The exquisite ancestor actually preserved a portrait of Ji Fa!
While it is quite surprising, it is also reasonable.
At that time, Ji Fa also went to Jingjue for the secret stone and brought a lot of treasures with him. King Jingjue at that time sent people to specially make nine small stone tripods that were exactly the same as the Chinese Jiuding as a commemoration. The two of them also Therefore, they became very good friends, so it was normal for King Jingjue at that time to secretly draw a portrait of Ji Fa.
But what people didn't expect was that the portrait was preserved like the exquisite ancestral precepts. Hasn't it decayed over the past few hundred years?
Thinking of this, Ji Fa remembered that when he was making the small stone tripod, Ji Fa had given King Jingjue some ancient paint, which is the Yangu paint now used by Ying Zheng. At that time, Ji Fa just wanted to paint it On the small stone tripod.
Now it seems that the paint was not used up, and the rest was painted on Ji Fa's portrait by King Jingjue at that time.
"Hahaha..." Ji Fa's smile was calm and calm, and there was no trace of panic. "The portraits left by your ancestors are somewhat similar to me. What a coincidence."
Ji Fa's understatement directly blocked the path of his thumb's in-depth exploration.
Coincidence, pure coincidence.
"Haha, it is indeed a coincidence." Thumb did not continue to ask, and said in compliance, "The age of the portrait is too old, I can only see the outline clearly, of course it will give me a feeling of déjà vu."
"No wonder." Ji Fa smiled and changed the subject, "It's getting late now, so why don't our distinguished guests take a rest early? If anything happens, we can discuss it tomorrow."
But Thumb waved his hand and said: "I brought the ghost hands all the way to China, but they are not here to rest. Why don't we go to the place where the mausoleum was built first."
Ying Zheng was also anxious to see what the Wang Tomb looked like, so he followed up and said, "Yes, senior, let's go to the Wang Tomb first and take a look. I have been thinking about it."
"Okay, okay, let's go take a look." Ji Fa stood up and went out first.
Meng Yi led Meng Tian to the front to lead the way, and the three of them followed behind, walking towards the direction of the secret room.
They didn't go far when they saw a vast expanse of land in front of them, and a huge pit appeared in front of them. It was the pit dug by Li Si when he tempered the alloy before.
The pit seems to have been widened, and the steps have been repaired to be smoother. Looking at the well, it is much larger than before. At a glance, it is bottomless.
Ji Fa stopped on the edge of the deep pit, looked at the well below, and said: "This huge pit is the entrance to the construction of the royal tomb. After the royal tomb is built, it can also be used as a virtual tomb. Protect the royal tomb."
Virtual tomb?
Ying Zheng asked with some confusion: "The meaning of this virtual tomb is that it is a false royal tomb?"
"Yes, exactly." Ji Fa said, "As in the past, this is the place to deal with tomb robbers, and the real entrance, without a key, no one can open for no reason."
Hearing this, Ying Zheng's heart tightened, and he quickly pulled Ji Fa aside, lowered his voice, and said with a hint of shame: "Senior, I want to tell you something."
"What's so mysterious?" Ji Fa asked puzzledly.
"Uh... the key you mentioned just now refers to the black iron snail?" Ying Zheng asked slowly.
Ji Fa smiled and said, "You have used it many times, why do you still use me to answer you?"
A drop of cold sweat broke out on Ying Zheng's forehead: "I wonder if there are any extra black iron snails?"
"Why, did you lose that one of yours?" After hearing Ying Zheng's question, Ji Fa made a guess.
"Hehe." Ying Zheng said with a smile on his face, "I didn't lose it, but... gave it away."
Ji Fa: "..."
"This is actually a coincidence." Ying Zheng continued to explain: "On the day I first arrived in Jingjue, I actually found something mixed with rocks at a stall on the roadside, with half of it very similar to a black iron snail. After asking about it, , that man actually claimed that it was his grandfather who worked at Sand Mill
Edge got by chance
of. "
"Oh?" Ji Fa looked suspicious.
"Later, Queen Jingjue removed all the rocks from the thing, and it turned out that the object inside was really a black iron snail." Ying Zheng said.
"Is it really a black iron snail?" Ji Fa asked in surprise.
"Yeah, but it's rusted to death and can't be used anymore." Ying Zheng said, "At that time, I was wondering if a senior had left it there."
"Our ancestors of all generations must have been to Jingjue. If any of them left it on the sand millstone, it is not impossible to go there." Ji Fa said.
Judging from Ji Fa's expression, he probably didn't throw the black iron snail, and he didn't know about it either.
Then the era of the Black Iron Snail was even longer.
"Later, Queen Wuchan inquired deeply about what it was, and I told her that it was a black iron snail, which is the key to the ancient royal tombs." Ying Zheng continued, "Then she suddenly had a whim and said that it was a perfect thing. I wanted to build a royal tomb exactly like ours, and I agreed as soon as I thought that this royal tomb is not a secret to Jingjue."
"So you sent the black iron snail away?" Ji Fa asked.
"Well, I hadn't given it yet at the time, but later she gave me a Dawan blood horse, and then in order to show my sincerity in helping her build the royal tomb, I gave her the black iron snail." Ying Zheng said.
Sometimes, the journey can take some twists and turns.
"Why don't you ask if there is a spare of this black iron snail, just give it away like this?" Ji Fa said angrily.
"Hehe, don't I think that even if there is no inventory, senior you will definitely make new ones." Ying Zheng said with a smile.
"How can I see it?"
"That old black iron snail from ancient times gave me a hint." Ying Zheng said, "If it couldn't be forged, and the previous one was lost, how could there be this later one."
"Haha, you are quite good at analysis." Ji Fa put away his dignity and laughed.
"That means that senior knows the forging method?" Ying Zheng asked happily.
Ji Fa nodded and said, "It's not difficult to make a black iron snail. What's difficult is the compass. The procedure is a little complicated."
Ying Zheng thought about the circles of the compass and the strange characters. It was indeed a bit complicated.
"If we go all out to build it, how long will it take?"
Ji Fa thought for a while and said, "Based on the current level of forging and the skills of the craftsmen, it should not be used."
With Ji Fa's words, Ying Zheng finally breathed a sigh of relief: "It didn't take long, and it happened to be that they also had to make equipment for Ghost Hands. Without equipment, it would be difficult for them to forge dense stones." "
"Well, let's go down, don't let people wait too long." Ji Fa said and took the lead to return to Thumb's side.
Thumb was looking around, looking at the structure of the pit. When he saw Ji Fa coming back, he followed the stairs and entered the inside of the pit.
When we arrived at the bottom of the pit, Jing Fan was waiting for us: "Greetings to the king."
"Haha, long time no see, Leader Jing, how is the progress of the project?" Ying Zheng felt very cordial when he saw Jing Fan.
"Your Majesty, please check it yourself." Jing Fan said with extra respect when he saw an outsider.
"Okay, then lead the way." Ying Zheng waved his arm.
"Please." Jing Fan made a gesture of invitation and then led the way to the front of the well.
I saw that the hole was more than twice as big as before. The light of torches came from below. It seemed that the below did not expand downwards, but was the structure of a hall.
On one side of the cave entrance, there is a folding ladder going down.
Everyone followed Jing Fan and walked down the staircase to the underground hall.
This hall is a rectangular structure with two sets of equipment on both sides. It looks like they are conveyor belts for moving earth.
On both sides of each set of equipment, there are two rows of sergeants shaking the axles in their hands. The conveyor belt above seems to be made of bark. It looks quite strong, and the structure inside cannot be seen.
See you, but it must be very complicated
miscellaneous.
"This is a conveyor belt designed by Senior Ji. It is very easy to use. It is much more convenient and faster than using people to move earth." Jing Fan introduced.
Looking forward, the other end of the conveyor belt extended into a place similar to a tree hole, and the buckets of soil were poured out of that tree hole.
"That's the earth well, which is a well that transports soil vertically." Jing Fan pointed in that direction and said, "There is an upright wheel with many wooden barrels hanging on it, and as the wheel As the disk rotates, the soil in the barrel will pour out on its own when it reaches the gap."
"Oh?" Ying Zheng asked, "How does this big roulette wheel rotate?"
"Back to the king, it is still achieved through the cooperation of axles of different sizes." Jing Fan said.
It was just an ordinary sentence, but both Ying Zheng and Thumb knew that the design and process involved must be extremely complicated.
The two of them looked at Ji Fa at the same time.
Ji Fa grinned and said: "Such a design can save a lot of manpower, and the excavation speed will be accelerated several times. If you want to complete the royal tomb as soon as possible, you will have to use your brain."
Thumb asked curiously: "The other end of this big roulette wheel should be another conveyor belt, right?"
"Yes, but there are more than one." Ji Fa said.
"Haha, interesting." Thumb clapped his hands happily, "The Ghost Hands of the Ghost Cave Clan are extremely good at digging mountains and caves, but they don't have this method. If Senior Ji agrees, I want to enter and see. The truth."
"Don't worry, let's look at the entire situation before we talk." Ji Fa responded with a smile.
"Okay." He suppressed the eagerness in his heart with his thumb and continued walking inside with Jing Fan.
Jing Fan pointed at the earthen well and said, "The process of transporting earth and rocks is actually a relatively independent and closed route, and the normal passages are on both sides."
After that, Jing Fan came to the right side of the mountain wall and ordered two sergeants to open a secret door, which revealed a not-so-wide passage.
Everyone lit torches and followed Jing Fan into the passage.
In this passage, there is a folding ladder that goes all the way down, sometimes long and sometimes short, sometimes slow and sometimes steep.
The speed of everyone moving downward was sometimes fast and sometimes slow.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, I finally came to a flat land, and after turning a corner, my eyes suddenly opened up.
A huge square space appeared in front of everyone. There were no stone pillars in the middle, but there were many iron cables interspersed under the ceiling.
"Is this the first floor?" Ying Zheng asked.
Unexpectedly, Jing Fan shook his head and said, "No, Your Majesty, this is the second floor."
"Oh?" Ying Zheng asked in confusion, "Why don't you start from the first floor?"
Before Jing Fan could speak, Ji Fa smiled and said, "The first floor hasn't been broken yet."
"Why is this?" Ying Zheng asked.
"The first floor is the easiest to solve, and it should be put last." Ji Fa explained, "It's like building a house. Whose house doesn't have the roof built last?"
Only then did Ying Zheng understand the truth. Regardless of difficulty or procedure, the construction of the first floor should indeed be put to the end.
Thumb carefully looked at this huge underground space. The countless torches in it were like stars in the dark night.
"The structure of this space has no beams or columns. Is it safe?" Thumb asked.
"If it is used for a short period of time, there is no problem, but if it is to be used for a thousand years, it must be reinforced with dense stones." Ji Fa said, "So, the next step is up to you."
Suddenly, all eyes were focused on Thumb.
Thumb's determined gaze collided with Ji Fa's gaze.
As if they had reached some kind of deal or formed a certain tacit understanding, the two people nodded at the same time and laughed together.
