A few years ago, there was a word on the Internet that was particularly popular, called "plastic flower sisterhood", which means that the friendship between some girlfriends is like a plastic flower that never withers, it looks very long, in fact, it is said that turning the face is turned over, and the feelings are as worthless as plastic flowers.
Today Xiaobian wants to tell you a piece of "plastic brotherhood" more than 1,000 years ago, they are a group of tomb robbers, usually called brothers and brothers, thinking of "making a fortune" together in the future, the result is really in front of gold and silver jewelry, "brotherhood" and what is it? As soon as the axe went down, the "brother's" share of the treasure belonged to him, and the "poor" him "long sleep" with the 17-year-old princess in the tomb.
In 1960, An ancient tomb was unearthed in Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, China, according to the epitaph data, the owner of the tomb is Yongtai Princess Li Xianhui, her head is not small, her father is Tang Zhongzong Li Xian, the mother is Empress Wei, that is to say, Wu Zetian is her grandmother. Even if she is prominent, Li Xianhui is still beautiful, and it is recorded in historical records that her beauty "makes the flower of peach and plum inferior", and is extremely intelligent, and her father Li Xian is the most fond of her.
Since it is the favorite daughter, then we must find a good family for her, pick and choose, decided to marry her daughter to Wu Zetian's nephew Wu Yanji, this person is also a table of talents, the key is that he is Wu Zetian's nephew, the future is immeasurable, it is reasonable to say that Li Xianhui's life will be smooth, food and clothing, as a result, she was only 17 years old when she died, what is the matter?
Soon after the marriage, Li Xianhui became pregnant, the family was jubilant, one day, Li Xianhui's brother Li Chongrun came to visit her, her husband Wu Yanji was also on the side, the three people talked very happily, somehow, the three actually talked about Wu Zetian and her male favorite Zhang Yizhi, this matter was also known by Zhang Yizhi, and immediately complained to Wu Zetian, this matter is not good.
The New Book of Tang records that "in the first year of Dazu, in September, He shen killed King Chongrun of Shao and wu Yanji, the lord of Yongtai County and his son-in-law. That is to say, in 701 AD, Li Chongrun, Li Xianhui, and Wu Yanji were executed by Wu Zetian together, showing no mercy, but in the Old Book of Tang and the Zizhi Tongjian and other materials, Li Xianhui's cause of death was different, but in any case, the murderer was Wu Zetian.
With the excavation of Li Xianhui's tomb, some "truths" seem to surface, and the epitaph book "Pearl Fetus Destroys the Moon", which means that he died in childbirth, then it means that Wu Zetian did not execute his pregnant granddaughter, but she herself died due to difficult childbirth. The experts immediately examined Li Xianhui's pelvic bone fragments, which were indeed very fragile, and it was difficult for her to give birth.
His most beloved daughter died, and his son was gone, Li Xian was very sad, but he had nothing to do, he could only send the most precious gold and silver jewelry into their graves to send mourning, so the funerary goods in the tomb were extremely rich, and the tomb system was grand.
Later, when Li Xian ascended the throne, he immediately honored his daughter's tomb as a "mausoleum", enjoying the same mausoleum specifications as the emperor, unprecedented in history, so the tomb of Princess Yongtai is the largest one excavated in the Tang tomb since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Tomb robbers of course know that Li Xianhui's tomb has a lot of treasures, so at that time archaeologists entered the mausoleum soon, they found a robbery cave, there is a skeleton directly below the robbery cave, after testing found that it is a young man's skeleton, next to a rusty axe and scattered gold and silver treasures, experts speculate that the tomb of Princess Yongtai was stolen around the beginning of the Song Dynasty, this man should be a tomb robber, or hacked to death by his accomplices due to uneven sharing of the booty.
Due to the large scale of the tomb of Princess Yongtai and the large number of funerary items, more than 1,000 precious cultural relics such as gold, jade and bronze have been unearthed even if they are stolen. This "unlucky" tomb robber may not have expected his final fate, but the tomb robbery is illegal, and he does not deserve our sympathy.
References: Old Book of Tang, New Book of Tang, Zizhi Tongjian