Chapter 21: A Glass of Poisoned Wine
The fat brother was in a hurry, the speed was quite fast, and we chased a few steps back to the previous Yongdao.
Before I could call his name, the fat guy himself stopped.
Jiang Li hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the fat brother's arm and asked, "What are you running?" ”
The fat brother ignored Jiang Li and looked around the bronze man who turned around in the corridor.
I saw the fat guy bending over and pouting his ass, and I went up and kicked him in the ass, of course, I didn't use force, but just conveyed my dissatisfaction. Then he said to the fat brother, "What's wrong with you?" Don't talk about it, if it's okay, just say something. ”
The fat guy looked up at me and smiled.
In this dim light, his smile, coupled with my nervous mood, I thought he was really evil and was caught by a ghost, and his first reaction was to slap him.
In my impression, if someone is haunted by a ghost, a person who is not afraid of ghosts can beat this person away.
There was no one to stop me, and my slap almost made the fat brother sit on the ground, and my hands were numb.
The fat brother staggered back two steps, covered his face and shouted at me, "What are you hitting me for?" Stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, why do you still hit me when I smile at you? ”
As soon as the fat brother said this, I immediately realized that I was a little reckless, and hurriedly asked, "Are you okay?" Do you know who you are? Are you still awake? ”
The fat brother scolded: "Phew, you don't know who you are, it's not enough to beat people, you still have to scold people?" ”
When I saw that the fat brother was so angry, my face turned red, and I hurriedly apologized and said, "I'm sorry, I'm also doing this for your own good, you just came out, it's like a ghost, who knows what your situation is?" ”
The fat brother glanced at me, ignored me, and continued to ponder the bronze man.
Yan Qiu didn't pay attention to the fat brother's tantrum, but patted the fat brother and said, "Do you still want to be beaten?" What are you doing? Anyway, I want to say something. ”
The fat brother pulled his arm behind him, indicating that we should not disturb him, and said to himself: "Didn't you find that this bronze man is very special? ”
Jiang Li continued: "I found out a long time ago, it's so special, it looks like a ghost." ”
The fat brother didn't speak again, but drummed on the bronze man, tossed for a long time, and finally pulled off the skin bag held by the bronze man in his left hand.
Only then did I notice that only the bronze statue at the door was holding a leather bag in its hand, and the other eight bronze statues inside were not holding anything in the other hand.
We have always been attracted by candles, and we have long ignored the skin, according to the previous analysis, this skin bag should be filled with things like Meng Po soup and forgetful water.
The fat brother quickly pulled off the plug of the skin and sniffed it.
The moment he pulled the stopper, a strong smell of wine came out.
The fat brother was overjoyed and said to us: "Sure enough, it is the same as I thought, you smell, there is wine here, a smell of koji wine, ancient tomb Daqu." ”
Su Rina went to snatch the wine bag from the fat brother's hand, wanting to take a closer look at any clues.
As soon as the fat brother raised his hand, he used his height to dodge Su Rina's outstretched arm, and then said happily: "Don't rob it, I found it." ”
I said to the fat brother: "Don't be stupid, you can't drink this thing, I don't know what the formula is, don't be half dead after you drink it." ”
The fat brother glanced at me, but didn't speak, still smiling, and there was a red handprint on one side of his face.
With a wine bag in his left hand and a glass in his right, he swaggered and walked into the tomb.
A few of us were completely confused by the fat brother, and we didn't know what kind of rat medicine he was in the gourd, so we all honestly followed him to see what tricks the fat brother could conjure.
The fat brother walked to the coffin and slowly poured the wine from the wine bag into the wine glass with an elegant demeanor.
A large glass full of wine, how can there be six taels.
After that, the fat brother put the wine bag away so as not to spill the wine inside, and then held the cup in both hands, raised it above his head, and bowed deeply in the direction of the coffin. After bowing, he did not get up, but maintained that position, raising the glass as high as he could.
After waiting for about three minutes, nothing happened, and the fat brother stood up straight again, frowned, looked at the full glass of wine in his hand, and muttered, "Do you really want to drink?" ”
I finally couldn't help it anymore and shouted to the fat brother, "Why are you still making trouble?" What do you want to do, can you give me a good word? Don't say we're gone, you're here to pour the bar for the dead. ”
The fat brother put the wine glass on the ground, tried to keep it steady, then rubbed his waist and said, "This is different from what I thought." You see, the bronze man outside took two things, one was a candle, which was already used, and the other was a wine bag. This sac is certainly not placed there for no reason, it must have a more important role. There was another wine glass, and I thought that if there was a wine glass, and if there was wine, it must be a toast to the dead, and as long as the toast was made, the owner of the tomb here would give us instructions when he saw that we respected her. Isn't it also painted in the mirror? It was indeed the cup that the owner of the tomb used to drink. ”
Fat brother's analysis is seamless, that's right, there is wine outside the door, and there is a wine glass in the door, then this wine and wine glass must be used together, but how to use it, it is worth scrutinizing, obviously Fat Brother's method does not work.
Jiang Rou carefully picked up the wine glass, asked Su Rina to shine the wine in the cup with a flashlight, looked at it, gasped and said: "Fortunately, you didn't drink it, this wine can't be drunk, there is mercury in it, this is a cup of poisonous wine, highly poisonous." ”
We all gathered around, and Jiang Rou guided us to observe the bottom of the cup.
The inner wall of the cup is silver, so the mercury sinks at the bottom of the glass, and it is not clear that there is wine on the upper layer, but after being reminded, you can see that there is indeed mercury in it. Because it is more specific than the drink, it is all at the bottom of the glass.
Surina nodded and said, "It seems that our eyes have deceived us, this is not a silver cup in itself, perhaps the tomb owner was a gold cup during his lifetime, and after his death, in order to hide the mercury in the wine, a layer of silver was added to the inner wall. ”
Yan Qiu said: "Maybe it's not good, the wine utensils made of gold are not good, and it is not beneficial to human health, and the inner wall of this cup is very likely to be silver, so it is just used for this." ”
I had a more literary idea, and said to everyone: "I think it may be more dramatic, maybe this is a woman of status, such as the concubine of a certain emperor, the queen of a certain dynasty." She was given death, but because she was so beautiful in life, her men wanted her to die a beautiful and painless death. So he made it especially for her, or rather found such a cup, and put mercury in the wine, and possibly other poisons, for the woman to drink. Before drinking, he also asked the painter to retain her last beauty, which is what she looks like in the bronze mirror. ”
"What's going on in your head? When did it become so sissy? I like straight guys. Surina laughed at me.
I immediately went to argue with her and said to her, "You don't have to like it, you don't like it." After that, he handed Yan Qiu an ambiguous look.
Unexpectedly, Yan Qiu also said: "I also like straight ones." The expression was still so innocent.
I didn't take a breath, and I choked and coughed.
Yan Qiu saw that he had tricked me, and came to comfort me with a smile and said: "But what you said is not unreasonable, in ancient times, if it grew like this, it would be regarded as a country and a city, how could it not be noticed by the emperor and generals?" And another point, based on the scale of the buildings we have walked, this is the main burial chamber is a bit far-fetched, maybe she is a burial companion, and the real owner of the tomb may be a certain king. As the king's beloved woman, she will definitely not be strangled for a funeral, maybe the king is dead, and she was poured poisoned wine as a companion. ”
Hearing Yanqiu say this, I squinted Su Rina with my eyes, indicating that I had moved back.
After a few words, Jiang Rou had already climbed onto the coffin and shouted to me on it: "Zhanxiao, hand me the wine glass." ”
I picked up the wine glass that Jiang Rou had put on the ground, walked over with everyone, and after handing the wine glass to Jiang Rou, I also climbed up the coffin to see what Jiang Rou was going to do.
Everyone also lay their upper bodies on the lid of the coffin, watching Jiang Rou's every move.
Jiang Rou knelt there, holding the wine glass in both hands, and took it to the bronze mirror.
When the glass was close to the bronze mirror, the woman in the bronze mirror actually moved.
When I looked closely, it wasn't that the person in the painting had moved, but that the woman's face had turned red.