Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 285: Soul Calling Bell (4000)

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Seeing Zhuge Liang being so clever and well-behaved, everyone couldn't help laughing, and the originally depressing atmosphere eased a little.

After laughing.

Yu Ji approached Wu Liang with a happy face again, and said with a smile: "Young master, from this point of view, your 'Taigong Seal' is a rare treasure, nothing else, as long as you meet Jiang Taigongxiu Most of the alchemy techniques you have learned should be able to turn danger into good fortune and turn danger into safety."

"It's just that I don't know what alchemy techniques Jiang Taigong has practiced..."

Wu Liang nodded, and still muttered, "Old man, in the "Mu Gong Biography", it is said that Qiu Mugong Lu Yin and Jiang Taigong's No. 13 son Lu Zuo are both better than blue, which means that Jiang Taigong's alchemy Chu Mugong has already learned it, when you study this book, have you seen any records in this regard?"

"I haven't seen it yet, but the old man just swallowed a small part of it, and I may learn something after studying it carefully in the future."

Yu Ji continued.

"Then there is Mr. Law."

Wu Liang cupped his hands.

But for these alchemy techniques, he is not without guessing direction.

He felt that among these alchemy techniques, there should first be a "spell of delusion". Although this thing was classified as a sorcery by later generations, it was actually a kind of alchemy.

It is mentioned in "History of Qi" that Duke Ai of Qi was killed by King Zhou Yi because of his good use of this technique, which shows that this technique must have a very close relationship with Jiang Ziya and the Lu family, and King Zhou Yi must have known about it, otherwise It is absolutely impossible to believe it because of a few slanderous words. After using such a cruel punishment to treat a hero, let alone a prominent prince.

Secondly, there should be a "Qi technique".

This still has to start from the Qi Ai Cemetery, when he encountered those terrifying and weird bugs in the Qi Ai Cemetery.

The gnats did not dare to enter the main tomb, and they didn't even set foot on the tomb passage of the main tomb. At that time, Wu Liang suspected that there was something in the main tomb that made the worms afraid.

Later, when he walked out of the tomb passage of the main tomb with the "Taigong Seal" alone to explore, the gnats kept avoiding him, but immediately turned around to attack the Duan army and Cao Ang's people who stayed in the tomb passage of the main tomb.

What does this mean?
This shows that at that time the main burial chamber and the tomb passage had no more things that worms would be afraid of, and the only thing Wu Liang was carrying from the main tomb at that time was the "Tai Gong Seal".

At that time, Wu Liang already suspected that the "Taigong Seal" had a deterrent effect on gnats, but he didn't know the reason.

Now through the records in "The Biography of Mu Gong", Wu Liang has finally been given a positive answer, which is "Taigong Seal"!
Reverse this.

Naturally, one can also draw a conclusion, that is, among the alchemy techniques practiced by Jiang Ziya, there must be a "Qishu"!
As for the others, I can only ask Yu Ji to continue studying "Mu Gongzhuan" after I go out, and see if I can find some breakthroughs from this ancient book.

Besides, there are other ways.

One is to find an opportunity to go to Wa country.

Looking for the traces of Lu Zuo who was sent to Japan by Jiang Taigong back then, if we can know what alchemy this Lu Zuo has practiced, we can reversely deduce the alchemy that can be resisted by the "Taigong Seal";

The second is to look for Jiang Ziya's mausoleum, or records related to Jiang Ziya.

It’s just that many so-called Jiang Taigong mausoleums have been discovered in the archaeological world of later generations. After excavation and research, it was found that these tombs were all forged by later generations, so that until Wu Liang crossed over, the exact location of Jiang Ziya’s mausoleum was still very controversial. No clue.

But this matter is not in a hurry, let's take it one step at a time.

Anyway, now he has become more and more convinced of one thing, the "Taigong Seal" in his hand may be the "Faqiu Seal" that is talked about by later generations.

It's just that it was destroyed early, and the folklore was deviated, so that it was eventually misrepresented and lost its authenticity.

However, except that two of the eight characters engraved on it were wrongly uploaded, it seems that the deviation is not too big. At least the effect is still somewhat credible. ", but in the hands of the legendary "Faqiu Zhonglang General", it is not a problem to be called "Faqiu Yin".

"Oh yes, sir."

Thinking of this, Wu Liang suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked Ji again, "I have something to ask you, you see there is a bronze mirror hanging right above the coffin, what does the bronze mirror say?"

"Bronze mirror?"

Only then did Yu Ji notice the bronze mirror on the top of his head, and after he stroked his beard and observed it carefully, he frowned and said, "As far as I know, this bronze mirror is designed to attract souls, but usually Only when the dead body cannot be found or the dead body cannot be found is buried, the mirror will be hung to attract the soul, so that the soul of the dead will not go to the wrong place."

This is somewhat similar to the folk rumors that Wu Liang heard in later generations, but the details are much more plentiful...

In this way, there may be no body of Duke Chu Mu buried in this mausoleum, or only a part of it?

"I see."

Wu Liang nodded slightly, but for the sake of caution, he asked one more question, "Apart from this statement, is there any other statement?"

"This is another way of saying..."

Yu Ji took a breath, frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "That's too much, but those are all legends about bronze mirrors, which have nothing to do with the owner of the tomb. It is said that some of them are often used for offering sacrifices to heaven The bronze mirrors will be caused by the heavens, so they have some extremely magical effects, some can drive away ghosts and gods, and some can avoid malaria and transform evil... The most famous one is the "bone mirror" of Qin Wang Yingzheng. , it is said that this thing can learn from the five viscera, six fu-organs, seven meridians and eight meridians."

"It's just that these precious mirrors are already rare fetishes. It would be too violent to put them here to guide the soul of a dead man. What good would it be?"

After hearing these words, Wu Liang quickly came to a conclusion: "So, the old man thinks this bronze mirror is an ordinary bronze mirror?"

"Usually speaking, it should be so."

Yu Ji nodded, but he didn't speak too much.

Seeing what Yu Ji said, Wu Liang felt a little relieved.

Thinking about Zhuge Liang's history, since he obtained the "Eight Arrays", "Wooden Niu Liuma" and "Zhuge Liannu" in this tomb, and also got an ending that can be regarded as the end of his life, he couldn't help but feel more stable in his heart, and turned back to Dian Wei to make With a wink, he said: "In that case, we have opened the last coffin for a while, so something really wrong should have been revealed. Now that everything is safe, let's continue to open the coffin... Brother Zhuge, Although you are still young, you are also a man of indomitable spirit, so come here to help."

……

"Oh!"

Accompanied by a sound.

The lid of the catalpa coffin on the last floor was finally lifted to the ground. While Wu Liang directed Dian Wei and Zhuge Liang to back away, he cautiously approached and poked his neck to look inside.

What catches the eye is a silk robe that sells relatively well.

Although it has been a long time ago, it is quite well preserved, and the diamond pattern woven on it and the dragon pattern embroidered on it can still be clearly seen.

As far as Wu Liang knows, this is already the most advanced textile technology in the Spring and Autumn Period.

By the Warring States period, silk could no longer only weave these relatively simple geometric patterns. If you want to present some changeable patterns on it, you don't need to use embroidery.

However, there didn't seem to be any traces of the body inside the silk robe, and it was laid flat in the coffin.

Besides.

There is also a jade belt hook commonly used in the Spring and Autumn Period on the robe, and a jade accessory tied with a lanyard is placed around the waist, but these are also placed on it, not worn like a mortuary garment.

Under the robe, a pair of tanned leather boots was placed upright.

This pair of leather boots did not show any signs of wearing, otherwise, even if the corpse was completely rotten, it would have been lying on its side in the coffin, instead of being put on display as it is now, with the soles facing down and the uppers facing up, neatly juxtaposed together...

So look up.

Wu Liang saw a tall, narrow, straight hat.

This is the official hat of the Spring and Autumn Period. It does not have the drapes on the hats of the emperor and princes seen in the Qiai Cemetery. This at least shows that Qiu Mugong and his descendants have no intention of surpassing and still keep their duty.

And under this hat.

It is a colorful head!

It is said to be colorful, mainly because the eyes, nose, mouth and eyebrows of this head are painted with relatively brightly colored paint, and the skin of the face is also painted a pale white, and the eyes are still open!
Seeing this weird head for the first time, Wu Liang couldn't help feeling a little palpitated.

It feels like seeing the paper dolls sent by the paper-making shop in the mourning hall when I was a child, it will inevitably give people a feeling of uneasiness.

But now that Wu Liang has robbed so many tombs, he has seen many dead bodies in various forms, and he has some experience, so he is not frightened by this scene.

And he's sure.

This head is fake, whether it is the outline of the face or the facial features, it is quite different from the real person. These differences will also give people a very uncoordinated feeling, and the feeling of heart palpitations is not in harmony with this kind of incongruity. related to the environment.

"My lord, is this the Clothes Tomb?"

Yu Ji also came together at some point, and after a few glances, he came to such a conclusion.

"Well, it looks like it should."

Wu Liang nodded slightly.

"It's no wonder. It seems that the descendants of the Qiu family must have moved too hastily when they moved the family, and they didn't have time to move the tomb of Duke Qiumu, so they built this tomb to pay homage to."

Yu Ji twirled his beard and analyzed, "Perhaps even the descendants of the Qiu family didn't know about it, or they couldn't find the location of the tomb of Duke Mu of Qiu, or the tomb of Duke Mu of Qiu had been damaged at that time, so the descendants of the Qiu family only got Chu Mu's tomb." After the kingdom, the tomb was re-built for Duke Mu of Qiu to identify the owner...and this tomb is the tomb of clothes, and the bronze mirror hanging on it can also be explained clearly, and it is probably for the purpose of summoning the soul of Duke Mu of Qiu."

"Also, my lord, please look!"

While talking, Yu Ji moved closer, pointed to a brass bell with a handle on the right side of the head and said, "A bell is definitely not buried in the grave of ordinary people. This kind of bell also has the effect of attracting souls. , so it is also called the "calling soul bell". Only this kind of tomb or tomb without a full body can be used. At the peak of prosperity, shake the bell three times for guidance, and then ring the bell three times when entering the coffin, and put the bell together in the coffin to seal the coffin, so that the whole set of rituals has been completed and the burial can be performed."

"In this case, this copper bell is probably not simple."

Wu Liang moved closer, trying to see if there was anything special about the copper bell.

"My lord, you must not touch this thing lightly!"

Yu Ji hurriedly stopped Wu Liang again, and reminded with a nervous expression, "It is rumored that these magic weapons are very mysterious. Once someone rings them, the dead souls who have been guided will come to them. There is a way to ask the gods to send them away easily." God is difficult, if we accidentally recruit the soul of the owner of the tomb, I'm afraid it will be disadvantageous for us!"

"Don't be nervous, old man. If it's not necessary, I won't touch these strange things lightly."

Wu Liang nodded and smiled.

In fact, the main reason is that this copper bell is not the kind of thing he is most interested in. He just wants to see the craftsmanship of the copper bell, or whether there are some inscriptions worth studying on it. As for the hands...

In fact, Wu Liang was not very worried about Qiu Mugong's soul. If the "Mu Gong Biography" is correct, the "Taigong seal" on him is designed to restrain Qiu Mugong and his descendants.

But at the same time, he is quite clear, tomb robbery belongs to tomb robbery, and archaeology belongs to archaeology. We will definitely not mess with things that don’t need to be messed with... After all, those horror movies of later generations Wu Liang didn’t watch for nothing, he insisted on challenging Legend has it that there are still few successful cases of playing pen fairy and dish fairy in the end?
While talking, Wu Liang had carefully observed the copper bell back and forth.

It really looked like a relatively ordinary copper bell, and he didn't find the details he was interested in, but he could clearly see the material of the head from the side——Tao.

It was a fired pottery head, and there seemed to be nothing special about it.

What makes Wu Liang more regrettable is that, except for the copper bell on the right side of his head, no seal was found in the catalpa coffin... However, according to Yu Ji's previous analysis, if this Chumu cemetery is not a real tomb, It is understandable that the descendants of the Qiu family built the Clothes Tomb because they could not find the original ancestral grave.

But that's not that important.

Therefore, the main function is to judge the true identity of the owner of the tomb based on the above text. Now he can conclude that this is the tomb of Duke Mu, and that is enough.

at this time.

"Oh? What's that?"

Wu Liang's eyes suddenly caught a small smooth and round thing in the gap of the inner lining of the coffin. The surface of the small thing was round and shiny, but it didn't look like jade.

(End of this chapter)