Chapter Fifty-Eight: Two Ba Kings?

The so-called murals are not only a kind of cultural inheritance, but also a tool for recording facts, compared with words, murals are more realistic, for example, some religious holy places will use the situation of murals to record religious memorabilia, or ordinary Dunhuang murals in general. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

It is self-evident that the murals appear in different places to record things, such as in this kind of ancient cemetery, naturally to record things related to the life of the tomb owner.

If the murals on this wall are divided into eight parts, the first seven are to record the defeat of King Ba, fled to the mountains and forests, opened the mountain to cultivate the altar, the jade tiger charm attracted the phoenix, and finally died on the grand wish made by himself, then the last one is really incomprehensible.

The bronze coffin was sealed, and eight thick iron chains tied it up solidly, unless this Ba Wang had divine help, it would never be able to break free, and on this last painting, a person dressed in the same gold-rimmed phoenix robe as Ba Wang, holding a jade tiger talisman in one hand, and a bronze sword in the other.

If the person in the coffin is King Ba, then who is the one outside, there is a strange atmosphere shrouded under the clouds, and everyone wonders in their hearts, is it possible that this King Ba will also be separated.

Emma said: "This is the problem, if you don't figure out who these two are the real Ba Wang, the matter is far from over, don't you think the bronze sword in your hand is somewhat similar to the sword drawn on it?" ”

After she said this, I also felt a little familiar before, and now I took out this bronze sword to compare, the bronze sword on the mural and the pattern on the sword in my hand are surprisingly consistent, and there seems to be little difference between the two.

The fat man said: "I can't imagine that your sword still has such a history, what kind of dog is you kid. luck? ”

I was also very surprised in my heart, looking at the murals on the wall and the sword in my hand, I didn't know how to say it for a long time, so I had to mutter: "Is it really destined in the dark?" ”

It seems that only this explanation can be explained, An Changwei looked at the sword in my hand and asked where this sword came from and how I got it. I told them from beginning to end about the tomb of the King of Dian that I found in the mountains of Yunnan more than ten years ago when I was a soldier, and the gloomy wooden coffin containing a bronze sword. Because of the passage of time, I am afraid that there will be some omissions, and I think intermittently while talking.

It's okay not to say it, the more he said emma's brows wrinkled deeply, one is far away in Yunnan, the other is at the junction of Hunan and Hubei, thousands of miles apart, no matter what, they can't be linked together, let alone only this sword.

The time can barely be said, but the location is too different, and everyone is in deep thought, trying to find some clues related to this place in this intricate thread.

The fat man is impatient, where can he wait for this: "Hey, I said, we are not here for archaeology, why do we have to get those troubles, hurry up and open this coffin and the truth will be revealed." ”

I also had this intention in my heart, I looked at Emma and An Changwei, and he also looked at me, the three of them looked at each other and nodded, and I said to the fat man: "Copy guy, loosen the chain first." ”

As soon as the fat man heard that he was going to do it, he immediately came to his senses, and hurriedly attached himself to the class to find a guy, before I came, I was afraid of encountering this kind of giant coffin, so I asked the fat man and An Changwei to prepare various coffin opening tools, including three crowbars, and lost one when I fell into the water before.

The fat man stood in front of the coffin with a crowbar in his hand and began to hesitate, and he didn't know what he was thinking, and when he asked, he said that the crowbar was pryed, and he couldn't cut the chain, and it was useless to hold it in his hand. I kicked him in the ass and scolded, "Your head is for excretion? Crowbars don't work, don't you know about sapper shovels? ”

Three German-made sapper shovels, the price is expensive, and they were bought only after finding a relationship in EMMA, and the military individual equipment built by the modern military industry can be chopped and chopped, and the hardness is not to mention how powerful, at least it is not a problem to deal with the iron chains of thousands of years ago.

The fat man looked like he had realized something, and went to rummage through the sapper shovel again. The two men picked up the sapper shovel and knocked it on the chain with all their might, and the chain as thick as a water pipe was cut out of several deep holes, and it seemed that it was about to break.

After a few consecutive blows, the eight chains were completely broken, and we didn't see how much effort we had to make, and the fat man praised repeatedly: "This German product is really fucking easy to use." ”

I told him not to be happy and get ready to pry the coffin first, and Emma took out the mask from the waterproof bag and divided one among each of us. This kind of bronze coffin, which has been sealed for thousands of years, is easy to deposit corpse poison inside, if we don't do some protection, once we inhale corpse poison, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Second, it is also because it is inevitable that the corpse will be close after the switch, the yang energy on the living person is vigorous, and he spit it out lightly, once the yang energy contaminates the corpse, the probability of defrauding the corpse is also great, and then we people will be in trouble again. In any case, a mask is a must-wear just in case.

The fat man and I stuck the crowbar into it separately, and pressed together under the command, and the unique sound of metal friction in the bronze coffin came to mind. My heart moved, there was a play. It seems that this Ba king is still preparing too hastily, and he has not even prepared the nails for sealing the coffin.

The bronze tube has a completely different nature from the wooden coffin, the wooden coffin has coffin nails, although it is difficult to open, once it is pried open, it is difficult to close, and the bronze coffin is completely opposite, either completely opened, or once you let go halfway, it can be reset at once.

I hurriedly beckoned An Changwei and Emma to take the sapper shovel to prop up the coffin board on the other side of the coffin, the fat man and I let go one after another, inserted the crowbar into the side, and one side of the coffin lid fell, and our side was completely cocked, and with a little force, the heavy bronze coffin smashed to the ground with a muffled sound.

Seeing the coffin board fall to the ground, I quickly took out the tripping rope prepared in advance from my bag. Tripping rope is such a thing, I can't tell who invented it, the corpse rope used last time failed to tie up the zongzi in the general's tomb, and after I went back, I found another thing in the book, which is the corpse rope.

It is said that the first person to use this kind of thing is to touch the gold school captain, where the coffin is opened, must first set up a stumbling rope, zombie as the name suggests, the corpse after the corpse is stiff and the corpse is transformed into a corpse, between life and death, it can be said that it is not in the five elements of the three realms, the biggest weakness is also not to turn, in the coffin set up a stumbling rope, zongzi will not be able to get up, naturally it will not hurt people. And the rope in my hand was soaked in cinnabar, black dog blood, and eight treasures Guiyuan wine for seventeen days, and I don't know how much effect it can have, and now is the time to practice.

The stumbling rope was set up, and everyone looked inside the coffin, the flashlight light hit in, and a lifelike man's face, born so handsome, if it weren't for the dry skin that had turned purple, this face could be called a beautiful man wherever it was placed, but it looked so familiar, as if it had been seen somewhere.

Everyone was surprised, and then looked at the corpse's dress, a gold-rimmed phoenix-patterned robe, but there was no gold-threaded crown on the head, which seemed to fit better than the one outside, as if this was the real master.

In the huge coffin, there are enough people to lie down, and they looked around carefully, and there was no other burial goods out of the body, not even a headrest, and the body was also placed on the side, not in the middle of the coffin, and the posture of the corpse seemed to indicate something.

I felt strange in my heart, and countless questions rose in my mind, so I blurted out: "Is this guy really forcibly stuffed in?" ”

The fat man echoed: "I see, how can anyone put the corpse like this, this posture is almost in time for me to sleep and kick the quilt, and the pants are about to kick off." ”

Emma said: "It's still the question, if this is really King Ba, then who is that one outside?" It's best to find some clues in him. ”

The fat man said: "What clues can there be in a dead person, we are not Bao Qingtian, and we can break the sun day and the night." ”

Emma didn't bother to pay attention to the fat man like a mallet, and continued: "Ancient kings liked to carry some symbolic objects with them during their lifetimes, if King Ba was really introduced into the tower by the great uncle and killed suddenly, as stated in this mural, then King Ba should have enough objects on his body to prove his identity. ”

A word woke up the person in the dream, and everyone listened to her words and realized something. As soon as the fat man heard that there was something, he was so anxious that he was going to turn over the corpse. This guy is good at everything, bold, powerful, and loud, if he is a soldier, he is indeed a good soldier, but he is limited to soldiers, he can't be a cadre, he is too impatient, he doesn't care about his head, and often stabs Lou Zi. Until now, I don't know where he went after he left Yunnan, but I know with my ass that he would never be an officer.

Seeing that his hand was about to touch the corpse, I hurriedly pushed him away with a palm, and the fat man was pushed by my sudden thud, staggered, stood firm and scolded: "Zou Yi, your uncle, I didn't see that I was looking for something, what if the master fell in." ”

I said angrily: "Dead fatty, you are afraid of falling in, if I don't stop you, such a big vacancy next to it is for you." I said that why is this Ba Wang so wasteful to make such a big coffin, half of the feelings are prepared for you, it is really fucking prescient. ”

When the fat man saw that I said so solemnly, he hesitated slightly: "What do you mean?" Got it. ”

I said, "How many times do you kid want me to say it before I can remember it, when you open the coffin and touch the corpse, you must wear gloves, and you must not touch the corpse." ”

When I said this, he looked down at his hands, because he had never seen the power of being infected with corpse poison, he would always have a trace of luck in his heart for this kind of thing. With a disdainful face, he put on his gloves and was ready to turn over the corpse.

I went down with gloves on, tied up the body with a rope, and then reached out to touch the body. Because he was afraid of damaging the corpse, he was extra careful, and the fat man was even more anxious when he saw me so careful. Stretched out his hand and pulled up the clothes on the chest of the corpse, who knew that the clothes on the corpse were deep for a long time, and after thousands of years in this bronze coffin, it had long become fragile, and the fat man was so hard, where could there be good, and he was pulled off a piece in an instant, and fell to the ground with the corpse, I was about to scold.

At this time, I saw a jade pendant hanging from the neck of the corpse, and I reached out and pulled it down, and before I had time to rejoice, I suddenly felt a cold on my face, and the mask fell off at some point. Looking at the body in the coffin, I hurriedly held my breath, I didn't dare to take a breath, I almost reached out to cover my mouth and nose, and when I saw the gloves closely, I didn't cover them.

Even so, the accident still happened, the corpse rope helped the vitality of the corpse rope came from nowhere, suddenly broke free of the rope, a pair of hands jerked up, and in an instant, my left foot kicked the coffin wall, and the whole person turned over like a side by force. Before he came to take a quick breath, there was a muffled bang, and there was a pit under him at some point, and the whole person fell straight down.

Although it is not deep, no more than half a meter high, but falling down is more thrilling than above, if you don't go out in time, once this zongzi comes, it is a narrow road meeting, I have to explain here. In desperation, I shouted to the fat man, "Take a sword and cut it." ”

Taking advantage of this effort, I stood up, didn't wait to stand firmly, and crawled out, turned around and looked, between the fat man a sword inserted in the chest of the zongzi, the sword body pierced it a pair, although not dead thoroughly, the whole body was like a motor, swaying back and forth, as if ready to rush out at any time.

Looking at the zongzi that seemed to have no lethality for the time being, I still had palpitations, looked down at the pit that fell more than half a meter deep, and scolded: "Who the hell did this, why is there still a pit in the coffin." ”

I took two steps back, and took a closer look at the iron chain tied to the coffin, which helped the following section to be buried deep in the ground, surrounded by heavy stones, at first I thought that this bronze coffin was a square, but I didn't expect this to be the case, one side is deep, the other side is shallow, and there is a hidden compartment.

It seems that this hidden place is hidden underground, and the bottom of this coffin is not as flat as the ground.

Emma said: "Such a thing is really unheard of, and the dark grid should have been prepared a long time ago, but in a hurry, there was no time to bury it as prepared in advance, so it would be empty." ”

On the dark grid was a finger-thick bronze plate, which, once it had received a certain weight, would fall, and it would be empty and empty, but it looked as if there was some treasure hidden in advance.

Seeing that I was fine, the fat man smiled and couldn't wait to ask, "What did you just drag down its neck?" Let's see if it will be its personal treasure. ”

I came back to my senses, and handed the jade pendant off to emaa, the work of antique appreciation, I asked myself if it was not as good as emma, people have also had half of the master-apprentice fate with the poison-eyed dragon, and it is also a serious doctor of Liuyang, who has studied these things for more than ten years, where can I compare.

emma took it in his hand and looked through it carefully, and we only relieved ourselves for a moment, but An Changwei was frightened into a cold sweat by the matter of the dumpling just now, and his face, which had been somewhat improved, became pale and pale again, and when he saw the jade pendant I handed to emma, he instantly came to his senses.

As the saying goes, do a line of love and a line, this An Changwei is worthy of being an old man who has been in the antique industry for many years, and when he saw that most of the problems in the antiquities were healed, he hurriedly approached and followed Emma to look at this jade pendant carefully, and from time to time he spoke and discussed.

The fat man and I couldn't answer, the two of us sat on the ground, each lit a cigarette, and took out the Eight Treasures Guiyuan wine in the bag and drank two sips, which was considered to be a shock to myself. Throughout the ages, it is nothing more than the fact that the hills and mountains have been touched to touch the gold, and the mountains have been moved to find the dragon and rob the tombs, but I am afraid of drinking in front of the zongzi, and I am the first person with the fat man.

Looking at the hilt of the bronze sword that revealed half of the coffin, I always felt that something was wrong in my heart, but I thought hard but there was no result. After the kung fu of two cigarettes, half a bottle of Eight Treasures Guiyuan Wine was swallowed, and Emma and An Changwei also studied it almost well.

Emma said to me, "Mr. An and I have studied it carefully, and this... To some extent, this thing can be determined, and to be on the safe side, it is necessary to determine the identity of another corpse. ”

Emma hesitated for a moment when describing the coffin of King Riba and did not seem to know how to describe it, and finally had to say this thing. I placed seven more ropes on the coffin in the same position as the previous chain, with both ends of the ropes tied to the severed chains, and then took the opportunity to draw the bronze sword back. After waiting and looking at it for a while, we made sure it couldn't run, and then we left.

On the pyramid platform, in the middle sat a gold-threaded crown and a gold-rimmed phoenix-patterned robe. Originally, I felt that this guy had the feeling of being a military commander in the world, but he was wearing a phoenix robe, which was really a bit nondescript, but at this moment, I heard emma say that this guy was not the king of Ba nine times out of ten, and I felt a little more weird when I looked at him again.

In terms of appearance, it is definitely not as good as the one in the coffin, it is obvious that there is a long scar on the face, the purple face looks particularly hideous, and there are more than a dozen corpses of men and women lying behind it, and the entire altar gives people an indescribable horror.

Perhaps one is sealed in the coffin, and the other is placed on this wide platform, this one's gold-rimmed phoenix-patterned robe looks much inferior to the one inside. The color is also darker, not at all as dazzling as the one inside.

The fat man looked at it twice, and exclaimed: "I said, we don't have to look at it anymore, you can see how this emperor looks like this, sharp-beaked monkey gills." ”

Hearing that, he started talking nonsense again, and he didn't bother to pay attention to it, so he said to Emma, "Miss Duan, what should I do next?" ”

Emma thought for a moment and said, "Let's see if there's anything on it that can prove its identity." At least we have to figure out why there are two kings here. ”

I nodded and beckoned the fat man to move the body. The corpse has been sitting here for thousands of years, and it is already a miracle that the corpse can be kept from rotting, and at the same time, there are more than a dozen men and women who are the same, and the corpse has been exposed for thousands of years, which can ensure that it does not decay, and I have to say that this is a miracle within a miracle.

We had already tried it, and we took the box from this corpse, and there was no reaction, and we were not caught off guard like the one inside. The second time he touched him, he also didn't cheat the corpse, and the fat man, emma, and An Changwei, who didn't know anything, were all surprised.

In fact, the so-called zombies have been in Chinese folk since ancient times, and the legend says that zombies have four ancestors, namely Yinggou, Houqing, Drought Fish, and Generals, all of whom are immortal, immortal, and indestructible. Each of the four zombie ancestors has its origins, but without exception, they are all transformed by the condensation of resentment.

There are some similarities in reality, but this resentment is something invisible after death, a little ethereal, and more realistic is corpse poison. I once heard Tong Qin explain the origin of corpse poison, if people have too deep grievances after death, it will cause some material imbalances in the body, and there will be different changes in joy and sorrow, so corpse poison is actually determined by the person's state before death. There is some scientific basis for the so-called resentment to be too heavy, and the so-called resentment cannot be diverged, that is, it is sealed like this bronze coffin, and the corpse gas cannot be dispersed, such as this kind of millennium years condensed, and it is not surprising that it has turned into a thousand-year-old zongzi, but it is also bitten by him, even if it is a small cut by his fingernails, his name is only in the evening.

After listening to my explanation, they suddenly realized, but they were still apprehensive about the corpse just now, and Emma said to me: "It's better to be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, and don't be careless." ”

I said, "There will always be some similarities between the so-called myths and legends and reality, although you can't be careless, but you don't have to be too cautious, so you can watch." ”

After saying that, I beckoned the fat man to work together, rummaging for clues on this corpse, our attention was completely attracted by the box it was holding in its hand, and now we searched carefully, only to find that the fingers on this corpse were eight in one hand, and the other hand was normal.

The fat man looked at this hand and exclaimed, "Why do people still have so many fingers?" Then he gestured with his hand and muttered: "I've seen six fingers, but these eight fingers are still on the right hand, how can I hold chopsticks?" ”

I said, "You kid shouldn't worry about it, what if people are left-handed and hold chopsticks with their left hand?" ”

This corpse is wearing a gold-rimmed phoenix-patterned robe, and the phoenix-patterned robe was originally empty, just like we are only wearing a coat now, not wearing underwear, not to mention how weird it looks, with a gold silk jade belt tied around the waist, and the buckle of the jade belt looks like I don't know what it looks like, and the shape is very strange. I still took it down and handed it to Emma, so that she and An Changwei could study it on the side.

In addition to this gold-edged jade belt, after a pair was opened, there was actually a pair of pants inside. The fat man looked at the pants and smiled: "This is also a fucking king?" Dressed so luxuriously on the outside, and torn pants on the inside. (To be continued.) )