Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 605 Li Daitao stiff? (4000)

Regarding Wu Liang's decision, Zuo Ci and Zhang Liang were very puzzled.

They are all very purposeful people, and they will definitely go straight to that stone room when they get the opportunity, instead of worrying about these "irrelevant" things.

However, both of them were very sensible and did not raise any objections.

Now that Zhang Liang is already a prisoner, if there are no accidents, it is thankful that he was able to save his life.

And Zuo Ci was also Wu Liang's vassal. Even if Wu Liang didn't embarrass him, he was also not qualified to influence Wu Liang's decision.

This time there is the "Ox Horn Talisman Festival" handed over by Zhang Liang.

Nothing unexpected happened on the way, and within a short while, they had arrived at the nearest stone platform.

There are three corpses of suicide soldiers under this stone platform. Although the postures of death are not uniform, the way of death is exactly the same. They all died from head-down injuries and broken necks. The injuries were slightly less severe. Only some blood was shed, and those with slightly more serious injuries burst red and white all over the ground.

As for the remaining body of the soldier, it was still on the stone platform.

The soldier did not commit suicide, but was killed by a mad companion using a weapon. He was also the only soldier who did not jump off the stone platform among all the soldiers who went to investigate the stone platform.

"..."

After inspecting these corpses, Wu Liang raised his head and glanced at the stone platform.

There were also a few dried bloodstains on the edge of the stone platform. It should be the bloodstained by the soldier who died in a surprise attack. Other than that, there is nothing unusual for the time being.

"Mr. Wu, those soldiers who committed suicide on the stone platform before are very strange, and they are also somewhat different from the psychedelic formation we encountered just now, so it is very likely that it is not as simple as the psychedelic formation. If you want to climb this We need to be a little more cautious when investigating on the stone platform."

Zuo Ci had already seen Wu Liang's intentions, and reminded him at the right time.

"I don't think so."

Wu Liang turned around, and discussed with Zuo Ci in a dialectical manner, "I don't know if Master Zuo still remembers, except for the four-person team in front of me, the other three teams all arrived before Shitai. Already 'bewitched', at that time Yan Lu had already realized that the situation was wrong, and ordered people to call out to the members of the other three teams, but those people turned a deaf ear, and still insisted on walking to the stone platform to commit suicide, so I think there are some The problem shouldn’t be these stone platforms, it’s still this formation, it’s just that they may be in different areas, or they may choose to go to different targets, so they will fall into different illusions, or produce different hallucinations.”

"This……"

After hearing Wu Liang's words, Zuo Ci frowned slightly and fell into deep thought, but after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't think of any evidence that could overthrow Wu Liang's inference, so he finally nodded and said, "What Mr. Wu said is not unreasonable. What happened to those soldiers, if we can be controlled by that psychedelic formation, we may not be able to avoid it at this moment."

Wu Liang looked back at Zhang Liang who was following behind.

Seeing this, Zhang Liang also quickly said: "I also think Mr. Wu's words are reasonable, and according to the oracle bone documents I have mentioned, with the 'horn talisman', you can travel unimpeded in this secret realm. Do you think that 'unobstructed' should also include these four stone platforms?"

"Go up and have a look."

Wu Liang nodded and said, then stepped forward.

He believed Zhang Liang's words, because he obviously didn't want to die.

If they were bewitched by evil spirits like those soldiers and caused them to jump off the stone platform and commit suicide, Zhang Liang would not be able to survive.

And if Zhang Liang lied to hurt Wu Liang, the fox servant who stayed out of the matter would also ring the bell to stimulate the Gu worms in his body, and he would also die. The result would be as happy as jumping off the stone platform directly.

Therefore, at least in this situation, Zhang Liang did not have the motive to lie to harm him.

……

Wu Liang was first, Zuo Ci was next, Zhang Liang was next, and Dian Wei was last.

A group of four people walked up the steps on the side of the stone platform, and finally reached the top of the stone platform after a few minutes without any accidents.

At this moment, there are two corpses on the stone platform.

One is the soldier who was attacked and killed by his companions, and the other is one of the "Four Mountains" mentioned in the oracle bone documents found in the secret realm.

The soldier was lying on the ground with an obvious puncture wound on his vest.

This was the same as what Wu Liang and others had seen before, and there were no other abnormalities. Therefore, after a simple investigation, Wu Liang focused on the corpse of one of the "Four Sacred Mountains".

The corpse was wrapped in a rather thick hide cloak.

After thousands of years, although the animal skin has become very stiff, and there are many cracks on it, it does not break like cloth.

Wu Liang moved closer, and lowered his head to check the state of the corpse through the gap in the animal skin cloak.

The corpse was indeed a "solid flesh".

The surface of the corpse's skin was covered with a thin amber-like film, which looked as if it had been coated with a layer of crystal or oil, and could even reflect a gleam of light under the light.

And through this layer of film, you can clearly see part of the skin condition of the corpse.

Although the color of this part of the skin does not look as real and vivid as that of a living person, it is a bit horribly white, but it is indeed quite well preserved, without the slightest sign of decay or shriveling.

The face of the corpse cannot be seen yet.

Because the corpse was in a kneeling posture at the moment, a head of long black hair that also seemed to be coated with jelly was drooped by the gravity of the terrain, just like Sadako covering the entire face under the long black hair.

have to say.

The embalming and preservation techniques of this corpse are definitely much more exquisite than those "medicine corpses" seen in the tomb of Guangchuan Wang Liuqu, and this technique is thousands of years earlier than Guangchuan Wang Liuqu. It's just unbelievable.

as of now.

Wu Liang was still quite cautious. He clearly remembered what Zhang Liang, Yan Lu and those soldiers called such solid meat—the living dead!

What are the living dead?
There are many theories in later generations, such as zombies, zombies, infected people and so on.

But according to the traditional name of the Celestial Dynasty, most of them are "zombies".

Although Wu Liang has not personally verified it, there has always been a saying in China that "zombies" have their own "corpse poison". As a result, he ended up in an unlucky end.

In Wu Liang's understanding, the so-called "corpse poison" is most likely a kind of "super bacteria" that existed in ancient times.

The immunity of people in different ages is different, and because of different environments and encounters, the antibodies produced by the body are also different.

Therefore, this kind of "super bacteria" from ancient times can usually easily defeat the immune system of human beings in different periods, even the very advanced medicine of later generations is powerless.

of course.

This is just Wu Liang's guess, and it is also the guess of many scholars.

Because some scholars in later generations did discover "super bacteria" that did not exist in later generations in some closed places, but before Wu Liang crossed, there seemed to be no case reports of "super bacteria" causing great harm to human beings.

It's a pity that Wu Liang didn't carry a self-made gas mask this time because of the special situation.

Therefore, he could only cover his mouth and nose with his sleeve and go forward to investigate, and also to prevent the corpse from suddenly "living".

Fortunately, the feared things did not happen.

After Wu Liang carefully inspected the corpse, there was no abnormal change.

At the same time, Wu Liang did not find anything on the corpse that could prove his identity...

"Will it be hidden under the cloak?"

Of course Wu Liang would not give up easily. Thinking so, he stretched out the knife he had picked up earlier towards the corpse, trying to pick off the animal skin cloak wrapped around the corpse, and check the real situation of the corpse. belongings.

"..."

Seeing Wu Liang's actions, Dian Wei immediately came to the side to sweep the formation.

But Zhang Liang and Zuo Ci had complex expressions.

These days, things like autopsy have not been popularized, and government departments do not have such positions as assistants. In addition, people generally believe in ghosts and gods, even strangers like Zuo Ci are no exception. There is a little bit of boldness in their eyes.

Especially since they are all people who have seen the "living dead".

Seeing Wu Liang provoking this corpse now, he couldn't help but feel a little bit worried. Who knows if this corpse is a "living dead" or if it will suddenly explode and hurt people?

……

The animal skin cloak had already dried and hardened like tree bark.

However, the hemp rope used to sew the cloak had already been seriously rotted. Wu Liang just moved it slightly, and the animal skin cloak was already broken into several pieces, and fell off the corpse.

However, after Wu Liang saw clearly some of the physical characteristics of the corpse under the cloak.

"This……"

Wu Liang was a little unexpected.

Because unlike what he had thought before, this corpse was actually a female corpse? !

Are there women in the legendary "Four Mountains"?

This is completely contrary to Wu Liang's historical knowledge.

As far as he knew, there were no women among the four "Four Mountains" as Emperor Yao who were in charge of the Quartet and could even directly intervene in the political affairs of the country.

They are called Xi Zhong, Xi Shu, He Zhong and He Shu respectively.

It is said that these four people are the descendants of "Gonggong".

Another theory indicates that these four people are the four sons of "Xihe".

Putting aside this controversy for the time being, whether it is "grandson" or "son", the two versions have one thing in common that is not controversial, that is, the "four mountains" are all men, and no one has ever questioned it from ancient times to the present. past this question.

and so.

Wu Liang had every reason to believe that this corpse was not the legendary "Four Sacred Mountains" at all.

But Yan Lu said before that this incident should not be fabricated by him out of thin air, but recorded in the oracle bone document found in this secret place...

This is a problem.

"hiss……"

Wu Liang's brows were already furrowed, and his thoughts were spinning rapidly.

After considering all the possibilities, Wu Liang felt that there should be only two possibilities in this situation:

One is that the oracle bone documents discovered by Zhang Liang and Yan Lu deliberately recorded errors in order to mislead people who broke into the secret realm;

The second is that the records in the oracle bone documents are not wrong, but in the process of building this secret realm, some people made some changes privately, such as: using the trick of "Li Daitao stiff" to replace the "Siyue"...

Wu Liang personally prefers the latter.

Because in the oracle bone documents discovered by Zhang Liang and Yan Lu, most of the records about this secret realm are correct, and compared with many things in the records, the "Four Mountains" are not so important compared to this secret realm. It's important, and even if this information is misleading, it can't cause too much trouble to the people who are introduced into the secret realm. There is really no need for this.

of course.

This is just Wu Liang's conjecture, and further investigation is needed to verify it.

"Is this a female corpse? Something is wrong..."

Seeing Wu Liang gasping for breath, Zuo Ci was puzzled, but he had already discovered the essence of this corpse, and then his brows were also wrinkled, showing a puzzled expression.

Obviously he also knew that there should be no women among the "Four Mountains".

"Mr. Zhang, Yan Lu said that the oracle bone document you discovered earlier mentioned that the corpse of 'Siyue' was kneeling on the stone platform, but I don't know if the name of 'Siyue' was mentioned in that document?"

Wu Liang looked back at Zhang Liang and asked.

"It is indeed mentioned that they are Xi Zhong, Xi Shu, He Zhong, and He Shu, which are exactly the same as those recorded in "Tai Shi Gong Ji"."

Zhang Liang is obviously not an ignorant person, and he also said with a puzzled look on his face, "It's just that I can't explain why the corpse of the 'Siyue' turned into a female corpse."

"Um……"

Wu Liang nodded slightly, so he had to put the question aside for the time being, and then continued to check the condition of the female corpse.

There was no other clothing on the female corpse, so it was relatively easy to check.

She has a thin body and is not too young. She should be around 30 years old, and she must have given birth, because Wu Liang saw very obvious stretch marks on her abdomen.

And on her back, there are still some black marks.

Wu Liang judged that it should be a scar.

Judging from the thickness, [-]% of them should be scars left by whipping.

Also.

The hands and feet of this female corpse are very rough, especially the joints on the fingers are very thick. Compared with these hands, although the hands of Wu Liang's current body have been tortured by "Brother Talented" for more than [-] years, they are still his. More delicate, more like a woman.

"Not only is it not the corpse of 'Siyue', but the status of this woman is definitely not high. Anyway, it is absolutely impossible to be a pampered nobleman, but more like a slave with a low status..."

Wu Liang analyzed in his heart.

Laws related to "slavery" appeared in the Yao and Shun period, but the "slavery society" had not yet been formally formed, so slaves already existed in this era.

of course.

Or maybe civilians.

In that era, productivity was extremely low. Except for a few tribal nobles, all men and women had to work to fill their stomachs. Therefore, commoners also had rough hands and feet, but it was hard to say whether it was so serious.

(End of this chapter)