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Chapter 241 Li Ji’s Tomb
The heroes of Lingyan Pavilion were the heroes who conquered the world together with Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. They were the pillars of the founding of the prosperous Tang Dynasty!
After successfully ascending to the throne, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty ordered Yan Liben to paint portraits of 24 heroes in Lingyan Pavilion.
Historically known as the 24 heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, they include Guo Ziyi, Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng and other famous officials and generals.
However, after the Xuanwu Gate Incident, all the heroes passed away one after another, and only thirteen were buried in the imperial mausoleum as a companion.
The remaining heroes are buried across the country.
Lin Ran suddenly became interested and asked: "Which tomb of Lingyan Pavilion hero did you find?"
"The specific identity has not been determined yet." Liu Jingfeng replied, "We can only confirm his current position five kilometers away from Zhaoling in Xianyang, Shaanxi."
Zhaoling is the joint burial mausoleum of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty and the Changsun family of Empress Wende. It is located on the main peak of Jiuwei Mountain in Yanxia Town, Liquan County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province.
It has been regarded as a cultural protection target by the local people. Archaeological research was also attempted in [-], but due to limited technology, it was finally abandoned.
Lin Ran knew what was going on.
The tomb near Zhaoling, as expected, should be the tomb of Li Ji!
Li Ji is a legendary general. As one of the 24 heroes, at the age of 75, he still dragged his old body and traveled thousands of miles to conquer Goryeo, captured the King of Goryeo alive, and returned in triumph.
But with great military exploits, he should have enjoyed a long life, but he passed away that year.
Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, specially built a grand tomb for him to show his contribution to the pacification of Goryeo.
It's near Zhaoling, but even though Li Ji made great military exploits for the Tang Dynasty.
But his grandson Xu Jingye chose to resist Wu Zetian. After being suppressed, Wu Zetian ordered the annihilation of his nine clans.
Li Ji, who was buried in the grave, did not escape punishment.
The tomb was dug up, the bones were whipped and brutally decomposed, and then buried back in place.
After Wu Zetian died, Tang Zhongzong ascended the throne.
After he learned all this, in recognition of Li Ji's meritorious service, he buried Li Ji generously again.
This is the life of a legendary general. There is no peace whether he is alive or dead.
The most regrettable thing is that his tomb has been stolen by others several times. When Lin later knew the location of the tomb, it had been completely destroyed.
Unexpectedly, Liu Jingfeng and the others found Li Ji's tomb before the country did!
"Have the tombs been stolen?" Lin Ran asked impatiently, but pretended to be calm.
"Probably not. When we discovered this tomb, the mountains and forests were lush and leafy, and there were no traces of anyone passing by." Liu Jingfeng naturally knew everything about his partners.
According to their southern rules, people on the same boat must of course trust each other.
Li Ji's tomb should have been robbed during the Five Dynasties, but the tools at that time were backward and it was impossible for tomb robbers to enter the inside of the tomb. At most, they could dig some cultural relics outside.
It has not been mined by modern tomb robbers, and Li Ji's tomb has basically remained intact!
Lin Ran secretly decided to take out the cultural relics from Li Ji's tomb and conduct protective excavations before they were destroyed by the northern faction.
"Have you forgotten our agreement?" Lin Ran suddenly asked.
Liu Jingfeng had previously promised him that after excavating the ancient tomb, he would give priority to selling it to the National Museum and would never sell it to foreigners.
After getting Lu Yingjie's notes, Lin Ran also wanted to try his tomb robbing skills, but unexpectedly the opportunity appeared.
This was a precious tomb. In his mind, there were only thirteen cultural relics inside. It was entirely because these thirteen items did not seem to be valuable, so they were not taken away by tomb robbers.
Since two emperors of the Tang Dynasty gave him a grand burial, he must have been given a lot of burial objects.
Only thirteen items are absolutely unreasonable. This period of history is rarely mentioned in history books as cultural relics are lost.
"Of course, I, Liu Jingfeng, keep my word. These are my brothers who have followed me through life and death, and they are completely trustworthy." Liu Jingfeng said, patting his chest.
In his eyes, although Lin Ran is a novice to Tufuzi, his research on history and understanding of cultural relics will raise their team's income to a higher level.
Coupled with Lin Ran's identification with the southern culture, he was even more convinced that Lin Ran was their destined member.
"Okay, I'll go with you." Lin Ran nodded, "But you have to give me some time to prepare."
After receiving Lin Ran's agreement, several people seemed very excited.
"It doesn't matter, we also need to make some preparations. Don't worry about accommodation and food. We will take care of it." Liu Jingfeng said with fists in his hands.
In this era, the service industry is monopolized by state-owned enterprises.
Without a letter of introduction, you cannot stay in hotels or guest houses or eat in restaurants when you go to other places.
Arrangements do need to be made in advance.
"How many people do you have? What aspects of work are you responsible for?" Lin Ran asked. Since we want to cooperate, we must first understand the division of labor.
"That's what you see, we do everything." Liu Jingfeng briefly introduced the people present.
"Yellow-skinned rat, a master at discovering tombs, has been wandering around for a long time."
"Jianbao is an expert at opening doors. He pried open the entrances to most tombs in the past."
"Xu Yu, a counter-investigation expert, is responsible for avoiding people's eyes and ears and helping to break the news."
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Jiazhen introduced his members in detail. This tomb robbery team mainly consists of eight people. Each person has a clear division of labor and cooperates with each other.
Due to long-term tomb robbing, they also have a certain understanding of antiques, but it is only limited to the basics.
After all, the cultural level is not high and it is difficult to further study.
Lin Ran nodded slightly, and then introduced himself: "My name is Lin Ran. I am good at identification. I need to remove easily damaged cultural relics from tombs. In addition, I have some research on finding secret passages."
Hearing this, the native masters looked at each other.
The yellow-skinned rat with a sly eyebrow asked distrustfully: "Brother Lin, I believe in your ability to identify treasures, but you said you have research on finding secret passages, which I don't understand. Have you ever learned how to go to a grave?"
A few days ago, Lin Ran didn't dare to say the last words.
But after seeing Lu Yingjie's lifelong efforts, he believed that his level of burial should not be lower than that of the unknown Tufuzi team in front of him.
"I have read some books by craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty. They record the composition of the tombs of the Tang Dynasty and describe the design tips of the secret passages. I think it should not be a problem." Lin Ran made an excuse and said.
"Studying in books will always make you shallow. If you haven't been to the grave, don't pretend to be professional." The yellow-skinned mouse said in a pretentious manner.
"Huang Hao, what are you talking about? Apologize to Brother Lin." Liu Jingfeng glared at him and finally invited Lin Ran into the team. What if he left in anger.
"No need." Lin Ran waved his hand and said, "As for whether he is a professional or not, we will find out in the grave."
"Okay, let's meet at the calligraphy and painting shop last time at eight o'clock in the morning seven days later." Seeing that Lin Ran didn't mind, Liu Jingfeng didn't mention it again.
"Okay, see you there then!"