Chapter 19: The Mystery of the Endgame
"Zhu Gong, this is a mechanism, there should be no danger, it may be used to open some passage or secret room, I guess the tomb owner knows that someone will come in many years, so he uses this way to meet friends."
"I guess it's not far from ten. Since the magnet is used as a mechanism, it is definitely necessary to end the game with each piece in the corresponding position, but there are too many variables for the chess pieces, which means that there are several possibilities, which is not easy to deal with. ”
"Hehe, if the idea is similar to him, he is looking for someone who is destined, then it is natural to have close ideas, empathy, what kind of character is behind the move to attack and ignore the defense, first analyze the general idea of the layout from the chess game."
"I'll give it a try."
Looking at this, Feng Weiguo asked, "Professor Chen, I haven't found the coffin or anything yet, and I haven't found any other passages and dormitories. ”
"Hehe, first correct your mistake, the dormitory is used for the royal mausoleum in a serious sense, in addition to the royal mausoleum, it is basically the main room, the ear room and the back room; In addition, this endgame will not be the key to the main tomb, as for why I say that, I'll tell you when I get in, and I'll sell it first. ”
After saying that, Professor Chen left Feng Weiguo, who was confused, and retreated to the entrance to see the progress of their search for the cave room first.
Ma Kai pushed the ground penetrating radar and worked on the platform outside the cave, through Qin Gong's sketch, he already knew that they had completed the detection of evil spirits, and there was a space under the evil spirits on both sides that led to the corridor, and there was nothing else found on the platform.
After Professor Chen briefly communicated with Qin Gong about the findings inside, Qin Gong said: "This should be an accidental discovery, it seems that this is the right one!" ”
"It's right to go to any monument, in terms of value, all discoveries have their own particularities, and now it seems that there will be an unexpected gain here, and at the same time, I have a hunch that the identity of the owner of the tomb is not simple!"
"Why isn't it easy?"
"He is a military general who leads troops to fight, and he is a military general with outstanding wisdom!"
"How so?"
"The reliefs and chess games inside can be explained from the side."
"That's a bit far-fetched, isn't it? The relief you just said is a simple scene, and it does not necessarily represent a general. ”
"It doesn't mean that he is a general, but it is possible to think about these alliances found so far, the four elephants on the second stone gate and the relief on the guardrail, plus the chess endgame, are a bit of an allegorical meaning."
After a few more words, Professor Chen turned back to the Hades Temple, and everyone was still trying in front of the chessboard.
Feng Weiguo saw that Professor Chen didn't speak, so he took the initiative to approach and asked, "Professor Chen, since this chess game is some kind of mechanism, can you use modern technology to discover the secrets under the chessboard?" ”
"This can't, now you can scan out the structure under this chessboard, you can only know the corresponding metal position behind it, but the designer of this chess game will not only use useful positions, there will definitely be other confusing metals, this is actually a combination lock, only if you put it completely right, you can unlock this lock. If you want to violently find a secret room, it is destruction and incompetence, and the best way to excavate it is to enter it intact and dismantle it perfectly. ”
"That means you can't miss any of them?"
"Yes, it should be like that."
"Then let's see if there are any new discoveries around, let a few of them study this chess game, I think a few stone bridge guardrails should be the life of the tomb owner, see if you can analyze the temperament of the tomb owner from these."
"Okay, let's take a look."
Seeing Professor Chen and Feng Weiguo go to see the reliefs, Zhu Gong immediately followed the two of them to the small bridge in the east. Sure enough, the guardrail is still embossed, which is related to children's books; To the west, the theme style has changed abruptly, it is no longer a single form, but the whole scene, on one side of the guardrail is the competition in the martial arts ring, and on the other side is to accept the praise of everyone; To the north, on one side is the conquest, and on the other side is the old man studying the art of war.
After looking at the whole group of reliefs, Zhu Gong smiled and said, "Lao Chen, this is getting more and more interesting, we may have entered General Wu's house." ”
"Almost."
"Judging from these stone carvings, the chess game should be what they really encountered when they were arranging their troops at that time."
"If this chess game is the scene that appeared on the real battlefield at that time, then what do you think will happen to the loss at that time?"
"If you take the chess game, the losses of both sides are huge, and the loss of the tomb owner is more than that of the other side, and it is more dangerous."
"Look at these stone carvings, the tomb owner was not killed on the battlefield, which means that the chess game is not dead, if the tomb owner died in that battle, then there is no saying that the old man studied the art of war later, that is to say, the chess game can be solved, right?"
"That's exactly what I thought, the reason why I put the endgame here, in addition to being unforgettable, may also be a warning."
"Let them continue to study the chess game, they can't be in a hurry, you cooperate with Zhang Gong and see if there is any mechanism here, I will go outside and see their progress."
Outside, the exploration outside the entrance of the cave has ended, and Qin Gong and Ma Kai have extended the area of exploration to Yongdao. When Qin Gong saw Professor Chen coming, he immediately communicated what he had just discovered: "Two underground caves were found at the entrance, which are angular from the instrument, so they must be man-made; One is preliminarily judged to be used as a mechanism to ward off evil spirits, and the other is larger, so I can't see what it is used for the time being. In addition, the top of the cave is connected. ”
"How big is the bigger one? What shape is it? ”
"It's about 30 square meters, and it's vertical."
"That could be weighted or something else."
"I don't rule out this possibility, and now I have found that there is a space of nearly 70 centimeters on this cave, which extends all the way to here."
"Then it is even more certain, as long as the location of the stone gate is not over, it can basically be confirmed that it is the mechanism when the stone gate is set up."
"Well, let's take a look and see where the end of this space is."
"Okay, then you go ahead, I'm in."
Seeing Professor Chen coming back, Zhang Gong immediately shouted, "Old Chen, there is a discovery, you come here." ”
Professor Chen walked up to them unhurriedly and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"Look at the side of this stone statue, there are obvious gaps in the stone walls on both sides, that is to say, there should be a Yongdao behind him, and to Yongdao, you must take the passages on both sides of him, and now the road to Yongdao is blocked by two tall stone walls, there are nine square stones in front of him, just now I knocked on the middle piece and found that the bottom is empty."
"Haha, the floor tiles made of these nine stones are obviously different from the side, and I know that there is a meaning if I don't knock it, this is the standard 3 times 3 by 3 nine-palace diagram, it seems that the owner of this tomb is not a military strategist but also a mathematician, admire!"
"The owner of this tomb seems to be really extraordinary, the four elephants on the door plus the chess endgame and this nine-palace diagram, it seems that our IQ needs to be improved."
"This should be related to the four elephants on the door, how to solve it, I think everyone knows the answer, ask Director Feng to come and take a look." After speaking, he called Feng Weiguo over and gave a brief introduction to the discovery.
After hearing this, Feng Weiguo confirmed in surprise: "Professor Chen, do you mean that behind this statue is the passage to the tomb?" ”
"Yes, it should be, except for the royal family, this tomb is already large-scale in terms of structure."
"Oh, that means you can enter with the four elephants on the door that correspond to the nine-house chart?"
"Eight or nine is not far from ten."
"So we're going in now?" Feng Weiguo couldn't hold back his excitement and couldn't wait to say.
"Don't worry, let's go in together when everyone is present after the mystery of the outside and the endgame is solved."
"Okay, so how do you solve the puzzle on the chessboard? They've tried it many times. ”
"Can black win?"
"Out of 13 games, black won 8 games and drew 1 game."
"A tie? Draw? That's right! Lao Zhang, Lao Zhu, the relief on the bridge in the north is a battle, the other is to study the art of war, and on the chessboard is both sides are seriously damaged, are in extreme danger, if this endgame is regarded as the tomb owner's heart disease, the danger of winning and fighting the loss of the soldiers will be all over the field but regardless of victory or defeat, which is more unforgettable? ”
Zhang Gong and Zhu Gong replied without thinking: "Of course it's the latter." ”
"The final outcome of the endgame is not which side is checkmated, but no victory!"
"yes, why didn't you think of this just now!"
"Thank you for Curator Feng's hint, so let's do the assumption of a draw!"