Chapter Ninety-Seven: Antidote Pill
The tremor was very slight, the epicenter was located in the middle of the stone chamber, and after a few seconds, the two stone slabs in the middle of the stone chamber drooped left and right, and a rectangular bluestone slowly rose from the ground, 80 centimeters above the ground, and then stopped, and the tremor disappeared.
On top of the bluestone is a small square box, the size of a palm, which is undoubtedly a reward for answering a question correctly.
Since the rewards of the previous two doors were rock candy and kidney tonifying pills, Wu Zhongyuan didn't think it would be a good thing for the rewards of this door, so he walked over and picked up the stone box and tried to open it.
The lid of the stone box is buckled on the stone box, after pulling it out, it was found that it was a gray ball the size of a table tennis ball, picked up and smelled, there was a slight medicinal gas, due to the storage time was too long, the skin of the pill has been a little crispy off the slag, twisted the fine slag that fell off, delicate and slippery, it should be wax.
The practice of sealing pills with wax is still used today, and compared with bottles, wax sealing can better preserve the drug and ensure that the properties of the medicine will not volatilize.
The stone box was clearly carved out to store the pill, and the entire inside of the box was only carved out of a circular hole the size of a ping-pong ball, and the rest of the box was a complete stone face.
"What kind of Dan is this?" Wang asked with a smile.
Wu Zhongyuan didn't answer, there was no text carved on the inside of the stone box, and there was no handwriting on the bluestone where the stone box was placed, and the lid of the stone box was also flat, and there was no carved text, what was this pill for?
Since it's a reward, you have to explain the purpose, otherwise even if you get it, it's useless.
Just when Wu Zhongyuan wanted to pinch open the wax seal, he found that there seemed to be words on the inside of the lid of the stone box. ’
Wang Xinran also saw the text on the inside of the lid, "This is still a little useful, and it's not in vain." ”
"Something doesn't seem right. Wu Zhongyuan frowned and shook his head.
"What's wrong?" Wang gladly raised an eyebrow at him.
"Why did he put the Detoxification Pill here?" Wu Zhongyuan frowned.
Wang Xinran didn't know why, "What are you suspecting?"
Wu Zhongyuan pointed to the stone box on the ground to the north, "The things such as the magic seal and the golden compass that the person who ran out carried should have been stored in that box, why did he put those things here?"
As soon as Wu Zhongyuan said this, Wang Xinran also felt that something was wrong, "There is a sentence on the stone platform we just pieced together, 'retreat in the face of difficulties, take the things in the stone letter and go,' he left such words and put the things here, because he didn't want us to go back empty-handed, and he didn't want us to continue to go inside." ”
"Maybe you just don't want to keep you going. Wu Zhongyuan said.
"What do you mean?" Wang asked happily.
Wu Zhongyuan said, "After all, this is his mausoleum, no one wants their mausoleum to be set foot in by idle people, only I am not an idle person for him, you are all." ”
Wang Xinran vaguely understood, "You mean that he left this detoxification pill here, not simply as a reward for you to answer the questions correctly, but as a pass to enter those stone chambers after entering?"
"That's right," Wu Zhongyuan nodded slowly, "This should be a watershed, and he doesn't want to wait for idle people to accompany me to continue walking." ”
Lu Jiahui, who rarely spoke, said on the side, "No matter how mysterious Qimen Dunjia is, it can't be so accurate, right? Maybe he didn't want us to stop, but to let those who strayed into the grave or tomb robbers accept it when they see it." ”
"There is also this possibility," Wu Zhongyuan did not deny Lu Jiahui's statement, "but in either case, you can't continue to go inside, and there are likely to be mechanisms that release toxic gases in those stone chambers in the future." ”
"We brought gas masks. Lu Jiahui said.
Seeing Wu Zhongyuan's puzzled face, Lu Jiahui explained, "We carry gas masks not to prevent poisonous gases, but to filter the dirty air, the ancient tomb has been sealed for many years, the air inside has long been rotted, and there are many unknown bacteria breeding, there are precedents of archaeological personnel being poisoned and infected before." ”
After Lu Jiahui finished speaking, Wu Zhongyuan shook his head slowly, even if he had a gas mask, he was still not at ease, but at the moment he had no reason not to let Wang Xinran and the others follow, he pondered for a moment, pointed to the stone gate in the north and said, "Look what's going on." ”
This stone gate is closed, this stone gate is the same as the previous stone gates, they are all opened inside, Wang Xinran and Zhang Shukai had tried to push it before, but found that the stone gate was resisted from the inside.
This time, the four of them worked together, and then pushed, no, still couldn't push.
After trying a few times, everyone could only give up, Lu Jiahui stroked the seams of the two stone doors, and took out a claw hammer to knock on all parts of the stone door, and then came to the conclusion, "The stone gate was not resisted by them with something, but there was a top door stone inside." ”
Wu Zhongyuan is a student of archaeology, and he is no stranger to the top door stone, but Wang Xinran and Zhang Shukai don't understand, Lu Jiahui explained that there are many styles of top door stones, the common ones are sliding top and warped top, among which the top is the most common, the principle is somewhat similar to the seesaw, the funeral procession pulls the stone door when leaving the tomb, after the stone door is closed, the top door stone on the inside of the stone door is warped, closing the tomb door, so that the tomb door can not be pushed open from the outside.
The sliding top is the inside of the tomb door with diagonal bracing stones, as the tomb door moves outward, the stone strips inside gradually tilt, and when the tomb door is completely closed, the end of the stone bar happens to be stuck in the groove on the inside of the stone door.
After Lu Jiahui finished speaking, Wang Xinran asked, "What kind of situation is here?"
"It's supposed to be a warp. Lu Jiahui said.
Wu Zhongyuan said, "There's no point in studying this, no matter which one it is, we can't get in, unless the people inside take the initiative to open it." ”
"If there was a top door stone, how did they open the stone door before?" Wang said happily.
Wu Zhongyuan shook his head.
The four of them didn't speak for a while, and the questions they all thought about should be similar, nothing more than whether it was better to wait for the rabbit or blast in.
In the end, it was Wu Zhongyuan who spoke first, "They may not be carrying gas masks." ”
Wang Xinran tilted his head and glanced at him, but did not answer, and Zhang Shukai and Lu Jiahui did not say anything.
After waiting for a while, Wu Zhongyuan said again, "Why did the dead person risk running out?"
The trio still didn't answer.
Wu Zhongyuan said again, "Did he find his companion trapped and ran out to move the rescuers, or was he greedy for life and afraid of death, leaving his companion to escape alone?"
The three of them still didn't answer, and Wu Zhongyuan didn't prepare for them to answer, he just said his thoughts for the three of them to refer to and analyze, "If he goes out to move the rescuers, the people inside will definitely encounter a danger that they can't solve." If he is greedy for life and afraid of death, he is not afraid that his companion will retaliate against him after he escapes from the predicament? Since he dares to run, it is in his opinion that the companion trapped inside will definitely not be able to get out alive......
Speaking of this, Wang Xinran raised his hand to interrupt his words, and at the same time looked at Zhang Shukai.
Zhang Shukai knew why Wang Xinran looked at him, "If this stone gate is the same thickness as those stone gates outside, I am sure that it will be blasted accurately without destroying the main body of the stone gate." ”
Wang nodded happily.
Zhang Shukai didn't hesitate, turned around and walked out.
"How long will it take?" asked Wang Xinran.
Zhang Shukai said, "There is no * here, you need to call it from other places, it takes seven or eight hours at the earliest, it takes three hours to assemble* and it may take six hours to go back and forth on the road, you can go up and breathe first." ”
Wang nodded happily.
After Zhang Shukai left, Wang Xin took a few steps back, overturned the stone box, sat on it and lit a cigarette, "Which of the eight doors is the fourth stone room?"
Wu Zhongyuan was distracted, he didn't hear Wang Xinran's words, Lu Jiahui is a student of archaeology, and those who study archaeology understand history, and the five elements of yin and yang are part of ancient history. ”
Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan was absent-minded, Wang Xinran glanced at him dissatisfied, "Your senior brother is not inside, what are you worried about?"
Wu Zhongyuan knew that Wang Xinran was blaming him for caring about Zhao Ying's life and death, and retorted, "Even if she is guilty, she won't be guilty to death, right?"
"You know very well who she is, and you can't be a person without a position. Wang said happily.
"Why don't I have a position? If I don't have a position, will I be with you?" Wu Zhongyuan was also anxious, "If you have a position, do you have to engage in class struggle? I don't hate her to gnash my teeth, but I don't have a position? Let me tell you the truth, I don't hate her at all." ”
Wang Xinran glared at Wu Zhongyuan fiercely, got up angrily, threw away the cigarette he had just lit, turned around and walked out, "Go out and rest for a few days." ”
"Who the are you scaring about?" Wu Zhongyuan scolded.
Wang Xinran turned back angrily, "What did you say?"
"Who the are you scaring me about?" Wu Zhongyuan shouted.
Seeing Wang Xinran angrily walking towards Wu Zhongyuan, Lu Jiahui hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him, although Wang Xinran was angry, he couldn't really beat Wu Zhongyuan, leaving a sentence of 'ghost puzzle' and turned around and walked out.
After hesitating, Lu Jiahui chose to stay to appease Wu Zhongyuan, Wu Zhongyuan was still angry, and complained at Lu Jiahui, "Why are all the people in your system so virtuous, just because of different positions, the other party is a heinous crime and deserves death? Can you be objective and not be so fanatical." ”
"You misunderstood, we are not what you think at all," Lu Jiahui waved her hand again and again, "Haven't you noticed it yet, No. 9 is angry and doesn't blame you for not taking a firm position." ”
"Huh?" Wu Zhongyuan frowned.
"She seems to be ......" Lu Jiahui stopped talking again, "she seems to be a little ...... A little jealous. ”
Wu Zhongyuan is like a bulging balloon at this time, Lu Jiahui's words will instantly discourage him, Lu Jiahui is a person on Wang Xinran's side, and he will not talk about it, why did he not find out what Lu Jiahui found out?
Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan's mood was calming down, Lu Jiahui turned around and walked south, "I'll dissipate my anger first, and I'll persuade her." ”
Lu Jiahui stopped when she walked to the door, because Zhang Shukai and Wang Xinran came back together.
The two of them held the diving cylinders that were placed outside the stone room.
Wu Zhongyuan glanced at Wang Xinran out of the corner of his eye, and Wang Xinran knew that Wu Zhongyuan was looking at her but ignored him.
"What are you going to do with it?" Wu Zhongyuan asked Zhang Shukai.
"The respirator they use is imported CCR, and the cylinder is oxygen instead of compressed air, so you can try to use it to blow open the stone door......"