Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Chapter 417: Method of driving corpses, pretending to be dead?

Even if a mummy can move, its movements should be as stiff as a zombie.

But Uncle Zheng, who just spoke to me, moved fluently, spoke clearly, and his appearance and skin looked normal.

There is no way to connect it with the mummy in front of him.

Or we'll see a ghost.

Either the mummy in front of him is not Uncle Zheng Er.

Huang Ziran picked up the bench that had fallen to the ground.

Then he stepped onto the bench, took out a dagger, and cut the rope around the mummy's neck.

Boom!

The mummy fell straight to the ground.

I was confused when I saw it.

I couldn't help but say, "Death is the greatest thing. You are being too rough with the corpse."

"Aren't you afraid that he might come back to life?"

There are countless records and legends about corpse resurrection throughout history.

For example, "Youyang Zazu·Shilian" records: The wife of a village chief had not yet been buried after her death, and suddenly in the evening, the sound of music was heard.

The corpse actually stood up and danced to the rhythm of the music.

And while dancing, he walked out of the yard and left the village following the sound of music.

The children and relatives were all shocked by this scene.

No one dared to chase out and stop the body.

Finally, the drunken village chief came back and heard about this. He chased into the woods outside the village with a wooden stick and knocked down his wife who had pretended to be dead with one stick.

There are also records of wild cats and dogs colliding with corpses, causing them to resurrect.

The ancients concluded from this that the corpse should not be disturbed by foreign objects.

The intrusion of external objects such as music, cats and dogs will disturb the soul remaining in the corpse, and eventually cause the corpse to resurrect.

In fact, corpse-carrying in Xiangxi is closely related to corpse-pretending.

Later, he went to Xiangxi to rob tombs and made friends with several corpse drivers.

They say there are three levels of corpse-driving.

The best one is to chase away zombies, similar to what was shown in later Hong Kong movies.

The corpse driver uses cinnabar to draw talismans on the chest and back of the corpse, seals the seven orifices of the corpse, and then performs a ritual to resurrect the corpse.

A corpse after it has been resurrected is similar to a zombie.

The corpse can stand up and raise its arms horizontally.

It is simply because the joints harden after death, causing the corpse to move stiffly and can only move by jumping.

At this time, a corpse driver stood in front and behind the corpse, beating the Yinluo to escort the corpse, which could only jump, back to the hometown.

In fact, this is just what the bystanders see.

Those corpse drivers once demonstrated how to drive zombies to me.

Drawing talismans on the corpse and sealing the seven orifices of the corpse are all tricks.

It is a means to make outsiders feel awe.

The most important step actually done to the corpse is embalming!

They would apply special secret medicine all over the body to prevent the body from rotting in a short period of time.

Otherwise, the mountains are high and the roads are long, and the bodies will rot before they can be transported back.

That way I won't be able to report to my family and earn money.

After embalming, they would tie the body's arms to two wooden sticks.

Then the two corpse drivers who were escorting the walking corpses carried wooden sticks and walked one in front and one behind.

This is a bit like carrying a sedan chair.

The corpse is lifted by the corpse driver and moved forward.

In addition, the wooden stick is elastic, so the corpse will move up and down with the elasticity of the stick, making it look like the corpse is jumping.

Some people may ask, didn’t anyone see the stick?

It’s true, you really can’t see it unless you get close.

Because they would dress the corpse in specially made, loose clothes.

The clothes can be pulled open front and back to cover the wooden stick.

In addition, with the Yinluo clearing the way, ordinary people will not get close to be contaminated by bad luck.

From a distance, you can only see the corpse driver driving the jumping corpses forward.

Two experienced corpse drivers can carry four or five corpses back to their hometown.

The second method is dismemberment, which is also the most commonly used method by corpse drivers.

As the name suggests, dismemberment is the process of dismembering a corpse.

The limbs and head were cut off, and then the internal organs were taken out and soaked in an antiseptic solution mixed with cinnabar for preservation.

Then the corpse driver rode back at full speed with the body parts.

When they arrived at the location, they used the skills of a leatherworker to sew up the body and handed it over to the family.

The advantage of this method is its speed.

The disadvantage is that it damages the corpse.

However, those who use this method are basically ordinary people who cannot afford too much money.

In order to allow the bodies of family members to be buried in their hometown, this is the only way.

Both of the above mummification techniques are carried out day and night without avoiding people.

Especially the first method of driving zombies is a show of skill, which adds a lot of mystery to the business of driving zombies.

The last level is carrying corpses.

This doesn't require much technical content.

As long as I have the strength to carry the body back, it will be fine.

But there is an unwritten rule in the corpse-carrying industry, that is, the "corpse-carrying" cannot be exposed to the light.

Because carrying corpses damages the image of the industry.

If you don't have any skills but still want to make a living by brute force, you can only travel with the corpse on your back in the dead of night.

We cannot use brute force to destroy the reputation of the entire industry.

After talking about the corpse driver, we have to talk about the corpse-resurrection in our tomb-robbing business.

To be honest, I have never seen a real zombie.

But I have seen moving corpses.

Why do I see moving corpses but don’t think they are fake corpses?

Because the movement of the corpse was far from enough to be considered a resurrection.

For example, a tomb that was robbed in Xiangxi.

After the coffin was opened, it was found that the tomb owner's embalming was done very well and the body did not rot.

When taking out the treasures buried in the coffin, the corpse began to move.

Her legs slowly spread apart and her arms were placed on her waist.

We were all terrified.

I felt like the corpse would jump out of the coffin at the next moment.

They all pulled their hands back without daring to breathe.

Because they are afraid that the human energy, shouts, or movements will disturb the corpse and accelerate the resurrection.

So we all moved very slowly.

When everyone withdrew their hands and left the tomb, the corpse did not jump out.

After waiting for half an hour, I plucked up the courage to go back and take a look.

The corpse remained motionless with its hands on its hips.

Later I talked about this with a senior forensic doctor.

The forensic doctor gave a scientific explanation.

That is, when the ambient temperature and humidity change, the fascia tension in the corpse will change accordingly, causing the corpse to move slightly.

A person's limbs, fingers and toes are all driven by a single tendon.

If the tendons of the hands and feet are cut, the hands and feet will lose the ability to move.

This tendon is equivalent to the string in a puppet.

The puppet can only move with strings. A puppet without strings will naturally not move.

The changes in the tension of the tendons within the corpse will naturally lead to a certain degree of movement in the limbs.

Later, the University of Queensland in Australia conducted corpse movement experiments.

The scientific nature of this statement was verified through experiments.

Let’s get back to the present.

Huang Ziran sneered and kicked the corpse: "Pretending to be dead?"

"I really hope it cheats."

"That way we can capture them and conduct research."

As he spoke, Huang Ziran squatted beside the corpse holding an oil lamp.

The light illuminated the face of the corpse.

Now I can see it more clearly.

I stared at the body for a few seconds.

I have a very uncomfortable feeling in my heart.

He whispered softly, "The eyes of this corpse..."

Huang Ziran grinned: "You saw that too?"

"The pupils of the eyes are not white, unlike Uncle Zheng's pupils."

"This body."

"It should be one of the two brothers he mentioned who died in the tomb!"