Chapter Seventy-Three: The Mercury Corps
It is said that people die like a lamp goes out, and when the oil runs out and the lamp withers, there will still be half a trace of vitality, but these ancient soldiers we see in front of us are all lifelike, and it is self-deception to say that we are not surprised. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The fat man put An Changwei down against the wall, and was about to step forward with his mouth wide open, but I pulled him back, since these people can keep this place uncorrupted for thousands of years, and they are very angry, where can we get close like this, let him wear a mask.
There is no gas mask, and because of falling into the water, all the masks are stained with water, but it is better than nothing, the fat man took out the wet mask and put it on, and scolded: "His grandmother's, you must bring good equipment next time you do this job, you can't come in so rashly, otherwise you won't know if you will be poisoned." ”
I said angrily: "Do you want to bring you an oxygen cylinder, the gas mask is not used, the breathing is not smooth, and the vision is not good." ”
The fat man even claimed: "This relationship is good, how clean the oxygen cylinder is, it is pure oxygen." ”
To say that the fat man is a master who does not make people worry, it is indeed true, because the distance is a little far, the three of them walked to the nearest soldier corpse with masks, looking at the soldier corpse in front of them, the wrinkles on the face are still clearly visible, and then the light can faintly see bright silver patches.
The fat man was so surprised that he was about to touch it, but I slapped him on the hand and scolded: "Look for death, don't touch it, this is a mercury spot." ”
Mercury spots, as the name suggests, are caused by mercury, in modern medicine, if people swallow a sufficient amount of mercury, they will die of kidney failure, but at the same time, if there is enough mercury in the human body, any poisonous insects and corpses can not be approached, in the current medical terms, that is, microorganisms can not breed, and the corpse will last for a long time.
In the eyes of the ancients, mercury is a very precious thing, Sima Qian recorded in the historical records, Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum mountains and rivers are all starry, the river is naturally the water galaxy, because mercury is not as good as conventional water, is not volatile things, but in that era want to use mercury as a river in the imperial tomb, what a huge project. Of course, from Qin Shi Huang's use of mercury, we can see how hard it was to get mercury in those years.
In the eyes of ancient warlocks, mercury was also an indispensable thing for alchemy, and alchemy was exclusive to emperors and generals, so the preciousness of mercury in that year can also be glimpsed. If anything can reach ordinary people's homes, then it is not so valuable.
Mercury spots refer to the things on the corpse, in ancient times there was an extremely cruel punishment, the human skull was separated, and the mercury was poured into the wound after the heat, and the mercury entered along the wound, which worked to separate the human skin and flesh, but the person will not die in a short time, at this time, as long as the person moves a little, either walk up two steps, or jump on two steps, the whole layer of human skin will slide off with the wound on the head, and the person who has been stripped off will also watch his skin and flesh separate, but there is no pain. Some people say that he was scared to death, and some people say that he froze to death because of the separation of skin and flesh and lost the skin to protect him from the cold, in short, this kind of death is absolutely unimaginable now.
After the human skin falls off, the wound at the human skin skull is sutured, and some fillers are added to it, mostly hay lime, and then a large amount of mercury is poured into it to ensure that the skin and flesh do not rot, and make lifelike living figurines, of course, most of these living figurines can only be used for burial, and most of the people who accompany the burial are prisoners.
After the death of the ancient emperors, they naturally did not only bury some prisoners, but the superstitious ancient emperors would also calculate, if these prisoners followed them to the underworld, and then they would be entangled in resisting themselves, wouldn't there be no way to survive. It's really ridiculous that they are still thinking about surviving when they arrive in the Netherworld, but it also makes them have more thoughts of bringing their own people to the funeral, most of these people are people they can trust, or people who are close to them when they were alive.
And these people will not be like those prisoners, suffering from the pain of pulling the skin and bones, drinking a cup of mercury, after a short period of effort, they will be unconscious, and then someone will carry the body to the craftsman who handles the body, and while the body has not yet cooled, the corpse master will pour mercury into the seven holes of the body, of course, when doing these things, you must not destroy a single cent of the body, otherwise the corpse maker will inevitably be buried alive. When mercury is poured into the corpse, the corpse will become stiff, and no matter how you manipulate the corpse, there will be no accident.
There is the last one, not a death row prisoner, but unwilling to drink mercury to accompany the emperor to the burial, this kind of person is usually buried alive, to put it bluntly, the person has not yet lost his breath, he is buried in the coffin, and then buried with the emperor's coffin, but this kind of person is in the majority, after all, there is only one human life, and no one wants to lose it in vain.
Seeing so many mercury corpses in front of me, to be honest, the shock in my heart was a little indescribable for a while, the ancient emperors and generals, the evil feudal dynasty, really harmed a lot of people, it is conceivable that the soldiers in this are alive for those emperors and generals to fight in front of the battle, and they unloaded their armor and ended up like this.
In the eyes of Xiangshi, the soul of such a person cannot be reincarnated, because the body does not rot, even if the soul goes to hell, the king of Hades will think that the time has not yet come, and the rules of the underworld, only when the body is corrupted, the soul of this person can re-enter reincarnation and suffer from human suffering. If the body does not decay, it will never be able to be reborn, and it will eventually become a lonely ghost and a wild ghost.
This is why in later years, these methods were only used on prisoners, but not on funeral companions. It is already unacceptable to use living soldiers as burials, and now it is necessary to let their souls never enter reincarnation, and their vicious heart is outrageous.
The fat man and I have both been on the front line as soldiers, so we naturally know that a drop of blood in front of the soldiers, an inch of land on the border of the country, no matter what era it is, it is fatal to be a soldier to fight, but the feudal emperors have even taken the position, and they are not even given the opportunity to unload their armor and return to the field.
The fat man scolded bitterly: "Damn, this animal life should be killed by his own men, no matter who is at fault, these soldiers followed him all the way to flee here, and he was actually made a mercury corpse by him." ”
But the curse and the curse now reminded me of the figure I saw in the arch passage, and Emma and I both saw the same figure, the face of which still echoes in my mind, and what happened a moment ago is not so easy to forget. (To be continued.) )