Lantern Xiao suddenly made a sound, so frightened that I quickly retracted my hand. I looked at Lantern Xiao in surprise, not knowing what the reason for his sudden call to stop was, "What's going on?" Why can't you move? ”

Lantern Xiao squatted down, looked carefully at the outside of the crockpot, and gently touched the lid of the crockpot.

I couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?" Is this thing dangerous? What the hell is this? ”

Lantern Xiao stared at the two jars and said, "This jar itself is not dangerous, but the contents inside are not ordinary." ”

"What's inside?" Kong Xue asked on the side.

"Dead man!"

"Dead people?" The first time I heard about burying the dead in clay pots.

Lantern Xiao nodded, "This burial method is called urn burial. Although very little is known, the history of urn burials is actually quite long, dating back to the Xia Dynasty or even earlier. In the past two years, I have been in the antiques business, and I have also been exposed to some of these strange and rare things. ”

"But..."Lantern Xiao frowned, thoughtful.

"But how?" I urged Lantern Xiao to continue.

Lantern Xiao continued: "However, I said that most of the urn burials I have heard of are children, generally speaking, only children who die will be buried in urns, and there will be a small hole in the lid of this urn coffin, one is because the medical level was low at that time, and the child will have a kind of suspended animation, and a ventilation hole will be punched in the lid of the urn coffin, and the adults hope that the child can get back to life." The second reason is that people believe that the child is still young and the soul is relatively weak, and it is difficult to get out of the ascension to heaven by directly burying his soul, so a small hole is left in Wengai for the soul to enter and exit. ”

I listened and nodded, I really admired the Lantern Festival, the antique business in the past two years has really not been done in vain, and I know a lot about this matter. "But when I hear you say that, it doesn't seem to be much of a danger, why don't you let it be touched?"

Lan Xiao pointed to these two crockpots and said: "The problem is that the size of these two crockpots is too big for children, and I think these two crockpots, or urn coffins, are not prepared for children who die at all." I'm afraid it's an adult buried here! If you're an adult, it's a different story. ”

I asked suspiciously, "What's the difference?" ”

Lantern Xiao said: "Adults generally carry out burials, there are cliff burials in the southwest, there are sky burials in Tibet, and even in some places there are still tank burials. Although the methods are different, they are all out of respect or reverence for the deceased, but in ancient times, it was not so simple to bury adults in urns. You see, even if this urn is large, it is difficult to fit an adult. In ancient times, except for special circumstances, a large part of urn burials were bent knee burials, that is, the lower limbs of the deceased were smashed and broken, so that the deceased was in a kneeling posture in the urn coffin. In ancient times, it was generally the sinners who made mistakes, or those who were considered unlucky, who would use this extreme method, and some of them would even be filled with lime. ”

Lantern Xiao paused and continued, "Therefore, the things in here may be quite dangerous. I once heard my dad tell me something..."

The incident that Lantern Festival told us happened more than 30 years ago. Speaking of the Tang family, several generations have been in the antique business, and Lantern Xiao's grandfather was no exception, taking over the family business before the age of forty. At that time, some people who were engaged in the antique business would go to rob tombs, which was a secret for a long time. Therefore, Lantern Xiao's grandfather often goes to the tomb to steal the artifact, and sometimes takes Lantern Xiao's father with him. At that time, his father was only seventeen or eighteen years old, but he was also very experienced.

On that occasion, someone started a gang, which meant organizing people to go to the grave. Many good players were invited, of course, including the Tang family father and son. Lantern Xiao's father was very impressed by that time, because there was a dealer behind the scenes. This decision is not just anyone dare to do, the so-called decision, just before the tomb to name one of the artifact, this situation, generally the person who made the decision has already known the secrets of some ancient tombs, judged that something is in the tomb, only dare to do so, because this to give a very high amount of deposit, if the tomb is found that the thing is indeed not in the tomb, the deposit is paid! In general, this makes a decision, which means that the things in the tomb have a special meaning for the person who made the decision.

At that time, the tomb was a Warring States Imperial Mausoleum, which was not only grand in scale, but also valuable in terms of burial objects. Of course, the tomb is also full of dangers and dangers. This trip to the tomb was also one of the most dangerous experiences that Lantern Xiao's father had ever encountered in his life. The team was able to succeed at the cost of losing a few good players.

It was not until the end that the person who picked the head told the others that what the dealer behind the scenes had decided was neither gold and silver jewelry, nor bronze and jade, but an urn coffin. The dealer behind the scenes indicated that he wanted the whole urn coffin, and the price given was even more jaw-dropping.

Out of curiosity, the crowd opened the urn hall and found the body of a young woman inside.