Chapter Thirteen: Coffin with Bronze Horns and Golden Coffin
It can be said that this willow leaf shovel is the symbol of the Hunjiang Dragon, just like the golden talisman of the captain of the golden school and the seal of the general of the hair hill. Therefore, there is a saying in the line: "A man with a long river of thousands of miles is called a hero, and a man with two heads is called a hero."
"The two-leaf willows flow along the river". These rivers are the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and the two-leaf willows refer to the two willow-leaf shovels in the hands of Hun Jianglong.
Needless to say, Axue and Doujiyan also have two in their hands. They have always been inseparable from Willow Leaf Shovel. As long as they go out to roll ground dragons, they will definitely take them with them from the beginning to the end.
Even if you are sleeping, you must put it next to your pillow.
Another point is that the willow shovels in the hands of each Hunjianglong are different. Their willow shovels are all made in line with the user's personality and characteristics. Some are light, some are heavy, some are short and nimble.
Some are complex and varied.
I was very curious, what was the fat man going to do when he took out the shovel? I had a very bad feeling in my heart, so I asked, "Fat man, what are you going to do?"
The fat man smiled mysteriously at me and didn't say anything. He just called the monkey. The two of them held willow shovels and squatted in front of the head of the sarcophagus, one on the left and one on the right, in the same position where I had just squatted.
Same.
Seeing the mysterious look on their faces, I wanted to ask, but before I could say anything, I saw the monkey grinning at me, raising his brows and saying, "Tiger Head, don't ask yet, hehe, I'm going to surprise you."
After the monkey finished speaking, he took a willow shovel from the fat man's hand. The two of them twisted their hands, and two steel pillars protruded from the handle. The top was very tapered. The fat man said that as long as he twisted it with his backhand, it would be like this.
Flowers will bloom at the tip, which is called "willow flower". When encountering hard soil, just rotate it like drilling a well, and you can drill to a very deep position. This is a delicate job.
Hunjianglong is called "Exploring the Dragon's Cave". The fat man said that he has been doing Hunjianglong for more than ten years and has only done it a few times.
But this time I didn't see the willow flower. I only saw the two of them aim the steel pillar at the position of the eyes on the head of the coffin, and then press it down hard.
This trumpet head is made of a carved relief and painted with oil. It has a very three-dimensional feel, which was rare at the time, especially on coffins. Especially the eyes of this trumpet head are very prominent.
The two eyes are light red and have a sinister aura.
Following the movements of the two of them, the eyes of the fist-sized horns slowly sank in, which made me dumbfounded. I didn't expect that the eyes of the horns could be pressed in.
As the eyeballs slowly sink in, there is a faint "click" sound. Although the sound is very subtle, if you listen carefully, you can still clearly distinguish it. Moreover, this sound is very hollow and obvious.
It came from the coffin. I couldn't help but wonder to myself, could there be a mechanism inside?
When Thu Tou's eyes were completely sunken, with a heavy muffled sound, everything stopped again. The monkey and the fat man also retracted their hands, and I discovered that there were fine beads of sweat on their foreheads.
, obviously caused by nervousness.
The two of them wiped their foreheads and slowly stood up. The fat man put away the willow shovel and showed a proud smile. He said, "Hey, that's it. This time, I'm going to do a big one."
Although I don’t often do fights, this little thing can’t stop me, hehe.”
Although I got some clues, I still had only a little knowledge. Seeing that they all looked cautious, did they really discover something? I quickly asked: "You two, stop being pretentious and tell me quickly, what happened just now?"
thing?"
Neither the fat man nor the monkey spoke, they just kept winking, but Dabi next to me explained it to me. He first asked me: "Little prince, have you ever felt that this horn is very weird?"
"Weird? What do you mean?"
"Little Prince, although I haven't read many books and don't have as much knowledge as you, my memory is pretty good. I once heard my boss say that in the Tang Dynasty, people generally used cypress coffins.
The function of warding off evil spirits. The functions of the trumpet and cypress are the same. They are to drive away those inexplicable things. The trumpet is usually painted on a cypress coffin, but now it appears on a stone coffin. Or
Using this method of relief, I think its function is not just to ward off evil spirits."
Hearing his reminder, I also remembered that the skull pattern is indeed a custom, and the cypress coffin is also a custom. There was a saying in the Tang Dynasty that if the coffin is not made of cypress, you will not be able to go to the underworld and be reincarnated after death.
The cypress coffin and the cypress coffin are both part of that custom. The two are inseparable. But now here is a stone coffin. This goes against the customs of the time. For those with status, it is not a good idea.
This kind of mistake is allowed. As a result, something that originally seemed reasonable becomes a bit abrupt.
"Little prince, I think the size of this coffin is too big. During the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains was known as the Celestial Dynasty and a land of etiquette. There were very strict regulations on etiquette. The size of the coffin used after death
Both the coffin and the system have strict norms and standards. If it exceeds this standard, it is a serious sin. In the form of this coffin, it neither looks like an emperor nor an ordinary minister. It seems to be an independent coffin system, so
…”
"So if it's not the person who made this coffin that has a problem, then there's something wrong with this coffin, right?" After Dabi's reminder, my thoughts became clearer and clearer, and the things that I thought were a little weird slowly started to appear.
Become clearer.
Dabi nodded. At this time, Ashue also came over and said expressionlessly: "It's not just that. Maybe you are the only one who didn't notice that when you came into contact with the horn just now, the pattern on it
There have been some changes in some places, you should understand now, right?"
After hearing this, I was shocked and broke out in a cold sweat. Thinking of the fantasy I had just seen and the eyes that seemed to flash a few times when I first saw the horn, is there any connection between them?
I was almost certain that this coffin contained some kind of very deadly mechanism, and I became more and more surprised. This was the first time I had seen this method of placing a mechanism in a coffin, and I had to admire the craftsmanship of this coffin.
The cleverness of the person carrying the coffin. At that time, it must have been a very difficult thing to place machinery in such a small space like a coffin. It required very exquisite craftsmanship. Moreover, the person's psychological impact on people
The understanding is also very profound. If an ordinary tomb robber enters this place, all his thoughts will be on how to open the coffin, and he will never think that there is a mechanism in the coffin.
In fact, this is indeed the case. None of us thought of this aspect just now. If I hadn't inadvertently caused some subtle changes, we might not have been able to discover the fatal threat contained in it.
While I was in a daze here, there was a muffled sound from the other side. When I turned around, I realized that the fat man and the monkey had pushed the stone coffin open through a half-foot-wide gap, and their heads were squeezed together.
Use the wolf eyes to look inside carefully.
For some reason, my scalp felt numb, and my intuition told me that opening this sarcophagus was a very stupid thing to do. But now that the city had opened, it was too late to stop it. I saw several people gathered around the coffin to watch.
, the curiosity in my heart began to stir again, and I walked over slowly and unconsciously.
As soon as my eyes came into contact with the coffin in the stone coffin, I couldn't help but take a breath. Lying in the stone coffin, it turned out to be a huge golden coffin.
"This, this is gold?"
Both the monkey and the fat man looked at the giant coffin with straight eyes. I could clearly hear the sound of them swallowing. This was really shocking. There was a giant golden coffin here. What a huge gesture and wealth this must have been.
Only talented people can make it.
Several people looked at each other, and the monkey grinned and said stupidly: "Hutou, now we are rich. With this golden coffin, your plate will live, and I can also marry a big-ass man."
Beautiful daughter-in-law, you don’t have to worry anymore in this life. You are now rich this time. I really didn’t expect such an unexpected joy! Hehe, by the way, fat man, what is your goal in life?”
The fat man's greed for money was even worse than that of a monkey. At this time, his mouth was dripping with Hadazi, and he said with some excitement: "Master Gua, my ideal is not big, I just want to be a landlord. When I have one,
If I don’t have enough money, I will wash my hands in the golden basin, and then buy a piece of land. I will have clothes on my hands and food on my hands every day. If nothing happens, I will lead a group of losers to tease women from good families, and beat anyone I don’t like. This is how people live.
,hey-hey."
The monkey couldn't help laughing when he heard it, and said with a look of disdain: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to realize your dream. We are not a capitalist society anymore. In this legal era, if you do something immoral, it will be spread immediately if others find out.
All over the world, at that time, it is estimated that you, the landlord, will not only fail to be successful, but will also become a negative teaching material for the good young people of socialism. I think you should give up this idea!"
Compared with the rest of us, the experienced Dabi and the cautious Axue had very serious expressions at this time. I could clearly feel that they both seemed a little nervous, especially the cross-eyed ones, which kept flashing.
Seems to be very scared.
"Axue, did you find anything?" I asked softly.
Axue nodded and looked at one corner of the golden coffin. I followed and pointed the wolf eye in my hand at one of the corners of the golden coffin, only to see that the material of the corner was somewhat different from the coffin body.
, the color is a bit dark, and upon closer inspection, I discovered that the corners of the coffin are actually made of copper.
"Hiss! Bronze-horned golden coffin?"
My heart was beating wildly. I heard the old man say something earlier: "The blood-clothed corpse, the copper-horned coffin, the evil spirit is soaring into the sky, even if God saves his life," in ancient times, those noble people would have transformed into corpses after death.
, they specifically use this kind of copper-horned gold coffin to suppress the corpse. Is it possible that what is lying inside is not an ordinary corpse, but a thousand-year-old rice dumpling?