In some film and television works and novels on the theme of tomb robbery, we often see that the owner of the tomb has set up a number of organs in the tomb in order to prevent the tomb robbers from robbing the tomb. If the tomb robber is accidentally triggered, he is very likely to die in the tomb.
Just like the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the "History of Qin Benji" records that the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang "uses mercury as a hundred rivers and rivers and seas, and machine phase instilling", which means that there is a sea of mercury infusion, mercury is a thing that is highly poisonous, and after a thousand years, the mercury vapor in the tomb is enough to kill any tomb robber.
Therefore, even if archaeologists determined the location of the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang decades ago, no one has dared to dig it. After all, what the history books say is indeed true, and experts have measured mercury levels thousands of times higher than normal in the soil around the Qin Emperor's mausoleum.
In addition, there are countless organs in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. It is said that the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is a super-large-scale Luban lock, and if it cannot be excavated in the correct order and way, it cannot be solved at all. If violent excavation is taken, there is also a self-destruction device in the imperial tomb, and it will not be worth the loss at that time.
In addition to this kind of anti-theft method, there are also those who repair the tomb very hidden, and after repairing it, they also destroy all the drawings and kill all the laborers. For example, the Yuan Dynasty, which ruled China for 98 years, has not found a single emperor's tomb. The main reason is that they practice thin burials, which are not as red tape as the Han Chinese, and the funerary products are also very simple. Moreover, they will hide the traces of burial.
In order to keep the tomb from being stolen and the peace of the deceased disturbed, they would also set up a tent next to the tomb and send people to garrison it. Wait for the next year, the edge of the tomb to take root, look no different from other places, and then withdraw. It is precisely because of such a hidden burial method that even if there is no mechanism in the tomb, no tomb robber has ever found and patronized it.
The above two are the most common means used by the ancients to prevent tomb robbery, but there is a strange person in the history of our country, who created a strange anti-theft method, and did not expect to work for more than 200 years, although in the end it was not spared.
This person was Zhang Zhan, the general of the State of Wei during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and as the largest general of the State of Wei, Zhang Zhan could be said to have a great family, and the emperor also rewarded him with countless treasures. But in his later years, Zhang Zhan always worried about one thing, that is, after his death, how would these gold and silver treasures be brought to the tomb and not stolen?
In the end, he came up with a strange way to cover his ears and steal the bell, that is, to cry poorly. Before he died, he ordered his family to carve these words on the tombstone: "The coffin of the white catalpa, the clothes of the perishable, the copper and iron do not enter, and the Dan vessel is not hidden." Oh, no one is hurt." What does that mean? That is, my coffin is made of cheap wood such as white catalpa wood, the clothes are also perishable sackcloth coarse clothes, there is no bronze iron in the tomb, and there is no jewelry, and I implore future generations not to harm my grave.
In addition, Zhang Zhan's funeral at that time was also handled from Jane, and the world thought that there was nothing good in his tomb. Over time, even the tomb robbers did not care. Then, when people with ideas came to try their luck, they saw the few lines on Zhang Zhan's tomb, plus the tomb had not been stolen for many years, and they dispelled their thoughts.
In this way, Zhang Zhan's tomb has not been patronized by any tomb robbers for more than 200 years, and it has to be said that the ancients were still honest and generous. Until later, when a serious famine broke out in the people, people were forced into a desperate situation and anything could be done. Not to mention that not digging is also starvation, digging may still have a glimmer of life, although you Zhang Zhan cried poor on the tombstone, but there is no goods, dig to know.
As a result, Zhang Zhan's tomb was not excavated by the tomb thieves in the end, but was pickpocketed by the starving people. As a result, after the tomb was opened, the people were stunned, and Zhang Zhan said exactly the same thing. The coffin is not only of nan wood, but even the coffin nails are made of gold. The funeral goods are even more numerous.
In the end, Zhang Zhan's tomb was stolen. His anti-theft method of "no silver three hundred and two here" is only Zhang Zhan in ancient and modern China and abroad, and it is only a matter of time before it is stolen. It seems that the brain holes of the ancients are far larger than we think.