Chapter 12: It's Over
The distance illuminated by the flashlight is only four or five meters, and there are arrows stuck in both walls within this distance, which means that for the time being, only this distance is safe, and the way forward is unknown. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Leave it alone, let's go through this section and talk about it!" Old K rested enough, got up, and broke directly into the tomb.
"Be careful...... I couldn't stop shouting, Lao K was already standing in the graveyard and beckoning to us.
"Don't be afraid of death, don't go to the grave if you're afraid of death." Old K stood in the tomb and not only beckoned to us, but also kept jumping there, sure enough, it was safe, no matter how Old K jumped, the two walls had been quiet, and no dark crossbow could be shot again.
"Huh." Yang Gang couldn't help but laugh when he saw Lao K jumping and jumping like a monkey, and at the same time laughed at everyone's success, even if there is a dark crossbow in front, it will work according to this method.
Five flashlights were shining on the wall, and at least nearly a thousand arrows were inserted on each side of the two walls.
"The crossbow can be fired in bursts." Zhang Jiuping said that Fang Cai's speed was too fast, and he didn't pay attention to the firing process of the dark crossbow, and according to common sense, it was inferred that nearly a thousand crossbows could not be hidden in such a small area within a wall, and the only possibility was that the dark crossbow could be fired in bursts.
Everyone nodded, I was even more surprised, it was someone who guessed that during the Qin Dynasty, the crossbow machine could be used to achieve continuous fire, but it was only today that it was insightful, I didn't expect that China had this kind of automatic weapon more than 2,000 years ago, and it was a cold weapon, which showed its great lethality, and it was dominant in the struggle for hegemony at that time.
Old K pulled out one from the wall, held it in his hand, looked at it, and said, "Why is it so light, it doesn't look like it's cast in bronze." ”
I also pulled out one and held it in my hand, the whole arrow is made of bronze, gilded throughout, the arrow is triangular, the flow line is very good, the shaft of the arrow is similar to the size of the general pen, it really does not look heavy. I looked at both ends and found that there was a circle of copper embroidery on the shaft and the arrow, and there was also a circle of the same patina at the end of the arrow.
At this point, everyone else drew their arrows and studied.
I made a discovery, flicked the arrow shaft with my finger, and sure enough, there was an ethereal sound, which meant that the arrow shaft was empty, and I tried to separate the arrow shaft from the position of a circle of patina, but I tried for a long time but did not succeed, probably because it was too long, and it was rusted in the middle.
I had a Swiss Army knife in my backpack, I took the Swiss Army Knife, and with the help of tools, I finally separated the shaft of the arrow from the arrow, the shaft of the arrow is really hollow, but there is no trace of splicing, just like the barrel of a modern manufactured gun, it is hollowed out from a cast solid copper rod, the shaft of the arrow is so light, and the arrow is heavy.
When everyone saw the shaft of the arrow in my hand, they all understood it at once.
"This kind of manufacturing process is not easy to manufacture with the help of modern mechanical tools, and there are so many arrow shafts, the process cannot be reached, and accuracy cannot be achieved, and for more than 2,000 years, there are no modern mechanical tools, how do they do it, it is possible for genius craftsmen to make one or two pieces, but so much, it is unimaginable." The pangolin that took the hollow shaft from my hand was also amazed.
"We're not curious, okay, we're not engaged in research, we're robbing tombs, we're doing money." Old K said something I didn't want to hear at this time, and I didn't bother to be poor with him, so I just glanced at him.
Everyone threw away the arrows in their hands and shot the flashlight into the depths of the tomb, with the previous speculation, they did not dare to take another step forward easily after walking these few meters of the tomb, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Let's try it." Pangolin said.
So the five of them carried the extended iron chisel and carried the corpse firewood to continue to poke the ground, and sure enough, there was a reaction after the first poke, and several arrows were immediately shot from the two walls.
"Haha, go on." Old K said with a smile.
The five of them slammed the ground according to the experience of the first section of the tomb, not letting go of any position, until the two walls were quiet, and the crossbows in the walls had all fired arrows, and then they walked through this section of the tomb.
So repeatedly, we have walked through many sections of the tomb road, although it is a little more laborious, but we are walking faster and faster, and the time to solve the dark crossbow is getting shorter and shorter, and we forgot to look at the time for a while, and I don't know that Zhao Linsheng on the ground is already waiting impatiently.
"Alas, I can't carry it." Yang just began to shout tired.
Suddenly, I noticed that a light flashed behind me, and I immediately made a silent gesture to Shangguan Yaxiong on the side, and the two of us looked back at the tomb at the same time, and sure enough, there was something in the tomb.
"Shhhhh Shangguan Yaxiong whispered to everyone, and everyone looked back and saw that there was light in the tomb.
"Everyone, turn off the flashlight and squat down!" The pangolin didn't know what was going on, so he temporarily told everyone to stop their actions and wait and see what happened.
The light was getting closer, and I frowned because the light was familiar: "Isn't that the light of a flashlight?" ”
"Have we been discovered?" Yang Gang felt strange.
"No, Zhao Linsheng is guarding the entrance of the cave, and he will find a way to inform us if there is a situation." Pangolins told us.
But in fact, this operation did not prepare walkie-talkies or other communication equipment at all, and the mobile phone lost its signal as soon as it went underground, and it could not be used at all, at most it could only be used as a watch to watch the time.
"Maybe that's Zhao Linsheng." I don't know who it is, guess.
In this process, maybe everyone is thinking in their hearts that it can't be some kind of ghost, but along the way, except for the corpse bones and the dark crossbow, no one has encountered any major trouble, and no one has thought about the worst.
"Old Zhao?" The pangolin shouted.
The pangolin finished shouting, but no answer was heard, and the light shone back and forth on the two walls.
Since our flashlights were all extinguished, the light had no idea where we were, but continued to walk on, closer and closer to us.
"Zhao Linsheng?" I shouted boldly.
This time it was close, and the tomb was heard, and the thing that came heard it and immediately responded: "It's me, Zhao Linsheng." ”
After getting a clear answer, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and in an instant, five flashlights lit up and shone on the comer, and sure enough, it was Zhao Linsheng, covered in mud and appeared in the light.
"Lao Zhao, why did you come down?" At this time, the thief cave was no longer guarded, and the pangolin even had a sense of reproaching Zhao Linsheng for leaving his post without permission.
"It's almost dawn, I called you at the entrance of the cave for a long time, but no one answered, so come down and take a look." Zhao Linsheng replied innocently.
Zhao Linsheng said, everyone looked at the watch, and sure enough, the time had reached five o'clock, and the sky was about to dawn.
"What should I do?" I was a little anxious, but I found out that tomb robbing was not an ordinary sin.
The pangolin said: "Don't worry, since it's inconvenient to go out at this time, let's continue to walk." ”
After the pangolin finished speaking, he asked Zhao Linsheng: "Has the entrance of the cave been treated?" ”
"If it's covered with branches, no one will find out, and not everyone will go there." Zhao Linsheng said.
With Zhao Linsheng's words, the pangolin was a little relieved and glanced at me, and at this time it seemed that everyone agreed to the pangolin's proposal and just waited for me to join.
I don't have anything to say, and in that case, I'm also joining.
"You're not hurt, are you?" Zhao Linsheng looked at the arrows on the two walls and asked us.
Everyone shook their heads, and I said, "No, we figured out how to get in safely, so we passed safely." ”
"There's a stone gate in front of us, let's hurry up!" Zhao Linsheng's flashlight shone on the door stone not far away.
The pangolin nodded: "There are still a few sections, we are all tired, sit down and rest before we start!" ”
Everyone nodded, after all, they were really tired enough to pry and poke all night, and they hadn't rested for hours.
Sitting down on the spot, Zhao Linsheng took a big backpack he was carrying and asked us, "Hungry, eat something." ”
I looked at Lao K face to face, and didn't know that I had brought food on this trip, Zhao Linsheng continued: "This is all ordered by the pangolin, saying, once you go to the tomb, I don't know how long it will take to get out, so let me bring a few days of dry food, the entrance of the cave called you for a long time, did not agree, one is afraid that something will happen to you, and the other is afraid that you will need it, so I found it." ”
"Then stop talking nonsense, take it out quickly." Old K called.
Zhao Linsheng smiled, took something out of his backpack, compressed biscuits, dried cows, and braised eggs...... There's even a can of beer.
After a few people finished eating, they began to act, and it went smoothly, and all six of them arrived in front of the stone gate.
Arriving here, it is considered to verify the historical records, three stone gates, outside, middle, and inside. Several people came up and began to study how the stone door opened and closed.
I began to recall my dreams, in which I appeared in a stone door, surrounded by stone door grooves, like a Zhongxian door, and I couldn't tell which direction it opened and closed from.
"I don't know which direction this stone door opened and closed from." I'll tell you what I saw in my dreams.
"In that case, let's start from both sides based on our previous experience." The pangolin said to Old K, and then handed him an iron drill.
A few people stepped back and held the lamps for them, and the pangolin and the old K began to pry the door slots on both sides.
"Boundless." Old K said.
"Not here." The pangolin also said, "The only thing that might be a top-down stone gate is a one-to-one door." ”
Smooth, sure enough, I found the edge on the lower side, lengthened the iron drill, this time the six people worked together, the stone gate moved a few times, slowly rising, Shangguan Yaxiong made an empty hand, moved a jack under the door, and soon the stone door was jacked.
I leaned down and looked inside, and told everyone, "The graveyard is over!" ”