The Palace of the Underworld

I used my "wolf eyes" to carefully take a look at the stone wall at the end of the thief hole. It was different from the thief hole on the left. It was dug up the stone wall here. It seemed that the person trapped in the thief hole by the stone wall chose the most difficult method when there was no way out.

The Fishbone Temple Cave was originally in a ravine, tilted downward, crossing the hills and natural caves in the hills. If you dig a vertical shaft upward from the cave to escape, the straight line distance is the longest and the engineering volume is the largest. Moreover, this mountain is eroded by nature, and the mountain is full of holes and is prone to collapse. This is not a bad idea unless it is absolutely necessary.

I looked up, but after just one look, I gave up completely. Less than ten meters above was also sealed by big stones. These large stone slabs that emerged out of thin air were like huge stone coffins, covering the surrounding area tightly. When trapped inside, it was like no way to heaven and no way to enter the ground.

Seeing that there was no way out, I had to retreat to the fork in the thief hole and tell the situation to Dajinya and Fatty. Fatty and I were in danger for a long time. Although the situation was strange at the moment, we didn't feel too nervous.

Seeing that we were not panic, Da Jinya was relatively calm. Humans were a strange animal. Panic was the fastest spreading virus among the crowd. However, as long as most people remain calm, it was equivalent to establishing a firewall to stop the spread of panic.

Excessive panic will affect the accuracy of judgment. At this time, what we fear most is to scare ourselves. Judging from my experience, we are not sure how the strange stone wall emerges. As long as we can find a clue, we can find the exit and will not be trapped here.

Da Jinya said blamingly: "Oh, it's all my fault that I'm too curious and I have to come in with you two. If I stay on top of the house and let the air, there will be a support outside. Now all three of us are trapped here, what should we do?"

I comforted him and said, "Master Jin, don't be too nervous. Now it's not over yet. Besides, even if you stay outside, it will be useless. The big stone slab is afraid of being weighed a thousand pounds. Don't think of opening it unless you use zha medicine."

Seeing that I was calm and composed, Da Jinya asked, "Master Hu is so relaxed. Is it a plan to get out? You might as well tell us that I can feel at ease. To be honest, I am so scared that I almost pissed, that is, I just hold on."

I laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "There is no way to escape. Take one step at a time. If God really wants to accept us, he will accept us in the Yellow River. How can we wait until now? I think we should not die and we will definitely find a way out."

The fat man said: "I would rather fall into the Yellow River and pour yellow soup than suffocate it in the cave like a mouse."

I said to Fatty and Big Gold Teeth: "Don't panic. All three of these four thieves were blocked. Another one should be in the Nether Hall that leads to the ancient tomb of the Tang Dynasty. In addition, looking at the situation around me, the gold-touching captain who built the Fish Bone Temple to make the thieves must have been trapped after entering the Nether Hall. We haven't seen his corpse yet. Maybe he has already found a way out elsewhere. What's going on? You still have to go into the Nether Hall to see it before you can tell."

After hearing what I said, the fat man and the two of them said yes, it was still a long way to reach the Nether Hall. Without further ado, they entered the Nether Hall of the ancient tomb to see what they said.

At this moment, the fat man was still holding two gooses on his head. Big Jinya and I were behind and crawling into the thief hole in front. I crawled in the hole while cursing in my heart: "Damn it, we are unlucky today and we are in this thief hole. I thought it was a path that was taken out by a master of gold-touching decades ago. It must be foolish. But I didn't expect that there were so many ghost names in such a thief hole. It was so damn great. If we could go out this time, we must have a memory and we can never be so reckless again."

In fact, impulse to do things is a major shortcoming in my personality. I know it well but can't change it. My personality is only suitable for being a subordinate officer in the army. I am really not suitable for being a lieutenant in the tomb. There are many things that cannot be imagined. Almost every place may be dangerous. "Prudence" should be the most indispensable bottom line in the gold fountain industry.

I suddenly thought that if Shirley Yang was here, she would not have let us be so rash and all of us drilled into the thieves. Unfortunately, she is a rich man and will never have the chance to drill into the thieves like a mouse in her life. I don’t know how she is in the United States now and whether Professor Chen’s mental illness has been cured.

Just as I was thinking about it, the fat man shouted in front of me, "Old Hu, I'm going to pass through a cave here."

I heard the sound of water dripping in my ears, and hurriedly climbed to the front. Seeing that the fat man had already drilled out of the thief hole, I followed him out and swept the wolf's eyes and saw that there was a pile of broken soil at the foot, which might have been the soil that was made when my predecessors dug the holes on both sides.

At this time, Big Gold Teeth also drilled out. We checked around and found that this was a narrow cave in the mountain, not a cave. The sound of water droplets came from a distance along the cave. It seemed that there was the legendary Longling mystery cave.

The hole passed through this narrow hole and extended at the same angle as before. The Big Gold Teeth pointed to the direction of the water droplets and said, "Listen, is there a big cave over there? Why didn't the person who built the Fish Bone Temple find a way out to find a way out of the cave, but he spent so much effort to dig the cave?"

I said to Dajinya: "People around here call those caves mazes. They can't even figure out the direction inside, so how can they easily find a way out. However, since we haven't seen the body of that senior, maybe he just saw that he had no hope of getting out of the thief cave and walked into the cave. If that's the case, it's hard to say whether he can go out."

The fat man said, "No matter what he does so much, isn't this thief hole still not yet? I think we should go to the palace to explore first. If there is really no way, then consider going from here."

I said, "You are a drunk man and don't mean drinking. You have never seen you take this initiative. You must be thinking about going to the palace to touch the treasures, but why don't you understand? If we can't get out, what's the use of those treasures?"

The fat man said, "I look at the problem from a strategic perspective. You think, whether you can go out or not, now we don't know, but there is a clear weapon in the ancient tomb and the underworld hall. This is obvious. Let's care whether he can go out. First touch the clear weapon, put it in his pocket, and then find a way to go out. If he can go out, he will send it. If he can't go out, he will die with a valuable clear weapon, which is better than being a pauper before dying."

I waved my hand and interrupted the fat man: "Okay, stop saying it. I will draw a lot of words from you in one sentence. Can you save some effort and find a way to get out of trouble? Let's follow what you said and go to the palace of the underworld."

The fat man drove two big white geese into the cave and wanted to get in. I hurriedly pulled him and asked him and Dajinya to wear simple anti-virus masks. Pay attention to the movements of the two geese at any time. A thief cave in front is connected to the leaking area in the mountains. There seems to be a cave in the distance, so the air quality is not a problem. However, this last thief cave is the same as the ancient tomb's palace. I guess there is still a road upward in the end, going up from the bottom of the ancient tomb. If there is only such an outlet in the ancient tomb, the air will stay far longer than the time of ventilation, and precautions must be taken.

We put on anti-virus masks, soaked the towel with the water in the kettle, and wrapped it around our necks. Da Jinya also gave the fat man a jade piece from Guanyin Master, and I gave Da Jinya a paratrooper knife to defend ourselves.

After a little preparation, the three of them got into the second thief hole. The thief hole was very short. After climbing forward for more than fifty meters, they turned upwards, and more than ten meters, and indeed passed through a piece of blue brick.

The blue bricks in the Tang tomb are three or four palms thin, all of which are paved tomb bricks, which can be opened with shovels and iron chisels. These tomb bricks are laid under the bottom of the Nether Hall. The rest of the ground and four walls are large stones fixed with iron bars. The gaps are filled with iron paste and sealed, and they are all airtight. Only this small area in the middle of the Nether Hall is a slightly weak empty position.

Later, from the Yuan Dynasty, this form of leaving behind the "virtual position" has changed greatly because this place is easy to break through, but the tradition of leaving "virtual position" is still retained until the Qing Dynasty, but it was changed to a very small size, only a few inches in size, and it cannot be accessed.

However, overall, the degree of solidity and luxury of the Tang tomb are still numerous in Chinese history. There are several giant stone gates below the Xiandao. Deep in the mountains, thick stone walls are built around it, which is not something that can be described as solid.

There are one or several mechanisms above the empty position of the Tang tomb. This mechanism is hidden in the tomb bricks of the Nether Palace. Once the tomb bricks in the virtual position are broken, the mechanism will be triggered. According to the layout of the Tang tomb, there are quicksand, nests, stone stakes, etc., and it is possible to fall down and completely seal the Nether Palace. It is better to break the empty position where wind gathers energy than to make the burial artifact cheaper to the tomb robbers.

Before us, this mechanism had been broken by the first-come lieutenant, so we saved a lot of trouble and no longer had to spend more time on those mechanisms.

The fat man put two big white geese into the hole on the top of his head and asked them to try the air quality in the hall of the underworld. We were lying in the hole waiting. I kept thinking about blocking the stone wall around the hole, and it suddenly appeared in the air. I had never heard of such a powerful mechanism. Could it be a ghost-built wall? But the legendary ghost-built wall is definitely not like this. What is strange in this ancient tomb? Who is the tomb owner? Did the senior who touched the gold escape?
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