Chapter 893: Everlasting Lantern
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The lunch was sent by Lao Zhangtou himself, he went to the town in the morning to cut a few catties of meat, made a big pot of potatoes and roast meat, the staple food is steamed buns, and there is also a bucket of egg flower seaweed soup. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although Lao Zhangtou's craftsmanship is not as good as that of the chef in the big hotel, everyone is very tired after a morning of work, and it feels particularly fragrant to eat.
The harvest in the morning was not small, everyone was a little excited, judging from the current signs, this ancient tomb has not been stolen, and a large tomb of the Han Dynasty that has not been discovered will surely shock the entire Chinese archaeological community.
Like the Mancheng Han Tomb and the Guishan Han Tomb that have been excavated in China, although the scale of the tomb is large, in the long river of more than 2,000 years, it has been stolen and excavated more than ten times or even dozens of times, and most of the things in it have been swept away by tomb robbers.
Even so, more than tens of thousands of cultural relics have been unearthed, and it is conceivable how many unknown treasures there will be in a complete Han Dynasty tomb.
"Zhuang Rui, when you go down for a while, bring the probe stick and ladder down, I'm afraid the tomb behind is not very safe......"
After resting on the top of the mountain for a while, everyone tied ropes around their waists and prepared to go down again, and all the cultural relics unearthed just now were placed in the tents of the armed police soldiers, and they were specially guarded by an armed policeman.
When Zhuang Rui and the others were eating, the blower had been working, and when they went down to the tomb again, the air had become very fresh, and even the unpleasant smell in the tomb had disappeared, only a faint smell of rotting earth.
"Xiao Ren, you walk in front, pay attention to the ground and both sides of the road, the arrow mechanism should be useless, but be careful of traps and broken dragon stone ......"
Before he came to the first tomb, Professor Meng began to divide the labor, Ren Chunqiang was relatively experienced, young and strong, and Professor Meng asked him to explore the way in front.
"Teacher, let's go ahead, I'm younger than Brother Ren, and my eyesight is better, so I can quit if I have any problems......"
Zhuang Rui took the initiative to ask for help, the tomb road behind the door had already been seen through by him, if he was looking for someone to lead the way, he would definitely be the only one.
"Okay, then you be careful, use your probe stick to probe the real before you walk, and then take a step......"
Professor Meng nodded when he heard this, if you want to become a real archaeologist, you can't just look at it, you have to experience it yourself, and the so-called experience is how you get it.
Zhuang Rui had just entered the first burial chamber, and suddenly saw a faint light coming from inside, and hurriedly turned around and asked, "Teacher, when we went out just now, did we take all the lights out?"
Professor Meng turned around and asked, "Did anyone leave their lamp in the tomb when they went out?"
"No, mine was brought out......"
"Mine was brought out too......"
"Xiaozhuang, is it your own light?"
The group replied one after another, but no one left the lamp in the tomb, which made Zhuang Rui's scalp a little numb, and he hurriedly released his aura to observe, but he didn't find anything.
Except for the abundant aura exuded by the burial objects in the distant tomb, there seemed to be no human existence, and because of this, Zhuang Rui's heart became more and more nervous.
"Old ...... Teacher, there is a light inside, but when I left just now, the light ...... The lights are all gone......"
Zhuang Rui also became a little stuttering when he spoke, it's not that he is timid, it's really too weird, in such a sealed tomb, he and the others just left for a while, and lights appeared in the tomb, is it possible......
Before Zhuang Rui finished speaking, there seemed to be only one explanation, that is, people lit candles, ghosts blew out lamps, and the ghosts in the tombs wandered out and lit the ever-bright lanterns on the walls of the corridor!
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, the people behind them suddenly felt a chill on their bodies, and they couldn't help but look around, even the sound of the blower, which was originally very normal, became a little weird at this moment, like a ghost crying.
Although Zhuang Rui is not small, but this matter is really inexplicable, people have always been extremely afraid of unknown things, like ghosts, no one has seen it for thousands of years, but in the eyes of the living, they will still be afraid of this kind of ethereal statement.
"Xiaozhuang, what are you afraid of?You get out of the way, I'm advanced, so many big living people, can you still be scared by ghosts?!"
Professor Meng's voice suddenly sounded, Zhuang Rui turned his back to him, and did not see a faint smile on Professor Meng's face.
"Old ...... Teacher, it's okay, I'm still going to ...... first."
Hearing Professor Meng's words, Zhuang Rui's face flushed, he grabbed the probe stick in his hand, gritted his teeth, and entered the tomb from the broken stone door.
After entering the tomb, Zhuang Rui saw more clearly, the faint light was indeed coming from the tomb that was opened when he and the others left on the other side, the light was very dim, and it seemed that it could be extinguished at any time.
The faces of the other people are not better than Zhuang Rui, and it can be seen from the knuckles of the fingers holding the things that several people unconsciously used their strength, and the knuckles were all prominent and white, showing the nervousness of everyone.
For a while, no one dared to take a first look at the corridor, as if the ghost was entrenched there, and in the small tomb, the sound of everyone's breathing seemed a little heavy.
Among these people, it seems that only Professor Meng is still calm, his face is as usual, and after glancing at the faces of these people in the tomb, he looked at Zhuang Rui and asked, "Xiao Zhuang, are you afraid?"
"I'm afraid...... Don't be afraid, teacher, I'm here to explore the way......"
Say I'm not afraid it's fake, Zhuang Rui doesn't say that his knees are weak, but he is also weak, this thing is a little fucking weird, when he opened the tomb door, it was completely dark inside, but now suddenly there is a light coming out, no matter how you look at it, it is weird.
Not to mention Zhuang Rui, even the other staff members who have some archaeological experience have never encountered this kind of situation, and everyone's eyes are staring at the corridor behind the door without blinking.
"Click...... Click......"
When he went out, the tomb door was half-hidden, Zhuang Rui mustered up his courage and opened the half-hidden tomb door, his eyes glanced into the corridor, and his face suddenly became pale.
At a height of about one meter and a half above the ground, a bronze lamp was burning quietly, and on the wall about three meters away from this lamp, such a lamp was also burning.
It seems that someone took a lighter and went all the way to light up all the lights in the corridor.
The bronze figure on the half-kneeling lamp was reflected very clearly by the light, and the original expressionless figure seemed to be smiling at Zhuang Rui at the moment.
"Old ...... Teacher, this ...... What the hell is going on?"
Although he wanted to be calm, when Zhuang Rui spoke, he still stuttered involuntarily, and the atheistic theory that he had always believed in was also a little shaken at this moment.
"Zhuang Rui, tell me why the oil lamp went out in the tomb?"
Professor Meng did not directly answer Zhuang Rui's words, but asked a question.
"You said in class that if the tomb is sealed well, the reason is that the oxygen runs out and the oil lamp goes out naturally, and the second reason is that the lamp oil burns out and it will go out......
But teacher, this tomb is well sealed, and it is a tomb more than 2,000 years ago, so there really is such a thing as an everlasting lamp? How much oil does this have to burn?"
After talking to Professor Meng, the fear in Zhuang Rui's heart also dissipated a lot, but if this question is not solved, Zhuang Rui really doesn't have the courage to enter the Yongdao, his aura can observe living beings, but it may not be effective against ghosts?
"Zhuang Rui, do you know what an ever-bright lamp is?"
Professor Meng pushed away Zhuang Rui, who was blocking him, walked into the corridor, and carefully observed the lit bronze lamp.
"You know, the everlasting lamp is also known as the endless lamp, that is, the lamp that is always bright day and night before the Buddha, although this is also used in the tomb, but teacher, I haven't heard of any tomb where the everlasting lamp is still unextinguished......"
Zhuang Rui looked at Professor Meng in front of him, and admired him very much, he didn't dare to step forward with such a large group of young men, but the teacher didn't care at all.
Professor Meng shook his head with a smile and said, "Hehe, you guys, when you see something you don't understand, you plan it to the legend of ghosts and gods, Xiao Ren, you won't be able to figure out the principle of lighting this oil lamp, right?"
"Teacher, I don't believe in ghosts and gods, but there is really no such phenomenon in the tombs I have excavated, so you can explain it to us......
Dr. Ren scratched his head, and was also a little embarrassed, the horror in his heart just now was no worse than Zhuang Rui's, after all, he thought of the ancient tomb he had entered before, for fear that an unknown ghost would possess him.
"Well, the mystery of the ever-bright lantern has always been the focus of debate in the world archaeological community, but after many field excavations in our country, the conclusion of the laboratory on the internal material of the ever-bright lantern has come out......"
Professor Meng asked everyone to move forward a little, pointed to the wick of the bronze lamp and said, "This wick contains chemicals such as white phosphorus that are easy to spontaneously ignite when exposed to oxygen, and the sealed tomb is hypoxic.
When someone opens the grave, a large amount of fresh air containing oxygen rushes into the sealed grave, causing chemicals such as white phosphorus to spontaneously combust, causing the lantern to ignite......
And we opened the tomb door and went out, and during this time period, these bronze lamps spontaneously combusted, how about it, knowing the principle, will you still be afraid in your heart?"
Professor Meng's words made Zhuang Rui and the others suddenly realize, dare to love these bronze lamps and play with themselves and others for a time difference, if everyone stays in the tomb for a while, I am afraid they will be able to see this phenomenon of spontaneous combustion with their own eyes.
"Teacher, I'd better go ahead......"
After figuring out the principle, Zhuang Rui was naturally not afraid, and when he saw that Professor Meng was going inside, he hurriedly rushed to the front.