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Chapter 277 Yelu Abaoji, the lost princess of Liao Kingdom!
You know, in ancient society, the phoenix usually represented a person of noble status.
Either the queen or the princess, ordinary people are absolutely not allowed to use phoenix as a pattern.
But the "broken tomb" in front of us obviously cannot be Wu Zetian.
When Wang Jinpeng and others were about to continue opening the coffin, Lin Ran stopped them.
An image appeared in his mind.
This may not be the imperial mausoleum of the Tang Dynasty. It reminds me of a legend from the Ming Dynasty!
It is said that the Liao and Five Dynasties have always had a special relationship.
During the Five Dynasties period, the Khitan nation established the Liao Dynasty and maintained contact with the Central Plains, sometimes at war and sometimes at peace.
During the Song Dynasty, there was also the phenomenon of marriage.
Through the structure of the tomb, Lin Ran initially judged that this was a Liao style mausoleum!
The phoenix is engraved on the surface of the tomb coffin, which represents noble status.
If nothing else happens, this should be the princess of the Liao royal family.
However, the Liao Kingdom was not located in the northeastern region, which is now Inner Mongolia and Shanxi.
As for how it appeared in the western region?
The only possibility is that this is the object of Liao's marriage.
However, historically, the Song Dynasty has no record of peace with the Liao Kingdom. It has been bullied, but it has never sought peace.
A guess also appeared in his mind.
Could it be a side room that is not recorded in history?
Women from Daliao had a higher status than women from the Central Plains, and it was impossible for her to be relegated to the side wife.
There must be something hidden here!
Lin Ran couldn't help but feel excited. This archeology was so valuable. He discovered a piece of unknown history.
The tombs outside looked like the dynasties were in confusion, but he had already confirmed that this should be the tomb of the Song Dynasty.
To be precise, it is the mausoleum of the Liao Dynasty.
The patterns on the silk and bronze vessels that were taken out were exactly in the style of the Liao Dynasty.
A total of more than 20 funerary objects were taken out, which is considered a big deal!
"Why is there no Tang Sancai?" Wang Jinpeng muttered as he took out the things.
"Stop talking." Liu Jingfeng couldn't breathe and said to Wang Jinpeng, "Go and open the small coffin."
"Yes." Wang Jinpeng immediately got ready to work.
"Don't open it yet." Lin Ran said.
Not surprisingly, it must be filled with mercury.
Such princes and nobles must be embalmed after their death.
The smell in the tomb is unpleasant, which may be caused by the volatilization of mercury.
This is a gas that corrodes the respiratory tract. If it weren't for the gas masks, they would be lying here now.
Lin Ranyou also felt a little short of breath. He hurriedly looked around and wrote down the structure of the tomb.
"Let's go out first." Lin Ran immediately ordered. Charcoal is not friendly to the absorption of mercury. If you stay here any longer, your life will be in danger.
Other people also feel the symptoms of dizziness to some extent.
After putting away the things, Liu Jingfeng immediately led people out of the tomb.
When they arrived outside the tomb, they began to breathe heavily.
Treasure, who was in the worst health, was pale, retching, and coughing all the time.
On the other hand, the strong Wang Jinpeng seemed very calm.
Lin Ran finally recovered after taking a few breaths.
He took the sack from Wang Jinpeng's hand and inspected the cultural relics he had just brought out.
They are all the burial objects of some women.
However, he found a damaged silk book.
Picking it up and looking at it, there were some strange words written densely on it.
This should be the Khitan text.
Yelu Abaoji, the leader of the Khitan tribe, became the founding emperor of the Khitan Kingdom after unifying the eight Khitan tribes.
Then, the nomadic nation was established with the twin titles of "Khitan" and "Liao".
He rose up when the Central Plains region was torn apart and became the overlord of the grasslands.
They are generally considered to have great fighting skills and are physically strong.
At the same time, they were also good at learning and created their own political system.
On the basis of Chinese characters, they created their own Khitan script.
The Khitan script is known as an undisclosed secret and a national secret of the Khitan. Even the common people do not know the Khitan script, and only the nobles can use it.
He is even more knowledgeable about the outside world.
This also led to an embarrassing situation.
With the disappearance of the Khitan nation, the Khitan script also disappeared into history.
Known as the text of death, no one can decipher it.
During the Song Dynasty, the Central Plains had a profound impact on the surrounding ethnic groups.
Among them, Khitan, Xixia, and Jurchen all created their own writing systems based on Chinese characters.
Khitan focused on simplifying Chinese characters, dividing them into big characters and small characters, which were generally only used in formal occasions such as imperial edicts.
Even in Lin Ran's time, Khitan stone carvings were constantly being unearthed.
However, deciphering the Khitan script is very difficult, and no one can even translate a complete sentence of the Khitan script.
Everyone was breathing fresh air, but they didn't expect that the air in the tomb was also different.
After regaining consciousness, Liu Jingfeng saw Lin Ran holding a silk book and studying it, and asked, "Brother Lin, can you tell whose tomb this is?"
"These are all Khitan texts, I can't understand them." Lin Ran waved his hand, "However, I can be sure that the one buried inside should be a princess of the Khitan tribe. I don't know which one specifically."
He was troubled that he could not read Khitan.
By the way, he handed the scroll to Liu Jingfeng. I wonder if he, who is well-informed, knows anyone in this field?
Liu Jingfeng smiled and said: "Brother Lin, you don't even know me, how can I know him?"
He felt that Lin Ran thought too highly of him.
"Alas, I didn't expect that Khitan's culture would be destroyed in one day. Sure enough, culture still needs to be communicated with other countries to be meaningful." As long as the Khitan has more exchanges with the Central Plains and does not hide his writing.
It’s not like people today think of the peoples on the grasslands and barbaric invaders when they think of Khitan.
In fact, they are also part of Chinese civilization.
Liu Jingfeng looked at the scroll and thought for a while, then waved to Xu Ning who was in a daze beside him: "Xu Ning, just now you said that the mysterious symbols in the tomb are the symbols of the Shaman tribe, right?"
Xu Ning nodded. He looked tall and mighty, not dull, but unusually silent.
"Then if you look at the text in this book, can anyone in your family recognize it?"
According to Liu Jingfeng, Xu Ning is an aborigine of the grasslands and was originally engaged in herding work. However, with the advancement of industrialization, the practice of grazing and hunting on the grasslands was stopped.
Their families also left the grassland and each looked for ways to survive.
Xu Ning joined their team.
Xu Ning looked at the scroll, thought for a while, and said, "My grandfather may know him, but young people don't believe this anymore."
"Where is your grandfather?" Liu Jingfeng thought to himself that the content recorded in this book might be extraordinary.
"I live with my uncle. He does business all over the country. I will go find him next time I come to the capital." Xu Ning said so many words in one breath.
Lin Ran finally discovered the reason why he didn't like to talk. His Mandarin was not standard and his accent was heavy.
His neck gets red when he talks, probably because he is shy.
However, he was more concerned about another thing.
Does anyone know Khitan script?
This is a major discovery!