Chapter 239: Rhino Skin
Everyone knew that they were here to carry the coffin, and no one in the Eight Immortals had a knife on him. As for me, what I usually carry with me is just a peachwood sword, and I may be able to subdue demons and subdue ghosts, but if I want to use it to open a coffin, it will be too fragile.
Jiang Yifeng searched for a long time, and finally borrowed a bayonet from a soldier.
Bayonets, as the name suggests, are a little more capable of stabbing. Scratching should be fine, but if you want to use it for chopping, it is not applicable.
Jiang Yifeng stepped forward with a bayonet in his hand, stopped as far as I could see, held the bayonet, and slashed vigorously towards the coffin, however, with a lot of effort, he could not even leave a mark.
Seeing that he was so tired that he was panting, but in vain, Cui Rongguang's face changed, and he said to the little soldier: "You come and try it!" ”
The little soldier stepped forward and took his bayonet, perhaps to show his strength, and I saw that he had not yet done so, and his face was already red. Then, with all his strength, he slashed down at the coffin.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on the tip of the bayonet, but in the midst of the lightning and flint, the bayonet snapped. The tip of half of the bayonet was immediately bounced off, and the little soldier almost subconsciously flashed, and the knife stabbed in my direction.
The time was too short, the speed was too fast, and the tip of the bayonet was menacing, aimed straight at my chest.
I didn't have time to react otherwise, so I grabbed the bag that I had just flipped over and lifted it up. The bayonet struck the bag with a crisp 'ding' sound, and then deviated from the trajectory of the flight and shot to the side. Then, with a thud, it fell to the ground.
In just a short moment, I broke out in a cold sweat.
For the rest of my life, I didn't have time to experience happiness, but I noticed a pain in my right hand.
At this time, I realized that the sharp bayonet had just been ejected, and before it landed, it had accidentally scraped the back of my right hand, leaving a shallow blood mark about three centimeters long.
Really...... The passing year is unfavorable, and it is destined to be a disaster of blood and light.
At this point, everyone also reacted, Jiang Yifeng was the first to lean down and look at the injury on my hand, and then turned his head to Cui Rongguang and glared at him angrily, and said sharply: "Look at your people!" Can't you do things safely? It's good that you didn't hit the point, otherwise none of you would have thought about moving this coffin. ”
Cui Rongguang was a little embarrassed by his scolding, after all, things happened so quickly at that time, and there was no time to react. If you just blame him for the matter, there is indeed an unwarranted anger.
I coughed dryly, drawing the attention of both of them. Seeing Jiang Yifeng looking at me, he said, "It's okay, it's just a small injury." ”
Jiang Yifeng snorted and said nothing more.
Cui Rongguang eased his embarrassment a little, walked over to me, and said, "Does it really matter? Let's bandage it. Also, this ...... Of course, our little warriors are a little too hard, which is not right. However, this coffin is also too ...... It's so sturdy! What kind of material is this? ”
I lowered my head, took out the gauze from my bag, and silently bandaged my wounds.
Jiang Yifeng shouted at him as if he was indignant: "Aren't you an archaeologist? Don't you know what material it is? Also ask others! ”
I bandaged the wound and looked up, only to see Cui Rongguang's face was ugly.
I had already heard the whispers behind me at this time, and Cui Rongguang's ears were not bad, and he must have heard them clearly.
The Eight Immortals, who were standing a little farther away, were biting each other's ears, and the sound was loud enough for us to hear. The content of the discussion is different, but the direction of the discussion is very different.
“…… How could the knife be so coincidental? Pierced at the little coffin......"
“…… yes, yes, it's definitely not easy! Let's go early......"
“…… The coffin of the ancestors, it can't be moved casually, I guess the little coffin master can't do anything with it......"
“…… Who's to say it isn't? What are you tossing around......"
“……”
was full of frustration and kept making retreating remarks that made Cui Rongguang feel very bad. He's an archaeologist, he's a science, and it's impossible for the villagers to agree with him.
Anyway, judging by his attitude, he has to move this coffin today.
I sighed, stepped closer again, and wiped where I had just been scratched so many times. Although the useless work just now failed to hurt the coffin at all, it still left some marks on the premise of breaking the bayonet.
I brought the powder to my eyes, black, but not as bright as the coffin in front of me. I leaned under my nose and smelled it, but it was still the thick fishy smell.
As I looked at it, I suddenly remembered what I had read in a book.
"Captain Cui, do you know the story of the rhinoceros skin coffin?" I turned my head and asked Cui Rongguang.
Cui Rongguang couldn't figure it out, but a person standing behind him stood up excitedly after hearing it. He had a smile on his face, and both eyes looked shining. I'm no stranger to this guy either, and the last time I saw him, I saved his life.
This person is the scholar of the archaeological team who was carried by the ghost, named Zeng Ruoke.
He stepped forward with joy and touched the coffin with his hand as if he were caressing a rare treasure. While stroking, he said, "This is a good thing!" That's a good thing! ”
Cui Rongguang was confused, grabbed Zeng Ruoke and asked, "Old Zeng, what kind of good thing is this?" Tell me about it! ”
Zeng Ruoke didn't look back, didn't look at him, only caressed the outer layer of the coffin, and said with joy in his mouth: "I have only seen it in an ancient book, and I thought it was just a story made up by some novelists." I didn't expect that there is such a treasure! ”
Cui Rongguang listened to the clouds and mountains and fog, and finally could only look at me again.
I saw that Zeng Ruoke looked forgetful, so I had to explain to Cui Rongguang: "If I guess correctly, this should be a coffin skin made of rhinoceros leather mixed with raw lacquer." According to legend, it was during the Warring States period, and there was a monarch in the Wei State, that is, King Wei Xiang. He was buried in a large tomb after his death, and the burglar guard was said to have done a good job. In order to prevent the infestation of tomb robbers, a lot of preparations have been made. But when it came to the Han Dynasty, his tomb was still found and dug up! ”
Cui Rongguang thought for a while and asked, "You mean, a tomb robber found his tomb?" But what does this have to do with this coffin? ”
"Of course it is!" I emphasized, and continued, "That tomb robber is not small, and he is an official thief!" Counted, he was the great-grandson of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, a relative of the emperor, and was named the king of Guangchuan. This man doesn't have any other hobbies, but having a hobby is enough to fool the hell. Because, he likes to rob tombs! Think about it, how many manpower can a prince use to rob a tomb? Therefore, many large tombs that were relatively close to his fiefdom at that time were ransacked by him. The crossing of the GI can be said to be invincible. But in front of the tomb of King Wei Xiang, he almost collapsed several times. He wasted all his strength, and finally entered the tomb, and what he saw was such a coffin! ”
"Exactly the same?" Cui Rongguang's eyes lit up and asked.
"Whether it's exactly the same, I haven't seen it, and I don't know." I shook my head, and then said, "But I know one thing, according to the description in the ancient books, it should be more or less like this. At that time, the mouth of King Wei Xiang was made of eighteen pieces of rhinoceros leather mixed with lacquer and glued. It is said to be invulnerable and very hard. You know, the coffins I carried were all very ordinary, and I never thought that one day I would really see such a coffin! ”