Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 240 One Coffin and Four Coffins (4300)

Hearing the words, the other three people quickly came to their senses and handed the cloth bag containing realgar to Wu Liang.

Wu Liang immediately followed suit, and quickly sprinkled all the realgar evenly on the ground, paving a one-meter-wide "realgar speed bump" at the entrance of this tomb passage.

Previous experiments have shown that although realgar cannot kill these gnats, it can make them feel uncomfortable.

Therefore, even if this "realgar speed bump" cannot completely isolate them from this tomb passage, it should be able to delay for some time and buy them more opportunities to escape.

"Jingjing, from now on, you will continue to monitor the voices of these gnats, and if they show signs of catching up, please let me know immediately."

After finishing all this, Wu Liang turned back and said to Bai Jingjing.

"it is good."

Bai Jingjing nodded solemnly.

Everyone also understood the intention of Wu Liang's move, so they didn't ask any questions, they just waited quietly for Wu Liang's next arrangement.

"Next, let's hurry up and explore the tomb, maybe there is something in it that can help us escape this catastrophe."

Wu Liang didn't waste his time either, and immediately led the crowd to continue marching deep into the tomb passage.

After traveling more than ten meters in this way, I didn't forget to look back.

At this time, some small snakes formed by aggregations of gnats had already arrived at the entrance of the tomb passage, but as soon as they touched the "realgar speed bump", they immediately split into individual gnats, like stimulated earthworms. Rolled wildly on the ground.

It's just that the duration of this state is still very short. After only a few seconds, they returned to normal, and then regrouped to try to cross the "realgar speed bump" and enter the tomb passage.

"It seems that this 'realgar speed bump' won't last long..."

Wu Liang shook his head helplessly.

They didn't have much realgar left just now, so the thickness of this "realgar speed bump" is very limited. If these gnats continue to fight desperately, the "realgar speed bump" will be exhausted in a short time.

And if the larger and taller gnat giant and that gnat figure come, it may not be impossible to forcefully "grind off a leg" and directly cross the "realgar speed bump".

"Hurry up, let's go!"

Thinking of this, Wu Liang didn't dare to waste any more time, and immediately led the crowd to the depths of the tomb without looking back.

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This tomb passage is obviously different from the tomb passages that have been investigated before.

The biggest difference is that there are wall lamps placed on the walls on both sides of this tomb passage!

This is a bronze wall lamp inlaid on the wall. It looks like a bull's head but not completely. The mouth of the "bull's head" is a small groove, and a small wick is placed on the edge of the groove. There are burnt marks of burning.

However, due to the age, the lamp oil inside has completely dried up, leaving only a thick layer of dust.

And the reason why this small wick can be preserved for nearly a thousand years is most likely because it has been soaked in oil, because Wu Liang checked carefully, and the material of this wick seems to be just dried rushes, and there is nothing special about it ...

This discovery still aroused Wu Liang's heart.

This is enough to prove that this tomb passage is different. Perhaps the end of the tomb passage is the main tomb of Qiai Cemetery.

of course.

"There must be a solution near the evil thing" was what Wu Liang told Cao Ang and others, but he himself had never heard such a saying, so naturally he had no such hope.

And the reason for leading everyone into this tomb passage.

First, because there was no other way to go;

The second is to hope to find a place to hide in this tomb passage, so there may be a slight possibility of escape.

And if this tomb passage leads to the main tomb, the structure of the tomb and the sacrificial objects must be more complicated and more ornate than other tomb passages, and the possibility of finding the hiding place will naturally increase a lot.

The first thing Wu Liang thought of was the coffin.

As far as he knows, the Spring and Autumn Period also had a unique set of burial standards.

Among them, the burial standard of princes is usually "one coffin and four coffins".

The so-called "one inner coffin and four coffins", the outermost one is a coffin made of animal skin, the inner one is two coffins made of basswood, and the innermost one is two coffins made of catalpa.

Calculated in this way, apart from the animal skin coffin that is not very tight on the outermost layer, and the catalpa coffin that houses the tomb owner’s body on the innermost layer, they still have at least three coffins that can be used. not too small.

And now there are six of them in total.

If the two of them hid in the same coffin, there might be a chance to keep those gnats out... I think that since the gnats were placed here, the tomb owner's coffin should have corresponding insect-proof measures, otherwise wouldn't the tomb owner's body be destroyed? The first to suffer?
As for how to ventilate, those gnats cannot guard the coffin forever.

When you can't hear any movement, it shouldn't be too difficult to secretly open the coffin lid to observe the outside situation, and get some air by the way.

What Wu Liang is most worried about now is whether Qi Aigong has a coffin or not?

After all, Duke Ai of Qi was tortured to death by cooking, and there was no body left behind, otherwise his family would not have been able to smuggle him back for burial together with the cauldron that cooked him.

In this case, it may be difficult to use the conventional method of burial...

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In this way, the group continued along the tomb passage, and soon after, Wu Liang and others came to an ear chamber on the right side of the tomb passage.

This is the first time that they have discovered an ear chamber with this pattern in this mausoleum, which undoubtedly once again confirmed Wu Liang's guess just now that this is most likely the way to the main tomb.

"Jingjing, did those gnats catch up?"

Before entering the ear room, Wu Liang looked at Bai Jingjing again.

"Probably not. As we went deeper, the wriggling sounds of those gnats gradually became smaller, which proves that we and those worms may not have crossed the realgar we planted."

Bai Jingjing said.

"That's good, you continue to monitor, Dian Wei is here to guard, brother Zixiu and I will go in and have a look."

Only then did Wu Liang heave a sigh of relief, and then left Dian Wei beside Bai Jingjing, while he walked into the ear room with Cao Ang and the guard who had finally recovered.

This ear room is not too big, it seems to be a money room.

Because Wu Liang found a lot of knives and coins connected in series. These knives and coins are also made of bronze, about a foot long. A thread runs through, and there is a knife ring at the end for threading.

Wu Liang squatted down to examine these coins carefully, and found that there was only a relatively abstract character engraved on each of the knives.

As far as Wu Liang knows, this is the earliest knife coin that was used after the founding of the Qi State. It is exaggerated in length and heavy in weight. If it is not for the wide and raised sides and no sharp edges, this thing can be used as a short weapon directly.

In fact.

Due to special geographical reasons, Qi State is very convenient to develop salt industry and fishery, and its commerce is relatively developed. Therefore, it established its own unique currency system very early. Dao currency is the mainstream currency of Qi State, which lasted until Qin Shihuang defeated the Six Kingdoms After the unification of the world, the sword coin disappeared quickly, and was replaced by the "won coin (copper coin)" promoted by Qin Shihuang.

And this kind of knife coin with only one character is the most precious knife coin in later generations. It is much rarer than the three-character currency that was later called "Qi Fa Hua" by the Tian family instead of the Lu family.

Naturally, the auction prices of later generations cannot be compared.

Let's put it this way, if Wu Liang could bring this kind of knife coins back to later generations, even if he only brought back a few pieces, it would be enough to live comfortably for a lifetime.

However, this thing was placed in the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty when inflation was extremely serious. It was a pile of bronze that was not very valuable, and it couldn't even be melted and used directly to make five baht coins.

Because the five baht coins are not bronze at all, but an alloy of copper and lead.

What's more, even five baht coins are worthless these days. Nowadays, in many places, one stone and five baht coins can't even be exchanged for one stone of corn. Only gold is the real hard currency.

"Why are they all made of bronze knives and coins? We are almost dying. Isn't there gold?"

Cao Ang also muttered unwillingly.

As an aborigine, he knows better than anyone else the value of copper today, let alone the value of these bronzes. To transport this thing back, it must be melted and refined first, and then made into money. The money is not worth much, this is simply a matter of losing money and making money, who wants it?
"Gold should still be there, but probably not as much."

Wu Liang shook his head, then silently took a few knives and coins and hung them on his body, intending to study them carefully after going out.

As for gold...

During the Spring and Autumn Period, gold was only a decorative or ornamental rare metal, and it did not become a common currency, so no one would store it in large quantities, nor would it be buried as an important property.

It was not until the Warring States period that with the development of commerce and the need for luxury life decoration of the feudal ruling class, the demand for gold increased, and gold finally became a common currency.

Therefore, if you really want to find gold, you have to steal ancient tombs from the Warring States Period or later.

However, as a prince, Qi Aigong should still have some gold products buried with him, because gold products have become a symbol of noble status like jade in the Spring and Autumn Period. Yes, but definitely not in the money room.

"It's a big loss! It's a big loss! This time the gain outweighs the loss, talented brother!"

Cao Ang sighed again and again.

"Tomb robbery is like a lottery. What you can steal depends on luck."

Wu Liang had no choice but to comfort him, and seeing that there was nothing more valuable in this tomb, he said, "Let's go first, maybe there is something unexpected inside."

"Actually, these are not important now. I just hope that we can escape alive this time. I am not afraid of death, but I am afraid that I will die in this dark place so aggrieved. I should die on the battlefield, among thousands of troops. Among the horses, shrouded in horse leather."

Probably because of the indelible despair in his heart, it was rare for Cao Ang to reveal his feelings in front of everyone.

"Brother Zixiu, do you still remember what you said about knowing the destiny?"

Wu Liang saw it very openly, and he could still laugh at this moment, "It's up to people to plan things, but it's up to God to make things happen. We just need to do our best and leave the rest to the destiny?"

"I'm just talking, and I can't be free and easy when things come to an end."

Cao Ang said with a wry smile, "It's you, although you are a little younger than me, but you are much more experienced in handling things than me. If you didn't suffer from a strange disease that prevents you from fighting, you must have a career. No wonder Ni'er only saw you After a few times, I have already made a secret promise to you... Now that we have reached this point, how about brother Yu having the audacity to discuss something with you?"

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Upon hearing this, Bai Jingjing, who had been listening attentively to the movement, froze for a moment, and looked at Wu Liang with a frown.

Although she met Cao Ni several times, she saw that Cao Ni was constantly finding fault with Wu Liang, and she had always wondered what dissatisfaction this young lady had with Wu Liang.

If Cao Ang hadn't made it clear today, how could she have imagined that the young lady also fell in love with Wu Liang!
She doesn't understand, Wu Youcai is obviously a rascal, how come he likes these women when they see him, Cao Ni is like this, Wen Renzhao is like this, even she herself... Bah, bah, bah, how could I Seeing this scoundrel, I'm just playing tricks and playing tricks!

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Wu Liang's footsteps also paused.

Fuck, even Cao Ang knew about this?

However, Wu Liang was thick-skinned enough, and quickly said with a troubled expression: "Brother Zixiu, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately. Besides, the female son is a high-ranking golden branch and jade leaf, and I am just a person in a troubled world." A speculator, the two of us are as far apart as clouds and mud, don't you dare to bully me again, if the envoy listens to it, you will definitely cut off my head."

"Brother, you can rest assured that my father also has the heart to recruit you. If you hadn't expressed your intention last time, this matter may have been completed."

Cao Ting then patted Wu Liang's shoulder again, and said seriously, "Actually, brother Yu already understood your difficulties. Although you only like women, Ni'er will be a woman after marrying you, so it may not be impossible to satisfy you." That... has a unique habit, and I know what kind of temperament Nier is. Since she has caught your eye, she will never look down on others in this life. Now that I am waiting for my life or death, this is the last thing on my mind. Please My virtuous brother must promise me that if you survive this time, you will come to be my son-in-law of the Cao family, how about being brother-in-law of Brother Yu?"

"This……"

Hearing this, Dian Wei, Yu Ji, Bai Jingjing, and even the personal guard unconsciously looked at Wu Liang.

Like women?

The world has such a habit?
What kind of weird hobby is this, why have we never heard of it?

In particular, the three of the Huanren Army were the most astonished. They had been with Wu Liang day and night, but they had never heard him talk about this matter, nor had they seen any clues... It was hidden so deep!
"Brother Zixiu..."

Only Wu Liang looked at Cao Ang with a strange expression, instead of rushing to explain the misunderstanding caused by these words.

Everyone may not have heard it, but Wu Liang has already noticed Cao Ang's true thoughts.

Although this guy said he didn't want to die in this dark place, he was actually ready to sacrifice, and he planned to use his life to create a chance for Wu Liang to escape!
As for why this is so...

"My dear brother, brother Yu has never begged for help in this life. This is the first and last time."

Cao Ang looked at Wu Liang with scorching eyes, which seemed to be a moral kidnapping.

He may not have understood the true value of Wu Liang and the Tuan army before, but through this tomb robbery trip, he already has a very clear understanding.

He has already deeply realized that letting Wu Liang live is more meaningful to Cao Jun than him, the eldest son!

If he can take this opportunity to bind Wu Liang to the Cao family again, then he will die in peace...

(End of this chapter)