Chapter 4: Entering the Tomb

I finished digging into the cave and found the brick walls of the tomb, and I was about to go out to tell everyone the good news. Suddenly, I noticed that there was someone behind me, so I looked sideways, and as a result, not far behind me, I saw a white shadow, which had been fluttering five steps away from me.

Because the thief hole I am in is too narrow, whether it is running for my life or fighting, I am in a very disadvantageous state. I pulled the "Mahogany Talisman" from my collar, and then tentatively moved a few steps in the direction of the white shadow, that is, the exit of the thief cave. However, the white shadow that I was guarding against remained in place. I saw that the white figure did not react, so I had to continue to move forward slowly, slowly getting closer and closer to the white figure, and then seeing more and more clearly.

The white figure is a white thick fog, and the specific form is not clear, some like the figure of a person, and a bit like the body of an animal, floating and blocking the passage of the robbery hole. I slowly approached the white shadow and squatted down, and gently tapped the white mist with my fingers, and saw the white shadow suddenly penetrate my body and move towards the direction behind me.

At this time, I noticed that another white mist-like shadow floated in front of me, and then drifted away through my body, and in this way, dozens of white shadows passed through my body one after another, and then floated into the stone wall of the tomb behind me, and disappeared without a trace.

Based on my own senses, I realized that it was these white shadows that emitted a magnetic field that had always felt like there was someone behind me. I thought: This white shadow like a cloud of mist can have such a strong magnetic field, so that I can detect it lightly. Could it be that these white shadows are the ghosts of legend? However, when it comes to ghosts, I think that the white shadows are more like the product of fogging. However, no matter what the shadow of the white mist is, it is not threatening in any way, so there is no need to waste time digging into it. Thinking of this, I walked out with peace of mind, thinking to myself: I must quickly inform everyone that I have found the good news of the tomb.

I climbed out of the hole, and the master and they reached out and pulled me up, and I immediately said to them excitedly, "It's dug up below, and I see the tomb bricks." ”

Luo Dabeard hugged me excitedly and laughed happily, while Master took out his compass and bent his knees to get into the thief cave first, and we immediately followed. The cave was not very long, which showed that the master had positioned them accurately, and because we were so happy, our steps were also very relaxed, and in a blink of an eye, we came to the brick wall of the tomb. Master turned on the flashlight to illuminate the compass in his hand, and the needle of the compass turned wildly without stopping for a moment. Seeing the compass needle spinning around, the master had no choice but to put the compass away, put his ear on the tomb brick, and then tap the tomb brick rhythmically with his fingers.

I stood behind Master and handed him the bronze dagger, who still kept his ears listening and said to me, "The echo is crisp. ”

"The echo is crisp", indicating that the back of the tomb bricks is inlaid with iron plates or iron sheets to prevent theft, and only the emperor's tomb will use this extravagant method to prevent theft. The master inserted the bronze dagger into the crack in the stone and slid it, and in an instant, the two tomb bricks were removed, and the light of the flashlight clearly illuminated the metal behind the stone bricks.

The master continued to use the bronze dagger to disassemble the tomb bricks, and after removing a small hole, he first used the dagger to gently tap the iron piece, which was to test whether there was a compartment behind the iron piece. After the tapping, the master's expression was much lighter, and he scratched the iron piece with the tip of his knife, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, and then smiled and whispered, "The rotten embroidery is strict, and there is no oil." ”

After the master finished his observation, he turned around and said to me, "You take them out first, the closed tomb needs to be filled with fresh air, or we will be suffocated to death due to lack of oxygen." ”

When I heard Master say that I wanted to stay here alone, I was a little uneasy, so I said to him, "I don't feel at ease if you are left here alone, what if there is danger when you open the tomb?" Let me stay with you. ”

The master slashed hard at the iron plate with a bronze dagger, and then said to me, "The iron sheet is very thin and corroded, I can do it in a few clicks, and then I will go out immediately." The thief cave is cramped and inconvenient, and if you stay here, it will only cause trouble, and it won't help, so you better hurry up and take them out. ”

When I heard this, I felt justified, and immediately withdrew from the person behind me. When I got to the ground, I didn't feel at ease by the entrance of the cave and looked in. At this time, Luo Dabeard, who was beside me, took out a pack of cigarettes, took out a cigarette and handed it to me, I waved my hand and said, "I won't." ”

Luo Dabeard put the cigarette in his mouth, lit it with a smile, and said to me, "There are very few young people who can't smoke now. ”

And the effort of a cigarette passed at once, and before the master had come up, I began to pacing restlessly outside the entrance of the cave, restlessly beating my hands. The heart said: Why hasn't the master come up yet, the bronze dagger sharpens the iron like clay, and the steel bars as thick as the fingers can be cut at once, and the iron plates in the tomb have rotted and rusted, and they are completely hand-to-hand, and they can be done in a moment without much effort, how can it be that they haven't come out for so long, could it be that something is happening below?

Looking at the black thief cave, the more I thought about it, the more worried I became, so I stopped pacing and said to Luo Dabeard: "Uncle Luo, I don't have to worry about my master, I'll go down and have a look first, and you wait on it first." ”

Luo Dabeard said to me: "Virtuous nephew, be a little patient, it's only been a while, and your master won't be fine." Even if something happens, such a small thief hole, you will add chaos and help you when you go down. ”

Luo Dabeard's words are reasonable, if there is a situation that the master can't deal with, it will be useless for me to go down. Thinking of this, I had no choice but to stabilize my mind and continue to wait outside the thief cave.

Time is passing by minute and second, and the expressions on everyone's faces are gradually fluctuating, my expression is becoming more and more solemn, and Luo's beard is also gradually showing a worried look.

I couldn't wait any longer, my patience had reached the limit, I put my backpack on my back, and then said to Luo Dabeard: "Uncle Luo, there must be something wrong below, my master can't know that there are so many people waiting for him above, and he won't come up to notify him when he finishes it, his old man is not an unobtrusive person like me." ”

Luo Dabeard nodded, and then said to me, "I'm also a little worried, let's go down and have a look together." After speaking, he beckoned to his foreign teammates, pointed to the thief hole, and signaled to all the staff to go down. Although the search and rescue team has no translator and does not understand each other's languages, due to the long-term relationship, we have become more and more tacit, and we can understand each other with a gesture and a look. So, everyone bent down and walked into the thief cave, and I immediately walked in the low and narrow thief hole, feeling cramps in my thighs, but I had no time to take care of it, and my heart was full of worries. Ever since I saw that white shadow, I have always been very nostalgic in my heart. When the white figure passed through my body, it was like a cold climate, cold and gloomy, as if floating out of the underworld, and the cold was unusual. And this kind of weird thing will definitely not appear here for no reason. As I walked quickly, I thought to myself, "Master, you must not have an accident!"

In the blink of an eye, we were near the brick wall of the burial chamber at the end of the cave, where a hole as thick as a bucket had been torn apart. Moreover, the accident really happened, because there was no trace of the master at the entrance of the black tomb, and I immediately led everyone into the tomb with a nervous expression. The hole we passed through opened in the middle and bottom of the wall of a burial chamber, and when we jumped in, the light of the flashlight clearly illuminated the surroundings, and we entered the transept of a burial chamber. I saw that I was breathing well, and I knew that the air here should be fine.

The tomb system of the Tang Dynasty, usually the earthen tomb is the civilian burial chamber, the tomb of the prince and princess is the brick tomb of the front and back two chambers, and the tomb of the emperor is the front, middle and back three blue brick tombs, each room on both sides of the niche fire ear chamber, we come in the ear chamber is located in the front room of the ear chamber.

When Luo Dabeard saw the alcove in the ear chamber with an everlasting lamp with a lotus base, he lit a candle. The black anointing oil inside the lamp creaked and burned, emitting a smell of burning grease, and the light immediately filled the entire gloomy burial chamber. I looked around the ear chamber where I was, and it was strange that there were no funerary goods on display, which was not in line with the system of imperial tombs. However, I don't have time to think about the inappropriateness of the tomb now, and I am concerned about Master's safety. So, three steps and two steps, he walked out of the ear chamber and stepped into the front room of the mausoleum.

However, the front room of this underground imperial mausoleum is a little bizarre, I looked around, the light in the ear room can only illuminate a part of the front room, I can only vaguely see that I am next to the front room, there is also another ear room, and the tomb in the distance is still hidden in the dark, I can't see the specific appearance.

I shouted "Master" a few times around, but all I got was a distant echo.

At this time, Luo Dabeard walked up behind me and said to me: "Virtuous nephew, don't worry too much about your master, with his ability, he can single-handedly bring down this emperor's fight." (Inverted bucket: It refers to tomb robbing.) China's tomb culture, in addition to the tomb built in the belly of the mountain, most of them are sealed on the ground, the shape of the mound is like a bucket for measuring rice, and in turn buckled on the ground, and the burial of the Ming vessel is in the tomb under the shape of the bucket sealing mound, and the way to take out the Ming vessel (the burial vessel) is to turn over the bucket-shaped sealing mound, so the tomb robbery is also called the inverted bucket. Because the word tomb robbery is not good to listen to and is very sensitive, the word "inverted bucket" has become a constant term for tomb robbers for thousands of years. The fat man and I didn't care about these taboos before, but craftsmen of the older generation like Luo Dabeard were convinced of all kinds of taboos and absolutely kept silent about those taboo words. )

"When you enter the tomb, you have to be vigilant at all times, calm your mind in the face of unexpected situations, find a way to solve the danger of any surprise attack, pay attention to the every move of your teammates, and keep in touch with them at all times, which is what a leader should have." These profound words are what Master often says to me, and He says to me: You have leadership qualities. Then he often taught me some truths, and I always pretended to be very helpful and listened with an open mind. But deep down, I don't think so. Thought: Leadership? Who am I leading? Except for the fat man, I don't care much about others, who loves to lead who goes, anyway, I don't have the time and energy.

Now, I finally understand Master's good intentions and sigh at Master's thoughtfulness and long-term consideration. Ordinary people can never go to the tomb alone to rob the tomb and fight upside down, unless you have an iron kung fu that cannot be broken, you know the weird tomb as well as your own backyard, and you can quickly deal with it when you are in a deep crisis. However, I obviously don't have these abilities, so when I fight, I still have to rely on the strength of the collective, everyone relies on each other to support each other, and we can only solve the problem through joint deliberation and discussion. And in this way, the team must need someone with leadership skills to make decisive decisions.

Now, this is not the time for me to be in a hurry, and in this treacherous and terrifying burial chamber, my panic may be the culprit that puts everyone in danger. So, I steadied myself and said to Luo Dabeard: "Uncle Luo, you are the oldest here, and you have the most experience in inverting the bucket, and we will obey your arrangement for the next qiē." ”

After listening to me, Luo Dabeard waved his hand and said to me, "Virtuous nephew, you have entered the underground palace before, and you know the situation here better than me. The so-called county officials are not as good as being in charge, and it is up to you to make the decision, and I respect your arrangement. ”

After listening to Luo's beard, I knew that now was not the time to be humble and give in, and all kinds of suitability were imminent, so I nodded and took over the burden. Then he said to Luo Dabeard: "In the current situation, the master is obviously not here, and at the moment, I can only search the entire tomb first, looking for traces that may be left by the master, and then make plans." ”

After listening to me, Luo Dabeard nodded approvingly. So, we began to search in the bright front room. We took a closer look at the Frontrooms, and found that the entire Frontrooms were completely empty, with no furnishings at all except for a pair of Deer-Eared Tomb Beasts. I was very surprised, and thought to myself: this place in the Frontrooms is so unusual, it is a little too simple, and there is a kind of indescribable strangeness.

After searching the Frontrooms, we found nothing, so we had to step into the ear chamber on the left side of the Frontrooms, and here, in the niche in the wall, there was a kneeling lantern, not like the lotus base lantern in the other ear chamber, except for this, there was nothing wrong with it. It was also equally empty, and there were no funeral goods on display.

Seeing the imperial mausoleum that can be described as shabby, I couldn't help but ask the bearded man Luo beside me: "Uncle Luo, why is Tang Mausoleum so cold and stupid and embarrassed?" Looking at this vast and grand scale, it is impossible for the three rooms of the front room not to even have a single burial object, so it is possible that this place has been looted, right? ”

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