"Senior brother, what is it written on it?" Zhang Guozhong was also a little puzzled when he saw Old Liu's head, nose, and sweating in his temples.

"Guozhong, do you know that when Qin destroyed Zhao State, he captured the 100,000 troops of Zhao State?" After reading the engraving, Old Liu rubbed the sweat on his forehead with the back of his hand and turned his head to Zhang Guozhong.

"I know, didn't you say that they were buried alive?" Zhang Guozhong said, "At that time, I was wondering how big a hole it would have to be dug for 100,000 people alive?...Oh, I said, senior brother, don't tell me that those 100,000 people are buried here..."

"It's not me who told you... it's him who told you..." Old Liu pointed to the stone tablet. He said that ancient people had such a problem. If a major project was built, they would definitely find a way to make a "site record" of the cause and effect of the project, either murals or carvings, or even workers secretly carved them when building projects. Not only China, but other countries are the same, such as Egypt.

According to Lao Liu's head, the engravings behind the stone tablet are roughly as follows:

"In the first year of Wang Yiren, he destroyed the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and gathered people from Yuyang, and expanded the border. In the third year of Wang Yiren, Lou Su was secretly embarrassed. Lou Su was the king's sign and showed the catastrophe of the king. He knew that this catastrophe was difficult to expand the land, so he reported to Shao Gong. Shao Gong asked him, "The number of nine or five is to spread the world, but the king is not as good as that. Shao Gong asked again, "What's the other way? He answered Daruo, so he sent Zuo to heaven to judge his mystery and to be stubborn. All the numbers are still Bian Ren, let alone the king called him?"

Another year, the king died, and Shaogong became the king. He continued to ask him and replied: "I will feed him a hundred thousand and then I will protect the rule of the Nine Five. The king thought about him and said nothing.

In the 13th year of Wang Zheng, Huan Qi defeated Hu Zhi in Donggu and captured 100,000 people. Wang Dayi drove him to this place and wrote to the pool to use it."

Its roughly means:

In the first year of the first year of the Qin King Yiren (Qin Shihuang's father, named Yiren, changed his name to Zichu, and after his death, the temple name was Zhuangxiang King) (Qin Dynasty) gathered in Yang and destroyed the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and expanded a large area of ​​territory. After three years of the Qin King Yiren, I looked at the celestial phenomena and found that Lou Su was dim. Lou Su was the star representing the king. The dimness of (Lou Su) indicates that the king was in danger of death. I knew this was the disaster brought by the expansion of the territory of (Qin State), so I told this matter.

After the prince (that is, the young King of Qin Ying Zheng), the prince asked the reason, and I answered: Only a 95-digit number can possess the world, and the king (destiny) could not reach the limit. The prince asked again: "What about me?" I answered: (like your father). The prince then wanted me to use magic to guess the mystery. I thought this requirement was too much, so I didn't agree. The fate of the people was destined by God, let alone the king?

The next year, the King of Qin passed away and the prince ascended the throne. He continued to ask me (what to see through the sky with magic). I replied: One hundred thousand people were needed to pay tribute. After hearing this, the king thought about it, but did not express his opinion.

In the 13th year of King Ying Zheng of Qin, Huan Qiong (general of Qin) defeated Hu Ju (general of Zhao) on Donggu Mountain and captured 100,000 people. When the king learned about it, he was very happy and escorted the 100,000 people here, and wrote the word "田游" in his own handwriting...

As for the last sentence, Lao Liu was not sure what it meant. "I personally wrote a book to use it for the purpose of using it... Is this 'use it for the purpose of using it', or is it used these people as sacrifices...? Build first and then sacrifices..." Lao Liu kept wondering, "It would be quite large for 100,000 people to stand together... If these people were all 'crafted' here, they would have to have a bone..." Thinking of this, Lao Liu couldn't help but touch the hilt of the sword.

"Who is this person who claims to be 'me'?" Qin Ge was also puzzled. This person called himself "君" instead of "sin", which means that this person has no official position. Could it be Qin Shihuang's friend?

"It seems that this is the 'Eternal Palace' that Mr. Cui Liyan said..." Zhang Guozhong said, "Qin Shihuang's father only had a king's fate but no emperor's fate, so he died when his territory was a little bigger. Qin Shihuang was still afraid that he would end up like his father, so he asked someone to dig this hole in order to change his fate! In fact, what he hoped was not to truly 'Eternal Life', but to ensure his normal life!"

"Then he didn't seem to live long..." Qin Ge said.

"Actually, although this old man knows how to change the numbers, he seems to have overlooked one thing. Setting up a 'Cai Pool' is to go against the will of heaven, and to poison living creatures and make a lot of evil debts. In addition, Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms and committed tyranny, such as burning books and burying scholars, building the Great Wall, and building gold dikes*, all of which were his work. Zhuge Kongming's three fires burned a lot of his life, and it would be difficult for him to make a living without losing his life! Even if this 'Cai Pool' really saved his 95ths, his life should have been almost lost in other places..." Old Liu sighed and said, "Okay, don't study the history of Qin here. Let's go in and withdraw if there is any situation! If 100,000 people are buried, let alone all the corpses are raised, even ten are enough for us to choke!"

"Senior brother, you said this place is really a place where Qin Shihuang prays for the number of numbers. It should be very important. There will be no mechanism to ambush, right?" Zhang Guozhong looked around and saw some sweat in his palms. According to later generations, this kind of place should be considered a "dragon vein". Logically speaking, there should be no burial formation similar to the "dragon engraving formation" during the Qin Dynasty, so it is indispensable to make some traps, quicksands, etc. If you encounter that thing, wouldn't it be more difficult than encountering a grudge?

"The person who comes is not afraid, the person who is afraid will not come..." Old Liu raised his sword and began to continue walking in. "After thousands of years, even if some mechanism is ineffective, I am afraid that it has expired. Besides, there have been people here, and they can go out, we should be able to..."

After walking forward for a while, everyone came to the bend of the cave. They saw that the bend was about a right angle, which was about the same space as the stone tablet, but the depth seemed to be much deeper, and the bottom could not be illuminated with a flashlight.

Qin Ge installed a flare and hit it with a whoosh. Under the strong light, two rows of large columns were neatly arranged, with each column being about twenty meters apart, and there were many caves similar to door holes on both sides of the rock wall, which were similar in height to brick kilns. The most strange thing is to say that on the ground between these two rows of stone pillars, there were neatly inserted rows of iron needles on the ground between the two rows of stone pillars, which led directly to the depths of the cave where even flares could not be illuminated. The thickness of the iron needles was roughly similar to that of chopsticks, and they were nailed into the gaps of the stone slabs. Each iron needle had a sharp point, and exposed the ground about two villages. Judging from the appearance, it was definitely not something from thousands of years ago. The distance between each two iron needles was almost the distance that ordinary people took one step.

"President Zhang... Do you still remember...Wang Sizhao's map in the safe?" Seeing these two rows of large pillars brushing in a row, an uncontrollable excitement appeared on Qin Ge's face.

"Is this... Could it be..." Zhang Guozhong did not listen to Qin Ge at all, but stared at the row of iron needles on the ground with his head and sweat began to drip down.

"President Zhang?" Qin Ge looked at Zhang Guozhong's weird expression and couldn't help but frown, "What's wrong?"

"Senior brother..., let's retreat..." Zhang Guozhong couldn't help but pull out the sword, "They used to use the Iron Bamboo Formation..."

"Not busy!" Old Liu sneered, "That's all that is enough to be done..." After that, Old Liu took out a few copper coins from his pocket, took out a wet yellow flag from his bag, and lit an incense (because there was moisture in the hole, before entering the hole, Old Liu had already wrapped the incense tightly in a plastic bag, so when he swam over, although the yellow flag was wet, the incense was not wet yet), and set up a prying array...

"What is the Iron Bamboo Formation? Is it very powerful?" Qin Ge was a little puzzled by Zhang Guozhong's performance. When he was in Bashan, this Master Zhang was not so conscious. He had never been afraid of those rows of human skins. Why was this matter so nervous about the iron needles?

"Mr. Qin, you don't know..." While Old Liu was raising the flag to light incense, Zhang Guozhong began to explain the purpose of the Iron Bamboo Formation to Qin Ge.

Maoshan Shu believes that the yang energy in the human body comes out from the "back to the top" of the seven meridians and exhausts to the "foot yang". In other words, the "foot yang" meridian is the outlet of the circulation of yang energy in the human body, and it is also the weakest yang energy among the seven meridians. Foot yang is on the feet, and most evil ghosts or animals rush into the body, starting from this meridian. Therefore, Maoshan predecessors invented a formation called "Iron Bamboo Formation", which is to use iron nails to stab the "foot yang" from the foot surface to seal this meridian (the iron tool does not move yin and yang). Therefore, no matter how weak a person's body is, it can be guaranteed to be safe and sound before complaining. However, for the real iron bamboo array, the iron needle must be stabbed from the foot surface, and it is limited to being still. The iron bamboo array in front of him seems to have been laid into an "iron bamboo road", which means that someone may have stepped in with this row of iron needles.

"Do you think there are people who know Maoshan art among the people who came before?" Qin Ge frowned.

"It's hard to say whether you understand Maoshan art. This trick was invented by Maoshan predecessors, but other sects have also adopted it. Maybe it's the talented people of other sects..." Looking at this row of iron needles, Zhang Guozhong was really a little numb. It's said that the highest level of greed for money is "human to die for money", and at this time it was considered an eye-opener. Walking in such a row of things is nothing more than death...

As the two were talking, the yellow flag pole of the head of Old Liu had been inserted. As Old Liu stabbed, the yellow flag pole only shook twice. "Look, I said it's okay..." Old Liu smiled, "It seems that the buddy who went in first has broken these gangs..." To be honest, if he didn't see this "Iron Bamboo Formation", Old Liu would be interested in this place. After all, it was a place for live sacrifices. At best, it was a bit of a cauldron sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial treasures inside...

"Everyone be careful..." After picking up the sword, Old Liu simply threw the bag on the ground, just picked up the copper coins and stuffed the incense to Zhang Guozhong (the talismans are wet and can't be used). "Let's take a look at what is hidden in those door holes..."

Seeing that the Huangqian pole didn't move much, Zhang Guozhong's heart also let go. He was still cautious when he first came in. At this time, he began to swagger in. Seeing that Zhang Guozhong and Lao Liu seemed to have a root, Qin Ge and Alxun also breathed a sigh of relief... "President Zhang, I found that this place is very similar to that ancient map!" While walking in, Qin Ge explained his suspicion to Zhang Guozhong, "Which ancient map?" Qin Ge asked before, but Zhang Guozhong didn't pay attention to what Qin Ge asked before.

As they spoke, everyone's backs disappeared into the darkness in the cave. The yellow flag left in the place suddenly hissed and white smoke rose. Maybe it was wet just now. If it wasn't wet, it might have burned...

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annotation*:

Eastern Zhou: This Eastern Zhou was only a small country during the Warring States Period, not the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

Yang Renju: Located in the west of Linru County, Henan Province today.

Lou Su: One of the eight constellations, the second constellation in the West, belongs to metal and is a dog. Lou, which is the same as "repeated", has the meaning of gathering people.

Jindi: Not far south of Puyang, Henan, it is said that it was built by Emperor Qin Ying Zheng. Legend has it that in the early Qin Dynasty, the Yellow River broke frequently, so Qin Shihuang missed the Minister of Supervision to build the river embankment within a time limit. However, because the strong civilians were building the Great Wall, it was difficult for the local area to find strong men. Therefore, the Minister of Supervision arrested women, elderly people, children, and even those who were ill in bed to repair the embankment. Even so, the progress of the construction of the embankment was still not as long as the deadline stipulated by Qin Shihuang. Later, due to the lack of soil, when Qin Shihuang wanted to personally observe the embankment, many places were still not filled. In order to protect the head of the embankment, the Minister of Supervision began to fill the embankment with the bodies of those who were exhausted from repairing the embankment. There were not enough bodies, so he simply filled it with a living person. Finally, the embankment was repaired before Qin Shihuang arrived. For details, see Baidu Encyclopedia "Qin Shihuang ran to Maxim Jindi".

***(To be continued)
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