Chapter 621: The Bottom of the Jade Sarcophagus
But I quickly overturned my speculation, and from the time calculation, when the Moon Palace Nine Dragons Boat was still anchored in Kunlun Jinque, it was impossible for him to contact the ship, and as for the two Guiru priests who left the Moon Palace Nine Dragons Boat in advance, even their descendants did not know their whereabouts, and it was impossible for Yu Gonggu to know. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
No matter how I thought that the drum should not touch the mask of the priest of the ruins, I looked around the yellow intestine in front of me again, I originally only thought that I could find the whereabouts of Cheng Ruizun of Jiulong here, but I never expected that this ancient tomb would be related to the Nine Dragons Boat of the Moon Palace.
The palace lord should have seen that my expression was wrong after seeing the restored jade covering, and he also walked over and held a torch to check it: "This is the jade covering, I, how do I feel so familiar, like I've seen it somewhere." ”
Of course, Gong Jue is familiar, this instinct is the custom in her country, listening to Gong Jue say this, I am even more stunned, Gong Jue feels that the jade cover is not unfamiliar, indicating that the jade cover worn by the Gong Drum on his face is exactly the same as the mask of the priest of Guiru.
I also speculated that perhaps because the Yellow Emperor wore a jade covering face when he was buried, this custom has been handed down, but by the time of the Gong Gu, thousands of years have passed, and even the inheritance will change.
But the jade covering in front of him turned out to be very different from the mask worn by the priest of Guiru, and the only explanation was that Gong Gu should have seen the mask worn by the priest of Guiru, but this is completely impossible.
I rubbed my forehead, my thoughts were confused, and suddenly there was a fire in front of me, and I looked up to see that the palace lord's attention was not on the jade covering, but holding the torch and shaking back and forth, looking intently at the coffin.
"Are there any regulations on coffins in Zhouli's funeral system?" The palace lord looked up at me.
"Of course there is, until the Zhou Dynasty coffin was institutionalized, the coffin of the Son of Heaven was fourfold, Shanggong, Hou Bozinan, and the doctor, respectively, with equal differences, they were three, two, and one heavy, and the scholar was not heavy, but the coffin was used." I nodded and told the palace lord. "Even the thickness of the coffin has clear regulations, the coffin of the Son of Heaven is eight inches thick, the coffin of the doctor is six inches thick, and the coffin of the Shuren is only allowed to be four inches thick, without the coffin, and the later dynasties basically follow this system, why do you suddenly ask this?"
"Yu Gonggu is Shangqing, with his identity and status, what material is the coffin made of?" The palace lord continued to ask.
"Basswood, the coffin must be made of basswood." Zhu Qi blurted out.
"That's not right, since this yellow intestine inscription is all arranged according to the funeral system of Zhou Li, why is the material of the coffin biased?" Gong Jue said thoughtfully.
"You're saying that the coffin is not made of basswood?" I frowned and looked at the rotten wood in front of me. "No, it's all rotten like this, how can you determine the wood of the coffin?"
"It's the bottom of the coffin, and it's not wood but jade at all." The palace lord shook the torch, and our previous attention was all on the tomb owner, and no one noticed the slight change in light at the bottom of the coffin in the firelight. "Do you use jade as a coffin at the bottom of the coffin?"
I reached into the coffin, there were too many jade objects as burial goods, when I opened the jade, it was really as the palace lord said, below is a piece of flat and warm jade, made of jade pieces of the same size, if it were not for the palace lord's meticulous observation, we would have ignored this detail.
"The size of the coffin is three and six inches, including the coffin lid and the coffin wall are wooden, why is the bottom of the coffin jade, whether it is recorded or archaeological unearthed in the coffin of the same period, there has never been such a situation." Ye Zhiqiu was puzzled.
"There is a custom of eating jade in the country, this vassal state is extremely obsessed with jade, and from the funeral goods in the coffin, a large number of jade are all kinds of jade, will this Yu Gonggu love jade, so he deliberately chose to use jade as the coffin?" Xue Xinrou said.
"There shouldn't be this possibility, if you have a soft spot for jade, why don't you just use the jade coffin, why bother to use it only at the bottom of the coffin." Zhu Qi spat out a puff of smoke and shook his head.
"And every place in this yellow intestine inscription is strictly in accordance with the burial system, not to mention that this is just a tomb, such a large zigzag tomb, there is no one that can see that the specifications are extraordinary, and there will be absolutely no deviations and errors." Tian Wanqing was also at a loss.
"Since it can't be wrong, there should be other reasons......" Gong Jue said as he slowly pressed his hand to the jade at the bottom of the coffin, tapping his fingers rhythmically a few times, and drawing an arc at the corner of his mouth. No wonder you can't find the passage, it turns out to be hidden here. ”
The palace lord groped under the coffin for a moment, and took out a piece of jade with a very light hand, and the darkness was revealed under the coffin, and the light of the lamp penetrated in, and we saw the steps leading to the depths of the ancient tomb.
The palace lord quickly cleaned the jade, and soon a passage hidden under the coffin appeared in front of us, and I carefully descended into the passage with a lamp, and the steps were about five meters deep into the ground, and then I wanted to turn to the east, which was consistent with our inference, and this passage should lead us to another tomb on the east side.
The passage is about more than 300 meters to the end, I saw the upward steps again, and when I walked out, I was already in another mausoleum, our position was just at the entrance of the tomb, I deliberately lowered the light, and the white tomb once again proved our conjecture.
This is also a yellow intestine inscription, as the Western Zhou Dynasty specifications and the highest grade of the tomb, now found very few, how did not expect that there will be another yellow intestine inscription three hundred meters apart, but the pattern and size of the tomb and the mausoleum of the drum are exactly the same.
Even the position of the nine-inch door is the same, this should be two completely parallel and the same scale of the yellow intestine inscription, the palace lord stepped forward to open the door behind the running stone, and when we walked into the tomb, suddenly found a little numb, I believe that whether it is archaeological or tomb robbery, standing here is estimated to be difficult to calm, but we only witnessed the exact same another yellow intestine inscription half an hour ago, even if this place is magnificent and magnificent, there is no previous shock.
The same carriage room and armory room, even the position and number of furnishings are the same, but the craftsmanship is obviously older than what we have seen in the tomb of the Gong Gong Drum before, and when I passed by the bronze ritual room, I accidentally glanced inside, and my footsteps suddenly stopped.
Unlike the bronze ritual room of the Gong Gu, there are many other bronzes placed here, some of which are of different sizes that caught my attention, and I walked in and identified them with the help of the light for a long time, and was surprised and said, "Nine tripods and eight treasures?!" The identity of this tomb owner is even more prominent, and he can actually use such a thing to accompany the burial. ”
Others also gathered around, and Zhu Qi snorted beside him: "Fortunately, I swore with my finger that I would not rob the tomb with my fingers, if I were young, wouldn't the things in this tomb be cleaned by me." ”
"Seventh Master, are you always interested in these things?" Gong Jue asked.
"Interested?" Zhu Qi smiled bitterly and pointed to the bronzes of different sizes and said. "Every piece here is enough for ordinary people to eat and drink for a lifetime, not to mention that no one has found a complete Nine Tripods and Eight Treasures so far, these things you are talking about, but they are really priceless treasures."
"This is the most important sacrificial vessel in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the tripod is used to worship the meat, the gui is used to worship the grain, according to the Zhou Dynasty ritual system, different levels have clear restrictions on the use, the Son of Heaven enjoys the nine tripods and eight tripods, the princes can use the seven tripods and six tripods, and so on." I looked up and said to the palace lord. "I've seen and mentioned these things in the ancient books of the seal, and this is the first time I've seen the real original, and it's really priceless."
"No matter who the tomb here is, the identity should only be the monarch of the kingdom of Qiu, and a prince can only enjoy seven tripods and six tripods, why dare to overstep the system and use nine tripods and eight tripods to accompany the burial?" Ye Zhiqiu was puzzled.
"Don't dwell on these questions, these two symmetrical tombs are inherently unusual, what secrets are hidden in them, maybe only by finding the real main tomb can we know, you know, according to the specifications of the tomb, this yellow intestine inscription is just from the tomb." Tian Wanqing said.
In the bronze ritual room, we also see hundreds of ceremonial instruments, and the round-bellied hooves and feet are consistent with the style of the Western Zhou royal family, which makes this ancient tomb more and more bizarre.
After coming out, we walked directly into the main room of the coffin, the coffin has also been decayed, such an important tomb, Tian Wanqing and Ye Zhiqiu and Xue Xinrou are cautious, clean up the decayed ashes of the coffin, the outer coffin lid is densely covered with many exquisite jade, there are jade, jade, etc., among which the jade Ge and so on are in the same direction, it looks very neat, obviously carefully placed by the funeral person.
In addition to these neatly placed large jade objects, what is strange is that there are many scattered jade sheep, jade pigs, jade tigers and other small items on and around the outer coffin lid, each jade has perforations, it is estimated that the outer coffin of this tomb is covered with a gorgeous coffin cover, and the small animals made of jade that fall are small ornaments sewn on the coffin cover.
"There's text on it!" Xue Xinrou's voice was excited.
In her hand is a few pieces of jade, vaguely can still be identified with the traces of writing with a brush, the handwriting is very neat, showing the seriousness and respect of the writer, put these jade pieces in order, we have been looking at it for a long time, roughly know the content of it.
This is a eulogy left by a person who came to mourn the tomb owner, and on the last jade tablet, there are even two words signed.
NAC.
When Ye Zhiqiu saw these two words, his expression was shocked, as if he couldn't believe his eyes, and he took it in his hand and looked at it for a long time: "Really, it's really Nanzhong, this person actually wrote a eulogy for the tomb owner, and he was so respectful, this is also incredible." ”
"Zhiqiu, do you know this person?!" Xue Xinrou was taken aback.
"Of course I know, this is a famous figure in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period." Ye Zhiqiu nodded.
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