I dig ancient tombs for the country

I immediately greeted Hong Mao to enter the tomb from this tomb passage.

The tomb passage was very deep, and Hongmao and I pulled a rope down to the bottom of the tomb passage, and then followed the dug tunnel to the north. After walking for about 50 meters, we saw a Nantianmen-style end building in front of us.

This end building has a magnificent image and a huge scale. The roof is covered with glazed tiles of various colors. There are two glazed kissing beasts squatting at both ends of the main ridge of the main hall. The kissing beasts are beautiful in shape and swallow the big ridge steadily and powerfully.There are also three-dimensional animal images such as dragons and phoenixes, lions, and seahorses carved on some glazed tiles.

There are many exquisite stone carvings in front of the door of the tomb, most of which are beasts such as dragons, phoenixes, tigers and unicorns.Among them, a special stone sculpture caught our attention. This is a stone sculpture of a phoenix.In ancient times, death was called driving a crane to the west. I have never seen anyone driving a phoenix. In ancient times, most of them called the empress a phoenix. Could it be that this tomb is a tomb for a couple to be buried together?interesting.

There are many words carved on a striking epitaph, and I barely read it all.It turns out that the owner of this tomb is Liu Buyi, the elder brother of the young emperor Liu Hong after the Western Han Dynasty, who was named Changshan King at that time.The emperor's own brother was buried here, no wonder the scale was huge, and he dared to openly use dragon and phoenix, which was a taboo at that time.

Later, I learned from a paragraph of text engraved on the back of the epitaph that the Changshan King Liu Buyi wanted to be emperor at that time.After the death of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty Liu Ying, Empress Dowager Lu took control of the government. She advocated making Liu Buyi the emperor. Later, Liu Buyi's younger brother Liu Hong was made emperor somehow. Liu Buyi wanted to kill his younger brother in grief and anger. Instead, many accidents happened later, and Liu Buyi died suddenly.Before he died, he left his last words to his son, and he was buried according to the emperor's specifications. This special arrangement was acquiesced by the Empress Dowager Lu, so there were dragon and phoenix carvings in his tomb.Also buried with her was Lu Fengmei, the niece of her favorite concubine, Empress Dowager Lu.

The gate of the terminal building has been opened, and there are many bows and crossbows scattered in front of the gate. This may be caused by Luo Shihai and the others trying to steal the treasure from the tomb and triggering the mechanism.There will be many funerary objects in the tomb, as well as corresponding hidden weapons. He sent Su Dawei into the tomb, which shows his sinister heart.

The two of us walked carefully through the gate into the tomb, which is divided into front and rear halls.Entering the majestic hall, the first thing that catches the eye is a table of banquets. There are all kinds of chicken, duck, fish, bear's paw, bird's nest, etc. on the table. Looking at this rich table of wine and dishes, it seems that the time has been frozen in more than 2000 years ago.In particular, these dishes are brightly colored, and they don't seem to have been placed for 2000 years at all. Although a bunch of grapes has shriveled, it is well preserved, which proves that grapes already existed in the Western Han Dynasty.

I don't know how the food was preserved until now and it doesn't show any signs of spoilage.Passing through the main hall, we came to an altar room. There were two rectangular altar tables and two mahogany chairs, and various utensils and pastries were placed on the altar table.The red wine presented in two green-glazed chicken leg bottles exudes a thousand-year-old aroma. The color and aroma of the wine confirm that the wine is made from pure grapes.

Luminous glasses are the most suitable for drinking wine, but unfortunately there are no luminous glasses here.The red hair looked at the wine in the bottle and salivated: "Brother Tao, I heard that the wine gets more mellow with time? I wonder if the wine in the tomb is safe to drink?"

I looked at the scarlet liquid in the bottle: "Don't forget those two Japanese, they came in, if they could drink it, wouldn't they have drunk it long ago."

"It's not necessarily true. Didn't you see those arrows at the gate? Maybe they never had a chance to come here." As for the two of us standing by the wine bottle for a long time, we were reluctant to leave.

"Come over here if you want to drink, if you are a man, you are not a man."

Suddenly, a mellow voice sounded in the tomb, besides Hongmao and me, there may only be Su Dawei, who was deliberately let in by Luo Shihai, in this tomb. Could it be that he also wants to drink this wine?

We followed the sound and saw an old man with white beard and hair sitting on the chair beside the altar. He was holding a wine jar with a big belly, and he was grinning at us.

We both were shocked that the seven souls lost three souls, when did this old man come in?Why is there no movement at all?Is he a man or a ghost?

The white-bearded old man stroked his beard and said: "Drinking wine is particular, and you have to drink it in a luminous glass to live up to this good wine. I just happen to have a luminous glass. Come here, come and try it." The white-bearded old man As he spoke, he took out a wine glass from his arms.

This wine glass is colorful and smooth, just like emerald.The old man tore off the wine seal on the wine jar and poured the fine wine. The aroma of the wine overflowed immediately. The wine in the glass was crystal clear, just like the reflection of the bright moon, and the clear and pure jade liquid glistened through the glass-thin glass wall Shenghui, this is the famous Luminous Cup through the ages?

Hongmao and I were not only dumbfounded, how could this rare luminous cup be in the hands of this old man?Who the hell is he?

With a sound of "Zi Liu", the old man with white beard drank the fine wine in the glass: "Well, it's not bad, it is indeed a good wine that has been stored for more than 2000 years. It is really delicious!" The old man squinted his eyes and leaned on the chair enjoying himself. , that complacent demeanor is like a fairy in the sky who has come to the world.

Hongmao and I finally couldn't bear it any longer, and asked in unison: "Old man, I want to drink too."

The white-bearded old man poured another glass with a smile, "Come and drink if you want to drink!"

I took the first step to pick up the wine glass. The wine smelled so good, even if it was poisonous, I recognized it. I raised my neck and swallowed the whole glass of wine with a "gudong".

"Young man, this wine is not meant to be drunk like that. You have to sip it slowly so that it will have a good taste." As the old man got another glass, he first put it under his nose to sniff it, and then slowly sipped it. Sip and drink.

Hongmao's smiling face turned into a flower: "Grandpa, give me a drink too."

The white-bearded old man gave Hongmao a cup, and Hongmao imitated the old man's example, first put it under his nose and sniffed it, and then sipped it in small sips, "Well, it's good, it's delicious."

In a hurry, I snatched the wine jar from the old man's hand, poured a glass into the wine glass, and drank it down again with a "Zi Liu", which made the two of them laugh heartily.

The three of us gathered around the altar table and drank a lot. It’s true that a thousand cups are too small for a bosom friend. For a while, the cups were intertwined, and there were laughter and laughter. Until the wine jar bottomed out, we were drunk and crooked. Lie on the ground and sleep soundly.

When I opened my eyes the next day, I was so stunned by the scene in front of me that I was dumbfounded and speechless.