Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 314 Underwater Hair? (4000)

But that's not the point of the question.

The key is why there are such fresh corpses in this kind of place? !
As for the square wooden box that jumped out just now, Wu Liang has already figured out its essence. It is actually a sedan chair, which should be called Jianyu in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

It's just that for some reason, the two wooden poles on the front and back of the sedan chair for the shoulders of the bearers have been broken.

Although there is no broken wooden bar next to it, there are obvious irregular fracture marks at the fracture. This is obviously not a problem of craftsmanship, but the result of violent damage to the sedan chair before.

Combined with the red curtain embroidered with the word "Xi" on the sedan chair, and the red clothes worn by the corpse.

It was not difficult for Wu Liang to come to a conclusion.

This is a wedding sedan chair, and the corpse should be the bride riding in the sedan chair...

In addition, the various details observed before show that the wedding sedan chair and the corpses inside are definitely not products of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, but the products of the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, that is, the recent products.

But why do recent products appear in this kind of place?
A relatively reasonable explanation is that there have been living people here recently, and the dead bodies of the wedding sedan chair and the bride were left here, perhaps for the purpose of a yin marriage, or some villains for the purpose of destroying the corpses.

But Wu Liang felt that things would not be so simple.

First of all, the passage he entered here before is definitely impossible to pass through a wedding sedan of this specification. Even if he can pass through, it is also extremely difficult to walk down the huge slope just now and transport it here, unless... this place is still open. There is another import and export, but Wu Liang has not discovered it yet;
Secondly, the state of this corpse does not conform to the rules for yin marriages. Those who are worthy of yin marriages these days are basically wealthy gentry families.

Just like Boss Cao's genius son Cao Chong died, Boss Cao gave him a yin marriage.

Therefore, the yin marriage at this time is still quite particular, everyone is a person of dignity, it is absolutely impossible to throw the bride to this kind of place and let it rot, at least it must be buried in the ground;

Again, if the bad guys destroy the corpses and wipe out the traces, there is no need to be so troublesome.

These days, there are a lot of dead people everywhere, buried in random places, or set on fire, even people who are still on the official road may not be able to track them down.

What's more, at this time, there are no such powerful methods of chasing murderers in the later generations. Basically, as long as the face of the deceased is destroyed, it is already difficult to verify the identity of the deceased. Why do we need to spend so much effort and so much thought?
While thinking about these.

"Fuck?!"

Wu Liang turned his body sideways, then his eyes widened instantly, and his scalp became numb again.

Because at this moment, he suddenly discovered that besides the sedan chair in front of him, there were dozens of sedan chairs of similar specifications placed in disorder under the rock wall behind him!
The degree of damage to these sedan chairs varies, and the way they are placed varies.

But on the two windows on the left and right sides of the sedan chair, there are red curtains almost embroidered with the word "Xi"!
And inside these sedan chairs, some are already empty, while others are also lying or sitting with a corpse in red clothes.

Wu Liang suddenly thought of a jingle that appeared in later tomb robbery novels: "The red clothes are fierce, the corpses are smiling, and a ghost laughing is better than hearing a ghost cry."

It's not that Wu Liang likes to think wildly to scare himself.

Otherwise, how could he have dared to venture into those grotesque tombs before, but even now he has to admit that suddenly seeing so many festive red colors in this kind of place, such a huge contrast is full of horror in itself, wanting to do it It is very difficult not to think wildly, not to mention that he doesn't even have a companion now, so the sense of horror is doubled.

Moreover, quantitative changes produce qualitative changes.

There are so many wedding sedan chairs and dead bodies of brides, which has made this matter extremely unusual. It is absolutely impossible for it to be as simple as marrying a ghost or destroying the corpses...

"Could it be that the river god 'married' those brides?"

Wu Liang suddenly remembered what the boatman had said before.

Whenever there is a drought, Shanducheng will organize the people to choose a young girl to marry the river god, and use this stupid way to pray to the river god for rain.

If all the brides "married" by the river god finally gather here, it is possible to form such a scale.

It's just that Wu Liang had always preconceived the so-called "river god" as a huge and brutal creature, thinking that once those poor "brides" were thrown into the river, they would become the "river god"'s food, even if they were not treated as food. I'm afraid they will also drift down the Canglang River outside, and it is impossible to gather together.

Coupled with the huge difference in water level between the dark river above the slope and the Canglang River outside, Wu Liang judged that it was impossible for the two to connect, so he would not link the two together.

but now.

Wu Liang had already discovered that there was also a large underground river under the slope.

He accidentally slipped down the slope just now, and felt that the vertical distance between the slope and the slope must be about a hundred meters high, so the dark river below might be connected with the Canglang River outside.

If so...

Wu Liang suddenly became a little more afraid of the "River God".

Does this mean that the "River God" is not as simple as he imagined before, it may already have a certain degree of wisdom, and it is it that brought these "brides" here?
In other words.

His current location is very likely to be the lair of the "River God"? !
Wu Liang looked around. The rock wall near here formed a semi-circular semi-enclosed place, which is close to the dark river below, and the nearby river bank is low and flat, which is very suitable for landing from the water...

this moment.

Wu Liang felt that his situation was very dangerous.

If his deduction is correct, then the mutilated corpses seen above are most likely the masterpieces of the "River God".

Obviously, "River God" has a bad temper.

Although it doesn't seem to be talking to these "brides", it has absolutely no mercy for those guys who came uninvited.

If he bumped into it accidentally, Wu Liang might end up in the same fate.

Think so.

Wu Liang naturally just wanted to leave this place that looked like the lair of the "River God", so that the possibility of accidentally running into the "River God" would be reduced.

But before that, he still bite the bullet and approached those sedan chairs to check, trying to figure out the identities of the "brides".

There is a big age gap between those sedan chairs and the corpse of the "bride".

The newer ones are only within a few years, and the wood of the sedan chair does not seem to have decayed. Although the "bride" inside the sedan chair is severely decayed, the bones are still covered with a layer of shriveled and wrinkled human skin. The hanging red cloth curtains and the clothes worn by the "bride" are also quite intact.

The older ones seem to be dozens or even hundreds of years old.

The wood of the sedan chair had already decayed so badly that it couldn't even maintain the original structure of the sedan chair, and the "bride" inside the sedan chair had long been left with dead bones, which were a little stronger than the remains that Wu Liang had seen on it before.

As for the red curtains hanging on the sedan chair and the clothes worn by the "bride", they were also in tatters.

However, these cloths did not completely disappear. It can be seen that they must have arrived at this place after the remains that Wu Liang saw on it before, and the time difference should not be short.

The age difference between these sedan chairs and the body of the "bride" undoubtedly made Wu Liang more sure that they were related to the "river god".

Although I don't know when the custom of "River God's Marriage" began to appear here, but this kind of ceremony only happens every once in a while.

"time to go……"

The more details Wu Liang saw, the less he dared to stay here for a long time.

After a little observation, he hurriedly continued to explore along a path by the river that seemed to have been man-made.

As of now, he still has no plans to quit.

Exiting now is not in line with his character. He has already arrived at this place, at least he has to go to the end of this cave to confirm whether this place is related to the Gongshu Tomb.

Otherwise, he will definitely have trouble sleeping and eating in the future.

……

Continue along the trail.

This time he was more careful than before, trying not to make any noise, so as to prevent the "River God" from hearing the sound after he came back.

As for the smell, Wu Liang wasn't too worried.

Generally, this kind of aquatic organisms are not very sensitive to the smell in the air, so it should not be a big problem.

In this way, it has only advanced a distance of tens of meters.

Wu Liang saw the corpse again.

Not just one corpse again, but seven in total.

The seven corpses lay in a haphazard manner beside the path Wu Liang was walking on, maintaining different postures.

These seven corpses obviously have nothing to do with those "brides". Judging by their decay, they should be the same group as those corpses seen above.

the most important is.

Wu Liang also found that kind of special chisel beside them, and also found a small number of tools commonly used by craftsmen, including two hammers and a severely decayed copper ruler.

This copper ruler is a curved ruler invented by Lu Ban. It is composed of a ruler handle and ruler wings, which are perpendicular to each other and form a right angle. There are still unclear scales on it.

But the difference is that these seven corpses are still relatively complete, and there is no phenomenon of missing arms or legs.

If the corpses seen above were indeed injured by the "River God", then the cause of death of these corpses is more debatable.

There is no reason for the "River God" to kill the people above, but he should be lenient to those who are closer to the lair, so it is even more impossible for them to leave the whole body...

In other words.

These seven corpses may not have died because of the "river god", but encountered other things.

The cause of their death is equally important to Wu Liang. If he can figure it out in advance, he can know in advance what kind of danger he will face next.

So Wu Liang moved closer to observe these corpses carefully.

Soon he discovered a commonality among these corpses.

Right above their heads, there is an irregular diffuse gap, and there is a small hole about 2-3 cm in the middle of the gap.

Although the bones have existed for a long time, with the loss of calcium and gradual decay, these bones usually have some natural damage and fragmentation, but these seven corpses all have gaps in the same parts, which in itself is very difficult. explain the problem.

Wu Liang had reason to suspect that the seven corpses all died by breaking their brains.

And judging from this kind of diffuse gap, it should not be a blunt weapon to attack them, but a sharp weapon similar to grabbing a spear.

"This……"

Realizing this, Wu Liang immediately looked up.

It is unlikely that these corpses have been moved after death, that is to say, it is very likely that they were pierced by a sharp weapon from the top of their heads here.

But there were no objects left that could have caused such injuries, and it was impossible for those special chisels to cause such wounds. The possibility of internal strife among the seven corpses could basically be ruled out.

and so……

After falling down the huge slope, the light of Suihou Pearl could no longer illuminate the top of the cave. It was too high, and Wu Liang could only see an unknown darkness.

Wu Liang felt guilty.

He was really worried that something strange would suddenly fall from the top of his head, such as a cone-shaped stalactite, and it would kill him in an instant.

But as Wu Liang saw, there were no traces of stalactites next to the seven corpses, even if they were broken, there was no slag. How it was pierced through the head from top to bottom is still a question that cannot be concluded.

It's just that this place of right and wrong is really not suitable to stay for a long time.

After Wu Liang inspected these corpses, he immediately passed them and continued to walk forward.

This time he has a sense of crisis again. Not only does he have to worry about the "river god" who may return home at any time, but also the unknown danger that may fall from the sky at any time.

If this is really the public transportation tomb, the possibility of an agency trap cannot be ruled out.

Such a life-threatening mechanism that fell from the sky is naturally easier to set up than other mechanisms, because its main source of lethality is gravity.

in the process of walking.

Through the light irradiated by the Suihou Pearl, Wu Liang also found some unusual places in the dark river nearby.

Apart from the gloomy river water, nothing else could be seen in the previous dark river.

But as he went deeper, he found some gently floating...aquatic plants in the river?
Wu Liang would rather believe that they were ordinary aquatic plants, but in fact, those plants were very unusual. There were no leaves on them, but clumps of slender thread-like substances that stood upright in the water like hair strands, and the color looked the same. Black like hair.

Wu Liang really didn't want to think of this kind of thing as a horror, but if he were to be let into the water now, he would definitely refuse.

at this time.

"Gada!"

There was a slight noise not far away.

Wu Liang trembled, and hurriedly followed the prestige, and as a small stone fell on the path not far ahead, he saw a hunchbacked, human-like black figure quickly slipping into the area beyond the reach of the Suihou Pearl. In the darkness!

(End of this chapter)