Jianbao life

Chapter 259 The Last Obstacle

The entrance of the tomb is at a depth of less than ten meters, so the tunnel dug by Zhang Housheng is slope-shaped.The three of them stooped to the entrance of the tomb, and the space here was much larger, and it was more than enough for the three of them to stand side by side.

On the right side of the entrance of the tomb, there is another tunnel, which leads directly to the farmland behind Zhang Housheng's house outdoors, and the entrance of the cave has been carefully concealed by him so that no one will find it.The function of this tunnel is not only for breathing, but also for escaping from here if there is an emergency.

At the entrance of the tomb, the third child smiled and said to Zhang Housheng: "Brother, let me go down first this time. If something happens to me, I hope you can help me take care of my wife and children!"

Zhang Housheng patted him on the shoulder, and solemnly assured him: "Don't worry, third child, I have something to eat, and I will definitely not let them go hungry!"

The third child nodded, and with the help of Zhang Housheng and the others, he tied one end of the rope around his waist. Then he put on a gas mask, and by the light of the miner's lamp, he climbed down the soft ladder step by step into the tomb passage. , After a while, he disappeared.

At this time, Zhang Housheng and the fourth child were quite nervous. After the previous two accidents, they were afraid that something would happen to the third child.If something unexpected happened, even Zhang Housheng, who wanted to empty out the tomb, would definitely back down.

After more than ten minutes, the rope stopped moving again, which made the two of them feel tense, and quickly pulled the rope. Fortunately for them, the third child inside gave them a response immediately, so it seems that there should be no What an accident.

About a quarter of an hour later, the third child crawled out of the tunnel, and Zhang Housheng hurriedly asked, "How's the situation inside?"

The third child said excitedly: "It is estimated that after eight or nine minutes of climbing, you can reach the outer room. The outer room has a large space, and you can see the gate from the passage."

Hearing what the third child said made the other two very happy, but after Zhang Housheng was happy, he immediately reacted and asked, "What about the organ? What happened to the ninth child before? Did he encounter a chain hanging stone?"

Hearing the words, the third child said sadly: "It is indeed a hanging stone with iron chains, and Lao Jiu is also considered unlucky. The other hanging stones with iron chains are useless, and the stones have all fallen to the ground. He probably thought that the mechanism had failed. ..."

When Zhang Housheng and the fourth child heard that this was the case, they sighed and shook their heads slightly. This tomb robbery is a job that loses their heads. Not only may they lose their heads if they are caught, but they will fall into the grave The Tao of the Li mechanism will also lose his head.

After sighing, Zhang Housheng immediately asked: "Third brother, what about the other agencies? Have you noticed?"

The third child hesitated for a while, then said: "I saw that from the entrance of the tomb all the way to the gate, there are stones suspended with iron chains. I guess there are no mechanisms on the ground?"

Hearing this, Zhang Housheng asked, "Didn't you go in and have a look?"

The third child replied: "The ground is full of stones. It will take me a while to get in. I'm afraid I'll come out first if you are in a hurry."

Zhang Housheng nodded, pondered for a while, and said, "Fourth brother, my third brother and I will go in and have a look now, how about you come here to meet us?"

The fourth child quickly said that there was no problem, and then Zhang Housheng and the third child went down the tomb passage together.

Zhang Housheng followed behind the third child, slowly crawling towards the end of the tomb passage.As he climbed, he looked around. The material used to build the tomb passage was stone, which was nothing unusual, but there was a dark red mark on the ground. Needless to say, this was the blood stain left by Lao Jiu before.

As the third child estimated before, after eight or nine minutes, the two climbed to the end of the tomb passage.

When he came to the outer room, Zhang Housheng suddenly felt that his eyes suddenly opened up. He stood up, moved around a little, and then began to observe the surroundings carefully.

The walls here are also made of stone, and from their position to the ground in front of the gate, it is indeed all stone as the fourth child said, so there is no need to worry about it, and you will encounter the mechanism on the ground again.And a stone at the door was covered with dark bloodstains, needless to say, this was left by Lao Jiu.

The third child gave Zhang Housheng a signal, and started to head towards the gate. He climbed over the boulders in fear, and nothing unexpected happened along the way, allowing him to reach the gate of the ancient tomb safely.

The material of the gate in front of the third child is also stone, and it is still a split structure. Maybe it was very tight at the beginning, but after more than 2000 years of vicissitudes, the gate has a gap of three to four millimeters.

The third child pushed the door in front of him, and it didn't move at all. Then he pushed it with all his strength, and it was still the same.This made him a little strange, so he checked the door carefully, and then a surprised expression appeared on his face.

"what happened?"

Zhang Housheng saw that the third child had arrived at the door of the tomb safely, and after confirming his safety, he rushed over while the third child was checking the gate.

The third child replied with a wry smile: "This door is actually made of natural stone!"

Natural stone is a kind of anti-theft measure in ancient tombs, and there are generally two situations.

The most common natural stones are stone strips. The principle is as follows. The craftsmen first make the upper and lower ends of the shaft of the stone gate into a spherical shape, and then carve out a surface protrusion in the same part of the middle of the two stone gates. Then, on the stone pavement ground not far from the central axis of the door, a groove shallow in the front and deep in the back was chiseled.

Before closing the stone gate, people first put the stone strip with a considerable width in the groove on the ground, and slowly let it lean forward so that it touches the stone gate.

When people withdraw from the underground palace, the stone bar automatically pushes the stone door to close by virtue of its own inclined pressure and the "ball" action at the shaft end of the door until its top falls into the convex groove of the stone door on both shoulders.At this time, anyone who wants to push the stone door open from the outside can only be wishful thinking.

The second type of natural stone is stone balls. At first, it was also behind the door, dig a hole, and put the stone balls in it.The difference is that there is a horizontal groove from the position where the stone ball is placed behind the door to the final position. There is one on each side of the horizontal groove. There is a pit at the start and end, and there is a certain inclination angle.

Since there was a door blocking it at first, the stone ball would not move.When the door is gradually closed, the stone ball will roll down the horizontal groove, and finally land in the pit behind the door, blocking the door.If you open the door, there is usually a stone ball and a horizontal groove on each side. When it is finally closed, there is a stone ball behind each of the two doors.

Having said that, everyone should understand that it is more difficult to open the second type of natural stone than the first one.

If it is a stone bar, the method of cracking it is quite simple. First, take a relatively strong steel bar, then bend one end with a big hook, and then insert the steel bar along the crack of the door.

After inserting the steel bar, turn it sideways so that the hook can touch the big stone bar, and then push hard to make the stone bar stand up, so that the natural stone will not be against the door, and the door can be opened naturally.

As for the stone ball, it’s okay if it’s a single stone ball. Just use one end of a fine steel wire to make a snare slightly larger than the stone ball. Hold the other end of the thin steel wire in your hand, pull it up, lift the stone ball out of the stone trough, and push open the stone door at the same time.

But there are stone balls on both sides, so it is troublesome, because the position of the stone ball cannot be seen from the crack of the door, and it is not so easy to get the stone ball.

Zhang Housheng was taken aback when he heard the words. Although the principle of the natural stone is simple, he really didn't expect that this kind of ancient tomb in the pre-Qin period would have such a device. When he recovered, he quickly asked Said: "What kind of natural stone, is it a stone ball or a stone strip?"

"From the crack in the door, it should be a stone strip."

When Zhang Housheng heard that it was a stone bar, he breathed a sigh of relief. To open the first type of natural stone, he needed to get a steel bar that met the requirements.

"Let's go, let's go back first!"

The third child hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother, why don't we blow it up! My heart is beating so fast, it seems like something is about to happen."

Zhang Housheng frowned and said, "Third brother, I'm not talking about you. If something happens, then we have to be more calm. If we use explosives to blow open the door as you said, it may destroy the people inside." If the baby is damaged by shaking or sucking, if the sound spreads and disturbs other people, wouldn't that be worse?"

Speaking of which, he patted the third child on the shoulder and said, "Third child, I also know that you are thinking about our safety, but Youdao is too impatient to eat hot tofu, so tomorrow I will go to blacksmith Wu in the town Hitting a tool, tomorrow night is the time for us to harvest, and we are not in a hurry, don't you think?"

The third child felt that what Zhang Housheng said made sense, so he said, "Well, brother, I will listen to you."

Zhang Housheng smiled at him when he heard the words, and then the two returned to the ground along the original road.

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Because he was always thinking about the constant full cup, Chu Chen didn't get much sleep all night. Fortunately, after the upgrade of this ability, his physical fitness has improved a lot. There will be no discomfort.

Speaking of the power upgrade this time, apart from Lingbao Eye, there are no other surprises. The improvement in physical fitness is not as obvious as the first time, and it did not allow his Tai Chi to break through to the extreme. On Sunday, this made him a little disappointed.

Of course, Chu Chen was not such a dissatisfied person, and he quickly put his disappointment behind him.This time the upgrade can't reach the Great Weekend, but next time it will definitely be possible, but there will be no new abilities in the next upgrade, but the upgrade doesn't need any tasks like the previous two times, as long as the accumulated progress is full, it can be upgraded.

(End of this chapter)