Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 323 Strange Head (4000)

As for Yu Ji, Wu Liang hasn't noticed anything wrong with him yet.

It stands to reason that this old boy is the guy who is most likely to be suspicious and lose his chain among the backbone of the Huan army, probably because he has not encountered any weird things in the underground palace so far.

After all, Wu Liang was the only one who had been attacked by a "water ghost" before this, and in order not to affect everyone's emotions, he deliberately didn't say anything about it.

As for the corpses seen earlier, including those relatively fresh bride corpses.

These will not have too much impact on the backbone of the Huan army. After all, it is not the first day for everyone to rob the tomb. All kinds of corpses are more or less common. Not too big waves.

"Is what you said true?"

Bai Jingjing really did like this. After hearing Wu Liang's words, her complexion changed a lot, and she even grabbed his arm with concern, and said while blowing in distress, "It's all scratched. , you don’t hurt, right? It’s all my fault, I pounced too hard just now, the big crossbow didn’t hurt you, but I hurt you.”

"It's okay, you are also here to save me."

Wu Liang came back to his senses, shook his head with a smile, and asked the previous question, "Can you tell me the reason why you think I will be shot to death by that big crossbow? Did you hear something? ?”

"This is not."

Bai Jingjing said a little ashamedly, "I didn't know what was going on just now, but I suddenly felt that you might die under the arrow of that big crossbow, so I didn't have time to think about it at that time, so I thought about it." Re just wants to save you."

"I see……"

Wu Liang nodded, already having some judgments in his mind.

Sure enough, Bai Jingjing had some problems.

This problem seems to be in consciousness, or "intuition", and her "intuition" seems to be disturbed by some inexplicable reasons, so that even in a safe environment, her mind will think wildly.

Even because of the wrong "intuition", some actions that seem to be very reasonable, but in fact are somewhat abnormal.

Dian Wei seems to have the same problem.

Because he always feels that something is watching them, his current mental state is much more tense than usual. move.

What exactly is going on?

Wu Liang also said that he was not very clear. He hadn't developed a similar "intuition" yet, so he couldn't make an accurate judgment.

But it doesn't seem like a big problem.

At least whether it's Bai Jingjing or Dianwei, all their actions are completely out of their hearts, and they don't appear to be confused. Even if their "intuition" is a little sensitive, subjectively they will definitely not do anything to hurt their companions. matter……

Think so.

Wu Liang continued to explore with the three of them.

Then they saw other siege engines and utilities.

Among them is a large-scale machine called a "trench bridge" in later generations, which is also something similar to a chariot.

However, this thing is usually used in conjunction with the "Linchong Lu Bus" and "Ladder" discovered earlier.

Because there are moats or trenches dug under some city walls to occupy the enemy, such siege equipment such as "Linchong Lu Bus" and "Ladder" that need to be pushed down under the city wall to be used cannot be used.

At this time is the time for the "trench bridge" to play a role.

The "trench bridge" is not offensive, but it can be pushed into the moat or trench, and a bridge that can pass is forced to be erected on it, so that the siege equipment and soldiers can rush to the city.

And the "trench bridge" found here has some more careful designs.

It consists of three "trench bridges" that can be split and combined freely. If the moat or trench is narrow, one "trench bridge" is enough, and if the moat or trench is wide, it can pass through The rotating shafts are easily connected, and a long enough bridge can also be built.

As far as Wu Liang knows.

This kind of gameplay seems to have only been recorded in the Song Dynasty. In the documents about this kind of trench bridge found in the archaeological circle, this kind of "trench bridge" is named "long and short trench bridge", which means "long or short".

Coincidence is really more and more...

It seems that all the discoveries are confirming Wu Liang's previous speculation.

Without his appearance, it is possible that this Gongshu Tomb had only seen the light in the Song Dynasty, and it was eventually destroyed, making it impossible for later generations to discover it.

at this time.

"Young master, Gongshuban was able to combine spells and craftsmen's skills in his lifetime to create an evil classic like "Gongshujing". Do you think it is possible that he also set up some powerful secrets when he built this underground palace? Make people who rashly enter the underground palace buried here?"

Yu Ji suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and said nervously, "Among the five corpses just now, three of them had no obvious wounds and no signs of poisoning. Under the secret method, he lost his life unknowingly."

Got it!
This old boy finally began to show symptoms of paranoia!
It's just that I don't know if he is old, and his reaction is really slow. At this moment, when he said these words, there was a little bit of "I just thought about it, the joke the chicken told is really funny" smell.

Wu Liang couldn't laugh at all at the moment, so he could only ask intently: "What kind of secret method do you think?"

"I don't know, but this secret law is not simple, and it is very deadly. I even have a feeling that we should already be in the secret law. If we don't solve it as soon as possible, our lives may be in danger."

Yu Ji's old face wrinkled into a bitter gourd again, and said uneasy.

"..."

Wu Liang didn't know what to say at this moment.

Except for him, all three were more or less abnormal.

The most normal among them is Yu Ji, this old boy is usually suspicious, and it is not so abrupt to show such behavior now.

Even compared to Dian Wei and Bai Jingjing, he looks a little more normal.

After stopping to think for a moment, Wu Liang asked again: "Then what basis do you have?"

"This... the old man can't say it well, but the old man thinks that even a half-assed successor of the "Gong Shu Jing" like Sun Ye can implement the "Five Immortals Entering the House Law" and kill people without anyone noticing. But Patriarch, the old man will not feel strange about any secret method he casts."

Yu Ji still couldn't tell the specific question like Bai Jingjing, and he was also in the judgment of "intuition".

As for Yu Jiyue, Wu Liang became more and more uncertain.

Now Dian Wei, Bai Jingjing and Yu Ji are all inexplicably in a similar state, which makes Wu Liang agree with Yu Ji's "intuition", maybe they have really been affected by some "secret method".

and many more!

Wu Liang suddenly realized something.

From the very beginning, he suspected that something was wrong with Dian Wei, then he felt that something was wrong with Bai Jingjing, and now he felt that something was wrong with Yu Ji at last.

Although all of this has what he believes to be a reliable basis.

But if you think about it from another angle, are these bases not "intuitive" judgments?
hold on!
Wu Liang suddenly panicked again.

Not only did he feel that Dianwei, Bai Jingjing and Yu Ji were not right, but he also felt that something was wrong in this underground palace, and he even questioned his own judgment? !
How is this different from Dian Wei, Bai Jingjing, and Yu Ji?
"..."

Wu Liang quickly shook his head to get rid of these questions that he couldn't think about any more, and forcibly suppressed the uneasy "intuition" in his heart, and continued to explore without thinking.

Not long after, they came to a "throwing machine".

"Is it the 'whirlwind' that only appeared in the Song Dynasty?"

After checking it carefully, Wu Liang was even more shocked, almost confirming his previous speculation.

As far as Wu Liang knows, there were stone throwing machines in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

"Three Kingdoms · Wei Zhi · Yuan Shao Biography" has specific records: "Shao was a high oar, raised a mountain of earth, shot into the camp, and all the camps were covered with scorpions, and everyone was afraid. Taizu (Cao Cao) was a stone chariot. (Yuan) Shao Towers are all destroyed. The Shao people call them Perak Chariots."

The "thunderbolt car" here is the trebuchet used at this time.

This kind of stone throwing machine is still very backward, mainly using the principle of leverage to operate. When launching, dozens or even hundreds of people need to pull the rope tied to the other end of the lever together, and rely on brute force to throw the boulder out, not relying on the launch speed , but the gravitational inertia of the boulder produces destructive force.

Therefore, this kind of trebuchet is also called "human-powered machine" in later generations.

But the "Cyclone" here is different.

Its launch arm is directly connected to a winch. After the rope on the winch is tightened, the launch arm will reach a nearly horizontal position. At this time, put stones and the like into the "spoon" of the launch arm, and then loosen When the winch rope is released, the launching arm will spring back to the vertical state under the trend of torsion, and the "ammunition" in the "spoon" will be thrown out by the way.

Therefore, this more advanced "throwing machine" is also called "torque machine" by later generations.

Besides.

"Cyclone" has another very ingenious design, so that the gun mount below can rotate freely, aiming at targets in different directions at any time.

This is not known how advanced the "human machine" used today is. It has basically achieved semi-automation. The manpower required for launch has become less, and the destructive power caused is greater. These two things are completely different. .

"Young master, look at what that is?"

Just as Wu Liang was checking the "whirlwind", Dian Wei suddenly became nervous again, protecting everyone behind him, pointing to something that was not clearly visible at the limit of Suihou Zhu's light.

Wu Liang quickly recovered his senses and looked in the direction Dian Wei pointed.

"That is……"

He saw a strange face!

The eyelids of this face closed into a curved slit, and it looked as if it was smiling, the kind of squinting smile that was not a good thing to look at.

In addition, there are two colors of black and red on this person's face.

The intersecting of these two colors makes the facial features of this face appear more three-dimensional, and the shape is somewhat similar to the drama masks of later generations.

"Don't panic. Jingjing and Yu Ji are on standby. Dian Wei follows me a little closer. Let's see the situation first."

Seeing that the other three people were a little panicked, Wu Liang comforted them first, and then slowly approached the weird face under Dian Wei's protection.

In fact, he was also a little inexplicably flustered.

But if you want to find out the secret of this underground palace, you must continue to explore.

And if you want to continue to explore, it is absolutely impossible to avoid this weird face. If you can't figure out what this face is, no one can feel at ease.

With Wu Liang's movement, Sui Houzhu's light gradually changed around that face.

That seems to be a... wooden sculpture?
But the whole picture of this wood carving is even more weird than that face.

The face they first saw was actually a head, and this head was held in both hands.

Connected behind these hands is a female body clearly carved from wood. This body has no head. It seems that what those hands are holding is her own head that has been separated from the body for some unknown reason.

And behind this wood carving.

There are also many disassembled puppets scattered around. The bodies, arms, legs, heads and other parts of these puppets are all separated, and they are piled up and scattered on the ground like a pair of discarded wood.

Wu Liang checked it carefully.

Only the head held in the palm of the headless female woodcarving was painted with black and red paint, and the rest of the puppets, including the headless woodcarving, still maintained their original wood color.

This makes the head particularly conspicuous, eye-catching, and weird.

"This……"

The more Wu Liang looked at it, the more creepy he felt.

At this moment, he couldn't help but think of the scene in a movie he had seen before traveling. It was in a model manufacturing factory, and the warehouse was full of scattered mannequin parts. After these parts were demonized, they were combined into one An extremely terrifying monster, it holds its head in its hand...

"My lord, what's wrong with these things?"

Dian Wei was obviously taken aback by the scene in front of him, but he didn't say it clearly, he just seemed more cautious and subconsciously asked Wu Liang for his opinion.

"There should be no problem?"

The uneasiness in Wu Liang's heart became more and more intense.

He vaguely felt that there was a big problem with these puppets and their parts, but he couldn't tell what the problem was. He just felt that if he didn't solve this problem, he would only die if he continued to explore.

and many more!

How did I have a similar "gut feeling"?
And this "intuition" is getting stronger and stronger, so much so that he already has a strong intention to retreat...

at this time.

"what!"

Suddenly there was a scream from the underground palace behind him.

That was Huang Yueying's unique immature voice.

"No, Yang Wanli and the others seem to have had an accident, quickly follow me back to rescue them!"

Wu Liang turned pale, and hurriedly led the three of them back the same way.

And at the same time as this order was issued.

Wu Liang was inexplicably relieved, as if he had escaped a catastrophe.

This feeling is really weird, and he is not right...

(End of this chapter)