Hearing Uncle Mei's voice, we followed the sound and saw that Uncle Mei was standing behind the skull of this dragon skeleton at this time, directly below the sternum.

In this place, a pile of dark black wood that had rotted badly was placed on the ground. The timbers had apparently been struck by the groundwater and were now scattered, but it was vaguely clear that they should have been neatly stacked before.

In the center of these timbers is a bronze bracket that, judging by its outline, is just right for a coffin.

But now that the coffin is gone, and the bronze bracket is empty, it is not difficult to guess that the coffin may have been washed away by the groundwater that suddenly poured into the main burial chamber.

We immediately walked over to the pile of timber and started a discussion.

Jiang Yongguang deduced after observing for a while: "Third Brother Mei is right, there should indeed be a coffin here before, if you guess correctly, the owner of this coffin is the owner of this mausoleum, and his identity is likely to be a certain generation of ancient Shu kings." ”

I couldn't help asking, "But didn't you just say that this mausoleum is not for people, but for dragons?" ”

Jiang Yongguang shook his head and said, "I thought this keel was real at that time, so I said that." Since this dragon bone is a bronze forgery, of course, this mausoleum cannot be the tomb of the ancient dragon, and according to my inference, this dragon skeleton is likely to be a tomb beast created for the tomb owner. ”

I have heard of tomb beasts, this is a very common kind of artifact in ancient tombs, it is said that the tombs of Chu during the Warring States period are the most common, these tomb beasts can be fierce beasts, myths and legends of creatures, can also be vicious-looking people.

But like the mausoleum in front of me, a dragon skeleton more than ten meters long was directly cast in bronze, which I never expected.

Xiao Liang couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "This King of Shu is really generous, he can actually create such a lifelike dragon skeleton to come out......"

Speaking of this, she used her brain again and guessed wildly:

"You say, could the tomb beast of the ancient Shu king be more than just a skeleton? I wonder if this dragon would have been more alive than it was when he was buried? Will it be covered in the fur of other beasts, or dyed with colorful paints to make it look like a living dragon? ”

Jiang Yongguang agreed with Xiao Liang's statement and nodded:

"I think you're right, the ancient Shu people may not use a cold skeleton to bury the king of Shu, this dragon must not be like this when it is buried, but it is more lifelike, but after thousands of years, the fur and ornaments covering its skeleton decay and disappear, and it only leaves a skeleton left......"

Listening to the discussion of these two people, I seemed to go back thousands of years in an instant, and I saw the picture of the completion of this mausoleum, as well as the lifelike dragon that shrouded the coffin of the tomb owner!

What kind of wise people can build such a magnificent underground mausoleum and cast such a shocking bronze dragon in such an ancient and long era!

Just as we were imagining the scene back then, Uncle Mei pointed to the pile of pitch-black wood and asked, "What are these woods for?" Could it be that the owner of the tomb still wanted to be cremated? The wood was used to burn his coffin? ”

Jiang Yongguang couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard this, shook his head and said:

"Third brother, you are really humorous, people at that time did not practice cremation. These timbers are also part of the coffin, in fact they are the 'coffins' of the coffins. ”

This can make Uncle Mei stunned, in fact, not only Uncle Mei, but even I am confused.

"Is this a coffin?" Uncle Mei asked with a glare.

"Yes."

Jiang Yongguang nodded and explained,

"Coffin coffin, coffin, although often said together, but coffin and coffin are actually separate. The coffin is used to directly hold the body, and the coffin is wrapped, which is used to wrap the coffin. ”

I knew that Jiang Yongguang was going to teach us uneducated people again, so I hurriedly listened attentively.

Jiang Yongguang said eloquently:

"After the primitive human beings died, they had neither coffins nor coffins, and they were directly rolled with straw mats and thrown in the wilderness. Later, human society gradually progressed, realizing that it was not very civilized to expose the corpse in the wilderness, and there was not enough respect for the dead, so the coffin was gradually invented, and the coffin was used to hold the corpse.

After another period of time, human society has a distinction between the noble and the lowly, and the people with noble status try their best to distinguish them from the lowly people, they not only enjoy different treatment when they are alive, but even if they die, they will die more dignified than others.

How can it be more decent? When others use coffins to store corpses, they have to go through an additional procedure, not only to use coffins to store corpses, but also to build a coffin shelf with precious wood on the outside of the coffin to protect the coffin. This shelf is the most primitive coffin. ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Yongguang raised his hand and pointed to the pile of wood in front of Uncle Mei, and said:

"These timbers are the oldest coffins. The coffin unearthed in the tomb of the Shang King in Yinxu is in this form, and the coffin is directly folded into a square or a wooden frame in the shape of a 'Ya' character with large wooden strips. ”

After Jiang Yongguang's popularization of science, we finally suddenly realized.

After Xiao Liang, an honor student, and other teachers finished speaking, he immediately took the initiative to ask a question: "When did the coffin evolve into the kind of big coffin that is set on the outside of the coffin?" ”

"Teacher Jiang" immediately replied:

"It started in the Zhou Dynasty. The "Book of Rites" stipulates that the coffin of the Son of Heaven should be divided into four layers, three layers for the princes, two layers for scholars and doctors, and one layer for the common people. At that time, the coffin had evolved into a large coffin set on the outside of the coffin, and the coffin of the Son of Heaven was a full four layers inside and out, and this ritual system has been used until modern times. ”

At this time, Uncle Mei asked in a deep voice:

"After talking for a long time, the pile on the ground is full of coffins, so where did the coffin go? What about the coffin of the tomb owner? ”

Jiang Yongguang speculated: "It may have been destroyed by the rats, or it may have been washed away by the groundwater." ”

Uncle Mei wondered, "Isn't it?" The coffins in the other tombs are all in good condition, why was the coffin of the owner of the tomb destroyed? The coffin of the owner of the tomb is not as strong as the coffin of the burial figurines? ”

Jiang Yongguang nodded and said, "You're really right." The coffin of the owner of the tomb is really not as strong as the coffin of the person accompanying the burial. Because in ancient times, only people of high status were worthy of wooden coffins, and people of low status could only use sarcophagi. ”

"There's such a thing!" Uncle Mei suddenly realized.

I also suddenly realized that the coffins in the other burial chambers were indeed sarcophagi, and it was only in the main burial chamber that I saw the wooden burial utensils.

"Then it seems that the coffin of the owner of the tomb must have been washed away by the groundwater." I reasoned, "After all, even if it is destroyed by a mouse, it can't leave no trace at all......

As a result, when I finished saying this, a chill suddenly ran in my heart!

Because I suddenly remembered the black coffin that emerged from the whirlpool of the undercurrent of the Tuojiang River that night!

And the strange black shadow that screamed out of that coffin!

Could it be that the coffin of the owner of the tomb?

The black shadow in the coffin is the owner of this mausoleum: the ancient Shu king?!