The Secret Art of Refining the Dead: The Walking Corpse File

Chapter 418 Double Corpse
Secondly, the people in Little Fusang rely on the strength of the Fusang wood. When we left Little Fusang, we didn’t bring the Fusang wood with us, so we naturally stay in this area, which can be said to be at the same level as me.

The moment I dug out the skull from the base of the wall, ghosts ran wildly in the entire tomb passage, whimpering endlessly, only the child got into the skull, and there was no more sound.

For a while, I couldn't figure out why this little ghost was the only one who wasn't trained to become a ghost, but it was a good thing for us, after all, the annoying ghost wall finally disappeared.At the moment, I stopped looking at the messy environment around me. I got up from the ground, far away from the corpse crawling with maggots, and looked behind the stone door with a flashlight.

Behind the half-closed stone door, there is a downward staircase, the width is about enough for two people to walk side by side, it is dark and gloomy, it seems that there is a dark wind blowing from the bottom, once you lean in, you will feel cold all over your body.

There are large and large reliefs on both sides of the staircase. A quick glance at the lights reveals some weird animal shapes, like the strange beasts in fairy tales. They have different appearances and are hard to describe. They are lifelike, as if they are about to jump. Like coming out.

In addition, there are stone walls on both sides and recessed light slots, and the lights inside have condensed into black lumps, obviously not being lit.The angle of the whole stone steps is estimated to be about [-] degrees. The stone steps designed at this angle are very steep, and the lights are turned down, as if gazing into an abyss.

Where do such deep stone steps lead to?

The tomb of the Han Dynasty is deeply buried, but it is also about [-] or [-] meters away. Our original location is more than ten meters underground. Now the stone steps extending down almost deepen the overall depth.

It is precisely because of the darkness that the cold green light at the end of the stone steps is particularly eye-catching. I stared down and wondered what the green light was. With the same brightness, it quietly stopped at that position, but it didn't look like there was any danger.

I signaled Tianran to be careful, and went down with the light on.

The nearly right-angle slope made me have to be careful, so I walked very slowly, and the further I went down, the larger the area covered by the green light. When I finally reached the end of the stone steps, I realized that, This turned out to be a cold firework.

We didn't prepare such equipment as cold fireworks, so it was definitely not lost by Tan Ren, it was probably left by Shui Yushuang and his group.The eyes of Tianrandai and I quickly moved away from the cold smoke and fire, and began to look at the surrounding environment.

Looking at this, I see that we are in a very strange place.This is a sunken octagonal platform. The surface at the edge is raised, forming a hexagram image composed of Yin and Yang lines. The middle part is polished with white jade and black jade to form a Tai Chi.

On the whole, the ground looks like a gossip containing Tai Chi. This kind of pattern is not uncommon, and it can be seen in ordinary dojos and temples. It is not surprising that these appear in ancient tombs, but what really attracts our attention is that this Taiji pattern is a picture of yin and yang giving birth to yang, yang giving birth to yin, and yin and yang combining.

The extremely yin and extremely yang parts that were born in the middle were raised and made into two jade pillars about the thickness of two people's arms.The jade pillar was only about one meter high, and on each of the two jade pillars sat a person cross-legged.

When I first saw these two people, I was shocked, because the person sitting on it was not a living person, but a dead person, and I was naturally dumbfounded. It is likely that the dead person has seen a lot, and his expression has not changed.

The reason why these two dead people startled me was because their identities were obvious. They were wearing colorful robes with gold and silver threads, with cranes, auspicious clouds and other things on them, and there were some things that I couldn't understand. special pattern.This kind of dharma robe was worn by people with more status among Taoist priests in the past. Those who practice Taoism are also graded, such as ordinary Taoist priests, high-level practitioners, real people, etc.

These two Taoist priests are obviously high-gong with status in ancient times, and they are considered to be good among Taoist priests.

But strictly speaking, these two people are not Taoists, because Taoism was not established until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Before that, these people were called alchemists, immortals, or mages. difference.These things, even if I can’t figure it out, it’s hard, because Zhou Xuanye and Tan Ren are two branches of Taoism, and the Three Sons Temple is a small Taoist temple. Although I have never been to the Three Sons Temple, I have followed Zhou Xuanye’s ears and eyes, and I still know these common sense of.

These two people should be alchemists, wearing the robes of that time, sitting cross-legged, with a straight and upright figure, after more than 2000 years, the robes on their bodies are still shining under the light, but the corpse is still not rotten. Hitting the face of the dead body, I saw that the two people looked at each other, their cheeks were thin, and their complexions showed a kind of blue that is unique to the dead. This is a normal reaction after the blood stops flowing and the capillaries burst. Every dead person almost That's how it is, and I'm used to it.

But what makes me think about the intangible cultural heritage is that these are not two ordinary corpses, but two ancient corpses. It has been more than 2000 years, why haven't they decayed?
Although I have seen many ancient corpses of this kind that do not rot, most of them are caused by the environment. For example, the corpse of Little Fusang is located in the ice and snow. It is special, it is generally fermented, and it has not completely rotted.

And the place we are in now, is there something special about it?Otherwise, how could these two corpses be like living people?
Zhou Xuanye is an expert in the study of corpses. He told me that when you encounter three kinds of corpses, you must not approach them: dead but not stiff, dead but not rotten, and dead but laughing.

The leaves fall and turn into dust, people die, and the corpses rot. This is a normal phenomenon, and those who are abnormal must be demons.No matter what method is used, if the corpse is not stiff or decayed, it is the easiest to deceive the corpse. When you meet this kind of corpse, you must approach it, let alone talk to the corpse, otherwise it will easily rush to the sun, and the corpse that has rushed to the sun will die instantly Change is also possible. On the contrary, there is no such thing as a dead person who has turned into bones.

And when some people die, they will smile at people very strangely. This is also a big taboo, commonly known as laughing at the soul. Laughing at someone means pulling that person to accompany them.This kind of situation is rare, but once it happens, it is almost 100% accurate. People who are laughed at will often suffer badly soon.If you encounter such a situation of laughing corpses, it is best to leave quickly, ask some charms to go home, or go to a Taoist temple or other place to live for a period of time, and then go back after the first seven days of the deceased.

At this moment, the two corpses were sitting upright, but the robes on their bodies were extremely messy, as if they had been searched by someone.

I thought to myself: Could it be the people from Shui Yushuang?Those four people are too immoral, how come they don't let go of any corpse?There are so many good things in the tomb, why do you have to stare at the little thing on the corpse?

Why are these two dead bodies sitting cross-legged here?
How could there be these two corpses in the underground palace of the owner of the tomb?

At this time, Tian Tiandai suddenly said: "These two people were buried together."

Funeral?I heard him mention the matter of martyrdom and human martyrdom before, so I said, "Didn't you say that human martyrdom is on the other side?"

Naturally shook his head slightly, and said, "It's a burial. Human sacrifice is different from being buried." Then, he explained to me roughly, and only then did I know the difference between the two. Most of the people who died were slaves with low status. , servants, etc., and the status of those buried with them is often very noble, and the corpses will naturally not be piled up in the human sacrifice pit like those buried.

In ancient times, when an emperor died, he would be buried with his concubines. Therefore, in many mausoleums of princes and princes, there are often many tombs, and there are many coffins. In them, concubines, concubines, or close confidantes were buried with them, or they were buried with them. Buried with the usual servants and so on.

The two people in front of them are obviously different from those slaves in the burial pit, but if they were buried normally, they should also be lying in the coffin and tomb, but they are sitting here cross-legged at this moment, which is obviously not a normal burial. The owner of the tomb must have had some purpose in bringing them here, Tian Tiandai reminded me that it is better for us not to get close.

I said: "Don't worry, it's natural, I'm not interested in dealing with corpses." After looking away from them, I began to look around other places.This place is not big as a whole, about four or five meters high. The place we came down was just facing Sanyang's "Qian" hexagram. Apart from the other seven hexagrams around, it was a flat blue brick and stone wall, which was completely a dead end. Not a single passage.

In the secret palace of Yumen, I have already seen many institutions, so I immediately realized that there should be something like a secret passage in this place, so I immediately signaled Tianran to look for the secret passage with me.

I found it was actually quite easy to find this way. In the center of the other seven brick walls, there is a rather special brick with patterns on the brick surface, which forms a clear contrast with the surrounding blue bricks, and I pressed it slightly. , It was found that these bricks are movable, but it is not known whether this is the mechanism of the secret passage or something else.

(End of this chapter)