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Chapter 269 Dark Auspicious Cloud Pattern

The degree of decay of this board is not too high, which may be related to the unique soil of the corpse.The board was polished very smooth, but there were many scratches on it. Chen Ziyang held the board and turned it over. He saw that the other side of the board was very smooth.

With the light of the bonfire, Chen Ziyang watched carefully, the smooth side of the board could slightly reflect the flame of the bonfire.After touching this side with his fingers for a long time, Chen Ziyang noticed that the smooth side of the board was painted.

But this kind of paint was different from the paints he had seen before. These were not paints.This kind of paint is light brown. He put the wooden board close to his nose. After sniffing it carefully, Chen Ziyang smelled a sour smell. "Is this board painted with varnish?"

"Lacquer? What is lacquer?" Seeing Chen Ziyang's focused expression, Li Bojian couldn't help asking curiously.

"Lacquer is natural paint, also called raw lacquer, which is made from the juice extracted from the inside of the sumac tree. Natural lacquer is one of the three treasures of our country. Have you heard of it: tree cutting lacquer, silkworm spinning silk , Bees make honey. The tree cutting lacquer mentioned here refers to lacquer.

"Zhuangzi Human World" once said, "Gui is edible, so cut it, and lacquer is usable, so cut it." ' records.Raw lacquer has anti-corrosion, strong acid resistance, strong alkali resistance, moisture resistance, insulation, high temperature resistance, soil resistance, etc. Natural lacquer is recognized as the king of coatings in the world.

Shaanxi is also one of the producing areas of natural lacquer. Ankang natural lacquer is produced in Ankang, Shaanxi. It has high urushiol content, sour fragrance, good brightness and stable drying.I smelled a sour smell on this wooden board just now. It seems that this wooden board is indeed painted with lacquer produced in Shaanxi. "

"What's so strange about the paint on the board, why are you making such a fuss?"

"Are you scared stupid? Or did you break your brain when you fell down just now? Think about it, we walked so far in the upper tomb, and we didn't see any wooden planks at all.

The wooden boards are all artificially processed, and this wooden board is also painted with artificial lacquer, which means that there have been traces of human beings here.Where did you get these planks? "

Li Bojian pointed to the darkness in front of him, and said to Chen Ziyang: "It's not far in front, when I fell down, I wanted to see the surrounding environment, so I took two steps forward, there should be many such people there." board."

After resting for a while, Chen Ziyang felt that his body didn't hurt so much, so he took the headlamp and walked to the place Li Bojian pointed out.The ground is indeed scattered with some wooden boards scattered there, some are covered with a layer of floating soil, and some are inserted in the soil. The scattered wooden boards may be large or small, but a few pieces can always be seen within a few meters. , so Chen Ziyang picked up a few more pieces and walked back.

After looking at the front and back of these boards, Chen Ziyang took one of the boards and looked at it carefully.On the painted side of the board was also painted a black pattern that looked like a very fat, very bloated comma.

After touching it with his hands, Chen Ziyang did not find any scratches or nicks on the edge of the pattern. It seemed that the pattern was first drawn on the wooden board, and then a layer of lacquer was painted on it.After watching for a while, Chen Ziyang let out a long sigh.

"What's the matter, is there anything unusual about this board?" Li Bojian didn't expect that Chen Ziyang could see so many things from a painted board, but at this time he saw Chen Ziyang looking at this board The time was even longer, and he knew that Chen Ziyang must have discovered something again.

"Look at this pattern, it's a kind of auspicious cloud pattern."

After taking over the board, Li Bojian carefully looked at the big and fat comma. She couldn't connect this comma with the auspicious cloud patterns in her impression.

"I know the auspicious cloud pattern. It is a pattern representing auspiciousness. It is painted with simple clouds. When our country held the Olympic Games a few years ago, the pattern on the torch was the auspicious cloud pattern, but it seems that it is not close to this. The two don't look alike at all, there's no connection at all."

"You are right, but there are many kinds of auspicious cloud patterns, which represent different meanings. The most common and common one is the kind of auspicious cloud pattern you mentioned. Although the lines are very simple, with only a few strokes, the outlines drawn The clouds are very beautiful, and the auspicious cloud patterns represent auspiciousness.

But this one is different, this kind of auspicious cloud pattern is called dark auspicious cloud pattern, and this kind of auspicious cloud pattern has only one purpose, which is to draw on the coffin, to bless the deceased to go smoothly after arriving in that world, or have some other meanings. "

"You mean... this board is... a coffin board?" After saying this, Li Bojian was so frightened that he threw the board away in front of Chen Ziyang, and then stepped back carefully. Take a few steps.It seems that if Li Bojian knew that the boards she picked up were coffin boards, she would never have started this bonfire, even if she would rather freeze to death, she would not touch these things.

"What's so scary about the coffin board? It's just a piece of wood. What you should be afraid of is what's inside the coffin."

"Is there something in the coffin!" When Li Bojian said this, he almost jumped and said, and then she hurriedly looked left and right, for fear that something was approaching here, after all, those black shadows just now caused her harm too big.

"That's what I said, don't be so excited, the coffin is broken, there is nothing in it." After saying this, Chen Ziyang rolled his eyes a few times, and he felt that he seemed to have overlooked something. what.Afterwards, Chen Ziyang hurriedly caged these wooden boards together, and carefully looked at them one by one. After seeing them, a trace of cold sweat broke out on Chen Ziyang's forehead.

The thickness of these wooden boards is not very thick. If measured by today's standards, these can be regarded as thin-skinned coffins.According to the current burial specifications, the richer, more prestigious, and more prestigious the person, the more valuable the coffin they used.

This value is reflected in two aspects. The first is that the use of the coffin should be exquisite, and the wood used should be rare. The coffin made of golden nanmu is no longer found at all, but pipes made of other rare materials can still be obtained. .

Another aspect of value refers to the specifications of the coffin. The larger the coffin, the thicker the coffin, so that such a coffin can be matched with a person of status.And this kind of thin coffin boards are usually used by people from poor families, even if you buy a coffin like this, it doesn't cost much.

But what surprised Chen Ziyang was not the thickness of the coffin boards, but the way the coffin boards shattered.Because when making the scabbard for the ancient Xuanming sword, Chen Ziyang went to the neighbor's carpentry workshop and studied as a carpenter for several months, so he also knew a little about wood.Because of this, Chen Ziyang was able to judge from the fractures of these wooden boards that the reason why these coffin boards were broken was that they were broken after being subjected to force from the unpainted side.

The coffin board is divided into two sides, one side is painted with lacquer, and the other side is the original color wood board. When the coffin is made, it is painted with a layer of paint on the outside, and no paint is painted on the inner wall of the coffin. Since the coffin board The direction of the fracture was force from the unpainted side, so that is to say, when the coffin was broken, it was destroyed by the force exerted by the things in the coffin.

This place was originally a place for raising corpses. The corpses buried here are not easy to rot, and they are very easy to become zombies. The coffins were destroyed from the inside. Chen Ziyang can understand it with his heels. The corpses should be fake corpses, all turned into zombies, and looking at the fractures of these wooden boards, these zombies are very strong.

Chen Ziyang showed a dignified expression, but in order not to worry Li Bojian, he quickly threw all these wooden boards into the bonfire that was about to go out. At the same time, he did not tell Li Bojian what he found, but simply cleaned up his belongings. things, and at the same time put the Ancient Xuanming Sword beside him.

Calculating the time, it was almost noon. Chen Ziyang raised his head and looked at the dark earthen wall. He still didn't find the gap where the two fell, and he didn't know what happened to the person who was following him. Where did those black shadows go? It would be great if the people who followed me encountered those black shadows, and it would save me the trouble of dealing with them.

The two rested for a while, drank some water, and ate something. After resting for a while, Chen Ziyang saw that the small campfire was about to go out, so he discussed with Li Bojian that it was not an option to just stay here , or find a way to move forward, even if there is no way to find the relevant clues, then it is good to find the exit.

On the surface, Chen Ziyang looked very calm, but he pretended it on purpose to prevent Li Bojian from worrying. What Chen Ziyang is most worried about now is that since he fell into this space of black soil, he will not Didn't feel the wind either.

It seems that this mysterious space is independent and not connected to other places, and I don't know if this is the case.Without feeling the wind, there is no way to judge the direction of the robbery hole dug by the two people before, so the two people are completely lost.

Knowing that these wooden boards were broken coffin boards, Li Bojian became afraid again. When walking forward, he kept holding Chen Ziyang's arm tightly, not wanting to let go.It didn't make sense for Chen Ziyang to leave, or not to leave, so he had to take a compromise method, let Li Bojian hold the flashlight, and he held the ancient Xuanming sword in his right hand.

In addition to the headlights, Chen Ziyang also had two flashlights in his backpack, but since he didn't know how long he would have to search here, it was better to save the power of the flashlights.For now, the light of a headlight is enough.

Because there was no definite destination, and he didn't even know the direction to go, so Chen Ziyang had an idea. He planned to follow the fragments of the wooden boards, look for the places where the coffins were placed before, and see if he could find some coffins. what.Although it is said that there is a certain danger in this way, he may encounter zombies, but Chen Ziyang feels that he is still very sure of dealing with some zombies.

So he carefully stared at the scattered wooden boards on the ground, and simply guessed the direction of the cracked boards from the arrangement of these boards, and then walked in this direction.After a while, Chen Ziyang found the place where the first coffin was placed.

A two-meter-square wooden board was placed on the ground, but half of the board had been buried by floating soil.With this board as the center, there are some broken boards scattered around, some of which are inserted in the soil.The closer to this flat board, the more these broken boards, it seems that this flat board should be the bottom of the previous coffin.

Seeing this, Chen Ziyang verified his previous speculation that the coffin was indeed smashed from the inside.Then the things in the coffin are too powerful, it can make the coffin shatter like this, and the pieces burst out so far, even if it is a thin-skinned coffin, it is still a challenge to break the coffin into so many pieces. It's definitely not an easy thing.

On the fragments of some of the coffin boards, the dark auspicious cloud pattern was also painted.However, from the arrangement of these planks, Chen Ziyang could see that the cracked coffin was not the only one.

When he reached the flat board, Chen Ziyang carefully tilted the board up.There is no mechanism under the coffin. It seems that the coffin was just placed here before, and there is nothing else around the bottom of the coffin except for broken boards.

Usually there will be some quilts and some simple burial objects inside the coffin. Even if there are no burial objects, there should be bedding or something, and the deceased should always be wearing clothes.Even if it is a long time ago, these things have rotted away, and it is impossible to completely disappear, there will always be some traces.

Moreover, this place is still a place for keeping corpses, which is extremely dry, and the things placed here are not easy to rot, which is even more wrong.Judging from the way the coffin was broken, the previous coffin definitely contained something, but where did the corpse in the coffin go?

With such doubts in mind, Chen Ziyang carefully walked along the traces of these wooden boards with Li Bojian on his shoulders.The air here is very dry and affected by nervousness. After a while, sweat oozes from Chen Ziyang's forehead, but instead of wiping it off with his hands, he tightly clenched his hands Xuanming ancient sword.

After walking forward for a certain distance, Chen Ziyang found the second such coffin bottom, followed by the third.There are more and more fragments of wooden boards scattered on the surrounding ground, even in several places, two or three wooden boards are piled up together, and these coffin bottoms appear more and more frequently, the gap between the two coffin bottoms The distance is getting closer and closer. It seems that the coffins placed here are very dense.

At this moment, the light of the headlamp in Li Bojian's hand suddenly caught something. Although the light of the headlamp flashed by, Chen Ziyang vaguely saw the whole picture of the object, as if it was a body lying on the ground. corpse.

(End of this chapter)