"Let's not act rashly until the situation is clarified." Xia Jiujiu saw that Xu Wenbin wanted to step forward, so he stopped him.

"These faucets are all top-down, perpendicular to the lamp slave, in my opinion, it should be that when the ancients designed this tomb, considering the vents designed by the burning lantern, there should be no danger, right?" Lao Zhou guessed.

I remembered the fire crossbow mechanism that my grandfather told me when I was a child, and said cautiously: "It's better to be careful, I've heard of a mechanism called the Life and Death Set." It is to make the hidden organ an obvious mechanism, so that people can be vigilant at the first moment when they see it, and then deal with some flaws in this organ, and after people see through it, they will think that this organ is actually just a trick, and thus lose their vigilance. ”

Xu Wenbin laughed: "What kind of life and death set, these faucets are all vertically aimed at the ever-bright lamp, can they still breathe fire and poison?" ”

Although he said so, Xu Wenbin obviously still had a taboo, and stood in place and did not rush forward again.

Xia Jiujiu stood in front of the bronze door, reached out and took out four beads from his pocket, and threw them towards the ground.

Suddenly, the four beads bounced along four straight lines towards the depths of the tomb.

I wanted to speak out loud, but I was covered by Lao Zhou: "Shhh Don't make a sound, Miss Xia is listening to whether there is a mechanism under the slate. ”

These bouncy balls bounced farther and farther off the ground, and just when I thought they were going to disappear into the depths of the grave, they bounced back as if they had been pulled by a thread.

Xia Jiujiu stretched out his hand to take the pinball back, and said with a sigh of relief: "Be careful when you go, there should be no problem under these stone bricks." ”

Lao Zhou exclaimed: "I have long heard that there is a gold search for a dragon in the south, and a Faqiu immortal in the north to guide the way. Today, I am fortunate to have the 'stone throwing and asking for directions' of the Faqiu lineage, which is really worth the trip! ”

Xia Jiujiu said modestly: "Mr. Zhou has an overreputation, but it's just a skin, where can it be regarded as a stone throwing and asking for directions." ”

Lao Zhou waved his hand and said with a smile: "I heard that the highest realm of the Faqiu Pulse is the Nine Stones, Miss Xia can reach the Four Stones Realm at such a young age, and her future prospects are really limitless!" ”

Xia Jiujiu rarely showed a shy look: "The ancient tomb mechanism is unpredictable, and the stone-throwing technique can also be glimpsed, so you can't believe it all." ”

"I heard that in ancient times, Faqiu threw an immortal to guide the way, and a hundred balls came out together, and the gods and ghosts were scattered, but I don't know what kind of spectacular scene it is."

Xu Wenbin waved his hand to interrupt the conversation between the two: "What are the four beads and nine beads, Lao Tzu has already said that it is okay." With that, he walked in first.

We followed Xu Wenbin into the tomb, and only then did we fully see the appearance of the lamp slave under the dragon's head.

"I heard that Gu Sushen means the five divine birds, and it is not uncommon to use birds as totems, but these bird bodies are too vivid, and the human face is added to the bird's body, and there is no conflict, as if there was such a creature in ancient times." Lao Zhou looked at such a delicate faience lantern figurine and said excitedly.

I also went up to look closely at these figurines, and saw that these human-faced birds were surrounded by wings, and their bodies formed an oval cylinder, with a double-layered structure in the tank, the outer layer was water, and the inner layer was semi-solidified candle oil. The faces of the people approached the flames lightly, and the candle flame burned and scorched the beak, and every once in a while, a drop of crystal candle oil dripped from the beak and melted into the oil cup.

The body of the lamp slave is integrated with the wall, and it is clear that behind the wall, there is a large and intricate mechanism that is responsible for supplying water and grease.

"What a delicate structure! The biggest consumption of lamp oil is not combustion but heat volatilization, and the outer layer of water cools the lamp oil, which effectively solves the rise in oil temperature, and the oil dripping from the beak of this human face is probably also based on the accurately calculated amount, in order to keep the lamp oil always in a full state. Lao Zhou analyzed.

I once visited the Changming lantern unearthed in Dingling, Beijing, and the wick inside is also specially treated, which is not only extremely resistant to burning, but also keeps the wick low after vinegar bubble treatment. It's a pity that it's far from the everlasting lamps in the tombs of the five gods, if I'm not mistaken, the water in these lamp slaves should follow the lamp slaves to a place behind the tomb wall, and then continue to replenish the water in the tank through the principle of the communicator.

"The oil in this lamp should not be human oil, you see that the density of this oil is extremely high, and it has been burning for so long and has hardly decreased." Xia Jiujiu analyzed

Lao Zhou also agreed: "Yes, the corpse oil refined by people is indeed not as good as fish brain oil to resist burning." Take the candle made of whale brain oil as an example, as long as 7.78 grams of brain oil are consumed per hour, one cubic meter of brain oil can be used for nearly two thousand years. ”

Xu Wenbin pinched his chin, walked back and forth around the ever-bright lantern, and said in a deep voice: "This ever-bright lantern has a unique appearance and is so old. If you get one back, you can't say that you can sell it for four or five million. ”

"If our previous guess was correct, there should be a huge pool connected to the back of this lamp slave! You can't dismantle one of them, water and lamp oil are mixed together, and it's no wonder if you don't blow up the whole hole. Xia Jiujiu said lightly.

"I remember that a few years ago, the Southern Auction auctioned a pictogram lantern, which was only sold for 100,000 yuan, and only half of the lantern was removed, and the estimated price would not exceed 400,000!" I scratched my scalp and poured a basin of cold water on Xu Wenbin.

Xu Wenbin was hit by me and Xia Jiujiu in turn, and scratched his scalp in annoyance.

"Come and see, there's a mural here!" Just when we were discussing the value of the ever-bright lantern of the human-faced bird, Lao Zhou, who was silent on the side, suddenly shouted.

We hurriedly turned around and walked in the direction of Lao Zhou.

Sure enough, on the wall where he stood, there was a mural of an extremely large scale.

I don't know if it is because of the continuous exposure of the lantern for thousands of years, as well as the corrosion of water vapor, most of the content of the murals on them has faded and blurred, but this does not prevent us from being shocked by such a mural.

The content on the mural, the first half of which looks very desolate.

It mainly talks about the scene of the Su Shen people hunting for a good harvest.

There are good harvests and there are disasters. Hordes of beasts began to attack Cautious.

The ancient kingdom of Su Shen suffered an unprecedented shock, and there were dead people everywhere who mourned and mourned, and a large red-haired dragon beast was like a unicorn, spitting fire everywhere and killing it, and the entire Su Shen was almost wiped out.

However, in the second half of the mural, the style of painting has changed significantly, and some shamans wearing bright feathers still appear on the hunting grounds, praying for the blessing of the gods.

Immediately afterward, a flock of human-faced birds descended from the sky to help the discreet shaman drive away the drake.

At this point, the picture suddenly stops, as if it is not finished......

We reluctantly walked a little earlier, and sure enough, there was a mural again, but the back part was so corroded that we couldn't see the content clearly......

"Have you found a problem...... Xia Jiujiu said suddenly.

"What's the problem?"

"It's so clean......"

"What's so clean?" Xu Wenbin asked.

"Do you think it makes sense that this place is so damp and warm, and there isn't even a living thing?" Xia Jiujiu asked.

When she said this, I also felt that something was wrong, and then I remembered the scene where Xia Jiujiu used dragon oil to expel the Northeast Witch Gu for me in the tomb before.

Those witch Gu also seemed to have fled for their lives after encountering dragon oil......

"Listen, there seems to be a voice...... Xia Jiujiu suddenly made a gesture of silence and said in a low voice.

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