Chapter 142: Touching the Trap by Mistake
Seeing that Lu Nianqi suddenly woke up, several of us hurriedly asked what the Qin character represented.
Lu Nianqi pointed to the coffin around him and asked if we still remember the statues enshrined in the Diwang Temple.
In addition to the 12 Yuanchen statues enshrined on both sides of the temple, there is also a dilapidated statue facing the temple gate, and the owner of this statue should be Qin Yiting according to the word land king.
This person's surname is Qin, which echoes the Qin character on the coffin, and the twelve yuan chen on the surrounding coffin can be seen that the coffin engraved with the word Qin should be the burial place of Qin Yiting.
"Brother Lu, according to what you said, the twelve coffins buried in these twelve coffins are the twelve generals under the land king Qin Yiting? In that case, who is buried in the coffin in the middle? Ning Nanxi looked at Lu Nianqi with doubts and asked.
"If you look at it according to the clues of the Diwang Temple, this place is indeed the burial place of Qin Yiting and his twelve generals, as for the coffin in the center, it is not known for the time being, because Qin Yiting has killed countless times in his life and changed owners, so I can't be sure who the owner of the coffin in the middle is, but you don't have to worry, wait for me to come forward and take a closer look, as long as I can find clues, I should be able to determine who the tomb owner is." Lu Nianqi said in a deep voice.
Since the bluestone in the middle was about two meters away from the surrounding bluestone, we had to jump over.
Just as a few of us were about to jump, Shen Nanxiao inadvertently shone the flashlight in his hand to the water, and then showed surprise on his face, letting us look in the direction of the water.
Hearing this, we immediately looked down at the water, and suddenly our hearts were shocked, the surrounding lake water is black, but the water here is dark red, just like a pool of blood, compared to the black water outside, it is much more viscous.
"What's going on, why are there two colors in the same lake?" Su Dingqin looked at Lu Nianqi and asked puzzled.
Lu Nianqi didn't respond, he took out the dagger from his waist and squatted down, inserted the blade into the water, and then swung it left and right where the lake water changed color.
After about a few seconds, I heard a muffled sound in the water, accompanied by ripples on the water's surface.
"There is a hidden ring barrier between the bluestones, which is difficult to find because it is flush with the water surface, and this barrier separates the two water qualities, so there are two water colors, black and dark red, but I don't know why this water color appears, but it looks like blood from the smell."
As he spoke, Lu Nianqi put the short knife in his hand under his nose and sniffed it carefully, with a look of disgust on his face.
"Let's not care about this water for now, let's open the coffin!"
As soon as Lu Nianqi's words fell, he jumped over the water, and the next second he landed smoothly on the opposite bluestone, and several of us followed closely behind and jumped onto this bluestone.
This piece of bluestone is different from the bluestone around the coffin, and the area of the bluestone where the thirteen coffins are placed is about four or five square meters, but this piece of bluestone is more than a dozen square sizes, even if a few of us stand on the bluestone at the same time, there is still a large area of free space.
After boarding the bluestone, several of us walked to the coffin, and looked down to see that the coffin was also made of stone, which looked more unpretentious.
The previous coffin was still painted with patterns or carved words, but there was nothing on this coffin, if it were not for the chiseled coffin shape Zhou Zheng, I am afraid that it would be mistaken for a stone from a distance.
Since several of us were not disciples of the thief, we were all half a meter away from the coffin, and only Lu Nianqi was the only one who stuck to the coffin and observed carefully.
"Brother Lu, is there any problem with this coffin, can an ordinary sarcophagus ensure that the body does not decay?" Ning Nanxi asked in a low voice.
Lu Nianqi didn't reply, he directly lay his upper body on the coffin lid, then his ears were close to the top of the sarcophagus, and his fingers began to keep tapping towards the coffin lid.
With the regular tapping of his fingers, there was an echo from inside the sarcophagus, and when he heard the voice, Lu Nianqi slowly straightened his waist, his face showed a suspicious look, and at the same time, a large piece of sweat oozed from his forehead.
"How about Brother Lu, do you hear something?" Su Dingqin hurriedly asked after seeing Lu Nianqi get up.
Lu Nianqi nodded slowly when he heard the question, and said that he got two pieces of information by tapping the sarcophagus, the first information was that this coffin should be a double-layer coffin, that is to say, there was a coffin in the sarcophagus, which was slightly smaller than the sarcophagus, and the second information was that there was probably no corpse and no artifact in the coffin, and it should be an empty coffin if nothing else.
"Empty coffin? This can't be, if it's really an empty coffin, what are you doing with such a big battle, it's a giant fish protecting the coffin and a coffin enclosure, isn't this taking off your pants and farting? "Shen Nanxiao didn't have a good airway.
Lu Nianqi saw that Shen Nanxiao was emotional, and sneered: "Brother Shen, don't worry, there is another possibility that there is also a probability, that is, the owner of this coffin has left the coffin before we came, so it has created the illusion of an empty coffin." ”
"You mean the corpse?" Ning Nanxi was surprised.
"That's pretty much what it means, but now the coffin is not opened, everything is just speculation, if you want to know what's going on inside the coffin, you need to open it to find out, when I open the coffin for a while, don't approach it first, and you will come back after I eliminate the danger." Lu Nianqi instructed in a low voice.
Seeing that a few of us nodded in agreement, Lu Nianqi took out two probe claws from the backpack, and after connecting with the rope, the two probing claws were hooked to the side of the coffin at the same time, and then Lu Nianqi grabbed the rope with both hands, turned his back to the coffin and used his arms hard.
In an instant, the green tendons on Lu Nianqi's neck burst out, and his arms bulged like thick tree trunks.
With Lu Nianqi's gradual exertion, the heavy sarcophagus coffin lid made a rumbling sound, and when he looked down, the sarcophagus coffin lid had been pulled out four or five centimeters away, and the top of the coffin wall below the coffin lid was covered with white scratches.
It seems that this coffin lid alone has hundreds of catties, and if you add the coffin, it will be at least two or three thousand catties.
Seeing that Lu Nianqi was a little struggling, I just wanted to step forward to help, but at this time, Ning Nanxi raised his hand to stop in front of me, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Lu has opened countless coffins, how can this sarcophagus be difficult to stop him, and now I don't know if there is any danger in the coffin, don't go over first, and wait for Brother Lu to eliminate the danger." ”
While Ning Nanxi was speaking, Lu Nianqi had already pulled the coffin open a gap of more than ten centimeters, and then Lu Nianqi turned around and shook his wrists with both hands, and the probing claws that were originally hooked on the lid of the coffin suddenly flew up, and after a while, they were wrapped around Lu Nianqi's arm along with the rope.
Lu Nianqi tied the rope and retracted his backpack, then stood in front of the coffin and raised his legs above his head.
I only heard his angry shout and slashed the soles of his feet, and stepped directly on the hanging side of the coffin lid.
This foot was powerful and heavy, and it was full of strength, only to hear a bang, and the coffin lid that was originally covered on the coffin suddenly flew upwards and buckled upside down towards Lu Nianqi.
Lu Nianqi's face calmed down when he saw the danger coming, he stepped forward and stepped out sideways, pressed the sarcophagus lid against the strength of his waist and shoulders, and threw it onto the bluestone on the side.
The coffin lid fell to the ground with a loud noise, and the ground shook and shattered sand and gravel for a while, and the dust settled after half a minute.
After seeing Lu Nianqi open the sarcophagus, several of us immediately stepped forward, walked to the sarcophagus and looked down at the coffin, and were suddenly surprised.
What Lu Nianqi said is true, there is indeed another coffin hidden in the sarcophagus, but this coffin is much smaller than the sarcophagus, not made of stone, but a dark yellow wooden coffin.
There are many patterns carved on the wooden coffin, and when you look closely, there is no difference from the coffin you usually see.
"Brother Lu, is there something wrong with this coffin?" Su Dingqin looked at Lu Nianqi and asked in a deep voice.
Lu Nianqi heard the words and deeds in front of the sarcophagus, he looked at the wooden coffin placed in it for a moment, and said in a low voice: "The wood used in this wooden coffin is called Fengyang wood, although it is embalmed, but the material is relatively common, if the identity of the tomb owner is really noble, he will never use this kind of wood to build a coffin for himself, so I suspect that this coffin is not the coffin of the tomb owner." ”
Lu Nianqi's words made several of us all surprised, we walked all the way from the Diwang Temple to this stone chamber, during which we never walked the forked road, nor did we see any other stone chambers, in this case, this should be the main tomb.
Where can the coffin of the tomb owner be placed if it is not placed in the main burial chamber, is it possible that there are other places to hide the coffin here?
"You mean to say that the coffin is not hidden here, but may be hidden somewhere else?" Ning Nanxi asked.
Lu Nianqi turned his head and glanced around the stone room, shook his head and said: "This stone room is surrounded by stone walls and waterfalls, and there are no other dark rooms at all, so there should be no place to hide the main coffin, I suspect that this so-called main coffin is used to hide people's eyes and ears, and the real main coffin should be hidden in the thirteen coffins on the periphery!" ”
After Lu Nianqi finished speaking, he glanced down at the wooden coffin in front of him, and then said: "Although I suspect that the coffin in front of me is not the main coffin, I think it is still necessary to open it and take a look. ”
Hearing this, several of us took a few steps back, and then Lu Nianqi leaned forward and leaned over the sarcophagus.
He stretched out his hands to clasp the sides of the wooden coffin, and then lifted it up with a loud cry, and there was a sound of iron colliding in the wooden coffin, which seemed to be the sound of iron chains dragging together.
Hearing this, Lu Nianqi's face suddenly turned stunned, he hurriedly looked at Su Dingqin and shouted: "Brother Su, take a look at what is going on inside this wooden coffin, this wooden coffin has a heavy lid, I suspect that there is something connected below!" ”
As soon as these words came out, Su Dingqin immediately bent down and looked into the wooden coffin, and after a few seconds, he suddenly straightened up, looked at Lu Nianqi and said: "Under the lid of the wooden coffin is a ring, and there is an iron cable hanging on top of the ring, and there is a circular hole at the bottom of the wooden coffin, and the iron cable is pulled out of the hole!" ”
"Holes? Ironways? It's a disaster, there is really a mechanism in this wooden coffin, quickly jump out of the bluestone! ”
As soon as Lu Nianqi's words fell, he directly threw the lid of the wooden coffin on top of the sarcophagus, and was about to turn around and jump in the direction of the bluestone, but just as a few of us were about to jump out of the bluestone, there was a violent vibration under our feet, like a landslide and the ground cracked, and then the surrounding lakes were tumbling, and the wind was even stronger in the stone room.
"What's going on! What kind of trap did we trigger at this time! Shen Nanxiao exclaimed loudly.
"Look at the dark red water seeping down!" In a panic, Ning Nanxi raised his finger to the lake in front of him, and looked at it, the originally dark red lake water really began to seep down, and as the dark red lake water became less and less, something similar to a baffle appeared in front of him, and it was this thing that blocked the black water and the dark red lake water.
"I can't care so much, let's jump out of this main bluestone first, and then make plans!" After Lu Nianqi finished speaking, he was just about to jump to the opposite bluestone, when Su Dingqin hurriedly pulled it and grabbed it, and said with a pale face: "Don't go over, I'm afraid it's even more dangerous over there now, I'm afraid we're going to be dumplings this time." ”
"What do you mean?" Lu Nianqi said with a gloomy expression.
Su Dingqin raised his hand and pointed to the thirteen coffins around him, and said coldly: "The thirteen coffins behind us and in front of us are not the main coffin, there is no main coffin here at all, there are traps from beginning to end, the purpose is to let us open this sarcophagus to trigger the mechanism, you take a closer look at these thirteen coffins, and now they have begun to diffuse a gloomy aura from the cracks of the coffins, if I guess correctly, there must be something wrong with what is hidden here!" ”