Chapter 624: Visiting the Underground Palace
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Fang Shi and the others arrived at the sinkhole that was blown down, a large circle of tents had been set up on the side, and some construction workers were digging foundations around, preparing to build a super-large span canopy, which is easy to understand, in case of rain, the water flow into the underground palace will be troublesome, and then there will be more things destroyed, although it has been almost destroyed now.
In addition to the construction workers, archaeologists, and the cultural department, there were also people from the army and the security bureau who maintained order at the scene, and in addition, there were some people who entered and exited the sinkhole and the underground palace, apparently from the Xuanmen.
Seeing Fang Shi and the others coming, those cultural departments and archaeological staff who were discussing how to carry out their work looked over dissatisfied, Fang Shi could understand their thoughts, in their eyes, he was a heinous bastard.
A staircase had been built with metal scaffolding at the edge of the filling, but there were soldiers at the top of the staircase with guns and a member of the Security Service watching.
Xu Liquan's documents were very useful, and the four of them crossed the cordon very smoothly, and were about to go down the stairs when a shout suddenly came from behind.
"Wait, several."
Fang Shi stopped and turned his head to look, it was two men chasing after him, one was about fifty or sixty years old, with white hair and sideburns on his sideburns, and the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes were also obvious, with a very ordinary pair of black-framed eyes, and his face was square. His beard was not very clean, his face was a little dirty, he was wearing a gray jacket, and a pair of suede shoes were on his feet, which were stained with a lot of yellow mud, even on his trouser legs.
The other young man was in his twenties and thirties, looking very shrewd, and wearing eyes, but it was a carefully chosen style, and he had a very clean face with a Chinese character. It looks like a social elite.
"You know me?"
The old man shook his head: "I don't know. I am a professor of archaeology at Chang'an University and the deputy director of the Chang'an Museum, my name is Ren Fan, and this is my student and assistant Han Fuxin. â
"Professor Ren. Hello. My surname is Fang. â
"Mr. Fang. Are you going to go to the dungeon? â
"Yes, what's the matter?"
Professor Ren smiled a little reluctantly and said, "It's okay, it just so happens that we have to go down and have a look." It's better to be together. â
Fang Shi looked at the strange-looking security bureau officer on the side a little strangely, that person couldn't say anything, so he simply turned his face to the side, Fang Shi suddenly realized, it turned out that people were worried that they would go down to cause destruction, so they had to send someone to follow, I don't know if every person in the Xuanmen will follow when they go to the underground palace?
Fang Shi smiled: "Okay, since you are a professor of archaeology, why don't you be a tour guide for us by the way?" â
Professor Ren nodded indifferently, but Han Fuxin looked at Fang Shi very dislikedly, and was about to refute it, Fang Shi looked at it with a look, and the terrifying power suddenly made Han Fuxin fall into an ice cave, fortunately, Fang Shi's coercion disappeared in a flash, otherwise this would have to be ugly on the spot.
Han Fuxin still thought that he was dazzled, and after a little hesitation, his courage was frustrated again, and Fang Shi had already turned around and walked towards the stairs.
Professor Ren also followed, and after walking a few steps, he found that Han Fuxin was still standing and didn't move, so he couldn't help but scream strangely, and Han Fuxin suddenly woke up and hurried up.
The scaffolding has been erected for almost 20 floors, and after rough calculation, this sinkhole is actually seventy or eighty meters deep, standing under the pit and looking up, the huge pit mouth looks much smaller, like a wellhead.
Xia Yuyao looked up and said with emotion: "This pit is so deep? Where did all that dirt go? â
Before Fang Shi could answer, Han Fuxin on the side replied first: "The soil is under our feet, and we estimate that there was a huge pit underneath, or the underground river at the lower level was evacuated because of the river water, which led to this collapse." â
Fang Shi pursed his lips and smiled, it seems that the Security Bureau concealed the reason for the appearance of this pit, and it collapsed naturally, and I don't know if these archaeological researchers will believe it.
Although the young man who wanted to please the beautiful woman did not know the cause of the collapse, he should have explained the whereabouts of the dirt correctly, but the underground river here was not emptied, but diverted, which can be seen from the change in the surrounding atmosphere.
Xia Yuyao ignored the man who tried to talk to her, but turned her head to look around, Han Fuxin's face was a little embarrassed, and a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes.
"Master Fang, those pit openings are the excavated entrance to the underground palace, and now only three pit openings have been cleared out for the time being, and along this pit opening, you can reach the core burial chamber of the mausoleum, and the coffin has not yet been opened."
Xu Liquan's introduction was from the internal information of the Security Bureau, Fang Shi nodded, turned his head to Ren Fan and said, "Professor Ren, don't you plan to open the coffin?" â
Professor Ren snorted and said, "We don't even plan to open this dungeon. â
Fang Shi smiled: "Why is that?" â
"The composition of the air in this dungeon is different, and the bacteria inside are also very stable, once the dungeon is opened, many things inside will quickly oxidize and decay, and we won't have time to deal with it at all."
"But if you don't open the dungeon, even if there are more valuable cultural relics in it, you won't be able to get it."
"We can't wait for our children and grandchildren to get it, but now that it's opened, a lot of things have been destroyed."
Fang Shi smiled, he knew that Professor Ren was doubting this statement of natural collapse, in fact, those caves that were widely distributed within the Qinling Tomb were already very suspicious, but it was obvious that this Professor Ren had already counted the bad things done by those guys from the Earth Shatter Gate on his head, and this gun was a little wronged.
"Let's go, it's already open anyway."
Fang Shi didn't want to explain, Ren Fan glanced at Fang Shi and nodded, his body didn't move, he planned to follow Fang Shi.
Fang Shi took the lead and walked towards the mouth of the nearest pit, and was met by two warlocks, who were followed by a person who seemed to be from the cultural department.
The two of them staggered past Fang Shi, even though they didn't know Fang Shi. But knowing that Fang Shi was a fellow believer, they all nodded politely slightly, Fang Shi also smiled and nodded, looking at their expressions seemed to be very disappointed, it seemed that the inside had been scavenged.
Walking to the mouth of the tunnel, a yin wind blew in his face, this was really a yin wind, because the yin and death qi inside was very thick, Professor Ren couldn't help but shudder, every time he came here. He's going to have a creepy feeling. Although he has always dealt with mausoleums, and the excavated mausoleums are not a hundred but eighty, but he has never encountered such an uncomfortable mausoleum, and legend has it that there are some mysterious settings and curses in the emperor's mausoleum. I don't know if there's anything here.
"Mr. Fang"
Fangshi stopped. It's strange to look at any sail.
"You're warlocks, aren't you?"
"You know the Warlock?"
"Of course I do. How can those of us who do this business not understand Kanyu Feng Shui? â
"So, Professor Ren also understands this?"
"I don't really understand, I'm doing my own research. However, the mausoleums of the ancients are very particular, especially the emperor's mausoleum, which must be the so-called feng shui treasure, according to the Kanyu book, it is a place where the leylines converge, and the yin and evil atmosphere is strong, Mr. Fang is doing this, do you feel about this place? â
"You're right, the yin and evil qi here is quite strong, and it should give people the feeling that they should be cold and flustered, and the yin and evil qi will cause people's negative feelings, and Professor Ren should also pay attention to this, in this activity, it is best to suppress your negative feelings, try to think of good things, and maintain a positive attitude, otherwise it will be very bad. For example, if you look at his face, he is not normal now. â
Fang Shi said with a smile, this is half-true, in fact, it also has the meaning of adding fuel to the fire, originally Han Fuxin was not in a good mood after being ignored by Xia Yuyao, but now that Fang Shi said this, a nameless fire burned in his heart.
Fang Shi pursed his lips, this person's psychological element is too bad, a little teasing, in this environment, I can't stand it.
Ren Fan frowned and looked at Han Fuxin, hesitated for a moment and said, "Fuxin, you go up first, I'll be alone here." â
"Teacher, how can you listen to this person's nonsense, his words are completely groundless, this kind of charlatan is not credible at all, I really don't understand why the government will let them enter and leave here freely, in case something is lost, or the cultural relics are destroyed, then it is too late to regret it."
Ren Fan's brows furrowed even tighter: "My words don't work, do they?" â
"Teacher"
"Go up, you don't need you here, you go and help them build the scaffolding as much as possible."
Han Fuxin's face darkened, but he didn't dare to go against his teacher and boss, so he had to look at Fang Shi hatefully and turn away.
Fang Shi snorted lightly: "You student is not very good." â
"Hehe, Fuxin is still very smart."
"Just be smart, your requirements are really low, let's go in."
Fang Shi said that he should go first, he was too lazy to bother with such a stupid person, Xia Yuyao followed closely, followed by Yi Fan, Xu Liquan and Lou Jingzhong followed last.
The tunnel has been put on electric lights, but it is not dark at all, the ashlar looks up and down, the ground has been stepped on by many people, there is a lot of mud and dust, but you can still see the large brick and stone paved ground, the side and the top of the arc seem to be such masonry, the color is blue and black.
There are about five people in parallel on the road, and the height is about three meters, and obvious cracks can be seen in some places, I don't know if it was caused by the blasting or caused by historical earthquakes. But if you think about it carefully, this underground palace can survive two thousand years without falling, and it is still quite strong.
"These bricks are dark bricks, and it is said that the craftsmanship and materials are different from ordinary bricks and stones, and they are made by using animal bone powder mixed with yin clay, and each brick has runes on the back."
Ren Fan saw Fangshi observing the masonry, and said competently.
"Why didn't you see the mural or anything?"
"Generally, there will be no murals in the corridors and burial chambers near the tombs."
The tunnel began to slope downward, and after walking for a while, he saw a few workers who were continuing to lay electric lights along a fork in the road, and Fang Shi asked again, "Where does the tunnel lead over there?" â
"I don't know, I guess there's a big labyrinth around the entire burial chamber, but it's not fully explored yet. To be honest, if it weren't for the obvious traces at that time, we wouldn't have found the central burial chamber directly, in fact, we have already found a fake burial chamber with dangerous traps inside. â
"Labyrinth?"
"Well, a labyrinth with a diameter of more than ten kilometers, the scope is quite large, this is definitely the largest tomb in our Huaxia."
Fang Shi nodded in agreement, and Xia Yuyao suddenly interjected: "Professor Ren, what happened to those terracotta warriors?" (To be continued......)