The coffin was made of stone. I took a look and found that the coffin lid weighed at least several hundred kilograms. I didn't have a crowbar and couldn't push it open even if I died of exhaustion. I could only think of Da Pao, the savage bull. An animal that could carry more than 100 kilograms of weight over mountains and hills like a game should have no problem pushing the lid of a coffin, right?
At that moment, I unbuttoned my shirt and tore off a piece of rag from my vest with a "swish". Then I divided it into two parts. I covered my face with one part and threw the other to Da Pao, asking him to cover his face and not blow the living Yang Qi into the coffin when pushing the coffin lid. If there was no mother body in it, the dead body that was originally quiet would be blown up by him in one breath and it would be a disaster.
As a result, Da Pao just tied the cloth strip I gave him and immediately yelled: "Oh my god, comrade, your clothes are a bit sour, why are they so choking?"
We have been through mountains and rivers, sweating and soaking in water, and we have never taken off our clothes. It's good enough that we don't get lice. If you want to talk about sourness, who doesn't feel sour now? Don't talk about me, I guess Lin Qing and Song Yanan are both like they have been soaked in a jar of pickled cabbage!
I glared at Da Pao in anger, and then said: "Okay, stop talking nonsense, and get to work!"
"Just wait and see!"
Da Pao smiled, then rolled up his sleeves, spitted twice at his hands, and tried to push the coffin lid twice, but the coffin lid didn't move at all.
"You can't do this!"
I was so happy at that time, and teased him and went to help, but he pushed me away as soon as I approached: "Stay away, your physique will only make things worse!"
After saying that, he lowered his head and yelled "Open it for me", and then the muscles on his arms exposed to the outside twisted together like the roots of an old tree. The camouflage uniform was "cracked" and his face turned red. The heavy coffin lid finally moved "booming" at this time, which made me dumbfounded. This guy has a body of tendon muscles. If he was in ancient times, he would be a powerful general who could lift a tripod!
In a blink of an eye, the lid of the stone coffin was pushed open halfway.
At this time, Da Pao, who was pushing the coffin lid with his head down, suddenly yelled "Oh my god!", and then he straightened up like he saw a ghost, his eyes wide open, staring at the coffin in disbelief, which scared me. I thought there was something scary inside the coffin, so I was ready to rush in with the Baipi knife, but at this time, Da Pao said with an obsessed look: "What a pretty woman!"
One sentence, I was shocked!
I couldn't help but slow down my pace, and my curiosity was also aroused by Da Pao. I couldn't help but get close to the coffin and take a look. I was stunned.
There was indeed a very, very beautiful woman lying in the coffin, wearing the gorgeous clothes of a Manchu noble woman, lying quietly in the coffin as if she was asleep, with fair skin, a faint ruddy, and bright red lips that looked very warm. How could she look like a dead person?
The only weird thing is that there is a yellow paper talisman on the forehead of this woman, on which are written the three characters "Zhen Shi Fu" in ancient seal script, and around these three characters are all some mysterious patterns, which are very distinctive and seem to contain mysterious power!
Zhen Shi Fu?
Isn't this a talisman often used by corpse drivers in Xiangxi?
The corpse driver group has been said before, which is quite special. In ancient times in our country, people paid attention to "people return to their hometowns after death, and their souls return to their hometowns". Many people who died in foreign countries needed to be transported back to their hometowns for burial, so the special profession of corpse driver was born. At the beginning, corpse drivers did not have so many requirements as they do now. However, they did not need to practice the boy's skills of walking across the bridge, and they would not bathe their hands in glutinous rice water from birth. In fact, they were some poor farmers who had to help people transport corpses in order to earn some money to make a living. In ancient times, transportation was not well developed, and those who had cars were all rich families. How could these poor corpse drivers afford it? So they basically carry corpses on their backs when helping people transport corpses!
Carrying corpses is too dangerous. Who wouldn't be full of resentment when dying in a foreign land? When carrying corpses, if they are not careful, the corpses may lie on their backs and rise again. Some corpses rot on the backs of corpse drivers before they are delivered to their homes due to long distances. In the end, the corpse drivers are poisoned by corpses and suffer. In addition, the wild beasts encountered when crossing mountains and rivers, the foxes in the mountains... these are all dangerous!
In order to survive, some of these corpse drivers later learned Taoism, and finally combined their work to study some unique methods to control corpses, forming the prototype of the current corpse driving school!
It can be said that the corpse drivers in Xiangxi actually have a connection with Taoism. For example, this corpse-suppressing talisman seems to be a modified version of the Taoist soul-suppressing talisman, which is specially used to deal with the big zongzi that has risen. The specific principle is that I can't understand it at all. It seems to be able to suppress the yang energy in the chest of the big zongzi, so that the big zongzi that has risen will lie down obediently!
In other words... this female corpse in front of me has risen before? But was suppressed by a corpse driver?
No need to think too much, it must be the work of the Tiandao League!
I am very sure that this female corpse is not the mother of the corpse. The corpse is similar to normal people, breathing, heartbeat and body temperature, but it will transform at night, and the corpse-suppressing talisman cannot suppress it, because it does not rely on that breath of yang energy to survive, it is a half-human, half-corpse monster! But if it is a big zongzi, the face of this female corpse is lifelike, it doesn't look like a big zongzi at all. After thinking about it, I think there should be some treasure on the body of this female corpse to protect her body!
Anyway, there is a corpse-suppressing talisman to suppress her, so there is no need to worry about her rising and making trouble. Although the marks of killing and yang blood on the corpse-suppressing talisman are already very faint, as long as you don't blow air at her, she will definitely not rise in a short time!
I am going to check this female corpse to see what treasure it has on it!
With my professional sense, I think there must be a treasure on this female corpse!
"Flashlight!"
I said, and Da Pao handed me his flashlight directly!
The treasure that can keep the corpse from decaying must be something that can block the body's qi and prevent it from leaking out. The body's qi wants to leak out, and there are only two places - the mouth and the butt!
The mouth is blocked by a mouth bead, and the butt is blocked by a butt plug!
There are outsiders in front of me now, and I am embarrassed to go up and take someone's pants to see if there is anything stuffed in the butt, otherwise I guess Da Pao and the others will beat me up. Even if they don't beat me up, I will definitely be called a pervert!
So, I decided to take a look at what's in the mouth of this female corpse first.
I held the flashlight and shone it into the coffin. It didn't matter. I found that the neck of the female corpse was shiny, as if there was a pendant or something. Out of curiosity, I stretched out my hand and pulled her neck. With a "clatter", I pulled out a golden lock from the neck of the female corpse. There were two words written on it - Nalan!
This kind of golden lock is called a longevity lock. The name and birth date of the person wearing it are written on the lock. The ancients believed that this lock could lock a person's life, so generally children with more money would have such a longevity lock.
Since the word written on this longevity lock is "Nalan", it means that this woman should be called Nalan!
There were many people named Nalan in the Qing Dynasty, but there should be only one person who was related to Heshen and could be buried in the same tomb with Heshen - Nalan Shimo!
I know this Nalan Shimo. She was one of Heshen's favorite women and his...goddaughter!!!
That's right, it's a goddaughter. It can be said that as early as the 18th century, Heshen had already played the game of godfather and goddaughter, which was two centuries ahead of the rich people now! In fact, it's no wonder. The key to goddaughter is the word "干". This word has two pronunciations. If you change the first tone to the fourth tone, the taste will be different!
However, after being Heshen's "goddaughter" for several years, Nalan Shimo seemed to marry an official named Liu Guotai. Now she is buried in the same tomb with Heshen. It is estimated that Heshen missed his goddaughter until his death, so he simply let Nalan Shimo be buried with him!
I shook my head and couldn't help laughing. I didn't expect that Heshen was not dug out, but his goddaughter was dug out first.
Without thinking too much, I raised my hand and probed towards Nalan Shimo's mouth, with a hint of anticipation in my heart. I wondered what kind of treasure this woman had in her mouth that her body was preserved so well!