Although we finally determined the identity of the tomb owner, and to everyone's surprise, we actually found the tomb of King Zhou Mu, but thinking about the whole thing, there are still many things that we can't figure out. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

King Mu of Zhou is the fifth son of heaven of the Zhou Dynasty, is the most legendary emperor in ancient history, and the reign of King Mu of Zhou, but also the beginning of the turning point of the entire Zhou Dynasty 800 years of the country, later generations called King Mu of Zhou as the Son of Heaven, he conquered the east and west, the scope is wide, there is no one before the ancients.

Through his conquests, the Zhou Dynasty successfully expanded its territory, strengthened its rule over the barbarians in the four directions, and effectively consolidated the rule of the Zhou Dynasty, which was a strong proof of the prestige of the great state Zhou on the basis of the foundation of the powerful country accumulated by the four generations of rulers of Wenwu Chengkang.

However, the perennial conquest, the Son of Heaven was not in the court, which led to the relaxation of the government, and since King Mu, the Zhou Dynasty began to decline from prosperity to decline.

"King Mu of Zhou's conquest was originally to consolidate the Zhou Dynasty, but after the territory was consolidated, he still went on expeditions, but the description of King Mu of Zhou in the literature shows that this person is not a man of reckless soldiers, and there is another thing, King Mu of Zhou's later expedition did not lead the army, but brought the people of the Seven Elites." Ye Zhiqiu's excited mood slowly calmed down.

"What are the Seven Elites?" Gong Jue asked.

"It was King Zhou Mu's Praetorian Guard, and it was also the most sophisticated army at that time, and it was also King Zhou Mu's confidants, and his combat power should not be underestimated." Tian Wanqing explained.

"It seems that King Mu of Zhou's later expedition should have other plans, and he only led the Seven Elites because he didn't want too many people to know the reason and purpose of the expedition." Zhu Qi spat out a puff of smoke and said.

"At that time, the Zhou Dynasty was as solid as a rock, and the dignified Son of Heaven should have sat in the court, but this Mu Tianzi was fighting everywhere and didn't seem to value power." Tian Wanqing was also puzzled.

"King Zhou Mu is not a faint king, he can be regarded as an outstanding person in civil and martial arts, he does not chase power, but only shows that there are things that attract him more than power." I also sat next to Zhu Qi to rest. "The things that everyone in this world dreams of are nothing more than wealth and power, but these things are nothing compared to eternal life."

"You mean, King Zhou Mu is also pursuing eternal life?" The palace lord sat next to me and asked.

I nodded, judging from the huge Tomb of the Son of Heaven composed of nine ancient tombs here, King Zhou Mu did not think that his life was over, he was still waiting for someone to come and reawaken him.

"There is another thing that is not clear to explain, how can King Zhou Mu say that he is also a dignified generation of heavenly sons, and he should be buried in a grand ceremony after his death, but why is he buried in the fiefdom of the Kingdom of Qiu, and the monarchs of the Kingdom of Zhou are guarding the tomb for him?" Xue Xinrou muttered to herself.

"The funeral system during the Zhou Dynasty stipulated that the funeral of the Son of Heaven was not sealed by trees, neither sealed mounds, nor planted trees as signs, which was the characteristic of the tombs of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and it was because of this regulation that no tomb of the Son of Zhou Tianzi was found until now." Tian Wanqing thought about it and said as she walked around the jade coffin. "Could this be another feature of the Western Zhou burial system, the mausoleum of the Son of Heaven was built in the feudal state, and the princes guarded the mausoleum for it."

"Funeral is an extremely important ritual system in the Western Zhou Dynasty, there is no record of such burial in any literature, and the tombs of the princes unearthed by archaeology abound, but there has never been a precedent for the tomb of the Son of Heaven next to the tomb of the princes, so it can be seen that the tomb of King Mu of Zhou should be built here for another reason." Ye Zhiqiu shook his head and said.

"In fact, it is not difficult to understand why King Zhou Mu is buried here." I pointed to the stone gate that opened outside the tomb and said: "First of all, King Zhou Mu should have been to Kunlun Jinque, he chose the direction of the Yellow River as an organ, which shows that King Zhou Mu knew that it was impossible for people in the world to know how to crack this mechanism, so it can be seen that King Zhou Mu may know the secrets hidden in Kyushu Dingzhong." ”

"Kyushu Ding disappeared after the casting was completed, and the Kyushu Ding inherited from later generations should belong to imitation, I guess King Zhou Mu should know that Kyushu Ding is not extraordinary, but what does it have to do with him buried here?" The palace lord turned his head to look at me.

"The monarch of the Kingdom of Yu was ordered by Zhou Tianzi to conquer, and obtained the Nine Dragons Cheng Ruizun, in the records, this artifact has the ability to live forever, and the Nine Dragons Cheng Ruizun was finally buried with the king, but we have not found any traces of the Nine Dragons Cheng Ruizun in the previous eight mausoleums, if I guess correctly, such a thing should be placed in the tomb of King Zhou Mu." I looked at the jade coffin opposite and said. "It can be seen from this that the expedition of the monarch of the Kingdom of Yu was not a reckless force, but for other reasons."

"Kyushu Ding and Jiulong Cheng Ruizun are both related to the lost artifacts on the Nine Dragons Boat of the Moon Palace, and these two clues all appear here, could it be that this mausoleum is also related to the Nine Dragons of the Moon Palace?!" Ye Zhiqiu was taken aback.

"There must be a connection, but now I only have one thing I haven't figured out, King Zhou Mu has been to Kunlun Jinque, and it makes sense to know some things about the Nine Dragons Boat of the Moon Palace, but as the monarch of the Kingdom of Yu who guards the tomb, what role does he play in this matter?" I rubbed my forehead and said.

"That's right, Jiulong Cheng Ruizun should be in this mausoleum." Zhu Qi hurriedly got up from the ground. "The top priority is to find this thing first, but there are only a few burial goods in the tomb, and they are unobstructed, and I don't see Jiulong Cheng Ruizun at all."

I asked everyone to spread out and look around carefully, after all, this is a yellow intestine problem, unlike the ancient tomb with a masonry structure, it is easy to set up a dark grid, if Jiulong Cheng Ruizun is here, it should be placed in a corner.

But everyone searched for a long time, and there was no trace of Jiulong Cheng Ruizun, and the palace lord came back to tell us that it is impossible to set up a mechanism in the tomb structure here, and if you can't find Jiulong Cheng Ruizun, it means that such a thing is not here.

"Impossible, there is a clear record on the bronze statue that Jia Yan found, and the Nine Dragons Cheng Ruizun was buried with the king, so it should be in this mausoleum." Zhu Qi was distraught and touched the match to light a cigarette, perhaps because he was too irritable, he didn't light a few in a row, and when he saw the ever-bright lamp next to him, he stretched out the cigarette stick.

Zhu Qi was suddenly stunned in place, staring intently at the ever-bright lamp in front of him, and asked Tian Wanqing to hand him a probe shovel, and gently tapped it on the lamp a few times, making a crisp impact sound, and Zhu Qi suddenly hit the ever-bright lamp hard.

Bang dang!

With a cracking sound, the lantern in front of him fell in all directions.

"Seventh Master, you, what are you doing here?!" Ye Zhiqiu was taken aback, it is estimated that for her, every grass and tree here is an incomparably precious cultural relic, but she never expected Zhu Qi to break an everlasting lamp.

"It's strange, isn't that an overkill." Zhu Qi didn't pay attention to Ye Zhiqiu, but squatted on the ground and picked up the fallen fragments of the lamp and looked at them repeatedly.

We gathered around and saw the blue fragment in Zhu Qi's hand, and the palace lord frowned: "Everbright lamps are generally cast in bronze in order to store lamp oil, why are the everlasting lamps used here...... I don't know what this thing is? ”

"Ever-bright lights?" I was suddenly stunned, and searched back and forth on the ground for a long time: "Since it is an everlasting lamp, there should be lamp oil, but why is there no lamp oil dripping down after the everlasting lamp is broken?" ”

"That's where we overlooked." Zhu Qi slowly stood up, looked around again, and asked with his eyes on the hundred ever-bright lamps surrounding the mausoleum. "How old do you think this mausoleum is?"

"Since this is the mausoleum of King Mu of Zhou, it is at least three thousand years ago." Xue Xinrou blurted out.

"Have you ever seen an everlasting lamp that burns for more than 3,000 years and hasn't been extinguished?" Zhu Qi asked rhetorically.

Tian Wanqing's eyes lit up and she was suddenly surprised: "Yes, how did we ignore this, the everlasting lamp in the tomb of the Son of Heaven is called Tingliao, which means that the mausoleum after death is as brightly lit as the palace before death, and it will burn forever, so it is called the everlasting lamp, but this is just wishful thinking, the everlasting lamp will be closed with the tomb, because there is no air, the everlasting lamp will be extinguished soon." ”

"Then, how did the everlasting lamp here burn for more than 3,000 years?!" Ye Zhiqiu suddenly realized.

"Because the ever-bright lights here are not burning at all." Gong Jue picked up a droplet-shaped stone from the ground, which looked like a raging flame, and the stone emitted a faint red light in Gong Jue's hand, like a flickering candle.

"This is called Mingyu Stone, a very rare gemstone, it is said to shine all year round, it is said to be a treasure condensed in the belly of a thousand years of immortal fish, I have only heard of one, and that one you should have heard of some archaeology, I didn't expect there to be a hundred here." Zhu Qi said.

"Mingyu Stone? Why haven't you heard of it? Tian Wanqing asked puzzled. Uncle Seven, where else is one? ”

"With mermaid paste as a candle, the one who will not be extinguished will ...... for a long time" Zhu Qi replied with a faint smile.

"Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang!" Ye Zhiqiu reacted.

"Yes, in the record, the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang used a bright fish stone as an ever-bright lamp, but unfortunately it is just a rumor, and no one has ever seen it with their own eyes." Zhu Qi nodded.

"Uncle Seven, what did you mean by this extra move just now?" Tian Wanqing asked beside her.

Zhu Qi didn't say a word, beckoned us to stand behind him, and then held the lamp he had broken before in his hand, and gradually we were surprised to find that there was a faint blue light shining through Zhu Qi's fingers, and it was getting brighter and brighter, even far more dazzling than the light emitted by the Mingyu Stone.

When Zhu Qi stretched out his hand, the light on the fragment stopped abruptly, like an ordinary gravel.

"This is called fluorite, and it is also a dim place, the brighter this thing is, there is no light in the mausoleum, and there is no need for Mingyu Stone to be an everlasting lamp, on the contrary, the light of Mingyu Stone will make fluorite dim, isn't this a superfluous move." Zhu Qi looked at the fluorite fragment in his hand and said.

"Maybe there is another reason, the real use of Mingyu Stone is not to be an everlasting lamp, but to cover up the light of fluorite, which is to cover it!" Gong Jue frowned, and looked back and forth at the evenly distributed ever-bright lights around him. "Take out all the fish stones in all the lanterns."