By the time Wang Ke took deputy company commander Lu Zeran and veteran platoon leader Hu Zhijun to carefully tour the mausoleum, health worker Yu Deben had already picked more than half of his pockets of peaches.
"Lao Kezi, it's a pity that there are some places I can't reach, otherwise I could have picked more today." Yu Deben said "tsk tsk".
Deputy company commander Lu Zeran didn't understand either. Anyway, he knew that the hygienist definitely didn't eat this stuff when he picked it up, so he didn't take it to heart. Everyone returned to the place where the reconnaissance class was training and watched them train. They were actually waiting for Uncle Geng to open the door.
There were so many people in the company, and the only one who could enter the mausoleum area to watch was the command platoon. But when they came in to see it, they were disappointed. There was no camera, and they couldn't leave any memory at all.
"No, I have to pee over there to keep some memories." After the deputy company commander finished speaking, he went to find a place to pee. Where did he go? He ran to the top of the underground palace again, which was the top of the emperor's head.
His naughty behavior led to the reconnaissance team following suit.
Only Wang Ke and the old platoon leader Hu Zhijun were left sitting on the threshold.
"Commander platoon leader, what's going on with that Chongling you told me about?"
"I've never been there either. According to the landlord, Uncle Geng, it's not far. It seems to be in Jinlongyu."
"Can I go in?"
"It should be possible. The tomb keeper is Uncle Geng's niece."
"Okay." With that said, the old platoon leader Hu Zhijun picked up the training board used by the reconnaissance class and started looking for Jinlongyu. But after searching around, I couldn't find it.
"Commander platoon commander, did you tell me where we are now?"
"It seems to be in the east-northeast direction of Longquanzhuang."
The old platoon leader Hu Zhijun looked for it, but still couldn't find it. It seems that it is beyond the map boundary. In other words, at least twenty kilometers, which is not close.
"Twenty kilometers is nothing? What day did we not run twenty or thirty kilometers in the mountains?" Wang Ke smiled and said to the old platoon leader Hu Zhijun. The robbery cave in Chongling that Uncle Geng mentioned was about to be developed, which strongly attracted the two of them. personal.
"Tell your landlord that we will go tomorrow and leave early."
"good."
The two of them had discussed it, and deputy company commander Lu Zeran had returned with the soldiers of the reconnaissance squad.
Green willow eyes and plum blossoms make the difference between Yang and defecation.
Early the next morning, the reconnaissance team, led by the old platoon leaders Hu Zhijun and Wang Ke, set out with dry food and water and followed the landlord Uncle Geng.
Passing through the North Can Can Village, heading east, slowly walking for more than ten kilometers on the mountain road, just like historical records, we opened the left tent horizontally and raised another peak. The mountain is majestic, like a treasure palace, with a small peak drawn from the middle peak. The veins, the stone steps of the ladder to heaven, the classes are clear, and there is no oblique trend of the Juan sect, which is the beauty of the universe.
"Uncle Geng, what's in front of you?"
"Ahead, we'll reach Jinlong Valley." In order to satisfy Wang Ke's wish, Uncle Geng worked hard enough to accompany him on the trip himself.
"Platoon Leader Wang, let me tell you. This dragon cave is very particular. One is the color of the soil, and the other is the composition of the soil. Especially the soil in the cave must be deep and pure in color. Three feet Inside it is purple soil, four to eight feet of pure fine soil, and nine to one to five feet are all made of yellow soil."
"Uncle Geng, does that mean the soil in Jinlongyu is good?"
"Haha, what a fart! It's full of mud and sand down there. No one outside knows, and even the emperor was fooled in the end."
"Hahaha", everyone was amused by Uncle Geng's words.
"However, this cemetery is also amazing. It has built a five-hole bridge, a patrol room, an archway gate, a divine kitchen, a three-way three-hole bridge, a court room, a waiting room, a longen gate, a furnace, a side hall, and a longen hall. , three gates, five stone offerings, a square city, a bright tower, a treasured roof, and an underground palace, it’s pretty good in terms of scale, but it’s a pity that it was stolen.”
"Uncle Geng, do you know who stole it?"
"There are several versions, but there are two main ones that are relatively consistent." Uncle Geng started chatting. As soon as his interest was high, he also aroused the interest of the old platoon leaders Hu Zhijun and Wang Ke.
"The first theory is that the tomb robbers were the cavalry brigade of the 66th Division of the Central Army that retreated from the Battle of Xinkou, Shanxi in 1938. When passing by, there was a soldier named Zhang. He took more than 80 people with him. , prying off the bricks and stones from the front of the glazed screen wall in Mute City, and digging a very deep hole, which goes directly to the bottom of the screen wall. I don’t know how you finally entered the underground palace? "
"Ah, the second Dongling Bandit again?" Wang Ke blurted out.
"Yes, this kind of digging of people's ancestral graves is destined to end badly." Uncle Geng said as he walked, walking quickly on the mountain road. A fellow from Xishan, whose other talents are hard to say, but his nature is simple, he still gets angry when talking about this matter.
The mountain road began to get a little wider, and the old platoon leader Hu Zhijun followed two steps and walked side by side with him.
"The second theory is more bizarre. It talks about a father and son who specialize in doing this kind of thing. They specialize in committing crimes in Xishan. In the end, they dug a small hole and the son got into it. After doing it, they fled to the south. went."
Wang Ke interjected from behind. "Uncle Geng, are there still people like this in Xishan?"
"Yes. In our Western Mountains, there may be a shortage of food and drink, but there is no shortage of ancient tombs."
Wang Ke began to frown and think, yes, he and Gu Maolin were in Nanshao Village. Didn't they dig out a short collar jar buried by tomb robbers there? I hope it wasn't this father and son who did it.
"The third statement is more interesting!" Uncle Geng said this, wiping the sweat with the towel on his neck, turning back to look at the soldiers of the reconnaissance squad walking behind, and continued to raise his voice.
Song Ruimin of the reconnaissance team and other soldiers already knew about this trip, and they were following the two platoon leaders anyway.
"Under normal circumstances, the underground behind the glazed screen wall of this tomb is the tomb passage for transporting coffins into the underground palace. It is said that someone later went in to explore the hole and discovered that although the hole was drilled all the way down, it bypassed the back of the diamond wall. , but upright, forming a very clever U-shaped hole, which not only avoids damaging the diamond wall, but also allows access to the corridor of the tomb."
"Did someone who was very familiar with the tomb do it?" Wang Ke couldn't help shouting from behind, and accidentally stepped off Uncle Geng's shoes.
"Yes, they found that the two natural stone gates inside, as well as the huge stone that bolted the top door from the inside, were pushed open with pine wood pieces to enter the tomb. Shall we take a break?" Uncle Geng saw the road. There were a few boulders on the side, so he stopped to pull out his shoes, then pointed to the stones on the roadside and made a suggestion.
At this time, I have seen a large garden with red walls and green tiles in the distance. Looking down from here, I can see that there are many tombs in it.
"This is the Concubine Mausoleum, also called the Princess Mausoleum. There are many buried inside. If we go further, we will arrive."
After hearing what Uncle Geng said, the old platoon leader Hu Zhijun spoke up. "It seems that this mausoleum is already very clean after entering it twice."
Uncle Geng shook his head, sighed, and sat there without answering.
Wang Ke took out his pocket watch and saw that he had been walking for four or five hours.
Reconnaissance squad leader Song Ruimin signaled that Liang Xiaolong immediately took out the dry food from the backpack behind him, distributed it to Uncle Geng and the old platoon leader Hu Zhijun, and handed over two bottles of water.
Everyone started to have lunch. Although it was a little early, we had more fun after eating.
Wang Ke was holding a steamed bun in his hand. He moved his mind, took a bite and came over, "Uncle Geng, which statement do you think is the most reliable?"
Uncle Geng was a little surprised. He looked at Wang Ke and then at the old platoon leader Hu Zhijun. He slowly swallowed a mouthful of steamed buns and then smiled: "Anyway, I don't really believe the first statement."
"Why?" asked the old platoon leader Hu Zhijun.
"Is it possible to dig such a small hole when there is such a big movement of dozens of people? And it is said that the tomb guards didn't notice it." Uncle Geng flatly objected.
"Maybe the people guarding the tomb are afraid of soldiers and don't dare to say anything?" Hu Zhijun, the old platoon leader, asked again.
"Impossible. Although the guards of this cemetery are weak, the surrounding area is full of Manchus who moved from the northeast. Dozens of people are digging everyone's ancestral graves. There is no movement while eating and drinking? I don't believe it."
"Uncle Geng, I understand what you mean. It must have been done by someone who is very familiar with the structure of the tomb!" Wang Ke had already heard what Uncle Geng meant. If it was done by soldiers, they would definitely use force and explosives. Make a hole directly from the tomb. But it is a natural stone that can bypass the diamond wall and open the top door behind the stone door. It is definitely not an outsider.
What is a "tapstone"? It can be regarded as a mechanism in the emperor's tomb.
There is a slot on the ground behind the two thick stone doors in the tomb and on each of the two doors. After placing the coffin, the final doorkeeper will first move the "self-made stone" under the supervision of the chief eunuch. "Lai Shi" is placed in the card slot on the ground, and then leans on the two large stone doors and takes it outside. The "top door stone" about one meter long will slowly fall down and will be stuck behind the door. In the stone trough, trying to push the door open from the outside is just a dream, it is impossible at all.
The only thing that can be explained clearly is that the "tapstone" behind these stone doors did not fall at all, that is, the last person who closed the door did not close the stone door at all, but left the door open, or was already " The "tap stone" was tampered with so that the "tap stone" could not fall down.
"Well, some people also doubt it."
"Uncle Geng, where is the last doorkeeper?"
"Usually it means death. It is said that everyone who participated in the construction and burial of the tomb must die, especially the palace maids and gatekeepers who were directly involved in the burial."
"Is it possible to escape without dying?" Wang Ke asked.
"And then come back to rob the tomb?" Uncle Geng asked, and then he smiled, "How can the emperor's son stay with such a huge living creature? It's impossible."
"This is impossible, and that is impossible. But this mausoleum was stolen." The soldiers in the reconnaissance squad listened intently and started talking at once.
"Yes, yes, although it has not been long now, no one can tell clearly for decades. Even if Gong Bao comes back and Master Di is alive, the case may not be solved. Let's go, Platoon Leader Wang, we It’s almost there.”
Seeing that everyone had almost finished eating, Uncle Geng stood up, pointed forward with his hand, then took off his towel to wipe the dust off his body, and said to the old platoon leaders Hu Zhijun and Wang Ke.
"Okay. Let's sort it out. Uncle Geng will take us to see this cemetery today. Let's learn more and brag about it to our children and grandchildren when we get old." Wang Ke said to the soldiers in the reconnaissance squad.
The old platoon leader Hu Zhijun also laughed. He saw a mausoleum yesterday and another mausoleum today. The key is the robbery cave. Does anyone really dare to dig soil on Tai Sui's head? How was the robbery cave dug?
