Chapter 19: The Conical Coffin
Su You has never seen a cone-shaped coffin, in some film and television works, the coffin of the Western vampire is only an irregular hexagon, which is very different from the coffin in the East, at that time Su You also felt that this was the difference between Chinese and Western cultures, in his subconscious, the most traditional coffin in China is the kind of rectangular, but how to explain the conical coffin in front of him now?
The whole coffin is made of a pair of ebony, there is no nail to seal the coffin, but is connected with mortise and tenon, and the firmness is self-evident. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
The outside of the coffin is carved with exquisite patterns, of course, unlike the Han people, who will draw some stories of twenty-four filial piety or the yin and yang of the underworld on the outside of the coffin, and the surface of the conical coffin is carved with overwhelming flowers, these flowers are carved vividly, if they don't know that this is a coffin, they must think that there are many flowers blooming here, with different shapes, which are intoxicating.
"It's so beautiful, what kind of flowers are these carvings? How come I've never seen one? Dalong was obsessed with it, and he smelled it decently, as if it really had a fragrance.
"It's the first time I've seen a cone-shaped coffin in my life, and I don't know if there's anything I want." Boss Li said with bad intentions.
The conical ebony coffin is extremely long, close to three meters, and the thinner it gets the further it goes to the bottom, I am afraid that one leg of an adult man will not fit it, and I don't know what it is used for.
"What do you think this coffin contains?" Yun Duo said suddenly.
"Nonsense! Of course it's people! Gangneung reprimanded.
But Su You felt that something was wrong, normal people were afraid that they wouldn't be able to lie down!
"Shouldn't this be the King of Loulan?" Dalong looked at Su You.
Su You wasn't sure, "It stands to reason that this is the center of the Loulan Palace, and it is also an important part of the entire tomb, and it should be the body of the King of Loulan that is stored, but can this kind of strange coffin person really lie in it?" Or rather, is this a coffin? Could it be just a savings box for your belongings? â
"No, this is a coffin," Su Zuo also stared at the conical coffin and said, "It's not just a coffin, it's also a fierce coffin, a coffin covered with the flower of the undead, and the coffin is either fierce or evil!" â
"Boss, what are we going to do?" The bald head looked embarrassed, obviously knowing the power of this coffin, and asked Boss Li.
Boss Li is a person who doesn't know whether to live or die, "Of course the coffin is opened!" I spent so much money to invite you over, I didn't ask you to give Lao Tzu a backbreak! â
"But boss, this coffin gives me a very bad feeling, I'm afraid that it will be easy to cause incidents, and we won't be able to control it when the time comes......" The bald head said truthfully, this conical coffin is extraordinary, breaking everyone's previous cognition, the ghost knows which grandfather is inside! Besides, even if his own life and death are arbitrary, and there are two brothers who have been with him for many years, Xiong Daxiong Er, he can't let his brothers die because of a few dollars.
"! You useless thing! Boss Li didn't want to listen to him, and put a foot on the bald head's stomach, and the latter fell to the ground.
Su You looked at the bald head Qiang who was helped up by Xiong Da Xiong Er and covered his stomach, and he didn't feel a good feeling in his heart, obviously he could be high, but he ended up in a situation where he looked at people's faces like today.
"Brother Zuo Yi, look at this ......" Boss Li said flatteringly to Su Zuoyi: "Brother, you can make a price, as long as you propose it, brother, I will never return it, as long as you help me this time, everything is easy to say!" â
Boss Li's abacus is very good, he pretends to be very generous, delusional to use money to win people's hearts, he also knows in his heart, bald head is not a timid person, since even he is not sure, then it must be dangerous, now he just uses Su Zuoyi, first offer a high price to hang him, after the fact, who knows if he can live, if he has a big life, then, it is not impossible to end his life by himself......
It's just that he met Su Zuoyi, Su Zuoyi, who is not interested in money!
Su Zuoyi was still carefully inspecting the coffin, and just when Su You and the others felt that the uncle would definitely refuse, Su Zuoyi stood up and said, "Okay! â
Su You couldn't believe his ears, when did the uncle run out of money?
"Hahaha, great! Just know I read that right! Boss Li hooked Su Zuoyi's shoulder, "Little brother, what are we going to prepare next?" â
Su Zuo also shook his head, "Open it directly." "Loud and loud.
Everyone looked at Su Zuoyi's eyes in an obscure manner, Boss Li was proud of the success of the trick, Su You and they were worried, and as for the bald and strong three, they were even more puzzled.
Su Zuo also ignored them, and pulled out the wind from his backpack, and the blade of the knife slid gently over the mortise and tenon of the coffin, as elegant as the painter's brush outlining the lines on it.
There are countless question marks in Su You's heart, this broken wind belongs to Wang Ba? Can it be stretched or contracted?
The blade had been slashing slightly, and suddenly it jolted as if it had encountered some obstacle.
Su Zuo also repeatedly confirmed this with the blade, and then suddenly pulled out the knife and stabbed it again!
Everyone held their breath, and time seemed to stand still for a moment.
With a click, a gap two fingers wide opened between all the mortise and tenon joints around the coffin lid, and the entire coffin lid seemed to be vacated.
Boss Li saw that the coffin was opened, and happily beckoned to his guys, "Why don't you guys hurry up and get this out of my way!" Don't stop Lao Tzu from looking for immortality! â
Xiong Daxiong Er didn't move, and looked at the bald head Qiang, who also had a difficult face.
"What are you still doing! Hurry up! Boss Li roared angrily.
In desperation, the bald head stiffened his scalp and Xiong Daxiong two or three people took away the conical coffin lid.
The lid of the coffin was heavy, and the three of them carried it a little reluctantly, but no one reached out to help.
Boss Li asked Xiong Daxiong Er to point to the searchlight, so that he could see the specific scene in the coffin.
Su You and his party also leaned over to take a look.
"Ahh I grass! What the is this! Dalong exclaimed when he saw what was inside, the clouds were hiding behind him, and Su You's face was even pale.
Lying inside the conical coffin is a monster with a human head and a snake body! And this monster is not rotten at all, its face is still the same, as if it is just asleep, and it can wake up at any time!
This man is handsome, and the aristocratic atmosphere around him gives people a solemn and solemn feeling. The upper body is dressed in a magnificent dress, and the gems set on it shine like stars in the sky under the light. The earlobes are extremely long, past the chin, and have strange ornaments hanging from them. The lower half of the body resembles the body of a snake, straight inside the coffin, and every scale on it is clearly visible.
"Is it still alive?" Dalong came to his senses and asked Su Zuo Yi carefully.
"It's just a corpse."
"Hahaha...... God help me! I've really found the art of immortality! This person can lie in this coffin for thousands of years without decay, and presumably the living can also live forever when lying here! Hahaha......" Boss Li's exaggerated laughter made everyone frown.
"Is that really the case?" Su You asked Su Zuoyi in a low voice.
"This coffin is made of ebony wood throughout, which has a certain antiseptic effect, but the main reason should not be this, you look at his upper body." Su Zuo also gave a hint.
Su You obediently watched it for a long time, but he didn't see a reason.
"Is this the Fur?" Yun Duo peeked out of the dragon's small head, glanced at the corpse in the coffin, and said uncertainly.
Su Zuo also nodded, and Su You said, "Do you still know this thing?" What is įž? â
"It is recorded in the book "The Facts of the Imperial Court": its rich and noble family, people have deceased, with a blade to break the abdomen, take their intestines and stomach to cleanse it, in fact, with incense and salt alum, five sewing it, and with a sharp reed tube to pierce the skin, drain its ointment and blood and exhaustion, in the past, the nomads in the north would call this a li." Su Zuo also explained in detail.
"Isn't that bacon! I remember one of the zombie series by Lin Zhengying is about using salt to make wax figures of dead people, which can ensure that the corpse does not rot and remains the same. "Dalong knew that this thing was dead, so he was not as scared as before.
"But didn't you say you were going to take out the entrails or everything, isn't this good?" Bald Qiang said.
"You think it still has guts?" Su Zuo didn't wait for anyone to react, and ripped open the clothes on the upper body of the person in the coffin, and there were several disgusting long knife cuts on the chest, which were estimated to be left when the internal organs were taken out.
Su You shuddered.
"This ...... This...... Is this really the King of Loulan? Are there really youkai in this world? No wonder the ancient country of Loulan was so miraculous that it turned out to be a fairy nest! "Dalong always doesn't hold his mouth.
"Do you know why the ancient kingdom of Loulan moved underground?" The bald head smiled contemptuously and looked at Su Youdao.
"Isn't it because I lost something, I'm afraid that I will be punished from above!" Dalong said.
"Oh? So you know that! The bald man put away his smile, "But it's just a scratch of the skin!" â
"What do you mean?" Su You asked.
"King Loulan is extremely ambitious, because he lost a small secret and took the lives of all his people, he is not so stupid!"
"Why is that?" Gangneung asked curiously.
The bald head Qiang glanced at him, because he didn't grow up in the Su family since he was a child, so he didn't know who Jiangling was, and continued: "He spread the news that he lost his secret and lived in the world without a face, and secretly built this underground palace, maybe you didn't find that this was the land of dragons and phoenixes back then, but this land of dragons and phoenixes is deep underground, as long as you can build the capital here, you can use the breath of dragons and phoenixes to survive side by side with heaven and earth!" He doesn't just want long-lived people, but he wants to raise an undead army and rule the world! â
"Oh my God! This Lou Lan King's ambition is really big! Dalong glanced at King Loulan, "But you haven't explained why he is the way he is?" â
"Because it's time!" Bald head Qiang said.