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Chapter 64 Inside the Underground Palace

Tomb robbers have many strange tomb robber tools, such as Luoyang shovels, crescent shovels, rolling forks and mountain-opening axes, but most of these tools are used to detect tombs, dig holes or chop coffins. The holes in the imperial tomb of Song Huizong have been opened, and there is no coffin here, so many tools are not available.

However, Tang Feng was still carrying his backpack. Although the backpack looked deflated, everyone could see that something must have been contained in the bag. The staff brought the jack and the strong flashlight. Tang Feng carried the strong flashlight and threw the jack into the thief hole.

"Tang Feng, do you want this?" Liu Yue held a miner's hat with a mine lamp on it. Tang Feng shook his head. This thing should not be good. It is swaying and can only add a horror atmosphere. Liu Yue walked up and put her intercom on Tang Feng's waist. She said to Tang Feng softly: "You must be careful and keep in touch with the outside at any time."

People who work in archaeology are not too old or too young. Liu Yue and Tang Feng are the youngest members of the entire archaeological team. Because they are very close, the staff around them mistakenly think they are lovers, and the occasional whispers are no wonder.

Tang Feng nodded and said, "Don't worry, no problem, then I'll go down."

The end of the thief hole is in the shape of a "U" shape, and the slopes at both ends are very steep. Tang Feng walked into the thief hole along the mud ladder dug by the soil. When he reached the bottom of the thief hole, the light outside gradually weakened. Tang Feng picked up the jack and walked into the darkness.

Tang Feng turned on the strong flashlight and walked forward 20 meters, a square with a side length of half a meter appeared diagonally above. The beam of the flashlight shot towards the square. The situation at the top of the tomb passage is vaguely distinguishable. The stone wall at the top of the tomb passage is painted with a painting similar to flying sky. The ancients believed that "death is just the beginning" and is the way to ascend to the Pure Land. This type of mural expresses this kind of beautiful wish.

Tang Feng put the strong flashlight in his hand on the tomb passage, and he pushed his hands into the tomb passage. Tang Feng sat on the stone slab of the tomb passage and shone the flashlight everywhere. The stone warrior figurines and tomb-suppressing beasts guarding the tomb chamber were arranged on both sides of the tomb passage. The warrior figurines in the tomb chamber are similar to those everywhere outside the tomb chamber, about two meters high, and their facial expressions can be regarded as kind-hearted, while the tomb-suppressing beasts lying beside the warrior figurines are a bit hideous and terrifying.

Warrior figurines and tomb-controlling beasts are both symbolic meanings. The guardians of tomb chambers in the sense, but the uses of the two are different. Warrior figurines are heavenly soldiers and generals, and the ancients used them to defend people. Tomb-controlling beasts are the gods that exorcise evil spirits in ancient people. People shaped it into a grim image, hoping that they could suppress ghosts and protect the souls of the dead from invasion.

Tomb robbers are all firm materialists and never believe in ghosts and gods. They say that these shocking things do not work for Tang Feng, and what he is more worried about is those artificial and lethal mechanisms. He took off his backpack, took out a small hammer from his bag and started to hit the ground. The ancients had limited technology level and could not design high-sensitivity fully automatic weapons. Machines like dark crossbows that were unmanned and self-warning had triggering devices, as long as the tombs did not go.

Touching these devices will not cause mechanisms. These mechanisms often have a certain timeliness and will inevitably fail after a long time. Tang Feng is not afraid of these. What he is most afraid of is the traps in the ancient tombs, especially the traps on the ground. The traps look no different from other ground decorations, but they cannot bear the weight. Once someone step on them, they will fall into the trap. Needless to say, the bottom of the trap is either a vertical spike or a venom that kills people.

"Bang bang bang!" The sound of Tang Feng knocking on the ground echoed around the tomb passage. The sound of the ancient tomb that has not been involved in for hundreds of years is undoubtedly a scalp-making thing that makes people feel scared. If others are scared, they will be scared to death. Of course, Tang Feng would not be afraid. Even if something happens to pat him from behind at this time, he will not suspect that it is a ghost.

"Bang bang...puff..." Tang Feng knocked on a soft thing and took it out. When the flashlight shone, it turned out to be a rubber shoe. He took the rubber shoe, which should be a product of the Republic of China period. Needless to ask, someone had come in at that time. The tomb robbers would definitely not enter the tomb chamber barefoot. The owner of the shoe must have died. Tang Feng stood up and shone the flashlight to the end of the tomb passage. The tomb passage was very long and was dark in front and could not see anything clearly.

The robbery hole had exploded. Why did anyone run in the explosion? Tang Feng thought carefully and found that there was no oxygen in the tomb passage, and the explosion would definitely not affect the tomb passage. If the fire point was behind the first tomb robber who opened the tomb passage, then the person would not be burned. The situation should be like this at that time. An explosion occurred behind him, and he was thrown into the tomb passage by the explosion airflow. At this time, he could only run forward desperately, and even his shoes were not at ease.

The beam of the flashlight continued to move forward, and traces of huge rocks rolling across the ground appeared on the ground. Tang Feng looked at both sides of the tomb passage. There was a sag at every distance, and each sag had a circular boulder. Tang Feng understood that this was a rolling stone. Since the tomb passage was tilted downward, this type of rolling stone would roll down along the tomb passage once it was triggered. The flashlight in Tang Feng's hand shone at the sag on his side. Sure enough, the sagging rolling stone had already rolled down. The unlucky tomb robber had already triggered the mechanism before he ran a few steps. He ran in front, and the big stone behind him was chasing, and everything was messed up.

This time, there is no need to knock. The tomb robbers ran over and rolled over the rocks. All mechanisms were triggered. Tang Feng originally wanted to move forward alone, but considering that he was doing business for the country, he finally decided to open the tomb door first.

The hole was digging ingeniously and was very close to the tomb door. Tang Feng saw the door-top clearly. He stepped forward and knocked on the door-top. What a good guy, I really want to spend money. It is pure copper. This door-top weighs a ton, and even if you get modern waste, it can be worth a lot of money.

The door tiller is one of the anti-theft facilities of the ancient tomb. One head is in the groove on the foundation of the tomb passage and the other end is placed above the tomb door. When the tomb door is closed, the door tiller will fall naturally, so that the door can be pushed to death from the inside. Tang Feng walked to the tomb door again. The tomb door was divided into two left and right, and there was a curved horizontal card on each of the two doors. When the tomb door was closed, another groove was formed. This was done to prevent the door tiller from falling off.

The door lever can only prevent theft from the outside but not the inside. Tang Feng is very easy to crack. He only needs to use a jack to push the door lever out of the groove on the foundation of the tomb passage. The power of the hydraulic jack is great, and the door lever directly breaks the groove.

"Bang!" The door-top device that had lost its support fell from the tomb door, and more than a ton of weight hit the ground. Tang Feng made it easy, and the archaeologists outside exploded. A loud bang came, everyone was shocked. Zhang Keming's voice came from Tang Feng's intercom. Zhang Keming asked, "Tang Feng, what happened?"

Tang Feng said: "It's okay, the door-top device has fallen. If there are no stones outside the tomb door, you can now open the tomb door."

At this time, Zhang Keming was outside the tomb door, and he said, "There are stones outside the tomb door."

Tang Feng walked to the tomb door, picked up the hammer and knocked on the tomb door. He said, "The tomb door is cast with iron and is very solid. Can you hear the sound inside?"

Zhang Keming said: "I heard that the stone blocked outside the tomb door is about five meters thick. You can get out of the way first, and we use an air compressor to chisel it open."

Under the flashlight, Tang Feng observed the tomb door. There were relief carvings and painted on the tomb door, which was also considered a work of art. He took out the intercom and said, "This tomb door is still valuable, don't break through it."

Zhang Keming said: "I know, I'm going to spend so much effort to preserve the integrity of the tombs as much as possible." Modern technology is fully capable of opening the door of any ancient building. The archaeological department is looking far and away just to preserve ancient craftsmanship to the greatest extent. The roar of the machine sounds and construction has begun outside.

After solving the tomb gate, Tang Feng turned around and walked towards the depths of the tomb passage. His steps were very slow, and he would never raise his back foot if he did not step on his front foot. After extending 70 meters down the tomb passage, Tang Feng vaguely saw the rolling stone in front. When the flashlight flashed behind the rolling stone, Tang Feng was shocked. He saw a pair of eyes, his eyes wide open, and human eyes.

Tang Feng immediately turned the flashlight, and it was not until this time that he breathed a sigh of relief. This was a dead person. He sighed and said, "Let me leave the things that I haven't accomplished before." This is because of the unsatisfactory death. There was a second tomb gate blocking it in front, and a huge rock chased it behind. The screams outside were endless. The oxygen inside was thin and could no longer breathe. The tomb robber turned around in despair. The huge rock had already come. Perhaps it was because of the pressure inside the body. Before death, the tomb robber opened his eyes wide, and this time he opened his eyes for decades.

The corpse did not rot. The water inside the body was consumed with time. All that was left was the mummy with skeletons and muscles. The huge rock blocked the second tomb gate. Tang Feng could not continue to move forward and could only return the same way. Should he really be back empty-handed this time?

The progress outside the tomb door was very fast, and the five-meter-thick stone wall was quickly dug open. The construction workers transferred the cutting machine to cut the iron rod inside the stone. Soon, the tomb door was pushed open. Because long-term air contact would mutate the objects inside the tomb, archaeologists quickly entered the tomb. They were all very professional. As soon as they entered the tomb, they would scatter and start archaeological research.

Zhang Keming, who walked into the tomb, said: "Don't touch things randomly, be careful to trigger the mechanism, fix these rolling stones first to avoid hurting people."

"Tang Feng, where are you?" Tang Feng heard it. It was Liu Yue's voice. He walked out of the darkness and said, "I'm here."

Liu Yue walked to Tang Feng with light steps, and she smiled and said to him, "It's fine if you're fine."

Tang Feng asked Liu Yue softly, "Aren't you angry with me?"

Liu Yue said, "I have never been angry with you, okay?"

Zhang Keming walked to Tang Feng and asked Tang Feng, "What's going on inside?"

Tang Feng said: "There is a tomb door behind it, which was hit hard by a rolling stone, and there was a tomb robber's body in the middle. I checked it and there was no other way, so I could only force it to open it."

At this time, archaeologists had already pulled wires and lights into it, and the situation inside the tomb passage was clear at a glance. The tomb passage was about ten meters high and about 6 meters wide, which was very spectacular.

Zhang Keming immediately said to the staff behind him: "Prepare to force open the second tomb door."

There are many people to do things. Although the purpose is the same, archaeologists are much more open than tomb robbers. In less than half an hour, the staff removed the rolling stones and processed the body. Afterwards, the air compressor entered the tomb passage, and the construction workers prepared to dig the second tomb door.

Seeing that Liu Yue didn't bring anything, just wandering around, Tang Feng walked over and said to her, "Is your job a little easier?"

Liu Yue laughed and said, "He is an intern, so it's normal that he has not arranged a task."

Tang Feng said to her: "Then can you still get in after a while?"

Liu Yue nodded and said, "Of course I have to go in, even if I watch the fun, I have to go in."

Tang Feng said, "Then you have to bring me."

Liu Yue said, "I don't need to take you. The master said hello. You can go in, but there is a prerequisite that you can't take anything inside."

"Oh, I understand." Tang Feng immediately said with a sudden realization: "Liu Yue, you have a task."

Liu Yue asked strangely: "What task do I have?"

Tang Feng said: "Your task is to look at me and not let me take anything from the imperial tomb, right?"

"I am not qualified to watch you." Liu Yue smiled and said, "I want to keep an escort myself. Think about it, Song Huizong is an artist after all, and the things in his tomb must be the best at that time. Any palace artifact from the five major official kilns will be priceless."

The burial objects built in ancient times were not placed uniformly after the emperor passed away and were buried. They were gradually placed at the same time as they were built. This is based on facts. According to historical records, when Emperor Wu of Han was buried in Maoling, the underground palace inside Maoling could no longer be placed, and many burial objects were placed in the ground buildings in the cemetery. In history, two large-scale stealing of Maoling was recorded in history. The first was the Red Eyebrow Army Uprising in the late Western Han Dynasty. The Red Eyebrow Army was

After occupying Maoling, the underground palace was opened. Tens of thousands of people moved for more than ten days, and only half of the burial objects were transported. Later, the Huang Chao Uprising Army invaded Chang'an and tens of thousands of people moved for another three days. Due to the lack of discipline and constraints of the Huang Chao Uprising Army, many gold, silver and treasures were lost in the fight. After liberation, more than 3,000 cultural relics were unearthed around Maoling alone. It can be seen that there were many burial objects in the tombs of ancient emperors, and they could not be released at one time after the emperor was buried.

Tang Feng said: "In this way, isn't archaeology like tomb robbers? It's a great reward for you? You all have the chance to get a share of the pie."

"No, I'm joking with you." Liu Yue said: "Archaeologists have a complete set of prevention mechanisms, which is impossible to do randomly. Haven't you noticed it? They didn't take any personal items except tools, and they would check them routinely when they go out."

"Oh." Tang Feng shook his head and said, "I'm so happy that I can take advantage of the situation."

"I know Tang Feng, you are not like this. You are joking. Even if you are not joking, you will never get such an opportunity." Liu Yue attached to Tang Feng's ear and said softly: "I will go wherever you go. I want to watch you, the little tomb robber."

"Okay." Tang Feng smiled cunningly and said, "We can finally let Liu Yue accompany me to watch the imperial tomb. We will be the first tourists in the imperial tomb tourist area of ​​Emperor Huizong of Song."

"It's finally opened." As the staff cheered, the second tomb door was opened.

Zhang Keming said: "Get in first."

The equipment of the archaeological department is beyond the reach of the tomb robbers. Professional chemical defense personnel wearing gas masks are the first to enter the underground palace with harmful gas analyzers. Staff in the tomb passage are using metal detectors to detect metal detection of the entire tomb passage.

After a while, the public-frequency walkie-talkie heard the news inside, and he said, "This is another tomb passage."

Tang Feng and Liu Yue walked into the second tomb passage. This tomb passage was half shorter than the first one, and the tomb passage continued to extend downward. Zhang Keming took out the height meter and looked at it, saying, "This should be the last tomb passage. If you go further down, the underground palace will be lower than the level of the deep pool. It is unlikely that the ancients would take such a risk."

The two sides of this huge rock are not symmetrical terrain. The deep pool under the huge rock cliff is actually a Tianchi Lake. Opposite Tianchi Lake is Beimang Mountain, and its water level is higher than that of the huge rock. Therefore, digging more than 200 meters down here is equivalent to the horizontal plane of the deep pool below 400 meters below the other cliff.

The next thing was exactly the same as before, and the gun head of the wheeled air compressor quickly pierced into the tomb door. Since the third tomb door was the underground palace, Tang Feng, Liu Yue, Zhang Keming and a circle of staff were all around the tomb door, waiting for the opening of the underground palace.

Twenty minutes later, the gap was opened, and several flashlights shot into the underground palace. The scene in front of me suddenly became clear, and several people standing at the entrance of the underground palace looked at each other. A staff member couldn't help but take a breath, and he blurted out: "My God, this is too incredible."

The entire underground palace is exactly the same as the modern stadium. On the ground that gradually tilted downward are rows of stone military statues that are no different from real people. This is an army with similarities to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. Song Huizong did not have a powerful army during his lifetime, and he could only use stone statues to replace them after his death. Zhang Keming said in a deep voice: "This is another great archaeological discovery, which is exactly the same as the previous arguments of the expert group."

Since the entire Northern Song Dynasty imperial tomb area is full of large stone statues of animal statues, the expert group predicted that there must be stone sculptures like Terracotta Warriors and Horses inside the imperial tomb of Song Huizong. Sure enough, Tang Feng pointed to the open space in the middle of the stone statue and said to Liu Yue: "If I'm not wrong, it's where the coffin is located."

The scale of the imperial tomb of Song Huizong is half smaller than previously estimated. If the surrounding stone carving army is the audience seat of the stadium, the coffin is the stadium, and the entire coffin area is concave and cannot be seen clearly at the tomb door.
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