Chapter 11 Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang
In 220 BC, that is, in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of King Qin, in the middle of summer, Zhao Jun and other laborers were escorted to Guanzhong, crossed the Qinling Mountains and entered Lishan.
At this time, everyone knew that they were going to be escorted to Lishan to build the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang.
Lishan Mausoleum is known as the tomb of the living dead, once the labor goes in, can not get out of the tomb until death, can only work in the dark, than the north of the Pai Dynasty to build the Great Wall, it is more terrifying, Lishan is a branch of the north side of the Qinling Mountains, and the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is built at the foot of Lishan, and Lishan is connected, so it is also called Lishan Mausoleum.
The reason why it was chosen in Lishan is because it is close to Xianyang and the scenery is beautiful and wonderful, and secondly, because Qin Shi Huang trusted Yin and Yang and said that there was a miracle in Lishan according to legend, so it was located on the side of Lishan.
When Zhao Jun and other laborers stepped on a tall adobe field, they could look west and overlook the entire scenery of Lishan Mountain and the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang under construction.
At this moment, everyone's hearts were deeply shocked by the beautiful scenery in front of them and the spectacular mausoleum.
"Obediently, to build such a large mausoleum, the emperor is really courageous." Cao Wuxian swallowed his saliva beside him.
Zhao Ling was beside him, and he also opened his small mouth, looking incredulous.
I saw the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang in the south by the layers of mountains, lush mountains and forests of Lishan, the north of the winding turn, like a silver snake lying on the shore of Weishui.
Lishan is connected to the Qinling Mountains, the beautiful place can be compared to the fairyland, and the majestic place is daunting. The Weishui in the north is connected to the Yellow River, and the waves hit the shore, and the waves set off a silver canopy, like the Milky Way.
The sound of the waves of the north is terrifying, and the magnificent sound can be heard even if the servants are far away.
Between Lishan and Weishui, in a plain, there is a protruding soil bag nearly 100 meters high, with a diameter of 100 meters. There are boulders as the base, covered with a mixture of earth and wood, the soil is the best yellow clay, the wood is the best iron sunken wood, the whole looks like a semicircular huge sphere, one after another on the plain,
Like many servants, Zhao Jun's heart was deeply touched, but his feelings were different from ordinary people. What he felt was the magic of power.
The power is in your hands, and you can pass through ghosts and gods! Men and sons are husbands, and so they are.
Clenched his fists fiercely, Zhao Jun's heart swelled up, unprecedented heartbeat, as if he was longing for something.
"What do you see, this is the emperor's holy relic, how can you wait for ordinary people to snoop on?" At this time, the soldiers of the Qin Army who were escorting the labor began to beat and scold, but in fact they were also shocked, but they reacted a little faster.
"That's it, hurry up and let Lao Tzu go, and when you get to the ground, you can stay in it for the rest of your life, you see."
The soldiers began to drive away, and the laborers walked down the adobe one after another and began to rush towards the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. Although it looked close at that time, it really started to walk, and it was not until the sun set that I arrived at the mausoleum.
When it got closer, Zhao Jun found out that he still underestimated the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. Under this giant ball with a height of ten meters, everyone is very small, and the whole sphere is wrapped in bluestone, carving ghosts and gods, revealing a kind of vicissitudes of majesty. Zhao Jun was shocked in his heart, the first emperor deserved to be the first emperor of the ages, and he was indeed extraordinary, and it was such a big battle to build a mausoleum.
The surrounding armor soldiers are three steps and one post, ten steps and one sentry, many commanding heights and crossbowmen are on guard, the soldiers patrol back and forth are very tight, and there is a military camp in the distance responsible for peripheral security.
"Boss, the defense here is so tight, how can we escape." Cao Wushu walked next to Zhao Jun, looked around, and said vigilantly.
"Don't say more, follow along, and make plans when you get inside." Zhao Jun said in a deep voice, if he escaped now, he would simply be looking for death.
Zhao Ling nodded in fear, being involved by Qin Jun's murderous aura, he followed behind Zhao Jun step by step, burying his head in his chest.
When I walked into the side of the Round Ball Mausoleum, I found that this mausoleum was just an entrance, about ten meters high, two zhang wide, and the surrounding area was guarded to death.
From a distance, the entrance looked like a deep tunnel, with a faint light shining inside, looming and terrifying. Everyone looked at this passage and had a feeling that this was the tomb of the living dead, and once they entered it, it would be difficult to get out for the rest of their lives.
"What to see, hurry up and go in, let you see enough later." When it was Zhao Jun's turn to go in, the soldier saw Cao Wuxian's eyes rolling around, and immediately shouted coldly.
"Yes, yes, yes." Cao Wuxian knew that the hero would not suffer the loss in front of him, so he hurriedly lowered his eyebrows and said with his eyes, and then Zhao Jun and Zhao Ling followed in after an investigation.
The copper nail was hidden in Zhao Jun's underwear, as long as it was not stripped and searched, those Qin soldiers could not find it.
As soon as he entered, Cao Wuxian scolded in a low voice: "Your ancestor's, you have to get up, one day the master comes out, you have to look good." ”
Zhao Jun didn't say much, just walked forward, the top was an arched ball, illuminated by torches around it, and there seemed to be nothing on the inside. However, Zhao Jun was keenly aware that there was a voice coming from the ground.
Sure enough, the laborers did not walk long before they were taken to an underground entrance, and they walked in line to the entrance of the underground cave, with simple earthen steps. When I got underground, I passed through a tunnel with reliefs on both sides.
It's just that at the end of the tunnel, all the laborers, including Zhao Jun, couldn't help but be stunned again, and they all opened their mouths wide.
In front of me, I saw an underground giant city rise suddenly, the ordinary big city on the peaceful ground is no different, there are two inner and outer city walls, the circumference of the inner city is about more than 3,000 meters, and the circumference of the outer city is about 6,000 meters. The inner and outer city outlines have a city wall about three zhang high, and a magnificent underground palace is built inside, and the top of the earth is topped, and the night pearl the size of a fist is inlaid to illuminate the underground palace, just like the sun, moon and stars.
The surrounding open space is also vast and wide, with many huge pillars in the middle, supporting the top of the soil and keeping the ground from collapsing. From Zhao Jun's point of view, this was definitely designed by someone who specializes in construction.
Otherwise, it is impossible to have such a large underground city, and the ground is still stable and does not collapse, remember that until the later generations of the Qin Emperor's mausoleum is still partially intact, it can be called a miracle, I really don't know how to do it with the current level of craftsmanship, which has to admire, the wisdom and strength of the ancients.
However, the buildings in the city were obviously not finished, and many laborers were still building, some skilled craftsmen carved palaces, and some barbarian laborers were doing heavy carrying work. There are also laborers on the city wall, and in reinforcing the city wall, of course, many Qin army supervisors around are indispensable to beat and scold.
However, those laborers, whether they are skilled or powerful, are all ashen and terrifying, like the living dead, but if you think about it carefully, it is not surprising, all day long in the dungeon, there is no sunlight all year round, it is not bad if you don't drive crazy, and the spirit is naturally wooden.
After a short period of surprise, the laborers began to be driven forward by the Qin army, and it seemed that they were going to be assigned to the labor positions.
"Brother, do you see that there is a moat built outside this city? It's weird. On the way, Zhao Ling couldn't help but whisper, pointing to the depressions around the city wall, there were many laborers digging the soil, and high bags of soil were lifted around, but after a while, there were other laborers who moved the soil aside.
Cao Wuxian said with some doubts: "Boss, this dungeon can't lead to river water, what's the use of digging this ditch?" Also, if you look at the four corners of these moats, ditches have been dug, do you really want to divert water and inject it? ”
I saw that the moat around the city wall was extremely wide, like a moat, and like the four seas of the city, symbolizing the four poles of the world.
Moreover, in the direction of the four corners of the dungeon, a ditch about one zhang wide was dug to lead to the distance, where I don't know, the curve is deep and far away, and I can't see the situation in the distance.
Zhao Jun and the other laborers were very lucky, and on the first day they came, it happened to be when those laborers finished their work every day, because it was close to dark outside at this time, so they were not immediately put into labor, but arranged tents not far from the city, in the area where the laborers were resting.
There are many fixed tents as sleeping places for laborers, and there are simple facilities in them, including latrines and eating places, as well as activity locations, which are divided in detail.
Zhao Jun couldn't help but sigh, it was not without reason that the Qin Empire could unify the six countries, and this strict organization and execution alone was not comparable to the other six countries.
Thanks to Cao Wuxian's communication skills, the three of Zhao Jun were assigned to a tent, and there were seven other people in it, and they would have to work with these seven people in the future, and these seven people were led by Hu Zhao, a stout middle-aged man, who was said to have been originally from Zhao and was conscripted to do labor three years ago.
Hu Zhao is a rough person and takes care of people, and the other six people are also headed by him, and everyone calls him Hu Tou. After Zhao Jun and the three arrived, everyone exchanged names and got along well.
After the three of Zhao Jun settled down in the tent, they hadn't rested for half an hour when they suddenly heard the sound of bangs. At this time, Zhao Jun saw Hu Zhao and the others moving, and they all touched the clay pots in the tent.
"Brother Jun, you come with us and go out for dinner." Hu Zhao said with a smile, he didn't see the sun in the mausoleum, and he couldn't tell the difference between morning and evening, so he only relied on the sound of the bang to distinguish the time as his work and rest time.
Cao Wuxian was the first to pick up the clay pot and smiled: "Okay, boss, let's go eat." ”
Zhao Jun nodded and said, "Thank you, Hutou." Then he motioned for Zhao Ling to follow him.
"Thank you, they're all brothers in a tent." Hu Zhao smiled indifferently, and several other people picked up the clay pot and went out with them.
After everyone came out, they came to the center of their labor rest area, and saw dozens of cauldrons, Qin soldiers and men were boiling food hot, and behind each cauldron, there were hundreds of people lined up in a long line, and the scene was particularly spectacular.
Listening to Hu Zhao, this is just a meal, there is more than this place in the labor area, and the labor inside is never less than hundreds of thousands, every time there is a long queue for dinner, and if you are unlucky, you may only have to drink soup.
Zhao Jun and the others waited in line for half an hour before they were discussed. In the middle, I saw some people fighting for this, but there was no Qin army to take care of it. Zhao Jun and Cao Wuxian frowned, it was dark here, and it was also troublesome to eat after working every day.
Hu Zhao saw that Zhao Jun and the three were puzzled, so he explained: "There are hundreds of thousands of prisoners here, and the Qin army has no power to govern at all, as long as there is no riot and escape, no one cares at all, and even, a few people die here, it is a trivial matter." That's why you don't know the rules, and you must be careful not to offend anyone. ”
Zhao Jun nodded, where there are people, there is a fight, and the prisoners are only used as cattle by Qin Jun, so naturally they will not care about the grievances between the animals.
"Hey, Hu Tou, what kind of person is that, he didn't line up and went straight to eat." At this time, Cao Wuxian pointed to a person in the distance.
Zhao Jun also looked in that direction, and saw a person with a large and powerful skeleton, between his steps, calm and domineering, with a thin face and sharp eyes, like a cheetah.
The people around him saw him cut in line, whether it was the fierce Yan people or the majestic Wei people, no one dared to question it, and even some people hurriedly avoided him when they saw him coming, and showed a flattering smile, as if they were afraid of offending him.
Including those ordinary Qin army armor soldiers, after seeing him coming, everyone talked a lot, and specially served a big bowl to him.
After getting the meal, I saw him turn around and leave, without the slightest scruples, as if all this should be so, arrogant and murderous.
And it wasn't until he was far away that the people behind him breathed a sigh of relief and returned to normal. It's like some monster and beast, gone.
Seeing this, Zhao Jun was a little puzzled, and looked at Hu Zhao, who is so arrogant? And Zhao Jun can detect that this person's tyrannical aura hidden in the depths of his heart has a beast-like danger.
Hu Zhao also seemed to have some scruples, and the people in the same tent had a strange face, only to hear him lower his voice and say: "He is a famous thorn in the middle of our prisoners." He was a lone man among us prisoners, never ganged up, and was alone, but no one dared to bully him, even some ordinary soldiers of the Qin army were a little afraid of him and would not be provoked easily. ”
Zhao Ling couldn't help but be curious in the back, and asked crisply, "Why is this?" ”
Hu Zhao looked back and forth, for fear that these words would reach the man's ears and cause a catastrophe, so he lowered his voice again and said: "Because the people who have bullied him have all been killed by him, and every time they are cruel and ruthless, no matter how many people are the same."
Of course, the main reason is that when he fights, he doesn't want to die at all, and he will kill people. It is said that there were once more than a dozen prisoners, who got sharp weapons from nowhere, and wanted to deal with him.
But he fought with his bare hands, and with only one mouth, all these people who bit him died tragically.
After that battle, he himself was also very seriously injured, with more than a dozen large and small wounds, and he couldn't survive. It was even treated as a corpse by Qin Jun and thrown into the pile of dead, and after three days of preparation, it was burned together.
However, this guy somehow managed to come back to life, and before the fire burned, he suddenly crawled out of the pile of dead people. At that time, it scared a lot of people.
After fighting this, whether it was a prisoner or a soldier of the Qin army, they were all afraid of three points when they saw him, and no one dared to provoke him easily. Just ask him to eat, who dares to stop him? Even if he alone occupied an entire tent and drove out the other nine, no one dared to say a word. ”
"Yes, he is recognized as the first ruthless person among our prisoners." Behind Hu Zhao, several other people in a tent nodded after hearing this, quite agreeing, this person is indeed the first ruthless person among the prisoners.
Zhao Jun was stunned, he didn't expect that there was such a number one person in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang.
The first ruthless person in the prisoner? Hehe, interesting!
Somehow, Zhao Jun suddenly gave birth to a desperate desire to meet this person.
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