Chapter 6: The Empty Tomb and the Temptation of Money
Lao Wu was thrown into the tomb by Hu Wan's apprentice from the robbery hole on the top of the tomb, although the tomb is not very high, although Lao Wu also protected his head as much as possible in the process of falling, but he was still thrown very badly, and his back did not know what raised object he bumped on, and he was covered in cold sweat in pain.
The surrounding black hand could not see the five fingers, only the bright light of the mouth of the thief cave above his head, and the two heads poked out from time to time to see the situation below, Lao Wu gradually relieved himself in the tomb, and climbed to the edge with his hands back to sit against the tomb wall.
Lao Wu rested against the wall for a while, he was not lightly thrown down just now, and he was also frightened when he was suddenly thrown down, and he didn't know whether it was blood or sweat flowing down his neck into his clothes, and his brain also reacted vigorously at this time. Thinking that he was thrown down from the thief hole above just now, he couldn't help but scold: "You people who have been stabbed a thousand times, you damn want to kill me, if I die and be a ghost, I won't let you go..."
Lao Wu scolded and shouted for a while, Hu Wan was not only not angry but also happy when he heard it, and shouted to Lao Wu in the tomb: "Brother Wu, you are really a real man!" I can actually find out the situation for the old man to enter the tomb, your kindness and old man will never forget, and the old man will definitely burn more paper money for you on the annual sacrifice day after you die. ”
Hu Wan's call almost didn't make Lao Wu angry, obviously he threw himself in, this guy said the same as Lao Wu jumped into it himself, so he opened his mouth to scold again, and before he could open his mouth, he saw a rope thrown down from the entrance of the tomb and hung on the ground, and the two people who came down from above in turn were Hu Wan and his bald apprentice.
As soon as Lao Wu saw that someone was coming down, he didn't dare to scold, so he quickly tightened his body and hid in the dark where the light couldn't find it, for fear that he would do it to himself if he scolded Hu Wan into the tomb just now.
Hu Wan just pushed Lao Wu down mainly to try the air quality of the tomb, listening to Lao Wu has nothing to do and has the strength to scold, he knew that there was no harmful gas in the tomb that could cause death, so he and his apprentice went down the rope to the tomb, and after entering, he did not look for Lao Wu, but just used a horse lamp to illuminate the surroundings to observe the tomb.
Hu Wan stood in the middle with a lantern, and said with a sneer in his mouth: "As I expected, what kind of ancient tomb of the Yuan Dynasty is this, and the style of the tomb here should clearly be before the Sui Dynasty." ”
The bald man didn't understand and asked, "Hey, master, how did this become before the Sui Dynasty?" Don't the locals say that it is an ancient tomb of the Yuan Dynasty, could it be that we dug it by mistake and accidentally stumbled into this ancient tomb before the Sui Dynasty? . ”
Hu Wan said: "What the hell do you know besides eating?" So what was the Yuan Dynasty? The emperors and officials of the dynasty were all Mongols, why did you hear that the Mongols had a thick burial?
As far as the old man knows, Mongolians do not have a tradition of body worship, believing that the human body comes from nature, and should return to nature after death. The early burial will allow the soul to ascend to heaven. Mongolians have their own unique funeral customs. Its characteristic is that it is different from the thick burial and long funeral of the Han people in the Central Plains, but the thin burial and simple funeral. In old Mongolian customs, after death, if not an important person, was secretly buried in an open field that they considered suitable. At the time of burial, one of his tabernacles was buried at the same time, so that the deceased was seated in the center of the tabernacle, and a table was placed in front of him, on which was placed a plate of meat and a cup of horse's milk. In addition, a mare and her pony are buried, a horse with a brill and saddle. In addition, they killed a horse, ate its flesh, stuffed it with straw in its skin, and tied it to two or four pillars. Thus, in another world, the deceased may have a tabernacle to live in, a mare for him to milk, and it is also possible for him to breed his horses, and have horses to ride.
As for the important people, when they died, they secretly found an open place, where they removed the grass, the roots, and everything that was on the ground, and dug a large pit, and at the edge of this pit they dug a catacomb, and then they put the bodies in the tomb, and put in the necessary things such as the tent. Legend has it that after the Mongolian royal family was buried, they first used hundreds of war horses to level the surface of the tomb, and then planted grass and trees on it, and then sent people to guard the tomb for a long time until the surface did not show any traces before leaving, and those who knew about it would be killed.
In particular, Genghis Khan's royal tomb is representative, according to legend, when Genghis Khan was buried, for the sake of secrecy, more than 10,000 war horses were once in the burial place to land and use an independent tree as a tombstone. In order to find the cemetery in the future, in the burial place of Genghis Khan, in front of a female camel, he killed his own baby camel and sprinkled the blood on the cemetery. By the time the green grass sprouted the following spring, the cemetery was no different from the rest of the world.
In this case, when the descendants sacrificed to Genghis Khan, they led the female camel to the peak. When the mother camel arrives at the cemetery, she mourns at the thought of her slain calf. The worshippers then perform a solemn sacrifice at the place where the mother camel mourns. However, after the death of the she-camel, no one was able to find Genghis Khan's tomb.
So even if I look at this ancient tomb before the Sui Dynasty, it will definitely not be the ancient tomb of the Yuan Dynasty, and there will be no tombs of the Yuan Dynasty near this at all. ”
After saying these words, not only was the bald head dumbfounded, but even the old Wu who was hiding on the side was dumbfounded, although this old guy Hu Wan was extremely insidious and vicious, he really knew a lot, and he couldn't help but admire him a little in his heart.
Lao Wu hid on the side and didn't dare to come out, just wanted to wait for the opportunity to run out, just now he also observed the surrounding environment, the tomb is about more than 20 square meters, and the place where he is hiding is exactly the depression of the wall, but as long as he moves out a little, he will be illuminated by the light of the horse lamp, and he can only slow down here first.
Before Lao Wu could think of a countermeasure, he heard the bald man shout: "Damn, why is there nothing in the coffin with a dead man." ”
After a while, I heard Hu Wan's old voice say: "Oh, it seems that there are still masters one step ahead of us, the mildew in this tomb is not heavy, and it seems that you can still feel the wind, I'm afraid that the master has already opened a thief hole and entered this ancient tomb to take away all the Ming weapons, let's play in vain." ”
Lao Wu couldn't hold back his laughter when he heard them say this, and thought to himself: "You have suffered retribution, you will get it sooner or later, this time it is light, next time you will die directly in the tomb, and there is no one to collect the body, then you can relieve your hatred." ”
Lao Wu's laughter was heard by Hu Wan, and the bald man walked over and dragged Lao Wu out of the depression and said to him: "You are still hiding and snickering, I will let you have a joint burial with this old cadre." With that, he took out a short knife and was about to wipe Lao Wu's neck and bleed.
Unexpectedly, at this time, Hu Wan stopped him in a loud voice: "Bald braincase, you wait, I still have something to say to Brother Wu." Then he squatted beside Lao Wu, grabbed the collar and lifted Lao Wu up a little, and said with a smile: "Brother Wu, for the sake of our fate, I don't plan to let this bald brain kill you, and I want to give you a sum of money as a hard work, I can't let you dig a deep well for me in vain, what do you say?" ”
Lao Wu was already in the crotch of his pants when he was held by a knife, and his snot and tears flowed out uncontrollably, when he heard Hu Wan say that he would not kill himself, but also give himself money, he quickly said that he begged Hu Ye to spare his life, and said that he could say anything.
Lao Wu slept deeply and waited for a few days to wake up again, and it was already a few days later, as for how he came out of the thief cave and how he returned to his house, he couldn't remember, he only remembered that Hu Wan finally said that if he wanted to be developed, he would go to him. Wiped it in his pocket with his hand, hurriedly sat up and took out a wad of money from his pocket, he looked at the money in his hand and his eyes were straight, even if he dug a well for a lifetime, he couldn't make such money, but in the end, he listened to Hu Wan's meaning, there would be more money in the future, so he fell into deep thought.
Poor and scared people are powerless to resist the money bait in front of them, Lao Wu even forgot that Hu Wan wanted to kill himself in the tomb, he is now full of countless banknotes, thinking that if he has a lot of money in the future, then he will never be looked down upon again, and he will not have to suffer for a lifetime, and his parents will live better, he is a ghost at the moment and took the initiative to go to the county to find Hu Wan.
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