Chapter 71 This is it?
After a while, a group of seven people finally walked down the stone steps to the tomb.
Because of the special construction method of splitting the mountain into a mausoleum, the layout of this tomb is naturally quite different from that of ordinary mausoleums. The most obvious difference is that the entire tomb is a large palace room.
There are no corridors or corridors here, only many ear rooms and niches built on the east and west sides of the palace.
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 the ear chambers and niches, Wu Liang first looked up at the dome.
The dome here is also painted with murals. It is also a red and ink cloud satin pattern that was very popular in the Han Dynasty. However, the scale is much smaller than that of the tomb of King Xiao of Liang, and the level of painting and the pigments used seem to be not as good as that of the tomb of King Xiao of Liang.
"The Picture of the Four Gods and Clouds", the color has faded in some places.
This can basically eliminate the problem of time erosion.
It should be noted that in history, King Liu Wu of Liang Xiao died in 144 BC, while King Liu Qu 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 Xiao of Liang has been eroded for a longer period of time.
What's more, this mausoleum is built on a mountain, and it is still relatively dry now. The environment is many times better than the humid and leaky tomb of King Liang Xiao.
Therefore, the color fading problem here can only be attributed to the difference in artistry and pigments.
Next are the ear chambers on the east and west sides.
In the ear room and niche on the east side, various drinking and banquet utensils, musical instruments, copper, iron, pottery cooking utensils and other utensils of different sizes are stored from north to south.
The most eye-catching thing is a square chessboard carved from cypress wood.
The chessboard is about 50 centimeters long and wide. There are 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 placed next to the chessboard. Two of the chess pieces are slightly larger, and the remaining 10 chess pieces are slightly smaller, representing "general" and "pawn" respectively.
Wu Liang knew that this chessboard, chess pieces and bamboo sticks were used to play "Liu Bo Chess".
"Liubo chess" is a very popular chess style in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period and the Qin and Han Dynasties. In ancient times, the word "Bo" in the word "game" refers to "Liubo chess", while "yi" means "
Go".
Unfortunately, Liubo chess began to decline after the Eastern Han Dynasty.
As a result, this kind of chess gameplay has gradually been lost. 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 gameplay is still an unsolved mystery.
"Oh, this thing just reminds me. It's up to me whether I can solve this unsolved mystery for future generations!"
Wu Liang turned to look at Cao Chen, "Brother Anmin, can you play Liubo chess?"
"Of course... no! I can't play this kind of thing, but your backgammon is just fine."
Cao Zhen, a bad chess player, shook his head and said indifferently, "But Cao Ang does a good job, and even my younger brother Cao Pi can do it with ease. They often play against the nobles in Chenliu City, and occasionally they can win some wine money.
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"Brother Anmin will be a fierce general who goes into battle to kill the enemy in the future. It's okay to be a plaything like this."
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 dear brother said is absolutely true. I love talking to you."
Cao Zhen immediately put his arms around Wu Liang's shoulders and laughed happily.
Seeing this scene, Bai Jingjing on the side did not hide her disgust, and spat in front of the two of them: "Bah! We are like-minded, flattering people!"
Wu Liang was such a role model to her, so she naturally did not intend to continue to show any face to Wu Liang.
Anyway, some of the things the two of them said were clear enough. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they knew the basics. Naturally, there was no need to continue to maintain superficial harmony.
"Miss Bai, if you really can't keep your little mouth full, I won't mind filling it up for you with my... smelly socks."
Wu Liang's shell got stuck inexplicably, and his eyes flashed fiercely.
"snort!"
Bai Jingjing snorted coldly, then turned her pretty face away and stopped talking.
Then Wu Liang and others inspected the ear room and niche room on the west side, where they saw weapons, carts, horses, armor and some more ordinary daily utensils.
It is worth mentioning that these weapons are also insignificant and are comparable to the weapons used by ordinary soldiers today. They are also incomparable with the sophisticated weapons found in the tomb of King Xiao of Liang.
However, so far, only half of the tomb has been explored.
Because this is a two-story tomb, on the south side of the palace room, there is a clear stone step leading directly to the lower level. The coffin of the tomb owner Liu Chu should be on the lower level.
Everyone went down one by one, and it turned out to be true.
A huge bronze coffin was placed majestically in the center of the lower hall.
On the left and right sides of the coffin, there are two pottery figurines of maids kneeling before the coffin, silently serving the owner inside the coffin.
Wu Liang first put the coffin aside and continued to check from the ear chambers and niche chambers on the east and west sides.
The discoveries here finally became richer. In addition to some daily objects in the ear chambers and niches on the east side, almost every ear chamber contained a pair of dead bones.
From the clothes on the dead bones that have not completely turned into dust, as well as some gold accessories scattered around the dead bones, it can be judged that the deceased are all women, and their status is not too low, at least they must be the concubine of the tomb owner.
In addition, these dead bones have a black mark from the neck down. It seems that they must have died of poisoning.
And in the ear chamber niche on the west side.
Wu Liang and others discovered more human bones, in addition to those of pigs, cattle, and sheep.
Placed next to pigs and cows, the status of the people buried here is much lower, and there are men and women. They should be servants such as maids and servants.
It was also in the last niche on the west side that Cao Zhen finally found the thing he was most interested in - gold!
There was a layer of horseshoe gold and linton gold that were common in the Western Han Dynasty, as well as ten boxes of gold cakes placed together. A rough calculation should weigh nearly a thousand kilograms.
"Hahaha, although it is far from the one in Dangshan, but it is not in vain."
Seeing the gold, Cao Zhen, who became more and more disappointed the more he explored along the way, finally breathed a sigh of relief, rushed over and picked up a box of gold cakes and grinned.
However, Wu Liang did not feel relieved.
That's it?
That's it?
That's it?
The legendary "Tomb Robber King" Liu Qu, who stole countless ancient tombs, once worked at "ONE PIECE" here. Is this level?
What he cares about is not gold, but things with more historical value.
The tomb of King Wei Xiang, the tomb of Qiqu, the tomb of Yuan An, Jinling Cemetery, Jinyou Cemetery, Luan Shu Tomb...the tombs of these famous figures in history were all stolen by him. How could it be possible to leave only this little thing?
At the very least, there must be some kind of seal, treasure or something that can prove his "brilliant achievements", right?
"Come here, open the coffin with me!"
Wu Liangliang shouted unwillingly.
"Wait a moment!"
Chapter completed!