Chapter Seventy-Seven: Into the Tomb
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The monkey continued to say triumphantly: "It will take you an hour at most to get through the corridor. If it goes well, then Ah Xue and the others will still be sleeping when we come back! Moreover, Ah Xue will not move in the past two days. Even if there is an accident, we can get it back without them knowing. ”
Oh yes! Lao Tzu suddenly realized that he was too simple, compared with these old drivers.
After the monkey finished speaking, he crouched down and checked the soil on the ground. said: "Tongzi, shovel!" ”
I was stunned, and my heart said that you, the northern faction, don't you know how to find dragons? Why do you still need to use Luoyang shovel or something?
Seeing that I didn't move, he took out a Luoyang shovel and said, "It's strange, isn't it?" Looking for the dragon point is only to determine the general location of the ancient tomb, the specific location also needs to use the Luoyang shovel, some people will change the feng shui, if you dig down like this, maybe you will fall into someone else's way! ”
It's far from the village, and we're not afraid of alarming others, so we beat the shovel down in one go. The monkey then lifted the soil, looked at it in front of him, and said, "That's right, this is the sealing of the soil!" ”
The surface has been weathered, not very clear, but the bottom has not changed much. The north has less rainfall, unlike in the south, so some things can remain unchanged for a long time.
The monkey threw me a sapper shovel that he had custom-made. The shovel was a little heavy, it seemed to be the same material as the drill bit of the stone breaker, it was very hard, and when the shovel passed, the stones were shoveled down one by one.
Screw on the handle of the aluminum alloy and we will dig.
After more than an hour of busy work, a drop-shaped cave with a depth of two meters appeared on the ground.
This kind of cave robbery was also invented by the monkeys themselves. To a large extent, the earthwork to be carried can be reduced.
The thick end of the water drop is just enough to accommodate the lower human body, and the thin side is used to hang the soil. When going up and down the cave, you don't need a rope, you can just stretch out your hands and feet, and you can move up and down inside by pressing on the thick side and the thin side on the other.
The monkeys dig underneath and I hang the earth on top. And spread the soil, I haven't done much physical work before, and I'm almost tired like a dog at this moment!
Through the miner's lamp above the monkey's head, I saw the green turn of the vault under his feet, and he tied the rope around his waist and said, "Tongzi, tie the rope to it." ”
I nodded, re-hammered the Luoyang shovel into the ground, and tied the rope tightly.
He's going to open the bricks now. This is a very critical bone joint, and it must not be messed with, if one accidentally causes the entire dome of the tomb to collapse, then he and I will be buried alive here.
The monkey stroked the bricks with his hands, as if to detect the bedding structure of the bricks. After fumbling for four or five minutes, he reached out with a glass knife and slashed around a piece of green brick, and all the lime came out.
The glass knife is made of black steel drills, very hard, hard glass is not its next meal, these lime bricks or something, cut like cutting tofu.
After taking out the lime, the monkey pried it and took out the green brick. There are two more floors below!
?? Can? In a few moments, he dismantled all the bricks, revealing a swarthy hole. This guy is indeed a professional grave robber.
A cold wind came out from below. He propped himself up on the solid earth walls on both sides, and put a torch down first. One is to see what is underneath, and the other is to test whether the quality of the air can be breathed.
The black hole below is not very clear, and only a few vague white shadows can be seen.
"This is the ear chamber!" The monkey said, "There will be frescoes on the dome of the main burial chamber. If you dig from that place, you usually destroy the frescoes. And as a conscientious tomb robber, my grandson would not do such a thing! ”
After the torch burned for a while, the monkey pulled on the gas mask and said, "You can go down!" ”
As soon as he let go of the rope, he slipped down with a thud.
I put away my gear, put on my gas mask, and slid down as well.
As soon as I was halfway there, my hand hurt a little, so I clamped the rope between my knees to relieve myself.
But I overestimated myself. The clamp was not clamped steadily, and it fell down all at once, slamming the floor.
was immediately smashed.
Damn it! If it weren't for Lao Tzu's thick skin and thick meat, I was afraid that he would have been killed by falling to death!
Shaking his head, as soon as he stood up, he was immediately taken aback!
This tomb is full of people!
Wrong! It should be called a figurine! But these figurines are too realistic!
For ease of movement, our flashlights are strapped to the top of our heads, some like miner's lamps. For the sake of convenience, I'll call it a miner's lamp for the time being.
In the shadow of the light, I saw that the monkey's face was dark.
Although it was my first time going to the ancient tomb, when I saw this scene, I also knew that these things were used for burial.
When I turned my head, I saw the strange face of the monkey again.
"Oh yes!" I couldn't help but curse, "What are you pulling your face for!" There's enough in this ancient tomb. ”
He asked me strangely, "Tongzi, do you know how these figurines are made?" ”
I patted my aching butt and said, "How do I know?" ”
He said slowly: "This is to moisten the porcelain clay and apply it to the person's body, and it should be applied tightly, leaving only a small exhaust hole on the top of the head. These people who are covered with porcelain clay are then placed in a high-temperature kiln and fired. The porcelain clay gradually hardened and became porcelain, but people were burned alive and finally turned into ashes in the porcelain figurines. The resulting gas is discharged through a small hole in the top of the head. In this way, the porcelain figurines are hollow, but its interior retains the appearance of its predecessors. At this time, as long as the gypsum milk or lime milk or something like the milk is poured through the small hole on the top of the porcelain head, it is enriched, and when the plaster is dry, the porcelain on the outside is broken, and you can get the lifelike figurines inside! These figurines are all the appearance of the deceased before their death, and they are not fake at all! ”
I looked at the figurines around me, and I couldn't help but feel a spirit, looking at the serene faces one after another, but I felt weird and inexplicable.
It's colder in the back!
The monkey sighed and said, "I saw this thing in a market with a friend before. She was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, very beautiful. The face is just like that, lifelike. It was so peaceful, as if I was asleep. When my friend found out about the origin of this thing, she couldn't help but cry on the spot. He paid a lot of money to buy it and buried it! ”
I started to feel sick. Reminds me of the people that archaeologists dug up when they excavated Pompeii.
The destruction of Pompeii was caused by the eruption of a volcano, which covered the sky with volcanic ash and hot lava. Those who didn't have time to escape were buried alive in volcanic ash or hot lava. After thousands of years, the corpse finally decomposed, leaving only an empty shell.
Then just wait for the archaeological team to arrive, pour plaster into the shells, and restore them to their pre-death appearance.
But I didn't think that there would be anyone who would be more ruthless than nature, killing countless lives in a similar way, just to make a work of art!
I really can't imagine the fear and pain of burning, suffocating, and oppressing.
I sighed, turned my head to look at the monkey, and froze for a moment.
I saw him standing in front of him blankly, his eyes staring straight at a shadow by the wall!