Chapter 9 Chapter Eight The Huge House in the Cave

At this time, Qi Bai was already very interested in that piece of paper, and when he continued to read, there was another record like this: "Shang ordered a detailed map of the 100,000 mountains", "Shang ordered the Ministry of Industry to view the map of the mountain overnight until Dan Send important officials as Shangsi State Order." When Qi Bai saw this, he let out an "ah" in his heart, his mind was extremely sensitive, although the records he saw were simple, he could still deduce what happened. It is a very unusual transfer for important officials from the Ministry of Industry to be sent to serve as Sizhou orders.Shangsizhou is near the Shiwanda Mountain, and more than a thousand craftsmen of various types went to the "land of the wild miasma in the south". It can be seen that there must have been extremely huge projects in the vicinity at that time.

At that time, what Qi Bai thought of was: What kind of project is that?It will definitely not be the palace of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty-which emperor would build the palace on Shiwan Dashan?Then, it may be a mausoleum. The Ming Tomb in Nanjing is a fake, but the real Ming Taizu Mausoleum is in Shiwanda Mountain? Thinking of this, the excitement of this tomb maniac is really indescribable. Not only was she dancing and dancing, but she also hugged the owner of the antique shop and kissed him on the bald head several times, which made the boss feel sick when he thought about it afterwards.

The Shiwanda Mountain has a very wide range. It stretches for more than 100 kilometers in the south of Guangxi Province. The mountain is not very high, but it is very deep and secluded; land.It didn't take long for Qi Bai to find a lot of information about this strangely named mountain range. Moreover, he also has excellent clues: Shangsi Prefecture, Shangsi Prefecture was established as a prefecture in the Tang Dynasty, changed to a government office in the Qing Dynasty, and was established as a county in the early years of the Republic of China. Although it is in a remote place, it has a long history. Counties with a long history have records such as county annals.

Therefore, Qi Bai took the title of "Professor of Anthropology" at an Egyptian university, and went to Shangsi County, Guangxi Province to "study the origin and development of the Tong people" and spent three months there. In the past three months, he was not a fool. In many records, there are records similar to "During the Hongwu period, craftsmen came and went, and wood, bricks and tiles continued to flow", which made him more sure that there was a huge construction project going on there at that time. Pass. However, the exact location of the project?The common problem recorded in ancient Chinese texts is unclear.Perhaps, also because at that time, this project was regarded as a big secret, there was a record saying that more than a thousand craftsmen lived in the barbaric life for nearly three years.I thought I could go back to my hometown, but in the end, no one came home, and I didn't know what to do.

In the era of feudal emperors, such things often happened, it is not surprising. Although there are many blood and tears, sobs, lovesickness, and pain, it can be seen from the rigid written records. At most, it's just a little bit of sadness. Where did those craftsmen (more than a thousand people) go?If it was for the reason of keeping secrets, it would naturally be massacred and silenced. There are records that many family members of craftsmen traveled thousands of miles, and those who found them were also living in Shangsi. Some died, and some went back heartbroken. The wasteland is dedicated to burying the families of craftsmen who came from thousands of miles away.

When Qi Bai saw those materials, he gradually formed a picture in his mind.The emperor ordered that the secret project be carried out day and night somewhere in the mountains, and the secret project was most likely the emperor's tomb. The exact location is not recorded, but there are always some clues that can be followed and speculated.He discovered two more place names: Nalan Township and Wangwei.These two place names can be found on the map. In the southwest of Shangsi, we can know the location of the project, which goes deep into the 100,000 mountains. When Qi Bai was sure that he could no longer obtain more information from the text, he started his actual action. He acted alone, arrived at the small town called Wang Wei, and continued to the southwest, towards the mountains.

He is a very experienced tomb robber with a wealth of knowledge. I introduced him at the first meeting (in this story), and I once said: "A wealth of engineering architecture, especially knowledge of ancient engineering in various countries. He has rich archaeological experience and a wealth of knowledge on the use of various instruments..." After the completion of the project, in order to keep the secret, the paved road was removed without leaving any traces. The largest pieces of stone slabs he found were no more than one foot square, and the thickness was the same. It can be seen that the specifications of the project were very strict. , but also meticulous.

There are two possibilities for the emergence of shrub belts: one is intentionally planted.One is that after the process of laying stones and removing them, the soil changed and became particularly suitable. This kind of shrubs grew, so forest belts were naturally formed. In any case, there should be no doubt that if you go along the forest belt, you can find the location of the secret project. Qi Bai cheered loudly for this discovery, making his voice hoarse. That kind of shrub has sharp thorns on its branches, and bears brown, finger-sized snails. Qi Bai saw many birds pecking at them, so he knew it was not poisonous, so he plucked a few, and it turned out to be extremely sweet. So he had a big meal.

(A bird's stomach is different from a human's stomach. Qi Bai still insists that the berries are not poisonous, but he said in a very weird manner, that thing is the best "laxative". Why did he suffer? , as can be imagined.) He walked along the bush belt, about three kilometers deep into the mountain, facing a steep cliff that went up and down, and there was no way out.He went to the end and was a Jedi. When others saw this situation, they would naturally feel depressed, but Qi Bai looked up to the sky and laughed out of joy. Since he was sure that the bush belt turned out to be a road, he naturally knew that the large cliff was the destination.

No one will build a road leading to the Jedi. The secret of the secret project must be on the cliff. The problem is how to find its entrance. It took a ten-point test of kung fu, Qi Bai was very proud afterwards, saying that there were only two ghosts and one person who could get the mouth. The two ghosts were originally his colleagues, one nicknamed Virus and the other Shansi, both of them were dead, so Qi Bai called them ghosts, and the "one person" was naturally himself. (I once said: "No, there is also that solid ghost, he also found the entrance.") (Qi Bai snorted: "He? The secret project was built for him, of course he knows how to get in and out. He didn't find the entrance, and it's because of this that I'm sure the points are solid Old ghost, otherwise, I must think that such an outstanding expert has appeared out of nowhere.")

The cliff is very high, estimated to be about two hundred meters long, with many trees and vines growing on it.Qi Bai used the binoculars to check the upper part of the cliff first - if the construction had been carried out there, all the construction materials would have to be hoisted up, and there would definitely be traces of brackets being installed. He checked very carefully, but found nothing. He checked the middle of the cliff again and found nothing. Another five or six days passed. During the day, he stared at the binoculars like an idiot, causing his eyes to sting. At night, he slept in the open like a monkey.The dry food he brought was almost finished. There was clear spring water in the mountain, and there were huge frogs in the water, which screamed loudly and had extremely tender meat, which became his staple food—he naturally didn’t dare to touch the mountain fruit again. He then checked the lower part of the cliff, but found nothing.It made him very discouraged. He couldn't hit such a large cliff with a hammer to hear if there was a hollow echo. On the tenth day before the cliff, he was almost going crazy. At this time, he remembered a few words his master taught him when he first entered the profession as a tomb robber: "A lot of times, looking for ancient tombs in the field The population of the tomb is important, but more often, it is more useful to use your brain to think about it - you can find the population of the tomb just by thinking about it. This is a battle with the general. It's the same reason that you don't have to go to the front line in person, you can win a battle thousands of miles away." When Qi Bai remembered these words, his body was inside the sleeping bag, his head was outside.The moonlight was bright and the weather was cool. He stared at the cliff, and began to think: Ming Taizu was the emperor in Nanjing well. In the twenty-ninth year of Hongwu, all the enemies have been defeated, and most of the heroes have been killed. He is extremely stable.Why did you come so far to the south to start a big construction project? It seems that the secret project is not a mausoleum. Thinking of this, Qi Bai immediately wanted to sit up, but the sleeping bag was very thick, so he couldn't sit up, so he just lifted his body up, and he immediately thought: Will he have the ambition to use troops abroad, so he first Build a secret warehouse here? But he also dismissed that idea.At that time, there were troubles in northern Xinjiang and peace in southern Xinjiang. Zhu Yuanzhang was not a fool.It seems that this secret project has another purpose—at this moment, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he thought that the secret project was built in such a hidden mountain, and it might be for refuge. Refuge requires people to live in, and to live in people, it is essential to have water and air. Not far from the cliff, there is a pile of rocks. In the pile of rocks, there is a huge mountain spring gushing out for days. Come on, what Qi Bai drinks is that mountain spring water, in fact, the murmur of the spring is the only sound that can be heard in the mountains. Qi Bai was ecstatic about his new discovery, he yelled a few times, when he got out of the sleeping bag, the echoes caused by the big cliffs were still rippling. He ran up to the pile of rocks. Under the moonlight, he could clearly see that the water was coming out of the ground. He had always thought that it was the source of the spring water, but at this moment, it could be said that the water was the source of the spring. Underground, drawn from the direction of the cliff. He ran down the stone pile, fell down, and put his ear on the ground.He held his breath, and with his extremely keen sense of hearing, he sucked it not very deep into the ground, and there was the sound of groundwater flowing. He clenched his fists tightly, and moved in front of him in a very strange posture following the sound of the water—if someone saw him at this time, he would definitely not understand what kind of creature was moving in that strange posture.He kept his ears close to the ground to track the sound of the water, while his hands rested on the ground and moved forward. The spring was not too far from the cliff, about 30 meters, and the river was such a distance. In order to determine the sound of the groundwater flowing, he moved very slowly, and it took him a full hour to reach the foot of the cliff. He was absolutely certain that it was an underground waterway.He estimated that the waterway was underground and would not be more than one meter deep. He had already planned to blow up a gap so that people could follow the waterway and enter where he was going.He straightened up, and found that on that cliff, the moss on the stone was very thick, and looked black in the moonlight. He took a small shovel and shoveled away the moss, and found that the reason for the lush growth of moss was that there was a large stone, which was very flat. At this point in the matter, it can be said that it is close to the end. He shoveled away about 30 square meters of moss to fully reveal the secret door.He excitedly knocked on the stone wall with his shovel, making a hollow sound. Before dawn, he successfully pushed open the stone door and walked in. After taking a step in, he froze. Qi Bai, an expert in tomb robbery, has entered countless large-scale ancient tombs, but he has never seen the strange sight he saw then. That kind of scene made him dumbfounded for an unknown period of time, until a ray of sunlight shone on him. Sunlight?In the belly of the mountain?Yes, inside the stone gate is a very large cave. On the top of the cave, there are several natural gaps and small holes, from which the sunlight comes in - this kind of situation is not uncommon, quite common Usually, this kind of small cave from the cave to the top of the mountain is called "a line of sky" and becomes a scenic spot. Strangely, what made Qi Bai dumbfounded today was that in that cave, there was actually a huge house built on a grand scale, with carved beams and painted buildings, cornices and whitewashed walls, everything that one expects to find.Outside the walls of the house, there is a small river with flowing water. That is naturally the spring water, after it is brought in, it is then led out through the ground. The two gates of the huge house are dazzling with vermilion lacquer, and the two gate knockers are shining with golden light. Of course they are not copper, but gold. After Qi Bai stayed for a long time, he shook his head involuntarily and walked forward. Because there are quite a lot of gaps in the roof of the cave, although the cave is not bright, it is not dark at all. What is even more amazing is that there is a huge open space outside the house, where many trees are planted, some even It is extremely tall, and it is actually full of green shade. Step by step, Qi Bai walked slowly towards the vermilion door at the entrance. It was absolutely impossible to tell that it was made in 1396 AD—the door must have been painted with countless layers of paint, and the air in the cave must be quite dry. So it can be maintained that well. He finally came to the door, his whole heart was filled with an extremely pious thought.Whenever he entered an ancient tomb, he would have this mood, and this time it was even worse. He grabbed the door knocker, the heavy knocker was of course pure gold - with the power of the emperor, what can't be done?Many miracles are created by the concentration of power in the world on one person. He noticed that there was also a piece of gold on the door where the knocker was knocked, which was to make the knocker sound louder.It is also possible not to knock on the wooden door.And Qi Bai can be sure that after the door knocker and the gold piece were installed, they were hardly used. He stayed for a while longer, the excessive shock made him, who was originally very shrewd, a little confused, at this moment he was thinking: What is the purpose of Ming Taizu building such a house here? He had thought that it might be a refuge, but with the honor of the emperor, why would he want to avoid such a barren mountain? After avoiding here and living such a hidden life, apart from being "alive", how is everything different from being dead? Qi Bai was thinking blindly, and at the same time knocked the door knocker on the door, making a "pat" sound.As he did that, he really hoped someone would come out and answer the door. But of course not, he stretched out his hand and pushed it, and the situation in the novel "the door was only half-closed, and it opened easily" did not appear.He took a few steps back and took a look. The wall was not very high and he could easily do it. He climbed over the wall and saw the bolt on the door. Do some weird things.At this time, he went to the back of the door and pulled the bolt. The bolt was very heavy, of course due to the excellent quality of the wood. He opened the door, bowed and said loudly, "Long live is finally here? Please come in, please come in." What he said has no special meaning at all. As I said just now, it is just that in a special environment, people have the urge to do some special things.He always thought that it was Ming Taizu's sanctuary, that's why he made the dialogue like Ming Taizu came and he greeted Long Live Lord. Of course he wasn't serious, otherwise, he should at least know that bending down and bowing is not enough to welcome the Chinese emperor, one needs to kneel down and kowtow. As Qi Bai spoke, he felt a very wonderful pleasure, but when he straightened up, his whole body froze. Qi Bai repeatedly emphasized how intense the shock he received at that moment was. He said: "At that time, if my eyeballs suddenly fell out of their sockets, I wouldn't be surprised at all, because it should be more than that, it should be my chest split open, and my heart popped out from the gap." According to his account of what he saw when he straightened up, I do not think his words are exaggerated. When he said something naughty and straightened up, he was extremely excited because he had finally found this "secret project", but the scene that met his eyes stunned him. Just outside the door, stood a man. It was really a person, not a flashing figure, that person was less than two meters away from him, and it seemed that he was standing there, waiting for someone to open the door so that he could come in. The man's expression was majestic, but in the majesty, there was melancholy and a sense of extreme injustice. One could think of him leading a very unsatisfactory life at a glance. He was wearing a gray robe. His hair was long and loose, reaching to his shoulders. Of course he was a man, and he was quite tall. At this time, he was holding the left side of the robe with one hand, and was about to step in the door, but suddenly Seeing Qi Bai for a while, he was also stunned, frowned, and looked Qi Bai up and down. Qi Bai stood there blankly like an idiot, the man sized him up for a while, then showed an angry face, and reprimanded him in a very stern voice: "Who are you, you dare to stand?" Qi Bai was originally stunned, but after all he has quite a lot of experience in dealing with extraordinary accidents. During that time of about a minute, he first calmed himself down, then regained his senses, and immediately thought that he was not The first person to discover where this secret lies, and someone else may have already discovered it, is the one standing in front of him. At this time, the door of the mansion was open, and Qi Bai could naturally see the secret door into the cave. After he entered, he saw the mansion and was stunned for a while, but when he walked towards the mansion, , Zeng turned around and carefully closed the secret door, but at this time, the secret door was half open. He immediately assumed such a situation: "The man had discovered this huge house a long time ago, when he came just now, he happened to go out, and when he opened the door, he happened to come back. "He climbed over the wall, pulled the bolt, opened the door, and bent over to talk. It was only a minute or two. The man pushed the secret door and walked in at that moment. That's why he was so horrified when he saw someone standing at the door. Now that he had figured it out, he was no longer terrified. He admired the person in front of him for finding such a secret place.But the man's demeanor and the unceremonious reprimand made him very disgusted. When he opened his mouth, he was not very polite: "If you don't stand, why don't you kneel down?" Originally, Qi Bai was just confronting each other and talking casually, but he made a mistake, and the coincidence couldn't be more coincidental. Dear readers, the person Qi Bai met at this time is naturally the one who claims to be Emperor Jianwen. Although he took refuge in Shiwan Dashan, the emperor's bearing is still there. When Qi Bai retorted like this, he What's the first thing that comes to mind? By the way, that's right, what he thought of was: Qi Bai is a master sent by his fourth uncle, Ming Chengzu.No matter how well he hid, the current emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who had to find him and behead him, still sent someone to find him. so.What happened next was simply inexplicable, messy, messy, and incomprehensible. It was ten thousand times more ridiculous than any ridiculous drama. absurd. When the man heard Qi Bai dare to say that, he was startled for a while, and then he shouted: "Finally found me." While yelling, he turned around and ran away, Qi Bai didn't expect him to have such a reaction, he was startled for a while, then saw that the man was about to escape through the secret door, he also yelled, and then chased after him.