Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 807 The Weird Copper Cauldron (4000)

Looking up and looking behind these prisoners dressed in "ochre clothes", there are five ancient Qi characters written in red paint on the wall-Stealer of Hair Tomb!

Can't go wrong now.

The person who built this mausoleum is indeed showing the fate of the tomb robbers in a way similar to a melodrama, in order to warn those who enter this mausoleum to retreat.

Wu Liang took advantage of the situation and thought of the trap that he had passed through before.

The arrangement inside the pit is indeed a bit of a punishment, enough to dismember the person who fell into it...

It's just that the order of the pits and traps seems to be wrong. Shouldn't they be warned first, and then punished if the warning is not successful?

Besides, tomb robbers are already lawless lawbreakers, and Wu Liang and Huan Renjun are no exception. Isn't it a little naive to use decrees to intimidate people like them and try to make them retreat?

or……

"Everyone, you must be extremely cautious in every next step. I suspect that there are more traps behind this."

Wu Liang turned around and said solemnly to everyone.

If the order in which the pits and traps appear is not wrong, then it should be just the simplest "meeting ceremony", and the warning here is equivalent to officially kicking off the prelude for Wu Liang and others, and then the main drama will be staged , had to be on guard.

"promise."

Everyone also saw that Wu Liang was not joking, and nodded in agreement.

So after looking around in this hall, Wu Liang didn't find anything of value for the time being, so he planned to continue searching for passages to explore deeper.

finally.

He only found a small wooden door at the back of the hall.

This wooden door is formed in one piece, the specifications are not too different from the bedroom doors of later generations, and a door frame is inlaid on the edge of the wooden door, and some leather is filled between the contact gap between the wooden door and the door frame, so that it can be sealed. effect.

Wu Liang had never seen such a setting in any mausoleum, and he couldn't help feeling puzzled.

"My lord, what's wrong with this wooden door?"

Everyone followed Wu Liang, seeing him facing the only place in the tomb, he was still refusing to make a move, so they couldn't help asking curiously.

"I'm afraid the things stored behind this door are not simple."

Wu Liang pointed to the leather filling between the gap between the wooden door and the door frame, and he turned his head and said to everyone, "I really can't think of anything that needs to be sealed and preserved like this. Besides, we have already been to the main tomb before. You should still remember the layout there, the passage leading to the main tomb not only has no mechanism traps, nor does it have any warnings from hair robbers, let alone these weird things."

"Master Jing said that, I feel a little strange."

Hearing the words, Yu Ji continued, "It's true, as the young master said, except for being attacked by mosquitoes before, the main tomb over there has no defense at all. In comparison, this tomb is full of traps. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse? Or It is said that although this mausoleum is the Qiai Cemetery, the real precious things are actually hidden here, not the main tomb over there?"

"It sounds reasonable."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"So gentleman, what are you going to do now? Are you going to lead us out of here?"

Cao Ni asked quickly.

This girl has had enough of this scary ghost place, and she has no interest in the ancient relics in the tomb. If Wu Liang decides to leave now, she will definitely raise her hands to show her support.

"Of course not. It's just a warning to everyone in advance. If we want to move on, I'm afraid we need to make more preparations."

Wu Liang shook his head with a smile, and said, "From now on, everyone must wear the gas mask firmly on their mouth and nose, and they are not allowed to take it off without my permission. Zhuge Liang, that big rooster should also be sent It's coming in handy, get ready."

For such a sealed space, the air condition is naturally the most important aspect.

Whether there is enough oxygen in it is one thing, and whether there are other harmful substances in the air is another.

Even these harmful substances may not be artificially arranged at all, but the things stored inside have been fermented and oxidized for hundreds of thousands of years, sometimes even more terrible than the most poisonous poison in the world.

"promise."

Everyone hastily followed suit, and after a while, all of them had grimaces on them.

And Zhuge Liang had already come to Wu Liang with the chicken coop, and very skillfully took out the big rooster that had been with the Huan army for a long time and tied a rope around its leg.

"I'm going to open the door, everyone disperse."

Wu Liang said again.

The crowd immediately dispersed to both sides in a fan shape. After such preparations were completed, Wu Liang came to the wooden door with the vajra umbrella. First, he carefully observed how the wooden door was fixed. to the wooden door.

"Boom!"

Although the wooden door is not big, it is quite thick.

Wu Liang's kick didn't damage it, it just made it miss a gap of three centimeters.

"Ugh-"

Then there was a sound of airflow next to my ear.

The space behind this wooden door obviously has a certain air pressure difference with the tomb passage outside, and now Wu Liang forcibly opened it, and the air between the two spaces is rapidly exchanging.

"retreat!"

Wu Liang immediately gave a soft drink, and retreated further with everyone.

But the sound of air flow was only fleeting.

It's like the momentary deflation when you open the Coke pull ring, and then there is no sound, but this does not mean that the air stops flowing.

And the torch that Wu Liang deliberately erected at the door before opening the door is proof that the flame of the torch is constantly swaying in the direction opposite to the wooden door, and as time goes by, the swaying amplitude is weakening.

However, it never went out, which meant that the oxygen content in the air in this secret room must be within the safe level.

So a few seconds later.

"Gentleman, I seem to smell a faint fragrance."

Zhen Mi has the sharpest nose, even with a gas mask filtering, she was the first to smell something.

However, this kind of gas mask, which has been improved by Wu Liang several times, is still only a simple device compared with later generations. If there is really deadly poisonous gas in the air, it will only last for a while, so that they can breathe less poisonous gas. Keep it out of the way completely.

"I smell it too, it's a very weird aroma, I've never smelled it before."

Cao Ni soon also confirmed for Zhen Mi.

The others also nodded slightly and looked at Wu Liang, waiting for Wu Liang's judgment and decision.

"Stand back, try to slow down the breathing rate, and see what happens to our big cock."

Wu Liang immediately gave orders to everyone.

The big rooster was chained to the door at this moment, without any protective measures. If there was any problem with the aroma, it would bear the brunt of it.

So everyone took care of each other and stepped back a few feet, staring at the big rooster and the torch standing beside them with Wu Liang's eyes, waiting for the result with bated breath.

ten seconds.

20 seconds.

30 seconds.

1 minutes.

2 minutes.

3 minutes……

Wu Liang and others showed the greatest patience and waited for about 3 minutes.

At this moment, the flame of the torch is no longer flickering, which means that the air flow between the indoor and outdoor has basically stopped.

And the big rooster was still pacing leisurely, did he turn his head to look at Wu Liang and the others... In addition, Wu Liang was still paying attention to the comb on the big rooster's head.

Many people don't even know that there are other reasons why the mound always brings a big rooster to test the situation in the tomb instead of other animals.

If it is just to test whether the oxygen content in the tomb is suitable, any animal that needs to breathe can replace it.

If it is because the big rooster has strong yang energy, it can restrain the yin energy in the tomb... This kind of statement is more metaphysical, at least so far Wu Liang has not found evidence.

What's more, there are many animals with strong yang energy. There are also sayings that black dog blood and black donkey hooves exorcise evil spirits. These two animals are obviously more yang than a big rooster. Wouldn't the situation be more appropriate?
In fact, the real reason lies in the comb on the big rooster's head.

There are a large number of capillaries hidden in the comb of a big rooster, which can change color with the change of body condition.

For example, if it is poisoned by gas, its cockscomb will turn cherry red; if it is infected with typhoid fever, its cockscomb will turn dark red; if it is poisoned by other deadly substances, it will turn purple again... Different conditions will be displayed on the cockscomb, and the color difference is very obvious. In some extreme cases, it can even appear white or black.

This is the real reason why the mound always brings a big rooster to visit the grave.

It is also an inside story that cannot be disclosed in the industry. Official workers cannot disclose it, so as not to foster the tomb robbery industry, and tomb robbers will not disclose it, so as not to teach apprentices and starve to death.

And this moment.

This is because the rooster's comb has not changed in any way, and its anger is still sufficient. It can be preliminarily judged that although the air behind the wooden door has an inexplicable fragrance, it should not contain deadly toxins.

"It shouldn't be a big problem, Dian Wei, you just follow me over there to have a look."

Wu Liang finally relaxed a little, and walked towards the wooden door with the vajra umbrella again.

This time it was replaced by Dian Wei, who followed closely behind. Dian Wei just stepped over, and the wooden door opened completely with a harsh "squeak".

Wu Liang waited for another moment, and after confirming that there were no traps inside the door, he cautiously leaned in and observed the layout inside with the dim light of Suihou Zhu.

This is another separate tomb.

The tomb is only about ten square meters, and there is no decoration around it, except for a large bronze tripod with two ears more than one meter high in the middle.

A lot of verdigris has grown on the edge of the copper tripod, and around the verdigris, there are many fluffy green hairs, which look a bit like moss, and a bit like some kind of mold, it is not easy to distinguish for the time being.

Besides.

This tomb is not the end of the mausoleum, because Wu Liang found a wooden door of the same specification on the wall facing him...

"The fragrance probably comes from this copper tripod. I don't know what is in it?"

Wu Liang pondered for a moment, and finally waved to Dian Wei, "The two of us go in to check first, and the rest of us will wait outside the door for the time being."

After settling in this way, Wu Liang tried a bit, and finally stepped into the tomb.

There are no traces of traps here, but in order to prevent the previous trap, Wu Liang will use the diamond umbrella to hit the stone slab at the next foothold every time he takes a step, and judge the situation under the slate through the sound transmitted back.

Even if he may not be able to listen infallibly, there is still Bai Jingjing who can help, even if she is outside the tomb, such a distance can still make an accurate judgment easily.

Under such operations, Wu Liang came to the big bronze tripod quite smoothly.

He was not in a hurry to investigate the situation inside the tripod, but chose to give priority to looking at the lines engraved on the outside of the tripod. These lines are usually the key evidence for archaeology.

It is different from most of the bronze wares in the Spring and Autumn Period where Duke Ai of Qi lived.

The decorative pattern on the edge of this copper tripod is not the usual cloud and thunder pattern or heavy ring pattern. What Wu Liang saw was a more complicated... It seems to be a variety of vegetation branches and leaves. Arranged together in a tight way, it does not give people a messy feeling, but shows another harmonious beauty.

Wu Liang couldn't help being a little puzzled.

It’s not that the craftsmanship of making bronzes in the Spring and Autumn Period could not realize such decorative patterns, but that similar patterns have never been found on bronzes discovered later, especially on large bronzes, so how much these patterns are in Wu Liang’s eyes It's a little bit abrupt, but also a little bit novel.

Of course, it is undeniable that such a pattern is indeed more difficult to engrave than the cloud and thunder pattern or the heavy ring pattern, and it is basically impossible to use the mold to pour directly, otherwise the details of the vegetation and branches will definitely not be reflected.

For the archaeological world of later generations, this should be regarded as a very important discovery, and it is very worthy of in-depth study.

Besides.

What is the significance of using this kind of decorative pattern similar to the branches and leaves of plants and trees is also worth investigating, because any pattern on the ancient bronzes of the Chinese Dynasty is meaningful, even the simplest decorative pattern on the edge, each has its own theory, and this The decorative patterns on the branches and leaves of plants and trees... Wu Liang didn't have a reference, so naturally he couldn't tell its significance.

with such questions.

Wu Liang slowly turned to the wider side of the tripod. On the outer wall of the tripod, apart from the patterns of plants and leaves on the edge, he saw two opposite... birds in the center.

This kind of bird pattern is not as simple as the ones on the bronzes of the Shang Dynasty, nor is it as majestic as the beasts and birds on the bronzes of the Zhou Dynasty, with regular wings and tails.

It looks ordinary, not much different from the flying birds that can be seen usually.

But have to admit.

In terms of details, it is definitely more realistic than the bird patterns engraved on bronze wares at the same time, and it is more detailed than the patterns of vegetation, branches and leaves on the edges.

(End of this chapter)