Chapter 13 Qing Dynasty Tombs
Early in the morning, Wei Lai got out of the tent and woke Huo Meng and Zhang Qiang out of the tent, seeing that it was already dark, except for the three of them, no one else had left the tent.
Wei Lai's face changed drastically, and he ran to the nearest tent, and from the gap in the tent, it was empty, and no one was sleeping in it at all.
"It's bad, Huo Meng Zhang Qiang, you guys go and see the situation in the other tents." Wei Lai ran to another tent again and said to Huo Meng and the others.
When all the tents were finished, Wei Lai sneered: "We were abandoned by them, and they should have entered the ancient tomb last night." ”
Wei Lai remembered the strange sound last night, and now that he thinks about it, it must have been made when Feng Jianguo and the others left.
"So what should we do, do we want to follow up?" Huo Meng had long wanted to study the mechanism design in the ancient tomb, and he didn't want to give up this opportunity.
Wei Lai said solemnly: "The burial pit can't be entered, and most of the people who go in will not be able to get out, after all, there are too many resentful souls who die tragically, and the completion can affect the minds of ordinary people, I studied last night, the burial pit of the ancient tomb belongs to the outer tomb, on the west side of the main cemetery, there is a corridor between the main cemetery and the burial pit, as long as we find this corridor, we can enter." ”
After Wei finished speaking, Zhang Qiang reminded: "If we go in like this, it will be a tomb robbery, should we call the police first?" ”
Wei Lai thought for a moment, what Zhang Qiang said was very reasonable, if a few people came alone, maybe there would be no problem, but this time it was an archaeology organized by the school, and the discovery of the ancient tomb would definitely be leaked.
"However, Director Feng and they have already entered, will it be ...... if we call the police" Zhang Qiang picked up the phone and said, mobile phones in the nineties have not yet been popularized, Zhang Qiang's family is considered wealthy, and for this field archaeology, a mobile phone for communication was specially prepared.
"They left us behind, they must want to steal some cultural relics, we can't tell if we can't get in, if the matter is exposed, they insist that we steal cultural relics, the three of us are afraid that we will be imprisoned." Wei Lai calmly analyzed, he must go to the ancient tomb, and the matter of the soul suppression nail is related to his own life.
Huo Meng said loudly: "In this way, let's find the entrance to the ancient tomb first, and if we find it, we will call the police, and say that the archaeological team members are missing, and we will go in to save people." ”
Wei Lai nodded, clapped his hands and shouted, "By the way, how did I forget Sheriff Li, he left me a phone." ”
Huo Meng's eyes brightened, and after Wei Lai and the two helped solve the murder case, Sergeant Li of the police station left a phone call for Wei Lai and wrote down the merits on the file for the two.
"Wait, I'll take a look, I've found it." Wei Lai ran to his tent and pulled out Sheriff Li's phone number.
Wei Lai was overjoyed, if he called Sergeant Li, he would be able to find the ancient tomb, which would also be a great achievement for Sergeant Li, and it would also be helpful to himself, after all, he was a policeman who had dealt with him, and Wei Lai felt good about Sergeant Li.
"Let's find the tomb corridor next, it should be in these three locations, we will dig down separately, and there will be results soon." With the observation of Yin Qi and the reaction of Liuli Pei Qingguang, Wei Lai determined the approximate location.
The soil in the mountains is hard and carries rocks and grass roots, but when shovels are shoveled, the soil is jet-black and not at all the soil in the mountains.
"It's lime, because it's been too old, it's moldy and has become its current color, and there are no insects nearby, maybe it's related to this, and it also has the effect of preventing moisture, maybe it's to protect the corridor from being eroded by seepage." Wei Lai turned out the lime with a shovel and said to Huo Meng and the two.
The appearance of lime proves Wei Lai's judgment that the corridor, together with the burial pit, belongs to the top layer of the ancient tomb and will not be buried too deeply.
"I've dug it, come here." Huo Meng shouted loudly and shoveled the soil in the pit outward, wanting to clean it up more cleanly.
Wei Lai and Zhang Qiang threw down their shovels and ran in the direction of Huo Meng, who turned out all the soil in the pit and revealed the top wall of the corridor made of green bricks.
"This is it, Huo Meng brings what he needs, Zhang Qiang lends me his mobile phone, and I call Sheriff Li." Wei Lai said excitedly, not only did he successfully find the corridor, but he could also judge that the knowledge left by the weasel was correct.
When Wei Lai put down the phone, Sheriff Li had already begun to prepare to leave, and found that the ancient tomb was a big deal, and Sheriff Li also knew that Wei Lai wanted to give credit to himself, after all, Lao Dongshan was far away from the city and did not belong to his jurisdiction at all.
Wei Lai hinted to Sheriff Li on the phone, saying that this ancient tomb was not simple, and he felt that calling him was reliable, and it was also a cooperative relationship, and as for bringing out some things from the cemetery, he needed Sheriff Li's help.
"Well, it will take a day for the police to find this place, so we left a note in the tent and explained the situation clearly, saying that we are going in to save people, and we can also get rid of the suspicion of robbing the tomb." Wei Lai felt that there was nothing missing, so he began to act.
The top floor of the corridor of the ancient tomb is made of blue bricks, and the gaps in the green bricks are filled with lime, so that no gaps can be found from the outside, and the size of the green bricks is huge, and it takes a long time to take out a piece from the whole.
Huo Meng saw such a sealed corridor, Xingzhong's curiosity was particularly strong, for him who was obsessed with mechanism design, if he could find a breakthrough in it, he would definitely be able to enhance his experience and self-confidence.
Huo Meng kept tapping on the corridor, and took out all the tools he brought, and continued to chisel down the position of the lime, wanting to get rid of the lime around the green bricks, so that one of the green bricks could be taken out.
When Huo Meng continued to study, the hammer in his hand hit one of the green bricks, and the entire corridor shook suddenly, and the silver-gray liquid overflowed upward, and soon covered the top of the entire corridor.
When there was an abnormality in the corridor, Huo Meng had already left quickly, and after seeing the silver-gray liquid appearing in the corridor, Huo Meng's face showed a look of surprise, and he said loudly: "It's mercury, it seems that I touched the mechanism, which caused the mercury underneath to overflow." ”
Wei Lai looked at the corridor, the mercury had slowly subsided at this time, and said to Huo Meng: "The original design of this mercury should have been sprayed, and it must be mixed with deadly things, due to the long time, the design inside was oxidized and damaged, which caused the mercury to slowly overflow." ”
Huo Meng looked at the corridor and said suddenly: "I'll just say why the mercury came out on its own, and then faded, it won't have any effect at all, it turns out that there is such a thing." ”
When the mercury slowly subsided, there were already many small gaps on the blue bricks that originally had no gaps, and Huo Meng took out one of the green bricks, revealing the scene inside the ancient tomb.
When all the green bricks were taken out, Huo Meng lit the branches and threw them into the ancient tomb, and when he saw that the branches were still burning, he said loudly: "There is oxygen in it, Wei Lai, I will teach you next." ”
Huo Meng's task has been completed, under the leadership of Wei Lai, the three of them all entered the ancient tomb, and when the flashlight was turned on, the entire corridor became clear.
The walls of the corridor are paved with blue bricks and evenly smeared with lime, and the surface is delicately painted, with dancing fairies, local architecture of the time, and festivals.
"If you don't guess wrong, this tomb should be an ancient tomb of the Qing Dynasty." Wei Lai deduced from the paintings on the walls.
Walking cautiously along the corridor, the soles of the feet were covered with dust, but there were no footprints that had been traveled, and several people couldn't help but fall into silence, Feng Jianguo and the others did not pass through the corridor, they must have entered the ancient tomb from the burial pit and other passages.
"That's fine, it's even more troublesome to meet them, you two follow me closely, especially Huo Meng, don't touch the things in the ancient tomb." Wei Lai divided the black talisman to the two, and then kept an eye on Liulipei, as long as there was an abnormal situation, he would remind the two to retreat.
At the end of the corridor is a stone chamber in which a bronze statue is placed, which is covered with turquoise patina, and the smell of decay permeates the entire space.
"There are corridors and footprints here, it must be Feng Jianguo and they have been here." Zhang Qiang pointed to another corridor in the stone chamber, and the light of the flashlight illuminated the footprints on the ground.
Wei Lai nodded and said, "Well, it must be like this, Huo Meng, do you see if the things in Dading are still there?" ”
In the Qing tomb, a unique stone chamber will be specially designed, and a large tripod will be placed to suppress the Quartet, the tripod is a symbol of the supreme in ancient times, and the noble person will choose the three-legged and two-eared tripod, followed by the four-legged and two-eared tripod, and then the shape of the thin foot square tripod. In these large tripods, there are often a large number of utensils and treasures as a symbol of luxury.
Huo Meng was tall, and he could see the situation inside when he clicked his feet, and when Huo Meng shone the flashlight into Dading, he revealed a hideous and miserable white face, and looked at himself with wide eyes at this time.
"Ghost ...... Hell. Huo Meng's head was instantly clouded, and he fell to the ground in panic, his legs trembling involuntarily.
"What's wrong?" Wei Lai was startled by Huo Meng's movements, and stepped forward to help Huo Meng.
Huo Meng's legs trembled, he looked at the inside of Dading in horror, and calmed down a little: "There are dead bodies inside, with their eyes open, and they look very hideous. ”
Wei Lai smiled: "Don't lie to people, this is an ancient tomb of the Qing Dynasty, even if there is a corpse, it has been weathered into dry bones, how can it have a hideous face?" ”
Huo Meng shook his head violently and said in a low voice: "I can't be mistaken, it is indeed a dead corpse, and it seems very familiar when I think about it now." ”
Wei Lai saw that Huo Meng didn't look like he was lying, if there was really a dead body, he didn't dare to look inside, so he simply pulled Zhang Qiang to climb up to Dading and looked inside.
When the light of the flashlight faded, revealing the situation inside, a corpse curled up inside, with a pale and hideous face, a hole in the back of the head, and a large amount of blood flowing, but the eyes were closed.
"It's Li Yutao, he came in with Feng Jianguo and others." Zhang Qiang saw the face of the dead body and confirmed it loudly.
Wei Lai was suspicious, looked at Huo Meng solemnly, and said suspiciously: "Mengzi, are you sure that the dead body just now had its eyes open?" ”
Huo Meng was still scared at this time, and said, "When ...... Of course, and the eyes were wide open, as if very unwilling and panicked. ”
Zhang Qiang reacted, when he and Wei came to see it, the corpse was closed, but Huo Meng said that the corpse had eyes open, thinking of this, a layer of goosebumps appeared on Zhang Qiang's body, and he felt that the whole ancient tomb was weird, and the darkness was full of fear.
"What's wrong?" Huo Meng asked suspiciously.
"Nothing, just to confirm." Wei Lai shook his head and motioned to Zhang Qiang not to say it, Huo Meng was timid, if he told him, he might faint in fright.
When Wei Lai approached Dading again, the glazed pendant on his chest emitted a cyan light, and this light continued to brighten, and a cold aura filled the entire stone room, making people's bodies tremble.