Chapter 258: True and False Twelve Golden Figures
Wen Yiming threw away the soil, pointed to the vast mountain, and sighed: "Before the liberation, about 5,000 epitaphs of the past dynasties were unearthed, and according to the average of one epitaph unearthed for every ten ancient tombs, it can be seen that as many as 50,000 ancient tombs were stolen and excavated. β
"According to the calculation of an average of 10 cultural relics unearthed from each ancient tomb, the unearthed cultural relics will reach 500,000 pieces!"
"Of these 500,000 cultural relics, 95 percent have been lost overseas. Tomb robbers enter the tomb and take what they think is valuable, and often smash the potentially more valuable artifacts in the tomb, smearing the precious murals beyond recognition, and we are the only ones in the world who dare to be such a loser!"
The wind is born on the north mountain, and the new mound is full of old mounds. Where is the wealth so far, the broken monument is fragmented and savage farming.
Luoxiang City North Mountain, ancient and modern burial of the dead. The bones decay into mud, and the soil of this mountain is white.
The Yellow River ferryman, the north of the mountain road. But when I saw that the mounds were piled up, there was no land to plant pine trees.
"Why do people like to be buried here?"
Hei Feng frowned, looked at the desolate and lonely mountain, and didn't understand: "Some are green mountains and green waters, even if there is more than this piece of feng shui treasure, right?"
Everyone stared at Wen Yiming, curious and looking forward to the answer, Wen Yiming waved his hand and said with a smile: "There is no idle soil on the north mountain, and it is full of old tombs of Luoyang people." There are many people in the old tombs, and there is no place to buy them with gold. β
A poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Jian vividly tells us that in the Tang Dynasty, every inch of land was gold! In the words of the ancients, it was: by the torrent of Kunlun, according to the Shuangchuan of Yiluo, it was carried into the danger of Gao, and the lofty mountain of Erkun. β
"The rivers and mountains are arched, and the shape is better than the world. β
"As early as a thousand years before Suzhou and Hangzhou became the land of fish and rice, Bishan was the best resting place in the minds of the ancients. The mountain outside the city, with the Yellow River in the north and Yique in the south, is an excellent feng shui treasure in the eyes of the ancient Luoyang people. β
The Bishan Mausoleum Group is buried with a total of 24 tombs of emperors and their accompanying tombs of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Cao Wei Dynasty, the Western Jin Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Later Tang Dynasty. Including 8 royal tombs in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, 5 imperial tombs in the Eastern Han Dynasty, 1 imperial tomb of Cao Wei, 5 imperial tombs of the Western Jin Dynasty, 4 imperial tombs of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and 1 tomb of the Tang Emperor after the fifth dynasty. β
Everyone was amazed, this place is really a paradise for tomb robbers, there are so many emperors alone, plus other princes and generals, literati and scholars, isn't it......
There is also the talented Southern Tang Dynasty lord Li Yu, the history records that after the death of the country, he died in Kaifeng for no reason, and was buried in Beibi Mountain with a royal ceremony. His tomb is probably in the area of Houli Village and Zhouzhai Village, Chaoyang Town, Mengjin County. β
"There is also Su Qin, a famous collaborator during the Warring States Period, who is almost equivalent to the current Secretary-General of the United Nations. Lobbying the six countries to unite against Qin, he once wore the seal of the six countries, so that Qin did not dare to peep east into Hangu for 15 years. β
20 kilometers east of the old city, there is a small village named Zhang Suzhai on the north bank of the Luohe River in the southeast of the old city of Han and Wei dynasties, and a mound in the village is the tomb of Su Qin. β
"There is also a generation of prime minister Lu Buwei, who was in the Qin State back then, and he was also buried in Bishan. The most incredible thing is that there is also a Joseon king, the Buyeo king of Baekje Kingdom, who was later buried in Bishan according to historical records. β
I don't know how many tomb robbers are looking for the dream of making a fortune in the mountains day and night, this thousand-year-old tomb group can not rest in peace, even if the state prohibits tomb robbery, the mountain has not been quiet, and man-made destruction has reduced the ancient tombs by more than half in the past 50 years.
When the investigators visited the location of the tomb, the villagers almost did not ask what they wanted, and immediately enthusiastically pointed out and led the way, without any sense of prevention, which undoubtedly provided an opportunity for the tomb robbers.
Everyone looked up to the sky and sighed, very helpless, there was no way, they could only rely on a few people to protect cultural relics, do their best, and listen to the destiny of heaven.
Having said that, the enthusiasm of the crowd to hunt for treasures has become stronger and stronger, and there are countless ancient tombs under their feet, not knowing that treasures can be dug up there.
"Is this ......?"
Everyone came to a small dirt slope, on which Jinbao rested, and his tentacles waved rapidly, as if there was a great discovery.
After digging for more than half an hour, I finally found a hole in the ground with several dilapidated treasure chests buried in it, at least more than a thousand years.
"This can't be the legendary Twelve Golden Men, right?"
Wen Yiming took out a sixty-centimeter-tall golden man from the box, very heavy, at least more than 30 catties, dressed in the costume of the Rong clan, with fine patterns carved on his body, showing off his might, full of energy, and extremely brave.
"The Twelve Golden Figures, they can't be minted by Qin Shi Huang, right?"
Hei Feng was very surprised, looked at the little golden man and said incredulously: "The legend of the twelve golden people is not copper, and it is very huge, this is such a small ......."
Wen Yiming shook his head and said confusedly: "I'm not sure, after Qin Shi Huang sat on the throne, he was always worried about how to ensure long-term peace and stability and make the country pass on for eternity. In order to secure the world, the problem that must be solved is to collect and destroy the weapons of the scattered people, and only in this way can we prevent others from using force to seize power. β
"One day, Qin Shi Huang was watching the lantern dance and various juggling performances, and when he was happy to watch, he suddenly saw a group of murderous warriors with swords and other weapons in their hands performing war dances. It touched my long-standing heart disease. It happened that the spies came to report that there were mountain people in Lintao who saw twelve giants in the local area, and sang a nursery rhyme: Qu goes to one, shows in gold, and Bai Ruisheng is born. β
After Qin Shi Huang heard this, he was happy. So he pretended to be an omen, to comply with the will of heaven, ordered the collection of civilian weapons, concentrated in the capital Xianyang, cast twelve golden men, in fact, this move was just his consideration of consolidating the imperial power of the Ying clan. β
Wen Yiming groped for the golden figures, and suddenly found a few seal characters behind him, but unfortunately he didn't know them, looking at the other two golden figures of the same size in the box, he analyzed: "There are three guesses about the whereabouts of the twelve golden people in history: some people believe that Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, once burned Afang Palace after conquering Xianyang, the capital of Qin. When the Afang Palace was burned, it was also burned along with the twelve golden figures who symbolized the immortality of the Qin Dynasty. β
"There are also scholars who have researched that twelve golden people were destroyed in the hands of Dong. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo led an army into Chang'an, destroyed ten of the gold people, and minted them into copper coins, and the remaining two were ordered by him to move to Qingmen in Chang'an City. β
"But the history books also say that there are two golden people who are now cast, not that Dong Zhuo destroyed ten of the twelve golden people, leaving two to be taken to the overlord by Emperor Wei Ming, because all the official histories only talk about the golden people and do not say the twelve golden people or the Qin Jin people. β
"The most widely circulated theory is that the twelve golden figures were not destroyed, they were Qin Shi Huang's favorite objects during his lifetime, so after the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum was built, the twelve gold figures and other exquisite treasures were buried in the mausoleum as burial goods with the death of Qin Shi Huang, and their whereabouts are still unknown. β
"So ......"
Wen Yiming looked at the three golden figures in front of him, and a thought flashed in his mind: Could it be the treasure left by Lu Buwei here?
There are six seal characters behind each golden figure, adding up to eighteen characters, could it be some treasure clue?
You must know that LΓΌ Buwei was also buried in Pishan, that is a big bull, supporting the Qin State Proton Inhumans to enter the political core, and the Inhumans succeeded to the throne as the King of Qin Zhuang Xiang, and became the Xiangguo himself, Feng Wenxin Marquis, 100,000 households in Luoyang, Henan, with 3,000 diners and 10,000 servants under the door.
After the death of King Zhuangxiang, the young prince Zhengli became the king, LΓΌ Buwei was the prime minister, known as the middle father, and the power was all over the world, and it was rumored that Qin Shi Huang was actually his illegitimate son!