Chapter 5 Stone coffin in the cave
My grandfather shook his head, I can't see anything different, it's just a hole bigger, a hole smaller, Xiao Laodao said: "The biggest difference between them is that the right hole is the upper position, and the left hole is the lower position, think about it, who will bury the coffin on the lower position?" ”
My grandfather was stunned when he heard this, because "the right is up" is common sense, even if the seat at home is the right hand side for the upper position, if there are three chairs, the middle one is the "first place", and the right one is still the "upper position", the grandfather's face suddenly showed a trace of embarrassment, and he actually ignored this common sense.
Xiao Laodao continued: "Don't look at the hole on the right, it is difficult to walk, but the water vapor in it is also small, if the coffin is placed on the left, the place is big, but it is wet and damp inside, which will make the deceased in the coffin uneasy, and the coffin will rot faster than other places, if the people who are buried put the coffin in the cave on the left, then they must have enmity with the deceased." ”
My grandfather nodded slightly, and Xiao Laodao said that it does make sense, and it is all common sense.
Xiao Laodao paused, and then said: "Brother Liu, what I told you are the most inconspicuous things, three hundred and sixty lines, the best in the line, the doorway in the tomb robbery industry, if you work for a long time, you will find that there are many more!" ”
After speaking, Xiao Laodao looked a little proud, but my grandfather didn't think so, because my ancestor warned him when he was a child, stealing graves and digging graves is not a good thing, not to mention breaking the law, it is also extremely damaging to yin morality, even if the people of the Liu family starve to death, they can't stretch out their hands like dead people, although my grandfather is rebellious, he also knows right and wrong, good and evil, karma, and he doesn't want to rob tombs for a living.
It was still Xiao Shiyi who was the leader, and Xiao Chujiu was behind, and several mermaids entered the small cave on the right. After walking more than ten meters in the cave, Xiao Shiyi in front of him stopped, and several people also stopped.
My grandfather looked ahead, and there was no way, it seemed that he had reached the bottom of the cave, but he didn't see any tombs or coffins all the way, didn't he really misjudge Xiao Laodao this time.
At this moment, Xiao Shiyi waved at Xiao Laodao, Xiao Laodao stepped forward unhurriedly, Xiao Shiyi raised his hand and pointed to the bottom of the cave, Xiao Laodao asked for the torch in Xiao Shiyi's hand, and shone at the bottom of the cave.
Seeing this, my grandfather also walked over, he wanted to persuade Xiao Laodao to go back, who knew that he saw that this was not the bottom of the cave at all, and it was a stone wall made of stones, which blocked the cave to death, and saw that there seemed to be a few big characters engraved on the stone wall, Xiao Laodao used a torch to shine the words on it one by one, and read in his mouth: "There are gods inside, and those who trespass die!" ”
After reading it, Xiao Laodao was stunned, then laughed out loud, and said disdainfully: "Dao Ye is not scared!" Turning his head, Xiao Laodao beckoned Xiao Chujiu, "Take the guy, smash the wall open!" ”
Xiao Chujiu responded, and took out the hammer in the bag again, and several other people hurriedly made room for him, due to the small space in the hole, a big man like Xiao Chujiu, his waist was about to bend to ninety degrees, but it did not prevent him from picking the hammer, "dong dong" twice, the stone wall was smashed open, with the stone wall turned over, a stale atmosphere came to the face, at the same time, several people's eyes suddenly brightened, Xiao Laodao hurriedly pulled Xiao Chujiu, Xiao Chujiu turned around and gave the place to Xiao Laodao, Xiao Laodao held a torch with one hand, and covered his mouth and nose with the other, Shine a torch in front of you, and see that the cave behind the stone wall has become extremely spacious, and the specific space inside is not clear for the time being, anyway, there is no need to bow your head and move forward.
Xiao Laodao greeted Xiao Shiyi, Xiao Shiyi went over and looked inside, and then shook his head at Xiao Laodao, Xiao Laodao returned the torch to Xiao Shiyi.
It was still Xiao Shiyi who took the lead, several people crossed the overturned stone wall and continued to move forward, this time, the surrounding space was much larger, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but it was only three or four meters away when they walked, and before my grandfather could figure out the surrounding situation, Xiao Shiyi in front stopped again, and my grandfather looked forward and saw that in front of Xiao Shiyi, there seemed to be two people kneeling.
My grandfather was stunned for a moment, and then he saw clearly, it was two stone figures, life-size, with their backs to them, kneeling on the ground on the left and right. Seeing this, Xiao Laodao rushed up and looked at the stone man, and didn't say anything, and ordered Xiao Shiyi to continue walking.
A few people passed through the middle of the two stone figures, walked a few steps, and two stone men appeared, still kneeling, my grandfather couldn't help but look at the two stone figures, and saw the one on the right, which seemed to be the court clothes of civil officials, and the one on the left, carved with a suit of armor, seemed to be a military general, the two stone men looked very solemn, as if they were worshipping, and looked back at the two stone men behind them, and the dress and expression of these two were exactly the same.
Xiao Shiyi didn't stop this time, and continued to walk forward, and several pairs of stone figures appeared one after another, all of them were left and right, one literate and one martial, kneeling on the ground very solemnly.
After passing through these stone figures, walking forward about three or four meters away, Xiao Shiyi stopped, and in front of Xiao Shiyi, a two-story high step appeared, and on the top of the steps, there seemed to be a stone platform, because the distance was a little far, my grandfather couldn't see clearly. At this time, he took advantage of the torch in Xiao Chujiu's hand behind him to look around.
There is a lot of space around, the whole thing is very much like the kind of palace in the temple, but there are no pillars, the vaulted roof, the flat wall, from their feet to the roof, can be three or four feet high, on the ground, on the wall, on the vault, there are obvious traces of excavation, you don't have to think about it, you know that the cave here is a stone hall that has been rebuilt after being enlarged.
Xiao Laodao asked for the torch in Xiao Shiyi's hand, walked up the steps, turned around and instructed Xiao Chujiu to look for the entire stone hall to see if there were any valuable objects. Xiao Chujiu walked around the stone hall with a torch, and my grandfather and Xiao Shiyi also followed up the steps.
On the top of the steps, there is a stone plane, polished smooth as a mirror, in the middle of the plane, there is a stone platform about six feet long, three feet high and three feet wide, Xiao Laodao walked to the platform with a torch and looked close.
After a while, Xiao Chujiu shouted in a rough voice: "Master, there is nothing left in the stone hall except for the stone people." ”
When Xiao Laodao heard this, he stared at the stone platform and muttered, "It seems that all the good things are here!" ”
My grandfather didn't understand what Xiao Laodao meant, Xiao Laodao raised his hand and pointed to the stone platform, signaling Xiao Shiyi to look at the stone platform, Xiao Shiyi circled around the platform twice, and finally nodded at Xiao Laodao.
Xiao Laodao smiled, turned his head and said to my grandfather: "Brother, do you see it, this is a stone coffin, and good things are here." ”
Stone coffin? It wasn't a stone platform. My grandfather knows that the coffin is a coffin, the so-called coffin, the outside is the coffin, the inside is the coffin, the coffin is like the city wall, the coffin is like the house in the city wall, but he has never seen it with his own eyes, after the death of ordinary people, it is very good to have a thin skin coffin to be buried, who dares to ask for a "coffin".
My grandfather looked at the stone coffin suspiciously, and saw that the stone coffin was actually connected to the platform below, in today's words, it is one, and this stone coffin was probably excavated together when the cave was dug out.
In the upper part of the stone coffin, there is a horizontal seam, if you don't look carefully, you can't see it at all, my grandfather is not stupid, I immediately understood, the upper part of the horizontal seam is the lid of the stone coffin, as long as you pry open the lid, you can see the coffin inside, and then pry the coffin lid inside, that is the dead and the baby.
Xiao Chujiu also came to the stone coffin at this time, Xiao Laodao glanced at him, and solemnly ordered: "Please Zhao Gongming, open the coffin!" ”
"Zhao Gongming?" When my grandfather heard this, he glanced at Xiao Laodao suspiciously, Zhao Gongming is not the God of Wealth, these three masters and apprentices, can they still ask the God of Wealth to help them steal the grave and dig the grave?
Xiao Chujiu immediately put down the big burden on his body, handed the torch to Xiao Laodao, took out two red cloths wrapped in sticks from the baggage, and untied the red cloth, inside were two iron rods with the thickness of a child's wrist, which could be more than three feet long, one end of the iron rod was duckbill-shaped, with a curved arc, and the other end was a cover-shaped dome.
My grandfather has never seen such a strange iron weapon, and in his heart, is this what they call "Zhao Gongming"?
In fact, this is the most basic crowbar in the past, one end is flat, the other is round, and they call it by Xiao Laodao: "Zhao Gongming", because Zhao Gongming is the God of Wealth, and he gave the crowbar such a name, first, in the hope that after the coffin is opened, it can bring great wealth; The two, taking the name of an immortal family, can also play a role in warding off evil spirits. To say that these people who rob the tomb don't believe in ghosts and gods, that's false, they all believe it, but they won't admit it with their mouths, and each one is harder than the other, but they are actually respectful in their hearts.
Later, my grandfather also found out that Xiao Laodao had to sacrifice the tools used in the tomb robbery every time they dig up the tomb and rob the tomb, which is also to make a good fortune, first, I hope that there will be no accidents after arriving in the tomb, and it will be smooth and safe; Second, I hope to get valuable items and make a windfall.
Taking advantage of Xiao Chujiu's time to prepare for the guy, Xiao Laodao explained to the master the stone coffin in front of him.
This kind of stone coffin, divided into two parts, the lower part is called "earth wealth", also called "cornucopia", that is, the coffin, the upper part is called "heavenly official", that is, the board that covers the stone coffin, up and down plus a piece, that is, "heaven and earth wealth", all things in the world, only heaven and earth are the largest, indicating that "heaven gives its officials, the earth bestows its wealth", the deceased gets the love of heaven and earth, and the descendants of the deceased can enjoy endless blessings......
Without waiting for Xiao Laodao to explain to my grandfather, Xiao Chujiu had already prepared the objects, he first picked up a crowbar, scraped the gap between the cover plate and the stone coffin, and scraped it with a duck's beak, there seemed to be some filling between the top and bottom, and it was tightly glued, and then, beckoned Xiao Shiyi to come over and hold the crowbar, and Xiao Chujiu himself picked up the large iron hammer.
Thank you for the 100 yuan red envelope "as such".