Tomb Robbery: Successor to the King, starting in Yunnan Worm Valley

Chapter 465 Gloomy Wood

And what made Wang Ye feel the most obvious was that the material of this wooden loft was so special.

Everything above exudes waves of cold air.

These wood are not fresh wood, they are all old wood.

In other words, when Feng Shigu built Dixian Village, these timbers had already been stored for hundreds or even thousands of years.

Some of these woods can already be called dark wood.

The coffin made of this kind of wood is called the gloomy wood coffin, which is considered to be the best among coffins.

Buried underground for thousands of years, it can survive without decay.

What's more important is that not only is it incorruptible, but it can also preserve the corpse in the coffin, making the corpse immortal for thousands of years, and even looks similar to when it was alive.

Timber wood is very rare.

The conditions for its formation are particularly harsh.

Or it is in the water. The bottom of the water absorbs the cold air in the water. After thousands of years, it turns into a black texture between fossils and wood. It is as warm as jade and cold to the touch.

Or it could be that ordinary high-quality wood used in mausoleums underground could, after thousands of years, absorb the earth's energy by chance and turn into gloomy wood, becoming immortal for thousands of years.

No matter what the situation is, it is not something that money can solve.

Even if many dignitaries want a gloomy wood coffin, they can't just have it if they want it, and they can buy it with money.

It also depends on fate.

It must be there. Yin Chenmu is a scholar somewhere. Only then can money and power be used.

According to legend, when Empress Dowager Cixi was buried, she really wanted to use dark wood as the inner coffin.

She also knew that gloomy wood was rare, and she had no plans for an outer coffin, but it was like asking for an inner coffin of gloomy wood so that her body would not rot.

The Empress Dowager Cixi may have money and power, but in the end this wish was not fulfilled.

No fate.

At that time, all over the country, Yin Chenmu could not be found. There was no news about Yin Chenmu becoming a scholar at all. Even if he had money and power, he could not do anything and had no place to show his talents.

Even for a long time, the dark wood has been considered a legend and something that does not exist at all.

It was not until many years later that there was news about Yin Shenmu becoming a scholar in various places.

Most of them are in the water.

Especially in some ancient rivers and waterways where wood was discharged and transported, some of the finest wood sank to the bottom for some reason and was covered with sand. Over time, it turned into sunken wood.

Under ancient conditions, without major climate changes, there would have been no chance of seeing the light of day again.

However, in later generations, it was re-excavated due to things like river changes or interruptions.

However, a lot of gloomy wood was used in the attic built by Feng Shigu.

In particular, the beams and columns in some important load-bearing parts are actually made of dark wood.

Many ancient buildings were made of brick and wood.

But masonry can be stored for a long time, but wood decays easily.

Therefore, old houses in many places will not be a big problem after a hundred or two hundred years, but if they are older, most of them are better preserved in places with a dry climate in the northwest.

There is no way, wood is relatively easy to decay.

Once the wood rots, the entire building will suffer.

Buildings made entirely of stone are still relatively rare in China.

Domestic ancient crafts are basically directed towards wooden buildings.

Of course there are solutions, such as Feng Shigu, who built Dixian Village in the mountains of Wuxia Coffin Mountain, which is a place with a relatively humid climate.

The solution is also simple and crude, using more dark wood.

Wang Ye was also stunned.

Wang Ye could naturally imagine where these gloomy trees of Feng Shigu came from. It took Feng Shigu a long time to get out of his official position as the Taibao of Guanshan, and he spent all of it leading his people to rob tombs.

Guanshan Taibao's professional knowledge made Feng Shigu very picky when robbing tombs. He simply looked down on the tombs of ordinary rich people.

People robbed and excavated large tombs.

If you rob too many tombs, you will inevitably encounter all kinds of strange tombs.

In addition to various mechanisms and various treasures, there is also a chance to encounter good things like the gloomy wood.

Among the timber used to build this loft, one can see that many of the dark wood used by Liang Gui were originally used for other purposes.

To put it bluntly, many of them were removed from the coffin and used in the construction of the attic.

Loft buildings using dark wood can not only remain incorruptible, but also have more wonderful uses.

Because of the cold air contained in the gloomy wood, things that can easily cause damage to the wood, such as snakes, insects, rats, and ants, cannot get close to it.

There will definitely be no pests in this attic.

At the same time, the dark wood itself can also play a role in avoiding fire.

The outer layer of gloomy wood has been carbonized into a warm and hard material similar to fossils, and is inherently fireproof.

Moreover, the cold air of the gloomy wood itself can also keep the entire attic in a cold state, making it difficult for flames to burn.

In addition, the material of dark wood can also protect against lightning strikes.

Very few people know this.

Since ancient times, lightning protection of wooden buildings has been a problem.

Moreover, ancient people were superstitious. Lightning strikes were not just an ordinary natural disaster, but also had the meaning of judgment.

If you don't believe it, just try it. It's the difference between being buried in a sea of ​​fire and being struck by lightning.

For the former, people usually sympathize purely.

Regarding the latter, people's attitudes are very ambiguous.

Even if a building is struck by lightning, the owner will be affected.

Even if the emperor's palace was struck by lightning, he would have to write an edict to explain to the people all over the world.

At this time, it is very rare to have a lightning protection material.

The gloomy wood can protect against lightning, and the cold air can guide thunder and lightning from approaching nearby.

But very few people use sunken wood as building materials for lightning protection.

First of all, this thing is really rare.

Secondly, dark wood is fireproof, lightningproof and insectproof, but it attracts evil.

This thing is used as a building material on the ground, and it is easy to attract evil things because the cold air is too strong.

Haunting is considered a basic operation, but maybe evil spirits and ghosts will appear too.

Even wealthy and wealthy families can't bear it.

Only Feng Shigu, who comes from a family of tomb robbers, is so unbelieving in evil and dares to use dark wood as building materials.

Wang Ye felt a little worried when he saw this, but it wasn't because he was worried about anything wrong with Yin Chenmu.

But it’s a bit tricky to see so many precious gloomy trees in the Guanshan Ossuary Building.

The gloomy wood are the beams in the interior of the attic.

If it is demolished, it will collapse immediately.

It is somewhat difficult to collect them all.

Wang Ye can still demolish the house, but there are still many important things in the attic. It is still a bit early to start demolishing the attic now.

(End of this chapter)