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Chapter 3: The sinner of the nation!Canadian missionaries?
The Eastern Zhou Dynasty was divided into two stages: the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The era was characterized by the feuding feudal lords and hundreds of schools of thought contending.
In the long history, ten wise officials of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty were buried in the capital.
Among them, eight virtuous ministers are buried in Xicun, buried in the same tomb.
The news of the discovery of the large tomb in Xicun spread quickly, and local masters, cultural relic dealers, and even foreign cultural relic robbers gathered together.
They tried their best to bypass the sight of the villagers and enter the tomb.
Rumor has it that at least twenty holes have been discovered alone!
It can be described as heartbreaking!
The worst thing was not this. In the previous life, when Lin Ran and others went to the mausoleum to investigate, they found that the mausoleum had been blown up long ago. Apart from rubble, there was not even a corpse left for them.
It can be said to be the worst tomb robbery in the history of Beijing!
At that time, it also aroused the interest of many foreign cultural relic dealers.
They gathered in the West Village and secretly stole and sold antiques under the guise of preaching.
But foreigners are particularly conspicuous in the local area, and they only dare to do things like chickens and dogs.
Later, the foreigner disguised as a missionary came up with a way to hire a local team of tomb robbers to blow up the tomb and then smuggle the contents back to his country.
According to research by neon historians who witnessed all this, a total of 532 cultural relics were unearthed at that time, 221 of which were eventually recovered by China, and the rest were collected in Canadian museums.
Lin Ran couldn't help but clenched his fists, it was so bad!
He estimated the time and found that the tomb was bombed at the current time.
The stall owner in front of me was acting suspiciously and didn't look like he really wanted to do business.
From Lin Ran's point of view, he was sneaking things out to try and make some money.
They must be missionary Warner's men!
Lin Ran stood up and looked at the stall owner.
The stall owner was a little confused. He just called someone else a brat, so why should he be so fierce?
Lin Ran asked on the spot: "This is a bronze bell from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Where did you get it?"
Only then did Lin Ran see clearly the appearance of the stall owner. He looked more like a mouse than Huang Hao. There was a scar on his small eyes, which made him look even more sinister.
The stall owner was stunned for a moment, then said unhappily: "Don't you understand the rules of Liulichang? Do you care where I got it from?"
You look so arrogant and domineering, what can you do to me?
Lin Ran said: "If I guess correctly, these are the funerary objects from the big tomb under the West Village. Did you steal them from inside?"
Lin Ran's words made the stall owner even more shocked.
However, he pretended to be nonchalant on the surface: "What are you talking about? Even if I got it from the West Village, it has nothing to do with you."
After saying that, he waved his hand to drive Lin Ran away.
For some reason, he felt that the sharp eyes of the young man in front of him made him a little afraid.
He is a professional tomb robber. He has been tombs for many years, and the corpses he has seen are similar to the people he has seen.
But no one has ever given him such a sense of majesty.
In fact, these three items were indeed taken out secretly by him.
After digging a hole to enter the tomb, everyone else was moving things out. Only he secretly hid three things in the haystacks nearby.
The next day they took it to Liulichang and sold it.
He also knew very well that in ancient times, the higher the status of the princes and nobles, the more burial objects they had.
Although he couldn't tell how valuable the things he was selling were, it was enough to know the other party's true identity.
The main reason why Lin Ran was angry was that this mausoleum was very important to China.
They only have the structure of the tomb chamber of the Tomb of the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty. They have never seen the structure of the tomb of the famous generals and ministers of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. They don't know what the difference is when they are buried.
Moreover, the West Village tripod, gold-inlaid copper ruler and melon pot are the only funerary objects in history and have long been out of print!
The tomb robbers in front of them have obviously robbed the tomb, but it is not clear to what extent they have stolen, but it will not take long before the cultural relics inside will be wiped out.
And the person who hired them was undoubtedly the Canadian missionary Warner!
Warner was a Catholic priest on the surface, and public preaching was not allowed in the mainland, so he came to China under the banner of charity.
In fact, his purpose is to plunder Chinese cultural relics and make so-called contributions to Canadian museums!
He had been eyeing Xicun for some time, and even established a good relationship with the local villagers. The local villagers had a good impression of him, so they took the initiative to introduce him to the tomb of Xianchen of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
Most of the villagers are very simple and they just regard Hua Nair as an international friend.
Unexpectedly, Wanner took them as the enemy. Not only did he find a way to find the entrance at night, but he also cooperated with the Northern Tomb Raiders team to directly blow up the hole and destroy everything inside.
It's really like the Eight-Nation Allied Forces back then, take away what you can and destroy what you can't take away!
It is simply an unpardonable sin!
What's even more annoying is that it was not foreigners who took action this time, but a domestic team of northern tomb robbers.
He can be called a sinner of the nation!
Thinking of this, Lin Ran clenched his fists tighter.
He just bent down to confirm the authenticity of the three cultural relics. From the coating to the shape, they were all products of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
Therefore, the identity of the person in front of him was determined. Even if he was not a member of the tomb robbery team, he was inseparable from this team.
Tomb robbers are not popular in Liulichang because they are often associated with bad luck.
After his identity was discovered, the stall owner, like Wei Chengbin at that time, wrapped the cultural relics in cloth and prepared to leave.
When he was about to leave, he pushed Lin Ran: "Don't block the way. It's really unlucky to meet you. I won't be able to do business today."
Lin Ran wanted to hold his hand and prevent him from leaving.
But it's not good to alert the enemy. I was a little impulsive just now, so I just watched the other person leave silently, remembering his appearance.
He was not worried about finding the stall owner. From the other party's words and deeds, it was not difficult to see that the other party did have a problem and was already guilty.
After calming down the anger in his heart, Lin Ran had no intention of continuing shopping. How did he want to deal with these guys?
As a northern tomb robber, he is cruel and ruthless.
If I want to stop the actions of this group of people, should I report them directly, or should I go a long way to save the country?
Report them and they will definitely run away.
As the mastermind behind the scenes, Warner will certainly be able to escape guilt due to the historical background.
At that time, although the mausoleum can be preserved, we are not afraid of thieves stealing it, but we are afraid that thieves will miss it.
If these tomb robbers cannot be caught, the tragedy of the tomb being blown up will inevitably happen again.
Before the cultural relics are lost, what I have to consider is to catch these tomb robbers and the masterminds behind the scenes.
Lin Ran began to formulate a plan in his mind.
His greatest advantage is that he understands all the collections in the tomb through documents.
When they cooperated with Liu Jingfeng before, they were interested in his ability to identify treasures.
He could pretend to surrender and collect evidence of the crimes of these people.
Watching the other party leave, he would look back at Lin Ran from time to time, his eyes full of doubts and timidity!