Chapter 164: The Phantom of the Grotto

After Kitano Ryuyin, who had been silent, concluded that this was a Yuan Dynasty mausoleum, everyone was very excited - neither in the history of tomb robbery nor in the history of archaeology, there was no record of the discovery of a Yuan Dynasty mausoleum. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoWhat kind of gold and silver treasures are hidden in this, it is worth looking forward to.

Excitement is excitement, how to get in is still a big problem that bothers everyone, considering that there are thick granite "King Kong walls" everywhere, the only place that can be broken through can only be the two stone doors in front.

They brought the tools of their horses into the house, and although they had all the things they had with them, none of them seemed to be of use.

After carefully observing the next two stone gates, everyone had to admire the ingenuity of this designer.

Although this stone gate looks rough and simple, it is actually very clumsy.

The gap between the sides and the middle of the door leaf was only half a finger's thick, and there was nothing to be seen inside. The shaft of the stone door is set in the two stone mortars below, and the door frame and base are heavy monolithic granite boulders.

There is a thin groove on the upper edge of the door and the lower sill of the door, which fits the two doors together, which means that the door can only be pushed in.

If it weren't built this way, they could have shoved the steel ropes and iron rods into the cracks in the door, and then pulled them out with the strength of the horses.

Everyone pushed the stone gate together, but the stone gate seemed to take root, and it didn't move at all.

Kitano Ryu groaned: "You don't have to try, the back may be blocked by the tap stone."

Boss Du opened his two bull's eyes and asked, "Tap stone?" What's that? ”

Mo Laosan replied first: "It is a very ingenious mechanism, when the stonemason builds the door, there will be two stone pillars or copper pillars under the door. When the burial chamber is built, when the door is closed outside, the tap stone inside is pulled up, and as soon as the two doors are closed, the tap stone will automatically 'stand up' behind it - just like the top door bar we usually use.

The size of this tap stone, the track, and the location of the installation are very testing of kung fu, and there is no difference in the slightest. The material of tap stone is also particular, if it is iron, copper, and wood, it will decay over time. But if it's made of stone...... As soon as this tap stone is erected, it can last for thousands of years, unless the entire door is smashed, otherwise Da Luo Jinxian will not be able to push it open. ”

Boss Du scolded and said: "Grass, what you said is easy, this stone gate is at least half a foot thick, and it is estimated that it will not be able to blow up without a few hundred catties of explosives......"

The young man surnamed Zhang frowned and said, "The Mongols have always been nomadic, and even if they win the Central Plains, they will not change their habits, how can they be proficient in such ingenious designs?" ”

Du Lao Er sat on the ground in annoyance: "I said that there is no chicken chop for so much, what should I do if I can't get in?" Just staring at it, can you stare it away? ”

Kitano Longyin was silent, and took out a bundle of thin steel wire from his backpack, and Mo Laosan's eyes lit up when he saw the thing in his hand.

Kitano Ryuyin slowly stretched out the bundle of steel wires, which were very flexible, and slowly formed a straight line in Ryuyin's hands, and the surface of the steel wire was shining, thinking that it was caused by frequent rubbing.

Long Yin bent one end of the wire into an arc and passed it through the gap on the side of the stone door.

The steel wire slowly slid down Long Yin's fingers into the gap, and Long Yin's thumb and forefinger pinched the steel wire, and slowly twisted it as he sent it in, carefully feeling the force coming from his hand.

Mo Laosan sighed: "This is the legendary hundred steel, finger twisting, right?" Awesome, amazing. ”

Boss Du bared his teeth and said, "What's that?" ”

Mo Laosan said: "Don't underestimate this steel wire, this is a strong thing that has been tempered for thousands of years, but in the hands of a master, it can be wrapped around the finger as soft as a ribbon." ”

Mo Laosan: "I guess, Brother Long Yin is using 100 steels to check the things behind this door." ”

Du Lao Er said: "Grass, it's the same as the truth, can this wire still grow eyes?" ”

Mo Laosan smiled and said, "Hey, don't say it, this master can estimate the size, position and shape of the obstacle from what he touches by 100 steel......

"Grass, even if you can find the location of the tap stone, can you still tear it apart with such a thin wire?"

"Hehe, there is a saying called four or two thousand catties, but how can this steel wire be put on the tap stone, I don't quite understand......"

As he spoke, Kitano Ryuyin had already pulled the wire out of the gap, pondered for a while, wrapped one end of the wire around a few curved shapes, and then gently reached into the gap again.

Mo Laosan's mouth smacked exaggeratedly: "It's amazing, this is finger wrapping, right?" If my guess is correct, after this wire is stretched in, it will be circled under the control of the Long Yin brothers, knotted into buckles, and put on the tap stone......"

Kitano Tiger Roar glanced at him dissatisfied: "You talk a lot. ”

Mo Laosan smiled awkwardly, touched his head and stopped talking.

Everyone watched with bated breath as Long Yin operated the hundred steels. The shiny wire was wrapped around his fingers so softly that everyone couldn't see the scene behind the door, so they could only wait anxiously.

Boss Du asked, "What if this tap stone is too big to move?" ”

Mo Laosan shook his head: "No, if the tap stone is too big and heavy, it will be difficult to activate the mechanism, and this tap stone can be worth a thousand catties as long as a small piece, and it cannot be destroyed from the outside." It's just that the people who designed this mechanism would never have thought that there would be a master among us who can make a hundred steels around the fingers. ”

At this moment, the hundred steels in Kitano Ryuyin's hand "clanged" and suddenly collapsed straight. Long Yin nodded to everyone, "It's on."

Kitano Tiger Roar took out two pairs of suede gloves from his pocket, handed a pair to Long Yin, the two of them put them on, grabbed one end of the wire with their front and back hands respectively, and stood up in shape.

Everyone looked at each other, and Long Yin turned around and said, "It's okay, the tap stone on the left has been removed." ”

Mo Laosan rubbed his hands, "Okay, let's push hard." ”

"Wait!"

Boss Du stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Do you understand the rules?" My brother hasn't worshiped his ancestor yet! ”

Mo Laosan awkwardly stepped aside, Du Laosan took out a scroll from his bag, unfolded it and hung it in front of the door of the tomb, the person on the portrait wore a crown, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a big beard covered half of his face. The appearance is somewhat similar to Boss Du.

Above the portrait, from left to right, are written in four large characters: "Qin Shi Huang." ”

Du Lao Er took out an incense burner from his backpack, and the three brothers pinched a stick of incense and knelt down to the portrait.......

In the world of tomb robbing, most people have their own ancestors to worship, and many people in the southern sect worship Wu Zixu, Xiang Yu, and Cao Cao, because these three people are all pioneers in the grave digging world.

Wu Zixu dug up the tomb of the former leader King Chuping and whipped the corpse 300 times.

Xiang Yu is said to have personally led people to pick up the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang (but later generations believe that this is a deliberate smear by rival Liu Bang).

Not to mention Cao Cao, who was the first to scale and militarize tomb robbing.

It is said that in order to subsidize military salaries, Prime Minister Cao Cheng set up a tomb robbery office in the army, the office director is called Faqiu Zhonglang General, and the second-in-command is called Captain Jin.

Because he dug a lot of graves during his lifetime and offended too many "people", Cao Cao was also worried that his grave would also be dug by competitors, so he specially set up seventy-two suspicious graves after his death, and no one has found his true body until now.

These three ancestors have more apprentices and grandchildren. In the northern tomb robbery world, it is also enshrined in the five immortals of Fox Daxian, Huang Daxian, Bai Daxian, Liu Daxian and Gray Daxian, which refer to foxes, weasels, hedgehogs, snakes, and rats respectively - all of them are masters of burrowing.

And the person who worships Qin Shi Huang as the ancestor is more strange.

If Cao Cao was the leader of the tomb robbery world, then Qin Shi Huang was the originator of the anti-tomb robbery world, and in order to prevent tomb robbers from patronizing, he developed composite anti-tomb robbery methods, which were emulated by later emperors and generals.

There are four main ways to use Qin's anti-tomb robbery methods:

The first move: crossbow shooting, this mechanism is usually set in front of the tomb tunnel, and is activated when the tomb passage leading to the underground palace is permanently closed. The ancient book records that "the craftsman is made a crossbow arrow, and those who come close will shoot it." "Similar are hanging swords, ground stabs, and ambush fires.

This device is mainly activated by the machine spring, and it will fail after a long time, mainly to prevent contemporary tomb robbers.

The second trick: live mouth pit killing, "all the craftsmen are closed, and there is no comeback." ”

It means that all the craftsmen involved in the construction of the mausoleum will kill people and kill their mouths, so that no one will know the secrets in the tomb. Of course, there are also a few craftsmen with a good heart, who will leave a back door for themselves to escape when building a tomb, but it is difficult to hide from the eyes of the overseer, and the probability of success is very low.

The third trick: tomb poison poisoning, with "mercury for hundreds of rivers and seas, machine infusion." ”

The fourth trick: sand burial, set up sand or stones on the top of the tomb, once the tomb robber touches the mechanism, a large amount of quicksand or stones will fall in an instant, and the invading tomb robber will encounter a catastrophe.

In addition, there is a "hole digging trick", that is, the underground palace is dug very deep, so that ordinary tomb robbers can not dig at all, and some are even dozens of meters deep underground, passing through several underground waters, which is the so-called "three springs".

There are also iron bucket tricks and so on.

And the tomb robbers worshiped Qin Shi Huang as the ancestor actually contained a good wish, hoping that the ancestor could raise his hand and put himself a yard, open his eyes and close his eyes, the mechanism should be bad or bad, hide if he can, and don't let himself be killed.

After the three Du brothers finished worshipping and packed up their things, everyone began to officially "open the tomb door".

Kitano Tiger Roar cut an arm-thick tree trunk from the outside, several people put their heads and shoulders on the door, and the others supported it with the trunk, Du Boss shouted, everyone exerted their strength together, and the heavy stone door rubbed against the ground and made a rustling sound.

This stone door may not weigh more than thousands of pounds, and everyone will use all their strength to push the door open a crack. Gradually, the gap in the middle grew larger, and the tiger roared into the trunk of the tree, and several people pulled it out together, while the others continued to head and shoulder. As soon as everyone exerted their strength, they only heard a boom, and the stone gate was suddenly stretched open with a gap more than a foot wide, enough for one person to enter sideways.

The crowd took a few steps back and looked in from the outside, only to see that it was dark inside, and they couldn't see anything clearly.

Boss Du took out a miner's lamp and lit it, put it on the ground and pushed it in, and the miner's lamp slipped a few meters in the tomb and stopped.

Mo Laosan leaned over the gap to take a look, fell to the ground with a "wow", and jumped back a few steps with a rolling belt.

"There's someone inside!"

Everyone was taken aback, and looked through the gap, and in the light and shadow of the miner's lamp, they could vaguely see a person standing there, facing them.