In the tomb robbing industry, there are some things that must be done together. For example, there are some big fights in deep mountains and old forests that you can never handle alone. After all, there are only a few masters like Xunlong Taibao and Mountain Moving Taoist who can work alone. If there are too many necessary equipment for you to carry on your own, If you don’t go in, there will be too many good things for you to bring out by yourself. The environment of this kind of ancient tomb is generally extremely dangerous. If you are lucky enough to make it back and forth alive, it is not bad. If you have to risk entering it two or three times, I am afraid no one is willing to do so.
Therefore, whenever this happens, someone will come out to take the lead. In ancient times, it was called "Zhu Dou", and in the jargon of the Republic of China, it was called "Jia Lama". This thing is like the current contractor who has a project in hand and hires plumbers to do it. The archaeological team in the early days of liberation also used similar tactics to find talented people.
In addition to the five gates of Touching Gold, Faqiu, Looking for Dragons, Moving Mountains, and Xiling, there are also forces such as the "Old Nine Gates" among civilian thieves, which are the main force of "Jia Lama". They usually have experience, connections, and prestige. .
At this point we need to talk about the current industrial chain of the tomb robbing industry. Take Lao Ji as an example. He is now considered a giant among the southern natives. From a general structure point of view, all his positions are mainly responsible for two businesses: one is to collect goods from the ground, and the other is distribution. We generally call the handicap for picking up goods from the field "Lama plate", and the handicap for distribution is called "horse plate".
The way this system works is this: People like Lao Ji, known as "iron chopsticks", are exploiters of the industrial chain. They monopolize the best resources, including information about ancient tombs, knowledge about tomb exploration, and underworld knowledge. Identification of the device. These iron chopsticks hand over the information about the location and dynasty of the ancient tombs to the lama plate below. Then, the iron chopsticks will produce a "chopstick head", carrying the information, and lead the lamas picked up from the lama plate to go to the ground to get it. Goods, this is commonly known as Jia Lama. Wang Mian and Lao Xuan are the famous chopstick heads under Lao Ji.
At the same time, Lama Pan will have the familiar "Ma Pan" who has been waiting aside for a long time. When the things have just come out of the pot and have not yet "cooled", Ma Pan has contacted the buyers and designed the transportation route. Direct local trade. As soon as the things are cold, the horse tray is taken away, and the entire tomb robbing activity is over.
This system sells stolen goods very quickly. As long as they are not caught, only Ma Pan will die, and Iron Chopsticks and Lama Pan will not be implicated in any way. This is why tomb robbing activities are banned repeatedly. As for Iron Chopsticks and Lama Pan, there are as many characters as Ma Pan, and as many as they die will die.
However, the water here is very deep, and I can't explain it in a few words, so I won't say anything about it for now.
With the last key left, everyone's heartbeats could no longer be suppressed. In the current situation, everyone knows that even if you insert it with your eyes closed, the Qiqiao exquisite lock can be opened. Now everyone is looking forward to the scene behind the Dragon Broken Stone.
Lao Ji geared up and said, "I want to see what treasures are hidden in this tomb."
Yan Yunshu and Mu Yunhe could not wait for the heavy dragon-breaking stone to be opened.
"I've put all my tricks into practice. At this time, you can't be careless." Lao Ji reminded.
"Uncle Ji, don't worry, our moves are bright!" Lao Xuan said anxiously.
Then, I gave Lin Xiaoyu a look, indicating that she could insert the last key. Lin Xiaoyu nodded, and finally inserted the last key with an uneasy heart.
"Click, click, click..." Only the crisp metal knocking sound was heard, like the sound of gears turning.
"opened!"
Everyone got excited.
As the gears rotated, the heavy dragon-breaking stone slowly rose, and the huge space behind it suddenly appeared in front of us. As soon as we entered the Broken Dragon Stone, we looked up and saw four iron chains hanging from the high roof. A huge bronze coffin was fixed below the iron chains, and it was also wrapped around the bronze coffin several times. . The coffin was placed on a high-step stone platform.
Lao Ji was dumbfounded and said with an ooh, "I've finally found it!"
Lao Xuan shouted happily: "Good guy, such a big coffin must be worth my money, right? Now it's not in vain!"
Lao Ji patted his head and said, "It's worth money. Don't worry about money all the time. Even if it's worth money, you can't move it away. How many times have I told you, this is called a coffin, not a coffin!" Don’t fucking embarrass me!”
Lao Xuan touched his head and didn't dare to speak anymore. I took a closer look and said, "Lao Ji, I feel something is wrong. Others' coffins are nailed and not ready to be opened again. Look at this posture, the mechanism here It seems that the purpose of this coffin was to let others find it. Did the tomb owner originally plan to let others open his coffin one day? And you see, these iron chains are so strong, they don't look like they are used to fix them. Instead, it seems to be tied up to prevent the contents from coming out."
Lao Ji took a closer look and found that this was indeed the case. He couldn't help but admit it. We encountered countless incredible things along the way. Could it be that there is another monster here? So is it better to open it or not?
Lao Ji gritted his teeth and said: "I guess all the valuable treasures in this tomb are in it. If you don't go there, wouldn't it be in vain? So what if there are rice dumplings in it? We have guns and cannons now, it's really not possible. , just fuck the guy and fight it.”
I nodded, and Lao Ji added: "Besides, it's impossible for us to go back the same way we came. Almost every hole on this cliff leads to the maze of stone passages. I don't know how much it will cost to get out from there." Time, the best way is to climb out from above.”
We looked up, and Lao Ji pointed at it and said, "Look, these iron chains lead all the way to the top of the cave, and there are also a lot of food iron Tai Sui derived from the iron chains to the outside of the cave roof. This is simply... A natural ladder.”
Wang Mian said: "Uncle Ji, why are you talking nonsense here? That tree is a man-eating tree. Are you not seeking death by climbing that tree?"
Lao Ji laughed: "I have already thought of what you said. Haven't you seen that those iron-eating Taisui dare not touch the rocks here? The moss on this stone is called Jiuyang Shenmo, which is specially designed to eat iron. Tai Sui, let’s get some moss juice and apply it on your body to make sure everything goes smoothly.”
Lao Xuan was worried: "Will it work?"
Lao Ji glared at him, and I knew he was going to curse again, so I quickly said, "Okay, let's try it and we'll find out."
We took action immediately without saying a word. Lao Xuan carried the fat man on his back, and Lao Ji helped Wang Mian. I packed up my equipment and walked in front with my gun. They followed me and slowly walked up the high stone platform. I didn't look carefully just now, but it turns out that this stone platform is made of large rocks. It's so big, I don't know how it was transported in. There are also some deer-headed cranes carved on the steps. This kind of relief is very rare. I couldn't help but wonder who the owner of this tomb was, and why the specifications of the tomb were so bizarre.
The huge bronze coffin was right in front of me. It was at least three meters long. I saw that it was densely engraved with inscriptions.
The Han Dynasty was an important period for the evolution of Chinese characters. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, due to the separation of feudal lords, Chinese characters appeared in simplified, variant, and polymorphic forms. After Qin Shihuang unified China, he used the Qin script as the standard to unify the national script, which was called "Xiaozhuan".
However, it was too laborious to write in small seal script, especially during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Due to the continuous wars on the border and urgent military exchanges, using seal script to convey documents was not only time-consuming and laborious, but also unrealistic for the big-headed soldiers to write to the standard, so official script was It came into being. Later, probably for the need of quick writing, Li cursive appeared again. Now I also have several stone rubbings from the Han Dynasty, so I can still get a rough idea of these inscriptions.
At this time, I don’t know why everyone is silent, as if they are afraid of waking up the owner of the tomb. Lao Ji took out the pry bar and knocked on it. There was a dull echo inside, and it was definitely full of stuff. Lao Ji knew that I was good at these things, so he asked me softly: "Can you understand what is written on it?"
I shook my head and said, "I can't understand the specifics, but I'm sure the owner of this coffin is definitely not Princess Yutu. The text on it should be his life story, saying that he was once a general, and his ancestors He also had military exploits, but he didn’t mention the specific battles he fought, only that he had an ancestral seal.”
"Then what do these words mean?" Lao Xuan asked me. I took a look and found that in the middle of the coffin, there was a word "Qi" written on it, and then below it was a long strip of ugly Yinmao. These words were particularly big. , which is more eye-catching. I know that these numbers refer to one day, but there were four or five kinds of calendars in the Han Dynasty. When Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, everything was created first, and the calendar followed the old system of the Qin Dynasty. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the suggestions of Sima Qian and others were adopted and the Taichu calendar was promulgated. A few years later, a man named Liu Xin created a Santong calendar based on the Taichu calendar. Then during the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Santong calendar was changed to the Quadong calendar. However, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, astronomer Liu Hong discovered that the quarter calendar was wrong and created the Qianxiang calendar. This guy was also the inventor of the abacus. No wonder he was so good at calculations, but it was only used for more than fifty years.
Because the calendar at that time was too complicated, I didn’t know what day it was. “This should mark the date of the coffin, but I don’t know what day it was.”
While I was studying the inscriptions, Lao Ji was studying how to open the coffin. He shook the iron chains. Each of these chains was as thick as a thumb. The iron smelting technology in the Western Han Dynasty had reached a very high level, but iron is easy to oxidize. After so many years, most of it has aged and is basically only used for decoration. I asked them to get out of the way, pulled the bolt, and fired a few bursts. All the chains were broken, leaving only a few to fix the position.
Lao Ji asked me to step back and said, "Stop studying it and get him out of the way!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the coffin suddenly shook on its own, and a muffled sound came from inside. At first I thought I heard wrong, and I was about to ask someone else, but suddenly I was shocked again. Now I heard it really clearly, and I couldn't help but feel a chill all over, "It's broken! There is really something wrong with this!"
