Chapter 95: The Strange Ever-Bright Lamp
I didn't care to think about anything else, the pain had eaten away at all my body and mind; If there was a mirror in front of me at this time, I think my grinning expression in pain must be very abstract, right?
Fortunately, the barbs under the pit did not carry severe poison, and Hu Qi only helped me stop the bleeding, and then wrapped my feet with drugs and bandages; It's a pity that we don't have the kind of mysterious medicine that can make people recover in a short time, and it seems that Lu Shen behind will be extremely difficult to walk. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Info After all this, I struggled to my feet, though I was still grinning in pain, and it was much better to avoid it than before.
There was only one piece of steel pipe left in my backpack, which had become my temporary crutch by this time; I stood on the edge of the collapsed pit with a look of dismay, on crutches, trying to figure out why I had fallen. Lin Zi and Hu Qi supported me on the left and right, with a gloomy expression on their faces.
After a long day of intensive research, I finally discovered the trick of the mechanism here; I don't know if it was due to the carelessness of the person who designed the mausoleum in the first place or deliberately, but he laid a thin layer of wood on top of the pit, and for my weight, stepping on the plank was not enough to cause it to break and sink into the pit.
Strangely, this plank is designed to bear far more than a person's weight; And the reason why I fell into the pit instead of Lin Zi or Hu Qi, who walked in front of me, has a lot to do with the weight of this plank.
Because Hu Qi and Lin Zi were ahead of me, they were naturally the first to step on the plank, and coincidentally, the weight of the two of them could not cause the plank under their feet to produce excessive load and break; Perhaps the plank was on the verge of breaking at that time, and I was the unlucky one; Although it was said that it was the last one to step on the plank, it was precisely because of one more me that the plank exceeded the weight it could bear for a moment, and then broke; As you can imagine, Lin Zi and Hu Qi have just walked across the other side of the plank, and I have just fallen into this evil pit!
If I remember correctly, this is the second time I've injured my foot, right? The two foot injuries are very similar In the tomb, I glanced at the "big fat feet" that were wrapped by Hu Qi layer after layer, and called in my heart that my feet were destined to be thick soil this year, and I shouldn't set foot here!
My foot hurt and my progress came to a standstill again; Although Lin Zi and Hu Qi have never said anything uncomfortable to me, a "waste man" who has been inhabited as a third-level cripple, I know in my heart that Hu Qi does not say it, but he has always been worried about Hu Laoqi's safety, which can be seen from the haze that has been buried on his face since Hu Laoqi was taken away.
In order not to delay the trip, after resting for a while, I resolutely got up first, and then motioned to Lin Zi and Hu Qi to continue moving forward. Although Lin Zi tried his best to persuade me, I still firmly refused, because since I was a child, my character determined that I was not the one who always dragged my feet. On the contrary, Hu Qi gave me a grateful look very sincerely, as if he had seen the deepest thoughts in my heart, and without speaking, he and Lin Ziyi helped me forward left and right.
In fact, according to my current injury, it is not suitable to stay in the tomb for a long time, but seeing that we have walked such a long distance, if I return to it, then it will inevitably delay Lin Zi and Hu Qi's round-trip trip. So, after weighing the pros and cons, I still chose to move on!
This tomb road doesn't seem to be very long, but luckily, we didn't encounter any major mechanisms on the way on! Under the strong light of the flashlight, I saw that the tomb road in front of me was no longer a straight line, but a corner appeared, I carefully recalled the various scenes encountered after entering the tomb, but I couldn't see what the layout of Feng Shui was talking about!
However, when we turned the corner, we found that there was not a dark tomb behind us, but caves dug out according to the stone walls, like rows of rooms in a guest house! Because of the distance, I didn't see anything in the cave.
Unlike the previous tombs, there are no murals on the stone walls here, but instead there are everlasting lamps that emit bright light! Yes, it is indeed a lit lantern. They are located on the left and right sides of each cave room, and I can't help but think of the lanterns hanging in front of every house during the Chinese New Year!
It stands to reason that after a thousand years, the everlasting light here should have been extinguished long ago; But at this time, they are still burning; The three of us couldn't help but feel a little more excited about such a strange discovery, but the first thought that came to my mind was that these lanterns were lit by the bearded ones who came before us.
It's just that this idea just popped into my head and I vetoed it; Because if they had entered the tomb from this side, then the mechanisms in the tomb should have been cracked by them a long time ago; Perhaps there is also a possibility that they knew the distribution of the mechanisms in the tomb at all, and then found another way to get here before us without triggering the mechanisms. Or maybe it was because Hu Laoqi was beaten into a beard, and they betrayed the tomb map in their hands.
After thinking about it, I found that it seems that only the fact that Hu Laoqi sold the structure of the tomb can prove to us that the lantern here was lit by the bearded people who arrived before us. I'm not convinced, but there's no other chance of that happening.
The lantern is made of stone pillars, and I saw that they were about half a meter in diameter; It was inlaid with a large basin-like oil bowl with only a thin flame inside. On the top of the stone pillars are carved all kinds of exotic beasts, including tigers, lions, eagles, and many birds and beasts that I can't name. In general, these lanterns are indeed very much in line with the style of the Tang Dynasty.
Although there is a thick layer of floating ash on the lantern, and there is no sign of it being lit recently, we still move forward step by step with extra care; The inside of the graveyard was very quiet, and I could not hear any movement except for the sound of me walking forward with a "crutch".
Lin Zi and Hu Qi also seemed to have discovered the anomaly here, and instead of that joking expression, they had a serious face; The quieter it seems before anything is discovered, the more unusual it becomes, and we have to be doubly careful about what is hidden in the shadows!