Chapter 1208: Into the Grave of Doubt
Teng Yi resolutely did not allow Liu Yuhao to enter the "rat hole" to check the tomb in person, and his words were sincere and resolute.
Now we want money and money, and we want people, why do we want to take that senseless risk?
Isn't it just a tomb, what's there to see?
It's a big deal that I'm going to find someone to pick it up tomorrow, I want to see Brother Liu, although you've seen enough, but if you want to get into this "mouse hole" from under my Teng Yi's nose today, hum, no way!
It's a pity that Teng Yi is not as eloquent as Liu Yuhao, and he was speechless by Liu Yuhao's argument in less than a moment, and frowned in a hurry: "Anyway, it won't work, what if there is any mechanism here." β
"What? Organ? β
Liu Yuhao was stunned, and almost didn't burst out laughing, but fortunately, Teng Yi's face was serious, and he was embarrassed to continue joking, so he had to say patiently: "Where did you kid hear about these nonsense things?" β
The huge mausoleums are like a vault, beckoning to tomb robbers plainly and telling them that they hold a lot of treasure. In order to protect themselves, the builders of the tombs will also design safes in the same way that banks design safes to ensure their peace after death.
In this regard, there are probably two design concepts for ancient tombs, one is to build the tomb very strongly, so that the tomb robbers have to return in vain; The second is to set up traps and traps for tomb robbers to accompany the owner of the tomb.
In movies and other works of art, there are many depictions of tomb robbing, and of course, as works of art, there are also many fictional elements in these descriptions. In fact, although there are many anti-theft measures in ancient tombs, they are definitely not as magical as those filmed in the movies.
Fundamentally, if you don't want the tomb to be stolen, the best thing to do is for the robber to not find the location of the tomb at all, but conversely, this is often not in line with the intent of the person who buried it.
After all, the purpose of a thick burial is to highlight the identity of the tomb owner during his lifetime, and obscurity is obviously not ideal for them.
However, there are some examples in history of setting up suspicious arrays to preserve one's peace after death, such as Cao Cao's 72 doubtful graves, which is one of the most well-known examples.
However, in most cases, the owners of the tombs will only build a mausoleum for themselves. They often used large quantities of stone, huge metal devices, and elaborate craftsmanship to make the tombs impregnable.
Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian buried the Qianling, the underground palace tomb road is all filled with stone strips more than 1 meter long and about half a meter wide. A total of 39 layers of stone strips are built, and the stone strips are fixed with dovetail-shaped iron plates, and the holes between the upper and lower parts are pierced with iron rods, and they are poured into one with molten iron, and it is not too much to call them copper walls and iron walls.
There are also burials that often have one or more stone doors before the burial chamber at the end of the tunnel. Not only are these doors heavy, but they are often held up by a top door stone. The top door stones have been in existence since the Spring and Autumn Period, and they use their own weight to automatically hold the door when it is closed, and cannot be pushed open from the outside in.
Liu Yuhao remembered that the old man's notes contained a record of the old man's work experience back then, and when the archaeologists excavated the Dingling Underground Palace, they encountered the top door stone. The old man flipped through the ancient books and finally found a way to solve the top door stone, the key to the nails.
The crutch key is made of a single steel bar, and from the side it appears to be a rectangle with no long edges, attached to a long handle. After the argument of the old man Qi, the archaeologists used the crutch key to put on the top of the door stone, and pushed the top door stone back away from the door, which opened the door of the Dingling Underground Palace.
Of course, there are also some tombs that do have bows, crossbows, quicksand, a large amount of mercury and other strange tricks, but those strange anti-theft methods are a minority after all, and there is not even a 1 in 10,000 chance of encountering them.
Teng Yi was angry in his heart, how could he have a good face for Liu Yuhao, and said with a straight face: "Brother Liu, don't care about those things I know, anyway, you can't go down this mouse hole today." β
Suddenly, a warm current swept through Liu Yuhao's heart, patted Teng Yi on the shoulder and said, "Shi Cheng can go down and come up safely, are you still afraid that something will happen to me?" Otherwise, let's go down together, and this will be fine. β
"Then what's the matter, if we all go down, if Shi Bao blocks the entrance to the cave, we really won't be able to come up again."
Teng Yi was quick for a while, and quickly shook his head in denial, but he didn't know that he had been unconsciously misled by Liu Yuhao's thinking mode.
"Humph!" Being suspected for no reason, Shi Bao was naturally unhappy, snorted coldly, and twisted his head to the side.
"Hey, even you kid understands!"
Liu Yuhao deliberately praised, but a sly smile flashed in his eyes.
Teng Yi was honest, he had been "trapped" before he came over, grinned, his face was still a little proud, and said with a smile: "That's, for this matter, I went to Master Wang twice, can you not know." β
Well, the master was "betrayed" by Teng Yi in a blink of an eye.
Liu Yuhao smiled and said nothing.
Teng Yi is right, full-time tomb robbers are generally two people in partnership, and many people form gangs in a minority, and one person does even less, the reason is very simple, one person can't take care of it, and two people can divide labor and cooperate.
At the beginning, one person digs a hole, and the other clears the soil while looking at the wind; Later, one digs into the burial chamber, and the other picks up the pit soil and burial goods on it.
Normally, the two tomb robbers are mostly related by blood, but strangely there are fewer father-son relationships.
This may be the business of robbing tombs after all, even if Lao Tzu does this disgraceful deed, he must maintain the image of being a father, and he is embarrassed to pull his son to do it, and he pretended not to know when he found out later.
But why should the two partner to find blood relatives?
This is to prevent those who take the work at the entrance of the cave from trying to kill themselves. That is to say, when the person under the cave has finished his work and passed all the belongings up, he will slap his face or pull the rope and signal the person at the entrance of the cave to pull him up.
If the people at the entrance of the cave see the intention of wealth, when the people under the cave come up quickly, they suddenly loosen the rope, and the people under the cave fall from a distance of more than four or five meters, and they are broken and injured and cannot move, and the people at the entrance of the cave hurriedly pour the soil from the pit that they have brought up to the hole, and the people below will definitely die.
The current situation is that Liu Yuhao is full of curiosity about this doubtful tomb, even if he knows that there may be danger, he will still go in and investigate without hesitation, besides, there is Teng Yi guarding for himself outside, and ten more Shi Bao and Yao Si'er are not his opponents, so he has no worries at all.
"You've watched too many kid movies."
Liu Yuhao laughed and said, "The tomb mechanism in the movie is often described as powerful and gorgeous in order to pursue visual effects, and the hidden weapons in the tomb are full of bows and crossbows, but in fact, they are all played by children." β
"Why did I become a child?"
Fuji Yi looked stunned for a moment, and muttered secretly, but didn't say anything.
"Brother Shi, let's introduce the situation inside this tomb."
Liu Yuhao no longer argued with Fuji Yi, but turned around and looked at Shi Bao's eyes with a smile.
Generally speaking, the placement of items in the tombs and tombs of any dynasty has its rules, Liu Yuhao is an archaeological background, of course, he knows some general theories, but he has only experienced archaeological work a few times, so he does not have much experience.
Although Shi Bao had never entered the tomb under the rat hole, Shi Cheng must have told him about the general situation inside, and it would not hurt to learn about the inside of the tomb from him first.
"Below here, there is a tomb in the late Song Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty."
After arriving in this small courtyard, Shi Bao has almost changed a person, and he always cherishes words like gold.
Liu Yuhao nodded and said, "Is it a brick room structure?" β
"Yes."
Shi Bao also nodded, and a hint of praise flashed in his eyes.
Smart people, you don't need to talk much, one or two sentences are enough.
Although Liu Yuhao has never been a tomb robber, after all, he is the proud protΓ©gΓ© of Old Man Qi, and naturally has a clear understanding of the tomb structure in various periods of history. Where should the coffin be, where is the pottery in the burial items, where are the metal vessels, and what will be in the ear chambers on both sides...... Wait a minute.
For example, Shi Cheng's tomb robbers, they know that this knowledge may be more effective than Liu Yuhao, and after they go down, they can almost go straight to the topic with their own experience and knowledge, and "do the work" to save time and effort, not to mention, and get twice the result with half the effort.
Of course, if Shi Cheng and they encounter the Han tomb, then only honestly dig down little by little, the Han tomb has been thousands of years away from now, generally collapsed, filled with soil, said to be a tomb, in fact, everywhere is soil, tomb robbers advance in the soil, until the tomb owner's coffin its left shoulder and right foot to get the treasure they want.
Shi Bao just made it clear that this suspected tomb is a tomb of the late Song Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, so the possibility of the masonry structure in the tomb is very large.
At that time, the tomb roof would be very thick, because most of the tombs at that time were built of seven vertical and seven horizontal, a total of 14 layers of blue bricks, the most common is generally more than two meters thick, and it is necessary to avoid the top of the tomb when digging holes.
Liu Yuhao thought for a while and asked, "Brother Shi, did you enter from the back wall or dig from the bottom of the tomb when you opened the hole?" β
The praise in Shi Bao's eyes became even stronger, and he said, "Back wall." β
"That's good, I don't have to disturb the master after I go in." Liu Yuhao smiled.
Teng Yi and Yao Si'er weren't there at all, Liu Yuhao and Shi Bao were saying yes, their heads were full of confusion, "What are you talking about?" What is the bottom of the tomb behind the wall? β
Liu Yuhao laughed and said, "You won't do this business in the future, don't ask about these boring things." β
Fuji Yi made a grimace, and then his face changed suddenly, and said, "Brother Liu, let's all say that we won't go in, don't play tricks!" β
This kid has finally come to his senses!