Eternal Sand Sea Chapter 20: Blowing the Lamp
More than 2,000 years ago, the tomb hall of the Western Han Dynasty appeared in front of us in this way, there were no imaginary traps, and there were no blood rats like in the previous mines, the tomb hall was quietly hidden in the underground space as if it was sleeping, and the arrival of our "uninvited guests" broke its original peace.
We searched along the tomb wall on both sides, and found that there were slanted cypress pillars connected to each other outside the stone wall, and there was an oil cup the size of a tea bowl every ten meters, and the wick of the candle was lit as soon as I approached it.
"Don't move, this thousand-year-old tomb has a mechanism." Qian Jin was startled by this voice, and he instructed me.
I thought to myself, that if you can get away without touching anything, you might be able to fly out of a poisoned arrow at any point.
I was still apprehensive, but he took the candle and lit all the oil lamps on the other wall, and called out to me, "Why are you stunned, follow me to light those lamps." ”
Didn't the fuck say one thing and do another, I muttered in my heart, and then ignited the dozens of oil lamps in front of me, and the tomb was instantly brightly lit, and the entire tomb was illuminated by the yellow fire.
In the bright light, the top of the head is stacked with black tiles, the level of the pole is complex and exquisite, the cypress on both sides is obliquely pointing to the square staircase of the three steps in the middle of the tomb, there is a wooden shelf on the top of the staircase, through the gap of the wood, you can see that there are three wooden coffins carved with veins, the larger one in the middle, and the smaller one on both sides is back.
The Hades Hall is the most important position of the tomb, and it is the place where the coffin of the tomb owner is placed, and the three coffins here are one large and two small, which look like the coffins of the tomb owner and the two wives.
"It's really the tomb of the Western Han Dynasty, and this shape is a yellow intestine inscription." He looked at the magnificent tomb in front of him with excitement.
"What yellow sausage?" I don't know what he's talking about.
He looked at me with a little disdain, and explained that the "yellow intestine inscription" is a kind of burial method, which began in ancient times, mostly seen in the Zhou Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, and was rarely used again after the Han Dynasty.
I kind of understood, this tomb is not buried in the emperor but also the minister level, the mountains of southern Anhui can have such an old large tomb is indeed a great discovery, I suddenly feel like an archaeologist, found the cultural heritage left underground.
"Don't be too happy, the group of people who came first may have poured out all the valuable money, and we may run away." He poured a basin of cold water.
I forgot that there were tomb robbers before us, and the stone door didn't have time to close, presumably because there were too many bright weapons to hold.
I searched again, and there were some watercolor murals on the four walls of the tomb, the upper part of the mural was painted with cranes, auspicious clouds, the sun, the moon and the stars, and the lower part was painted with the twenty-eight stars and the four images of the dragon, the white tiger, the vermilion bird, and the Xuanwu, and there was really nothing else on the ground except for some large utensils that were difficult to remove from the cave.
My originally excited heart instantly sank to the bottom, and I went down to the tomb twice in a row but failed to see a good object, although the purpose of my tomb was not to pour the Ming vessel, but I was still a little disappointed.
There is no trace of the three coffins being opened, and the main reason for my analysis is that the wooden frame on the periphery is too tall, and less than ten or eight people can't move it, and the gang of tomb robbers probably can't pry it open, otherwise the three coffins will be hollowed out.
"Don't be stunned, let's go to the apse to observe." Qian Jin pointed to the corridor behind the staircase and said.
He thought that since there was nothing to excavate in the main hall, it would be better to turn into the apse and have a look, but usually it was a place to store burial goods such as utensils and animals, so it would not bring much surprise.
The distance of the road is only ten meters is not long, three steps and two steps to reach the apse, although the scale here is smaller, but the wall is similar to the main hall, there is an oil cup every five meters, when we light up all the oil bowls, only to find that the luxury here is not inferior to the main hall at all.
The floor of the apse is paved with ashlar stones, and there is a stone Sumeru seat with a height of more than two feet in the middle of the middle of the three walls of the left and right backs, and a huge stone coffin bed is placed on it.
"Oh, God opened his eyes, I didn't expect there to be something inside." He excitedly.
I said that the designation was empty again, don't be too happy.
"Don't crow's mouth, let's go up and have a look," he pulled out a cigarette and lit it, his eyes staring straight at the huge coffin.
At that moment, I faintly heard a rapid shout from above the burial chamber......
This voice is very recognizable, it is Brother Wei Guo's voice that tears open the call, and the time for us to leave is not short, according to the calculation, it is the time for the team to be ready to go.
Qian Jin didn't seem to be listening, holding the candle that burned half a finger high in his hand and walked up the steps, I didn't get close to him and shouted: "Brother Qian, someone is shouting outside, let's withdraw first." ”
He didn't look at me, just waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, take a look first." ”
I didn't expect him to be so unreliable, I knew that I wouldn't go to the tomb with this troubled water, and now I didn't dare to turn back alone, and I was afraid that he would encounter any emergencies here that would be difficult to deal with, thinking that it wouldn't take much effort to see if he wanted to, and besides, the things inside might have been emptied, and at most it would be a waste of effort.
I walked up the stairs from his opposite corner, and when I got closer, I found that the lid of this sarcophagus was tightly lid, not like the traces of being opened, and there was a small silver ingot under each of the four corners of the sarcophagus, which separated the sarcophagus from the coffin bed, and at first glance it looked as if it was suspended above the coffin bed.
He circled around the sarcophagus and then stood still, muttering to himself: "The pestle can't see a flower name here." Then he looked around and placed the candle in the corner of the coffin bed.
I know what he is going to do, when Lao Li Tou opened the coffin, he first put the candle at the corner of the coffin, and now he does this to open the coffin.
"The two of them don't rob tombs! What are you going to do? "I reminded that this is what Lao Li Tou had instructed before, and the singular number must be auspicious to enter the tomb, and the two of us entered this tomb to break the rules, and now he still wants to open the coffin, I suddenly had a bad premonition in my heart, and hurriedly stopped it.
He didn't listen to me as if he had hit an evil spirit, and his eyes were already deep in this unknown sarcophagus.
"Our master has poured the tomb for half his life without missing his hand, but the last time he folded it on the tomb of the Western Han Dynasty, we opened this coffin and fulfilled a wish for him, come, take a hand." His formation is about to open the coffin.
Lao Li Tou told me that he met a murderous corpse in Daba Mountain, but we are Wuxi Mountain, not the same tomb at all, and even Lao Li Tou can't understand the evil thing, if we encounter it here, it will be a dead end, so we hurriedly ran to him to stop it.
"There are already a group of people who have been in danger for us, what are you afraid of? Besides, there are really moths, those people died early, and you saw the corpses? ”
He pulled up crooked reasoning, I naturally won't be fooled, this sarcophagus has not been opened and cannot be confirmed, in case there is really an evil thing, I know that I can't deal with it at all, but there is a shouting sound from above, all calling my name, it seems that they think I have an accident and are looking for it in a hurry.
I said that it is better to leave first, even if we have to open the coffin, we will act alone next time, so that the whole team will not have any unity.
"If you want to go, you go back first, just say I'll go to join the team later." He put down his sentence and pushed the lid of the coffin with both hands to open it.
Isn't this empty talk, no matter how sparse you are, you won't be able to walk the road, and if you want me to bring them to you, how can I explain it to them?
I was a little anxious when I heard that shout, and the afterglow swept to the candle in the corner of the coffin, although the candlelight was a little faint, but the flame was straight and showed no sign of extinguishing.
At this time, I had the idea of luck, maybe it was really as he said, and it would only take a moment for this coffin to open and close, so it would be better to open it and let him see the dead heart.
"Open open open." I nodded vigorously, since I couldn't persuade him, it was better to do what he wanted than to waste time here.
Qian Jin showed joy, and hurriedly made a posture of pushing the coffin, and I cooperated with him at the other end of the sarcophagus, counting the one, two, and three passwords.
The sarcophagus looked big, but it was better than the one in the previous mine, and I pushed it forward with all my strength, and the lid of the coffin was pushed open a foot wide, and we both looked into the hole, but there was nothing in it.
I was relieved to see the empty coffin, as I had expected, the contents had already been emptied by tomb robbers.
I looked at Qian Jin and was about to open my mouth to persuade him to retreat quickly, but at this time, his face darkened and a solemn expression appeared.
"No, there are rules, and no matter how greedy people are, they won't all go smoothly." He muttered to himself.
I said that the facts are right in front of me, and there really is nothing here, so it is difficult to make them disappear by tricks.
He looked at me and asked coldly, "Could it be that the body has also been moved?" ”
I had only thought about the Ignorance Vessel here, and I hadn't thought about the corpse of the coffin owner at all, but when he reminded me, I gasped, where did the corpse go here.
His neck tilted back, looking at the corner of the coffin where the candle was placed, a sweat sliding down his forehead.
I suddenly felt that something was wrong, and I slowly looked in that direction, and found that the flame had turned green at some point, a very terrible green.
"Hurry up!" Qian Jin greeted.
As soon as the words fell, the candle in the corner of the coffin suddenly burst out a wisp of green smoke and went out......