Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 234

"empty."

Wu Liang turned his head and said to everyone.

"That means there might be something hidden in it?"

After hearing this, Cao Ang, who had been silent all this time, finally couldn't help asking.

"good."

Wu Liang nodded, frowned slightly and said, "However, judging from the traces left by the two shattered puppets, there shouldn't be anything valuable inside. On the contrary, it's very likely that we don't want to face it. It may be a dormant insect, it may be a dormant egg, or it may even be a foreign body that we don't know at all."

"If that's the case, it's better to burn these puppets with a fire, so as to avoid future troubles forever."

Cao Ang thought for a while and suggested.

"After all, this is the domain of the owner of the tomb. There are rules for robbing tombs. If it is not necessary, we'd better not act rashly."

Wu Liang shook his head and said, and then carefully observed these puppets.

These puppets were obviously carved by manpower, and the inside of the puppets was a hollow structure, and if foreign objects might be stored inside, there must be at least one opening.

However, during the inspection process, Wu Liang would only touch the puppet with a dagger at most, never with his own hands.

Since the puppets have been around for nearly a millennium and have remained unharmed until their last entry, this is yet another doubtful point.

According to his inference, if there are dormant insects or eggs hidden in the puppet.

Then the sweat and temperature on his hands are very likely to become some kind of stimulus, which revives the dormant insects or eggs. Wu Liang has seen this situation on some popular science programs in later generations.

And last time, he did touch the puppet with his own hand... This detail is worth noting.

After a moment.

Wu Liang almost checked the whole body of the puppet, but he still couldn't find the hole he guessed might exist.

"Brother Dianwei, lift me up."

There is only one place that has not been checked yet, and that is the top of the puppet's head.

Although these puppets were about the size of a human being, they were still a little taller than Wu Liang with the addition of the stone slabs and metal bars below to maintain balance.

"Yes."

Dian Wei responded, pinched Wu Liang's waist with both hands, and lifted him up easily without any effort.

"The Huren army is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, especially this brother Dianwei is really good at fighting. If he joins the army with me, he will have undue courage, and he will surely achieve a great career."

Seeing this scene, Cao Ang immediately sighed admiringly, with a hint of coquettishness in his tone.

Even the two personal guards behind him looked surprised. Dian Wei's force value is indeed different from ordinary people, and anyone who sees it can't help admiring.

Similar words were also said by Cao Ting himself.

But Wu Liang didn't agree, and they definitely didn't dare to come to Wu Liang to rob people.

"Brother Zixiu, don't try to think about me, Brother Dianwei. To tell you the truth, I can live up to now, but it's all because of him."

Wu Liang said to Cao Ang with a haha.

"Your brother is joking, even if I admire this brother Dianwei, I will definitely not take your safety as a joke."

Cao Ang also said with a smile.

"Thank you brother Zixiu for your love."

Wu Liang smiled, then turned around and used a dagger to gently scrape from the top of the puppet's head, pushing away the thick layer of dust on it, and carefully inspecting the material below.

really.

The only opening on the puppet is on the top of the head!
The opening is circular, with a diameter of about five or six centimeters, but the opening is not exposed, but filled with a layer of clay-like material, and it seems to have been fired, which can effectively prevent it from drying out.

Today this substance is very similar to the color of wood.

And the production is very flat, and it fits perfectly with the wood on the top of the puppet's head. If you don't distinguish it carefully, it's really not easy to miss.

"Sure enough, there is a gap on the top of the puppet's head. Presumably, whether it is shorted or stored foreign objects, it is through this gap."

Wu Liang stated the conclusion he had come to, and then continued, "But for the time being, we'd better not open it for inspection, and after exploring the tomb first, take a puppet to a safe place to open it. Sprinkle some realgar powder around all the puppets to avoid mutations."

"Yes."

The two complied quickly.

Wu Liang continued to cooperate with Dian Wei, and sprinkled the realgar powder he carried from the top of the puppet's head, trying to eliminate the hidden danger of mutations that might occur due to the lax closure of the opening.

Now he is still focusing on the possibility of worm transformation, so there is nothing wrong with doing so.

"The talented and virtuous brother is very meticulous in what he does. See how I can help, even with words."

Cao Ang stood aside and looked a little bored, but couldn't help but find something to say.

However, it can still be heard from his tone that this guy has not entered the state until now, he is not nervous at all, and he even feels a little bored.

"While we are doing business, please ask brother Zixiu and these two brothers to help us sweep the formation. It's time for us."

Wu Liang said with a smile.

"..."

How could Cao Ang fail to recognize that Wu Liang was giving him a step down.

In fact, he has been here for a while now, and he has not seen the danger of tomb robbery until now. On the contrary, he feels that Wu Liang is a little too cautious. With such a small tomb room, plus a dozen puppets, he can easily After watching it all, I feel that Wu Liang and others can play for several years.

However, he is a man of self-restraint, since he had promised Wu Liang that everything would follow his arrangement after entering the tomb, naturally he would not break his word now.

……

After Wu Liang and the others had finished spreading the realgar, the group finally continued to go deeper along the path behind the tombstone.

After that, there is a dark and winding tomb passage, which is similar to the underground secret passage under the ancient city ruins, but there is no fork in the road, and no ear chambers or niches for storing funerary objects are found on both sides of the tomb passage.

But Wu Liang and the others still walked very slowly and cautiously.

After a few minutes like this, they finally entered a very spacious tomb.

The area of ​​this tomb is much larger than the previous one, and it is definitely comparable to the hall of the underground secret passage where "Yunyang" grew.

But there are no plants growing here.

Except for some thick stone pillars used to support the building structure, there are only dozens of small minarets evenly distributed in the tomb.

These small spiers are only about two meters high, and the whole body is built with not-so-fine stone blocks. From the appearance, it looks like a big bell turned upside down, and it also looks like the copper helmets worn by soldiers in this era. helmet.

"Why is it colder here than outside?"

As soon as Cao Ang came in, he couldn't help shivering, rubbing his arms and asking strangely.

It is still winter now, but because this mausoleum lives underground, it is relatively warmer in the previous tomb passages and tomb chambers, at least much stronger than the cold wind howling outside.

But this tomb is very different.

Not only Cao Ang felt the chill, but also Wu Liang and others could clearly feel it.

"Indeed, but there is no cold wind here, and it is somewhat different from the biting cold outside. This seems to be a chill emanating from the inside out, and it should be called gloomy cold."

Wu Liang felt it carefully, nodded and said.

"I'm afraid it's caused by Yin Qi. This place may be an extremely Yin place."

Yu Ji followed Wu Liang's intentions, frowned and said, "However, the old man has observed the feng shui of this place before, but he didn't find any evil spirits. Maybe it's because the capital city was built here, which destroyed the sandstone landscape. Because of this, the old man’s skill of forecasting public opinion has been innumerable. Of course... it is also possible that some tragic event happened here. The gathering of hatred, fear, resentment, sorrow and other resentments will also create such an extremely dark situation. land."

"When you said that, I remembered something. Every time I cleared up the battlefield after a battle, I could feel the gust of wind on the battlefield. Could it be that the wind came from this?"

Cao Ang frowned slightly and asked.

"This... the old man has never fought a war, so he said it's not very good, but the old man heard that many corpse pits left by wars will become extremely dark places, and the dead may change if they are buried in extremely dark places. If the mansion is built in an extremely yin place, it is inevitable that the body will suffer from the invasion of yin qi all the year round, and sometimes even some strange things will happen."

Yu Ji didn't dare to talk nonsense in front of Cao Ting, and spoke as rigorously as possible.

"I see……"

Cao Ang nodded thoughtfully.

At this time, Wu Liang finally took over the conversation, pointed to the dozens of small minarets in the tomb and said: "If this place is really a very dark place, maybe it has something to do with these mou (mou [-] tone) tombs."

"The tomb of the son?"

Everyone looked over in surprise. If Wu Liang hadn't said this, they would not have realized that these small spiers were actually lonely graves one after another.

"There is another name for the tomb of Qizi, it's called Abandoned Old Tomb."

Wu Liang took a breath, and said seriously, "This kind of grave comes from a kind of evil custom of abandoning the old. If the old man in the family has not died in his sixtieth year, the descendants will imprison him in the stone grave, and the descendants will give them food to satisfy their hunger. Meals can be cut off in 60 days, and the most filial person can send food for no more than 100 days... Then the stone tomb is completely sealed, and the old man is trapped or starved to death inside. This is just to save money for the family. A mouth to eat also saves the labor of caring for the elderly."

This evil custom still existed in the period of the Republic of China in later generations, and it is said that it is widely distributed in Jiaodong.

The Le'an country where Wu Liang and the others are now is close to the Jiaodong area. Unexpectedly, this custom has already begun to spread as early as the Spring and Autumn Period.

However, in Wu Liang's view, the root cause of this vulgarity is the decline in productivity caused by successive years of war and political instability.

When everyone is hungry, in order to survive and continue, the selfishness and darkness of human nature will gradually be revealed...

"It's really unconscionable. The elders in the family have worked hard all their lives to raise children, but they ended up with such a tragic end. It's really sad and hateful. The right way is to tear such unfilial people into pieces!"

After hearing Wu Liang's words, Bai Jingjing was the first to grit her teeth and curse.

"Yes, filial piety is greater than the sky, and those who are not filial are not worthy of living in this world."

Cao Ang also nodded and said.

The Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety. In the eyes of the aborigines of the Han Dynasty, filial piety is the greatest way in the world, so they hate such evil customs even more.

"It's no wonder. If these solitary graves are indeed the graves of the Pizi, the deceased must have had a lot of resentment. It is normal for this place to become a place of extreme darkness."

Yu Ji also analyzed with a wrinkled old face.

"However, the people buried in the tombs of these cats may not necessarily be abandoned old people."

However, Wu Liang followed their words and continued, "The families who built the tombs are generally poor, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they have no food to eat. Even if such people build tombs, they can only be built in open spaces in the wild. I am qualified to build the tomb in such a king's tomb, and there is no trace of this tomb being opened before, so I think these tombs may have other uses."

"What use would that be?"

Several people looked at Wu Liang in surprise.

"It's hard to say right now."

But Wu Liang shook his head again, and said to Dian Wei, "Perhaps we can find the answer only by opening a Piaozi tomb. Brother Dianwei, you and I will work together to open this Piaozi tomb in front of you first, remember to be sure." Just be careful not to let it collapse, let alone damage what's inside."

Unlike those puppets that came before.

For the time being, he has not found any unusual places on these tombs, and the bricks and stones of the tombs are built together like building blocks, without any sealing measures, and they can be easily restored even if they are disassembled.

As for Cao Ang and his two personal guards, Wu Liang didn't do anything to control them, but he was worried about them.

These three people are all laymen with no experience in tomb robbery, and their hands are relatively new. If something happens in the process of dismantling the tomb, it will cause trouble for themselves.

"Yes!"

Dian Wei responded.

The two then went forward together, removed the bricks and stones from the tomb of Xiaozi one by one from top to bottom, and lightly placed them on the ground in the order they were removed, so that they could be restored later.

It took about a quarter of an hour like this.

The two of them had disassembled the pointed top of the tomb, and the things sealed inside were gradually exposed from top to bottom.

The first thing that appeared in front of everyone was a dark-skinned human head? !

"This……"

Wu Liang had robbed many tombs and was used to all kinds of corpses, so he didn't think it was too scary.

However, this human head is unique. Its skin color looks somewhat similar to the tanned corpses seen in the tomb of King Liu Qu of Guangchuan before, but it is not at all shriveled and wrinkled like the tanned corpses, and it can even be said to be a little round. full.

It seems that the fat and muscle under the skin and other tissues that can support the skin are intact, and the outline of the face of a living person is nothing more than that.

This is very unusual!
It needs to be known that this tomb does not have any antiseptic effect at all, and the environment here is very cold but very dry, it is impossible to create such a corpse, let alone a corpse that may have been a thousand years ago...

Besides.

There is another special thing about this head.

Its eyes, mouth, nostrils, and ears were all sealed.

The eyes and mouth are made of a kind of metal thread, which is tightly stitched like sutures.

As for the nostrils and ears, they were stuffed with the same clay-like material, and they were so tight that the nose wings and ears were slightly deformed.

This looks a little scary.

This is definitely not a normal burial method, and even accompanying burials will never be used in this way, and it is even more cruel than making poisonous corpses and mercury corpses.

at this time.

"Brother talented and virtuous, what do you think is that?!"

Cao Ang suddenly pointed to the innermost tomb passage in the tomb and shouted.

"what?"

Wu Liang hurriedly looked in the direction he pointed.

I saw a dark figure standing at the entrance of the tomb.

The figure is less than one meter tall, and it is a little thin. This figure looks like a child less than ten years old at most...

Seemingly noticing the gaze of Wu Liang and the others, the dark figure hesitated for a moment, then turned around and quickly disappeared into the dark tomb passage behind him, completely merging into the darkness.

"Who, stop for me!"

Cao Ang was indeed courageous enough. Seeing this scene, instead of panicking, he pulled out his sword from his waist with a "shua", and strode after him with two guards holding torches.

(End of this chapter)