Chapter XXIII

His sword is cold, his sword is cold, his heart is cold, his blood is cold......

Hey? Why is my face cold too? "Ahem......" In a trance, a stream of cold water poured into my nostrils, choking me with a cough. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

I opened my eyes suddenly, and a swarthy fat face was squatting in front of me and smiling lewdly at me, holding an empty mineral water bottle in his hand: "This is waking up?" Jin Ye, I'm still thinking that if this trick doesn't work, let's have some hot ......"

Hot!? I struggled to sit up without saying a word, reached out to wipe off the water on my face, there was a faint pain in the back of my neck, I touched it with my hand, it seemed to be a little swollen, I damn it! That's heavy enough.

A hand reached out in front of me, and when I looked up, it was Ni Tian. "Impulsiveness doesn't solve the problem." He grabbed my hand and pulled me up, sighing.

"How long have I been unconscious?" My brain began to function again, and everything that had just happened came back to me, and I was now calm and no longer acting recklessly.

"How long? Jin Ye, I specialize in treating insomnia and dreams, and I will let you sleep until dawn. ”

I didn't change my eyes at the smug Jin, I really didn't bother to take care of him, and looked at Ni Tian.

"About ten minutes." Ni Tian looked at his watch.

"So what do we do now?" I rubbed my neck, which was still a little sore, glanced at the side of me with my teeth, raised a fat hand to make a gesture and wanted to split the gold not to change, in fact, I was somewhat grateful in my heart, although this product was heavy, the approach was a bit excessive, but it did allow me to think calmly. If it is really because of impulse, a person is lost in this tomb, I am afraid that it is very dangerous for me.

"When we passed through the robbery cave, there were three forks, and we don't know which fork they were scattered at, if we blindly went in to find it, it was likely to be in vain." Ni Tian frowned and analyzed the current situation.

I nodded, that's right, blindly going in and looking for it may indeed be in vain.

"At that time, when I encountered a fork in the road, I also chose the route based on my feelings, and as a result, we arrived at the current ear chamber, and in the current situation, the rest of the forks are likely to lead to other ear chambers." Ni Tian continued to analyze calmly and came to a conclusion: "So I think that at this moment, they should have arrived in an ear room similar to ours. ”

I thought about it for a while, Ni Tian's analysis is indeed very convincing, but the problem is, if there is really any dangerous mechanism in this ancient tomb, no one can guarantee that there will be an accident between the iron head and the pillar, these two people are in danger because of me, how can I leave them alone? Be sure to find them as soon as possible for peace of mind.

"Uncle Tian, it's impossible for me to leave them alone." There was no impatience in my tone, but a firmness.

Ni Tian turned sideways slightly and pointed to the three stone doors on the wall: "There are three stone doors here, which should lead to other different burial chambers, but ......"

"Just what?" I touched my chin, trying to keep up with Ni Tian's train of thought.

"It's just that we can't be sure which door leads to the tomb where they are, this tomb seems to be quite large, if they do the same to search for us, suppose we enter Gate A and they come here from Gate B to find us, it is likely that they will miss each other." Ni Tian pointed to one of the stone doors with one hand, and the other to the other.

"What then? Is it just here for them to find it? "Now in such a situation, waiting here is undoubtedly like waiting for a rabbit, no matter whether the iron head and the pillar will be found safely, there is a greater uneasiness in my heart, where is the fourth uncle......

Ni Tian shook his head: "It's not a way to wait here, the Taoist priest surnamed Lu and the young man named Li Zhitian are also good at fighting back." If the Iron Head and the Pillar are with the two of them, then empathize, if you are the Iron Head or the Pillar, in this dangerous ancient tomb, will you choose to disperse with the two tomb robbers and blindly look for you everywhere, or follow these two closely and meet us somewhere? ”

"Collection?" I don't understand what Ni Tian means, the pillar doesn't care, but if it is an iron head, it will never take the blind search method.

Ni Tian smiled and continued to lead my train of thought: "For the two inverted Dou'er masters, the only place in the dungeon where they will inevitably appear is ......? ”

"The main burial chamber!" I suddenly realized what Ni Tian wanted to express.

Ni Tian seemed to appreciate my reflexes: "Yes, they will definitely go to the main burial chamber, and I feel that they will even go straight to the main burial chamber, and everyone understands the principle of first come, first served." With that, a sly smile appeared on Ni Tian's face.

"Then what are you waiting for, let's go to the main burial chamber!" This method is very reliable, I believe that with my understanding of the iron head, he should also be able to think of this, after all, I am not followed by two masters of tomb robbers.

After determining the strategic goal, I couldn't help but be a little anxious, but as soon as my eyes touched the three identical stone doors, I was a little blindfolded in an instant.

"Boy, you better honestly follow Jin Ye and me to learn a little." Jin Buchang patted me on the shoulder, stammered again, and walked directly to one of the stone doors.

I looked at Ni Tian on the side in confusion: "Uncle Tian, how does he know which door leads to the main tomb?" ”

Ni Tianzhi took the trouble to explain to me: "When you were unconscious just now, I discussed it with Lao Jin. Judging from the structure of this burial chamber, there are three blank walls in the middle of the three doors, and only on the side of the exit of the cave, the three walls are blank. The design of the tomb must have his immutable principle, no matter how many ear chambers there are, the main burial chamber must be in the middle of the entire mausoleum. So at present, it seems that we should be in one of the outer ring of a group of ear chambers, so according to the circular arrangement, the only door that goes inside should be ......" Ni Tian said as he squatted on the ground and drew a circle, and then pointed to the stone door in the middle where Jin Buchang was walking.

Jin Buchang stopped in front of the stone gate, looked up and down the stone door, I was very curious, how did this little black fat man open this huge stone door without handles, so he stopped talking, just silently watched what this thing was doing.

Jin Buchang put down his travel bag, fumbled in it for a long time, took out a huge rubber suction cup with a ring handle, and then made a gesture on the door, selected the position and directly used force, sticking the suction cup to the stone door. Then I took out a small suction valve and put the valve port on the handle of the suction cup, and I realized that there was a small hole connected to the suction valve next to the annular handle of the rubber suction cup.

After Jin Buchang took a big sip, he began to pull up the suction valve vigorously, and he could clearly see that the rubber suction cup was getting flatter and flatter, and finally stuck to the stone door.

"That's it! Boy, how's it going? Jin Ye, am I handsome? Jin Buchang clapped his hands and looked at me with a smug expression.

"Why do you have to open this door like this?" It's the first time I've seen this way of opening the door, and I feel very strange, so I asked Ni Tian on the side.

Ni Tian said again: "The door in this ancient tomb has its own way in design, mostly made of extremely heavy materials such as boulders or huge bronze, and the door does not have any handles and opens outward. After the tomb owner is buried, if the door is closed, it is difficult to open it again.

This is also in the consideration of anti-theft, in the past, the inverted bucket broke the door mostly to explosives blasting, although this method is convenient, but often because the specific thickness of the door is not clear and it is difficult to grasp the weight of the explosives, if the explosives are less, the door can not be broken, if there are more, there is a danger of the tomb collapse. Later, someone invented this safer way to open the door, using the powerful suction of the confined space to install a handle on the door of the tomb themselves. ”

I listened to Ni Tian's head is Tao, and I couldn't stop nodding, I really didn't expect that robbing a tomb would have so much knowledge and skills to speak of.

At this time, Jin Buchang had already wrapped a thick hemp rope around the ring handle of the rubber suction cup, and directly threw the other end of the hemp rope to me: "Boy, it's time for you to contribute to the organization." ”

I understood what Jin did not change, so I caught the hemp rope, without saying a word, I held my breath, and then pulled the stone door with all my might. What I didn't expect was that even though I exerted all my strength and sweated on my head, the stone gate did not move at all.

"It seems that your kid's physique is not good, do you usually eat less meat, and eat more braised black donkey hooves, that thing is a big supplement." There was a ridiculous laugh from Jin Buchang on the side. I blushed for a while, but I couldn't find the words to refute it, so I could only use my strength to feed, and then try to pull the rope hard, but the stone gate was as steady as Mount Tai like a thousand pounds of stone.

"Okay, stop teasing him, hurry up and get down to business." Ni Tian smiled and helped me out of the siege, and also grabbed the hemp rope.

"Let's play." Jin Buchang gritted his teeth, and also bent down to grasp the rope, and the three of them worked together, and with a "rattle" rock friction sound, the huge stone door finally opened slowly......

With the slow opening of the stone door, a damp and cold atmosphere came from the pavement, which made people feel obviously uncomfortable. I cautiously shone a flashlight into it, it was a long dark corridor, not too large, almost enough for two or three people to go together. The top of the stone walls on both sides is carved with some strange patterns, which looks a little quaint and old.

Looking forward again, it was already pitch black beyond the scope of the strong flashlight, and I just wanted to walk in and see it more clearly, but I was pressed on the shoulder by Jin Buchang's big hand: "Boy, you don't want to die?" I looked back in surprise and looked at Jin Buchang for some reason.

Jin Buchang was obviously quite depressed, sighed, and pulled me behind him: "Boy, if you are a chick, just stay honest, don't bother Jin Ye and I will be unlucky with you." ”

I can't figure it out, don't I just want to get closer and see it better? Why don't you die? Kim didn't change or ignore me, and began to rummage through something in his bag.

"There will be some anti-theft mechanisms in this ancient tomb, and the larger the ancient tomb, the more dangerous the mechanism will be. If it is in the tomb, the space is slightly sufficient, and if it is encountered, it is relatively easy to escape, but it can be in this narrow corridor...... Then you have to be very careful. ”

A sinister mechanism? My heart was cold, it seemed that the transaction of robbing the tomb was indeed not as simple as I thought at the beginning, and I thought of the creepy copper thorn ball and poppy, and then I was a little curious, why we didn't meet the terrible copper thorn ball: "Uncle Tian, why did you say we didn't meet the copper ......" Before the words could be spoken, Ni Tian stopped him with a finger and motioned me to look at Jin Buchang.

I wondered a little and didn't let me ask? This doesn't look like Ni Tian's style, huh? But he didn't say more, turned his head and looked at Jin Buchang, at this time he had finished looking for things, and put the travel bag behind his back, but there was an extra three-finger thick stainless steel black short stick in his hand, the strange thing is that the end of this short stick has a fist-sized, inky black stainless steel dragon head, at a glance, it looks a little like a hammer.

Jin Buchang saw me looking at me, and bared his teeth again, his expression, anyone can see it, clearly written "learn to point" three big words.

I was in no mood to argue with him at this time, just carefully observed, and saw that he threw the short stick in his hand forward, and the short stick instantly stretched out layer by layer, more than three meters, and then he poked the end of the short stick's dragon head to the ground like a blind man, and carefully began to knock on the ground in the corridor in rows, and the big butt was really ridiculous and funny.

Ni Tian stretched out three fingers and explained to me: "In this ancient tomb, the common mechanisms are usually divided into three categories: one is the pit and the ground stab, the second is the bow and crossbow sword, and the third is the boulder and giant pile.

The so-called pit thorns are to dig a pit on the road in advance, fill the pit with thorns, and then cover it with a layer of wooden planks. Although the surface of the plank is no different from the ground, it is actually very thin, and either it will collapse immediately when it is affected by gravity, or a pulley-like mechanism is set underneath, similar to a seesaw, and it will tilt when it is heavy, and the middle person will definitely die if he falls into the pit full of thorns.

Bows and crossbows are usually hidden on the walls of this tomb with spring-loaded crossbow arrows or spear swords, triggered by a stone slab on the ground, as long as they are weighted, they will shoot from both walls, and the middle arrow pierces the heart.

As for this boulder pile, it can be said to be the most dangerous one, if the mechanism is triggered, the boulder or giant pile hidden on the top of the tomb will fall, smashing the victim into a meatloaf. ”

Ni Tian said it easily, but it was not so easy for me to listen to it, beads of sweat were faintly oozing from my forehead, and I couldn't help but sweat again for the iron head and the pillar.

"However, most of the mechanisms are triggered by the ground, so as long as you master the Tao in it, it is not difficult to crack." Ni Tian pointed to Jin Buchang, who was bending down to explore the ground: "Lao Jin's trick, called Bamboo Dragon Detective, is a kind of inverted dou'er trick that was passed down from the Northern Wei Dynasty to touch Jin's captain. Take ten years old bamboo two meters, put it in a small place, burn a small fire to dry, after three years the bamboo is as hard as copper, the bamboo tip is embedded in the stone carving faucet, enter the bucket to explore the ground with the faucet, can keep safe, so it is named.

Actually, to put it simply, it is to use a long hard material stick, tie a heavy object to a section, and knock on the ground you are going to walk on in advance, although it is a bit time-consuming, but it has an excellent detection effect on the mechanism on the ground. Of course, the predecessors were not developed in science and technology, and most of the people who could do this inverted bucket business were poor, and the bamboo and stone carving faucets were naturally the most suitable choices. Now, it has long since progressed with the times, and the length has changed from two meters to three meters. ”

Listening to Ni Tian's words, I looked at Jin Buchang who was pouting with a big buttocks, and I didn't feel so ridiculous and funny in my heart, and I spontaneously felt a little admiration, although there was this bamboo dragon to explore the way, but God knows what strange mechanisms are in this ancient tomb, and the person who dares to walk in the front is always the most dangerous......

Ni Tian waved his hand, "Let's go, let's follow." ”

I took a deep breath, took a firm step, and entered the corridor with Ni Tian with the golden exchange of pathfinders......