After Beiye Longyin, who had been silent for a long time, concluded that this was a Yuan Dynasty tomb, everyone was very excited—no matter in the history of tomb robbery or archaeological history, there has never been a record of the discovery of a Yuan Dynasty tomb. What kind of gold and silver treasures are hidden here is something to look forward to.
Excitement returns to excitement. How to get in is still a big problem that bothers everyone. Considering that there are thick granite "diamond walls" everywhere, the only place to break through is the two stone gates on the front.
Everyone moved the tools they carried on their horses into the house. Although they were all equipped, it seemed that none of them could be used.
After carefully observing the next two stone gates, everyone had to admire the designer's extraordinary craftsmanship.
Although this stone gate looks rough and simple, it is actually clumsy and clumsy.
The gap between the sides and the middle of the door leaf is only half a finger thick, and there is nothing dark inside. The door shafts of the stone door are set in the two stone mortars below, and the door frame and base are thick monolithic granite boulders.
Both the upper edge of the door and the lower sill are cut with a thin groove, which fits with the two doors, which means that the door can only be pushed in.
If it is not constructed in this way, they can stuff steel cables and iron rods into the cracks in the door, and then rely on the horses to pull them out.
Everyone pushed the stone gate together, but the stone gate seemed to be rooted and motionless.
Kitano Longyin said: "Don't try, it may be blocked by the running stone behind."
Boss Du asked with both bull's eyes open, "Zilaishi? What is that?"
Mo Laosan replied first: "It is a very clever mechanism. When the stonemason builds the door, two stone or copper pillars will be placed under the door. After the tomb is built, when the door is closed outside, the self inside The stone will be pulled up, and once the two doors are closed tightly, the stone will automatically'stand up' and push it behind—just like the top door bar we usually use.
The size, track, and installation location of this running stone are all very challenging, and the slightest difference will not work. The materials of the natural stone are also particular. If it is made of iron, copper, or wood, it will decay over time. But if it is made of stone... once this free stone is erected, it can last for thousands of years. Unless the whole door is smashed, Da Luo Jinxian will not be able to push it open. "
Mr. Du cursed and said: "Grass, it's easy to say, this stone gate is at least half a foot thick, and it is estimated that it won't be able to explode without a few hundred catties of explosives..."
The young man surnamed Zhang frowned, "Mongols have always been mainly nomads. Even if they win the Central Plains, they still have the same habits. How can they be proficient in such an ingenious design?"
Older Du sat down on the ground annoyedly: "I said that so much is useless for chicken chops, what should I do if I can't get in? Just stare here, can you stare it away?"
Beiye Longyin was silent, and took out a bundle of thin steel wires from his backpack, Mo Laosan's eyes lit up when he saw what was in his hand.
Kitano Longyin slowly unfolded the bundle of steel wires. The steel wires were very flexible and slowly straightened into a straight line in Longyin's hands. The surface of the steel wires was shining brightly, which was probably caused by frequent rubbing.
Long Yin bent one end of the steel wire into an arc and passed it through the gap on the side of Shimen.
The steel wire slowly slid into the gap along Longyin's fingers. Longyin's thumb and index finger pinched the steel wire, while sending it in, while slowly twisting it, carefully feeling the strength from the hand.
Mo Lao San tutted: "This is the legendary one hundred steel-making, circling the finger soft, right? It's amazing."
Boss Du gritted his teeth and said, "What is it?"
Mo Lao San said: "Don't underestimate this steel wire. It is a hard and tough thing, but in the hands of a master, it can be wrapped around the finger as soft as a ribbon."
Mo Lao San: "I guess, Big Brother Longyin used 100-smelting steel to check the things behind this door."
Du Lao Er said: "Grass, it's the same as the truth, can this wire still have eyes?"
Mo Laosan smiled and said: "Hey, let's not say, this master, can estimate the size, position and shape of obstacles from the things that Hundred Steel has touched..."
"Grass, even if you can find the location of the running stone, can it be pulled apart with such a thin wire?"
"Hey, there is a saying called four-two-pull-thousand-jin, but how can this steel wire be put on the running stone, I don't think it is clear..."
While speaking, Kitano Longyin had already pulled the steel wire out of the gap, pondered for a while, wound one end of the steel wire in several curved shapes, and then gently stretched it into the gap.
Mo Lao San exaggeratedly slapped his mouth: "It's amazing. Isn't it soft around the fingers? If I guess it is correct, after the steel wire is stretched in, it will be looped and formed under the control of Brother Longyin. Buckle, put it on the running stone..."
Beiye Huxiao glanced at him dissatisfiedly: "You talk a lot."
Mo Lao San smiled awkwardly, touched his head and stopped talking.
Everyone watched Long Yin's operation of Hundred Steelmaking. The piece of shiny steel wire was circling softly on his finger, and everyone couldn't see the scene behind the door, so they could only wait anxiously.
Boss Du asked, "What if this stone is too big to move?"
Mo Lao San shook his head: "No, if the running stone is too large and heavy, the mechanism will not be easy to start. Moreover, only a small piece of the running stone can withstand a thousand catties, and it cannot be destroyed from the outside. It’s just that the people who designed this mechanism would never have imagined that among us, there are still experts who can make a hundred of steel."
At this moment, Beiye Longyin's Hundred Steelmaking slammed with a bang, and suddenly collapsed straight. Long Yin nodded to everyone, "put it on."
Beiye Huxiao took out two pairs of suede gloves from his pocket and handed them to Longyin. They put them on, grabbing one end of the wire with the front and back hands respectively, and stood in a stable position. The wire on Longyin's hand moved forward first. Gently send it off, with a soft whistle in the mouth, almost at the same time, the two slammed back, only to hear a "click" behind the door.
Everyone looked at each other, and Long Yin turned around and said, "It's okay, the running stone on the left is removed."
Mo Laosan eagerly flexed his hands, "Okay, let's push hard, brothers."
"Wait!"
Boss Du stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Do you know the rules? My brother hasn't worshipped the ancestor yet!"
Mo Lao San stepped back in embarrassment. Mr. Du took out a set of scrolls from his bag, unfolded it and hung it in front of the tomb. The portrait of the person wearing a crown, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a big beard covering half of his face. It looks a bit similar to Boss Du.
On the top of the portrait, four characters "Qin Shihuang Emperor" are written from left to right.
Older Du took out an incense burner from his backpack, and the three brothers squeezed a stick of incense and bowed to the portrait. Old man Du still murmured, saying, "Master, please bless the three brothers to win the victory and return with a full load..." Also very sincere.
In the world of tomb raiders, most people have their own ancestors to worship. Many people from the Southern School worship Wu Zixu, Xiang Yu, and Cao Cao, because these three people are pioneers in the world of grave digging.
Wu Zixu sliced open the tomb of the former leader, King Chu Ping, and whip the body three hundred times.
It is said that Xiang Yu personally led people to pick up the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang (but later generations believed that this was a deliberate smear of rival Liu Bang).
Not to mention Cao Cao, he was the first to scale and militarize the tomb robbery.
Cao Cao’s tomb robbery was also stabbed by his competitor Yuan Shao. It is said that in order to subsidize the army, Prime Minister Cao set up a tomb robbery office in the army. The director of the office is called General Faqiu Zhonglang, and the second in command is called Captain Mojin.
Because he planed a lot of graves during his lifetime and offended too many "people", Cao Cao also worried that his grave was also planed by competitors, so after his death, he specially set up seventy-two suspicious graves. Until now, no one has found his truth. body.
These three ancestors, masters, disciples, and grandchildren are relatively large. In the northern tomb world, the five immortals of Fox, Huang Daxian, Bai Daxian, Liu Daxian, and Hui Daxian are also enshrined. These five immortals refer to foxes, weasels, hedgehogs, snakes, and mice-all of them are piercing holes. Master.
And those who enshrine Emperor Qin Shihuang as the ancestor master are more weird.
If Cao Cao is the leading figure in the tomb robbery world, then Emperor Qin Shi Huang is the originator of the anti-tomb robbery world. In order to prevent the tomb robbers from patronizing, he developed compound anti-tomb robbery methods, which were imitated by later emperors and generals.
There are four main methods of the Qin’s anti-tomb robbery:
The first move: Funu shoots and kills. This kind of mechanism is usually set up in front of the tomb passage and activated when the tomb passage leading to the underground palace is permanently closed. The ancient book records that "the craftsman will make a crossbow arrow, and the one who penetrates it will shoot it." There are also hanging swords, ground thorns, and fires.
This kind of device is mainly activated by a mechanical spring, and it will become invalid after a long time, mainly to prevent contemporary tomb robbers.
The second trick: live and kill, "close the craftsman and no one who comes back."
It means that all the artisans who participated in the construction of the tomb will kill everyone, so that no one will know the secrets of the tomb. Of course, there are also individual craftsmen who have a keen mind and will leave a back door for themselves to escape when building the tomb, but it is difficult to hide the eyeliner of the supervisor, and the chance of success is very low and very low.
The third measure: Tomb poison kills, with "mercury for the rivers and seas, instilled by the machine."
The fourth trick: Sand and bury. Set up sand or stones on the top of the tomb. Once the tomb thief touches the mechanism, a large amount of quicksand or stones will fall down instantly, and the invading tomb thief will be destroyed.
There is also a "digging trick", which is to dig the underground palace very deep, so that ordinary tomb thieves can't dig at all, and some are even tens of meters deep, passing through several channels of groundwater, which is the so-called "crossing three springs." .
There are iron bucket tricks and so on.
The tomb thief’s worship of Emperor Qin Shihuang as the ancestor of the ancestor actually contains good wishes. I hope that the ancestor can raise his hand and put himself a yard, open his eyes and close his eyes. Let yourself be killed.
After Du's three worships were completed and the things were packed, everyone began to officially "open the tomb door."
Beiye Huxiao cut an arm-thick tree trunk from the outside. Several people put their heads and shoulders on the door, and others supported them with the tree trunks. Mr. Du yelled, everyone worked together, and the heavy stone door rubbed against the ground to produce sand. sound.
This stone gate may weigh no more than thousands of catties, and everyone will push the door open with all their strength. Gradually, the gap in the middle became larger and larger, and Tiger Howard stretched the trunk into the gap. Several people pulled out together, while the others continued to hold their heads and shoulders. As soon as everyone exerted their force, only a bang was heard, and the stone gate was stretched a foot wide to open a gap, enough to allow one person to enter sideways.
Everyone stepped back and looked in from the outside, only to see a dark area inside, and they couldn't see anything at all.
Boss Du took out a miner's lamp to light it, put it on the ground and pushed it in. The miner's lamp slid a few meters in the tomb and stopped.
Mo Laosan leaned over the gap and took a look, fell to the ground with a "wow", and then rolled back a few steps.
"There are people inside, inside!"
Everyone was taken aback and looked in through the gap. In the light and shadow of the miner's lamp, someone could be vaguely seen standing there, facing them.