Raising Gu Notes

(Chapter 1 is here. Thank you zjvivi and Xiaoling Children's Shoes for your support, haha.)

The dozens of coffins were placed very neatly, but they were different in color, size, and even style. The black paint on the surface of the front coffins had almost completely peeled off, and it looked mottled. The texture and color are also dark gray, and the coffins look more and more new as they go further.

Especially the last coffin, the surface is freshly painted, and the wooden boards at both ends are painted with bright red lacquer, and many simple patterns are painted with gold lacquer on it, which looks like calligraphy and painting.

It appears that the coffin was placed here only recently.

Behind these coffins, that is, between the entrance of the cave and the coffins, there are three large black stoves arranged side by side. These three stoves seem to be made of clay, filled with ashes, and various There are incense sticks of different thicknesses, candles of different lengths, and various branches, which are very messy and contrast sharply with the neatly arranged coffins.

The cave is located on the north side of the cliff, and the sunlight cannot reach here all year round. The trees on the cliff are lush and green, but they block more sunlight, making the place where the cave is located even darker.

Seeing so many coffins suddenly, the three of Xie Lin were astonished, and they couldn't help feeling a chill in their hearts.

In front of this cave, the temperature seems to have suddenly dropped a lot.

The three of Xie Lin also felt an indescribable darkness and splendor.

After staring blankly for a while, Zhang Lang tremblingly said with surprise and nervousness on his face, "Could this be the legendary hanging coffin?"

Ba Xiaolan had a serious face and frowned slightly, but after hearing Zhang Lang's words, she shook her head and said, "It's not like that."

The so-called hanging coffin is also a unique funeral method of some ethnic minorities in the ancient south. Simply put, it is to hang the deceased together with the coffin on a cliff high above the ground.It is said that some ethnic minorities in ancient times believed that the higher the burial, the closer they were to the gods, and the more likely they would become gods after death. And it is often on a steep cliff, but it is very labor-intensive and material resources. Only those nobles with strong financial resources and prominent status will use this kind of funeral.

The so-called hanging coffins are naturally characterized by the word "hanging". Generally speaking, the coffins are hung in the air by suspension cables, leaning against the cliff, or in some cases, the coffin is half-placed in the cave on the cliff. Among them, the other half is exposed outside and is suspended by suspension cables, so no matter what, it needs to be suspended by suspension cables to be called a hanging coffin.

On the other hand, the hanging coffins are all used in a special way, using ropes, winches and other tools to directly hang the coffin to the cliff. In other cases, the coffin is first lifted to the top of the cliff, and the coffin is lifted from the top to the bottom. The coffin was placed on the cliff.

But the coffins in front of Xie Lin and the others were all placed neatly, and they were not hung on the cliff with ropes, so they could not be called hanging coffins, and Ba Xiaolan speculated that these coffins were obviously not used directly. They were hoisted up by ropes, but artificially. After all, when they came up, there were steps along the way. Although for them, the steps were quite steep and difficult to walk, but for those who are used to this kind of place For humans, it is not impossible for several people to work together to lift the coffin up.

In fact, what really took manpower and made Ba Xiaolan feel unbelievable was the huge artificially excavated platform and the stone steps leading to it.

Although it is only a few hundred meters above the ground, the cliff looks very solid. It would take a lot of manpower to carve out so many stone steps and this huge platform.

And such a place can never be completed by one person, it may even take several generations of efforts, the project can be called huge.

Along the way, they saw dozens of watchtowers, large and small. Although Ba Xiaolan had seen pictures of similar watchtowers in books and on the Internet, this was the first time he had seen such watchtowers with his own eyes.The smallest watchtower here is the four-corner watchtower, but the shortest of these four-corner watchtowers is more than ten meters. It looks like a small stone tower from a distance. Compared with the two-story wooden building below the watchtower, it is quite magnificent. Ba Xiaolan thought Can not help but praise again and again.

At this time, when he came to the front of the cave and saw the huge platform, Ba Xiaolan admired the construction ability of the people here even more.

If this place is known to the world, especially those historians and archaeological experts, it will definitely cause quite a stir.

And Ba Xiaolan, who is an 'expert in Gu testing' and half a historian, is also very curious.

Of course, Ba Xiaolan was not the only one who was curious at this time.

The three of them were stunned for a while, then under the leadership of Xie Lin, they walked up to the platform and walked up to the coffins.

The platform is at least tens of square meters, even if these dozens of coffins are placed on it, it doesn't look crowded. There is still a large open space behind the few incense burners, which seems to be reserved for people to worship.

Not to mention the huge cave.

The cave is estimated to be about ten meters in diameter, and it is so wide that Xie Lin and the others suspect that the cave was dug by humans, but it would take a lot of manpower to dig such a cave on the cliff, and thank you Lin and the others looked from the side, and found that the cave was so dark that they couldn't see the end, so they didn't know how deep the cave was.

The bottom of the cave is connected to the platform, which makes the platform look wider. Even if there are hundreds of people standing on it, it should not be a problem.

At this time, Zhang Lang suddenly let out a cry of surprise, and the expression of astonishment on his face became even stronger.

"What's wrong?!" Ba Xiaolan asked hastily.

Zhang Lang pointed to the coffins in front of him and said, "These coffins don't seem to have lids."

Xie Lin and Ba Xiaolan took a closer look and found that this was indeed the case. No matter whether it was the old coffins that had been severely weathered and eroded at the front, or the new coffin closest to them, there was no coffin lid on them.

This made the three of Schelling somewhat surprised and puzzled.

"Will these coffins be empty?" Zhang Lang said, walking up quickly.

It's just that he only glanced into the new coffin, but his color suddenly changed, he screamed, and retreated as if he had seen a ghost.

"Oh my God!"

"What's wrong?!" Both Xie Lin and Ba Xiaolan couldn't help being startled, and couldn't help but stop.

"You guys, go and see for yourself, it's too scary!" Zhang Lang said with a pale face, clutching his chest, and stammered.

Xie Lin and Ba Xiaolan looked at each other, and then walked up.

Judging by Zhang Lang's performance, it seemed that there was something special inside the coffin, but it shouldn't be anything dangerous.

It's just that when the two of them looked into the newest coffin, their colors suddenly changed.

Ba Xiaolan also couldn't help but exclaimed, and covered her mouth, her face became very ugly, with an extremely weird expression.

Xie Lin was relatively better, but he was shocked all over, with a look of surprise on his face.

The coffin was indeed a corpse, but there was only a skeleton left of the corpse, but on the skeleton, there were still some red and black pieces of meat stuck to it, as if the corpse had just been eaten by something Flesh off.

Incomparable people.

There are even clearly visible bite marks on the skeleton.

The clothes worn by the corpse were also messy and broken.

Standing close, Schelling could still smell a corpse.

Disgusting.

Xie Lin turned his head to look again, only to find that the coffin next to him also contained a skeleton without bones.

There are only white bones left on the skeleton, and the skeleton is even whiter. Obviously, this corpse has been placed here for a longer time, and it will become like this after more wind and rain.

There are also countless bite marks on this skeleton.

And judging from these small bite marks, the thing that ate the flesh of the corpse should not be any large animal.

Xie Lin looked at the other coffins, and it turned out that those coffins contained white skeletons.

What puzzled Xie Lin was that these skeletons were very complete. Even the skeleton placed in the front coffin was not scattered.

Logically speaking, if the flesh and skin of these corpses were really eaten by some animal, it would be impossible to keep them so intact.Xie Lin couldn't help but suspect that the skin and flesh on these corpses had actually been artificially removed, which is why these skeletons are so complete.

But soon Schelling discovered something even more strange to him.

After taking a closer look, he found that these skeletons were not only complete, but also integrated, even the skeleton at the front was also integrated.

Judging from the coffin, the front coffin was severely rotted by wind, and many places had been pierced, and it looked dilapidated. According to his speculation, this coffin had been here for at least several years.But the skeleton inside the coffin is not much different from the skeletons behind it, it is also very complete, and the bones are not weathered or corroded.

Logically speaking, there is a lot of cartilage in the human body, and the density of bones varies from place to place. Places with low density will naturally rot faster, while places with high density will naturally rot slowly. As time goes by, these bones will gradually be destroyed by wind and rain. Corrosion, especially in those joints, because there is a lot of cartilage tissue, tends to corrode the fastest, so generally it doesn't take long for the skeleton to fall apart, and it is impossible to be a complete body.

Xie Lin knocked on the skeleton at the front, and found that the sound was clear and clear. It felt like the skeleton had been petrified.Logically speaking, even the highest-density phalanx has gaps inside and contains other substances. As time goes by, these substances in the bone gaps will rot and disappear, so the bones will also become hollow. When knocked, dispatched