Chapter 29: The Mist
While everyone was resting, I went to the front to explore the way. It stands to reason that after the walls are combined, there will be a road above. As a result, I only walked a few steps before I was blocked by the stone wall, and I tried to make sure there was any room left, but I couldn't find anything.
Seeing that I was coming back soon, Master Fu asked tentatively, "Is there still a road ahead?" Seeing me shake my head, there was not much loss, this situation should be expected by him.
He looked around, and finally stretched out his hand to try to lift the slate on his head, but he didn't expect that the slate on top of his head was really a dark grid.
Master Fu lit a candle first and put it on it. After waiting a few minutes, the candle was still unusual, he stood up and stuck his head up. I handed him a flashlight and asked him to see what was going on on on it.
After glancing around, the rotten master kicked up with his legs, and then stretched out his hand to pull us. Chen Ran and I sent the old wine up first, and then we easily stepped on it ourselves.
There is a lot of space above, and you can feel the faint air flow when you stop. I looked around with my flashlight and there were clay pots and other miscellaneous items underneath, so I had a preliminary judgment that we should be in the ear room.
The rotten master's attention was not on these things, he first looked at the bricks in the ear chamber, then at the top, and then asked me: "Huaizi, come and see, this is the tomb of that dynasty?" ”
I walked over and touched the bricks, which seemed to be made of green bricks, and the top of the tomb was arched.
I thought about it for a while, and said to the rotten master: "Looking at the pattern, it should be the Ming Tomb, and it should be the one we are looking for." ”
The rotten master nodded, and just as we were about to get out of the ear room, the rotten master added inexplicably: "But I always feel that this tomb is a little too simple." ”
I've noticed that Master Rotten has been more and more fond of only half-talking lately, and I don't know what he's thinking. To be honest, I'm not in the mood to guess the other meaning of his words right now. But these words still left a question in my mind.
The information that the rot master gave us before said that it was a tomb of a high monk, not to mention the specifications or anything, first of all, it is a very strange thing for a high monk to have a tomb itself. And what the rotten master said is too simple, I think it is very in line with the identity of the monk.
Out of the ear chamber and came to the tomb road, after walking a few steps, there was a fork in the road, Chen Ran, who led the way in front, said: "Brother Huai, quickly take out the map and take a look, where to go next?" I answered and turned around to get something in my backpack, but I didn't look for it for a long time, so I immediately reacted and asked Chen Ran: "Aren't you taking the map?" ”
Chen Ran was a little aggrieved: "Didn't I throw it at you when I climbed the wall?" Hearing this, I didn't ask any further, because nine times out of ten they were lost, and the rotten master and the old wine also found their own bags. Not only that, but even the previous grappling hook and rope are gone.
Anyway, they were all lost, and everyone didn't bother anymore. After all, the authenticity of that map is still up to the question, but it's better than nothing.
Now that there is no map, everything can only rely on luck, and the old wine flashed and said: "Let's just follow the goose, animals can perceive things that we can't perceive." ”
So Chen Ran put down the goose in his arms, who knew that the goose seemed to understand human words, and kept running back on the ground, and it was estimated that it was the fastest speed of the goose.
The group of us followed behind him, and he seemed to play hide and seek with us, hiding here for a while and then continuing to run.
By the time we caught it, it was already in another chamber. But this one is very different from the one before it.
As soon as we entered the door, we were "shocked", and the floor was covered with gold objects, covering the entire ear chamber. Chen Ran was about to pick it up and look at it when he saw this, but fortunately, I stopped him quickly.
Probably Chen Ran thought I had misunderstood him, and he explained: "I just picked it up and looked at it, and I didn't mean to take it." ”
I was shocked and said, "I know, but it's poisonous." ”
When everyone heard this, they all took a few steps back, and the rotten master took a sharp breath of air, frowned, and said, "Did you ask about any taste?" ”
After he finished speaking, everyone followed and sniffed. I looked at the big goose that was a little restless and said, "I smelled it as soon as I came in, but I wasn't quite sure what it was." ”
I put on the gloves that Master Fu gave me before, and squatted down to see some broken gold on the ground. To make sure I was safe, I took out the ordnance shovel and got it with my feet.
I leaned into my nose and sniffed it, and it did smell like it. But I can't tell what it is, but I feel like I've smelled something similar in junior high school chemistry experiments.
I looked at the four of us, I am a liberal arts student, and my education level is not clear, not to mention the old wine, so I pinned all my hopes on Chen Ran.
Chen Ran sniffed closely, looked at the broken gold on it again, supported his head with one hand, and kept rolling his eyes. I knew he was reminiscing, so I didn't speak again, waiting for his answer.
I saw that his eyes rolled and paused, and suddenly his mouth suddenly opened: "As far as I know, there are not many things that can dissolve gold, and the most common one is aqua regia." ”
After hearing this, Lao Jiu, who had always consciously quit the group chat, suddenly applied to join. He asked, "Aqua regia?" Who is he? Is it a personal name? After speaking, I looked at Chen Ran very seriously, and I saw the desire for knowledge in the eyes of the old wine.
After Chen Ran heard Lao Jiu's words, he was stunned for a moment, and then laughed. A smile also appeared on the face of the rotten master, and the old wine and I looked inexplicable.
Chen Ran explained with a smile: "Aqua regia is also called "aqua regia" and "nitrohydrochloric acid". It is a very corrosive chemical. It is a proportional mixture of concentrated hydrochloric acid and concentrated nitric acid, and it is one of the few liquids that can dissolve gold substances. ”
In fact, I thought it was a personal name like Lao Jiu before, but I was too embarrassed to ask. I remember that when the chemistry teacher in the third year of junior high school was lecturing, she accidentally threw the gold transfer beads into the hydrochloric acid beaker, and she seemed to have mentioned it to us.
After laughing, he suddenly said: "But aqua regia is very perishable and smells of chlorine, so it must be used now." Do tomb robbers now carry such a complete set of things? ”
I made a bold guess: "Maybe they've been here more than once, or maybe they've stepped on it beforehand." ”
I slashed the pile of gold with my hands a little, and found a piece of jade at the bottom, which was also very good on its own. I gently pulled it out with my hand, only to find that it was more than just a piece of jade.
It looks like a hat, the whole body is jade, the top is inlaid with a light yellow transparent gemstone, the crown is in the shape of an eight-petal flower, and eight red, blue and green gems are inlaid. The whole looks gorgeous and unusual, beautiful and colorful.
Lao Jiu and Chen Ran also admired its beauty, and I saw that the rotten master on the side seemed to have something to say, so I handed it to him and waited for him to read it.
He took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, for fear of missing any detail, and the expression on his face changed accordingly.
I have never seen such a serious appearance of the rotten master, he looked at it for a long time before he spoke: "Is this a white jade hollow dragon with bright gold and gems and a peony pattern hat?" ”
I didn't react for a moment: "What gem and what is rising?" What are you talking about? "This long list of words made me dizzy.
The rotten master rubbed the gem below, and said in his mouth: "Isn't this owned by King Liang of the Ming Dynasty?" ”