Chapter 342: Unveiling Zhuge Liang l s Treasure Map! 18 Ancient Tomb Locations! (3)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
After unfurling the supposed map of Cao Cao’s tomb, it was soon clear to Luo Feng that it was indeed a map. On the map, markings indicating a mountain beside some flatland, and a river nearby could be seen.
“This sketch by Liangliang is quite crude and straightforward!” Luo Feng could not help but comment upon seeing the simplistic lines.
The mountain on the map was labeled “Taihang Mountain.” The entire map bore two characters: “Ye City.” Clearly, Ye City was a significant location, and Taihang Mountain was the mountain range they had identified. Upon closer examination, numerous points were densely marked on Taihang Mountain, totaling over a dozen locations, all labeled “Cao Cao’s Tomb!”
“My goodness! Why are there so many of Cao Cao’s tombs on Taihang Mountain?”
“Could it be Cao Cao’s seventy-two decoy tombs? Are they real?”
“Perhaps not seventy-two, but there are certainly many!”
From ancient times to the present, tomb raiders have always existed. It was rumored that Cao Cao, himself a tomb raider, was worried about his tomb being raided after his death, and thus he constructed numerous decoy tombs.
Could the experts who discovered the tomb really have found the genuine Cao Cao tomb? Luo Feng doubted that, considering it might be just one of the decoys. It was also possible that all the tombs in Taihang Mountain were decoys, and none were the real tomb of Cao Cao.
“Ye City? It should be in the Northern River Province today, right?” Luo Feng silently memorized the information after carefully storing the parchment.
Cao Cao’s tomb was located in Taihang Mountain near Ye City. The approximate location was about fifty kilometers northwest of Anyang. As Luo Feng continued reading, he found some classical Chinese text.
“Taihang Mountain’s Cao Cao tomb, seventeen in total. Enter the mountain from the east. Seven miles in, you’ll see a bamboo forest and find water. Walk south for another three miles. There is a tomb…”
Luo Feng committed the classical Chinese text to memory without missing a word. It took him an hour to finish reading, not because there were too many characters, but because the writing was so faint that he sometimes had to guess what it said. Liangliang did not indicate which of the eighteen tombs was real, so Luo Feng could not help but wonder if all of them were fake. Regardless, he did not hold out hope. It was like opening a mystery box, after all.
Next came Sima Yi’s map. With the tools provided by the Cultural Relics Bureau, Luo Feng managed to open it as well. From the map, He found two possible locations for Sima Yi’s tomb: Jicui Mountain and Shouyang Mountain.
Luo Feng was speechless. Cao Cao had eighteen potential tomb locations, and Sima Yi had two?
“That’s right! Sima Yi’s tomb has been discovered!”
“It’s on Shouyang Mountain!”
“But where is Jicui Mountain?”
Located on Shouyang Mountain in the northern part of Yan Shire County in Luoyang City, Gaoyuan Mausoleum was the resting place of Emperor Jin Xuan and Sima Yi’s tomb. Sima Yi was buried at Shouyang Mountain in Luoyang in 251 AD. Could it be that the discovered Sima Yi tomb was fake, and there was still a genuine one? Or were both tombs real?
After examining the map, Luo Feng began to read the classical Chinese text below it.
It first analyzed Shouyang Mountain. The gist was that Zhuge Liang had once sent spies who observed hundreds of people excavating Shouyang Mountain.
After watching for several months, it seemed they were digging a tomb. Initially, Zhuge Liang thought Sima Yi might be tomb raiding, but it did not seem likely. Later, he concluded that the Sima family was probably constructing a tomb for Sima Yi.
As for Jicui Mountain, the classical Chinese text written by Zhuge Liang indicated that he had only heard rumors. The analysis of Jicui Mountain stated that Zhuge Liang received reports from spies saying many people were excavating Jicui Mountain and that it was related to Sima Yi. At first, he suspected tomb raiding, but later discovered the site was empty.
Luo Feng could only sigh.
Zhuge Liang was no immortal. He was likely just a military strategist who analyzed and recorded the information gathered by his spies. The authenticity of these tombs was completely unknown, and the only way to find out would be to dig them up. As for Jicui Mountain’s location, Liangliang surprisingly wrote that it was in Liaodong Commandery.
“Damn!” Luo Feng’s first reaction was disbelief.
Could this be fake? Liaodong Commandery? Wasn’t that in the northeast?
Would any tomb be constructed in Liaodong Commandery during the Three Kingdoms period? Had the Sima family lost their minds?
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