We took a general look and felt that the space of this burial chamber should be relatively large, but due to the limited amount of light we have flashlights, more space is still hidden in the dark.

We came down from exactly one side of the tomb.

The second uncle took out the compass and looked at it, and said, "This should be the starting point of the entire mausoleum." As he spoke, the second uncle shone a flashlight on the wall closest to us, and then walked forward along the tomb wall.

After a few steps, we found a stone door in the wall. The stone gate was carved with a pattern, and Lantern Xiao pointed to the stone gate and asked, "Where does this gate lead?" ”

The second uncle smiled, "Outside." ”

"Outside?" We didn't understand for a while.

The second uncle told us that royal mausoleums like this are generally equipped with above-ground buildings for future generations to worship and worship. And this door is supposed to be the passage between the underground mausoleum and the above-ground buildings.

But as a rule, although there is a theoretical passage between the underground mausoleum and the above-ground building, this door of the mausoleum is sealed from the inside. In other words, even if there is a passage from the outside to reach this door, it cannot be opened from the outside, because the rule of building a tomb since ancient times is that once the coffin is buried in the burial, the tomb door will be closed, and a second entry is never allowed.

The second uncle pointed to a huge stone next to the stone gate, "This was originally intended to be used to seal the tomb, and it seems that it is useless." ”

I understood what the second uncle was referring to, "Second uncle, what you mean is that the mausoleum has not been completely repaired, and Gongzi Fusu has been killed, so no one is buried in this tomb, so this stone gate has not been sealed." ”

The second uncle nodded, "That's true." ”

Lantern Xiao stepped forward and pressed hard at the tomb door, but did not push it at all, "Since it is not sealed, it can't be pushed at all." ”

The second uncle shook his head with a smile, "No wonder they call you Lantern Festival, are you full of stuffing in your head." First of all, I can tell you that the doors in the tomb are all pushed from the outside to the inside, which means that only in and out, the whole road is called the ghost road, and only behind the coffin in the main tomb chamber, some mausoleums will build another immortal road, which means that the soul of the tomb owner ascends to heaven. Of course, this kind of immortal path is symbolic, and there is usually only a small hole. ”

"Ah, I see, we're in there right now, so this door has to be opened, not pushed." Lantern Xiao nodded in realization.

The second uncle waved his hand, "You listen to me finish speaking, and the second thing is that this tomb was originally built for Gongzi Fusu, so since Gongzi Fusu was killed, he has been buried elsewhere, and if this tomb is not used, I am afraid it can only be buried. ”

When Lantern Xiao heard this, he had no choice but to give up. "In that case, if this is an empty tomb, does it mean that there is no hidden weapon here, then let's boldly go inside. I'm just worried that there are no funeral goods here, so let's go for nothing. ”

The second uncle looked at Lantern Xiao and said: "The words can't be said so absolutely, the mechanism may have been activated before it was buried, after all, this is a royal mausoleum, even if it is empty, it can't be let people enter casually." In addition, about the funeral goods, the burial goods of such a mausoleum are not prepared when they are buried, generally from the beginning of the construction of the mausoleum, and they are prepared to be placed, do you think that so many terracotta warriors and horses in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang were put in after Qin Shi Huang died? ”

Speaking of this, the second uncle suddenly smiled strangely and said to Lantern Xiao: "Although I don't know the true purpose of your Tang family, I'm afraid you didn't come here for these funeral goods, right?" ”

Lantern Xiao smiled awkwardly, "Second uncle, you are joking, everyone is attracted to each other by the extraordinary background here, not all people who are fighting are like this, knowing a big fight, if you don't fall down, it will be uncomfortable." Ha ha. ”

The second uncle also smiled, "In short, the more places like this, the more careful you have to be, and those Yin Netherworld snake vines outside are examples." ”

Hearing the conversation between the second uncle and Lantern Xiao, I felt a little strange in my heart, one is my second uncle, and the other is my best buddy, but I always feel that the two of them have something to hide from me, maybe it's because I'm sensitive, and I really don't want to delve into this.

We left the stone door and began to approach the middle of the chamber. Just after we had walked a few steps, a gray-white stone pillar appeared in our field of vision, the stone pillar was very thick, and it was against the beams and stones above.

We walked towards the stone pillar, and gradually we saw that the surface of the stone pillar was carved with many patterns and images of birds and beasts. Just when we were attracted by the stone pillar, Zhou Cheng stopped us, and just when we didn't know why and were about to ask, Zhou Cheng put his finger on his mouth, made a silent movement, and then shone the flashlight in his hand to the bottom of the stone pillar.

And it was in this photo that we were horrified to find that a foot was sticking out from behind the stone pillar. This foot, with the heel up and the toe on the ground, looks as if it is kneeling there.

We glanced at each other, and from the shape of Lantern Xiao's mouth, I could tell what he was saying: Could it be Yuan An or Qi Feng?

I shook my head, seeing that the shape of the foot was a little strange, and the color of the shoe was not right.

Zhou Cheng motioned to go over and take a look, so a few of us outflanked from both sides of the stone pillar, and when we slowly poked our heads out from the side, we found that this was not hiding a person at all, but clearly a bronze lamp slave made of copper.

It's just that the size of this lamp slave is about the same as that of a real person, and under the shaking of the flashlight, there is this illusion of being fake.

We breathed a sigh of relief, in such an environment, everyone will inevitably be nervous, and all the wind and grass will make people soldiers.

None of us dared to speak, although we knew in our hearts that the lamp slave in front of us was a bronze statue, but we were afraid of waking it up, and even suppressed our own breathing as much as possible.

A few of us cautiously leaned over until we could see the full picture of the lamp slave.

This bronze lamp slave was half-kneeling on the ground, holding a lamp in his right hand, but the lamp oil in the copper plate had long since been depleted. In her left hand, she held a circular object in front of her.

Lantern Xiao took a picture of the round thing, "What is this?" Why take this? Looking, like a ping-pong racket. Could it be that the Chinese not only invented Keju, but also invented table tennis during the Qin Dynasty? ”

I signaled the Lantern Festival not to be, even if the Qin Dynasty invented table tennis, what does it mean to let a few lamp slaves hold rackets? Nothing to do with the tomb owner for a game? This round thing must have other meanings.

"I think," the second uncle stretched out his hand and touched it, "I feel that this should be a bronze mirror, but the side of my face is not smooth, even if it is old, oxidized and rusted, but at least it has to be flat." ”

As the second uncle spoke, he shone the flashlight at the position where the bronze mirror and the face were seen, who knew that under this light, the second uncle was stunned, "This, what's going on?" ”

Wen Mo, who was standing next to him, also leaned over to take a look, and he also frowned.

I hurriedly asked the second uncle, "What's the matter, second uncle?" What did you find? ”

The second uncle took a deep breath, turned his head to us and said, "Come and take a look for yourself, you will understand." ”

We leaned over, the first thing we saw was the face of the lamp slave, but unexpectedly found that its face had no facial features at all, and then we turned our heads to look at the bronze mirror opposite, but we saw that on one side of the mirror, a human face was engraved on it, and what was even more strange was that the face engraved on the mirror was laughing.

Seeing such an unbelievable scene, my scalp was at a glance, which was so unusual, I didn't understand what the purpose of people at that time was to do this? What do these faceless lamp slaves and the faces in the bronze mirror represent?

The second uncle frowned, stared at the lamp slave and thought for a while, then shook his head, "No, no, this should definitely not be something in the tomb of the Qin Dynasty!" ”

Hearing the second uncle's words, I was a little surprised, "Isn't it something from the tomb of the Qin Dynasty?" Second uncle, what do you mean by this? ”

The second uncle pointed to those lamp slaves, "You see that the cuffs of these lamp slaves' costumes are not the wide robes and big sleeves of the Central Plains, but the typical characteristics of Hufu, with a narrow and tight body, which is convenient for riding and archery activities." And this kind of faceless person is in no way like the customs and habits of the Central Plains. ”

Lantern Xiao asked: "Second uncle, are you saying that the mausoleum that the Qin Dynasty worked so hard to build was finally occupied by the northern nomads?" ”

"I'm also guessing," the second uncle didn't affirm or deny, after all, this guess is bold, "I have seen similar places in the border between northern Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia, where the stone people and stone statues unearthed in the tomb all have no ears, except for the largest stone statue with a pair of big ears. Later, according to the records in the tomb, it was learned that the people there at that time believed in a kind of Koh Ear God, and it is said that this Koh Ear God could listen to the suffering of the world, hear the evil thoughts of the wicked, and hear the prayers of the good people, so the statue of the god would be enshrined in the tomb, and in order to show respect for the gods, and also to show that in front of the gods, the ears of ordinary people heard were insignificant, so in addition to the statues of the gods, the other stone statues in the tomb had no ears. ”

I probably understood what the second uncle meant, "Second uncle, are you saying that these faceless figures we see are also the beliefs of a certain ethnic group?" ”

The second uncle nodded, "There is such a possibility, the beliefs of the northern nomadic tribes are similar, and they have believed in shamanism, and their religious beliefs come from the combination of the spirituality of all things and the custom of witchcraft to exorcise evil spirits, so there will be a lot of worship totems that look weird." ”

I felt a little speechless for a while, if I follow the idea in the example just given by the second uncle, I believe in the god of Ko'er, and the stone statue has no ears. The faceless lamp slave in front of him, does it mean that the gods believed in by this ethnic group have a big face? Big face, that's not a good word!

I was thinking about it when suddenly Lantern Xiao sighed, "Damn, what's on this ground!" ”