Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 647 Dong Zhuo Head (4000)

of course.

It is also possible that there are some dangers in this wooden box that only Emperor Xian knows, so he deliberately avoided it once as an excuse, intending to use this way to make Wu Liang a partner.

However, this possibility is slightly smaller.

After all, Emperor Xian is now under the control of Cao Ying, and he should already know the importance of Wu Liang to Boss Cao, so he would probably not dare to assassinate Wu Liang. Counting it, Emperor Xian's life in the future may not be as simple as being difficult.

Think so.

"how?"

Wu Liang looked back at Prince Chamu again.

"I haven't noticed anything unusual in the iron box for the time being, and the wooden box also looks very ordinary."

Prince Chamu shook his head slightly and said.

"Um……"

Wu Liang felt a little more at ease, and finally took out the cowhide gloves he was carrying with him, and decided to open the wooden box to check the situation with his own hands.

After a moment.

Wu Liang had already brought the wooden box out of the iron box.

After a little inspection, he found that one side of the wooden box was a trap that could be twitched. He only needed to pull this trap out from the inside, and he should be able to see the situation inside.

In the end, he glanced at Emperor Xian from the corner of his eye, and found that apart from being a little nervous, Emperor Xian did not behave abnormally.

Wu Liang finally stretched out his hand to hold the trap, and then slowly pulled it out.

Seeing this, Prince Chamu and a few soldiers of the Huren Army who accompanied him immediately rushed up to fight for Wu Liang, and if there was any abnormality, someone would immediately throw him aside.

"Ah...aaaaaaaaaaaaa..."

The trapping board and the wooden box body made a friction sound that was not too loud but itchy.

All eyes on the scene were focused on Wu Liang and the wooden box at the same time. No one knew what would happen after the wooden box was opened. This kind of unknown may not be scary, but it made the atmosphere quite tense.

And wait until the trap of the wooden box is completely removed.

Wu Liang didn't show any strong reaction, but frowned slightly.

Prince Chamu and the soldiers of the Tuan army who were very close also frowned, but it was obvious that they all breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Because what was contained in the wooden box was indeed a human head.

However, unlike what Xiandi described before, this head does not seem to have undergone any embalming treatment, nor has it been wrapped in translucent turpentine.

What Wu Liang saw was a badly decomposed human head.

A lot of skin and flesh on the human head had slipped off due to severe rot, exposing the white skull underneath, and some tissues had also rotted to a state close to liquefaction, so that one third of the human head was now soaked in dark in viscous liquid.

And the dark viscous liquid in the iron box is obviously the same thing as this.

This kind of scene may be extremely frightening to ordinary people, but to Wu Liang and Huan Renjun, it is no surprise, and even frowning, there will be no chain physiological reactions in the stomach .

"This……"

Not only did Wu Liang not feel sick, but now he is more concerned about the issue: This head has rotted to such an extent, without the facial restoration technology of later generations, it may be difficult to find out the identity of the owner of this head, right?

So if Emperor Xian is asked to come over to check now, can he still tell if this is Wang Mangtou?
But this is probably not Wang Mangtou.

Because the turpentine that Emperor Xian mentioned earlier was not found in the wooden box, if something like turpentine is not burned, it is difficult to undergo qualitative changes, and it is impossible to disappear completely out of thin air.

"His Majesty……"

Wu Liang finally decided to ask Emperor Xian to come and identify it, what if?
As a result, when he turned around, he saw that Emperor Xian had covered his mouth and nose and came over, and was stretching his neck to look inside the wooden box. He still couldn't overcome his curiosity.

next moment.

"vomit!"

Emperor Xian couldn't help retching, so scared that the two accompanying eunuchs hurriedly took him aside, and kept handing him water.

After tossing like this for a long time, Emperor Xian finally calmed down a little.

When he looked at Wu Liang again, the first sentence was: "Wu Taishi, this is definitely not Wang Mangtou. The real Wang Mangtou may have been replaced at some point."

"How did Your Majesty come to this conclusion?"

Wu Liang asked puzzledly.

"The beard on Wang Mang's head is already snow-white, but the beard on this human head is still black and white. I can make a judgment based on this alone."

Emperor Xian took a sip of the clear water handed over by the eunuch, and then panted and continued.

"I see……"

Wu Liang nodded slightly.

Although many tissues of the body will change after death, hair and nails can remain the same for a long period of time.

Therefore, the details proposed by Emperor Xian are enough to prove that this human head is not Wang Mang's head.

"Your Majesty, I want to confirm again. Can Your Majesty confirm that apart from Lu Bu, this key has never left His Majesty, and has never authorized anyone to open this iron box?"

After pondering for a moment, Wu Liang continued to ask.

When Wu Liang just opened the box, he had noticed that the big copper lock that locked the iron box was intact, and there was not even a single obvious fresh scratch on it, so it can basically be ruled out that someone does not use the key and uses unconventional means to open the lock possibility.

"Of course I can be sure!"

Emperor Xian nodded resolutely, he realized what he was talking about, and asked with puffy eyes, "Wu Taishi means that this matter is probably caused by Lu Bu?"

"If His Majesty can confirm this, then he is undoubtedly the most suspected."

Wu Liang nodded and said.

"It shouldn't be. He didn't bring anything when he came to observe Wang Mangtou, and he didn't have anything extra on his body when he left. How could he complete the exchange without anyone noticing?"

Emperor Xian said with an unbelievable face.

"There are still many unknown blindfolds in this world, and maybe it may not be impossible to accomplish this."

Wu Liang said vaguely.

He also saw that it might be difficult to dig out any useful information from Emperor Xian, but he could prove that the head in the wooden box was no longer Wang Mang's head, which was enough for Wu Liang.

This has already made him more certain that what the spies said before is true, Wang Mang's head is now probably in Lu Bu's hands.

And the flying human head that almost broke into his tent a few nights ago is also very likely to be Wang Mang's head, which is also very consistent with the description of "Luo Tou Clan" in the history books that Wu Liang speculated earlier.

But whose rotten head is in the wooden box now?

Wu Liang continued to carefully examine the situation in the wooden box, and after confirming that this was not Wang Mangtou, a treasure handed down from the Han family, Wu Liang naturally didn't need to be concerned anymore, and finally just put this human head with those dark viscous liquids. They fell out of the wooden box together.

It doesn't matter.

There was a sound of "clang", and a metal ring immersed in the bottom of the liquid rolled out of the wooden box.

The metal ring still maintains a golden color. From this point, it is not difficult to judge that it should be made of gold, because only an inert metal like gold can not be corroded in the rotten corpse water.

"This is?!"

Seeing this metal ring, Emperor Xian immediately widened his eyes, and said hastily, "This is Dong Zhuo's hair bundle! Only Dong Zhuo, among the civil and military officials in the imperial court, used this golden hair bundle to show his noble status... Could it be that this head Is it Dong Zhuo?"

"Dong Zhuo?"

Wu Liang thought it was a gold bracelet, after all, the gold bracelets of this era also had a similar shape.

Cao Ni had given him a pair before, but the gold bracelet Cao Ni gave him was called "Win Arm Double Gold Ring", also known as "arm bracelet". Several gold bracelets connected together almost covered the forearm. , looks more upstart than the golden ring in front of him.

And if the head in the wooden box is Dong Zhuo...

This is tantamount to further confirming Lu Bu's suspicion!
After all, this matter is recorded in the history books. After Lu Bu assassinated Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo's head was always in Lu Bu's hands. Later, Li Jue and Guo Si's troops defeated Lu Bu, and Lu Bu took Dong Zhuo's head with him when he escaped from Chang'an.

But now Dong Zhuo's head has appeared in the iron box that stores the treasures passed down from generation to generation of the Han Dynasty, so the head that Lu Bu took with him when he escaped from Chang'an according to the historical records must not be Dong Zhuo's head... As for who it is The head is ready to come out.

"That Lü Bu is so wicked, he dared to steal the treasures passed down from generation to generation of the Han Dynasty, and caused the rest of the treasures to be damaged in such a way. I still regarded him as a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. I really believed in the wrong person before..."

At this point, Emperor Xian had also concluded that Wang Mangtou in the iron box must have been replaced by Lu Bu, and couldn't help cursing angrily.

But just halfway through the scolding, he noticed that Wu Liang was looking at him.

Immediately, Emperor Xian realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, so he admitted in disguise that he had a good relationship with Lu Bu, and he could be suspected of Lu Bu's rebellion against Boss Cao tonight, so he smiled awkwardly at Wu Liang and silently closed his mouth.

"Theft and destruction of national treasures are indeed heinous crimes."

Wu Liang didn't care about Emperor Xian's deception, he just smiled lightly and said, "However, His Majesty can only stop the damage in time, and order someone to clean up this iron box, and then store these treasures again, so as not to cause further damage. A lot of losses."

"What Wu Taishi said is very true..."

Emperor Xian nodded repeatedly, but when he saw the mess inside the iron box and smelled the stench in the air, a trace of disgust appeared on his face, and he decided to push the matter to Wu Liang, " Wu Taishi seems to have done a lot of research on these ancient relics, if Wu Taishi can handle this matter on my behalf, I would be very grateful."

"Since it is His Majesty's intention, I should take orders."

Wu Liang also wanted to study other things, which was naturally what he wished for, but he said in advance, "However, these treasures should be clearly counted one by one in front of His Majesty, so as to avoid any omissions, I really can't afford this responsibility."

"According to what Wu Taishi said."

Emperor Xian said as if he had relieved a heavy burden.

"But I still have one thing to ask His Majesty for proof."

Wu Liang took advantage of the situation and asked another worrying question, "I heard that there are three most important treasures handed down from generation to generation in the Han Dynasty. Needless to say, Wang Mangtou and Confucius Clog, only the snake-slaying swordsman of the great ancestor was not there. I saw it in the iron box, is it because the Snake Sword was not preserved with these treasures, or was it lost with Wang Mangtou?"

"!"

Hearing Wu Liang mention the word "Snake Slaying Sword", a strange color suddenly appeared on Emperor Xian's face, but the strange color disappeared soon, and he just said with a smile, "Snake Slashing Sword is not related to these treasures. Keep it together."

After he finished speaking, he didn't say any more, as if deliberately avoiding this question, he led the two eunuchs into the distance at a fast pace.

"..."

Looking at Emperor Xian's back, Wu Liang was thoughtful.

It seems that the status of the Snake Sword is quite different from other treasures handed down from generation to generation, and the way and place of preservation are also very secretive. This is probably the real secret of the Han Dynasty.

But according to historical records.

The snake-killing sword should have been obtained by Cao Wei in the end, otherwise, according to historical records, it would not have been destroyed by the fire in the Jin Dynasty arsenal 500 years later... But in fact, it cannot be considered destroyed. The official record should be "During the time of Emperor Wu of Jin, The arsenal was on fire, and Wang Mang's head, Confucius' shoes, and Gao Zu's snake-slaying sword were all burned, but the sword flew up to the sky."

The Snake Sword was not destroyed by the fire, but flew into the sky and disappeared!

This puts another layer of mystery on the Snake Sword, coupled with Emperor Xian's performance when mentioning the Snake Sword, undoubtedly further aroused Wu Liang's curiosity.

……

Just when Wu Liang and others were carefully inspecting the treasures handed down from the Han Dynasty in the iron box.

No one noticed that one of the guards of Yubayashi, who kept his head down, retreated silently behind the crowd, and then sneaked into the nearby guards while the guards were also looking at Wu Liang. within a tent.

When coming out of the tent again.

The guard had already changed into the uniform of a Cao Jun soldier, and he had an extra spear in his hand.

This should never have happened.

But this guard seized every gap with incomparable precision, avoided everyone's eyeliner, and completed all this quietly... I have to say that he is indeed very courageous, and his heart is indeed strong enough. Otherwise, if any one of these steps is noticed, he will be exposed immediately, and a person of his identity will definitely be shot or killed.

And after such a disguise.

The guard did not take the opportunity to sneak out of Cao Ying and escape, but has been casually patrolling and wandering around the Huan army.

During this process, his peripheral vision sometimes turned to the carriage filled with black powder, which was closely guarded by the Tuan army, and sometimes turned to Wu Liang who was concentrating on inspecting the iron box, as if he was still looking for an opportunity to do something.

After observing like this for a while.

The guard probably realized that there was no chance to approach the carriage filled with black powder without anyone noticing, so he started approaching Wu Liang's direction calmly.

(End of this chapter)