Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 607 Strange Wooden Staff (4000)

The air condition in this stone room should not be a problem.

After all, the seal is not very tight, and it can communicate with the outside air through the gap, and Wu Liang has seen the ever-burning lamp placed in it, and the lamp is burning, which means that the oxygen in the air is relatively sufficient, so there is no need to enter before entering. Don't need to worry too much about this aspect.

In addition, standing at the door, I didn't see any obvious smoke, and I didn't smell any strange smell, so I just checked it briefly, and Wu Liang stepped over the threshold and walked in first.

Dian Wei, Zuo Ci and Zhang Liang followed closely behind.

It could be seen that Zuo Ci and Zhang Liang were still a little impatient, because they had coveted the things in the stone room early in the morning, although they were suppressed by Wu Liang at the moment, it did not affect their interest.

After entering, everyone discovered that this stone room was much simpler than they had imagined.

Except for a stone bed in the center of the stone room, which is also not as fine as it is now, there is only a stone wall on the north side with about a dozen niches.

In every alcove there is one thing.

"!"

Zuo Ci and Zhang Liang also noticed these objects placed in the alcove immediately, and then their eyes lit up, and they eagerly approached the wall.

"Dian Wei!"

Wu Liang immediately yelled. Although he was calling Dian Wei, Zuo Ci and Zhang Liang were also startled. He stopped walking with a shake, and looked at Wu Liang with some apprehension and doubt.

"promise!"

Dian Wei replied.

"Before I finish investigating all of this stone room, whoever dares to act rashly will have their legs crippled immediately, and there is no need to ask me for instructions!"

Wu Liang glanced over Zuo Ci and Zhang Liang, and said in a cold voice.

"promise!"

Dian Wei responded, and a pair of tiger eyes locked onto Zuo Ci and Zhang Liang in an instant, and even the muscles on his body tensed up, as if he would run wild and hurt others at any time.

"..."

Zhang Liang shrank his neck, had to smile dryly and took the initiative to retreat to the door, not daring to take another step forward easily.

There is a high probability that the things here have nothing to do with him, not to mention that compared with his life, these things are nothing more than external things, so he should be relatively open.

Zuo Ci moved his lips when he saw this, and wanted to say something, but seeing Wu Liang's expression was colder than his voice, he followed Zhang Liang's footsteps and retreated silently in embarrassment.

Because he could fully see that Wu Liang didn't intend to give him the face of "Brother Yuan Fang" he just made friends with.

So he gave up the idea of ​​getting close and friendship, and honestly acted according to Wu Liang's arrangement, so as not to make himself feel uncomfortable...

"Brother Yuan Fang, please don't mind. This secret realm has existed for thousands of years. Once touched, many historic sites will cause irreparable damage. In this way, I may miss some very critical information, so I have to be careful."

Seeing Zuo Ci obeying obediently, Wu Liang showed a smile on his face again, and explained to him.

"The talented and virtuous brother is right. Brother Yu didn't think enough and almost made a big mistake. How dare you care about it?"

Zuo Ci also cupped his hands with a smile and said.

"Brother Yuan Fang is a person who understands the general situation, and my younger brother is very grateful."

Wu Liang returned the gift with a smile.

Then, he didn't take the lead in checking the wall, but walked carefully around the stone room, which was about [-] square meters, and looked around.

After walking around to the back of the stone bed, Wu Liang discovered that there was another corpse hidden on the ground behind the stone bed, but from the angle of the door, this corpse was just blocked by the stone bed. Strictly.

And the posture of this corpse is not correct.

Although he was not lying on the ground, he was leaning against the edge of the stone bed, one arm was still under his body, and the knee joint of one leg showed obvious signs of misalignment.

To say the degree of decay.

This corpse is similar to the one that can be seen when the door is opened, and it has also reached the point where it may fall apart and be turned into powder if touched.

But the difference is.

Wu Liang had no way of judging whether the corpse was in such a posture when it died, or whether it had been moved after death. The reason was the unreasonable dislocation of the knee joint of the leg, which made the posture of the corpse look Not very natural.

"Two corpses..."

Wu Liang frowned when he saw the corpse.

Although Wu Liang did not treat this secret place as a mausoleum, according to the oracle bone documents discovered by Zhang Liang and Yan Lu, this secret place is also a royal capital hidden underground.

And if this secret place is a royal capital, then this stone room should be the royal palace of the royal capital.

One mountain cannot tolerate two tigers.

Naturally, there should not be two corpses in a royal palace.

Unless... one male and one female.

It's a pity that the two corpses don't seem to be tall, nor are they too big. In addition, the corpses have decayed to such an extent. It is difficult to judge whether they are "one male and one female" at Wu Liang's level. .

but.

Even if it is really "one male and one female", the posture of the two corpses is completely wrong.

Regardless of whether the two bodies were moved after death, their posture was too much like death, rather than here to die or be buried here.

Except for these two corpses.

However, Wu Liang also found something "lying" upright on that stone bed.

It was a stick.

This wooden stick is about one meter long, and it seems to be a natural growth of branches and root nodes, without any gorgeous decorations and embellishments, and after thousands of years, this wooden stick has not been cracked or cracked. It is a trace of decay, and even in the upper middle part that is often held by the hand, there are obvious traces of patina.

"This……"

Looking at the upright wooden staff "lying", Wu Liang even wondered if someone had buried it on this stone bed as a "corpse".

However, this idea was a little absurd, Wu Liang quickly threw it out of his mind, and then moved closer to check the two corpses first, trying to find some clues from the corpses that could prove their identities.

Hard work pays off.

Under Wu Liang's careful investigation, he soon found a small thing the size of a coin between the corpse hidden behind the stone bed.

This little thing was scattered among the rotten ashes, if Wu Liang hadn't gotten close enough, he would have missed it easily.

Patiently cleaning out this small piece of jade bit by bit, Wu Liang finally saw its whole picture.

It was a small oval piece of jade!

This small piece of jade has been handled very roughly, and it is definitely not a precious jade species. It can't even meet the most basic requirements of transparency of jade, so it is absolutely worthless to take it out now.

At one end of this small piece of jade, Wu Liang also saw a small round hole.

If the guess is correct, this small round hole should be polished to pass through the rope for easy carrying. That is to say, this is very likely to be the "jade pendant" that appeared in the ancient Tang Dynasty?
And in the middle of this little jade pendant.

Wu Liang also saw some strange scratches, these scratches put together seemed to form a word that Wu Liang didn't know...

"Brother Yuan Fang, please come over and help me see if there is a word engraved on it?"

Wu Liang turned his head and waved at Zuo Ci, signaling him to come forward to identify him.

"coming!"

Seeing that Wu Liang had found something between the bones, Zuo Ci's curiosity had already been aroused, and upon hearing Wu Liang's greeting, he rushed forward.

Now that he came to Wu Liang's side, after carefully identifying the small jade piece in his hand, Zuo Ci raised his head and said to Wu Liang, "Your talented brother, if I read correctly, this should be a word for 'Zhu'. See if this character looks like a tree with outstretched branches. The word "Zhu" used to describe a tree with a red core in the most Tang and Yu period. This kind of tree is mostly pines and cypresses. Red, after many years..."

The words have just come to this point.

"Master Wu, can you teach me to take a look too!"

Zhang Liang also volunteered, "I have been studying the oracle bone documents in this secret realm for many years, and I can get a general idea of ​​some of the texts... Mr. Wu, it's not Zhang talking too much, even though you have already called Zuo Ci brothers and sisters , but people’s hearts are separated from the belly. If only Zuo Ci recognizes these oracle bone documents, if he hides his selfishness, he can take the opportunity to fool you. There is no selfishness, and one more person interpreting together can also minimize the possibility of wrong interpretation, don’t you think?”

Isn't this talking too much?

Wu Liang immediately understood what Zhang Liang meant.

If he taught Zhang Liang to come here, it would naturally show that he didn't trust Zuo Ci very much, and it was hard to guarantee that Zuo Ci would not be dissatisfied and come up with other ideas.

It seems that this guy is still stubborn...

of course.

What Wu Liang knew better was, how could Zuo Ci have no selfish intentions?
Until now, Zuo Ci has not revealed his true purpose, but followed Wu Liang's riddles with him before, and this has already explained the problem.

But he is not easy to fool.

Although his research on oracle bone inscriptions is not deep, he still has some understanding of the principles of oracle bone inscriptions and some simple characters.Just like the character "Zhu", what appears on the small piece of jade is actually a character similar to the character "米", and it looks like a person raising his hand to surrender, except that "Ding Ding" is a little longer.

Although Wu Liang couldn't tell what the word was at a glance.

But as soon as Zuo Ci opened his mouth, he could tell that Zuo Ci hadn't played sloppy with him on this word, it should indeed be a word "Zhu", absolutely unmistakable.

Therefore, unless he was hesitant for a while, he would not easily fall for Zhang Liang's tricks.

Moreover, compared with Zhang Liang, Wu Liang was still more willing to trust Zuo Ci, even if he had the same selfish intentions. At least he had some historical understanding of Zuo Ci.

then.

"There's no need for that. Mr. Zhang should stay well. When I need you later, I will find you."

Wu Liang sneered, and directly rejected Zhang Liang's "kindness".

In fact, this guy's life may be related to his escape from Zhang Mansion, or even Jinyang City. Wu Liang would never keep him until now, and bring him to this place.

"Willing to work for Mr. Wu."

Zhang Liang was also an exquisite person, he did not show disappointment or resentment, but instead expressed his loyalty to Wu Liang.

"Ha ha."

Wu Liang, however, had already turned his head to look at Zuo Ci, and continued to ask, "Yuan Fang...brother, what do you think of the word 'Zhu'?"

It's so smooth.

Wu Liang almost bald and said, "Yuan Fang, what do you think?"

This is a popular catchphrase in later generations... But if Zuo Ci followed him, he seemed to be able to enjoy the joy of "Master Di" every day, and he would say "Yuan Fang, what do you think?"

"This skeleton is probably the rightful owner of this secret realm——Danzhu."

Zuo Ci said solemnly, "Danzhu's original name is a character 'Zhu', but he once lived in Danshui. The ancients often used the place name as their surname, so it was called 'Danzhu'. And this small jade tablet has holes drilled in it. It should be something I carried with me, and it appeared in this skeleton, so I have to doubt that this skeleton may be the body of 'Danzhu', but if this is 'Danzhu', why? It will be placed on the side of the stone bed in such a posture, but it is temporarily difficult for me to think."

"Um……"

Wu Liang nodded slightly.

He agrees with Zuo Ci's analysis, this is the underground capital built by Danzhu, and this stone chamber is the royal city of the capital.

In this way, in his capital and city, Danzhu should be in the bed, not under the bed, Danzhu should be a little caught off guard, seeing how sweet you are...

No clue yet.

This was just the beginning, Wu Liang was not in a hurry, and then went back to check another corpse.

……

After patiently searching for another skeleton for a long time, Wu Liang found nothing in the end.

Without any personal belongings like the small jade token, even if Wu Liang only speculated about the identity of the skeleton, it would be groundless without any basis at all.

It seems that it is impossible to find out what happened in this stone room through these two skeletons.

Wu Liang had no choice but to put the bones aside temporarily.

Then he focused his attention on the wooden stick that was "lying" upright in the center of the stone bed.

Looking closely at the wooden stick, Wu Liang still didn't see any obvious difference between it and ordinary wooden sticks, and he had already identified it. This wooden stick was not a special kind of wood. It is just the yellow heart cypress that is indispensable in "Huangchang Tiju".

It's just that the yellow cypress wood seems to have no way to survive thousands of years, right?

With this question in mind, Wu Liang did not touch the wooden staff lightly, but went around the stone bed to observe the details on it from all angles.

When turning to the other side of the stone bed.

Wu Liang finally found a clear inscription suspected to be inscriptions on oracle bones near the head of the wooden staff. The strokes of this inscription were obviously much more complicated than the word "Zhu" on the small jade tablet!

　Thanks to the [Ten Little Fatty] boss for his huge reward of 5000 coins, thank you!

　　
　
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