Chapter 567: Opening the Coffin 1

This is a legendary weapon. In the official history of the Records of the Three Kingdoms, it is written, "Lang held this spear and roamed the world, invincible." In the romance, his Cloud Water Spear is mentioned again and again with Lü Bu's Fangtian Painted Halberd, GuanYu's Cold Beauty Saw, and so on. After a thousand years of time, this iron spear still shines with green light under the light—that's right, there is indeed such a light on the blade.

"This is the blood light that cannot fade after killing so many people." The archaeologists present have also seen many old weapons, and there is no lack of such weapons—but most of them are ghost-headed big knives used to cut off heads. The handle of the iron spear has not rotted after more than 1,700 years. This is completely different from the wooden handles of other weapons that have rotted.

That's right, the wooden handles of knives and swords have rotted, and even the leather knife sheaths have been broken. The metal parts on them have all fallen off. Only the bodies of these knives and swords are still shining with cold light. "This iron mace, 18 kilograms! Is this really a real combat weapon? I remember that the Song iron mace was only 3.6 kilograms, and the real combat weapons passed down from the Ming Dynasty are basically in the weight range of 2 to 4 kilograms. This weight of iron mace is used to exercise the body."

Get, the dispute started again. The Cloud Water Spear has not been moved by anyone yet—because this may be the most valuable cultural relic among the funeral objects in the tomb chamber, and it looks like the preservation status is good, so you can check this spear last. First of all, check the whole body of this big spear—especially why this wooden handle has not rotted after more than 1,700 years?

Experienced ancient weapon experts—that's right, in order to excavate this Three Kingdoms big tomb, almost all the famous experts in the country have come, except for a few experts who are presiding over the excavation elsewhere. The ancient weapon expert carefully checked it with a magnifying glass and put forward his own insights.

"This is a spear handle made of elastic wood chips and bamboo chips soaked in oil, eaten through those anti-corrosion oils, and wrapped with steel wire. It was brushed with a layer of treated big lacquer on the outside, so it should not rot for a thousand years. It is just rare to be so exquisite and willing to work hard." As for the spear blade more than three feet long, the expert was also amazed, "This is the peak of ancient metallurgy in our country. It has been more than 1,700 years, and there is no rust on the surface at all. And look... there are cloud patterns. This is folded pattern steel."

After taking photos and recording, two young archaeological team members went up to prepare to take down this long spear placed on the weapon rack, "So heavy!" As soon as they got started, the two people said, and they sprained their arms. Immediately changed to four people. After preparation, it was relatively easy to take down this weapon. "The weight actually reached 37 kilograms?!" Almost everyone screamed after weighing the weight of this long spear.

This can't be said to be for martial arts practice. Just look at the green light on the blade and you know that this is a real combat weapon. I don't know how many people's blood it has drunk. Since the Song Dynasty, the weight of this kind of long weapon passed down or unearthed basically has not exceeded 8 kilograms, because if it is heavier, the armored cavalry will not be easy to use. However, this Cloud Water Spear actually has 37 kilograms as a real combat weapon? The strength and physical fitness required to dance this long spear... Is this person a human tiger, brown bear, or Asian elephant?

Everyone's eyes turned to the big coffin in the middle. Is the strongest fighting general of the late Han and Three Kingdoms really that powerful? I didn't expect that the records in the Records of the Three Kingdoms were true, without water. "Eight hundred cavalry roamed the world, and everything they hit was broken; three thousand cavalry were particularly able to resist, but could block it; thirty thousand cavalry were defeated..." Someone was chanting this sentence.

This is almost a famous paragraph in history books. This guy is known as the fewer the people, the stronger the combat effectiveness, and the more people, the faster he loses—he is completely two kinds of people from the soldier immortal Han Xin, and he is really not as good as the army-leading power of the Overlord Xiang Yu. Even this guy is called "Xiang Yu reborn" by people of the time...

Someone wiped the blade of the long spear with a swab and then tested it. The test showed a blood reaction, proving that this thing is really a weapon that has killed people, and by observing the blade, it is also known that this thing is still extremely sharp until now. Thinking of the person in the coffin waving such a heavy weapon and charging with the strength of the warhorse... Everyone's eyes seemed to see signs of flesh and blood flying.

The CCTV reporter present was trembling with excitement. This is a super big news—the fierce general of the late Han and Three Kingdoms was so powerful. It turns out that there really exists a super fierce person in this world who can wave dozens of kilograms of weapons, and the legends like the romance of the late Han and Three Kingdoms may be "true." But the experts said that to confirm this, they still have to open the coffin.

The coffin will not be opened on the spot. They will be transported to a professional "laboratory" for opening—because such a complete Eastern Han coffin that has not been robbed, there must be full of funeral treasures between each layer of the outer coffin, and it is necessary to clean and protect them in the first time—considering the situation of Mawangdui in those years, everything must be done under the condition of filling protective gas. And the faster the better.

This coffin weighs more than 20 tons, which is not difficult to transport under modern technology. The coffin was sent to a closed carriage filled with nitrogen and then transferred to Beijing—although Luoyang repeatedly said that they could provide a laboratory, the national cultural protection department still sent all three coffins to Beijing. Of course, a large group of people also went to Luoyang. Even if the National Museum is shameless and tries to intercept cultural relics, it can still grab back most of them—if you don't go, you can't tell.

The first one to be opened was Lady Zhen's coffin. The huge and heavy stone cover was carefully lifted—for fear of damaging the carvings and paint on it. "Three layers." The experts watching from the side through bulletproof glass said so. Their position is diagonally above, and this laboratory is equivalent to a sunken laboratory.

After the lid was opened, it was placed aside. The first thing I saw was a lot of gold and silver jewelry carved flowers, and some fabrics that looked like silk and satin. The responsible personnel wore closed protective clothing and carried ventilation pipes, and cleaned the outer coffin at the fastest speed, taking out the funeral objects one by one to count and record. After cleaning, it is the opening of the second layer of wooden coffin.

"It's actually red cypress! Could it be obtained from Dong Wu?" The composition of the wooden coffin was analyzed for the first time. This can completely confirm that Dong Wu actually controlled Taiwan—because this is Taiwan red cypress, one of the most precious types of wood, and looking at this shape, it is completely made of a whole piece of wood, which is worth a lot of money.

It's not good to say that the tombs of Liu Xuande and the villager themselves are not so luxurious...

The carved wooden lid was opened, and it was filled with silk and satin, jade, and a few pottery, all of which were daily utensils, not funeral objects. It was still a quick cleaning and registration. The third layer—that is, the real coffin was exposed, "Nanmu material." Experts with experience in this wood saw it. Everyone's eyes widened, waiting to see this famous beauty of the Three Kingdoms.

The coffin lid was carefully opened, and everyone sighed. The miracle of Mawangdui did not reappear—in fact, everyone was prepared, because the entire tomb of Mawangdui was in the water... and this tomb was dry. After opening, it was also all kinds of silk and satin. After uncovering it, it was a skeleton...

The skeleton wearing gorgeous clothes is not very complete. It seems that time still made some bones rot. "If it is height, it should be over 1.7 meters before death. It can be called a beautiful woman with long legs and height even now. And this is already a 66-year-old old lady." The forensic expert judged the situation for the first time.

Lady Zou's coffin on the other side was about the same. The things inside had only minor differences, but the situation of the corpse was better. It looked like a mummy, which was much better than Lady Zhen's situation. Everyone was full of hope for Bai Lang's coffin, which had not been opened yet. Maybe they could see the "mummy" of the peerless fierce general? You know, he was only forty-five years old when he passed away...

Bai Lang's coffin was more than a third larger than the coffins of the two wives. If it was also three layers... I really don't know what would be inside. ===== CHAPTER 568 =====