An eyeball!

It was still a human eyeball, with black pupils, covered with red bloodshots, looking at Xu Tianchuan directly, with cold and indifferent eyes.

"Shopkeeper Xu......"

At the same time, Jiao San and Xing Chang also saw this eyeball in the bronze curtain, and immediately screamed, and cold sweat flowed directly down the pores of their bodies.

The atmosphere in this burial vessel was originally very treacherous, and when I suddenly saw this scene, even Jiao San, who was crawling in the pile of dead people, almost reached the limit of the bearability in his heart.

But then, the eyeball in the bronze skull quickly decayed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally turned into a pool of black, viscous putt, mixed with milky white slime.

"Don't panic!"

Xu Tianchuan settled down, and seemed to have thought of something in his heart, and immediately reached out again to clean up all the milky white mucus in the bronze skull.

Sure enough, this eyeball is only part of it.

It's a part of a skull.

Underneath the milky white mucus was a whole severed skull that had been placed inside the bronze skull!

And this head is also not the slightest bit corrupted, it is as if it has just been cut off and put in, and its face is stained with coagulated red blood, but it is basically recognizable, it should be a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, so good that even the skin on her face still looks tender.

But the scene didn't stop for long, and when exposed to the air, the head inside the bronze skull began to decay rapidly.

To be precise, it should be oxidation.

Like the newly unearthed antique, it only took a few seconds for the skull inside the bronze to quickly decompose into a pool of black blood, until at last only a skull stained with black rotten water remained, filling the air with a pungent smell of corpse decay.

"Uncle, this white mucus should have an antiseptic effect!"

Xing Chang looked at the scene inside the bronze and said in surprise.

Xu Tianchuan nodded, what Xing Chang said was right, and it was still a strong antiseptic effect, better than preservatives.

"Shopkeeper Xu, what does it mean that this head is placed in the Dingli?"

Jiao San asked curiously.

Xu Tianchuan shook his head and said with a determined face: "To be precise, this is not Ding, but Gui, that is, the guy used by the ancients to eat." ”

Although the bronze vessel is very large, it is not quite consistent with the ancient Gui, but no matter from the above ornamentation and shape, Xu Tianchuan still firmly believes that this is indeed a Gui, but the real role is not used to serve meals, but specially used for sacrifices.

"This is a sacrificial gui used in ancient times, and there is a human head in it, which means that it is for the sacrificial gods to eat!"

Xu Tianchuan explained with a serious expression.

As I said before, as a slave Shang Dynasty society, it was a very normal thing to sacrifice a living person.

But the sacrificial utensils generally appear in special sacrificial places, similar to the sacrificial table, but why do they appear here?

Who is that sacrifice?

The answer to this should be found elsewhere in this coverage.

"Everyone be careful, there may be zongzi here."

Xu Tianchuan turned around and walked away, and at the same time deliberately reminded Jiao San and Xing Chang.

This milky mucus is a strong antiseptic.

According to Xu Tianchuan's rich professional experience, since this milky white mucus has strong antiseptic properties, the possibility of zongzi must not be ruled out.

"Zongzi?"

Hearing Xu Tianchuan's reminder, Jiao San, who was already a little nervous, had pores all over his body blown up, but he emboldened himself again, and laughed loudly at Xu Tianchuan: "Shopkeeper Xu, as long as you are here, what are you afraid of, you can pinch and pop the zongzi with one hand......"

Xu Tianchuan glanced at Jiao San, this thing is now holding himself up, and there is no step to go down at all.

"Don't talk about these useless things, watch your step!"

Xu Tianchuan reminded again, and at the same time took a few big strides forward, and walked to another thing with a thick layer of milky white mucus attached to its surface.

Because the milky white mucus is so light-resistant and covering, it is impossible to see from the surface at all, and I can't guess what is covered underneath.

It's like opening a blind box, but it's definitely much more exciting than opening a blind box.

In order to improve efficiency, Jiao San and Xing Chang also joined in, and they didn't use any tools, they directly picked off the milky white mucus covered by the surface of these things around them with their bare hands, and went to see what was going on.

To Xu Tianchuan's surprise, these 'things' covered by milky white mucus were all people!

No, to be precise, they should all be sacrifices, and most of them died in different ways, they were tied to various torture instruments, and there were many ways to die, and some were hung by the same chains around their necks, and they were directly hanged alive.

Some were tied to copper pillars and disemboweled, while others were castrated, their hands and feet cut off, and their tongues cut off.

As long as it is exposed to the air, it will quickly decompose into a puddle of corpse water.

This is simply the annihilation of humanity.

No! It's simply inhumane.

"Shopkeeper Xu, this ...... The owner of this ancient tomb is simply cruel and evil, right? ”

Looking at the sacrificers pulled out of the milky white mucus one by one, Jiao San's expression gradually became a little panicked and uneasy.

Anyway, Jiao San had never experienced such a terrifying ancient tomb.

Xu Tianchuan shook his head very calmly: "It's not cruel, this is the most real history." ”

"Uncle is right."

The Xing Chang next to him nodded in agreement, and looked at Jiao San and said: "In the ancient book "Book of Rites", it is recorded that the Shang Dynasty was a religious society, mainly worshipping ancestors and ghosts, these sacrifices were mainly to please their ancestors and gods, and sacrifices were also the most important part of their lives. It's not that businessmen don't respect life, it's that they never feel it. ”

"Xiao Changzi is right."

Xu Tianchuan nodded after taking Xing Chang's words, and said: "It's not that businessmen don't respect life, but they have never felt that slaves and captives are life, and they take killing them for granted, just like eating and sleeping, it is an extremely normal thing." It's like stepping on an ant when we walk, and we certainly don't feel sad or disrespectful to life. ”

These are recorded in many ancient books, even in oracle bone inscriptions.

Interestingly, in the oracle bone inscription, although the word 'kill' also appears.

However, in the unearthed Shang Dynasty divination, killing slaves and sacrificing is not called 'killing', but 'using'!

From this point on, it is very scary to think about it, and at that time, killing slaves and captives for sacrifice was as common as using a thing.

In the Shang Dynasty, most of the people sacrificed were Qiang people.

In the Shang Dynasty, the Qiang people were synonymous with 'tragedy', which can be seen from the unearthed oracle bone inscriptions, which have many variants of the word 'Qiang' in the Shang Dynasty oracle bone inscriptions, such as adding the 'hand' character to the neck, which represents the capture of the Qiang people.

Tie stone locks to your feet.

What's even more terrifying is to add the word 'fire' next to it, which represents the fire roasting the Qiang people!

It was not until after the Shang Dynasty that this variant character completely disappeared, and in addition, King Wu was defeated, and the Qiang people were the hardcore alliance of King Wu, and the most staunch supporters of the Shang Dynasty, there was no one......

"If my guess is correct, these sacrifices should all be Qiang!"

Xu Tianchuan took out an oracle bone inscription from a bronze tripod, which looked like it should be a cow fan bone, and it was densely covered with oracle bone inscriptions.

When I first picked it up, the cow fan bone was still intact.

However, when it comes into contact with air, it is rapidly oxidized, and when it is oxidized to a certain extent, the whole bone has completely turned black.

This is a big clue about this ancient tomb and this burial tool.

Xu Tianchuan hurriedly took out the kettle from the system space, and a blue and white porcelain bowl, filled the blue and white porcelain bowl with water, and soaked this piece of oracle bone inscription in water.

Avoid contact with air, which can degrade the rate of oxidation.

"Uncle, what's written on this?"

Xing Chang immediately leaned over and asked curiously.

At the same time, Jiao San also looked curious and shone the pillar of light of the miner's lamp on the oracle bone that was soaked in water.

Although there was a certain degree of oxidation, and the handwriting on it became blurred, fortunately, Xu Tianchuan's remedy was more timely, and if you looked carefully, you could still see the handwriting.

The so-called divination is the ancient people's record on the bones or turtle shells about the things asked by divination, and the name of the diviner.

Yin people and merchants attached great importance to divination, and even a small matter, or when it rained or when the wind rose, it was necessary to perform divination.

Xu Tianchuan illuminated the divination with the miner's lamp in his hand, and looked at it seriously for a long time without blinking his eyes.

The divination on this bone uses a lot of special-shaped characters, and there are no less than ten ways to write the word 'Qiang' alone.

This is also in response to Xu Tianchuan's words just now.

These sacrifices were all Qiang people who were captured by merchants, and every time a heteromorphic word about 'Qiang' appeared on the divination, it represented a sacrificial technique.

As for the content of the sacrifice, it is related.

After Xu Tianchuan read it roughly, the expression on his face was a little solemn, and he fell into deep thought.

"Shopkeeper Xu, what's wrong? Can't read the words on it...... Still is...... Can't read it? ”

Seeing that Xu Tianchuan suddenly fell into a short period of contemplation, and his expression was solemn.

This made Jiao San really can't help but cautiously ask.

Xu Tianchuan reacted from his contemplation at this time, his eyes once again stared at the divination soaked in the water, and said: "Judging from the oracle bone inscription on this divination, this sacrifice is mainly for divination!" ”

When merchants are divining, they first have to carry out a sacrificial activity, mainly to sacrifice to ancestors and gods, ask for help, and make divination more effective.

And the cruel sacrificial scene around this is also arranged for a divination.

"So, is there any record of what the merchant was divining about? For example, is it divination when it rains, or when the wind blows? ”

Xing Chang continued to look at Xu Tianchuan impatiently and asked.

Xu Tianchuan turned his head to look directly at Xing Chang with a curious face and shook his head, his expression was still solemn, his frowning brows never relaxed, and he said: "They are divining not when it rains, let alone when the wind will rise, but when we will come here!" ”

Xu Tianchuan especially accentuated the tone of the last sentence.

Jiao San and Xing Chang listened to Xu Tianchuan's words, and subconsciously stunned for a moment, and for a while they were a little confused and didn't understand what Xu Tianchuan meant.

What is the time when 'we' will be here?

Who is this 'we' referring to?

After being stunned for a few seconds, Jiao San and Xing Chang slowly reacted from their confusion.

"Uncle, what do you mean by this......"

Xing Chang deliberately pointed at himself, and then pointed at Jiao San and Xu Tianchuan: "Do you mean the three of us?" ”

Xu Tianchuan took a deep breath, and said with an extremely determined expression: "Yes, it's the three of us!" ”

While speaking, Xu Tianchuan deliberately pointed to three of the words on the nail bone inscription: "Punishment, three, heaven, the three words on this refer to us!" The owner of this ancient tomb knew more than 3,000 years ago that the three of us would be here."

Yes? Yes?

As soon as Jiao San and Xing Chang heard Xu Tianchuan's words, their whole people instantly became completely and completely uncalm.

If it weren't for the milky white mucus under your feet, you might have jumped up directly.

More than 3,000 years ago, the oracle bone inscription actually appeared on it, and his name actually appeared on it?

And you knew you were going to be here more than 3,000 years ago?

That's an exaggeration, isn't it?

This high priest of the Shang Dynasty can calculate what will happen three thousand years later, is it really an immortal of the unpredictable prophet?

Looking at the two people who were surprised to exaggerate their expressions, Xu Tianchuan also subconsciously took a deep breath, in fact, Xu Tianchuan was also very surprised when he saw the divination words on this oracle bone, but the fact was so in front of him.

After a pause in the middle, Xu Tianchuan continued: "Do you remember the record on the Heavenly Order? King Wu fell, and before the high priest could gain eternal life for the king of Shang through sacrifice, the king of Shang was defeated by King Wu in advance, and then the high priest was here and built a tomb for himself, but although he built a tomb for himself, he did not say that he was dead! Or maybe it's really for some purpose, waiting for someone to come! ”

No wonder!

No wonder Xu Tianchuan always felt that there was a force calling him from the moment he entered this cave, pushing him behind his back to come here.

"Shopkeeper Xu, what are you talking about...... It's too ...... It's a bit mysterious, isn't it? Is there really an unpredictable prophet in the world, the ability to predict the future? And are you sure we're going to be here?

Jiao Sanshen frowned, feeling that what Xu Tianchuan said was mysterious and mysterious.

Immediately afterwards, Jiao San frowned and asked: "Shopkeeper Xu, if this high priest can really calculate that we will come here, and the ability to divinate the future is really so strong, then why do you want to make this sacrifice, when will we come for divination?" That doesn't make sense, does it? ”