According to the ritual system of the Han Dynasty, there are five essential parts in the coffin bed room of the Western Han royal tomb.

These five parts are, from the outside to the inside: the outer coffin (the collective name of all the tombs in the underground palace), the bedchamber, the yellow intestine inscription, the Zigong (the coffin of the tomb owner) and the golden jade clothes.

Now the large-scale wooden house that Wu Liang and the others have entered should be one of the convenient rooms.

There have been two views in the archaeological community about the usefulness of the toilet room:

One view is that the "toilet room" is a place for the soul of the tomb owner to rest, because some dining and music and dance utensils have been unearthed in the tombs of many Han Dynasty princes and kings, so it can be proved that the function of the chamber is rest and entertainment;

Another view is that the "bedchamber" is a resting place for relatives who come to pay their respects to the deceased.

Wu Liang is more inclined to the latter.

This needs to be connected to the huge tomb door outside that uses "tap stone".

If you don't plan to let people in after the burial, then there is no need to set up a "tap stone" that can be easily opened with a "nail key", isn't it?

Besides.

Wu Liang remembered that there was also a record of the emperor entering the tomb to worship the first emperor in the Book of Etiquette of the Later Han Dynasty: "The ecliptic was opened, and the emperor went to the house. Too often to find the way of envy, go to the rod, and often serve. Before the coffin, crying as if it were a ritual. The resignation is too often exported, and the car returns to the palace. ”

This account once again confirms the true purpose of the bedchamber.

At this moment, the toilet in front of Wu Liang and others is also richly decorated, and most of the furnishings are mainly musical instruments.

The first thing that catches your eye is a set of exaggerated braided chimes, which are divided into two layers, the brackets are cast in bronze, and the chimes are all polished from cyan jade of various sizes.

Wu Liang counted carefully, and there were as many as thirty-two chimes in the upper and lower layers!

If a chime of this scale is placed in the archaeological circle of later generations, it will definitely cause a sensation...... Because as far as he knows, the largest number of chimes found so far is only thirty-two, and the chimes are all made of stone, which is undoubtedly inferior to this set of jade chimes.

Next to this set of chimes, there is also a set of chimes of comparable size.

The bell does not use jade, so the whole body is cast in bronze, with only one layer, from left to right from large to small, a total of thirteen bronze bell bodies.

However, compared to that set of chimes, this set of chimes is much more mediocre.

Because in 1978, archaeologists had found a bell called "the most" in the tomb of Marquis Yi in the Warring States Period, which was composed of a total of 65 bells...... Phew, the whole stage of a modern concert hall can barely be put down.

Emmm……

Thinking of this, Wu Liang secretly repeated the name "Zeng Hou Yi" several times in his heart to further deepen his memory.

This tomb was before the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he knew the approximate address, so he might be able to visit it if he had the opportunity to see what other great things in the tomb of "Zeng Hou Yi" in addition to this set of bells, and "protect" it together.

But for now, we still have to deal with the matter of the tomb in front of us first.

At the same time, seeing the chime and the bell, Wu Liang was even more sure that the toilet room was a place for the royal relatives who came to worship the deceased to rest.

Because these two large instruments have little to do with leisure and entertainment, they are usually only used by the royal family for court music or grand ceremonies.

Chime bells chime.

"If you are near, the bell will sound brightly, and if you are far away, the chime will sound."

In this way, the royal grandeur and extraordinary temperament can be displayed.

In addition, there are some small musical instruments such as the zhu, sheng, se, qin, zheng, etc., but these instruments can only be regarded as foils in front of the chime bell.

After investigating the situation here, Wu Liang led the group through the toilet room and finally entered the tomb located in the back hall.

Where the light of the torches passed, the ground around was made of the accumulation of yellow cypress woods that had been cut to the same length and the same specifications, and the north and south sides were placed longitudinally, and the east and west sides were placed vertically, so that the word "mouth" enclosed a very neat rectangular grave.

This image may be fatal to a person with a phobia of intensity, but it is extremely friendly to a person with OCD.

But this is the origin of the "yellow intestine problem".

The so-called "yellow intestine" refers to the material, which is talking about these yellow heart cypress wood mills.

And the so-called "inscription", refers to the way and structure of the placement, these cypress mills are tiled layer by layer, and are perpendicular to the same side wall room, from the inside to the outside, the four walls can only see the cross-section of the cypress mill, the word "inscription" is also appropriate.

Among the graves surrounded by these "yellow intestine inscriptions", Wu Liang and others finally saw the "Zi Palace" of Liu Wu, the king of Liang Xiao.

It was a large coffin made of extremely solid material.

Judging by the purple wood grain on the coffin and the special aroma it emitted, it can be judged that the material used in this coffin is Xiangnan.

Although this kind of nanmu does not have the quality of golden silk nanmu, it is better in that the aroma is far away and not pungent, which can cover the unique smell of some corpses, and at the same time can effectively prevent ant and insect attacks, which is more suitable for use as a coffin.

But now, the focus of Wu Liang and everyone is no longer on the material of the coffin.

The question they are more concerned about is - how can the lid of this coffin be open!?

"Wu Liang, what's going on?"

The soldiers were suddenly a little flustered.

From entering the stone gate to the present, there is no sign that someone has entered the tomb of King Liang Xiao before them, and all the burial goods are intact, but now the lid of the coffin of the tomb owner has been lifted aside for some reason, which is not scientific at all!?

"Don't panic, wait for me to take a look first!"

Wu Liang was also quite puzzled in his heart, so he had to stabilize everyone first, and then cautiously came to the coffin with a torch in his hand, stretching his neck to look inside the coffin.

The first thing that catches the eye is the "golden jade clothes" placed on the yellow lining.

The golden jade clothes, also called "jade sheng", are the special funeral clothes of the royal family members of the Han Dynasty after their deaths, the shape is the same as the shape of the human body, and the whole body is made of jade pieces and gold threads.

In fact, some ministers and nobles can also use this form of funeral clothing, but they can only use silver and copper wires to make it, but it is not called "golden jade clothes", but "silver jade clothes" or "copper jade clothes".

But that's not the point.

The point is that a big hole was opened in the chest of this golden jade robe, and through that gap, it can be seen that this golden jade robe is just an empty shell, and the corpse that should have been wrapped in it is gone, and there is not even a dry bone left!

What about corpses!?

Wu conscience felt a chill.

He knew very well that even after a few hundred years, it was absolutely impossible for the corpses in such closed tombs to disappear completely.

Was it eaten by some creature, such as a scavenger like a pangolin?

It can't be either!

Wu Liang immediately denied this speculation, because judging from the many details on this broken golden jade robe, this jade robe was clearly torn from the inside out, and it was definitely not caused by external forces!