Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Bang bang.

After two large hammers hit the hole, it expanded to about one meter in diameter.

Liu Dongdong put down the hammer and went in.

The others rushed in, and in the blink of an eye we were all in the underground palace.

"Wow! This pot is so beautiful, it's shining silver!"

"This incense burner is also quite good. The workmanship is really exquisite. I have never seen such a beautiful thing."

"Is this pumpkin the legendary Tang Sancai? It looks just like a real pumpkin. I wonder if it's worth much."

"These little trees look like they're made of silver. They're so damn beautiful!"

Although the underground palace is not big, it contains quite a few objects.

A rough estimate is that there are at least one or two hundred items placed in this underground palace of about ten square meters.

There are pottery, porcelain, bronze and silver wares.

The only thing I didn't see was any gold.

It stands to reason that there should be at least one or two gold artifacts in the underground palace of the royal temple to show off the atmosphere.

What's more, this was a royal temple built under the order of Wu Zetian during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty. It is really unacceptable that there is no gold artifacts.

Wang Hu and his companions were like bumpkins entering the city. They looked around carefully and felt that everything was extraordinary.

They had dug ordinary tombs before and had never seen anything good, so this time they were really eye-openers.

"Look at this! It's the thing the big monk is holding. It's the walking stick that Tang Sanzang holds. What's it called?"

Liu Dongdong asked while holding up his staff for everyone to see.

The staff is nearly two meters long.

Under the light, the staff body shines with golden light, while the head of the staff emits silver light.

The golden and silver light made everyone drool.

"Golden drops?"

"This is so golden, what else could it be but gold?"

"But gold is very heavy. If this cane, which is more than a person's height, were made entirely of gold, it would weigh at least dozens of kilograms."

Gold is very dense.

If this staff is made of pure gold, it would definitely not be light.

"Everyone, get out of the way and let Master Chen take a look."

Wang Hu was quite considerate. He pushed away the people who were gathered around to look at the staff and cleared a path for me to go and see.

I had noticed that staff a long time ago.

The body of the staff is nine-sided and the top is a square tower.

The top of the staff is made of four silver threads engraved with flowing cloud patterns, folded into four vertically intersecting peach-shaped wheels.

Each peach-shaped wheel is fitted with three tin rings with vine patterns, for a total of twelve rings.

Among the many Buddhist instruments, the staff is the most supreme and supreme.

The "Staff Sutra" records: Holding this staff is like holding the Buddha's body, and all the practices are contained within it.

It means that the staff represents the body of Buddha.

This four-pronged, double-wheeled, twelve-ring Zen staff is the symbol of the highest authority in Buddhism and represents the Buddha Shakyamuni.

"This is a tin staff. The body of the staff is gilded and the head is silver." I said casually.

"It's made of tin, so it must be worthless. I'm so happy for nothing." Liu Dongdong put down the tin staff with a pout.

Lu Bin's eyes flashed with a thieving look as he kept touching various objects.

Obviously he wanted to pick out the most valuable one.

But he looked at them all and couldn't tell which one was valuable.

So he shamelessly asked me, "Master Chen, can you help me figure out which one I should take?"

Others followed suit.

"Yes, Master Chen, please help us choose."

"Master Chen, please give us some pointers. As long as it's something that can be sold at a good price, it'll be fine."

I turned to look at the bluestone house with carved lines and said casually, "Tang Sancai."

Swish!

They all looked at the Tang Sancai pottery.

There are more than twenty pieces of Tang Sancai placed here, and they are all in pairs.

Especially the pair of Tang Sancai lions, which are majestic and lifelike.

Lu Bin immediately rushed forward and hugged a Tang Sancai lion, his eyes fixed on the paired lion next to it, wishing he could hold it tightly in his arms and possess it all.

But Wang Hu was quick-witted and quick-handed, and snatched away another Tang Sancai lion.

"Hey, Old Lu, don't worry about this one."

"Master Chen said that each of us can only take one."

Lu Bin curled his lips, turned his eyes away and looked to the side for something.

When Liu Dongdong and others went to pick up the Tang Sancai pumpkin, Lu Bin quietly reached out, touched two gilded bronze cups and put them in his pocket.

He thought he had done it perfectly, but in fact I saw through it all.

I didn't expose it on the spot.

Seeing that they had all chosen their things and were holding them in their arms, Cui Hao leaned close to my ear and said anxiously, "Brother, what should we take?"

I instructed Wang Hu, "Take them upstairs to rest first."

"it is good."

Wang Hu immediately organized the others to go out: "Get the things and go upstairs. Don't disturb Master Chen here."

There was greed in Lu Bin's eyes.

He looked at the treasures that were not taken away reluctantly, and was finally pushed out by Wang Hu.

According to industry regulations, they are not allowed to go up first.

Because this business often involves gangs robbing each other, in the past, family members would usually work together to rob tombs.

Even among family members, there are rules such as sons stay with their fathers and nephews stay with their uncles.

These rules say that when a tomb is robbed, the son goes down to the tomb to take something while the father stands guard above, or the nephew goes down to take something while the uncle stands guard outside.

Because fathers and uncles usually won't harm their sons and nephews, and will even try their best to rescue them if something happens.

But if you reverse it, the results may be very different.

For example, Tuo Ye, in a fit of panic, shot his own uncle.

But I am sure that they still have to rely on me for their livelihood, so they will definitely not do anything out of line this time. At least they will not do such a thing as robbing one another until they have grown stronger or have deep resentment and conflicts.

After they all left, I pointed to the house carved out of a single piece of bluestone.

Cui Hao was stunned: "We need to move this thing out?"

"Brother, you have to be kidding. We definitely can't move this thing between the two of us. We have to ask them to come down and help us move it."

I smiled and shook my head.

"Let me show you the words above."

"oh oh."

Cui Hao moved closer to take a closer look.

"What's written on this? Tathagata's Relics Treasure Tent?"

"The treasure tent of the Buddha Shakyamuni's relics." I corrected it.

"Shakyamuni Tathagata? Is that the Tathagata Buddha?"

"Well, if I'm not mistaken, the real relics of Sakyamuni are placed here."

“There really are Buddha relics!”

Cui Hao widened his eyes in surprise, and stroked the relic tent back and forth with his hands, as if he was caressing his beloved.

"Buddha's relics!"

"If we take it, we won't be struck by lightning, right?"

He was a little scared again.

The concept of karma is so magical that most people would rather believe it, and Cui Hao is no exception.

"I don't know if we'll be struck by lightning, but we need the Buddha's relics to protect us."

"That's right, the curse among us only lasts for three months."

With the curse hanging over our heads, we have no way out.

Only if you can survive these three months will you have the chance to talk about cause and effect.

Unless the retribution comes too quickly, you will be struck by lightning after taking the relic.

But I looked at the sky before I came down.

The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, so there is no possibility of thunder and lightning.

Therefore, the probability of being struck by lightning is infinitely close to zero.

"But this thing doesn't have a door. How do I open it?" Cui Hao asked while knocking on the relic tent.

The entire relic tent is integrated, with no openings on any of the sides, and it looks like it is carved out of a single piece of stone.

I walked around the relic tent and looked carefully at the patterns carved on it.

The front is a picture of Sakyamuni preaching.

On the left is the picture of Sakyamuni's Nirvana.

Behind it is the cremation scene of Sakyamuni.

On the right is a picture of the eight princes dividing the relics.

The four pictures together depict the life and death of Sakyamuni, and the division of his relics after cremation.

Based on these pictures, we can also confirm that what is enshrined inside is the real relic of Sakyamuni!

dong dong.

I knocked on the bluestone relic tent, and the echo showed that it was empty.

He looked at the connection with the base again and confirmed that as long as he lifted the relic tent, he could take out the treasure inside.

"Just lift up the relic tent."