I was surprised in my heart: "Could it be...that this is Baoding?"
There are seven main types of roofs in ancient tombs: vaulted roof, flat roof, coupon roof, initiation roof, tower roof, treasure roof, and one we call "beer roof".
The top area of the beer is very small, and it is raised by dozens of centimeters with bricks around it, like the lid of a can of beer.
I have only heard people say that this is the first time I have seen a real Baoding. This form was briefly popular in the middle and late Liao Dynasty, and is really rare in the Central Plains.
Lao Zhang illuminated the bricks under his feet with his headlamp, turned to me and asked: "Brother, how can we get down to such thick bricks?"
I said, "It's easy. These are hollow bricks. You can make a hole quickly by just lifting them up with a shovel. If you don't believe me, try it."
After hearing this, Lao Zhang immediately started to pry it away. As a result, he almost fell down because the curvature of where he was standing was too big.
I quickly grabbed him with my quick hands.
After trying five or six times, I finally managed to pry open a hollow brick.
Seeing the bricks being pried apart piece by piece, Lao Zhang lowered his head and said, "It's so dark down there, you can't see anything."
"Don't rush down. There's still time before dawn. Wait ten minutes to let the air circulate inside."
Lao Zhang's face was covered with dirt and he rubbed his hands in excitement.
Compared with him, I was much calmer and had no disturbance in my heart. I squatted down and lit a cigarette.
No plaster was found in the soil. A solid brick tomb like this will definitely seep water, so I am not worried about biogas or methane.
Seeing me smoking, Lao Zhang asked, "Is everything okay?"
I said it was okay, and he couldn't help but light one.
After smoking, he put out the cigarette butt on the robber hole.
I think it's almost time to ventilate, so I say let's do it, you do it first, don't fall.
After going down, there is a very narrow tomb passage, and this tomb passage is not straight. When you turn your headlight on it, you can see that there is a turn just a few meters ahead.
If we look at the tomb passage from where we just came down, we will find that the shape is a peculiar "knife handle shape".
The tomb passage is cold and dark. I didn't see any other holes drilled through it. It's possible that this tomb has never been robbed and is a new pot.
Lower your head and walk through the tomb passage, turn left and see the tomb door.
It is very rare that the door used to seal the door is square wood, which is usually sealed with bricks.
As long as it's not a scary diamond door like Gui Zailing, this kind of square wooden door is trivial to me, as long as I know how to "click to open it".
"well?"
"Brother, look what that is?"
I was about to open a square piece of wood when Lao Zhang suddenly pointed at the door and told me that there was a hole in the door.
I looked up and saw that indeed, someone had dug in and made a niche in a row of brick walls on top of the square logs.
You can see that around the niche, the bricks are dyed light red, as if they were caused by long-term cinnabar dyeing.
It was too high. I stretched out my hand and couldn't reach it.
"What is it? Is it an urn used to hold the dead in ancient times?" Lao Zhang asked.
I glared at him and said don't say the word "death" to others in the tomb, it is unlucky.???.
"Lao Zhang, squat down and I'll step on your shoulder and take a look to see if there are any burial objects in the niche."
"No problem, come on."
Lao Zhang immediately squatted down and asked me to step on his shoulders.
He pushed me up, and I used a flashlight to illuminate the niche.
"What's this?"
The niche is not deep, and there is a small wooden tower under the thick ash. The height of the small wooden tower is less than 15 centimeters. The niches around the wooden tower are all painted with cinnabar, which is bright red.
Also, on the right side of the small wooden pagoda, there is a copper wine vessel with a strange shape. People in the industry call this type of vessel a "sorrow bowl."
For those of you who have never seen it or don’t understand it, let me give you an analogy.
The "mortem furnace" is like a piece of melon, cut in half, and then take out the half of the melon separately and put two ears on the left and right, just like that.
Seeing that I didn't move, Lao Zhang couldn't help it anymore. He grabbed my ankles and shouted loudly: "Is there anything? Get it quickly! I have a cramp in my calf!"
I just took out everything, held it in my arms and jumped down.
Lao Zhang hurriedly came over: "Let me see what treasure I found."
Lowering the light, I studied the small wooden tower carefully.
It doesn't matter if you don't see it, you will be shocked when you see it.
There are clearly words under the red cinnabar.
And there are two languages, Xixia and Chinese.
A row of complicated Xixia characters are carved on the wooden pagoda. There are old cinnabar in the grooves of the strokes. They are like ghostly symbols and cannot be read at all.
On the other side, perhaps the person who built the wooden pagoda was not good at writing, so he carved a few characters crookedly in official script.
The third character in this row of official script is very blurry and cannot be seen clearly.
I tried to read out loud: "Muyuan...what, what...Puppy Dog Treasure's Home?"
Suddenly an idea flashed in my mind.
I see.
This is not a Liao and Jin tomb, this is a pure Xixia tomb!
This thing is the Muyuan Tower!
It's a miracle that it can be preserved intact and not rotten.
I raised my head and looked at the niche above the door again, guessing that this was the "Lingshu".
That’s right, it’s the coffin!
This kind of small wooden pagoda called Muyuan Pagoda has only been found in Xixia tombs. In the 1970s, this kind of small wooden pagoda was also found in the Xixia imperial tomb at the foot of Helan Mountain. According to the interpretation of relevant experts at the time, its specific use should be
It is used to store some important documents of the tomb owner during his lifetime.
Sichuan is rich in good nanmu, which lasts for thousands of years. This wooden edge pagoda is made of nanmu.
Before I came down, I didn't expect that this was actually a Xixia tomb.
Kangding was not part of the Xixia territory before. The discovery of Xixia tombs here means that more than 700 years ago, Xixia people lived here and were buried here after their deaths.
"The home of precious little dogs...."
Xiao Quan Bao should be a Xixia name.
Xixia people, including Dangxiang people, have strange surnames, such as "Wuzang", "Tuoba", "Pangji" and so on.
"Home" is easy to understand. This tomb is the home where he lived after his death.
"Hold it for me."
Lao Zhang took my flashlight and helped with lighting.
I reached out and touched it, and found that there was a very narrow door directly behind the wooden edge tower. It was a chute design and could be pushed up with a hard push.
After pushing it open, I was shocked to find that what was placed inside was actually stacks of folded, dry and yellow hemp paper.
Black calligraphy is reflected on the worn hemp paper. Due to proper preservation, most of the writing is still clearly visible after more than 700 years.
I took out one and opened it carefully, fearing that it would break if I force it.
The content is written in Chinese.
"Everyone who owns a house or land in Xiaoquan Bao's family is not allowed to sell it to others without redeeming it.
"If you sell it in violation of the law, the official will punish you with one horse and the common people with thirteen sticks."
"All the principal and interest of the loan will be given to you, and then you will be allowed to sell it separately."
"If the principal and interest are not paid, it can be sold to others, but the principal and interest will not be paid. The three houses in the east of Mi Yao Ji belong to the Xiaoquan Bao family. Both parties are willing to leave each other with certificates.
There is a signature on the bottom, which can still be clearly seen, and of course the red handprint left behind by the signature.
The two parties who signed the contract were Xiao Quan Bao and an ancient man named Xiong Min.
I pulled out another one and opened it to read.
The inside of this piece of paper is not good, it is overly alkaline, the handwriting is blurry, and some words are difficult to read, but the last few lines can be read clearly.
I turned down the lamp and read it word for word.
When I saw the last two words at the end, my scalp went numb and I threw the hemp paper to the ground!
Seeing me throwing it away, Lao Zhang wanted to bend down to pick it up, but I grabbed him!
Lao Zhang was puzzled and turned around and said, "What's wrong, brother? This is a cultural relic. Doesn't it mean that ancient paintings and calligraphy are valuable? Why did you throw it away? It's a waste."
"If you don't want to be in trouble, just go ahead and pick it up. I won't stop you, damn..."
I cursed secretly, spit into my hands, and rubbed my hands vigorously back and forth.
It is not good for a living person to see this thing, let alone look at it, because it is too unlucky.
This is a "Mingqi".
The boss told me before that the three most unlucky things in ancient tombs are, "the tomb beast with a human face shape and eyes, the pillow under the dead person's head, and the last one is the paper deed."
"Bah, bah, bah!"
I spat three times in a row and made a cross on my chest, hoping I wouldn't get any bad luck.
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