Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

Chapter 623 Musical Instruments

"Look, what is this?" Jiang Shangxian, who was pulled down, raised his hand, and there was a barely noticeable crystal on his fingertips.

Everyone gathered around it, and with several lights shining simultaneously, the strands of crystal light instantly became much more conspicuous. "Does it look like salt?"

Jiang Shangxian put his nose close to it and sniffed carefully: "It has a salty taste, but it's not very obvious."

If she could taste it, she would be more certain, but it would be easy to get into trouble if she tasted this unknown substance casually, so she had to give up.

"That's right!"

Zhao Shan finally felt proud and glanced at everyone with pride, speaking quickly and urgently, "The main ingredients used by Taoists in alchemy are sulfur, mercury, and salt. When sealing the furnace, they also use salt water and yellow mud to mix. The six-one mud is made from a mixture of Rong salt, brine, and alum stone. This place is definitely where Zhao Tuo once refined the longevity elixir!"

Wow, he evolved the illusory secret medicine for longevity into a longevity pill in one go.

Jiang Shangxian, who had encountered an unknown territory again, was half-believing and half-doubting. If Zhao Shan's statement was correct, then what Cui Bianxu said was not unreasonable. Are the only traces of the furnace explosion the black spots on the four walls and the ceiling?

Qiqige listened to them talk for a long time without reaching a conclusion, so he couldn't help but urge them: "Alright, what does this place have to do with us? Isn't there another way out? We'll know once we explore."

This does make sense. This place is a dead end and there is nothing here. What's the point of staying here arguing about these things other than wasting time?

Everyone had no choice but to change the route and continue walking with full of doubts. Jiang Shangxian's worry that the changed route would still be empty with nothing to ponder did not happen. Although this spacious corridor still had no murals, there was a row of trumpet-shaped and flat pot-shaped objects placed on the ground on both sides.

"It's a bronze artifact, perhaps used for playing music." The authoritative 'expert' in this field quickly came to the conclusion.

It was not difficult to tell from the expression on his face that he had never seen this so-called musical instrument before.

Jiang Shangxian looked at Qiqige: "Does the Xiou tribe have such a thing?"

"No."

Qiqige was clearly not impressed by these rusty trumpet-shaped instruments: "My tribe has always used only three kinds: bronze drums, string drums, and Yuewu drums."

They wouldn't use something that doesn't look like it can produce a nice sound!

"Maybe it's an object from the pre-Qin period. Let's keep going." They had very little food and water left, and Cui Bianxu couldn't help but become anxious. If he was the only one there, it would be fine, but Jiang Shangxian was also here, so they had to fight quickly and get out as soon as possible.

At the end of the corridor was the expected tomb door. Cui Bianxu, who had just opened a tomb door, walked forward skillfully and groped for a while, then pressed hard on an inconspicuous corner of the wall on the side. The tomb door opened slowly with difficulty, like an old man climbing stairs, with a harsh and heart-wrenching sound of stone friction.

"Jiulang and his wife, please wait here for a moment. I will go in and check out the situation first." Li Sheng was obviously a little nervous or excited.

There was no other way to go. Everyone hoped that the black place as dark as thick ink behind the tomb door was the destination of this trip. The two guards had already extended the lamps in their hands into the door, but the lamps were not bright enough and the illuminated area was only about ten square meters.

There was nothing in this range, but the little light that was scattered out passed through hundreds of years of dust and fog, and the distance at which the light was projected was enough to indicate that the space inside was not small.

"Wait." Jiang Shangxian stopped Cui Bianxu before he nodded.

She sniffed and looked warily at the dark, unknown space: "There's a foul smell in here."

"Smell?" Cui Bianxu concentrated and sniffed carefully, but no matter how hard he tried, all he could smell was a rotten and moldy smell.

Upon hearing this, the experienced Zhao Shan immediately came to Jiang Shangxian and stared at her nose with a level of seriousness comparable to reading a book.

Seeing this, the jealous Cui Bianxu grabbed Fate's neck and was about to send him away a thousand miles away. But just as he lifted him up, Zhao Shan cried out in alarm: "It's bleeding! It's bleeding! The situation inside is not good!"

Not to mention Cui Bianxu, the guards and Qiqige who had been following Jiang Shangxian all the way were all nervous after hearing this shout.

On the contrary, Li Sheng and his companions were at a loss as to what was going on. They frantically searched their bodies for some medicine to apply to their wives.

Cui Bianxu frowned, his eyes filled with worry: "Jiubai, the rest of you stay here with my wife."

There was nothing unusual before the door was opened, but this situation occurred after the door was opened. You can tell with your butt that there must be something extremely dangerous inside.

Jiang Shangxian grabbed the wrist that was wiping his nosebleed, raised his little face and looked straight into his eyes, his tone filled with unwavering worry: "The things inside are not simple."

People should know how to sum up experience and lessons. Combining this with the past, the first time this happened was in the Dali Temple. When she stepped into Cui Bianxu's office, the stench almost made her faint.

Since entering the tomb, her nose bleeds only when she comes face to face with dirt.

At this time, the stench she could smell was not very obvious, which meant that the thing in here was very fierce, extremely fierce, and much more dangerous than anything she had encountered before.

Zhao Shan immediately thought of the giant snake: "Maybe it's something more ferocious than that giant snake."

Knowing he had no fighting ability, he couldn't help but feel panic: "Who knows, he could eat two people in one bite."

"Master Zhao, you eat two in one bite. How big must that thing be? If you eat someone like me, wouldn't that mean three or four in one bite?" Yingzi's eyes blinked, a little frightened by what Zhao Shan said.

"this...."

Seeing that he had frightened the child, Zhao Shan, with a bit of kindness in his heart, quickly changed his words and pointed at Cui Bianxu and the others with a serious look on his face, "They are big and martial artists, so their flesh is firm. At the very least, they are good-looking. She walks in the mountains all day, so her flesh must be firmer than the three of us. To be able to grow into such a ferocious creature, she must be very picky and won't eat us first."

"Zhao Xingcheng!" If Cui Bianxu hadn't had his hand still pressing on his own young slave's nose, he really wanted to crush this bastard to death.

Jiang Shangxian: .....Do you want to listen to what nonsense you are talking about!

"Calm down! Qi Qi Ge, calm down! What he meant was... he was praising you, praising your healthy and strong body, and being able to walk across these mountains as if they were flat ground!" Although he wanted to beat Zhao Shan to death for his talkativeness, he was Li Xueyan's boyfriend after all. Seeing that Qi Qi Ge was about to explode, Jiang Shangxian had no choice but to speak well of him.

Qi Qi Ge patted the gourd on his waist and raised his eyebrows at Zhao Shan with a bad look, as if to say that if you say one more word, I will poison you.

Knowing that he had said something wrong, Zhao Shan shrank his neck and slipped to the side, saying that he would never speak carelessly again.