Tomb Robbery Chronicles Eng Sub (盗墓笔记) Daomubiji

Blood Corpse chapter 24(king Lu's tomb)

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　　We all took several steps back in fear. Although we had expected that there would be something wrong with the coffin, we still gasped when we actually touched it. This movement clearly indicated that there must be a master inside. If the things in the coffin could move, it was definitely not a good thing.

　　Da Kui turned pale and trembled as he said, "It seems like there is something alive inside. Third Master, I think we should not open this coffin."

　　Uncle San looked at the seams of the coffin carefully and shook his head, saying, "Impossible. This coffin is sealed very well, and air cannot circulate at all. No matter what is alive inside, even if it has a lifespan of 3,000 years, it would have suffocated to death long ago. Besides, this is just a coffin, and there are several layers of coffins inside. Let's pry off one or two layers first and then listen carefully."

　　I roughly estimated the weight of this thing. As far as I can remember, the heaviest bronze coffin should be the giant coffin in the Zenghou Yi Tomb in Leigudun, which weighs about nine tons. This one is about the same size, but the one in the Zenghou Yi Tomb is made of bronze inlaid with wooden boards, while this one is made entirely of bronze. I'm afraid its weight is far more than nine tons. I have no idea how much it is exactly.

　　Da Kui and Third Uncle used a knife to scrape off the sealing wax at the joint, then inserted the pry bar into it, shouted, and pressed down hard. With a snap, the bronze coffin board lifted up. I hurried over to help and pushed the bronze board out. This board weighed at least 800 pounds. It took a long time to move half of it out. We were so tired that we were out of breath. Finally, several of us used our shoulders to push the board to the side, and finally the coffin inside was revealed.

　　It was an exquisite jade-inlaid lacquer coffin, which was inlaid with jade. The jades were arranged very neatly in two ways, diamond and circle, summarizing the saying that the sky is round and the earth is square. Inside the jade-inlaid coffin was a painted lacquer wooden coffin. Because the outside was covered with jade, I couldn't see what was painted on it. When Pan Zi saw the coffin, his eyes almost fell out. He covered his wound with half of his face crying and the other half laughing: "Damn, there are so many jades, I can walk sideways now!" He gritted his teeth and was about to take action, but his uncle hurriedly shouted: "No! This is Xinjiang Manas jade. If you want to disassemble the jade and sell it, you can only sell it for hundreds of thousands. There are so many of us, it's not enough to share. You have to take down the entire jade inlay to make it valuable!"

　　Pan Zi had already gotten into trouble, so when his uncle glared at him, he dared not do anything else. He scratched his head and stepped aside.

　　Third uncle knocked on the painted lacquered wooden coffin and said, "Generally, the princes of the Warring States Period had double outer coffins and three layers of coffins. If the tree is considered the first layer of the outer coffin, now we have removed the second outer coffin and two coffins. The layer below should be the most valuable." After that, Third uncle carefully used a knife to remove all the gold threads from the lacquered coffin. In order not to damage the jade-nested coffin, he was very careful. It took him half an hour to finally take out the entire coffin.

　　As soon as the jade nested coffin was removed, I saw the colorful paintings on the wooden coffin. These things were easier to understand than the inscriptions. I lit a mining lamp and looked carefully. There were several narrative paintings on it. The one on the coffin board might be the scene when the coffin was just buried. I saw a huge tree with a hole in the middle. The bronze coffin was carried by many skeletons, and the lid had not been closed yet. There were many people on the side, kneeling there respectfully.