Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 876 Copper Head and Iron Forehead (4000)

Wu Liang was not the only one who heard this strange voice, everyone in the nearby Huan army also heard it clearly, and turned their heads to look at Wu Liang with curious faces.

Wu Liang immediately put away his increasingly anxious mood just now, lowered his body and began to carefully clean up the red soil in this area, maintaining restraint as much as possible with each shovel.

So about a moment later.

A relatively complete pair of copper armor appeared in front of everyone.

This pair of armor is also divided into two parts.

One part is the armor made of many copper pieces spliced ​​together like the bronze statue seen before, and the other part is the helmet with two sharp horns on the top of the head like the bronze statue.

But the difference is that this piece of armor is not made of softer pure copper, but a copper alloy that is different from bronze.

Wu Liang is not very clear about the specific composition of this copper alloy, so he can only roughly distinguish the difference between it and pure copper and bronze through the appearance after carefully peeling off the copper rust:

First of all, the color of this copper alloy is not the original golden yellow, silvery white or light yellow of bronze, nor is it the blue-gray color of bronze after oxidation, but a darker brown with a darker color;
Secondly, the texture of this copper alloy is slightly softer than bronze, but much harder than pure copper, so it has a certain degree of flexibility, which can be seen from the multiple depressions on the chest and helmet of this pair of armor. , ordinary bronze does not have such ductility at all, and once there is such a degree of depression, it will basically be broken;

Again, the quality of this copper alloy seems to be lower than that of pure copper and bronze. At least there is no pressing hand as imagined when picking it up. Of course, this is just Wu Liang's feel. To make an accurate judgment, at least one The easiest weighing tool to make rigorous comparisons.

Putting all these features together...

The texture is hard but has a certain degree of flexibility, and the mass is small to reduce the burden on the wearer...

This seems to be a more practical alloy than bronze and pure copper. At least as armor, it should perform better than bronze and pure copper?

"This……"

While Wu Liang was inspecting the suit of armor, the people from the Huan army also surrounded them one after another. The moment they saw the suit of armor, they subconsciously turned their heads to look at the bronze statue not far away.

It is not difficult to see that this pair of armor and the shape of the armor on the bronze statue are almost carved out of the same mold.

"My lord, this should be the armor made from that bronze statue and used in practice, right?"

Yu Ji couldn't help asking, "But what I don't understand is how this armor can be mixed with these corpses that obviously came from the dynasty. The two shouldn't be mixed anyway, right?"

"Not mixed together."

Wu Liang pointed to the pit dug by himself just now and said, "There is a height difference of about one foot between the positions of these corpses and the suit of armor. The corpses are above the armor and below, with a layer of solid red soil in between. "

It was precisely because of this height difference that Wu Liang was a little slack when digging, so he shoveled on the armor with a little force, almost causing some damage to it.

Otherwise, no matter how upset he was, he wouldn't make such a mistake.

"I see……"

Yu Ji nodded slightly, and continued to analyze on his own, "In this way, there is indeed a certain time difference between this armor and these corpses, and this armor may have been buried here for some kind of sacrificial burial or other purposes, then It is even more strange that these corpses appear in this grain."

"The only way to figure this out is to keep digging."

Wu Liang murmured.

Bronze statues... corpses... armor...

As more things are excavated, more mysteries are placed in front of him. At least so far, he has not been able to give a reasonable explanation for any of them, and it is difficult to find strong support for even speculation.

Thinking of this, Wu Liang had no choice but to move the armor out of the pit for now, so as not to hinder the next excavation work.

However, at the same time as he lifted up the armor.

"Whoa!"

Some things fell out of the armor and scattered at Wu Liang's feet.

Surprised, Wu Liang quickly put down the armor again, and lowered his body to check the scattered things.

"bone?"

With just one glance, Wu Liang recognized the essence of those things.

Those were some extremely decayed bones, and now there were only some bone stubbles that were so severely depleted of calcium that they were full of holes, and the length of the largest bone stubble was no more than 5 centimeters.

Wu Liang picked up one of them carefully, and found that it was not even as heavy as a dead leaf, and it should be crushed into powder with just a slight twist of his fingers.

remains?

Is this armor buried here together with the person who wore it?

It's just that with the passage of time, most of the human tissues in the armor have returned to ashes, leaving only such a small amount of bone stubble that has not completely disappeared?
But this level of decay...

Wu Liang and the others had excavated many ancient tombs and ruins before, and had seen various corpses in these ancient tombs. Due to the influence of the different environments of the tombs, the degrees of decay of those corpses were naturally different, but Corpses decayed to this extent are indeed rare.

With this in mind, Wu Liang immediately took the helmet over to check the situation inside.

I saw that there were still some bone stubbles in the helmet.

The largest one is in the shape of a slightly curved irregular sheet, with an area of ​​only about 3 square centimeters.

Remains of a partial skull?
This……

Wu Liang frowned tightly.

On one side are the wrecks that have decayed to the point that even the bones are almost gone, and one foot above the wreckage are the corpses that have rotted but the soft tissues have not disappeared.

This is completely a matter of two time and space, and the difference between the two time and space is at least thousands of years, or even longer.

This undoubtedly made this secret place even more weird.

"..."

At this moment, the people in the Huanren Army had no one to speak.

Because this has far exceeded everyone's cognition, even if it is speculation, no one can make a self-consistent speculation, and they don't know how to comment on the current situation.

Just when everyone's thoughts were in confusion, some footsteps came from not far away.

"Son."

It was Yang Wanli and the soldiers of the Huren Army who were in charge of repairing the gate tower.

They rushed here to support, and they will further accelerate the speed of excavation, and then there will be more things presented to Wu Liang and everyone.

……

Just a few minutes later, Dian Wei, who was helping to dig beside Wu Liang, made a new discovery.

It was also a bronze vessel made of the same material as that pair of armor, but this bronze vessel was slightly smaller, just a thin piece.

Fortunately, since Dian Wei accidentally shoveled off the scalp of the corpse, he acted more cautiously, so he did not cause any damage to the bronze vessel, and called Wu Liang over as soon as he found it.

After Wu Liang cleaned it carefully, the bronze vessel finally revealed its original appearance.

It was actually a copper mask.

The concave-convex shape of the mask can fit the human face. While covering the entire face, holes are left in the eyes and nostrils for viewing and breathing.

The position of the mouth is a big mouth with exaggerated shape, and there are two fangs on the top and bottom of the big mouth, which looks like the bloody mouth of a fierce beast.

On both sides of the mask, there are two extra ear-like parts about ten centimeters long, and there are two small holes under the ears, which look like ear holes.

In addition, some decorative lines are carved on the copper mask.

These patterns are mainly some heavy ring patterns that fit the edge of the copper mask. Although they are not very exquisite, they make the copper mask look more three-dimensional.

"And what is this mask for?"

Wu Liang frowned slightly.

As far as he knows, many masks have been discovered in the archaeological circles of the later Celestial Dynasty, the most famous of which is the bronze mask excavated in Sanxingdui.

However, unlike the copper mask in front of me, most of the bronze masks in Sanxingdui have not been short-cut in the eyes, nostrils and mouth, and some have even made extremely exaggerated vertical eyes.

In short, most of the bronze masks in Sanxingdui are limited by various factors such as volume, weight and shape, so they are not for people to wear at all, and basically can only be used as ritual vessels for sacrificial ceremonies.

Of course, it is not to say that the bronze masks in Sanxingdui are not great or shocking, but they have different uses.

But now Wu Liang found this copper mask.

It looks very suitable to wear, not only will not affect people's normal actions, it should also play a certain degree of protection...

and many more!

Protective effects? !
Wu Liang looked back at the copper helmet he had discovered earlier.

Just now he found two separate protruding parts on both sides of the front end of the copper helmet, but he didn't know whether they were for decoration or for other purposes.

On the left and right sides of this copper mask, there are exactly two symmetrical gaps, but these two gaps seem to coincide with the two protruding places on the copper helmet, not only because of the location, but also the shape is quite consistent...

"Old man, please pass me that copper helmet again."

Wu Liang turned his head and said to Yu Ji who was standing next to the armor.

"okay."

Yu Ji hurriedly picked him up and sent him over.

"Thank you."

Wu Liang nodded, and then slowly leaned the copper mask against the copper helmet, and made the two separately protruding parts of the copper helmet insert into the two left and right symmetrical gaps of the copper mask.

The protrusion fits perfectly into the notch!
Even if Wu Liang let go of his hand, the copper mask could still hang firmly on the copper helmet!

"These two bronze wares are actually a set?"

Everyone couldn't help being surprised when they saw this.

"..."

Wu Liang was also shocked in his heart.

This is a full set of head protection!
Wearing this helmet and matching this mask, it is basically impossible to cause fatal damage to one's own personnel, except for the holes in the eyes pierced by the enemy with extremely precise sharp tools.

and……

Wu Liang looked thoughtfully at the two round holes similar to ear piercings on the ears on both sides of the mask.

If the helmet and the mask fit together, it is still possible to fall when running and jumping, but if you use a rope to pass through these two holes and tie it around the back of the helmet, this combination will become abnormal Stable and won't separate even during strenuous exercise... like during a war!
Such an exquisite setting is completely beyond Wu Liang's cognition. It is hard to imagine that this is a product of ancient times, it is simply incredible.

And at the same time that Wu Liang was shocked.

"I understand! I finally understand!"

Yu Ji suddenly cried out with excitement.

"?"

Everyone looked at him suspiciously.

"Old man, what exactly do you want to understand?"

Wu Liang also came back to his senses and asked back.

"My lord, do you remember how Chi You and his eighty brothers of the same clan were recorded in the history books?"

Yu Ji stepped forward to take the copper helmet and copper mask from Wu Liang's hands, and said to the crowd while gesticulating, "The epic says that they have 'beast bodies and human language, copper heads and iron foreheads, ears and temples like swords and halberds, and horns on their heads. !', my lord, think about it carefully, if someone wears this horned copper helmet and then uses this copper mask to cover his face, wouldn’t it be a beast body with a human language, a copper head and an iron forehead, ears and temples like swords and halberds, and a head Is there a pair of horns on it?"

"This……"

Everyone was slightly stunned.

I have to admit, what Yu Ji said really makes sense!

Especially when only the Jiuli Kingdom mastered the copper smelting technology and produced this kind of copper armor that was an entire era ahead of other tribes, the people of other tribes didn't even know what it was, so naturally they could only treat them as beasts. It is a terrifying monster with body, speech, copper head and iron forehead, ears like swords and halberds, and a pair of horns on its head!

"Also, the history books also say that the people of the Jiuli Kingdom eat sand and stones, and this old man also thought of a reasonable explanation."

For the performance of everyone, Yu Ji, who always likes to be the focus, is quite useful, and he said, "The ancients at that time usually lived on hunting and gathering, so most of the activities were related to this, and only Jiuli The country has mastered copper smelting technology, and you should know that this copper smelting must be inseparable from mining. Naturally, it needs to mine and transport a lot of ore for refining. This kind of behavior is also incomprehensible in the eyes of people from other tribes. Li Guo mined and transported these useless stones for what, so it was rumored that they lived on sand and stones, isn't that justified?"

"Uh……"

Everyone was stunned when they heard the words.

Although this kind of statement sounds a little far-fetched, if you switch to that era...

It's as if they still couldn't understand the devastating thunderbolt that Wu Liang created. At least they knew that the thunderbolt was actually prepared by Wu Liang using some messy things. In the eyes of outsiders, this It is a kind of supreme divine power, only the god of thunder and electric god in the sky can master such a terrifying power.

If this matter spreads, Baobuqi will also spread the misinformation similar to that of the Jiuli people who "eat sand and stones".

And one thing everyone can be sure of is that as long as the people of Jiuli Kingdom are human beings, it is absolutely impossible to eat sand and stones, that is suicide...

(End of this chapter)