Chapter 218: Mercury Cinnabar
With mercury as the rivers and seas, the machine is instilled, with astronomy and geography.
This passage in the historical records left a deep impression on me. After getting to know Mr. Shen, I listened to him several times.
Unexpectedly, now, we have really found it.
The so-called astronomy, that is, the seven yao, four yu, three huan and twenty-eight houses decorated with crystal, divide the twelve palaces on the copper plate with gold wires.
Although it is not as shocking as the mountains and rivers gathering qi array in the Dan cemetery, it is also in this not large space, and the territory in his hand is drawn with copper at all.
And mercury, a large area is mercury, except for those copper "geography", as far as the eye can see, except for the surrounding corridors, almost all mercury, but there is no "machine indoctrination" so outrageous perpetual motion machine. This mercury pool is also far from the 12,000 square meters of mercury anomaly, and some of the mercury should have volatilized or become a hazard in the soil.
Big Waist and I couldn't help but wrap the clothes on our mouths and noses tighter, we all know that vapor is highly toxic, I don't know if this protection is useful, I want him to hurry up, but he will definitely not agree.
Although the mercury crystal clear is beautiful, I have a hunch that this is our biggest problem. Because - there are no coffins here! Emperor Qin may still be one layer below.
It wasn't a problem, and thanks to the dragon, I soon saw the location of the second secret door—at the bottom of the pool of mercury. That's also good enough. Even if they escaped the explosion, even if they found the secret door, how many people would survive the mercury pool?
Now it's also a dilemma for us, although we know that the road is there, but what do we do with so much mercury? The mercury above the second secret door, at least as tall as one person, could not be opened at all unless it was completely soaked in.
The experience of being flooded before told me that the purple gold jade robe is not waterproof, and it may be soft with water, and it does not know that it can also drown people.
I said to Big Waist, "The passage is under the mercury, you see, there is any way for us to go down from here." ”
The big waist shone an oil lamp around him, and he shone it on mercury, and said, "Drain." ”
As the so-called heroes see the same thing, the only way I just thought of it is this. The two of us went directly into the pool, and we might not be able to go down without being poisoned, and the density of mercury seemed to be very large. I had no choice but to let go of all the mercury in the pool. The reason why I didn't say it was because I hesitated, because the amount of work is not small, and even if there is a sword that can cut the rammed earth effortlessly, it is also a question whether it will collapse. Second, under this, the cut earthwork may have to be pulled to the side by our bare hands.
When there is no other choice, it is a waste of time to think too much.
We chose a location with the most mercury, probably the "territorial waters" that Emperor Qin wanted to express, and separated some distance from there and began to dig a narrow and deep drainage channel. At the end of the drainage channel of about two meters, a large drainage pit was dug, but fortunately, there was no collapse in the whole process. Also, the explosion has survived, and this should not be a problem. I thought to myself, this one is big enough, and if it's not enough, I'll dig another one then, anyway, there are places to do.
The soil was loosened, digging was the most fatal process, and after two strokes by hand, I felt that it was too much effort, and with a stroke of inspiration, I swung my sword and cut off a bronze version of nothing from the astronomical map on the ceiling, and then processed and cut it into a shovel-like shape, which was really the most convenient tool we used.
I also got myself a handful, with the right tools, and turned over efficiently, and soon we were able to get all the loose soil on top. Looking at the amount of earthwork, it should be about the same as the mercury in the pool, but to be honest, it is quite tiring.
Then, I cut through the small barrier area I had left behind, and the mercury was a liquid after all, and it quickly flowed down the river through the gap and into the pool. I pulled them with a copper shovel to speed them up, and the big waist learned me to do the same in the drain.
The mercury flowed down a lot, and then I realized that this was a pool of copper and copper, and maybe those "geographies" were poured directly on it, and the mercury was poured directly after the work.
Seeing that the mercury was flowing slower and slower in this direction, I could see that the place was not big enough.
When the mercury was barely flowing, I looked and saw that there weren't too many drainage channels at the water level. I got some dirt and blocked the drainage channel to prevent it from flowing back for a while.
Then Big Waist and I did the same not far away, digging a deeper drainage facility. Originally, the breathing was not smooth, and it was even worse after a busy work, and I was too tired to do it. But fortunately, the mercury in the pool was almost cleaned by us, and a one-meter-square copper cover also appeared at the bottom of the pool.
We rested for a while, and to be on the safe side, we shoveled some dirt to the bottom of the pond as a place to stay. Thus make a way out of the little mercury left at the bottom of the pool.
Finally, the copper-covered door was within reach of our reach. However, since even the mercury can block it, I am afraid that with the strength of the two of us, we will not be able to lift it up. Therefore, I still chose the simplest and crude way to break the door.
When I was done, I pulled out two more pieces of cloth from my clothes and wrapped them around my hands, and I lifted the copper cover that had been cut in half, revealing the secret passage underneath. new
What's the suspense down there? Probably not. I don't believe that Emperor Qin has any secrets worth hiding so deep underneath in addition to the heirloom jade seal and the Nine Dragons Divine Ding.
"Let's go, let's go meet his old man." I said to Big Waist.
"Let's go!" I went down the dark passage first, this is not vertically downward, but a very well-groomed stone step, more elaborate than the dark passage on the side of the Nine Dragons Shending just now, my hunch is getting stronger and stronger, it should not be far away.
Not long after, another abominable stone gate stood in front of us. Almost without thinking, I swung my sword and slashed through the stone door. The scene inside is strange and strange. It's not strange, it's not surprising.
This is supposed to be the burial chamber where he rests, and it is not surprising that it is a good size and has a coffin.
The strange thing is that this coffin was actually a copper pillar as thick as one person, and it was held four or five meters above the ground, almost to the top of the tomb, and many of them were hanging outside except for the place of contact. After all these years, the coffin didn't rot and fell down, which is also magical. In addition, around the copper pillar on top of the coffin, seven plates of cinnabar were filled with copper basins in the direction of the seven stars of the Big Dipper.
The big waist came in and took a look, and the reflection was similar to mine: "The burial method of this ancient emperor is really chic." ”
I took a closer look at the cinnabar seven stars on the ground, and thought of the five rampant soldiers and horses above, the Yin and Yang family, the Yin and Yang family?
Could it be that this is the Seven-Star Soul Fixing Array? In the saying of the Yin and Yang family, cinnabar is the most yang thing, and it is arranged in a formation of seven stars, probably just to suppress the "yin". The things related to yin here are probably only the souls of Emperor Qin.
So what is this from the hand of Kazuto? According to the records of historical records, the supervisor of the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum is his prime minister Li Si, could it be that Li Si is a member of the Yin and Yang family?
It seems that it can only be explained in this way, otherwise besides him, who can seal the five rampant soldiers and horses in the tomb of Emperor Qin? Although, history records that he is a protégé of Xunzi and a member of the Legalists. But then again, who would tell all their secrets to others, especially historians?
I said to the big waist: "This is the Yin and Yang Family's Seven Star Soul Fixing Town, simple, easy to use, specializing in Yin things, I don't know what this copper pillar means, probably not let us touch the coffin?" ”
The big waist thought for a while: "Could it be that his old man is thinking about a pillar of optimus?" ”
I glanced at him, don't say it, although I know that his meaning is rather vulgar, but maybe there is really this possibility, or it is the interpretation of the word itself, after all, Emperor Qin is a person who has wanted to become an immortal all his life. After death, the place of burial is naturally as close to the sky as possible.
The big waist continued: "Let's talk about something practical, how do we get him down?" ”
I looked at such a high pillar, and there was really no way, it was impossible to climb up, and even if I went up, there was no place to stand; If you don't use the sword qi to make the coffin into two, but no one can say what will be poured out there, and the jade seal of the country does not know if it can withstand the fall, although it is an artifact, it is better to be careful; Another option is to cut off the copper pillars, but in essence it is not much different from option 2.
This inexplicable design really stumped us.
In the end, we decided to take a second look around and see if there was anything else where we could find inspiration for the designer.
But after all, this space is not large, after walking two steps, I looked at the surrounding walls, and did not pay attention to my feet, and the local foot overturned a basin containing cinnabar.
It doesn't matter, the copper pillar seems to have sensed it, and it also trembled slightly, making a trembling sound.
I wonder if I heard it wrong, because the copper basin was still some distance from the pillar, but the big waist and I looked at each other, and his expression told me, yes, you read that right.
Then, since this is the case, I am not polite, and deliberately kicked over another copper basin, and scattered cinnabar on the ground.
Now I can see it clearly, it is indeed the copper pillar that also shook it, and the amplitude seems to be a little larger than just now.
It seems that there is a door.
I kicked over the copper basin on the ground one after another, and as I watched the pillar shake again and again, I felt that something unusual was about to happen.
I held my big waist behind me and aimed my foot at the last copper basin.