Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Kunlun Tires

The sun was setting, and only a little bit of the sun was still above the clouds. The entire ice layer had gradually turned black, and the huge shadow inside was blurred. The shape of the shadow was very strange, neither fish nor fowl, very weird, like some animal fetus that had been frozen to death, with a terribly big head and long thorns growing all over its body, it made me feel hairy just looking at it. Ye Cheng opened his mouth wide and asked me, "Damn it, you didn't worship Bodhisattvas when you came out, and you always bump into evil spirits. What the hell is this?" Fatty and I shook our heads. We have never seen it before. Judging by the size, this thing is the size of a small five-story building. It is frozen deep in the glacier. If it is a burial mausoleum, how did it get in there?Or is it a creature from ancient times?

It is said that hundreds of thousands of years ago the Changbai Mountain area was still a vast ocean, and it was raised from the sea by the eruption of the main volcanic body. Could such a large thing be the corpse of a giant marine creature at that time? It's not right to think about it. When the ancient glaciers were formed, the mountains were already there, and any corpses would have been fossilized long ago. Although I experienced a thrilling avalanche, in fact, this kind of avalanche can only be called a snow slide. The shadow in the ice arouses curiosity. We used ice picks to make a foothold on the glacier, put on ropes, put on skates, and went down to the surface of the glacier to carefully look at the strange shadows frozen in the glacier, but several people couldn't see the way.

At this time, Chen Pi Asi also regained consciousness. Monk Hua and Ye Cheng supported him and came down from above. We carefully helped him to the front. Chen Pi Asi was still not reacting quickly, rubbed his eyes, squatted down, stared at the shadow in the ice cap for a long time, and suddenly hummed: "This shadow...could it be a 'Kunlun fetus'?" Then he shook again Shake your head. "What is the 'Kunlun tire'?" We had never heard of it, and it was inexplicable to see him so excited. "'Kunlun fetus' is a strange natural phenomenon. It refers to the source of the dragon veins, that is, the place where the aura of heaven and earth gathers, as the saying goes. Often in rocks, glaciers, and trees, some strange baby-like babies will be born by themselves. These ancient books call it 'earth birth'. It is said that after ten thousand years of evolution, some 'earth birth' will become fine, such as Monkey King in Journey to the West."

Monk Hua explained to us, "I remember mentioning it in a notebook of the Tang Dynasty. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, it is said that under the giant ice cirque of Kunlun Mountain, the local Tibetans found a giant ice tire, as big as a mountain bucket, with five sense organs. Already possessed, it was still a baby girl, lifelike, so the "earth birth" was called "Kunlun fetus", and later a temple was built on the baby girl's navel, called Kunlun Tongzi Temple. Feng Shui, "Kunlun fetus" It is a heavenly treasure point, which is different from the Fengshui points deduced by humans. It is impossible to find a place where a 'Kunlun fetus' may be formed in a dragon's veins. Only when the 'Kunlun fetus' begins to form, it is discovered by accident. Then dig out the shape of the fetus and build the mausoleum in it. Such a treasure hole is hard to find. It is said that only those who reach the sky are qualified. The only person buried in the "Kunlun fetus" in history is only one person. That is the Yellow Emperor."

"Is there such a wicked thing?" The fat man knelt down and looked at the shadow. "However, this 'Kunlun fetus' doesn't look like a human fetus." Chen Pi Asi also seemed not sure, nodded and said: "I am also guessing that the 'Kunlun fetus' is a god-determined fetal position, and the gods are born on the earth. If this is a 'Kunlun fetus', then the burial tomb must be built in the 'Kunlun fetus'." In the fetal position, but in this way..." He looked at the Sansheng Snow Mountain in the distance, with extreme confusion in his eyes.

I knew his concerns, and continued: "This is the natural treasure hole 'Kunlun Fetus'. But this is just a funeral tomb. In this way, the Three Sacred Mountains where the main tomb of Yunding Tiangong is located, how good the geomantic omen is? ? No matter what, it can't be worse than the 'Kunlun Tire'." "Yes, there is no better geomantic omen than 'Kunlun Tire'. 'Kunlun Tire' is the place where the spiritual energy of the earth gathers. If it is better than here, there is only one possibility." Chen Pi Asi was very puzzled and sighed, " The Heavenly Palace is really built in the sky!"

Chen Pi Asi's expression was very sincere when he said this, I could tell it was not a joke, I felt chills all over when I said it to him.The fat man said, "How is it possible!" "It's impossible, so there is definitely a problem with the 'Kunlun fetus' here. Could it be that the trend of the mountains and rivers has been changed by him, and Wang Zanghai has reached such a level?" Chen Pi Asi looked around again at the surrounding mountains. "No, you shouldn't think that way." I suddenly had an idea and asked. "Could it be that the shadow of this tire shape is fake? Man-made? A symbolic technique, which is very common in the design of ancient tombs. Like Wu Zetian's city shape, like a woman's breast, maybe This shadow is just the shadow of the funeral mausoleum."

It is natural for me to have such an idea, because our usual job in antiques is to fight against fake things.When we purchased, all the items were fake at first, so when I heard Chen Pi Ah Si say so much, my first impression was: Could it be fake?This is also an occupational disease. Moreover, freezing the entrance of the mausoleum in the soil and making it look like a baby is indeed in line with Wang Zanghai's character of not being frightened to death. Chen Pi'a's attention was all on the surrounding mountains, and he didn't listen to me at all.I turned my head to look at Po You Ping, who also stared at the shadow with a puzzled expression on his face, without making a sound.But Monk Hua agrees with me very much (it seems that he should also be the front-line procurement personnel, and has occupational diseases like me).He said: "It's possible what you said. Looking at the 'fetal shadow', there are light and light points. It is obviously not a simple thing. It seems to have heights and heights, and there are thorns around it. It is impossible to explain what it is. It may be real. It's architecture."

I had a strange feeling in my heart. Wang Zanghai built the mausoleum into the shape of a fetus. Could it be that he hoped that the mausoleum would become fine like a "Kunlun fetus". If this is true, it would be unbelievable. The fat man said: "It's better not to guess. Anyway, if you don't dig it out, you will guess anyway. If you have this spare time, why don't you think of a way to go down." "Then if you dig down, what you will see is not a funeral tomb, but a real giant ice—" Ye Cheng was a little scared.Teeth knotted: "What should I do then?"

The fat man patted him: "Then you stay up there, we'll go down and make sure, and then we'll tell you to come down." I also said: "If it is really an ice tire, it is really a miracle made in heaven, and it is worth seeing it." Monk Hua patted Ye Cheng, and said: "You are timid, follow these elder brothers... The question now is not whether to go, but how to get down?" He checked the thickness of the ice with his eyes.Said: "Using a pickaxe to dig, you may not be able to dig there in half a month." We are not ice masters, and working on ice is completely different from the general ground.There are so many factors to consider, no matter how good your usual skills are.

Fatty stared at the huge shadow in the glacier under his feet, and waved to us, "What's so difficult? I'll leave it to Fatty." I saw that he seemed to have eyebrows, and was curious in his heart. The fat man has always played the role of a vanguard in the team, and rarely expresses his opinions on technology, but once he expresses his opinions, what he puts forward is very important, which shows this person's strength. The mind is actually quite delicate.I have already felt this deeply at the bottom of the sea, and this is probably one of the qualities that he is so greedy for money but able to save himself from danger many times.But Fatty Yu needs skills in speaking. He is the kind of person who doesn't take hard things. Most of the time, stimulating him is much more useful than flattering him.So he said to him, "What can you do?" Sure enough, he was a little upset, and said to me: "What do you mean, let you college students have ideas? I have been to Kunlun Mountain. There are many ices on Kunlun Mountain. There are many thicker glaciers than this one. I have much more experience than you." I smiled and said, "Then tell me and listen." The fat man hummed and told us many stories about ice that his guide at the time told him.The altitude of Kunlun Mountain is much higher than here. It is a real alpine glacier. The large ice crevices there will crack frequently due to the temperature and mountain movement. Sometimes the remains of strange ancestors in ancient times will be found in the crevices. Some people have even found Houses frozen deep in the glacier, but these things are all collapsed, just wreckage. When he asked why these ancient relics could not be preserved in such a cold environment, the guide told him that it is impossible to completely freeze a building in the ice, especially a wooden structure house, which is subject to ice avalanche or avalanche , it will definitely collapse first. Now the buildings in the glacier under our feet must be built on the cliff. The black shadow inside looks so complete, and the outline looks like a baby, which means that there is no sign of collapse below. It's completely out of shape.Therefore, unless the burial tomb is not buried in the glacier but stones, otherwise, it is definitely not an avalanche but man-made that the burial tomb is frozen in the ice. Fatty’s reasons are very good, I nodded in agreement with him, but the others didn’t understand the meaning of Fatty’s hypothesis, Pan Zi asked him, “So what?” The fat man waved his hands and said, "If it wasn't for an avalanche, then the mausoleum was built more than nine hundred years ago. According to the logic, it is absolutely impossible for the snow and ice accumulated in nine hundred years to be so thick, so the ice must be man-made, and there must be a piece of ice under our feet." A very thick artificial ice wall. It is impossible for this ice wall to directly press on the building. There must be a curvature to form a natural ice dome, which presses on the slope and protects the building below. It is similar to a mound made of ice. The ice is not as thick as we thought, and you see, the ice here is very transparent, which is also a proof." As soon as the fat man said, everyone was in an uproar, and everyone looked at him with admiration, and at the same time, they suddenly felt that their feet were a lot more unstable. The fat man was still thinking that I underestimated him just now, and knowing that I was studying architecture, he asked me that what he said might not be possible. I nodded and said that the theoretical explanation is reasonable and feasible.Building houses with ice has existed for a long time in the world.During the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao’s One Night City was made of ice and straw, and the Eskimos have long used ice to build their houses. Recently, there seems to be modern ice buildings in Denmark, which shows that the hardness of ice is absolutely no problem in architecture. of. However, Cao Cao's One Night City is located on a plain. Is it really possible to build such a magnificent ice dome on a cliff?I have some reservations, after all, it was about 1,000 years ago, even if Wang Zanghai could surpass their era by a lot, he shouldn't be so awesome. When the fat man heard that I agreed with him, he immediately felt complacent, shook his hair, and said, "Look, fat man, I am called a talent." Ye Cheng asked me: "Master Wu, can you calculate the possible thickness of the ice dome based on architecture?" I gave back most of what I learned in college to my teachers.But I still know the weight of ice per unit volume.Calculating silently in my heart, I applied a few formulas and came up with a number, and said to him: "If, as the fat man said, assuming a wooden support structure, then the thickness of the ice layer under our feet will not exceed ten meters, otherwise the weight of our own weight will not exceed ten meters. If it is too heavy, it will collapse on itself and cannot be supported by anything.” "Ten meters." Several people looked at each other, and Pan Zi said: "Fuck, that's enough. The ice here is different from other places, it's much harder, and we don't have professional equipment. Just now, Lang Feng and I hit the ice pick hard with a shovel, After knocking a few times, my hands were numb, and only a few white marks were knocked out, and it might take some time to penetrate ten meters, maybe a week would not be enough." Gravity ice is different from ice on other riverbeds. The raw material of riverbed ice is river water, which contains impurities and a lot of air bubbles.The temperature of the river bed will not be too low, but the gravity ice is formed by layers of thousand-year-old snow. Not only are there few impurities, but the temperature of the ice under the snow layer may be more than minus 50 degrees. At this temperature and purity, the ice The hardness and density are very scary. The fat man said, "Don't we have explosives? Why don't we climb onto the rock and put another hole in it?" Monk Hua and I shook our heads immediately. I thought I almost died in the snow just now, so I said to him angrily: "You really don't have a long memory, haven't you tasted enough just now? Besides, if the glacier is hollow, how about An explosion with a small power may also blow up the entire ice dome—if your assumption is correct, the method of drilling holes with too much destructive power cannot be considered, and even the ice shovel may not be able to dig into key places Use it, if it is not done well, it will be a chain reaction.” The fat man was very disgusted with theoretical science, and said: "You are bookish, you can't even use an ice shovel, so what should you do? Do you use a spoon to dig? Don't rely on yourself as a college student to scare us here and artificially create problems for us. " I know I'm in a hurry than you, but facts are facts, and anyone who doesn't believe it can try it out. After one problem was figured out, another problem came up, and the atmosphere suddenly became dull again. Everyone stopped talking and began to think of a solution.Just as he was hesitating, Pone Youping suddenly walked up to us with Shunzi’s smokeless stove for making tea, and when he put it aside, the hot stove immediately reacted with the cold ice surface, making a crackling sound , asked me: "Is this okay?" When I saw it, I said in my heart, oh, yes, his mother is freezing the donkey, I didn't think of this way, maybe using fire will do. The hardness of the ice is directly related to the temperature. When the temperature rises, the hardness will decrease, the surface of the ice wall will become brittle, and the chain reaction caused by the ice shovel will be weakened.We can take it step by step, first bake the ice on the surface until it softens, then knock it off in one piece, exposing the tighter ice core that is frozen inside, and then continue to bake in a smokeless oven, repeating until it is smashed through. Practice is the only criterion for testing the truth, we will do the test right away.Take out your own smokeless stove, light it up and put it on the ice, and use a shovel to cut the ice after a minute.Sure enough, what the book said was correct, embrittled high-temperature ice would crack in one piece. However, because the surrounding temperature is too low, the progress of this is very slow. We took turns to try, until nearly three hours, when the sky was almost completely dark, the wall gave us a 1.5-meter-wide and 7-8-meter-deep slab. The color of the ice layer below has changed significantly, and the purity of the ice has become much clearer. It is already certain that the fat man is half right, and it is definitely not naturally formed ice. The fat man tied a rope around his waist and propped his feet on both sides of the ice well. Finally, he baked the ice surface at the bottom of the well with a smokeless oven, and then smashed it with a short-handled hammer. There was a crack in the ice dome, and suddenly we felt the outside air rushing towards the hole, a gust of wind blew, and the temperature suddenly dropped a lot. The fat man smashed it again, smashing the ice cubes underneath, and the broken ice fell down. As expected, a hole appeared, and the bottom was empty! Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.Even Fatty himself was surprised and exclaimed, "I guessed it right." We pulled him up, and everyone gathered around the entrance of the cave, scrambling to pick up the flashlight and shine it inside. Inside the ice well is a huge gray space. The entire ice dome is like a transparent bowl buckled on a cliff. Numerous wooden beams covered with ice edges are erected from the rocks of the cliff, interlaced together, forming a shape similar to The structure of the scaffolding supports the "ice bowl" outside. These are the thorns on the body of Taiying. Under the cliff is a dark abyss with no bottom to see. And on the mountainside of the cliff with a drop of more than 100 meters, we saw the real body of the black fetal shadow. It was a huge fetal-shaped cave. We don't know whether it was artificially built or formed naturally. The standard swimming pool is so big, at first glance, it looks like a huge black baby. We were stunned to see, several people could hardly speak, the fat man had poisonous eyes, he grabbed my flashlight and moved in one direction. "look here!" Under his guidance, we squinted our eyes and searched carefully, only to see that in the cave, there was actually a huge palace built with eaves and flying beams. On the cliff, it looks like a castle in the air, and most of the buildings are built in caves, so you can't see the whole picture. Because of the low temperature all year round, ice shards condensed everywhere, and the part of the building that exposed the hole looked gloomy and not obvious, so it was not easy to find at a glance. This is the spiritual palace of the accompanying burial mausoleum, that is, the Dragon Tower Palace that Mojin Xiaowei often mentioned, the "ling" part of the mausoleum, and the tomb where the owner of the tomb is buried should be under the spiritual palace, on the edge of the mountain. Inside. I couldn't help but sigh with emotion. I thought there was only one hidden entrance to the underground palace here. I didn't expect that King Wannu would have such a big show, and even the funeral tomb had such a huge spiritual palace.So if Yunding Tiangong is not covered by heavy snow, what kind of spectacular scene will it be?It is really unimaginable that the wisdom of the ancients cannot but make people feel awe. Fatty reacted first and laughed loudly, and then everyone else laughed, and everyone gave each other high fives. I was bumped by Fatty's ass and almost slipped off the ice. Monk Hua hurriedly stopped us. He pointed to the snow cliff above his head, meaning to be careful of another landslide. We are all on the ice cliff, and none of us can escape. Only then did we suppress the excitement in our hearts and calm down, but the faces of several people were full of uncontrollable ecstasy. Now think about it, tomb thieves, even the most powerful tomb thieves, how many people can dig up to the level of the imperial tomb, if they can enter the imperial tomb once and come out safely, they won't care about what treasures are inside, just This wrist is big enough for you, not to mention how many years you can brag, your mentality must be different, no one can resist this kind of attraction.Even I, who hadn't decided to be a tomb robber yet, had an extreme urge to go down and have a look. Monk Hua patted his face, wanting to relax himself, then turned his head and asked Chen Pi Ah Si, should we go down now or tomorrow. Chen Pi'a cast a gloomy look at us and asked, "Will you bear it when we go down tomorrow?"