Chapter 53: Bronze hanging coffin with human face
Screams echoed repeatedly through the burial chamber.
This made everyone's hearts more tense, and the atmosphere became more treacherous and gloomy.
Xu Tianchuan was also wondering in his heart, why Jiao San shouted Leizi's name so many times just now, but he didn't get any response, and he didn't make a sound for help, and then suddenly there was such a hysterical howl.
"Leizi, what's going on?"
Jiao San suddenly shouted at the darkness in front of him, his anxious expression longing for a pair of see-through eyes to see what was going on in the dark.
But there was still no response.
Listening to the painful howl of Lei Zi in the darkness just now, eighty percent was the last scream.
Xu Tianchuan turned his head to look at Elder Jiechen at this time.
What about the ghosts he raised?
Elder Jiechen also read his thoughts from Xu Tianchuan's eyes, and at the same time, the expression on his face subconsciously changed, and he said, "There is a coffin in the middle of this tomb!" ”
"Master Dust, can you see the darkness in front of you?"
Jiao San asked in surprise.
Elder Absolute Dust shook his head: "No! I'll do it. ”
"Coffin? What kind of coffin? ”
Only Xu Tianchuan knew that Elder Jiechen could communicate with the ghosts he raised, and it was the female ghost in white who saw the coffin in the dark, and then told him through spiritual communication.
Elder Jiechen turned his head and looked directly at Xu Tianchuan, under the reflection of the firelight, Elder Jiechen's expression was solemn, his eyes were complicated, as if he didn't know whether to be happy or worried, and said: "It's a bronze hanging coffin, it's terrifying, it's very weird, I've never seen it before!" ”
Hiss......
Seeing Elder Juechen's solemn and complicated expression, Xu Tianchuan subconsciously gasped, and listening to Elder Juechen's tone, it was very unusual.
The word 'horror' was used to describe the coffin.
As the so-called 'coffin, bronze coffin; Eight characters are not hard, don't come closer'
In ancient times, coffins were generally used very carefully, and it was likely to be a large zongzi inside, so tomb robbers thought that bronze coffins were ominous signs, so there was such a sentence.
But even so, there is no need to scare Elder Jiechen like this, and he also uses the word horror, how to say that he is also the apprentice of the famous Zhang Sanlianzi, an old master with decades of experience in tomb robbing.
It seems that the bronze coffin placed in this burial chamber is indeed quite unusual!
Plus add to that the unusual death of Thunderson.
Even Xu Tianchuan was sweating in his heart by the tense atmosphere at this time.
"There is an everlasting light behind the Coiling Dragon Pillar!"
At this time, Elder Jiechen said again.
There is an ever-bright lamp, although it is all within Xu Tianchuan's expectations, but this is also good news.
The crowd groped their way forward.
Behind the dragon pillars on both sides, there are indeed ever-bright lampstands.
Jiao San took the kerosene pot over, but was surprised to find that there was still oil in the Changming lampstand, and there were a lot of them, all of which were white solid, like candles.
Jiao San didn't squeak, and directly took out the fire fold and lit the ever-bright lamp.
Although it has been a thousand years, the wick of the lantern is on fire, and the flame is still very large, and the fire is different from the dark blue.
Isn't the firelight dark green, why is it blue again?
Xu Tianchuan looked at the faint blue fire emitted by the everlasting lamp lit by Jiao San and felt very surprised, is this a marquee? A burial chamber with a different light color?
But I have to say that the flame of the everlasting light in this tomb is very high, and the dark green fire penetrates stronger in the dark than the previous green, especially under the reflection of the two everlasting lights on the left and right sides at the same time, the surrounding darkness is instantly broken.
At the edge of the darkness reflected by the faint blue firelight, Xu Tianchuan saw the outline of a huge coffin that Elder Jiechen had just used the word 'terrifying' to describe.
Although I only saw the outline of a coffin, this silhouette alone made Xu Tianchuan feel very spectacular! It is very large, and is still suspended in mid-air of the burial chamber.
No! How could such a large coffin be suspended in mid-air, no matter how mysterious it was, it would not be possible to be so mysterious.
There must have been iron chains hanging from this huge coffin, but because of the problem of sight, there was no iron chain hanging from the coffin.
There are two huge coiling dragon pillars not far in front, and there must be an ever-bright lampstand behind.
Before Xu Tianchuan could speak, Jiao San also realized this in his heart, and walked straight over carefully, directly holding the fire fold in his hand, and lit the ever-bright lamp behind the Coiling Dragon Pillar.
"Jiao San, you didn't add kerosene into it?"
This time, Xu Tianchuan saw the movement of Jiao San's light clearly, and immediately asked in surprise.
"That's right, there's a lot of oil left over from the ever-bright lamps here."
Jiao San looked back and nodded in response.
Is there any lamp oil left in the ever-bright lamp?
Xu Tianchuan subconsciously frowned, and immediately walked to the Changming lampstand, and sniffed carefully with the tip of his nose in front of him.
Except for the heat of the burning flames, there is no smell.
"Shopkeeper Xu, what are you smelling?"
Jiao San looked at Xu Tianchuan's demeanor and asked in some surprise.
The Peerless Elder on the side glanced at him and said coldly: "You are still the helmsman of the Luoyang Gang, in order to prevent tomb robbery, some tombs deliberately add psychedelic or toxic drugs to the lamp oil of the ever-bright lamp, as long as the lamp oil burns, the poisonous gas will be released into the tomb!" You don't even have this common sense, and you can still live until now! ”
"I ......"
Being stunned by Elder Jiechen's pause, Jiao San was powerless to refute, and thought that this was indeed the truth, so his expression couldn't help but become a little nervous.
"This lamp oil doesn't have any special smell and is not poisonous! The reason why it emits blue light may be because of the use of shark oil. ”
Xu Tianchuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, if the lamp oil is poisonous, it must smell.
This is explained in the book "The Secret Art of Yin and Yang Feng Shui", and there can be no mistake.
As for the 'shark', it does not refer to the legendary shark man, but a kind of shark in the sea, the oil extracted from it is used as fuel, very fire-resistant, and many ancient emperors' tombs in the eternal lamp are also used with similar shark oil, but the refining process is very cumbersome, has been lost so far, and it is said that this shark has long been extinct.
When everyone heard Xu Tianchuan's words, they also breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
At the same time, following Xu Tianchuan's gaze, he looked towards the bronze coffin hanging in the air in front of him.
Because he was one step closer, coupled with four ever-bright lights, he could see the bronze coffin in front of him more clearly this time.
Exactly as Xu Tianchuan imagined before, this huge bronze coffin was suspended in the air by four very thick iron chains, how thick were these four iron chains? Like a child's wrist, dark and shiny in the blue firelight, the other end of the iron chain was firmly fastened to each of the four dragon pillars.
In ancient burial customs, in some areas, coffins were placed in caves carved out of cliffs, commonly known as 'hanging coffins'.
The main purpose is to prevent the coffin from being in direct contact with the ground, play a certain moisture-proof role, and better preserve the corpse in the coffin, but more often use the coffin base, so it is suspended with iron chains, which is not very common and also requires great engineering.
Of course, it is not common to use bronze as a coffin.
Xu Tianchuan took another step closer, raised his head and looked at the bronze coffin carefully.
This bronze coffin is indeed very well preserved, without the slightest dampness, showing a dark red, without a trace of rust on it, and the four sides of the whole including the bottom are carved with extremely complex patterns.
As for the 'terrifying' that Elder Jiechen had said before, it should be the pattern carved on this bronze coffin.
I saw that each side of the bronze coffin in addition to the extremely complex pattern, but also carved in the middle of a human face, the four sides of the face of the face are different, and a little abstract, but the same is a hideous and fierce face, especially the eyes, glaring ahead, looking at each other, as if these eyes can see through their own mind.
"Tianchuan, your ability to identify is outstanding, all antiquities will not escape your discernment, can you understand, what does the pattern and face carved on this bronze coffin mean?"
Mo Chunlin cautiously asked Xu Tianchuan.
"This pattern has a very obvious post-Qin style totem ornamentation, as for this human face...... It should have something to do with the owner of this bronze coffin. ”
Xu Tianchuan also boldly guessed the 'posthumous image' in his heart, but he felt that it was a little flawed and one-sided, and it was just a simple guess, so he didn't say it.
If it is really 'posthumous images', then why are there four?
"Tomb owner? King of West Chufu? ”
Mo Chunlin's eyes widened, and he subconsciously followed behind.
"This is the main burial chamber? Hanging on it is the coffin of the tomb owner, King Xichufu? ”
Yang Zhenchuan also repeated at this time.
Xu Tianchuan shook his head, not negative, but uncertain.
Because a huge bronze coffin alone is not 100% sure that it is the main coffin of the main burial chamber.
It is very common for several coffins other than the owner of the tomb to be placed as burial coffins in the burial chamber at the same time.
And now the entire burial chamber is not completely clear, because the space is too large, there is still darkness outside the illumination range of the ever-bright lamp, and everything around can barely see the general outline.
Therefore, you can't make a rash conclusion, let alone open the coffin in a hurry!
Even if the coffin is opened, the premise is to first see the entire tomb and figure it out thoroughly.
"There are sixteen dragon pillars in this entire tomb, and behind each dragon pillar there is an ever-bright lampstand!"
Elder Jiechen had the same thoughts in his heart as Xu Tianchuan, so he opened his mouth at this time, and the reason why he said it so accurately must also be the credit of the female ghost's path-finding.
"Master Chen, your eye skills are really supernatural this day!"
Mo Junlin stepped forward and slapped his ass, eager to climb down and lick it twice.
Even Jiao San was a little unaccustomed to Mo Chulin's sycophancy, so he glanced at Mo Chulin with subtle eyes, and with three subordinates carrying kerosene lamps, they used fire folds to light up all the everlasting lamps behind the coiling dragon pillars in order.
"Jiao...... Jiao Sanye ......"
When the last everlasting lamp was lit, one of Jiao San's subordinates seemed to have discovered something, and instantly shouted in fright.
Xu Tianchuan immediately glared at him.
I saw that in the southeast corner, under the coiling dragon pillar fixed with iron chains, there was a large pool of blood.
There was a corpse lying in the middle of this pool of blood, it was none other than the missing Leizi, who was already dead at this time, and he died very miserably.
Vomit......
Seeing the scene in front of him, Mo Junlin, who had just finished filming his fart, instantly retched to his stomach, and the last trace of strength in his heart completely collapsed.