Chapter Seventy-Eight: The White Jade Cup and the Spit Pot
Even Dian Wei, who had been unwavering before, showed a different color in his eyes at this moment, and then this different color quickly turned into vigilance.
Obviously, such a fragrant picture is not something that few normal men can keep their hearts up.
But it is also necessary to divide the environment, in this kind of ancient tomb buried deep underground, such a picture may not only bring people amazing, but also indescribable weirdness!
It was also for this reason that Dian Wei had quietly moved in front of Wu Liang, making a posture of being ready to resist danger at any time.
At this time, he heard Wu Liang say in a calm tone: "Don't worry, they are no longer living people, but corpses that have been specially treated." ”
"Corpses? How could the corpse be so alive? ”
Hearing this, Bai Jingjing still hid behind Wu Liang with a suspicious expression, and carefully poked her head out to aim at those "young girls".
Wu Liang did not answer immediately, but held the bronze dagger in his hand, bypassed Dian Wei to the nearest "young girl" who maintained a standing posture, and looked at it carefully from top to bottom, front to back.
On closer inspection, new discoveries are made.
This "young girl" is wrapped in a transparent film of unknown pine resin or what material it is, probably to lock in the moisture in the body as much as possible?
In addition, there is a round hole the size of a copper coin on the top of her head, two wrists, navel, and two ankles.
The closer he got to the location of these round caves, the stronger the medicinal fragrance that filled the entire tomb, and Wu Liang just approached and accidentally sniffed it, and his nose was sour, and tears almost poured out, this smell was much more stimulating than mustard.
Even the unknown transparent film has been smoked black and blue, and if you don't look closely, you think that the "young girl" has tattooed in these parts.
"These women are supposed to be medicine corpses."
Wu Liang finally came to a conclusion, and turned back to Dian Wei and Bai Jingjing to explain, "You see, there are six small holes in the corpse, covering almost all parts of the human body, and this is probably the hole used to infuse the special antiseptic decoction, so that the decoction flows all over the body, so as to achieve the effect that the corpse is not bad all year round." ”
"However, this method of production is extremely cruel, the person used must be a living person, if the blood of a dead person will coagulate, the decoction can no longer be infused, and it is impossible to maintain the skin color and appearance of a living person."
These words were mainly said to Dian Wei, so that Dian Wei did not have to be too nervous.
As for Bai Jingjing, the person in the opposing camp, Wu Liang was not obliged to tell her so many details.
However, this kind of "medicine corpse", Wu Liang is actually the first time to come into contact with it.
Before this, he had only heard of the more famous "poisonous corpse", and the so-called "medicine corpse" was also speculated by him based on the "poisonous corpse", after all, the location of the holes on the corpse was the same, so the production method should be similar, but the "poisonous corpse" was injected with mercury, not the decoction of unknown composition in the body of these "medicine corpses" in front of him.
In terms of effect, the "Medicine Corpse" should be an upgraded version of the "Poison Corpse".
After all, no matter how the "poisonous corpse" is handled, the skin of the corpse will eventually show a terrible blue color due to poisoning, but this "medicinal corpse" can still keep the corpse as the blood color of a living person.
It's just that how this was done in the Western Han Dynasty, Wu Liang is a little confused.
After all, even in the 21st century, when science and technology are advanced, it seems that he has never heard of such an amazing miracle potion in the world, which is simply incomprehensible......
But think about the tomb robbery experience recorded in historical documents about Liu Qu, the king of Guangchuan, during his lifetime:
"The Jin Ling public mound is very magnificent. The four corners are all made of stones, and the dogs hold candles. More than 40 men and women of the stone people are standing and serving. There is no sign of repetition in the coffin. The corpse is not bad. ”
"The tomb of the king is very tall and strong. The door is open. It's all chalk. Remove the depth of the zhang. Nai Mica. More than a foot deep. I saw more than 100 corpses. All are immortal. The only man. The rest are women. Sit or lie down. There are also those who stand. The clothes are not different from the people. ”
In this way, it seems that a surprising conclusion can be drawn: this magical craft of making funeral figurines has existed for a long time, but it has been lost in the long river of history.
After all, since the Han Dynasty, the custom of using people to be buried has gradually been abandoned, and even the Eastern Han Dynasty has basically been eliminated.
"If so, these women don't know what kind of pain they will have to endure when they die......"
After listening to Wu Liang's explanation, Bai Jingjing was a little relieved, and then frowned slightly and unconsciously began to sympathize with these "young women".
However, she was only halfway through the words, and she should have realized that her identity should not make such a statement, and then said to Wu Liang with some resentment: "...... Since you understand so many medical theories that ordinary people don't know, and you boast that your medical skills are better than Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing, why can't you be like those two miracle doctors to help the world, and you want to do this disgraceful stealing, isn't it an insult to the talent given to you by God? ”
"Is Fang Technique very advanced?"
Wu Liang asked rhetorically.
At this time, "medical skills" belonged to "square skills", and were regarded as "cheap industries", in fact, there was not much social status, in historical records, even Hua Tuo in his old age, he often regretted engaging in medical skills in his life.
"Humph......"
Bai Jingjing, an aborigine, naturally knew this, and when she was asked for a while, she snorted softly and stopped talking, and also looked at those "young women" curiously in the past.
However, unlike Wu Liang and Dian Wei, she did not just look at these figurines with a "critical" eye, sometimes she would stare at certain parts of the figurines for a long time, and then look at herself, sometimes showing a look of envy, sometimes showing a proud look, which was incomprehensible.
After looking at it like this for a while, Bai Jingjing suddenly couldn't help but ask a strange question: "Why do these women have their mouths open, is it because they were too painful when they died?" ”
"It's because the owner of the tomb wants them to die with their mouths open."
Wu Liang said without looking back, "If my guess is correct, those standing women should be called 'White Jade Cup', and those kneeling women should be called 'Incense Spit Pot'." ”
"What is a white jade cup? What is a spit pot called? ”
Bai Jingjing was even more puzzled.
"Isn't that painted on the wall?"
Wu Liang had long since stopped paying attention to these figurines, and while looking around at the other settings in the hall, he pointed to the walls of the east and west floors of these figurines and said.
Bai Jingjing hurriedly looked.
I saw that there was a brightly colored mural on the walls on both sides.
The mural on the west side depicts a banquet scene in which the guests are seated.
There are more than a dozen young girls in the venue, who either pour wine into their mouths with wine vessels, or stand in front of the guests and bend down to put the wine in their mouths, and let the guests get their hands on it......