Chapter 222 The message in the relief
As the coffin cover moved slowly, everyone subconsciously held their breath and focused all their attention on the stone coffin, ready to take action at any time.
After all, this stone coffin is also something from the Ghost Tomb. No one knows what is inside, so the vigilance is naturally raised to the highest level.
But until the entire coffin cover was completely pushed open, the scene they imagined did not appear.
When the coffin lid was pushed halfway, Chen Ziyan had already seen clearly the situation inside the stone coffin.
There is no coffin in this stone coffin. It is filled with a light yellow transparent substance that looks a bit like amber, but its transparency is more like crystal.
And inside this substance that looked like amber, there was a lifelike female corpse lying quietly.
After putting the coffin cover aside, Chen Ziyan greeted the people behind him: "Come over here."
But his eyes remained on the stone coffin, never Leave for a moment.
Chen Ziyan is now very curious as to why there is no coffin in the conventional sense in this stone coffin, but this unknown substance is used instead.
He could see that this substance was probably the main reason why the female corpse did not decay, but this was not the explanation for the lack of a coffin.
Those who can use this inner treasure must be of extremely prominent status no matter which dynasty or generation they belong to.
For such a character, it will not be difficult to do so in this unknown material, so there must be some special purpose for doing so.
While Chen Ziyan was thinking about this problem, the others had already arrived beside him, and they all saw the strange situation in the stone coffin.
They all knew more or less about this aspect, so they quickly came to the same inference as Chen Ziyan.
That is - there must be something wrong with the stone coffin in front of you.
After all, in a place like tombs that pays great attention to the situation and rules, all unconventional existences must have their reasons for existence.
Hu Bayi glanced at the female corpse for a few times and said doubtfully: "Looking at the craftsmanship and details of this costume, it should be a product of the Western Zhou Dynasty, but this style does not look like a restrained uniform. "
"This style looks more like Mianfu," Chen Ziyan said.
He had discovered this before, but he didn't have time to pay attention to it. Compared to the clothes, he was more concerned about what the unknown substance represented.
Chen Ziyan actually suspected that it was a corpse cocoon at first, but after thinking about it, he couldn't be sure.
The characteristics of the corpse cocoon are quite obvious. There are many naturally formed lines on the surface, and they appear to be clear but are actually blurry.
If this was a corpse cocoon, the outline of the corpse inside could only be barely seen with the naked eye, but it would not be as clear as this.
But if it is not a corpse cocoon, both the texture and color are really close to each other.
Feeling unable to distinguish accurately, he asked his question: "Do you think this looks like a corpse cocoon?"
"Corpse cocoon?" Hu Bayi narrowed his eyes slightly and was a little unsure: "They look similar."
He knew a little about corpse cocoons, but probably not as much as Chen Ziyan, so he couldn't do it. judge.
Ding Sitian had never heard of a corpse cocoon, so she asked curiously: "Bayi, what is a corpse cocoon?"
Hu Bayi explained to her: "This corpse cocoon has two There are two theories. The first one is created by alchemists in the pre-Qin period. It was originally used to make elixirs. The raw materials are made from the placenta of pregnant women and the amniotic fluid inside. The second theory is that it is a kind of embalming of corpses. Technology, using a special mixture of Chinese medicine to wrap the corpse, it will slowly form a corpse cocoon."
Then he looked at the female corpse in the stone coffin: "If there is really a corpse cocoon in it, then it should be. The second statement is more true. ”
Hu Bayi did not completely deny the first theory. After all, those alchemists were quite crazy, and they might actually develop this method.
When Ding Sitian heard the previous words, she immediately glanced at the unknown substance in the coffin in disgust. It was not until she heard Hu Bayi's next words that she felt better.
Chen Ziyan waited for Hu Bayi to finish his class and asked him to look at the inner wall of the stone coffin: "Old Hu, look at these reliefs."
Hu Bayi quickly looked over and followed the In the direction Chen Ziyan pointed, he found some reliefs on the inner wall blocked by an unknown substance.
Because of the material blocking it, he didn't notice it at the first time.
You must know that in ancient times, the most common way to record information was not books, but murals and the like that were more resistant to the erosion of time.
As for the reliefs that appear here, it is no surprise that they record important life events of the owner of the coffin, which should be able to answer some questions for them.
Although these reliefs seem to be a whole, if you look carefully, you will find that they are actually composed of individual scenes.
Soon, they found the first scene and began to interpret the content of the relief from the beginning.
This first scene depicts a man and a woman meeting each other for the first time.
Shirley Yang looked at the vivid image of the relief, frowned and said: "Looking at what this means, it should be the first meeting between lovers, but isn't this man a bit old?"
Although the image depicted on it is very heroic, it can also be seen that this is not a young man.
"The love between an uncle and a girl was a very common thing in ancient times." Chen Ziyan explained casually. He didn't pay too much attention to this, because as he said, this was nothing unusual in the ancient land.
Who knows that a pear tree can overwhelm a crabapple tree? Compared with the allusion about eighty-year-old bridal chambers with flowers and candles, this is really nothing new.
And although the age of the man on this relief is a bit older, it is still within an acceptable range.
But then Chen Ziyan realized something was wrong, and that was the life story of the tomb owner. Why should this incident be used as the starting point?
Logically speaking, a space with limited space like this usually records important moments for the tomb owner.
Things like the first meeting of lovers can be replaced by other things, especially when there is a grand wedding scene at the end. The two overlap to a certain extent.
Is it possible that there is something wrong with this man’s identity?
When Chen Ziyan expressed his idea, he immediately received Hu Bayi's approval.
Just listen to him say: "I also think it's a little weird. It stands to reason that the scene that can be specially recorded should have special meaning to the tomb owner, and this specialness is either the scene or the person, but I think more Leaning towards the latter. "
He has a basis for saying this, because there is nothing outstanding about the scene in the first picture.
But this was just the first picture, so after a brief period of confusion, they put away their thoughts for the time being and continued to look at the content behind.
Although the body of the female corpse partially blocked it, it did not affect their knowledge of the contents of the relief. The blocked contents could also be inferred from the surrounding reliefs.
The protagonists of the subsequent relief are still the man and the woman. First, they got married, and then the child was born. After the common crystallization, the man even built a magnificent pavilion for his beloved woman.
Seeing this can be regarded as verifying Chen Ziyan's previous guesses. The identity of this man is not simple.
After all, the magnificent pavilion in the relief was not built by just anyone.
During a subsequent tour, the two of them accidentally discovered a giant bronze door hidden underground.
Seeing the appearance of the giant bronze door, Chen Ziyan and the others looked at each other, but did not say anything and continued to look.
In the relief scene, two people looked like they were having a discussion after discovering the giant bronze door. Not long after, the woman became seriously ill and eventually died.
But in fact, she faked her death and escaped with the help of a man, and used her serious illness as an excuse to collect a batch of very important things, and since then she has become the guardian of the giant bronze gate.
After reading the final content of this relief, everyone already knew that the woman buried in this stone coffin should be the noble who built the temple.
This means that their previous speculation was correct. The original body of the Ghost Tomb and the temple were indeed built by the same person.
But there are some differences, that is, no man appears in the temple murals from beginning to end.
Judging from the reliefs on the inside of the stone coffin, it is very likely that everything that happened here was led by that man.
“If the people who do this are all men in the reliefs, then what is his identity and what is the purpose of doing this?”
Faced with new doubts, Chen Ziyan Feeling a little headache.
He felt that his trip to Longling was not as easy as he imagined, and there were really puzzling questions one after another.
The more you learn about something, the more you feel the depth of the secrets hidden here.
"Huh..." Hu Bayi let out a breath, trying to relax his brain.
Not only Chen Ziyan feels this way, but also everyone else. They all now feel that they may be approaching a huge secret.
Shirley Yang flicked her wrist, collected her thoughts, and said: "What we should do now is to find a way to deduce the identity of this woman through these reliefs. Only in this way can we deduce The identity of the man. "
The key point now is very clear, that is, the identities of these two people must be known first, otherwise all their subsequent speculations may be biased.
Others also agreed with Shirley Yang's proposal. The top priority now is to find out the identities of these two people.
Hu Bayi touched his chin and said: "The information we know so far is only the murals in the temple and the reliefs here. There are not many that can be used."
The murals on the temple side are basically No, the only ones that can be used are a few recognizable images in the relief.
Chen Ziyan pointed to the several scenes at the back of the relief and said: "I think we should use these as the starting point. I think such buildings were rare at the time, and they must leave some clues in history. . ”
First of all, what they can determine is that the time period in which these two people lived was the Western Zhou Dynasty, which gave them a rough range.
“And there are fewer records of women, which makes it easier for us to filter.” Ding Sitian added.
Hu Ba said half-jokingly: "If there weren't some key points that didn't match up, I would have thought this female corpse was Baosi."
But this was just a joke, because he himself knew it was impossible.
The final ending alone does not correspond. The Bao Si recorded in history did not die of illness.
(End of this chapter)