Chapter 029: Outer Jin and Inner Han

There is no love without reason in the world, let alone hate without reason.

I firmly believe in the Taoist theory that all things are interdependent and mutually reinforcing.

That is, rats are afraid of cats, cats are afraid of dogs, dogs are afraid of leopards, leopards are afraid of tigers, tigers are afraid of wolves, wolves are afraid of poisonous snakes, and snakes are afraid of badgers...

In short, it is endless, and all things interact with each other just like the Creator planned in advance. No matter how time passes, it will eventually be a complete closed loop.

Even for viruses that are omnipotent, ultraviolet rays in nature are one of their nemesis!

I raised my pistol and overturned the panicked blackbirds above my head, and then looked to see what was so strange nearby that could make this group of blackbirds so frightened that they didn't dare to take even half a step forward.

The fat man had been a seaman. He just said that even a whole ship of people couldn't push the stone door. It was a bit exaggerated, but the weight of the stone door was indeed very important.

The three people were hiding in the safe area of the stone gate. I suddenly smelled a simple sour smell, but this sour smell was also mixed with a camphor-like smell that came and went.

After looking for the smell, I found that there were still two stone statues standing inside the stone gate. The stone statues were the same height and width, more than three meters high and about one meter wide, with the same shape.

There is a square stone base below each stone statue, which is at least fifty centimeters high, and is densely engraved with text.

Before distinguishing those words, another strange phenomenon caught our attention.

A gap was exposed on each of the square stone bases, as if the stone statue above had been twisted half a turn and deliberately exposed. The sour and strange smell kept coming out of the dark gaps.

"This stone statue looks heavy. Why is the base hollow? Could it be that the old rice dumpling stuffed thousands of years of foot-binding cloth inside, which is why it smells so sour." While the fat man spoke, several rays of light came together. Aim there.

When the searchlight shines inside, the hollow base is filled with dark red round stones.

There are layers of stones inside, as big as a clenched fist and as small as an egg.

Under the illumination of the searchlight, the stone reflected a strange light. Although it is not irritating, it is very uncomfortable.

The fat man thought they were some kind of rubies and wanted to grab two of them. I stopped him and told him not to act rashly.

From this point of view, the reason why the black haters outside dare not follow up is probably related to these red stones.

I conjured up all the information in my mind about smelly rocks and the fear of birds.

A possibility suddenly occurred to me. According to legend, there is indeed a rare stone that can repel hundreds of birds and is the nemesis of most birds.

Nanweng Immortal Stone is said to be something swallowed by the crane raised by the Antarctic Immortal. When the stone is swallowed by the crane, it will turn into a round dark red color with a strange sour smell.

This smell repels birds.

In fact, this kind of stone is naturally formed and is only distributed in a mysterious area in the South China Sea. It is extremely rare.

Nanweng fairy stone contains a special acid, which is extremely volatile. If birds inhale it, their heads will burst and die.

 

At this time, I only felt that the originally faint and weird sour smell around me became stronger, and my throat began to feel itchy.

Since there are very few records about this kind of stone, it is difficult to say whether people who inhale a large amount of its volatile gas will have some kind of malignant effect.

Just to be on the safe side, I took out portable filter masks and asked everyone to put them on.

The fat man put on the mask and his voice was a little muffled. He said it turned out to be a box of mothballs, and the owner of the tomb mistook us for cockroaches.

There are adsorbed substances such as activated carbon in the filter element of the mask. The strong sour smell will no longer be so obvious in a short period of time, but the service life of the filter element in the mask is limited. Since these stones were untouchable, we were ready to continue heading into the temple.

But as soon as he took his eyes away from the Nanweng Immortal Stone, he discovered that the two stone statues were even more strange.

The two standing stone statues have fish scales on their bodies, and their bodies are actually covered with fish scales.

The fish scales are carved so lifelike that they seem to be undulating when illuminated by the light, like dragons, or carps that have become spirits.

This reminds me of a silver wine glass with a dragon pattern that I almost bought in the past. The pattern on it was very strange.

The single cup is only ten centimeters in diameter and more than twenty centimeters high. The handle of the cup is shaped like this. However, it is not as complete as the stone statue. The handle is only a human body with hairy fish scales, and there is no head. He raised his hands high, as if he were using the wine cup as his head.

It's a pity that I misjudged it as a second-hand product. In fact, it is genuine at first glance (meaning that you can tell that something is genuine at first glance without having to look any further).

The judgment between it and second-hand goods is very embarrassing.

Generally speaking, the direct direction of antique antiques is to make them look fake and real, so when it comes to antiques, some details are more exquisite than the real ones.

Although this can make the young bosses who are new to the industry shine, it also makes it easier for experts to see flaws.

When experts judge whether an antique is authentic or fake, they make a comprehensive judgment and grasp every key detail.

Such a one-sided "excessive force" situation will make experts discover abnormalities faster.

Therefore, while the counterfeiting industry is improving its counterfeiting capabilities, it is also constantly extending into psychology.

Therefore, there have been many strange and weird things in the world. Most of these things have strange shapes and no traceable sources. Experts cannot refer to literature at all and can only judge the authenticity of an item based on years of experience and intuition.

Often this is the time when old things have the greatest advantage, and it will give you an illusion.

It makes you think that no one would make old products so fake.

The dragon-patterned silver wine glass I just mentioned looks very much like a modern goblet.

If you put aside the shape, the material is indeed top quality and the workmanship is also very exquisite.

Now that I think about it, I was still too arrogant at the time. The seller's price was not high, but for the sake of Jingbaozhai's signature, I chose to miss a treasure rather than give it a chance to impress.

Perhaps these two stone statues are the origin of the silver cup. Unfortunately, looking back now, too many details of the dragon-patterned silver wine cup have been forgotten, leaving only a vague outline.

Otherwise, by comparing the two, we may be able to get some answers.

I studied the stone statue for a while, and Fatty had already dragged Long Wu to continue exploring. I knew Fatty too well. He must have dragged Long Wu into the main hall when he saw that there was nothing to take.

I had no choice but to abandon the stone statue and turn around to take a look. What was reassuring was that the black poison outside still lingered and did not dare to take a step forward.

Three people and three searchlights, two in front and one behind, formed an inverted triangle shape.

I carefully observed the layout and style of the main hall, and was surprised to find

The layout inside is more like that of the Han Dynasty.

At first I thought I had made a mistake in my judgment. How could the appearance of the underground palace of the Western Jin Dynasty have the internal placement of the Han Dynasty?

But after careful observation, I was very sure of my judgment. The style of this Han Dynasty tomb is absolutely unmistakable!

The typical feature of Han tombs is the ancestral hall built horizontally by the Shinto connecting the main hall, with brick chambers and stone chambers. There are also standing stone statues of people and animals on both sides of the shrine.

We are in Shinto, but the stone statue just now combines people and animals, a human figure covered with scales.

The fat man had already walked to the left ear chamber and asked me if I could go in and investigate.

Generally, there will be a small number of burial objects in the ear chamber, and more may be partial records of the life of the tomb owner.

In order to understand this Han tomb with the appearance of the Western Jin Dynasty, we must not miss the ear chamber in front of us. There may be clues in the ear chamber.

The ear chambers are divided into left and right sides and are symmetrical. I called to the fat man, and the first thing I chose was the side door room on the left.

After entering, I found that the ear chamber was not very big, and it seemed that only about ten square meters could be used to see the bottom.

The light beams emitted by the three strong flashlights all hit the wall.

It was surrounded by a layer of dark red substance. When I shined a flashlight at close range, I found that it was a peeled glaze.

I picked off a small piece with my hands, and because of years of occupational disease, I wanted to hold it close to my nose and take a whiff.

At this time, he was interrupted by Fatty's exclamation.

"Old Cao, come and take a look. There are two big copper boxes squatting in this corner."

Following the fat man's voice, he discovered that he was standing in the southwest corner of the ear room, and the tops of the two boxes under him had been opened by him.

It turns out that we didn’t notice these two copper boxes at first not because of our poor eyesight.

The surface of the two copper boxes was painted the same dark red as the surrounding walls. The fat man was accidentally knocked, and then he suddenly opened the top of the copper boxes.

The tops of the two copper boxes were opened, like two beached whales, with their huge mouths open, as if their stomachs were never full.

Even more strange are the interiors of two copper boxes.

The copper box on the left is like new inside and is very well preserved.

The copper box on the right is covered with green patina, as if it were wrapped in a layer of sun-dried moss. Although it has a full sense of age, it makes people look very uncomfortable.

The fat man was quick and found that there were more than a dozen copper coins in the copper box on the right, so he wanted to bend down and pick it up.

I quickly stopped him and told him not to be obsessed with money and ignore this superficial and unusual thing.

"Fat man! Can you clearly see what's weird about these two copper boxes?"

The fat man's fortune-making little hand was interrupted midway, so he was naturally unhappy, but due to my power, he could only scratch his head and said angrily: "I just wanted to say, it's like picking fat out of a fly's eye - the owner of this tomb is really stingy and ruthless. He's so big There are just a few copper coins in the copper box. Isn’t this an insult to people?”

"Even if he can do it, we can't stand it! Although ants are small, they are still meat. I am planning to restrain myself. In the end, my brother and I will share it equally."

The fat man must have been blinded by the money, so he naturally didn't see clearly what was going on.

Only then must he be taught a lesson.

First of all, there are indeed 12 copper coins in the box with green patina, and there are also 7 copper coins in the well-preserved copper box.

And the copper coins in the copper boxes on these two sides are perfectly preserved in exactly the opposite way!

On the right side is a box with patina, and the twelve copper coins inside are very well preserved. Although it cannot be said to be the same as when it was first made, it can still be considered to be 80% to 90% new.

As for the copper box on the left that was intact on the outside, the seven copper coins inside were as bad as chaff. Two of them had corroded rings and were not round at all.

The fat man naturally only stared at the twelve well-preserved copper coins, but ignored the weirdness in them.

If he rashly takes out the copper coins, some mechanism may be triggered.