Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Grandpa Tuo hugged my shoulders and whispered, "Do you remember the story I told you? Crying can confuse the mind and cause hallucinations."

"It's a good thing that I can't hear any crying now."

"hurry up!"

I agree with Tuoye's point of view.

It is indeed a good thing to have no interference from crying.

I quickened my pace with Cui Hao.

The closer we got to the wooden box, the clearer we could see it.

The bright red wooden box is eye-catching, with intricate patterns painted on it with lacquer.

I rushed forward in two steps and examined the pattern on the wooden box.

There are starry sky paintings on the corners of the wooden box, and patterns of chariots, horses and soldiers on all four sides, which together make it look like an army is being led to war.

I looked at the wooden box next to me again.

The pattern continues the previous content and is a scene of leading troops to make preparations for war.

I understood instantly.

The painted patterns on the wooden box record the great achievements of the tomb owner's life and play a similar role to the murals.

Cui Hao caught up and said nervously, "Brother, don't run so fast all of a sudden! I can't keep up with you."

"Don't follow me too closely. It's safer to stay two steps behind."

"That won't do! We agreed to be brothers for life, and we'll fight together when times get tough."

He spoke very toughly.

But his trembling legs still betrayed him.

Grandpa Tuo walked over slowly and glanced at the picture on the wooden box.

"Don't look at it, we are tomb robbers, not an archaeological team."

"What's in the painting isn't important to us. What's most important is opening the coffin and finding something related to the curse."

Grandpa Tuo looked towards the center of the tomb with sharp eyes.

There is a huge coffin there.

Huge painted patterns can be seen on the surface of the coffin.

I vaguely felt that there might be a huge clue hidden in that painting.

"Mouse, follow Master Tuo. I'll go take a look first."

After saying that, I trotted out.

Pass through the wooden box area and wooden crate area and come to the huge coffin.

There is a 60-centimeter-high wooden base at the bottom of the coffin.

On the base is a coffin chamber more than two meters high.

Standing at the foot of the pedestal, I looked up at the colorful paintings around the coffin chamber.

The colorful paintings on the four sides together form a sacrificial picture.

But the beneficiaries of the sacrifice are neither immortals nor ancestors.

But it was a huge snake!

No, that's not right!

The snake seems to be just a follower of the enjoyer.

The one enjoying the sacrifice is a black ball!

On the last painting, a black ball swallowed up the human sacrifice!

In the past, people would kill living people as sacrifices during sacrifices.

The person who is sacrificed is a human sacrifice.

During the Shang Dynasty, the system of human sacrifice was widely popular, and it also gave rise to the system of human burial.

This kind of cruel system gradually declined during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and was explicitly banned during the Han Dynasty.

Duke Bi was a nobleman in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, when the practice of human sacrifice was most widespread.

But, what is that black ball that devours human sacrifices?

In the myths and legends handed down to later generations, there are no stories about gods and demons related to the black ball.

At the end of the scene, the human sacrifice is completed, and the richly dressed noble kneels before the black ball, seemingly praying for its blessing.

I felt a little heavy after watching it.

I always feel that the sacrificial scenes are too weird and beyond my understanding.

"call!"

I took a deep breath and looked around to relax my heavy mood.

As far as the eye can see, wooden boxes and crates are neatly arranged, and further away is the wall of the tomb.

The walls of the tomb are not flat, but are built with bumps and depressions in a certain pattern.

This is a bit strange.

Normally, the four walls of a tomb should be flat.

Before I could figure out what was going on, Tuo Ye and the others arrived.

The journey was uneventful.

Cui Hao and the Meng family father and son felt much more relaxed.

Some people even optimistically believe that there is no danger in the tomb at all.

As for the reason why those people were possessed by evil spirits before, it was all attributed to being cowardly and frightened.

Meng Jingye laughed and said, "There's no evil here. Those people are just too timid!"

"Nothing in the world is as great as courage. There's nothing to be afraid of when there are people who have died for hundreds or thousands of years!"

"As long as you have righteousness in your heart, even the King of Hell will give way to you!"

Meng Jianshe quickly flattered his father: "Well said! Dad, your words are really insightful."

"Cough cough."

Uncle Tuo coughed twice, he couldn't stand the arrogance of the father and son.

"Let's open the coffin quickly and don't waste time."

"Yes, open the coffin quickly!"

Meng Jingye waved his hand, and Meng Jianshe opened his bag to take out the tools.

Axes, hammers, chisels and other tools are all available.

Camel Grandpa walked around the coffin, looking for the best place to open it.

A tomb of this level has at least five layers of coffins.

In addition, the coffin is very high and is not suitable for opening from the top.

In the past, when encountering such a large coffin, tomb robbers would choose to enter through the hole below the coffin chamber.

Grandpa Tuo stood in the southeast corner of the coffin chamber.

He took out candles, lit them, and asked us to kneel down and worship together.

The practice of lighting candles in tombs is very popular among tomb robbers.

As the saying goes, people light candles and ghosts blow out the lamp.

Once the candle goes out, it means ghost blowing out the lights and telling people to leave quickly.

But to explain it scientifically, this practice is to measure the oxygen content in the tomb. As long as the oxygen content is too low, the candle will automatically extinguish.

Second, staying in a tomb for a long time will cause the human body to lack oxygen.

The candle only burns out in three or four hours. Once it burns out, it means you have been in the tomb for too long and you need to go up to breathe fresh air and replenish oxygen.

Therefore, behind the legend of respecting ghosts and gods, there is scientific reasoning.

The Meng family father and son were somewhat reluctant: "What era is it now? Are you still doing this?"

"This is the rule."

"If you don't follow the rules, don't blame me if something happens."

After saying this, Grandpa Tuo kowtowed three times.

Cui Hao and I did the same.

The Meng family father and son hesitated for a moment, then knelt down and kowtowed reluctantly.

"Is this okay?" Meng Jianshe muttered as he tried to stand up.

call!

Suddenly a cold wind blew by.

The candle flame flickered in the wind.

My heart tightened.

When he was about to reach out to protect the candle flame, an even stronger cold wind blew.

The candle flickered twice and went out completely.

"It's going to get bad!" Grandpa Tuo's face looked extremely ugly.

"People light candles, ghosts blow them out. This is the tomb owner's warning to us!"

Meng Jianshe was so scared that he shrank his neck as hard as he could, wishing he could retract his head into his body.

"Ghosts have nothing to do with us. We just knelt down to worship..."

Meng Jingye stared at the candle for a moment, took out a match and said, "It's not that weird. It was just blown out by the wind. Don't scare yourself."

"Just light it up again."

Swish.

The match was struck and the candle was lit.

"Look, this isn't good...hiss!"

Before he could finish, another gust of cold wind blew and the candle went out again.

Cui Hao grabbed my arm tightly and said, "Brother, this is so weird!"

I find it weird too.

The tomb chamber is basically a confined space.

Only near the entrance of the tunnel will a wind vent be formed due to factors such as air pressure.

There should be no wind or a light breeze in other places.

But the two gusts of cold wind that just blew were very strong.

This seems to be something that cannot be explained by science.

"Uncle Camel, in this situation, what should we do according to the rules?"

Grandpa Tuo pursed his lips and said slowly: "According to the rules, this is a ghost blowing out the candle. Once the candle is out, you should leave."