This corpse was dressed in the attire of an ancient Mongolian general. It was by no means an ordinary soldier. However, judging from the body structure of the mummy, it did not look like the age Genghis Khan was when he died, but more like a young general.
When Chen Zhi stood in front of the coffin, Pang Wei and the others quickly followed from behind.
The first thing Fat Wei did when he saw the coffin was to poke his head into the coffin and search it carefully.
This bold move shocked Hu Meng. He could not imagine that someone would dare to put his head in the coffin to see something without hesitation.
And when Fat Wei poked his face out again, his face was full of disappointment~~~
"Don't think about it, the master in this coffin is not Genghis Khan at all...,
What the Mongols admire most is the golden sword and the iron horse. When princes and generals die, they would like to have their lifelong military exploits engraved on their faces.
But look, this corpse doesn't even have a knife on it. This is simply not right...
Also, Genghis Khan was over 60 years old when he died, and this corpse is too young. He is probably an unknown general guarding the body..."
"If you can have a place here, you will definitely not be an unknown person~~~"
Chen Zhi lowered his eyes and looked at the corpse in the coffin. Then he reached out and fiddled with the neck of the corpse, and found a hangtag inside.
This is a hangtag made of pure copper, half the size of a matchbox, with Mongolian characters engraved on it~~~
Chen Zhi had seen it at an auction before. It was a military badge from the ancient Mongolian army. When the ancient Mongols were marching, they were marching south and north. Death was a common thing, and many people's bodies were left far away~
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In order to allow the warriors who died in a foreign country to return home, the Mongolian soldiers hung a military badge around their necks, which read their name and place of birth, as well as the names of their parents.
In this way, after they die on the battlefield, their comrades can send back their swords and hair on their foreheads. This is also the greatest respect for these warriors~~~
But this military plaque is obviously more noble, the edges are inlaid with silver, and some corpse skin is adhered to the surface of the military plaque, so the text is a little unclear."
Chen Zhi processed the sticky material on it and revealed the Mongolian characters.
"What do these Mongolian words mean..." Chen Zhi handed the tag to Hu Meng next to him.
"this……",
Hu Meng took the tag and had great difficulty identifying these ancient Mongolian characters.
"These are Mongolian characters from a long time ago. I helped my grandfather copy ancient scriptures before, so I barely knew these characters.
On this should be the name and location of the tribe, as well as the person's own name.
But this name is a bit strange, a bit like a Han Chinese name, called...",
After Hu Meng carefully identified it for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"This name is, Liu Zhonglu..."
"Liu Zhonglu?"
When he heard these three words, Chen Zhi's heart trembled slightly.
He did not expect that Liu Zhonglu, whose existence has never been confirmed in history, would appear here and be buried in this desert...
Liu Zhonglu was a Mongolian general who fought in the late Song Dynasty. His life is unknown, and he was a minister in Genghis Khan's tent.
In the fifth lunar month of 1219, Genghis Khan sent Liu Zhonglu to Shandong to invite Qiu Chuji. Liu Zhonglu was originally from the Jin Kingdom and returned to Mongolia shortly after the Mongolian army invaded Yanjing.
He was able to sing dysprosium, was proficient in medical skills, and was brave and courageous. He was appreciated by Genghis Khan and became a close attendant of Genghis Khan. When Liu Zhonglu went to Shandong to invite Qiu Chuji, he traveled for seven months and finally arrived at Haotian Temple in Laizhou, Shandong in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar.
Invite Qiu Chuji.
The "Journey to the West of Changchun Master" passed down to later generations is a diary written by Qiu Chuji's disciple Li Zhichang when he followed Qiu Chuji on his journey to the west. The book was written in 1228 and consists of two volumes.
In the first volume, it is written that Qiu Chuji's masters and apprentices traveled westward to Balu Bay on the northwest slope of the Daxue Mountains (now the Hindu Kush Mountains in Afghanistan). They met with Genghis Khan in his palace and advised him to issue a stop-kill order!! Then they returned to Central Asia's Samarkand (
Today in Uzbekistan), he spent his old age peacefully. This book contains one edict and four imperial edicts from Genghis Khan.
All records mention Liu Zhonglu, Genghis Khan's envoy, and how he used his perseverance and wisdom to persuade the indifferent Qiu Chuji to go west to meet Genghis Khan.
In other words, it was Liu Zhonglu who brought Qiu Chuji to Genghis Khan through thousands of mountains and rivers. He was the first witness to the entire process of the stop-kill order...
However, with the development of modern archaeology, many scholars have expressed doubts about whether Liu Zhonglu really existed.
First of all, the most authoritative "Secret History of Mongolia" never mentions this character. Even in the records of the anti-killing order, this Mongolian envoy is not mentioned. This is not in line with the recording habits at that time.
It's as if this person was made up by later generations.
Secondly, judging from the "Journey to the West by Changchun Zhenzhen", the identity of this envoy is very vague. He was Genghis Khan's imperial physician, Genghis Khan's general in the tent, and even later became Qiu Chuji's attendant.
Moreover, his name does not have the characteristics of nomadic people, but more like the name of Han people.
Thirdly, according to folklore at that time, Qiu Chuji had the power of immortality and was 300 years old.
Among the "Four Kingdoms", three emperors successively invited Qiu Chuji. Xuanzong of the Jin Dynasty and Ningzong of the Song Dynasty both invited Qiu Chuji to hold important positions in the court.
Qiu Chuji rejected them all, but as a Han Chinese, he finally chose Genghis Khan. This was difficult to understand at the time. What was the reason for Qiu Chuji to do this? Is it really because of Liu Zhonglu's perseverance and wisdom?
"I'm just wondering about one thing...",
Fat Wei touched his chin, looked at the corpse and said,
"I just saw it. No one had touched this body after death, but he stretched out an arm~~~
This means that he was probably still alive when he was lying in the coffin. He stretched out an arm and wanted to do something~~, but he couldn't hold it in and died just like that~~~
You said that he was forced to be buried here. It was already aggrieved. Why did he just lie down in the coffin and stretch out his arms? This death scene is too ugly~~"
"There are no nails on the coffin. If he can open the coffin lid by himself, it proves that he was not forced but voluntarily died~~~"
Chen Zhi glanced at the shriveled corpse, then looked at the arm that had turned into white bones.
"But you are right about one thing. When Liu Zhonglu stretched out an arm, he should have had a breath of life.
He wanted to take something, but maybe he was too weak at the time and died before he could hold it!!!
And that thing, now...",
When Chen Zhi said this, he looked down the arm and saw a piece of yellow sand under the white and slender finger bones~~~
Fat Wei walked over and dug in the sand, then put his hand in and flipped through it. After a while, he pulled out a scroll.
"hey-hey!!!
You are really right~~~~, what this guy wanted to take before he died was probably this scroll..."