pappabearbooks Chapter 1411: Warring States Text
Chapter 1411: Warring States Text
Such a huge bronze tripod has more unique textures, and its value is definitely far higher than any previous bronze tripod from the Wang family that the museum has seen. If it can be taken out, let alone one hundred thousand, even one million is estimated to be willing to take it!
It’s just that the buyer is not Chinese.
He secretly made up his mind that as long as he had a way out, he would take the bronze tripod with him.
In comparison, Lin Ran has no interest in the bronze tripod now. He just wants to find a way to leave.
Others were not interested in the bronze tripod in front of them. Some were tired of looking at it, and some were just like Lin Ran, who just wanted to escape.
Lin Ran planned to watch from a distance. Unexpectedly, one of the four people volunteered and said, "Is there a mechanism inside?"
Lu Yang nodded, "Yes, as long as you can get in, you should be able to find the switch."
Lu Yang deliberately reminded them, and he was also thinking about Xiao Jiujiu.
Since he couldn't find the exit for a while and there were no mechanisms around him, there was no doubt that there was something wrong with the bronze cauldron.
After all, someone has to go in and take a look.
Of course Lin Ran couldn't do it. Without Lin Ran's nod, Guan Yun wouldn't have taken the risk.
He was asked to send Wan Zhen over and turn these four people against him, but he had no choice. After weighing the pros and cons, he decided to use these four people.
Generous rewards were offered.
"We will definitely be able to go out. As long as any of you is willing to go in and take a look, I will give him the ham in my hand to eat. In addition, after we go out, I will give you an additional 1 yuan as a reward!"
A reward of ten thousand!
Although the four of them have been trapped in the ancient tomb for a while, they just want to survive.
But in fact, they have not left civilization for too long. Households worth ten thousand yuan are synonymous with rich people in this era.
Under the reward, there must be a brave man.
The person who took the lead wanted to stand up, but he was held back by the thin man behind him.
"Brother, you are injured, let me do it."
"No, I have to do this kind of dangerous thing."
It was obvious that they were reluctant to part with this huge reward.
But he took the lead and walked to the bronze cauldron, trying to pull up and climb up. Severe pain suddenly came from his chest after being kicked by Wan Zhen. He couldn't hold on for a moment and fell to the ground.
"Hey, brother, if you can't do it, I'll do it." The thin man winked at him, implying that it was a good thing, so go out and share some money with him.
The leader reluctantly left the Bronze Cauldron.
The thin man was also quick with his hands and feet, because his body was light and he could do pull-ups quickly. Before Lin Ran could react, he had already climbed up.
As soon as Lin Ran turned around, he found that the thin man was already on the tripod.
He wanted to remind the thin man to pay attention to safety. The situation inside was not clear yet.
But Wan Zhen pulled his sleeves slightly and winked.
Wan Zhen is also an old man, and he knows that no one will take risks here, and they will all be trapped here.
Lin Ran did not comment on his remarks.
After all, in a critical moment, who can care about others, but he does feel that the few people in front of him are simple-minded, or greedy has harmed them.
After being betrayed once by Lu Yang, she still believed in him.
The strangest thing about this bronze tripod is that it has no lid.
Bronze tripods that are generally used for burials are rarely opened. The lid of the tripod is missing. There are only two possibilities. Either it was stolen, or the bronze tripod was opened on purpose.
The thin man climbed up quickly and jumped into the bronze cauldron without any hesitation.
Everyone was silent, worried that screams would come from inside.
But soon, a hand held the bronze tripod again.
The thin man climbed up from inside, stuck his head out again, and shouted to everyone: "The space inside is quite large, there are no traps."
It is safe.
But Lin Ran felt a little strange.Now that the rice dumplings have appeared, Lin Ran thought to himself that the tripod lid, like the coffin lid, has a suppressive effect.
If there is a cauldron cover, even if there are monsters in the cauldron, they should be suppressed.
Now the tripod cover has disappeared.
Lin Ran suddenly felt a chill running down his spine. Could it be that...the monster pushed the lid of the cauldron and left?
No, if it left, why did it take Ding Gai away?
His heart was full of doubts, but Wan Zhen had already walked back.
Since someone was testing it first, he didn't have any fear. He quickly stepped forward, grabbed the cauldron wall with one hand, turned over violently, and jumped up.
Lin Ran observed the patterns on the tripod. The patterns on it looked messy and disorganized, unlike any dragon patterns or auspicious cloud patterns he had seen before. Instead, they looked a bit...
Suddenly, his pupils narrowed.
The patterns on this tripod are not patterns at all, but characters from the Warring States Period.
Although many of the characters in the Warring States Period were not standardized, they can be roughly divided into several types: Qin Zhuan, Han Li, Wei Stele and other fonts.Among them, the most common ones are the Qin Jianwen and Xiaozhuan scripts used by the Qin State in the early Warring States Period, and there are also some oracle bone inscriptions.
Until Qin unified the whole country, each country used its own ancient characters.
The writing of the Warring States Period is actually an important part of the history of writing development.
It's a pity that there are few historical materials left behind, and it is impossible for Lin Ran to learn this lost language.
Through preliminary judgment, it seems that the characters used by Zhao Guo were used.
On the other side of the tripod wall, there is a large bronze ring.
Directly below the bronze ring, a circle was engraved, which from their perspective looked like an eyeball.
Although it is a bit abstract, once you think it looks like the back of an eyeball, the more you look at it, the more realistic it becomes.
The way the eyes are still alive staring at people gives people a chilling feeling.
The thin man came to Lin Ran's side and asked, "Sir, have you discovered anything?"
Lin Ran stood directly below him and shook his head.
It would be great if he had systematically studied the writing of the Warring States Period, but unfortunately that era was too far away from them.
No matter how knowledgeable Lin Ran is, there are many types of ancient Chinese characters, a large base, and little information left. Lin Ran still knows very little about ancient characters.
This is the breadth and depth of Chinese characters. Over the past 5000 years, different characters have been derived from different times, places, and cultural backgrounds.
Unless you have a computer that you can use to look up information directly, it's hard to decipher any language.
Lin Ran did not tell them the truth, but just shook his head and said: "It looks like the writing of Zhao Guo, but I can't tell what the specific content is."
It would be great if the teacher was here, he is an expert in this field.
Lin Ran sighed silently. He would still have time to learn more ancient calligraphy in the future, which would be of great help to the tomb.
If you could read the words on the bronze tripod, you should at least know what they were going to face.
But now, Shouzi and Wan Zhen climbed into the bronze cauldron one after another, and others gathered outside the bronze cauldron.