The principle of Chinese lost-wax casting technology originated from the burning-lost method, which was first seen in the middle and late Shang Dynasty. This technology gradually disappeared after the emergence of the fan-free lost-wax method. The bronze statue unearthed from the tomb of Zenghou Yi in Suixian County, Hubei,
The plate is the earliest lost wax casting known in China.
Xuemei was quite surprised to hear this, and said in surprise: "Lost wax method? Do you have a way to open it?"
I played with it for a while and then said, "This is not an ordinary object. It may take some time."
"how long?"
"As little as two days, as much as half a month."
"What? It takes so long?"
"Don't make a fuss. This is pretty good. If we encounter special circumstances, I'm afraid the situation will be even worse!" I frowned and said, "I need to concentrate. If Wu Tiande comes to cause trouble, I can't guarantee it!"
"This..." Xuemei was naturally troubled, because it was impossible to ensure that Wu Tiande didn't find me. As long as he found me, he would definitely find trouble.
In the midst of a dilemma, I suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside the door, and then a voice came, "Miss Xuemei, are you asleep? I heard a noise inside and came here to have a look!"
"Oh, Mr. Wu, I'm already asleep." Xuemei was about to stop him, but Wu Tiande had already walked in without any intention of asking for advice.
Wu Tiande was scheming and suspicious by nature. Since he noticed something was wrong, he wanted to get to the bottom of it. I knew I couldn't hide, so I didn't retreat. I played with the box in my hand and sneered in front of Wu Tiande: "Boss Wu, these three sticks came in the middle of the night.
It doesn’t seem very polite to be in a girl’s room!”
"Who are you?!" Wu Tiande didn't expect Xuemei to be a "golden house" and was quite surprised by my appearance. "I want to ask you, but you still have the nerve to ask me at the girl's house in the middle of the night!"
"Everything has to be done on a first-come, first-served basis. What are Miss Xuemei and I doing to you? Don't forget, you have a family!"
"You!" Wu Tiande was furious and glared at him, "You're cruel!"
Of course, what he cared more about was the box in my hand.
"Oh, this cloud-patterned brocade box is really a rare thing. I have thought about it carefully for a long time, but I still don't know where to start."
"Can you open this box?" Wu Tiande suddenly opened his eyes.
"Not sure." I shook my head, "This is a lost craft, and it must have been made by an expert. The mechanisms inside coincide with the principles of yin and yang and the eight trigrams. I can't even touch its surface within a month and a half."
After hearing this, Wu Tiande immediately became excited, and his attitude changed 180 degrees, and he said with a smile: "I think the two Yang Jin are outstanding. The little brother has a sharp face, a tall nose, and bright eyes. His sword eyebrows are unsheathed. The ancient Zhao Yun is no better."
In this way, Miss Xuemei has delicate features and beautiful face, and the two of you are a perfect match."
Xuemei avoided the topic and said with a smile: "Mr. Wu, stop joking."
Wu Tiande's eyes were bright, "Miss Xuemei, I don't dare to talk nonsense. I have the skills of fortune-telling. I can see that the two of us are a golden boy and a beautiful girl. They are a match made in heaven."
At this time, several people crowded in from outside the hospital, "Boss, third aunt is missing!"
"What?"
A trace of uneasiness flashed across Wu Tiande's eyes for a moment, and he asked: "Please tell me the matter in detail!"
Unexpectedly, before the two people had time to explain the situation, another person rushed in from outside, staggering as if he had been greatly stimulated.
"Boss, boss, it's not good!"
"Stop yelling and tell me, what happened?"
"Third aunt, third aunt, is dead!"
"What?!"
That
The third aunt must be the old woman in the morning. She died mysteriously. This thing is really unbelievable. However, Wu Tiande must not be pretending. There was a hint of surprise in his eyes.
"Why did third aunt die? Where is the body... where is the body!"
Afterwards, the men carried the third aunt's body up and placed it in the main hall of the old house.
"How to deal with it?"
Wu Tiande hesitated, "You two, what do you think is going on? How can a person die so peacefully?"
I leaned over and took a closer look, but I couldn't see a single scratch on my third aunt's body. The only thing that was quite strange was that her eyes were wide open, as if she was dying with her eyes open.
"Third aunt may have seen something surprising in front of her."
"What's surprising is that there are no outsiders living in this village except for us. Besides, what else can surprise Third Aunt?" Wu Tiande said doubtfully, "Third Aunt has traveled around the world and met countless people. It doesn't make sense."
"I don't know about that."
"Brother, the death of this third aunt is very strange. We have to guard against it. In this case, you should live with us, so that I can keep you safe!"
"To show your courtesy for nothing is to be either an adulterer or a thief."
"Oh, you can't say that. I'm thinking about both of you." Obviously, Wu Tiande has regarded Xuemei and I as a couple.
At this time, Xuemei suddenly said, "Mr. Wu, the deceased is the most important, I think we should deal with the third aunt's funeral first!"
"Yes, yes, Miss Xuemei is right. Then how should the corpse be placed?"
"Facing your head northwest!" Xuemei said.
"Get some dogs!"
"Where is the dog?" Everyone wondered.
"What are you saying? Just go if I tell you to!" Wu Tiande raised his foot and kicked.
Everyone did it.
It was getting dark, and the wind was howling and the wolves were wailing around the village.
Several people searched in the village for a long time and finally found two black dogs.
"You lead the black dog to the corpse. Remember, don't let the dog get off the leash and bite the corpse!"
Those people were holding the dog, but before they stepped into the threshold of the old morgue house, they saw the dog restless and barking.
"Miss Xuemei, why is this dog so crazy?" Wu Tiande said in surprise, his legs trembling: "The corpse is so evil."
Xue Mei glanced at everyone solemnly and said: "If you hear third aunt's voice at night, you must not pay attention! Remember, remember! You all go back and go to bed early!"
After saying that, Xuemei said to me again: "If you stay, I still need your help."
"Me? What can I do?" I was confused.
Xuemei ignored me and went to the old house alone, lit the lantern, lowered her head and meditated, and murmured earnestly: "At sunset and dusk, all the birds return to their nests. It's quiet tonight and no birds are heard. The old rook calls the ghosts to rest, and during the burial
A crowless corpse becomes ferocious..."
For some reason, crows and birds were most often heard screaming and flying in the sky, but at this time, there was no sign of the birds, and the village was completely silent.
Wu Tiande and others were very scared and lowered their heads in silence.
Dark clouds gathered, obliterating the last starlight in the distant sky.
In the old courtyard, only the morgue wooden house had a few glimmers of light. The pale lanterns reflected the twisted and hideous dead trees of the wooden house. The corners where the light did not reach were so dark that they were numb.
At this time, Xuemei asked me to help.
In fact, I have been quite surprised in my heart. This third aunt is extremely skilled. She can fish out two people who fell into the water by herself. Her strength is extraordinary. There is absolutely no reason for her to die suddenly overnight. There must be something wrong with the cause of her death. Furthermore, there is
Xuemei's reaction is suspicious. Although she didn't
She had the time and motive to commit the crime, but she took the initiative to take over the matter except for the third aunt's body. This is completely unreasonable and she is asking for trouble.
But thinking about it carefully, there is another inside story to this matter. The clue lies in this village. Wu Tiande and his party came to this village probably by chance. They chose to settle here in advance because it has been remote and inaccessible for a long time. But why is this village so popular?
It's probably like this before they came here. And this village looks like a replica of Mawanggou. The only difference is that the village here is empty.
Xuemei is an important figure in the ancient Tibetan religion. She should know the hidden story behind this, so she has enough motives. As for whether she does this to benefit herself or harm others, I still don't know.
I closed the courtyard door and entered the old morgue.
Xuemei took out a small jar of cinnabar and asked me to go to the woodshed to boil two pots of water and prepare wooden basins. She walked to the body alone and looked at the body carefully, only to see the body of the third aunt.
The forehead was black and green, and the bags under the eyes were protruding. She opened the mouth of the corpse, dug the upper jaw of the corpse with her fingers, and touched the two tiger teeth. She sighed: "Yintang is so black that it penetrates the light, the upper jaw is burred, and the tiger teeth are sharp. It seems that
She was hit by a 'cut'."
"Do you know about 'cutting'?" I deliberately pretended not to know.
"Is the water ready?"
"alright!"
I boiled the water and poured it into the tub.
At this time, Xuemei took off the corpse's top and exposed its chest. She turned it over and saw the pockmarks on the back, which were somewhat different from those on corpses. These pockmarks were very dense and green in color. The pockmarks on the thighs and humerus were connected into one piece, and there were protrusions on them.
Fluffy white hair.
"this……"
"If it doesn't take long, the body will be full of wrinkles, peeling and chapped!"
As he was talking, the corpse was indeed covered with intertwined and complex white corpse lines. There were some cauliflower-like pores in the gaps, and there were slight white hairs covering the face. The corpse's eyes were wide open, the eye masks were gray, and there were spots between the eyebrows.
The white hair is scratched; the mouth is torn open in a grin, and the tongue is sticking out of the mouth and sticking to the skin of the mouth. Although there are no corpse spots on the arms, the skin peels off, revealing pieces of white flesh.
I was quite surprised, "This third aunt has only been dead for a short time, so why does she have white hair on her body?"
"You must be wondering why I do this, right?"
"how do you know?"
"Haha, Lin Qian, although I don't know what your intentions are, I have never truly believed you. Of course, you are also wary of me." Xue Mei pinched the bones of the corpse and said: "
The corpse is covered with protruding joints, and the third aunt must be Xin Jin's order."
"Yes, I said that we each get what we need and understand each other tacitly."
"The five elements are divided into yin and yang. Geng is yang metal and xin is yin metal. If a woman's life is yin metal and she will be alone and widowed all her life, there will be strange changes. The yin will be too heavy. She will be in the four pillars of the year, month, day, and the heavenly stem should be xin, and the hour stem will be
Second."
Xuemei actually pinched her fingers and calculated, and derived the horoscope of the third aunt based on her bones.
"To tell fortunes by touching bones?" I opened my eyes wide, "What a good method!"
"You are not simple either!"
"If that's the case, then I'll be blunt. Why has this village become like this?"
Xuemei glanced at me and said: "You are indeed not simple. What you see is the essence of the matter. Yes, I am indeed aware that this village has become like this. But don't worry, I have been prepared in advance just like you."
I didn’t know that Wu Tiande would stick in a vat, and I didn’t know that he would bring me here. This village was destroyed by a terrible disease, and everyone died. As for the third aunt, I think she must have seen it.
Chapter completed!