Bronze Head and Iron Brow (4000)

Wu Liang was not the only one to hear this strange sound, everyone in the nearby Hu army also heard it clearly, and they all turned to look at Wu Liang with curious faces.

Wu Liangze instantly put away his increasingly anxious mood, lowered his body and began to carefully clean up the red soil in this area, exercising as much restraint as possible with every shovel.

About a moment later.

A relatively complete pair of copper armor appeared in front of everyone.

This armor is also divided into two parts.

One part is armor made of many copper pieces like the bronze statue we saw before, and the other part is a helmet with two sharp horns on its head like the bronze statue.

But the difference is that this armor is not made of softer pure copper, but a copper alloy that is different from bronze.

Wu Liang was not sure about the specific composition of this copper alloy. He could only carefully peel off the patina and roughly tell the difference between it and pure copper and bronze through its appearance:

First of all, the color of this copper alloy is not the original golden yellow, silvery white or light yellow of bronze, nor is it the blue-gray color of bronze after oxidation, but a darker dark brown;

Secondly, the texture of this copper alloy is slightly softer than bronze, but much harder than pure copper, so it has a certain degree of flexibility. This can be seen from the many depressions on the chest and helmet of this armor.

, Ordinary bronze does not have such ductility at all. Once this level of dent occurs, it will basically break;

Thirdly, the mass of this copper alloy seems to be smaller than that of pure copper and bronze. At least there is no pressure when picking it up. Of course, this is just Wu Liang's feel. To make an accurate judgment, at least it needs to be used.

The simplest weighing tool to make rigorous comparisons.

And combining these characteristics together...

The texture is hard but has a certain degree of flexibility, and its small mass reduces the burden on the wearer...

This seems to be a more practical alloy than bronze and pure copper. At least as armor, its performance should be better than bronze and pure copper?

"this……"

While Wu Liang was exploring the armor, everyone from the Hu army also gathered around them. The moment they saw the armor, they subconsciously turned to look at the bronze statue not far away.

It is not difficult to see that this armor and the armor on the bronze statue are almost carved from the same mold.

"Sir, this should be the armor that was made and put into practice using that bronze statue as a model, right?"

Yu Ji couldn't help but ask, "But what I don't understand is how this armor can be mixed with these corpses that are obviously from the same dynasty. The two shouldn't be mixed together anyway, right?"

"It's not mixed together."

Wu Liang pointed to the hole he had just dug with his own hands and said, "There is a height difference of about one foot between the positions of these corpses and the armor. The corpses are on top and the armor is on the bottom, with a layer of solid red soil in between.

"

It was precisely because of this height difference that Wu Liang was a little lax when digging, so he shoveled a little harder on the armor, almost causing some damage to it.

Otherwise, no matter how upset he was, he wouldn't have made such a mistake.

"I see……"

Yu Ji nodded slightly and continued his own analysis, "So, there is indeed a certain time difference between this armor and these corpses, and this armor may have been buried here for some kind of burial or other purposes, then

It’s even more strange that these corpses appear here.”

"The only way to figure this out is to keep digging."

Wu Liang muttered.

Bronze statue... corpse... armor...

As more things are excavated, the more mysteries are presented to him. At least so far, he has not been able to give a reasonable explanation for anything, and it is difficult to find strong support for even just speculation.

With this in mind, Wu Liang had no choice but to move the armor out of the hole temporarily so as not to hinder the further excavation work.

However, just as he lifted up the armor.

"Wow!"

Some things actually fell out of the armor and scattered at Wu Liang's feet.

Wu Liang was startled and quickly put down his armor again, lowered his body and looked at the scattered things.

"bone?"

Wu Liang recognized the essence of those things with just one glance.

Those bones were extremely decayed, and now only a few bone stubbles were left that had lost so much calcium that they were full of holes. The largest bone stubble was no more than 5 centimeters long.

Wu Liang carefully picked up one of the pieces and found that it was not even as heavy as a dead leaf, and would be broken into powder with just a slight twist of his fingers.

remains?

Could it be that this armor was buried here together with the person wearing it?

But as time goes by, most of the human tissue in the armor has returned to dust, leaving only a little bit of bone stubble that has not completely disappeared?

But this level of decay…

Wu Liang and others have previously excavated many ancient tombs and ruins, and have also seen various corpses in these ancient tombs. Affected by the different environments of the tombs, the degree of decay of the corpses is naturally different, but

It is indeed rare to see corpses that have decayed to this extent.

With this thought, Wu Liang immediately took the helmet over to check the situation inside.

I saw that there were indeed some bone stubble inside the helmet.

The largest one is in the shape of a slightly curved irregular sheet, with an area of ​​only about 3 square centimeters.

Part of the remaining skull?

this……

Wu Liang's brows furrowed tightly.

On one side are the remains that have decayed so much that even the bones have almost disappeared, and one foot above the remains are the corpses that have rotted but their soft tissues have not disappeared.

This is completely the stuff of two time-spaces, and the two time-spaces are at least thousands of years apart, or even longer.

This undoubtedly makes this secret place even weirder.

"..."

At this moment, no one in the Hu army was talking anymore.

Because this is far beyond everyone's cognition, even if it is speculation, no one can make a self-consistent guess, and they have no idea how to comment on the current situation.

Just when everyone's thoughts were confused, some footsteps were heard not far away.

"Son."

It was Yang Wanli and the soldiers of the Hu army who were responsible for repairing the gate tower.

If they come here to support, they will further speed up the excavation, and more things will be presented to Wu Liang and everyone.

…

Just a few minutes later, Dian Wei, who was helping to dig beside Wu Liang, made another discovery.

It was also a piece of copper made of the same material as the armor, but this piece of copper was slightly smaller, just a thin piece.

Fortunately, Dian Wei had been much more cautious since he accidentally shoveled off the scalp of the corpse, so he did not cause any damage to the bronze vessel and called Wu Liang over as soon as he discovered it.

After Wu Liang carefully cleaned it, the copperware finally revealed its true appearance.

This is actually a copper mask.

The concave and convex shape of the mask can fit the human face. While covering the entire face, it also leaves holes for the eyes and nostrils for viewing and breathing.

The mouth has an exaggerated mouth, and there are two fangs at the top and bottom in the mouth, which looks like the bloody mouth of a ferocious beast.

On both sides of the mask, there are two more ear-like parts about ten centimeters long, and there are two small holes under the ears, which look like ear holes.

In addition, some decorative patterns are engraved on the copper mask.

These lines are mainly heavy ring patterns that fit the edges of the copper mask. Although they are not very exquisite, they make the copper mask look more three-dimensional.

"What is this mask used for?"

Wu Liang frowned slightly.

As far as he knew, many masks had been discovered by the archaeological circles of later generations, the most famous of which was the bronze mask excavated in Sanxingdui.

However, unlike the bronze masks in front of us, most of the bronze masks in Sanxingdui do not have holes in the eyes, nostrils and mouths, and some even have extremely exaggerated vertical eyes.

In short, most of the bronze masks in Sanxingdui are limited by various factors such as size, weight and shape. They are not meant for people to wear at all, and can basically only be used as ritual vessels for sacrificial rituals.

Of course, this does not mean that these bronze masks in Sanxingdui are not great or shocking, they just have different uses.

And now Wu Liang discovered this copper mask.

It seems to be very suitable to wear. Not only will it not affect people's normal actions, it should also provide a certain degree of protection...

etc!

Protective effects?!

Wu Liang looked back at the copper helmet he had discovered earlier.

Just now, he discovered two separate protruding parts on both sides of the front end of the copper helmet, but he didn't know whether they were decorations or had other functions.
To be continued...