Chapter 106: Ouchi Guards
Sun Hui was not found, and everyone returned the same way, and under the extreme worry of Tuxing Sun, the speed was a little faster, and they came to the fork in the road, and went straight to the big passage. Originally, I thought that there would be more traps in the large passage, but unexpectedly, there were no traps.
There are obvious traces of activity in the passage, and judging from the traces of the scene, Liu Shi judged that there were about six people. I didn't walk for long, and suddenly there was a figure in front of me, motionless under the illumination of the light, and a murderous aura hit me head-on, which made people tremble from afar. Everyone immediately stopped, and took out their weapons to guard one after another, and the figure that suddenly appeared was likely to be another group of tomb robbers, who had already died, and most of the people in front of them were outlaws.
After waiting for a while, I didn't see any movement of the figure, the light here was very strong, and it was impossible for the other party not to see it. Liu Shi gave up the plan to hide his figure, and the flashlight shone on it, and shouted at the same time: "Who is in front?" ”
There was no response, Liu Shiding saw that there was something wrong with the figure in front of him, motionless like a stone, looking at him carefully, the clothes were very strange, they were worn by ancient people. Liu Shi asked everyone to wait first, he stepped forward to explore the situation, walked four or five meters, and finally saw clearly, where is the person, it is a stone statue, even the edges and corners of the face can be seen very clearly, it can be described as lifelike, and the stone statue is still wearing ancient costumes, in the case of not seeing the truth, the end instinct can be real.
It was not a tomb robber, Han Wei and a few people immediately stepped forward, and behind the stone statue was a stone wall, which was actually the end. This is strange, there are so many traces of activity in the passage, where did the people go? Have you already left? But Sun Hui and Huang Wenwei want to see people and corpses when they die, and it is impossible to disappear out of thin air. Maybe there is a mechanism nearby that can lead to the depths of the ancient tomb, but now there are only two burial chambers, and the real main tomb must be hidden in the depths.
When I came to the stone statue, I looked carefully, and there was a scabbard on the waist of the stone statue, but the knife didn't know where it went, and it looked like an ancient guard. Lao Zheng and Tuxingsun studied the clothes on the stone statue, which were indeed the official uniforms of the guards of the Song Dynasty, but for the clothing of the guards, Lao Zheng and Tuxingsun had not studied it in particular, and they could only rely on the patterns on the official uniforms to judge that they were roughly the official positions of the fifth to sixth grades. The scabbard worn around the waist of the stone statue has the royal seal of the Song Dynasty, which is a gift from the emperor, and in some sense, it is the sword of the Son of Heaven, which some prominent ministers may not be able to have.
The Song Dynasty is a very unique dynasty, and it is even more unique in the guard system, after the fall of the Song Dynasty, more than 200 people were drawn from about 150,000 Hou Shu troops to enter the guard class, and they were selected from the hundreds, all of whom were warriors. In addition, there were originally about 3,000 guards originally drawn from the elite troops across the country, among which there were only six people who could carry imperial weapons, and the six people selected from the elite 3,000 guards were the masters of the masters.
In the middle and late Song Dynasty, the armament was relaxed, and the combat power of the army dropped greatly, but the Ouchi guards were still the last elite. The Song Dynasty claimed to be 800,000 forbidden troops, and selected the most powerful 3,000 people from 800,000 people, no matter how weak the Song Dynasty was, these 3,000 people were definitely elite, and there were only six people who could wear imperial weapons, and these six people were still the top masters at that time.
There are many records about the inner guards of the Song Dynasty, and many historical materials can be consulted. It is said that in the era of Taizu, Banbang paid tribute to a tiger, and Song Taizu ordered to feed a leg of mutton, the tiger swallowed too quickly, and as a result, the sheep bone was stuck in the throat, and a guard reached into the tiger's mouth to take out the sheep bone, and he was unharmed. Another time, there was a beautiful bird on the top of the highest hall of the palace, and Taizu and Queen Ma were very fond of it, and asked who could catch it and not hurt the bird. As a result, a guard came out, climbed the wall, and captured the bird, which was really unscathed.
Li Jiqian, the leader of the Northwest Party, sent an envoy to the Song Dynasty, and Song Taizong ordered to send a one-stone six-bucket bow to the Party member, but the result was that there were 100,000 Party members, and no one could pull it away. The party envoy replied to Song Taizong: "This is not pulled by people, right?" Song Taizong signaled, and all his guards pulled a stone and six buckets of bows and arrows, and there was still strength left.
The stone statue in front of him, who can wear imperial weapons, and his identity is self-evident, and he can be used as a mausoleum guard, but I am afraid that it is really the emperor's mausoleum. No wonder just by looking at the stone statue from a distance, I feel a strong murderous aura, and you can imagine how powerful the stone statue itself will be.
Liu Shi, Tuxingsun, and Lao Zheng are all masters of finding traces, of course, Tuxingsun and Lao Zheng are only masters of ancient tombs. The three of them scattered around to search, Han Wei and Li Hua stood in front of the stone statue and quietly admired, because of the special identity of the stone statue, the two of them saw not only a dead thing, but a symbolic meaning, a kind of pride that lasted for thousands of years.
"There are gaps here." Liu Shi's voice sounded, and he looked at him, four or five places away from the stone statue, there was a gap the size of a thin line under a stone wall. The gap is too small, and thanks to Liu Shi's excellent sight, otherwise no matter how closely you look at it, you can't find it.
In fact, Liu Shi didn't notice it at first, but a few centimeters below the stone wall, the dust was blown away, and it looked a little clean compared to other places. Noticing this, Liu Shi searched back and forth, only to find the existence of the gap, and had roughly guessed that the reason why the dust was blown open was that the stone wall was a door, and it was only after it was opened not long ago that it left traces. If it had been a long time ago, the dust would have been covered again, and even the crevices would have been covered, and it would have been almost impossible to find it again.
The mechanism must be nearby, and the people who opened it could only be another group of tomb robbers or Sun Hui. Everyone scattered to search, as long as they saw or felt something strange, they all said it and analyzed it together, maybe they could find out where the mechanism was. It's just that after searching for a long time, nothing has been found, as if the stone walls of the passage are all natural, and there is no mechanism that can be opened at all.
Han Weite followed everything to find it, and for the strange place that Lao Zheng and Tuxingsun said, the whole passage, except for the stone statues, really couldn't see anything strange. Han Wei thought in his heart, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, as if the clue was right in front of him, but he didn't catch it. Han Wei immediately thought about what he had just thought, thinking of the passage, the stone wall, and the stone statue, and when the word stone statue appeared in his mind, he immediately understood what he had just thought. It's a stone statue, the only peculiar place, why can't it be the location of the mechanism?
The more it is in the open place, the easier it is to be ignored, the more Han Wei feels that the mechanism is on the stone statue, and hurriedly said: "Could it be a stone statue?" ”
After being reminded by Han Wei, Lao Zheng and Tuxingsun immediately reacted, the so-called authorities are obsessed with bystanders, but they do not see it thoroughly as Han Wei. Lao Zheng did not hesitate to put on rubber gloves and groped back and forth on the stone statue, trying to find the location of the mechanism. From top to bottom, searched back and forth several times, but did not find the location of the mechanism, Lao Zheng hesitated for a moment, lightly supported the stone wall of the stone statue with both hands, rotated to the left, the stone statue did not move, and then turned to the right, only to hear the sound of "bang", the stone statue moved.
As the stone statue turned, there was also a sound from the stone wall where the gap had been found, and the stone wall rose up little by little. It was raised by about ten centimeters, and the stone wall stopped, and with the strength of Lao Zheng alone, he could no longer make the stone statue rotate. Han Wei and Li Hua stepped forward to help, and with the strength of the three of them, the stone statue was turned ninety degrees, and the stone wall had been completely raised, revealing a small passage, which could only be passed by one person, and it could not be very fat, otherwise it would not be possible to pass at all. The passage is short, at most four meters, and at the end of the light, there is a wall, clearly built of artificial masonry.
The passage in front of you is too small to dodge if there is a trap. Although it is guessed that another group of tomb robbers opened the stone wall and entered it, now that there are no traces of the mechanism found in the passage, it should be safe. But everything is just based on speculation, something that cannot be certain, and needs to be more cautious.
Liu Shi took off the backpack, took out the rope, tied the backpack, and threw it into the small passage. The distance of four meters is very simple, the backpack reached the end of the passage, Liu Shi pulled the rope on this side, and the backpack came all the way without any movement. The weight of the backpack is also nearly twenty pounds, if there is a trap on the ground, it should have been touched, and now there is no movement, which can basically rule out the existence of a trap on the ground. Liu Shi retrieved the backpack and threw it on the stone wall again, hitting many places, except for the sound of impact, there was still no other movement. It was basically certain that there was no trap in the passage, and Liu Shi walked in the front until he walked out of the passage, and Han Wei, Lao Zheng, Tuxingsun, and Li Hua entered it one after another.
Out of the passage, everyone was stunned, where is the mausoleum in front of them, and thought that they had entered an ancient city somewhere, compared to the Forbidden City, it was not much better, it was beautiful, but the one in front of them was much smaller, it was a miniature version of the palace, roughly looking at about thirty or forty square meters, and people could not enter it.
It is not for nothing to build a palace in a mausoleum, and many emperors have done it, not to mention a palace, or even a city, the most typical is the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, how big it is, is still a mystery. The palace in the mausoleum, known as the Yin House, is usually built according to the actual proportions of the place where you lived during your lifetime, and even if you go to the underworld, you can have a place to live and continue to enjoy the glory and wealth. Like the palace in front of you, even people can't enter, which is completely unreasonable. The desert relic city that Han Wei has been to is a yin city, except that the city gate is a little short, not to mention peers in other places, even if the living space is completely enough. There is also a factory on the outskirts of Beigong, which is also a yin house, which is completely built according to reality.
The door posts of the palace are shining with gold, and they are indeed made of gold, not simply gilded, and there are various patterns on these gold pillars, all of which are landscape maps, and it is impossible to see what place is described. Not to mention other luxurious places, I am afraid that a golden pillar is worth tens of millions, this is no longer pure gold, it is a work of art, with a mysterious inheritance, the value will only rise a few floors. The person who makes such a big deal will definitely not be short of money, so what is the purpose of building a miniature version of the palace?