Simultaneous time travel starts from the flower age

Chapter 187: The stone coffin of the Western Zhou Dynasty!
Zhang Fan also took a glance and his eyes lit up. He saw a "person" appear behind the candlelight in the southeast corner of the Underworld Palace.

The candlelight flickered in the corner of the underworld palace, making the corner of the wall bright and dark. A huge and pale human face appeared at the edge of the light, and his body was hidden in the darkness beyond the candle's lighting range.

Zhang Fan thought to himself that this must be the legendary tomb soul!

Zhang Fan was thinking, at this time Hu Bayi said loudly to the man in the southeast corner: "The black dragon lifted the treasure cover, the mountain was moved and the hill was opened to reveal the cave, the stars suddenly opened, and the Big Dipper gathered the southern light."

Hu Bayi said these words very politely, probably meaning that we are all here to make a living from the tomb-robbing business, and since we have bumped into each other, there must be a first come first served. We are the latecomers, so we dare not take advantage of others, so we'll just give them some convenience and walk away.

As the saying goes, "There are 360 ​​professions, and every profession has its top talent." These 360 ​​professions refer to all kinds of livelihoods in the world. In life, one must have a skill to rely on so that he can gain a foothold in society and earn a living with his ability without worrying about starving or freezing to death on the streets.

In addition to these 360 ​​trades, there are also eight other trades, which are alternative. In other words, they are not among the regular businesses and are not classified as workers, peasants, soldiers, students or businessmen. Among these eight trades is tomb robbing.

Every country has its laws and every industry has its rules. Even beggars are governed by the leader of the Beggars' Gang. The confidential and mysterious industry like tomb robbing has even more rules. For example, after breaking open the tomb gate, one can go in to search for loot and then come out. One is only allowed to go in and out once at most. A tomb raider is not allowed to go back and forth in a tomb several times.

After all, it is a resting place, not your backyard. There are countless rules and regulations like these.

One of the rules is that if two people in the same industry see a hill gate and both want to move the pangolin, then whoever arrives first gets to go in, and the one who arrives later can also go in, but the things that are there should be selected by the one who goes in first.

Because the tomb raiders have strict rules and regulations, unlike ordinary tomb robbers, they only take one or two items from an ancient tomb and stop. In addition, the burial objects in the tombs of nobles are very rich, so there will not be much conflict between them.

Only one or two items are taken from a tomb. The reason for this rule is, firstly, to avoid doing too big a job as one's destiny cannot accommodate such great wealth, so as not to bring disaster upon oneself; another important reason is that no matter how many ancient tombs there are in the world, they will all be dug up one day, and one cannot do things to the extreme. Even if one becomes rich, one must leave a way out for others in the same industry.

This is the biggest difference between professional tomb raiders and grave robbers. Tomb robbers often fight over one or two artifacts, and there are many cases of brothers killing each other, because they rarely find big tombs, and they don't understand the pros and cons. They don't know that artifacts are the source of trouble, and they will suffer retribution if they take too many.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Mengde set up the positions of Fa Qiu and Mo Jin to provide military pay. In fact, the military ranks such as General of the Central Army and Colonel were set up by Cao Cao. However, the names of Mo Jin and Fa Qiu, as well as Ban Shan and Xi Ling, were all four tomb-robbing sects that had existed in the world during the late Qin and early Han dynasties. However, the disciples of these sects acted secretively and were mostly unknown to the world, and there were no records of them in history books. By the Song and Yuan dynasties, Fa Qiu, Ban Shan and Xi Ling were almost lost, leaving only Mo Jin.

In the art of tomb raiding, not everyone is considered a disciple if they have a master to teach them. It has a whole set of special symbols, cuts, and techniques. As long as you understand the rules and terminology, you are considered a fellow disciple.

Only the masters among the tomb raiders can dig a hole from the void into the underworld palace.

At this moment, Hu Bayi still thought that the person opposite him should be a person!
I thought that we might be from the same school and there should be nothing difficult to discuss.

After Hu Bayi finished speaking, he waited for the other party to respond. Generally speaking, in this situation, if the person is also an expert in tomb robbing and our side has given him enough face, he will probably not make things difficult for us. Even the ghost of the tomb-robbing captain who came in decades ago should not make things difficult for us.

However, after waiting for a long time, there was no response from the other party. The candle had burned more than half, and the man in the southeast corner of the Hades Palace was still as indifferent as before, motionless like a clay sculpture or stone carving.

Hu Bayi thought about it, then repeated it loudly in Mandarin, but the other party still did not move.

Now Zhang Fan felt a little scared when he saw those people. After all, people are most afraid of this kind of silent state. They don't know what's going on. It's just like when your homeroom teacher called you to the office when you were a kid, but he didn't say anything and he didn't answer your questions. Silence and depression are just the same feeling.

Zhang Fan was not in a hurry to speak. Instead, he was thinking about the routines in their business. He could learn a few of them when he had time. They sounded quite intimidating!

It feels so good to say!
The two sides confronted each other for a while. Wang Kaixuan couldn't stand the pressure anymore and said in a low voice: "Old Hu, I think the guy on the other side is not a good person. We should not stay here for long. Let's retreat."

Hu Bayi thought for a moment and said, "Don't act rashly. First find out whether he is a human or a ghost."

Hu Bayi felt that it was a bit difficult to deal with so he shouted towards the southeast corner of the Hades Palace: "Hey... the guy over there, who are you? We were just passing by here and saw a robbery hole, so we came in to take a look. We didn't have any improper intentions."

Seeing that the other party still did not move, Wang Kaixuan also became anxious and shouted, "We are going back to where we came from. If you don't say anything, we will take it as your tacit consent. Don't regret it later..."

Zhang Fan could feel that A Bao's heartbeat quickened due to nervousness, and his voice was trembling. "Bayi, Fatty, Miss Yang, isn't that the person painted on the wall? We didn't see it clearly. The candlelight is so dim that it's easy for me to be dazzled."

After hearing this, Shirley Yang shook his head and said, "Mr. Zhang, that thing shouldn't be a mural. You've been looking at it for so long, why don't you argue about it?"

Zhang Fan thought that it was time to show off his skills, otherwise he would feel insignificant in the next tomb!
He nodded and said, "That's not a person, Abao, turn on the strong light and shine it at it."

A Bao was a little scared at first, but thinking how powerful Zhang Fan was, after listening to Zhang Fan's words, he immediately turned the flashlight towards the southeast corner and turned on the switch, but then he widened his eyes!

Wang Kaixuan on the side shouted, "Fuck!"

This voice echoed several times in the Hades Palace and it was quite demonic!
The appearance of that place was clearly seen by several people!
It turned out that the person standing in the southeast corner of the Hades Palace behind the candles was not a person at all, but a face, a human face, but unexpectedly it was a statue carved out of stone.

The stone face is a relief on a huge stone coffin. The stone coffin is extremely large, but this stone coffin did not exist originally!

When they just entered the Underworld Palace through the tunnel, it was empty. There was absolutely no large stone coffin. It and the stone wall that sealed the tunnel seemed to have suddenly appeared out of thin air.

Zhang Fan couldn't figure out the principle for a while, and could only sigh in his heart at the profoundness of this 5000-year-old culture!

If he didn't know about ghost tombs and tomb spirits, he would have been scared.

Shirley Yang also widened his eyes at this time and asked Hu Bayi beside him: "Old Hu, what?"

Hu Bayi was also confused at the moment. Suddenly, a huge stone coffin appeared in the Hades Palace. He was confused and did not answer Shirly Yang's words. He walked forward a few steps alone and approached the stone coffin to check it out. Several people followed him.

This stone coffin is about 3.5 meters long and 1.7 meters high. The whole body is made of big stone. Except for the bottom of the stone coffin, the rest of the surrounding areas and the cover are embossed with a huge human face. The entire stone coffin is It's gray and very solemn.

This human face seemed to be a decoration on a stone coffin. The facial features were clearly defined, just like an ordinary person's, except that the ears were slightly larger and the eyes were looking straight ahead. There was no expression on the face. Although it was just a human face carved from stone, it was indescribably bizarre and cool.

A Bao was also curious when he saw it. Now that he knew it was a sarcophagus, he didn't feel scared at all. He just thought it was a treasure and was about to take a look at it and touch it.

Of course, Wang Kaixuan on the side did not give him this opportunity and pulled him back. A Bao looked at him and then at the sarcophagus with a puzzled look, wondering if there was anything taboo about this thing?
Wang Kaixuan explained: "Boss Bao! Be careful! What if there is a trap? I've experienced this before!"

After hearing this, A Bao immediately retracted his hand and took half a step back.

Wang Kaixuan asked Hu Bayi, "Old Hu, what the hell is this thing? I think it's very old. Could it be a spirit? Otherwise, how could it suddenly appear on the ground? If we remember the pattern on the mural wrongly, it's possible, but this is such a big stone. We looked at the underworld palace very carefully when we first came in, but we didn't see it. Isn't that a ghost?"

Hu Bayi nodded and said, "Don't talk nonsense, there is no ghost! This seems to be a stone coffin. This ancient tomb is really strange everywhere. I don't know where it came from."

Then he turned and looked at Zhang Fan. Seeing Zhang Fan's calm face, he knew that Zhang Fan must know something, so he asked, "Mr. Zhang, how about you explain it to us?"

Zhang Fan smiled and said, "Bayi, have you heard of the ghost tomb and the inner tomb?"

"Ghost Tomb! There's something hidden inside!" Hu Bayi exclaimed!
Wang Kaixuan didn't understand anything about this profession. "Old Hu! What the hell are these two? Could it be a ghost?"

Although Po was a little scared after hearing about the ghost, he now looked like a curious baby!

Before Hu Bayi opened his mouth to explain, Shirley Yang spoke up. After all, she came from a family of tomb robbers, so she naturally knew a lot!

"I think I already know what we are dealing with, but... I'm going to tell you, don't be afraid."

Wang Kaixuan and A Bao nodded. They were really scared, but with Zhang Fan, Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang around, they were naturally not afraid!

"I'm afraid you two won't understand. In fact, I'm just making a judgment based on the phenomena we've encountered. I think this is the case. I'll tell you both and see if it makes sense."

"Hu Bayi, Mr. Zhang, the tomb passage we saw earlier, the murals of palace maids we saw in the Hades Palace, and the magnificent underground palace in the front hall are all from the Tang Dynasty. We will never make a mistake about this, right?"

Hu Bayi nodded, and Zhang Fan also cooperated, quietly watching Shirley Yang's show time!

"But, look at this sarcophagus, it's the four sides of the Yellow Emperor!"

"The four sides of the Yellow Emperor?" A Bao suddenly spoke.

"How come you know this, Mr. Bao?" Wang Kaixuan asked.

A Bao nodded and said, "I saw this in the museum when I was dealing in treasury bonds, but shouldn't this be from the Western Zhou Dynasty?"

After saying that, he looked at Shirley Yang, who nodded and continued, "The use of human faces as decorations on objects was very popular during the Shang Dynasty. Many important ritual vessels had human face carvings on them."

Wang Kaixuan was a little confused: "How come this is getting too far away? It's already as far as the Shang Dynasty!"

Shirley Yang waved his hand, signaling Wang Kaixuan not to interrupt, and then said: "This kind of decoration flourished in the Shang Dynasty, and was still used on some important occasions and objects until the Three Kingdoms period. However, its characteristics are different in different eras. The stone coffin we saw has a characteristic. Do you know what it is?"

Hu Bayi said, "Staff Officer Yang, aren't you making fun of me? Why don't you stop keeping me in suspense?"

Shirley Yang glanced at him unhappily and continued, "The biggest feature of the Western Zhou human face sculptures is that the facial lines are smooth and there are no gender characteristics. Only the ears are larger than those of ordinary people, but you can't tell whether they are male or female, old or young from their faces. In addition, the Western Zhou Dynasty was the only dynasty in China that advocated thunder patterns. In the Hades Palace, the bottom of the stone coffin is decorated with layers of thunder patterns. This can be said to be the best proof."

"On the other hand, before the Western Zhou Dynasty, some cultural relics unearthed during the Shang Dynasty had facial carvings or patterns, but they all looked too primitive and not smooth enough, and had obvious gender characteristics. Those with silkworm eyebrows, round eyes, big noses and wide mouths were men, which was based on the legend of the four faces of the Yellow Emperor. After the Han Dynasty, the facial features of human face decorations and carvings were more obvious, and men had beards on their faces."

After listening to Shirly Yang, several people understood what he meant and wrote down the knowledge. Since the Shang Dynasty, there has been the craft of carving and casting human faces. However, in the Western Zhou Dynasty, a strange genderless facial shape suddenly appeared. After that, the aesthetics and craftsmanship returned to the previous style.

Wang Kaixuan was a little confused, "But what does this have to do with what Mr. Zhang said?"

Hu Bayi shook his head. Shirley Yang looked at him helplessly. A Bao also felt that Wang Kaixuan's IQ needed to be improved. "Fatty, think about it, how could there be a Western Zhou Dynasty stone coffin in this Tang Dynasty tomb?"

Wang Kaixuan rested his chin on his hand and pondered for a while, then clapped his left fist and right palm together and said confidently, "Hey! I understand! The owner of this tomb must be from the same industry as us!"

Then he continued to say to the others with a proud look on his face: "I can be sure that this sarcophagus must have been dug out from somewhere by the tomb owner!"

As soon as the voice fell, several people beside him said in unison, "Fool!"

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