Cao Cao asked me to go rob a tomb

Chapter 769 Thai Oath (4000)

Speaking of the method of removing rust from the bronze ware, Wu Liang naturally also knew.

There are actually two mainstream methods included in later textbooks, one is the mechanical derusting method, and the other is the chemical derusting method.

As the name implies, the mechanical rust removal method is to use physical methods to remove rust, including manual rust removal and micro electric mechanical tools to remove rust. It is very strong and can protect cultural relics to the maximum extent. Therefore, even in the later generations with highly developed science and technology, it is still the mainstream method of derusting cultural relics. The disadvantage is that it consumes a lot of manpower and time. After all, it is a careful job.

The chemical derusting method is to use some special chemical agents to soak part or all of the bronze cultural relics. After the chemical agents have an effect on the rust part, the mechanical derusting method is used to remove the loose rust... This is One direction, but it is also difficult to operate, and a little carelessness will cause irreversible damage to the bronze cultural relic body.

But for now let's start with the actual situation.

These two methods are actually not very suitable for Wu Liang.

The first is the chemical derusting method. Limited by the technological level of this era, it is impossible for Wu Liang to analyze the composition of these rusts from a microscopic point of view, let alone prepare corresponding chemical agents. Therefore, this method can directly excluded.

The second is the mechanical derusting method.

This method is feasible in any era, but although it is feasible, it is not necessary.

Because Wu Liang knew in his heart that this bronze plate was corroded to such a serious extent that its texture was already very fragile, and continuous oxidation was inevitable, so even if he took time and effort to clean it out, the bronze plate would be Without the strict protection in a vacuum environment, it may be difficult for this thing to survive for nearly 2000 years.

And in this era, it is simply impossible to realize such a means of protection.

Therefore, there is really no need to do such a thankless thing. It is better to record the above content in its entirety, which can be regarded as an explanation for future generations.

After thinking about it like this, Wu Liang came up with a less mainstream method - soaking in boiling water.

This is a method specifically for bronzes that have suffered from severe earth rust, and the bronze plate in front of me fits this situation exactly.

In fact, the practice is also very simple.

So Wu Liang quickly made up his mind, and immediately said to Yang Wanli: "Yang Wanli, you take a few people to gather Qi Kanggong's bones and funeral objects, and after you go down the mountain, order a few people to take a boat back to Qu County and find a company that specializes in making coffins." The shop made a high-quality cypress coffin, at least to give Qi Kanggong a safe place to go."

"promise!"

Yang Wanli responded.

"Dian Wei, take some people to wrap these bronze plates in sackcloth and carry them down the mountain. Be careful not to damage them."

Wu Liang said to Dian Wei again.

"promise."

Dian Wei responded and did the same.

……

So the group quickly returned to the village at the foot of the mountain.

It was already late at night, except for a few night watchmen, Jin Wei and the fishermen in the village had already fallen asleep, so Wu Liang didn't disturb them, but after properly arranging the harvest of this trip, he taught everyone to go to rest .

In fact, everyone is very tired.

After all, since entering the ghost cave before, everyone present has not closed their eyes for more than ten hours in a row. Bloodshot eyes have already appeared in their eyes, and their physical strength and spirit have been severely tested.

Wu Liang is even more so.

Especially the underwater diving that is infinitely close to the limit state has overdrawn his physical strength, so after returning to the room, he has almost fallen into a deep sleep next to the pillow, even if he doesn't snore much The snoring was like thunder.

However, after returning to the room under the "escort" of the Huan army soldiers, the witch did not fall asleep immediately.

At this moment, all she could think about was Wu Liang.

"What kind of person is he..."

Wu Liang's ruffian face with a shameless smile appeared in Wu Liang's mind, and she muttered softly to herself.

The longer she spent with Wu Liang, the more she couldn't understand Wu Liang. In her eyes, Wu Liang was like a chaotic body without any rules.

He is extremely reliable sometimes, and being with him is full of security, as if there is no problem in the world that he cannot solve, and there is no difficulty that he cannot overcome.

But sometimes he is very unreliable, if something goes wrong with him, he will turn his face and deny others, and threaten him in the most shameless and despicable way, the most despicable villain in the world is probably nothing more than that .

He sometimes looks very decent, and what he does has his own principles and is in line with the moral standards of the Celestial Dynasty.

But he is also extremely different, dare to do things that will be cast aside by the world, and even use children as bargaining chips to threaten the "yellow scarf thieves" entrenched on Yuzhou Mountain.

Even what happened tonight is also incomprehensible to Miko.

Wu Liang ordered people to dig up Qi Kanggong’s grave, which was the greatest disrespect to the deceased, but afterwards he showed great respect for Qi Kanggong’s bones and relics. Some people went to buy a good cypress coffin, intending to rebury it.

These contradictory behaviors are really beyond the comprehension of Miko Hu...

that's it.

Immersed in Wu Liang's slightly shameless smile, Miko Hu gradually fell asleep.

……

When I woke up the next day.

As soon as the witch Hu walked out of the wooden house, she saw Wu Liang and others gathered in an open space in the village.

In the middle of them, there was a large iron pot, with white mist rising above the iron pot, as if something was being cooked, but the aroma of food was not smelled.

"Wu Taishi, everyone."

Seeing that everyone had already looked over, Miko Hu had no choice but to take the initiative to say hello, trying not to look so alien, and asked with a smile, "What are you cooking?"

"The genealogy of our family."

Wu Liang also replied with a smile.

"Wu Taishi was joking... this?"

The witch thought that Wu Liang was joking with her, so she gave another salute, but when she came up to the pot and looked into the pot, she was overwhelmed by Wu Liang's honesty on the spot.

Wu Liang didn't joke with her at all.

The iron pot was filled with a pot of clear water, and what was immersed in the water was her family's family tree!

But not all the genealogy, but only the severely corroded bronze plate.

This is the "boiling water soaking method".

Most of the bronzes discovered in later generations were found underground, so it is inevitable that they will be covered with a layer of floating soil, just like the slightly thick layer of rust on this bronze plate. This floating soil is actually a kind of soil rust.

For this kind of soil rust, professional archaeologists usually use the mechanical derusting method and chemical derusting method mentioned by Wu Liang to protect cultural relics to the greatest extent.

The tomb robbers of the later generations can't control these things, they just want to take out the artifacts they got as soon as possible in exchange for huge profits.

Therefore, the Ming ware sold needs to have a better appearance. Bronze ware covered with a layer of rust obviously cannot be recognized by buyers.

So gradually, a quick success method appeared, which is the "boiling water soaking method" that Wu Liang is using now.

For this kind of soil rust, you only need to put the bronze ware into a container, and then pour boiling water at a temperature of 80°C to 90°C until the bronze ware is completely submerged. After a few minutes, most of the rust will disappear. It falls off naturally, and it will become much easier to clean if it remains occasionally.

When encountering bronzes with serious rust, you can also heat the water to boil, so that the rust will fall off more thoroughly, but in this case, the bronze itself may be damaged during the process of rust falling off. Therefore, if it is not the kind of bronze that is not easily damaged, it is better to use it with caution.

Wu Liang just ordered the people to boil the water in the big iron pot just now.

Then remove the firewood to cool the water slightly, and then put the bronze plate in. It has been soaking for a few minutes now, and after observing the situation, it should be ready to be served on the pot.

"?"

Surprised, Miko turned her head to look at Wu Liang.

Wu Liang didn't explain, but stretched his neck and looked into the pot. At this moment, the water that was originally clear to the bottom of the pot had become extremely turbid, and it seemed that a lot of impurities mixed in the rust had been soaked.

"Dianwei, you can take it out and have a look."

Wu Liang immediately nodded to Dian Wei, and Dian Wei was already prepared. First, he stretched a long wooden board into the iron pot and pushed the corner of the bronze board out of the water. Then, with Wu Liang's assistance, the bronze board was lifted out of it and carefully placed on the wooden board prepared in advance.

And in the process of doing so.

A large piece of rust had already slipped off the bronze plate, and fell to the ground with a "crack" and was smashed to pieces.

A large part of the bronze plate was exposed under the rust. Wu Liang felt relieved when he saw the inscriptions on it, which seemed to be in relatively good condition.

Then after the bronze plate was stabilized, Wu Liang was not in a hurry to interpret the content on it, and took out the copper dagger and some smaller tools to carefully clean up other residual rust until all the bronze inscriptions under the rust were exposed.

"This is?"

When Wu Liang saw the bronze inscriptions on it thoroughly, he was stunned again.

I saw that there are nine big characters engraved on it, of which the largest "Jiang" character is on the top, and then the eight characters below are divided into two columns from top to bottom. Wrote "no taboo".

Jiang Taigong is here, there is no taboo?

Why does this sentence sound so familiar?

As far as Wu Liang knows, similar words appeared as early as in the "Historical Records" written in the Western Han Dynasty.

In other words, as early as the Western Han Dynasty or earlier, this sentence has been popular among the people, and it is often used as a means to ward off evil spirits, and its popularity may not be low.

In fact, even in later generations, some places still use such New Year pictures to replace door gods, and when building houses in some rural areas, they will deliberately engrave such words on the beams, or set up a statue when the foundation of the house is laid. A small stone tablet engraved with this sentence replaced "Shi Gandang".

There are different opinions about this practice in various places. The more mainstream one is that "Back then, Jiang Ziya was ordered to enshrine the gods. After dividing the gods equally, Jiang Ziya found that all the places were full, but he had no place to seal, so he could only sit on the lintel. In this way, it is necessary to prevent individual gods from dereliction of duty, let alone allow some evil spirits and ghosts to act recklessly."

This statement is obviously fabricated from the "Fengshen Bang" and cannot be used as an archaeological basis.

But that's not the point.

The key point is the "Taigong Seal" in Wu Liang's arms.

There are a total of eight characters on the "Taigong Seal", which reads "Blessings from the Taigong, no taboos".

If the word "Jiang" on the top is ignored, the difference between the eight characters on the "Taigong Seal" and the content on this bronze plate is only two characters.

And the arrangement and font are exactly the same, it looks like it was carved out of a mold, but the size ratio is different.

I don't know if there is any connection between the two. Is the abnormality of "Taigongyin" after it climbed Yuzhou Mountain related to it?

But now Wu Liang can be sure of one thing.

That is, this bronze plate does not have a similar aura to the "Taigong Seal", because after finding the bronze plate last night, Wu Liang taught Prince Chamu to use the yin and yang eyes to look carefully, and Prince Chamu determined that these bronze plates did not belong to the law. category of devices.

"Girl, do you want to come and see?"

Having no clue at the moment, Wu Liang had no choice but to nod to Yang Wanli, indicating that he could bring Witch Hu closer.

The witch said that she couldn't ask for it, and hurriedly stepped forward to look at the bronze plate.

"..."

Looking at it like this, Miko Hu's complexion became a little complicated, but she didn't immediately explain to Wu Liang, but said, "Wu Taishi, can you turn this bronze plate over and teach me to take a closer look at it?" Look at the gold inscriptions on the back."

"nature."

So Wu Liang and Dian Wei turned the bronze plate over again, revealing the bronze inscription on the back that seemed to be a curse.

"Thank you."

Miko Hu immediately moved closer, as if she was interpreting the above text word by word.

Wu Liang watched quietly from the side, neither obstructing nor disturbing, he could see that Miko Hu probably already had the answer in her mind, it just depends on whether she will tell the truth after sun exposure.

When thinking about it like this.

"Wu Taishi, I know what this is."

The witch looked back at Wu Liang, and said in a firm tone, "This technique is recorded in the books left by our ancestors. This is the 'Thai Oath', a covenant infused with powerful techniques created by Jiang Taigong."

"Taylor?"

Wu Liang pondered for a moment, and then asked, "The 'Oath of Thailand' you mentioned is the same thing as the 'Oath of Thailand' made by Jiang Taigong, King Zhou Wu, and all the princes in the last years of the Shang Dynasty?"

(End of this chapter)