Chapter 62: Serial Flap
When the old ghost heard my urging, he also said impatiently: "Rush a fart, it's almost here!" ”
It occurred to me that the old ghost didn't know Arabic either, so I asked him, "You don't know Arabic, how do you know it's an insect repellent?" ”
The old ghost proudly said, "Observe! ”
"Observation?" I asked. \. (23) (wx).\
"While you were asleep, I was still talking about the Forbidden City. I talked about it for a long time, and you all fell asleep. , Lao Tzu wasted half a day of talking. I'm so angry! I can't get angry, so let's sleep. However, as soon as he lay down, he saw a scorpion. ”
Qian Cheng and I listened intently.
The old ghost continued, "But I found it interesting that the scorpion went around me and went straight to you. When I walked towards you, they ran away as if they had seen death. Later, I realized that it was the box. In the end, I figured out that it was this bottle of water! ”
It turns out that this is the case, so to speak, the old ghost's "chattering" problem inadvertently saved our lives! As soon as he wanted to praise him, he heard the old ghost say, "It's over, I'm lost!" ”
Qian Cheng and I heard the old ghost say this, and our heads became big at once. I was already lost enough, but now I'm lost again, it's really a bolt from the blue, and the snow is even worse!
At this moment, I saw that the old ghost in front of him was slanted again, and he almost fell. In desperation, I pulled him back. If you look closely, the stone slab under your feet is actually moving! I couldn't help but scold in my heart:, this old Ah San (the Egyptian pharaoh) is really yin! Everywhere is a pit. It's a trap.
"It's not just a trap!" Qian Cheng said: "In my judgment, it should be a serial flipper." Everyone, hurry back! ”
We hurriedly retreated according to Qian Cheng's words, and when our feet were solid, I asked, "Serial flipper?" ”
"Well, the chain flap is a very old kind of tomb mechanism. In other words, it is a kind of hidden weapon of the mausoleum mechanism.
That is, dig a pit about 3 meters deep in the mausoleum road, the length and width depend on the specific situation of the tomb road, and the knife and cone sharp weapon of about 10 cm are distributed under the pit. The upper layer of the pit is covered with several planks, with a shaft in the middle of the plank, and a small object of the same weight attached to it. It is in the shape of a balance scale. There is a cover on the board.
If a grave robber steps on a plank, one end of the board sinks, and the man falls on the cone of the sword in the pit.
The chain flap is a trap set up in the cemetery, and a knife cone with a length of about 10 cm is distributed under the pit. The upper layer of the pit is covered with several planks. There is a shaft in the middle of the plank. A small object of the same weight is subfixed. It is in the shape of a balance scale with a mask on the board.
If a grave robber steps on a plank, one end of the board flips upside down. A person will fall into the pit with a sharp blade that will penetrate the chest and internal organs of the grave robber, and the probability of crawling out alive is almost zero. ”
When the old ghost heard Qian Cheng say this, he scolded: "Fuck his three or eight ancestors, it's really bad enough!" ”
Qian Cheng continued: "The structure of the chain flap of the anti-theft tomb is extremely complicated, first dig a super large pit in the tomb road, and the pit is filled with large iron awls. The upper layer of the pit is covered with several wooden planks, with a shaft in the middle, and a small stone of the same weight underneath, in the shape of a scale, and the camouflage is concealed on the board. But this thing is useless, because it is very easy to crack, and you can detect the distance of the pit by smashing a large rock. The planks were erected.
During the period of the Republic of China, when the peasants in Qingzhou, Shandong Province were cultivating the fields, they found a large mound in Yunmen Mountain, and the flap with a shaft was found in the cemetery, and there was a pit under the board, and the pit was densely covered with sharp blades.
At that time, there was a lot of water in the pit, and when the water was drained, it was found that the skeletons of two people were lying on their backs and lying in the sharp blades, with shovels, hammers, ropes and other tools around them, apparently carried by tomb robbers. However, the tomb was still excavated, and there were few artifacts left in the tomb.
The cleaners found that there were two wooden ladders connected under the chain flap, and the wooden ladders had decayed, but the shape could still be seen, which was undoubtedly a solution that the tomb robbers later came up with. As long as the wooden ladder is put into the tomb road, and the tomb robbers enter along the ladder, it is like walking on the ground, and a flap and a trap and a sharp blade are all in vain and useless.
From this point of view, the battle of wisdom between tomb robbers and anti-tomb robbers is really amazing.
Mechanism art is the representative of ancient Chinese scientific and technological civilization, whether it is in production, life, military or even a place where it is needed, it can be seen. The use of mechanical power, skillfully controlling things, and achieving magical results, is the contribution of the ancients to the world. And this contribution comes from their profound observation and reflection on nature. That's why the trick is so profound.
The custom of thick burial has a long history in China, and the princes and princes of the past dynasties did not hesitate to spend manpower and financial resources to build a mausoleum and underground palace. In order to prevent their tombs from being invaded by tomb robbers, the ancients set up various defense mechanisms in the tombs to try to prevent tomb robbers from entering. When the gravediggers creep into the dungeon, they will not only have to deal with priceless treasures, but they will also have to watch out for traps that they can't guard against.
Common mausoleum mechanisms include: bows, crossbows, chain flaps, mercury, etc.
'The law starts from the technique, and the opportunity is born from the heart. Among the various mechanical devices, the mechanism can be called the most important part, it is small and secretive, but it "moves the whole body", controls the movement trend of the whole, and is the supreme embodiment of human wisdom and creative power. When modern people use a rational eye to look at the tricks of the ancients' lives full of whimsical ideas, they are not only looking for the mechanism itself, but also discovering the thoughts of the ancients behind the mechanism.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Lu Ban was engaged in the invention of great construction and tools, and also invented a kind of "wooden kite" that can fly in the sky.
In the minds of the Chinese, Zhuge Liang is the embodiment of wisdom, and this martial marquis, who is skilled in internal affairs and strategy, has also left many mysteries in history, one of which is his manufacturing skills.
The official history of the Three Kingdoms. Shu Zhi. The Biography of Zhuge Liang commented: "Brightness is longer than ingenuity, profit and loss crossbows, wooden oxen and horses, all out of their minds." Deduction of the art of war, making eight formations, salty and worthy of the clouds. ”
It can be boldly speculated that Kong Ming's mechanical techniques were probably inherited from Mozi and Luban during the Warring States Period, and improved them to become a breathtaking ancient technology.
Zhuge Liang was an expert in mechanical engineering, and his wife, Huang, was also an inventor, and folklore has an interesting story. (To be continued......)