Shen Fei continued to explain while looking for a lighter.
"To put it bluntly, this candle is the medium of communication between the living and the dead. If the candle went out halfway after the coffin was opened, it meant that the owner of the tomb did not agree to let you take away the funerary objects. If the candle continued to burn, it meant that one could take away the Dark Artifact, but one had to respectfully close the coffin again.”
"As the saying goes, when people light candles, ghosts blow out the lights. Although this is the rule of the northern sect, since we have entered Cao Cao's tomb, we must abide by the rules.”
At this point, Shen Fei stopped abruptly.
There was something he did not say out loud in his heart. No matter how he looked at it, this bronze coffin was definitely very strange.
If it wasn't for the fact that he wanted to find the way into the main tomb, he probably wouldn't have opened it so easily.
Therefore, lighting a candle was a form of psychological comfort. He also hoped to use this rule to remind himself what he should take and what he should not touch.
At this moment, after hearing Shen Fei's explanation, the audience watching the show also started to ask questions.
"No way, Boss Shen, are you serious? A candle could decide whether to open the coffin or not?”
"Why do I feel that something is wrong? It's getting more and more mysterious. Are you kidding me? Can you extinguish a candle when you're dead?”
"I think Boss Shen did the right thing. No matter what, this was a form of respect for the ancients. However, how could he find the southeast corner?”
"Finally, we're getting to the point. There's no way to find the southeast corner of the tomb, right?”
At this moment, Peach Yang was also looking at the audience's comments, so she asked directly,"Brother Shen, will this method really work? Also, how did you find the southeast corner of the tomb?”
Shen Fei glanced at her and lit the candle with a lighter. Then, he said,"It's better to believe it than not. Ghost Blows Out the Light was a contract between the living and the dead. According to the records in the literature, it had existed since the Cao Wei period. A thousand-year-old legacy could not be made an exception. Regardless of whether it was a living person or a private person, it was still good to abide by it.”
"As for how to find the southeast corner, it's actually not difficult. The coffins here were in the city, and they probably hadn't changed their position for thousands of years. According to the arrangement of the coffin, if it was facing south with its back facing north, it meant that it was the ruler of the world. The owner of this tomb was a general, so it must be facing east.”
At this point, Shen Fei used his thumb to indicate the position of the coffin, then nodded and said,"Therefore, the southeast corner should be on my right.”
At this point, Shen Fei slowly placed the candle in the corner of the right hand side and fixed it with wax.
Soon, an orange flame lit up the corner of the wall.
Seeing that the candle was fixed, Shen Fei returned to the stone platform. Then, he let out a long breath and looked at Peach Yang."Alright, now that the preparations are done, I'll officially open the coffin lid. Help me keep an eye on the candles to see if there are any changes.”
Hearing this, Peach Yang knew that her work was very important.
If the candle went out halfway and Shen Fei did not know, no one knew what strange things would happen later.
Thinking of this, she carefully came to the southeast corner.
Shen Fei came to the coffin and took out a dagger from his backpack. He wanted to cut open the lid of the coffin.
This was because ancient coffins would not be sealed with iron. Instead, they would usually be covered with a thin layer of beeswax or cinnabar, which would be used as glue to fix them.
At this moment, Peach Yang stared at the flame and asked Shen Fei curiously,""Brother Shen, what did you mean when you said something about a red-clothed ferocious and a smiley face corpse?”
She was very curious.
Shen Fei was just an archaeology professor, how did he know so many weird rules?
Upon hearing this, Shen Fei had nothing to hide, so he continued to do what he was doing and explained,"Actually, this has nothing to do with Cao Cao's tomb. The so-called smiley face corpse referred to a funeral method used by the Zhaowu and Nine Surnames during the chaotic period of the Five Barbarians.”
"It's said that there's a concubine every ten steps and a slave every five steps. Every distance they walk, they kill a person, extending from the entrance of the tomb to the coffin landing on the ground. This is their sacrificial ritual. Later on, they used the corpses of their loved ones to create nine different dried corpses, and the smiley face corpse was one of them.”
Hearing Shen Fei's explanation, even Peach Yang could not help but swallow her saliva.
It was too cruel!
He hadn't expected the Hu to be so cruel as to sacrifice the lives of their loved ones.
It was also at this moment that Shen Fei carefully inserted the dagger in his hand into the gap. The strange thing was that there seemed to be something in the gap that could not be inserted no matter how hard he tried.
Shen Fei used all his strength to stab the dagger into the gap.
However, he felt that something was wrong.
One had to know that he had specially bought this dagger. It was made of an alloy like the tank cover. It could cut through iron like mud, but it could also cut through copper and iron without curling its blade.
But why was it so difficult to get into the crack?
As he thought, Shen Fei carefully used the handle of the shovel as a hammer. He knocked on the back of the dagger and began to cut along the gap in the coffin.
However, what happened next surprised him even more.
Silver powder was constantly spilling out from the cracks of the coffin.
He picked up a pinch and examined it carefully.
Shen Fei immediately stopped what he was doing and his expression turned serious again.
Brother Shen, what's wrong?" Sensing the abnormality, Peach Yang could not help but come over and ask.
Shen Fei handed the powder to her and pointed at the coffin lid that was stabbed by the knife."Look, this is the powder that came out of the coffin lid. I think it's iron powder. If I'm not wrong, this coffin lid should be cast with molten iron. This completely seals the coffin.”
At this point, Shen Fei felt that this bronze coffin was not simple.
Who could use such a coffin?
It was fine if he used it, but the tomb owner actually sealed the coffin lid with molten iron after burial?
What was the meaning of this?
Seeing this scene, Peach Yang also felt a little incredulous.
She had done a lot of research before coming here, but she had never heard of any general who had offended Cao Pi after Cao Cao's death.
But if he wasn't a criminal, why would he be buried in such a way?
The corpse was sealed in a copper coffin and was even sealed with molten iron?
The ninth chapter was late, and the little brother immediately wrote a chapter. The tenth chapter was about to see the corpse of the tomb owner. This little brother was going all out!
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