Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 13

So far, for Cao Qi, this tomb robbery journey has been considered a complete success.

This batch of gold must weigh at least a few tons. Converted to the Han Dynasty's unit of measurement, it is a few thousand catties, or even tens of thousands of catties. Shipping it back can definitely relieve Cao's army's urgent needs for food and even maintain military supplies for a period of time.

Therefore, he immediately consulted Wu Liang for his opinion, and after receiving a positive answer from Wu Liang, he sent people out to assemble people to carry out the transportation work.

While waiting, Cao Qi, like many people who have won the lottery, was worried about gains and losses, and he pulled Wu Liang aside and asked in a low voice, "You have a talented brother, I'm still a little worried. If you teach people to move, it is inevitable that some people will hide their greed and secrets, and they may not be able to find them at that time. How can we prevent them from happening?"

"This is easy to do."

Wu Liang smiled indifferently and said, "The military officer only needs to engrave the number on the gold brick in advance, and then register the number with each person involved in the transportation. In this way, the responsibility can be assigned to the individual, and naturally no one can hide it privately."

"Wonderful! Brother Xian's plan is very good! Why didn't I think of it!"

Cao Bin immediately smiled brightly, hugged Wu Liang's shoulders and shook it, and praised, "A talented and virtuous brother is really a god, the virtuous brother can seek good luck and avoid evil, open the tomb and break the ground, and retreat to offer a clever solution. I am sad, how can I be able to get the help of my virtuous brother, it is a great blessing in this life!"

"The military marshals are wrongly praised, but they are not good enough."

Wu Liang lowered his eyebrows and said pleasingly.

"No! From my brother's point of view, your talent is comparable to that of Xi Zhicai, an advisor to the emperor, and perhaps that Xi Zhicai may not be comparable to you."

Cao Zhi shook his head and said sternly.

Xi Zhicai...

Of course, Wu Liang knew this person.

This person's name is "Xizhong", Zhicai is just his word, and he is the most important advisor of Cao Cao in the early days.

Xi Zhong once helped Cao Cao Chen Liu raise troops, and he planned to defeat the Yellow Turbans. He captured more than [-] troops with a population of more than one million. Later, he reorganized the elite troops into the most important direct line troops in Cao Cao's military career, "Qingzhou Soldiers". The [-]-mile chase in Kuangting defeated Yuan Shu, the Montenegrin Army, and the Southern Xiongnu...

It can be said that Cao Cao can gain a firm foothold in the Central Plains and achieve great things, and Xi Zhong plays a role that cannot be ignored.

It's a pity that this person's life was not very good, he died relatively early, and the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which has a wider audience, did not mention this person.

So that most people in later generations only know a famous saying in the late Eastern Han Dynasty called: "Guo Jia will not die, Wolong will not die", but they don't know that there is a similar famous saying before this sentence: "Aspiration will not die, Guo Jia will not die." !
that's the truth.

There is such a record in "Records of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Shu, Guo Jia Chuan": Taizu and Xun Yu said: "After the death of Zhizhicai, you can't go with the planners. Ru, Yinggu, and more outstanding scholars, who can succeed them? ?" Yu recommended Jia.Summoned to discuss world affairs.

After the death of Zhizhicai, you can't go with the planners!
Moko and the planners!
These six words alone are enough to see Xi Zhong's position in Cao Cao's heart. If this person hadn't died early, Cao Cao might not have used Guo Jia.

To put it bluntly, Guo Jia was just a replacement that Cao Cao found after Xi Zhong died.

Even after Cao Cao's son Cao Pi officially declared himself emperor, he used eight words to describe Xi Zhong: "I am not an aspirant, nor an emperor!"

It should be known that Xi Zhong died in 196 AD, while Cao Pi was born in 189 AD.

In this way, when Xi Zhong died, Cao Pi was only 7 years old. How could he be so talented to leave such a deep impression on a 7-year-old child?
"Don't beat me up in the army, how can I be compared with Xi Zhicai?"

Wu Liang said quickly.

This time, it is not false modesty, but true admiration.

"He is talented, you are talented, and both of you have the word 'talent' in their characters, why can't they be compared?"

Cao Zhi smiled.

"The military officer is joking."

Wu Liang shook his head, and quietly led the topic to another place, saying, "We will be here to supervise the removal of gold in a moment. Why don't we send the soldiers who have just entered the tomb with me, and I will lead them to continue to explore the depths. Maybe we can Another gain."

"Of course."

Cao Qi readily agreed.

……

Wu Liang chose to go deeper, but he actually hid his selfishness.

First, he wanted to see with his own eyes the original version of "Four Gods Clouds and Air Map", which was praised by Chinese and foreign experts and scholars as "Dunhuang before Dunhuang" and "Dunhuang outside Dunhuang", and the original layout of the tomb has long been invisible to later generations;
Second, he wanted to open the coffin of Liu Wu, King Xiao of Liang, to find out.

As we all know, although those golds are valuable, they are nothing more than things outside the body. Tomb owners who are really precious usually choose to bury them with them.

For a tomb owner like Liang Xiaowang, the things to bury with him must not be simple.

……

In my impression, there are two connected main tomb chambers in the tomb of King Xiao of Liang. The higher one is the hall room, and the lower one is the coffin bed room.

However, there was plenty of time, so Wu Liang did not go directly to the main tomb, but took the remaining nine soldiers back to the original path, and successively explored two other tomb passages that could also be used for the main tomb.

Several tombs on both sides of these two tomb passages and in the East Palace also have many cultural relics that can be called national treasures in future generations, but there is nothing that needs special attention in this era, so the group is also cautious. And walked around like a horse watching flowers.

At this moment, the soldiers and Wu Liang have reached a certain tacit understanding, and no one will touch anything unless Wu Liang has spoken.

After about an hour like this, everyone finally came to one of the main tombs.

This main tomb is the palace room.

The layout of the hall is somewhat similar to that of the Golden Palace in the early dynasty of the emperor in the costume drama, but the scale is much smaller.

The top of the hall is the legendary "Four Gods Cloud Qi Tu". This picture is mainly based on red paint, a yellow soaring dragon runs through the things, and there are also sacred animals such as vermilion bird and white tiger as a foil, supplemented by Lingzhi and cloud Qi patterns. The decoration, which seems to be soul-stirring, is definitely more shocking than the photos I saw in the textbook before.

At the top of the hall is a small high platform made of white marble carved and piled up. There is a chair made of golden nanmu on the platform.

However, the attention of the soldiers was completely attracted by the four lifelike maid figurines around the "Dragon Chair":
"It's so beautiful."

"If this figure is real, it would be wonderful."

"I really want to touch..."

In the Han Dynasty, the beauty of "slim waist" and "light body", these four maid figurines completely echoed these characteristics.

After reading the "Four Gods Cloud Qi Map" carefully, Wu Liang was the first to notice a water pool with a diameter of about two meters in the center of the hall.

I saw that the water in the middle of the pool seemed to be boiling, rolling continuously and making a "gurgling" sound.

"This...couldn't it be the legendary 'Inner Tibet'?"

Wu Liang was secretly shocked.

(End of this chapter)