Tomb Raider: I Can Hear Antiques Talk

Chapter 28 Coffins Are Ranked
The huge gray sarcophagus lay quietly among the wooden coffins, looking low-key and eye-catching.

For Fatty Wang, this is the last hope of his trip to open the "blind box" in the secret room. The light in his eyes can hardly be covered even by a gas mask.

In particular, this sarcophagus looks different from those wooden coffins that are concealed. The stone lid seems to be placed more squarely on the coffin, giving people the illusion that it has never been opened.

So Hu Bayi gave the order, and the fat man couldn't wait to push the coffin lid with all his strength, making a lot of noises, like a stupid bear pawing at a tree trunk like a beehive.

Although Xiao Ran injured a finger and lost three points of his strength, he could still provide a helping hand, and Yingzi also joined in under Hu Bayi's call.

But no matter how hard a few people tried, the sarcophagus lid just didn't move at all, as if it was attracted by a magnet.

"No, no, no... We don't have any food in our stomachs. I see that the coffin is doubled now. Rest and rest..." the fat man said out of breath.

The few people had no choice but to sit beside the sarcophagus and pant for breath. Hu Bayi took off his mask: "There is no poisonous gas outside, so quickly take off this sarcophagus, don't be brain-deprived of oxygen..."

Xiao Ran looked at the tight-fitting lid of the sarcophagus, thinking that it shouldn't be, at least it's unreasonable.It is said that Hu Bayi and Fatty could push at least one crack open for the lid of this weight, and with Yingzi's hard work, the lid could be lifted, not to mention his help now.

Fatty and Hu Bayi smoked and chatted about the coffin.The fat man asked curiously: "Old Hu, what do you think the ancient people used stones as coffins? Do you use yourself as medicine or as food? Lying in this stone mortar can't be like the tree you mentioned. , anti-corrosion and insect-proof, right?"

Hu Bayi knocked on the wall of the sarcophagus, and said leisurely: "Strictly speaking, this thing can't be called a coffin, not even a coffin, it's called an outer coffin, and it's used to hold a coffin..."

"Just the one that wraps the little feet? It's quite appropriate to say, wrap the coffin inside..." Yingzi interjected.

Hu Bayi smiled and picked up a broken bone and scratched a "coffin" on the ground, saying: "Yingzi is right or wrong, it is the word "coffin", which refers to the outer layer of the coffin, but it is indeed wrapped. mean."

Yingzi squatted on the ground to observe, and the fat man regained his spirits: "There must be something outside this coffin. It seems that there are really good things in the coffin of the owner of the tomb, otherwise there is no need for this pair of insurance."

Hu Bayi said: "That's right, ancient funeral etiquette has strict regulations on coffins. For example, in the Zhou Dynasty, there were four-fold regulations on the emperor's coffin. There are also requirements on materials. For example, the emperor used pine coffins, high-ranking officials used cypress coffins, and low-level scholars used coffins. Use other miscellaneous wooden coffins. Later, the rules gradually changed, but this kind of stone coffin is only treated by high-ranking officials in the dynasty, and I guess there is at least a prince in it."

The fat man was even happier: "There are still so many things to pay attention to, so the master here is bigger than the official of the corpse just now? Why doesn't the corpse have a coffin?"

"I don't understand the history of the nomads, so it's not easy to talk nonsense. But the customs are different after all, maybe people are willing to put some funeral objects down, especially for those warriors who don't have much artistic taste, the tomb is full of horses Weapons and armor." Hu Bayi replied.

The fat man stood up and circled around the stone coffin, admiring again and again: "Pass, really pay attention. When the fat man has money, he will build a gold coffin and a silver coffin for himself. No matter what, he must surpass this prince. The emperor takes turns doing it. Today to my home……"

Hearing what he said, Xiao Ran smiled and said, "Fatty Master, if you are a gold coffin and a silver coffin, you will probably be the best..."

The fat man was stunned: "Just let me die first, and my wife and children will enjoy the blessings, but now I have to kill my wife?"

Xiao Ran explained: "The golden coffin and the silver coffin are all used to hide the relics of Buddha bones after cremation by eminent monks. Fat Lord, you have three pieces. Now you have been a monk for four or fifty years and you should have time to burn the relics. It may be too late to have a child..."

The fat man scratched his head: "Then the copper coffin, the iron coffin, I don't believe it, it can't surpass this broken stone..."

Hu Bayi spoke from the side: "Fatty, you don't know how to be silly. Are the copper and iron coffins used by normal people? The bronze coffin is used to suppress big rice dumplings. As for the iron coffin, it is purely a curse... "

The fat man waved his hand: "Forget it, forget it, it's such a hassle, there is no place in life without green hills, and stop doing these crap. I said, let's start!"

Hu Bayi called everyone to put on gas masks, and he, Xiao Ran, and Fatty Wang started pushing the lid of the stone coffin again.

But after pushing for a long time, the stone cover still remained motionless.Xiao Ran felt strange in his heart, how could there be such an accident?
"Good man... the things inside... don't want you to open the coffin..." Yin Yang Jing's weak voice sounded.

Xiao Ran hurriedly asked: "Master Daoist, is there anything you can do?"

"It must be opened from the inside..."

After Yin Yang mirror finished speaking, there was no response.

Is there a mechanism to open the lid inside?But this method is tantamount to talking in vain, how to get in without opening the lid?

"Yingzi, don't study the land, come here and help me, and help me more..." Hu Ba shouted to Yingzi.

Xiao Ran turned his head, only to see Yingzi who was reading with a flashlight just now, who had already gone far away at some point, studying the ground carefully by the light of the flashlight.

"Brother Hu... there are children's footprints on the ground..."

As Yingzi spoke, she followed the footprints she had mentioned, and slowly raised the flashlight to illuminate the positions of the three of them and the stone coffin.

"what!"

Yingzi screamed, and the flashlight fell to the ground, startling the three big men too.Xiao Ran felt that Yingzi's atmosphere had been created, and a layer of sweat broke out from his scalp instantly.

Yingzi didn't hide at this time, nor did he come to look for them, so he could only shrink back and say, "I saw those two children again. They jumped into that... coffin!"

The child jumped in?Xiao Ran suddenly understood something.

He greeted Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang who were still in a daze, and pushed hard again.

There were a few rubbing sounds of stones, and a crack was exposed on the originally immovable stone cover, and some broken stone foam fell down.

Seeing this, Yingzi didn't care about being afraid, and hurried over to help push together.The four of them tried their best again, and finally pushed the heavy stone slab to the side with a burst of squeaks.

As the stone cover crashed down, a huge wooden coffin with a pure black background appeared in front of everyone.

At first glance, this coffin is not usable by ordinary people. Not only is it nearly twice the size of ordinary coffins, but even including the lid, it is more than half the height of a person.

Not only that, the production and decoration of the coffin are also quite artistic. All around the coffin and on the coffin lid, various auspicious animals, such as cranes, unicorns, and tortoises, are painted with gilt lacquer. There are 28 constellations, and the bottom of the coffin is surrounded by auspicious cloud patterns, which makes me feel like "immortals caress my top, and I will live forever".

Several people were full of praise for the exquisite workmanship of this coffin, and the fat man asked Hu Bayi: "Old Hu, this coffin is not just at the level of a prince in the level you mentioned, right?"

Hu Bayi sighed: "This old boy has a lot of ambitions, let alone a prince, even an emperor. He wants to become a fairy!"

(End of this chapter)