Chapter 20: Dry Well (Part 2)
Blip… The lamp flickered slightly, as if waking the two from their shock.
Jiang Xian took two steps back and looked at the stone gate in front of him in astonishment. It was about three meters high and four meters wide. It was a whole. There was an oil lamp on each side. They were not placed on the wall, but carved on both sides of the gate. Like two guards.
These are two kneeling palace maids, each one is nearly one meter tall. The barefoot maids are sitting on their knees with their hair in a bun, holding a lamp in their left hand and shielding the wind with their right arm. They are wearing long gowns with wide sleeves and have dignified faces. The surface is covered with dust. It seems to be telling the vicissitudes of history, and it seems to be warning every visitor: No living person is allowed here.
Jiang Xian and Ling Xiaozi looked at each other, both of them couldn't believe their eyes. Ling Xiaozi was the first to react, and took two steps forward, his fingers almost trembling as he wiped the dust off the lantern, immediately revealing the golden body underneath.
Dangdang! He knocked, and the sound of bronze suddenly rang out. This was not gold, not even silver, but it made Ling Xiaozi crazy, desperately wiping the dust off the palace maid statue. His eyes were a little red.
As he wiped more and more, the statues finally slowly revealed their true appearance - they were two bronze objects. But who knows how long it had been, most of the body was covered with verdigris. Only the lamp niche in his hand flickered with a dim candlelight.
"Fuck..." Even Jiang Xian couldn't help but curse in a low voice at this moment.
"The national treasure Changxin Palace Lantern..." Ling Xiaozi's voice was a little hoarse, with suppressed passion: "This is a complete Changxin Palace Lantern!"
All the Changxin Palace lanterns nowadays are from the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin Dynasty style. Although experts have inferred that the Changxin Palace lantern originated from the Qin Dynasty, there is not much evidence. There are not many complete samples unearthed. No one expected that in a small corner of Xijing Province, there were actually two complete Changxin Palace lanterns hidden!
It is no exaggeration to say that these two items are worth hundreds of millions! It can be said that the exploration operation invested by Shenzhou has recovered its cost at this moment. Moreover, it can be used as the finale item!
"This thing... looks just like my cousin who got lost two years ago..." Ling Xiaozi couldn't even move his eyes: "It's predestined for me... There's a Da Yuan..."
He greedily caressed the body of the bronze statue of the lady, but just when he touched the lamp, a very slight "choking" sound suddenly rang out in this space.
very light.
Almost inaudible.
But the moment the voice sounded, Jiang Xian and Ling Xiaozi's faces changed at the same time.
Jiang Xian squatted down without hesitation and opened the black umbrella. He curled up behind the black umbrella. The next second, there was a sound like a rainstorm, hitting the black umbrella.
The sound was crisp, and one could tell it was either copper or steel. The strike range was extremely large, covering the entire passage. It also lasted a frighteningly long time, a full minute before the sound subsided.
Jiang Xian didn't move, gritted his teeth and said, "Fake Taoist priest, are you alive?"
Ling Xiaozi's voice, still filled with lingering fear, sounded faintly: "Fortunately...it should be gone..."
Three seconds later, Jiang Xian finally put down his umbrella. Looking around, the entire passage was covered with steel nails in all directions!
One centimeter long, as thick as a matchstick. They were inserted into the soil in a crooked manner. The two Changxin Palace lanterns were now completely broken. No... it was not appropriate to say that they were broken. They were like disassembled Transformers. The head, body, hands, and lamps were neatly separated and fell to the ground. And three one-foot-long sharp knives stretched out from the abdominal cavity!
If they had dodged a little slower, they would have either been shot to pieces or disemboweled.
The overturned lamp spun around on the ground for a few times, and finally rolled to the side of the door. The cave was dark again, but at the moment it went out, it was clearly visible that a taut rope was dragged out from behind the Dragon-Breaking Stone on the tray of the lamp.
This is the trigger mechanism... Jiang Xian breathed a sigh of relief and turned on the cold light above his head. He suddenly discovered that Ling Xiaozi was lying on the top of the cave like a gecko, with the front part of his cloud-stepping shoes broken and his toes exposed. His toes and fingers were like twenty hooks, firmly grasping the wall.
"You've practiced the wall-climbing skill of the gecko quite well." He swung upwards, and Ling Xiaozi jumped down in one step. Looking at the two palace lanterns scattered on the ground, he sighed: "My poor cousin..."
"The Changxin Palace lanterns can be assembled. This does not affect their value." Jiang Xian squatted down and stared at the lamps. Suddenly he said, "It was only a few seconds after I came down that the lamp lit up."
Ling Xiaozi frowned slightly and said casually: "Someone ordered..."
He stopped talking before he finished the word "light up".
Such a huge dragon-breaking stone, it is impossible not to hear it in the passage when it is opened and lowered. But he did not hear a single sound.
"You mean... this light... turns on by itself?"
Jiang Xian did not answer, but looked at the lamp for a long time before saying: "Use mermaid fat as candles, and they will not go out for a long time."
"This is the record of the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum in the Historical Records..." Ling Xiaozi pondered for a moment, frowned and said, "You mean... this lamp contains the legendary mermaid oil? An everlasting lamp that can burn in the tomb for a thousand years? "
"No!" Jiang Xian immediately shook his head and said, "No oil will work. Even mercury, if it keeps burning, it won't last for a thousand years. Most tombs are absolutely sealed, and nothing can burn without air."
He took a deep look at the lamp and said in a deep voice , "The so-called eternal lamp is actually a special wick. For example, extremely flammable tinder, after being soaked in special oil, will automatically burn when it suddenly encounters a large amount of oxygen. This creates the illusion that the lamp in the tomb is always burning. It brings psychological pressure to the tomb robbers... This is not important. What is important is..."
Behind the Broken Dragon Stone, there is a dense, teeth-grinding sound of mechanical amplifiers, which can be heard clearly through the stone door!
He sighed and gritted his teeth, "The ever-burning lamp in the tomb, there is also a name for it in our sect - Yama's Eye."
Ling Xiaozi frowned: "What does this mean?"
Click... click... At this moment, a faint stuttering sound came from behind the Dragon-Breaking Stone. It was the sound of the mechanism being fully activated. It was as if... as if through this stone door, machine guns were already set up, loaded with bullets, and aimed at everyone.
"That's what I mean." Jiang Xian raised his chin towards the Broken Dragon Stone. "The Eternal Lamp is lit up by the sudden influx of a large amount of oxygen. It means that Yama has opened his eyes. It also indicates an uninvited guest has invaded the tomb owner's territory. It is an extremely large combination of mechanisms. By re-burning the wick, the mechanism group in the cemetery is activated. I have traveled all over the country in the past few years, and I have never seen such a thing. I didn't expect that today would teach me a lesson."
Ling Xiaozi opened his lips, and finally cursed with a bitter smile: "Fuck..."
Jiang Xian said in a deep voice: "However, the lighting of Yama's Eye means that we have officially stepped into the entrance of the tomb."
Ling Xiaozi's eyes twitched slightly: "Which tomb?"
Jiang Xian looked at the stone gate, but it seemed as if he was looking at another place through the stone gate. He said faintly: "I suspect that this is the real entrance to the Wowokeng Tomb. And Wowokeng... is part of the entire tomb complex."
"The movement of the earth's crust over thousands of years has caused a crack there. This allowed some of the ghosts inside to crawl out. If Er Ganzi hadn't disappeared, we would never have thought that such a huge tomb was hidden on the border of Chang'an!"
Ling Xiaozi asked: "Basis?"
"Because this place is closely connected to the Wowokeng Tomb!" Jiang Xian said without a doubt: "The connection between the two is too close! In addition, the Dragon-Severing Stone, the Tomb-Guarding Bronze Figurines, the Eye of Yama...are they telling us that we have set foot on the territory of the tomb keeper?"
"The fact that we've made it here means that the tomb keepers have all been defeated. So the Yama Eye has been activated, and the entire tomb will welcome us with the highest standards!"
Ling Xiaozi sighed: "What a big deal... If the Qin Emperor's Tomb wasn't in Xi'an, I would have suspected that this was the Qin Emperor's Tomb... What should I do next?"
Jiang Xian walked out without looking back. He uttered one word: "Explode."
"Use small explosives to completely destroy it. I don't believe that no matter how ingenious the tomb owner is, he can predict the appearance of T/NT!"
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"How is it?" Seeing Jiang Xian and Ling Xiaozi coming out of the tunnel, Hong Si Niang and Chu Ziyi asked almost at the same time.
Jiang Xian nodded, then looked at Chu Ziyi: "Shenzhou is lucky."
Chu Ziyi's eyes lit up instantly. Without waiting for him to speak, Jiang Xian said calmly: "Let the blasting experts come over. Also, find an excuse to block the wellhead. Leave ten people to control the villagers, and the others follow me."
Everything was going on in an orderly manner, and soon everyone entered the tunnel. When Chu Ziyi saw the Changxin Palace Lanterns scattered on the ground, his eyes stopped moving. He rushed over, holding the head of the palace lantern tightly, and whispered: "Baby...Baby!"
Not to mention that the Dragon-Breaking Stone has not been opened yet, even these two Changxin Palace Lanterns are enough to report to the big bosses... No, more than just reporting to the bosses, maybe I can even get a little more share!
No... not only that... if these two items are taken out, all the major museums will surely flock to them. If they are put up for auction, all the world's top tycoons will come after hearing the news! And I can almost certainly be labeled as the "Revealer of the Secrets of the Changxin Palace Lantern"!
"Now is not the time to talk about this." Jiang Xian was a little annoyed because there was no clue about the Black Death Butterfly curse. He said in a deep voice: "Blast it immediately. We are probably facing a tomb that has never been opened. There are countless treasures in it. Don't be dazzled by what you see in front of you."
The complete Changxin Palace Lantern…is of inestimable value. But this is not enough!
"Understood..." Chu Ziyi certainly knew the difference between the important and the unimportant. Reluctantly, he let go of the Changxin Palace Lantern and carefully moved it to the cave entrance himself. Gritting his teeth, he said, "Xiao Qi! Do it!"
Xiao Qi came up immediately and quickly arranged the explosives. Everyone retreated to the cave entrance, which had been blocked. The explosion would not disturb the outside world, and the well mouth was temporarily sealed according to Jiang Xian's instructions, so that at most people would misunderstand it as a small earthquake.
Time passed by minute by minute. Twenty minutes later, Xiao Qi quickly retreated and whispered, "Gentlemen, the arrangements are complete."
Swish... Jiang Xian opened the black umbrella, which was fully opened to a full meter and a half of umbrella. Everyone stood behind him. In a solemn atmosphere, Jiang Xian slowly raised his hand, and then suddenly pressed it down.
"start!"
Click, click... the sound of a second hand seemed to echo in the air. Ten, nine... five, four... three, two, one!
zero.
