Chapter 538 Secrets of Tomb Raiding

Next, the boss told a frightening story.

The story is not complicated, but it sounds creepy.

The general meaning of the story is that after the ghost king came, he did not immediately look for the ancient tomb, but chatted with the boss. Maybe the ghost king was still young and did not shy away from it. During the chat, the boss knew that the ghost king came from a remote area There is a local saying in the countryside: "Pick up a Luoyang shovel, no matter whether it is morning or evening, and make a fortune to rob tombs. Getting rich depends on cultural relics."

According to the King of Ghosts, at that time, apart from tomb robbery, I didn’t want to do other jobs at all. If I did other jobs, it would still be the same after a few years, but tomb robbery is different. It’s a lucky job, although not every tomb can make a fortune. , but once the luck comes, you can make a fortune. If you don’t open for ten years, you can eat for ten years after opening. In this environment, the ghost king became a member of the army of tomb robbers.

It was this chat that allowed the boss to have some understanding of the tomb robbery industry, and also learned about the so-called "Tomb Raider Guide" from the mouth of the ghost king. This book is actually the Atlas of Chinese Cultural Relics published by China Map Publishing House. This atlas is divided into sub-volumes of Beijing, Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Guangdong, and Sichuan, providing detailed information on a large amount of cultural relics, and comprehensively recording "the status of known and existing immovable cultural relics in major cultural relic provinces". Information about ancient tombs is an important part of it.

However, the "Tomb Guide" only lets tomb robbers know where there are ancient tombs. How did they find out exactly what was buried deep in the ground? To the surprise of the boss, many tomb robbers have a set of tomb robbery tricks similar to the diagnosis and treatment methods of traditional Chinese medicine, that is, the four-character formulas of "looking", "smelling", "asking" and "cutting".

"Looking" means looking at Fengshui and vegetation. Most experienced tomb robbers are good at Feng Shui, and they must check the terrain every time they go. Because the ancients were superstitious about geomantic omen, most of the ancient tombs were built on "geomantic treasure land", such as a place surrounded by mountains and rivers, it must be a place where tombs gather. In addition, the vegetation and even the soil around the tomb are important basis for tomb robbers to make judgments. For example, where there are ancient tombs, because the soil has been dug and trampled, the growth of crops will be worse than that of the nearby ones.

"Smell" is to smell the smell, and to distinguish whether there is a tomb in a certain place according to the difference of the smell. For example, in the tombs of the Qin and Han Dynasties, mercury and cinnabar were often poured for antisepsis; while the walls of tombs after the Tang and Song Dynasties were usually smeared with green paste. The smell emitted by these special substances is difficult for ordinary people to detect, but grave robbers can always distinguish keenly. Another meaning of "smell" is to listen to the sound. Ordinary large-scale ancient tombs, once they are subjected to relatively large vibrations such as thunder in the air, can send out sounds different from other places to the surface. Jiao Si, the notorious tomb robber in the Qing Dynasty, was good at finding tombs by sound. He once searched for cemeteries during thunderstorms and was able to accurately determine the location of tombs based on the echoes.

"Ask" is to step on the spot. Tomb robbers are generally eloquent, especially good at talking about the past and the present with the elderly. Wherever they go, they will visit the local old people as fortune tellers or Feng Shui masters, and get information about ancient tombs through conversations with these people.

"Cutting" is the most important link in the process of searching for ancient tombs. It has three meanings: one means that after discovering an ancient tomb, according to the topography of the ground, we should accurately find the direction of the hole and enter the tomb with the shortest distance; The second is to open the coffin in the tomb, and touch the treasures of the deceased without omission; the third is to judge which dynasty the cultural relics belong to and how valuable they are after touching the cultural relics.

After thousands of years of development, the "industry" of tomb robbery has become increasingly industrialized, forming a set of industrial chains. According to the division of labor, the personnel in the tomb robbery circle have different titles: "palm eyes", "support pots", "legs" and "down bitter". The one-stop operation of stealing, transporting, hiding, and selling stolen goods is done by these roles.

Usually, the whole group of tomb robbers has a unified name called "One Pot". The highest rank in the "gut" is called "hand eye", and is the core figure among the "gut" people. "Zhangyan" not only has the ability to find ancient tombs, but also has the ability to identify cultural relics. They can be collaborators who provide clues to ancient tombs, or primary buyers who plan to buy cultural relics in tombs.

"Zhiguo" is the person in charge of each robbery activity, similar to the contractor of a contracted project, responsible for raising the funds and equipment needed for the tomb robbery operation. The investment of "support pot" is risky. Once the cultural relics dug up are not bought out, he can only deal with them by himself.

"Legs" refers to skilled workers in tomb robbery activities. They play a role similar to "project managers" in the process of tomb robbery, responsible for exploring the specific location of the cemetery and determining whether there are cultural relics inside.

In the tomb robbery industry chain, the lowest level is "bitterness". "Xiaku" are mostly migrant workers, engaged in specific excavation work. Under normal circumstances, even if the boss earns tens of millions of yuan from stealing an ancient tomb, a "Xiaku" can only get a few hundred to a few thousand yuan in remuneration.

At the beginning, the boss was a slave, and after the guidance of the ghost king, he was promoted to become a leg. After that, after following the big boss, he occasionally did the work of supporting the pot. However, because of his limited ability, he had no wild way in the world. I have never been able to become a palm eye, and I have often been out of business, and sometimes I have to take on some leg work. Like this time, the boss took on the leg work because of the need to make ends meet.

Speaking of the boss being able to have a certain status in this industry, I would also like to thank the ghost king for his guidance at the beginning. If it weren't for the ghost king, the boss would have a bad name in this life, at best a leg.

Of course, the so-called Jianghu status that the boss talks about is also self-appointed. In the eyes of Xiao Mo and his group, there is really no difference between the boss and them.

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"Boss, what's the story you told?" Xiao Mo obviously has no interest in the boss's past stories. In Xiao Mo's view, the boss feels a little bit elevating his status.

"Ahem... I'm getting old, and the chatterbox can't stop once it's opened. Well, let's get back to business. After the ghost king came, he chatted with us first. The chat atmosphere was very relaxed. It seemed that we were talking about tomb robbers. I know, he learned about the situation at that time through chatting, and the King of Ghosts said that this kind of insinuating method can make people tell the most intuitive feeling, which is much better than asking straight to the point..."

"What did you find later?"

"He first asked, and then he was able to 'look', 'smell' and 'cut'. His technique was very skillful. After doing these, he measured the orientation of the five elements and so on. Soon, he found the entrance of the ancient tomb. .”

"so smart."

"The most powerful thing is yet to come." The boss smiled wryly, "When we found the entrance to the ancient tomb, it was already dark, and at that time, Palm Eye came, hehe, at that time it was still called Palm Eye, not like it is called Big Boss now... …After the palm eye came, people asked to open the ancient tomb, but the ghost king disagreed after looking around, saying that the ancient tomb was too dark, and the tomb should be opened during the day when the yang energy is rising and continues to be strong..."

"And then?" Xiao Mo asked anxiously. At this time, all the tomb robbers around gathered around to listen to the story told by the boss.

"Ghost King's status in the circle at that time was already very detached, and his words were very important. Although Zhang Yan couldn't wait to open the tomb, he still accepted the ghost king's suggestion. Then, he set up camp next to the tomb and waited for dawn before entering the ancient tomb. , while Ghost King and Zhang Yan went back to the hotel to sleep..." The expression on the boss's face became serious.

"And then?" A group of tomb robbers urged in unison.

"Then, there were a dozen or so people guarding the tomb, and they took turns sleeping. I was tired after a day's work, so I proposed to go to bed first and guard the rest of the night."

At this time, a group of tomb robbers all whetted their appetites. No one interrupted the boss, and they all looked at him eagerly.

"When I woke up, it was already dawn."

"what……"

A group of tomb robbers were stunned. Originally, they thought something would happen at night, but they didn't expect that the boss would sleep until dawn.

"Why didn't they tell you to be on duty?" Xiao Mo was a little leader after all, and immediately realized something was wrong.

"I was drugged by them." The boss smiled wryly.

"Ah..." A group of tomb robbers were stunned. Obviously, this was beyond their expectations.

"Because it's been so long, I don't remember exactly how many people guarded the tomb. In short, it is a large ancient tomb. The palm of the eye is afraid that someone will hide evil intentions, and deliberately arranges confidantes and a large number of people to restrain each other. However, it is unexpected. Something went wrong..."

The boss paused for a moment, as if recalling some details of that time.

"Later, I recalled that we were drugged when we were eating together. I still remember that there were four people who were drugged, including me. Haha, thinking about it, people at that time were quite simple, just for us. Prescribing the medicine did not kill us... In fact, I am still grateful to the person who gave the medicine. It was they who gave the medicine, and I was able to survive until now because of a blessing in disguise, otherwise..."

"Boss, just say what you say, don't be so general!" The third child finally couldn't bear the boss's long-winded words, and urged.

"It was dawn, and I was still asleep. I was awakened by the ghost king. When we arrived at the ancient tomb, the tomb of the ancient tomb had already been opened. At that time, I thought, all the valuable things in the ancient tomb might have been swept away. Now, I still worry in my head whether Palm Eye will pay us..."

This time, no one bothered the boss, because people felt the fear in his eyes, which was the fear emanating from the bottom of his bones.

"At that time, the tomb was completely opened, but the ghost king didn't let people enter immediately, but asked people to move a lot of mirrors from the bottom of the mountain. Regarding the mirror, I realized later that it should be the ghost king and palm eye who went down the mountain that day. Go shopping for mirrors..."

"Why buy a mirror?" r1058

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