Chapter 330: Underground Imperial City
Wen Qingshan said: "According to classical records, the curved roof of the underground palace of Qin Shi Huang is decorated with gemstone pearls, symbolizing the celestial stars, but I didn't expect it to be true!" ”
"You say they're all pearls of the night!?" The cheap looked up at the "starlight" in the sky, a little surprised.
Wen Qingshan nodded.
The cheap couldn't help but sigh: "Damn, so many night pearls, how much is it worth!" ”
Wen Qingshan said with a smile: "The treasures in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang are not measurable by money, not to mention the value of these gems, just talking about this underground imperial city, the value is immeasurable, it can be called a great wonder of the world." When he said this, he turned his head and said to everyone: "Let's not talk so much, we have just entered the underground palace imperial city now, and we have to find the coffin of Qin Shi Huang as much as possible." ”
"But it's so big, where will Qin Shi Huang's coffin be located?" I asked.
Wen Qingshan pointed his hand straight ahead and said, "I think it looks like a palace, presumably Qin Shi Huang's coffin is located in the palace." Speaking of this, Wen Qingshan turned his head and asked the old ghost again: "What do you think of the old ghost senior?" ”
The old ghost nodded and said, "I think so, let's go over and have a look!" ”
A group of people walked along the street in the direction of the palace, the street was lined with buildings, the street was full of terracotta figurines, everyone did not dare to take it lightly, and they were careful along the way, for fear of encountering the machine again, or touching some mechanism.
I don't know if it's because I'm too nervous, I always feel as if something is following us, but every time I look back, I don't find anything. If you think about it carefully, I should be overminded, because the concentration of mercury in the underground palace is extremely high, and it is impossible for any living creatures to exist.
We walked about 100 meters away, but we were blocked by a wall nearly two feet high, and there was a moat four or five meters wide in front of the city wall.
The river didn't seem to be very deep, so he inserted the bronze sword in his hand into the river and measured the depth of the water, which was about thirty centimeters deep.
Seeing that the river was so shallow, he was ready to cross the river, and as soon as he took one foot, Long Jiansheng, who was standing behind him, grabbed his clothes and pulled him back, and he was immediately dragged to the ground.
The cheap and cheap fire is big, and when he gets up, he wants to fight with Long Jiansheng, but where is he Long Jiansheng's opponent, if he really makes a move, I'm afraid Long Jiansheng can get him done with one hand. I was worried that he would suffer, so I hurriedly stepped forward and hugged him.
The slut scolded, "What the fuck are you doing!? ”
Wen Qingshan hurriedly came up to play a round: "Then you missed Brother Jiansheng, he was saving you just now." ”
"Help me?" The cheap was slightly stunned, and before he came back to his senses, the old ghost on the side said coldly: "Could it be that you kid thinks that this moat is flowing with water?" ”
When he heard this, he turned his head to look at the moat again, and suddenly reacted: "Wait, this shouldn't be mercury, but isn't mercury silver?" ”
Wen Qingshan waved his hand and said: "If the mercury is good, even if the mercury is stained on the body, as long as there is no wound on the skin, there will be no substantial damage, but what flows in this moat is neither water nor mercury, but a strong corrosive liquid, if you step into it, I am afraid that your leg will be abolished." ”
"What!?" The cheap was taken aback, and I was also shocked, because I didn't see the difference between the liquid and the water in the moat at all, so I hurriedly asked, "Boss Wen, how do you know that this is a strong corrosive liquid?" ”
Wen Qingshan pointed to the bronze sword in his hand and said, "Look at this sword!" ”
I turned my head to take a look, only to find that the part of the sword that had been immersed in the river just now was completely rusty, and it looked like it was brand new.
Wen Qingshan continued: "From this point of view, this river water should be a high concentration of acid, and the human skin will definitely not be able to withstand it. ”
After listening to what Wen Qingshan said, he stuck out his tongue and didn't say anything more.
The old ghost looked around and said, "The palace should have a palace gate, let's see where the palace gate is first!" ”
Our group walked all the way along the moat, walked dozens of meters away, and sure enough, we saw a magnificent palace gate, the palace gate was closed, and there was a drawbridge pulled up in front of the palace gate, we had to think about it, unless we put the drawbridge down.
The old ghost stared at the suspension bridge carefully, turned his head and said to everyone: "That suspension bridge is pulled by two very thick hemp ropes, we have to find a way to break the hemp ropes, and then ......"
Before he finished speaking, Long Jiansheng, who was standing on the side, suddenly raised his hand, and a thing flew out of his hand, and the thing spun half a circle in mid-air, and it happened to cut the two hemp ropes that held the suspension bridge, only to hear a "crunch" sound, and the suspension bridge fell in response, and at the moment when the suspension bridge landed, the thing that Long Jiansheng threw out flew back into his hand, and I fixed my eyes to see that it was a boomerang made of metal.
Everyone was shocked, and it took a while to come back to their senses, and they said in a daze: "I said brother, your dart throwing is too good." ”
Long Jiansheng didn't say a word, put away the boomerang, raised his legs and stepped onto the suspension bridge, and walked towards the magnificent palace gate.
Everyone hurriedly followed, and when they walked to the palace gate, I saw at a glance that there was a circular depression in the middle of the palace gate, which was almost the same size as my stone tablet.
I couldn't help but be stunned, and said secretly: "What's the situation?" Could this stone door also be opened with my stone tablet? ”
The old ghost also noticed the circular depression on the door, and immediately turned to me and asked, "Could it be that your stone tablet can still open this stone door?" ”
"Try it!" As I spoke, I took off the piece on my chest again, walked to the stone door with the stone tablet, and put it into the depression.
After waiting for a while, I only heard a loud "boom", and the stone gate slowly opened.
I didn't expect to be able to open this stone door! Everyone was shocked again, and the old ghost stared at the stone tablet and said suspiciously: "What is this stone tablet of yours, how does it seem to have a great connection with this imperial tomb?" ”
I couldn't tell the truth, so I had to say, "Perhaps, as you said, my ancestors have something to do with the designer of this imperial mausoleum mechanism." ”
"Hehe, that's a coincidence." The old ghost dropped such a sentence meaningfully, and I didn't know whether to believe it or not, but he didn't continue to ask, and I was secretly relieved.
A group of people slowly stepped into the palace gate, facing a ladder that extends upwards at a 45-degree angle, I secretly counted in my heart, the ladder has a total of nine layers, each layer is divided into nine steps, in ancient China, nine is the pole of the yang number, that is, the largest number in the singular, so the number nine is used to symbolize the emperor or the supreme imperial power.
The group walked up the stairs and were immediately shocked by the scene in front of them, above which was a large square nearly 100 meters long and nearly 50 meters wide. There are two rows of terracotta figurines on both sides of the square, each row has nine squares, and each square is in the shape of a ninety-nine formation.
In the middle of the square is an avenue nearly two feet wide, which stretches straight forward to a magnificent palace.
As we walked slowly along the avenue, I looked around as I walked, and as I walked, I found a problem, that is, no matter where you looked, the terracotta figurines on both sides seemed to be watching you, which was so evil that I couldn't help but feel a little furious in my heart.
Niu Fat Man must have also discovered this, and said tremblingly: "Division...... Master, these terracotta warriors shouldn't be also machine people, right? ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the cheap on the side immediately said, "Shut your crow's mouth!" Every time something bad is said to you, this time I want you to say it again, and I will sew up your mouth! ”
Wen Qingshan pretended to smile lightly and said, "Hehe, it's too difficult to use terracotta figurines as a mechanism, besides, this has already entered the palace, I don't think there should be so many organs." ”
The old ghost took Wen Qingshan's words and said, "That's it, otherwise, what if their First Emperor comes back to life and is accidentally plotted by the authorities." ”
Listening to their ridicule, everyone seemed to be a lot more relaxed, and I was a little relieved.
The group soon reached the end of the avenue, in front of which was an arch bridge, and there was water under the arch bridge, but when I looked closely, I found that it was not actually water, but the mercury that was said to have been stored in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang.
Wen Qingshan stared at the mercury, frowned and muttered, "This thing is really a bit strange. ”
"Why does Boss Wen think it's strange?" I asked, puzzled.
Wen Qingshan said: "We have come all the way to see a pool of mercury until we come here, but why did we find that the air contains a high concentration of mercury when we first entered the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang? ”
"Isn't that mercury volatile?" The cheap replied assumedly.
Wen Qingshan waved his hand and said: "Although mercury will volatilize, it actually volatilizes very slowly at room temperature, if it is a pool of mercury in a relatively small confined space, then after thousands of years, it is not surprising that the air inside contains a high concentration of mercury, but the problem is that the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is so huge, and many tombs are independent, why a small mercury pool in the underground palace will make the air in the entire mausoleum contain a high concentration of mercury, which is really a bit unreasonable." ”
As he was talking, the fat man standing by suddenly let out an "ah" exclaim, startling everyone.
"Fat cow, what are you doing!" Cheap turned his head and asked.
The fat man pointed to the mercury pool, and said with a frightened expression: "The pool...... Good in the pool...... Something seems to ......."
"What are you kidding, this is a ......" Before he could finish his sentence, he was stunned, because looking in the direction pointed by the fat man, there was a ripple in the originally calm pool of mercury.