Chapter 109: Bones in the Coffin

Zhang Fatzi was stunned for a moment: "Am I wrong? So this is not actually an empty coffin?"

Sun Lao Er smiled mysteriously and said, "Yes or no, why don't you go and see for yourself?"

When Zhang Fatzi heard this, he hesitated for a moment before he stepped forward and stroked the copper coffin, but he was surprised to find that the lid of the copper coffin was not tightly closed, as if it had been opened before!

He glanced at Sun Lao Er with a shocked look, but the old man nodded at him with a smile and motioned for him to open it and take a look.

Zhang Fatzi pushed hard, and the lid of the copper coffin flipped open, revealing the scene in the coffin.

Under the bright lights of the hall, there was a dried skeleton lying in the bronze coffin, wearing a gorgeous robe woven of gold silk, which had not been damaged at all for thousands of years.

It seems that the identity of the person in the coffin must be extraordinary, could it be that this is the ancestral dragon first emperor who annexed the six countries and unified the world?

Zhang Fatzi was stunned.

Everyone also gathered around, pointing at the bones in the coffin, amazed, except for one person, this person was Ye Feng.

In fact, Ye Feng didn't care about whether there were really the bones of the First Emperor in the bronze coffin, and he wasn't even interested in this bronze coffin, or even the gold and silver treasures buried in the hall here.

There is only one thing he is really interested in, and that is the real purpose for them to enter this Qin Emperor's Mausoleum Underground Palace regardless of the danger, Huaxia Jiuding.

According to the Shaolin Temple Condensation Reform, there is a secret to finding the ancient treasure hidden on the Jiuding, and the ancient treasure is closely related to the green dragon pattern on his back.

If you want to unlock the secret of this Blue Dragon Pattern, you must find this treasure.

Therefore, since he stepped into this underground palace, he has been searching, but the furnishings in it can be seen at a glance, there is no trace of Jiuding at all, and there is not even a thing that looks like Jiuding.

Ye Feng felt very disappointed.

Could it be that the master of Ning Ran changed his mistake? In fact, Jiuding was not collected in the underground palace of the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum?

Ye Feng didn't know that his mind was in chaos, and he didn't have the slightest interest in the bones in the bronze coffin.

Seeing that everyone was gathered in front of the bronze coffin and looked at the bones in it in a daze, Sun Lao Er suddenly smiled and asked very strangely: "Do you think that this person lying here is the First Emperor himself?"

Zhang Fatzi raised his head in horror and asked in surprise, "Isn't this person the First Emperor?"

Sun Lao Er smiled mysteriously and asked, "According to the history books, what does the First Emperor look like?"

Zhang Fatzi was stunned for a moment, and replied: "Taishi Gong has a record in the historical records that the first emperor and his people, bee quasi, long eyes, beloved birds, jackals, little grace and tiger wolf heart, living in the covenant is easy to be out of people, and the ambition is also light on people. ”

Seeing that everyone didn't quite understand, he explained: "Combined with some of his previous records about the first emperor's childhood experience, this record means that the first emperor is actually a person with a collapsed nose, protruding eyes, chicken breasts, short and mutated body, and suffering from diseases such as asthma. His character is also mean and brutal, he can be polite and virtuous in times of trouble, and once he gets his will, he will reveal his true nature, and he doesn't take other people's lives and deaths seriously. ”

This description is consistent with the brutal behavior of the first emperor that has been handed down, so everyone thinks that what Zhang Fatzi said should be the truth.

However, at this time, Sun Lao Er shook his head and said, "No, no. ”

Zhang Fatzi asked, "What's wrong?"

Sun Lao Er said: "But in the many historical records handed down from the Western Han Dynasty, the First Emperor is a completely different face. In the "Taiping Yulan" of the Northern Song Dynasty in later generations, it was said that he had a tiger's mouth, sun angles, big eyes, rhinoplasty, eight feet six inches long, and seven measurements. is clearly a burly and majestic-looking hero

people. ”

Zhang Fatzi was stunned, he had also read this record, but most historians were more willing to believe in Taishi Gong's record in the "Historical Records", and regarded other records as wild historical legends.

Sun Lao Er looked at Zhang Fatzi and seemed to be a little unconvinced, and said: "In fact, what is the height and appearance of the first emperor, it can also be circumstantially evidenced from other records. Do you remember the most famous record of Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin?"

Zhang Fatzi nodded again and again and said: "Of course I remember, from the record in the "Warring States Policy", it is said that there is a chivalrous man named Jing Ke, excellent swordsmanship, generous and chivalrous, when he traveled to Yan Kingdom, he was admired by Dan, the prince of Yan Kingdom, and was regarded as a guest. ”

At that time, the Qin State had already destroyed the Zhao State, and the soldiers pointed directly at the Yan State, and the prince Dan was frightened and asked for advice from Jing Ke. Jing Ke was moved by the courtesy of Prince Dan, so he proposed that he take the head of Fan Yuzhi, a rebel general of Qin, to assassinate the king of Qin. ”

For his plan, Fan Yuzhi raised his sword and killed himself, sacrificing his head, and Prince Dan bought the dagger of Mrs. Xu, the sword-casting master of Zhao State, with a lot of money, and smeared it with the poison that sealed his throat with blood. At that time, there was a warrior in the Yan Kingdom, who dared to kill people at the age of thirteen, and was strong in martial arts, called Qin Wuyang, who was assigned to Jing Ke as an assistant. ”

Everything was ready, so Prince Dan took everyone to see off Jing Ke on the bank of the Yishui River, and his friend Gao gradually left to build it, Jing Ke sang sadly: The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man is gone! ”

After arriving in the Qin State, Jing Ke lied that he was an envoy sent by the Yan State to ask for surrender and asked to see the King of Qin. The king of Qin was very happy to learn that he had brought Fan Yuzhi's head, so he received him. Jing Ke hid the dagger in the map of Yan Kingdom, held it by Qin Wuyang, and went to the hall together. ”

Who knew that Qin Wuyang hadn't come to the palace yet, and when he saw King Qin from a distance, his face changed abruptly, and his whole body trembled with fear, which made everyone feel very strange. Jing Ke was very calm and prevaricated on the grounds that the rough people in the northern barbarian land had no knowledge. ”

"King Qin saw Fan Yuzhi's head, believed Jing Ke, and asked him to show himself the map of Yan Kingdom. As the map unfolded, Jing Ke grabbed the dagger and grabbed the sleeve of King Qin with one hand, and was about to assassinate King Qin. ”

King Qin jumped up in shock, broke his sleeves, and wanted to draw his sword but because the sword was too long, he couldn't pull it out for a while. Jing Ke chased after the King of Qin with a dagger, but the King of Qin could only run around the pillar and failed to pull out his sword after a few blows. ”

According to the laws of the Qin State, no one in the palace is allowed to carry weapons, and the guards with weapons are all far away outside the palace. In desperation, the ministers had no choice but to fight Jing Ke with their bare hands, and one of the medical officers even threw with the medicine bag he carried with him. ”

At this tense moment, a minister shouted, reminding King Qin, King Qin pushed the long sword behind his back before pulling out the long sword, and cut off Jing Ke's leg with one sword, and then attacked continuously, Jing Ke was seriously injured in eight places and fell to the ground. ”

He knew that the defeat was decided, so he threw the dagger in his hand at King Qin, but he didn't hit it, but only hit the copper pillar on the side, and the dagger was inserted into the column. Jing Ke sighed and said, The reason why I failed is because I want to capture you alive, so as to coerce you into signing a contract to return the land of the princes! After saying that, he was hacked to death by the guards who rushed to the palace. And the king of Qin was dizzy for a long time. ”

The story of Jing Ke's assassination of King Qin has long been spread all over the world, and everyone is already familiar with it, but at this time, when it comes out of Zhang Fatzi's mouth, it still makes everyone feel thrilling and enthusiastic.

Sun Lao Er opened his mouth at this time and said: "The little fat man said it well, it's really hard for you to remember the details so clearly, but it is from this record that you can deduce what the height and appearance of the First Emperor are." ”

Zhang Fatzi's face turned pale and said, "I want to hear it in detail." ”

Sun Lao Er said: "First of all, the first question is, as Jing Ke's assistant, Qin Wuyang dared to kill people at the age of thirteen, his courage is not small, and his martial arts are strong, if King Qin, that is, the later First Emperor, is really as depicted by Taishi Gong as a short, ugly, and deeply disabled person with chicken breasts, how could he see King Qin from a distance and be abnormal, and tremble with fear?"

Fat Zhang shook his head, he couldn't answer.

Sun Lao Er smiled and said: "However, if according to other historical records, King Qin is a tall and burly, heroic and extraordinary figure, it is not difficult to explain, it is precisely because of the majesty and imperial aura on his body that Qin Wuyang was shocked, which made him panic and fearful. Therefore, it can be inferred that the First Emperor himself could never have been a short and ugly figure. ”

Fat Zhang nodded, for this, he was irrefutable.

Sun Lao Er then said: "The second question, this record of the Warring States Policy mentions that King Qin was panicked because the sword he was wearing was too long and could not be pulled out for a while. According to other historical sources, the sword worn by the King of Qin was nearly seven feet long. So the question is, if King Qin is really short in stature, how can he wear such a long sword?"

"A small man with a sword taller than him pinned to his waist, this image is ridiculous when you think about it. Is it possible? Therefore, I think that the account of the first emperor in the Taiping Yulan about the length of eight feet six inches, the size of seven inches, and such a burly figure with a tiger's back is still more credible. Only with such a figure can he control a seven-foot-long sword. ”

Sun Lao Er glanced at the silent crowd, and then said: "The last suspicion is on Jing Ke's body. Jing Ke is known as a swordsman, he was a famous chivalrous warrior at that time, he could kill people even at the age of thirteen, and Qin Wuyang, who was strong in martial arts, could only be an assistant for him, and his high martial arts could be seen from this. ”

After Qin Wuyang was uncharacteristically panicked after going to the hall, he was not affected at all and dealt with it calmly, which showed that he was extremely calm and must have the experience of assassinating others. And Prince Dan for this trip, specially bought a dagger from the famous craftsman Mrs. Xu, judging from the fact that Jing Ke threw the dagger and inserted it into the copper pillar, this must be a sharp knife that sharpens iron like clay, and it has also been quenched with the poison of blood and throat. ”

"A killer with strong martial arts, rich experience and a cool mind, and still holding a treasure knife, actually failed to assassinate King Qin, but was cut off by King Qin with a long sword and a sword, and later was attacked by King Qin in a row, and was cut in as many as eight places, is this reasonable?"

After a pause, Sun Lao Er said again: "Therefore, we have every reason to believe that King Qin is not only not a short, ugly and disabled person in Taishi Gong's pen, but should be a tall and burly, powerful and powerful martial arts, at least a master of swordsmanship!"

After listening to Sun Laoer's words, everyone couldn't help but nod their heads, thinking that he was reasonable, if it weren't for this, he would never have succeeded in fighting back under Jing Ke's assassination, and the entire history of the world would be completely different.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Sun Lao Er pointed to the corpse in the bronze coffin and said, "Since the First Emperor was a tall and burly man with a length of eight feet and six inches, then this corpse must not be the First Emperor himself!"

After his reminder, everyone noticed that the bones in the bronze coffin, judging from the bones, were no more than six feet long, and according to the size of the bones, they should have been short and thin people before death.

Moreover, in addition to this gorgeous and precious gold silk robe, there is no object in the bronze coffin that marks the identity of the deceased emperor. This is really very different from the luxurious style of the First Emperor.

However, if the bones in the bronze coffin are not the First Emperor himself, then who is he?