Chapter 7 Bronze Tiger Talisman
"Lao Xiao, then it's up to you, what do these symbols of cattle and sheep mean, how can this be opened?" The eagle looked at the tomb door and asked me vigorously. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The eagle's words made me a little confused, looking at these symbols, it seems that they have nothing to do with the ancient country of Yelang, which has the characteristics of the Miao people, because the culture of the Miao people is rarely recorded in writing, and is generally recorded with songs and dances, animals and plants.
I carefully observed the patterns and patterns on the door, and read them out according to them: rats into sheep, pigs and swans, dogs and water leprosy, chickens and apes, tigers and eagles, animals and months, carefully counted a total of 64 directions, and there was a concept in my mind, isn't this the 64 hexagrams of Fuxi?
As soon as I thought that it was Fuxi gossip, my mind quickly went through the trend form of gossip, and many of the symbols in it were raised, so there must be something boring.
You press the snake pattern for April, press it hard and try it. I pointed to the symbol and said to Jiang Yang.
Jiang Yang didn't understand, anyway, he didn't have to think about it so much, just glanced at me and did what I said. Walked to that position and stood on tiptoe, and pressed hard, and after a few seconds, only the sound of the mechanism inside was heard rumbling, and the tomb door began to move, creaking and slowly opening.
When I saw it, I was very happy, but I didn't expect it to be a good guess for me, I was also a halfway monk, and I wasn't too sure, just with the attitude of trying.
Jiang Yang smiled and said, "Lao Xiao has you, I thought we were going to make a hole and go in!" Seeing that the door was so easy to open, I wondered, "How can this door be opened so easily, and there is no mechanism?" This doesn't make sense! ”
The eagle touched the door and said, "If you open it, it will be opened, how big can a door be, and it has to be a big nail?" "I can't argue with the words of the eagle.
The three of them were ready to enter the tomb, turned on the flashlight, walked inside, and found that after entering, it turned out that we had just opened only a heavy door of this tomb, it seems that the tomb is of extremely high standard, there should be several heavy doors and several coffins, at this moment I feel a little up and down, but I didn't say it, I always feel that something is wrong inside!
Jiang Yang said: "Old Xiao, this tomb should be a tomb of the Han Dynasty!" ”
I glanced at Jiang Yang, and silently thought in my heart: I am worthy of being a top student of the Department of Archaeology of Peking University, and I can see at a glance that this is a tomb of the Han Dynasty, and I have not been in Peking University for a few years in vain.
I added: "That's right, this is a tomb of the Han Dynasty, although the ancient kingdom of Yelang does not have much to do with it, but according to the time when the ancient kingdom of Yelang disappeared, it was the beginning of the Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago, and it is consistent according to the time calculation." The eagle listened to me, but he was also confused, and asked me what was going on.
Jiang Yang and I laughed at each other, and then said: "There are tombstones in front of this tomb, there are tombs, there are gods in front of the tomb, you look at the surrounding of the passage There are standing stone statues of people and animals, this is the characteristic of the tomb of the Han Dynasty, but it is not the ancient country of Yelang, I don't know, it is a mysterious country, there is no detailed record information." ”
The eagle turned on his flashlight, ran to a tablet, and beckoned to us, saying, "Xiao Yao, what is written on the inscription here?"
We gathered around this tombstone, swept the tombstone up and down with the light, and found that the tablet was engraved with rows of words in seal style, and the eagle hurriedly asked me to read it.
Now I chuckled in my heart: Could this tomb have been built by the Han people, how can there be so many words? It was immediately determined that this was not the tomb of the ancient kingdom of Yelang, because the ancient kingdom of Yelang only had language and no writing. Although I read some books about the Han Dynasty seal when I was studying, especially the small seal, I thought it was too difficult to learn, too difficult to recognize, too difficult to write, so I didn't know much at all, Jiang Yang estimated that it was the same, otherwise with his character, it is estimated that he would have rushed to read it out.
I had no choice but to fight, I had to pretend to be a fan, looking up and down at the inscription by the light, and said while looking: "This seems to record a Miao big Tusi called "Wu Mozi" to raise troops, because the "bronze tiger talisman" used to transfer troops was stolen half of it, and it was impossible to transfer troops, so it led to the defeat of the army. Now with the power of the Netherworld, the whole army is ready to go, and after a thousand years, it will definitely raise troops to attack and unify the great cause. ”
I roughly translated it according to the text on the stele. In fact, there were still words in the middle that I didn't recognize, so I took a picture with my mobile phone and kept it, and smiled in my heart: After a thousand years, the great cause of unification? What is the power of the Netherworld? It's been a thousand years of dried corpses, and what a great cause is it unified.
"That's it?" Jiang Yang asked me suspiciously.
I replied, "yes, that's pretty much it!" Or you come. Jiang Yang waved his hand.
As soon as I finished speaking, the eagle said, "Who is it, we have already come in anyway, and everything will be clear as we go forward!" ”
At this time, in my mind, I suddenly made up a picture in my mind, which was about the "Bronze Tiger Talisman"! I remember that it is recorded in the history books that the tiger talisman was used to transfer troops and send generals in ancient times, how could half of it be stolen? In ancient times, the soldiers had to be mobilized with tiger talismans, so it was no wonder that he failed. What are the other words written?
After thinking for a long time, I didn't recognize it, so I was ready to continue walking inside, we walked along the tomb road, and at this time it was deep into the tomb, I once again told everyone to be careful, according to this specification, there must be a mechanism in the tomb to prevent theft, and as we walked, we came to a tomb door again.
"Oh, I'll go, this door is complicated enough, it's a double door, how many doors are there behind the fuck?" Jiang Yang said.
I thought, this time there is actually a double door, and I remembered: the two long and one short incense just now, as well as such a high-standard tomb, must be anti-theft measures are also extremely high-standard, it seems that the next road is not easy to walk, but when I think about it, he has already come anyway, so I have to rush forward.
Maybe it's because I was born in a Guigu family, and I've been studying the notes left by my ancestors, and I have a little understanding of those secret ways or something, but this is not a tomb built by our ancestors in Guigu, thinking about this, I feel a little uneasy in my heart, so I have to care about it so much, so I started to study how to open the tomb door again.
I touched the material with my hands, and found that it was bronze, and the structure on the door was a hundred times more complex than the ordinary lock, and it was recorded in the "Dragon Hunting Point Notes" that such a complex lock, if you make a wrong step, you will be attacked by a hidden weapon, and you will definitely be buried in the tomb.
Looking at the dark curtain wall around us, I always feel that there is a pair of eyes looking at us, and I suddenly feel a little crazy.
Across the middle of the door lock was a circular compass-shaped thing, and when I looked closely, there was a text engraved on it, and I wondered if it was the time of the sexagenary branch or a number, or some kind of numerical password.
The three of them looked around the tomb door for a long time, checking where the mechanism to open the door was, and the eagle was holding a Luoyang shovel or something, knocking on the door.
I shouted to them and told them not to move, maybe they would trigger the crossbow, and for a while I felt like I was out of luck.
When the eagle saw that we had been searching for a long time, but there were no tricks, he suggested, "Why don't we use explosives, how direct this method is." ”
When Jiang Yang heard this, he paused for a moment and said, "I think you are tired and crooked, you want to go to the Netherworld Mansion to be friends with the Lord of Hades, you can think of it!" I listened to what Jiang Yang said, and I couldn't help laughing at that time, leaving an eagle with a confused face.
I looked around, thinking that this door is complicated enough, but I can't go back the same way, as a descendant of the Guigu Gate, this is also a loss, just when I couldn't figure it out, Jiang Yang spoke.
Jiang Yang pointed to the ground and said, "Alas, what do you mean by these twelve big round balls placed here?" ”
I glanced at the tomb door, and there were twelve large balls on the left and right of the tomb door that caught my eye, they were made of stone, but they were polished very smooth.
I thought: Does the ugly Yin Mao on this door lock represent the twelve hours?
At this time, I think of the drum that will sound once every period of time, and in Chinese culture, any number represents a certain meaning, and it will not be put twelve big round balls here for no reason, it must have a role, so let Jiang Yang and them look around to see if there is a round hole or something!
The eagle said, "Hey, you see, there is a round hole in this place," and as soon as he heard this, he immediately rushed over, and there was a round hole in the upper left corner of the tomb door, and it was about the same diameter as the row of round balls placed next to the tomb door, could it be that this was used to open the door?
At this time, I clapped my hands and said happily: "I know how to enter this door, it turns out that this door uses the principle of gravity, put these twelve balls in that round hole, and use the effect of gravity to pull the support deadbolt behind the tomb door open, and you won't touch the mechanism!" ”
Jiang Yang was puzzled: "But it's not right, how can someone deliberately put this ball outside, isn't this deliberately letting us in?" ”
Jiang Yang's words seem to be very reasonable, isn't this waiting for others to steal? I thought maybe I was confident that this tomb was so hidden that it would be difficult to find here.
I thought about it for a while and there was no result, so I thought about trying it, and there was no other way anyway, so I had to put it in and try it first, maybe I could open the door.
After speaking, I was going to pick up the ball and put it in to try it, but although the diameter of this ball was only about 30 centimeters, it was not very large, but it was relatively slippery and round, and it was really difficult for a person to pick it up.
At this time, I was scared for a moment: what kind of mechanism is this, what should I do if I put it in?
The eagle thought of a way, took off his shirt, grabbed a corner of his coat, put the ball on his clothes, and carried it into the hole, which would be more convenient.
As soon as I heard this, I thought that the eagle's head was quite good, so I did as he did.
We put them in one by one, one after another, and when we put the last one, we only heard the sound of "duang", followed by the sound of "duang, duang, duang", I think it should be the sound of the mechanism inside activating, and we subconsciously took several steps back!
At this time, I only saw the mechanism on the door creaking and turning, and the gossip inside was also changing, with a few loud metal crashes, and the complex door lock was bounced open, but I found that the door was not opened, but the lock was opened.
The eagle looked at the door, looked at me, and asked, "What does this mean, is it open or not?"
Just as we were amazed, with a rumbling sound the door of the tomb was opened, and as soon as the door opened, a foul-smelling wind came to us from the inner door, and because we were so close that we had not had time to take precautions, we were caught off guard, and we all fell to the ground, and my heart fluttered with fright.
But Jiang Yang and I both know that this is a normal phenomenon, because the ancient tomb has not been opened for many years, the air inside will volatilize when it encounters the air pressure outside, which may be relatively strong. It was the wind that frightened the eagle all over the ground, and the ghostly screaming almost killed us both laughing.
I was overwhelmed by the joy that the door of the tomb had been opened, forgot the pain in my body, got up and patted the dust on my body, and because of the safety of the air inside, I waited for a little more than ten minutes, and waited for the carbon dioxide in the air inside to disperse almost and the oxygen was enough before we went in.
After a cup of tea, I felt that the time was almost up, and decided to go inside, Jiang Yang walked in front excitedly, and we followed closely.
In an instant, I saw the scene in front of me and shouted: "Jiang Yang, be careful ahead." ”
As soon as my words fell, Jiang Yang almost fell off the cliff in front of him, and the eagle pulled him back.
Almost another tragedy repeated, this situation is exactly the same as the situation just now when the bandits chased us, it turned out that there was only a platform almost 2 meters wide in front of us, the cliff river in front, and the stairs on the left and right, Jiang Yang only cared about looking left and right, did not care about his feet, and almost fell into the cliff river below, scared Jiang Yang into a cold sweat, thanks to the eagle's cleverness, there was no major incident.
"You kid, can you look at it, there's eighteen layers of hell down there!" The eagle touched his chest and exhaled and said, he must have been scared when he saved people just now.
"I'll go, this place is really a cheat, isn't this deliberately letting people fall?" Jiang Yang lay on the ground and complained breathlessly.
The eagle pulled up Jiang Yang, and we continued to walk, when suddenly there was a "boom", and the tomb door smashed down and closed it, which shocked us into a cold sweat.
It turned out that the eagle stepped on a raised stone on the ground, and when I saw that it was a mechanism, I stepped on the raised stone, and suddenly a row of arrows came at us, and we didn't have time to dodge and rolled down the stairs on the left, and I rolled in pain.
"I'll go, this mechanism is really fucking well designed, it's only a few steps away." The eagle said in an airy voice.
I turned on my flashlight and shone on the tomb door, and found that the tomb door was closed, and I immediately became nervous, feeling that this tomb was by no means simple, and there were mechanisms everywhere.