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Chapter 2 The Totem of the Yin Shang Dynasty?A hodgepodge of weird mausoleums!
As long as you can take some things from the imperial mausoleum and sell them, you can almost achieve financial freedom in this era.
Everyone was gearing up and eager to give it a try.
Lin Ran stopped them: "This mausoleum is a bit weird, please don't act rashly."
"Brother Lin, do you feel this way too?" Zhenbao was actually trembling.
As a disciple of the Tuishan Sect, he has certain skills in observing Feng Shui.
He could feel something unusual, but he couldn't place it.
"Yes, this should be a mausoleum from the Tang Dynasty, but it was built in the style of the Ming Dynasty. There must be a reason for this."
This was also the reason why Lin Ran stopped everyone from taking action.
There are also some covered patios in the courtyard.
There may be cultural relics inside, but it is more likely to be buried servants and retainers, and more likely to be poisonous gas.
Lin Ran said to everyone: "There should be nothing valuable in this courtyard. It is best not to open these wells."
Liu Jingfeng nodded and agreed. After passing two mausoleums, he also felt that there was no need to add extraneous details to the courtyard of unknown origin.
As everyone walked along the courtyard, Lin Ran did not forget the purpose of their trip.
In addition to tomb robbing, we are also paying attention to the murals along the way.
The murals here seem very formal, and they are all dealing with palace affairs.
For example, dealing with government affairs, or playing with your male favorite in the backyard.
Lin Ran couldn't help but smile, the emperor was always the emperor.
Even the empress cannot escape this desire!
The empress was also extremely cruel to her descendants. Just because her granddaughter said something bad about her, she was executed along with her grandson and buried with her son.
And after she took power in her hands, she also indulged in fun and spread a lot of unofficial content.
He has been observing the murals along the way, and has a new understanding of the architecture and gameplay of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
This period is called the Zhenguan legacy.
Wu Zetian was in power for half a century, showing amazing political strategies and methods.
Since she is a member of the family, she has the greatest rights over the family.
The most famous one is the open palace examination, which recruits talents without exception. Regardless of their origin, as long as they are talented, they can work for the court.
On the other hand, Wu Zetian also encouraged the Longnongsang economy, so the clothing industry at that time experienced tremendous development and laid the foundation for future generations' clothing.
This dynasty was also the most open era, with equality between men and women. Unlike the later Five Dynasties, women were just accessories most of the time.
At the same time, Wu Zetian had very strict requirements for officials. Anyone found guilty of corruption and bending the law would be severely punished.
During her reign, agriculture and handicrafts experienced tremendous development.
However, because she mainly focused on the inside, she made repeated mistakes in the war and lost part of her territory.
Lin Ran looked at the content on the mural and couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
It turned out to be the same as the archeology book he had read. At that time, he thought that one was an unofficial history, and the author's name was not even written out.
Could it be that the author of that unofficial history was the team that stole the tomb before them?
"Everyone, stop for a moment." Liu Jingfeng suddenly shouted.
Lin Ran also woke up from his meditation. This mausoleum fit perfectly with the empress' tomb in his impression.
But it's not entirely sure yet.
No one asked why. Following Liu Jingfeng's flashlight, he saw a collapsed attic.
It is normal for some buildings in the tomb to collapse due to age and disrepair.
They stopped and began groping near the attic.
After a while, Wang Jinpeng took out a bronze vessel from inside.
The bronze looks strange, especially the pattern on the surface.
It looks like a bird, but its head is invisible and its feet are extremely large.
"What is this?" Huang Hao compared it one by one with the cultural relics of the Tang Dynasty in his memory, but he couldn't think of anything at all.
Lin Ran took the bronze and took a look. The bird was indeed very strange.
But they can all tell that it is a bird, which means that the craftsmanship is still in place.
He glanced at the patina next to him and felt strange.
People in the Tang Dynasty did not use copperware for burial, especially those with high status. They had more advanced ironware, Tang Sancai, and even jade. Very few people used copper for burial.
But he saw the pattern in front of him at that time.
"This should be a cultural relic from the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the patterns on it should be totems passed down by the Yin and Shang people." Lin Ran said.
It is completely different from the noble phoenix in people's impression. In early totems, the phoenix was a very terrifying image.
This is also the ultimate manifestation of the materialization of ancestor worship.
During the Western Zhou Dynasty, people eliminated ordinary birds and used abstract phoenixes to paint on bronze vessels.
It makes their cultural relics look more romantic.
"Hey, what nation uses such a strange bird as a totem?" Wang Jinpeng joked.
But Lin Ran said that these were cultural relics from the Western Zhou Dynasty, so he naturally had to keep them.
Wrap it in the prepared red cloth and put it in a snakeskin bag.
They left snakeskin bags in each tomb, and they just had to take them with them when they went out.
After all, there is still a person watching at the door, so there is no need to worry about being stolen by others.
However, they are too deep underground now. Even if the lookouts notice something unusual, they may not have time to notify them.
"This is not a strange bird, this is a phoenix, a virtual god." Lin Ran replied.
"But why are the cultural relics of the Western Zhou Dynasty here?" After Lin Ran's introduction, Liu Jingfeng held his chin and started thinking.
This mausoleum gave them too much weirdness.
Lin Ran also shrugged and said, "I don't know either. I can only continue to explore."
The two subordinates knelt down in front of the collapsed pavilion and continued to explore.
He picked up another fragment of a bronze pot.
Could this be a tomb from the Western Zhou Dynasty?
But it doesn’t match the cultural relics outside, and coupled with the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty, this is really a hodgepodge!
Lin Ran was also very interested in this. He might have to go to the main tomb before the final mystery would be revealed.
"Do you still want to keep this fragment?" Wang Jinpeng picked up the fragment and showed it to Lin Ran.
"It's just a fragment, worthless." Lin Ran shook his head.
Wang Jinpeng then threw the fragment aside casually, and it happened to fall at Lin Ran's feet.
Lin Ran knelt down to pick it up, wrapped it in gloves, and put it into his backpack.
Although this thing can't be sold for much money, it still has certain research value.
Except for a bronze kettle, nothing else of value was found.
Everyone looked a little disappointed, but Liu Jingfeng waved his hand: "Brothers, let's move on."
"Okay!" Cheer up and move on.
I looked at the time and saw that it was already around four in the morning.
They actually stayed in the tomb for eight full hours!