Looking at the hand stretched out from the ground, Xing was a little hesitant. It was clearly not from their group, but from the attackers.
The voice was a little impatient: "If you don't come up, I will seal the tomb and let you stay with the dead forever..."
As he said that, he was about to withdraw his hand.
"I'm going, I'm going!"
Xing glanced at the dead man's hand bones that he had trampled on the ground, and made a decision. He didn't want to stay with the corpse in the gloomy tomb. No matter what, they were still human beings.
He jumped up quickly, grabbed the man's hand, and then felt himself being pulled up by a huge force...
After Xing was pulled out of the coffin, before he could take a breath and feel lucky to have come out alive, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.
Under the moonlight, the ground was in a mess.
The person who pulled him up was a black man wearing leather armor, a red turban, and holding a bloody sword. He was looking him up and down.
There were two other people, one was a young man looking for scattered arrows on the ground; the other was a thin soldier wearing armor and holding a spear, looking at several tomb robbers with a sullen face, as if someone owed him money.
There were five of Xing's accomplices. Except for one who was lying motionless on the ground with bleeding from his chest, the other four, including their heads with their heads open, were all tied up. Moreover, all of them were covered in paint, not on their legs.
To be hit by an arrow is to be hit by a sword in the back...
Before he even had time to figure out what was going on, his arm was immediately twisted!
"It turned out to be a little thief. Hey, you scared Nai Gong just now."
The one who pushed him down was the "ghost" with flying sideburns just now. He was not wearing armor and had two halberds stuck on his waist. He found a rope and tied Xingya up.
The black man on the side said: "It's just a little man, Leopard, don't hurt him."
"I know, I know."
It turned out that the four people who suddenly attacked the tomb robbers were none other than Huyangting Heifu and others!
An hour ago, after they left the pavilion, they walked southwest according to the position described by Gongshi Quji.
Before arriving at Chaoyangli, they carefully extinguished their torches, and then quietly walked towards this wilderness. Fortunately, the weather was good, and the moon in the middle of the twelfth lunar month would be full, shining in all directions, which was enough for them to distinguish the direction and see what was ahead.
road.
Once you get to this area, it will be easier, because the torches held by the tomb robbers reveal their location from a distance.
After Heifu gave the order, everyone slowed down and came over quietly. It happened that the tomb robbers were busy carrying the objects in the tomb and were lax on their guard, so Heifu signaled Little Tao to draw an arrow and shoot an arrow at the sentry.
Thief! The other three people also rushed forward!
The thieves reacted quickly and picked up the weapons on the ground to resist. Especially the red-faced thief wearing the dead man's dark clothes immediately picked up the crossbow in his hand and aimed at Heifu!
After the hanging knife clicked, the crossbow arrow shot through the air. Hei Fu felt that the wooden shield he was holding was hit by a huge force and almost broke...
"Fortunately, I'm wearing a shield."
After witnessing the power of the crossbow, Heifu was overjoyed. His arms were numb, so he simply abandoned his shield, stepped forward, raised his left hand, and stabbed open with a sword, preventing him from firing the crossbow again.
When Chang retreated and wanted to change his weapon, Heifu kicked him to the ground again and put his sword at his throat.
The remaining people saw their leader fall and after a little resistance, they chose to escape.
But the man who ran the fastest was thrown by Dongmen Leopard with his halberd, hit in the middle of his vest, and fell to the ground dead...
The other three thieves were so frightened that they were stopped by Xiao Tao's bow and arrows and Li Xian's spear, and they could only kneel down and beg for mercy.
In this way, in less than half a moment, Heifu and the others captured all the tomb robbers with only Dongmen Leopard slightly injured.
"Except for the red-faced thief who is the leader, all of these people have not received much training, otherwise it would not be so easy."
Heifu breathed a sigh of relief, wiped off the blood on the sword and put it into its sheath. After all, a tomb robber is a tomb robber. Their specializations in the arts are different, and they are far less ferocious than the gangsters who kill people and steal goods.
In this way, they can be considered to have gained both the stolen goods and the harvest, and Heifu has already begun to count the number of thieves and look forward to the rewards he can get...
"It was because Heifu's command was so good that we made a sudden attack. That's why it was so easy to succeed."
Dongmen Bao laughed loudly, picked up the young man like a chicken, and threw him next to his accomplices. Then he excitedly walked to the pile of lacquerware and copperware, lighting a torch and inspecting them.
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"This is my first time seeing so many good things." He couldn't help but caress the exquisite lacquerware.
"Bao Bao, as I said before, all stolen goods must be handed over to the government, so don't have any evil intentions."
Heifu warned Dongmen Bao sternly and glanced at Li Xian.
The Qin State had strict requirements on its officials. Not only was it a serious crime to take bribes, but keeping stolen goods privately was an unforgivable crime.
If someone here is greedy and steals stolen goods, others will be guilty of the same crime if they don't report it.
In fact, if Li Xian was not here, it would be okay for the three best friends to hide secretly, but now Li Xian is watching from the sidelines. After the anonymous letter incident, although this person has sincerely accepted Hei Fu, Hei Fu does not completely trust him.
Li Xian didn't know Hei Fu's evil intentions. He asked Xiao Tao to look at the tomb robbers, and then he walked over, picked up the tripod with a round mouth, two ears, and many wrinkles on the outside, and frowned as he looked at it.
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The so-called tripod is a vessel used to cook large pieces of cold pork during the Spring and Autumn Period of the Western Zhou Dynasty. By the Warring States Period, it had gradually become a ritual vessel and was rarely used by common people. It was only used by nobles for meals and sacrifices, together with the rice gui.
Put it out to show your ancient lineage and noble status...
Generally speaking, according to the provisions of the Zhou Rites, the emperor has nine cauldrons and eight guis, the princes have seven cauldrons and six guis, the officials have five cauldrons and four guis, and the scholars have three cauldrons and two guis.
However, in the Warring States Period, etiquette collapsed, and finally even the Zhou Dynasty was wiped out by Qin. No one followed the ancient Zhou etiquette. The kings of the Seven Heroes had long begun to use the emperor's chariot etiquette, and the princes of various countries also seemed to follow the same rules.
Treat yourself as a prince...
The tripod in front of you is a symbol of the noble status of the owner of this tomb.
Actually, from the perspective of people like Heifu, who have been common people in their past and present lives, the so-called ritual utensils are just pots and pans. A cauldron for boiling white meat and a gui for rice. When placed in the homes of ordinary people,
It's just an ordinary thing in the kitchen, but when placed in the homes of princes and nobles, it becomes a high-end gadget?
Is the difference between the two determined by blood?
Heifu disagreed. As a modern man, he scorned the theory of blood.
However, people in this era, although they experienced the baptism of the Warring States Period that "prime ministers must be from the state and generals must be from the army", they still firmly believed in the theory of blood. The declining nobles held their heads high and looked down upon them.
Anyone of lowly origin.
Even those civilian heroes, after becoming famous, have to rush to find an ancestor of noble blood for themselves. Either the uncle of the princes who enfeoffed various places, or the official of the noble clan whose family has fallen into decline, it seems that if they don't do this, it is not enough to prove their success.
seems reasonable.
But in fact, this is an era where ability is more important than blood. This is especially true in the Qin State where princes, public servants and grandsons cannot obtain fiefs or titles without meritorious service.
"Asking for a thief, bring the torch over and light it..."
On the other side, Li Xian felt that he couldn't see the words clearly, so Dongmen Bao reluctantly walked over to help him with the lighting. He also took a peek and saw that the back of the tripod was densely engraved with bronze and seal characters, but it was different from the Qin Dynasty.
The small seal script is quite different...
"Can you recognize these ghost paintings?" Dongmen Leopard was so confused.
"I don't recognize them all, but I know a few. My family was a Chu doctor decades ago, so when we worship our ancestors, the ancestors' spiritual tablets also have these Chu characters..."
There was a trace of pride in Li Xian's words. He spat and wiped the dirt off the bronze tripod with his sleeves. After taking a closer look, his face changed greatly and he exclaimed!
"oops!"
"What's wrong?" Heifu couldn't help but walked over and asked.
"This tripod is a ritual vessel used by the owner of the tomb during his lifetime. The reason for its casting is engraved on it, as well as his family lineage and official position."
Li Xian pointed at the bronze tripod with some excitement and said: "Pavilion Chief, if I guessed correctly, this is the tomb of the Ruo Ao family! I didn't expect that the legend was actually true!"
Li Xian held the bronze cauldron and sighed, but Hei Fu looked confused.