Sun Dianying said some nice words like "understand the difficulties faced by the superiors", and then whispered in Xu Yuanquan's ears that someone under his command suggested digging up the emperor's tomb to raise money.
When Xu Yuanquan heard this, he was surprised at first, and then calmed down. He also felt that this was a good opportunity to make a fortune, but he also knew the stakes involved, so he did not say yes or express any objection.
When Sun Dianying saw this formation, he was secretly happy. The commander-in-chief did not express any objection, which was acquiescence, so he decided to go ahead and go for it.
Sun Dianying called several division commanders to discuss it. Of course, the division commanders actively agreed.
In early July 1928, notices from the Twelfth Army suddenly appeared on the walls of various street intersections in Malanyu, announcing that military exercises would be held in Tangling from now on, and civilians were strictly prohibited from entering, and residents in the exercise area were ordered to relocate as soon as possible.
Otherwise, we will not be responsible for any accidents that may occur.
After the common people read the notice, no one dared not to move out. Even the flag guards guarding the mausoleum left the mausoleum area.
Sun Dianying was afraid that the secret would be leaked, so he set up a security guard around the cemetery, not allowing any outsiders to enter, and spread rumors that there were landmines around the cemetery.
As a result, no one dares to take a step closer to the mausoleum area.
At the same time, Tan Wenjiang, commander of the 8th Division of Sun Dianying's troops stationed in Ma Shenqiao, led his troops to attack Ma Futian's troops in Malanyu. After a fierce battle for several hours, the troops were unable to hold up and the troops collapsed.
Afterwards, Tan Wenjiang and brigade commander Han Dabao led the engineering battalion and other troops to start digging graves in Dongling.
Just as he was thinking about the whole story, Han Kongque was awakened by the sound of footsteps.
Another person came in from outside, and as the footsteps stopped, a voice sounded: "You haven't completed the task yet. Boss Ma, your ancestors were local snakes back then. Although they didn't enter Cixi's Tomb at the first time, they don't know everything, right?"
Hearing this voice, Han Kongque was stunned. This voice was not unfamiliar. He was Maimaiti from the jade village. Didn't this guy follow the Hu family and his son to Kunlun Snow Mountain to look for jade?
"Jiang Shitou, I'm afraid I don't know as much as you do, right? How about you come?" Ma Jifang said.
"Brother Ma is right. Jiang Shitou, the four of us have made more contributions than you. The little information you provided is not enough to match your gains." Shan Yinglei also said.
Jiang Shitou spoke again: "Although my grandfather entered Cixi's Tomb, he was closely watched. Although he escaped in the end, he died after returning home and saying a few words, so I don't know much about the inside story.
Besides, who do you think Sun Dianying can trust?"
"Then I have to ask Lao Hu. Lao Hu, you don't have to say anything. We also know the origins of your family. As the contemporary leader of the Temple Taoist Association, you don't know about Sun Dianying's arrangements back then, right?" Ma Jifang
Open your mouth and say.
"Lao Hu?" Han Kongque was stunned when he heard this. The Hu family and his son are also here? And Lao Hu is the leader of the Temple Taoist Association?
Thinking of this, Han Kongque seemed to understand something. Maybe he was under the surveillance of others along the way.
At this time, an old voice sounded: "If it weren't for us, would you have been able to avoid the puppet trap in the stone coffin? I'm afraid that the first time you came in, you fell into an illusion like these people, and your soul was captured by the puppet.
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"We admit this. Your temple association has the inheritance of early Zoroastrianism, so let's make it clear. How can we completely control Han Peacock and how can we successfully retrieve all the treasures in this holy coffin?" Shaban said at this time.
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"I can only ask Sun Dianying about this. Do you think a person like Sun Dianying would leave such a secret to us? If he really left such a secret, would we still cooperate?" Lao Hu said.
What he said is right. No matter who among them knows a lot of secrets, they will not share them with outsiders, but keep them to themselves.
"I think it's better for us to talk openly and honestly, otherwise we may just give others an advantage," Ma Jifang said.
"Brother Jiang Shitou will tell you first. Your grandfather has personally entered the Tomb of Cixi, and he must know what treasures are inside. Please tell us, and we will analyze them carefully to see if there are any that can avoid the puppet trap." Ma Jifang said.
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Before Jiang Shitou could speak, Shaban also said: "Brother Ma has made the greatest contribution. You should agree with what he said, right?"
Everyone in the tomb fell silent again. Although Han Kongque couldn't see it, he could infer that these people must have their own agenda.
Ma Futian, who was the most inconspicuous back then, now has his grandson taking the lead. Others will definitely be dissatisfied.
"My grandpa only knows the entrance to the Cixi Underground Palace. Once the entrance is opened, my grandpa won't have anything to do with it, so I don't know much." After a while, Jiang Shitou said.
"Your grandfather, Jiang Shimao, participated in the construction of the Cixi Underground Palace and escaped alive. Who among us believes you when you say that he didn't leave anything useful?" Maimaiti said later, his tone of voice was very harsh.
, obviously he is not the same as Jiang Shitou.
Jiang Shijiang played a great role in the Dongling treasure theft. It can be said that Sun Dianying's ability to rob Cixi's tomb so quickly had a lot to do with Jiang Shijiang.
Back then, Sun Dianying first excavated Cixi's Putuo Valley Dingdong Tomb. The engineering battalion dug throughout the mausoleum for two days and two nights and could not find the entrance to the underground palace. Sun Dianying became anxious and sent for the local land security personnel.
The land security guard was a small landowner in his 40s. When he heard that he was going to be the "consultant" for stealing the emperor's mausoleum, his face turned pale with fright and his legs were shaking. But he couldn't afford to offend the military commander, so he had to say: "The mausoleum is so big."
Da, I don’t know the specific location of the tomb, so I’d better ask some old bannermen nearby!”
These words reminded Sun Dianying, and he immediately sent for five or six old bannermen.
But these old people didn't know the entrance to the underground palace. Sun Dianying thought they were unwilling to tell the secret. At first, they tried to persuade them, but gradually they lost patience, so he whipped them with whips and burned them with irons.
The old man couldn't withstand this torture. Two of them died in less than half a day. One of them really couldn't bear the crime and told him that there was a ginger stonemason more than 10 kilometers away from here. He had participated in the construction of the mausoleum, and he might still remember entering the underground palace.
Location.
In order to prevent outsiders from knowing the entrance to the underground palace, the craftsmen who built the tunnel, the last project of the imperial tomb in ancient times, were often executed.
So how did this ginger stonemason survive?
There is a strange thing here, it turns out that it was a chance that saved his life.
When Cixi was buried, 81 craftsmen were selected to remain for the final sealing of the tomb passage, and the masons were told that they could exit through another previously dug tunnel.
The craftsmen knew very well that this was just a scam inherited from past dynasties. Since they were left behind, there was no way they could escape alive.
This Jiang stonemason was already in his 40s at the time. A few days ago, he heard a message from a villager saying that his wife had given him an only son, but he was overjoyed. Now he was asked to stay, and the son died without even looking at it.
, I feel bad.
He was distracted while moving the stone. His foot slipped and a big stone fell on him. He fainted on the spot.
The supervisor who was busy at that time thought he was dead and was afraid that he would stain the golden certificate (i.e. the palace), so he had someone drag him out and throw him to a barren hillside.
When Jiang Shijiang woke up, he found that he was not at the tomb construction site. He was surprised and happy and ran home as fast as he could, thus saving his life.
In the middle of the night, Jiang Shijiang was suddenly invited to Dongling by several soldiers. He was confused and didn't know what happened.
Sun Dianying said to Jiang, please show me the entrance to the tomb passage into Cixi's palace and then I will send you back.
Jiang Shijiang understood what was going on. He was so frightened that his calves cramped and he fell down on the chair.
Jiang Shijiang thought that he might be doomed this time, but he also expected this situation, so he didn't panic too much.
Knowing that the more he talked, the sooner he would die, so Sun Dianying used ingots and gold bars to seduce him, but Jiang Shijiang still said nothing.
Sun Dianying became angry and ordered his subordinates to bring in torture instruments and prepare for torture. Then he thought, if Jiang Shimao could not withstand the torture and died, where would I find the entrance to the tomb?
So instead of being punished, Sun Dianying slapped the table: "His grandmother's, don't tell me? Catch your son, I have to skin him!"
This move was so effective that Jiang Shijiang knelt down with a plop before Sun's men could go out.
Under the guidance of the mason, we found the entrance to the tomb, but the entrance was tightly blocked by multiple layers of granite, and tung oil and glutinous rice lime mortar were used to cement the stones together. It was truly seamless, even better than natural mountain rocks.
Difficult to chisel.
The engineer battalion commander called for two large barrels of nitrate water and tried to use erosion to open the stone barrier, but to no avail.
Later, Sun Dianying became anxious and simply asked his subordinates to bring explosives and put on a fuse to blow up a large hole before entering the ancient tomb.
After the ancient tomb was opened, there was an instant "whoosh" - a stream of bad smells sprang out from the tomb, frightening the officers and soldiers to retreat.
"His grandma, hurry up and get down!" Sun Dianying just yelled, but at this time, Sun Dianying did not lose his mind, and he could still control the situation.
So the gravedigger officers and soldiers held lanterns and walked down the tomb passage cautiously. Sun Dianying shouted again: "No one is allowed to mess with his grandma, and I will kill anyone who messes with him!"
So he ordered Master Tan to lead a row of soldiers to block the entrance to the tomb, and kill anyone who dared to escape with the treasure. In this way, Jiang Shijiang was led into the underground palace of Cixi's tomb.
These officers and soldiers, together with Jiang Shimao, fearfully walked through the tomb passage and entered the underground palace. However, they saw the glittering jewelry on the stone altar table, which was really like the scene after "Open Sesame" in the famous Arabic novel "One Thousand and One Nights".
At this time, there had been no pay for half a year. These bandit soldiers, like those released from the starvation prison, no longer had much to care about. They swarmed up and snatched away all the burial treasures on the altar table.
However, they were greedy and used knives and axes to pry off the gold foil and other objects from the pillars in Cixi's underground palace. Everything around them that could be removed was swept away like locusts passing by, leaving only
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