The interior was neatly tidied, except for a large three-set coffin. The so-called three sets of coffins had two coffins on the outside and one coffin on the inside. This was a very huge coffin.
The coffin is made of cypress wood, painted bronze, and the coffin is made of nanmu, which is orange-red. There is an inner coffin and a middle coffin. There are two layers of lime about 40 centimeters thick between the middle coffin and the outer coffin. There are two layers outside the outer coffin.
The coffin lid was tightly covered with a thirty centimeter thick layer of clay. The smell just now came from the coffin. Cui Ying's expression changed: "Is this?"
"Oh, it's a long story." The old lady said nervously: "Please take a look quickly, I have to lock the door right away."
Yue Qing and Sub Bai looked at each other, and they stepped forward to open the coffin lid. They were surprised by the person lying inside. A female corpse in the coffin was actually well preserved, just like when she was just buried. Her hair was black and there was a knot on the back of her head.
bun, fair skin, plump and elastic muscles, and
The joints can still be bent and extended, and the blood vessels on the muscles are clearly visible. It is no exaggeration to say that it would be no problem to give her an injection. The female body is about 1.65 meters tall, with well-proportioned limbs, a slender figure, an oval face, and bound feet.
, Cui Ying’s eyes lit up, this is the real three-inch golden lotus!
The bad habit of foot-binding began in the Sui Dynasty and was widely spread in the Song Dynasty. At that time, people generally regarded small feet as a standard of beauty, while women regarded foot-binding as a virtue and did not hesitate to endure severe pain to bind their feet. People took the bound feet
The feet are called lotus, and feet of different sizes are different grades of lotus. Those larger than four inches are called iron lotus, four-inch ones are called anemone, and three-inch feet are called golden lotus. Three-inch golden lotus was considered the most beautiful little foot for women at that time.
Legend has it that when Dayu was controlling floods, he married Tushan's daughter and gave birth to his son Qi. Tushan's daughter was a fox spirit with small feet, so she was favored. It is also said that Daji, the concubine of King Zhou in the late Yin Dynasty, was also transformed into a fox spirit.
Or maybe she was transformed from a pheasant spirit, but her feet didn’t
It got better, so she wrapped it with cloth. Because Daji was favored, the women in the palace followed her example and wrapped their feet. However, this idea was not generally recognized. It is generally believed that the custom of foot binding is
Starting from the Sui Dynasty.
It is said that when Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty traveled east to Jiangdu, he selected hundreds of beauties to stretch his hair. A woman named Wu Yueniang was selected. She hated Emperor Yang's tyranny, so she asked her father, a blacksmith, to make a three-inch long and one-inch wide
lotus
He used a long cloth to wrap the knife under the soles of his feet, and at the same time, he wrapped the feet as small as possible. Then he carved a lotus flower on the sole, and printed a beautiful lotus flower with each step when he walked. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty saw Long Xin
great joy, call
She came closer and wanted to play with her little feet. Wu Yueniang slowly untied the foot-wrapped cloth, suddenly pulled out the lotus petal knife and stabbed Emperor Sui Yang. Emperor Sui Yang quickly dodged, but his arm had been stabbed. Seeing that the assassination failed, Wu Yueniang
Just throw yourself into the river
He committed suicide. Afterwards, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty issued an edict: No matter how beautiful the woman is in the future, women with bound feet will not be selected for beauty pageants! However, in order to commemorate the moon goddess, women among the people bound their feet one after another. So far, the trend of foot binding among women has become increasingly popular.
The woman lying in the coffin now has a very standard three-inch feet. Looking at her nails painted with red nail polish and her beautiful facial features, she must have been a stunning young woman during her lifetime.
"This woman should be from the Qing Dynasty. You see, the female body is covered with a quilt and a silk mattress. She is wearing four sets of clothing: court clothes, patchwork clothes, Yanfu, and casual clothes. There are dragons, walking dragons, and flying phoenixes on them.
Patterns such as bats and auspicious clouds. The patches on the mended clothes are unicorn white patterns embroidered with gold thread. The embroidery work is exquisite.
It is elegant and vivid in style. Wearing a dark blue snow cap, navy blue boots, and a thin silk scarf around the neck embroidered with peonies, chrysanthemums and other patterns. The pattern color matching is exquisite and the embroidery is exquisite. However, the clothes
It doesn’t fit very well.” Subai’s heart moved: “This can’t be…”
"What can it be?" Yingning asked curiously.
"Old lady, this child, the child couldn't have been born from..." Suba swallowed hard, "was it born from her belly?"
This statement shocked everyone, even the old lady shuddered: "You, how do you know?"
"Imagination, damn imagination." Su Bai said in confusion: "This woman is wearing Qing Dynasty clothes, how can she give birth to a child? What is going on?"
The old lady sighed: "Well, it's a long story. I was originally a servant of this family. I am seventy years old this year..."
"Seventy years old, I really can't tell. I'm in my sixties at most." Cui Ying said from the bottom of her heart: "You take good care of yourself really well."
"Well, most of them are buried in the ground." The old lady sighed: "This family has died, and I am the only one left to guard this house. Last year, there was construction work nearby. Once, this
The house suddenly shook violently, which scared me to death. I thought it was an earthquake. There was a large dent in the yard. I was going to find someone to fix it, but I didn’t have any money. After the old owner passed away, I relied on them to save money.
I used the little money I had to live on, and I usually looked after the children outside and supplemented the household income. I had no other choice, so I moved some bricks outside and prepared to lay them again."
The old lady spoke very carefully, and everyone listened with rapt attention. When the old lady recalled that day, she felt her heart beating faster again. She immediately put her hand on her chest and took several breaths before continuing to speak: "I
I moved away the loose bricks and prepared to lay new bricks, but I smelled a scent. You all know where this imperial capital is, and you know how many innocent souls there are under the ground, but the fragrance soul hasn't heard yet.
As I said, I didn’t know where I got the courage at that time, so I took a shovel and started digging..."
"I dug and dug, and I felt more and more something was wrong. The aroma was getting stronger and stronger. My previous host was an old professor. Although I was poor, my ancestors had some wealth," the old lady said, "I thought
, it can’t be that some treasure was buried under the ground, but a coffin was dug up!”
The old lady said: "Maybe because of my old age, I didn't know how to be afraid of digging out unlucky things. I thought of a way to open the coffin and saw this girl lying inside. Her belly looked seven months old. You guys said,
If this person dies, shouldn’t the child in his belly also die?”
"From a medical point of view, this is indeed true." Subai said, "Especially if it is a female corpse from the Qing Dynasty. It is possible that the female corpse is not rotten, but there is no reason for the child in the belly to be alive."
"Yes, this is too evil, but when I took off my clothes to check, I clearly saw the child kicking his mother in the stomach!" The old lady's throat was a little dry, and her eyes widened uncontrollably. It was obvious that she was being beaten.
The memory shocked me: "Everyone is dead, how can the child still move! I had a heart disease, and I took medicine quickly to save my life. I was having trouble dealing with this thing. I might have been possessed by evil spirits.
I am a lonely old woman with no relatives and friends. My master is dead. I really want to have a companion. I thought, if this child is still alive and born, wouldn’t I have a companion?"
Ying Ning felt a chill all over her body. This thought was so terrifying!
Cui Ying unconsciously took a step back and stared at the old lady. The old lady's expression was full of loneliness, but this idea was too terrible, and she actually put it into practice.
"It took me a few days to get the coffin up and push it into the utility room. You see, there are several scratches on the outside of the coffin, which were all made by me when I pulled it with a rope."
The wife breathed out: "I have been thinking about whether the child is alive in the belly and whether he wants to eat. Is it okay to continue like this?"
Yue Qing and Sub Bai looked at each other, and Sub Bai said softly: "Yes, the mother's body is dead, can the child in her belly survive? What happens next?"
"But the baby didn't die, and I didn't know what was going on. I tried to feed her some liquid food, but she couldn't feed her. Seeing that the baby was still moving in her belly, I didn't care. I waited day by day.
Let's see if the baby can be born." The old lady raised her head slightly: "I have been thinking about a question. This woman may have had it in her belly when she died. It must be like this."
"What happened next?" Although the old lady's behavior was too suspicious, she still had to break the casserole and get to the bottom of it.
"Then?" The old lady smiled very charmingly: "Later, my belly got bigger day by day, and the baby was about to be born. I prepared a lot of little things to welcome his arrival. When I gave birth, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to give birth."
"It is impossible to give birth naturally. How can the mother give birth if she is unable to give birth?" Cui Ying's heart trembled: "You can't do it yourself, can you?"
"Is there any other way?" The old lady stared at the four of them.
Cui Ying was startled. She put the child in her hand back into the old lady's hand, and then went to undress the female corpse in the coffin. After peeling it off one by one, she saw a long wound on the belly of the female corpse.
It was everted, and there was a long and thin thing... She couldn't help but turn her head, and felt a foreign object rising in her throat. She quickly controlled it, and Cui Ying closed her eyes: "You are not afraid."
The old lady opened the belly of the female corpse with a knife and took out the child. What was exposed just now was the end of the umbilical cord. It was the same as the female corpse and was not blackened. Seeing this, Cui Ying almost vomited. To the old lady
The feeling became more and more complicated, and the old lady smiled: "The child is alive and well, just like an ordinary child."
Ying Ning felt very strange in her heart. She pulled Cui Ying and asked with her eyes, is this old lady not sick?
Cui Ying couldn't answer. She felt the same as Ying Ning. The old lady must be sick. Otherwise, she discovered the incorruptible ancient corpse and didn't tell anyone, and she also guarded the birth of the child. It was too outrageous!
"How could such a well-behaved child suddenly be like this?" the old lady murmured, "How could this be happening, child? You have to be well-behaved. My old lady doesn't want to be alone anymore. She doesn't want to be alone anymore."