Chapter 030 Five Baht Money

The fat man felt that picking up a few copper coins might trigger the mechanism, which was a bit of a fuss.

The fat man said disapprovingly: "Old Cao, I think we are a little too cautious? What agency can a few copper coins involve? Look at how rotten the things in the box over there are. I don't think there is any problem. I can see these copper coins. He’s very eye-catching, and I can’t say he’s really a rare treasure.”

The fat man is stubborn and can only resolve it by speaking out.

Two copper boxes with completely different degrees of preservation also contain completely opposite copper coins, both positive and negative, true and false.

They all reveal the deceitful skills of Cao Wei's military advisors. They have the appearance of the Western Jin Dynasty, and coupled with the pattern of the late Han Dynasty, they remind me of a person.

As far back as the Three Kingdoms period, there were four major nicknames, namely "Wolong", "Fengchu", "Youlin" and "Zhonghu". Among them, Wolong and Fengchu were heard by many people, including Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong respectively. The latter two are: Jiang Wei and Sima Yi.

As the holder of the title "Feng Chu", Pang Tong died in Luofengpo, which was an unavoidable act of God's will.

The dragon traveled thousands of miles across the plain, and the "crouching dragon" was dragged to death by the "tombing tiger" in Wuzhangyuan, which can be described as extremely clever.

Sima Yi is the holder of the title "Tomb Tiger". This title is different from the first three. He is slightly less elegant and too fierce.

And "Tsukatora" is famous for his scheming.

Among them are the seven theories of yin and yang and the twelve heavenly stems and earthly branches.

According to legend, Sima Yi devoted himself to studying the theory of yin and yang in order to defeat Zhuge Liang's Qimen Dunjia technique, and tried to reverse yin and yang, seeking Zhuge Liang's weaknesses and flaws with the orientation that things must be reversed when they are extreme.

The two copper boxes in front of me at this moment contain the seven theories of yin and yang and the mysteries of the twelve heavenly stems and earthly branches.

The copper box looks ordinary on the outside, but it contains dilapidated things inside.

The copper box looks shabby on the outside but contains exquisite items inside.

Doesn’t this coincide with Sima Yi’s theory of reversing yin and yang?

While analyzing, I had carefully checked the copper coins at the bottom of the box, and I was surprised to find that this was a rare Wei Wu Baht!

Before the five-baht copper coin was abolished by Wei Emperor Cao Pi, a special Wei five-baht coin was issued in small quantities. It was an experimental method by Cao Cao in his attempt to reform the economy.

But Cao Cao never proclaimed himself emperor, so this "Wei Wu Baht" at that time could not rectify his name, and there was no follow-up.

The second year of Huangchu was also 221 AD.

Emperor Wen of the Wei Dynasty, Cao Pi, completely abolished the five-baht coin. The "Wei five-baht" coins that were originally rare in the world became disappearing and extremely difficult to find. Unexpectedly, nineteen coins were found here.

At this time, the fat man said excitedly: "How about the saying that rare things are valuable? When the mosquitoes die out one day, mosquito-repellent incense will become a cultural relic! This principle applies everywhere. In this case, the seven tattered ones over there are also You can’t let it go, as long as it lasts for a long time, even the damaged parts are valuable!”

The fat man rubbed his hands and planned to catch all the coins in the two boxes.

I asked the fat man to calm down for a while. The first task of this expedition is to save people, not to make money.

Besides, Wei Wuzhu's identity is really eye-catching.

Not only is it easy for laymen to mistake it for a fake, but it is even easier for peers to be jealous. When the time comes, other people will go in first without ordering the other products.

While the fat man was listening to me, I refastened the two boxes and told the fat man that this tomb was really weird and that he should not touch anything in it until he understood the origin of the tomb.

I dragged the fat man and asked him to help scrape off the dark red substance on the surrounding walls. This "glazed surface" seemed to hide other secrets.

At first, we patiently peeled off the red wall layer bit by bit, like peeling an orange peel. It wasn’t until Fatty and I wiped our sweat at the same time that we realized that if we peeled it off at this speed, I’m afraid the rest of us would have to do it. Rest vegetables.

Simply put, the three of them each took out their engineering shovels and started digging vigorously.

Under the swing of the engineer's shovel, the wall covering was peeled off layer by layer, like an egg cracking an eggshell. Three strokes, five divisions, and two strokes removed the red covering of the surrounding walls.

The engineer's shovel was extremely sharp and inevitably damaged some details, but the original murals were finally revealed on the four walls.

I used a knife to gently peel off the last remaining pieces of red masking, and the words and patterns engraved on it were finally fully revealed.

For a moment, I didn’t know where to start reading the murals surrounding it. In the end, I could only start reading from the east wall based on my experience and intuition.

Strictly speaking, the surrounding murals can only be counted as three and a half paintings.

Because the mural at the entrance to the ear chamber is incomplete, and we haven’t had time to look at it in detail yet, we can’t tell whether it was done intentionally or not.

Looking at it in my own order, these murals seem to tell the story of how a courtier assisted the new owner to stabilize the foundation, regain the lost land, and finally achieve peace and prosperity for the country and the people.

Each picture has a large paragraph of text describing its difficult experience in detail. However, some ancient small seal characters are really difficult for me to understand. I can only connect them to the previous text and make guesses to make the sentences coherent.

In front of the ancient text, the fat man was like a blind person. Only Xiaozhuan knew him, not him.

The fat man pointed to a large piece of text and said to me: "I can probably understand the picture, but you are the only expert here on these ancient characters. Don't read it alone at this time. As the boss, you have to speak Come out, read it out, and let your brothers analyze it along with you."

I said truthfully: "It is our brother's duty to share blessings and adversity, but to be honest, brother, I can only guess at some of the ancient words here. Is the final statement correct? Let's work together. Get an idea."

The fat man pointed at the mural I was studying and nodded: "Okay, three brains can think more comprehensively than one brain. Let's start the analysis from this picture!"

In this way, the three of them read it point by point together. Add my narration in the middle.

The first of these three and a half murals is about a small official who was appreciated by the emperor by chance, and gradually rose to the level of one person below ten thousand people.

The content on this first picture is very concise, but there is a lot of text description.

This reminds me of the anecdote about the Cao family who made their fortune by buying officials.

Could it be that the person described in this description is really Cao Cao?

It was difficult for him to explain his promotion path from a minor official to Prime Minister Cao, who held the emperor in power and commanded the princes.

Cai chose conciseness in his painting style, and used words to describe his great achievements as an official. He adopted a method of avoiding the important and taking the easy to cover up his inner ambition.

The fat man asked me what this large paragraph of text was about.

I shook my head and told him: "Actually, there is no real content. It records a lot of "great achievements" that under the mediation of this "human minister", the princes from all sides returned to paying tribute to the court and kept their own rights."

Although Fatty doesn't understand Xiaozhuan, he understands history, but he is more familiar with "unofficial history" books such as The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

The fat man was startled when he heard this, and then said: "Isn't it Cao Wei who preceded the Jin Dynasty? Cao Cao was the only one who assisted the emperor of the Han Dynasty, right? How can this old boy give himself such a high price?"

I smiled and said: "Fat man, I found that the source of your historical knowledge is probably all from listening to storytelling. They are all unofficial histories, and they are also unfounded histories. They are more deductive. They are told for people to listen to, and they are interesting to listen to. Who said that Cao Cao was the only one who assisted the Han Emperor? It was his son Cao Pi who deposed Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and abdicated the throne in good name!"

The fat man said disapprovingly: "I think this is probably the real tomb of Cao Cao. I don't need to look at these murals anymore. Most of them are the old boy's self-promotion and self-promotion to beautify himself. This Wei Wu Baht is the evidence!"

I told the fat man that although the mural beautified the Cao family at first, it could not be regarded as Cao Cao's tomb.

Cao Cao's tomb is a mausoleum that has been excavated by archaeologists. Although there is no direct evidence that the body inside is Cao Cao's, it would look very amateurish to judge that it is Cao Cao's tomb based only on a few Wei five-baht coins and a few murals. .

At the same time, I am also very clear about the judgment of people like Fatty. Based on the content of the storytelling, he can only hear that Cao Cao is sinister and Zhuge is righteous.

We can only see the Cao family usurping the Han Dynasty, but not Liu Huangshu's "forced proclaiming emperor".

What's more important is that the person who usurped the Han Dynasty was a descendant of the Cao family, Cao Cao's son who was scared to death - Cao Pi. Cao Cao himself did not proclaim himself emperor!

Then looking at the second picture, the style of painting suddenly changed.

At the end of the dynasty, the pressure from the princes from all sides was increasing. The country no longer looked like a country, and the imperial authority no longer existed.

At that time, the "human minister" was prostrate and begging to the emperor, with his hands raised in the air, as if he wanted to ask for something.

At this time, the ministers standing on the left and right in the palace had fierce differences and were obviously divided into two groups.

According to the written description: "Renchen" wanted to use the jade seal passed down from the country to suppress the various princes. But the ministers were divided into two groups.

The first group expressed support and believed that the imperial court at this time only recognized the "prime minister" and not the emperor.

The second faction is the royalist faction: they believe that the imperial seal is the last dignity of the dynasty. If the imperial seal falls into the hands of "thieves" again, the dynasty will completely change and the royal family will cease to exist.

In fact, the second picture and the third picture are connected together. The content is supported, and the written records also connect the past and the future.

Seeing this, it is actually very clear that there are not many dynasties in the past that have experienced the emperor holding the emperor in order to control the princes. Cao Wei is considered unique. It seems that the description of this mural can only be matched by Cao Cao's life.

The last half of the picture is incomplete, and seems to be about the last "human minister" who did not obtain the imperial seal.

But even so, he resolved the crisis of the dynasty, and it seems that the dynasty is still maintained at the end of the mural.

By the end, I had a lot of questions.

Why are the contents of these murals covered up with the evil magic of the Sima clan?

What do those seven theories of yin and yang and the twelve heavenly stems and earthly branches want to prove?

Is it just to prove that the content described in this mural is completely opposite to the reality?

But why obscure its original content?

Negatives make positives. The yin and yang reverse each other twice, and they return to their original positions.

Doesn’t this disprove that the original content of this mural is correct?