There are generally only three Chang'an lamps in ordinary tombs, symbolizing the three lives of the owner of the tomb, "past and present". However, depending on each person's monastic beliefs, there are also seven or nine. However, when the room is full of lantern niches, everyone still None of them had heard of it. Considering that this was a tomb of a barbarian, and that it might contain some exotic customs, the grim-faced Taoist priest told everyone not to bother guessing, but to go and see other places first.
Luo Laoqi turned around under the lotus bronze lamp, and then went deeper into the tomb chamber. He saw a tomb door in front of him and on his left and right sides. Judging from the posture, this front room was just a hall, with three directions. The tomb chamber is still hidden in the back.
The Taoist priest with a grimace accompanied Luo Laoqi to the tomb door on the left. It was a single-open carved oak wood door with a copper round lock hanging on it. Luo Laoqi saw that the copper lock was not valuable, so he picked up the mace and handed it to him. When it was smashed, the Taoist priest with a grimace frowned and said, "Idiot, please be gentle and destroy it. We have the hundred-turn lock-picking nail that Meng Qingyao gave us, so why smash it with force?"
"It's just a stick. How can I have time to stab Gu with that thing?"
"Li Tianwen still doesn't know what's going on over there. Who knows where the ambush will be set up. If he finds out... well, forget it, I can't explain it to you, so hurry in."
The two walked into the tomb. The space inside was completely different from that of the hall. The height of the tomb suddenly increased a lot. It looked nearly three feet tall. The interior layout was also very unexpected. It was actually columnar, and all the walls were covered with wood. The chisel was carved into an arc shape, and the wall surface felt smooth and neat to the touch. It was obvious that a lot of money had been spent on the chisel.
Luo Laoqi looked at the wall next to the door and said curiously: "I didn't expect that Li Laoer's ancestors had some background as a mason, and the tomb was actually built into a round shape. This is the first time that the Sa family has met this."
"Taoist Jianghua only supervised the construction and did not build the mausoleum himself. If he really had that ability, he would have built the underground tunnels as if they were eaten by dogs."
Speaking of tunnels, the grim-faced Taoist priest thought of a vast underground valley a few feet away from his feet. Shi Zhou Huozhu's underground palace was no different than a stone placed on an eggshell. It looked very stable on the surface, but Once there is a crack in the eggshell, the entire underground palace will collapse into a deep valley. Thinking of this, the grimace Taoist priest felt a little weak at his feet. He quickly shook his head to get rid of this idea, and then walked towards the depths of the tomb with a torch held high.
The ghost-faced Taoist priest gradually explored inward along the curved wall. After taking a few steps, he saw several square holes appearing on the rock wall. Each square hole was the size of a four-person table. At first glance, it looked like a hall. The lamp niche in it is ordinary, but judging from the size and depth of the square hole, its function is not like that of placing oil lamps.
The Taoist priest with a grimace walked quickly to the square cave and poked a torch into the cave. He was stunned when he saw it. Unexpectedly, there was a coffin stuffed inside the cave. The big red word "福" written in official script on the head of the coffin was clearly visible.
The Taoist Ghostface hurriedly looked inside several other square caves. Everything was like this. There was a coffin in each cave. At this time, Luo Laoqi had already reached the depths of the tomb. The Taoist Ghostface used his torch to With the bright light, you can see that the walls of the entire tomb are densely covered with square holes filled with coffins. There are so many square holes in layers that you can’t even count them. It just feels like a honeycomb, which makes people feel happy just looking at it. Scalp numbness.
Luo Laoqi turned to look at the grim-faced Taoist priest and said in surprise: "Mom! These caves are full of coffins!"
The Taoist priest with a grimace nodded, and then waved his hand for him to come over. He Siniang and others also heard the sound and entered the tomb. Everyone gathered in front of a square cave. He Siniang was the first to ask: "This is not the tomb of Shi Zhou Huozhu. What? How come there are so many coffins?"
"Is it possible that this guy has too many clothes?" Luo Laoqi interrupted.
The Taoist priest with a grimace ignored Luo Laoqi and said, "This is a side room. It shouldn't contain the Shi Zhouhe and Zhu robes. The poor Taoist saw that although these coffins are almost the same size and shape, they are very ordinary in shape and are definitely not for the royal family. The specifications look like the single coffin of longevity and longevity commonly used by ordinary wealthy men and minor officials."
"Old Shi arrested a group of landlords and rich men to be buried with him?" Luo Laoqi asked again.
"Who the hell would be buried with a landlord's wealth?" The grim-faced Taoist priest glanced sideways at Luo Laoqi and said angrily: "You are the one who speaks the most enthusiastically, but you can't say a word to the point. Please stop interrupting."
"Senior Xia Hou, what do you think?" He Siniang looked at Xia Houyun.
Xia Houyun shook his head and replied: "I can't see the way out, how about we open one and see?"
When He Siniang heard this, she turned to look at Taoist Ghostface. Taoist Ghostface was also a man of inquisitiveness. He immediately nodded and said, "Okay, if you don't understand the details here, how can you fight with peace of mind? Come to Laoqi , and Pindao find a way to drag out the coffin."
Luo Laoqi glanced at his mouth and said, "Just now I thought Sajia was too verbose, but now I have to work hard and think of Sajia, huh!"
"Stop chirping, bitches, come here quickly!"
Taoist Ghostface and Luo Laoqi found a square hole closest to the ground. Because the size of the square hole was limited, there was not much space left after stuffing a coffin. It would be difficult for someone to crawl into the gap, so they could only choose to give it to someone. The coffin was dragged out.
However, the strength work was not difficult for everyone, even Luo Laoqi was enough for himself. He felt that the grim-faced Taoist priest was in the way, so he asked him to step back and stay. He leaned over and grabbed the protruding coffin board, and dragged the coffin with a little force. Then everyone worked together to put the coffin on the ground, and then a single coffin with black and red letters of happiness and longevity was placed in front of them.
Xia Houyun looked at the black coffin and said: "The shape of this coffin is indeed very ordinary, and judging from the size, it seems to be a female coffin."
"We'll find out whether it's a boy or a girl later when the quilt is lifted." Luo Laoqi looked at everyone, and then asked: "How do you deal with the Taoist priest? Now start to open the coffin?"
The grim-faced Taoist priest did not answer directly, but turned to Xia Houyun and said, "I heard that there are many rules for opening coffins at Faqiumen. Don't you, senior, need to make any preparations?"
Xia Houyun responded: "We are a lama this time. When the various sects cooperate, I will not follow the complicated rules in the sect one by one, so as not to waste your time, but the iron rules left by our ancestors still remain. You need to pay attention to it." He waved his hand to Xiahou Xiang and said, "Xiang'er, go to the 'Tianguan Zhu'."
The grim-faced Taoist priests saw Xia Houxiang take out a treasure bag from his arms, then dig out a white candle from the eight treasure bags, then walked to the left side of the coffin, and lit the candle almost a foot away from the head of the coffin. He fell to the ground next to the coffin, and at the same time muttered a few words vaguely, as if he was reciting some spell.
Ghostface Taoist Priest and He Siniang have all heard of Faqiu Tianguan's methods. There are rumors that when they open the coffin upside down, they will light a candle first. It is said that this candle can ward off good and bad luck and save life. Now it seems that what we are talking about is this thing called "Tianguan Candle", but how can a broken candle determine good or bad luck? Could it be that Faqiu Tianguan, like the criticizing judge, can also tell fortunes? The grim-faced Taoist priest couldn't bear his curiosity, so he asked: "Senior Xiahou, I wonder what is the importance of lighting this heavenly official candle in your sect?"
