Chapter 12, The Republic of China
The entrance of the ancient tomb is not deep, the sunlight can go directly to the bottom of the cave, Shen Can is also the first time to go to the tomb, the mood is a little apprehensive, his mind is full of zongzi or something in the tomb robbery novel, the ghost knows if there are these things in this world, and he has superpowers and martial arts.
A guy brought a soft ladder, fixed it, and went down without thinking about it, and the two old professors didn't stop it, it seems that it's not the first time they've done this, in their world, it's probably still very scientific.
Professor Sun smiled when he saw where Shen Can was standing and thinking, "Xiao Can went to the tomb for the first time, right?" Shen Can came back to his senses, "Yes, it's the first time to go to the tomb." In the past, I was in contact with things brought up by others, but for the first time, I went down to get things by myself. ”
"Haha, don't you think you'll meet a zongzi or something?" Professor Sun smiled, Shen Can was a little embarrassed, fortunately those young people had already gone down, otherwise they would have to be embarrassed, "Uh, a little, I used to read a lot of novels." ”
"In this way, when I first went to the tomb, I also fantasized about what to do if I went down and met a ghost, but after decades, I didn't see anything, and if there were ghosts, maybe they would be happy that future generations would know about their lives. Professor Sun was very talkative, which surprised Shen Can, who thought that this kind of old pedant who had studied antiquities all his life would be very serious.
"Okay, old grandson, don't scare Xiaocan, young people don't believe this. Professor Liu walked over with a small backpack and stuffed it to Shen Can, "Here, this is a tool and spare parts, go down and be careful." ”
Shen Can took the backpack, expressed his gratitude, and without saying much, he took the lead in going down the tomb, and then the two old professors also came down.
Down is a passage, Shen Can stepped on the ground hard, it is very strong, the walls on both sides are also stone, there is no use of any carved words, I can't see what age, it seems to be very well sealed, there is no need for moisture and dust, the two old professors studied it after they came down and found no useful information.
"Professor Sun and Professor Liu, come and see!" A shout came from the side of the passage, and Shen Can heard that it was Liu Qu's voice, and hurriedly followed the voice.
The passage has been put on by the people who came down, and they followed the lamp for about dozens of meters before they found Liu Qu and them, which is very strange, Shen Can doesn't feel like a tomb, how can there be a tomb with a passage of dozens of meters, if it is a big curtain, there is a large curtain with such a long passage, it must be to carve or paint the life of the tomb on the wall, or there is some mechanism, and this passage is flat and neat, it is useless, not even a mechanism.
Liu Qu and the others found a stone door, and there was nothing on the stone door, if there were not a few cracks, it would be no different from a wall.
"No, it's not a tomb, it's like a basement. Professor Liu suddenly spoke.
"Well, I also think that in ancient times, rich families would dig a basement under their house to store food and money, which could be used as a war and also for refuge. Professor Sun agreed.
"But this is on the mountain, who would build a basement on the mountain, and the rich man doesn't live on the mountain!" said one of the male students.
The two professors were silent at the same time, and they didn't know how to answer for a while, Shen Can saw that no one had anything to say, so he spoke tentatively, "Uh, I said something you don't laugh at...... Could it be...... Treasure or something?"
Everyone's eyes lit up, even the two old professors seemed to think of something, Professor Sun clapped his hands and said, "It's possible, it's on the mountain, it's like a basement, it must be trying to hide something, it's not a treasure or something else, don't worry about it for now, see if you can open it." ”
Hearing this, several people began to tinker, and after a while, one of the male students said, "Professor, this door has not found any mechanism or keyhole, as if it was not intended to be opened from the beginning, and the crack in the door has been poured iron." ”
Shen Can was stunned when he heard this, it was possible that he didn't want people to go in, but it was also possible that he didn't want anything inside to come out, and he didn't look at the few young faces around him who were green, and they all thought of one place.
"Then whether to open it now or not, if you open it, you have to use explosives, this door has to be at least a thousand pounds, the material is very hard, and it is difficult to open with tools. Shen Can reminded, in fact, he didn't want to open it at all, although he was curious, but he always had a bad premonition, it seemed that something very bad would happen after opening this door, and since he came down, he had a sense of crisis, not feeling danger, but threatening, yes, he felt that there was something that threatened him, which made him very unhappy.
The two professors pondered for a while, looked at each other, as if they had made up their minds, Shen Can looked at it and sank, it seemed that he still had to open, he wanted to stop it but there was no reason to stop it, he had no choice but to comfort himself, it may be that he was thinking too much, and it was psychological.
Seeing the two professors nodding, the two male classmates began to take out the explosives in their backpacks, and then began to install, the movements were a little jerky, and the installation was unstable several times and fell down, which scared Shen Can.
After half an hour of tinkering, the bomb was finally loaded, so the man began to retreat.
Boom, there was a loud bang, and the dust covered the entire passage at once, but fortunately, everyone put on masks and earplugs in advance, otherwise this environment would have to be deafened if they were not choked to death.
After the dust cleared, everyone slowly approached, only to see that the door had been partially blown down, and it seemed that the explosives were not enough, only a hole more than half a person high was exposed, and it was dark and nothing could be seen.
Shen Can's heart twitched, and the feeling of being threatened became stronger and stronger, as if some terrifying beast was staring at him at the entrance of the cave.
Liu Qu threw a few glow sticks into the hole, observed them, and then tried them with an air tester, and found that there was no problem before beckoning everyone over.
Shen Can also followed with a smooth breath, he wanted to see what was so aimed at him, the rest of the team had been looking as usual, it seemed that only he had that feeling.
After drilling into the hole, I found that the space was empty all of a sudden, set up the lamp to see, the top had to be more than ten meters high, the whole stone room was hundreds of square meters so big, but it was empty, only in the middle there was a stone pillar with a diameter of about one meter and a height of about one meter, this time the stone pillar was not a blank, half of it was engraved with strange symbols, half of it was engraved with traditional characters, Shen Can observed it, it was indeed a traditional Chinese character, not an ancient text, it was a modern traditional Chinese character, these people were far from each other, and it was still a modern building for a long time.
The unwilling crowd groped in the entire stone room, and Shen Can was the first to find a dry corpse in the corner of the wall, the dried corpse was gray-white, wearing an off-white robe, similar to the color of the wall, and it was in a dimly lit corner, if it wasn't for getting closer, it would be difficult to find, Shen Can was also startled, and hurriedly beckoned everyone to come over.
Several young people were startled and didn't dare to approach, the two old professors were not afraid of this, Professor Liu observed the corpse and clothing and said, "This is a person from the Ming period, this is a tunic suit, according to the environment and the degree of dryness, this person has been dead for no more than a hundred years, that is to say, this place was built during the Republic of China." ”
"It's strange, is this place built to imprison this person, is this place a prison, I don't understand. Professor Sun shook his head and rubbed his temples, wondering what the hell this place was.
"Look, what is this!" A voice came from behind, Shen Can looked back, and saw that the two girls ran to the entrance just now, probably because they were afraid to see the corpse and retreat there.
Everyone looked over and saw that it was a stove-like thing, with a groove sticking out, like a large kettle, but the spout was straight, and there was a long-handled iron scoop beside it, which was badly rusted.
Shen Can picked up the iron scoop and found that something was wrong, the scoop was not thick, about 0.1 mm, but the bottom was a centimeter back, and it was uneven, slope-like, as if it was not flattened when it was not done, and it was solidified.
A few male classmates also found something that could be opened under the stove-like thing and swept away a large pile of coal and a small hand-cranked blower from it.
Now it became clear, Shen Can stood up and told the two professors what they had found, and at the same time analyzed, "This may be a small iron-making furnace, and the smelted iron slurry flows out of this groove and falls into this scoop, which is why the bottom of this iron scoop is inclined and so thick, because there was still a part of the iron slurry left in it before, and it was solidified later, that is to say, ......" Shen Can glanced at the stone door that was blown down, and left the rest of the words to the two professors.
The remaining students were far away from each other, not knowing what Shen Can was selling, and they all looked at the two professors, Professor Sun and Professor Liu glanced at each other, and there was a cold sweat on their foreheads at the same time, and finally Professor Sun spoke, "That is to say, the iron that is poured through this crack in the door is poured from the inside, that is, this person seals himself in it." As he spoke, he pointed at the corpse.
"Yes, I just checked the mouth and nose of the corpse, and there was gray-black powder in it, it was the ash of coal, he was killed by the coal because he sealed the stone chamber. Professor Liu also followed.
Everyone was shocked and committed suicide? Then why dig such a large space in the mountain and build an underground stone chamber to commit suicide? This is also a big project in the Ming Kingdom, and the person who can build such a big project privately must not be an ordinary person, it seems that he still has to start with this person, and there must be a problem with that stone pillar.
"The two professors will ask you to check the stone pillar to see what is written on it, or what mechanism there is, Liu Qu and I will check what is on the corpse, and the others continue to explore if there is anything else in the stone room. Shen Can felt that if there were clues, it would be without delay, and he couldn't help but arrange the work without thinking much for a while.