On the south side of The Zutang Mountain in Jiangning, Nanjing, sits the Second Tomb of the Southern Tang Dynasty, where the two emperors of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Jing, and his father, are buried, and their tombs have been stolen and later excavated and repaired for people to visit. Looking up from the tomb of the two men, you can see obvious robbery holes, which lead from the ground to the burial chamber, which can be described as very accurate. As for the date of the theft, it is no longer clear, because since the two emperors were buried, there may have been tomb robbers in all dynasties.
In fact, not far from the Second Tomb of the Southern Tang Dynasty, there are many tombs of ancient nobles, and they have not escaped the hands of tomb robbers. For example, the nearby Muying family tomb. Mu Ying (1344-1392), an important general in the early Ming Dynasty, was adopted as a righteous son by Zhu Yuanzhang at the age of eight, and Mu Ying spent his hours in wars, barracks, and conquests. Mu Ying "counted from above to conquer, entered the service of the drapery, and worked hard day and night", in the third year of Ming Hongwu (1370), Mu Ying was awarded the title of General of Zhenguo, and in the tenth year of Hongwu (1377), he was made the Marquis of Xiping.
After his death, Mu Ying was buried in the "General Mountain" south of Nanjing, guarded by three mountains, backed by a ridge, facing a turquoise lake. Many of his descendants were buried here. After His death, Mu Ying was posthumously honored as the King of Qianning and buried at General Mountain in Nanjing. The Mu family formed a large-scale tomb group on The General Mountain, which is the tomb area of the Ming Dynasty heroes on the General Mountain. At present, among the ancient tombs of the Ming Dynasty found by archaeologists, the richest one is the tomb of the Mu family. So these tombs were excavated by tomb robbers.
In order to avoid the destruction of tomb robbers, in 2008, the archaeological team conducted a remedial excavation of the tomb of Mu Ying's grandson Mu Bin. However, there is nothing inside, and the tomb may have been stolen hundreds of times. When they exited the tomb in disappointment, the side chamber separated by only a wall on the side caught their attention, and it was speculated that it might be the tomb of Mu Bin's wife.
Because the layout is simple and still made of wood, it seems that there have been no tomb robbers for hundreds of years. In order not to let the tomb robbers succeed, the experts decided to excavate it first. The moment the tomb door was opened, everyone was stunned, that is, in this humble burial chamber, all kinds of cultural relics, jewelry, jade and other funerary items were not lost!
Everyone thought it was the tomb of the tomb owner's wife, but according to the epitaph on this side of the tomb and the inscription on the funerary product, it was speculated that this was the burial chamber of Mu Bin's favorite concubine Mei Miaolan. Therefore, although it is not a proper wife, the funeral goods are still very rich. It can be seen from this that he may have been particularly favored during his lifetime.
Among the many funerary items inside, a square chain bag is particularly eye-catching, its material is very luxurious, the whole body is made of gold and colored gemstones, a total of ten gemstones. Because the design is very beautiful, when it is exhibited, it will surprise everyone, and soon a variety of imitations will flow out of the market. There are many examples of excavated cultural relics being copied in large quantities, after all, people like the plot of cultural relics, and when they cannot acquire the real thing, they can use imitation to satisfy their curiosity.
Curious, a Qing Dynasty Gongsheng made poisonous cakes and threw them on the side of the road, resulting in the almost annihilation of the two families