That evening, at half past eight after dinner.

In a workshop of the Jingzhou Institute of Archaeology.

More than 20 staff members of the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, wearing white coats, dustproof clothing, and medical masks, surrounded the coffin in the center of the workshop inside and out.

The night is dark and windy, and it is the most suitable for opening the coffin.

The humidity and temperature of the air during this time period are relatively close to the environment when the coffin is underground.

It's a bit scary to do this kind of coffin opening thing at night.

However, a large number of people can be courageous, and the entire archaeological team of more than 20 people has all arrived, and the shadows have also diluted some of the suspenseful and frightening atmosphere.

After everything was ready, everyone looked at each other a few times, and Professor Li looked at Kong Jianwen: "That... Start opening the coffin? ”

"Open the coffin!" Kong Jianwen nodded solemnly.

Immediately, several big men in the house took two steps forward and began to disassemble the linen wrapped around the inner coffin.

This inner coffin is in the shape of a rectangular box, which has been measured in advance, and is 2.23 meters long from east to west, 0.71 meters wide from north to south, and 0.76 meters high.

Although it is the innermost inner coffin containing the bones, it is not small at all.

With such a large inner coffin, everyone is still looking forward to the funeral goods inside.

Layer upon layer, layer upon layer.

There was more sackcloth wrapped around the coffin than expected!

At first, everyone thought it was just one layer.

But in fact, this demolition took more than half an hour, and a total of three pieces of linen were removed, and six layers of linen cloth were removed, revealing the tightly wrapped coffin inside.

"It's the same as the outer coffin, but the body of the coffin is covered with black paint, and I don't know if it's the same inside."

Kong Jianwen crossed his hands on his hips, carefully observed the inner coffin, and found that after the linen cloth was removed, there was no water leakage, and his mood was immediately raised.

In the case that both the coffin and the outer coffin are filled with stagnant water, the inner coffin actually has no water leakage, which shows that the inner coffin is very closed!

Otherwise, if there is a little crevice, there will be stagnant water seeping out.

"It seems that our luck is very good, the outer coffin is so poorly sealed, and the inner coffin can be preserved so well!"

Kong Jianwen rubbed his hands, a little excited.

With such a good Han Dynasty aristocratic coffin, he has never opened a few!

"Open the coffin! Move lightly! Kong Jianwen glanced at several senior researchers in the institute.

The people in the Qin and Han Research Laboratory under Professor Li immediately took out their tools and prepared to lift the coffin board.

Chen Han and Zhuang Yunpeng, who only have the right to visit and have no right to do it, also raised their necks, for fear of missing a trace of the details of opening the coffin.

"Head down! You're blocking my view! Lin Ya patted Zhuang Yunpeng, who was standing in front of her, very dissatisfied.

Although she has already opened the coffin once, Lin Ya will not get tired of this kind of tense and exciting thing at all.

She was even muttering, "It would be nice if I could open a wet corpse, and it would be even more wonderful if I could dissect it myself!" ”

These words sent chills down the back of Chen Han, who was standing in front.

"That, Senior Sister Lin, this is not our business scope."

"We are archaeologists, not forensic doctors, not doctors, and we can't do autopsies..."

"So I can only think about it." Lin Ya glanced at her mouth, and her expression was melancholy.

The corners of Chen Han's mouth twitched, and the corner of his eye just caught a glimpse of the movements of several senior researchers, and quickly changed the topic: "Eh... Look, it's time to open the coffin. ”

No one is in the mood to chat anymore.

More than 20 archaeologists at the scene all looked intently at the center.

I saw Ban Qifeng, a senior researcher in the Qin and Han Research Laboratory, holding a wooden board in his hand, and with the help of the other two, he pried open a thin crack in the corner of the coffin board.

Everyone's hearts were tensed.

Suddenly, without anyone being mentally prepared, a dark red liquid kept pouring out of that gap.

"it!"

"Blood, there is still blood!"

"It's been two thousand years, how can there still be blood!"

Everyone's heartbeat became very fast, including Kong Jianwen, everyone was startled and quickly took a few steps back.

Zhuang Yunpeng pulled Chen Han's arm and kept retreating, crying with a sad face while retreating, crying out without words: "There are ghosts!" ”

"There is a debtor and a debtor, even if the five doctors of the Western Han Dynasty want to revenge, they should find the leaders!!"

"I should have known that I should have stuffed a business card of Mr. Kong before opening the coffin!"

"If it's not enough, stuff another one of Professor Li's!"

"If you really can't do it, you can stuff one more director!"

"To be the director of the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Social Sciences, the eight characters must be hard enough!"

"It's a big deal, I'll go to the temple tomorrow to burn two sticks of incense for you, don't come to me at night!!"

was originally a terrifying atmosphere, but as soon as Zhuang Yunpeng's ridiculous words came out, they were immediately destroyed.

At this moment, Kong Jianwen didn't have the heart to think about it, what was the red liquid gushing out of the coffin?

The green tendons on his temples jumped violently, and he forced a smile to squeeze out a smile with anger: "Xiaozhuang, when did I print my business card, why don't I remember?" ”

Zhuang Yunpeng, who was nervous and scared and a little frightened, didn't notice anything wrong at all, and replied in a panic: "Ming'er, Ming'er, I'll print a copy for you!" ”

At this time, Kong Jianwen's anger was completely unbearable, his lips were trembling, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Zhuang Yunpeng angrily, and he couldn't say anything angry.

Chen Han really couldn't listen to it anymore, so he couldn't hold back a smile and grabbed Zhuang Yunpeng, and said to him in a good voice: "Senior Brother Zhuang." ”

"We are materialists who do archaeology!"

"How can there be ghosts in this world, don't scare yourself."

"Look!" Chen Han stretched out his finger and pointed to the crack of the coffin that was still emitting red liquid, crying and laughing: "That's just coffin liquid, not blood!" ”

"How can there still be blood in a coffin more than 2,000 years ago."

After a short period of panic and nervousness, everyone looked at it and could easily see that the red liquid rushing out of the coffin was not blood, but just a kind of red water.

Red water and blood are still very distinguishable.

is also the least courageous Zhuang Yunpeng, the six gods have no master at all in the mood to discern what the red liquid is, and the frightened soul is gone.

However, these red liquids are not harmless to humans and animals.

As the red liquid gushed out along the cracks of the coffin, a strange smell began to emanate from the entire workshop.

The smell is even more foul than the "mud" wrapped in bamboo slips that Chen Han saw in the Jingzhou Cultural Protection Center!

A few female comrades, even wearing masks to insulate odors, couldn't help it, and ran out of the door in three steps and two steps to retch.

Only Lin Ya's face was still as usual, and she couldn't hold back the smell.

"The closure of this coffin is very good, it has not penetrated through the air for two thousand years, so it will stink so soon as the coffin is opened!" Chen Han sighed.

The last time I opened the coffin of Tomb 105, there was basically no smell in it, only some smell similar to rotting earth, which was nothing compared to this time.

I couldn't stand the smell of it, so we had to go out for a while to breathe and increase the gas circulation system in the workshop.

Kong Jianwen also picked up Zhuang Yunpeng's ear and scolded him fiercely, dissipating his anger.

The opening of the coffin continued.

Although the inner coffin of Tomb M168 was buried earlier than Tomb 105, it is much better preserved than Tomb 105.

Under the protection of linen, the degree of decay of the coffin is not high, and it basically retains a good hardness.

After prying open the lid of the coffin, the two researchers of the Qin and Han Research Laboratory stood directly at the east and west ends of the coffin without the help of the guard plate, and lifted it forcefully, and the coffin board was easily lifted.

The others immediately rushed up, wanting to see the inside of the coffin for the first time.

But what is unexpected is that the people who rushed forward and saw the situation inside the coffin all seemed to have fallen into an ice cave, frozen there, motionless.

Seeing this, Chen Han, who was embarrassed to compete for a position with his predecessors, immediately came up with curiosity in his heart.

"What's wrong? What do you see? ”

"Let me be well!"

Chen Han squeezed forward nervously with some expectation, relying on his height advantage of 186, standing on tiptoe and looking into the coffin.

Then, his movements immediately froze.

An ancient corpse with red bodies, but clear eyebrows and eyes, and intact, occupied his entire pupil.

The ancient corpse grinned and showed a mouthful of big white teeth, which made Chen Han a little dizzy.

From this moment on, M-168, which was originally a very ordinary tomb of the nobles of the Western Han Dynasty, will no longer be ordinary.

Even, it will be a sensation in the world.