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Chapter 593 Shaokang¡¯s Tomb (39/62)

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    Around the stone stele is about hundreds of square meters of open space. At a glance, this open space knows that it is prepared in advance. In order to prevent the growth of trees, it is also covered with stone bricks.

    ¡°Finally we¡¯re at the place.¡±

    After arriving at the destination safely, Meng Zitao felt a little more relaxed. He looked around and found that there was a stone house covering an area of ??70 to 80 square meters not far away. On the left and right sides of the door of the stone house, there was a stone sculpture Qiongqi.  The image is vivid, as if it were real.

    Da Jun looked at the shocking stone tablet in front of him and asked, "What words are written on it? It looks a bit like oracle bone inscriptions."

    Meng Zitao shined a flashlight on the stone tablet and said: "It is different from the oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty discovered now. It is probably an earlier writing. Combined with the previous judgment, this is probably the writing of the Xia Dynasty. If it can be confirmed, it is  A major discovery for archaeology."

    Until now, whether the Xia Dynasty existed or not, if the Xia Dynasty existed, and whether the Xia Dynasty had writing, has been a debate in the academic world. Meng Zitao and his master have always agreed that the Xia Dynasty existed and that there was also the issue of writing.  Unfortunately, there is no evidence to prove it.

    If the text on this stone tablet can indeed be proven to be from the Xia Dynasty, and there are records from the Xia Dynasty on it, it will undoubtedly be a discovery that will shock the archaeological community around the world.

    Meng Zitao perked up and continued, "When I identify it, I might be able to find out who this tomb belongs to."

    Meng Zitao¡¯s current memory is amazing, and it is certainly easier to learn characters. He can recognize most of the ancient Chinese characters.

    Therefore, even if he had never learned the words on the stone tablet in front of him, he could basically guess the meaning even if he was blindly guessing.

    The text on this stone tablet mainly talks about two things: "Taikang lost his country" and "Shaokang ZTE", of which "Shaokang ZTE" takes up most of the space.

    In his later years, the Xia Emperor Si Qi's life became increasingly corrupt.  He likes drinking, hunting, singing and dancing, but neglects government affairs.  After Qi's death, his son Taikang succeeded to the throne. He also indulged in sensuality, wine and food, and neglected political affairs, which led to increasingly acute internal conflicts and betrayal by foreign barbarians externally.

    Hou Yi, the leader of the Youqiong clan of the Dongyi tribe, saw the internal conflicts in the Xia Dynasty and took advantage of Taikang's absence from hunting for several months to seize the opportunity to take control of Xia's political power.  After Taikang's death, his younger brother Zhongkang succeeded to the throne. Zhongkang was weak and became a puppet.  After Zhongkang's death, his son Si succeeded him.  Hou Yi drove Si Xiang away and became the king himself. This is the story known in history books as "Taikang lost his country" and "Hou Yi replaced Xia".

    "Shaokang Zhongxing" is the first era in the history of our country to be named after the word "Zhongxing".  Shaokang was the sixth emperor of the Xia Dynasty. His father Sixiang was killed by the hostile Hanzhuo faction.

    Shaokang was a posthumous son. He lived in the Youjian tribe since he was a child. When he grew up, Shaokang got an official position in charge of livestock in the Youjing clan.  Hanzhuo's son Chui sent people to capture him. He fled to Youyu's family and became the chef of Youyu's family.

    There is a Yu family who is a descendant of Shun. The leader of his tribe, Yu Si, was impressed by Yu's merits and could not bear to see Yu's descendants unable to survive, so he married his two daughters to Shaokang as his wives, and transferred his relationship to Shaokang.  As a fiefdom, Shaokang was able to gain a foothold from then on.

    Therefore, Shaokang accumulated strength, implemented moral policies, won the hearts and minds of the people, recruited Xia's remaining ministers and people, and began to restore Xia's rule.  At this time, Hanzhuo indulged in his sensuality, joined in the evil deeds with his son, frequently used troops, and the people complained.

    Therefore, Shaokang determined to restore Xia and rejuvenate the country.  He sent his daughter Ai to the place where Hanzhuo's son was pouring as an internal response, and then sent his son Ji Zhu to trap and kill Hanzhuo's other son Min. Soon he attacked and killed Hanzhuo's father and son one after another.

    Shaokang established his capital in Yangdi, the old capital of Yu.  He reorganized the country, hanged the dead, healed the wounded, and appeased the people, much like the late King Yu.

    At this point, the Xia Dynasty seized power from Hou Yi during the Taikang period. After about 100 years of arduous struggle for three generations, the descendants of the Xia Queen regained control of the political power and restored the rule of the Xia Hou clan's slave-owning aristocratic class.  Later historians called the period of Shaokang's reconstruction of the Xia Dynasty the "Shaokang Zhongxing", and Shaokang's capital was "Anyi" on the north bank of the Yellow River.

    Later, the world called the place where Taikang was exiled and buried as the southern capital of the Xia Dynasty. Since it was south of Anyi, it was also called "Yangxia" to show that it corresponded to the northern capital of the Xia Dynasty.

    According to historical records, when Shaokang was worshiping his ancestor King Taikang in Gedi, he died of illness here and was buried on the side of Taikang's mausoleum.  Shaokang died after reigning for 20 years, and his son succeeded him as the seventh king of the Xia Dynasty.  According to legend, I once sent people to guard the tombs of the two kings Taikang and Shaokang. The tomb guards were passed down from generation to generation, and their residence gradually became a village.

    However, current events have changed, and now, only the Taikang Mausoleum remains there, while the Shaokang Mausoleum has manyIt was stolen and excavated once. After years of erosion, the sealing soil has been lost, and the tombstone has been destroyed. It was also destroyed many times during that period of the last century. Now there is only a sign in front of the mausoleum marked "Shaokang Mausoleum", and some mausoleums.  Fragments of the stele are scattered on the tomb. Other than that, the tomb has no ground marks.

    "According to the records on the stone tablet, the current cemetery is just Shaokang's burial mound, and this is Shaokang's real mausoleum.

    However, this space was not originally excavated and built, but was formed naturally. The wizards and craftsmen at that time only made a little modification and added strange beasts, formations and mechanisms.

    As for the real ancient tomb still on the lower level, this is Meng Zitao's guess. There is no relevant record on the stone tablet, so he doesn't know what mechanisms are in the real tomb, what it looks like, and what strange beasts there are, but  This place is already so dangerous. God knows what exists in the real tomb?

    ¡°Anyway, Meng Zitao has made up his mind and will not ask for trouble to go down to the third level, otherwise he will be joking with his own life and the lives of the army.

    Hearing Meng Zitao interpret the contents on the stone tablet, the army couldn't help but marvel. They never expected that this was the real tomb of Shaokang.

    Dajun said: "No wonder. If this is Shaokang's tomb, it can be explained that the living people were willing to be burned into pottery figurines."

    "Indeed." Meng Zitao nodded. After looking around for a while and finding no other useful clues, he continued, "Let's go to the stone house to see if there is anything we want in it."

    After saying that, he led the army towards the stone house.

    Arriving in front of the stone gate, Meng Zitao first looked around and found a key-shaped groove on the wall next to the stone gate. He walked over and took a look and found that the shape was the same as the jade key he got.

    When he got the jade key, it was of no use in the cave. Meng Zitao always suspected that it had other uses, and it seemed that it was used here.

    In addition, the jade pendant and copper key that Meng Zitao obtained from Ma Lian (Chapter 293) were also obtained from his senior brother, and they might come in handy this time.

    Meng Zitao took out the jade key and pressed it into the groove, but nothing happened. This made him feel a little baffled, but he immediately remembered that maybe this was not just a medium to open the stone door, so he  I went to push the stone door, and it was pushed open easily.

    Considering that this might be a closed stone room, the two of them stayed outside for a while before entering the stone room.

    ???????????????????????????????????: There was only a solitary wooden box in the stone chamber. It was obviously very different from the one hundred thousand taels of gold written on the drawing. In addition, there was a huge discrepancy between the records of countless silver and treasures.

    You have to ask whether you are looking in the wrong place, but there are already obvious places around the stone monument, unless the gold and silver treasures are buried underground, but this possibility is extremely small.

    Therefore, Meng Zitao believed that there was something wrong with the parchment drawings he had obtained. The result of believing in them was that he entered the ancient tomb and almost died.

    In fact, there is such a thing as one hundred thousand taels of gold. Based on his experiences after entering the ancient tomb, Meng Zitao knew that the possibility was slim. How long would it take to bring such heavy gold into the ancient tomb?  How many dangers had been encountered, could it be that the person dared to do this at the risk of his own life?

    Because of this, Meng Zitao was doubtful whether he could find a way out of this big wooden box, but no matter what, he had to take a look and not waste every clue.

    Meng Zitao walked to the wooden box and found that the wooden box was locked with a copper lock. In addition, this was not a simple copper lock. The lock handle was also connected to a metal rod that penetrated deep into the wooden box. It was probably also a mechanism.  In order to prevent someone from using violent means, open the wooden box.

    Meng Zitao took out a copper key, and it turned out to be the key on it. He couldn't help but laugh: "I would also like to thank that horse-faced person back then. If it weren't for him, this trip would have been in vain."

    "Which horse face?"

    "Have you forgotten that time in Taihang Mountain?"

    Da Jun was suddenly stunned and a little surprised: "There is actually a connection between the two?"

    Meng Zitao chuckled and said, "The original owner really took great pains to hide things."

    Due to the age, the copper lock was rusty. It took Meng Zitao a long time to open the copper lock, and then opened the wooden box.

    The large wooden box is divided into several areas. The first thing that catches the eye is the gold bars placed on the left.

    Meng Zitao picked up one and found that it was actually fifty taels of gold bars cut into pieces, with stamps such as "Official Detention", "Yiyi Inspection Complete", "Burning Inspection Complete" and other stamps on it. Based on his experience, it should be from the Southern Song Dynasty.  of.

    Since gold and silver are precious metal weighing currencies, their use requires color inspection and weighing. Sometimes the name of the person who inspected the fineness will also be written, such as "Burned and inspected by Kang Duanyi", "Burned and inspected by Ye Shiwu", etc.

    If it is for official use, the term of use and the name of the official should also be engraved on it, such as "official of the business field".  But such gold collars with official inscriptions are very rare.  When used, sometimes it is divided according to the amount used, and there will be traces of being cut, or half, or missing corners, etc. This is a true reflection of the ancient people's use of gold and silver.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)Gold and silver are precious metal weighing currencies, and their use requires color inspection and weighing. Sometimes the name of the person who inspected the fineness is also written, such as "burning inspection, Kang Duanyi inspection," "burning inspection, Ye Shiwu inspection," etc.

    If it is for official use, the term of use and the name of the official should also be engraved on it, such as "official of the business field".  But such gold collars with official inscriptions are very rare.  When used, sometimes it is divided according to the amount used, and there will be traces of being cut, or half, or missing corners, etc. This is a true reflection of the ancient people's use of gold and silver.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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