Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1022 Thin Coffin
"What's this?!"

Everyone subconsciously let out a low cry, and the sound traveled into the empty and spacious stone chamber, and immediately countless dull echoes rang out. In this narrow tunnel, it seemed as if many invisible people were exclaiming in surprise at the same time.

This weird feeling is creepy.

But Ashina Zhuye's eyes flashed with surprise. He was tall, half a head taller than the ordinary Western Turkic soldiers. So when the soldiers in front of him were holding torches and carefully checking for danger, he had already seen at a glance with the help of the swaying and faint light of the torches that there was a natural stone platform in the center of the stone chamber, about as high as a man's knee. There seemed to be a huge, square object placed on the stone platform, which was pitch black and faintly visible in the firelight.

Even though he hadn't seen it clearly, two words had already flashed through his mind -

Coffin!

The only thing that could be so big and so square seemed to be a coffin. Moreover, the long corridor we just came from looked like a tomb passage, and this stone chamber did look like a tomb chamber.

But is that really Zuo Chen'an's coffin? Is this really the tomb of Zuo Gong?

With such joy and confusion, Ashina Zhuye stretched out his hand to push away the people in front of him and was about to walk straight forward. As he moved, the rest of the people also saw clearly everything in front of them that was gradually exposed to the firelight - this tall stone chamber was almost the size of a palace, half natural and half excavated, because two sides of the stone walls were obviously smooth and natural, with traces of water flow, while the other two sides were like the corridor they had just passed through, with traces of axes and chisels on them.

Of course, these are not the most important things. The most important thing is the thing in the center of the stone chamber!
When they saw the stone chamber, after the initial surprise and hesitation, and after realizing that there seemed to be no danger inside, everyone immediately walked into the stone chamber quickly. The firelight approached and immediately illuminated the huge object on the stone platform.

It really was a coffin!
Everyone was extremely delighted, even Lu Xiao had an irrepressible smile on her face. They had originally thought that finding Zuo Gong's tomb would be extremely difficult, but they did not expect to find it so quickly. This was truly a surprise!

In her joy, she couldn't help but walk forward, wanting to see the detailed appearance of the coffin. But she was not the only one who thought so. The other Turkic soldiers had already surrounded it without any scruples. Two of them even climbed onto the stone platform impatiently, walked to the side of the coffin, and waved to the people behind them: "Huo, come here quickly!"

In an instant, everyone climbed onto the stone platform and gathered around the coffin to take a closer look.

But when he looked at it, everyone else's eyes were still filled with joy, but Wang Shaoqiu's shrewd eyes slowly showed a worry. He shook his head and said softly, "No."

The people around him were so busy rejoicing that no one paid attention to his mutterings. Only Lu Xiao and Lei Yu, who were standing beside him, heard his words faintly. Lu Xiao turned her head and glanced at him, wanting to say something but stopping herself. It was Lei Yu who asked, "What's wrong?"

Wang Shaoqiu also glanced at her. Although he didn't want to talk to this Turkic Khatun who obviously didn't get along with him, now it seemed that she was the only one who could listen to what he said, so he said: "This coffin is too thin. Zuo Chen'an is a county lord, it is impossible for him to be buried in such a simple coffin. And-"

After saying that, he looked up and around. Although this looked like a tomb, it was also too simple and did not conform to the regulations for the burial of a county duke.

Of course, maybe Zuo Chen'an deliberately used such a simple tomb to confuse those who wanted to find him. After all, he had offended many people during his lifetime, and he was afraid that someone would come to seek revenge, and even more afraid that someone would covet his wealth, but it was not right for the coffin to be so simple. Wang Shaoqiu reached out and gently knocked on the coffin lid. Sure enough, he heard a knocking sound. It was really just a thin wooden board.

But someone nearby said, "Alas, who cares so much about a dead person?" "Yes, maybe that Zuo or something was afraid that someone would find his coffin, so he deliberately made a thin coffin to fool people."

"Anyway, we finally found it, we can't just let it go like this."

"Pry it open and see what's inside!"

As he spoke, someone had already pulled out a dagger from his waist and was eager to pry open the coffin lid, but Wang Shaoqiu immediately stopped him and said, "Don't move yet!"

When he stopped them, several people showed unhappy expressions. Ashina Zhuxie also frowned and turned to look at him. Before he could ask, Wang Shaoqiu said, "If it is really Zuo Chenan's coffin, he can set up a false tomb to protect himself. This coffin may not be that simple. There may be some hidden weapons that can hurt people."

"What kind of hidden weapon?"

A Turkic man nearby had long been salivating over the treasure that might be buried in the coffin. When he heard his words of objection, he immediately kicked the thin-skinned coffin in displeasure and said, "It's just a thin-skinned coffin. What can it contain?"

Having said that, several people had already taken Wang Shaoqiu's words to heart, such as Li Miao and Gao Chen. They were originally palace guards, and although they had never seen the tombs of kings and princes with their own eyes, they were still familiar with this kind of legend. They knew that if this was really Zuo Chen'an's coffin, there must be some tricks in it, so it was better to avoid it to be safe. So both of them secretly pulled Lu Xiao's sleeve, but at this time Lu Xiao was focused on the coffin, wishing to pry it open as soon as possible to see what was inside; while the other Turkic soldiers did not believe it, and still put all their strength into using the daggers in their hands to pry the coffin lid.

After a while, they loosened a few nails, and everyone rushed forward again, holding the coffin lid and forcefully lifted it to the side.

With a loud "clang", the coffin was completely opened!
"careful!"

Wang Shaoqiu cried out in shock, and with his long arms he pushed away the people around him. He himself nearly fell off the stone platform. Upon hearing his voice, Ashina Zhuxie hurriedly protected Lei Yu and stepped back a little. Everyone opened their eyes wide and stared at the coffin nervously.

A faint golden light suddenly flashed before everyone's eyes.

What followed was an unpleasant stench, which instantly filled the entire stone chamber as soon as the lid was opened. Everyone felt like vomiting when they smelled it, and some even started to dry heave. The torches in the hands of several soldiers suddenly fluttered inexplicably, and a faint white light was emitted from the flames.

This sudden change made everyone's heart rise to their throat.

What's in that coffin?
However, apart from the golden light and the dizzying stench, there was no other movement. Everyone moved closer cautiously, surrounded the coffin and looked inside. Suddenly, someone let out a low cry of surprise.

"This, this is-!"