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Chapter 66 Burial in the coffin, the mystery of Queen Zhang Yan

Chapter 66 Burial in the coffin, the mystery of Queen Zhang Yan

Zhang Jue, who entered the main tomb, recovered his freedom almost instantly.

The four bronze snakes that were tightly bound to him just now slowed down and quickly got into the original hole.

Zhang Jue also heard the voice outside the copper wall.

He simply reported to the two of them that they were safe, and then shifted his gaze to the front.

At this time, what appeared in front of him was a very spacious tomb.

There are a large number of wooden sculptures of human figures in the front hall of the tomb, which are different from the wooden sculptures of soldiers before.

Most of these woodcarving clothes are the styles of scholars in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Jue took a closer look at them and found that they all looked like men.

Considering that Tianqi seems to have a habit of cutting off sleeves, Zhang Jue is not surprised.

He took a few steps forward, and these chaotically arranged humanoid wooden sculptures automatically parted ways and moved quickly to both sides.

Zhang Jue observed carefully and found that there were pulley-like things installed under these wood carvings.

"interesting."

The corners of Zhang Jue's mouth curled up slightly, and he strolled forward.

Passing through the front hall, you come to the nave of the main tomb, where there are also many rare treasures.

Jewelry and emeralds are just common, and Zhang Jue even discovered a lot of Tang Sancai.

The entire nave, like a cornucopia, contained almost all the treasures of Emperor Tianqi during his lifetime.

He knew that the most valuable things here were definitely not these jewelry and porcelain, although if these things were taken outside, any one of them would cost tens of millions.

But compared with the exquisite wooden objects collected by Emperor Tianqi, it is still quite a bit worse.

There is a hanging copper lamp every two meters in the corridor here, and it is very much like a modern induction lamp. As long as he walks, these lamps will automatically ignite, as if they have been connected with humanity.

Zhang Jue walked around all the way, not in the mood to appreciate the main tomb.

What he wanted was to advance the exploration mission as quickly as possible.

Pass through the nave and the left and right side halls of the main tomb.

Zhang Jue finally came to the apse where the coffin of Emperor Tianqi was placed.

At this time, the progress of the Deling exploration mission has also advanced to 99%.

"It's only one line away from completion."

Zhang Jue took a deep breath and continued walking.

There is a seven-foot-wide pool in front of it. Bypassing this pool, you can clearly see the emperor's coffin placed on the highest step.

Zhang Jue walked quickly and climbed up the steps.

When he was less than one meter away from the coffin, Zhang Jue discovered that the bronze coffin did not have a coffin lid.

Inside lay two mummies.

The corpse on the left was dressed in a mottled and tattered red robe, with obvious dragon patterns on its chest and sun and moon patterns on its shoulders.

This is the uniform of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

So the one on the left should be Emperor Apocalypse.

What really surprised Zhang Jue was the one on the right. Judging from his costume, he didn't look like an empress of the Ming Dynasty.

Furthermore, in the Ming Dynasty, how could there be an example of the emperor and the empress being buried in a coffin together?
The emperors of the Ming Dynasty generally did not live as long as the queens.

Usually the emperor was buried for decades before the empress died of old age.

At this time, it is absolutely impossible to lift the emperor's coffin and put the queen in it.

That's disrespectful.

But Zhang Juesi thought about it, but he didn't find the second coffin in the main tomb.

"Or look for it again..."

Mr. Zhang rubbed his chin with his hands, and walked around the entire main tomb from the inside to the outside.

Indeed, no second coffin was found.

"That's weird... I remember that it seems to be recorded in Emperor Tianqi's plan..."

Zhang Jue sat on the ground and murmured.

But as he thought of the planning map of the imperial tomb, he soon realized that something was wrong.

He carefully recalled the plan, which did not clearly state that the queen's coffin was in the Xuantian Dao Palace.

It just said "the emperor's coffin is stored in it".

Because I was disturbed by the archaeological team, I immediately assumed the guess of the archaeological team.

Only then subconsciously thought that the queen's coffin was also in the main tomb.

"No, no, how could the queen's coffin be in the main tomb?"

Zhang Jue slapped his head and suddenly remembered something.

Emperor Tianqi also died decades before the queen.

Moreover, according to historical records, the death of Queen Zhang Yan was due to the fall of the Ming Dynasty and she died for the country.

Finally, Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing court ordered Empress Zhang and Emperor Tianqi to be buried together in Deling.

But no second coffin was found in the entire main tomb, or even the entire Xuantian Dao Palace. Along the way, Zhang Jue found no second coffin.

Moreover, once the Nine Dragon Wall of Xuantian Dao Palace is opened, it cannot be closed.

Then when the Qing court let Empress Zhang and Tianqi be buried together, they must have not discovered the Xuantian Taoist Palace below.

Then Queen Zhang's coffin is likely to be stored in the underground palace.

"When I opened the underground mysterious palace before, I didn't seem to hear that the archaeological team found the queen's coffin."

After some logical reasoning, Zhang Jue came to a conclusion.

The previous tomb robbers probably stole a small number of cultural relics in the underground palace and the coffin of Queen Zhang.

This important information must be told to the inspection team after they go out.

Zhang Jue thought to himself.

Now, it seems that most of the problems are clear.

But who is the second birdman in the coffin? !

Why can he be buried in the coffin with Emperor Tianqi?

It seems that the queen didn't even enjoy this beig...

Zhang Jue racked his brains to find the answer.He inherited Emperor Tianqi's carpentry experience, and he has some memories of Emperor Tianqi in his mind, but these memories are very mixed and incomplete.

He thought for a long time, but he couldn't guess who this person was.

Even the "Tianqi Imperial Mausoleum Planning Map" he obtained before did not mention this person.

(End of this chapter)