Chapter 9: The Tomb Road
Zhang Jiuping used an ordnance shovel to shovel open the soil under the stone gate to observe, with the help of flashlight, I saw that there was a deep groove under the stone gate, and the stone door was bitten into the groove, and there were deep grooves on both sides, which means that the four sides of the stone gate were bitten by the deep groove, and the stone gate could not be pushed in or out at all, which also just verified the statement of "the door of envy outside the door". Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Fetch the tool." Zhang Jiuping said to us, and I didn't know what tools he wanted.
Then he took out several iron rods and hollow steel pipes from his huge backpack, Zhang Jiuping took an iron drill and pried it on the edge of the stone trough under the stone gate, no matter how hard the stone was, it could not withstand several slams, and it cracked a little bit, and after a while, a pit was smashed out by the pangolin, but the edge of the stone gate was not seen.
"Come, go on, until the edge of the stone gate is exposed." Zhang Jiuping handed over the iron drill to Lao K, and Lao K also took it decisively, and he had the right to exercise.
Lao K pried it for a long time, and finally could see the edge of the stone gate, and the pangolin called on the side to continue, until the iron drill could advance under the stone gate a lot.
I probably understood that the pangolin wanted to use the lever principle to lift the stone door up.
Shangguan Yaxiong took out a jack, and the pangolin spliced the iron rods one by one with hollow steel pipes, and suddenly put together an extra-long iron drill.
"Let's do it together." The pangolin commanded us to go up together, "Ready, press." ”
For the first time, the four men worked together, and the stone gate did not move at all, perhaps because it was very old, dusty for thousands of years, and it was not easy to move, or maybe the stone gate was too thick and heavy.
"Forcefully, with my slogan." The pangolin said to everyone, so he shouted: "One, two, three, force." ”
"Move, move a little, go on." Shangguan Yaxiong, who was ready under the stone gate with a jack, told everyone.
So I tried again using the pangolin method, and this time the stone gate moved, and there was a sound of boulders rubbing.
"Be careful, the stone door will inevitably touch the mechanism when it opens." The pangolin reminded Shangguan Yaxiong, who was closest to Shimen, and at the same time reminded us.
"No problem." Shangguan Yaxiong confidently told the pangolin.
According to historical records, the most opportunity in this emperor's tomb should be the dark crossbow, whether the dark crossbow can still play a role after thousands of years, no one knows, I hope they have long been decayed and invalid.
"There shouldn't be a crossbow in the graveyard." I said, because according to the records and my judgment, the stone gate we opened now is the outer gate, and the inside is the real tomb, and there are many craftsmen buried alive inside, if there is a hidden crossbow, it has been touched by them more than 2,000 years ago.
I'll tell you about my analysis.
"Really?" Shangguan Yaxiong didn't know if he really asked me, so I nodded decisively.
"In that case, let's open this damn stone door as soon as possible." Pangolins don't want to waste time.
So the four of us joined forces, shouted in unison, and the stone gate was slowly pried up, all of them were swollen red from too much force, and their faces and necks were swollen red, taking this opportunity, Shangguan Yaxiong pushed and the jack was in place.
We breathed a sigh of relief, put down the stone door, and threw away the iron drill. The stone gate was extremely thick and heavy, and it would not have been possible to pry it up if it weren't for the extended crowbar and the combined efforts of the four people.
I sat down to rest, picked up the flashlight to illuminate Shangguan Yaxiong, she began to shake the jack, the jack slowly rose, and the stone door was also lifted slowly, making a grinding sound.
The light of the other people's flashlights had already shone into the tomb road, and sure enough, there were bones lying all over the place, which was shown by previous information, so everyone was not surprised, let alone frightened.
"It's top!" The jack reached the highest stroke, and Shangguan Yaxiong straightened up.
Even if there is a jack on it, the space under the stone gate is not large, so you can only lie down and crawl forward, and the five mermaids run in.
"There is a lot more style here, so it is enough to be the owner of the tomb." I made a special observation of the four walls of the tomb, all of which were made of fine clay, and they are still very strong, and there are even painted patterns on the walls, which are black.
I took a flashlight to look at the patterns on the walls of the tomb, and the more I looked, the more fascinated I became, just like looking at a pocket book in the past, with Liao Liao numbers, and they were all Qin seals.
"What's so nice about these patterns, and you can't move them out and sell them for money." Old K leaned up to me and asked.
"They're like comic strips, you look at them one by one, and with the accompanying text, they're telling a story, a story that's cruel." I whispered to Old K.
"Yes, and it's not mineral paint, it's blood." The pangolins are also looking intently at the mural.
"Blood?" I was startled and straightened up and asked the pangolin.
The pangolin nodded, glanced at the bones on the ground, and said, "Look at the story." ”
I went back to the mural story, and found that the mural author was not a single person, but a group of people, and the mural tells that they were recruited from all over the country to build the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, worked as craftsmen on the construction site for many years, lived a very difficult life, and were blocked alive in the tomb for burial when the underground palace was completed, and then they drew a picture in the tomb with blood, so that this history can be remembered by future generations.
"Qin II is brutal enough." I said that the underground palace was completed after Qin Shi Huang was buried in the underground palace, and at that time, the Qin Dynasty Empire was ruled by Qin II, that is, these craftsmen were actually buried alive by Qin II's order, in order to prevent the secrets in the underground palace from leaking out.
This tomb is more than ten meters long, and the two walls are painted with blood on the experience of the craftsmen here, and some things are recorded in the Qin seal, but their names are rare, only one person's name appears in the Qin seal, he is called "quality". The craftsman said that he began to build the imperial tomb in Lishan at the age of 17 and worked on the construction site for 30 years, during which time he never returned home.
When I look at such stories, I can't help but feel sorry for them, since the construction of the imperial tomb, their fate has been sealed, they must be buried in the ground, and disappear forever with their secrets.
The flashlight shone on the white bones on the ground, and they recorded an untold story for us. I grabbed my camera, took a few pictures, and if that wasn't enough, I took another camera and included all the stories in my camera.
The bones were messy, and we had to step over the bones of craftsmen more than 2,000 years ago, and we had to move to the side.
"If only the bones of these craftsmen could be properly buried." I can't imagine the pain they went through, and I feel sorry for these poor people.
"Don't be funny, you think you're a regular archaeological team, so there's that kung fu to take care of them." Old K reminded me.
Follow them and walk slowly, more than ten meters of tomb road to the end, blocking in front of us is another stone door, there are still reliefs on the stone door, the statue is still strange and unknown.
"This should be Zhongxianmen." The pangolin patted the stone door, apparently still heavy and unshakable.
It is recorded in the history books that "envy in the closed", so the stone in front of you is not closed from top to bottom.
"But there's no crack in the door?" Shangguan Yaxiong groped on the stone gate.
My flashlight shone all over the huge stone gate, and there was indeed no crack in the door, and the stone door was made of a single stone, densely blocking the entire tomb passage.
I shone the flashlight behind me, and the light shone on the outer envy door, and suddenly the doubts in my heart seemed to be suddenly solved and said: "The middle envy door may be the same as the outer envy door." ”
"You mean, it's also closed from the top down, and we still have to pry and hold it up with a jack?" Old K also seems to have enlightened, but he still misunderstood.
"According to historical records, this door is closed with the word 'closed', and the way to close the door is the same as that of the outer envy door, but the direction should be different." I guess and say it.
"Oh, this stone door opens either to the left or to the right." Shangguan Yaxiong was empowered and clapped his hands and shouted.
I looked back at Shangguan Yaxiong's smug smile, her usual military-like face blooming with beautiful flowers, and I nodded at her, indicating that she had guessed my thoughts.
Standing in front of the door, Yang Gang and Zhang Jiuping have been groping for the stone door, listening to our discussion, and have not spoken, at this time Zhang Jiuping felt that my guess was reasonable, so he said: "Since this is the case, let's try it and know, don't pestle, let's do it!" ”