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Chapter 279 Three National Treasures!The harvest is amazing!
In fact, because the ancient tomb has not been unearthed, Lin Ran did not dare to judge this period of history.
But he remembered a record in an unofficial history.
When Taizu of the Song Dynasty was still alive, his goal was to unify the world and bring peace to the separatist forces.
In view of the strong military strength of the Song Dynasty, although the Liao Kingdom was eyeing them, the Song Dynasty also adopted a preventive strategy against them because it was not yet unified internally.
After Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty, he immediately started the Northern Expedition and captured the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyun.
Although the defeat of Gaolianghe was ushered in, the Song Dynasty did not give up.
But the Liao Kingdom is now in civil strife, so it proposed peace.
The ruler of the Liao Kingdom at that time was Yelu Abaoji. After careful consideration, he married his daughter to Song Taizong.
However, Song Taizong had always been hostile to the Yelu family. Although he agreed to marry the Liao people, he never treated her well.
Then came the defeat of Gaoliang River.
Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty was furious and immediately killed his concubine and informed the Liao Kingdom that the princess had died of illness.
Of course Yelu Abaoji didn't believe it, and the two sides would be at war with each other. However, Song Dynasty and neighboring countries were in a state of tension and did not dare to further offend.
So Yelu Abaoji sent a ceremonial team to assist in the burial.
Due to his alien status, he was not buried in the imperial mausoleum, but as a courtesy, a mausoleum left over from the Tang Dynasty was found and a mausoleum was built underneath.
As for the murals and Song Dynasty-style buildings outside, they are naturally the product of the combination of Song and Liao burials.
The unsolved mystery now is the true identity of this princess and why she appeared in Li Ji's tomb.
You may have to read this book to get an explanation!
"You mean this is the tomb of Princess Daliao?" Liu Jingfeng's face showed excitement.
"Yes." Lin Ran nodded solemnly.
Due to serious tomb robbery and damage in the previous life, later generations misunderstood the tomb without a monument at the foot of the mountain, thinking it was Wu Zetian's tomb, so it was called the Empress Mausoleum.
In fact, what is buried here is not the empress at all, but an exotic princess!
This trip to the tomb not only made them a lot of money, but the gold jewelry taken out of the final coffin weighed two kilograms, which was a huge investment.
More importantly, it reveals the true face of history!
"Brother Lin, this book is of little use to us, so I'll give it to you." Liu Jingfeng handed the book to Lin Ran without any explanation.
As for other things, they are only now starting to divide them.
It was about noon now, and they were all a little hungry.
He took the bread and dry food and ate them with boiling water in the wild.
Lin Ran had long been accustomed to eating next to the mausoleum.
After finishing the meal, I finally felt that my strength had returned.
Everyone's backpacks were full, and three snakeskin bags were filled to the brim.
From the weapons in the arsenal, I only selected some that were easier to carry and took them out.
If the weapon is valuable, they will take it out later.
Lin Ran and Huang Hao, acting as experts, began to identify the cultural relics.
The first thing Lin Ran saw was the three gilt copper beams.
This was taken from Li Ji.
The surface is also covered with some silt, which looks like rotten leather.
In fact, after wiping off the dirt, you can see that this crown is actually a frame made of copper alloy, with a leather stretched shape, and a leather-hollowed arabesque decoration on the outside. There are three gilt copper beams on the top. , with three pairs of symmetrical hollow flower buds on both sides.
Looks extremely graceful and noble!
"The "Old Book of Tang" records that Taizong often used futou as a weapon in the later Zhou Dynasty, and used it as a military officer. He ordered the world to suppress troops. He explored the ancient system and made a wing-fan crown and submitted it himself. He also made virtue crowns and gave them to noble ministers." Lin Ran couldn't help but think of this passage.
The crown in Li Ji's tomb should be the Jinde crown.
According to the distinction between crown and beam in front of you, it is "three beams entering the crown of virtue".
"Brother Lin, is this thing valuable?" Liu Jingfeng noticed that Lin Ran had been looking at this cultural relic. It was obvious that this cultural relic was expensive.
Lin Ran sighed and said, "If I tell you that this is a national treasure-level cultural relic, what are you going to do?"
He wanted to see Liu Jingfeng's attitude.
National treasure-level cultural relics not only mean that they are extremely valuable, but also mean that if they are discovered by archaeologists, they can fill the gaps in history.
Liu Jingfeng's face immediately became serious. He called everyone to him and said, "We have dug a big tomb this time. Maybe we can leave a name in history. The gold and silver jewelry and Tang Sancai excavated from it will be sold. Money is no problem.”
“But for the other things I found inside, I decided to contact the people at the museum and sell them at a low price.”
"It may affect your income. What do you think?"
Liu Jingfeng wants to hear other people's opinions.
I thought that the tomb robbers were only seeking profit, but I didn't expect that none of them had objections to this.
"Boss, just make the decision on this matter."
"Yes, didn't you discuss it with Brother Lin? We must keep our word."
"that is..."
The team members did not have any objections over the division of the spoils.
Instead, Lin Ran became curious: "Brother Liu, do you know someone from the museum?"
"Of course." Liu Jingfeng laughed loudly, "Brother Lin, was everything I said before just a boast?"
In this era, although tomb robbing is illegal, the state does not enforce it strictly.
The country's important experience is in economic construction, but the protection of cultural relics is not enough.
Therefore, they need these native masters to go to tombs across the country to take out cultural relics and enrich the museum's collections.
Some local masters will also disable the mechanisms in the tombs to create a better archaeological environment for them.
Especially the Southern Tufuzi practiced it personally.
What about the rest?
This time they went to the tomb and took out a total of three national treasure-level cultural relics!
They are the Tang Dynasty animal-headed agate cup and Sanliang Jinde crown from the tomb of Li Ji, and the other one is the gold and jade cone unearthed from the tomb of Princess Liao.
The golden jade cone is the awl used by the Liao Kingdom to kill geese. It is recorded in history that when the Liao people were training a beast called Haidongqing, they would order them to hunt swans.
However, Haidongqing is small in size, so even if it successfully captures a swan, it is likely that the swan will easily escape from its restraints.
So you need a goose-killing cone, which is used to kill swans.
Although cruel, it also reflects the customs and customs of the Liao Kingdom at that time.
There are no relevant cultural relics on display in current museums, which can fill the gap.
During this trip to the tomb, a total of 23 Tang Sancai pieces, five bronze and iron weapons, two and a half kilograms of gold ornaments, and a small amount of silver ornaments were obtained.
Everyone had a look of surprise on their faces.
Big profit this time!
"Brother Liu, don't forget what you promised me." Lin Ran reminded.
If this thing is sold to foreigners, the price will definitely increase by more than three or four times.
"Of course I remember." Liu Jingfeng said seriously, "Brother Lin, I will give priority to the official people. If they are willing to buy, we will sell it to them at a low price. If no one buys it, and it flows into the market, we will also choose to buy carefully. Home!"