Chapter 232: The Flower Coffin on the Other Side (6)
The chain never let loose, it was firmly fixed, and I don't know how long it took, but it kept the same position, repeating the same movement, and before the back of my neck was completely struck, I finally saw the beautiful hanging coffin close to me, and I could reach out and touch it.
I cheered up, reluctantly turned my upper body over, lay on the chain, and then began to look at the hanging coffin, and by the way saved my poor neck.
On closer inspection, it was found that the iron chains were not directly hung on the coffin, but were all fixed to the edge of a circular platform, and the flower coffin on the other side was placed directly on this circular platform. Moving forward, his hands grasping the edge of the circular platform, and pushing himself up with the strength of his legs. The entire circular platform shook and began to tilt towards where I was, and even the flower coffin on the other side began to move slightly. Seeing this, I quickly stood up, kept myself as close to the coffin as possible, and stood on the two corners with my legs, trying to maintain a state of balance, and finally, the shaking gradually subsided, and the circular platform returned to a stable state.
When I stood firm, I found that the round platform I was stepping on was also made of fine iron, and it was fused and cast together with iron chains, and this iron-making technology was probably not comparable to the current technology, I really couldn't believe that this was something I don't know how many years ago, it was simply an incredible capital. You must know that the earliest recorded iron-smelting technology in China was in the Western Han Dynasty, and there were too many things that people couldn't believe and couldn't understand in this underground palace, and I learned not to be surprised.
I tried to move my body and find a place where I was comfortable and at the same time had a good view of the hanging coffin. There is some shaky underfoot, but there is no tendency to tilt. It seems that I used too much force when I first climbed up, so just be careful. The movement is a little smaller, and there is no problem in maintaining balance.
The hand is on the outer wall of the coffin, the feeling of the hand is very strange, the black coffin does not look like wood to the touch, but sticky as if it is touched on the skin, the whole coffin is inseparable, not even a gap can be found. When I looked closely, I found that the coffin was indeed wrapped in something, which reminded me of an ancient technique that has long been lost now—raw rhino skin coffins!
Name implies. First, the prototype of the coffin is created with fine wood that has not rotted for thousands of years, and then it is coated with a secret antiseptic liquid, and after being repeatedly smeared for 7749 days, it can be painted and perfected. After the corpse is put into the coffin, the coffin lid is firmly fixed, and then the wood is wrapped with raw lacquer mixed with rhinoceros skin, which is several inches thick, and stacked on more than ten layers, and a raw rhinoceros skin coffin has been made. At last. It can be decorated with gold wire, silver thread, jewelry and other objects to enhance the magnificence of the coffin. According to the record of "Taiping Guangji", the tomb of King Wei Xiang is used in the raw rhino skin coffin. At that time, Liu Qu, the king of Guangchuan, and others who broke into the tomb, slashed and sawed with knives, and exhausted all kinds of methods. I couldn't break the coffin, and finally had to give up the plan to open the museum. This is one of the few records in Chinese historical materials about the raw rhino skin coffin.
The fingers pressed the approximate position where the lid of the coffin was sealed. You can faintly feel a dimple that is extremely difficult to detect. It seems that my guess is correct, and my finger touches the flowers on the other side again. Silver silk ruby, and rhino skin seamless, as if natural, I admired the craftsmanship of the old ancestor in my heart, I can't see how many years have passed since this hanging coffin was made!
Pulled out the 'Heavenly Remnant' hanging from his waist, found the faint depression, and stabbed it with a wave of his hand. The tip of the dagger of the 'Heavenly Remnant' did not enter two inches and felt that the stamina was insufficient to continue to move forward, and forcefully pulled out the 'Heavenly Remnant' that was stuck very tightly inside, and looked at the coffin with some surprise, only a little rhinoceros skin was turned out in the place where it was pierced, and it was a little rough to the touch, and it was difficult to see with his eyes that it had just been pierced by a dagger. You must know that my 'heavenly remnant' can be easily cut off even a stone, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a blow to break my hair, and it is not an exaggeration to sharpen iron like mud, and the raw rhino skin coffin can only be pierced into two inches, and it is really as tough as the legend, and it is extremely anti-theft and anti-corrosion.
I waved my arm several times, and the gap that had been pierced became bigger and bigger, and with a "ding" sound, the dagger tip was nailed to the hard wood, and finally pierced the rhinoceros skin outside, and at this time my 'heavenly remnant' had already submerged into almost a third of its length.
Holding it with both hands and slashing along the gap that has been pierced to both sides, although it is laborious, it is much easier than when you stab forward. I just paddled for a while, rested for a while, walked around the coffin, and finally drew out the gap in the coffin. I can't use my 'heavenly remnants' to pry the coffin anymore, I rummaged in the bag for a long time, except for the two silver chopsticks, I didn't find anything that could be pried hard, patted my head, and complained for the Nth time that I didn't take some big guys like hammers, and I can't only look at it now.
I didn't feel tired for long, and suddenly my eyes lit up, and the nails nailed to the coffin must be all iron, and it was really thanks to my good habit of collecting. I had collected some of the dark yellow liquid that had been sealed in the wall at the beginning, and I still have it in my backpack. It's not clear what it's sulfuric acid or what, but there's nothing wrong with giving it a try.
The tightly sealed glass bottle wrapped in the bag contained a bottle of that liquid, and I scratched the rhinoceros skin for a long time according to the usual position of the nail coffin, but I didn't dare to drip some of it, for fear of hurting my 'heavenly remnant'. By the time the head of the nail wrapped inside was revealed, I don't know how much time had passed. The dark yellow liquid dripped down, and a strange sound sounded, the iron nails, including the coffin lid, corroded quickly. Looking at the liquid in the bottle, this color, it should be aqua regia, only it will corrode iron so quickly, God still favors me. If it is concentrated sulfuric acid, it can only go home, and the concentrated sulfuric acid will not corrode the iron, but will form a layer of monoxide layer on the iron, preventing further reactions. The worst fears didn't happen, and I continued to work on the next nail on the ground.
When nailing the coffin, it is customary to use seven nails, and when ordinary people nail the coffin, the position of the nails is actually wrong. For those who really know the job, the nails are arranged in seven stars, and I don't know when this custom was handed down, but it seems to me that it is simply looking for trouble. (To be continued.) )