It is said that after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, some scholars and Confucian scholars merged to make diagrams and use the five elements of yin and yang to explain the Confucian scriptures.

Wang Mang and Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty both used it to claim the title of emperor, and Emperor Guangwu officially "announced the diagram in the world", which became a legal classic.

Some of them draw on the theories of Huang, Lao and Futu, and preach the talisman of fate, good fortune and evil, prayer for blessing and disaster, and reincarnation of retribution, etc., becoming the forerunners of Taoism.

"These techniques are integrated with other genres, and they also enrich the diversity of cultures, so there are some things that cannot be generalized."

Everyone couldn't help but be a little fascinated by this, "Looking at it this way, these methods and the like are not all harmless, the key is to use them on the right path." ”

Fangshu is used by some people to pretend to be ghosts and bring disaster, but it does not mean that it does not have any advantages and benefits, the key is to see how it is used.

Professor Zhang agreed: "That's a good reason. ”

"But Professor, you said so much, and you didn't tell us who the owner of the tomb really is."

As the group talked, the car was about to reach its destination, and Professor Zhang looked at the scenery outside the car window.

Not far away, the mountains are verdant and lush, and the blue sky hangs low, which looks quiet, but this scenery is already refreshing.

"Don't worry, you'll find out soon."

Professor Zhang didn't continue, almost losing everyone's appetite, making the archaeological team look forward to it more and more.

The group came down from the winding mountain road, and had to walk part of the mountain road, and after a brief rest, everyone took their equipment and set off.

Leading the way were the police, as well as members of the archaeological team who had already come to explore the way.

Stepping into the deep mountain forest, the light suddenly becomes a little dim, and the surrounding dense plants and leaves that shade the sky and the sun make people feel like they are in an ancient forest.

Thin pieces of sunlight fall through the gaps between the leaves, and countless dust flies, making it even more peaceful and quiet.

The soft land has a unique fishy smell, as well as the fragrance of green plants, and occasionally a few insects and birds chirp, from the perspective of environmental vegetation, this mountain is indeed good feng shui.

"The tomb is probably in the southeast, and it's probably more than half an hour away."

Professor Zhang's grade is a little older, not as good as a young man, and at this moment, fine beads of sweat have appeared on his forehead, and his breathing is a little short.

Someone in the team was worried about his physical condition, and asked with some concern: "Professor, are you okay, do you want to rest?" ”

Professor Zhang waved his hand, "Don't worry, I can still hold it." ”

At this moment, the corner of his eye seemed to see something, and he suddenly stopped.

The archaeological team thought he was unwell, "What's wrong with the professor?" ”

"Look at these traces, it seems that someone has been here before."

Everyone followed Professor Zhang's gaze, and sure enough, they found that the dead branches on the ground had been trampled on, and there were shallow footprints next to them.

"I remember that there were a few villages around here, maybe the villagers had gone up the mountain before."

Several other archaeological team members also nodded beside them, "Yes, when I went up the mountain before, it was the villagers who brought me over." ”

If it's a villager, it's fine, although there is a tomb nearby, but unless you are a professional, you can't determine the specific location of the tomb at all.

But if it's a tomb robber, I'm afraid it's a little difficult.

The group quickly determined the location of the tomb and began to prepare for the excavation, which is different from tomb robbery, so the method will be different.

In order to avoid detection, tomb robbers will open small holes, but the archaeological team is a formal organization, and everything is done according to the process of steps.

Therefore, the location of their tomb will be very different from that of the robbery cave, which is located in the northwest.

However, after they identified the tomb, they entered directly below, which happened to be in the opposite direction to the robbery cave, so the existence of the robbery cave has not been discovered yet.

This time, there were quite a few people in the team, plus the police, there were twenty or thirty people, and they also brought a lot of advanced tools and equipment, and soon the tomb was opened.

The whole tomb is not sure how big it is, so the archaeological team plans to explore it while exploring it, which is also to save time.

"Professor, we can go to the grave."

Hearing the news, Professor Zhang immediately got up, "Okay, let's act now." ”

In the Han Dynasty, the tomb shape can be divided into palace style, typical style, square form, rectangular form and other styles, and the one in front of you is a palace-style tomb.

Generally, it is built on the basis of the shape and size structure of the temple, and is divided into two parts, the front and the side, there are two horse towers in the front, there are four guardian spirit towers on the side, and there is a tall mourning hall at the top, which gives people a solemn feeling.

When the archaeological team came down, they found that there were very few burial goods in the tomb.

The patterns carved on the surrounding tomb paintings are rich in mythology.

Let's just say that the mural that the archaeological team saw in front of them, the three mountains were shrouded in clouds and mist, the cranes were flying, and the pavilions and pavilions were faintly visible, and on the other side of the shore, there were many people worshipping.

"This should be the three immortal mountains - Penglai, Abbot, and Yingzhou."

It has been recorded in ancient books, "The three sacred mountains are spread in the Bohai Sea, and they are not far away; When the trouble comes, the wind will lead the ship away. Cover the taste, all the immortals and immortal elixirs are there"

In addition, there is also a person dressed as a priest refining pills in the mural, and there are many people around who kneel and worship, which should be people asking for medicine.

Not only that, but there are also people in the murals who set up altars, and even tried to call for wind and rain, etc., and it can be seen that these are all monks.

Most of the tomb paintings depict either immortals, or all kinds of monks haunting, showing the magical means of monks.

It's been a bit vague over the years, but based on the patterns and the behavior of the characters, it's not hard to guess what they're doing.

There are a lot of bronze utensils and porcelain around the tomb, bottles and jars, and even some strange props, which should be used for containers and other purposes.

"It seems that the owner of this tomb is also a lover of alchemy, otherwise he would not have collected so many bottles and jars and utensils, and even brought them to the tomb as burial goods."

Professor Zhang nodded, "Yes, the owner of the tomb is the famous scholar Zuo Ci in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. ”

Zuo Ci, the character Yuanfang, a native of Lujiang, self-named Mr. Wujiao, a famous scholar in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Less living in Tianzhu Mountain, studying the art of alchemy, Ming Wujing, and through Xingwei, Ming Liujia, legend can make ghosts and gods, sit in the kitchen, "Hou Han Shu" said that he rarely has Shinto.

There are many rumors about Zuo Ci.

For example, the "Taiping Yulan" quoted the "True Message" record: "In the middle of Han Jian'an, Zuo Ci heard that the Qushan Mountain was in Jinling, and it was through Emei Luofu, so it was more evil. So he fasted for three months and climbed this mountain, and he got his way in. Mao Jun bestowed three kinds of Shenzhi, Su Qi Gongyi, and said: 'The person who holds the incense fairy and guards the fasting'.

Moreover, Zuo Ci is also the teacher of the famous Taoist master Ge Xuan, who left a lot of ancient books of Danfang and a lot of experiences, which have had a profound impact on later generations.

This person's comments were both positive and negative in later generations, but in his later years, he once told Ge Xiangong that he was going to enter Huoshan to refine the Nine Turns Pill, and then disappeared.

Some people say that Zuo Ci died in the mountains, and some people say that he was chased and killed, and even more directly said that he was able to ride the crane away, of course, these are all wild historical records, and the authenticity is impossible to investigate.

But in any case, Zuo Ci's influence on later generations is still quite great, but there are not many detailed records about later generations, and they are somewhat exaggerated.

"It seems that Zuo Ci himself is full of illusions, could it be that he really has any ability?"

Professor Zhang smiled and shook his head, "Actually, it's not, at that time, magic was prevalent, but if you play a little trick, similar to magic tricks, it's easy to fool the past." ”

"In addition, the traffic information was not developed at that time, which caused the information to be incompatible, and it was easy to be exaggerated."

"Maybe he himself does have some achievements in alchemy, but in fact, a large part of those miraculous rumors are fabricated or exaggerated by later generations."

The others nodded, thinking about the same reason, throughout the ages, there have been so many people who want to ask for the Tao, but no one has ever succeeded.

"But then again, Zuo Ci's status at that time should have been good, and according to his skills, he was able to mix well, why are there so few burial goods in the tomb."

"Could it be that he is also pure-hearted and has few desires, and he doesn't care about these specifications and instruments."

Professor Zhang's eyes were also full of doubts, and his hand accidentally touched the mural next to him, as if he sensed that something was wrong.

Professor Zhang stretched out his hand and saw that the dust on this small piece of mural was not as much as that next to it, which was in stark contrast to the two sides.

The burial chamber is all in the same environment, so why is there less dust here?

Unless there is only one possibility......

Someone had already been here before and accidentally touched it!

Professor Zhang's face changed suddenly, "Hurry up and go to the main room to have a look." ”

The archaeological team did not move forward quickly, because the surrounding murals were relatively intact, so most of the attention was attracted by this place, and the pace slowed down.

Looking at Professor Zhang's hurried expression, the others hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with the professor?" ”

Professor Zhang's expression was ugly, "I suspect that someone has already come to China here, and it is very likely that they are tomb robbers. ”

Everyone was suddenly in an uproar and hurriedly followed his footsteps.

After coming to the main chamber, it stands to reason that there should be the most burial goods here, but they still saw very few.

And most of the ones that have survived are huge bronzes and porcelain, which are difficult to carry.

According to Zuo Ci's character, there should be many scriptures and classics, but now there are few books left in the tomb.

Professor Zhang's previous conjecture came true.

"Before us, someone has already entered the tomb, hurry up and notify the police outside and ask them to do their best to search the mountain!"

Ancient tombs are important cultural relics for the study of ancient societies, and the artifacts inside represent the history of a long civilization.

Archaeologists use this to supplement or enrich history, and tomb robbing, which interferes with and destroys archaeological work, is something they hate and crack down on.

Even if the cultural relics in it are taken out and sold, it is a major loss for the country.

Professor Zhang gasped heavily, and his face turned a little pale.

The others hurriedly stepped forward to help him, "Professor, don't get excited, there are police, even if there are really tomb robbers, they will definitely be able to help us recover the lost cultural relics." ”

Professor Zhang was worried, "I hope so." ”

Originally, there was still a faint expectation in my heart, but when I saw the thief hole, the last glimmer of hope was shattered.

"According to the situation of the soil around the robbery cave, this robbery cave has not existed for a long time, even if the tomb robbers take away the cultural relics, they will not be able to do it for the time being, we have notified our colleagues at the traffic management bureau to strictly guard the checkpoint, and at the same time will carry out nearby search activities." The police fed back the results of the survey to Professor Zhang.

"Comrade policeman, please be sure to recover those cultural relics, these things are very important to the research institute."

"Don't worry, Professor Zhang, we will definitely do our best."

The cultural relics in Zuoci's tomb still have great research value, just filling the gaps in some aspects of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and some of the scriptures and classics have a profound impact on later generations, even the only one.

While the archaeological team was exploring the tombs, they anxiously waited for news from the police.

On the other side, the police are also divided into several teams, and this time the captain is still Sun Zhenbang.

Because he has been here several times to handle cases and is very familiar with the neighborhood, he is also responsible for the entire operation.

"Let's take the ancient tomb as the center and carry out a carpet search."

"There are several roads down the mountain, and our soldiers are divided into several ways to search along the way to see if we can find traces of tomb robbers, as well as those villages under the mountain, which are also the focus of investigation, to see if there are any suspicious people infested."

Soon the police took action, led by the Traces Section, and carefully inspected the mountain, fearing that some tomb robbers would bury some of the cultural relics here, and wait for the wind to come back to pick them up.

Due to the better sight during the day, the police soon made new discoveries.

"Strange, why are there so many footprints here, Team Sun, come and take a look."

Sun Zhenbang looked at the messy footprints on the ground, as well as countless trampled dead branches and leaves, as if many animals had passed here.

"The soil around these marks is still relatively wet, and it seems that it has only recently formed."

The point is that these footprints are large and small, which proves that the species of animals are also different.

So the question is, why do so many animals of all sizes suddenly pass by here at the same time?

Sun Zhenbang's instinct told him that something unusual must have happened here, and he thought of the strange conditions that had happened to the mountain before.

Shouldn't this time?

He shook his head, thinking that it was unlikely.

Sun Zhenbang pondered for a moment, "Let's go down the mountain to have a look, look for clues, and ask if there are any suspicious people recently." ”

With that, Sun Zhenbang led the people away, "The others continued to search on the mountain. ”

The group moved quickly, and it was not long before they returned to the bottom of the mountain.

Entering Longyuan Village, some villagers saw Sun Zhenbang's arrival and greeted them naturally, "Officer Sun is here, what is the case this time?" It can't have anything to do with our village, right? ”

After all, Sun Zhenbang is also an old acquaintance, he has been here several times, and he is also familiar with the villagers.

"This time it has nothing to do with your village, let's just come here to investigate, are there any suspicious people or abnormal situations recently?"

The villager shook his head, "Officer Sun, you also know that our village is small, and there are almost no living people coming, if there is, we will definitely have an impression." ”

It seems that the tomb robbers have not stayed in this village, Sun Zhenbang saw no useful news, and was about to go back when he was suddenly stopped by the villagers.

"Wait, Officer Sun, if you want to say something unusual, I don't know if this counts."

"Just a few days ago, many animals suddenly broke into the village, turned around and ran away, but there were no casualties among humans and animals."

Sun Zhenbang remembered that he had seen the footprints of animals large and small on the mountain.

I always feel that these two things are inexplicably linked.

He couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that those animals were frightened and stimulated by something that made them run down the mountain?" ”

The villagers scratched their heads and said they didn't know, "Then we don't know, but the big guys say that these animals are instructed by the mountain god." ”

It's related to the mountain god again......

Sun Zhenbang frowned, but finally picked up his mobile phone and called the staff on the mountain: "Follow the traces of the beast, investigate and explore, and see if you can find useful clues." ”

……

On the other side, after receiving Sun Zhenbang's instructions, the police on the mountain began to use the traces of the beast as a tracking point to carry out a carpet search.

Sure enough, following these traces, I actually found a few footprints similar to humans.

"There's a good chance they're left behind by the tomb robbers."

Seeing that there were clues, the police searched more carefully.

Xie Yixuan happened to be in the middle of this, searching in the southeast direction.

It was densely wooded, with its wide leaves that could easily obscure his view, and he pushed aside the bushes in front of him to see an unidentified object lying not far away.

At first, he thought it was just a stone or a dead branch, but Xie Yixuan didn't care, but as he got closer, he suddenly found that the outline of the object was clearly a human shape!

Xie Yixuan approached suspiciously, his black hair was very obvious among the green branches and leaves, and a miserable white face broke into his field of vision so abruptly!

Xie Yixuan's face changed, and he hurriedly shouted: "Quick! A male corpse has been found here! ”

The others soon heard the news and rushed to the vicinity of the corpse to examine it carefully.

It didn't take long for a group of police officers to make a preliminary determination.

There were a lot of scattered things around the corpse, all of them were antiquities and the like, and they should be the tomb robbers they were tracking.

However, according to the initial speculation of the police, the tomb robbers were likely to have descended the mountain, but they did not expect to find their bodies here.

Subsequently, the police took this body as the central point and searched outward, and soon found several accomplices in the forest not far away.

Looking around, the ground was cluttered, and there were also a lot of trampled dead branches and leaves, as if there were a large number of wild beasts passing by, just like the previous traces.

Police are not able to determine for the time being whether they died before or after the beast.

But in either case, there were no signs of beast bites on his body, which was a bit strange.

Moreover, the surface of the corpse was very intact, with no obvious wounds, only marks on the chest.

It can't always be poisoned?

At the same time, Sun Zhenbang also rushed over after receiving the news, looked at the corpses twice, and immediately ordered, "Hurry up and bring these corpses back to the laboratory for examination, and these cultural relics are also collected and sent to the archaeological team to confirm whether they are these." ”

……

On the other hand, Professor Zhang learned that the tomb had been patronized by tomb robbers, and the follow-up work could be said to be completely unmoody, and the whole person seemed absent-minded.

"Professor, don't worry, didn't the police comrade also say that the tomb robbers shouldn't have transported the cultural relics out."

"And there are still parts of the tomb that have not been surveyed, and even if they take things away, it probably won't be too much."

Professor Zhang sighed, "That's what I said, but what if, I would have left a few days earlier if I had known that this would have happened, and I don't know which link leaked the news." ”

He thumped his chest angrily, but it didn't help to say that now.

While the archaeological team was anxiously waiting, new news soon came back.

"Professor Zhang, the police said that the tomb robbers have been caught!"

Professor Zhang was dumbfounded, and then excited, "So quickly." ”

It's only been an hour now, and the police have already caught someone, and the speed is really amazing.

For a while, everyone's hearts hung in their throats, and their hearts finally let go.

"Great, aren't those artifacts also recovered?"

"Thanks to the police comrades, otherwise we would have suffered a heavy loss."

After receiving an accurate answer, the archaeological team and others were overjoyed, but they did not notice that the police who came to report the news looked a little strange.

"Do you have any questions, comrade policeman?"

The policeman shook his head and didn't say much for the time being, but said, "This is an artifact found from the tomb robbers, please teach you to check it." ”

Professor Zhang and others were extremely grateful, "Thank you, comrade police, for your hard work." ”

Looking at these cultural relics, the archaeological team seemed to be looking at some lost treasure, Professor Zhang was full of enthusiasm at the moment, and immediately began to check and check.

"I said, why were there so few burial goods in the tomb before, it turned out to be this reason."

It can be determined that it is the lost part of the funerary goods, and the tomb robbers selected the important part and took it out.

However, just when everyone was rejoicing, Professor Zhang's face was a little not good, his brows were tightly locked, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The other members of the archaeological team were a little curious, "Professor Zhang, now that the cultural relics have been recovered, why are you still sad?" ”

Looking at this pile of cultural relics, Professor Zhang shook his head, "No, according to records, Zuo Ci has a very rich collection of books, and now these scriptures and classics are still not right." ”

Even with the remnants of the tomb, it felt like something was missing.

"Is it possible that he didn't bring those books into the tomb to accompany the burial, after all, we don't know how many books were originally in the tomb."

"Yes, we haven't finished surveying the entire tomb yet, maybe there are still some books and accompanying collections in several other tombs."

"What you said makes sense, but there is another point, Zuo Ci is addicted to alchemy, so he is also very fond of those utensils, and once let the world's skilled craftsmen cast the tripod, wanting to use it to cultivate the elixir and become an immortal."

It is said that Zuo Ci once got a meteorite from outside the sky, thinking that it was a gift from God, and then used it to cast a tripod.

In his later years, he told Ge Xiangong that he was going to enter Huoshan to refine the Nine Turning Pills, and there were rumors at that time that Zuo Ci refined the elixir through this ding, and finally succeeded in taking the crane away.

Many miraculous additions give this legendary color.

Although there is nothing to be studied in later generations, it is somewhat certain that according to Zuo Ci's love for Ding, this Ding must have also been brought to the tomb by him.

Professor Zhang's tone paused, "But now we are in the tomb, and we don't see this statue." ”

The exact number of chapters of the book cannot be determined, but the tripod does exist.

"So you mean, some books and a statue are missing?"

Professor Zhang nodded, "And judging from the dust in the tomb here, there are traces of things in some places, but I haven't seen them now, and they obviously don't match the number." ”

Of course, the police can't ignore these things.

Since they were not in the burial chamber, they must have been brought out by the tomb robbers, perhaps hidden somewhere, so the police did not find them.

"No, I'll have to go to the police again, I'll have to get these things back."

"Maybe you'll be buried in the mountains by those cunning tomb robbers!"

(End of chapter)