Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 289 How We Meet! (4000)

"..."

Seeing that Wu Liang didn't answer Yu Ji's question directly, and had such an ugly smile on his face, everyone already understood what he meant.

Even if it is him, there is no effective way out of trouble...

The so-called looking at the coffin first is just a rhetoric for treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

According to common sense, since the owner of the tomb and his descendants spent all their time and money to set up such a mechanism to trap the tomb robbers, they must have moved their minds to drive out the tomb robbers, so how could there be any way out?
In fact.

Wu Liang really had no choice.

He had already prepared for the worst. If there was really no other way out, he might still have to take the risk of starting from the vault of the tomb.

At that time, everyone can only turn the coffin upside down and hide it inside, and then order Dian Wei to take off the bronze mirror, put it on his head as a shield, and forcefully destroy the dome while protecting himself as much as possible.

Such a vaulted dome is bound to collapse after being damaged.

At that time, they could only pray that the collapse was not too serious. If they could survive the collapse, they might still have a chance to dig out.

And if the dome collapsed too severely, they might have been buried alive.

But before that.

Wu Liang still decided to figure out the mystery of the mechanism in the coffin first, just like Yang Wanli said before, even if it is really impossible to escape this disaster, he has to be a ghost.

"Dian Wei, Yang Wanli, you two will follow me to remove the items in the coffin first, be careful, don't damage these items."

Back in front of the coffin again, Wu Liang gave orders to Dian Wei and Yang Wanli.

In fact, there are not many things in the coffin now, it is nothing more than a silk robe, a pair of boots, a few pieces of jade to match the clothes, a soul calling bell, and a pottery head with a hat.

Hearing this, Dian Wei and Yang Wanli immediately stepped forward to fight.

In just a few cups of tea, the two had already moved all these things outside the coffin, and put the silk robe on the ground as a blanket, carefully placing these things on top.

Wu Liang lifted his feet and jumped into the coffin.

Then he used a copper dagger to cut a large vertical slit in the inner lining at the bottom of the coffin.

Peel off the inner lining, and you will see a golden yellow metallic color.

Below it is a piece of smooth metal without any patterns on it, only near the middle are nine circular mechanisms that were pushed down by Wu Liang before.

These mechanisms are also metal, but they are not golden yellow, but silver-white metal.

"gold?"

When everyone saw the metal in the inner lining of the coffin, their eyes lit up.

Wu Liang used the handle of the copper dagger to knock heavily on the golden yellow metal. Seeing that there were no obvious dents on it, he shook his head and said, "It doesn't seem to be the case. The gold is soft. Knock it like this There must be traces, and this piece of metal is hard, it should be bronze that has not been severely corroded."

"Pity……"

Everyone immediately showed disappointment.

Even knowing that they may not be able to leave here alive, this still does not hinder people's yearning for gold.

Only Bai Jingjing immediately said with some disappointment: "Judging from the sound, this piece of metal is still very thick, and it doesn't look hollow underneath."

"So, I'm afraid there is no hidden space below."

Yu Ji shook his head and said with a frown.

"..."

Wu Liang didn't say much, and used a copper dagger to completely cut off the inner lining of the bottom of the coffin, so that the piece of metal at the bottom of the coffin was completely presented in front of everyone.

Only then did everyone notice.

In addition to the nine silver-white mechanism secrets that Wu Liang pressed down on this piece of metal, there is actually a silver-white mechanism hidden in the farthest corner of the southeast corner.

And this piece of metal is not completely a whole.

There is still a very thin horizontal gap close to the mystery of this mechanism.

This gap is very regular, as if it was cut by some sharp weapon, and a smaller rectangle was cut out at the bottom of the original rectangular coffin.

"Qiang! Qiang!"

Wu Liang tapped the small rectangle twice with the handle of the copper dagger.

"This piece of metal sounds very thin, it must be hollow underneath!"

Bai Jingjing said immediately.

"But this place is too small, at most it can only be a secret compartment for hiding things, it is absolutely impossible to be a secret passage that can help us escape here."

Yu Ji immediately poured cold water on everyone as usual.

This old boy has this kind of virtue. When he encounters a problem, he opens his mouth to make pessimistic remarks that disturb the morale of the army. This is also in the Liren army. If he changed to another combat unit, he would definitely be pushed out by the general and beheaded early.

"Old boy, no one will treat you as dumb if you don't speak!"

Yang Wanli immediately retorted.

"This old man is just telling the truth..."

Yu Ji still wanted to argue with him, but when he saw other people looking at him with unfriendly eyes, he finally shut his mouth quite wisely, lest he be kicked in the ring at a very old age. How can his old bones bear it? live?
"The matter has come to this, and everyone should not have any objections, right?"

Wu Liang glanced at the organ Xuanji, then turned around and asked.

"Brother talented, why don't you let me come..."

Zhuge Liang said eagerly.

"Absolutely not!"

Before the words fell, Yu Ji immediately refused sternly, and by the way, he pulled Zhuge Liang into his arms and hugged him tightly, chattering like exorcising evil: "My little ancestor, with your stinky luck, just press it Then we pressed an indestructible cage for us. If you are asked to press again, you may not have to press some other moths. In the future, you will stand far away from this old man, no matter how hard the old man is. I can't stand your torment!"

"Pfft!"

Seeing Yu Ji's reaction like this, Bai Jingjing finally couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Hahaha……"

Wu Liang, Dian Wei, and Yang Wanli also laughed, which meant that they were habitual offenders. If it was someone else, they might not be able to grin even if they watched De Yunse's cross talk in this situation.

"I've always been lucky. Just now...it was just an accident. Talented brother, please give me another chance to justify my luck. I promise to press hard, seriously, and heartily this time. I will definitely not live up to everyone’s expectations.”

Zhuge Liang's small face suddenly turned red, but he was still struggling to break free from Yu Ji's arms, while pleading for Wu Liang's order loudly.

"Next time definitely."

Wu Liang was also afraid of Zhuge Liang's "luck", so he resolutely shrugged it off, and then in order to cut off Zhuge Liang's thoughts, he pressed on the silver-white organ mystery first.

The material of this thing should be iron, because soft metals like gold or silver will deform under a little force, and they are really not up to the heavy responsibility of the mechanism.

Moreover, iron objects did appear in the early Spring and Autumn period.

It's just that at this time the Celestial Dynasty did not have a complete set of iron smelting technology, and the output was pitifully low. Bronze was still the most important and common strategic metal.

"Kata!"

As Wu Liang pressed the mechanism, a slight sound of the mechanism came from below.

"?!"

Everyone also tensed up and looked around nervously.

Wu Liang's press was quite sudden, they were not fully prepared, and they were really worried that something messy would fall from the top of their heads, this was no joke.

But after waiting for a while, there seemed to be no movement overhead.

Especially the ear-piercing "creaking" sound when the eight walls fell down...

Did nothing happen?
Everyone looked at each other.

of course not!

The moment Wu Liang pressed the secret mechanism, the small rectangular metal plate that was cut out was already bounced to one side, just like the drawer or cabinet door that will automatically pop up when the button is pressed in later generations. There was a small gap nearly one finger wide on this side of the body, which was not a clever little mechanism in Wu Liang's eyes.

It's just that this change was too small, and everyone outside the coffin was a little distracted, so they didn't notice it.

But Wu Liang didn't dare to take it lightly.

Seeing that there was no special movement outside the coffin, Wu Liang kept the distance and slowly spread the edge of the copper dagger into the gap where the small metal plate was raised, and then slowly pried it up.

"squeak--"

Something similar to a hinge should be set on the small metal plate, and as Wu Liang lifted it, there was a slight friction sound from below.

"Inside is..."

Everyone's attention was drawn back.

As Wu Liang gradually lifted the small metal plate, a hidden compartment of about half a cubic meter was exposed inside.

The interior of the dark cell is also made of golden bronze, only about half a meter deep.

The first thing that catches the eye is a one-foot-high oval clay pot. The slightly smaller top of the pot is sealed with a thick layer of sealing mud, and on top of the sealing mud is a small The bronze square seal.

This square seal is very different from the almost unoxidized bronze inside the coffin.

Only a small part of the protruding parts that are prone to wear and tear still reveal some golden metal color, and more places have shown heavily oxidized turquoise and black, even worse than the degree of oxidation of the eight walls outside. To be even worse.

And the edges and corners of the square seal are no longer square and sharp, but there are no obvious signs of damage on it.

and so……

"This is probably an old seal that has been used by people, and it has been used for many years, so there is such wear and oxidation."

Wu Liang drew such an inference in his mind, and then carefully reached down and took out the copper seal.

The copper seal was turned over, and the four ancient Qi characters on the seal immediately confirmed Wu Liang's guess——

Mu Gong Lu Yin!

This is exactly the seal used by Duke Lu of Chumu.

The Chumu cemetery came to this place with the migration of descendants, so the seal of Chumugong must be older than this tomb.

Moreover, Duke Mugong will be buried after his death, and the seal used during his lifetime will also be buried next to him. That is to say, before this seal came here, it must have been buried in Duke Mugong's previous coffin for 200 years before being buried. Later generations dug it out and brought it here for burial.

Therefore, it is reasonable that this copper seal is more severely oxidized than the eight walls outside.

only……

What is the clay pot under the copper seal used for, and what is in it?
Wu Liang immediately thought of another possibility.

Putting it together with the bronze seal of Duke Chumu, the jar could not contain Duke Chumu's corpse, could it?
Cremation is advocated in later generations. After death, the body will be burned into ashes and stored in an urn or urn for future generations to worship.

According to historical documents, although there were cremation customs in some places during the Spring and Autumn Period, they were only a very small number of places. Qi State did not have such a custom, especially the Lu clan of Qi State did not have such a custom. Cremation is definitely not used after death.

Therefore, this speculation can basically be ruled out.

unless……

Chu Mugong encountered some very special accidents after his death, which made his body not properly preserved. Otherwise, even if the tomb is moved after 200 years, his remains should not be in such a state that they cannot be restrained by normal means. Degree.

at this time.

"My lord, since there is the seal of Duke Mu of Qiu here, then the contents of the three wooden boxes buried with him must not be vulgar. Quickly open them and open our eyes!"

Yu Ji poked his neck and looked around for a while, seeing that Wu Liang's movements were very slow, he finally couldn't help pointing to the three wooden boxes in the hidden compartment and said.

In addition to this pottery pot, there are indeed three wooden boxes buried with him in the hidden compartment.

The exteriors of these three wooden boxes were painted with a layer of black lacquer. The black lacquer had cracks on the surface due to its age, but the Guqi characters written in white paint on the top of the boxes were still clearly visible.

One of the boxes had the word "disgusting" written on it.

The second one has the word "diamond".

The last one, which is also the smallest one, is written with the word "Rume".

These are all the funerary objects in the secret compartment, a clay pot, a copper seal, and three wooden boxes.

"How about?"

Although the two words "disgust" and "diamond" are also very confusing, it is the third wooden box with the word "Ruhe" written on it that makes Wu Liang most eager to open it.

This is a kind of epistle language in ancient China, which means "like meeting".

In the era when the Internet was underdeveloped in later generations, people often used these two words when they could only communicate through letters. The beginning of the letter was often "Respected so-and-so, seeing a letter is like meeting you", which has a sense of age and ceremony.

It is precisely because of this that the two words on the wooden box gave Wu Liangxiang a similar feeling.

It was as if the things in this wooden box were left to him.

In other words, when the descendants of Duke Mugong built this mausoleum, they already expected that someone would enter here one day, so they deliberately left some things in advance, waiting for this person to visit.

(End of this chapter)