certainly.

It is also possible that there are some dangerous dangers in this wooden box that only Emperor Xian knows about, so he deliberately used an excuse to avoid it, intending to set Wu Liang off in this way.

However, this possibility is slightly smaller.

After all, Emperor Xian is now under control in Cao Ying. He should already know the importance of Wu Liang to Boss Cao. Therefore, he most likely would not dare to assassinate Wu Liang. Otherwise, if Wu Liang really has a shortcoming, new and old hatreds will come together.

After all, Emperor Xian's life in the future may not just be difficult.

Thinking like this.

"how?"

Wu Liang turned back to look at Prince Chamu.

"I haven't noticed anything unusual in the iron box for the time being, and the wooden box looks very ordinary."

Prince Chamu shook his head slightly and said.

"Um……"

Wu Liang felt a little calmer, and finally took out the cowhide gloves he carried with him, and decided to open the wooden box with his own hands to check the situation.

After a while.

Wu Liang had already taken the wooden box out of the iron box.

After a brief inspection, he found that one side of the wooden box had a twitchable flap. As long as he pulled the flap out, he should be able to see what was inside.

Finally, I glanced at Emperor Xian out of the corner of my eye and found that apart from being slightly nervous, Emperor Xian did not behave abnormally.

Wu Liang finally reached out and grabbed the trap, and then slowly pulled it out.

Upon seeing this, Prince Chamu and several accompanying soldiers of the Hu army immediately came together to raid the formation for Wu Liang. Whenever there was any slight abnormality, someone would immediately knock him aside.

"Chloe... cluck... cluck..."

The flap and the wooden box body made a friction sound that was not loud but made it tickle the ears.

The eyes of everyone at the scene were focused on Wu Liang and the wooden box at the same time. No one knew what would happen after the wooden box was opened. This unknown was not necessarily scary, but it made the atmosphere quite tense.

And wait until the trap panel of the wooden box is completely removed.

Wu Liang did not show any strong reaction, but frowned slightly.

Prince Chamu and the soldiers of the Hu army who were very close also frowned, but it was obvious that they all breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Because what is contained in the wooden box is indeed a human head.

However, unlike what Emperor Xian had described previously, this head did not seem to have undergone any antiseptic treatment, nor was it wrapped in translucent rosin.

What Wu Liang saw was a severely rotten human head.

Much of the flesh on the human head has slipped off due to severe rot, revealing the white skull underneath. Some tissues have also rotted to a state of near liquefaction, so that one-third of the human head is now immersed in dark liquid.

in viscous liquid.

The dark viscous liquid in the iron box is obviously the same thing.

This kind of scene may be extremely scary for ordinary people, but for Wu Liang and the Hu army, it is already familiar. Even if they frown, there will be no chain physiological reaction in the stomach.

.

"this……"

Not only did Wu Liang not feel nauseated, but he was now more concerned about an issue: This human head had rotted to such an extent. Without the facial restoration technology of later generations, it would be difficult to find out the identity of the owner of this human head, right?

So if Emperor Xian is called over to check now, can he still tell whether it is Wang Mangtou?

But this is probably not Wang Mangtou.

Because the rosin mentioned by Emperor Xian before was not found in the wooden box. If rosin is not burned, it is difficult to undergo qualitative change, and it is impossible to disappear completely out of thin air.

"His Majesty……"

Wu Liang finally decided to ask Emperor Xian to come over and identify it. What if it happened?

As a result, when he turned around, he saw that Emperor Xian had already come closer with his mouth and nose covered, stretching his neck to look inside the wooden box. He still couldn't overcome his curiosity.

The next moment.

"vomit!"

Emperor Xian couldn't help but retched, and the two accompanying eunuchs were so frightened that they quickly helped him aside and kept stroking his back and giving him water.

After struggling like this for a long time, Emperor Xian finally felt a little more settled.

When he looked at Wu Liang again, his first words were: "Wu Taishi, this is definitely not Wang Mangtou. The real Wang Mangtou may have been replaced at some point."

"Why did your Majesty come to this conclusion?"

Wu Liang asked in confusion.

"The hair and beard on Wang Mang's head are already all white, but the hair and beard on this human head are still white with black and white. I can make a judgment based on this alone."

Emperor Xian took a sip of the water handed over by the eunuch, and then continued to speak while gasping for breath.

"I see……"

Wu Liang nodded slightly.

Although many body tissues will change after death, hair and nails can remain in their original state for a long time.

Therefore, this detail proposed by Emperor Xian is enough to prove that this human head is not Wang Mang's head.

"Your Majesty, I would like to confirm again. Can your Majesty be sure that except for Lu Bu, this key has never left your Majesty, and has never authorized anyone to open this iron box?"

After pondering for a moment, Wu Liang then asked.

When Wu Liang opened the box just now, he had noticed that the big copper lock that locked the iron box was intact, and there were not even any obvious fresh scratches on it. Therefore, it was basically ruled out that someone did not use a key and used unconventional means to open the lock.

possibility.

"You can be sure!"

Emperor Xian nodded firmly and realized something as he spoke. He bulged his eyes and asked, "Wu Taishi means that this matter is probably done by Lu Bu?"

"If your Majesty can confirm this, then he is undoubtedly the biggest suspect."

Wu Liang nodded and said.

"It shouldn't be. He didn't bring anything with him when he came to observe Wang Mangtou, and he didn't have anything extra on him when he left. How could he complete the exchange without anyone noticing?" Gu Juan

Emperor Xian said with a look of disbelief.

"There are still many unknown ways to deceive people in this world, and it may not necessarily be impossible to accomplish this."

Wu Liang said vaguely.

He also saw that it might be difficult to dig out any useful information from Emperor Xian, but he could prove that the head in the wooden box was no longer Wang Mang's head, which was enough for Wu Liang.

This already made him more certain that what the spy said before was true, and Wang Mang's head was now almost in Lu Bu's hands.

The flying human head that almost broke into his tent a few nights ago was most likely Wang Mang's head, which was very consistent with the description of the "Luotou clan" in the history books that Wu Liang had previously speculated.

But whose rotten head is in the wooden box now?

Wu Liang continued to carefully examine the situation in the wooden box. After confirming that this was not Wang Mang's head, a heirloom treasure of the Han Dynasty, Wu Liang naturally no longer needed to be scrupulous, and finally simply mixed the head with the dark viscous liquid

They were poured out of the wooden box together.

That doesn't matter.

With a "clang" sound, a metal ring immersed in the bottom of the liquid rolled out of the wooden box.

The metal ring still maintains a golden color. From this, it is not difficult to judge that it should be made of gold, because only inert metals like gold can not be corroded in the putrid corpse water.

"This is?!"

Seeing this metal ring, Emperor Xian immediately widened his eyes and said quickly, "This is Dong Zhuo's hair bundle! Among all the civil and military officials in the court, only Dong Zhuo used such a golden hair bundle to show his noble status... Could it be that this human head

Is it actually Dong Zhuo?"

"Dong Zhuo?"

Wu Liang thought it was a gold bracelet. After all, the gold bracelets of this era had a similar shape.

Cao Ni had given him a pair before, but the gold bracelet Cao Ni gave him was called "Arm Double Golden Ring", also called "arm bracelet". Several gold bracelets connected together almost covered his forearm.

, looks even more nouveau riche than the golden ring in front of you.

And if the head in the wooden box is Dong Zhuo...

This is tantamount to further solidifying Lu Bu's suspicion!

After all, this matter is recorded in history books. After Lu Bu assassinated Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo's head was always in Lu Bu's hands. Later, Li Jue and Guo Si's troops defeated Lu Bu, and Lu Bu still took Dong Zhuo's head with him when he escaped from Chang'an.

But now Dong Zhuo's head appears in the iron box that stores the Han Dynasty's heirloom treasures. So the head that Lu Bu took with him when he escaped from Chang'an according to historical records must not be Dong Zhuo's head... As for who it is.

The head is ready to be revealed.

"That Lu Bu is so disgusting. He dared to steal the Han Dynasty's treasures passed down from generation to generation, and also caused such damage to the other treasures. It's a shame that I still regarded him as a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. I really trusted the wrong person before..."

At this point, Emperor Xian had already concluded that Wang Mang's head in the iron box must have been replaced by Lu Bu, and he couldn't help but cursed with an angry look on his face.
To be continued...