When she saw him about to open the coffin, Pei Mianman was startled and hurriedly stopped him. Zu An then answered her in the words of Mi Li.
Pei Mianman bit her lip, but finally nodded: "Alright then, since you've made this decision, I support you. Be careful in everything you do."
Zu An hummed in agreement, then bowed before the coffin: "It was not my intention to disturb your peace, senior. We had no choice but to do this in order to find the jade cong and a way to escape. Please forgive me."
Noticing his actions, Mi Li snorted inwardly, "Useless!"
The coffin is made up of two layers: an outer coffin and an inner coffin.
The outer coffin is lacquered, mainly with black lacquer, but also with red and yellow lacquer.
After paying his respects, Zu An found a bronze halberd from the side and pried open the outer coffin lid by inserting it into the gap.
There were some burial objects in the space between the coffin and the outer coffin, such as a general's helmet and some exquisite pottery, but unfortunately there was no jade cong as described by the girl.
However, this gave people hope. The items here were more exquisite than those outside, so the things inside the coffin must be even more valuable. Perhaps the jade cong was hidden inside.
The coffin before us is painted red with exquisite patterns, mainly featuring kui dragon and fish motifs. The coffin lid is decorated with gold leaf around its edges. Given the gold production during the Shang Dynasty, the fact that so much gold could be applied to a coffin speaks volumes about the status of the deceased during his lifetime.
Zuan originally wanted to follow the example in "Ghost Blows Out the Light" and light a candle in the corner to check if the light went out in case of an accident. However, he thought again that since they were both cultivators, even if there was some carbon dioxide in the coffin, it wouldn't harm them. If there really was a zombie inside, they could just fight it. In any case, they had fought against these undead creatures many times in recent days, so lighting a candle was really unnecessary.
So he reminded Pei Mianman to be careful while using a long spear to pry open the coffin lid.
There were indeed many jade artifacts in the coffin: bi discs and qi discs were placed on both sides of the deceased's upper body; four dragon-shaped ornaments were placed on the deceased's back, forming a straight line from head to toe; jade tubes were mainly placed on the deceased's chest and abdomen; shells were placed under the deceased's body; and the bottom of the coffin was covered with cinnabar.
Pei Mianman subconsciously leaned closer to Zu An: "Why...why is his posture so strange?"
The tomb owner in front of us is not a skeleton, but a relatively well-preserved mummified corpse, whose appearance can still be vaguely seen in life.
But it wasn't the strange thing that was about him, but rather his posture in the coffin.
Unlike a normal tomb occupant who lies flat or on their side in the coffin, the person is face down, lying prone in the coffin, which looks extremely eerie.
At this moment, Mi Li's voice rang out: "This should be the legendary prostrate burial. There are two possibilities. One is that it is a burial custom used by people of low status, but this person obviously is not. So there is only one other possibility left, that is, he did not die of natural causes, but died a violent death!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a cold wind blew in, and the air temperature dropped several degrees, making everyone feel a chill.
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