Chapter 226 Opening the Coffin
We left the Cultural Heritage Bureau building and went to the opposite side.
When we got there, we saw a bunch of people gathered around the coffin looking at the things on the ground, and a few workers were dismantling the wooden boards of the container and building temporary screens.
After walking past, they made way for me and I looked down at the ground.
A bunch of triangular flags, a can of rooster blood, a large hair brush, and incense candles.
I nodded, "Okay!"
Professor Zhao's face was filled with an excited smile and he said to the people around him: "Everyone go wash your hands and change clothes first, and get ready to eat. It's at the Fumanlou restaurant opposite! Liu, you take them to order first. I'll
Master Xiao Jiang will arrive shortly!"
"Okay!" Assistant Liu was also very happy and asked everyone to follow him.
They greeted me with a smile and asked me to come over early, and I smiled and nodded.
After they all left and Professor Zhao and I were the only ones left here, he asked: "Is there anything I need to prepare first?"
I looked at the installation speed of the screen and said, "We have to wait until they are all installed, but it doesn't need to be so tight!"
I felt that the workers wanted to form a circle and were taking measurements, so I hurried over.
"Master! I'll draw a line on the ground, and you just need to fix it according to the drawn line!" I said.
One of the masters replied with a smile: "The relationship is good, and it saves some energy! Otherwise, if we form a circle, we may not have enough materials!"
I looked back and forth, took the marker used by their archaeological team for marking, drew a line according to the direction of the Bagua, walked a few steps in, and walked a few steps out. At the corresponding place where the drawn line corresponded,
Draw a few lines.
After the drawing was completed, I checked that there was no problem as a whole, and said: "Just fix it where the lines are drawn on the outside! Just leave them about fifty centimeters apart!"
The master looked back and forth and nodded appreciatively, "You can draw so accurately without using a ruler. Young man, you have good eyesight!"
"Okay! You hurry up and get it done. A table has been opened for you opposite. Once it's done, go over and have dinner together!" Professor Zhao said to them.
"Director Zhao is bleeding heavily today!"
"Ha ha……"
I followed Professor Zhao outside and asked curiously: "Are they also from your Cultural Relics Bureau?"
"Yes!" Professor Zhao said with a smile: "Our unit is quite special. Not only does it have archeology, but it also has its own engineering team! When you go out to do archeology, you have to build a safety shed to dig. It can't be done without them!"
I nodded in understanding and followed Professor Zhao out of the Cultural Relics Bureau to the other side of the road.
For the sake of the overall planning of this area, the shop fronts on the street are all decorated in an antique style, and there are also many century-old brands in this area.
The restaurant is called Fumanlou. It is said that it has been around since the Qing Dynasty. It is a real time-honored restaurant with good prices and novel dishes. To be honest, I don’t think it is as delicious as Aunt Liu’s.
Everyone at the dinner table came over to toast me one by one, and I quickly waved my hand, "I don't drink, and I have to do things this afternoon. Please forgive me!"
Professor Zhao also helped me resist, "Those who have no work in the afternoon, drink less, and those who have work, drink! I know everyone is very excited to see Master Xiao Jiang. We will find another time to have a good drink!"
In this way, everyone left with a smile!
After dinner, a large group of us walked back. Those who had a break in the afternoon did not go back to rest, but followed us to the studio.
Around the big red coffin, eight wooden boards have been erected with fifty or sixty centimeters between them. It looks a bit like a movie set.
"Wow! Such a grand scene!" someone laughed, "The coffin-opening ceremony is very grand, but I don't know what surprises the person lying inside can give us!"
They all talked about what rare treasures there would be in the coffin.
I told Professor Zhao: "Except for the person who opens the coffin, no one else can enter the screen area! It's best to stay farther away!"
Professor Zhao nodded, "I immediately told them not to talk about them. I was very excited!"
"Also, for those who came with me to open the coffin, are the protections in place?"
Professor Zhao looked back and forth, found Assistant Liu, and waved to him: "Liu! Are the things for opening the coffin ready?"
Assistant Liu came over with a smile, "Get ready, four strong young men from the archaeological team will go in to open the coffin and get gas masks and protective vests!"
"Well! Get ready!" Professor Zhao said and looked at me, "Shall we start?"
"Okay! Let them prepare first. I will go in and set up the formation first. When I say it's okay, let them go in and open the coffin!" After I finished speaking, I walked inside.
Entering between the two screens, you can already feel the energy.
Although the screen is just an ordinary container board and not a magic weapon, it can also have the effect of the Bagua array.
I took out the cinnabar, mixed it into the somewhat solidified rooster's blood, mixed it evenly with a brush, and started to draw the symbols on the wooden board.
The people around me were amazed by what they saw, but no one said anything. They all looked at me quietly. I drew the talisman seals, and then drew Bagua under each talisman seal mark.
After finishing the painting, I heard a buzzing sound in my ears, which was the sound of the Bagua defense being activated.
A burst of energy immediately rotated and then stabilized.
I nodded with satisfaction, picked up the triangular flag on the ground, followed the line I had drawn on the ground, and flicked it with my fingers.
The triangular flag was just erected on the cement ground.
The people around were all shocked when they saw it, and low voices kept coming.
I didn't stop until the inner Bagua Yang Gathering Formation was completed, and there was another "buzz" in my ears.
Professor Zhao watched excitedly and almost couldn't help but come in to see what was going on.
I took out the red string, pulled it between the screens, and then said, "That's it!"
When I said "Okay", there were exclamations from around me.
"Master Xiaojiang's move is so awesome!"
"Yes! Today is really an eye-opener!"
"I thought I was going to set up an offering table and get a mahogany sword, so that the sky and the earth are moving!"
"Haha, you have watched too many movies!"
I smiled, for them, what I did today was indeed quite mysterious.
But these are all the results of my master asking me to practice them whenever I was young, and they have already produced muscle memory.
Professor Zhao came in with four young men. They were all wearing strange vests with bulging bags and a gas mask with a pig's mouth on their mouth.
"Master Xiao Jiang, let's open the coffin then!" Professor Zhao said. Seeing me nodding, he immediately shouted: "Get ready to open the coffin!"
In the archaeological world, when encountering such a coffin, opening the coffin is a big event. It is usually very grand, let alone today.
There was the sound of an approaching car overhead.
Several young men each stood at a corner, holding the crowbar in their hands, prying open a crack in the lid of the coffin, inserting two wooden sticks, tying the ropes hanging from the top, and made signs to hang up.
"Kalala!"
As the suspension rope on the traveling vehicle rose upwards, the lid of the coffin was gradually lifted.
Suddenly, a "swish" sound came, and I shouted loudly: "Get down!" I pushed Professor Meng down violently and fell to the ground.
Several of them were already mentally prepared. After hearing my shout, they quickly threw themselves on the ground.
Chapter completed!