~.-~     Hong Tianbao did not participate in this game between China and Ri. He received a call from Professor Fang and rushed to Luoyang immediately. It is said that not long ago, someone found a tomb robber, forcibly breaking into an ancient tomb and stealing a batch of precious cultural relics. It can be seen from the cultural relics that this is an emperor's tomb, which has to attract the attention of Professor Fang.

Professor Fang learned that Hong Tianbao had returned and immediately notified him to come. Since accepting Hong Tianbao as his disciple, he has never taught knowledge. It happened to take this opportunity to teach on-site, and the results are better.

Luoyang is an important cultural city in my country, the thousand-year-old imperial capital, the Peony Flower City, the birthplace of Heluo culture, and one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization. As the political and economic center of China for more than a thousand years, it is known as the "hinterland of the nine provinces". Myths such as Fuxi, Nuwa, Huangdi, Tang Yao, Yu Shun, Xia Yu and other places are mostly passed down here.

When he arrived at the destination, Hong Tianbao found that many people were present, including archaeological experts, cultural departments, etc., and soldiers were guarding them outside. Professor Fang took a certain safety helmet and handed it to Hong Tianbao.

"Teacher Fang, what's the situation?" Hong Tianbao asked.

"This tomb is a bit strange, and seems to be divided into two layers. Some of the outer periphery have been broken open, and many cultural relics have been stolen. We are now stuck outside the door of a machine, and this still belongs to the outer layer, and the inner layer is inside the mountain belly." Professor Fang said.

Hong Tianbao was puzzled and asked in confusion: "Teacher, how did you know that this tomb has two floors?"

Professor Fang smiled and explained patiently: "It's very simple. We see very deep ventilation holes on the outer layer, which means there is another layer inside. This is not uncommon in ancient tombs, especially in the tombs of the Emperor. It's just that many ancient tombs are distributed from top to bottom, vertically, while this one is distributed from outside to inside, horizontally."

"Teacher, whose cemetery do you think this ancient tomb will be?" Hong Tianbao said curiously.

"Haha! It's hard to say now. According to the information I have obtained now, this should be an imperial tomb of the Han Dynasty. You also know that Luoyang is the imperial city of the Han Dynasty, with countless ancient tombs." Professor Fang didn't find it strange.

Hong Tianbao nodded. The Han Dynasty was a famous dynasty in the history of China and had a profound impact on later generations. Otherwise, there would be no nouns such as Han people, Han people, Chinese characters. It was a dynasty that was continuous, stable and prosperous. It created a brilliant civilization. Some people called the Han Dynasty, the Roman Empire of the same period and the Mauryan Dynasty in India the most advanced civilizations in the world at that time.

"Oh! These tomb robbers hate the most that they destroy it casually." Professor Fang said with some pain.

Among the five stone doors opened by this ancient tomb, almost none of them were intact, and they were forcibly broken by some micro-blasting methods. There were some written records and some exquisite reliefs on the stone door, which were destroyed in this way.

Hong Tianbao didn't say anything, tomb robbers do not have these archaeologists' professions. That's a matter of course. Archaeologists may have advanced methods, and now technology is developing rapidly. Tomb digging often adds some modern scientific and technological means, such as ground penetrating radar, metal detectors, gas analyzers, etc.

The real folk tomb robbers are subject to various restrictions. He cannot take the radar to rob the tomb. Even a Luoyang shovel has to find a way to disassemble and "hide" it, so they can only solve it with brute force.

in the country, the history of tomb robbing has also been very long and has almost developed into a profession.

According to historical records, the phenomenon of tomb robbery became popular during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the trend of tomb robbery continued in subsequent dynasties. The custom of burial and the differentiation of wealth and poverty were one of the reasons for the breeding of tomb robbery, and the relaxation of moral constraints made tomb robbery more and more rampant. The reason why most tomb robbery in history was to make money.

In ancient times, there was a funeral custom of "death is like life". All the things I loved and precious were buried with me during my lifetime. As the main occupants of wealth, the tombs of emperors and nobles must have rich wealth buried in their tombs, so they became the main target of tomb robbers. There are countless examples of the tombs of emperors and nobles in various dynasties and dynasties being robbed.

Tomb robbing is also very knowledgeable. Hong Tianbao reads the relevant introduction from a book given by Professor Fang. Generally, it starts from four aspects, namely, looking, listening, asking, and touching. This method sounds very similar to the diagnosis and treatment methods of old Chinese medicine doctors.

"Wang" means looking at the qi and Feng Shui. Old tomb robbers are experienced and are very good at Feng Shui techniques. Therefore, whenever they go, they must first check the terrain and see where the ancient tombs with the soil that have been destroyed on the ground are located. As long as it is a real Feng Shui treasure land, it is generally a large tomb, and there must be many treasures in the tomb. Feng Shui techniques are used to guide the determination of the unmarked tomb sites on the ground, and there will be no end to every possible way.

Speaking of this, there is also a story. It is said that during the Republic of China, a tomb robber in the surname Cai was very good at Feng Shui. If he went out, he would choose points. Those who followed him would gather around him.

Once he went to the countryside to visit relatives, and arrived at a very beautiful place. He pointed to a paddy field and told his fellow travelers that there must be a large tomb under this field, and the treasures in the tomb will make you and me suddenly rich. The fellow travelers did not believe it, so he bet with them: If there is no ancient tomb, he would lose 1,000 dollars. On the contrary, the treasures in the tomb will be 70% owned.

Everyone was very excited and secretly asked dozens of villagers to dig at night. In the middle of the night, they were indeed digging out a large brick tomb. The walls of the tomb painted the picture of the life of the deceased. There were swords, tripods, jade bis, lacquerware, gold cakes, inkstones, bamboo tubes and other items in the tomb. Later, they sold them to American missionaries and got a lot of dollars and became rich.

"Smell" means smelling the smell. Tomb robbers with this magical technique specialize in practicing the olfactory function of their noses. Before digging, they open the topsoil layer of the tomb, take a pinch of tomb soil under their nose and sniff it hard, identify whether the tomb has been stolen from the smell of the earth, and judge the era based on the color of the earth. It is said that the best kung fu can use the nose to distinguish the subtle odor between the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty tomb soil, and the accuracy is amazing.

"Question" means to check out the spot. Those who are good at this often pretend to be Feng Shui masters or ministers, wander around, pay special attention to beautiful scenery and places where generals, ministers and senior officials have been. They are generally good at talking and talking to elders and elderly people. Whenever they go, they visit local elderly people as fortune tellers or Feng Shui masters to obtain information and locations of ancient tombs from the conversation.

Such people have some skills and good eloquence, and can easily gain the trust of the other party. Once they find out the exact location of the ancient tomb, they will immediately summon thieves to dig at night.

"Cut" means to take the pulse. It has three meanings: the first layer refers to how to find the hole-cutting direction after discovering the ancient tomb and enter the coffin at the shortest distance. This skill not only requires rich experience in tomb robbing, but also requires a keen sense of understanding things. Those who are good at this often cut the position of the coffin quickly based on the direction of the terrain and veins, just like taking the pulse for people, then dig holes from the slope, reaching the head and tail of the coffin in the tomb chamber, and stealing the burial objects. Zeng Guofan's tomb was robbed by this method a few years ago.

The second meaning refers to the treasure on the deceased after the coffin is opened and the lid is opened. It is touched from the head, through the mouth to the anus, and finally to the feet. Touching the treasure is like taking a pulse for the patient. It is necessary to be careful and calm, pay attention to calmness and accuracy, and there is no omission.

The third meaning refers to touching the cultural relics unearthed by hand. Since there are countless cultural relics among them, there are often no need to examine them with your eyes. Just touch the items slowly and know which things to be worth. They often use this skill to bet with people to win or lose, and they often have a chance of winning.

These knowledge about tomb robbers is full of experience accumulated over thousands of years, which is amazing.

In the past, in Hong Tianbao's mind, tomb robbers were a very mysterious identity. Just like the pirates in the eyes of foreigners, they actually did not reject this profession in their hearts. On the contrary, many of their methods were amazing. (To be continued.

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Chapter completed!