Chapter 6: The Elixir
Wu Tiansheng and the bamboo pole had almost walked the entire tomb road, and they had really found the stone beast. The stone beast has a thinner body, a longer head and feet, and more carved ornaments on its body. From the outside, it looks like a lion, and it is extremely majestic.
Wu Tiansheng recognized it at a glance and explained, "It's a unicorn, one of the stone beasts. There are generally two kinds of stone beasts, one is the only one in front of us, which is used in the emperor's tomb, generally called the unicorn. The other has a fat body, a short neck and a long hyena, slightly resembling a lion, and there is not much carving on the body, which is only used for the tomb of princes and princes, and is generally called "warding off evil spirits". The existing unicorn is the largest in front of the tomb of Emperor Wu of Liang, 3.32 meters long, 2.4 meters waistline, 2.7 meters high, there is a rectangular seat under it, it is carved into the whole stone, it is extremely magnificent. ”
The bamboo pole looked embarrassed, and said with a wry smile: "Old Wu, what kind of tomb is this, it has become an emperor's tomb again, isn't it a suspicious tomb?" My brain is buzzing right now, like a little bee flying around me. ”
Later, the two found the stone pillar and the door. The stone pillar is also known as the tomb table, the stone pillar here is the pillar base of the carved double mantle, the pillar on the foundation, the carving is divided into three sections: the lower section is carved with a number of concave edges, such as the ancient Greek Tauric pillar body; The middle section is carved out of the rectangular lithograph of the column body, and the rope pattern is carved around the column body and connected to the lithograph, making a bundle shape, and the plate is engraved with words in Yin text; The upper section is carved with a convex circular surface opposite to the lower section, and the top of the column supports a disc carved with a circle covered with lotus, and the plate is carved with a small beast that is the same as the stone beast at the entrance of Shinto. The whole column body is large and small, the proportion is beautiful, and the carving is exquisite.
"Hey, Lao Wu, you are really a god, you really have!" , the bamboo pole opened his palm and touched the stone pillar, and his eyes lit up and said, "If this pillar can be moved out." It's sure to sell for a lot of money. ”
"I think you're out of the money, don't grind, hurry up." , Wu Tiansheng looked at the stone pillar roughly, but didn't find any useful information, so he had to continue walking.
The two entered a square transept, the burial chamber was not particularly wide, ten meters in width and length, and about six meters in height. There are eight walls in the middle of the room, each with a hole in the wall, in which are placed artifacts, some of which are duplicated. They are iron monkeys, golden horses, copper dogs, jade elephants, and stone birds. In addition to these, there seems to be a mechanism on each wall that triggers the mechanism, and the eight wall devices have different shapes.
This ear chamber is very simple, and the things are not very valuable, the bamboo pole felt bored, and said: "Old Wu, let's go, isn't there a road ahead, let's go out and have a look." ”
The bamboo pole sighed and turned his head to leave, but who knows, the door to enter the ear chamber was closed.
"Hey, Lao Wu, let's come in from here, why is this door gone?" , the bamboo pole began to panic, and there was no sound, and the door of the ear chamber was gone at some point.
Wu Tiansheng was not flustered, as if he was expecting, he explained: "The circular boulder step under my feet is the mechanism of the entire ear chamber, and the whole body is moved, and the owner of the tomb wants to trap us. But it leaves us a way back, these eight walls should be the eight gates in Qimen Dunjia, and they also correspond to the eight trigrams in the eight trigrams. You see, the reason why the above artifacts are duplicated is because each animal represents a property. The dog is 戌 in the zodiac, and the five elements belong to dry soil; Horses belong to water, monkeys are wood, dogs are earth, elephants and birds are gold, fire, each attribute corresponds to a door, the owner of the tomb is to tell us, find the door to leave the ear chamber. “
The bamboo pole was both frightened and excited, and his words were no longer tactful, and he slurred: "That... Isn't that easy, you should find it quickly. ”
With gossip, the five elements tell the tomb robber that this is the eight gates of Qimen Dunjia, and then ask the tomb robber to find the door of life and leave, isn't it too easy? Besides, if this is really a suspicious grave, how could the owner of the tomb let the tomb robbers leave easily? The more Wu Tiansheng thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and he always felt that there must be a mystery in the meantime.
The bamboo pole looked at Wu Tiansheng stunned there, and said anxiously: "Old Wu, are you listening to me?" Hurry up and find a living door, hey, forget it, you don't look for it, I'll look for it. ”
The bamboo pole whispered in his mouth: "Humen lives in the north, where is the north, and then the order of the eight gates of Qimen Dunjia......"
"Found it!"
Before Wu Tiansheng could react, the bamboo pole pressed the device of the birth gate in a hurry. I didn't expect there to be no reaction at all. Then, the sound of running water began, and slowly, the boulder steps in the middle began to sink, and water began to overflow from below.
"Bamboo pole, what did you do again?" , Wu Tiansheng didn't know what was going on, and hurriedly walked down the steps.
"I just pressed the device of the lower door." , The bamboo pole is also very puzzled, obviously he is pressing the device of the birth door, why hasn't the exit appeared yet?
Wu Tiansheng rolled his eyes, and in desperation, he had to hurry up and find a way to crack it. The raging water continued to rush into the ear chamber, and the sound of rattling shook the hearts of the two of them to the greatest extent. The water has revealed its hideous face, if it can't be cracked, once the water overflows, no matter how good the water is, it will be vulnerable! The bamboo pole had completely collapsed, and only Wu Tiansheng was concentrating on how to crack this mechanism. The water licked the fear of the two of them uncontrollably, and suddenly, the bamboo pole seemed to be bitten by something.
"Old Wu, is there something in this water, why does it hurt so much?"
As soon as the bamboo pole finished speaking, Wu Tiansheng also felt that his feet hurt and panicked, he grabbed it with his hand into the water, and actually grabbed a leech, and said: "This water should be a dark river, and it leads to the stream in the valley, and there are leeches in the water, you can find a way to hide." ”
"What about you?"
"Leave me alone."
The bamboo pole grabbed the side of the wall with his left hand, and put his right foot on a pentagonal device, and stuck to the wall like this, shouting: "This device still has horns, it really panics me." ”
Horn? Wu Tiansheng finally had an idea in his head, which must be related to the shape of the device, "The bamboo pole is the shape of the device, if it is really as you said, this is a doubtful tomb, according to the previous information, then there is a high probability that it is related to Qin Shi Huang, think about it, what shape is related to Qin Shi Huang." ”
The bamboo pole complained: "Old Wu, don't ask me, how do I know what shape Qin Shihuang likes for his old man." ”
Wu Tiansheng took a deep breath, put his hands on the wall, lowered his head and thought hard.
The rectangular shape is like a road, which refers to the road network built by Qin Shi Huang, which should not be; The waves are shaped like the Great Wall, and they should not be; The square represents the rectification of politics, and the stability of the triangle represents the stability of the country, which does not seem to be what Qin Shi Huang valued the most. The most important thing seems to be, it is...... Elixir!
"Bamboo pole, I know, it's an elixir! What Qin Shi Huang dreamed of in his later years was the elixir! He wants immortality, so it should be a round device! ”