One day, several old people sat together to chat, talked about death without hesitation, and smiled and bet who would die first. These old people are the kind of people I admire. No matter what their hearts are, they at least seem to be open-minded who sees through life and death. Their greetings are usually like this:
"The old lame man, not dead? When are you going to die? "
"Anyway, it's past August 15-wait for the guys to help bury you."
On this day, several old people talked about death. The reason is that an old man lamented that the coffin of the old man who just died was really good and worth dying for. The chatterbox opened and we talked a few words. The old man's words turned the conversation to my favorite topic: "Anyway, they are all dead, and nothing is laid down-from those who lie in the coffin first and don't dig it out at last."
Old man B rarely raised the bar and nodded: "Peace is the most important thing after death."
As a result, several old people talked about the robbery case in Shiliba Township near Lanhezhuang.
1. Grave robbers in the yard
Across the river, the back of Dongwangpo Village faces the water and there are many ancient tombs.
One winter night, the easternmost family in the village drove the chickens back to the henhouse, took the cows back to the cowshed, carelessly closed the gate and went to bed early-that would be different from now, when there were no mobile phones and televisions, and it was a habit for thousands of years to rest at sunset.
In the middle of the night, the family got up in the afterlife night and came to the yard in a daze. By the faint starlight, I found that the firewood pile in the yard was very strange, with a faint light and a slight rustle. Curious, the young man approached to look at it and was knocked unconscious by a stick.
The next day, the young man woke up in the cowshed. The villagers quickly concluded that there had been a grave robbery. Afterwards, it was discovered that this group of grave robbers had long been eyeing this ancient tomb and had a long exploration under the guise of vendors and beggars. It took several days to dig the ground and dig the grave, but the family didn't know it.
From ancient times to the present, stealing graves is as bad as killing and arson, and the innocent people who come across them are often silent. The villagers have said that this family has great prospects. The old woman in this family thought it was time for the grave robbers to dress up as beggars to explore the wind. The old woman gave the man a bowl of water and a miscellaneous grain steamed bread. The villagers lamented that no matter how vicious people are, they will show a little kindness because of the kindness of a bowl of water.
The old man also said that after that incident, the family's life became better and better, and they became a famous rich family in Fiona Fang. Some people say that you will be blessed if you live. Others say that the grave robbers put a gold bar in the arms of the young-this was originally a tradition of grave robbers, and they paid the witness's life to keep his mouth shut. But this time, the money was given and the life was gone.
2. Jinjing Cemetery
Seven or eight miles up the He Lan River, the grave of a famous man was dug up more than twenty years ago. This man is called Ju Jiu, known in history as Jin Gong Jing, and was the last monarch of Jin State in the late Spring and Autumn Period. As we all know, the division of the three schools in Jin Dynasty is a watershed, and quilt identification is regarded as a symbol of the complete collapse of the etiquette system and the surrender of the regime in the Zhou Dynasty, and also a symbol of China's history from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period.
Duke Jing of Jin was first deposed, then exiled, and then killed by an assassin sent by the king of Korea in Tunliu. These mysterious histories happened just a few miles away.
Before the discovery of Jinjing cemetery, it was a paradise for grave robbers. How rampant are grave robbers? The old man said that spring ploughing could not be carried out normally at that time, and the ground was full of stolen holes, large and small. Just then, people fell into the hole. Many people in Shili Baxiang participated in tomb raiding, providing guidance and accommodation for foreign tomb raiding gangs.
Before the official discovery of the relevant departments, many foreign grave robbers clearly knew that there was a tomb group in the Spring and Autumn Period. The smell of meat attracts many vicious people and creates many tragedies.
A local teenager served as a guide for a robbery gang. A group of people called each other brothers and promised to divide the stolen goods according to their heads after the job was done. When it was done, the robbery gang gave him a gun instead of treasure. The young man didn't die immediately, but struggled to climb home and saw the door of the house. He couldn't hold on. He died. Different from the grave robbers in novels, the grave robbers in reality are the most cruel and heartless.
Step 3: Match a Yin marriage.
Grave robbers don't just dig big tombs and ancient tombs like in novels. Decades ago, someone in a rich family died, buried something of some value, and was immediately targeted by grave robbers. What's more, instead of digging for property, they only dig for female corpses.
There is a local custom of matching yin marriage. Unmarried men cannot enter their ancestral graves after death, and they need to get married to be considered "adults".
The best way is to find another young woman who died before she got married. As before, the two families hired people, paid bride price, and bragged and made trouble, which became this marriage. Later, the bones of both men and women were buried in one place, which formed this kind of yin marriage. However, it is difficult for the living to find a suitable family, and it is even more difficult for the dead to find a suitable one. The man is often willing to pay a high price to promote a shady marriage. Grave robbers aimed at this profit and began to steal corpses, which was called "stealing bones" locally.
The bones of unmarried female victims are the most popular among grave robbers. Many years ago, even in the afternoon, the bones were stolen the next morning.
What's more, the married woman died young for some reason, making the whole family sad, and may even face the bad luck of having her bones stolen. No matter what emotions are about reason and law, this is a rude violation and extremely dirty practice.
Life and death, everyone has to experience. The deceased, like a feather, went with the wind and devoted himself to the great laws of the universe. However, behind us, it is still greed, and we can't escape the greedy eyes.