Chapter Fifty-six: Past Events in the Ancient Tomb I
After listening to Su Xiaomeng's words, I was confused. Among the things I knew, King Zhou Mu might be the earliest, or perhaps the initiator of the incident. It was precisely because he traveled to a foreign land many years ago and brought it back from an unknown place.
Those things led to the occurrence and continuation of a series of events in the future. This was not the first time I heard someone mention King Zhou Mu, but when these words came out of Su Xiaomeng’s mouth, I couldn’t figure out whether it was a coincidence or something else.
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But I didn't interrupt her and let her continue.
"It's really boring to talk like this. Why don't you..." Su Xiaomeng paused on the phone and said, "Why don't you treat me to a meal?"
"Let's finish the matter first." I simply did not believe that this was an unexpected encounter, and I was not in the mood to mention anything else, so I rejected her request directly.
"You are boring." Su Xiaomeng sighed and said, "Okay, okay, let's talk about this matter. You know King Zhou Mu, so it will save you a lot of trouble."
The burial place of King Zhou Mu after his death has always been an unclear matter. In the past, scholars in the industry, including some ordinary people, believed that King Zhou Mu’s cemetery was located in Gongzhang Village in Xi’an, where there was an obvious
This view was generally accepted before 1986. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the governor of Shaanxi once erected a monument in this place to write to the Mausoleum of King Mu of Zhou Dynasty.
But in 1986, the place recognized as the tomb of King Mu of Zhou was excavated for the first time. Based on various details and conditions in the tomb, it was inferred that this should be a tomb of the Han Dynasty. Who knows how many years have passed between the Zhou and Han Dynasties?
They are all counted, so although there is no public overturning of the previous common view, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is definitely not the tomb of King Mu of Zhou, and he must be buried somewhere else.
"That's not the Mausoleum of King Zhou Mu, definitely not." Su Xiaomeng said, "Because a few years later, the real Mausoleum of King Zhou Mu seemed to have been discovered."
The real tomb of King Zhou Mu was discovered by accident. It is said that it was accidentally discovered by two herdsmen, an old man and a young man. The location was in Gansu, but Su Xiaomeng did not provide a more detailed location.
There is little rain in Gansu, so the incident happened after a rare heavy rain. The two herders were trapped by the heavy rain and could not leave, so they took shelter in an abandoned earthen kiln. After the rain stopped, they were about 30 meters away from the earthen kiln.
More than a hundred meters away, a large area of land suddenly collapsed like a hollowed-out coal mine. At first, the two herdsmen carefully observed the collapse out of curiosity.
, they found that if they followed the gap on the edge of the collapse pit, there was a wider space inside.
"Then what?" I found that Su Xiaomeng seemed to be deliberately trying to whet my appetite. Every time he talked, he would pause or change the topic. This made me very impatient, because my heart was full of burdens, so I was a little moody.
He was irritable and kept holding back his anger to urge her.
"Then." Su Xiaomeng coughed slightly and said, "They will go in."
When these things happened, there was no third eyewitness, so most of Su Xiaomeng's stories were rumors after the fact. The specific authenticity needs to be verified. However, she told it as if it were the real thing, very detailed.
The situation under the collapse pit has been unclear until now. In short, the two herdsmen entered here driven by curiosity. This relatively large underground space has very obvious traces of repairs. If the herdsmen use the
To paraphrase the original words, it was like a big house built underground.
I judged that if the herdsman did not have the concept of "tomb" in his mind, the big house he was talking about was undoubtedly an ancient tomb that was inadvertently exposed due to heavy rain and the natural environment.
The two herders did not have any professional experience, so they could not distinguish the priority of observation. The first thing that attracted them was a series of many murals. The tomb must be very old, but the murals were still brightly colored and well-preserved. They also
I don’t know what those murals depict, they are a mess anyway, but the herdsman who survived said that in the murals, there is a man sitting in a carriage pulled by eight horses, as if he is flying in the clouds and mist.
Having said this, I know in my mind that the murals in ancient tombs generally describe the important events experienced by the tomb owner in his life, which can be regarded as an incomplete life summary. Except for King Mu of Zhou, I think
I can’t recall anyone else in Chinese history who once traveled on eight sacred horses, which became a legend.
According to my judgment, the place where they found the murals should not be the main tomb chamber. As Su Xiaomeng continued to talk, my judgment was indeed confirmed.
The "big house" in the eyes of the herders is not very complicated. After passing through the murals, you can walk into another "room". As soon as they approached this "room", the two herders were completely fascinated.
shocked.
This is a rather strange ancient tomb. The "room" they are in now should actually be the main tomb chamber, where the tomb owner's coffin is located. But the two herdsmen did not see the coffin. What they saw was a
"Man" lying on the ground.
"The man was lying among the many patterns carved on the floor of the tomb, as if he was sleeping."
I can imagine that under the circumstances at that time, the two herdsmen were completely stunned, and perhaps their own observation abilities were also affected. They could hardly tell whether the man lying on the ground was dead or not.
Alive. The man's body was not in any physical condition. Although the clothes on his body had rotted to the extreme and were rotted into slag, his body was very intact and his face was lifelike. When the fire illuminated it, every hair and beard could be seen.
’s clear.
But at this moment, something happened.
In fact, if a person with certain professional knowledge like me encountered this situation, he would never enter the ancient tomb alone, because the reason why the ancient tomb was exposed was entirely due to the damage to the ground and the architectural structure inside the tomb.
In other words, it is unstable, and the permanent balance has been broken. It is quite unsafe for people to enter at this time, just like the mine after the collapse. If corresponding effective measures are not taken, it is likely to happen.
Second landslide. But the two herdsmen did not have such knowledge and awareness.
After they discovered the "person" lying on the ground, they were immediately stunned. They didn't know whether to leave immediately or to get closer and observe more carefully. Then, several pieces suddenly fell from the dome of the tomb chamber.
The tomb bricks fell without any warning, and there was no way to hide. The young herdsman was knocked down all of a sudden. His partner, the older herdsman, was in a hurry. Needless to say, just
Based on the volume and weight of those tomb bricks, we can know the force generated by falling from the dome. If such bricks fall on the top of a person's head, it will most likely be fatal.
The old herdsman was in a panic. He wanted to lift up his companion who had been hit on the head and was bleeding and left immediately. However, at the moment he helped his companion, something might have happened that made him extremely panic. Because of these things
, causing him to give up the idea of rescuing his companions, and left the tomb alone in a panic.
"What accident happened?" I asked.
"No one knows about this." Su Xiaomeng said: "Unfortunately, no one knows about it."
"Why?"
"You will know after you listen to me."
The older herdsman hurriedly escaped from the tomb and hurried back home as quickly as possible. Everyone in the village knew that he was traveling with the young herdsman, but when the old herdsman returned to the village, he had already
He couldn't say anything and fell down at the door of his house. After that, he started to have a fever, a high fever. Many people with high fevers would talk nonsense unconsciously, and the old shepherd was no exception. During the fever, he kept babbled, but who
I couldn't understand what he was talking about.
He lost his normal consciousness, and the whereabouts of the young herdsman became a mystery. The people in the village could not figure it out. At that time, they thought of curing the old herdsman first, so that when he regained consciousness, he would definitely tell what needed to be said clearly.
The coma lasted about a day and a half. The family members who stayed by the bedside stayed up all night and were exhausted. Taking advantage of the old shepherd's brief silence, he squinted his eyes and took a nap. But he was soon woken up by the old shepherd.
The shepherd jumped out of bed at some point and ran around the house in a circle. As he ran, he was still shouting. He said that a man driving a carriage with eight horses was chasing him.
He was completely crazy like that. The family members guarding the bedside couldn't hold him back at all, and finally they called someone over to control the old shepherd.
Eight big horses were pulling a man. This may be the only understandable thing the old herdsman said when he was in a coma. The village was relatively remote. In the villagers' minds, the reason why the old herdsman behaved like this must be unintentional.
They specially invited people to look at what happened in Zhongchong, but they couldn't find any clues. The old herder was just in a coma, and occasionally he would wake up and eat.
This situation lasted for four or five days, and the young herdsman's parents became anxious. During these four or five days, they searched for their son, but they could never find their son. When they thought of the old shepherd's appearance, they could not find their son.
, they all thought that something serious must have happened to the young herdsman.
The family cried and begged in the village. The villagers in the same village sympathized and put down their work and went out separately for two days to help find people. But in such a desolate and empty place, if there is no guidance from others,
, it was difficult to find an established target, so the two-day search was completely in vain and there was no gain.
Things suddenly turned very bad. The old herdsman had been half-dead in a coma, and he didn't know when he would wake up. There was no news about the young herdsman, and he couldn't find it no matter how hard he searched. The two families communicated with each other several times, but nothing could be done.
Just when they were almost in despair, late one night, the young herdsman suddenly returned to the village. His mother cried loudly and hugged her son and refused to let go. But his father was calmer. He looked up for a while and found that the young herdsman
There was a hole the size of an egg on the person's head. The hole with dried blood shocked his parents, but the young shepherd seemed fine.
"He's not dead?" I was a little surprised. I knew the weight of that kind of tomb brick very well. Even if the person was knocked down and he didn't die at the time, he would definitely have to come out of a deep coma without anyone to treat him or help him.
Enter a state of death.
"Not only is he not dead." Su Xiaomeng hissed and gasped, as if to scare people: "What happens next is even weirder."