Chapter 259 Jiannu’s Ancestral Tomb

After giving some instructions on matters between Hunan and Jiangxi, Zhou Feihuo left the house under Zhong Yang's instructions. Liu Shen, who had completed the interference in the situation in Yunnan and Guizhou, had a more important task, which was to set off for Hebei and talk to Sun Dianying for a big deal.

Zhong Yang was not at all rejecting the behavior of this notorious tomb robber, and even praised him. Yuan Datou agreed to take care of the royal family of the Qing Dynasty, but Zhong Yang did not agree. Those people were the targets that must be exterminated. The excavation of the Jiannu imperial tomb was a perfect example of the grand event of Jiannu's opening the coffin and killing corpses after entering the pass.

However, the main reason was to take advantage of Sun Dianying's hand to buy the cultural relics there. Anyway, the conditions for this matter had been negotiated with the ** party, which was nothing more than selling some old arms and using weapons and ammunition to exchange for the priceless treasure of Chinese civilization. No matter how you calculate it, it is a sure profit and no loss.

With this mission, Liu Shen will lead a huge transportation convoy to Zunhua. Sun Dianying had been waiting for a long time there.

After more than half a month, the huge convoy crossed the long sea area and arrived at Hangu Port under the cover of large transport merchant ships. It was less than 130 kilometers away from Zunhua, which happened to be the place where it quickly escaped after the operation was over.

As early as May 1927, Liu Shen intended to meet Sun Dianying, and earlier, he set up a large net here. Many ancient cultural relics were secretly acquired by Zhong Yang so that the precious wealth left by these ancestors would not flow out of the foreign countries.

After the demise of the slave dynasty, according to the provisions of "Eight Conditions for Preferential Treatment of Slave Room", the tombs were still protected. In addition to the ministers to protect the tombs, they also stationed in the Eight Banners tombs. Unfortunately, the situation was turbulent in the early years of the Republic of China, and bandits were everywhere, and even the officials guarding the tombs were often not in the office. Therefore, the warlords of the Zhili and Fengtian clans entered the tombs one after another, and cut down ancient trees in the Dai tombs and cypresses at will. Hundreds of thousands of green pagodas and green cypresses were cut down and sold.

The Minister of Huling was not willing to let the emperor down and colluded with the doctor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and instructed the head guard to steal a large number of gold and silver utensils for sacrifice to the tomb, and resell them from the tomb, and profited from it. For example, the tripod-style copper furnace, copper crane, copper deer and large copper jars containing water on the platform in front of Longen Hall were all transported out and sold. Seeing that the Minister of Huling was like this, the Mingmen also dismantled the nanmu beams in the hall and sold the money.

Over the past decades, countless cultural treasures have flowed out of the hands of foreign buyers, causing immeasurable losses. Since 1923, Zhong Yang has secretly mobilized funds and joined the acquisition ranks. Even when the capital turnover is the most difficult, he has gritted his teeth and persevered.

Unfortunately, it is a drop in the bucket after all. As long as the treasures are still piled up there, it is impossible to save much. After all, Zhong Yang is not the only buyer.

Therefore, finding someone to jointly dig up the imperial tombs became the only choice. Moreover, for the Jiannu royal family, there was no pressure to dig out its ancestral tombs.

For this matter, Zhong Yang and several of the main leaders of the operation have been planning for a long time, including Liu Shen personally going to persuade Sun Dianying. In order to ensure the secrets and safety, Zhong Yang also specially got three large transport ships from Smith, all of which were registered merchant ships in the UK.

Taking advantage of the hazy night, three merchant ships secretly arrived in Hangu and successfully entered the port. Large container trucks with a capacity of 20 tons were successively opened from the back door of the cabin and landed successfully. These transport merchant ships were all modified by Zhong Yang, but they had actually bought ownership from Smith.

It's just that the flag of British registration is still hanging to avoid many troubles.

The road was not in good condition. It was a chaotic time. In the leading off-road jeep, Liu Shen looked at the mountains and rivers outside the window and was slightly stunning. The accompanying guards had more than 500 elite troops, each fully armed. However, they lacked heavy weapons and artillery support, and it was difficult to conflict with the regular army head-on.

However, it is more than enough to protect the safety of the fleet and perform breakthrough tasks.

Malanyu, Zunhua County, is not only a mysterious town, but also a relatively prosperous place from ancient times to the present. This place was called Malan City in ancient times. Because the Lanyang Academy was built during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, it is also known as Lanyang, and is a famous town in Jingdong. It was a strategic location. It was famous throughout the world as early as the Ming Dynasty.

During the Jiannu period, Malanyu was a barracks for the tomb protection personnel and a residence for the royal family. Because of this, there are many shops, mansions, prosperous economy and developed culture, and are known as the "Little Beijing".

The convoy was swaying, rolling smoke and dust on the gravel road with compacted loess. The dark clouds in the sky blocked the moonlight, and the entire earth was dim. On the winding earth and rocky road, starlights dotted on it, which were the searchlights on the front of the car.

At the beginning of this year, Jiang Ruiyuan regained power. The Nanjing government sent troops to the north to attack the Fengtian warlords. Under a powerful offensive, the Fengtian army retreated to the northeast, the Northern Expedition Army occupied Beijing, and the National Government changed Beijing to Peiping. It can be said that in order to obtain the treasures in the imperial tomb, Zhong Yang even sold arms to the ** army and allowed credit. His only requirement was to pave the road to Zunhua and let Sun Dianying serve as the guard of the place.

Zhong Yang would not work with the Zhang family father and son. After all, he is the godson of the Japanese and might be sold.

The boat was exhausted, and Liu Shen's face was full of fatigue and his eyes were deeply engulfed. However, he knew that time was tight, but he didn't have much time to rest. As soon as he arrived, he saw an officer with a mustache coming to greet him with a smile on his face, with a pockmarked person. This person was Sun Dianying.

Sun Dianying is from Yongcheng County, Henan Province. His real name is Sun Kuiyuan and his name is Dianying. He calls himself "Sun Laodian". Because he had smallpox when he was a child, he had a stingy face, so he got the nickname "Sun**zi". Although he had never studied, he could not read a big name for half a liter, but he was very clever and had many tricks.

He has worked as a local philatelic, made fake money, sold cigarettes, opened a casino, and liked to set up a feudal sect and made a ghost to attract gangs. He once led a group of troops, fought several times to win, and was quite powerful. He also made many friends in the world.

This person was not vague about reselling cultural relics. It is estimated that Jiang Ruiyuan personally guided him in this operation. The amount involved was so huge that it was impossible to tolerate any delay. In order to cope with the pressure of other warlords, Jiang Ruiyuan also did not care much about it. It was the serious thing to obtain the arms of the Hualian.

"General Sun, lucky to meet." As soon as they met, Liu Shen forced himself to cheer up, greeted him enthusiastically, and laughed at everyone, which has become his professional habit.

"Mr. Liu, you are polite. Dianying has been waiting here for a long time." Sun Dianying is a versatile person and naturally knows Liu Shen's identity, so he is very polite, with a pleasing look on his face and does not dare to neglect at all.

If you do this business well, you will not only be able to rise to the top and get rich, but also open up a good way for yourself to buy arms. You must know that in this chaotic world, everything is fake, but only the gun is real.

"How is the situation?" Liu Shen asked in a deep voice. The whole operation was to be about to be secret. He had to successfully transport these cultural relics to the south before the great powers reacted.

"Sir, don't worry, I have cleared the surrounding area in the name of exercises, and no one will disturb me." Sun Dianying was not vague and patted his chest to assure him. This is not a big talk. It is related to the future. How dare he be careless and slackened? He began to cooperate with Ma Futian, who was a bandit, early in the morning.

It is precisely because of Ma Futian, the thief, that Sun Dianjun has been leading the army to "suppress bandits". This person has been the most rampant in digging imperial tombs over the years. But to be honest, Ma Futian is also one of Zhong Yang's main suppliers, because others will not use arms to exchange cultural relics directly with him.

It was late at night and people discussed for a while. Liu Shen also went to rest. He hurriedly said goodbye to Sun Dianying and asked his subordinates to arrange accommodation for personnel. Among them, he also arranged his own guards to be responsible for safety work. Be careful in troubled times. People like Sun Dianying must not be trusted.

At noon the next day, Liu Shencai woke up slowly and finally had a good rest to eliminate his fatigue. He did not delay and sent someone to inform Sun Dianying, and rushed to Dongling to dig out Jiannu's ancestral tomb.

With professional engineering team members and matching excavation machines, the convoy drove into Malanyu in a vast expanse, an infamous valley.

During the Daoguang period, in order to strengthen the protection of the mausoleum area, the Qing Dynasty decided to move these two palaces to Malanyu City. The East Palace was built on the west of Hengjiezi Road in the four villages of Malanyu, and the West Palace was built on the north of Malanyu Xiguan Road. These two guardian ministers lived in the East Palace and the West Palace respectively. When the royal palace and the palace palace were built.

Their duty was to protect the Jingling of Kangxi, but later, the East and West Mansions evolved into the highest authority in the entire mausoleum area, and these two guardian ministers became the highest officials sent by the royal family to the imperial tomb.

At that time, the East Mansion and the West Mansion were very luxurious, with more than a hundred rooms inside. Not only were the buildings very majestic and tall, but there was also a garden inside. It was very particular. The buildings in the East Mansion were very tall, very luxurious, and there was a garden inside. It was very particular. The buildings in the East Mansion faced west and east, and the gate was in the east. The main buildings inside were still facing north and south, and were mainly based on main houses.

However, now, Sun Diajun led his troops to block the area and came to the lobby where the prince was handling government affairs and summoned officials. He looked at the office of the tomb protection agency that was once prominent at that time. Feeling the dust on the table, Liu Shen couldn't help but imagine the scene of the magnificent house, people coming and going, and slaves gathering in the house.

But this is the case. Jiannu has been exhausted and no longer the domineering he used to be. The massacre of countless Chinese people, but now he has been digging the graves and insulted the corpse. This is what Buddhism calls retribution unhappy.

"Captain, Mr. Liu, Ma Futian has arrived." Just as Liu Shen and Sun Dianying were discussing the action later, an officer came from outside the door and respectfully reported the truth to the two present. This person is Sun Dianying's confidant. Liu Shen has seen him several times and is a trustworthy person.

Ma Futian was originally a bandit in Donggou Village, Dongling, Qing Dynasty. He was idle and lived a life of "kidnapping". Later, he transformed himself into a dignified commander of the 28th Army. Previously, it was not the first time that he had done the cultural relics in Dongling. This time, he was trying to adjust defense, just to make a big vote and leave.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Shen and Sun Dianying were pulled into the gang. After Ma Futian followed the army, he followed the rules to adjust the defense of the team and had to travel from Baoding to Luan County. This would lead to the negotiations between Xin'an Town, Yutian County, and Ma Futian disguised himself as a bandit into the tomb, and then Sun Dianying came to "suppress the bandits".

"Mr. Liu, Ma Futian is just a loser from the Fengtian army. Why should we share the dividends with him?" Sun Dianying was extremely dissatisfied with contacting Ma Futian for this, and complained a lot. It is normal for anyone to be dispersed by others.

However, Liu Shen also had his own idea about this: "General Sun, Ma Futian is from the Feng army. Although General Zhang was defeated, his forces would withdraw from the outside of the pass. But isn't this still not finished? Ma Futian is a local snake here again. If the news leaks, I don't know how many small money can be sent away."

In Liu Shen's eyes, these cultural relics are the most important. Money and arms are just ordinary goods and are not worth mentioning. Throwing watermelon for sesame seeds is something that only the rough guys like Sun Dianying can do.

After a while, a strong man of five or three thick walked into the house and put his crooked military uniform on his body. He was so indescribable that he was furious and awkward. He opened his mouth: "I have been waiting for you for a long time. I, Ma, will punish myself for three cups first."

His vulgar appearance and behavior are also very rude, but Liu Shen also greeted him with a smile and did not despise him. On the contrary, Sun Dianying had been resentful because of money issues and had no good expression on the side.

Seeing that everyone was here, Liu Shen didn't talk nonsense and bluntly mentioned the important details of the mission: "The two are big names who can speak in this place, and I am not pretentious. There are some details of this transaction that need to be paid attention to."

After saying that, he paused first, and looked at Sun and Ma and Liu Shen, holding up his wine glass and smiling and waiting for the other party to reply. The delicious food on the table has not aroused the interest of the three of them at all.

"I have no problem, but it depends on Mr. Liu." First, Ma Futian made a statement, and Sun Dianying followed closely. No one dared to neglect Liu Shen, the big customer. In the chaotic times, all those who had no brains had died long ago. Now that he has flattered Liu Shen, it is a great thing for buying arms to form his own troops in the future.

Ma Futian and Sun Dianying are both smart people, so they naturally won’t do stupid things.

"Okay, I will emphasize again that the dedicated person I brought to excavate the tomb will be responsible for, and your subordinates are not allowed to intervene. Of course, I have no objection to the supervision and inspection. Anything dug out from the ground will be worthy of the price. I will count the arms and silver dollars, and you will be allowed to choose."

Seeing that both of them nodded, Liu Shen continued to remind and emphasize: "I am ugly in front of you. No one is allowed to escap or destroy them indiscriminately, otherwise life and death will be discussed. Can you understand?"

Although Liu Shen only brought 500 fully armed guards, his equipment was definitely not comparable to Sun and Ma's beggar troops. What's more, he had been angry with Jiang Ruiyuan in advance. In this matter, the ** party itself was a big deal, so how could Sun Dianying dare to make trouble in this matter?

If someone really dares to make trouble, even the biological son must be killed, let alone a few soldiers?

After the discussion was completed, even if the action officially began, the time was scheduled for tomorrow's rising sun. The whole show was played. First, Ma Futian rushed into Dongling, Zunhua County overnight, and looted along the way, creating chaos.

According to the arranged script, at dawn the next day, Sun Diajun led his troops to Malanyu Town. The two armies met, and they shot and fought for bayonets, and started a "furious" battle. After several hours of "tricking and killing", Ma Futian finally retreated and fled west because of the few soldiers.

Commander Tan, the commander of Sun Diajun, led his army to burn several houses and robbed six shops in the name of searching for the enemy and checking weapons. Then he left the west gate of Malanyu and drove into the mausoleum area.

In order to cover people's eyes, they posted notices everywhere, claiming that the troops were going to conduct military exercises in the Dongling District. After camping in the mausoleum area, guard posts were immediately spread around and pedestrians were cut off on the road. It was stipulated that the mausoleum households were only allowed to move in the "circle". This "circle" was originally a large courtyard wall built with large blue bricks, and there were dozens of families living in it, all of whom guarded the tombs of generations.

When each circle closes the door, no one can enter and exit at will.

After everything was ready, a so-called military exercise that shocked China and the world began. Large container trucks that did not even have a brand number drove into Malanyu, storming, rolling yellow sand for several miles.

Some onlookers had never seen such a grand occasion. Of course, they were full of curiosity and wanted to get a glimpse of the truth. However, Sun Dianying surrounded the place with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, making it difficult for birds to fly into it.

Liu Shen was in charge and asked professional excavator engineers to specifically direct the work on the scene. Tomb robbing is also a technical job. Zhong Yang repeatedly reminded him beforehand that those second-rate men from bandits should not be allowed to come in to smash and rob. Those gangsters, besides destroying, can't do anything serious.

Commander Tan Wenjiang of Sun Dianying's army led two brigades straight into the palace gate of Dingdongling in Botuoyu. The bandits entered the palace gate, and they were all dazzled and overwhelmed. The yellow tiles and golden buildings and the hall of the dragon pillars were magnificent.

Liu Shen also brought the engineering team to the place and used professional instruments to inspect it. All things that could be taken away will be taken away. Even if they could not be taken away, they must use photography equipment to record and save everything.

Technical workers in uniforms searched the entire palace with small sonar detectors to find the entrance to the imperial tomb. Tan Wenjiang's people were responsible for being alert around and participating in the transportation work with Liu Shen's consent. They were not allowed to enter the interior for any reason during the rest of the time.

Entering Longen Hall, it is even more dazzling. On the ceiling above the head, a golden dragon circles, and the gold bricks under the feet are shining. Carved tiles are embedded on the surrounding walls, and the five bats carved to celebrate their longevity, four corners are long, and the brocade patterned ground that is less than ten thousand words long are all decorated with gold leaves.

Standing in the hall, Liu Shen and the two project leaders were amazed. There were 64 golden dragon plates and jade pillars in the Longen Hall and the east-west side hall, all of which were decorated with a semi-three-dimensional copper-golded dragon. These were rare treasures. These precious artistic treasures that were ingenious were all carefully dismantled and transported back to Guangdong by special vehicles.

Even the gold bricks on the floor on the Ming Tower were lifted up one by one, sorted out and packaged. Next to them were inspectors from three parties, registering the plundered property and recording it in the book for future reconciliation. However, the search for the path to the underground palace has never been able to do it, and someone needs to be arrested to inquire...

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