Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

I made up my mind.

He inserted the iron rod into the gap of the inner coffin and continued to open the coffin with Cui Hao.

After great effort, they opened the lids of both the coffin and the coffin, and finally saw the true appearance of the tomb owner.

The moment the coffin lid was opened.

The shining light of gold and jade almost blinded Cui Hao and me.

Taking a closer look, we were amazed by the gorgeous colorful gauze Zen robe wrapped around the white bones.

The finely crafted silk Zen robe has a luxurious purple base.

Use black outlines and colorful fillings to draw a pattern of flying and ascending to heaven.

We were like country dogs that had never seen the world, staring at the colorful gauze Zen clothes in amazement.

I have never seen such gorgeous clothes!

"Our ancestors are so extravagant. Their clothes are more beautiful than those of any beautiful woman!"

Cui Hao exclaimed in amazement and reached out to touch it.

The moment his fingers touched the colorful gauze Zen robe.

The gorgeous colorful gauze Zen robe suddenly darkened in color, then curled up, turned black, and turned into ashes.

"I, I, fuck!"

"What the hell is this?"

"Brother Shitou, don't blame me. I just wanted to touch it, but I didn't know..."

Cui Hao had a sad face, feeling regretful and helpless.

I didn't know what to do with my hands that were touching the colorful Zen robe.

I didn't understand what was happening at the time.

Later I learned that it was an oxidation reaction.

I have seen countless valuable things while robbing tombs, but they were all destroyed by oxidation reactions.

Silk, lacquerware and paper products oxidize the fastest.

Any tomb in the north is usually completely destroyed in an instant, and it is too late to save it.

On the contrary, in the humid tombs in the south, items that are easily oxidized can be preserved better after the tombs are opened.

Therefore, there is a saying in the tomb-robbing circle that it takes a thousand years to be dry, ten thousand years to be wet, and only half a year to be neither dry nor wet.

Later, when I went to the tomb, I would bring some sealed bags to prevent the easily oxidized items from being damaged as much as possible.

Later, I went to the Hunan Museum and saw the famous T-shaped non-clothing silk painting from the Mawangdui Han Tomb.

I feel that the exquisiteness of the T-shaped non-clothing silk painting is slightly inferior to the colorful gauze Zen clothing that has been reduced to ashes in this tomb.

Let’s get back to my tomb robbing story.

At that time, I was stunned for two seconds looking at the colorful gauze Zen robe that turned into ashes.

After coming to his senses, he immediately took out gold and jade items from the coffin.

"I don't blame you, hurry up and get your things."

"Ooh!"

Cui Hao followed suit.

In no time we swept away all the gold and jade items.

The canvas bag that was shriveled when I came here is now bulging.

"We've got everything, let's go."

Cui Hao was about to leave after he finished speaking, but I stood at the head of the coffin and stretched out my hand again.

"hiss!"

Seeing me grabbing the white skull with both hands, Cui Hao's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Brother, you don't even let go of the corpse?"

"Let's be human, okay?"

"Shut up!"

No time to explain to him.

Because when I grabbed the skull with both hands, I was also extremely nervous.

Grabbing the skull does not mean doing anything to the body.

Instead, I thought of the ancients who would stuff pearls and jade into the mouths of corpses.

This funeral custom has a long history. There was a custom of putting shells in the mouth of the corpse in the Stone Age.

During the Eastern and Western Zhou Dynasties, nobles generally put jade in their mouths after death. By the Han Dynasty, this developed to the point where all nine orifices were stuffed with jade.

Later, I met some people who didn't know much about it. They bought some jade stones to plug their anus and hung them around their necks to show off. They were not afraid that they would get unlucky if they wore them for a long time.

I tried twice to gently pry the skull and mouth apart, but failed.

Finally, I got angry and pulled it hard.

click!

The connection between the skull and the mouth was broken, and the skull was broken into two halves.

"Ouch!"

Cui Hao first screamed, then pointed into the coffin with wide eyes.

A round bead rolled out from the broken skull.

The beads are neither jade nor agate, but turquoise.

Because the beads are emitting a strange light green light.

I was ecstatic, I made the right bet!

Not only is there something in his mouth, but it is most likely the legendary night-shining pearl!

I didn't have time to study it carefully. I picked up the beads and put them in my pocket, then pulled Cui Hao and ran towards the tunnel.

"Hurry up! Time is running out."

When I climbed up the tunnel, I felt full of strength. It only took a few climbs to get out of the cave, which was much faster than the speed of coming down.

Cui Hao wanted to go to the village, but I stopped him.

I pointed to the bright moon hanging high in the sky and said with some concern, "Looking at the moon, it's probably around one or two in the morning."

"Opening the coffin took too much time. If we go back, we might bump into the people who dug this tunnel."

The other party must be a large gang.

If we really run into them, we will be in trouble.

Cui Hao quickly held the bag tightly and looked around, fearing that the treasure that had not yet warmed up would be snatched away by someone.

"what is it now?"

"Go to the abandoned kiln and return to the village when it's almost dawn."

The abandoned kiln was once a traditional steelmaking furnace.

After being abandoned, it became a deserted place and became a childhood paradise for Cui Hao and me.

When we were kids, we would spend the whole day playing in the abandoned kiln.

They even dug an underground tunnel in the abandoned kiln as a secret base.

"You are so smart!"

Cui Hao gave me a thumbs up and started chattering happily.

"Brother, you are so brave!"

"It would be fine if he just opened the coffin, but he was holding the skull and breaking it open."

"I nearly peed my pants watching that!"

"But thanks to your courage, our trip was not in vain!"

"If I come down by myself, I can probably only bring up a few small things, but that would be a huge loss."

The more Cui Hao spoke, the more emotional he became.

I feel like I acted too timidly and the gap between myself and you is too big.

"Brother, how can I become more courageous and fatter so that I can be as brave as you and break skulls?"

"Teach me quickly!"

"When I have enough courage, I will be the one to crack the skulls. You can just put your hands in your pockets and supervise me."

Looking at Cui Hao's expectant eyes, I could only scratch my head.

I am not a bold person usually.

I don't know why I lost my fear just now, and I just wanted to open it to see if there was any jade inside.

If you really want to find out the reason, perhaps it was my extreme desire for money that made me forget my fear.

Seeing me scratching my head and not saying anything, Cui Hao blinked twice, and in an instant he showed an expression of enlightenment.

"Oh! Got it."

"You just said there are no ghosts in the world, only ghosts in the heart. Does that mean if I stop thinking about those things, I will naturally become braver?"

"I just think too much, always thinking about the supernatural stories I've heard, and the more I think about them, the more scared I become."

"They are just skeletons. I'm not afraid of them!"

"Brother, wait and see how I perform next time!"

I was a little amused and didn't know how he could imagine so much just from the way I scratched my head.

And the idea is quite logical.

Come to the abandoned kiln.

Cui Hao opened the bag and was eager to take a good look at the treasure.

I held his hand and whispered, "It's not safe here. Let's go into the secret base and see."

"Is it necessary?"

Although he muttered something, Cui Hao did it honestly with his body.

When entering the tunnel of the secret base, I pulled up the cover covered with weeds to camouflage the entrance.

Those were what we did when we were kids, and they're still there after all these years.

It’s just an underground tunnel I dug when I was a child. Now when I go in there I can only curl up as much as possible, which is more or less uncomfortable.

However, the moment she took out the gold and jade jewelry from her bag, all the discomfort disappeared.

The finely crafted jade phoenix, jade accessories, jade spears, jade pendants and other jade artifacts, the warm texture of which I cannot let go when I hold them in my hands.

Cui Hao was dazzled by the gold ornaments. He was holding the largest hollow gold shoulder ornament with dragon pattern and was grinning from ear to ear.

It was taken out from the left shoulder of the tomb owner. It was crescent-shaped and carved with two hollow square dragon patterns. Although thousands of years have passed, it still shines with golden light.

"Such a huge piece of gold!"

"Brother, how many grams do you think this weighs?"

"My sister told me last month that gold jewelry in the city sells for 35 per gram. This pile of gold we have must weigh at least 150 to 160 grams, right?"

At that time, the price of jewelry gold was about 35 yuan per gram.

Because wages are low, ordinary workers earn less than 30 yuan a month, and farmers earn based on work points, so earning full work points a month is equivalent to only ten yuan.

In the village, if a family can buy a gold ring weighing two or three grams for their daughter-in-law, it will be enough to brag about for years.

"But if you want to talk about value, it has to be that night-shining pearl!"

"Brother, quickly take out the night pearl and let us open our eyes."