Take the Fox Fairy To Catch the Ghost

Chapter 176—Circulation of Water

The surname of Qin Shihuang Ying, Zhao, the son of King Qin Zhuangxiang, was the first Chinese emperor, and also the first monarch to be called emperor in ancient and modern China and abroad.

The reigning Emperor Qin Shihuang made outstanding achievements, and he was so happy that he started to build the tomb for himself when he was thirteen years old. According to legend, the imperial tomb was dug under the spring water and reinforced with copper juice. The palace and pavilions were built in the tomb to meet the hundreds of officials, full of rare treasures. In order to prevent theft, the cemetery is equipped with flashing arrows and countless organs. The curved ceiling of the tomb is decorated with gems and pearls, which symbolize the celestial stars, and below are the geographical situation of Baichuan, Five Sacred Mountains and Kyushu. The machine is infused with mercury, which symbolizes the endless flow of rivers and seas. The entire imperial tomb has been repaired for a total of 39 years before and after it is huge and contains countless treasures.

Knowing the scale of the imperial tombs and the richness of their burials will inevitably arouse the coveting of interested people. In thousands of years of history, there have been countless large-scale thefts of the imperial tombs in order to take the treasures as their own, but in fact, these people have returned without success. The main reason for this is that the entire imperial underground palace is surrounded by a wall of several meters thick. The patina of the palace wall is as strong as copper and iron, which is difficult to shake. Secondly, there are countless passages in the underground palace, interspersed vertically and horizontally like a maze, plus countless organ poisons. Arrow, the entire imperial tomb will be preserved to this day.

I don't know whether Jiang Yilong wanted to show off his knowledge of history or digress. We did not hear the point after listening for a long time. Bai Ling quickly interrupted him and said, "You have been talking for so long, what are you trying to say?"

Jiang Yilong said with a smile: "Ah, it seems that I am really off topic, but after all, I am the first emperor, Zulong. Right, right, right, to be the subject. In fact, the methods I mentioned just now for preventing theft of the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum are just In pediatrics, the biggest reason is that Qin Shihuang used a large amount of mercury as the river and the sea, which not only can guarantee the long-term decay of the corpse, but also the poisonous gas emitted by the mercury can poison the tomb robbers who dare to break into the tomb and die. As far as I know, the Qin Emperor The coffin after death is placed on the water galaxy, and the center of the water galaxy is modeled after his Jiangshan design, which means that even if Qin Shihuang is dead, he wants to guard his great Qin rivers and mountains with the flow of the water galaxy. The ancient tomb in front of us has nothing to do with the Qin Emperor’s Mausoleum. However, this artificial river reminds me of the water and Milky Way in the Qin Emperor’s Mausoleum. Although they have different patterns, they always feel that they are quite different. Place."

Bai Ling said: "You mean that the owner of the tomb just wants to imitate Qin Shihuang, not hesitating a huge project to dig an artificial underground river, and use a large number of soldiers to patrol the tomb for him?"

Jiang Yilong said: "Yes, that's what I think. Although it is a guess, I think the possibility is very high."

I said: "Listening to your analysis, this possibility is really not impossible. However, although the layout of this tomb is indeed extraordinary, it has no contrast with the Qin Emperor’s Mausoleum in terms of layout, which means that this ancient tomb will definitely not It's the imperial tomb."

Jiang Yilong said: "That's for sure. After all, the specifications of the imperial tomb cannot be built by ordinary people. However, even if this ancient tomb is not an imperial tomb, according to its specifications, the identity of the owner of the tomb is the same. It’s extraordinary, digging ten feet to build a tomb, and all the way, there are many hidden channels, and now there is this artificial underground river and soldiers patrolling, if I guess right, this tomb owner should at least be a high-ranking general in his life. Bar."

Bai Ling said: "Since you think that the owner of this tomb somewhat imitated Qin Shihuang's mausoleum, we might as well speculate boldly. As you just said, the coffin after Qin's death was stored on the water galaxy. Flowing guards its own Great Qin rivers and mountains. So, to transfer this statement to this ancient tomb, there are both artificial underground rivers and regular patrols by soldiers. In other words, the underground river is likely to be built around the main tomb."

I said: "We are all speculations out of thin air, but according to all the signs, coupled with the fact that you can sense Feng Shui aura, such a combination, maybe we are already outside the main tomb."

Jiang Yilong said: "If we are really near the main tomb right now, and we have not found Hu Qingguo and Roland on this road until now, would they..."

I said, "I believe they are okay. First, Hu Qingguo and the others have rich experience in tomb robbing, and Fu Hongshan and the others are their companions. Roland also has Fang Wenhu by his side, and Fang Wenhu has not followed Hu Qingguo's years of work in this industry. Short, so I have every reason to believe that they have at least the ability to protect themselves, and I also know the taboos and institutions in the ancient tomb. Not necessarily, they are one step ahead, closer to the main tomb than we are."

To be honest, everything I'm talking about is actually self-comfort. Ever since we entered the ancient tomb again, weird things have happened one after another, and this ancient tomb has always been exposed to evil spirits. But even for self-comfort, I still hope that everything I say is true.

We pushed the bamboo rafts back to the underground river channel, and immediately continued along the river bank. After walking for more than ten minutes, a crescent arch bridge across the river appeared in front of us, and on the opposite bank of the crescent arch bridge was a straight corridor.

Jiang Yilong said: "Does this road lead directly to the main tomb?"

I looked at Bai Ling and hurriedly asked, "How are you feeling now?"

Bai Ling said: "It is stronger than before, and the direction is right in front of the tunnel, as if it is not too far away. However, the anxiety in my heart is also getting stronger."

Although the blood corpse was powerful, it did not pose a threat to Bai Ling. Last time I was surrounded by a zombie, but Bai Ling managed to rescue me from the zombie. If this ancient tomb can make Bai Ling feel terrified, at least it hasn't been up for the time being. However, now that even Bai Ling is behaving in such a state, it is obvious that once this hidden unknown fear is really exposed in front of us, it is very likely to be difficult to resist.

But now the Crescent Arch Bridge has appeared in front of us, and the corridor that may lead directly to the main tomb has also appeared in front of us. This is the way we continue, and it's the only way we go now.

"Don't think about it, maybe it's just scaring yourself." I comforted Bai Ling, and immediately boarded the arch bridge, carefully crossing over to the corridor. Although Bai Ling's fear was much more obvious than ours, but she did not stay where she was, and also followed Jiang Yilong.

Obviously, this corridor was carefully built by hand, the walls were made of bricks, and the surroundings were smooth, but because it was close to the underground channel, it was damp, and the walls of the corridor were covered with moss.

Jiang Yilong said: "Be careful, don't get any trap here."

I nodded, tentatively moving forward step by step.

Wow...

The corridor is actually not long. Although it is winding and winding, if it is built in a straight line, it should only be about ten meters long. But at this time, the sound of running water is getting more and more clear, which makes us very strange. Until we arrived safely all the way to the end of the tunnel, a crack on the top of the head similar to the existence of a thin line of sky, the river continued to flow downwards, forming a waterfall.

Jiang Yilong said suddenly: "I understand."

I was stunned and asked: "What do you understand again?"

Jiang Yilong looked up at the crack that appeared on the top of the mountain's belly no more than five meters away from our head, and immediately said: "We walked all the way, and the entire underground river was built like flat ground. Even if the river water is injected, there is a wealth of water storage. , But because the height of the underground river is the same, the amount of water injected into it is still in a static state, and it becomes a dead river. Since it is a dead river, the soldiers patrolling by the bamboo rafts naturally lose their effect. It is precisely because of this. , Therefore, a crack was dug here above the head. Although the flow of this curtain of water is not great, it can invisibly push the water velocity of the underground river. It is precisely because of this that we only used it every once in a while. You can see the regular inspection of the bamboo raft, and it has been maintained for a long time."

I thought for a while and said: "It's very reasonable."

The corridor has come to an end, and in front of us is a waterfall curtain from top to bottom. On the surface, our path is exhausted, but in fact, when I hit the flashlight against the waterfall curtain, it can be very clear. After seeing the waterfall curtain, there is a cave similar to the natural formation.

Is it the main tomb after the cave?

When this idea came to our minds, it was confirmed almost immediately. Because, according to all the signs, this is the most reasonable explanation. Thinking of this, we converged our minds, forced a composure, and immediately passed through this waterfall curtain.

We didn't have any shielding measures. Even though the speed at which we passed the water curtain was only an instant, one-third of the water from head to toe was still wet by running water. The underground river and the waterfall formed by the excavated crack that drive the water speed looks like a flowing water, but in essence it is a pool of stagnant water, and there is a foul smell on the body. The smell is indeed better than that of blood pool water. It is several times lighter, and the feeling of being lingering by the smell is still very uncomfortable.

We hurriedly sorted it out, even if the faint smell could not be removed, the wet feeling was still uncomfortable. However, when we were finishing our clothes, Bai Ling looked at me for some reason and looked a little weird, and then said, "Zhi Yuan, don't move."

I looked a little inexplicable, could it be that there was something behind me, this thought flashed in my mind, and my heart was horrified, but since Bai Ling kept me still, my heart trembled as if petrified in place.

Bai Ling said to Jiang Yilong, "Give me the knife."

Jiang Yilong was stunned, but when he looked towards me in the direction of Bai Ling's fingers, he quickly took out the sharp dagger and handed it to Bai Ling. Bai Ling took the dagger and took two steps towards me.

"What are you doing."

"Tell you not to move."

I don't know why, but after Bai Ling slashed his face, the soft body of the leech was taken out of my face by her with a dagger. At this time, I knew in my heart.

"Look at me quickly, do I have any..." Jiang Yilong turned around, and he was relieved until we were sure.