Yellow River Craftsman

Chapter 221 Imperial Mausoleum Forbidden Area ([-])

Uh!
The ghost-masked man let out a muffled snort, and at the same time was shocked by the force of the rebound, making him back again and again until he was three meters away from me.

A wisp of blood dripped slowly along the blade, and the tiger's mouth of the ghost-masked man's knife was actually shattered.

In this first round of competition, I was slightly better.

The ghost-masked man let out a deep roar, and swung his knife to charge up again.

At this moment, a firework suddenly rose in the distant sky, like a meteor piercing the sky.

I was slightly taken aback in my heart, Nima, who would set off fireworks in the middle of the night?
At this time, the eight ghost-masked men all stopped attacking, and all looked up at the firework flying in the night sky.

I don't know who blew a loud whistle, and the eight ghost-faced men left us, quickly disappeared into the woods, and disappeared without a trace.

The wind blows, and the woods are quiet.

Xiao Guoguo and I looked at each other, but we didn't understand the origin of these eight ghost-faced men.

Xiao Guoguo speculated, "I wonder if you noticed that firework just now?"

I nodded: "Since the fireworks went up, the eight ghost-faced men retreated suddenly. Could it be that the fireworks are some kind of signal?"

Xiao Guoguo pointed to the direction where the fireworks rose just now and said, "It's very possible! Also, I don't know if you noticed the direction the fireworks rose just now!"

"I didn't pay attention to that!" I said.

Xiao Guoguo said: "The direction where the fireworks went up just now is the direction we just came from, which is Liujia Village!"

"What?!" I was startled: "If that firework really rose from Liujia Village, then those ghost-faced men who besieged us just now..."

I shivered suddenly, looked at Xiao Guoguo, and said in unison: "People from Liujia Village!"

I can't believe this guess, the eight ghost-masked men are from Liujia Village?who are they?Why ambushed us?

Xiao Guoguo said: "In my opinion, Liujia Village is probably a den of bandits who rob tourists who are alone!"

"Don't be so absolute, we don't have any evidence right now! We are still at the stage of guessing. We can only suspect that these ghost-faced men are from Liujia Village. As for whether they are really from Liujia Village, we are not too sure. Also, why they ambushed us, I haven't figured it out yet, if it's about robbery, it doesn't seem to be true, if it's about robbery, it doesn't seem to be true, didn't they just kill a big beauty like you?" I scratched Scratching my head, I still can't figure out the identity and origin of this group of ghost-faced people.

Xiao Guoguo said: "I think they seem determined to kill us!"

A small village hidden in the deep mountains, a group of mysterious people wearing evil ghost masks, is there really any connection between them?And that isolated Liujia Village, does it hide some secrets that we don't know?
I thought of Uncle Liu again, that old man with a celestial spirit, he is so kind and friendly. I believe that the people in Liujia Village are all so friendly and kind, and they would not be so vicious.

After thinking about it for a long time, we couldn't figure out why. Looking at the sky, it was getting late, so we hurried on our way, and quickly put the episode of the ghost-faced man behind us.

After walking for most of the night, we finally arrived at the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang.

The majestic imperial mausoleum still exudes the domineering aura of the king under the cover of night.

There was a cool breeze blowing all around, and the cloudy air was very heavy. Once we entered the forbidden area of ​​the imperial mausoleum, we obviously felt uncomfortable, and an invisible cold air kept penetrating into our skin.

When the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang was built, tens of thousands of soldiers and craftsmen were buried here, so it is a very dark place.Even if you come here on a bright and sunny day, you will feel overcast, and the fear will go straight to the bottom of your heart.

The Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang is known as the No. [-] Imperial Mausoleum in the world and the eighth wonder of the world. Naturally, it has its outstanding features.

Not to mention other things, in terms of the layout and scale of the imperial mausoleum, it is a magnificent building unparalleled in the world.

The entire imperial mausoleum covers an area of ​​nearly 60 square kilometers. If you don’t know the concept of 60 square kilometers, you can use a vivid metaphor outside, which is equivalent to the construction area of ​​seven or eight Forbidden City.The Forbidden City is an imperial city. Everyone knows that the Forbidden City is extremely large. However, the construction area of ​​the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang is as large as seven or eight Forbidden City. Such a magnificent architectural scale is unique in the world.

The Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang is composed of two long and narrow rectangular city walls in the north and south. There is an east-west sandwich wall in the middle of the inner city, which just divides the inner city into north and south parts.The tall sealed tomb is located in the southern half of the inner city, and it is the core of the entire cemetery.The ground buildings of the cemetery are concentrated on the north side of the seal, and the burial pits of the cemetery are distributed on the east and west sides of the seal.An imperial cemetery centered on the underground palace and sealed tombs, with a reasonable layout and standardized shapes and structures has been formed.

The whole cemetery can be divided into four levels, that is, the underground palace city (underground palace) is the core part, and the others are the inner city, outer city and outside the outer city in sequence, each with distinct priorities.

The core of the cemetery is the underground palace. The underground palace of the Qin Mausoleum is located under the seal of the southern half of the inner city, which is equivalent to the palace city of Qin Shihuang during his lifetime.In this regard, "Historical Records" records that it "uses mercury as the basis of hundreds of rivers, rivers, and seas, and instills them in a mechanical way. It has astronomy on the top and geography on the bottom." But no one knows what the real situation in the underground palace is, because until now , and no one has ever opened the Qin Mausoleum's underground palace.

The second is the inner city. The inner city is the key construction area of ​​the Qin Mausoleum. There are the most ground and underground facilities in the inner city wall, especially in the southern half of the inner city.Many burial pits, such as the underground palace city, sleeping halls, guards of honor, warehouses, etc., are located in the southern half of the inner city.The west area of ​​the northern half of the inner city is the auxiliary building area, and the east area is the burial area for the harem personnel.

The third is the outer city, that is, the part of the outer city between the inner and outer city walls, and the western part has the densest ground and underground facilities.There are large-scale stable pits in the shape of curved rulers, more than 30 pits of rare birds and animals, more than 40 burial tombs of harem personnel, and three groups of courtyard-style garden temple building foundations.Among them are large burial pits, unearthed a large number of stone armor and a few chariots and horses, as well as "figurines of a hundred operas".Its connotation is to symbolize the stables, gardens and officials' houses in the capital.

Finally, there is the area outside the outer city wall. In addition to the well-known Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit, there are nearly a hundred small stable pits and many accompanying tombs in the east.To the west of it are the cemeteries of three mausoleum builders, brick and tile kiln sites, and stone quarries.In the north of it, there are storage pits containing animal parts and soft-shelled turtles, the official office of the cemetery supervisor, and the architectural ruins of Liyi.There is also a super large flood embankment with a width of about 40 meters near Lishan Mountain in the south.

As a professional archaeologist, I have learned a lot about the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang when I was studying.And before I set off, I made up the relevant knowledge, including some legends about Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum, which I kept in my heart, and I also drew a brief layout map of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum, so that we can be in the imperial mausoleum. , to be able to intuitively and clearly see where you are, so as to ensure that you will not lose your way in the vast imperial tomb.

Green pines are planted in front of the imperial mausoleum, each tall and tall, like majestic guards, lined up neatly one by one.When the wind blows, the green pines make a rattling sound, and mottled tree shadows sway on the ground, as if countless lonely ghosts are about to emerge from the ground, which makes people feel chilly.

Xiao Guoguo and I walked forward slowly stepping on the mottled tree shadows, and our figures seemed extremely small in the vast mausoleum area.

Dark clouds gather and disperse in the sky, and a cold silver moon rises and falls in the sea of ​​clouds.

The moonlight changes, and some silver light is sprinkled for a while, and the world is dark again for a while.

The inside of the mausoleum was flickering and dark, which was very strange.

When the moonlight pierced through the sea of ​​clouds, the silvery moonlight shrouded the tall mound of mounds in front, creating a solemn and sacred feeling.

When the moonlight was swallowed by the sea of ​​clouds, there was a terrible wind in the sky and earth, and there was a strange whistling sound, as if there were countless ghosts shouting.

Even though I'm not a timid person, I can't help but feel my scalp tingling at this moment, with a small heart hanging high in my throat, and I dare not even vent my breath.

We walked quickly under the mottled tree shadows, and soon came to the outside of the sacrificial pit.

It has now become a world-famous tourist attraction. Every day, a large number of tourists from all over the world come to pay their respects to the majesty of the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses.As a world-class heritage and a key cultural relic protection unit, the security measures of Qinshihuang Mausoleum are also very strict.

Suddenly there were two clusters of will-o'-the-wisps flickering in front of them, but upon closer inspection, they turned out to be two strong flashlights.

not good!

someone is coming!

I pulled Xiao Guoguo and prepared to hide behind the pine tree.

At this time, the beams of two strong flashlights came from behind.

"It's too late!" Xiao Guoguo didn't know what kind of spell was used, a white halo fell from the sky, like a white transparent glass cover, enveloping us all at once.

"Shut up, this is a demonic mask, they can't see us!" Xiao Guoguo raised her finger, motioning me not to speak.

I shut my mouth tightly, not daring to make a sound.

I saw two heavily armed security guards walking in front of them. They were dressed like special forces, equipped with batons and pistols, and looked majestic.And the heads are all above 1.8 meters, very stylish.

At this time, two security guards who were also heavily armed came up behind them. The four of them met each other, nodded slightly to say hello, and then said to the wireless communicators on their shoulders, "Everything is safe!"

The four security guards really couldn't see us, their sharp eyes swept around like knives, but they couldn't see that there were two big living people in front of them, Xiao Guoguo and I existed like air, they walked straight from behind us walked past.

This feeling is very strange, just like sitting behind the window of a car, we can clearly see every move of the people outside, but the people outside cannot see the people in the car.

When they walked past us, they were very close, almost walking close to us, and I could even smell the mosquito repellant on one of the security guards.

After a while, the four security guards finally got far away.

I sighed secretly: "It's so dangerous!"

(End of this chapter)