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Chapter 212 Southern Faction and Northern Faction
Tomb robbing for what?For profit.
Where is the benefit?
Grave objects.
Since ancient times, the dead have often carried burial objects with them into their graves.
It is impossible to know when the specific system appeared.
Perhaps it has appeared since people began to have faith.
With the changes in society, the types of funerary objects have also become dazzling.
Before the Qin Dynasty, burial objects were often production tools.
Later, funerary objects became more and more inclined to be handicrafts.
They also became valuable, and the funerary objects aroused greed in people's hearts.
Then, Tufuzi appeared.
Tufuzi are divided into southern and northern schools.
The Southern Tufuzi appeared in the Changsha area as the center, and the terrain was complex.
The construction of the tombs of ancient nobles was also very complicated, and special methods were used to make their appearance blend in with the surrounding environment.
Hard to spot from the outside.
In order to find the specific location of the tomb, the southern tomb robbers invented a method similar to traditional Chinese medicine.
Therefore, many of them are called Tufuzi, who can identify tombs by looking at the soil.
If the southern faction's tomb robbers are technical, the northern faction's tomb robbers are more inclined to destroy.
Because most of the northern areas are generally dry, their tombs are mostly made of clay, which can be easily distinguished from their appearance.
At the same time, it is extremely strong. To break the protection of the tomb, tools are often needed.
Later novels also joked that the southern faction relied on technology, while the northern faction relied on brute force.
The most common tools used by Northern Tufuzi were made in Luoyang.
The southern sect has its own way of searching for a tomb, and so does the northern sect.
The usual method used by the northern sect is to use a Luoyang shovel to scoop up a batch of soil on the ground, and then by observing the condition of the soil, you can see whether there is a tomb.
Because visitors to the tomb from the north can recognize Wuhua soil, which is a kind of soil that is only found in tombs.
After digging to confirm that there is a tomb nearby, they will detect the specific location of the tomb.
This work often requires experience to support it, which is the difference between novices and experts.
Experts often only need a day to pinpoint the location of the tomb.
Then, the northern tomb robbers will start working vigorously.
Use Luoyang shovels, axes, shovels and other tomb robbing tools to directly destroy the tomb chamber.
Their purpose was just to enter the tomb, take out the cultural relics inside and sell them for money.
As long as they can use tools to dig holes, they are very good at using them and are comfortable with them.
Therefore, in the eyes of archaeologists, it is better for a tomb to be taken away by southern tomb robbers. They will only take away the funerary objects in the tomb without destroying it.
The northern tomb robbers are different. The tombs they robbed have basically lost their original appearance, making it difficult to explore their original appearance.
Lu Yingjie said slowly: "Among us Tufuzi groups, we are actually divided into the Southern sect and the Northern sect, and I am originally from the Southern sect."
"No wonder you are so proficient in Feng Shui secrets!" Lin Ran nodded and motioned for him to continue.
Lu Yingjie originally wanted to explain the difference between the southern sect and the northern sect, but for some reason, he glanced at Lin Ran and felt that he seemed to know both the southern sect and the northern sect very well, so he did not continue to explain and continued.
"I followed my brother in this business. Unintentionally, we discovered the Dingling Shinto in Fenghuang Mountain, Shaanxi."
"Since it is a tomb from the Tang Dynasty, we thought that there must be a large number of Tang Sancai and other funerary objects inside, and we would make a lot of money by then."
"Six of us went there, and I was responsible for watching outside, while the others found the entrance to Dingling Shinto."
"But at that time we thought it was strange that the intersection of Dingling Shinto was open."
"However, I didn't feel suspicious at first. Instead, I thought it might be due to disrepair and the stone tablet at the entrance was broken."
"So-called brothers don't go to the tomb together, so I waited for them outside."
"After a while, there was actually the sound of fighting inside."
"I heard it very anxious outside, but I didn't dare to go in."
"That's when I realized that something was wrong. I met another group of peasants."
"Fights between native masters are very common, especially over the funerary objects in the tombs. The fighting can be life-and-death."
"There were screams inside, and I was worried outside. Finally, I thought that my brother was inside. No matter what, I had to go in and help him."
"Thinking about it, I picked up the hoe and rushed in."
"In the faint moonlight, I saw that my brother and several of his fellow travelers were pushed to the ground by some tall guys."
"When they saw me, they pulled out something and came towards me."
"I remember that the leader was a fat man with a bald head. He cursed and said: 'Catch that kid together and let them be buried here with Tang Zhongzong.'"
"I was so scared that I picked up the hoe, held it in front of my chest, and cursed: 'Whoever dares to come here, I will fight with you!'"
"They had weapons to defend themselves. They were really scared, so they didn't rush forward in a hurry."
"I thought I could discuss it with them, so I asked, 'Don't you just want the things in the tomb? If you want, I'll give them all to you!'"
"At that time, I just thought about saving my brothers first. As for the money or not, I will talk about it later."
"However, the other party laughed and said, 'You look down on Dingling too much. There are many traps ahead. I need your people to pave a way for us.'"
"The most dangerous thing about exploring ancient tombs is the mechanisms left behind by the past, especially ancient emperors. In order to prevent their bodies from being found by others, they would arrange for craftsmen to leave hidden compartments in the tombs. Once stepped on, the mechanisms would be triggered."
"They just planned to use our people as stepping stones. They watched my brother and others being beaten into inhuman shapes and had no strength to resist."
"They seemed to see my weakness and didn't care that I had weapons in my hands. They surrounded me and planned to arrest me too."
"While I was swinging the hoe in a hurry, I hit a movable brick on the wall."
"Then..."
Speaking of this, Lu Yingjie's face showed an extremely painful expression.
"Then I saw a large number of random arrows appearing in the tomb, turning all the people from the southern and northern factions into a hornet's nest."
"I was so frightened that I collapsed on the ground. Before he died, my brother shouted to me, 'Go!' and stuffed two things into my hands."
"Then I crawled out of the tomb and told myself in my heart that I must not let anyone else know about this."
Lu Yingjie sighed, "Actually, except for my brother, everyone else was also my distant relative at that time. So many people died suddenly, and I didn't have the shame to return to my hometown, so I fled here."
When he mentioned the past and his deceased brother, his eyes were full of sadness.