Chapter 14: The Underground Palace

Time is running out, and we have to hurry up and pry open the stone bricks.

If you want to pry stone bricks, it is naturally the best iron drill, at this time the alcohol gauze is almost burned, and the godfather picks up the iron drill and pries along the gap in the masonry.

And I didn't sit idle, picked up the shovel and drove the rats out of the hole, because the later the snake came in, the safer we were.

My idea is very good, but unfortunately the reality is very cruel, in just a few minutes, there are many snakes pouring into the cave. At this time, I didn't care about driving away the rats, so I held a shovel in both hands and stood back to back behind my godfather to help him guard him.

The serpents kept approaching, like a disciplined army, and saw one snake bite the mouse like lightning, rolled to the side and swallowed, and the other snake immediately took its place and pressed again.

The encirclement was slowly shrinking, and it was only about five or six meters away from us, and a few of the larger snakes even ignored the rats in front of them and crawled directly towards us.

I was so anxious that every meter that the snakes crawled forward was like a hammer slamming into my heart. Finally, I couldn't help but make a move, and rushed forward to smash the nearest snake with a shovel.

Before I could retract my body, a snake next to me quickly bit me, so frightened that I hurriedly blocked it with a shovel and barely dodged its attack. In just a moment, I was shocked into a cold sweat.

The godfather turned around and looked at me when he heard the movement, and said to me: "Steady, a stone brick has been pried off, you hold on for a while, and buy some more time." ”

Listening to what my godfather said, I also let it go, and directly swept around with a shovel, this trick really worked, I cut off a few snake heads at once, and the remaining half of my body kept squirming on the ground.

One or two times, I swung as hard as I could, and I don't know how many snakes died under my shovel, but there were many more snakes rushing in, and I guess the rats outside had already been eaten by them.

The circle of snakes around us became smaller and smaller, and I suddenly felt a lot of pressure, and the speed of my shovel slowed down, and I almost got bitten by the snake a few times. If you go on like this, you will have to be tired to death if you don't get bitten to death, and I secretly cry bitter in my heart.

At this time, I heard a bang behind me, and it turned out that after the godfather took off a few pieces of the stone bricks outside, he directly kicked a hole in the inner wall.

"Quick, you get in first, I'll resist here for a while." He walked up to me in two steps and grabbed the shovel. I hesitated for a moment and resolutely objected: No, you should go in first."

The godfather turned around and cut down a snake and yelled at me: "Don't be verbose, we will all die here if we delay any longer."

I turned and walked to the entrance of the cave, looked at him with mixed feelings, gritted my teeth and went in.

Entering the cave, I didn't have time to check the surroundings, reached out and dragged my godfather's hiking bag in, and then shouted at him, "Godfather, come in." ”

The godfather drove away the poisonous snakes around him a few times, ran quickly to the entrance of the cave, shrank his body, and drilled into the hole with all his might. Seeing that he came in halfway, I hurriedly grabbed his waist and dragged him in, and the two of us fell directly into a rolling gourd.

"The snake followed, and quickly found something to seal the hole." Without having time to think about it, the godfather quickly got up and said, picked up the broken bricks on the ground and threw them at the entrance of the cave. I looked around and found some terracotta figurines not far away, so I didn't think much of it, so I ran over and picked up two of them and stuffed them into the hole.

Finally the hole was blocked, and we collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath, and after glancing at each other, we laughed excitedly.

It feels so good to be out of the woods.

: Damn, it's supposed to be a flash flood that drove the rats into their holes, that's why they attract so many snakes. The godfather scolded with some fear, and after speaking, he took the headlamp and shone it around: "Qingwa, this time we are afraid that we will find the tomb of Baozi." ”

Hearing my godfather say this, I began to look around, and I couldn't help but take a breath and said, "What a deep underground palace, godfather, do you mean that this is the tomb of Baozi?" ”

"Quite possibly. History records that the Jin Dynasty once sent Taishou to Jianning, but was arrested by the Fu family and sent back. Since then, the Fu clan has been dominating the central Yunnan region in the local area. Who else but him would have such a big stroke. ”

After speaking, the godfather sighed, and said: "Sure enough, it is Nanban, although I have learned some Han culture and set up a monument, but who would have thought that the tomb was finally built in the mountains." ”

I also believed it a little at this time, secretly admired my godfather's knowledge, and then asked, "Then what happened to the dead body we just saw?" ”

"It's hard to say, but I guess I accidentally dug through it during the construction of the tomb, and it was later used as a place to abandon slaves who died while building the tomb." Godfather analyzed: "During the Western Han Dynasty, it was still a slave society, and the lives of serfs were not even as good as livestock, which was too common. ”

My eyes suddenly lit up and said, "Godfather, you said before that in order to prevent tomb robbery, the tombs of rich and noble families are generally equipped with anti-theft mechanisms, and there are even more mechanisms in tombs like this one. Now that we have entered the underground palace by mistake, isn't it much more convenient to find the seven-star lantern? ”

"You're right, but I think you should think more about how you're going to get out once you find it. After speaking, the godfather glanced at the stone wall that had just been blocked and said, "Unless you want to walk the underground river again." ”

Hearing him say this, I thought of the snakes just now, and immediately turned white, and hurriedly said: "I don't want to go back after beating me to death, let's try to find a way to get out again." ”

"Huh. The godfather laughed and said calmly: "Actually, as long as you are careful, there is nothing terrible about the mechanism." After speaking, he shone a terracotta figurine with a flashlight and stepped forward to observe.

I took a look around, and there were many such terracotta figurines, all of which were in the shape of small figures more than one meter high, and there were some chariots, horses, cattle and sheep next to them, showing the labor forms at that time in various shapes.

Godfather said: "Don't underestimate these terracotta figurines, in the eyes of archaeological experts, any one of them can be regarded as a national treasure." ”

Hearing him say this, I remembered the two terracotta figurines that I had just used to fill the hole, and I couldn't help but secretly stick out my tongue.

Beyond the group of terracotta figurines, there are many rusty swords neatly placed on a stone platform in front, and there are some war armors that can be vaguely identified on the stone shelves on both sides, and it is not difficult to see that the tomb owner was a good martial artist in his lifetime. One of the things on the shelf caught my attention the most, it was a bronze long sword, I stepped forward to pick it up and looked at it carefully, and gently wiped it a few times, and I could vaguely see the word "planing" cast on the hilt.