On October 12, 2011, Du Wanzhou, a villager in Sanqing Village, Yuanba District, Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province, got up early in the morning to prepare for washing, walked to the back of the house, and habitually looked up at the opposite mountain.
Although his vision was not good, after Du Wanzhou looked over, he always had a vague feeling that something was wrong in his heart, so he decided to go up the mountain to see it himself.
When he arrived in the mountains, Du Wanzhou found that this ancestral tomb of the Qing Dynasty, which was more than 100 years old, was washed away by a heavy rain last night, and the tombstone collapsed.
When this ancestral grave falls, the soul of the ancestor will be disturbed, which is really unlucky.
Du Wanzhou was so strange in his heart, the ancestral tomb that was fine yesterday, how to say that it fell down? Was it really washed down by the heavy rain?
He was a little puzzled, and carefully examined the fragments of the tombstone that had fallen to the ground with suspicion. Suddenly, he found that there were traces of being pried by an iron rod on the stone tablet, which was obviously deliberately destroyed by someone!
This made Du Wanzhou angry! Who would do such an immoral thing?! He then hurried home along the dirt path and told his 95-year-old mother about it.
When the old lady heard it, she couldn't believe her ears and asked her son several times in a row, which made her believe that his words were true.
Who would have expected that after a while, the old lady would become more and more angry, muttering a few words in her mouth, perhaps unable to withstand this blow, and immediately fainted at home.
Du Wanzhou was standing at the door smoking a cigarette, thinking about what to do if the ancestral grave was dug up, heard the movement in the house, and was frightened to go to the "barefoot doctor" in the village.
Along the way, the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, so he simply took out the "old man's machine" in his pocket and immediately reported the case to the police station.
- Strange theft
The police arrived at the scene and, after some investigation, also felt that the case was too strange, because the tomb robbers did not steal anything except to tear down the huge tombstone in front of the grave.
According to Du Wanzhou's description, their family's ancestral grave is on the hillside behind the village, and he usually stands behind the house and can see it as soon as he looks up, so he habitually glances at it every day.
All along, this ancestral tomb has not appeared in the phenomenon of natural collapse, not to mention the wind and rain, even the earthquake can withstand, but did not expect that now someone will deliberately destroy.
Chinese worship their ancestors and pray for the peace of generations, although this is a bit superstitious, but the bad thing that destroys the graves of people's ancestors is definitely a harm to nature, and no one can bear it!
For such cases, based on the analysis of previous work experience, the police generally speaking, the perpetrators are motivated by two motives.
In order to steal the funerary goods in the tomb, they do not hesitate to break the law, specifically do such a job, and then sell valuables for stolen goods, thus making huge profits.
The second is to take revenge and vent anger, because there have been festivals with the descendants of the owner of the tomb, but in real life, they can't take the other party, so they quietly destroy other people's ancestral graves to express their dissatisfaction.
However, after careful investigation of the scene, the police found that the ancestral grave of Du Wanzhou's family, except for the tombstone in front of the tomb, was not damaged, and there was no trace of excavation.
That is to say, the possibility of robbing the tomb is not very likely, it is very likely that a villager had a festival with the Du family, and he was really angry in his heart, and finally had to secretly take revenge and vent his anger.
On the night of the crime, due to the rain all night and the repeated washing of the rain, the police could not find any valuable clues at the scene, and could only start to investigate the people who had a grudge with the Du family.
The Du family has two brothers, the eldest brother Du Wanguo's family lives in the mountains, usually there is little contact with the villagers at the foot of the mountain, and the family has always been kind and kind, and has never had a grudge with people.
The younger brother Du Wanzhou, who served as the director of the village committee in Sanqing Village, was very popular, and he was also very enthusiastic about dealing with people, thinking about it for half a day, and did not think out who he had a festival with.
In the end, Du Wanzhou's two sons wanted to come and go, or remembered an incident that happened many years ago.
At that time, there were three villagers in the village, because they were greedy and cheap, they went up the mountain to cut down trees and build houses without permission, violating the relevant regulations of the village.
Such a matter that endangers the public interest, as the village director, Du Wanzhou, of course, must come forward to stop it in time. Later, the three people have been grumpy about this matter, and have quarreled with the Du family many times.
Therefore, the police decided to summon the three people one by one, and found that the three people could not justify themselves, could not say where they were, and had no one else to testify.
In this regard, the police began to further suspect the possibility of their crimes, that is, the act of revenge after forming a grudge with the Du family. Therefore, it was decided to control the three people one by one.
However, when the police focused all their attention on the three suspicious people, they found that things were not as they expected.
Because, not long after, the part of Du Jiazu's tomb that had just been repaired was once again destroyed for no reason! And those three villagers are under police surveillance, and it is impossible to "defy the wind" again.
The police can only adjust the direction of the investigation and re-find the target. Destroying the ancestral graves of other people's homes twice, how much deep hatred and hatred is this?
This time, the gangsters also committed crimes on a rainy night, and this time from the situation of the on-site investigation, the police found that the gangsters destroyed the tombstone twice, not like revenge, but more like intentional.
Due to the delay in solving the case, the destruction of the Du family's ancestral tomb has long been spread in the village, and people have been talking about whether the Du family's ancestral tomb is "haunted".
If others don't seek wealth, who will run to the mountains on a rainy night to wreak havoc? Still doing such a lack of morality? Aren't you afraid of retribution?
These gossip spread to the ears of the police, but also let the investigation of the police feel a lot of pressure, in order to better find clues to solve the case, even went to the county to find cultural relics experts.
As a result, after the cultural relics experts came over, they immediately became interested in the tomb of Du Jiazu, saying that they did not expect that in this mountain, there was still such a large Qing Dynasty tomb preserved intact.
- The story of the ancestral grave
Sichuan Guangyuan City is a historical ancient city, located in the combination of Shaanxi and Gansu, has always been a place of contention between soldiers and families, because it is the only exit of the ancient Sichuan Basin, and the famous ancient Shu Road leaves the river from here.
Therefore, Guangyuan City was already very prosperous during the Western Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago, and many literati and inkers left their poems here.
In modern times, a large number of Tombs of the Song Dynasty have been found here, and the excavated artifacts have basically never stopped. Guangyuan kiln black glazed amphora, blue glazed incense burner, wine utensils, land purchase coupons, coins and other exquisite cultural relics are well-known throughout the country.
After being reminded by cultural relics experts, the police finally grasped a definite criminal evidence through the comparison of the situations of the two surveys.
Before, because in front of du jiazu's tomb, many tombstones were erected, everyone did not understand, what was it used for, and no one thought about it in which way, after all, which thief would steal the tombstone?
Finally, after the statistics of the number of tombstones at the scene, the police found that two tombstones weighing thousands of pounds had been quietly stolen by thieves.
Soon, the news of the disappearance of the tombstone in front of the Du family's grave quickly spread throughout the corner of the mountain village. As for the suspect's motives, the villagers have talked about it.
Many people do not dare to believe this fact, but also question the police evidence, a group of tomb robbers took advantage of the rainy day, the moon black wind high, went to the deep mountains just to steal two thousand pounds of tombstones, this monument is so valuable?
Therefore, the conclusion of the police made the villagers feel too absurd, and even the du family themselves could not understand.
Just when the villagers were divided, the Guangyuan City Cultural Law Enforcement Detachment also participated in the theft of the tombstone and carried out a rescue excavation of the ancient tomb.
This family story, which even the descendants of the Du family did not know, the ins and outs behind this large Qing Dynasty tomb that had been sleeping for nearly a century, finally reappeared in the human world.
According to the literature in the tomb of Du Jiazu, the construction of this tomb is a touching story of Zhi En Tu Bao.
During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, the Du family had a prominent reputation in the local area and had a high social status.
There was a man named Du Huashun, his younger brother was an official in the dynasty, because it was inconvenient to carry his family, he let his son Du Jie live with the eldest brother Du Huashun all the time, which was equivalent to "foster care" in the eldest brother's family.
Du Jie is a child with a natural and active nature, who does not like to read on weekdays, but he always likes to dance with guns and sticks, compete and compete, and no one will listen to persuasion.
In that era when the imperial examination was prevalent, the Du family felt that this child was too naughty and would not have much success in the future, so they let him fend for himself and basically gave up discipline for him.
Only Bo Bo Du Huashun looked at Du Jie differently, cared for and loved him, regarded him as his own, and also took him to visit martial artists all over the world, and went to the door to ask for a teacher to learn the art.
Many years later, Du Jie learned a good martial art, eighteen martial arts proficiency, and finally heeded Du Huashun's advice, went to Beijing to take the examination of Wu Zhuangyuan, lived up to his uncle's expectations, and was admitted to the Wu Zhuangyuan of the current dynasty.
Unexpectedly, the day du jie was admitted to Wu Zhuangyuan, he suddenly learned that Du Huashun unfortunately died of illness. When he returned home, The bitter Dujie collapsed in front of his uncle's grave.
Later, in order to mourn Uncle Du Huashun and thank him for his teachings, Du Jie did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to rebuild this magnificent tomb for Uncle Du Huashun in the mountains, so as to comfort his spirit in heaven.
The tomb covers an area of about 40 square meters and has been around for more than 100 years. If it is placed in the northern Sichuan region during the Qing Dynasty, according to local customs, tombs like the Du family are very common.
However, after years of change, due to various factors such as wars, natural disasters, and unguarded tombs, it is very rare to preserve ancient tombs that can be preserved to this day.
Such an ancient tomb, the front is mainly composed of three parts, the middle is the main stele, there are carved words on it, and the ancient tomb is a detailed record of the life and deeds of the tomb owner. And those relatively short stone stele, which have some carved patterns of rare birds and beasts, civilian and military generals, their main role is to "ward off evil town tombs".
As we all know, in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, Sichuan Guangyuan is also one of the hardest hit areas, Du Jiazu Tomb such ancient tombs have been preserved for more than 100 years, still intact, indeed rare and valuable, has a good research value.
Its tombstone was carved from a special material, Aoyama stone. This carving technique is very unusual, called the "deep relief" carving method, which is almost lost in modern times.
Therefore, the value of the two stone tablets that were stolen from Du Jiazu's grave was not measured by money.
When the tomb was built in that year, it was generally carefully carved by more than a dozen workers in the cemetery, and it took three years and six months to complete.
Although its color has disappeared after a long period of wind and rain erosion, it is still possible to imagine how grand it was back then, and how majestic and solemn it was.
- The motive of the thief
According to historical records, cultural relics experts deduced that the two missing tombstones weighing thousands of pounds should have been placed on both sides of Du Jiazu's tomb. If you do not understand the relevant tomb knowledge, the average person really will not pay attention.
It is precisely because of the exquisite carving technology used in the tombstone, the unique structure, the extremely high craftsmanship, and the extremely high value in the entire tomb, the cultural relics department has characterized it as a national cultural relic. Such ancient tombstones, in the market is of sales value, some up to tens of thousands, if the buyer prefers such carving technology, it will even be higher price, some will double, or many times.
In this way, this group of criminal suspects should be habitual offenders.
The first is to use steel brazes to destroy the tomb of Du Jiazu, but not to steal anything, the purpose is actually to test, first to see if the tomb is guarded, or to test how the guards will react.
The second is to divert the attention of the other party, so that the caretaker mistakenly thinks that someone is revenge and vents his anger, and then takes advantage of the void to take the opportunity to steal the tombstone.
Their real motive for committing the crime was to target two valuable stone tablets in front of Du Jiazu's tomb, steal them, and take them to the market in exchange for money.
So, how did the suspect transport these two jacks of tombstones? This also makes the police unable to find reasonable clues.
Because the tombstone is halfway up the mountainside, it is still such a long distance on a rainy day, although it has been washed away by the rain, but if it is directly carried down by hand, I am afraid it is not very realistic.
Generally speaking, if such a heavy tombstone is moved down the mountain with less effort and safety, the average person will take three ways.
The first way is to use wicker, wrap the tombstone with wicker, layer by layer, wrap it like a large rice dumpling with a round pier, so that it can be slowly pushed away, and the movement will not be very large.
The second way is to use rolling wood, put the tombstone on the log, and then push it step by step, the reason is similar to the first way, but the movement will be relatively large.
The third way is to use the principle of leverage, directly use a wooden stick to pry the tombstone, and then carry it to various means of transportation that we are familiar with, such as ox carts, donkey carts, horse carts, and so on.
In the middle of the night when the rain is heavy, no matter which way of transporting, where it passes, there will be a large area of lodging of plants on the mountain, but the scene is not seen.
If it had been transported by car, the scene would have left traces of wheels, and no traces were found on the road site.
So, how did the suspect transport away two stone tablets weighing thousands of pounds?
The strange things that happened to Du Jiazu's grave one after another made the police and the Du family feel very confused. For this situation, the investigation experts analyzed that the criminal suspect may have been directly carried away.
After the first attempt, the second time, the criminal gang was fully prepared, drove the car on the foot of the road near the tomb of Du Jiazu, and then carried the tombstone directly down the mountain, loaded it into the car and transported it away.
In the end, the police could only search the scene of the tomb robbery again, and expanded the scope, and finally found a strange phenomenon a kilometer away from Du Wanzhou's home. A tombstone that had been lost in Du Wanzhou's home actually appeared on the mountainside of another mountain.
What's going on here?
The discarded stone stele found by the police was tied together by three horizontal and vertical trunks, which speculated that there must be 6 people to lift the stele.
What makes everyone difficult to understand is that this gang of tomb robbers painstakingly moved the tombstone 1 kilometer away, and then threw it in the mid-mountain road.
Based on this anomalous move, the police speculated that perhaps the suspect had to take action to terminate the crime because he alarmed the nearby villagers in the process of committing the crime.
As a result, the investigators immediately did a lot of visits and investigations to the people in the nearby villages along the highway and the people who had lived for a long time.
At this time, a villager on the hillside reflected a very important message to the police.
According to the villagers, that night the lightning flashed and thundered, his stomach was uncomfortable, he got up in the middle of the night to play with a flashlight to prepare for the toilet, and vaguely heard a slight noise on the road.
He was a little strange, so he took the flashlight and looked in that direction, but because it was dark and it was raining, he couldn't see clearly.
Subsequently, the villagers heard the sound of putting heavy objects on the car, followed by the sound of the car igniting and starting, quickly leaving the scene.
Then according to this analysis, when the criminal suspect committed the crime that night, he carried a stone stele to the car, and then found that someone had taken a flashlight, probably thinking that it had been discovered, so he quickly left the scene, thus throwing down another stone stele.
- Clean sweep
The case finally turned around, and the police immediately retrieved and viewed the surveillance video on the nearby highway based on this clue.
According to surveillance video, on the night of the crime, a red van drove to a monitoring point closest to Du Jiazu's grave.
The police immediately retrieved the owner information of the car. This person's name is Pang Bojun, and he usually likes to drive this car, pull some people or goods, and earn some extra money.
However, this person does not have any bad habits, and has no criminal record. Therefore, it is difficult for the police to judge that he is a criminal suspect for a while.
However, after further investigation, the police found that among Pang Bojun's friends, there was a person named "Li Erwa", who not only had a previous record of theft, but also was a "cultural relics enthusiast", who often went in and out of various cultural relics shops and studied ancient tombs, which caused great concern from the police.
Judging from past experience, the police temporarily locked "Li Erwa" as an important suspect in this case, but lacked sufficient evidence.
For now, the only clue in the hands of the police is the stone stele that was abandoned on the mountain beam.
In the end, after careful analysis, the police decided to adopt the method of "waiting for the rabbit". That is, the suspect is likely to return again, and find a way to transport the discarded tombstone back, after all, this is a duck in the mouth, it is a pity to scrap halfway, and this money is easier to earn.
Therefore, the police put the focus of the next action plan on the monitoring of the intersections in the jurisdiction, dispatched a large number of police forces to investigate and punish, and set up cards to intercept.
On February 18, 2012, just after a heavy rain in Ziyun Township, Guangyuan City, a white light truck entered the police's sight at the nearest checkpoint to Du Jiazu's tomb.
The police at the checkpoint quickly controlled all the criminal suspects in the car, arrested the organizers of the theft, such as "Li Erwa", and seized a large number of crime tools and stolen goods used in the tomb robbery.
Through interrogation, the police quickly dug up this huge tomb robbery group involving up to 17 people, involving all tombstone theft cases in the surrounding counties and cities of Guangyuan City.
The gang committed 31 crimes, and its members were well organized and sophisticated, and even had a large number of homemade firearms at the hiding place.
According to "Li Erwa", they have sold the tombstone of Du Jiazu to Chengdu, in the hands of an antique dealer nicknamed "Honest".
The police immediately rushed to Chengdu, through a large number of investigations and visits, looking for relevant clues, and finally found the stolen Du family tombstone in an antique shop called Riyuexuan.
The police then immediately arrested the shopkeeper and found that this person was a member of the "Li Erwa" tomb robbery gang, mainly responsible for selling stolen goods, and found a large number of stolen precious cultural relics in his warehouse.
On July 9, 2012, the Yuanba District Public Security Bureau transferred 17 criminal suspects from the gang, led by "Li Erwa," to the Yuanba District People's Procuratorate for review and prosecution in accordance with law.
In September, 16 criminals in the case were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 1 to 15 years. Since then, the case caused by the theft of Du Jiazu's tombstone has come to an end.
On the second day after the verdict of the case, the 95-year-old old lady of the Du family also seemed to be in good health, and insisted on asking her son Du Wanzhou to carry himself up the mountain to see.
Because on this day, the Guangyuan police transported back two tombstones from the tomb of Du Jiazu, who had disappeared for a whole year, which also gave a satisfactory answer to the du family relatives who were looking forward to it, and the old lady of the Du family hoped to witness this moment in person at the scene.
In the long history of the mainland, many stone monuments left over from ancient times have carried thousands of years of culture and art, in fact, they are also a special cultural treasure house, which has immeasurable value in history, archaeology, literature, calligraphy and other aspects.
Therefore, from the perspective of historical and cultural research, stone tablets are not just stones, but a code for our dialogue with our ancestors, and they are national treasure-level cultural relics with profound historical value.
The tombstone of the Du family tomb is also a valuable legacy left by the ancestors, and has a high reference value for the cultural research of the Qing Dynasty.
In traditional Chinese culture, worshipping ancestors and fearing gods is a matter of natural righteousness, and stealing people's ancestral graves is not only a crime against the law, but also a lack of morality that hurts nature and reason, and will definitely be punished!