Yellow River Craftsman

Chapter 242 Underground River Dam
Seeing that I was concentrating on thinking about the problem, everyone quieted down and stopped talking.

They know that I am an expert in archaeology and have a lot of research on the things in the ancient tomb, so the hope of opening the Dragon Gate naturally falls on me.

I remember Fan Shuai once told us that those tomb doors and secret passages that cannot be opened by external force are controlled by hidden mechanisms in all likelihood. As long as you calm down and find the hidden mechanism, you can open the tomb door .

My eyes swept back and forth on the dragon gate, and suddenly, my eyes lit up, and my heart started beating thumpingly.

I said a little excitedly: "I think I have found the mechanism to open the dragon gate!"

"Really? Where is it?" Everyone couldn't hide their joy, and they all looked at me with expectant eyes.

I didn't answer them, but went straight to the dragon gate.

He breathed softly, jumped up, stretched his arms, and grabbed the flying dragon claws.

Then I raised my foot and tapped lightly on the stone gate, turned over and landed on the majestic dragon head.

Uncle Liu and the group of mausoleum guards immediately changed their expressions, and they shouted sharply: "Tuobagu, what are you doing? Come down quickly! Don't insult Shenlong!"

I know that flying dragons must be admired by the mausoleum guards, but I didn't intend to insult Shenlong.

I ignored them, and stretched out my hand to hold the eyes of Feilong, that is, the two shining night pearls.

There is a cold breath in the tentacles, and there is a faint white smoke lingering around my hands.

I touched the two luminous pearls, tried to knock on them, and found that the luminous pearls were indeed a little loose.

I was overjoyed, I put more force on my arms, and pressed down on the two Ye Mingzhus.

With a click sound, two night pearls sank into the faucet.

That's right!

Exactly as I guessed, these two longan eyes are the mechanism to open this stone gate!

I turned over and jumped off the faucet. Looking back, I only heard the dull rumbling sound in the darkness.

Immediately afterwards, under the amazed eyes of everyone, a gap opened in the middle of the dragon gate, the whole dragon gate was divided into two, and slowly opened towards the left and right sides.The huge and heavy stone gate moved slowly, shaking the ground so that the ground was buzzing, and the soles of our feet also felt numb.

"Open! The Dragon Gate is open!" Everyone cheered excitedly.

Second Uncle Liu walked up to me, cupped his fists and apologized: "I'm sorry, we might have been impulsive just now, and I blamed you!"

I smiled and didn't take what happened just now to my heart.

Most importantly, the Dragon Gate has opened, and we can finally enter the Emperor's Underground Palace!

For thousands of years, we are the first batch of people who actually entered the First Emperor's Underground Palace. Thinking about it, we are still a little excited.

But after another thought, we were not the first batch, the first batch of people to enter the underground palace were the group of cold-blooded mercenaries.

It's really ironic to think about it, Qin Shihuang, an emperor through the ages, probably would never have imagined that the first batch of foreigners to patronize his mausoleum after thousands of years would be a group of foreigners!

This is a disgrace to our Chinese archaeological community!
After a little melancholy for a while, we packed up our mood and walked into the dragon gate with our heads held high.

There seemed to be a fiery voice in our hearts shouting loudly: "The Emperor's Underground Palace, here we come!"

I had fantasized about the majestic scene of the First Emperor's Underground Palace. When the Dragon Gate was just opened, I was still guessing what it would be like behind the Dragon Gate.

However, to the surprise of all of us, there was a thick darkness behind the dragon gate, a dark vast space, and the dark wind shuttled back and forth, making a whistling sound.

We looked at each other, what the hell is this place?

This space is really huge, and the beams from the wolf eyes can't reach the top.

And it is not a tomb passage under our feet, but a very spacious road, enough to try four heavy trucks side by side.

The road is long, echoing with the sound of our empty footsteps.

After walking not far, Shunfeng Er Jiaoheng suddenly spoke: "Listen, what is this sound?"

We stopped and listened attentively, and there were bursts of rattling sounds in our eardrums.

"It sounds like running water!" Lao Yang said.

"That's right! It's the sound of water!" Everyone nodded.

"Strange! How can there be water in this underground palace? This is too inconsistent with the architectural structure of the ancient tomb!" Cao Yi said with a puzzled face.

In fact, Cao Yi's doubts are not wrong. We all know that the ancient tomb is a closed space buried deep in the ground.If it is too humid, the coffin or tomb owner in the ancient tomb will rot and erode, so the inside of the ancient tomb is usually very dry, and it is better if there is no flowing air. The more tightly sealed the ancient tomb is, the better it is preserved.

But what was unexpected is that we now heard the sound of water in the underground palace. The underground water vapor is very heavy. Isn't the old Qinhuang afraid of the erosion of water vapor?Years of water vapor erosion may also cause the entire underground palace or sealed mound to collapse.

I suddenly remembered one thing. There was a record in "Historical Records": "Through three springs, copper was lowered to form a coffin, palaces and officials, and strange artifacts were hidden. Mercury is the rivers and seas, and the machine is infused. .Astronomy on the top, geography on the bottom, with the mermaid ointment as a candle, the immortal will survive for a long time!"

Let's not analyze the meaning of this passage, let's just say the first sentence "Crossing Sanquan".After analysis and demonstration by many scholars in later generations, the "Chuan Sanquan" here may refer to three underground rivers.Legend has it that the first emperor's underground palace was dug very deep and passed through three underground rivers vertically.In order to prevent the water in the underground river from pouring into the underground palace, the craftsmen built a city wall hundreds of meters high underground.

Could the sound of running water we heard just now be the sound of running water in an underground river?
Also, the terrain where we are located is flat and spacious. Could it be that we are standing on top of a river barrage?
I told everyone my speculation and analysis, and everyone was amazed.

We walked forward quickly following the sound of running water. The sound of running water became clearer as we walked forward. At the end, we could already hear the sound of splashing, as well as the dull roar of running water hitting the dam, in the dark. Rolling echoes lingered in the space, like muffled thunder, very shocking.

We held up our wolf eyes and looked down. Under the surging darkness, we saw an underground river flowing unhurriedly, like a meandering water dragon that has been rushing like this for thousands of years. It crashed into the barrage dam.

If it is true that there are three underground rivers underground as stated in "Historical Records", then this underground river should be the top one.

I'm a god!
At this moment, everyone was deeply shocked!

May I ask who else in the world has such a majestic mausoleum, and actually built a river dam underground? Even if you look at it today, this is still an amazing great project, and it is still a mausoleum unparalleled in the world architecture.

Qin Shihuang, an emperor through the ages, really deserves his reputation!
Standing on the top of the barrage dam, facing the wet and cold river wind, we seem to be able to appreciate the heroic momentum of being king!

What's more, what we see now is only the barrage dam exposed outside. We haven't seen how many exquisitely constructed and huge drainage systems are under the barrage dam. The grandeur of Qin Shihuang's underground palace has far exceeded our imagination. !

"I'm curious, won't the long-term impact of flowing water break down this dam?" Fang Weiran asked.

"Of course, this dam is not made of ordinary materials. It is made of glutinous rice mixed with bronze juice, mixed with some plant grass stems, added with stone in a special way, and forged. It is highly viscous and has an excellent waterproof effect. Even stronger than concrete today!" I explained.

"Awesome! So awesome!" Fang Weiran exclaimed again and again: "Life should be Qin Shihuang, and the world is applauding!"

"Are you writing impromptu poems again? Let's go back and wash your face and look in the mirror. You still want to be Qin Shihuang with your appearance!" the old bird said unceremoniously.

"Hey, look, there seems to be something in the river!" Xiao Guoguo waved at us with sharp eyes.

The halo of the wolf's eyes shone in the direction of Xiao Guoguo's finger, and there seemed to be something in the dark river.The thing was dark and huge, and it was impossible to see what it was for a while.

Uncle Liu said, "It feels like a rock!"

In fact, I thought it looked like a stone at first glance, but that stone is too big, and how could it lie in the middle of the dark river?
After watching for a while, everyone didn't see what was going on, made a few random guesses, and prepared to leave.

At this moment, the "stone" in the dark river seemed to move, and at the same time, there was a rustling sound of iron chains under the dark river.

We had doubts in our hearts, so we stopped, trying to see clearly.

The "stone" slowly floated up, revealing half of his body.

At this time, we were surprised to find that the big black rock turned out to be a turtle!

Yes, turtle!

A giant turtle!

The largest turtle we have ever seen is only the size of a washbasin, but this one in the dark river is as big as a truck.Due to the long-term erosion of running water, the dark carapace has a faint blue light on the surface, like a big luminous stone.

We were all stunned, our eyes widened. We didn't expect that there was an ancient monster hidden in the dark river under the underground palace. Oh, no, it should be called a divine beast!
But what is even more strange is that the hind feet of this turtle were bound by a thick bronze iron chain, and the other end of the bronze iron chain was submerged in the dam.Those bronze iron chains are extremely strong, and it is not easy to keep such a huge beast from breaking free.Probably because it was soaked in the water for too long, those bronze iron chains turned into a jet-black color, dark, like a strange hand stretched out from hell, firmly grasping this giant turtle!
(End of this chapter)