In the open square in front of the underground palace.
After going through many difficulties and life-and-death crises, Jin An and the others finally found the real tomb of the Lord of Teng Kingdom.
When they were at Longwangtai, there were more than thirty people among them.
There are only nine people standing in the square in front of the underground palace now.
Jin An, old Taoist priest, sharp sword.
Three eminent monks from Bailong Temple.
Weeping for two brothers.
Captain, Country Goddess.
Although I didn't see anyone else along the way, it must have been a bit of a disaster.
Snap.
Snap.
The crisp sound of human footsteps slowly opened the underground palace that had been silent for thousands of years. A few torches dispersed the darkness, and the nine people stood apart and looked up at the magnificent underground palace in front of them.
"So impressive."
"If I take any leftover materials and move bricks in this underground palace, I can build six or seven coffins. How many coffins should such a big underground palace be worth?"
The old Taoist priest was really big-hearted and spoke without any inhibitions.
In the underground palace square, there are several rows of terracotta warriors.
The surface of these terracotta warriors is covered with a thick layer of dust, giving them a sense of history.
I don’t know whether it’s because of the serious oxidation of the pigments, or because of the limitations of the times and the backward technology of the terracotta warriors in the past. The surface of these terracotta warriors has a bluish color.
With an icy texture and dim light.
Quite weird.
A group of nine people held torches and walked between rows of green pottery terracotta warriors under the dim light of limited lighting.
The torch can only illuminate about ten feet away, and at a slightly further distance, there is only darkness. It is no exaggeration to say that you can't see even your fingers.
Under the gaze of the lifelike cold-blooded warriors, the footsteps of the nine people echoed across the square.
"Jin Engong, I noticed that every facial feature of these terracotta warriors is different. Each terracotta warrior has the same facial features..."
The country goddess walked quietly behind Jin An and whispered a reminder.
At some point, the country goddess's clay pot containing the ashes and grave soil of a century-old corpse had been held in her hands by the country goddess.
Um?
Everyone didn't pay attention so carefully at first. After being reminded by the country goddess, they paid special attention to the facial features of the terracotta warriors on the way. As a result, they found that none of the facial features of these terracotta warriors were the same.
"Generally speaking, in the tombs of some princes and generals, there are often burial pits of terracotta warriors and horses, and these terracotta warriors and horses are the soldiers who led their troops in battles during their lifetimes. There are so many terracotta warriors in the mausoleum of the Lord of Teng Kingdom, and every facial feature is They are all different. Could it be that these terracotta warriors were carved after the most elite personal guards controlled by the Lord Teng during his lifetime? After his death, the Lord Teng asked craftsmen to take pictures of the facial features of each soldier. The facial features of these soldiers are carved on the terracotta warriors, and after his death, the most elite personal guards will continue to guard the tomb for him?"
The old Taoist priest was really generous. He held a torch, and every time he passed a soldier, he would use the torch to shine on that soldier's face.
In the flickering light of the torch, the facial features of every soldier in the square seemed to be twisting and changing, changing with the light.
Those lifelike facial features, no matter how you look at them, are weird, like the shadow of fire reflected in the clay eyeball, and the eyeball is moving with the light of the torch.
"Little brother, you said that there are so many terracotta warriors in the square, and the facial features of each terracotta warrior are different. Are these terracotta warriors buried alive? Or are they pottery figurines fired by craftsmen and carved with facial features according to military portraits? "
The old Taoist priest marveled at the exquisite craftsmanship of these terracotta warriors.
There are leaders in every industry.
A leader.
Jin An looked at the old Taoist priest quite speechlessly, thinking that this old Taoist was also very arrogant and was not afraid of these soldiers suddenly blinking at him.
"They probably weren't buried alive," Jin An said with a shrug.
The old Taoist priest withdrew his eyes that had been staring at the warriors, turned to look at Jin An in surprise, and asked: "How did you see it, little brother?"
Before Jin An could answer, General Duwei raised his finger and pointed in front: "Taoist Master Jin An probably saw the broken warriors, so he said that."
Everyone looked in the direction of the captain's finger.
Several broken terracotta warriors appeared in front of the team.
One of the terracotta warriors was smashed at the waist. The upper body was smashed to the ground and shattered, revealing a hollow body. The fracture was made of clay.
In addition to this terracotta warrior, there is also a terracotta warrior whose head was smashed off, and a terracotta warrior whose right arm and half of the face were broken, and the bronze sword fell to the ground.
A lot of dust fell on the bronze Ge.
It seemed that these warriors had been smashed to pieces for many years, and it was definitely not the work of the underworld ferrymen who entered first or other people in their group.
The fractures of these terracotta warriors are all made of clay, and their bodies are hollow.
"The human-dragon corpse was cruelly sealed alive in the bronze cauldron by the Lord of Teng Kingdom. Tengwen left an inscription on the wall of the cauldron, mentioning that the Lord of Teng Kingdom had found a way to resurrect from the dead. In the real mausoleum, there was a dragon that transformed into a dragon. Pond, the Hualong Pond is the key to the resurrection of the leader of the Teng Kingdom. The leader of the Teng Kingdom still left so many soldiers and warriors after his death. Could it be that he really believed that he could come back from the dead, and then lead his former subordinates to come down? Let’s leave Huangquan Road together and return to the earth from the underworld?” Even the abbot of Bailong Temple looked curiously at the terracotta warriors on the square.
These green pottery terracotta warriors stood motionless in the square. Although they made the atmosphere a bit creepy, they only looked a little weird. Jin An and the others passed through the square smoothly and arrived at the gate of the underground palace without incident.
Snap.
Snap.
…
The nine people stepped on the steps and climbed up. In the empty and quiet ancient tomb, the sound of their footsteps seemed particularly loud and spread far away.
The door of the underground palace has been opened, and there are many messy traces left in front of the door. There are many large potholes on the bluestone ground, which is not smooth at all.
There was even an area with scorched black marks that were obviously burned by the fire. The area was so large that it almost spread to the square.
"It looks like traces corroded by aqua regia. It should be that when the first group of people entered the underground palace, they triggered the mechanism used to guard the tomb."
"There should be not only aqua regia in this tomb, but also kerosene. They are all used to prevent tomb robbers."
The captain just glanced at the ground under his feet calmly, and stopped paying attention to his feet. Instead, he raised his head and looked at the door of the underground palace in front of him.
When I looked at it from a distance, I didn't think it was anything.
Look closer now.
Just discovered.
The tomb gate of this underground palace is actually a huge iron gate rising from the spot.
The iron gate is heavy, extremely thick, and dark, like a towering black mountain hanging above your head. It would crush a person, just like the top of Mount Tai.
No matter how hard the beef bone is, it will be crushed directly.
It was directly crushed into flesh and blood.
"Brother, this tomb door is actually an iron gate. Such a heavy iron gate weighs hundreds of thousands of pounds at least. Once the iron gate falls, no one outside can even think of opening it from the outside. It is equivalent to completely sealing the underground palace. Using explosives It can’t even explode…”
"But this doesn't make sense. Didn't the leader of the Teng Kingdom use the Hualong Pond to rise to heaven, resurrect from the underworld, and return to the earth again? He even sealed himself in the underground palace, and the Dragon King became the bastard in the urn. He How can you come out? Isn’t this contradictory?”
Holding a mourning stick, the younger brother in the black robe among the mourners said in surprise to the elder brother beside him.
The brother in white robe holding the soul-beating stick was questioned by his younger brother who had many problems. Fortunately, Jin An helped the elder brother out of the situation at this time and restored his authority as the eldest brother.
Jin An looked at the iron gate and said, "This iron gate should be sealed from the inside. It cannot be opened from the outside, but it can be opened from the inside."
"There should be a complex set of mechanism techniques in this underground palace to raise the iron gate. The most commonly used mechanism techniques among the people are waterwheel mills, pedal waterwheels, etc."
"There was a big river on the way we just came. Those craftsmen must have built a water diversion culvert under the underground palace to divert the river water to drive the windmill, and then use the windmill to drive pulleys, pulleys, winches and other mechanisms. Just like the city The principle of the gate gate is the same, except that the city gate in the underworld is guarded by living people, and only the people need to cooperate with the winch, but here is the tomb of the dead who can only lie in the coffin and cannot move, so the winch needs to be driven by water diversion. "
Jin An's detailed explanation made the mourning brothers admire him greatly.
"Taoist Master Jin'an, I didn't expect that you also know these magical skills of Dunjia and Wooden Ox and Flooding Horse."
Not to mention the mourning brothers who admired Jin An, even the captain general and the abbot of Bailong Temple looked at Jin An in surprise.
Seeing Jin Engong's omniscient knowledge and astonishing skills, even the country goddess looked at Jin An with even more respect.
"I finally understand, old Taoist!" the old Taoist priest suddenly said with surprise and joy.
"According to what my little brother said, maybe if we search nearby, we might actually be able to find a robber cave. Those tomb robbers should have entered the underground palace through the underground sewer, and then opened the underground palace from the inside!"
What the old Taoist said makes sense.
But now there is no need to leave without a door and look for an illusory burglary cave in such a large open place.
Next, the nine people began to enter the underground palace cautiously.
When passing under the iron gate, everyone couldn't help but look up at the heavy iron gate above them, which was full of oppression.
"It's so damn thick. If it falls accidentally, it will be shattered into pieces. Even a shovel can't remove it."
The old Taoist priest looked up at the dark and thick iron gate, shrank his neck, and hurriedly passed through.
Jin An: "..."
"Shut up your crow's mouth, which is the thirteenth sign of the Chinese zodiac: crow."
When the old Taoist priest saw that everyone turned to look at him, he knew that he had spoken too quickly and accidentally said something inappropriate for the occasion. He hugged everyone and then shut his mouth.
…
When entering the underground palace, Jin An was slightly startled after roughly seeing the scene in the underground palace clearly with the help of the weak lighting from the torch in his hand.
He saw a scene that surprised him.
At this time, the old Taoist priest who entered the underground palace was stunned for a moment, and then whispered: "Mom, little brother, this little brother is evil!"
Then the country goddess was also stunned when she came in.
The mourner brother was also stunned.
Everyone entered the underground palace one after another, and they were all shocked by the scene in front of them. Immediately afterwards, a chill surged in their hearts, and they were all frightened at this moment.
This underground palace is simply evil!
Everyone was shocked by the scene in front of them!
There were ever-burning lamps in the underground palace. Although they were not as bright as daytime, they allowed Jin An and the others to have a panoramic view of the scenes in the underground palace. Those ever-burning lamps with mermaid paste as candles illuminated the magnificence and luxury of the underground palace. It was built exactly as a one-to-one palace.
The underground palace is not made of cold stone as it looks from the outside, but with carved beams and painted buildings, golden towers and jade railings. A large number of precious giant trees are used in the underground palace, inlaid with gold and jade. This magnificence is not inferior to the grandeur of the imperial palace. It is said that it is It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the Dragon Palace.
But that wasn't what made the old Taoist priests feel frightened.
But those motionless figures...
At this time, in the underground palace, there are many figures, and those people are all green pottery figurines. Among these green pottery figurines, there are men and women, old and young, guards, maids, eunuchs and father-in-laws, and people from the court. Civil and military officials...
Faces are carved lifelike by craftsmen, each representing their status in front of them.
But they are all dead objects of pottery figurines.
People were posing in various positions, standing or sitting motionless in the underground palace. There were eunuchs carefully serving the officials; there were palace maids in thin gauze who were squatting or kneeling to pour wine for people; there were civil servants pushing cups and changing cups. Holding a wine glass and standing still in the air; some military attachés are discussing military affairs in front of maps; some poets are reciting poems and composing poems; some astrologers are asking for horoscopes...
These pottery figurines made all the people who performed their duties under the rule of a small country into pottery figurines one by one, and they continued to enjoy the glory and wealth of his lifetime underground.
"Under the Yinyi River, there is indeed a Dragon Palace. This is not a tomb. It is clearly a Dragon Palace with all kinds of soldiers and generals." The old Taoist priest became more and more surprised as he looked at it and said to Jin'an.
The old Taoist priest felt his scalp numb at this time, and was frightened by the scene in the tomb.
The interior of this underground palace is huge.
Going deep into the mountain rocks, you can't even see how far away the end is...
After passing the first nine people, they walked down the steps and carefully descended into the underground palace, carefully avoiding the motionless pottery figurines.
Although these pottery figurines are dead objects, it has long been proven that they are just clay and paper figurines.
But there are too many pottery figurines here.
No matter who encounters so many pottery figurines in the tomb, each one of which is as lifelike as a living person, he will feel somewhat restrained.
It’s not about fearing ghosts and gods.
Rather, people need to maintain a certain degree of awe and distance from the unknown.
Everyone followed the steps and went down to the underground palace. Within a few steps, they saw a thief's cave on the white marble ground. It was pitch dark under the robber's cave, but there was the sound of running water.
"Little brother, it seems that I was right. Sure enough, the first group of people entered the cave through the robbery hole."
The old Taoist priest whispered to Jin An.
