Chapter Fourteen The Whistle Coffin
Chapter 14 Whistle Coffin
Uncle San's flashlight shone on the coffin. When he saw the "person", he almost had a pleat, his scalp became numb, and he subconsciously retreated back and turned the knife out of his hand.
It’s not that Uncle San is timid, but that this situation is really strange. In such a secret ancient tomb, there is actually a "person" lying on the coffin. Suddenly, no one has to shake it a few times when he sees it.
After this scare, Jie Lianhuan also retreated to Uncle San. He must have never had any trouble in the fight. He was so scared that his face changed. He retreated anxiously and stepped on Uncle San's foot.
Uncle San almost fell down when he stepped on him, but at this time, he took the flashlight and saw clearly the situation on the coffin. It turned out to be a false alarm. The person on the coffin was a bronze figurine, tightly attached to the black coffin.
The shape of this bronze man relief is very strange, with its clouds and hairs left, and its face is exaggerated, a bit like the hundred opera figurines of the Qin Dynasty. The limbs are as thick and fat as insect feet. The strangest thing is that the mouth is open, without laughing or being angry, and it is actually trying hard to open, as if screaming.
Uncle San looked at it and immediately felt a strange feeling in his heart. Most people pay attention to peace and tranquility. The iron coffin and bronze man were matched with indescribable evil and strange, which was very wrong. Is this indeed the coffin of the tomb owner?
He illuminated the surroundings with a flashlight. The tomb chamber was clear at a glance, and there was no other coffin. Obviously, if this was the main tomb chamber, it would indeed be the coffin of the tomb owner.
Uncle San believed in his intuition very much and felt a little uneasy.
In order to see carefully, he pushed Jie Lianhuan away and walked over. When he walked closer, he was even more surprised. He found that the huge black coffin was actually a carved iron coffin. The bronze man seemed to be an ornament added later. What's even more strange is that the bronze man's mouth actually sank from the lid of the coffin, causing a deep hole to appear in the lid of the coffin. I don't know if it penetrated the lid of the coffin and led to the ground of the coffin.
No! Uncle San took a breath of air conditioner as he looked at it, and then he remembered the clues immediately, and he yelled in his heart, thinking that he was terrible.
The cast iron coffin is sealed with holes on the body. Is this coffin the "whistle coffin" that the old people talk about?
The "whistle coffin" is still a saying passed down before liberation. It was not until a hundred generations before, the third uncle also heard the old man. It is said that there were warlords in the western Hunan area, and there were a group of capable people fighting under his command. The leader was named Zhang Yancheng. This person is said to be a descendant of General Cao Cao's Faqiu and had magical powers. His five fingers in his left hand were extremely long, and he could set up hills flat on the ground, taste the soil and find the tombs, and his tomb robbery skills were extremely good. This warlord and Sun Yat-sen made a northern expedition. Zhang Yancheng was ordered to raise military funds, so he robbed the tombs and went north. He didn't know how many secret tombs were dug out by him. He was very famous. At that time, there was a saying in Xiangxi that "Yancheng arrived, the little ghost jumped, and the king of Hell changed the way." On the one hand, people were mythological, and on the other hand, they could also know the rampant tomb robbery in Zhang Yancheng.
This person has a special routine for robbing the tomb, that is, if the coffin is opened from a place where the blood evil evil is evil, the coffin will be poured with coffin. Observe the reaction of the coffin. If there is a strange noise in the coffin, the coffin owner may change the corpse, and the soldier will drag the coffin out of the ancient tomb and expose it to the sun and open the coffin; if there is no abnormal movement in the coffin, it depends on the surface of the coffin. In most cases, the coffin blood will not condense and flow along the coffin to the bottom of the coffin. This means nothing is wrong. The coffin is safe.
But there is another very special situation, which is when the cow is poured on blood. It is like pouring on sand and stones, and blood seeps into the body of the coffin. This is a sign of greater misfortune than a corpse transformation. This means that the thing in the coffin may not be a human corpse.
The coffin is not a human corpse, what is that? The answer is, the corpse that cannot be explained. In China, this kind of thing is collectively called a demon.
At this time, Zhang Yancheng would order people to dig a pit on the spot, sink the demon coffin into the pit, apply mud, and then molten weapons, seal the coffin with iron, leaving a hole that can only be passed by one hand. When the iron condenses, he would enter the coffin with one hand and explore the objects in the coffin. According to legend, this is his ancestral skill of the Zhonglang General of the Earth Faqiu who explored the cave with two fingers.
When he was exploring the cave, he would order people to use a three-foot pipa cutter to block his arm, while tying the "knocking handle" to the ponytail so that he could feel something was wrong. Others could immediately pull the horse. The horse was frightened and ran away, pulling the motive pin. The extremely sharp pipa cutter would immediately spin and cut it to save his life.
This way, because there is a hole on it, it will eventually become something similar to a huge iron whistle, so it is called the "whistle coffin".
Zhang Yancheng used this skill to explore the cave in his life, and it was said that he had only three times, all of which retreated with his arms. The best time was that he took out a 24-scent golden grape from the coffin, which was only the size of a molar, and was said to be hidden in the mouth of the corpse. Zhang Yancheng later became unknown as the warlords fought. Some people said that he surrendered to the revolution and finally died in the shelter during the "Cultural Revolution", while others said that he died in Huanggutun. In short, he was a mysterious figure.
There are two common sayings about his legend. One thinks that he really has the unique skills of the Hakki, and it is well-known to explore the cave with two fingers; the other thinks that Zhang Yancheng is a liar, who takes advantage of the superstitious fear of ordinary soldiers about coffins, and calls ordinary coffins a demon coffin, and then performs a show, which raises his status.
No one knows what the truth is.
My grandfather believed that Zhang Yancheng was a master, because Zhang Yancheng's iron-water demon coffin style was used to seal the demon coffin, and there was some evidence on the side. It is said that a bronze coffin similar to what Zhang Yancheng said was found in the mud that was diverted from the Yellow River before liberation. There was indeed a hole as thick as an arm on the top of the coffin, but no one dared to reach in. He boldly used to clamp a lot of yellow mud from it. Later, the coffin was thrown directly into the steel furnace during the "Great Leap Forward". I don't know if something happened.
Although this iron coffin is extremely exquisite and completely different from a coffin cast with iron paste, the deep hole on the coffin is very similar to the legendary "whistle coffin".
This is strange. The tomb chamber with the links and paths should be the place of the tomb owner. Why is the main coffin on the coffin bed like this? Could it be that the tomb owner is not a human, but a monster?
Uncle San felt a sense of creepy as he thought about it. Thinking about the ancient tomb being deeply trapped in the abyss under the sea, it was so strange and mysterious. Maybe it was not a human tomb, or maybe it was the Dragon King of the Sea. He also remembered what Jude Kao asked Jie Lianhuan to do, and he couldn't help but feel guilty. Did Jude Kao know that the owner of the tomb was not a human, so he asked Jie Lianhuan to take photos and study it?
However, Uncle San was young at that time and did not take what the old man said too seriously. Although he was a little panicked, he was not afraid. Instead, he became curious and thought to himself, what would be here?
At this time, Jie Lianhuan also noticed that it was a false alarm, and walked over again, looking at the iron coffin with lingering fear. After a look, he tried to push the lid of the coffin.
Uncle San saw that his feet were shaking, and he knew that he was still afraid. This behavior might be to show it in front of Uncle San and save the face he had just been scared.
Uncle San felt it was funny, so he shone the flashlight on his face, so that he would not waste his energy. If this was a "whistle coffin", it was obvious that the processor of this coffin belonged to the same faction as Zhang Yancheng, and the things in this iron coffin were definitely not good. Moreover, when the iron coffin was built, there was no intention to let others open it. He wanted to get things from it. He could only put his hand into the hole of the coffin like Zhang Yancheng.
As he said that, he climbed up. He used a flashlight to illuminate the hole in the coffin to see what he could see.
Looking down from the hole, the coffin is dark and not very clear. The flashlight is not a good method. It can't be shot in half of the light. It only feels that a yin energy comes out from the throat of this "casting man" and your neck becomes hard when you look. It's really not something that ordinary people can do to stretch your hands down and touch it.
Uncle San remembered the information that Jie Lianhuan brought from foreigners, and felt that his speculation was correct: the foreigner was so familiar with the structure here, so he must have asked someone to come in and investigated it before. But why did the person who came in not complete the task? It is estimated that the man was a veteran in this industry like them. When he came in, he found that there was such an iron coffin inside. He knew that the iron coffin was a great deal, so he gave up temporarily. So the foreigner found a half-baked Jie Lianhuan.
In this way, they must not touch the coffin, otherwise they would have been the cannon fodder of Jude Kao.
However, if you don’t touch the coffin, it seems a bit too cowardly. He reconciled Jie Lianhuan. It’s okay that Jie Lianhuan went out empty-handed, but he went out like this too. Then Jie Lianhuan said that he still has the face? Besides, the coffin looks a bit tempting.
Uncle San couldn't make up his mind, but he thought about it and thought that reason had the upper hand. He thought about the experience of his ancestors. He should check out the coffin in the end. Now he should first see what good things are here elsewhere. He will not touch the coffin for the time being. This ancient tomb will not run away. Tomorrow they will come down with fire chopsticks and black donkey hooves tonight. It will be much safer than it is now, and that is not timid.
When he thought of him, he felt relieved and let Jie Lianhuan stay here. If he wanted to take a photo, he would take a picture. The foreigner could understand him and began to search for the corner of the tomb and look for other burial objects.
This tomb has no ear chamber, and the whole body is all in the end, and the layout is very strange. The ancients emphasized that things are like things to be alive. The layout of this tomb is generally imitated according to the layout of the tomb owner before his lifetime. In other words, the place where the tomb owner lived was also in this situation. I can't think of what the situation would be. There are no ordinary burial objects inside, only those huge priceless porcelains.
(These things are worth about 3 billion yuan now.)
Uncle San looked around the tomb and didn't see anything that could be moved out, so he walked back. There was a screen wall behind the coffin bed. After he walked around the screen wall, he looked around and saw some space, but the ground was still empty.
He couldn't help but curse, thinking that he was really stingy, why didn't he have anything? Could it be that the coffin is so big and still iron? That guy stuffed all the funeral objects into it? Did he use this coffin as a safe?
Thinking about it, it was really possible, and I couldn't help but feel a little depressed. At this time, he suddenly saw the back of the screen wall, which was carved in a very complicated manner.
The murals are not worth the money, but the stone sculptures of the ancient tomb are priceless. Although the screen wall is very large and unlikely to be transported out, Uncle San couldn't help but take a look when he saw it.
It surprised him very much. The relief behind the screen wall was not carved with ordinary auspicious beasts, clouds and Buddhas, or rituals and music ascending to immortality, but several palaces, flying eaves and phoenix roofs, carved beams and painted roads, and were carved very finely, and even the tiles were embossed one by one. Moreover, the appearance of each palace was different, some were two floors, some were one floor, and visually far and near, and staggered. Uncle San counted and found that there were a total of
The seven towers are arranged in the arrangement of the Big Dipper. There are countless pavilions and towers between each palace, and the other details are covered by carved clouds. The background of this relief is a huge mountain, which is obviously a big mountain. The composition of the palace is in the lower part of the relief. The meaning is very clear. These are seven palaces built in a huge valley. The valley is filled with clouds and mist, covering the things outside the palace hazy and mysterious.
What does this relief mean? Uncle San was stunned. All the murals in the ancient tombs have meaning, either symbolic or praise the great achievements of the tomb owner during his lifetime. Does this relief represent the mythical immortal kingdom, or is it praising the tomb owner?
Uncle San didn't know that the owner of the tomb here was Wang Zanghai, so he had no idea, but this exquisite relief left a very deep impression on him. He told me that even at that time, this screen wall was also a priceless treasure. If he could be taken out, he would put it in the bedroom and watch it every day.
However, the screen wall was too huge, and it was impossible to transport it out at that time. Although Uncle San was itchy, he had no choice. After looking carefully several times, he wanted Jie Lianhuan to come over and take pictures of this thing, so he would brag among his colleagues in the future.
Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly smelled a strange smell, as if something was burning.
He was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, what's going on? This is a tomb, how could this smell appear? He hurriedly ran out of the screen wall and looked out. Then, he saw a scene that made him dumbfounded.
Chapter completed!