Chapter 107: The Stone Statue in Front of the Altar
These stone statues standing on both sides of the altar are strange in shape and unique in shape, according to the thief's eye of the seventh uncle, there are almost twenty of these stone statues. Uncle Seven, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, said to everyone that these stone statues stand on both sides of the altar and are for the purpose of holding a sacrificial ceremony.
In the ancient Western Zhou Dynasty, as long as the princes and nobles were buried, they would build a huge tomb in their tombs, and then build an altar in the tomb, in order to hold a sacrificial ceremony, some slaves and prisoners were tied in the center of the altar, and then according to the will before death, the priest was ordered to slaughter those slaves and prisoners as animals, and in turn according to the crimes committed during his lifetime, the slaves and prisoners of different crimes were executed in different ways.
"Seventh Uncle, what crimes did the dried corpses we just found above the altar commit before they died, why did they hang above the altar, and they are still in such a conspicuous position. Since the iron pole walked into this tomb with Uncle Seven, he didn't say a word, but seeing that Uncle Seven had just said in such detail, he asked Uncle Seven curiously.
Uncle Seven smiled at the iron rod, then took out the big cigarette holder on his waist, lit it, took a few puffs, and said, "Those few dried corpses may have offended the owner of this tomb before their death, and then they were retaliated against by the owner of the tomb, as for why his fate will be after death, the owner of the tomb will place their bodies in such a conspicuous position above the altar, it is because they are all killed by the owner of the tomb, cut their throats, drain the blood in their bodies, and become a dried corpse without flesh and blood, this cruel means, I have been stealing treasures for decades, digging ancient tombs, and I have never encountered them. ''
Speaking of those dried corpses, I can't help but think of the faces of those dried corpses, Uncle Seven is right, those dried corpses did die very miserably, not only the face before death was hideous and terrible, the mouth opened into an O-shape, even the eyes were opened violently, and there seemed to be a huge crescent-shaped wound cut by a knife in the middle of the throat, which was definitely a cruel killing method, from the expression of the dried corpse, I can accurately see that in the ancient Western Zhou Dynasty, those powerful princes and nobles, in order to retain the ancient feudal social dynastic system, The funeral-style ceremonies held, the methods of killing and burial, are really decisive and cruel. You know, a slave or a prisoner, even after death, will not even give a coffin, but will cut his throat alive, drain all the blood in his body, and hang their corpses above the altar like animals. This kind of inhumane killing method, as well as the funeral style of the ancient Western Zhou Dynasty, for me personally, is simply impersonal. After a person dies, even if he is a slave or a prisoner, at least he will have a coffin after death, but the owner of this ancient tomb is too cruel to punish those slaves and prisoners who have committed crimes in this way.
It is not difficult to think that in the Western Zhou Dynasty, as long as the powerful and wealthy people were in power, after death, they would follow the will before death and order the buried administrators to kill a few slaves around them, prisoners, or domestic slaves such as maids, and bury themselves for themselves. Those slaves who were martyred for their masters never thought that no matter how much they worked for their masters during their lifetime, or how much they were rewarded by their masters, after the death of their masters, they would inevitably go to the grave with their masters, and they would inevitably be slaughtered by their masters like animals, and they would become a burial object by their masters, and follow their masters into the grave.
Uncle Seven's words, let me understand a truth, although the current society is not as good as the ancient society in the past, having dictatorship is the king, but now this society is also relatively dark, no matter how rich you were in life, after you die of old age, you are still worthless into the grave, in this life, no matter how much wealth you accumulate, according to the individual, you still have nothing after death, whether you bring all the wealth of life into your own grave, or do not bring the wealth of life into the grave, in the end, It's still a bamboo basket for nothing, you won't get anything, and you will become a pile of worthless dung worthy of the name.
I don't know what Uncle Seven means by saying this, but he can accurately know the cause of death of the several dried corpses above this altar, so he should have a deep understanding of the ancient Western Zhou Dynasty, when the nobles of the palace were buried, they built altars in the tomb and held sacrificial ceremonies, otherwise, if he didn't understand, it would be impossible for him to know so much.
A few months ago, when I was drinking at Uncle Seven's house, I saw Uncle Seven take out a book on punishing criminals who committed crimes in the Western Zhou Dynasty, including dried corpses. The so-called dried corpse is to slaughter the criminal as a beast, and then drain the blood in the corpse of the criminal, and dry the corpse of the criminal in a high place, which will not decay for thousands of years, especially in the ancient tomb, this kind of preservation of the dried corpse remains are rare.
Uncle Seven has been stealing treasures for decades, digging ancient tombs for several years, and has never found a dried corpse in the ancient tomb. At most, when I was stealing treasures in the ancient tombs, I met a few resurrected hair stiffs in coffins. Like this kind of Mao Zombie can be resurrected in the coffin, it is because someone opened the coffin of the ancient tomb owner, and the corpse mutation, under normal circumstances, this is a mutation, and the seventh uncle is not afraid of this kind of mutation of Mao Zombie, as a veteran of treasure theft, is not afraid at all. Uncle Seven said that Mao Zhuang is just a corpse, not alive, he can only rely on the corpse after resurrection, he can walk upright like a human, but this kind of walking Mao Zombie is particularly slow, like a snail, as long as it is a strong man, a shovel to his head smashed, will be able to knock him down. I think back then, Uncle Seven killed the Siberian Tiger with one punch, and kicked to death a hairy pig weighing hundreds of pounds in the mountains and forests.
But then again, Uncle Seven was very jealous of the few dried corpses hanging above this altar. You know, listening to what Uncle Seventh said, the reason why those dried corpses were hung on the altar may have offended the owner of this tomb before his death, and he was frantically retaliated by the owner, and killed in this cruel way.
However, Uncle Seven thought about it, everyone was a treasure thief, and they all came to steal treasures from the ancient tombs under the cave of Doghead Mountain in Jizhuling, eating the food of the dead, a few dried corpses, and there was nothing to be afraid of, so he tried his best to calm everyone's emotions, and tried to think on the bright side, in case we found something unusual on this altar, we would decisively withdraw from this altar, so as not to be killed by the souls who had died on this altar for many years.
You must know that since this altar was built in this tomb, it must have been used for sacrifice, but the sacrifice was prepared for the sacrifice to the heavens in the ancient Western Zhou Dynasty, and it must have killed many people's lives when the owner of the ancient tomb was buried.
Because Uncle Seven knew just by looking at the bones at the feet around this tomb that this tomb was very likely to be the site of slaughter, in addition to the bones of animals found on the ground before, there were also human bones, and on this altar, there were dried corpses, which also means that there must be something unusual about this altar, which requires us to explore carefully.
Thinking that there were twenty stone statues standing on both sides of the altar, the black-bearded old man held a wolf's tooth flashlight, and by the light of the wolf's tooth flashlight, he approached one of the stone statues.
Illuminated by the light of the wolf's tooth flashlight, the surface of the stone statue exudes a cyan light, and those cyan lights also contain the style of the ancient people when they were buried, which makes people look a little shocking, which is simply a good superb. The black-bearded old man was greedy for money, and knew that these stone statues must be a perfect work of art, because like the stone statues of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and after thousands of years of scenery in the ancient tombs, they can still be preserved so well, if they are sold in antique shops, they will definitely be worth millions. Just looking at the texture of those stone statues, the old man with black beard dared to conclude that these stone statues sold in antique shops would definitely impress the most influential people in the treasure thief world. his grandmother, the stone statue preserved in the ancient Western Zhou Dynasty, and it is so lifelike, Lao Tzu has been stealing treasures for many years, digging and drilling dog holes in the ancient tomb for several years, and now it can also be found in such a bird is not garbage in the dog head mountain of Jijiao Ling, that is simply a divine object given to me by God, if you don't move him out and sell it for a good price, wouldn't it be in vain.
Saying that, the black-bearded old man could no longer bear his greed for money, grasped the butt of the wolf's tooth flashlight in his hand, bit it into his mouth, and immediately held the stone statue with both hands, and carried it into his body with a mission.
The stone statue is huge, it is the masterpiece of the ancient people in the Western Zhou Dynasty, although the stone statue is only one meter high, but the weight is more than three hundred catties, it is poured with bronze again, after many days of exposure, whether it is the degree of solidity, or the quality, it is not a pity. Even if the black-bearded old man is as powerful as an ox, he has been stealing treasures from the ancient tomb for many years, and he still has some strength under his hands, but no matter how hard he tries, he can't hold the stone statue in front of him, which is only one meter high.
The black-bearded old man saw that his strength was exhausted, but he couldn't pick up the stone statue in front of him, he scolded his father and mother angrily, and finally found a chance to make a fortune, but because his strength was not enough, he ruined such a good opportunity, he felt discouraged when he thought about it, and couldn't help but be there, stretching out his hand and pointing at the stone statue to scold.
When everyone was extremely shocked by the huge construction of the altar in this tomb, there was a scolding sound from the old man with a black beard in his ears, Uncle Seven has always been sensitive, and he was the first to notice the abnormality of the old man with the black beard, and before everyone could react, he had already walked to the stone statue where the old man with the black beard was staying.