Chapter Thirty-Nine: Into the Spiritual Spring

"If you find something strange, you will find a way. When we rob tombs, when we see something unusual, we generally know that it is definitely not a coincidence. It's a joint, it's a mechanism. Lao Ma claimed to be a tomb robber, which made Lao Bo feel very uncomfortable now, because he knew that Lao Ma was not the old horse of the year at all, and many people in the archaeological team could prove this matter. Lao Ma just thinks that Lao Bo doesn't know, or he knows that Lao Bo knows, but he doesn't care, he just thinks Lao Bo doesn't know.

The latter is a blatant fool, which makes people even more angry.

"You don't know, when Li Shimin built this beamless hall, there is actually a story. I think it will definitely help us, the legends seem to be made up, but the person who made up this legend will always know a little bit of the truth of the matter. So, unconsciously, you will leave some clues. Dr. Liu said that after Li Shimin got the help of Grandma Yan, he promised to build 99 beamless halls here after returning from the Eastern Expedition. Who knows, Li Shimin returned from the Eastern Expedition but forgot about the help of Grandma Yan, and when they passed by Shentou again, they were blocked by a group of wasps. Li Shimin was furious, "The little pony hornet dared to block the emperor's drive." So he ordered the soldiers to disperse at once. Who knows, the little hornets gather more and more, and they actually cover the sky and the sun, bringing gusts of wind. The royal guards who drove away the hornets were all stung with blue noses and swollen eyes, and complained bitterly. Li Shimin felt that something was wrong, so he sent someone to inquire, where did he go? The magistrate told him that it was Yan Shenzhen, and Li Shimin suddenly realized that he remembered the promise he made back then. Once he broke his promise, even the little worm couldn't tolerate it. Then he prayed to the heavens, praying that the gods and Buddhas would calm their anger, and because of the busy military affairs, they forgot the promise of the year. Now immediately start sending skilled craftsmen to start building the temple on the side of the spiritual spring. Because Lingquan is located at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, the space here is limited, so only 9 beamless halls have to be built. The main hall is completed, the carved beams and paintings are painted, the gold is wrongly colored, Li Shimin personally writes "filial piety shrine", makes a golden plaque, hangs in the mountain gate.

"At that time, the mountain gate was the gate of the current Great Temple. For more than 1,000 years, the location of the spring did not change, and there were already buildings on the flood channel of the spring. In other words, these channels should have existed beforehand. Dr. Liu said.

However, Lao Bo felt that the key point emphasized by Dr. Liu was more like Li Shimin's words and untrusted, and even the hornets would not let go. When I said this, everyone felt that there was an eerie atmosphere, and everyone was like a weighing stone on top of their heads.

"Haha, no one wants to be Li Shimin, who is untrustworthy, and he wants to be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty who knows his mistakes and corrects them." Lao Ma easily brushed the scales off everyone's heads, "It seems that this flood channel was built thousands of years ago, not only to introduce the water of the spiritual spring into the Xiaonu River, but also to cover up some of the mechanisms here." ”

"I think underneath this stone is the entrance we're looking for." Lao Ma showed everyone the photos taken by Lao Bo, "This stone is granite, and the rest are big bluestone." The mountains near here are all bluestone, and it is most convenient to use local materials. But such a large piece of granite, the origin is unknown, and the shape is different from the others, the others are all long, only he is boxy. The thickness of such a large stone is unknown, but it is estimated to weigh at least 30 centimeters, so it must weigh at least three tons. If it reaches a thickness of half a meter, it will weigh almost 5 tons. Such a large stone is buried in a place where no one can see. Why do you say yes? ”

The meaning of what Lao Ma said, if you understand, you will naturally understand, and if you don't understand, it doesn't matter if you are confused. Anyway, Lao Bo understood, looking at it like that, Da Hu Erhu and Lao Gang didn't understand what Lao Ma was hinting at. In fact, it is also simple, generally large stones, mainly used as covers, buried in this place, of course, to cover a hole. As soon as I explained to everyone, those guys immediately turned red, this pink eye is really a stubborn disease of human beings, and it can't be cured.

"We're close to the treasure," Lao Gang scratched his head, as if he didn't know how to calm his excitement, "the key is how to lift such a large stone?" ”

"Lift it up?" Dahu feels that the difficulty coefficient of this work is too great, at least 3 tons, and the four of them go in, and one person carries an average of 750 kilograms? "Can't lift it!"

The old stuff is also very worried, mainly worried about the intelligence of these people.

"The key is that the crane can't drive in, if it can drive in, I'll make a phone call, call Zhang Yuanbiao, and ask him to lift this rotten stone." Dahu thought of his good friend again.

"Of course, you can't drive a crane, so let's think of other ways as soon as possible." Lao Ma suggested that everyone go first, pry it with a crowbar, it is best to measure how thick the stone is, "You can't lift it, it's better to know how deep it is buried, first move a few small stones around, and then little by little, move it to the side, so that the hole is exposed." ”

"I had an idea, we would put up a load-bearing frame in it and use a hoist to move the slabs out of the way." Sure enough, Lao Bo, who has learned machinery, is still simpler and more practical than the methods that others have come up with. "Whether you use a crowbar or a hoist, it will inevitably produce noise, and it is particularly obvious at night, so Dr. Liu has to come forward to solve it."

Doctor Liu suddenly understood Lao Bo's thoughts, he wanted to let himself get rid of the doorman, "It seems that the doorman is familiar with Liu Laoxiao, and when he looks at the construction site, he is familiar with these people." I'm no problem, I can pick up Liu Lao at any time, bring two bottles of good wine, and I guess I can get them. ”

The plan has been decided, and everyone is still acting separately, Lao Gang is responsible for lifting the gourd, Dahu and Erhu are responsible for transportation, Lao Ma is responsible for dispatching in the old house, and Dr. Liu is responsible for putting down the doorman.

After the preparation, on the 12th, they began to implement the plan. It's still 1 o'clock in the morning, Dr. Liu's side is going well, Liu Lao Zhen and the doorman are already drunk, and Dr. Liu is now fully in control of the security of the temple. Of course, there are also individual security guards, who are so lively tonight, and they also come to make up together, but they are also drunk, and now they have gone home to sober up.

The load-bearing frame was quickly erected, the big tiger and the two tigers first used a crowbar to loosen the ground, and removed two long strips of bluestone, this granite is really not ordinary, although it is half a meter thick, basically the whole stone is about 5 tons. Soon, Lao Bo and Lao Gang lifted the hoist in, this is a gourd with a pull of 8 tons, everyone first tied the four corners of the granite with iron chains, and then slowly pulled the hoist, only to see that the four brackets immediately pierced into the gaps around the stone slabs, which was hard.

Soon, a crack rose in the granite, and a dark wind blew from below, blowing on the face, and there were even the slightest water stains. Seeing the granite rising from the pit to the ground, everyone immediately stuffed three iron grinding rods under the stone, released the lifting hoist and slowly moved the granite to the side. Suddenly, a one-meter-square dark cave mouth appeared in front of everyone.

"Shouldn't it be warm underground? Why is this wind so cool? There's nothing to look at, right? Lao Gang said in horror.

"Are you stupid? This side must be connected to the cave under the spiritual spring over there, and the cold wind here is blowing from above, and if you look at this wind with water-stained snowflakes, it must be blowing from the cave mouth over there. Lao Gang slapped Lao Gang, although he was also guessing, at least it was a reasonable explanation, at least it stabilized the emotions of the big tiger and the two tigers, so that the scene would not get out of control. After listening to Lao Gang's words just now, everyone's legs trembled.

"I'll go out to the bathroom, you wait for me." The big tiger shivered and opened the thermos cup, first drank a sip of hot water, this time he and the old man went down, life and death are uncertain, can stay on it for a while, it can be regarded as buying time for himself to calm down.

When he came back, Lao Bo and the others had already measured the depth below, about 20 meters or so vertically, there was a platform, and when he got to that place, the heavy objects could not fall, and from above, there was a reflection here, as if it was a bluestone platform.

The old man said, I'll go down first, I'm light, if there is a problem, you can pull me up immediately. Lao Bo tied the rappelling rope to his body, tied the figure-eight buckle, and fell down little by little. The walls of the caves around this area are all naturally formed, and there seems to be no trace of artificial excavation.

Down to the platform, the old stuffy felt that his feet fell to the ground, he looked around, the place where the headlamp shined, in front of a huge gap, it seems that this is the place where the underground water system has been washed for thousands of years, under the division of a large bluestone, this passage is divided into two parts, one part is the exit of the spiritual spring, you can vaguely see the sky, and the other side leads to the flood channel that you come down. Lao Bo pulled the rope twice as agreed, and began to collect the rope on it. Soon the big tiger followed.

There is not much space in this place, but there is no problem with standing three or five people, it is the big bluestone that blocks the gap in front, it is too tall and smooth, it is difficult for a person to climb, just climb over, I don't know what the situation is over there, Wan has been through the underground water system, so it will be impossible to slip down. So Lao Bo didn't climb rashly, he wanted to discuss with Dahu to see if the two could work together, and go up to observe what the situation was on the other side.

Because there was no signal on the mobile phone, they did not dare to shout directly to transmit the sound, so they had to write their requirements on paper and pull them up with a rope. Lao Gang saw a note that said, "Two grinding rods, 30 meters of downhill rope".

Soon, the supplies were handed down through ropes. Lao Bo asked the big tiger to fix the rod in a large rock, tighten the expansion screws around it, and then put on the rappelling rope, and the two began to climb. Climbing to the top of the big bluestone, there was darkness in front of him, and the old man threw a stone into it, and it took a long time to hear the sound of clanging to the ground.