Chapter 10: The Golden Hook Hanging on the Moon
Only then did I realize that the black shadow I just saw was nothing else, but a large chain of bowl-sized thickness fell vertically from the top of the cave. The chain passed through the top of the cave and the lower end fell straight into the water. I don’t know how long it was.
The cave is about ten meters high. I used a flashlight to illuminate the top of the cave. My eyesight was limited, and I couldn't tell how the thick chain was fixed on it. The chain was covered in rust. It seemed that it had been here for a while. It was probably related to the humid air here. Judging from the straightness of the pull, it seemed that something heavy was falling below.
I shine a flashlight into the water, and the light was refracted, and I could only see a depth of a few meters. The chain seemed to be very long underwater, and I couldn't see the head. I don't know how long this big chain was underwater.
Liu Ye and Daya also noticed the thick chain that was straight into the pond from the top of the cave. They couldn't help but stand up, stunned and surprised.
Daya looked at it for a long time and said with a little uncertainty: "Why do I feel like there is something tied to this game? Could it be that there are monsters and monsters below? Didn't the girl just say that there are sea-skinned beasts in the sea-eye? Mom, how big is it to tie such a thick chain? Could it be that the strange fish we just met was the cub of this sea-skinned beast?"
Daya said this, but the willow leaves next to him were shocked. The scene of the terrifying underwater just now was still unresolved. Daya said that there was something bigger and more terrifying in the water. He was so scared that he lost his lust. His hands couldn't help but hug his shoulders, his eyes flashing.
I smacked my lips a few times at Daya, winked at him, and told him not to talk nonsense and disturb people's hearts. Daya looked at the frightened willow leaves next to me, and also stretched out her tongue and stopped talking.
I looked at the pattern in the cave again. The pool of water in front of me was a bit like a pea bean, while the land here surrounded the pool. The overall shape was roughly round. The land and pool water were like Tai Chi diagrams, one yin and one yang.
I looked familiar, and thought for a long time, and suddenly slapped my thighs. Finally, I remembered that this is not a natural cave, it is an extremely rare water tomb pattern, called "Golden Hook Hanging the Moon".
I turned around and told Daya and Liuye that under this chain was not a locked sea-stopping beast, but a hanging coffin.
My grandfather had heard of this tomb method before, but because it was also word of mouth and I had never seen it, I felt familiar when I saw it, and I couldn't recognize it for a while. Now I finally saw it. It was the "Golden Hook Hanging Moon" in the Water Tomb Pattern.
This kind of "privileged hole" is very difficult to find. First, there must be true water, and it must be the place where the tiger hides and dragons stop, that is, the place where the teeth and claws are hidden. Second, there must be true sand hidden but not exposed. The tiger stops and produces dragons, and the dragon stops and forms a hole, locks the real water. Only when the real dragon stops and hides thickly can it form the original precious hole, but this opportunity is unfathomable and wonderful, and can be encountered but cannot be found. Those who can enjoy this hole will be the worst descendants to be crowned kings or dominate one side.
Liu Ye and Da Ya were both surprised when they heard that there was a coffin in the water. They stared at me with wide eyes, obviously not very convinced. No wonder, they have always been concerned about being buried in the soil since ancient times, and have never heard of being buried in the water. However, for this kind of thing, they still believe in my judgment. In this regard, I am an expert, and what I say naturally has a certain authority.
But even I didn’t expect that there was such a big name in this broken mountain, so I really couldn’t believe it. Who was buried in the coffin under the water? Who had the ability to find such a blessed place in such a cave?
Daya walked up to me, looked at the chains that were in the water and said, "Let's Liang, you don't want to go down and take a look, right? I tell you, the strange fish under the water is very difficult to fight. In the water, it is someone else's territory. We are no match for them at all. If we can't meet, we have to pile it up there. It's equivalent to sending them a midnight snack to them. The birthday boy is hanging himself, and he is purely seeking death. You have to be careful."
Seeing us muttering on the shore, Liuye walked over and took a closer look with a flashlight. He also frowned when he looked at the chains that were sank into the water. He didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't say a word.
I took out the rope from my backpack, tied one end firmly to my waist, and handed it to Daya on the other end, telling Daya that I must pull me up about two minutes after I go down.
Daya subconsciously took the rope and looked at me: "Lao Liang, are you here really? Come on, brother, I'll go down with you!" As he said that, he was about to give the rope to Liu Ye.
I quickly stopped Big Teeth. First, Big Teeth had just woken up and her body was not suitable. Second, Liu Ye was a big girl with little strength and could not pull the two big men at all.
Daya thought about it again and thought that the same was true. He looked at me, nodded at me, wrapped the rope around his waist a few times, told me to be careful, then walked a few steps away, and gestured to me that it was ready.
I jumped on the spot for a while, moved my hands and feet, and then put the waterproof headlight on my head. After adjusting the focal length of the headlight, I gestured to Daya and Liuye, and jumped and dived underwater.
My body, which had just come to warm up, was instantly cold and harsh again. Fortunately, I was mentally prepared this time and was not as shocked and panicked as soon as the first time. I began to dive down along the big chain, probably about eight or nine meters. With the light emitted by the headlight, I vaguely saw a huge coffin hanging at the bottom of the chain.
When I dived to this depth, I felt that there seemed to be an undercurrent underwater. My body was washed away so hard that it was difficult to control the direction. I quickly held the chain with my hands and dived for a while. Only then did I see clearly that the large coffin in front of me was completely made of bronze, with a powerful size and solemnity.
I remember that the bronze coffin of Zeng Houyi's wooden coffin and squad was several tons heavy, and this big guy is about three meters long, one meter wide and one meter high. To roughly estimate, it will weigh at least five tons. It depends on us and we are in the water, so we can't even open the lid of the coffin.
At this moment, I felt the rope on my waist tightening. I knew that it was my big teeth starting to pull me on it. I also started to swim upwards with the force. Fortunately, I didn’t encounter that kind of strange fish and climbed back to the shore smoothly.
When I talked about the situation underwater, Daya and Liuye's mouth could not be closed. Although I heard from me, I probably might have a coffin below, but I never thought there would be such a big bronze coffin.
Liu Ye looked at me and Daya and said with some concern: "I always feel that this coffin is not that simple. Otherwise, let's stop touching it and find a way to go out. Even if we want to touch it, we can't open the copper coffin under the water with the strength of us. We don't have diving equipment, and we can't use it even if we have strength under the water."
Daya was very curious about the coffin, and his eyes were a little radiant. After hearing Liu Ye say that, he turned to look at Liu Ye: "Girl, you can't say that. Since you are here, you have to make it clear. You will not miss it. I guess you can't come back easily next time, let alone how to get out now? You'll crawl out from that gap? Even if the strange fish didn't notice us, the bugs that were exiting there probably weren't separated."
When the strange fish and insects were mentioned, Liuye's face changed instantly. He looked at Daya with some anger and glared at him, so he stopped Daya from talking further.
Such a heavy coffin is not assembled in water because it is necessary to ensure hermeticity. So that is, the whole coffin is in water. This is obviously impossible to do with manpower. Is there any mechanical equipment or winch? Winches were used in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The copper coffin of Zeng Houyi found in Hubei weighed several thousand kilograms. According to research, it was placed by a winch. Winches thousands of years ago and the firmness of ropes had reached a certain height, and some technologies even exceeded the current modern craftsmanship.
Could it be that this huge bronze coffin was also put down by a winch? When I thought of this, I couldn't help but look at the thick chain again. The more I looked at it, I guess I had to fix the huge coffin on the chain back then, and then there should be a mechanism similar to a winch. After twisting the large coffin and slowly put it into the water. If so, that is to say, as long as the mechanism can be found, there is a chance that the large copper will float to the surface again.
I told Daya and Liu Ye my guess. After hearing this, they looked at me with an incredible expression, but then they thought about it and nodded frequently. No matter what, only this method is more reliable. It is difficult to complete a less heavy thing with human resources. The three of us began to search around this big chain to see if there was really some control mechanism hidden.
After searching for it, I didn't find anything special. I saw the chain and it was nailed to the top of the cave. It couldn't be seen if it wasn't penetrated into the top of the cave. Moreover, the top of the cave was too high and it was not clear.
I looked up at the top of the cave, and kept thinking in my heart that if there were no winches, what else would there be to send this bronze coffin weighing several tons to the water honestly? Jin Hook Hang Yue, who could find such a Feng Shui noble cave?
I began to look carefully again, looking at the water, looking at the ground, and looking at the chain again, and suddenly I found that the thick chain seemed to be right at the "fish eye" of the "yin fish". A flash of inspiration and I had an idea in my mind.
The water and the ground here are almost a standard Tai Chi shape, with water being yin and earth being yang. The Tai Chi diagram itself is a large circle, containing two Yin and Yang fish. Each Yin and Yang fish has one fish eye. The Yin fish is yang eyes, and the Yang fish is yin eyes. The pool of water in front of it is the Yin fish in the Tai Chi diagram, and the large copper coffin hanging on the chain is exactly the "fish eye".
It seems that the burial location of the "Golden Hook Hanging the Moon" coffin is the fish eye of the "Hook". This pattern was only heard from my grandfather before, but what my grandfather said was also unclear. It is probably because he had never seen it before. Now I have realized the mystery of this kind of burial system.
I excitedly told Daya and Liuye about my discovery. Daya and Liuye looked at each other, and the expressions on their faces almost seemed to be revealed. I couldn't tell whether I believed or not, and they all looked at me with frowns.
Chapter completed!