Squatting his head on the ground, he held up a flashlight, frowned and said: "It's in Xixia script. The head of this stele is very similar to the induction tower stele in Liangzhou's rebuilt Huguo Temple in the Gansu Museum. According to the Xixia people's habit of being bilingual when building stele, There may be Chinese characters on the back, turn it over and take a look."
We turned the stone tablet over and scraped off the layer of cement with a knife. Sure enough, there were matching Chinese characters in regular script!
Reading from left to right, three words are engraved on the head of the stele.
"Death Letter."
Looking down, there is such a long paragraph.
"He Luo Gong, supervising the construction of defense towers, humbles himself but respects others, is cautious and fearful of righteousness, seeks to serve the king, but does not end well. He understands that Gao Guo is a pity. What a pity. Bai Jun ordered a death petition and gave him a golden bowl and a silver bowl. He was given 16 pieces of gold and wine vessels, and an imperial horse sign was given to be buried with the coffin and sealed with mud. Anyone who disturbed the soul of He Luo Gong would never have peace in his life. It will be the fourth year of Qian Ding, Gui Weiqiu. "
After reading this passage, Boutou and I looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.
My breathing started to become rapid.
This is a death warrant!
Not an epitaph!
The so-called death petition is a document issued by ancient officials. It can be understood as a "death certificate" issued to an official. On the one hand, it highlights the recognition and respect of the superior (emperor) for the deceased's life contribution. Secondly, the descendants of the deceased's family can receive a certain amount of rice, grain, and money on a monthly basis based on the death petition issued by the superior. If the immediate family members of the deceased also pass away, the death petition can be passed on to the descendants, and then they can receive rewards. In summary, This is a very high honor.
I was shocked not only by this, but also by several words directly mentioned in the inscription.
There are 16 gold bowls and silver bowls, and 19 gold wine vessels!
And... unexpectedly... there is also the "Emperor's Horse Card"!
We're going big.
This is a national first-class cultural relic with a single-digit inventory!
What was the identity of this person named "He Luogong" in the inscription? That he would be given such a thing!
The imperial horse talisman is a unique talisman of Xixia. Its status and function are a bit like the tiger talisman in the Central Plains. Let alone getting started, I have heard of it but never seen it. I only know that this thing exists. I don’t even have a picture. I've seen it, but I don't know what it looks like.
In 2005, at that time, there was only one physical horse sign from the Western Xia Dynasty in the National Museum. Later in 2009, the construction team dug out another one when they were building a community in Wuwei City. There were only two in total, and they were gone.
I lit a cigarette and leaned against the tree, looked up at the night sky and took a deep breath.
Don't talk to anyone, I want to be quiet.
Forget about the golden bowl and silver bowl. If we really dig out the "Emperor Horse" sign written on the inscription, I dare not say that the Sarawak Bird is valuable, but the level of cultural relics is not lower than that of the Saraswati Bird. For this thing, let each of us get a big Ben More than enough.
But if you were caught selling something of this level, it would be enough to give you a reprieve from death.
"Fengzi! Why are you sitting there?
Bean Sprouts blushed and had a thick neck, and shouted: Dig quickly! There are gold and silver bowls in the coffin!"
"Don't panic yet," he said to me, waving his head and waving his hands, "Yunfeng, when did you say the fourth year of work was determined?"
"I can't remember the first thing. It should be... it should be the year before Li Xian succeeded to the throne? History books say that Li Xian died a year after he took office."
"Yes, you are right."
"I suddenly thought of a person," he pointed at the stone tablet and frowned deeply:
"It is said here that this person's name is He Luogong, who also has the same surname as He. I am wondering if it is possible that this person is related to He Chengzhen in the early Xixia period?"
I was confused and asked who the leader He Chengzhen was? I didn't know.
At this moment, his face was extremely solemn and he said one sentence.
"He Chengzhen is a great Feng Shui master and architect who is not inferior to Yuan Tiangang. He presided over the construction of all the Xixia imperial tombs at the foot of Helan Mountain."
After hearing this, my right eyelid kept twitching and I started to feel scared.
It was said that it was a suspended death sentence just now, but now it is 100% the death penalty and will be executed immediately.
