure pots at home, and he, like everyone, made his fortune by robbing tombs.
It's just that other people's tomb robbers use the traditional techniques of looking, smelling, asking, and cutting to step on acupuncture points, but he relies on "psychic." ”
There is a saying that Li Zhenbei has yin and yang eyes, can see ghosts, and can hear ghosts.
There is also a saying that Li Zhenbei opened the eyes of heaven, and the mountains, rivers, rivers and lakes are as transparent as in his eyes. You can see the bottom at a glance.
Of course, these are all rumors, the real secret, even his four sons don't know.
It's not that Li Zhenbei is hiding private, according to him, it is not the heat that cannot be easily taught, otherwise it will cause death.
It stands to reason that Li Zhenbei has such a stunt, and the family should be rich and noble, but in terms of income level, their family can only be regarded as above average, and compared to the wealth of several other tomb robber families, it is even far less.
This is strange in the eyes of outsiders. It stands to reason that their father and son do not have any bad living habits, and they live a decent life, neither extravagantly nor extravagantly. On the contrary, Li Zhenbei's family is very strict, and the four sons eat, drink, prostitute, gamble, smoke, and they are not touched.
There are many reasons for this, one is that this tomb robbery in the north of Li Zhen is very distinctive, and others are all in one pot, how many are dug up. He is very principled, no matter how big the tomb is, every time, only take a little, enough for living expenses, and each tomb is only taken once, never a second time.
This practice is traditionally called raising a tomb, leaving a line for everything, and seeing each other in the future.
Of course, everything is not worth seeing money, although raising a tomb is a very "noble" behavior in this industry, but no one can resist the temptation when they really meet a valuable baby.
Only Li Zhenbei has the confidence to do so, and he has walked the rivers and lakes for decades, and has never made an exception.
In Li Zhenbei's words: "You can't do things absolutely, leave a way back for people, whether they are alive or dead."
He believes that tomb robbery is a matter of harming nature and reason after all, and since ancient times, no matter how rich and noble the tomb robbers have been, the end is not much better, which is called retribution.
As soon as a person dies, money becomes something outside the body, and even if the treasure is piled up, it is inevitable that the family will kill each other.
Take it in a proper way and use it in a measured manner. It is the principle of Li Zhenbei.
Although Li Zhenbei lives a frugal life, he is generous to the villagers, and he is willing to help anyone who needs help with something. And never ask for anything in return, these are all on the surface.
Secretly, only he and his sons know how much money he contributed to build bridges, roads, and worship the Buddha to "donate", and Li Zhenbei never left his name after doing good deeds.
According to him, this is called accumulating yin.
Li Zhenbei knew that it would hurt heaven to dig so many graves, and he didn't expect that he could drive away disasters and avoid disasters, he only hoped that after a hundred years, future generations would be blessed by his own yin virtue.
Because of these high wind and bright festivals, Li Zhenbei is very famous in this area, and his neighbors and colleagues respect him as "Thief Saint", and a tomb robber can get such praise, which is also a highlight of the industry.
Li Zhenbei's family has never hidden goods, he thinks that these things are spiritual, and a tomb robber's home will bring bad luck if he puts the original owner's spiritual weapon.
Li Zhenbei's family has never saved money, except for daily needs, the excess money and things are scattered, and a little bit of money is scattered and returned.
He never has to worry about going hungry, no matter what the market is, he can always find "business".
After the sons grew up, Li Zhenbei also began to think about the succession.
He slowly passed on some of his skills to his sons and started the family business.
Of course, the teaching is basically some basic skills, and the tomb robbery industry also pays attention to basic skills.
Compared with the teaching of skills, Li Zhenbei is more concerned about the cultivation of ideas.
He repeatedly emphasized to his sons the principle of "one grave at a time, leaving a path for the living and the dead".
Therefore, although the Li family of tomb robbers is famous in the surrounding area, they are not rich and powerful, but they are only steadily maintaining a moderately prosperous and upper middle-class level.
"Be a man, don't be greedy. Do things, keep in mind the long stream. To this day, Li Tianming can still remember the solemnity on his father's face when he said this.
In fact, tomb robbers are very talented, my father is a genius who is rare in thousands of years, even if he teaches all his skills and skills without hiding them, our brothers can only learn one or two. Li Tianming thought to himself.
Some scenes of learning art in those years are still vivid.
One night when it was raining heavily, Li Zhenbei gathered a few sons to take the guys, climbed to a hill, set up a simple tent, and told his sons to observe carefully.
Observing what the old man didn't say, some basic common sense of the mountain shape and topography, the brothers had already known it, and the black light was blind, and they couldn't see the way out of the door after staring at it for a long time with their eyes open. I didn't dare to ask the old man, because the old man said that spirituality is achieved by enlightenment, and if you say it, it will not work.
I sat on the mountain with thunderstorms all night. At noon the next day, when the rain stopped and the sun rose and the sky was clear, Li Zhenbei, who had been meditating, asked his sons, "Have you seen it?" ”
The sons shook their heads in confusion.
"Lightning, did you see it?"
"See."
"Is there anything out of the ordinary?"
"Big, bright, loud......"
Li Zhenbei shook his head helplessly.
"Fog, do you see the fog in the morning?"
"See."
"Is there anything out of the ordinary?"
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Regarding his father's sudden interest in physics and optoelectronics, the four sons of Fan, Qing, Fu, and Ming were very confused.
"Dad, don't test us, just say what you have? I've been bored all night here, and I haven't eaten......"
Tianfan is the oldest, and he is very unhappy with Lao Tzu's tricks.
I am twenty-seven or eighteen, and I have never married a daughter-in-law, and I am not high or low - the high conditions are hindered by my own identity, and I don't want to follow myself; I can't see myself with low conditions.
I robbed the tomb with Li Zhenbei for a few years, except for digging pits and digging soil, I didn't learn any skills, and I really didn't achieve anything. I have long held back a resentment in my heart.
"Be patient, be patient, boss, your temper is too impatient, this problem can't be changed, and you will never become a big climate." Li Zhenbei counted his eldest son.
Tianfan pouted next to him and didn't speak, still in a hurry? A man of the same age as me in the same village, all the children can make soy sauce, and I am still a single.
You are a father who is not in a hurry to get married, and you know how to teach me a lesson all day long.
If my mother hadn't died early, how would I have been so old...... Thinking of this stubble, Tianfan was a little aggrieved.
Li Zhenbei Zhengse said, "If we do tomb robbing, our eyes must be bright, we must exercise, and we must open our eyes." ”
"Lao Tzu just opened the eyes of heaven, so he is different from those tomb robbers who go down the third road. For them, the tomb was found. For me, the tomb came to me. ”
"You remember, there were eighteen lightning bolts yesterday, and six of them fell here, and each of them was talking to you, do you hear what it means?"
The sons closed their eyes and thought about it, but they couldn't think of a reason, aren't the lightning all the same? There is a bird difference.
Li Zhenbei shook his head, "Opening the eyes of heaven depends on fate, and exercise on the other. In the future, you have to learn slowly and realize slowly. ”
"Remember, every tomb is accompanied by metal such as iron tools, and rainy days, especially thunder and lightning, will have a more or less effect on lightning - although most of the effects are subtle, but the difference can be seen in the details - as if the tomb is talking to you."
Li Zhen walked to the north and taught a few sons, walked for more than an hour, and came to a mountain. Zhang Yan looked around and asked, "Did you notice anything different?" ”
The sons shook their heads again in confusion.
"Each tomb has a spirituality, which will have an impact on the surrounding grass and soil, even if it is buried for tens of meters and thousands of years, you can see the difference."
"The tombs are hollow, although the sealed soil is excavated and backfilled in situ, but because the geology below has changed permanently, it will affect the infiltration of rainwater on the ground, the growth of plants, and even the activities of animals."
Li Zhenbei pulled the surrounding plants to show his sons, and everyone stared at each other, but they still couldn't see why.
"You must observe and see more often, and only after you have a complete understanding of the habits of all things in heaven and earth will you notice those slight differences."
"You think the Eye of Heaven is opened casually? It takes years of training and careful observation to cultivate. ”
"When you reach a certain level, you don't need to pay attention to these details, you can sweep your eyes casually, and you will know if there is anything at once."
Looking at the "happy and convinced" appearance of his sons, Li Zhenbei stepped on the loess under his feet with satisfaction.
"Dig it, there's something down here."
The Four Tigers are not good at "looking at tombs and finding holes", but they have been practicing digging pits and holes for many years, and they can use all kinds of tomb robbery skills very skillfully.
According to Li Zhenbei's tips, the following tomb is of average scale and is a conventional small brick arch tomb of the Western Han Dynasty.
In the eyes of people like Li Zhenbei, who have opened their eyes to the sky, just by looking at the weather outside the tomb, they can infer the dynasty, scale, and style of the tomb. This is also a "work experience" accumulated over decades.
Under the command of Lao Tzu, the four brothers began to dig the hole - although Li Zhenbei disdained to be in the company of ordinary tomb robbers, the way of making the hole was still the same.
Sure enough, after digging obliquely for more than ten meters, an ancient tomb of the Han Dynasty was found, which was not large in scale, with a hole and a coffin. With such a scale and the location of the tomb site, it is difficult for tomb thieves to find out, Li Zhenbei speculated that the tomb could be hidden so well, and the original owner was either unfathomable or unintentional.
It is precisely because of its concealment that it has not been poisoned by countless tomb robbers throughout the ages - but after all, it cannot escape the "magic eye" of Li Zhenbei.
Li Zhenbei has rarely done it himself in recent years, and the rough work of going down to the pit is generally done by the boss, the second, and the third.
Tianfan carefully took out a few antiquities with an archaeological attitude, and most of the rest remained in the tomb - because he was going to marry a daughter-in-law, he took an extra carved phoenix and golden hairpin than usual, which was regarded as a congratulatory gift from the ancients to himself.
After the completion of the sealed soil backfilled, and then the surface treatment of no traces, in terms of covering up the traces, Li Zhenbei also has a unique set of unique learning, he can even cover up the flaws exposed by the original ancient tomb, so that experienced peers can not find it.
Because of this "habit", he also attracted some of his peers' grudges, and it was okay for you to eat and wipe it clean by yourself, and it also delayed your peers to do business, are you.
After directing his sons to do their work. Li Zhenbei looked left and right, and felt that everything was done seamlessly, and then he led the team back satisfied.
Li Zhenbei, who has been cautious and low-key all his life, does not know that this is the last time he robs the tomb in this life.