Touching the gold, a captain found a treasure trove of geomantic omen.
"quirk" 1: light up the southeast corner, put out the lights and put out the desire.
Before touching the gold, a captain will light a candle in the southeast corner of the grave. After starting work, the candle will go out or change color abnormally. No matter how many good treasures there are in the tomb, we must put out the desire to "leave the house" so as not to lose our lives in a rage.
It can be said that it is superstitious, timid and ignorant, and it can also be said that it scares laymen into this industry and reduces competition. But it must be said that lighting a lamp also has its scientific basis, and the candle in front of the tomb is an excellent method to detect oxygen content. Of course, there are also grave robbers who use live chickens and ducks instead of candles. Although the method is different, but the purpose is exactly the same, rushing into the hole will only lose your life in vain.
In modern times, the "professional level" of grave robbers is constantly improving. Of course, modern grave robbers will not adopt this backward and ignorant method. Professional grave robbers have a lot of financial support, advanced technology and high professionalism, so the air quality is naturally tested by professional instruments.
"quirk" 2: dividing money and fixing points
Tomb raiding depends on feng shui. When Wu Zetian chose her grave, she ordered Yuan Tiangang and Li to look for a treasure trove of geomantic omen. Yuan Tiangang determined the Feng Shui cave after many calculations and placed a copper coin as a symbol. Li also found a treasure and inserted a steel needle here as a symbol. Upon acceptance, it was found that Li's steel needle was just inserted in the copper coin hole in Yuan Tiangang.
Historical events may be exaggerated, but they also fully illustrate the importance of geomantic positioning for tomb selection.
Feng shui is actually a geography. Ancient grave robbers confirmed that there were indeed signs of ancient tombs in the local area through some "look and ask", so they took out compasses and determined the location of ancient tombs according to the principle of geomantic omen.
Dividing the gold into points to determine the location of the tomb is not the most important method. Before the tomb raiding began, the tomb raiders would pretend to be various figures and constantly explore and observe in the wild. This series of "questions" will provide a lot of information for grave robbers to determine whether there is an ancient tomb here, and then locate the ancient tomb after determination. Without investigation and study, it is difficult for even Yuan Tiangang to take out a compass out of thin air.
"quirk" 3: never "corrupt" and accept it when it is good.
Every industry has its own professional ethics, and the grave robbery industry also has its own "rules". Touching a captain's gold to rob a tomb will never destroy the bones. One or two of the best "funerary objects" will always be left to the tomb owner, and the next tomb must be full of golden spells.
These are all rules that must be followed. Grave robbers who abide by these rules are basically professional grave robbers. Unlike those amateur grave robbers (mostly poor farmers), they have a relatively fixed source of income, so they don't have to go to one place to sweep the light, and they also leave a way out for the future. For amateurs, it is not easy to find a grave. Of course, they must earn a lot of money.
"quirk" 4: don't say "human words", the connector has a secret code:
Grave robbing, as a shady profession, naturally cannot appear in front of others. In a series of activities, people often use "slang" to communicate with others, which also forms a fixed vocabulary.
"Support the pot": Team up to organize a robbery gang. "The pot can't hold" means that the robbery failed.
"Return to the kiln" or "Return to the kiln hall": Stop robbing the tomb and leave the scene.
"Inverted bucket" and "bucket" are coffins, and inverted bucket is to turn over coffins, which is naturally a grave robbery.
In the past, only grave robbers around Beijing and Shenyang in the northeast would say such slang. There are many such slang words, which are gradually formed according to the habits of the industry, and there are also unnecessary names in various regions, but the purpose is to hide.