Chapter 2 Tang-style Old Mansion Chapter 13 Ancient Tomb Taoist Temple
Oni Shuo gasped and replied, "It's not water in this pool, it's mercury!" ”
"Mercury?" Wang Daling repeated in a low voice, his face still full of doubts. Ghost Shuo continued to speak: "If this is a pool of stagnant water, it will definitely dry up after so many years, but if it is living water, then the pool will never be so calm, without a trace of waves!" Only mercury is possible to store for such a long time! At first, I just wondered why there was a pool here, but at that moment I finally understood that mercury is odorless in the air and is not easy to detect after inhalation, but once inhaled for too long, it will cause mercury poisoning, vision and hearing deterioration, until death! ”
"It's really vicious to set up such a pool in such a big place, but without any organs!" Wang Daling was a little afraid, he glanced at the huge Taoist statue beside him, and scolded secretly in his heart: "You old guy really has a hand!" ”
"Huh? Ah, do you think this old man is not like the Taoist priest on the mural in the hall? ”
Hearing what Wang Daling said, Ghost Shuo also looked back at the seated statue, and sure enough, it was really similar to the Taoist priest's eyebrows on the portrait in the hall, and it seemed that all the previous inferences were correct! This is indeed an ancient tomb, and the house above it was built for the vigil and sacrifice, but Sister Li's family...
Ghost Shuo was thinking about it, suddenly the light on the top of the cave became flickering brightly and dimly, and the two of them hurriedly looked up, and they didn't know what had alarmed those glowing worms, and at this moment they all became agitated, from the static state just now, to start scurrying!
After a while, the scurrying glowing worms seemed to have found their target, and they all began to approach the two, and Ghost Shuo was startled when he saw this, and hurriedly shouted: "It's not good, run!" Wang Daling didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly turned around and fled with Ghost Shuo, almost stumbling and falling to the ground.
After a few steps, the glowing worms were getting closer and closer, and luckily they weren't moving fast, but if they continued like this, sooner or later they would converge in front of the two of them. Ghost Shuo suddenly stopped and said to Wang Daling: "Take off your clothes quickly!" ”
Wang Daling was stunned and hurriedly asked, "Why?" I only have one more thing to do! ”
Ghost Shuo glanced up and said anxiously: "If you don't want to die, get rid of it quickly, don't waste time!" ”
Seeing that Ghost Shuo was like this, Wang Daling didn't dare to ask again, and without saying a word, he pulled off the last piece of clothing, Ghost Shuo hurriedly took out a lighter and lit it, Wang Daling interjected: "There are so many glowing worms, I'm afraid I can't finish burning!" ”
Ghost Shuo didn't have time to reply, and saw that the clothes had been lit, so he quickly turned back, and when he reached the high platform, the glowing worm was only a stone's throw away from him, and Ghost Shuo didn't dare to delay, so he threw it hard and threw the burning clothes off the high platform!
Something magical happened, those glowing worms suddenly turned around in front of Ghost Shuo and converged towards the high platform! Seeing this, Ghost Shuo hurriedly turned around and ran back, dragging Wang Daling, who was stunned on the spot, to continue to run forward.
Wang Daling could see the scene just now, but he didn't understand the reason, so he asked while running, "Ghost, what happened just now?" ”
"You haven't noticed, what's the difference between us and those Dao boys below?"
"Hmmm... We're not Taoists! ”
"Stupid! We are alive! There is body temperature! Those glowing worms will converge where there is temperature! ”
While speaking, Ghost Shuo suddenly stopped suddenly, and it turned out that a palace appeared in front of them! But it's not so much a palace as a Taoist temple!
Ghost Shuo turned his head and glanced behind him, and those glowing worms actually turned back towards the two of them, probably because the clothes had burned out! There was no time to think about it now, the two of them hurriedly stepped up, ran to the palace gate, and pushed the palace door hard, but fortunately the palace door was not locked, and the two hurriedly entered! Ghost Shuo turned around and closed the door of the temple, and at the same time, the glowing worms had actually gathered here, only to hear a "bang, bang, bang" sound outside the door, like raindrops knocking down the door, if you hesitate a little, I am afraid that the consequences at this time are unimaginable.
Wang Daling gasped and sighed, "It's dangerous! A minute late, I guess I'll be stared at a light bulb! The two of them did not dare to slack off, and used their bodies to resist the temple door, and after a long while, the voice outside the temple gate finally gradually became quieter.
Ghost Shuo let out a long sigh, this fate is temporarily picked up! He turned on the flashlight in his hand and shone it around, only to see that not far away, there was actually a sheep's horn glass lamp, this lamp is generally only used in the palace of the Tang Dynasty, it is extremely rare in the world, and there is only one left in the Palace Museum, it is still restored and restored, I didn't expect to see it here today. ”
Driven by curiosity, Ghost Shuo got up and walked towards the lamp, and when he arrived, he took a closer look, only to see that the workmanship of this lamp was extremely exquisite, the color was crystal clear, and the level of craftsmanship even exceeded the modern level. Onishuo noticed that there was a wick in the lamp, and there seemed to be fuel or something under the wick, so he lit the lighter and prepared to try his luck!
Unexpectedly, this lamp that has been stored underground for an unknown number of years has been lit, and the fire is getting brighter and brighter! This is supposed to be the lamp in the burial chamber, which went out not long after it was closed, so there was still so much fuel left.
Suddenly, something unexpected happened! There was a small groove under the lamp that was connected to other places, and the flame in the lamp burned all the way down the small groove, and Ghost Shuo's heart sank, this couldn't be a fuse lit, right? His eyes were fixed on the continuous passing flame, but after more than ten seconds, the flame ignited another lamp not far away, followed by the next one... About two or three minutes later, the lights in the entire hall were all lit up, and the hall was like daylight all of a sudden.
At this time, the situation in the hall is clear to the two people, the hall is at least more than 20 meters high, it is the structure of the round place, the mural on the dome directly above the main hall is the sun and the moon, although there are more than 20 meters away, but the pattern is still clearly visible, and the painting is extremely exquisite.
From the top, there are two golden five-clawed dragons circling down, the dragon body coils around the entire hall, two huge dragon heads finally stay in the middle of the hall not far away, and there is a huge wax statue directly below the two dragon heads, the wax figure is half-open, lifelike, it is the ancestor of the mountain movers.
The form of the dragon is extremely powerful, from the perspective of the material, it should be made of gold, the whole dragon body is golden, inlaid with countless gems, a group of royal majesty, it seems to be to protect the true body of the ancestor!
The floor of the main hall is paved with large bluestone, and in the middle of the main hall is a Shinto inlaid with white marble, and at this moment the two noticed that a coffin was safely parked between the Shinto and the wax figure.
There are three rooms on each side of the main hall, there is a huge golden lock on the door, and there is a samurai with a weapon standing on the left and right sides of the door outside each room.
There is a large jade plaque hanging on the door of the six rooms, on which are written in regular script "gold", "silver", "bronze", "jade", "calligraphy and painting", "literature" twelve words, this should be the warehouse of the funeral goods, and there are signs in different categories.
Everything in front of them had already shocked the two of them, even in a dream, the two of them would not dream of such a luxurious place, Wang Daling opened his mouth even wider, and he couldn't close it for a long time.
Ghost Shuo stretched out his hand and patted Wang Daling gently, and said in a low voice: "Let's go!" ”
Wang Daling relieved himself at this time, and slowly walked forward with Ghost Shuo, until he came to the coffin! The coffin is made of agarwood, there is a refreshing smell in front of the coffin, the coffin is covered with a yellow cloth, the exposed coffin is painted with the sun, the moon, the stars, the golden bird, the jade rabbit, the dragon, the crane and other things, there is an offering platform in front of the coffin, and a pure gold incense burner is placed on the table! Behind the incense burner is the god seat, engraved "the god of the ancestor of the mountain moving people", and the incense burner is placed on both sides of the clothes and a sword.
Ghost Shuo looked left and right, and saw that there was another door behind the main hall, which should be the back room, so he spoke again: "Let's go, find a way to get out." ”
Wang Daling raised his hand and grabbed the ghost Shuo, and asked softly: "Take one or two treasures out casually, I'm afraid we will be in this life... You don't have to do anything else, do you? Ghost Shuo didn't answer, but instead grabbed Wang Daling's arm and continued to walk towards the back room.
The back room is a stone door again, a wooden plaque is hung on the stone door, although the color of the wooden plaque is a little off, but it can also clearly see the three big characters of "Anshen Temple" in the book. Wang Daling asked, "Is it Shimen again?" Are we going to open this door the way we did before? ”
After hearing this, Ghost Shuo shook his head and said: "No, the previous one was a secret room, designed to trap people, this is the back room, the ancients paid attention to death as life, the places they often enter and exit will not be sealed, there should be an organ that can control it." With that, he looked left and right, and began to search for the mechanism that opened the door. Sure enough, within a few minutes, Ghost Shuo found the switch in a dark compartment on the left, and with a strong move, the stone door slowly opened.
With the help of the light in the front hall, Onishuo soon saw a sheep's horn glass lamp on the wall of the back room, and Onishuo stepped forward to light it with fire, and the backroom soon lit up.
The back room is not large, less than 100 square meters, and there is a stone bed in the middle, on which are placed Qianwei food. There is a big stone case in the corner, there are a lot of bamboo slips on it, and there is a big bookshelf next to the stone case, and the bookshelf is also stacked with books and calligraphy and paintings.
The two were about to come forward to take a look, but vocal music suddenly sounded in the room, which really startled the two of them... The sound came from the top of the room, but it was not played by an instrument, nor was it like the sound of the army in the secret passages before, the vocal music was sometimes high-pitched, sometimes heavy, and majestic, and it was exhilarating to listen to, and the two of them had never heard of it before.