There are only about ten steps away from the sealing stone layer, and the corridor is not completely filled. After passing the sealing stone layer, there is still a dark corridor. The entire corridor has a layout of going straight first and then going down. It takes only a few steps from the sealing stone layer. The corridor began to slope downwards. When the torch was fired, there was endless darkness in front of it except for the dense rock walls. The downward corridor seemed to be very deep.
The Taoist Priest with a grimace turned to Xiahou Xiang and said, "Excuse me, Master Xiahou, to go and greet Senior Xiahou and He Siniang to come in."
"Are you all coming?" Xia Houxiang asked, "Aren't you going to leave anyone outside to watch?" "
"Who should stay? The three of us are indispensable as a whole. Without anyone, we won't be able to catch the fish, but we don't have the habit of splitting up the lookout." The implication is that it is best for you to stay outside. If you can't bear to let it go, then shut up. Mouth.
In fact, the Grimace Taoist knows that there is no need to look out for the wind in such a secret place. Not to mention that Yan Jiuye of Liang'ermen is on guard outside. Even if someone comes to cover the cover (blocking the robber hole), it can't be covered because it is a seat. There is more than one entrance and exit to the Mother Tomb. If one side is blocked, it will be difficult to go there. Why bother leaving a prime minister to hold the door? Besides, who would give this kind of job to a young man without murmuring in his heart?
When Xia Houxiang heard this, he curled his lips and said nothing. He turned around and got out of the stone seal. When he was gone, the Taoist priest with a grimace shook his head and said: "This is the disadvantage of getting a son when you are old. Everyone in the family is doting on you for no reason, waiting for the father to let go." , He can’t even carry two buckets of water on his shoulders, how can he rest assured that such a big sect is in his hands?”
Luo Laoqi sneered and said: "Taoist Master, you are so useless. What will he do to us in the future? When you went to become a disciple, I gave him a beating, but now he cares about his son."
"I'm so concerned about you. I can't bear to part with the Faqiu Golden Seal. If this happens, the Faqiu Golden Seal will have to be handed over to them. Isn't this just like wasted?"
"Is the Taoist Master preparing to..."
"Don't make random guesses. We have to lack character and integrity. We can't do this kind of thing. Moreover, the poor man has now figured it out. This Fangfaqiu golden seal is like the jade in Uncle Yu's hand in the Spring and Autumn Period. 'Every man is not guilty.' It's a crime to have a jade in your arms. There are so many people who care about it. Even if you can steal it with your life, you may not be able to use it."
"Why can't the Taoist priest say it more plainly so that the Sa family can understand it?"
"If you don't understand, pull me down. Stop talking. People are coming in."
After a while, He Siniang and Xia Houyun entered the corridor one after another. After some discussion, they felt that although the corridor of Yadong Tomb was unlikely to contain a mechanism, it must be guarded against, so the Taoist priest with a grimace With Xia Houyun in front, Luo Laoqi and He Siniang behind, they walked forward with Xia Houxiang in the middle.
The slope of the corridor is nearly 30 degrees, and it is difficult to walk without holding on to the rock wall. The grim-faced Taoist priest worked hard at the front, for fear of hitting any trap with his hands. In the fight, the corridor is also known as the ghost gate for fishing. Most of the traps and hidden weapons are set up here. Just like the three Taoist priests with ghost faces when they visited the trap tomb in the Huiwang Mausoleum, if they don't pay attention to their hands and feet, they will touch it. To the point where the trigger of the mechanism would be irreversible. If the set of serial crossbows hadn't been out of arrows, the three of them would have been on the road to reincarnation.
Xia Houyun seemed much calmer next to the grim-faced Taoist priest. He believed that due to the construction methods of the cliff cave tomb, it was difficult to install any mechanism. Whether it was quicksand and falling rocks or a turning machine crossbow, he wanted to leave no traces in the neat rock corridor. , it is almost impossible to do it. The only possibility is to seal the poison gas in the tomb, and let the tomb robbers open the door of the tomb and touch it and die. But now it seems that there is obviously no poison gas in the corridor, and everyone has taken precautions for this. Need to worry too much.
After walking for twenty or thirty feet like this, everyone still didn't see the next tomb door, but they found two symmetrical low doors on both sides of the corridor, both with red painted wooden bottoms, like two ear chambers. , the Taoist priest with a grimace stopped and said, "This corridor is quite deep. Stop and let's take a look at what's in the ear room first."
The low door was not locked, but opened with a push of his hand. The Taoist Priest with a grimace held a torch and poked into the right ear chamber. Seeing that the space inside was quite large, he stooped and carefully got in.
The ear chamber is three feet deep, nearly four feet wide on the left and right, and more than one foot high. There are many wooden pillars inserted horizontally on the left and right rock walls, dividing the space of the ear chamber into several layers. Each layer is paved with wooden boards and piled high with piles of wood. They were all copper coins, and at first glance there were tens of thousands of them. It turned out that this was a money cellar.
Xia Houyun also followed in, reached out and picked up a copper coin and looked at it. The copper coin was well preserved and not very rusty. It looked about the same size as a five-baht coin, but its texture was thinner. There were two clear official script characters on the front. ——Abundant goods.
"This is money for abundant goods." Xia Houyun looked at a few more coins in succession, and then said: "Then the age of this tomb can be roughly determined?"
The Taoist priest with a grimace nodded and replied: "During the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms, there were not many regimes with their own currency, and among the four regimes in the Yanzhou area, only Later Zhao issued this kind of money."
Later Zhao was a regime established by the Jie Shi family of Hu people. From the time when King Shi Le of Zhao proclaimed himself emperor, to the second year of Yongning when his grandnephew Shi Zhi was killed by the general Liu Xian, it lasted for thirty-three years. Because of his influence on the Confucian culture of the Central Plains, The influence was far-reaching, and he believed that he had inherited the orthodoxy of the Jin Dynasty. Jin was Jin De, Jin was born with water, and water was Zhao. Therefore, the country was named Zhao. In order to distinguish it from Han and Zhao established by the Xiongnu noble Liu Yuan, later generations called it "Later Zhao" in history. ".
Later Zhao Guozuo was very short, less than the third century (in ancient times, twelve years were called a century), but it was a big man, which was not bad compared with other regimes of the same period. Moreover, Later Zhao's politics were relatively clear during Shi Le's reign. The economy also developed to a certain extent, so they introduced their own currency, which was this kind of Fenghuo money that imitated the five-baht coin. At that time, only four countries among so many countries had implemented currencies. In addition to Later Zhao and Qian Liang , Cheng Han, and Xia, but the only political power located near this tomb was Hou Zhao.
Xia Houyun and Taoist Ghost Face are both familiar with history. Seeing the abundant money in the money cellar, they have roughly guessed the background outline of this tomb. This is probably an ancient tomb from the Later Zhao period, and although the identity of the owner of the tomb, Taoist Ghost Face, is still unknown. I can't be sure, but I have some ideas in my mind. The person who can make the Northern Wei army avoid him must be a noble at the emperor level. At that time, there were seven emperors in the later Zhao Dynasty. Except for the imperial tombs of Shi Le and Shi Hu, there are clear historical records. The whereabouts of the other five are all unknown, so is it possible that this is the royal tomb of one of them?
The grimace Taoist priest and Xia Houyun had basically the same idea, but the specific identity of the tomb owner needed to be further investigated. When they saw that there were no other clues in the money cellar, they left the ear room one after another. At this time, Luo Laoqi had no idea. When I was free, I had already opened the ear chamber on the left. As soon as the ghost-faced Taoist priest entered the corridor with his front feet, he also came out with a pottery figurine arm, cursing and saying: "If you are sick, put a hole in the dummy, and the hands and feet are still there." Not strong.”
"What did you get it for?" The grim-faced Taoist priest took the pottery figurine's arm. Seeing that the front fingers were bent strangely, he asked, "Are there pottery figurines like this in the ear room over there?"
"Well, there are all kinds of weird things, and some of them seem to be... playing the piano?"
"It should be a room of musical figurines. They are all arty things. There is no need to see them. Just keep going down." The Taoist priest with a grimace threw away the arm of the pottery figurines. At this time, a green light suddenly flashed deep in the corridor, and then suddenly brightened. Two groups of faint green lights appeared, as if there was a giant beast lurking in the darkness, staring at everyone with wide eyes.
"Some idea!" Luo Laoqi shouted quickly, and hurriedly bent down and put the half of his arm in his hand. The Taoist priest with a grimace also hurriedly pushed back the wrist crossbow. At this time, He Siniang suddenly pressed Luo Laoqi's arm and said : "Don't get excited yet! Take a closer look at the green light."
The Taoist Priest with a grimace quickly took a closer look after hearing this. This time he could see clearly. He saw that the two green lights were shaking continuously, and they looked a bit like two candles. Under the weak light, he could faintly see the surrounding objects. What pattern? The Taoist priest with a grimace asked in confusion: "Why does it look like the lamp niche on the tomb door? Is there white phosphorus in the lamp oil?"
"It's possible. This method of spontaneous combustion of white phosphorus has been seen many times. It just so happened that we opened the corridor and brought in air, which made the extinguished oil lamp re-ignite. Let's go over and have a look."
Several people walked quickly towards the green light. When there were still six or seven steps left, the torches had already illuminated the scene in front. The Taoist priest with a grimace was the first to see a tiger head, which occupied the entire end of the corridor. The tiger head was in the rock. Directly carved out, the tiger's mouth is wide open, and two big red tomb doors are set inside. The green light comes from the tiger's eyes. There are two oil lamps placed there. The closer you get, the better you can see it. The light of the fire flickered, as if there was no more oil in the lamp and it would go out in an instant.
"His grandma's..." Luo Laoqi scolded: "It's these idiots who have done something strange again, scaring the whole family."
"Pindao also suffered from the sequelae caused by the Yin Mo in King Hui's Tomb. Everything he looked at looked like a monster's eyes. Just now he managed to miss a crossbow shot."
"Taoist Master and Luo Baotou were joking." Xia Houyun sighed: "Evil beasts like Yin Hui have changed their color even in our Faqiu Sect. There’s something scary.”
The Taoist priest with a grimace shook his head and replied: "It's just a matter of saving one's life. I dare not say that I can survive it. Don't worry about it now. Senior Xiahou, do you think the design of this tomb door is so strange?"
"This is called the 'Hu Shen Kan', and it is a tomb pattern created by the Hu people." Xia Houyun replied: "The Hu people actually didn't do much research on burial systems in ancient times. Except for the sacrificial burial system, the tomb patterns basically used simple horizontal pits. Even nobles were no exception. It was not until the Han Dynasty and the integration of multiple ethnic groups that the Hu people began to learn the Han people's Feng Shui burial system, but it also retained its own characteristics, such as the tiger god's ridge, which was used to destroy the tiger. The image of the king as the gate of the tomb can not only deter wandering ghosts, but also warn those who want to fight against one another - the front is the tiger's mouth, so be careful before proceeding."
