"Isn't it human...... Human skin? The altar suddenly screamed, and at the same time threw the human skin in his hand behind him.

"You ......" Xu Yunshu hurriedly ran to the human skin with the box, picked it up, and said to the altar with a dissatisfied face: "This is also a cultural relic, and it is extremely easy to break, how can you be so reckless?" ”

Tanzi also knew that what he did was a little inappropriate, and he was a little timid, so he smiled and said, "Hehe, pay attention next time, pay attention next time." ”

Xu Yunshu found a plastic sheet from her bag and spread it on the ground, and then unfolded the human skins in the wooden box one by one and spread them on the plastic sheet. The human skin had no hair, but it was recognizable to men and women. There are four human skins in total, two men and two women.

"What is this? Martyrdom? I asked Xu Yunshu.

Xu Yunshu also shook his head: "This ...... I also don't know very well, I've never heard of an example of human skins used for burial before. ”

At this time, Tanzi suddenly laughed, and Xu Yunshu and I thought that he had found something, so we hurriedly asked. As a result, he muttered and replied, "Those two women are very skinned...... It's quite white...... "As soon as he said this, he almost made Xu Yunshu's noses crooked, and he could still think of this in front of a human skin, which really convinced him."

After a while, the altar squatted down and asked Xu Yunshu, "These skins are quite intact, how did you get them?" ”

Xu Yunshu explained while arranging the human skin: "According to ancient records, peeling is a knife that starts from the spine, divides the skin on the back into two halves, and then separates the skin and muscles along the knife edge, just like a butterfly spreading its wings. ”

Tanzi then asked, "But I have heard that in ancient times people were used to skin people with mercury. ”

Xu Yunshu said: "I have also heard of this method, but it is not recorded in the official history, and it all appears in folklore. The method you are talking about is to bury the person in the soil, leaving only the head outside, cut a cross shape at the top of the head, and then pour mercury into it along the incision, because the specific gravity of the mercury is larger, it will sink downward, separating the skin from the muscles, and the person will feel the pain because of the separation of the skin and flesh, and try to writhe endlessly, but because it is buried in the soil and cannot break free, finally the body will slip out of the incision, leaving only a piece of skin in the soil......"

"Which method is this?" Jar asked.

After Xu Yunshu carefully examined one of the human skins, she said with some confusion: "It's really strange, there are no scars on the backs of these skins, they are smooth and complete......"

The jar said: "Then it goes without saying, it must be that kind of mercury peeling method." Although you said that there is no record in the official history, but now that you see it with your own eyes, it is more true than the official history. ”

Xu Yunshu shook her head, showed the top of the human skin to the altar and said, "But there is no wound on the top of the head......

"There really are no wounds...... What's going on...... "The altar stepped forward and helped to check it, and found that not only the back and the top of the head, but also the whole body and the whole body were not found to have any wounds.

"It's really strange that this human skin has no knife edge at all, as if it was born with a skin......" Tanzi said.

"I've seen some human skins before, but they're all in tatters, and I've never seen human skins so intact...... I can't imagine how it was peeled off......" Xu Yunshu sighed.

"Could it be a fake?" "Maybe it's not human skin at all, but something else made of human skin...... Hey, poor ghost, you kid hasn't spoken for a long time, and what bad thoughts are you having, let's hear it! ”

Xu Yunshu also set his eyes on me: "Yes, Pei Qian, what do you think?" ”

"If you want to peel off a human skin without leaving a scar, it is not impossible in ancient China...... I said.

"So you know how these skins are peeled off?" Xu Yunshu hurriedly asked.

I nodded and shook my head: "I know, I don't know!" ”

The altar said anxiously: "Oh, what do you mean to know but don't know!" To know is to know, not to know is not to know, what kind of dumb riddle to play...... Do you know or not? ”

Looking at the anxious look of the jar, I smiled: "I did see a method of peeling the skin without leaving a scar in the book left by my grandfather, but I am not sure if this is the only method, and I am not sure that the four skins in front of me were peeled off in that way." ”

"What is the method? Tell me about it! Xu Yunshu and Tanzi asked together.

"Do you know how most spiders hunt their prey?" I asked Tanzi and Xu Yunshu. The two of them were stunned for a moment, not understanding why the skinning thing was suddenly pulled on the spider again.

"Spiders? Prey with cobwebs, of course! Tanzi felt that answering this question was a bit redundant.

"I'm asking about the way to eat!" I explained further.

Xu Yunshu replied: "Spiders first inject digestive juices into the prey, and after the prey's body liquefies, they suck it ......."

"That's right!" I waved my hand and said.

"Could it be ......" Xu Yunshu looked suddenly enlightened, it seemed that she had roughly guessed the method of peeling the skin I was talking about.

I nodded, "I guess you're right." ”

"What do you two say?" The jar is a little confused.

I explained to Tanzi and Xu Yunshu: "Actually, it's not just spiders, there is a kind of jellyfish that also eats like this. And the method of peeling is very similar to the way spiders and jellyfish eat. First, he used a knife to pull a few knives in the mouth of the skinned man, causing a wound in his mouth, and then poured the secret medicine. After the secret medicine enters the body, the skinned person will be paralyzed, unconscious, and enter a state of suspended animation, and at the same time, the secret medicine will also penetrate into the wound, melting the person's muscles, and the larger the wound, the faster the melting...... The biggest feature of this secret medicine is that it hurts the flesh but not the skin...... According to the "Qingyi Miscellaneous Records", it only takes one day to make the flesh and blood on a person's body completely disappear...... Maybe that kind of secret medicine uses the toxins in spiders or jellyfish......"

Xu Yunshu also nodded in agreement and said: "The toxins of jellyfish are indeed very toxic......

The altar asked, "What about the bones?" Could it be that the bones have also been melted? ”

"Uh, this...... It's not detailed in this book, but the flesh has melted away, and only the bones remain. Even if the bones cannot be melted, they can be removed separately by dismantling the human bones with tools starting from the mouth...... Of course, that's all my guessing," I said...... "and you'll get a human skin without the slightest scar." ”

"It seems really possible...... Maybe these skins were really peeled off in this way...... "Xu Yunshu said.

"My grandfather didn't write about where he saw or heard about this method of peeling......"