The mask of the diving suit was bubbling. I grabbed the eaves of the iron house underwater and tried to steady myself.
Lao Ka's hand is very stable, and the cutting gun's direction always remains in a straight line.
Yellow and blue flames slid past, and unexpectedly, smoke could be seen under the water.
Time passed minute by minute, about twenty minutes passed, and a garden shape was cut out on the iron house.
Lao Ka turned off the fire and turned around to gesture.
He nodded and pointed at Brother Yu and me.
The others stepped aside, and Brother Yu and I kicked the door hard at the same time.
Even though I was underwater, I could still clearly hear the bang.
Lao Ka signaled to continue.
Brother Yu and I continued to increase our strength, this time changing to both feet.
Only a muffled sound was heard.
The iron door was kicked in with a clang.
A large amount of river water poured in instantly, causing the surrounding water flow to form a small whirlpool.
I straightened my headlamp and took the lead in looking inside.
The headlight swept across it brightly, and I was shocked. Why the hell is there still a layer of iron plate?
Looking now, the internal space is more than two meters from left to right. If you turn on the light and look upward, you can see a row of things like faucets. These faucets are tens of centimeters apart from each other. They cannot be seen from the outside, but they can be seen from the inside.
See.
An idea flashed in my mind, and I knew what these faucets were.
This is the sprue left from the past.
This iron house is made up of iron plates on the front, back, left, and right sides. After the sand mold is made, molten iron is poured into it from more than a dozen pouring openings. After cooling, the mold is removed and finally formed.
It's such a big place, but I didn't expect there to be a layer of baffles, so I could only ask Lao Ka to get in and continue cutting.
Unlike the first time, something went wrong this time.
We helped with lighting, and Lao Ka lit the fire. He just made a cut, and suddenly some silvery white liquid slowly flowed out from the cutting slit. At first glance, it looked like milk.
Lao Ka immediately backed away, not daring to cut anymore.
With the mask on his head, I couldn't see his expression clearly.
These silver liquids do not dissolve in water when mixed in water. I think they are mercury.
After a few minutes of flow, the white liquid gradually stopped flowing.
In ancient times, mercury was added to many coffins for antiseptic purposes. In many cases, the head was thought to be filled with mercury. I couldn’t see the bleeding anymore, so I pointed my head at Lao Ka to continue cutting. After all, I only made a small incision.
Lao Ka nodded in agreement.
Two or three minutes later, under the flames, Lao Ka was doing it.
Sudden!
From inside the gap, a stream of crimson water spurted out.
It may be due to the different water pressures inside and outside. Lao Ka was so close that he didn't react and was sprayed directly in the face!
Bean Sprouts and I immediately pulled him over and backed away.
There was a lot of this crimson liquid on Lao Ka's face, mask, and sunglasses. He couldn't smell it and couldn't wipe it off with water. I was really shocked.
He took off his sunglasses and wiped his eyes vigorously. After a while, Lao Ka waved his hand to indicate that he was fine.
The crimson liquid of unknown composition sprayed outwards, and gradually became weaker and weaker, until it began to flow outwards. It took nearly ten minutes for the liquid to flow out completely.
Lao Ka knew that everyone had a limited number of gas cylinders, so he started cutting again without any further delay. When the iron plate was almost cut, Lao Ka kicked his feet.
The iron plate fell down and everything was opened.
Next, the scene that appeared in front of us is unforgettable.
What is it?
I saw the hair first, the kind of hair that women wear, which is very long and has a big lump.
The water flow is slow, I use a flashlight to take a closer look.
They are the (suspected) corpses of two women, one on the left and one on the right. The clothes worn by the female corpses are basically torn, and the skin is very fat and soaked. They are not of normal shape, but they look...
...The head is obviously small, but the body is ridiculously fat.
In the arms of the two female corpses, each held an iron jar, hugging them tightly with both hands.
Why did I say they were suspected to be women? Because their hair was too long, and the two female corpses were head-down, so I couldn't see their faces, so I wasn't sure.
Normally, it is said that if a corpse is soaked in water, it will rot within a year, so I say it is scary. The only explanation is that the mercury plus the crimson liquid that flows out can prevent corrosion.
The mask that Dou Sprout was wearing was beeping and bubbling. He didn't dare to move forward, so he pushed me. I was also scared, it was too weird.
After being stunned for a while, he reacted first and placed his target on the iron jar held in the arms of the two female corpses.
He raised his head to swim over, but Brother Yu grabbed him.
Brother Yu shook his head and swam over by himself.
I wanted to step forward to help, but Brother Yu waved his hand to stop me.
Carefully approaching, Brother Yu reached out and grabbed one of the iron jars, trying to pull it out, but found that it couldn't be pulled.
The "little head" female corpse lowered her head and hugged her tightly.
Brother Yu was getting closer. He grabbed the iron jar with both hands and pulled hard!
Pulled out.
There was no jar in the female corpse's hands, but she still kept her arms folded, but her body was rising and falling slightly with the flow of water.
Brother Yu followed the same example and moved the other one. Unexpectedly, the female corpse was not held so hard. Brother Yu pulled it too hard and the body was pushed forward, with her head pressed against Brother Yu's face.
Dou Sprout was close, so he kicked him over and kicked the body away.
At this time, he pointed his head at the corpse and then at the top of his head.
Understanding what he meant, I looked around carefully and saw nothing else, then I made a gesture to the head.
We started to swim upstream with the iron jar, and then Dou Sprout swam over and pointed at the large and small stone sculptures lying on the bottom of the water.
I shook my head, meaning I didn't want that thing, but Dou Sprout didn't listen to me. He swam to the end, picked up the smallest stone sculpture, and held it in his hands while swimming upstream.
It's dark here.
Above our heads, at the sinkhole of the waist pit, two flashlights kept flashing, like beacons in the dark, guiding us in the direction.
Dou Sprout was originally the last one because he was picking up rocks, but he swam to the front in the blink of an eye. On the contrary, I was not very good at water, so I was the last one holding the iron jar.
People went up one after another, and I finally turned back and took a look underwater.
Because the iron house was filled with water, and washed by the water, the two female corpses hugged each other, their heads pointed towards me, as if they were looking at me.
I didn't dare to look at it, so I immediately turned back and floated up.
When I reached the waist pit, I stretched out my hand and Brother Yu pulled me up.
He went up to the tomb and took off his mask. Everyone was gasping for breath. Only then could he say a word.
Dou Sprout twirled the water from his hair and said, "What was that just now? Did you all see it just now?"
"I know the white thing is probably mercury, but what is the red thing that looks like blood?"
"Also, Brother Yu, you scared me just now. The female corpse's head suddenly touched your face. I thought I was going to kiss you." Dou Yazai said with lingering fear.
"towel."
"Yunfeng, wipe it too, I'll wring it dry."
I took the towel Xiaoxuan gave me, wiped my head vigorously and said, "Yazi, those white things are indeed mercury. In ancient times, mercury was impure, so it would not melt into the water. As for the liquid that is like blood...
"
"Tell me, boss, is that the original coffin fluid?"
He wrung his head and dried his clothes and said, "It should be that the original coffin liquid can be antiseptic. Otherwise, even if the seal is good, the female body will not be preserved underwater."
"Um...."
"Brother Ka, what do you think? Are you okay?" I turned around and asked.
There was still some redness left on Lao Ka's forehead. He said: "It's okay. I don't feel there is anything wrong. I don't believe the rumors of some people in the industry."
Lao Ka is also an insider, and he has a reason for saying this.
The original coffin liquid is also called the original coffin liquid. The formula is a mystery and it has a strong antiseptic function. Not much of this kind of original liquid can be preserved. Most of it has turned black due to the passage of time, impurities such as rainwater and the like.
No one really knows the ingredients of the formula. I heard that there are dozens of ingredients, including water, mercury, red cinnabar, Chinese medicinal materials, ground horseshoe powder, and reportedly pickle juice, etc. Some people in the industry say that the original coffin liquid is poisonous.
, although Lao Kata was wearing a mask and sunglasses, he was still sprayed on his face, so I asked him to be concerned.
Lao Ka said that he was fine. He could wash his face with washing powder when he went back and it should be able to wash it off.
A few years ago, some people collected this kind of raw coffin liquid, filled a Coke bottle, and sold it for five to six hundred yuan, and the higher purity liquid could be sold for 800 yuan. These people collected it through channels, and finally sold it at a high price.
into the hands of intellectuals engaged in research.
There is something that locals know but outsiders don't know. In the Warring States Ancient Tombs at Fenghuang Mountain in Jingzhou, Hubei, in the tomb No. M168, the corpse in the coffin is better preserved than the female corpse in Mawangdui because of the original coffin fluid.
At that time, the archaeological team used washbasins to collect six large basins. When they went to the house in the morning to look, they were gone. All the coffin fluids in the six large washbasins were stolen, and no one has been arrested so far.
After resting for a few minutes, he raised his head and said, "Yunfeng, show me that iron jar."
The casting process of this iron jar is rough, the mouth is sealed, and there are no carvings or patterns around it. It looks ordinary no matter how you look at it. Because it is made of iron, it is relatively small. If the material is bronze, it looks like the lowest level of civilians.
Bronze ware can be sold for up to 600 yuan, but no one may want it.
Xiaoxuan's knife was the sharpest. She held the iron jar with her head and fiddled with it for a while, then pried open the sealing layer and exposed the mouth of the iron jar.
"Huh...."
He shook his head in surprise, because the mouth of the iron jar was too small, just a small eye, and the eggs couldn't fit in, and even the quail eggs were choked.
He suddenly said: "Is this... a pot of gold?"
I was stunned, and when I looked down, it seemed like it was true.
A gold jar for the second burial.
So what's inside...the bones of Chen Hugong?
I picked up the jar with my head and shook it. I could hear a slight noise coming from the jar. There must be something there.
I went into the water to get a closer look.
At this moment, a voice came from behind.
"Are you...are you itchy?" Xiaoxuan asked.
"Yeah, it's a little itchy." Lao Ka said.
I looked back and saw Lao Ka scratching his face hard.
He first scratched with one hand, then switched to scratching with both hands, harder and harder, faster and faster.
