Xuanwu walked and said: "Since Emperor Qin is about to be resurrected, why is the passage for delivering medicine set up at the door of death? This is a very bad omen!"
I said calmly: "Your compass is made according to the general feng shui design of imperial mausoleums. But Qin Shihuang's mausoleum is different from other imperial mausoleums that face north and south. It is the only one that faces east. This may be different from Qin Shihuang's many times. The eastward tour is related to the regretful mentality of seeking the elixir in the fairy mountains of the East China Sea but not getting it. Therefore, the real door to life should be in this direction."
Xuanwu suddenly understood and stopped talking. Carrying the big bag behind him, he followed suit. Soon, the four of us arrived at the foot of the mound.
If I guessed correctly, the entrance is just above the mound of earth.
When I vaguely understood the meaning of "different eyes", some contents recorded in historical materials quickly flashed through my mind:
According to the "Historical Records: The Chronicles of Qin Shihuang", in the twenty-sixth year of Qin Shihuang's reign (221 BC), he "received the troops from all over the world, gathered them in Xianyang, and sold them as twelve golden men of Zhongqi, each weighing a thousand stones."
Another "Zhengyi" quote from "Hanshu Five Elements" records: "In the twenty-sixth year, there was a man who was more than five feet tall, all of whom were dressed as barbarians. Twelve people saw him in Lintao, so they sold their weapons and cast them like elephants."
"Historical Records? Suoyin" quotes "Sanfu Old Stories" and records: "Twelve bronze figures, sitting three feet high, each weighing 340,000 kilograms."
"Justice" quoted from "Sanfu's Old Stories" records: "We gathered soldiers from all over the world to cast twelve bronze figures, each weighing 240,000 catties."
According to the above official historical records, it can be concluded that during the time of Qin Shihuang, some very tall foreigners, wearing ethnic minority costumes, came to Lintao. In order to "memorize" them, Qin Shihuang collected weapons from all over the world and melted them all. According to those foreigners In the shape of the statue, twelve huge sitting bronze figures were cast.
If we put it this way, the so-called "different eyes" does not mean "weird eyes", but "foreign eyes", which is the eye of one of the twelve bronze men!
Thinking of this, it's just my guess. I need evidence, further evidence. More data is calculated in my mind like lightning:
First of all, it is about the records of the weight of bronze figures in historical materials. It is not difficult to imagine that such a large bronze figure cannot be weighed one by one, and the weight can only be estimated; and the weight of each bronze figure should be different. The so-called "each weight" The term "thousand stones" is just a general reference. But in real terms, "stone" is the unit of weight in the Qin Dynasty. One stone is one hundred and twenty kilograms. One kilogram in the Qin Dynasty is equal to 256.26 grams today. One thousand stones is about the same as today. 30715.2 kilograms. If calculated as 240,000 jins, it would be 61502.4 kilograms today; if calculated as 340,000 jins, it would be 87128.4 kilograms today. This means that the smallest bronze figure weighs more than 30 tons. The ones are more than 87 tons.
I was running these calculations in my mind, but a new question arose: If the bronze man was "three feet tall" as recorded in historical books, if converted according to the length unit of the Qin Dynasty, one foot would be 231 centimeters today, and three feet would be 7 About meters. If the copper figure is solid, based on the estimated weight results and further calculations combined with the specific gravity of copper, the maximum weight is 87128.4 kilograms and the volume should be 9.8 cubic meters; the minimum weight is 30751.2 kilograms and the volume is about 3.5 cubic meters. .This is much less than the record of "three feet high". It can be seen that the bronze man must be hollow.
Moreover, there are many names for these twelve bronze figures in historical materials. What is interesting is that they are often called "Zhong". The bronze figures are called "Zhong" not only because the bronze figures are hollow, but also because they are hollow.
, it is not the formal "bronze man" with arms and legs like the Terracotta Warriors and Horses as we imagined, but an oversized bronze bell, but the appearance is made to look like a bronze man. As you can imagine, the bronze man
The head is the handle used for hanging on the top of a common bronze bell. However, such a large bronze bell cannot be hung with a rope.
Some historical data say about the whereabouts of these twelve bronze men that they were destroyed by Dong Zhuo during the Three Kingdoms period and used to cast copper coins and weapons. However, these are all recorded in unofficial history and are not credible. Most people still believe that Qin Shihuang loved these ten men very much.
The second bronze man moved him into the underground palace to serve as the guardian of the underworld after death.
What's more important is that scientists from the European Organization for Nuclear Research used advanced instruments to detect the mound of Emperor Qin Shihuang's mausoleum and discovered that there was a huge "copper ring" underneath, weighing close to a thousand tons. If I go by the weight of the bronze man I calculated before, it would be ten
If the two are added together, wouldn't they weigh a thousand tons? If the twelve bronze figures were arranged in a ring and evenly distributed under the mound of earth, wouldn't they be a huge "copper ring"?
The ancients paid the most attention to the living things, and believed that the eyes are a symbol of vitality and life. The Liang Dynasty also had a famous allusion of "the finishing touch". Perhaps, the copper disc called "different pupils" is
The key to a certain mechanism in the Bronze Man Bell can be activated by placing it on the head of a certain bronze man, causing the twelve hollow bronze figures underground to move. They are arranged in order, connected end to end, with the center in the middle
A road will appear leading underground.
This can undoubtedly explain the origin of the earthquake and rumbling sound just now, which was the sound of the bronze man rotating and rising underground.
With this thought in mind, I kept walking and carefully observed the surroundings of the mound. After walking around for a long time, I found traces of trampling on the grass and trees. It must have been here that Chen Ziqi and his party went up.
I said to Xuanwu: "If you want to climb up from here, you can carry that one on your back. Is that okay?"
"It's okay," Xuanwu said firmly, "Let's go, the garrison will be around to check soon."
We grabbed onto the grass and climbed up. After climbing for a while, we saw that a mound of soil had been pushed away, revealing a hole that could only be climbed through by one person, with a diameter of about one meter. The long grass leaves above hung down, blocking the view.
The entrance to the cave is difficult to spot if you are not careful. Looking at the shape of the newly arched soil next to it, it is obvious that the entrance did not exist before, but it seems to have emerged from the ground on its own.
I really don’t know where Chen Ziqi is and what unknown mechanism he activated to have such an effect.
I didn't dare to act rashly, so I carefully put my head in and looked around with a flashlight.
There was a lot of wind at the entrance of the cave, blowing whirringly inside, making me feel like there was a bottomless black hole, or a giant beast from the wild. At this time, I had woken up, stretched out, and
Start greedily breathing in the fresh air from the outside world.
This is not surprising. The Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang was sealed underground and never saw the light of day. Before it was sealed, the Changming whale oil burned inside had burned out all the oxygen, creating a negative pressure space inside. At this moment, as soon as it was connected to the outside world, the air
Automatically rush into low-pressure areas.
Although this mound of earth was compacted hard by workers when it was first built, it has been reduced a lot after thousands of years of wind, rain, and sun. The bronze figure below is very close to the topsoil. I touched it with my hand.
When I touched it, I found that the cave wall felt cold and was made of metal. Judging from the traces of patina and dust on the cave wall, many people must have crawled through here not long ago.
I felt excited, and my inference just now was indeed correct. So I filed in together with the others.
Although the entrance is narrow, after climbing over one and a half meters in length, it suddenly became clear. The space is enough for us to walk upright without touching our heads. It seems that we are now in the "belly" of the bronze man clock. Just now
The hole you climbed through is the "head" of the bronze man.
I made a rough estimate. If this big bronze bell was cast based on a real person, it should be in line with the proportions of the human body. The ratio of the head to the height of the Qinling Terracotta Warriors is about 1:7.5. In this way, the height
Five feet (Qin system unit of measurement). The head length of a person who is three feet long after sitting down should be about 1.5 meters when converted into today's length units. This is consistent with the length of the hole we crawled through just now, which further proves my inference.
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The direction of the entire passage was sloping downward, and the people behind me staggered to follow. I turned around and whispered: "You all should be careful. I estimate that the passage will narrow after fifteen or six meters."
I calculated this length based on the length of the bronze figure.
Sure enough, as we quietly advanced, the passage gradually narrowed again, and finally turned into a hole that was only big enough for one person to crawl through. The length was about twice the length of the hole we had climbed through before. Based on this calculation, "Special Eyes"
"After the mechanism is activated, the twelve bronze bells are arranged in such a way that the heads are connected to the heads, and the bell bells are connected to the bell bells, thus forming a passage in the soil.
Calculated based on the length of the twelve bronze figures, the horizontal connection is about 130,140 meters. In addition, the tilt of the bronze figures in the mound and calculation based on trigonometric functions, the total vertical downward distance is about 50 meters. And the final distance is about 50 meters.
The vertical distance from the outside entrance to the ground is about 20 meters by visual inspection. In other words, by the time we finish walking through all these bronze figures, we will have entered a place 30 meters below the surface.
For us, the biggest good news is the connection method of the Tongren. You must know that these trumpet-shaped Tongren bells themselves are the best sound collectors. If the bell at the bottom has the belly facing outward, what we have here
There is some slight movement, and through the reflection and transmission of sound waves, Chen Ziqi below can hear it clearly, but I can't hear their movement. However, according to the current situation, the bottom bell has a narrow mouth pointing outward.
.In this way, the sound will be contained within the bell body. Unless Chen Ziqi lies on the thin mouth and listens carefully, he will not hear our movements. (See diagram below)
Arrangement of bronze bells:
Entrance——()()()()()()——Exit
However, having said that, we still cannot take it lightly. I held up a flashlight and used the combat gestures of the special forces to direct everyone. I tried my best to move as quietly as possible into the bottomless depths of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum. Finally, I entered.
When I entered this super tomb of an eternal emperor, I felt a mixture of emotions.
As I walked, I looked at these neatly arranged and perfectly fitted bronze bells, which made me have a deep respect for the wisdom of the ancients. Under such conditions, they could actually design such an ingenious mechanism. I just didn’t know
, will these institutions suddenly become murderous weapons and take our lives...