From the passage down, at the end of the stairs is a passage to the depths of the mountain, only by standing here can we appreciate the vastness of the project, we have long been accustomed to building ruins in the mountain, but because the excavation of the mountain is extremely difficult, so most of the ruins built in the mountain are only considered to be hidden.

However, in terms of decoration, we did not pay attention to it, even if we have seen the Vientiane Shrine, such a large and magnificent complex, except for the magnificence of the Seven Days Building inside, such as the passages and stone monuments have not been specially treated.

But here is quite different, when the field pheasant lights the fire trough for lighting, the spreading fire outlines the golden splendor of the place, even the smallest places have been carefully polished and decorated, and it is not difficult to see the scale of the dragon vein temple by the passage under our feet.

I measured the width of the passage, no more, no less, just nine meters, the number of poles was taken to support the importance of the Dragon Vein Temple, we took a few steps forward, Ye Jiuqing suddenly stood down, held the torch and stared at the ground, stepped on it a few times with his feet, and said with emotion: "I am an eye-opener, this is probably only the Dragon Vein Temple is so luxurious, the entire passage is paved with gold bricks, it seems that the Qing Taizu in order to worship Bai Gu, there is no ambiguity." ”

"Gold Bricks?!" Tian Ji's eyes lit up instantly when he heard this, he squatted on the ground and tapped his fingers a few times, we heard a crisp echo, and Tian Ji frowned: "Uncle Ye, look away, this is obviously ordinary masonry, not gold." ”

"You kid, no matter how you say it, you are also the only son of the Ying family, sooner or later the Ying family's business is yours, why do you get excited when you mention gold and silver." Ye Jiuqing said with a wry smile. "Whoever told you that gold bricks must be made of gold."

"Uncle Ye, are there any gold bricks made of gold?" Xue Xinrou was also a little curious.

I squatted on the ground and watched for a while, and I learned a lot from the general to visit the tomb before: "The bricks on the ground, also known as the imperial kiln gold bricks, are a kind of bricks used exclusively for important buildings such as palaces. ”

"Before the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were only huge rich businessmen who could use gold bricks, but later, this thing was favored by the emperor and became a special product for palace construction, during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di moved the capital to Beiping, built the Forbidden City, and was selected as the imperial brick by the Yongle Emperor, since then, this thing is worth a hundred times, and it is not rich to use casually, except for the Son of Heaven, who uses it is to cut off the head." Ye Jiuqing said.

"Now where you can see such gold bricks, there are only the Taihe Palace, the Zhonghe Hall and the Dingling Tomb, one of the Ming Tombs in the Forbidden City, a total of less than 5,000." I say.

"Isn't it just an ordinary brick, so expensive?" Bai Jin was also surprised.

Ye Jiuqing smiled and pointed to the gold bricks and said, don't underestimate these boxy bricks, when craftsmen made gold bricks, they first had to choose the soil, the soil used must be sticky but not scattered, powder but not sand, and the selected soil should be placed in the open air for a whole year to remove its soil.

Then soak the clay in water, all the processes before and after a year, after the kiln must go through strict inspection, if a batch of gold bricks, there are six pieces can not reach the sound of knocking, broken without holes, this batch of gold bricks are considered waste, to re-fire, just like that, from the soil to the gold bricks, it will take up to two years.

"No matter how long it takes, it's also a brick, which is an exaggeration to use the word gold brick." Tian Ji said.

Ye Jiuqing smiled and said nothing, squatting on the ground to wipe off the dust deposited on the gold bricks, everyone was shocked, the dark brick surface was actually illuminating, like a mirror.

"Rare is expensive, after the kiln is not a gold brick, at most it can only be regarded as jade, to make it a brilliant jade, you have to spend a lot of effort to polish carefully, but this skill has been lost." Ye Jiuqing explained unhurriedly. "The output of gold bricks is extremely low, and the laying process is cumbersome, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, a piece of masonry is worth one or two gold, so it is called gold bricks."

"Come and see here." Ye Zhiqiu said loudly in front.

After walking forward from the brick passage for a while, corpses began to appear on the ground, and all kinds of rotten fur bones could be seen everywhere, and there were some branches and rattans scattered everywhere.

Many of the bones still had dried meat on their heads and chests that had not rotted, and the further they went, the more corpses there were.

"The Dragon Vein Temple has never been opened, how can there be so many corpses?" The palace lord was taken aback.

"Looking at the clothes on these bones, they should be the craftsmen who built this place in the first place." Ye Jiuqing held the ground and inspected it for a while and said, Generally speaking, the way the temple is built is the same as the mausoleum, repaired from the inside out, and the entire project is divided into several areas, and each area has a fixed craftsman in charge.

"Why do you want to do it this way, isn't it going very slowly?" Bai Jin asked.

"But it's kept secret." I looked at the corpses on the ground and said. "After each section of the project is completed, the next section will be replaced and the construction will continue, so that the secrets of the temple will never be revealed."

"What about the craftsmen who built it before?" Tian Ji asked.

"The temple is the same as the emperor's tomb, but all the craftsmen who are selected, from the moment they come into contact with the temple, are destined to be a road of no return, as long as they enter here, they will never want to go out again." Ye Jiuqing clapped his hands and replied.

"Silence?!" The field chicken reacted.

"That's right, that's why we will repair from the inside out, and after a period of repair, we will kill a group of craftsmen, and then send in new craftsmen until the final construction is completed." I nodded.

"These people are at the entrance of the temple, they should be the last craftsmen to build it, but it's strange, it stands to reason that they will be gathered together and killed, how can they die in the passage so scattered?" Ye Jiuqing frowned.

"There are no wounds left by the sword on the corpses, it doesn't look like they were killed, and the strangest thing is that, judging from the distribution of these corpses on the ground, it seems that they are running away from something, and it stands to reason that after the temple is sealed, these people will either starve to death or suffocate to death." I looked back and forth at the corpses on the ground, puzzled. "But whether it is starvation or suffocation, before death because it is too painful, they will struggle hard, but these corpses are clearly sudden and shriveled, and the flesh and blood on their bodies are shriveled, as if they have been attacked by something."

"There's a lot more ahead!" Xue Xinrou said loudly.

The further we went, the more corpses appeared in the passage, and the palace lord returned from the front with a solemn expression: "Although we have found the temple, I'm afraid things are not as easy as we thought. ”

"What's wrong?"

Without saying a word, the palace lord beckoned us over, stopping in front of a thick stone wall, blocking the passage under our feet, and under the stone wall was a mountain of bones, and the most shocking thing was that there were clearly visible bloodstained finger marks on the stone wall, presumably these people tried to dig through the stone wall with their fingers before they died.

"Such a thick stone wall, digging with your fingers, what are these people thinking?" Tian Ji was taken aback and said.

"They are all craftsmen who built the temple, how could they not know the strength of the Broken Dragon Stone, and even then they did not hesitate to dig with their fingers, so it can be seen that they must have encountered a very critical matter at that time." Ye Jiuqing said.

"Broken Dragon Stone?" Bai looked at Ye Jiuqing. "Brother Ye, what is the origin of this broken dragon stone?"

"The broken dragon stone is generally the protective wall of the emperor's tomb or the tomb of Coats, once the tomb owner is properly buried, before the tomb is closed, the broken dragon stone will be put down." I touched the stone wall with my hand to help Ye Jiuqing explain. "The broken dragon stone weighs 10,000 catties, once it falls, the tomb door is closed, and since then the yin and yang are separated, which is used to close the temple."

"Weighing 10,000 catties?!" Tian Chicken was dumbfounded. "Good boy, such a heavy stone, these people can't lift it even if they work together, how can they be stupid and dig with their fingers?"

"The more this is explained, the more unsafe it is here, since these craftsmen know the role of the Broken Dragon Stone, they know that no matter what they do, it will not help, generally speaking, it is not uncommon for craftsmen to be buried in the ruins at the end, especially the last group of craftsmen, they know that the entrance of the temple is the most incapable of leaving a living mouth, but it stands to reason that these craftsmen should try to dig a passage outside, and try to escape by all means, but looking at the distribution of these bones, they want to escape into the temple at all costs, what did they encounter?" Ye Jiuqing was at a loss and muttered to himself.

"Dad, don't worry about these bones yet, the top priority is how to open this broken dragon stone, otherwise we won't be able to enter the temple."

"Gong Jue, it's up to you, if the Broken Dragon Stone can be put down, it will definitely be opened, there should be a mechanism nearby, you can find it." Tian Ji said.

"It's strange here, I checked the Broken Dragon Stone just now, but the strange thing is that it seems that there is no mechanism set in the Broken Dragon Stone."

"How is it possible, if not, who can open these tens of thousands of catties of boulders?" Tian Ji was dumbfounded.

"Don't think about it, it's impossible for this broken dragon stone to have an opening mechanism." I shook my head and said.

"Why?" Ye Zhiqiu asked.

"Do you think that once this broken dragon stone falls, Bai Gu still hopes that someone will open it?" I asked rhetorically.

"Of course, he is also waiting for the appearance of the Nine Dragons Boat of the Moon Palace, leaving no way, how can the people he is waiting for come in?" Ye Zhiqiu said.

"Bai Gu is waiting for the Nine Dragons Boat of the Moon Palace, he built this place for the same purpose as Ling Xuan to build the Vientiane Divine Palace, so the last part of the temple must be a huge dock, there is no need to enter through any passage at all, this broken dragon stone is to completely seal the temple, so how can Bai Gu leave the mechanism to open."

"Chao Ge is right, from the moment Bai Gu put down the Broken Dragon Stone, he didn't want anyone to find and enter the temple." Ye Jiuqing nodded and said.

"Dad, then how do we get over, you have visited many tombs, can there be a way to pass the broken dragon stone?"

"If there is a way, it is also called the Broken Dragon Stone, this stone is originally used to block yin and yang, which means that the living are not allowed to enter, if it can be opened casually, it is not a decoration." Ye Jiuqing shook his head and said.

Xue Xinrou panted and came back from the side of the passage: "I found a fork in the side of the passage, you come and take a look, it seems to be different from the layout of the temple, I guess it was excavated by these craftsmen, from the direction of the fork extension, it seems to be trying to bypass the broken dragon stone." ”