Yin Yang Tomb Raider

Chapter 85 Clay Figurines, Poisonous Poison
The thing flew into the air, Lao Jiu and I threw ourselves on the ground, Meng Luo and Seventh Sister stepped aside, the huge stone pillar swung back and forth a few times under the inertia of force, and stopped there, Lao Jiu lifted it up. Open me: "Crush me to death."

When he discovered the mechanism, it also touched another mechanism. If Lao Jiu couldn't dodge it in time, the stone pillar would hit him in the chest, fearing that his liver and gallbladder would be shattered and he would be killed on the spot!

Lao Jiu naturally knew the power of this mechanism, touched his chest and said: "It's dangerous, Lin Tianyi, thanks to your cleverness, otherwise, my life would be gone."

I don't want to talk any more, my soul was about to fly out at the very moment just now, and now my back is still cold, I waved my hand, pointed inside, and at the same time let out a sigh of relief, Mengluo's face was frightened It's all white, I also feel cold hands and feet, but the coldness is not from scaring, but...

I hit a zero immediately, Munro nodded: "Yes."

There are dirty things again. After walking in, the structure of this tomb is clear at a glance. The owner of the tomb piled the tools for digging and burial in the tomb just now, and then isolated that tomb from here Come on, that’s why there is such an extremely short tomb passage. The place where we are standing now is the real tomb chamber. The tomb chamber consists of two side chambers and a main chamber. The burial was rich, and Lao Jiu only agreed to help Seventh Sister find Yuchan, but he didn't say that the things here hadn't moved. Just when I turned around, Lao Jiu's quick hands had already stepped out and put a few lightweight things into my pocket. Quan pretended not to see it, and looked at the tomb freely.

There are a lot of lacquerware stored in this tomb, as well as some daily necessities, such as ancient bronze mirrors. The quantity is not too large, mainly daily necessities. The ancients have always had the habit of bringing things used during their lifetime to the tomb. Here If it is something used by the tomb owner during his lifetime, he must have lived a rich life during his lifetime, either rich or expensive.

Seventh Sister didn't pay much attention to the things here. Instead, she turned around and walked quickly to the main tomb. I exchanged glances with Lao Jiu, and Lao Jiu quickly stuffed a string of agate beads into my pocket. past.

As soon as I walked to the door of the main tomb, the flashlight shone through, and the coffin made me exclaim: "Golden silk nanmu."

How could I be wrong? Two years ago, a regular customer brought his old furniture for sale. I recognized it as golden nanmu at a glance. Because the investment failed, the regular customer only wanted me for 20 yuan, but I changed hands , I made 20 for nothing, doubled!
The golden nanmu in front of me looks as bright as the one just purchased. In history, golden nanmu was used exclusively for the buildings and furniture of royal palaces and a few temples. If used, it will be punished for exceeding the ritual system.Even if it is not painted, it will get brighter with use.The bark is thin, with dark punctate lenticels; there is a black annular layer at the junction of the inner bark and the wood.

Since the nanmu in the early days was mostly large materials, and the tree had few straight knots, the texture was smooth and not easy to deform, and it would not rot or decay for thousands of years, so it is no wonder that the nanmu coffin in front of me is still very clear.

Golden nanmu is a precious wood unique to China. It was on the verge of extinction at the end of the Ming Dynasty. In the early years of Kangxi, officials were sent to the southern provinces to purchase nanmu. Because it cost too much, Kangxi felt that this was too extravagant and a waste of money. There was no need to benefit the state affairs, so Manzhou yellow pine was used instead, and the wooden pillars of many halls were made of outsourced nanmu.

A golden nanmu suddenly appeared in front of me. I was both surprised and delighted. I completely forgot the alarm from my body just now. At this moment, two black air floated over and surrounded my body. Suddenly it shook in my pocket, and the two jets of black air suddenly bounced off, hovering in the air, and they were right above my head!

I seem to hear the voice of giggling. This voice is similar to the voice of the child I heard in the building. It is obviously innocent, but there is a chill in it. go?
"The Northern Emperor gave me the paper, the book talisman to fight against evil spirits, and those who dare not subdue will be escorted back to Fengdu City, as urgently as a law!" A golden light flew out of Meng Luo's palm, entangled with two black shadows , within a short while, the two black shadows regained their energy, and then dissipated into the air. There was a "pop" in the tomb, followed by another "pop". I thought of the sound of biting potato chips, which was very crisp !

Lao Jiu's flashlight was in front of the coffin, and I saw a clay sculpture on the left and right sides of the coffin. Meng Luo's voice was a little dry: "It's a virgin."

I've heard of this before, the ghost boy was trained by catching the souls of boys and girls who were buried with him. It's quite powerful, but it seems that this pair was solved quickly. Because of this, this is the first time I have seen a real boy and girl, and when I looked around, they were just two little clay figurines.

I couldn't help but stretch out my hand to poke it. Unexpectedly, the cladding on the outside of the clay figurines cracked immediately and fell to the ground with a clatter. The contents inside were exposed. I took a look with the flashlight. Suppressing the feeling of discomfort in my heart - a small face was revealed inside!
Lao Jiu went to poke open another clay figurine. There was still a child inside that one, with a dark and purple complexion, and a pair of eyes still open. The feeling of stiffness was consistent with that of the clay figurine. Their appearance was about the same age. Meng Luo suddenly stretched out his hand I clicked on each of the two clay figurines, and I only saw a bunch of gold slip into the clay figurine, and then disappeared immediately. Meng Luo suddenly looked up at me, and I coughed lightly, indicating that I saw it.

Only later did I know that Meng Luo dripped his own blood into the clay figurines. In this way, the ghosts in the clay figurines were completely at peace.

Meng Luo stepped back silently, and Lao Jiu suddenly turned around: "The most despicable scene is just a four- or five-year-old child."

At that time, I still didn't know why Lao Jiu was so emotional. I only learned the method of making clay figurines in the future. At that time, I felt that there was a hole in my body, and the wind was blowing in, making my whole body very uncomfortable.

Clay figurines are cast with muddy water for boys and girls who were buried with them in ancient times. When these boys and girls were alive, in addition to oral mercury, they also had to dig holes on the top of their heads, backs, and soles of their feet. They poured mercury into the ground, and after they died, they smeared mercury powder all over their bodies, just like making specimens. After thousands of years, the skin and flesh will not rot.Black and purple spots have appeared in many places on the corpse. People buried with them or gold, silver and jade objects are often smeared with mercury powder. After a long time, chemical changes will occur. The young ones will turn brownish red, and the old ones will turn black. Purple, this kind of plaque is commonly known as "mercury spot" or "mercury dip", and in some places it is called "rotten yin" and "mercury blue". ? ?

The method of keeping corpses fresh by water is not suitable for dead people. Once a dead person dies, the blood will stop flowing. Mercury cannot travel with the blood in the body, so it will not work. This method can only be used on living people. In other words, the two children were injected with mercury while they were still alive. What a cruel thing this is!
Thinking of my flesh and blood in Hua Ji's belly, and looking at the boys and girls in front of me, my heart felt even more uncomfortable, and I quickly said: "Don't worry about this, didn't you come in to get Yuchan?"

That's right, our focus is on Yuchan, Lao Jiu couldn't wait to walk towards Jinsinan's coffin, quickly removed the coffin nails, and the moment the coffin lid was lifted, I saw Seventh Sister getting closer to Lao Jiu, her face was pale. Looking into the coffin with an expression: "Male corpse."

Lao Jiu simply lifted the entire coffin lid to the side. I walked over and saw that the corpse was about 1.7 meters long, lying flat in the coffin. There are many mummy corpses in the north, and this one is no exception. His clothes were filthy, and the original color could no longer be seen, but he could clearly tell that it was a male skeleton. His hands were clenched tightly, and his fists protruded. It was obvious that both hands were holding something. Looking at his face again, Protruding cheeks, containing objects in mouth.

I immediately said excitedly: "See, there is something in the mouth, probably it is Yuchan."

Lao Jiu suddenly stood in front of Seventh Sister: "You have changed now, someone hired you?"

Seventh Sister snorted: "This matter has nothing to do with you, get out of the way."

"I want to, but if you die, I'm afraid someone will say that I killed you with a guilty conscience." Lao Jiu said coldly: "You should be the one to get out of the way."

Before I could react, Seventh Sister had a clear expression, and she suddenly stepped aside. The atmosphere between the two was very delicate, sometimes it was like enemies who hadn't seen each other for many years, and they wanted to be jealous, and sometimes it was like a fight. Being cursing and cursing, Lao Jiu said to me: "You and that kid also stay away."

We stood far away, and Seventh Sister had already sat on the ground and picked up a stone and put it in Lao Jiu's hands. The hand was very accurate, and it hit the belly of the corpse. As soon as the stone fell, the corpse sat up suddenly, and a jet of black liquid was sprayed out of its mouth. It was very strong, and it sprayed directly outside the coffin and fell to the ground, immediately "hissing" There was a noise, and at the same time a puff of black smoke came out, and a foul smell...

Meng Luo and I covered our mouths and noses at the same time, Seventh Sister knelt down and said, "It's poison."

Zhen is a legendary bird of prey, bigger than an eagle, with a loud and shrill cry.Its feathers are highly poisonous. If you soak its feathers in wine, the wine will become poisonous wine, which is very poisonous and cannot be rescued.

Lao Jiu snorted: "Now you know mine, right?"

The old nine was courteous, but the seventh sister ignored it. She took out her gloves and put them on, opened the corpse's mouth, and took out a jade cicada from inside. After all, it was my job. The traces on the cicada's back blurted out: "Han Eight Swords!"

Seventh Sister snorted: "It's a good idea."

Of course, this is my job anyway, not to mention that this thing was picked out of the mouth of an ancient corpse in the Western Han Dynasty, just by seeing the knife marks on Yuchan's back, it is clear.

(End of this chapter)