Chapter 88: The Everlasting Lamp in the Tomb

The tunnel seems to be very long, Lu Shuang followed behind me and walked carefully towards the end of the tunnel step by step, that terrible ghost fire never appeared again, I guess where to hide and go for dinner!

I carried the dragon sword, step by step forward, I don't know how long I walked, suddenly saw a trace of light in the tunnel, the darkness saw the light I was nervous, although I don't know what is ahead, but still carry the dragon sword with Lu Shuang step by step towards the light.

Lu Shuang saw that there was a light and was a lot bolder, walked out from behind me, and strode towards the light, I saw that she was no longer afraid, and I was relieved.

Lu Shuang walked towards the light step by step, and it didn't take long to get to the light, it turned out to be an everlasting lamp, which is also known as the continuous lamp according to the "Historical Records", or the endless lamp, that is, the lamp that is always bright day and night before the Buddha, once it is lit, it cannot be blown out until the oil is exhausted and the candle finally extinguishes itself.

The mausoleum of each generation of emperors after death is also correspondingly called the Yin House, and the kings especially attach great importance to the mausoleum, as a residence after death, they also want to be as brilliant as the palace when they were alive, so there is an everlasting lamp.

Since the first emperor Qin Shi Huang placed the everlasting lantern in his mausoleum, the emperors of later generations, no matter who they are, have followed the mausoleum of the first emperor and set up countless everlasting lanterns in their own mausoleum, so that their palaces are as brilliant as the palaces before their deaths! "The everlasting lamp is just placed in the middle of the tunnel, and there is only one, what is even more strange is that the position of this everlasting lantern is just a height that can be walked over on your knees, and the vermilion wall on one side of the everlasting lantern is written in red cinnabar with two block letters.

I was wondering if the spirit of the Taizu was a little stingy, and just when I was full of curiosity, suddenly I saw Lu Shuang stretch out his right hand and touch the everlasting lamp, I was taken aback and shouted, "Sister Shuang'er, don't touch that lamp!" "But it was too late, Lu Shuang's hand had already touched the everlasting lamp, at this moment, I only heard a few sneering sounds, and the feather arrows and feather arrows flew out of the walls around the tunnel, I didn't have time to think about it, I lifted the dragon yin sword body and threw myself towards Lu Shuang's body, and at the same time penetrated the strength of the whole body to the right hand, and a move 'Crane Xiaotian' cut down the feather arrows flying around, and Lu Shuang pulled out the ' The sword slashed the feather arrows that flew over, only to hear a bang in the air, and the winding tunnel suddenly shot out a few feather arrows at the position where the lantern was placed, and the place where the lantern was located suddenly appeared white like a long tube, and soon accompanied by a large cloud of red mist, as well as countless plum blossom-shaped darts, like a rain of flowers scattered in the sky.

I saw the red mist emitted from the long white pipe, and I was afraid of poison, so I hurriedly closed my breath, and the red mist came out of the walls around its winding tunnel, but the color was darker than before, and gradually dissipated into the air.

Through the light of the ever-bright lamp, you can see that the red mist is getting deeper and darker, and slowly turning black.

It's not at all like the bright red like fire when I first saw it. I'm afraid that if I continue like this, I will not be killed by the flying swords and darts all over my face, but I will also be poisoned by the heavy black smoke.

At this moment, my brain suddenly remembered the word 'long live' that I had just seen in the tunnel Changming lantern, my heart was stunned, and then I suddenly realized, hurriedly jumped up, and quickly leaned towards Lu Shuang's side, and then regardless of Lu Shuang's agreement or disagreement, the long sword shook, and a sword cut off the Changming lamp in Lu Shuang's hand, just when Lu Shuang was in a daze, I started light work, and pulled Lu Shuang's body like lightning to kneel between the winding tunnels, and shouted 'Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!'

As soon as my voice fell, the dozens of feathered arrows and the black mist flying in the sky disappeared in an instant, and the surrounding area of the tunnel was quiet again! I exhaled heavily, and it took a long time to pull Lu Shuang to stand up from the ground!

Lu Shuang seemed to be frightened by the fright just now, and only came back to his senses after half a sound, and then saw that we were still alive and rushed into my arms with a cry of 'wow'! I gently patted her on the shoulder and said, "Okay, okay, it's okay!" Lu Shuang was still lying on my shoulder and crying, until she was really tired of crying, then she raised her face and used her hand to remove the tears on her face, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Brother Tang, what happened just now, I ...... I...... Just want to use that ever-bright lamp for lighting? I smiled bitterly and said: "This is Li Xin's installation of a set of automatically firing dark crossbows in the Taizu tunnel, when the external object touches the tripwire connected to it, the bow will be automatically fired, and this everlasting light is connected to these dark crossbows, you just touched the everlasting light, so it triggered the mechanism in the tunnel!" "[Everlasting Lantern] is also known as the Continuous Lamp, or Endless Lamp, that is, the lamp that is always bright day and night before the Buddha.

Since ancient times, the lights lit by every household on Chinese New Year's Eve, once lit, cannot be blown out until the oil runs out and the candle finally extinguishes itself, which is also an ancient traditional custom.

Why can't you blow out the lights this night and make them shine forever? There are many legends, it is said that on Chinese New Year's Eve, because the gods went to heaven, all the ghosts and gods came out to look for food, especially those fish, dragons, and fish, and these scattered ghosts who were not honored during the New Year and the festival were even more difficult to seek (because there were many cakes in every house on this night).

If the lights are blown out and the sky and earth are not seen in the dark, it will catch people with its voice, especially when children cry in the middle of the night and the elderly cough, and their lives will not be saved.

There are many similar records, and historical records record that there is an ever-bright lamp in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang; The king attaches great importance to the mausoleum, as the residence after death, they also hope to be as brilliant as the palace when they were alive, so there is an everlasting lamp; A kind of ever-bright lamp is a double-layer structure, in which a container is filled with lamp oil, the wick is soaked in vinegar, and the outer layer is filled with water to cool the lamp oil; This is a great invention, because the oil consumed by the oil lamp is not mainly ignited, but volatilized by heating, the wick soaked in vinegar is not easy to keep the temperature low, and the water outside the oil jar can also effectively prevent the oil temperature from rising, but Changming is the ideal wish after all; In the excavation of Dingling in Beijing, there is a celadon vat in the main hall of the mausoleum, which contains wax lamp oil and a wick, which is the ever-bright lamp, but apparently this lamp was extinguished not long after the mausoleum was closed, because the closed mausoleum lacked the air needed for burning.