Chapter 11: General Wei Wu
When Lin Yutang heard the news that the entrance of the underground palace was opened, he was also pleasantly surprised, and quickly led the twelve experts of the archaeological team to the entrance of the Gu Ancient Tomb Underground Palace.
"Director Lin, what should we do next, whether to go in and clean up the cultural relics inside, or notify us to wait. The old man with reading glasses in the archaeological team said.
This old man's name is Xu Zhongming, and he is the most authoritative archaeological expert in the archaeological team, and he is a well-known cultural relics who have read countless archaeological tombs, and can be called a veteran in the archaeological field.
Lin Yutang said in a slightly respectful tone: "Elder Xu, the dry goods in it (the collective name of the old fritters in the archaeological world for cultural relics) may be enough to cause a sensation in the archaeological community, without further ado, hurry up and carry out rescue excavation of the cultural relics inside." ”
The eight people carried their equipment, everything was ready, and they entered the underground palace of the Qishan Ancient Tomb.
Xiao Liang in the team walked in the front row, carrying a special mining lamp for archaeology on his head, and opened the way in front.
"Old Chen, from the construction format of this underground palace, the tomb should be from the Han Dynasty. The middle-aged man who followed Xu Zhongming said.
These people are all old fritters in the archaeological world, and they have conducted in-depth research on the tomb specifications of different dynasties, and they have to admire the level of these experts and scholars, which is leveraged.
"Yes, this tomb is indeed a tomb of the Han Dynasty, looking at the scale at least a prince's habitat, I have never seen such a large tomb in my archaeological life. Xu Lao said with some excitement.
After entering the dungeon, a narrow cave came into view, and it was pitch black all around, and if there was no miner's lamp, the environment inside would be like night.
Eight people then passed through the entrance one by one, and the capacity of the entrance could only accommodate one person.
After about half an hour, after the passage was completed, the fine beads of sweat had been reflected on everyone's faces, and the air began to be hot and dry, just like a large steamer.
"Why is this so hot, usually the tomb is cold and swishing, this tomb is really evil. A tall and thin member of the archaeological team said.
Xu Lao also felt strange, based on his previous archaeological experience, this tomb was completely inconsistent with the tombs he encountered, and the indoor temperature that had been sealed for a long time should be much lower than usual, but the current situation was the opposite.
The more he thought about it, the more curious he became, and he wanted to quickly unravel the true face of Lushan Mountain in this Qishan Ancient Tomb, but his clear mind was blinded in front of him, and he was not as calm as he was just now.
There is a big taboo in archaeology: evacuate immediately when encountering anomalies, which is a rule that every archaeologist must abide by.
He was deeply trapped by occupational diseases, became a slave, and continued to move forward driven by curiosity.
After another twenty minutes, the entrance of the cave became wider and wider, until a stone door came into view of the four men, and everyone stopped.
There are two huge stone lions on both sides of the stone gate, Xiao Liang was born as a special soldier, and his insight is very strong, and he has been following Xu Zhongming since he retired from the army, and is now his closed disciple.
Seeing the situation in front of him, he first waved his hand and walked over by himself, not to mention that this kid really had two strokes, groping for something on the carved bricks of the stone door wall on the right with his hand.
I saw Xiao Liang press the wall hard with his hand, and a raised thing slowly shrank in, and about a minute or so, the two stone lions on both sides of the stone gate actually rotated 360 degrees, and then the stone door squeaked and slowly opened.
Xu Lao looked at the apprentice's performance, and a relieved smile appeared on his face.
A thick layer of dust fell from the upper end of the stone door, which is enough to see the age of this age, and for a veteran of archaeology, no one has ever opened this door, and a deeper layer proves that this tomb is intact and no one has stolen it, and more importantly, the burial goods inside are safe.
After the stone door was completely opened, it was determined that there was no danger, everyone walked in, it was dark all around, Xu Lao took a flashlight and took a photo, there were many character strokes on the wall, and the birds and beasts were carved all the lifelike.
Below the mural, a figure dressed in a great general, which is extremely dazzling, riding a war horse with a bronze sword in his hand, charging into battle and being invincible.
There is also a mural on the left, with many dense Han Dynasty characters, which is the epitaph of the owner of this tomb.
According to historical records, the development of writing in the Han Dynasty has gone through several periods, at first, the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, the first use of seal script, and later the seal script showed a trend of decline, and the official script was vigorously developed, and entered the heyday in the Eastern Han Dynasty; Cursive developed into a more mature font during the Han Dynasty
Xu Lao gently stroked the lines on the wall with his wrinkled hand and began to study it.
After more than ten minutes of translation, the content is about this: Xiao Wulang, the general of Weiwu, has outstanding achievements in his life, in 209 BC with Gaozu Liu Bang unveiled the rod, joined the rebel army at the end of Qin, and was promoted to infantry captain after making military achievements, and in 207 BC he entered the pass with Gaozu to destroy Qin, and was already the general of the Janissary Guard, but unfortunately died in the battle to destroy Qin and was buried here.
This bombshell news made the archaeological team blow up, this is a tomb of a general of the Han Dynasty. General Weiwu is a third-rank rank, but his power is extremely large, according to the ancient military power system, he can command the existence of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the forbidden army.
Xiao Liang said to Xu Zhongming: "Teacher, these things are just some small objects, the main tomb has not surfaced yet, we have gone extremely smoothly along the way, I am afraid that there will be organs in the back, it is better to be careful." ”
Xu Lao nodded, looking at the bottles and cans on the ground, as well as many gold and silver jewelry, there was a glimmer of light in his eyes, and what he wanted had not yet appeared. With his own little abacus, to put it bluntly, he is fishing for things under the guise of archaeology, he can be a veteran-level figure, and that is not a general, these things are just small profits, and the owner of the tomb calculated that there would be people who dig the tomb and fight upside down, so he put down this ecstasy array to confuse the tomb robbers.
Ordinary tomb robbers see so much gold, silver and jewelry, the value is already expensive, then there is still the momentum to move forward, and they have already rolled up and run away.
Elder Xu said loudly to everyone: "Chen Papi, Zhu Zi, Liu Hui, Wormwood, Ye Dong, the five of you stay to clean up the scene, and I and the others will go to the main tomb." ”
The five of them answered, unloaded their backpacks, put on white gloves, and began to clean up with tools in their hands.
In other words, Xu Lao led Xiao Liang and the middle-aged man to the depths of the tomb.
A cool breeze hit, and the three of them shivered all over, shaking their collars, and Xiao Liang still opened the way in front.
Suddenly, the middle-aged man walked in the small passage paved with carved bricks, stepped on something under his feet, made a crisp click, and looked down to see that it was a human skull.
"Dude, I'm sorry I didn't mean to break your bones," Zhou Ping said, and bowed to the skull.
This Zhou Ping is the middle-aged man, the archaeological team is notoriously timid, originally Xu Lao didn't plan to take him, but this guy insisted on begging for nothing, saying that he would exercise his guts, and there was no way to bring him by the way.
Next, walking in the path, the bones that can be seen everywhere are piled up, and I am afraid that there must be thousands of people, and the bones of these people have obvious marks of sword slashing, apparently the coolies captured by the construction of the mausoleum, and finally they are afraid of leaking the news, so they kill these people and become the martyrs in the tomb.
"Teacher, the main burial chamber has arrived, be careful!" Xiao Liang said to Xu Lao, who was three meters away in the distance.
Xu Lao replied: "Xiao Liang, see if there is a mechanism for the stone door to open." ”
Zhou Ping's heart began to panic, and the shadow of timidity began to rise in his heart, and cold sweat wet the shirt on his body.
Soon after, Xiao Liang's voice came from the path, "Teacher, I searched all the places, but I didn't open the mechanism button for the stone door"
Xu Lao was anxious, his ugly face surfaced, and he scolded angrily, "You won't look for it anymore, see that place is leaking." After saying that, I didn't know what was going on, maybe I was in a hurry, and kicked Zhou Ping.
Xiao Liang had never seen the teacher get angry, so he was completely stunned, and then nodded and started looking for it again.
Zhou Ping was kicked by Xu Lao, his body staggered, his head hit the wall of the trail, his forehead was scratched, and where his head hit, a carved brick actually sank.
The center of the stone door suddenly cracked, and four or five round holes bulged out. A row of sharp arrows flew out of the round hole with a few swishing sounds, and shot straight ahead.
Faced with the sudden situation, Xiao Liang quickly jumped and jumped into the pit next to the stone gate, but his face was scratched by the sharp arrow that shot out, leaving a long blood mark on his face.
As soon as Xu Lao and Zhou Ping saw this situation, they ran away, how could they run faster than the speed of a sharp arrow.
Immediately, Zhou Ping was shot to death by dozens of sharp arrows, and fell in a pool of blood and lost his life, Xu Lao was hit by an arrow in the arm, and scolded his mother in pain.
The bow and arrow in the round hole were shot for more than ten minutes......
Finally, there were no sharp arrows coming from the front, and Xu Lao hid behind the wall, covered his bloody arms, and walked out.
I saw sharp arrows all over the ground stuck in the ground, as well as on the walls, countless of them, Xu Lao looked at so many sharp arrows, and his face turned pale with fright.
"His grandmother's, fortunately my old bones are fast, otherwise I would have been chilled by this thing. Xu Lao said in surprise.
Xiao Liang jumped out of the pit and quickly took out a sharp dagger from the military backpack on his back, as well as some hemostatic powder and bandages.
"Fortunately, there is no poison on the arrow, teacher, I'll bandage it for you" After Xiao Liang finished speaking, he picked up the dagger and cut off a large section of the sharp arrow on Old Xu's arm, then sprinkled it with hemostatic powder and bandaged it with a bandage.
"Ahh Xiao Liang was bandaging, and Xu Lao was scolding, screaming in pain.
After the bandaging was completed, the mechanism of the stone gate had been broken, and it had been opened in a short time, Xu Lao and Xiao Liang walked in slowly, and Zhou Ping, who was dead on the ground, was still staring at the front of the stone gate with his eyes that were not closed.
The golden and brilliant light of the treasure illuminated the entire burial chamber, and the floor was full of pearl agate, gold and silver bricks, many bronze weapons, and the bones of some martyrs.
Xu Lao and Xiao Liang were shocked by the scene in the tomb, and they froze in place with their mouths open, and only came back to their senses after a while.
"Teacher, the ,,, things here are ,,, real, and they can't be compared. Xiao Liang stammered.
"My ,,, ,,, just like you," Xu Lao also stammered.
Saying that, Lin Yutang outside was as anxious as a cat scratching, and turned around in place again and again, rubbing his hands together.
"It's been three hours since Elder Xu went down, so there's no news. Lin Yutang said anxiously.
The fat man and I were five meters away, and the cat peeked at the excavation site with its head up.
"Yoko, something can't happen to the people inside," the fat man said beside me.
I glared at him and scolded, "I know, I want to know why I'm still standing?"
The fat man shrank his head and smiled, "I'm not in a hurry, don't you see you're in a hurry?" he said, pointing to my thighs.
I looked at my shaking thighs, and I was speechless for a while, alas, sighed, and said in my heart: "I hope there is no such thing as a moth, I always feel unsteady, and something big is going to come out." ”
At this time, Xu Lao and Xiao Liang came to their senses and looked at the front of the tomb, except for the things all over the ground, the coffin of the tomb owner was still missing.
"Teacher, isn't this place the tomb of the owner of the tomb?"
Xu Lao squinted his eyes and looked at the top of the tomb, looked at it for a long time, and said: "Xiao Liang, do you remember the Chezi Tomb where I went back then, there was no coffin of the tomb owner at that time." ”
Could it be that it is the legendary hanging coffin burial method in the air, this, how can it be!
Xiao Liang's face was full of surprise, remembering the scene in the tomb of Chetsuko five years ago.
At that time, Xu Lao and he were responsible for excavating the tomb of Lingzhou Chezi. It is said that Tetsuko was a saint who cultivated and attained enlightenment, and finally feathered his body and was buried in Zangwu Mountain in Lingzhou.
They worked hard to reach the main burial chamber, but did not see the owner's coffin, in the process of searching inadvertently triggered the mechanism, a huge sarcophagus from the top of the tomb, fell down, at that time smashed many people to death, the news has been a sensation, the archaeological community named this burial method hanging coffin burial method.
Xiao Liang thought of this and said to Xu Lao, "Teacher, I'll search around the area." ”
Xu Lao touched his pale goatee and nodded.
Xiao Liang stepped into the starting point and picked up the iron hook in his hand, and shook it hard, the hook was embedded in the wall, and one flew up to search for it.
Twenty minutes later, "the teacher found it, it was indeed a hanging coffin burial method in the air, with a raised stone carving button on it. Xiao Liang said.
Xu Lao said to Xiao Liang above: "Press gently, don't push too hard." ”
Xiao Liang nodded, "Yes!" and then slowed down with his hand and pressed down.
On the top of the tomb, there was a sound of stepping, and a square model in the space changed, and four iron chains as thick as a waist bound the coffin and slowly fell.
Xu Lao walked over quickly, and the dust on the surface of the coffin in front of him had already been blown away with the fall.
Xu Lao couldn't believe what was happening in front of him, the coffin was shining with dazzling golden light, and a tiger totem with angry eyes was tattooed on the coffin lid, the decoration of the coffin and the carvings on it were not spectacular.
"Come down" After Xu Lao finished speaking, Xiao Liang was already on the ground, and the two of them pushed the coffin lid with their hands, making it hard to feed, but they couldn't push the coffin lid at all.
It's not a way to go on like this, a coffin made of pure gold, a coffin lid has to weigh a thousand catties, Xu Lao thought.
"Teacher, it's better to use a small **** (there can be no illegal words here, everyone knows it), blow it up, the power will not cause the tomb to collapse, and the cultural relics inside will not be damaged. Xiao Liang suggested.
When Xu Lao heard this, he was a little reluctant in his heart, and said: "It's a pity that this golden coffin made of pure gold, go and prepare it." ”
Xiao Liang turned out the **** in the backpack, connected the lead, and placed it on the small corner of the coffin lid.
There was a loud bang, billowing smoke rushed to their faces, and the two jumped out of the trench and waved their hands to scatter the smoke generated by the ****.
The golden coffin was blasted out of a large crack, and the inside was also exposed.
The coffin was actually full of sand, and Xu Lao swept it with his hand for a long time, and a piece of something hit his hand.
When I took it out, it was a small jade pendant that emitted a cyan light.
"Qinglongshi!" said Boss Xu in shock.
Xiao Liang's face also showed the same surprised expression as Old Xu.
Legend has it that this green dragon stone is a rare precious jade material in the world, can not be found, wearing it on the body can prolong life, if someone has a mortal disease, put the green dragon stone in the water bowl for a while, the water will turn dark green, and then let the patient take it, can play a role in bringing the dead back to life.
Xu Lao knew that he had picked up a big treasure today, so he hurriedly put the jade pendant in his pocket and motioned for Xiao Liang to come out of the main tomb.
The blood on Xu Lao's hand was still dripping, he had completely ignored these, and inadvertently took the jade pendant, the blood on his arm dripped into the sand in the golden coffin, and the blood was quickly absorbed on the sand.
A faint breath came from the sand inside the golden coffin.
After a few minutes, a wrinkled arm suddenly burst out, and with a bang, the remnants of the golden coffin lid were blown away by a strong force, and a figure in armor emerged from the sand.