In 1973, Hefei Second Steel Mill began to expand the land, just after laying the foundation, the construction site found the ancient tomb group, the relevant departments had to stop the construction, and the archaeological team was also stationed at the site, folk rumors said that the ancient tomb group and the Song Dynasty famous minister Bao Zheng has a great relationship.
"Kaifeng has a Bao Qingtian", after the rendering of film and television dramas, the image of the black-faced Bao Gong is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, although there is indeed Bao Zheng in history, but in fact, the ancestral home of Bao Daren is in Hefei.
According to folk legend, bao zheng was buried back to the ancestral land by his son in the second year of his death, and because the official GangZheng was not a good person, Bao Zheng offended many powerful people during his reign, in order to avoid revenge, he had to set up twenty-one suspicious tombs after his death, and did this ancient tomb group fit the conspiracy theory? Archaeologists had to turn to the descendants of the Bao family.
After obtaining the consent of the Bao clan, the archaeological team and the local cultural relics protection department in Hefei, the construction department, finally began the excavation of the ancient tomb group, from the west to the east excavation of the first tomb has a surprising discovery, from the tomb specifications, compared to the same period of official tomb specifications are small, funerary products are even more pitiful, but the coffin in the tomb is quite amazing, the use of gold silk Nan wood, this wood is very rare, but also because of the production is very small, there were few people at that time can afford, if this is really the tomb of Bao Zheng, Is the image of incorruptibility fake?
Experts are not reconciled, what if it is set up to prevent the enemy family from setting up a suspicious tomb? After opening the coffin, the internal remains are a heavy blow to the conjecture, the coffin does have human remains, after cleaning, excavation of thirty-five relatively complete bones, that era did not have DNA detection technology, can only be for the skeleton for general biochemical testing, but found in the bones mercury exceeding the standard phenomenon, is it that the hall of the big man was poisoned?
Mercury exceeding the standard is easily reminiscent of a common way of poisoning in ancient times, that is, arsenic, but there are also different opinions at the on-site work meeting that Bao Zheng only moved back to Hefei the year after his death, when the body was highly decomposed, and putting cinnabar for embalming during the body transportation process will also lead to mercury exceeding the standard, and the real reason may need more evidence to summarize.
In the following months, all twelve tombs around Tomb No. 1 were excavated, which is far from the claim of twenty-one suspected tombs, this tomb group is not unique to Bao Zheng, but includes Bao Zheng's wife, parents, including the entire family tomb group, other tombs have not been excavated luxury goods, only porcelain, crock pots and daily necessities that have long been corrupted, the origin of the coffin of the golden silk Nan wood is even more unclear, when Bao Zheng died, the official worship of the Ministry of Shangshu, perhaps the emperor in recognition of his life's achievements, It is also unknown whether it was given by the royal family, and this remains an unsolved mystery.