On the gaunt hill, there are densely packed with tombs, at least hundreds of them, and they are arranged strictly in the order of ancestors, descendants, legitimate descendants, and common descendants on the right, and very neatly arranged!

With the water-like moonlight, you can clearly see the words on the tombstones:

From the first-rank Guanglu Dafu-Shangshi-Sanshu-postuate "Wenjian"-Li Gong Youyun, he was awarded the tomb of his wife Zhang!

The third-rank official, Zhengyishun, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, was awarded the tomb of his wife Wang!

The seventh-rank Xuanyi Lang-County Magistrate Li Gong Chaoyang, the tomb of the Zhao clan!

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The tomb of Li Qingbai and his wife Xu, the unfilial son Li Shunzhe respectfully stood up!

Observation found that there was an interesting phenomenon in the Li family’s ancestral tomb, that is, the older the tomb, the simpler it was repaired, but the official position of the tomb owner was very large!

On the contrary, the closer the tomb is, the more luxurious it is to be repaired, but the official position of the tomb owner is very small!

Especially the latest ones, the owner of the tomb simply has no official position, but is just a commoner. At most, he is considered a rich man, but the tombs are repaired, which is even more grand than the tombs of ordinary high-ranking officials!

From this we can infer that the Li family was originally a poor family, and they relied on farming or working for generations to make a living. Later, they saved some money and began to support their children in their family, wanting to change their families through the imperial examination!

God follows others' wishes, and a hard-working and studious young student has really emerged at home. He studied hard for ten years and was awarded the title of the list. He successfully entered the career of the officialdom and promoted the Li family in one fell swoop!

Because he came from a poor family, this young man knew the sufferings of the people well, so he determined to be a good official who was fair and honest and loved the people as much as his son!

He thought so and did the same. He devoted himself to the law throughout his life and did a lot of good things for the people. He also promoted step by step in his career and eventually became a first-rank official. After his death, he was praised by the court and given a posthumous title: Wen Jian!

According to the order of posthumous titles of civil officials in the Ming Dynasty: Zheng, Zhen, Cheng, Zhong, Duan, Ding, Jian, Yi, Su, Yi, Xian, Zhuang..., it is already quite good to be posthumously named "Wen Jian". It can be called "Life and Death"!

This Qing official was buried in the oldest and simplest grave - from the first-rank Guanglu doctor - Li Youyun!

Li Youyun was an honest official and had a rigorous family education, so his son was also very promising. He became the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites. Although it was not as good as my official position as my master, it was a waste of time.

But then, like many eunuch families, the Li family also fell into a vicious cycle of rats under weasels, one generation worse than the other!

The descendants of the Li family lived a superior life since childhood and did not recognize the sufferings of the people. As a result, they became more and more arrogant, more and more greedy and domineering, and less promising. Naturally, they became smaller and smaller, and even failed the imperial examination, and became ordinary people again!

In fact, it is not just the Li family. Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, it is not the same. Zhu Yuanzhang was wise and powerful, and Zhu Di was not inferior. However, the later emperors were not as good as the other generation, and the national power became weaker and weaker, and sooner or later it would disappear!

"Brother Xue, there are too many graves here. Which one should we dig?"

"Just dig the largest and latest grave!"

"Okay!"

Xue Yu's eyes turned and he chose the target to start.

First, this is the most luxurious grave, and there are definitely the most burial objects in it. It is better to do a big deal and get more gold, silver and jewelry, which is enough for everyone to go to Shaanxi without worrying about food and clothing, and can also help other victims!

Secondly, the owner of this tomb is Li Qingbai, who is the biological father of the chief clerk!

There is a saying: if the son does not teach him, the father and son live in the same way. Li Zhubu is so corrupt and greedy, but in the final analysis, his father has not educated his son well!

Now that Li Qingbai’s tomb has been dug, it can be regarded as a small punishment for him!

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Li Qingbai's tomb is very big. In front is a bluestone carved tombstone, a stone platform for sacrificial offerings, and stone railings on both sides. Behind are two tightly sealed tomb doors, obliquely downward tomb passages, and a vaulted tomb chamber made of blue bricks. There are also thick seals around it!

Perhaps he had done too many unethical things during his lifetime and was worried that someone would dig the grave after his death. Li Qingbai's tomb was very solid!

The two tomb doors are carved from a whole piece of granite. It seems that there are not a thousand kilograms, but also eight hundred kilograms. After being sealed from the inside, it is difficult for human resources to open it.

By analogy, the diagonal tomb passage must be filled with stone strips, sand, etc. Maybe there is a second stone gate. Even if you spend more than 100 or 100 tigers to open the tomb passage, you will not be able to enter the tomb passage!

Each of the blue bricks used to repair the tomb chamber weighs twenty or thirty kilograms. The bricks are made of glutinous rice juice, egg white, and lime, and the gaps are mixed with lime, so even the awl cannot be inserted. A layer of pig iron is cast on the arched dome, making it extremely sturdy!

If you rely on brute force to dig, just rely on people like Xue Yu and Hu Dachui, let alone one night, I’m afraid you won’t be able to dig it out in a month!

Fortunately, Xue Yu has rich theoretical knowledge in tomb robbing (he has read many novels such as "Ghost Blows Out the Light", "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", "Yin and Yang Secret Records"), and knows how to deal with such a strong grave!

As the saying goes, a wise man will make a mistake. Li Qingbai's tomb is very strong, with impeccable front, back, left, right and top, but the bottom is missing!

"Dong!Dong!"

"Play the tart cloth and we're starting to work!"

"yes!"

Xue Yu circled around the tomb twice, and based on years of exploration work experience, he roughly judged the center position of the tomb and the depth of the burial!

I found a place with the softest soil at a distance of one meter from the tomb chamber and stomped my feet hard!

Everyone immediately spread the oil cloth and spread it flat on the grass, which was more than twenty square meters. This was specially used for shading rain or sunshine when wealthy families built coloring sheds!

Xue Yu pulled out the dagger, cut off a circle about two meters in diameter at the position where he stomped his feet just now, and carefully shoveled the grass below with a steel shovel, and placed it intact next to it!

"Boss Hu, let's see you below. Dig down from here, you have to dig at least two feet deep!"

"Brother Xue, just look at it!"

Hu Dahui had already been ready, but he inserted the whirlwind shovel to the ground and shook the copper handle vigorously. The nine stainless steel wavy leaves rotated and spread the gravel and soil outwards, and soon a round hole more than three feet deep, the size of a basin!

After lifting the whirlwind shovel, the others rushed up and quickly dug the round hole with the shovel and pickaxe, expanding it to about two meters in diameter!

The excavated soil was piled on the oil cloth under the command of Xue Yu. Is the purpose of this? You will know later!

In this way, Xue Yu was in charge of the command, Hu Dahui was specialized in drilling holes, and others expanded the drilling holes, and the cycle continued to continue!

Tonight's action is related to whether there is food to eat tomorrow and the life and death of more than 200 people. Therefore, everyone is working very hard. In addition, Xue Yu chose the location of the soil, so it took only more than an hour to dig a two-meter-deep circular hole!

Then Xue Yu measured the angle and directed everyone to dig in the direction of the tomb chamber in the same way, pushing a distance of 100,500 feet, and then digging directly above. This is one of the unique skills of tomb robbers - the Kite Flip-off method!

Li Qingbai's tomb is about 15 feet deep, surrounded by a solid blue brick wall and a dome with molten iron. It is extremely solid in five aspects, but the bottom is ordinary soil!

Just near the tomb chamber, dig a two-meter-deep hole, then push it towards the direction of the tomb chamber, so that you can pass under the brick wall, and then dig directly above, and you will successfully enter the center of the tomb chamber!

From this we can see that no matter how strong the tomb is, it cannot stop the pace of tomb robbers. The Li family’s ancestral tomb is like this, and the imperial tomb is no exception!

The tombs of the twenty-four emperors of the Han Dynasty, the eighteen tombs of Guanzhong in the Tang Dynasty, the six tombs of Jiangnan in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the tombs of countless emperors, generals and ministers were all excavated. The jewelry was swept away, and the corpses were abandoned in the wilderness, allowing birds and beasts to gnaw on them. Their situation was terrible!

In fact, it is not difficult to sleep peacefully after death:

No seal or tree, no stele or carving, no gold or jade objects are buried with you, a regular dress, a thin coffin, and three feet of loess are enough!

If you don’t have money in the tomb, you will naturally not recruit thieves!

Unfortunately, many people know this truth, but few people really do it.

There is no way, wealth and honor are too tempting. Even though I was lying in the coffin, I still wanted to hold it firmly and take it to another world to continue to enjoy it!

"Boss, I dug it through, dig it into the tomb chamber!"

"Don't go in, exit quickly!"

The monkey was thin and responsible for taking the lead in front of him. When he heard the cheers, Xue Yu quickly called him out!

The tomb chamber has been closed for too long, so there must be severe oxygen deficiency inside, and there may be harmful gases. Living people rashly crawled in and buried them with the tomb owner.

Many tomb robbers who are greedy and impatient have lost their lives like this!

After the monkey retreated, Xue Yu directed several people to point the bellows at the entrance of the thief, and desperately blowing the air inside to promote air circulation!

After blowing for a while, he took out the big white goose, untied the rope on his mouth, and threw it into the tomb along the stolen hole!

"Rolling! Rolling!"

After the big white goose entered the tomb, it kept screaming, and nothing happened. Only then did Xue Yu nodded with confidence and winked at the monkey and Dahei!

My friends for many years have long been in tune with each other. The two of them immediately retreated to the ground, quietly held the dagger on their waists, and firmly guarded the entrance of the thief hole!

Since ancient times, a small part of the tomb robbers who died were not very skilled and accidentally died in the tomb, but the other half died at the hands of their accomplices!

Now the three gangs are robbing tombs together. After a while, who can guarantee that Hu Dachui or others will not have the intention to find money and then become murderous?
Chapter completed!