When the eighth level door was opened, the sky was wide open in front of me, and silver light shining. Everyone held their breath, except Hong Tianbao, everyone was stunned by the scene ahead.

I saw the tomb chamber in front of me, as big as two standard international football fields, and a thick layer of mercury was laid below. There was no one who could tell how many of the burial objects were, including a sarcophagus floating quietly on it. The thousand square meters of stone wall opposite were plated with a layer of gold, and dense fonts were carved on it.

"It's really about mercury as the rivers, lakes and seas! How much mercury is used here? Who collected so much? Who's the tomb? Is it the tomb of Qin Shihuang?" A young excavation intern asked several questions in a row.

An old man next to him should be the man's mentor immediately corrected: "What did you learn? The tomb of Qin Shihuang has been found long ago. However, the inside has not been fully excavated and cannot know the situation inside. Moreover, this tomb is much worse than the tomb of Qin Shihuang, and the scale is several times smaller than that of Qin Shihuang."

"Haha! Ancient classics often record that the emperor's tombs use mercury as rivers, lakes and seas, and night pearls as stars, so that the emperor can control the world after his death. But we have never discovered that although mercury was found in the outer palace of Qin Shihuang's tomb, it is speculated that mercury was used as rivers, lakes and seas, and pearls as stars, but it has not been confirmed. Unexpectedly, this tomb sets the precedent." Professor Fang said.

As we all know, mercury has a very high density, even if copper and iron are thrown into mercury, they can float. The surface here is actually full of mercury, and everything is floating on it.

Mercury was injected into the tomb. In addition to the group of insects to prevent theft, Northern Wei scholar Joe Daoyuan explained that "there is mercury as the rivers and seas, and the mercury as the four rivers, hundreds of rivers, five mountains and nine states, and it has a geographical momentum." It turned out that mercury symbolized mountains and rivers, and corresponded to "the above-mentioned astronomy".

The mentor just now did say it well. Compared with the tomb of Qin Shihuang, there is indeed no comparison here.

After Qin Shihuang ascended the throne, he began to build his tomb in Mount Li. After unifying China, he recruited hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country to participate in the construction project. During the Second Qin Dynasty, the construction continued, which took nearly forty years. Until the Qin Dynasty was destroyed, the cemetery had not been fully constructed. The vastness of the project was rare in history.

According to historical records, there are various palaces in the tomb of Qin Shihuang, with various rare treasures, mermaid paste as lamps and mercury as rivers and seas, and many crossbows are installed to shoot people into the tomb. When Qin Er burying Qin Shihuang, he ordered all the palace maids who had no children in the palace to be buried alive. In order to prevent leaks, the craftsmen who participated in the construction of the tomb were buried alive in the tomb.

After the demise of Qin, Xiang Yu entered the pass and used hundreds of thousands of soldiers to excavate the tombs. The burial objects were looted and the treasures were transported for a month but not completed. The ground buildings on the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum were also burned out by fire.

Legend has it that later a shepherd looked for sheep and entered the tomb. Because of the fire illumination, the underground palace was caught in the fire, and it lasted for three months and was not extinguished. In the late Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao's peasant uprising army entered Chang'an and also excavated the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang.

During the Five Dynasties, warlord Wen Tao once again robbed the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum on a large scale in the name of raising military funds. After more than two thousand years of erosion and man-made destruction, the buildings on the ground of the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum have disappeared, leaving only a huge tomb.

So, when it comes to the tomb of Qin Shihuang, it basically refers to the underground palace. The underground palace is the core. Except for the unearthed Qin Emperor's Terracotta Warriors and Horses, the rest of the parts cannot be truly excavated.

"Strange! It's obviously the eighth-level gate, why is it called the nine-level gate?" Mr. Yan was still worried about the issue just now.

"It seems that everyone has not realized the last sentence." Mr. Li also said.

"Maybe it's pretending to be mysterious? The real tombs have been opened, so how can there be any ninth level door?" said Mr. Xu.

Old Kong frowned. Based on the strangeness of a tomb, it was indeed difficult to ensure that the other party deliberately created a nine-level door and made it mysterious. But now that the main tomb chamber has appeared, it is not the time to worry about that.

"How to get the balance?" someone asked.

"Be careful, just don't touch the mercury inside. Mercury can be absorbed by the skin and will be poisoned." Professor Fang said, and he was going to let someone bring in a few small boats.

The camera pulled the distance closer and could clearly see the entire tomb. When Kong Lao saw the chant text on the stone wall, he immediately determined that this was the tomb of Emperor Shun of Han.

"Hasn't the tomb of Emperor Shun of Han been excavated?" an archaeologist asked in confusion.

Hong Tianbao smiled: "The emperor didn't have many tombs in ancient times? The most famous one was Cao Cao." He deliberately mentioned Cao Cao to attract everyone's attention. Who knew that everyone just nodded and then disappeared. I don't know if he noticed what Hong Tianbao said.

But Mr. Yan was also very confused: "It's no reason! Emperor Shun of Han did not have any all-out efforts at that time. The emperor was very cowardly. How could there be such a large tomb? Who else would build a divided tomb for him?"

Anyone who has studied history knows that after Emperor An of Han died, Empress Yan had no son, so she first deposed Emperor An's only son, Liu Bao, King Jiyin, and then found a young child, Liu Yi, as the emperor, and wanted to rule the country from behind the curtain and take control of the government.

Liu Yi died after being the emperor for seven months. The 19 people including Cao Teng, Sun Cheng and others launched a palace coup to drive away Empress Dowager Yan, and supported Liu Bao, who was eleven years old at the time, and changed the reign of the 19 eunuchs who supported Liu Bao, were also granted the title of marquis.

Since Emperor Shun of Han obtained the throne by eunuchs, he handed over the power to the eunuch palace. Emperor Shun himself was gentle but weak. Later, the eunuch and his relatives of the Liang family began to have a great power for many years. The eunuchs and relatives of the foreign country colluded with each other and became tyrannical, and the Han Dynasty politics became more and more powerful, and the class contradictions became increasingly sharp, and the people complained, which was simply a waste of life.

It can be said that the decline of the Han Dynasty began with his generation.

"Well! This matter is indeed a bit strange. But now, how to deal with the problem of this tomb." Kong Lao said.

Professor Fang had already taken notice and suggested: "It's better to follow the customs! Notify the cultural department to build a small museum outside to run it. After all, this place has been a pioneer in our archaeological world, and we have discovered so many mercury tombs for the first time."

"Since that's the case, try not to move the things there!" said Kong Lao. China is so big and has such a long history, and there is no shortage of treasures inside. It is also beneficial to keep them inside.
Chapter completed!