Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Chapter 226: The bronze plaque inlaid with turquoise is truly possessed

Zhao Ziang took something out of his pocket and handed it over.

The item was wrapped in yellow paper with vermilion words and copper coin patterns printed on it.

This is the Jade Emperor's money used when burning paper, also called Jade Emperor Tongbao, Jade Emperor's money, etc.

Jade Emperor coins are often burned during Taoist rituals.

It is used to repay debts to the underworld, debts to life, eliminate disasters and misfortunes, etc.

It is said that the Jade Emperor Coins used in Taoist rituals must be sacrificed with cockscomb blood before printing, and then sixty kinds of Chinese medicinal herbs mixed with cinnabar are used as ink. The printing process is very tedious and complicated.

Of course, the Jade Emperor coins sold on the market are not so sophisticated. They are just engraved on a plate, glued with red paint and printed.

I opened a corner of the yellow paper that wrapped the copper object, then put it to my nose and smelled it.

There is a faint smell of Chinese medicine.

This shows that the Jade Emperor's money has a complicated origin and is genuine product printed by Taoism.

At that time, Taoist Master Zhang and his companions had returned to secular life and went back to their hometown to engage in production. No one chanted sutras or performed rituals in palaces, temples, let alone printed Jade Emperor coins.

I guess this Jade Emperor coin was brought out by a Taoist priest who had returned to secular life.

Thinking of this, I casually asked, "Did Captain Hu's family hire someone to exorcise the evil spirit for him?"

"Hey! Master Chen, you are amazing!"

"Captain Hu's wife did hire someone to exorcise the evil spirits. We arrived right after that person left."

"The walls of his house are covered in cinnabar paintings, supposedly talismans to ward off evil spirits."

"The master gave me this Jade Emperor money and told me to wrap the copper object in the money and throw it into the fire to burn it together."

"When I went in, his wife was preparing to burn it."

"I finally managed to get this thing after much persuasion and paying another month's salary."

"I was afraid she would change her mind, so I didn't even dare to see what was inside and ran out quickly."

When Zhao Ziang said this, I had already opened the yellow paper completely.

A bronze plate wrapped inside.

The sign is inlaid with turquoise!

Each piece of turquoise is half the size of a little finger nail, and its colors are blue and green. They are neatly arranged along the grooves in the bronze plate to form a pattern.

"Brother, what kind of pattern is this?" Cui Hao squeezed his head through the gap between the driver and the co-pilot.

Wang Hu and Shi Nianzi also stretched their heads forward, wanting to take a closer look at the bronze plate.

"Do those two circles look like eyes?"

"It feels like the head of some animal."

"I think it's like using the brain, but it's a little weird to look at it this way. Should I turn it upside down?"

I gently touched the rust on the edge of the bronze plaque.

The eerie blue of the copper rust is the distinct color of puddle rust.

Bronzes from dry pits usually have green rust, which is also the most common rust color.

Bronzes found in puddles often develop blue rust or blue-green rust.

In addition, there are relatively rare rust colors such as red rust and silver rust.

The rust color indicates that the bronze medal is definitely an old item.

But how old it is is hard to say.

I turned the bronze medal upside down.

The pattern then flips.

Now we can confirm that it is an animal head pattern.

"It looks like a snake!" Cui Hao was the first to answer.

Zhao Ziang pointed at the snake's head and said, "This looks like a horn, doesn't it? Anything with horns should be a dragon."

"A creature with horns is not necessarily a dragon, it could also be a Jiao!" Cui Hao said unconvinced.

I looked carefully at the pattern on the bronze plate.

It really does look like a snake with a horn growing on its head.

This made me think of the Baon snake.

According to legend, the cave is the territory of the Baon snake.

The tribe that believed in him might have created this totem bronze plaque as a symbol of identity.

Moreover, the snake being carried that I saw when I came out of the underworld had horns on its head.

Looking back, it looks quite similar to the turquoise inlaid pattern on the bronze plaque.

Everything points to Baon Snake!

It seems that there are really things related to the Baon snake in the cave.

Boom!

While I was lost in thought, there was a sudden knock on the car window.

I was startled by the sound and hurriedly looked up to look out the window.

Outside the window was a raised fist.

dong dong!

He banged his fist on the car window twice more.

Zhao Ziang raised his eyebrows and yelled, "Who is it? Which grandson is knocking around outside?"

He yelled as he reached for the car door.

Prepare to get out of the car and go around to catch someone.

But just as Zhao Ziang stretched out his hand, the person knocking on the car window on my side appeared.

A face suddenly appeared against the car window.

He pressed his face against it so tightly that the tip of his nose was squeezed and collapsed.

The owner of that face seemed to be insensitive to the pain. Even though his nose was squeezed crooked, he still pressed his face hard against the car window.

Bang!

His mouth was pressed against the car window.

The moment it touched the car window, the mouth suddenly opened wide and made a hissing sound.

"Fizz!"

The laughter came into my ears through the car window, making me feel cold and eerie.

Zhao Ziang couldn't help but shiver.

He stammered, "Captain Hu, Captain Hu..."

The person outside is Captain Hu? !

I frowned slightly and stared at Captain Hu who was behaving strangely outside the window.

He really does look like a psychopath.

"Fizz!"

Captain Hu made a hissing sound like a snake.

Then stick out your tongue from your open mouth.

The tongue twirled against the glass.

It's like a snake spitting out its tongue.

"Is this your Captain Hu?!" Cui Hao asked in a lost voice.

"Yes, it's Captain Hu!"

"He was locked in the room when I came out. How could he have escaped?"

Zhao Ziang's face turned pale and his whole body was shaking slightly.

He couldn't understand how Captain Hu, who was locked in the house, escaped.

The millstone was not afraid at all: "I'm not afraid of anything in broad daylight! I'll go down and catch him!"

I waved my hand, signaling him not to be reckless.

Captain Hu's weird behavior at this moment seems to be really related to the bronze medal!

Because Captain Hu's behavior is too snake-like!

It's like being possessed by a snake!

Think about Professor Zhang's behavior when he woke up briefly, wasn't he almost like a snake?

Could Professor Zhang’s strange behavior be related to this bronze medal?

I have a vague feeling that I need to grasp the key point.

But there is still a little bit that I can't figure out.

Just when I was feeling extremely anxious, Captain Hu's head began to shake from side to side.

Not only was his head shaking, but his whole body was shaking.

I leaned toward the car window and looked down.

He was seen kneeling on the ground with his knees, shaking his body from side to side, as if imitating the crawling movements of a snake.

"Fizz!"

"bar!"

"Fizz!"

"bar!"

Captain Hu repeated the sound.

The syllables he made were different from the Baon snake sounds made by Professor Zhang.

It seemed that he could only imitate the hissing sound of a snake and the syllable "ba".

"Fizz!"

Captain Hu let out two sinister roars, and his head, which was pressed against the car window, slowly tilted back.

His body also leaned back.

Finally, he leaned back until his waist could no longer support him and he fell to the ground with a thud.

"Fizz!"

He stuck out his tongue and hissed twice, his body moving left and right on the ground.

Because the human body is very different from that of a snake, he uses his shoulders to drive his body when swimming, and twists his waist and legs back and forth to increase forward thrust.

Swimming like this is very close to that of a snake!

"Oh my God! Captain Hu, he's definitely possessed!"

"Master Chen...will we end up like Captain Hu?!"