Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Digging the Grave
It's really a sunny day tonight, but the coldness of the deep winter still freezes the mud that rained last night hard, and it makes a "creaking" sound when you step on it.
Zha Wenbin walked in the front, this time his health was really not as good as before, and he had to stop to catch his breath after walking, presumably his illness was not completely healed.
Chaozi, who has always been talkative, was also dumb today. He knew that what he was going to do tonight might not be a simple matter. With Zha Wenbin's personality, he didn't ask if he didn't talk, and followed at the end with a hoe on his shoulder.
When he arrived at the master's grave, Zha Wenbin still paused, glanced at the tombstone, and turned around.When I arrived at the place yesterday, I saw a mess on the ground from a long distance.After a night of wind and rain, only a bare pole remained of the soul-calling flag.
"Brother Zhuo, thank you for being so thoughtful." Cha Wenbin touched the coir raincoat and said with emotion, "If you two hadn't gone up the mountain yesterday, maybe I would have frozen to death here." He said as he pulled the coir raincoat, But it didn't move, Zha Wenbin said with a wry smile, "It's frozen." The coir raincoat was soaked in rain, and in addition to the freezing at night, it was frozen together with the coffin lid.
Tonight, it is definitely going to be a big fight, with sufficient lighting equipment, two lanterns.With this lantern hanging on both sides, there is finally a little heat in this cold night.Cha Wenbin sent everyone to look around for some firewood.Not far from the tea field is a chestnut forest, and there are a lot of small branches, and they piled up in a pile in a short while.
After setting up the firewood, sprinkle some white wine and light it with a torch, and a big fire will be lit.A few people were already rubbing their hands with the cold, and now they all sat around. Chaozi thought to himself that you just want to bring us here to warm up. After holding back for so long, how can we still hold our breath, and asked: "Brother Wen Bin, what are you going to do tonight? Tell me, so that I can have a clear idea."
Cha Wenbin looked at the flames that jumped up and down, turned his hands over and over again, and said, "I dug my daughter's grave."
Chaozi stood up all of a sudden, stared and said, "Are you crazy?"
Zhuo Xiong pulled the corner of his clothes and said, "What are you talking about? Listen to brother Wenbin continue."
Zha Wenbin said without changing his face: "You heard me right, the grave at the back belongs to my daughter. It was originally prepared for me by my master. She died first, so I gave it to her. There may be an old man under the grave." Grave, I have to dig it out to see what's going on, or my daughter won't be able to sleep well. Wait a minute, after this coffin is removed, you can start digging, and this matter must be resolved before dawn Lose."
Then Zha Wenbin told them what happened yesterday again, no matter from which point of view, the cemetery had to be moved.In this way, they understood what was going on. After following Cha Wenbin for so long, what hadn't they seen?This matter is not a problem in Chaozi's view.
Because of the increase in the surrounding temperature, the surface layer of the frozen soil gradually began to melt.The fleshy face tried to shake the coffin a few times, from being motionless at the beginning to the sound of tearing, it was because the soil underneath had begun to peel off, he looked at Cha Wenbin waiting for instructions.
Looking up at the astrology, there is nothing special, Zha Wenbin said: "Move it, lift it lightly and put it aside first."
"Okay!" Hengroulian and Zhuoxiong each raised one head, with Chaozi in the middle, and the three of them worked hard together, and they were lifted up all at once.The coffin was really light, and thinking that the person lying inside was Cha Wenbin's daughter, everyone walked very carefully.
The coffin was placed on the side not more than three meters away. Cha Wenbin took out a small bowl with oil in it, rubbed a cotton wick, lit a long sleep lamp and placed it in front of him.As long as the light stays on, the pit can be dug continuously. He murmured silently in his heart: "Baby, Dad is sorry for not finding you a good place. Don't blame Dad. It's cold outside, get closer to the fire." .” The nose became sore again, and he simply turned his head and said, “Go ahead, just dig in this place, and don’t stop until you touch green bricks or something like that!”
"Damn!" Chaozi smashed his pickaxe down, as if he had touched the iron sheet. He pouted and said, "It's really hard to freeze. I think you can dig more difficult than the frozen soil in Tibet?" He told Both Zhuo Xiong have lived in the icy and snowy land. On the frozen soil on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, there will only be a white spot left with a hoe. It is precisely because of this that the secrets there are buried underground forever.
The three big men kept swinging their pickaxes, and they started to sweat in such a cold night.Zha Wenbin couldn't do the physical work now, so he just stood on the sidelines and watched. Heizi was responsible for the vigilance. With him, any danger would be discovered early.
After all, this is not Tibet. The coldest night in northwest Zhejiang will not exceed minus 10 degrees Celsius. The top layer of permafrost was quickly dug up by several people's bombardment, and the rest of it was still covered with silk. This is because the temperature below is much higher than that above.
There is still time, all of these people have good physical strength, especially the fleshy face, the guy's arms are as thick as a small telephone pole, and a pickaxe dances loudly, really like a human excavator , Chaozi was also dumbfounded, took the time to push Zhuo Xiong and said in a low voice: "Why did you say that this big guy messed with you and treated you like a big brother?"
Zhuo Xiong smiled wryly and said: "I don't know, since I came out of Qifeng Mountain, he has been following me. He is a very good person, and he probably has something to do with my family. Since they treat us as brothers, we have to treat us with all our hearts. He is not like your stomach full of fancy intestines."
"You..." Even Zhuo Xiong has learned to hurt others, Chaozi shook his head helplessly, and continued to do it in a muffled voice.An hour later, according to the frame that Cha Wenbin had drawn in advance, a large rectangular pit of 2 meters by 3 meters had been dug down nearly two meters, and the mud turned up was a thick layer of loess. I put those dirt under my nose and sniffed it, crushed it and spread it on my palm to look carefully, guessing that the pit is really deep, so I interrupted and said: "You all stop first, come up and rest for a while."
Cha Wenbin took out the warmed wine, poured a bowl for each of them, the three of them drank it all in one gulp, and ate some cooked food to replenish their strength.
"I estimate that the pit below here must be at least seven or eight meters deep. Digging this way is not an option. Let's narrow the scope and dig a hole, just like those soil mice. Zhuo Xiong, come with me in a while, and I will go to the village. Borrow some explosives from the Chang’s family. His son is the one who fired stone cannons in the village. He should have that thing at home. You two should stop digging. Watch from the mountain. I’ll leave this thing here. If something weird happens later Just ignore it.” After eating, Cha Wenbin stuck his Seven Star Sword on the ground, sprinkled some glutinous rice, left Heizi on the mountain, and went down the mountain with Zhuo Xiong.
This Chaozi has nothing in common with this muffled big guy. Seeing him tearing up the roast chicken, I have already set two words for him in my heart: "foolish boy". Playing with that dog, tickling it, a girl in white clothes quietly appeared behind her...
Knocking on the door of the village head's house, the village head came out wearing an old padded jacket and saw that it was Taoist Cha, so he wanted to welcome him in and sit for a while.Cha Wenbin didn't exchange greetings with him, and directly explained his intentions.The village head was also straightforward, woke up the eldest son, and filled Cha Wenbin with ten kilograms of explosives. Although it was the kind of black explosives, it was quite powerful, and it was usually used to blast rocks.
"Wen Bin, why do you want this thing in the middle of the night?" The village head still had some doubts about a Taoist priest asking for explosives. In those days, explosives were not strictly controlled, but this thing was still very destructive. , the village chief was worried, so he asked such a sentence.
Cha Wenbin smiled and said, "Uncle, isn't your family going to build a house? I'll show you a good Feng Shui later."
The village head is also a smart man, so he didn't ask any more questions, and followed Zha Wenbin's words: "Then I really have to thank you, who doesn't know your Wenbin's skills. Take it, and get it when you don't have enough."
After seeing off Zha Wenbin, the village chief is still enjoying himself. This Zha Wenbin has always only done things for the dead, showing the yin house to others, but not the yang house. Why is that?Because Cha Wenbin once said a word to the person who asked him to see the mansion: "Life and death are determined by fate, wealth and honor are determined by heaven, and living people naturally have the way that living people should have. Changing it would be contrary to the normal way." But it's different from those Fengshui masters who are popular now, those guys are all pointing at Fengshui to make money.
Zhuo Xiong held the explosives. Instead of going directly to the graveyard, Cha Wenbin went to a house in the east of the village. The man who opened the door was a thug. Seeing that it was Cha Wenbin, he didn't have a good voice, and asked: " What are you doing here?"
"If you do too much, I'll take care of you!" The man who opened the door was Er Hu, a bachelor in his thirties, who ate, drank, prostituted, and gambled. What are you doing?Rat!
What is a soil mouse?To put it bluntly, he is a tomb robber. This kid has been dealing with ancient tombs all year round, and he smells like a dead man. If there is nothing wrong, Zha Wenbin really doesn't bother to talk to him.
After hearing that, Erhu was about to close the door, but Cha Wenbin pushed against the door.Zha Wenbin winked, Zhuo Xiong put down the explosives, strode forward, and strangled him by the neck, Erhu's small body was already lifted by the volley with just such a force.
You have to be ruthless with this kind of person!Cha Wenbin said bluntly: "Lend me your shovel!"
Er Hu, who had already been put down by Zhuo Xiong, looked at the two of them. He definitely came here today with preparations. Well, a hero doesn’t suffer from immediate losses, but he still dropped a sentence: "Why do you want that thing? Could it be..."
Cha Wenbin said with a dark face: "Don't talk nonsense, do you think everyone is like you?" Wen Bin said with a stern face, "Brother, just use it."
Cha Wenbin didn't say a word, picked up the thing, turned around and left, leaving a sentence: "Every first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, eat vegetarian food, and burn some paper money behind the house on time at twelve o'clock, so that you may live longer . " Erhu stood there dumbfounded, he even had meat last night!
Many friends have already guessed what was taken here, yes, it is Luoyang shovel!Ever since the world-famous local mouse Li Yazi invented this thing, those thousand-year-old tombs buried underground have never been peaceful again.
Holding these two things, the two returned to the cemetery, and Chaozi shouted from a long distance: "Damn, you are finally back, this place is really haunted, if we hadn't been so brave, we would have been scared to death. "
"What's wrong?" Zhuo Xiong asked with a smile, this kid has always been fearless.
"Look!" Chaozi spread out his palms and folded two pieces of yellow paper inside to look like copper coins. "Just now, shortly after you left, a woman appeared. Heizi kept calling out there, and I beat her It, what do you call a beautiful woman. The woman said she was passing by and asked if we could give her some roast chicken. I didn’t realize it at that time. Seeing her frail appearance, I handed it over. In the past, she insisted on giving me money, and I took a look at it, and it was for the dead! Only then did I remember how a woman came to the cemetery in the middle of the night, and I realized that I had encountered a ghost."
Zha Wenbin took the two paper money, and took out the two paper money from his pocket last night, and Chao Zi waved to him: "I also received it last night, and we are going to dig her out tonight. Okay." Now, let's work, with this thing, you don't have to be so tired."
"Luoyang shovel, haha, I am familiar with this thing, give it to me." Chaozi took the Luoyang shovel and ran happily into the pit.What is he doing?Archaeologically, this thing is his only partner in the wild.
The shovel head of the Luoyang shovel is forged from fine steel.Chaozi chose the middle of the big pit, supported the shovel, and smashed his fleshy face on it, and the shovel was beaten down piece by piece.
The tail of each piece of steel pipe in this thing just fits the screw at the front of the last piece of steel pipe. The two pipes are connected by screw bayonet. In theory, you can get infinite length.This guy Erhu bought it from another place, and according to Chaozi, the quality is pretty good.
Every time he hit a little bit, Chaozi pulled out the shovel to have a look, to see the color of the soil inside, and to smell the smell of the soil. This is a professional.The five-flowered soil came out, which means that it is not far away, because if the soil a few meters deep below is not natural, but a messy mixture of various soil types, it must have been artificially turned over, which proves that there is something here.
When the shovel encountered a hard object for the first time, Chaozi pulled out the shovel and measured it. Good guy, it was 12 meters deep.
"It's deep enough. I think it's at least from the Han Dynasty. Brother Wen Bin, you want to learn how the local rats did to steal holes?"
Cha Wenbin looked at the little bit of brick dust on the head of the shovel, and said, "That would come quickly, and we're not doing archaeology, can we fire cannons?"
Chaozi rolled up his sleeves, and said proudly: "Look at what you said, this local mouse can do it, can I be a professional? Bring the explosives."
Digging holes is never as fast as bombing.Because there are actually large gaps between the soil, which can be squeezed, and the soil mice do this work at night, and they have to be fast, otherwise you dig a pile of mud, and it will be useless if people find it during the day.So those local mice came up with a way to use explosives.
how to do?Use a shovel to dig a hole, calculate the explosives according to the surrounding soil quality, put them into the hole piece by piece, put enough dose, fill the top with soil, and ignite the fuse.
After the dynamite explodes, the explosive force produced will instantly cause the air in the hole to expand outward rapidly, compacting the soil, so the hole is much wider than before.Generally, the person in charge of the bombing is really a technical job. If you put too little medicine, the hole will not be blown open. The craftsmanship of lighting fires is very popular. Chaozi has been in the army, and he is quite good at distributing the amount of this kind of medicine, and he also understands archaeology.
After a muffled sound, a burst of gunpowder smoke filled the air, and the sound was not much louder than a child setting off firecrackers.Everyone hurried to look, and a dark cave with a width that could accommodate one person had been opened.
"Good boy, I really have you." Zhuo Xiong patted Chao Zi and said.
"That's natural. Don't worry, wait for half an hour until the smoke inside has cleared before you can go in. Blind man, I saw a lot of bird nests in this forest ahead, let's go dig one out?" Chaozi laughed very meanly, That expression was just a joke.
"Who knows how to dig out a bird's nest? Where is it? Take me there, and I'll show you."
"Come with me!" After that, the two walked towards the chestnut forest not far away, and then Chaozi pointed to a big tree, "Look, there is one up here. Wait a minute, go up and get the chestnut in the nest Catch a bird, remember not to kill it, it needs to be alive, we will see what happens to it later.”
Of course, Zhuo Xiong didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Chaozi's gourd, so he climbed up with his hands and feet on the ground. The bird's nest was only ten meters high from the ground. After a while, there was a sound of "ah", and even Cha Wenbin stood up But Chaozi was clearly laughing, only to hear Zhuo Xiong's cursing from a distance: "He Yichao, you bastard, there's an owl in there!"
When Zhuo Xiong reappeared in front of them holding the owl, his hands were already stained with blood. He must have been caught by it when he was digging out the nest just now, and he was completely beaten by Chao Zi.
Chaozi tied the owl to a small rope and put it vertically into the hole. After two minutes, he picked it up again. Hey, the bird is still very strong, and it kept fluttering.
"No problem, the air below is safe. I'll go down first later. As usual, you wait for the signal above." Chaozi was already making preparations.Usually, the first one to go down must be Cha Wenbin, but today, his health is indeed not in good shape, so there is no longer a fight.
Chaozi carried a miner's lamp and tied the rope around his waist, and fell down the hole like a gecko.There is more medicine in the bottom of this hole, and a larger space is specially opened. It is said that it is large, and it can barely turn around. According to experience, he is standing on the top of a large tomb. The brick had already collapsed due to the force of the explosion just now, the kid simply pushed hard, kicked on one foot, and the brick fell to the ground with a "crash".Shaking the rope, the meaty face was lowered for a while, and Chaozi slowly landed.
"Cold", this is the first reaction when entering the ancient tomb. Looking at the bottles and cans in the room, except for the coffin, Chaozi thought: "This should be a funeral room." The sacrificial utensil of the small mountain bag seemed to be at least from a wealthy family, so he sent a signal upwards.
After receiving the signal from Chaozi, Zhuo Xiong and Cha Wenbin went down one after another. The poor man with a fleshy face was too big. Finally, he was forced to take off his clothes and throw it into the hole before he squeezed in. Four people stood in this five-square-meter The left and right tombs began to be inspected.Cha Wenbin caught sight of a portrait of a woman on the wall at a glance, and the woman in the painting was dressed in white snow and had a graceful figure. He patted Chaozi, pouted and said, "Is that what you saw? "
The woman in this mural is really similar to that woman. It can be seen that she was very important to the owner of the tomb during her lifetime.
The tomb is basically filled with pottery. Chaozi carefully picked up a few pieces, looked at the shape and workmanship, and preliminarily deduced that this is a large tomb of the Han Dynasty.Judging from the specifications, this size is at least a local leader.
Cha Wenbin really doesn't know much about the history of this village. It is said that his family's ancestors also migrated from other places.
With an area of only four to five square meters, it was all seen at a glance, and I really didn't find anything special, such as a coffin.Then these eight achievements are in the burial room. As for whether it belongs to the owner of the tomb, we have to continue to search.
There is a brick door on the left side of the tomb. The outline of the big green brick and quicklime door unique to the Han Dynasty can be seen. Cha Wenbin pointed there and said, "Open here, let's go and have a look."
Hengroulian and Chaozi created a hole in which people could enter within a short while.The air inside is very stuffy. Most of this kind of tomb is a closed structure, and people will stay below for a short time. Professional archaeologists work with blowers to deliver fresh air from the outside.
Going in from here is a long corridor, and there is a gate on the opposite side.According to Chaozi's judgment, this is also a burial room. Cha Wenbin has no interest in archaeology, let alone a local mouse, so he is going to find the owner of the tomb with all his heart.
At the end of the long corridor are two large wooden doors, painted red and black, with colorful lines painted on them with red paint. Chaozi said they were abstract dragons.This typical painting process of the Han Dynasty has not been restored until now. In terms of archaeological value, this tomb is probably quite rich.
Chaozi took a flashlight to shine on the wonderful lacquer painting on the gate and said, "Brother Wenbin, it is estimated that the main tomb is behind the gate. According to the burial method of the Han Dynasty, this should be a brick tomb. Basically, it is from the ground down first. Dig a vertical pit, and then open a hole horizontally at the bottom of the vertical pit, and then use bricks to build a tomb chamber in this horizontal hole, then put the coffin in it, and fill the pit soil again. Some brick chamber tombs have sloped tomb passages, The one we see now should be the one. Judging by the specifications, at least a local official, otherwise a Han tomb of this level cannot be built. After we go out, I have to report the situation here to the institute. It is a major archaeological discovery, anyway, you are a consultant hired by the institute, so we can justify it even if we do it."
Because Han tombs are often buried deep in the ground, it is very difficult to find them, and they may be scattered somewhere underground in the countryside.The national power of the Han Dynasty was very strong, and the tombs were carefully buried. The funeral objects of dignitaries, princes and generals were often piled up like mountains, so they have always been the most coveted target of local rats.
Some local mice only look forward to digging out a Han tomb all their lives, because it will be the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.They just dug it out, and the guys inside were basically bronze sacrificial vessels, and the tonnage of that thing was too big to get up. Even if you were asked to get a bronze tripod, you wouldn't dare to take it home.why?Because as long as it has something to do with bronze, it is basically a national treasure. Ordinary businessmen dare not accept this thing, because it is too popular, and it is basically decapitated in that era.
Therefore, they love Han tombs, and the bottles and jars are easy to get and sell.If that boy Erhu knows that there is such a treasure in his village, I don’t know how big his eyes will be, just take out two things from this house, and replace it with a Santana. I guess there will be no problem at all.
At that time, the tomb had a strong sense of anti-theft. Since there were many things in it, the tomb should also be anti-theft.It is also because of the style of thick burials that later in the Eastern Han Dynasty when the Three Kingdoms came together, Cao Cao set up Mojin Xiaowei and Faqiu Zhonglang General to rob tombs to obtain military funds.
At least for the time being, they are still safe. Chaozi tried to push the gate, but he didn’t move at all. Then he called Shang Hengroulian and Zhuo Xiong. The combined force of the three men was at least several hundred kilograms. The gate only moved back slightly, waiting for them After a few people took a breath, the door immediately closed again.
The fleshy face rolled up his sleeves and tried again, but was stopped by Chaozi: "Don't bother, it's probably filled with natural stones, unless the door is blown up with explosives, you don't even think about getting out of it." Come in here."
The mechanism of the natural stone is as follows: firstly, the upper and lower ends of the door shafts of the matching tomb doors are made into spherical shapes, and a protrusion is chiseled in the middle of the two tomb doors.At the place where the ground inside the tomb door is opposite to the central axis of the tomb door, a shallow groove near the door and deep at the other end is cut out. The width of the stone groove is the same as that of the natural stone.Before closing the door of the tomb, put the natural stone in the stone groove, and make one end touch the door of the tomb.When the craftsmen who retreated outside the tomb door closed the tomb door, the natural stone slowly fell down with the help of its own weight and the strength of the stone balls at both ends of the door shaft, until the top was in contact with the groove left on the tomb door. The mouths were docked, and finally the door of the tomb was closed tightly.That's how the huge natural stone is magically automatically pushed into the tomb door.
Zha Wenbin also knows a little about anti-theft techniques, and he also knows about this kind of mechanism. It cannot be opened without manpower. Besides, this is still an ancient tomb, and it will be difficult to explain it if it is forced to destroy it. a tomb.The tomb has not been opened yet, so according to Chaozi's speculation, it should be a funeral room.
"Open that one first to have a look, and if it goes on like this, I'm afraid there won't be enough air in it. If it doesn't work, I'll notify the office tomorrow. The time is a bit late, but we can figure it out." Cha Wenbin touched his chin and said.
Chaozi touched the brick door, measured the distance, and interjected: "By the way, Brother Wenbin, why did you come here to dig a grave? It seems that you are not interested in these underground things, otherwise it is up to you Depending on the ability of Feng Shui, if you become a local mouse, you will probably get rich early."
Cha Wenbin turned to look at the mural of the girl and said, "The two people buried here have been buried for at least a thousand years, but they have never been reincarnated. According to the girl, the owner of the tomb can't even get out of this cemetery." .Unfortunately, I buried my little girl here. I always dreamed that she was imprisoned in the abyss of hell. What the girl said, I want to see if there is any connection between the two."
After he finished speaking, the woman in the painting walked out of the wall and stood in front of them, and said, "Thank you brother for always thinking about it. If you can help my master to reincarnate as soon as possible, I would like to be reborn as a cow and a horse." Come pay back."
"Brother Wen Bin, it's her, what we saw is her!" Chaozi said, pointing to the weak woman whose feet hadn't landed on the ground.
Cha Wenbin waved his hand to Chaozi and said, "Since you showed up, can you tell me what you know?"
"My master was the governor of this place during his lifetime. He is talented in literature and martial arts, and was deeply loved by the local people. There is an old lady in the family. The biggest wish in his life is to see what the palace is like, but he is too old to bear the fatigue of traveling. The master thought of a way, and built a miniature version of the palace in this remote place. When the old lady was on her 60th birthday, the master brought her here and told her that the palace is like this. a wish."
The woman began to feel sad when she said this: "Later, his mortal enemy in the court reported this matter to the emperor, who accused him of plotting to rebel on the grounds that he built the palace without permission. In a rage, the emperor sent someone to cut down my house The master's head, but after some research, I found out that he was using the old lady's wish as an excuse, so he announced it to the world and praised him as a filial son. But the master's head had fallen to the ground at that time, and the emperor gave him a gold coin. I gave him my head, and I entered the ground with him."
"Golden head? The son is really generous that day." Chaozi was no longer afraid of her now, and said with a strange smile.
Zhuo Xiong said disapprovingly, "What kind of generosity is it?
"Brother Zhuo is right." Cha Wenbin said, "However, after you say it this way, I know the reason why he cannot reincarnate. The body is separated and the soul is not gathered. What about you? Are you going to hide here for the rest of your life?"
The woman choked up and said: "As long as the master can reincarnate, I will let him go, but don't say that you can't open the door, even I can't go through it. There seems to be something very powerful inside. I can often hear the master Wailing inside, it will only be better when I bring some tribute from outside to worship, so..."
"Chao Zi, is it true that this kind of mechanism cannot be broken?" Chao Zi is the only expert on the things in this ancient tomb.
If Lao Wang was here, he might still have a way. He Yichao was indeed a little tender: "There is really no other way except to demolish the gate. There is another way that is a local mouse. Let's dig a hole from here to Next, and then go to the other side of the door, but now there is such a big commotion, whether it is equipment in our hands or time permits? My opinion is that if you are not in a hurry, you can simply report to the office to deal with it. Anyway, you will still use it Participating as a consultant, can you figure it out differently?"
Cha Wenbin did not agree with Chaozi's suggestion, because for him, there are more important things to do: "No, we can't engage in these gods and ghosts with a group of archaeologists. If it gets out, it will It will affect their future work, and one more thing, it will take a few years for the excavation progress of their small trowel to finish this Han tomb. I don’t have time, and I’m afraid I won’t be able to wait until then. You guys, get ready , just as you said, dig a hole here, and there are gods and ghosts inside. Grandpa Cha will take it out for a walk today. The most vicious thing since ancient times is to keep it from living after death. Listen to this According to what the girl said, the governor must have been considered a very evil person during his lifetime."
Just do what you say, the air in this cave is almost stagnant, and it is very stuffy. Working in this kind of place, it is easy to die from lack of oxygen unconsciously.Zhuo Xiong was first sent out by Cha Wenbin to get the blower, which Erhu already had at home, and he didn't even need to talk, so he took it and left, Erhu didn't even dare to fart, he was eager to send it away This plague god.
Take the blower, and make two hooks with steel bars, connect the plastic wires at the bottom, and connect them directly to the blower.The hook is directly hung on two civilian electricity wires 200 meters away, and the blower will start to deliver fresh air when it is powered on.
Ten meters below the ground, Hengroulian was waving his hoe vigorously. There was some loess here, and it was dug up in pieces. Chaozi was in charge of transporting the soil to the back of the corridor for piling up, and Zhuo Xiong was in charge of chopping the soil in the chestnut forest. Some thick tree trunks, these things will be used for lining later, because the tunnel is inclined to form a U shape, if it collapses, people will be buried in it.
As for Cha Wenbin, he is sitting by the side with his eyes closed right now.As for the white-clothed woman, although it is basically certain that she is harmless, Chaozi always felt panicked, so he sent him away. In fact, with Cha Wenbin around, even if a thousand-year-old fairy popped out, he would probably have to deal with it. up.Look at the eight small flags planted densely on the ground. Each flag has a character on it, which are: Qian, Kun, Kan, Li, Zhen, Gen, Xun, and Dui. There is a red thread under each flag, and these red threads are all gathered in Cha Wenbin's hand and tied to the first joint of his right middle finger.
This thing is equivalent to a radar, which is specially used to detect the weirdness around it.If there is any suspicious movement in any direction, the small flag will float up in the absence of wind, and the red rope will shake accordingly.In this way, even when he is sleeping, he can still observe his surroundings, and if there is a disturbance, he will feel it immediately.Besides, Heizi was also taken off the ground by Zhuo Xiong. If Cha Wenbin hadn't given him two slaps beforehand, this guy would have yelled at the gate long ago. Now, he's just staying on the ground obediently. .
As far as this physical quality is concerned, it's really not blown out, just the boy with the fleshy face, who hasn't stopped from the first stroke of the hoe, and the two scouts have no time to move the soil dug out.Chaozi laughed and said, "This kid must have been reincarnated from a bison in his previous life, or he was a mole." He made holes not only fast, but also wide.Why wide?Because he is big in size.
Cha Wenbin looked at the pocket watch in his hand, the time was approaching midnight, so he asked them to rest first, at this time the yin was too strong, if they dug through some tricks, it would be a mistake.But with the tacit cooperation of the three brothers, after nearly two hours, the fleshy face reckoned that the beating was already halfway through, so he came up to take a breath.
A few people sat down, Chaozi unscrewed the cap of the bottle, and was about to pour it for them. Everyone drank some wine, when there was a faint cry from inside the gate. The cry was definitely not human, and it was even less It's a ghost.The feeling was indescribable and indescribable, it was like a child in a family whose throat was choked and wanted to cry but couldn't cry.
Zha Wenbin only felt his middle finger move, and glanced at it, the flag of Zhengbei was already fluttering in the wind, shaking happily there.Heizi on the ground suddenly stood up, the hair on his back stood tall, his pair of canine teeth were exposed, and he looked fiercely ahead.
Cha Wenbin threw a piece of spiced beef and chewed it in his mouth, and said: "There are really evil things, Chaozi, you take three glasses of wine and pour them outside the door, let it calm down for a while, and then go in later Clean it up!"
"Okay!" This bastard, who was fearless in the first place, swears and walks over with the wine bottle. This wine is not a good wine, Lao Baigan, it is a bit strong, but it smells good.According to Zha Wenbin's instructions, he poured three cups, sprinkled them in front of the door, and muttered: "Dude, don't worry, drink something to relieve your hunger, and I will ask you to continue drinking when your master He comes in later... "After the wine was poured, the sound really disappeared, and the flag returned to calm in an instant. Only Heizi was still there vigilantly. Cha Wenbin threw a peanut nonchalantly: "A worthless thing, a few glasses of wine It was sent away, and after eating, we have to hurry up, and we must finish everything before dawn, once the land is angry, we can’t wait until daytime.”
After eating and drinking, he looked at the loess that had been piled up as high as a hill behind him, spit a few mouthfuls into the palm of his hand, picked up the pickaxe and devoted himself to the digging work again. He smacked, and kept sighing that this kid is definitely a beast.
"Dang!" Sparks burst out in the cave, shaking his fleshy face and palms numb, "Come and have a look, there seems to be a stone under here!"
A few people ran over to take a look, hey, this is really the case, the tunnel has been dug halfway, here is all loess, and the other end is full of stones!
Chaozi threw away the loess in his hands and sat down on the ground, sighing: "It's over, I met an expert, the owner of the tomb is good at preventing theft, and we are sure we can make holes, and the other end should be quicksand , if we insist on digging, the stones above are flowing, and sooner or later they will collapse, and the person who made the hole will be buried in it. From this point of view, we will definitely encounter even bigger ones It’s really a tricky thing.”
Quicksand tomb is the most dangerous anti-theft measure for tomb robbers. This kind of bottom layer filled with artificially piled stones cannot be pierced by robbing holes unless you have enough lining. The planks were nailed together, but the work was labor-intensive and dangerous, as long as the support of one of the sticks was broken by the pressure from above, all previous efforts were wasted.
查文斌看着那些在黄土层中夹杂着的石块，知道这条路是走不通了，便转身问卓雄：“咱还有多少炸药？”
超子问道：“你想炸？”
“你别管那什么鸟文物了，我告诉你，这个墓凶得很，考古队下来多少人就得死多少人。我顶多破他两扇大门，总比日后让他们来陪葬强得多！”查文斌已经是下定了决心了，不搞清楚这里的事，他今晚是不打算回去了。
卓雄数着那背包里的黑炸药，清点了雷管，说道：“还有六公斤左右加两根雷管，看这门的厚实程度，我估计顶天也就炸穿个眼，想完全给崩了起码还得上十斤，要不我再出去要一点？”
“你当咱这是在打仗呢？弹药管够是吧？你俩合计个办法，不管咋样，就算炸个洞也得钻进去人，时间不多了，得快些！”查文斌这下是真没开玩笑，脸色凝重地看着远方，他觉得里面一定有很重要的东西。
超子拿过炸药包，走到门前，比画了一下位置，看着那色彩绚丽的汉代漆艺，他小子还不忘记调侃一声：“再见了，国宝！”拔出腿上的匕首，先在门上大致找了个位置，然后开始凿门，这里必须要设计一个爆炸点，要让炸药的力气全部往里冲。
半小时后，这铁皮一般坚硬的木头上终于让他刻出一个凹槽来，刚好可以放上那几段炸药。用木棍顶上之后，接好雷管和导火线，几个人得撤啊，万一把这里给崩塌了，那不得活埋了？重新回到地面之后，查文斌用火折子点燃，没过多久，下面“砰”的一声闷响，接着便是浓浓的火药味从那儿传出，等散尽这些味道又过了半小时，查文斌这才说道：“都给我拿好家伙，下去的时候小心点，不该碰的东西千万别碰！”说完，这一回，他抱着黑子第一个跳了下去……
墓内还弥漫着阵阵硝烟，视线也不太好，几个人奋力用巴掌驱散着周边的烟雾。等烟雾散得差不多了，他们这才从陪葬室里走了出去。
那扇大门如超子计算的那般，厚实的门板上被炸出了一个大洞来，大小是一个成年人能够爬得进去的。超子自告奋勇地要第一个进去，理由是他下过的古墓无数，有的是经验，不过就这底气他还是拔出了那柄从不离身的匕首，反手握在掌心。
余下的几人鱼贯而入。里面的情况果真别有一番天地。
不得不说这个墓的设计者简直是一个天才，在这主墓室里修建了一个小水池，面积大概是四米×四米。要说这水池设计的精妙之处在于看不见水的源头，也看不见这水的去处，从主墓室的那一头，地上出现了一汪水，顺着地势被引到了中间，形成一个圆。然后又在圆的这一头修了一条出水口，重新循环到了头部，而那些闪着光亮的水就这样在其中缓缓流动着，无声无息。
查文斌向前走了一步，低头看了一眼脚下的“水流”，突然喊道：“不好，这里我们恐怕待不久了，这不是水，而是水银！”
查文斌又稍稍站远了些：“用水银的作用一个是气势，另外就是保证尸体不腐败，还有一个额外的作用就是用来对付土耗子，水银在空气中时间久了会蒸发，进入墓葬之中的人不知不觉地吸入了这种气态金属之后，就有可能丧命，从现在起都拿布条子裹着脸部，要先把布打湿了。”
对于用水银下葬，在中国最出名的莫过于秦始皇了。据说他在自己的皇陵里用水银堆出了江山的河流和湖泊。另外，在春秋战国的贵族墓冢中，以“水银为池”的并不少见，但像这样能做到循环的至今还是第一例。在没有任何外力的作用下，液态水银的流动等于是一台永动机，至少目前还没有发现推动它流动的外力在哪里。不过历史之所以成为历史，就是我们永远也无法全面了解历史的真相。
在那水池边上，一尊巨大的棺椁横架其上，下面是两根水桶粗细的木头，棺椁就安安静静地躺在其上。
这严格来说是椁，也就是包在棺材外围的那一层东西，这具椁是用天然的木板用榫头拼接起来的，并没有上油漆，而是保持原始的木头本色，虽然朴素，但却让人觉得十分庄重。
查文斌伸出三个手指头，又双手作了个交叉，意思是在这里他们最多只能待半小时，否则就有可能汞中毒。
“开棺！”查文斌喊了一声，三个男人一起小心翼翼地走过木头，准备爬上那椁，超子无意之中低头看了一眼，这棺材下面怎么还有根链子？一直拖到水池里。他那人就是喜欢惹事，这一次自然不会例外，很顺手地拿着手上的撬棍打了一下，链子纹丝不动。
“文斌哥，我敢说这下面还吊着个东西。”虽然隔着布说话不是那么清晰，但是他的动作查文斌却看得清清楚楚。
“等下，超子你把链子提起来看看。”说完之后，他又补了一句，“小心点。”
见查文斌头一次没因为自己毛手毛脚责骂，还有着几分赞同，超子便由卓雄和横肉脸扶着，弯下腰去提那链子。
好沉！这是他摸到链子的第一个感觉，索性让他们两个抱着自己的腰，双手一起抓住那链子，“咦！”一声使劲的喊叫之后，链子被缓缓提起，所有人的目光都聚焦在那水池之水泛起的圈圈水纹上，让人很是期待。
率先露出水面的是一个巨大的脑袋，水银开始不断地掉落下去，接着便是一张巨大的嘴巴，让查文斌诧异的是那嘴巴里竟然还叼着一个苹果！没错，就是那一晚他给那少女的苹果！真是邪门了，怎么会在这儿出现，不过随着身子的慢慢倾斜，苹果又重新跌入到水池之中。等到那东西完全被拉出水面的时候，查文斌手中的七星剑差一点落到了地上，这东西是什么？他们中的三个人都曾经见过：“饕餮”！
没错，这是一具饕餮，看样子应该是用生铁所铸，超子艰难地把它拎到了外面，那羊的身子、老虎的牙齿，还有那一双人手，巨大的脑袋下方眼睛快要缩进肚子里了，这和那村庄铜锁上雕刻的就是同一个东西。饕餮生性残暴，并且十分贪吃，什么东西都吃，据说它没有身体是因为它太能吃，以至于把自己的身体吃掉了，只有一个大头和一个大嘴，见到什么吃什么。
这一幕，查文斌又似乎感觉十分熟悉，如果把那棺材看成是楼，那一汪池水不就是梦里女儿一直在挣扎的那个湖吗？几乎是下意识地，查文斌瞥了一眼自己的右下方，果然有一块不起眼的石碑立在那儿！
带着忐忑不安的心，查文斌慢慢走了过去，拿着手电一照，石碑只剩下了半块，剩余残缺的部分还剩下两个字，“铜渊”。“咣当”一声，查文斌连人带剑跌到了地上，剩下的最顶端的那半个字是“烊”的下半部分，血红的字迹与自己在梦中所见是一模一样。
“烊铜渊！地狱的最深处！”查文斌坐在地上回忆着自己的那个梦，那个缠在脑海之中久久不能散去的地方，那个至今为止牵绊了许久的地方，那个日夜不能眠的地方，如今它出现了，就在女儿的坟墓下方，这个该死的汉墓之中！
见查文斌有突发情况，他们三人也都赶了过来，对于那块碑的含义，只有查文斌读得懂。
“怎么了？”卓雄扶起查文斌问道，他很怕，因为查文斌的身体一直没好透，这里又有大量的水银。
“我曾经来过这里。”查文斌看着前方说道，顿了顿，“在梦里来过。”
“啊？梦里？”
不再回话，他还有更加重要的事情要做，因为在梦中，他无论如何努力都走不到那池塘的中央，只是在原地踏步，如果那个梦是一直在引导自己追踪，那么现在终于来了，今天倒要看看自己能不能走出去！
查文斌推开他们的搀扶，倔强地迈开步子，饕餮咬着他女儿拖下水的那一幕，他永远不会忘记，更为可怕的是那种逃不出的感觉，不知怎么的，他竟然回头看了一眼……
Gone!什么没了？进来的路没了！明明是从那道墓门进来的，查文斌只回头看了一眼，哪里还有什么门，除了坚硬的石壁之外，什么都没了！他没有声张，他知道这只是一个困住人的障眼法，不能乱了军心，他们三人只是把注意力放在自己的身上。好吧，既然如此，那么来吧。
天罡九步，脚踏七星，查文斌右手一翻，七星剑光芒出鞘，横于胸前；左手迅速结了一个复杂的引结“藏甲”：左手食指与中指伸直，无名指与尾指弯曲至掌心，大拇指扣住尾指与无名指的指甲端，紧紧地压制两指指甲而使指甲不外露。
缓缓地闭上眼，瞬间世界暗了下来，查文斌心平气和地摘掉自己的面纱，嘴中念道：“临兵斗者，皆阵列前行！”九字真言！这才是真宗的九字真言，前四后五是分成两段，而不是我们平常那般一字一字地吐出，与此同时，右手的七星剑虚空劈出四纵五横共计九剑，最后一个字完结后，七星剑收回腰间，身子猛地一射而出，直直向那饕餮劈去……