Since ancient times, everyone from the royal nobles to the local tyrants and squires has attached great importance to the safety of their tombs. Therefore, hidden weapons have become indispensable features in ancient tombs, such as falling rocks, quicksand, flaps, crossbows, etc. Poisonous gas, fire, etc., almost every tomb robber will encounter in his life, and most of his lives will be lost in this. Besides those who die from evil and evil deeds, if you want to get a good death in the Mushroom Gate, 100% of it will happen. I'm afraid it's less than half.
However, although the traps are powerful, they generally have one thing in common, that is, they are difficult to recycle and are basically disposable. This is a way for thieves to destroy the tomb and both die. Therefore, in order to avoid the destruction of the tomb, the owner of the tomb uses You have to put more thought into the mechanism to make it long-lasting and comfortable to use. It is best to kill a wave of thieves. Like the machine crossbow in the tomb passage where the three Taoist priests with grim faces are using this idea, to use it secretly. The river drives the crossbow machine and prepares enough crossbow arrows in the secret chamber behind the wall. As soon as the tomb robber comes in, he will shoot all the arrows in his arms. The crossbow machine will stop shooting when the stone door returns to its original position. The crossbow machine will start again when the pressure plate is triggered next time. This goes back and forth to protect the safety of the underground palace.
It's just that the designers of the mechanism ignored a very serious problem, that is, the more complex the mechanism, the lower the fault tolerance rate. As time goes by, the biggest enemy of the entire mechanism is no longer tomb robbers, but time. As long as any part comes out, The fault seems to be rotten, then this set of mechanisms is considered useless. The fault in the set of mechanisms in front of me is caused by the crossbow arrows. The tomb passage has been soaked by rain all year round, so it will inevitably be extremely humid. The contents stored in the secret cabinet are Naturally, crossbow arrows cannot last long. Unexpectedly, the mechanical crossbow machine is still good, and the ammunition is gone. Fortunately, the previous group of people dug a funnel shape for the entrance to the tomb. Although their identities cannot be determined yet, there is a strange combination of circumstances. Letting the rainwater flow in can be regarded as saving the lives of the three ghost-faced Taoist priests. Otherwise, the three of them would have been shot into sieves. I'm afraid they would have gone to argue with the Lord of Hell by now.
The Taoist priest with a grimace treated He Siniang's wound, and the dark crossbow just passed through the flesh of his shoulder. Although a lot of blood was shed, fortunately it did not hurt the muscles and bones, and could not delay the action. As the three of them were talking, At the same time, there was another strange movement in the tomb passage. This time the sound came from above the head. It sounded like the sound of a chain twisting. The three people heard the sound and immediately stopped talking. Then they saw the stone door at the entrance of the tomb passage slow down with the sound. He slowly lifted it up, and when it reached the top, there was only a click in the tomb passage, and then the surroundings returned to silence.
He Siniang breathed a sigh of relief, moved her injured arm, and said: "It seems that I guessed right. This stone door will automatically return to its original position after a certain time. The sound just now was the iron chain dragging the stone door."
"Then what should we do now?" Luo Laoqi saw that the escape route was open, and he couldn't help but have the intention to retreat. He was brave enough but not subtle enough. When encountering a fierce beast, he dared to throw his arms away, but he could only use these three things. There was nothing they could do about the indiscriminate concealed crossbow mechanism, and the shadow caused by the dog-headed army master Dong Ruhai in the first few years. After the recent incident, they backed down and said: "The tomb passage was flooded and turned into a bird-like shape. There is definitely nothing to see in the underground palace. Not to mention the treasures of gold and silver, I’m afraid that all the boards of Mr. Zhao’s coffin will float away. It’s better for the Yisa family to go to the Golden Palace and carry the dragon chair away. It must be worth a lot of money. , and save yourself the trouble of going to this pool to soak the corpses."
The Taoist priest with a grimace shook his head and refused: "There is no reason not to leave the tomb in front of the big tomb. You have to go in and see what is going on in the tomb to know." The Taoist priest with a grimace actually said this for He Siniang. She and herself Unlike Luo Laoqi, the purpose of coming here this time is to seek money. The main purpose is to find the antidote for the butterfly poison on his body. How can we give up if we don't search the underground palace to the fullest? Neither Daoyi nor He Siniang's beauty could be ignored, so he said: "You idiot, you don't know what you want, but you don't know? Aren't you just scared by the agency? You can even look at it if you stick your butt out." It's in your throat, damn, as long as you be careful, there won't be so many agencies to hinder us, stop talking nonsense, hurry up and get ready to go to the underground palace."
"Hey!" Luo Laoqi sighed and said helplessly: "Since Siniang came, the Taoist priest has changed his ways to talk to Siniang. It's hopeless. He seems to be falling for Siniang's beauty. , it seems that only one person in the family is an upright man." He said that he was poor, but he still honestly took out the torch, and ignited the extinguished torch in the hands of the grimace Taoist priest. The grimace Taoist priest was too lazy to chat with him and was not angry. He glanced sideways at Luo Laoqi and said: "You, a big and thick man, has a mouth that is worse than the old women on the street. Shut up now. Be more careful with your hands and feet this time. Follow Pindao honestly and don't touch him from left to right."
After speaking, the Grimace Taoist held the torch and walked deep into the tomb passage. He Siniang and Luo Laoqi followed closely behind. The tomb passage was not long. It took about ten steps to reach the end, but when the Grimace Taoist reached the end, But he was stunned when he saw a stone wall in front of him strictly blocking the way forward. The reason why it is said to be a stone wall and not a stone door is because the surrounding sides of the stone wall are embedded in the tomb bricks, and the joints are close together. It fits perfectly, just like building a tunnel on the wall.
The grim-faced Taoist priest stopped and held a torch and looked closer to the stone wall. He was shocked again when he saw that the stone wall in front of him was covered with small holes, which were all arrow holes left for the concealed crossbows. Not surprising, but the strange thing is that the material of the stone wall is both familiar and unexpected to the grimace Taoist priest.
In ancient times, there were only a few types of stone, such as "white marble", "blue and white stone", "bean dregs stone", etc. These stones were used in different places in architecture according to their different stone properties.
White marble and bluestone are soft and easy to carve, so they are often used to make various stone statues, xumizuo, handrails, etc., while bean dregs stone is what is now called granite. This stone is hard and weather-resistant, so it is often used to make platform bases. Stone steps or various solid stone gates are the most common materials for sealing stones and stone gates in ancient tombs. The liftable stone gate at the entrance to the tomb is carved from bean dregs stone.
However, the stone wall in front of us is not made of these common stones. It can not even be considered a stone. It is a kind of brown rock that can be seen everywhere on the mountain. This kind of rock is very difficult to become a material and can easily crack under the impact of external forces. The fragments, not to mention being carved into a wall, cannot be simply split into two. I have never heard of anyone using this kind of mountain rock as building materials since ancient times, so the Taoist priest with a grimace will feel... It's both familiar and unexpected.
