Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 282 "Biography of Mu Gong"! (4000)

Putting "Wooden Niu Liuma" aside for the time being, Wu Liang and the Tuan Army regrouped and continued to explore the tomb.

Apart from the "Eight Arrays" above, this mausoleum has no extra tomb passages, so there are no ear chambers worth exploring, and there are more niches placed in the walls on both sides.

Most of the alcoves are relatively ordinary funerary objects.

Pottery, bronze ware, and lacquered wood ware are all available, and they are quite reasonably classified according to different functions and materials.

Like daily practical utensils, items such as gui, li, pots, jars, and pots are usually placed in the same niche, and at most they are only distinguished according to size and specifications.

That alone fills up several niches.

Wu Liang looked at them one by one, and found that although there were some decorative patterns that were more commonly used in the Spring and Autumn Period on these things, there were no written records on them. For Wu Liang now, there are not many pictures for historical research, so there is no It caused Wu Liang too much attention.

As for those everyday copperware and lacquered woodware.

Wu Liang looked more carefully, in order to be able to find semi-automatic instruments like "Wooden Niu Liuma" from inside, so as to better understand and study the technological level and manufacturing process of the Spring and Autumn Period.

Unfortunately, like those pottery, Wu Liang didn't find anything worthy of attention from it.

"Aha-"

Everyone followed Wu Liang, showing great interest at first, but after a while, they began to look similar to the husbands who accompany their wives shopping in the later generations, yawning boredly one by one.

After all, Wu Liang had been looking at the things in these alcoves for an hour.

In their eyes, these things are nothing more than some worthless bottles and cans, and the level of fine workmanship is worse than those they usually see. It is really nothing to see.

"Old man, does brother Youcai look like this every time he enters the tomb?"

Having unlocked the "Kongming lock" before, Zhuge Liang has obtained the qualification to eat dry food, and at this moment he is talking to Yu Ji in a vague voice with a piece of cake in his mouth.

"if not?"

Yu Ji said without any surprise.

"I think, as tomb robbers, we should first find out the valuable gold and jade objects after entering the tomb. There is no need to waste energy on these messy things. After all, we are a professional tomb robber team. Brother Youcai's move is a bit strange. Feeling unprofessional.”

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment, tilted his head and said.

"You don't understand this, young master is not an ordinary tomb robber."

Yu Ji smiled, and pretended to be deep and said, "Just like your uncle, he robbed the tomb to find treasures of heaven and earth to save his life, so after entering the tomb, he will definitely look for treasures of heaven and earth first, and the young master seems to be looking for them too. Anything other than gold and jade, but the young master has never said it, and we have never asked about it."

"Why don't you ask?"

Zhuge Liang was a little puzzled.

"The young master is unpredictable. If we should know some things, he will tell us. If we should not know, why should we bother... You are still young, although you have some abilities, but the way of being a human being is not interesting. Knowing that some things don’t have to get to the bottom of it, you will understand later.”

After all, Yu Ji is a "master" who makes a living by fooling people, and Zhuge Liang was taken aback by a few words.

Zhuge Liang looked at him half-understood for a long time, and then asked a "question that doesn't have to get to the bottom of it": "What about the old man? Why did you come to rob the tomb?"

"You kid, you are really elm-headed, you can't even teach it!"

Yu Ji trembled his cheeks and almost laughed angrily, raised his hand and gave Zhuge Liang a chestnut, but he still shook his head and said, "This old man is a cultivator. How can the work of a cultivator be called a 'robbery'? This old man follows the son Going south and north is just to find the true meaning of Taoism, in order to seek the supreme Tao fruit hidden between heaven and earth."

"So... did the old man find it?"

Zhuge Liang asked again, blinking his eyes.

"Not yet, but the young master is the closest person to success that this old man has ever seen. There is a saying that 'one person can ascend to heaven'. If he finds the fruit of the Tao, it will also be of great benefit to this old man."

Yu Ji stroked his beard and said wisely.

"Then how many of them are there?"

Zhuge Liang pointed to Dian Wei, Bai Jingjing and Yang Wanli and asked.

"That strong man...as far as this old man knows, he is the kind who wants to eat meat and drink wine, so that he can keep his fill."

Yu Ji knew that Wu Liang wanted to accept Zhuge Liang, and also knew that Wu Liang had the ability to know people, so he already regarded Zhuge Liang as one of his own, and at the same time, in order to raise his own value, he didn't deliberately conceal it, and raised his eyebrows and smiled. Said, "That woman, because the young master took something from her house, she wanted to get it back, so she pestered the young master, but now she not only didn't ask for the thing back, she has already involved herself, a typical loss. Madam broke up again."

"There is also the sergeant holding the dog. His situation is a little more complicated...Let's put it this way, the old man suspects that he has a habit of cutting off his sleeves, and he has been coveting the old man for a long time. If the old man hadn't been strict in guarding against him, he might have already succeeded. So the old man thinks that he insisted on following the young master to the tomb for the purpose of getting close to the old man, but the old man has guarded his body like a jade for more than ninety years, and he will definitely not ruin his morality. If you have the opportunity in the future, persuade the old man to live well and teach him to die this heart."

"..."

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang's small mouth has grown into an "O" shape, and he forgot to chew the dry food in his mouth.

He has never seen such a chaotic relationship since he grew up, and he has never even heard of it, especially the relationship between Yang Wanli and Yu Ji... It's just chilling.

Is this a professional tomb raiding team?
Always feel something is wrong.

But speaking of it this way, Wu Liang seems to be even more powerful. Leading such a group of mobs without ideals and ambitions to do such a dangerous thing, and obeying his orders, is indeed not something ordinary people can do...

Just at this time.

Suddenly Wu Liang's surprised voice came from ahead: "Liannu! This is the legendary Liannu!"

Everyone hurriedly followed the prestige.

I saw that Wu Liang was already standing in front of a niche where weapons were placed.

In the alcove stood several bronze long swords, more than a dozen long daggers and halberds, besides some long bows and clusters of arrows bundled together.

But Wu Liang's attention was not on these weapons, but on a strange-shaped small object stored in a wooden box.

The small object was less than a foot long, with a handle similar to the handle of a walking stick at the front, a small rectangular box on the side, and a long T-shaped handle at the back.

Besides.

Above the front end of this small object, there is another... It looks like a small curved bow placed horizontally, but because of the age, the animal tendon bow string of the small curved bow has been rotted and broken, and it is too loose to bear strength.

Beside this small object, there are more than a dozen long metal needles.

These long needles are only about half a foot long, except that the head has been ground into a pointed point, and it is not clear what they are used for for the time being...

But Wu Liang knew very well that this thing was the legendary "Liannu"!
Although some details are slightly different, it is generally very similar to the "repeating crossbow" discovered by the archaeological world in later generations in the "Tomb of Chu of the Warring States Period at No. 47 Qinjiazui, Jingzhou".

Wu Liang carefully picked up the small object and examined it carefully.

This gadget is composed of two parts, the saber box and the body. The machine parts are made of metal, and the saber box is made of wood, rectangular in shape, and there are two semicircular launch holes on the lower edge of the front end.

In addition, the crossbow also has "teeth" for hooking strings, "Wangshan" for aiming, and "hanging knife" for triggering...

no doubt.

This is the same thing as the "Warring States Repeating Crossbow" unearthed in the later "Warring States Chu Tomb"!
"Crash--!"

Wu Liang shook it slightly again, and the rectangular wooden box placed on the upper part of the crossbow really heard the sound of some metal colliding with the wooden box. The special crossbow bolts in the shape of "long needles" were contained in it.

This gadget is small in shape and can be easily operated by one person. Its function is somewhat similar to the "semi-automatic pistol" of later generations.

However, these special crossbow arrows in the shape of "long needles" have no arrow feathers at the tail, so they are easy to flip in the air after being shot, so that the accuracy and range are relatively limited.

In addition, the manufacturing process is very cumbersome, and there is no way to mass-produce it.

therefore.

This level of "repeating crossbow" certainly cannot be used in large-scale wars like ordinary bows and arrows. At most, it can temporarily suppress or sneak attack the enemy in small-scale hand-to-hand combat.

Moreover, according to the analysis of the archaeological world in later generations, the original purpose of such "repeating crossbow" was actually mainly for the self-defense of princes and nobles.

It is also for this reason that the "repeating crossbow" is designed to be so small.

In this way, hiding in the relatively large robes of the ancients is more difficult to be found, and can have the effect of sneak attack, similar to the "sleeve arrow" often mentioned in martial arts novels.

With Wu Liang's discovery, there is no doubt that the archaeological record of the Celestial Dynasty has been refreshed.

Because with the unearthed "Warring States Repeating Crossbow", later archaeological circles generally believe that this semi-automatic repeating crossbow first appeared in the Warring States Period, but now Wu Liang can proudly and responsibly say: This matter has to go further. Count down hundreds of years, to the earlier Spring and Autumn Period, because according to the "History of Qi", the relocation of the Qiumu Cemetery happened in the Spring and Autumn Period!

Also.

Now Wu Liang has more reason to speculate that Zhuge Liang's "Zhuge Liannu" must have originated from this "repeating crossbow"!
Moreover, Zhuge Liang must have used his ingenuity to improve and innovate it to a certain extent, making the "Zhuge Liannu" have a greater range and better accuracy, otherwise it would be absolutely impossible to form the famous "Yuanrong Army" involved in a large-scale war.

Therefore, the matter of improvement should be handed over to Zhuge Liang.

But after discovering this "repeating crossbow", Wu Liang finally lost a layer of worry.

Before that, he was worried that there were organs related to this in the tomb, which might threaten their personal safety, but now it seems that it is unnecessary, whether it is the "repeating crossbow" or the bowstrings of those long bows have been seriously rotted , the tomb really used the "repeating crossbow" to set up some mechanisms, and it must have lost its effect long ago.

"A continuous crossbow?"

Hearing Wu Liang's words, when everyone couldn't immediately reflect the specific meaning of these two words just by pronunciation, Zhuge Liang came up eagerly and asked curiously, "Brother Youcai, do you mean this?" Is it the continuous-firing bow and crossbow recorded in "Mozi"?"

"Mozi" is the earliest document in which the word "Liannu" appears.

However, "Mozi" was also from the Warring States Period, and it was still hundreds of years later than the time when the Chumu Cemetery was moved.

After discovering the "Repeating Crossbow" here, Wu Liang even suspected that the "Repeating Crossbow of the Warring States Period" found in the "Tomb of Chu of the Warring States Period at No. 47 Qinjiazui, Jingzhou" was brought by the descendants of Duke Mu of Qiu or helped to make it.

Because after the descendants of Duke Mugong left Qi State, they went to Chu State...

"Exactly."

Wu Liang nodded, put the "Repeating Crossbow" back into the wooden box, then picked up the wooden box and handed it to Zhuge Liang, and said with a smile, "Brother Zhuge, this 'Repeating Crossbow' will be delivered to you." Here it is, you are responsible for repairing it, and by the way, see if there is anything that can be improved, it may become one of our most important self-defense weapons in the future."

Zhuge Liang didn't expect Wu Liang to be so generous. He was stunned for a moment when he took the wooden box, and then said with a surprised face: "Thank you, talented brother, I will definitely live up to your expectations!"

It can be seen that he also likes this kind of thing very much, just like the little boys in later generations like toy guns, he can't put it down.

……

With this discovery, Wu Liang was determined.

There is a saying in the official history: "Liang is good at ingenuity, the gains and losses are continuous, the wooden cows and the horses, all come out of the intention; deduce the Qiu method, make the eight formations, and get the key points."

Based on this, Wu Liang can conclude that all the inventions and creations recorded in Zhuge Liang's official history have been found in this tomb.

As for some relevant legends in the unofficial history, although Wu Liang is also very interested, he doesn't hold out too much hope. It would be good if he can discover something, and he wouldn't be too disappointed without him.

Leaving the alcove where the weapons were stored in this way, Wu Liang continued to lead the crowd forward to investigate.

Nearly ten meters away.

Wu Liang finally found what he was most interested in - bamboo slips!
This is an alcove divided into upper and lower floors. There are two piles of neatly arranged bamboo slips on the upper and lower floors, and the classification of the two piles of bamboo slips is also engraved on the side of the alcove.

A pile of bamboo slips in the upper alcove is "Qi History".

A pile of bamboo slips in the lower alcove is "Mu Gong Biography"!
Naturally, there is no need to say more about the "History of Qi". The "History of Qi" that Wu Liang and Zhuge Xuan discovered before should be a kind of thing, and Yu Ji can check it later to judge.

And "Mu Gong Biography" should be the biography of Qiu Mu Gong's life.

As the third son of Jiang Ziya, Qiu Mugong, if this is his personal biography, there must be a lot of content related to Jiang Ziya in it, and there may be a chance to find out the origin of the "Taigong Seal".

And the few unsolved mysteries found in the Qi Ai Cemetery...

　Thank you [Liu Su] for your support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)