Chapter 228: Dense Organs
"This swallow has an extremely strange shape, and it could be the key to activating or deactivating a mechanism, so I took it with me." As soon as Moon Shadow Fuxian's words fell, the bronze swallow in his hand was already placed in the groove at the bottom of the stone wall.
The two listened quietly for a while, and there was no abnormal sound around, just when Wu Zhiyuan thought that the bronze swallow had nothing to do with the groove here, he suddenly heard a few "rattle" sounds from the groove, and the sound seemed to be that the bronze swallow rolled into a narrow pit.
The sound of "rattling" stopped suddenly, and suddenly there was a sound of "rattling" from the stone slab under his feet, because through the thick stone slab, the sound sounded very dull, but the sound was so loud that it was almost deafening in this narrow stone room. Wu Zhiyuan and Moon Shadow Fuxian couldn't help but cover their ears, and the two of them understood that the hidden mechanism in this stone wall had been triggered.
Sure enough, immediately after, the sound of the iron cable pulling sounded in the stone walls on the left and right, from front to back, from top to bottom, and it was impossible to imagine what mechanism was hidden in this stone chamber.
The sound of the iron cable pulling suddenly weakened, and a huge roar began to echo in the stone room, the sound was like thunder, and the two followed the sound, only to see that the stone wall with grooves at the bottom began to pull upward, and a gap had appeared between the bottom of the stone wall and the ground, and as the stone wall continued to rise, the gap began to widen.
"It turns out that this stone wall is a stone gate!" Wu Zhiyuan and Moon Shadow Fuxian couldn't help but marvel, although the mechanism of this stone gate looked clumsy and crude, it could still be opened after thousands of years, which also showed that the skills of the craftsmen at that time were extraordinary, even modern people may not be able to match it.
In the midst of admiration, the stone door slowly rose, and a gap appeared below that could allow the two of them to bend over. Wu Zhiyuan and Moon Shadow Fuxian glanced at each other, and the two of them bent down together and walked through the stone gate.
I thought that the other side of the stone door was also a tomb with a sarcophagus, but after the two of them stood still, they realized that this was not a tomb, and the furnishings looked like a study.
This study has a square layout, very wide, there is a long table in the north, the table is hung with a yellow background brocade table curtain, from a distance, the table curtain seems to be embroidered with a disc body golden dragon, it is magnificent. There are several silk books on the table, as if someone had read them here by candlelight.
There are four dark red stone pillars at the four corners of the study, standing against the wall, each with two people in their arms, but there is no door in the whole study, which looks ghostly.
"We should be in the main burial chamber." Wu Zhiyuan said in a deep voice.
"How so?" Moon Shadow Fuxian slowly scanned the surroundings of the tomb and asked softly.
"This study has no doors, no doors and windows, it is obviously a Yin Mansion design, you see that there is a coiled golden dragon embroidered on the table curtain in front of the desk, it may be copied according to the room where the owner of the tomb, Emperor Murong De, often moved during his lifetime." Wu Zhiyuan reasoned.
Moon Shadow Fuxian nodded, pondered for a moment and said: "Copy the room or study you lived in before your death to the tomb after death, this kind of burial custom did exist in ancient times, if you guess correctly, then this is the copy of Murong De's imperial study before his death." ”
Having said this, Moon Shadow Fuxian suddenly said "Huh", and said in a changed tone: "No, this study is not without any doors, look over there!" As he spoke, Moon Shadow Fuxian stretched out his hand and pointed.
Wu Zhiyuan looked in the direction of her slender jade hand, and saw that there seemed to be a door on the right side of the dragon chair behind the desk, and there was a bead curtain hanging on the door.
"Let's go, go over and have a look." Wu Zhiyuan gestured to the Moon Shadow Fuxian, and walked towards the desk.
The two of them were standing right in the middle of the desk steps, and to get to the desk, they had to walk through the hall in the center of the study. Wu Zhiyuan took the lead in walking towards the desk, and as soon as he landed on the ground, he felt that the stone slab under his feet sank suddenly, Wu Zhiyuan looked down and secretly screamed that it was not good, only to see a square stone slab under his feet suddenly sinking.
Wu Zhiyuan knew that he had stepped on the mechanism, and was about to retract his feet, only to hear a few sounds of "whooshing" breaking the air coming from the front and rear directions, the speed was extremely fast, and there was no need to hesitate, Wu Zhiyuan didn't know what kind of hidden weapon came from the sky, and he didn't know which way the hidden weapon went, but he was subconsciously short, and his body involuntarily fell forward to the ground.
"Whoosh!" A few sharp arrows almost shot past the back of his head, Wu Zhiyuan was secretly rejoicing, but when he fell, his hands involuntarily propped up to the ground, this time, the two stone slabs under his hands sank at the same time, Wu Zhiyuan shouted badly, and before he had time to think about it, he only heard the sound of "whoosh" breaking the air again, and he looked up with both hands on the ground, and couldn't help but be taken aback.
I saw that several sharp arrows on the opposite side were shooting towards him on the ground, the speed was shocking, Wu Zhiyuan turned over violently, rolled on the spot, and rolled to the side, and the sharp arrows that were shot close to the ground only went towards the feet of the Moon Shadow Fuxian.
Moon Shadow Fuxian was still standing at the position where she had just come out of the stone gate, she had already taken precautions, she was not in a hurry when she saw this, she jumped lightly, and easily dodged those sharp arrows, and when her feet landed, she threw the peach wood sword in her hand at Wu Zhiyuan, shouting: "Use the wooden sword to block the hidden weapon!" ”
Wu Zhiyuan reached out and grabbed the wooden sword in his hand, at this time he was lying on his back on the ground, the pressure of his body on the ground was even, so that he would not press down the stone slab to touch the mechanism, but after calming down, he found that he no longer dared to act rashly, because he saw that the roof of this study was full of small holes, and there was a silver light flashing in each hole, which seemed to be the light emitted by the arrow.
If you accidentally trigger the mechanism again, you may be able to set up a sharp arrow from the roof, and then there is really no way to avoid it.
But at this time, he was lying on his back on the ground, and if he didn't want to get up, he could only lie like this for the rest of his life, and he would be starved to death if he wasn't pierced by a sharp arrow, so he still had to find a way.
"Brother Zhiyuan, I'll help you!" Moon Shadow Fuxian clinged to the wall and walked to the soles of Wu Zhiyuan's feet, bent down and stretched out his hand to Wu Zhiyuan.
"Don't move, this study is surrounded by hidden weapon mechanisms, and if you are not careful, it will be triggered, don't worry about me for now, you take care of the surroundings first, take care of yourself." Wu Zhiyuan lay on the ground and said as he looked at the silver arrows looming on the roof.
"What then?" Moon Shadow Fuxian was clearly aware of the seriousness of the problem.
"Let me think about it." Wu Zhiyuan said, and at the same time gently turned his head to look at the desk at the north end of the study.
At a glance, Wu Zhiyuan couldn't help shouting: "There is someone under the desk!" ”