Wei Mou
In 2015, in order to "shame before the snow", the tomb robbers once again excavated the Ancient Pagoda Underground Palace, digging a 20-meter-long robbery hole in the 8-meter-deep ground to take out valuable treasures. As a result, it was loaded again.
This person's surname is Wei, Guan Yu's compatriot, a native of Yuncheng, Shanxi.
In the early years, he was doing car repairs, but the business was not good and the operation was dismal.
In order to survive, you have to think about it.
Hear it all in. The environment changes people.
Wei Mou watched these people eat and drink spicy, wear gold and silver, have a house, a car and money, and his heart was greatly impacted. Then a sinful thought arose, thinking: They can do it, why can't I do it?
Moreover, his younger brother also made a living by robbing tombs, saying: If you are interested, you can follow suit.
He thought about it for a moment and was ready to change his profession, not to repair the car, but to "repair the tomb".
Therefore, Wei Mou bought a lot of books to learn and accumulate knowledge of tomb robbery. He began to follow his brother in the tomb robbery. Of course, tomb robbers generally start as small workers for tomb robbery gangs, so as to prepare for their own tomb robbery.
In this line of work, it is not enough to be a lone wolf who fights alone. Wei Mou knew this very well, so he quickly organized his own tomb robbery group. In the next two or three years of tomb robbery, he gained a lot of gains, and also built a dream of a large villa, which made him feel confident and began to plan his own bright future.
In 2004, when Wei Mou was excavating ancient cultural sites, he was caught squarely and went in. It only came out in January 2011.
However, seven years of life behind bars did not change his ways and restrain him from the precipice. Instead, he felt that it was because he was careless and careless that he had lost Jingzhou. He expressed serious disbelief and was determined to kill a rifle.
Tomb robbery is not only illegal, but also full of dangers, it can be said that every day is dealing with death.
Stolen Ashoka Tower
The same is true of tomb robbery. Since ancient times, it has been "man for money and birds for food!" ”
Wei Mou's first target after his release from prison was locked in the place where he had lost his hand - the ancient pagoda underground palace of the Kaiyuan Temple of the Song Dynasty in Binzhou, Xianyang.
This place, which has always made it difficult for him to let go, is his sad place.
Moreover, this place, he has excavated three times without success. Ordinary people will definitely think that this place is a fierce place and it is not appropriate to move the soil. But he is a man who does not believe in evil, is a little stubborn, and is a little persistent. Because, he is very confident.
He believes that wherever he falls, he gets up.
No, he's back.
Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda
Judging from his experience, he always believed that the underground palace of this thousand-year-old pagoda must be extraordinary, and there must be a lot of good things. Because the target he chose had done his homework in advance, consulted historical materials, and never blindly started.
However, there was a situation that he did not expect, 10 years have passed since the last time he started, the cities and villages have undergone rapid changes, and the once remote Buddhist quiet place is now surrounded by endless traffic and houses. The place next to it, once overgrown with grass, is now a crowded leisure square.
Late?
In desperation, he had to abandon the original plan for the time being and re-choose the target of the attack. No, he set his sights on the underground palace of the Qingfan Temple Pagoda in Xingping City, Xianyang.
Even so, there are still people who want to fight it.
Every excavation activity of Wei Mou is carefully planned and carefully arranged, and dressing up in disguise and covering his identity is his strong point. He may have learned a lot from spy movies, what pretending to be a husband and wife or opening a trading house to hide his identity to carry out underground activities, he is very familiar with it.
Qingfan Temple Pagoda
In July 2011, he and his sister-in-law Zhao Mou opened a bakery opposite the Qingfan Temple Pagoda in the name of husband and wife, and started the sale of dog meat with sheep's heads hanging.
The bakery is only separated from the Qingfan Pagoda by a narrow road.
The two of them "husband and wife" opened the door during the day to sell burnt cakes, closed the door at night to make holes, and used the method of Yugong to move the mountain, spent a full 11 months, and finally opened a tunnel of about 8 meters and successfully entered the underground palace of Qingfan Temple. Then the treasures in the underground palace were looted, and a total of 18 precious cultural relics were stolen, including the Buddha stupa, the silver Ashoka Pagoda, the golden Buddha bone, the relic, the small stone pagoda, the bronze mirror and so on.
Then, they stole the Tai Pagoda during the Northern Song Dynasty in Xunyi County, Xianyang City, and stole 24 precious Buddhist cultural relics such as small silver coffins, small copper coffins, relics, and statues of Shakyamuni from the underground palace, and illegally profited 1.96 million yuan.
There are also the Song Dynasty Taiping Temple Pagoda in Qishan County, the South Pagoda in Dai County, Shanxi, and so on.
He pretended to be a husband and wife, opened a shop, and then made tunnels from the dormitory, straight to the temple underground palace to steal treasures.
After several successful excavations, driven by huge interests, Wei's boldness grew larger and larger, and his appetite became larger and larger.
He believes that his treasure theft plan is seamless, can be done unconsciously, and absolutely no one will find out.
Next, he thought of the Pagoda of Kaiyuan Temple in Binzhou City, which had not been successfully excavated several times. This ancient pagoda of the Tang Dynasty made him think day and night, and his soul haunted him for more than ten years.
So, is there anything unique about this thousand-year-old tower? Why did he miss it so much?
There are many legends about this thousand-year-old stupa. Some people say that snake spirits and floods are suppressed under the tower, so that for thousands of years, the people here can be safe.
This time, in order to successfully excavate the Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda, they made enough articles in advance. Wei Mou, together with several members of the gang, repeatedly came to the vicinity of the Pagoda of Binzhou Kaiyuan Temple to conduct on-site investigation and stepping on points to find a place to start. In the end, he still chose to rent a façade opposite the ancient tower and do business.
In order to succeed once, Wei Mou's disguised behavior this time was bloody, and it was a bit big.
He opened a very formal restaurant, and also recruited chefs and waiters, which made it look good and sound.
As usual, doing business during the day, punching holes at night, and then, secretly transporting soil outwards. A group of people has a clear division of labor.
Later, this batch of underground palace treasures was bought by the Zhejiang boss at a high price of 23 million.
Seized artifacts
tool
Every time they take the same approach, first renting a house to do business, in fact, this house is the entrance to the tunnel and the headquarters of their plot.
These Buddhist underground palaces, which had been silent for a thousand years, were thus turned upside down by this group of lawless people.
As the saying goes: a gentleman loves money and has a way. Don't stretch out your hand, reach out and you will be caught!
In the end, the gang of underground palace thieves was swept away, and all the cultural relics were recovered. After all calculations, it is still a void in the end.
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