Volume 1 Universal Love and Feud Chapter 15 Suspicion of the Ancient Tomb (II)
Ma Wuye said: This also just confirms the identity of the owner of the tomb!
Everyone was confused, so they asked: What is the "yellow intestine question" and what does it have to do with the identity of the owner of the tomb?
Mr. Tan said leisurely: "Yellow intestine inscription" is a special burial system popular in the Qin and Han dynasties, and its users are mainly the emperor and his wife and concubine, as well as the emperor's favored ministers. The so-called "yellow intestine", that is, the cypress with a yellow heart, is the cypress wood after peeling, that is, the cypress wood used in the coffin room, the heart color is yellow. The wood used for the theme is a cypress (rafter) with the bark stripped of the tree, and it is named after the pale yellow color of the wood.
The basic characteristics of the "question make" in the structure are: first, layer by layer tiling, stacking, generally without mortise and tenon; The second is that "the wood is inward-looking", that is, the fir wood (or wooden strips) built by the four walls of the inscription are all perpendicular to the wall panel of the coffin chamber on the same side, if you look at it from the inside, the four walls are only seen at the end of the fir wood, and the name of the inscription is derived from this specific way.
The yellow heart of cypress wood causes the outside of the coffin, so it is called the yellow intestine; Wood is introverted, so it is called a topic. i.e. yellow intestine refers to the material and color of the tomb (cypress yellow heart), and inscription refers to the form and structure of the tomb (the wood is introverted). Yellow intestine inscription is a name that only appeared in the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, and before that, it was called "inscription".
According to the ritual system of the Han Dynasty, the yellow intestine inscription is an important part of the imperial tomb along with the jade clothes, the Zi Palace, the toilet room, and the outer coffin. However, with the special gift of the imperial court, individual lords and nobles can also use it.
On the one hand, the use of "yellow intestine inscription" is to indicate the identity and status of the owner of the tomb, and on the other hand, it is also conducive to protecting the coffin from damage. The "yellow intestine inscription" burial system of the coffin chamber with the yellow wood heart of cypress began to appear in the early Western Han Dynasty, and it was the product of the thick burial style of the Han Dynasty.
If you look at the design of this tomb, there are doors on the front and back sides, and the outside of the door is closed with short themes, so that the tomb is like a square city. There is a layer of cloister inside and outside the inscription, the inner cloister is the same as the coffin room, the heavy coffin set is put together, the coffin room is divided into the front and back rooms, and the coffin is placed in the back room. The inner and outer corridors are divided into a number of small rooms, with wooden figurines, wooden beasts, pottery, lacquerware, copper coins and other burial goods, and the door and wall panels of the small chambers have the words "Shiguan Neihu" and "Zhongfu Neifu", indicating that these small rooms are the simulation of the palace room on the ground.
This also shows that the identity of the owner of the tomb is indeed a certain prince and king of the Han Dynasty, which is consistent with the description in the mural!
Everyone suddenly realized and recognized Mr. Tan's knowledge!
At this time, Li Jin and Xiao Hai had already opened some stone boxes and stone cabinets, and for a while, everyone's eyes were shaking!
Boss Wang spoke at this time: Everyone, I also told you the rules in advance before this tomb visit. Now I want to repeat the rules with the big guys, the so-called no rules are not a circle! Therefore, all the "bright weapons" that everyone sees now are not allowed to take them privately, and they will be distributed uniformly when they return to them. If someone wants to play with me, then don't blame me for not being emotional!
Seeing that everyone bowed their heads and remained silent, Ma Wuye and Mr. Tan first said that they should follow the rules. Li Jin and Xiaohai also agreed, and Qiangzi and Yang Zhuochao, who were originally Boss Wang, naturally agreed. Everyone is not stupid, and they all agree by default!
Then, Boss Wang asked everyone to fill their respective backpacks as much as possible. Because there are so many things, it may take many rounds to get them all out.
Li Jin asked a question, that is, when he came over earlier, there was a maze of formations, that is, the "Heavenly Absolute Three Talents Array"! How could he go out when he went back to carry the "Ming Weapon" and then walk in again to move things? This is indeed a difficult problem!
Boss Wang thought about it for a while and decided to let everyone move all the "Ming Weapons" to the entrance of the formation maze first, and don't go out yet. After all the "Mingqi" are moved to the entrance, Yang Zhuochao is responsible for taking everyone to move the "Mingqi" to the exit. After going back and forth many times, wait until all the "Mingqi" have been moved to the exit, and then everyone will go out together.
Everyone thought about it, and there was no way to do it. Who called the method of entering and exiting the formation maze only Yang Zhuochao understands!
So Boss Wang divided the crowd into three groups, and each group of four people began to pour the "Ming Weapon" to the entrance of the formation maze. In the end, it took more than five hours for the three groups to finish moving the "bright vessels" of the stone boxes and cabinets in the corner! Everyone was very tired at this time, and they all sat around to rest and replenish food and fresh water.
During the break, there was another question of disagreement! That is, whether or not to open the coffin! The ambiguity was divided into two factions, one was dominated by Li Jin and Xiaohai; their point of view was that since such a good opportunity had come, they had to see it! Not to mention that they had already lost a partner because of this.
The other faction is dominated by Mr. Tan and Ma Wuye; they resolutely disagree with the opening of the coffin, on the grounds that the content of the mural combined with Mr. Tan's "Yin Chang Hexagram" is a "big murder" situation! If the coffin is not opened reluctantly, an accident may occur, and it is difficult to say that it will directly cause casualties!
Others had a heated discussion about this, and those in favor of opening the coffin were: Li Jin, Xiaohai, Boss Li and his two bodyguards, Biaozi and Ah Bao (his bodyguards have no decision-making power, they can only take Boss Li as the leader). Those who do not approve of opening the coffin are: Mr. Tan, Ma Wuye, and Song Gang. Only Brother Feng was watching, and Yang Zhuochao and Qiangzi belonged to Boss Wang, but Boss Wang was silent the whole time!
The crowd argued for a few more minutes, and then Boss Wang finally spoke: I think so! I personally tend to open the coffin, the reason is; I am a pure and thorough businessman, everything is based on interests! Of course, Ma Wuye and Mr. Tan's views exist in their truth, and it is also an out-and-out truth to sail the boat carefully! Then let's study a plan, that is, to open the coffin and ensure enough safety. What do you think?
Mr. Tan and Fifth Master Ma glanced at each other, and Mr. Tan said: If it can only be like this, then I have to arrange some mechanism formations around the coffin by Fifth Master first, and then I will arrange some simple demon formations to assist. To be honest, these things are not my forte, hey! I can only do this first, I hope there won't be any trouble! What does the fifth master think?
Ma Wuye said that there was nothing wrong with him! Everyone also began to prepare, checking their weapons and ammunition, and then silently retreated to the vicinity of the stone gate or behind the pillar far away from the coffin, preparing that if something was wrong, it would be convenient to fight and run. This is really attackable, defensible and retreating!
After everything was ready, Li Jin and Xiao Haihai stepped forward to open the coffin, Qiangzi and Feng Ge were responsible for guarding and protecting the side, Mr. Tan and Ma Wuye were around to prepare for the response, and the others were in place and waiting.
As the layers are opened, the final coffin is finally about to be uncovered! At this time, everyone is very nervous, for fear that when the lid of the coffin is opened, a monster will jump out of it!
Li Jin and Xiao Hai exchanged glances with each other, and the two of them lifted the last coffin lid at the same time. Everyone's hearts were nervous, but nothing happened!
Everyone was stunned! Because there was nothing ..... in the coffin!
To everyone's surprise, there was nothing in the coffin! Everyone had thought about all kinds of situations, but this situation had never been thought of!
Everyone was stunned for a while, and Boss Wang said: Since there is nothing in the coffin, let's check a few tombs again to see if there are any other missing "bright weapons", and then prepare to evacuate!
Seeing that everyone was searching for the "Ming Instrument", Boss Wang stopped Mr. Tan and Ma Wuye and then walked up to them and asked in a low voice: Do you two have any opinions on what happened just now?
Do you remember the skeleton before you were about to enter the cave?
Boss Wang didn't speak, nodded and motioned for Mr. Tan to continue.
Aren't you surprised why a Taoist priest or a cultivator died of serious injuries in the tomb of the princes of the Han Dynasty, who enjoyed the standard treatment of "yellow intestine inscriptions"? Why did he come here? How did he get seriously injured? Isn't this strange?
And most importantly, all the tomb doors inside have been opened and not closed! Where is the body of the owner of the tomb? If you combine the things on the fresco, don't you have any bad associations?
Boss Wang and Ma Wuye looked at each other and felt a little creepy!..... do you mean?
I'm just guessing that maybe the owner of the tomb didn't die back then, or that because it was a demon, it couldn't have been easily killed by mortals. There happened to be a cultivator who wanted to get rid of the demon completely, but he was seriously injured and died outside the cave! So this also explains why there are no bodies in the coffin!
Ma Wuye raised an objection: Since the cultivator was seriously injured and fled outside to die after fighting with the monster, then why was the coffin covered again? Who covered the coffin again? Also, could the cultivator be invited by the great-grandson of the tomb owner to destroy the monster?
Mr. Tan said slowly: Let me answer your second question first, the cultivator could not have been invited by the great-grandson of the tomb owner! Because if the great-grandson was invited, he would never let him come in alone, and at least there would be a few assistants to hold the lamp. But there is only one corpse outside the cave, which means that more than 90% of the cultivators came by themselves!
As for your first question, I can't answer it. But you think, where would that monster go if he hadn't died after seriously injuring the cultivators? If I had to choose, I would have chosen to cultivate in this tomb! Who would have thought! Under those circumstances, this tomb was the safest place!
And one last thing, which we have overlooked, how do you explain the mass of corpses of various ages piled up in the little cave on the side of the cliff?
What do you mean by Mr. Tan.....?
Based on the above, maybe .....! Do you think that the youkai is still alive and will continue to practice in this ancient tomb?
The more Boss Wang and Ma Wuye heard it at this time, the more frightened they felt, and even their faces turned pale.....!