Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 286 Nine Curved Beads (4000)

Wu Liang carefully moved closer to observe carefully.

After confirming that the bead had no physical connection with other objects, he reached out and took it out from the gap in the coffin lining.

Everyone was curious, and they all came together to look at Wu Liang's hands.

The color of this bead is slightly greenish, but it is very translucent. It looks somewhat similar to the glass beads of later generations, and it feels similar to the touch, cold to the touch.

That's why.

Wu Liang and the others could clearly see the internal structure of the bead. There was a very small passage in it, but this passage was not straight, but presented a winding and irregular shape. Eighteen bends are not too much.

Besides.

There are also two small holes connected to the channel at both ends of this bead, it seems that small things can be inserted into it...

"Could it be the Nine-curved Pearl?"

Before Wu Liang could speak, Yu Ji had already named the strange bead based on what he had seen and learned.

"Everyone, when it comes to Jiuquzhu, I want to tell a little story about Kong Zhongni, the 'sage of heaven'."

Seeing someone showing doubts, Zhuge Liang immediately shook his head and said, "It is said that Kong Zhongni came to Chen State when he was traveling around the world. Quzhu asked him to pass through with a thread, if he couldn't pass through, he would be besieged to death."

"Kong Zhongni couldn't wear the Jiuqu beads and couldn't get out of his body, so he ordered his disciples Yan Hui and Zigong to go out to ask for help. They came to a mulberry garden and met a mulberry picker. The two taught them to spread honey on the nine Next to the bead hole at one end of the bead, tie an ant with a thread and put it at the bead hole at the other end of the bead. Attracted by the sweetness of honey, the ant will follow the bead along the bead hole. The inner passage, climbing to the side with honey, Kong Zhongni was finally out of trouble."

"This is the story of 'The Orb Piercing Ant', and this bead has holes at both ends, and the passage in it is difficult to pass, just like the 'nine-curved bead' that trapped Kong Zhongni, I also agree with the old man's guess. "

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang's small face was already upturned with his nostrils upturned, and his face was full of a fart expression of "please don't be stingy with compliments to praise me".

"Brother Zhuge is right. He really is a hero."

Wu Liang was very cooperative and gave him some encouragement, but then he turned his head and continued what the two said, "It's just that Kong Zhongni is a person in the late Spring and Autumn Period, and it is recorded in both "History of Qi" and "Biography of Mu Gong". , the relocation of the Chumu Cemetery happened in the early and middle period of the Spring and Autumn Period, obviously hundreds of years earlier, and there seems to be no direct connection between the two."

"What the talented brother said is very true."

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "Besides, the Qiumu cemetery is intact, so it is absolutely impossible for this nine-curved bead to be the one worn by Kong Zhongni. From this, it can be inferred that the nine-curved bead that exists in the world may not be the only one. One... But this will still not affect its value, as long as we take it out and insist that it is the nine-curved pearl that Kong Zhongni passed through, I am afraid that no one in this world will be able to find evidence to refute us. Lots of arty, pilgrim-minded people paying big bucks."

Profiteer!

Wu Liang immediately looked at Zhuge Liang with admiration again. Although this child is young and lacks knowledge in some aspects, he is quite clever in this aspect. If he is placed in the Panjiayuan of later generations, he will definitely be able to make a difference rise.

It won't take long to become a slick cultural relic profiteer like "Big Gold Tooth".

"It's just that this nine-curved bead is not threaded. I wonder if there is any deep meaning?"

Yu Ji twirled his beard again and frowned.

This is also a fact. Although it may be damaged if it is threaded for a long time, Wu Liang has carefully observed it in the catalpa coffin, but he did not find any traces or residues.

"Either Chu Mugong and his descendants didn't know how to thread the thread, so they had to be buried in the coffin like this, or it may be a test. If someone can thread the thread, they will be able to discover more secrets."

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment, then continued, "If so, there may be other secret rooms and secret passages hidden in the tomb, and we may have unexpected gains..."

"..."

Hearing this, Wu Liang finally had some objections in his heart.

This nine-curved bead is just an independent object, and it can be seen at a glance that there are no foreign objects or mechanisms inside, so even if a thread is really threaded inside, it is still an independent object threaded, and it does not feel Get any valuable things or information from it.

However, since this is Zhuge Liang's "bold" guess, given that this guy can indeed crack the "Eight Arrays" and "Kong Mingsuo", Wu Liang has already determined that he is the "true son" of the Qiumu Cemetery.

Therefore, even if it was Zhuge Liang's speculation that sounded groundless, Wu Liang would consider it very seriously.

Also.

He felt that it seemed inappropriate for the descendants of the Qiu family to bury such an unthreaded nine-curved bead in Duke Mugong's coffin. It should be known that the funeral custom of the Chinese Dynasty has a long history, especially in this kind of thing. Jiuqu beads without threads are obviously not perfect, and even imply embarrassment and distress.

The descendants of the Qiu family took great pains to build such a tomb for Duke Mu here, so they are naturally not unfilial, and there is no reason for such unsatisfactory things to happen when encoffining.

"Nine Curved Beads...Nine Curved Beads..."

Wu Liang played with the Jiuqu Bead in his hand, his mind kept turning, searching for the information he knew that might be related to it, and murmured, "As far as I know, the Jiuqu Bead has nothing but Kong Zhongni's allusion. , seems to specifically refer to the nine important joints of the human body, namely the fist joint, wrist joint, elbow joint, shoulder joint, spine joint, waist joint, hip joint, knee joint, and ankle joint. Sir, do you know anything about this? heard?"

Wu Liang just knew this saying, but he was not sure when it originated.

Therefore, I would like to confirm with Yu Ji. If Yu Ji also knows, it means that this statement must have appeared before the Eastern Han Dynasty. Therefore, it is also possible that the Spring and Autumn Period already existed, and it may provide him with a new direction of thinking.

"There is such a saying in the meridian chapter of the "Taiping Qingling Jing" that I got by chance. It can be said that it has a long history. When I saw Jiuquzhu just now, I already thought of this section, but I think about it before. After studying this book, I must know it, so I didn’t say much.”

Yu Ji nodded.

"?"

Wu Liang was taken aback, when did he study the "Taiping Qingling Jing"?
Oh, right!
Fortunately, Wu Liang quickly recalled it.

When he met Yu Ji for the first time, Wu Liang deliberately claimed that he had studied the "Taiping Qingling Jing" in order to get close to this old boy.

Later, in order to use Jiliu in the Tuan army for his own use, he also lied that he had mastered the "divination technique" in the "Taiping Qinglingjing" while studying "Taiping Qinglingjing", just like this old boy mastered the "art of geomantic opinion" Same.

"Hahaha, that's true. Look at my memory. I only remember seeing this saying, but I can't remember where it came from."

Wu Liang hurriedly made a haha ​​and brought this topic over, but at the same time he also got the answer he wanted.

Yu Jihad personally admitted that "Taiping Qingling Jing" was not written by himself, but he got it by chance, that is to say, this book is also an ancient book, and the saying about "Nine Curved Pearls" in it also existed before the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Since there is no way to determine when the "Taiping Qingling Jing" was written, it can naturally be deduced to the Spring and Autumn Period, or even earlier.

If so.

This statement may be used in the Chumu Cemetery.

But where can it be used?

Wu Liang shifted his eyes to the coffin again. This is just a tomb of clothes. Not only did not find the remains of Qiu Mugong in it, nor any martyrs, but only a silk robe...

"This... If you treat this robe as a dead body, you can find out the position of the Jiuqu beads to the nine joints."

Wu Liang's thoughts moved slightly.

However, this kind of speculation still seems a little far-fetched to him.

It's impossible to just accidentally find a Jiuqu bead used for burial in the corner of the coffin. There is a saying in the world that Jiuqu beads correspond to nine joints. There should be a corresponding mechanism in the tomb, right?

This always gave Wu Liang a feeling that he forcibly connected the two together, which was too subjective without any technical proof.

Besides, at this point.

Zhuge Liang's "Eight Arrays", "Kong Mingsuo" and "Zhuge Liannu" have all been unearthed, and this Chumu Cemetery can be judged to have completed all the excavation work, and now it can be withdrawn from the mausoleum.

However, such subjective inferences have now been produced.

This catalpa coffin was right in front of him again, so Wu Liang would naturally check it out simply, so that he could completely give up, otherwise he would have to think wildly after going out.

then.

Wu Liang put the Jiuqu beads first, then finally bowed slightly and stretched out his hand to the silk robe in the coffin.

The first is the most central waist.

As long as he touches one of them and finds nothing, Wu Liang is enough to overthrow his somewhat subjective inference, and naturally it doesn't look like this anymore.

"..."

Everyone just listened to the conversation between Wu Liang and Yu Ji, and probably already guessed what Wu Liang was going to do, so they all fell silent for an instant, and stood aside holding their breath to help him.

at last.

Wu Liang's hand touched the waist of the silk robe.

This kind of old silk has a harsh touch to the touch, not as soft and smooth as the newly produced silk.

Wu Liang's hand moved slightly on it, slightly expanding the position of touch.

Injustice?

This silk dress was laid out very flat, but one could feel it when pressed lightly. There seemed to be a small round bulge just below the waist of the silk dress?
Generally speaking, the interior of the coffin should be very regular, and there should be no such unevenness.

Moreover, this small bulge does not feel like a mistake in laying the inner lining or making the coffin, otherwise the small bulge could not be such a neat circle.

Then there is only one possibility, there is really something down here!
Funeral goods? !
Wu Liang couldn't help but lift up his spirits.

Everyone's spirits were also cheered up, because with Wu Liang's touch, a standard circular protrusion appeared on the originally flat silk robe, and there was something underneath it!
"Brother Talented, you really have it, and you and the old man really guessed it right. Speaking of it, there should be eight similar things below, perhaps priceless treasures!"

Zhuge Liang couldn't hold his breath the most, and he started yelling with surprise on his face.

"Shh!"

Wu Liang turned his head and made a silent gesture to him, but he was not in a hurry to lift up the silk robe.

He also needs to use this set of silk robes to judge the positions of the other eight sections. Once the original position of the silk robes is destroyed, other positions can only be determined by fumbling.

And he felt that what he touched now should not be under the silk robe, but under the inner lining of the coffin.

Because the knuckles are obviously located outside the cuffs of the silk robe, and it can be seen there without opening the robe, but what can be seen at that position now is only the inner lining of the coffin.

Wu Liang was not in a hurry either.

Slowly move your right hand to the crotch which is closer to the waist, and touch it lightly again.

Sure enough, there was also a round bump there, and with his light touch, the outline of the bump quickly appeared...

"This thing looks like a button..."

Wu Liang unconsciously had such a guess in his heart, so he used a little bit of strength to press down to try.

"Crack!"

Wu Liang's hand sank suddenly, and then there was the sound of metal clashing, like the sound of a machine spring being touched.

"Be careful, son!"

Dian Wei rushed up to escort him.

The others also heard this voice, and in view of Wu Liang's previous reminders, they all immediately fell to the ground like a conditioned reflex.

"?!"

Wu Liang was also taken aback, and quickly withdrew his hand back.

But now he is no longer worried about the possibility of a repeating crossbow here, because the "repeating crossbow" and the bowstrings of the bows and arrows he discovered before have been rotten, even if there is a continuous crossbow here, it must have lost its effect.

What he worries about is other unexpected things.

So while retracting his hand, Wu Liang did not fall down, but carefully checked the coffin and other places in the tomb, to prevent triggering other unknown anti-theft mechanisms.

Fortunately, neither the coffin nor the tomb had any changes, and Wu Liangxun's heart was relieved accordingly.

"Old sir, what do you think of this matter?"

Wu Liang looked at Yu Ji who was lying on the ground again.

"According to what the old man saw, the thing that the young master just pressed down must be a mechanism. It is hard to say what the purpose of this mechanism is, but according to the old man's speculation, since the nine-curved bead was found in the coffin, the young master is indeed in two of the nine relative joints. If we touch the mechanism in one direction, I am afraid that we need to find and press all nine of them in order to fully trigger the mechanism."

Yu Ji raised his head and wrinkled his old face and said, "But whether this institution is a blessing or a disaster, it's hard to say..."

(End of this chapter)