When Jianjian heard this, he immediately threw the three sticks of incense in his hand on the ground, smiled and said to the old ghost: "Old ghost, senior, I was actually joking with you! It was just me who said something rude, and I saw the real ability of senior, so I
I know that senior is very powerful, but I hope senior doesn’t have the same experience as me.”
The old ghost glared at Jianjian, said nothing, turned around and walked towards the arch hole.
Others followed closely and walked into the arch cave.
This is an arched cave extending deep underground at a certain angle. It has no end as far as the eye can see. The cave wall is not paved with bluestone bricks as I imagined. It is an uneven soil layer that has obviously not been reinforced.
The treatment is no bigger than an ordinary soil hole.
The difference is that the ceiling of the cave is also relatively low. If I stood up straight in some places, my head would even touch the ceiling of the cave. Therefore, the taller ones among us had to bend down and lower our heads, which felt very depressing.
There is an old ghost with his head held high and his chest upright, looking leisurely and contented.
I never thought that being short could sometimes be an advantage.
The group of people walked forward slowly. It was the first time for Fatty Niu to come to such a place. He seemed very scared. After walking a short distance, he lowered his voice and asked, "Are there any hidden weapons or traps here?"
Wen Qingshan said: "We haven't entered the mausoleum yet. This road is just an escape passage secretly dug by the craftsmen who built the mausoleum, so there should be no danger."
As soon as he finished speaking, the old ghost said: "Don't take it lightly. This road may seem simple, but I'm afraid it was definitely not made by ordinary craftsmen."
Wen Qingshan was slightly startled: "Senior Old Ghost, how can you say this?"
"Have you forgotten the secret door just now? That secret door is completely integrated with the surrounding environment, and the mechanism that opens the secret door seems simple, but in fact it is extremely difficult to set up. It is enough to show that the secret door is a proficient person.
It was built by an expert in mechanical skills, presumably to prevent anyone from accidentally breaking into the imperial mausoleum."
When the old ghost said this, I suddenly thought that Wen Qingshan once said that the person who designed Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum was most likely a master of mechanical skills related to Lu Ban. Could it be that he also designed this secret passage?
Wen Qingshan also thought of this and suddenly said: "I understand, this secret passage must have been left by the designer of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum. He designed the mausoleum for Qin Shihuang, and he must have known that he would inevitably die, so when designing the mausoleum
, secretly left such a secret passage." Having said this, he asked the old ghost again: "By the way, senior old ghost, how did you determine just now that the stone wall is the entrance to the secret passage?"
The old ghost replied without looking back: "Because according to my calculations, the entrance to the secret passage should be nearby. Although the stone wall seems to be no different from the surrounding environment, it is too flat and the inside of the cave is relatively humid.
But the stone wall was quite dry, which was very unusual, so I speculated that it should be the entrance to the secret passage."
After listening to the old ghost's explanation, I admired him even more. No wonder he is said to be a representative figure of the gold-producing sect in the north. Judging from his experienced experience, he definitely deserves this title.
Because the old ghost reminded everyone that there may still be traps in the arch cave, everyone became more cautious and slowed down their progress.
The group of people walked forward slowly, and after walking along the arch cave for about a hundred meters, they finally reached the end of the arch cave. A gray-green stone wall blocked the way. On this stone wall, there was a gap about one meter long.
The stone gate is about half a meter high and half a meter wide. The stone gate is in a closed state. On one side of the stone gate
On the side, there is a black stone pillar about two feet high. The top of the stone pillar is an octagonal cross-section with a Bagua pattern drawn on it. In the center of the Bagua pattern, there is an irregular-shaped depression that looks like
It's like someone dug out a piece of the Bagua pattern from the middle.
The old ghost stepped forward, raised his hand and knocked on the stone wall a few times, turned around and said to everyone: "This is diamond soil made from glutinous rice juice and other flower juices. Diamond soil is used to build mausoleums."
The main material of the King Kong Wall, so this wall is most likely the outer wall of the Imperial Tomb!"
"So if you pass through this wall, you will enter Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum?"
The old ghost nodded.
I couldn't help but feel a little excited when I thought about entering the unparalleled Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang soon.
The old ghost looked around and focused on the stone pillar next to the stone gate. He said thoughtfully: "It is not unnecessary to have such a stone pillar here. I think there must be some mystery.
.”
When Wen Qingshan heard this, he was slightly startled and said: "Senior Old Ghost, do you mean that this stone pillar is the mechanism that opens the stone gate?"
"It's very likely!" the old ghost said, walking to the stone pillar and inspecting it carefully, and everyone else also came over.
I stared at the stone pillar for a while, and found that in addition to the Bagua pattern, the cross-section of the stone pillar was also engraved with characters, and those characters looked very much like the inscriptions specially used to draw talismans.
I couldn't help but wonder what kind of etiquette was involved in carving the inscriptions on this Bagua pattern.
The old ghost held the stone pillar in his hand and twisted it hard, but the stone pillar did not move at all. Wen Qingshan also stepped forward and fiddled with it, but the two of them tinkered for a long time, but they could not find any mystery.
I reminded from the side: "I think the Bagua pattern engraved on it seems to be a talisman specially used to draw talismans. Could it be a talisman?"
When the old ghost heard this, he immediately focused his attention on the Bagua pattern. He stared at the Bagua pattern for a while, turned his head, glanced at me, and said, "You're not a bad boy. You can actually tell that this is a pattern."
symbol!"
"What? Is this really a talisman?" Wen Qingshan was a little surprised.
The old ghost nodded and said, "Moreover, this is most likely a spirit talisman."
"What is the Qi Ling Talisman?" Wen Qingshan asked.
The old ghost explained: "The Qi Ling Talisman is a high-level spiritual talisman that can gather spiritual energy. The Qi Ling Talisman is carved on this stone pillar, most likely to set up a Qi Ling Lock."
When I heard about the Qi Ling Lock, I couldn't help but be slightly startled. I immediately thought that I heard Huang Yixian mention it. He said that in ancient times, there was a kind of lock without a key. It used the changes in the five elements' aura to unlock it, which was the Qi Ling Lock. At that time, Huang Yixian said
It was once believed that the black box containing sapphires found in the Lin family's old house was equipped with Qi Ling.
Lock, because there is no keyhole on the box at all, and it cannot be opened. In fact, it seems to be true, because it was my blood that seeped into the black box, and the black box was opened. Unexpectedly, the old ghost now said this
The stone door is also equipped with a spirit lock, so what exactly should be used to open it?
While I was thinking about it, Jianjian said doubtfully: "Even if there is a Qi Ling talisman engraved on it, but such a large piece of it has been dug out in the middle, can the Qi Ling Lock still work?"
This time, the old ghost didn't scold me anymore, but replied seriously: "This looks like a hole, but it's not. If you look carefully, these inscriptions are quite complete, which means that the hole should have been dug first."
, and the inscriptions will be engraved later.”
"He carves inscriptions just like inscriptions, so why bother digging such a hole in such a hurry?" I muttered in confusion.
The old ghost stared at the hole and pondered for a moment, then said slowly: "I guess this hole is the key to opening the stone door."
"Senior, what do you mean by this?" Wen Qingshan asked hurriedly.
The old ghost explained: "To open the Qi Ling Lock, you must use a specific object. This object is like a key to unlocking the lock, which can just blend with the aura of the Qi Ling Lock. I think there should be such a thing, as long as
If you place this item on this hole, you can open the stone door."
"Holy crap! Who knows what it is!" Jianjian couldn't help but sigh.
The old ghost frowned and said, "Because specific objects must be used to open the lock, Qi Ling locks are often the most difficult locks to open."
"But it has been more than two thousand years. Maybe this thing has been destroyed long ago! Can this stone door never be opened?" Jianjian asked.
The old ghost said: "That's not necessarily true. There is a spiritual aura field in the Qi Spirit Lock. It is said that some Taoist masters in ancient times were able to integrate their own aura with this spiritual aura field. When their own aura is completely integrated into it, it is possible to
Open the Qi Spirit Lock. However, not to mention that none of us may have this skill. Even if we do, it would take at least three or five steps to completely integrate our own aura with the aura of this Qi Spirit Lock.
day."
"Senior Old Ghost, what should we do now?" Wen Qingshan asked.
Jianjian said at the side: "How about we use explosives to blow open this stone door."
"No!" Lao Gui and Wen Qingshan said almost in unison.
"This secret passage is not reinforced. If bombs are used to blast it, if the secret passage collapses, we will all be trapped and die in it." Wen Qingshan said.
The old ghost took over his words and said: "That's all. Once blasting is used, it will cause irreversible damage to the stone gate. Originally, the entire imperial mausoleum was in a completely sealed state. If we open a hole here, the outside will
The air will enter the imperial mausoleum and cause catastrophic damage to the cultural relics in the imperial mausoleum. I don't want to ruin my reputation because of this."
I didn't expect that Captain Mojin, who specializes in tomb robbing, would still care about protecting the cultural relics in the tomb. I couldn't help but look at the old man in front of me, who was only four feet tall, with admiration again.
After listening to what Wen Qingshan and the old ghost said, Jianjian couldn't help but sigh: "This stone door can't be opened and can't be opened, and it can't be blown up. Can't we just go home like this?"
The old ghost pondered for a moment and said: "Let's search around here first to see if we can find anything that triggers the Qi Ling Lock. If we really can't find it, then we can only leave first and think of another way."
As soon as he finished speaking, Long Jiansheng, who had been standing aside and said little, suddenly said: "When I came here, my adoptive father gave me something. He said that we might be able to put it to use. Take a look!"