Chapter seven hundred and thirty eight gatekeepers
The man's whole body was a heavy dark green, and at first glance he looked like a dyed stone man.
But if you look closely, you can tell that the green moss that has died for a long time has turned into thick mud, and there are also some unnamed fungi, as well as large tracts of derivatives, and these derivatives have long been
It was turned into dregs, constantly emitting a foul musty smell, which reminded people of the dark green rotten tree roots under the big trees in the original forest.
The entire skin of this person's body was covered with thick mold.
Because of its age, the mold had already turned into pieces of hard shell, full of cracks and cracks, and the cracks were filled with strips of derived fungi. Those fungi were now completely embedded in his body.
, living off his fat and skin.
It is estimated that patients with trypophobia will collapse after just one look at it. Even if they dig up ancient tombs now, it is difficult to see such disgusting ancient things.
The clothes on this man's body have been completely corroded by molds and fungi, and there is no piece of cloth protecting his body. Therefore, except for the fact that he is a male, basically no identifying information can be seen.
However, Chen Zhi saw something unexpected on his body. This man had a very obvious collar around his neck. It was covered with rust and dense derivatives, and there were scattered pieces of it.
A gemstone, thick and rough.
This seemingly bulky and ugly collar was very important in the early Warring States period, because at that time, this collar represented the status of the nobles.
It is said that when the Zhou Dynasty was first established, the land was vast and sparsely populated. The entire country did not have a large population, and the national power was very meager. The national consciousness was underground, and most of them were in a state of barbarism. Many people did not even have their own names at that time.
After the Emperor of Zhou obtained the political power of the world, he divided the world into several vassal states, and then let meritorious ministers manage the states, and gave them the country's name and surname, which could be inherited hereditary.
However, there was no lineage verification at that time, and the concept of marital chastity was not strong. Many people's lineage could not be verified, which led to confusion.
In order to facilitate records, the Emperor of Zhou engraved the surnames and names of the princes and monarchs on the collars, so that they could pass them down from generation to generation and remember their identities.
The nobles in each prince's country were inferior. They also had their own names and surnames. In order to express their status, the king ordered the local blacksmiths to uniformly make these bronze collars and inlay them with simple gems. When the nobles' children were born,
When the time comes, they put on collars and engraved their names on them to prove that they are descendants of nobles.
And this collar can never be taken off. It must be worn from childhood to adulthood until the person dies.
In the few Warring States tombs discovered in modern times, some nobles were found to have collars strangled so tightly around their necks that their bones were even deformed. This is the kind of bronze collar with names engraved on it.
This green man now had this collar around his neck, which was covered with rust and green moss. Although it was blurry, Chen Zhi could still clearly see the meaning of those ancient texts.
Those words are: Tian Chengzi
"He is Tian Chang!
Tian Chang, who usurped Qi from the Tian family..." Chen Zhi said to Bao Ping in a low voice.
He could not imagine that the man in front of him, who had transformed into green moss and mushrooms, was the influential figure known as the ancestor of Qi in history, Tian Chang.
In Chinese history, Tian Chang has always been a joke. He cuckolded himself, recruited the ghost people of Fengdu Ghost City into his harem, and had children with his concubines. He was a weirdo.
But after all, he is the origin of ANBU and the ancestor of Qi State, one of the seven great powers of the Warring States Period. How could he be reduced to this situation!
"Is he Tian Chang?",
Bao Ping glanced at the thing in front of him coldly, then smiled coldly,
"how?
This ancestor of the Tian family was just placed here, without even a coffin to hold the body?
It seems that his sons and descendants are not very filial!
Haha~~"
Bao Ping sneered softly, but Chen Zhi had a serious face. He looked at the stinking corpse and said softly,
"Why put Tian Chang here?
Gatekeeper?
No matter how you say it, he can be regarded as the ancestor of ANBU!
How could it be like this!"
"What ancestor?
Just a smart-aleck fool!",
Bao Ping said coldly,
"Don't forget, the sons he adopted are the descendants of ghost people. Those guys don't have the filial piety and ethics of us humans. They can help his adoptive father conquer the world, or they can turn their backs and eat his adoptive father!
I think this smart-aleck person never dreamed that he would end up like this..."
"Kaka...kaka..." Suddenly, a strange sound came from the green man's body. The sound was like muscles and bones that had not moved for a long time and suddenly moved.
Then the green man really moved, and the mold and green plants on his body began to slide down, and the ground was covered with green debris.
Chen Zhi and Bao Ping immediately took a step back and looked ahead vigilantly.
But the green man just moved, then leaned back, exposing the front.
Just when Chen Zhi thought this was a fake corpse, he found that the man's neck was beating slightly, and the blood vessels in his forehead were also hopping.
Only then did they know that he was alive!
When the green figure doesn't move, it sits there like a moldy sculpture.
When he started to move, he discovered that he was sitting on a round straw mat. The mat had become moldy and tattered, turning into garbage, leaving only a circle of circular marks.
But after he moved slightly, a clear object appeared in front of him, shining brightly in the darkness.
It was a shiny chessboard. The chess pieces were oval and made of black and red colors. This kind of chessboard was called "chess". It was an ancient chessboard from a long time ago and was also the prototype of today's Go.
And the moss-covered green Tian Chang slowly raised one hand and pointed at the chessboard, seeming to invite people to play chess...