Li Si, along with Jing Fan and other craftsmen, finally completed a preliminary visit to the first three floors of King Wu's Mausoleum.
Ying Zheng was ready and stood at the entrance to the fourth floor with Li Si, Jing Fan and others.
"Are you all ready?" Ying Zheng asked.
"Ready." Everyone replied in unison.
"Okay!" Ying Zheng said, "Put on a new torch and follow the others into the fourth floor."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Everyone picked up a new torch, lit it, and then put out the original one.
"Let's go." Ying Zheng waved his hand, came to the secret passage, and used the black iron snail to open the secret door.
As usual, Li Si walked in the front, Ying Zheng followed Li Si, Jing Fan and others followed behind and entered the secret passage leading to the fourth floor.
This secret passage still spirals downward.
Jing Fan followed Ying Zheng closely to protect Ying Zheng's safety.
"Your Majesty, what is this Black Iron Snail?" Jing Fan lowered his voice and asked.
"Why, are you interested in Xuan Tie Luo?" Ying Zheng said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, you also know that craftsmen like us will be interested in strange things when we see them." Jing Fan said with a smile.
Ying Zheng shook his head and said: "Actually, I don't understand the principle of this black iron snail. However, as far as I know, this really cannot be studied. Presumably, there is no need to imitate this."
"If this is the case, the king must protect him, otherwise the King Wu's mausoleum will not be accessible," Jing Fan said.
Ying Zheng nodded and asked, "You have been here these past few days. How is the production of firecrackers going?"
"Back to the king, Lord Mengtian has been supervising the production of firecrackers. I heard that a lot of bamboo joints have been prepared. We are just waiting for the next step to find the minerals of sulfur and saltpeter before we can start making them." Jing Fan said.
Mine is needed again...
It seems that no matter what is made, various minerals will be needed in the future.
Unknowingly, he had walked down a certain distance, but he had not yet reached the fourth floor. Ying Zheng was a little confused and asked Li Si, "Sir, why is the passage on this floor so long?"
"Your Majesty." Li Si slowed down and said, "I have never been here before, but it seems that the structure of this floor is different from the previous floors. Let's continue moving forward. There will be no danger."
Ying Zheng nodded and continued walking forward.
After walking down for a while, there was a corner in front, which seemed to be the exit.
Li Si walked in from the corner, and Ying Zheng followed suit.
However, behind this corner is not an exit, but an upward channel that changes the trend and direction of rotation.
Li Si didn't stop and walked up.
Ying Zheng looked around and saw nothing unusual, so he followed him.
Jing Fan still followed Ying Zheng closely, and the people behind him followed Jing Fan.
After walking diagonally upward for some distance, the space in front of us finally became clear, and our feet finally stepped onto flat ground.
Li Si and Ying Zheng raised their torches respectively, and looked carefully along the stone wall on the left and right.
Against the background of the blue flames, you can see that the stone walls on both sides are very smooth, as straight as a mirror, and dark black. If you look carefully, you can see a little bit of your own image.
Li Si raised the torch to the highest level to see what the stone wall looked like above.
Ying Zheng squatted down, lowered the torch, and looked at the ground.
The stone walls and ground above have such a structure, straight and smooth, as if they have arrived at a special rectangular space.
Jing Fan also squatted down and looked at the ground carefully.
"Your Majesty, look." Jing Fan touched the stone tiles on the ground and said.
"It looks like this is no ordinary stone brick." Ying Zheng said.
"So smooth, delicate to the touch, dark in color, and the gaps are so far apart, the distance between them is also the same." Jing Fan analyzed.
Tian Yi also came over and said: "This shows that these stones are very huge, and they are almost all of the same specifications. They are definitely not natural stones."
"Then this stone
How is it made? "Ying Zheng asked.
Jing Fan lowered his body, his face almost touching the ground, observing the smooth stone: "If it is polished and then painted on the surface, it should be possible to make it. However, the width of this stone is not yet known. If this stone is It's too big. It's not easy to find so many large stones. Moreover, these stones don't seem to have natural texture."
After Tian Yi heard this, he also leaned down and looked carefully: "Yes, there really is no texture. Could it be that this stone is not a natural stone?"
It is common knowledge that natural stones have textures.
Jing Fan tapped the ground with his fingers again and said, "But this is indeed stone, not brick."
Ying Zheng also followed suit and knocked on the ground and asked, "Why, can't stones also be made into bricks?"
Jing Fan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, although stones can be made into the shape of adobe bricks, they are just polished for the sake of appearance. But adobe bricks are made by mixing various soil materials and firing them with fire. It’s done, but the stone cannot be burned with fire.”
Jing Fan was afraid that Ying Zheng wouldn't understand, so he deliberately kept it simple.
Ying Zheng thought for a while and said, "In other words, normal adobe bricks can be designed in any shape and size, but stone bricks cannot."
"That's right, Your Majesty," Jing Fan said.
"The huge stone bricks have no natural texture, are uniform in size, and are huge in size. They seem to be made using the same method of making adobe bricks, but this is simply impossible." Tian Yi added.
Yes, who can burn the stone and condense it into huge stone bricks?
"In other words, we can't make the stone bricks like this yet?" Ying Zheng murmured.
Jing Fan nodded and said, "That's true."
Ying Zheng looked disapproving: "Maybe the task on this floor is to imitate this stone brick. Let's move forward."
Jing Fan and Tian Yi both shook their heads with a wry smile, got up and followed Ying Zheng forward.
After copying so many things for Ying Zheng, the two of them were relieved. Moreover, Ying Zheng also said that he would build his royal tomb to look like the tomb of King Wu of Zhou Dynasty. Presumably this stone brick method, It must be learned.
Continuing to walk forward, there was a corner. Jing Fan looked at the stone wall at the corner, but it was still so smooth, and even the curvature seemed so natural.
After turning the corner, a rather huge stone door appeared in front of us.
Several vague figures stood on both sides of the stone door.
Except for Li Si, everyone stopped unconsciously, and the people behind him took two steps back.
"Don't be afraid, they should be human figurines." Li Si said.
Only then did everyone have the courage to follow Li Si forward.
When I got closer, I saw that there were indeed two rows of human figurines. However, the clothes of the two rows of human figurines were also colorful. When they were far away, they looked like real people.
"I thought there were really two rows of guards standing here," Ying Zheng said.
"This figurine is a little different from the previous ones." Tian Yi said.
"It seems that the expressions of these warriors are more delicate," Jing Fan said.
Tian Yi nodded and said: "That should be the case. They are more like real people than those on the upper level."
Ying Zheng ignored any subtle changes in the warriors and looked at the big stone gate in the middle.
Everyone's eyes also turned to the stone gate behind the warriors.
The stone door is divided into two doors, the left and right, with a copper ring in the middle. It is dark gray and looks like the door of a wealthy aristocrat's mansion.
On both sides of the stone gate, there are two stone unicorns, which are powerful and lifelike.
Ying Zheng looked around again and saw that there was no danger, so he walked to the front of the stone gate and looked for something carefully.
According to convention, there should be a hole for using the black iron snail near the handle of the stone door.
Sure enough, there was a circular cover under the copper ring of the stone door.
Ying Zheng unscrewed the lid, revealing the hole inside.
Taking out the black iron snail, Ying Zheng inserted it diagonally into the hole and twisted it gently.
Bang! …
The sound of a machine starting up suddenly sounded.
Ying Zheng stepped back and waited for the stone door to open.
However……
The stone gate did not move.
Everyone looked at each other, thinking it wasn't time yet.
Uh-huh...
A cry similar to that of a woman came from inside the stone door.
Everyone was excited.
"What's the sound?" Ying Zheng also became nervous.
Before Li Si could speak, Tian Yi said nervously: "Is it... some ghost in the mausoleum?"
After Tian Yi said this, everyone became even more nervous. They all held the torches tightly and placed them on their chests, staring at Shimen closely.
"Sir." Ying Zheng looked at Li Si with a slight tremor in his tone.
"Don't worry, nothing will happen." Li Si comforted him and walked towards the stone gate.
But before Li Si's second foot landed, he saw blue smoke spraying out of the mouths of the two rows of human figurines and the mouths of the two stone unicorns.
Everyone was so frightened that they all backed away.
Li Si also became nervous and said, "This smoke is poisonous. Move back."
The person at the back turned and stepped back. Jing Fan and Tian Yi protected Ying Zheng and also stepped back. They kept waving their hands to shake the green smoke away from their faces.
However, everyone still underestimated the speed of the green smoke. Before the last person could exit the reentry, everyone was already surrounded by the green smoke.
The sound similar to a woman's cry inside the door gradually became clearer and louder.
To be in a mausoleum, surrounded by poisonous smoke, and with a woman-like cry constantly ringing in your ears, is really a great test for one's will and courage.
At this time, Li Si took Ying Zheng's hand and instead of retreating, he walked towards the stone gate.
"Your Majesty!" Jing Fan shouted anxiously, worried about Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng knew that Li Si had a reason for doing this, so he waved his hand and told Jing Fan not to worry.
People in Jing's class didn't ask too many questions, but seeing that Ying Zheng and Li Si were very calm, everyone felt a little calmer.
After Li Si and Ying Zheng whispered a few words, the two came to the stone gate and searched for something together.
Due to the obstruction of the green smoke, the two people's figures became blurred. In order to see Ying Zheng and Li Si clearly, Jing Fan pulled everyone in the Jing family class to squat on the ground and stare ahead.
After a few breaths of time passed, the green smoke became thicker, and everyone could no longer see clearly where the two of them were.
Ying Zheng was also quite nervous, with cold sweat oozing from his forehead, but he still searched the stone door carefully.
"Your Majesty, here." Li Si's voice came.
Ying Zheng followed the voice and came to Li Si. He looked carefully along Li Si's fingers and saw the same copper cover behind Shi Qilin.
Li Si quickly unscrewed the copper cover, but inside it was not a keyhole like before, but a smooth purple crystal surface similar to crystal.
"This..." Ying Zheng was stunned.
It's against the rules!
Without saying a word, Li Si took Ying Zheng's wrist, took out the dagger in his arms, quickly cut Ying Zheng's index finger, and then pressed the blood-stained finger on the purple crystal surface.
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What is this operation?
Ying Zheng was just about to ask something, but Li Si explained: "Your Majesty, this stone gate should be a dual mechanism. In addition to the black iron snail, it also needs your blood fingerprint."
"My handprint?" Ying Zheng looked down at his ten fingers.
"Yes, it was the finger on which the King and Master signed the covenant of heaven." Li Si said.
At this time, the crying inside the stone gate stopped, and the color of the green smoke gradually became lighter and turned into white smoke.
Li Si took a breath and said, "The poisonous smoke has turned into an antidote. It should be fine."
After hearing Li Si's words, Ying Zheng also breathed a long sigh of relief, but he still had lingering fears.
Click...
The stone door behind them made another sound. Ying Zheng looked back and saw a gap between the two stone doors.
