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I didn't know where I was, for the space I was in was dim, and the smell of damp decay came to my nose, and when I looked up, I saw the only source of light, a faint glow from something that seemed to be a gem set overhead, like the light of a firefly, not enough for me to see what was under the dome. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

The light could only dimly allow me to see the luminous body embedded in the blue dome above my head, a large patch of light, dotted with stars, like stars in the night sky, only missing a bright moon.

Not long ago, Ji Wan disappeared, and I learned to smoke, and I never left the cigarette, so at this moment I have a lighter on my body.

There was a snap, the flame on the lighter had just lit up, and in less than a tenth of a second, I saw a row of children holding knives and guns standing neatly in front of me, and I was almost frightened, and the lighter slipped out of my hand involuntarily.

There was a sound on the ground, I immediately put my hands on my face, and the small flame did not go out, but ignited other things, as if touching flammable gasoline, and suddenly lit up the objects in front of me, I was stunned, as if I had lost my soul when I saw a ghost, I turned around and ran, so there was a thick layer of dust on the person in front of me, and it was also full of cobwebs, which should be dried corpses. I ran across a stone bridge, and after only a few steps, my legs stopped listening to me, and I couldn't help but go limp, and I sat down on the ground with a fart.

The flammable material kept burning forward, and the flames rushed forward like a fiery dragon, lighting up the entire space along a strange trough.

"Necropolis Palace?" I couldn't help but exclaim, whether it was surprise or fear, even I couldn't be sure for a moment.

Looking around at the space in front of me, I couldn't see the end. And all the arrangements here, including the light on the dome, struck me again, that it was a miniature world, or a giant sand table, compared to the Window of the World.

At this time, the space I was in became brighter, I looked sideways, there was a huge and ugly evil ghost in front of me, I panicked in fright, got up and turned my head to run, bang, hit a hard and cold stone statue, and sat on the ground with my buttocks, looked up, and there was a huge stone statue, the same as the image behind, at this time I was sure that this was not a ghost, but a huge stone statue. The stone statue is at least five or six meters high, with a hideous face, there seem to be two horns on the top of its head, standing under its feet, I can't be sure whether it is horns or ears, four eyes, fangs protruding from the teeth, and some kind of fur on the body, because it is carved in stone, so I can't see what kind of animal fur it is, I can only vaguely see the appearance of the fur, holding the Ge in the left hand and the shield in the right hand.

"Is this a human or a ghost, or a god?" After knowing that the behemoth in front of me was a stone statue, I swallowed my heart, which was almost scared out of my throat, back into my stomach, and smiled with palpitations.

After laughing, I got up from the ground, patted the dust on my buttocks, looked back and forth at the same large stone statues on both sides, and made sure that the stone statues in front of me were not in danger, and my nervous and frightened heart slowly eased and returned to normal.

I am now standing on the steps of the door, there is a stone death door behind me, I can't see from the door grooves around, how the stone door opens and closes, and I can't find the news of opening the stone door, so I conclude that the stone door is the door of death, as long as it is closed, it cannot be opened, and the two scary stone statues are on both sides of the stone door, and it seems that it is the door god.

Walking down the stone steps, I began to tour this world in miniature.

Down the stone steps, there are two adjacent pools, one large and one small, the pool flows with silvery-white liquid, you can't see the bottom, there is an arch bridge with railings on both sides on the larger pool, there is a kind of artistic conception of small bridge flowing water. I cautiously walked up the stone arch bridge, looked at the liquid in the pool, imagined what the liquid would be, like mercury, and suddenly thought of the relevant report in my mind, the physical detection report of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum in Xi'an, Shaanxi, proved that there was a large amount of mercury in the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Underground Palace, which was consistent with the historical record.

According to the historical masterpiece "Historical Records" of Sima Qian, a famous historian of the Western Han Dynasty, the underground palace "takes mercury as a hundred rivers and seas".

"Could it be that this flowing is really mercury, the small pond represents the Bohai Sea, the big pond represents the Yellow Sea, and this is also the underground palace of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang?" I couldn't help but whisper in confusion, and at the same time covered my mouth and nose, mercury is poisonous, and this underground palace is full of deadly mercury vapor.

The simple arch bridge is made of stone, and after more than 2,000 years of vicissitudes, it is still strong, and I walked across the stone arch bridge safe and sound.

Coming down from the small bridge, there are rows of bronze warrior figurines holding bronze weapons, half life-size, and there is a lot of dust on their bodies, like corpses that have been standing for thousands of years. In the middle, there is an avenue that can be opened to cars and horses, leading to the palace at the other end of the underground palace. This space is definitely more than the size of a football field that some people say, and I am afraid that there are more than several football fields.

On either side of the straight stood bronze armored warriors, half the size of a life-size warrior, each armed with a weapon, either a gord or a halberd...... There were spears longer than spears, lined up in neat rows, and behind them were chariots and horses, and the soldiers on the chariots were in the shape of royal chariots, and on either side were samurai with weapons.

There are mountains and forests, lakes and rivers, and on my left hand side is a palace, and on my right hand side there are two palaces in front and back, and further on, there are three palaces lined up, and after passing through these three palaces, there is a huge palace, and the palace is surrounded by thick palace walls. These are imitations of the palaces of the Qin period, the proportion is even smaller, but it is very exquisite, vivid, a total of seven palaces, presumably representing the palace of the seven heroes of the Warring States period, the palace may have hidden many treasures.

Terracotta warriors, I have been to Xi'an to visit the Qin Terracotta Warriors, but most of them are terracotta figurines, in the same proportion as real people, and the number is much larger than this.

Behind is I walked and looked, the hundred rivers and rivers are really in it, all the rivers, lakes and seas are lined up between the mountains and the earth, all the rivers and lakes are silvery-white, the layout is basically the same as the geography of the Qin period, which is amazing.

I looked at everything in front of me in amazement, there were many flames in the underground palace, and I was breathing normally, it seemed to be different from the underground palace in the sealed depths recorded in the history books, it seemed that it was connected to the outside world, otherwise the oxygen would have been exhausted long ago.

There were a lot of treasures along the way, but I didn't have the urge to get some, so I kept walking forward, through the palace gate, towards a large hall in front of me.

The plaque of the main hall of the "Palace of Eternal Life" has been obscured by thousands of years of dust, but the three Qin seals of the "Palace of Eternal Life" can be vaguely seen from the protruding yang inscription.

The first emperor won the government, and began to build a mausoleum when he ascended the throne of the king of Qin, and at the same time hoped to live forever and sit on the country forever, but no one could disobey nature, and he finally died of illness in the sand dunes on the way to the east.

Even the miniature palace is quite large and majestic, built on a large rammed earth platform, connected by many steps, and in front of it is a huge bronze tripod, flanked by mighty bronze dragons with wings.

Walking up the stone steps, I couldn't help but think that the coffin of the First Emperor was probably parked in the Hall of Eternal Life. Thinking about it, I couldn't help but go up to the temple gate, which was open, and crossed the threshold and stepped into the temple. Although the hall has experienced more than 2,000 years, the dust is covered with everything, including the walls, but it can still be seen that the appearance can not be concealed, it can not hide its magnificence, there are no bronze warriors in the hall, all are funeral goods, bronze utensils, gold and jade gems, countless, the wooden box containing these burial goods can not withstand more than 2,000 years of time, has decayed, and the items in it are exposed.

"So many coffins!" At this time, I was amazed that there were six coffins in total, all of which were cast in bronze and the same size.

I blew the thousand-year-old dust on the coffin lid in front of me, and immediately raised it, I waved my hand, waved away the dust that blocked the view, but what I saw was not bronze, the dust on it, due to the age, there was no way to remove it by blowing, I wiped it with my hand, which revealed the true face of bronze, and there was no large area of patina.

"Six bronze coffins, doubtful coffins, will the First Emperor be in one of them?" I frowned and thought about it, the coffin of the ancient cemetery palace can not be easily opened, once opened, I will accidentally be injured by the mechanism in it, die here, stay for burial, I began to look for the inscription on the bronze coffin, if there is an inscription, it will definitely record the life deeds of the deceased in the coffin, then naturally know who is in the coffin.

In the middle of the bronze coffin, I found the inscription of the Qin seal, but unfortunately there are not many small seals that can be recognized, not to mention that this is the small seal of the Qin period, fortunately, the keywords can recognize a few, and the rest even guessed with Meng, only to know that this is just the funeral coffin of a concubine of the first emperor.

With this experience, I looked at the other five bronze coffins, all of which were the concubines of the First Emperor without exception.

"It's really brutal, and the concubine will be buried after death." I feel sorry for these concubines who were buried with me, and I believe that at that time, these concubines did not die.

On the lid of the bronze coffin, just above the inscription of the small seal, there is a concave square groove, which is a frame, there are eight patterns in the frame, I immediately know what it is, it is the pattern on the jade seal of the country written by Li Si of the first emperor, respectively, eight words "Ordered by the day of longevity and Yongchang",

As for why there is a jade seal on the bronze coffin, I can't think of this, and there is no relevant record.

There is no coffin of the First Emperor in the Hall of Eternal Life, so it must be floating in the river in the underground palace, and there is such a record in historical materials.

Walk out of the Hall of Eternal Life, stand in front of the hall, this belongs to the high place of the underground palace, you can see the scene of the entire underground palace, I am looking for mercury as a hundred rivers and rivers, and sure enough, there is a coffin floating in the sea, which is moving slowly with the flow of mercury.

I ran up to the stone arch bridge and followed the moving bronze coffin. The bronze coffin is mobile, there is almost no dust in comparison, and due to the proximity to mercury, the bronze coffin is better preserved, and even the reliefs on the side walls can be seen clearly.

I looked at the reliefs and Qin seals on the bronze coffin, and suddenly a figure head attracted me, déjà vu.

"Ji Wan." Seeing the avatar outlined by the lines, I was surprised that the avatar actually belonged to Ji Wan.

How could Ji Wan's head appear in an ancient tomb more than 2,000 years ago, and it is the underground palace of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, I am puzzled......

I was so lost in thought that I didn't even notice the rustling sound coming from behind me, until I felt something crawl up my instep, and when I looked down, it was actually a golden beetle the size of three fingers, and I immediately raised my leg and threw it off, and the insect was thrown up, and spread its wings and flew up.

When I looked up, I couldn't help but feel a chill in my back, all over the place, slowly crawling towards me, they were almost the same size, all golden, with six legs, and a pair of large inlays in front of their heads.

"What kind of monster is this?" I had no idea what these were and had never seen them.

At this moment, something appeared in my mind that should not appear at this time, such as scarabs, such as corpse turtles, they all feed on corpses.

There are more and more insects approaching me, and their space for action is getting smaller and smaller, so some insects fly up, and they form several ways up and down to attack me for a while, and my soul is almost scared, regardless of three, seven, twenty-one, turn around and run.

The question arises during the run: where is the exit? Will it touch the mechanism? Will I still be able to get out alive? Will I still be able to meet Ji Wan?

At last, I was blocked by the stone gate, and there was no way to escape, but to wait for God to arrange my fate.

Plop ...... The insects surrounded me like flies, and I could only close my eyes and shout: "Ah-" At the same time, I said in my heart, I still gave the first emperor a funeral, is it sad or honored?

Appeared on August 10, 2015 in a publication with a large circulation, and the story was abridged.

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