the last priest

There were still bursts of gunpowder smoke in the tomb, and the sight could only be said to be hazy. A few people tried their best to disperse the surrounding smoke with their palms. This environment really felt a bit like that. 【 】

"Woof!" Heizi called twice, and the echo formed in this ancient tomb echoed for a long time.Zha Wenbin stopped it in time, and walked out of the funeral room after the smoke had almost cleared.

As Chao Zi calculated that door, a big hole was blown out in the thick door panel, the size is enough for an adult to climb in.Chaozi volunteered to be the first to go in, the reason being that he had visited countless ancient tombs and had a lot of experience, but with this confidence, he still pulled out the dagger that never left his body and held it in the palm of his backhand.

The rest of the people filed in, and the situation inside was really different.

I have to say that the designer of this tomb is simply a genius. He built a small pool in the main tomb chamber, with an area of ​​about four by four.To say that the ingenious design of this pool is that you can’t see the source of the water, and you can’t see the water going out. From the other end of the main tomb, a puddle of water appeared on the ground, and was drawn to the middle along the terrain, forming a circle. .Then a water outlet was built at this end of the garden, and it circulated to the head again, and the shining water flowed slowly and silently in it.

Cha Wenbin took a step forward, looked down at the "water flow" under his feet, and suddenly shouted: "No, I'm afraid we will stay here for a while. This is not water, but mercury!"

What is mercury?We all know that there is only something in the thermometer. This is the only liquid metal known in nature. It is highly poisonous. The mercury vapor it produces can penetrate into the soil around the tomb and will not disperse for a long time. This also indirectly kills the bacteria that may cause damage to the corpse, so the ancients often used mercury to stuff the corpse to preserve the remains.However, thousands of years ago when metal smelting technology was not very developed, only the princes and nobles at that time could get so much mercury. Based on what the woman said, Cha Wenbin judged that the mercury for this person should be given by the emperor at that time as a token of Affirmation of his filial piety.

Cha Wenbin stood a little further away: "One of the functions of mercury is to impress, and the other is to ensure that the corpse is not exposed. Another additional function is to deal with soil rats. Mercury will evaporate after a long time. People in the tomb may die after inhaling this gaseous metal unknowingly. From now on, they all wrap their faces with cloth strips and wet the cloth first."

For mercury burials, the most famous one in China is Qin Shihuang. It is said that he piled up rivers and lakes with mercury in his imperial tomb, and experts speculate that the amount used is around [-] tons.However, it is not uncommon to see "mercury as a pool" in the tombs of nobles in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States, but it is the first time to see such a cycle that can be done today.In the absence of any external force, the flow of liquid mercury is equivalent to a perpetual motion machine, at least where the external force that drives it to flow has not yet been discovered.But the reason why history becomes history is that we will never understand what really happened in the past.

On the support of the pool, a huge coffin lay across it, with two buckets of wood underneath, and the coffin lay quietly on it.

Strictly speaking, this is the outer coffin, that is, which layer is wrapped around the coffin. This outer coffin is made of natural wooden boards spliced ​​together with mortise and tenon. It is not painted, but keeps the original wood color. But it makes people feel very solemn.

Cha Wenbin stretched out three fingers and crossed his hands, which meant that they could only stay here for half an hour at most, otherwise they might be poisoned by mercury.

"Open the coffin!" Zha Wenbin yelled, and the three men walked carefully through the wood and were about to climb up the coffin. to the pool.He just likes to cause trouble, and this time is no exception. He easily hit him with the crowbar in his hand, and the chain didn't budge.

"Brother Wenbin, I dare say there is something hanging down here." Although the words were not so clear through the cloth, Cha Wenbin could see his movements clearly.

"Wait a minute, Chao Zi, lift up the chain and have a look." After finishing speaking, he added: "Be careful."

Seeing that it was the first time that Zha Wenbin was not scolded for his sloppy hands and feet, and still somewhat agreed, Chaozi was supported by Zhuo Xiong and Hengroulian, and bent down to lift the chain.

So heavy!This was the first feeling he felt when he touched the chain, so he let the two of them hug his waist and grasp the chain with both hands, "Hey!" After a vigorous shout, the chain was slowly lifted, and everyone His eyes were all focused on the water control in the pool, and the circles of water patterns appeared, so he was looking forward to it.

The first thing to come out of the water was a huge head, and the mercury began to fall continuously, followed by a huge mouth. To Cha Wenbin's surprise, there was an apple in the mouth!That's right, it was the apple he gave the girl that night!It's really evil, how could it appear here, but as the body slowly tilted, Apple fell into the pool again.When the thing was completely pulled out of the water, the Seven Star Sword in Cha Wenbin's hand almost fell to the ground. What is this thing? All three of them have seen "Gluttony" before!

That's right, this is a glutton, it looks like it should be made of pig iron, Chaozi carried him outside with great difficulty, the body of the sheep, the teeth of the tiger, and the pair of human hands, the eyes under the huge head were suppressed Indented into the stomach, this is the same thing carved on the copper lock of the village.Taotie is cruel by nature and very greedy, eating everything. It is said that he has no body because he eats so much that he eats his own body. There is only one big head and one big mouth, and he eats whatever he sees.

This scene seems very familiar to Chawen. If the coffin is regarded as a building, then is the pool of water really the lake in the dream where the daughter has been struggling?Almost subconsciously, Cha Wenbin glanced at his lower right, and there was indeed an inconspicuous stone tablet standing there!

With a restless heart, Zha Wenbin walked over slowly, took a flashlight to take a picture, only half of the stele was left, and there were only two words left on the remaining incomplete part, "Tong Yuan", "Bang Dang", Cha Wenbin fell to the ground with his sword in hand, and the remaining top half of the character was the lower half of '炎', and the blood-red handwriting was exactly the same as what he saw in his dream.

"Yang Tongyuan! The deepest part of hell!" Sitting on the ground, Cha Wenbin recalled his dream, the place that has been entangled in his mind for a long time, the place that has been entangled for a long time, the place where he can't sleep day and night Now it appeared, just under the daughter's tomb, in this damned Han tomb!

Seeing Zha Wenbin's sudden situation, the three of them also rushed over. Only Zha Wenbin could understand the meaning of the monument.

"What's the matter?" Zhuo Xiong helped Zha Wenbin up and asked, he was very scared, because Zha Wenbin's health had not recovered, and there was a lot of mercury here.

"I've been here before," Cha Wenbin said while looking ahead, paused, "I've been here in a dream."

"Huh? In a dream?"

No longer answering, he still has more important things to do, because in the dream, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get to the middle of the pond, he just kept walking in place, if that dream has been guiding him to track, then now It's finally here, let's see if I can get out!

Cha Wenbin pushed away their support, and stubbornly took a step forward. The scene of Taotie biting his daughter and dragging him into the water will never be forgotten. What is even more frightening is the feeling of being unable to escape. For some reason, he unexpectedly I looked back. . . . . .

Gone!What's gone?The way in is gone!Obviously came in through the tomb door, Cha Wenbin only looked back, there is no door, there is nothing but the hard stone wall!He didn't say anything, he knew it was just a cover-up to trap people, and he couldn't disturb the army's morale, the three of them just focused on themselves, well, if that's the case, then come on.

With nine steps on Tiangang and seven stars on his feet, Cha Wenbin flipped his right hand, and the seven-star sword came out of its sheath and lay across his chest; his left hand quickly knotted a complicated knot, 'Zang Jia': the index finger and middle finger of the left hand were straightened, and the ring finger and The little finger is bent to the palm, and the thumb clasps the nails of the little finger and the ring finger, pressing the nails of the two fingers tightly so that the nails are not exposed.

Slowly closing it, the eyes were dark, Cha Wenbin took off his veil calmly, and said in his mouth: "Those who are facing the battle, all march forward!", the nine-character mantra!This is Zhenzong's nine-character mantra. The first four and the last five are divided into two paragraphs, instead of spit out word by word as we usually do. After finishing a word, the Seven Star Sword retracted to his waist, and shot out fiercely, slashing straight at the Taotie. . . . . .