Rebirth of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Liu Qi studied the hanging coffin in the cave, and asked Chen Wendao, "Brother Wen, can we be buried here?"

Chen Wen nodded and said: "Yes, I will be buried here. After opening the nanmu coffin, I will be buried with the corpse in the coffin."

Liu Qi felt that this was the only way to go, and said: "It's fine, you can ask General E to put the guards on him, and bring some tools that can pry open Nan's coffin."

"Yes." Chen Wenying walked to the entrance of the cave, blared the horn and shouted at E Huan: "General E, there is a coffin in the cave, please bring a crowbar."

Hearing Chen Wen's shout, E Huan picked out a few tools capable of prying open the coffin from the big bag beside him, and with the corpses of the bronze-armored guards between them, with the help of a group of apes, he successively transported the corpses of four guards to the hanging coffin Inside the cave.

After a lot of prying and pressing, the sturdy nanmu coffin was finally opened, and the coffin lid was uncovered. His eyes lit up, and there was a set of golden jade clothes in the nanmu coffin. It was indeed an emperor-level figure buried in the hanging coffin.

However, the gold threaded jade clothes in the coffin consisted of three or four thousand pieces of jade, which were woven with extremely fine gold threads. The size and shape of each jade piece in the whole set of jade clothes were carefully designed and processed. It can be seen that the superb craftsmanship level at that time.

That's right, it was popular to be buried with jade clothes with golden thread in the Han Dynasty. The princes and nobles believed that "jade can cold the corpse", and the emperor-level figures would start to make jade clothes with golden thread before they died. Wrap the body of the deceased tightly, like armor protecting the body, and pray for the immortality of the body for thousands of years.

Liu Qi's historical knowledge from later generations is very consistent with the coffin burial scene in front of him.It is known that the golden hazel jade clothes are the funeral clothes worn by the emperors and high-ranking nobles of the Han Dynasty after their death, and their appearance is the same as that of the human body.The origin of jade clothing can be traced back to the "jade mask" and "jade clothes" in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Pi issued an edict to ban jade clothing, which has been popular for 400 years.

Jade clothes are a symbol of the status of the wearer. The jade clothes worn by the emperor and some of his close officials are knotted with gold thread, called "gold thread jade clothes", while other nobles use silver and copper wires to weave, called "silver thread jade clothes". ", "Copper-threaded Jade Clothes".

The golden jade clothes are priceless, how can Liu Qi let go of such a good opportunity?But Liu Qi couldn't show greed, instead he pretended to be troubled: "Brother Wen, what should I do if there is a golden jade dress in the nanmu coffin?"

Chen Wen knew that Liu Qi's attitude towards the Jade Clothes was that he wanted to be a whore and set up a memorial archway. Thinking about Liu Qi's deed of stealing Goujian's sword, how could he let go of the priceless Jade Clothes?

Chen Wen guessed what Liu Qi was thinking, bowed his hands to Liu Qi, and said solemnly: "My lord, the golden jade clothes belong to the royal family of the Han family, and my lord is a family member of the Han family, so I deserve it."

Liu Qi thought that Chen Wen could really speak, and decided to make it difficult for Chen Wen, to see if Chen Wen could make things right about the theft of the jade robe.Therefore, Liu Qi frowned, and said again: "Brother Wen is right, but although the jade clothes are good, they are the frugal things of the emperor. Is it unlucky to take them?"

Chen Wen stroked his short beard and said: "Young master, no. In troubled times, a piece of clothing is worth a thousand troops. It is God's will. If the jade clothes see the sun again, it must be the manifestation of the emperor. He wants to make the young master exercise the ambition of the emperor and protect the peace of the world." ah."

Liu Qi chuckled, Chen Wen is really powerful, he can say bad things into good, black into white, and dead into life. A few years later, during the Chibi War, Chen Wen was sent as an envoy to Wei, Shu and Wu to lobby the three parties to win Liding is the best choice.

Seeing that what Chen Wen said was very reasonable, Liu Qi accepted it humbly, and said generously: "Brother Wen's high opinion is not only God's will, but also fulfills the emperor's will. My son is willing to think for the people of the world, so let the emperor suffer Now, please trouble Brother Wen to carefully take out the jade clothes and bring them back to Xiangyang, you and General E must not leak any secrets."

"Yes." Chen Wen took Liu Qi's thoughts into consideration, and after receiving Liu Qi's instructions, he carefully disassembled the gold-threaded jade garment, took out the jade garment, and found that the body wrapped in the jade garment was a burly male corpse, still alive and well. well-preserved.

Chen Wen folded the jade clothes, and wanted to open the male corpse's head and take out the jade pillow, but was stopped by Liu Qi, who waved his hand and said, "Brother Wen, enough is enough. The jade pillows are reserved for this emperor."

"Yes." Chen Wen looked at the jade pillow regretfully, and was a little confused about Liu Qi's sometimes cruel and sometimes kind character. Since he even took off the jade clothes of the corpse, why did he leave a piece of jade pillow instead of taking it away? ?

E Huan looked at the corpse of the man who had taken off his jade clothes, and asked Liu Qi: "My lord, I think it's a bit crowded to bury four guards in this coffin. Is it the king's corpse or the guards?"

Liu Qi replied without hesitation: "Put the four bronze armored guards at the bottom of the coffin and let the emperor lie on it. The original owner of this coffin is the prince. We took the jade clothes and matched them with four loyal guards." Coffin, it can be regarded as worthy of this prince."

"My lord is wise." Chen Wen flattered, secretly admiring the perfect excuse Liu Qi made up to get rid of his uneasiness about stealing the golden jade clothes.

Liu Qi ignored Chen Wen's flattery, and ordered to E Huan: "Brother Wen, General E, let's bury together and cover the coffin without delay."

"Yes." E Huan and Chen Wen replied, and with the assistance of the ape king, they first carried the king's corpse out of the coffin, and then took out the jade pillow. Fortunately, the Nan coffin was so tall that it would not be a problem to hold five corpses.

When Chen Wen and E Huan stacked the corpses of the four bronze guards in the coffin one by one, and finally carried the corpse of the king into the coffin, lay on top of the guards with a jade pillow on it, and wanted to make a conclusion on the coffin, they were stopped by Liu Qi.

Liu Qi said, "Wait until the coffin is closed", and turned to E Huan, "General E, go down again and get a bottle of mercury. The mercury bottle marked with the word mercury, soak the jade pillow and pour it into the coffin. The word of the coffin robber will touch the mercury and die."

E Huan said yes, and jumped down again to get the mercury bottle.

Chen Wen still flattered: "My son is wise." He secretly praised Liu Qi for his thoughtful thinking, mercury is poisonous, if a tomb robber steals a hanging coffin, he will inhale mercury and die unintentionally.

Liu Qi looked at the king's corpse piled on top of the bronze armored guards in the nanmu coffin, and asked Chen Wen interestingly: "Brother Wen, there is no record in the nanmu coffin, which prince will this king's corpse be?"

Chen Wen was stunned for a moment, wondering whether Liu Qi asked the question knowingly, or what other meanings, he pondered for a while, plucked off his short beard, and solemnly replied: "My lord, when the king's corpse is opened to the sky, it means rebirth, regardless of past life, present life, or surname Whoever is named will be turned into dust of history. We don't need to trace who the king's corpse is, so as to avoid future generations' jealousy, let four guards guard this prince and rest here."

Liu Qi admired Chen Wen's answer and sighed: "Brother Wen's words are exactly what I want. We don't need to find out who is in this coffin in the cave and the royal tomb on the ground. Only these two places cannot be further excavated. If there are too many, the undead will be annoyed." , there will be retribution after death."

Chen Wen nodded and said, "I would like to listen to your son."

While Liu Qi and Chen Wen were talking, E Huan had brought a delicate mercury bottle that looked like glass.

E Huan's fan climbed extremely fast, comparable to the ape king. In the blink of an eye, he climbed the ten-foot cliff back and forth, and handed the mercury bottle to Liu Qi.

Liu Qi opened the bottle cap, slowly poured the mercury onto the jade pillow, and then slowly poured the king's corpse into the coffin. After pouring the whole bottle of mercury into the coffin, he tore off the mercury label on the bottle and kneaded it into small balls. Throw it out of the cave, and put the exquisite empty bottle without any mark next to the jade pillow.

After pouring mercury into Nan's coffin, Liu Qi led Chen Wen, E Huan, the ape king and several apes standing beside him in two rows in the not-so-spacious cave, and bowed three times to the hanging coffin. Looking at the hanging coffin, I muttered something, but I couldn't make out what I said, probably some ancient scriptures such as "the sky is lingling, the earth is lingling, and the Jade Emperor came to show the spirit".

Chen Wen read for a while, and then said to Liu Qi solemnly: "Young Master, you can order the coffin to be sealed."

Liu Qi glanced at Nan's coffin for the last time, and mourned: "This prince, four strong men, rest in peace." Then he ordered loudly: "Brother Wen, General E, seal the coffin."

"Yes." Chen Wen and E Huan replied, separated from each other, lifted the heavy Nan coffin lid, closed the Nan coffin, and finally nailed the Nan coffin tightly with special stainless copper nails, and adopted sealing measures to kill the dead. Yu Tomb Rat's four guards were successfully buried with the king's corpse.

So far, the four bronze guards and the unnamed corpse of the king have been buried together in a hanging coffin somewhere in the Wangshan Chu Tombs in Jiangling. They have not been stolen for thousands of years, until the construction of the Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project on the Yangtze River, that is, the Three Gorges Reservoir. , submerged the hanging coffin and the unknown tomb of King Chu under the cliff, which became a historical mystery.

After the corpses of the four guards were buried together with the corpse of the king, Liu Qi, Chen Wen, and E Huan went down to the ground one after another. After the ape king and several apes who had climbed into the cave also climbed to the ground, the ape king whistled, and the ape wall disintegrated. .

Liu Qi also ordered to dismantle the supports set up by several big pine trees, and put them aside first, it might be used after excavating King Chu's tomb, after digging up the Goujian sword, he cut the big pine trees into small pieces and piled them in the tomb. In order to prevent future generations from following the same pattern and using pine tree brackets to climb up the hanging coffin.

The four living bronze guards did not climb the hanging coffin to send the dead four guards for the last time. When Liu Qi got down from the hanging coffin and briefly informed the guards about the joint burial of the four guards' corpses, the four bronze guards Wuwu couldn't cry, her face was full of tears, and her grief was beyond words.

Liu Qi was also heartbroken, with tears in the corners of his eyes, and he had nothing to say to comfort him, so he hugged and patted the shoulders of the four living bronze guards who were crying loudly, and the matter was over.

Chen Wen took off the golden jade garment, and after reporting it to Liu Qi, carefully packed it in a strong cowhide bag, put it in the carriage, and called a bronze guard to guard it so that the golden jade garment could not be out of sight at all times. .

Now that there is the ape king and the apes all over the mountains and plains to help, there is no need to worry about being attacked by the tomb rats.Without further ado, it was still early, so Liu Qi decided to dig the Tomb of King Chu immediately while it was still a few hours before sunset.

After gesticulating with the ape king for a while, and confirming that the ape king understood Liu Qi's meaning, Liu Qi chose three excavation points, taking care of each other, and still adopting the method of digging on slopes. Liu Qi, Chen Wen and E Huan Take a bronze guard each to be responsible for an excavation point, leaving a bronze guard to guard the camp.

After receiving Liu Qi's instructions, the ape king went to the ape group to make gestures for a while, and the chirping ape group immediately divided into three parts and gathered next to the three excavation points. The apes helped Liu Qi, Chen Wen and E Huan to dig the tomb.

Digging at three points at the same time, Yuanren was powerful and extremely efficient. Dust rose everywhere, and soon the three excavation points were dug together, and a huge tomb made of Han bricks appeared.

Chen Wen picked up a Han brick scattered in the soil and looked at it carefully for a while. There were some inscriptions on the Han brick. Maybe Chen Wen understood the inscription, and shouted excitedly: "Young master, this is the tomb of the king of Chu. The King Goujian of Yue is here." In the tomb."