The first hall after passing the Broken Dragon Stone stunned Old Wang and Liu Yue. Even Zhao Yong, who had no artistic talent, was stunned after seeing the exquisite murals on the four rock walls.

After a long while, Mr. Wang said tremblingly: "National treasure! It's definitely a national treasure mural!"

Liu Yue also shook his head and said, "Teacher Wang, these murals are much better than the murals of the Envoys, Polo, and Hunting Trip in the Tomb of Prince Zhanghuai, the Quelou and Ceremonial Guard in the Tomb of Prince Yide, and the Palace Maids in the Tomb of Princess Yongtai! I have never seen such exquisite ancient tomb murals, and they are of such a large scale, which is second to none in the country. Especially after more than a thousand years, these murals can still remain so complete and exquisite, which is very rare."

At this time, Mr. Wang had gradually recovered. He thought for a while before saying, "It seems that the excavation of Wu Zetian's Mausoleum needs to be suspended. This ancient tomb is sealed, so even after more than a thousand years, it can still be well preserved. But if this ancient tomb is dug up, once these murals come into contact with the outside air, I am afraid they will be destroyed in a few minutes."

Liu Yue picked up the camera and began to film the murals on the four rock walls. The more he filmed, the louder he muttered.

Such exquisite murals are simply treasures bestowed by God to these archaeologists. In the eyes of outsiders, these murals may just be beautiful and valuable, but for these archaeologists, through these murals, they can analyze the cultural characteristics of the Wu Zhou period, and even combine them with other historical materials to analyze the folk ecology of the Wu Zhou period.

For these archaeological scholars, graphics and fonts are the most precious treasures.

In addition to these exquisite murals, they also photographed the mechanisms that were powered by the water flow of the underground river.

Wang Lao and Liu Yue were also amazed at the fact that this mechanism could still exert its power after more than a thousand years. As for Zhao Yong, he wanted to get in and take a closer look at how these mechanisms were designed and built.

In fact, the fact that these mechanisms can still maintain sufficient power even after more than a thousand years is largely related to the fact that this tomb has always been sealed. If this ancient tomb is excavated, it is hard to say how long these mechanisms can maintain their power under the action of oxidation.

It was not easy to come in once, especially after seeing these murals, Mr. Wang knew that it was almost impossible to excavate the Wu Zetian Mausoleum. Such precious murals would never be destroyed by the state. It would rather not excavate the ancient tomb than destroy these exquisite murals. Therefore, Mr. Wang and Liu Yue looked very carefully and seriously here.

Even they were not sure when they would be able to come in again, so they might as well take advantage of this opportunity to appreciate it for a while longer.

If there weren't something more important waiting for them later, they might have stayed here until the compressed air tank ran out of air.

The equipment they used this time was all provided by the military. For example, this seemingly small compressed air bottle can provide an adult with nearly three hours of breathing time. Now it has been nearly an hour since they entered the water, so they have at most two hours left.

At Yang Jing's urging, Mr. Wang and the others reluctantly left here, and then followed Yang Jing into the core area of ​​Wu Zetian's Mausoleum.

The first thing one saw was naturally the stone platform where Yue Chengzi had passed away. However, when Yang Jing came for the first time, he had already collected all of Yue Chengzi's remains and placed them in a wooden box made of Phoebe nanmu. This box was the one that Yang Jing had found from Mu Tianbo's treasure and was used to hold the gems. Finally, Yang Jing made room for one to hold Yue Chengzi's remains.

"The remains of Yue Chengzi are in this box. The last time I came here, Yue Chengzi's remains were sitting on this stone platform, and the imperial seal was in his arms. I took away the imperial seal and finally put his remains into this box."

Old Wang and Liu Yue clasped their hands together and bowed to the box, then turned their attention to the stone tablet next to the stone platform.

This stone tablet is the second stele carved by Yuechengzi. Compared with the previous one, this stele records much more content, and this stele is still carved in extinction script, so Yang Jing needs to translate the content of this stele for Mr. Wang and others.

Liu Yue took a camera and carefully photographed the inscription while listening to Yang Jing's translation.

In fact, what is recorded on this stele is nothing more than that Yuechengzi traveled around the world after leaving Wangwu Mountain and accidentally obtained a secret scroll, which revealed the approximate location of a tomb built by Wu Zetian. It took Yuechengzi six years to find this place, and he regarded it as his secret base and built a Yuecheng Temple outside the entrance.

The following is a record of how Yuechengzi got to know Li Congke, how he was valued by Li Congke, and how he was summoned by Li Congke to Beijing to become the official of the Sitiantai after Li Congke ascended the throne and became the last emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty.

It focuses on the process of obtaining the imperial seal.

After Yue Chengzi drank the poison wine given by Li Congke, he secretly took the antidote he prepared and was not poisoned to death on the spot. Instead, he watched Li Congke sitting on the Xuanwu Tower with his wife, children and mother, holding the imperial seal in their hands. Then he ordered the imperial guards to set fire to the Xuanwu Tower. The emperor was buried in the fire of the Xuanwu Tower holding the imperial seal and his family.

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