Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 71 This is it?

After a while, a group of seven people finally went down the stone steps to the tomb.

Because of the special construction method of splitting a mountain into a mausoleum, the layout of this tomb is naturally quite different from that of ordinary tombs. The most obvious difference is that the entire tomb is a large hall.

There are no corridors or corridors here, only a number of ear chambers and niches built on the east and west sides of the hall.

Therefore, the process of visiting the tomb this time will definitely be simpler than the previous tomb of King Liang Xiao, at least you don't have to walk too much.

Before starting to explore those ear chambers and niches, Wu Liang looked up at the dome.

The dome here is also painted with murals, which is also a very popular red and ink two-color cloud satin pattern in the Han Dynasty, but the scale is much smaller than that of Liang Xiaowang's tomb, and the level of painting and the pigments used seem to be inferior to Liang Xiaowang's tomb. Cloud and Qi Map of the Four Gods", some places have faded.

The problem of time erosion can basically be ruled out here.

It should be known that Liu Wu, king of Liang Xiao in history, died in 144 BC, while Liu Qu, king of Guangchuan, died in 70 BC, which means that this tomb was built at least 74 years later than the tomb of King Xiao of Liang.

Even if it is eroded, the tomb of King Liang Xiao has been eroded for a longer time.

What's more, this mausoleum was built on a mountain, and it is still relatively dry when entering. The environment is many times stronger than the wet and leaky Liang Xiaowang's tomb.

Therefore, the problem of color fading here can only be attributed to the level of painters and the difference in pigments.

Next are the ear chambers on the east and west sides.

In the ear chamber and niche room on the east side, all kinds of banquet utensils, musical instruments, copper, iron, pottery cooking utensils and other utensils of different sizes are stored in sequence from north to south.

The most striking is a square chessboard carved from cypress wood.

The chessboard is about 50 centimeters long and wide, with some lines engraved on the front and four dots drawn with red paint.

In addition, there are 12 bone chess pieces and six bamboo sticks beside the chessboard, two of which are slightly larger, and the remaining 2 pieces are slightly smaller, representing "general" and "pawn" respectively.

Wu Liang knew that the chessboard, chess pieces and bamboo sticks were used to play "Liu Bo Chess".

"Liu Bo Chess" is a very popular chess method during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and the Qin and Han Dynasties. Go".

Unfortunately, after the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liubo chess began to decline.

As a result, the way of playing chess has gradually been lost, and the relevant historical materials that can be found in the 21st century are scattered and unclear. Although many archaeologists have made a lot of inferences, the exact way of playing is still an unsolved mystery.

"Oh, this thing just reminded me that it's up to me to solve this unsolved mystery of future generations!"

Wu Liang turned to look at Cao Ting, "Brother An Min, can you play Liubo?"

"Of course... no! I can't play this kind of thing, but your backgammon can do it."

Cao Bin shook his head and said nonchalantly, "However, Cao Ang played well. Even my younger brother Cao Pi was able to play well. They often played against the nobles in Chenliu City, and occasionally won some wine money. .”

"Brother An Min will be a fierce general who will fight against the enemy in the future, so this kind of plaything will not matter."

Wu Liang said with a smile.

It seems that if you want to understand Liubo chess, you have to find someone else.

"Hahaha, what my brother said is very true, I just love talking to you."

Cao Ting immediately put his arms around Wu Liang's shoulders and laughed out loud.

Seeing this scene, Bai Jingjing on the side didn't hide her disgust, and spat in front of the two of them: "Bah! You have the same smell, and you are a flatterer!"

Wu Liang was such a role model for her, so she naturally didn't intend to continue to show Wu Liang any face.

Anyway, the two of them have said something clearly enough, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they know the basics, and naturally there is no need to continue to maintain the harmony on the surface.

"Miss Bai, if your little mouth is really restless, I don't mind filling it up with my... smelly socks."

Wu Liang stuck his shell inexplicably, and said with a fierce look in his eyes.

"Humph!"

Bai Jingjing snorted coldly, turned her pretty face away and stopped talking.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Liang and others inspected the ear chamber and the alcove on the west side, where they saw weapons, chariots, horses, armor, and some more common living utensils in turn.

It is worth mentioning that these weapons are also unattractive, which are comparable to those used by ordinary soldiers in the contemporary era, and there is no way to compare with the batch of sophisticated weapons found in the tomb of King Liang Xiao.

But so far, only half of the tomb has been explored.

Because this is a tomb with upper and lower layers, on the south side of the hall, there is an obvious stone step leading directly to the lower level, and the coffin of the tomb owner Liu Qu should be on the lower level.

Everyone went down one by one, as expected.

A huge bronze coffin was grandly placed in the center of the lower hall.

On the left and right sides of the coffin, there are two terracotta figurines of maids bowing to the coffin, silently serving the master in the coffin.

Wu Liang put the coffin aside first, and still checked from the ear chambers and niches on the east and west sides.

The discoveries here are finally enriched. Except for some living things in the ear chamber niches on the east side, there are a pair of dead bones in almost every ear chamber.

From the clothes on the dead bones that have not completely turned into dust, and some gold accessories scattered around the dead bones, it can be judged that the deceased should all be women, and their status is not too low, at least they must be the concubine of the owner of the tomb.

In addition, these dead bones have a black mark from the neck down, and it seems that they should have died of taking poison.

And in the ear chamber niche on the west side.

Wu Liang and others found more human bones, in addition to those of pigs, cows, and sheep.

Put together with pigs and cows, the status of the people buried here is much lower, and there are men and women. They should be servants like maids and servants.

It was also in the last niche on the west side that Cao Ting finally found what he was most interested in - gold!
There is a layer of horseshoe gold and Linzhi gold, which are common in the Western Han Dynasty, and ten boxes of gold cakes are stacked there. Rough calculations should weigh nearly a thousand catties.

"Hahaha, although it's far from the time in Dangshan, it's still not a waste of time."

Seeing the gold, Cao Ting, who was getting more and more disappointed along the way, finally breathed a sigh of relief, rushed over to pick up a box of gold cakes and grinned loudly.

However, Wu Liang did not feel at ease because of this.

That's it?

That's it?

That's it?

The legendary "Tomb Robber King" Liu Qu, who has robbed countless ancient tombs, is the level of "ONE PIECE" here?
What he cares about is not gold, but those things with more historical value.

The tomb of King Wei Xiang, Qie Qu, Yuan An, Jinling Cemetery, Jinyou Cemetery, Luan Shu Tomb...these tombs of famous figures in history were all stolen by him. How could only this little thing be left behind?
At the very least, there must be some seals, treasures and other things that can prove his "brilliant achievements"?
"Come on, open the coffin with me!"

Wu Liangxin shouted unwillingly.

"Wait a moment!"

Seeing that Wu Liang was about to open the coffin, Bai Jingjing became nervous all of a sudden, and quickly stood in front of her and said, "My lord, you said that you have a sense of propriety in doing things, and you only want money and don't disturb others. Do you want your lord to live up to your words?"

　Thanks to [World View Made of Prejudice], [Broken Sword] Boss's reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)