Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 291

291 Chapter 291 Iron Pimple
This was so sudden that we didn't expect it. Because of this chaos, the dangerous object that the little brother mentioned fell out of the box. This thing was about the size of a fist, and it just rolled down and landed on the fat man. feet.

The fat man blurted out: "Damn it... it fell out!" He was so frightened that he shrank his neck and stayed there as if he had settled down.

Wu Xie was also startled. He raised his hands and shrank his waist, making a defensive movement, and did not dare to move again.

The little brother didn't have much expression at all, but he was also startled. He held my hand and squeezed it much tighter.

On the contrary, I feel a little bit fearless, or maybe I didn’t sense the dangerous aura on this thing, so I didn’t think it was too dangerous. However, I will not describe that thing in an exaggerated way. It should be because of this The things belonged to the Zhang family, and only he could feel the danger that he couldn't even describe.

Wu Xie and Fatty closed their eyes and gritted their teeth and shrank their necks for the next few seconds, fearing that the thing was a bomb and would explode if it fell. However, after waiting for a while, nothing happened and they looked at them again. The defensive movements and the exaggerated expression on his face seemed more and more funny the more he looked at them. He couldn't help but smile and said softly to them: "It seems nothing is wrong. Don't be so nervous. It just feels like a strange pimple."

After hearing what I said, Wu Xie carefully opened his eyes and muttered: "I thought it would explode, but it's okay, okay."

The fat man also gradually looked over and said: "Yes, there are no hidden weapons like poisonous insects flying out. Brother, what kind of dangerous method is this? Did you remember it wrong?" As he said that, he gradually relaxed, He immediately took a few steps away, ready to look at the pimple carefully, and muttered: "Look, what is this? Oh, it's really a big pimple. What kind of thing is this? If I had known this thing was like this, why would I be afraid of what it would do." "

Wu Xie also slowly put down his hand, squinting his eyes and saying with confusion and curiosity: "You'd better be careful, Menyouping is no joke, you think you have a long life."

The fat man said: "You, Fatty, I have an advantage, that is, I have a tough life, and it's not like you don't know that."

Wu Xie thought for a moment and said, "However, I have never seen anything like this before, a stuffy oil bottle. Does this thing have a shelf life? Is it because it has been too long and has passed the shelf life, so it is no longer dangerous?"

He glanced at the little brother, but the little brother still had no special expression and did not change his posture. Wu Xie also saw his nervousness and thought to himself, it seemed that he was really shocked.

Next, the four of us froze on the spot for a moment. No one dared to get close to that thing, but staying here all the time was not an option. Wu Xie winked at the fat man and asked him to pick up the lump. The fat man hesitated, "Uh..." There was a sound.

Wu Xie raised his eyebrows and said, "Just now I swore that I was lucky. Fatty, come on."

The fat man cleared his throat and said, "Come on, I'll come and watch." After saying that, the fat man began to move closer, and Wu Xie followed him.

The two of them squatted down and took a closer look at Wu Xie and said, "Look at it, this thing looks a bit like a gourd."

The fat man curled his lips and looked at the thing. He suddenly laughed and said, "The gourd with toad bumps has a very unique shape. It's quite special. Look at it, it's not too small."

Wu Xie said again: "There's still rust on it, it's an iron bump."

The fat man muttered: "Whatever it is, take it back first." Then he wanted to take it with his hands.

Suddenly the little brother said: "Don't move." He let go of me, broke off a pumpkin leaf from the edge, wrapped the "iron gourd" and picked it up.

As soon as he picked it up, he could tell that the toad-skin gourd had a good feel and was quite heavy. I walked up to him and looked at the iron lump, and saw red and yellow pus spots on it. There were traces of rust. I said: "There is still a lot of rust, but the pits and bumps..."

Wu Xie said: "It feels like it has been corroded by strong acid or contained a lot of air bubbles when it was cast. It also seems to have some ancient patterns on it, but it is too blurry. I think it is an ancient relic."

The fat man looked at it and wondered: "It looks like a cannonball, is it an ancient grenade?"

Wu Xie immediately shook his head: "Don't talk nonsense, did you bury the grenade under the bed? Firearms in the Ming Dynasty were already very developed. The "Zhentian Lei" and "Guo Xing Bottle" were very lethal. I have handled them before. Some, but they are all stuffed. These firearms were first brought from the sea by Fujian fishermen, and then were exchanged for daily necessities by antique merchants. However, these iron lumps do not look like seafood, so they should not be firearms. Not to mention the This thing is buried under the bed, what if it explodes when the weather is dry? The stuffy oil bottle will never do something so heartless."

The little brother picked up the lump and shook it, smelled it again, and shook his head to express that it was indeed not a grenade or something.

Wu Xie asked him: "Do you still have the feeling of danger just now?"

We looked at the little brother. He didn't speak but looked strange. He paused for a while while looking at the iron gourd and said, "Only one layer of skin on this thing is iron. The real thing is wrapped in the iron sheet."

Wu Xie was stunned for a moment and asked: "Why do you see it?"

The boy said: "The weight is too light."

The fat man said in surprise: "Can you fucking weigh it out?"

I said, "Of course, my brother is a professional. He has mastered the skill of weighing since he was a child. He is strictly trained, and whether the iron lump is pure iron or stuffed with something, the feel will be very different.

When I make things, the materials consumed are basically the same every time I make the same style of work, and the weight of the finished product is not much different. However, if the same style is made hollow, sandwiched, or the materials are changed, the weight will inevitably be different. "

Wu Xie said: "Anyone who has weighed pure iron or made molds will know that the weight of a piece of iron is different from what ordinary people expect. A piece of iron the size of a pencil box cannot be picked up by a person with average strength with two fingers. .

You are not good at basic skills when you become a monk. For this kind of hands-on skill, we have to practice more or less several times. "

The fat man said "poof": "Fat man, why do I spend so much time practicing this? How much does it cost to buy an electronic scale?" Wu Xie made a look of disdain, and then asked the little brother: "What should be wrapped in it?" Preserved in an iron sheet? Do you have any thoughts or impressions?"

The little brother still shook his head, and I thought to myself, wrapping it in iron means sealing it, and it must be something that cannot be known to the world.

The fat man said: "In the past, there was a kind of iron-coated gold. When the gold nuggets were transported, they were covered with iron sheets, which made them inconspicuous. However, the iron sheet of this thing seems to be cast on it, and it is lighter in weight. It is definitely not gold inside."

Wu Xie thought for a while and said: "I have never heard of "iron-coated gold". I only know that there is a kind of Tibetan mastiff called iron-coated gold. My grandfather had one, but it could not be raised because it was not acclimatized to the soil. Later it was The cow in the village was kicked to death. Oh, fat man, are you just talking nonsense or have you actually seen it?"

The fat man accompanied him and said, "Believe it or not, I will kick you to death."

Wu Xie smiled and shook his head and said, "That's not possible. A kick is not suitable for your stature." Before the fat man could refute, Wu Xie added, "What concerns me is the vague patterns on it. Since there are patterns, then This thing at least has a decorative function, it won't be a simple casting. It must have a real purpose."

The fat man asked again: "Could it be some iron parts? For example, the legs of an iron incense burner, or the decorations on the wheels of previous carts? Have you seen anything similar?"

Wu Xie shook his head: "The shape is not impossible, but ironware is easy to rust and is difficult to preserve in ancient tombs, so it is far less popular in the market than copperware and porcelain. There is little contact with this aspect, and the understanding is not deep, and The value of ironware is generally not high, so most people who deal in antiques are not familiar with it. I really have no idea about this.

But since it is an ancient object and is still hidden under Menyou Ping's bed, then this thing must have some origins and should be related to what he experienced in this village. "

Wu Xie thought of Fatty's thoughts yesterday and had a guess in his mind, so he guessed: "Didn't you say that there might be an ancient tomb near Yangjiao Mountain? Then the story might be like this: The oil bottle might have been in Wen Jin's archaeological team back then. , this "gourd" may be something they brought out from that ancient tomb. But for some reason, I hid this "gourd", otherwise it would be difficult to explain its origin."

The fat man frowned and said: "I also speculate that this is the case. Then when I picked up the thing, I was obviously wary of something. The situation at that time was probably very complicated."

Wu Xie said "grace" and said: "If there is caution, there must be hostility. This shows that what happened to the archaeological team here will not be as simple as Agui said."

I interjected: "The most important thing is, what can make the entire team disappear collectively, and then reappear collectively, is the key point."

I secretly thought to myself that the shape of this iron lump seems to be a solid thing inside, but the density is far less than iron. No matter what comes out of the tomb, this sealing method obviously has no intention of opening it again.Since such important things must be recorded and counted, if this piece was left out and not taken away, something must have gone wrong back then.

After that, they were silent for a while. Wu Xie seemed to be in a complicated mood. Looking at his expression, he seemed to be even more confused. Also, the mystery snowballed several times.

The fat man looked at the direction where the clay figurine disappeared and asked, "Could the person who robbed us just now have something to do with this matter?"

Wu Xie then remembered this and asked us, "Did you see his face clearly just now?"

The fat man smiled bitterly and said, "That guy ran faster than a rabbit. Not to mention his face, I didn't even see his butt clearly. I only saw that this guy was unkempt and about the same size as you. He disappeared in a flash."

Wu Xie hurriedly asked me: "Xiao Xun, have you seen him the longest you've been together?"

I showed him my arm: "It's so dark in the room. I was careful not to let him touch the box from the beginning, but then he stuck it out for me. I couldn't see it."

But that man is very skilled, and he is definitely not an ordinary person. When we come here to look for something, someone immediately comes to snatch us away. Why don’t we just go straight to the box without grabbing anything?It must not be a coincidence. "

Wu Xie said: "Oh, then our current situation is a bit bad. We have to close the door and sleep at night."

The fat man suggested: "Let's ask Agui later. That man is like a lunatic. Maybe he knows something. What should we do now? We have nothing to do with this iron gourd. Why don't we find a blacksmith to see if it can be melted? Part of it.”

Wu Xie said: "I know there is a way to deal with this kind of thing. You can use sulfuric acid to dissolve the iron shell little by little. Look at these rotten iron lumps. I guess someone has done this before, but for some reason it failed. It just stopped.

Maybe the person who does this is just a fussy person.

I suddenly had a feeling that Menyou Piao had a dangerous impression on this thing. He might have discovered it when he was dissolving the iron seal. Work stopped.Although he has forgotten everything now, the impression still remains in his mind, making him feel uneasy. Of course, this is a complete conjecture. "

The fat man eagerly said, "Sulfuric acid is easy to handle. I'll go to the fertilizer station and get some."

He said to them: "I advise you not to focus on what this lump is, but to pay more attention to who is targeting us."

Wu Xie said: "Although this is a method, it is indeed quite risky. It's better not to do it easily. Fatty, we still have to take it easy. We can take it to Agui to think about it carefully later and let Menyou Ping take a closer look. .”

The little brother put the iron lump back into the iron box, opened the lid, and the fat man immediately picked it up: "Okay, today is a harvest. I have to keep a close eye on this thing now. You guys go in and look it up quickly. Girl I’ll be back soon, so hurry up.”

Wu Xie immediately stood up and walked towards the window, but before he had even taken two steps, the little brother suddenly stopped, as if he had discovered something, and grabbed Wu Xie. When we looked at him, we immediately felt that something was wrong. Busy followed his line of sight and was stunned.

I saw a few villagers standing on the hillside above the stilt building. I don't know when they appeared, and they were looking at us with gloomy faces.

(End of this chapter)