The scholar immediately bounced up from the stone platform, and we involuntarily approached each other, gathered in a circle, and looked around warily. It's just that nothing unusual except for the clicking sound that fades away.

"Holy shit, this place couldn't be more wicked. Didn't the Sprinkle family just sit on the stone platform of his house, as for being so stingy, they also lit the lamp to see what the Sprinkle family looked like? The scholar blinked and looked at us.

The fourth master was also very angry, and said to the scholar: "This place is so weird, don't act rashly." Together with everyone, there is also a response. ”

Lao Xu stared at the ever-bright lights that suddenly lit up, and then walked over to fiddle with them. Suddenly, he shouted excitedly, "Look, this ancient man is really very smart." We don't know what Lao Xu means, but seeing that he is very excited, it seems that the pedantic spirit has come up again.

Lao Xu said: "The ancients are too great! You see, at first I thought that these lamps had run out of oil, so I didn't care about anything. After all, those legendary lanterns that have not been extinguished for thousands of years are very rare in archaeology, and most of them will run out of oil. Because the ancients did not have extremely efficient fuel, most of the oil lamps consumed a lot of oil, unless it was a feudal noble, it was difficult for ordinary people to collect enough fuel to ensure that the lantern in the tomb was not extinguished all year round. Like the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, the "Historical Records" records that 'the mermaid paste is used as a candle to live for a long time', which means that the ever-bright lamp in the tomb of the first emperor is a fuel made of mermaid fat, which can be burned for a long time. But how many people can have the power and money like Yingzheng and gather the power of the world to build their own tombs. Therefore, some scholars in archaeology have put forward another argument, that is, the so-called ever-bright lamp is not a perennial burning lamp, but is controlled by a mechanism, just like our modern voice-activated lamp, a person touches the mechanism to drive the switch, so that the lamp is lit, and when the person leaves, the lamp will be automatically extinguished for a period of time. In this way, it saves fuel and makes it a permanent light. ”

"So, is it still the credit of the Sprinkler family? Is it the switch of these lights that I sit down on? ”

"It seems that there should be a mechanism under the stone platform, and there should be a place to store fuel behind the stone wall. These two places are connected, and when the mechanism is triggered, the device that conducts fuel storage behind the stone wall automatically takes out a part of the fuel and flows into the eight lanterns, and at the same time ignites the lanterns with phosphorus and nitrate in the wick. When the fuel runs out, the lantern will go out automatically. Lao Xu was obviously very surprised by this discovery, and kept measuring the lamp with his hand, and then kept remembering something in the small notebook he carried with him.

Now the flashlight can be temporarily turned off, and the surroundings are as bright as day. I took a closer look at my surroundings by the light. I saw that the walls were bare and nothing except the eight permanent lamps. And on the ground, only the protruding stone platform in the middle is a bit mysterious, and there is nothing abnormal in the rest. But could it be that the people who built this place just connected the road to the stone hall? What's the point? If it is a tomb, then is there a coffin, and if it is not a tomb, what is it used for?

I was thinking about it, but the fourth master gently pushed me and said, "I checked just now, and there is no way forward." But on this stone wall, there are many hollow secret passages, which I have carefully examined, but there are quite a few, eight in all, and the location is directly below these lanterns. ”

What does that mean? Could it be that apart from the tomb owner's lamp being controlled, even this door is also gated? Who built this place, it's so complicated. The scholar said: "The more complex it is, the more precious it is to protect." The Sprinkle family has never been afraid of complexity and trouble, in order to seek the truth and chase the light, even in the face of thousands of difficulties and dangers, they will not retreat a step. "This time, even the fourth master can't help but vomit...

Eight lamps correspond to eight secret doors, so it seems that this arrangement is very in line with the principle of "Qimen Dunjia". The fourth master was originally a man in the middle of the Dao, so he was very sure of this. The fourth master pondered for a moment and said, "This is actually nine doors. The one we originally came in was the open door, plus the eight secret doors, for a total of nine. Qimen Dunjia is arranged according to the Flying Palace method is the nine gates, named 'rest, death, injury, Du, middle, open, shock, life, and scenery'. Among these nine gates, only the three gates of opening, resting, and giving birth are the upper three gates, which can get out of the predicament. If you enter several other doors by mistake, it is difficult to protect your whole body. ”

"So which one is the birthgate?" The scholar asked.

"In the nine palaces and eight gates, there is a recipe that says: 'Three is life, five is death, and victory is in three, and decay is five'. Therefore, the third gate is the door of life, and the fifth gate is the door of death. In Taoism, shun is yang and reverse is yin. We enter the middle gate, which is regarded as the starting point, and the third door clockwise is considered to be the birth gate. But this place is underground, and it is yin. So, calculate it counterclockwise. This is also the subtlety of the design here, if you can't figure out this truth, I'm afraid to enter the third door clockwise, you must follow it. ”

At this time, we have no other way but to follow the idea of the fourth master and look for the mechanism to open the door at the third secret door counterclockwise. Under the light of the ever-bright lamp, we looked around, but still couldn't find the mechanism to open the door.

Lao Xu said: "The rock walls here are very smooth, and they don't look like places with organs. If there is anything special about it, I am afraid it is these oil lamps. Let's take a good look at this ever-bright lamp. ”

Lao Xu's words immediately reminded us that everyone shifted their attention from the wall to the everlasting lamp. The fourth master fiddled with it a few times, and sure enough, he found something strange. It turns out that the dragon-shaped mouth carved by this lantern is movable. Pulling his mouth hard, the carved dragon's mouth began to squirt water into the belly of the ever-bright lantern wine glass. As the water gushed out, the lamp slowly went out. The water still didn't seem to stop, and when the water almost filled the belly of the lamp, the dragon's tail clicked and raised. Then there was a boom, and a stone wall beneath the lantern suddenly moved back, revealing a passageway.

To say that the wisdom of the ancients really makes modern people ashamed. The carved dragon's mouth of the lantern is a switch to control the flow of water, and when the switch is turned on, the water sprays out and begins to pour the belly of the lantern. And this lantern must be on a seesaw-like device with the mechanism that opens the door. When the weight of the lantern reaches a certain point, the dragon's tail will rise, and then the flow of water will stop, and the balance will be broken, so that the slate's moving mechanism will be activated and the door will open automatically.

Whether this passage is the so-called Shengmen or not, and where this Shengmen will lead, none of us can say. But the only way to know the outcome is to act. Then follow this passage and continue on the road.

This time, it was the fourth master who took the lead, and I was in the middle with the scholar, and Lao Xu was broken. Everyone was amazed by the elaborate design, so they didn't dare to stride forward blindly, so they could only move forward slowly and exploratorily. The passage was dark, and after walking some distance, I looked back and could no longer make out the light of the hall's permanent lights. Dark and narrow places can easily make people lose their sense of time and distance, and even for a moment I can't remember where I am or what I'm here to do, just blindly follow the fourth master.

Everyone began to whisper a few words, but later, they all marched silently, and even the scholars were not poor. Just when everyone felt very tired, the fourth master suddenly stopped leaving. I couldn't react in time and crashed into it. The fourth master still didn't move, and made a gesture with his hand and mouth, and I could see clearly that the gesture was silencing us. Although I don't know what happened, since the fourth master asked us not to speak, there must be a reason for him. I hurriedly conveyed his meaning to the scholars and Lao Xu behind me with gestures. Due to the narrowness of the passage, the fourth master squatted in the afternoon, let us follow his gestures.

Under the light of the tactical flashlight, I noticed that something seemed to be blocking the way in the distance. It's far away, and I can't see clearly, but it's like a person. My mind stirred and I was immediately refreshed. I also learned from the fourth master and squatted down, so that the scholars and Lao Xu behind could see this situation. Sure enough, when they saw it, they were also surprised. The scholar squatted behind me and said in a very small voice, "Mr. Xia, what the hell is that?" How does it look like a person? ”

"How do I know what it is, it can't be a person, in such a dark place, what is this guy doing standing there with nothing to do?" I don't think it's logical to be alone.

"Haven't you heard that many ancient tombs have 'zongzi'? It can't be a zombie dumpling in front, right? "The scholar is worthy of being a reporter, and when he encounters something, he talks in the direction of attracting people's attention.

"Don't speculate, everyone follow me, just go over and see." At present, we are close behind.

All the way through, getting closer and closer to that 'person', but the guy was still motionless, as steady as Mount Tai. At a distance of less than ten meters, we could already clearly see the appearance of this 'person'. Sure enough, it was a 'person', with a head and a face, but his facial features were very exaggerated, his proportions were out of proportion, his eyes and mouth were very large, but his nose and ears were very small. When I got closer, it was actually a bronze statue. This carving is taller than ordinary people, with a square face and a long body, and carved patterns. Due to the ravages of time, it has been covered with green copper smell, which looks very dilapidated and gives people a strange feeling.

It's just that the passage is very narrow, not enough to support two people standing side by side, so the fourth master and I had to cross the statue sideways, and the four of us happened to surround the statue in the middle. The scholar and I could only squat down so that the fourth master and Lao Xu behind us could also see this statue. Lao Xu was obviously excited again, and even called this trip worthwhile, he encountered more discoveries today than he had encountered in more than 20 years of archaeology. Lao Xu said that since ancient times, many cultural relics have been submerged in the tide of history, and only a very small part can be preserved. In the antique world, the general play is Ming and Qing goods, and the better ones are Song goods. And the things of the Qin and Han dynasties can already be said to be top treasures, and even national treasures, and private possession and trading are not allowed. Bronze is something from antiquity to the Warring States period, and there are very, very few things that have been handed down, and bronze utensils are generally very mysterious, so no one dares to buy and sell them openly, and this kind of thing is priceless and unmarketable. Not only that, this bronze statue is even rarer, and a bronze statue was unearthed from the Sanxingdui tomb that year, which is already a national treasure. If this statue can be made, it will simply shock the world.