An old man over sixty years old was imprisoned in Liu Jing's cell because the old man spoke Min dialect in southern Xinjiang. It was difficult for anyone in the Han Dynasty to understand it, so the old man had always been taciturn.
Jing has stayed in Jianning Mansion for nine years, and he can still understand the southern Fujian dialect. The two of them chatted quietly in private, which was amazing. The old man with an unattractive appearance turned out to be the Shenji Hall in Guanzhong, Sichuan Province.
The master of the hall. The Shenji Hall originated from the Mohists in the Spring and Autumn Period. Mozi recruited skilled craftsmen from all over the world to build cities. When Qin Shihuang unified the world, he forcibly recruited these people to build imperial tombs for him, and finally slaughtered them all. In the Western Han Dynasty, he became proficient in secret ways.
Most of the craftsmen of the machine turned to other professions, from locksmiths to stonemasons, and the Shenji Hall withered away from then on.
The old man's surname was Gong, and he was the sixth among his brothers and sisters. People who knew him called him Liu Ye. Like Liu Jing, Liu Ye was also forcibly dragged by Liu Ba's men to build the tomb passage mechanism for the Han Mausoleum. Every day, he was beaten by the soldiers.
He was put in handcuffs and fetters and taken out, and at night they were removed from the cage in the ear room. Mr. Liu was so capable that he could walk on cliffs and cliffs as if he were walking on flat ground with swords, guns, swords and halberds. He could do anything.
A person with such good skills was also arrested.
The two of them talked about everything for a long time. Liu Jing was guarded and could not leave the room. Every day, he listened to what happened in the Han Tomb of the Sixth Master. Usually, if nothing happened, Liu Jing would ask the Sixth Master for advice on some secret passage mechanisms.
, Mr. Liu's open-minded nature also taught Liu Jing a lot of skills in making mechanisms. The two of them had spent more than half a year in the Han Mausoleum. That night, Mr. Liu was sent back to the ear room as usual, but his face was...
There was a hint of happiness. After the soldiers guarding the ear chamber began to take a nap in the middle of the night, Liu Ye gently said to Liu Jing: "Today, water seeped through the main tomb chamber. The masons who dug the mountain accidentally dug an underground waterway.
.I saw with my own eyes that the mouth of the water channel was as wide as one person."
"Really! Wouldn't it be possible to use this underground waterway to escape from the Han Tomb?" Both Liu Jing and Liu Ye knew that it would be harder to escape from jail than to go to heaven. Liu Jing was also very happy to hear the news.
Liu Ye sighed and said, "It can't be that easy. Liu Ba is now asking masons to divert water into a lake, and plant some lotus roots in the lake. Just now he asked me to install a mechanism in the underground sewer. I thought about it for a while.
I can only make a fuss about this organization. But I’m afraid that if there are too many people, my colleagues will see the flaws.”
"Yes, the more people know, the greater the chance of being discovered." Liu Jing's face suddenly became much sadder.
Master Liu said: "I have explored everything here. There are about seven or eight thousand craftsmen imprisoned in the cages in the left and right chambers. There are more than 200,000 stonemasons who broke the ground. They are all handcuffed together and locked in the main tomb chamber.
Many of them starve to death from exhaustion every day. Now, the slower you carve the stone every day, the better. Then I can find a chance to think of a solution. Oh, just take it one step at a time!"
Liu Jing followed Master Liu's words and began to slowly carve the tourmaline stone. Another half year passed like this, until one day Master Liu was brought back to the ear room in despair. Master Liu stared blankly at the land made of yellow sand.
Without saying a word, Liu Jing asked: "Master Liu, what's wrong with you?"
"Liu Ba, you turtle egg, brought a large amount of Taihu stones today." Mr. Liu said weakly.
"Taihu stone? What happened to the Taihu stone?" Liu Jing asked in confusion.
"You don't understand. The Taihu stone was used to block the exit of the Han Tomb. The general construction of the Han Tomb has been completed, and they want to kill the donkey to unload the mill. Today, more than 200,000 stonemasons suddenly said that they would send it to
They have gone home, the good birds have been hidden, the cunning rabbits are dead and the running dogs are cooking, and it will be our turn soon."
"Ah..." Liu Jing understood that all the construction materials in the Han Tomb were transported by soldiers from the exit via the Yangtze River. Now that the exit is blocked, the more than 200,000 craftsmen will never live here again.
in the world.
Although Liu Jing repeatedly delayed the time to carve the Road to Heaven tourmaline, Liu Ba would not have such good patience. He only gave Liu Jing the last three months. If he could not complete it, let Liu Jing go to Huangquan Road to continue carving.
Liu Jing found out from the soldiers that Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty had ascended the throne, and that Liu Ba wanted to be the crown prince more anxiously than his father. Liu Ye and Liu Jingyi could no longer delay the tourmaline talisman, and they only had three months.
The mechanism at the bottom of Jinghu Lake must be eliminated immediately. Master Liu decided to put his life on the line and put his luck on the line...
No one can explain this thing clearly. Luck will come when it is said to come. If it doesn't come, no matter how long you wait, it will be in vain. The three-month deadline is coming soon, and the work of the craftsmen in Hanling has come to an end. Hanling
The Central Military Commission began to slowly arrange the mechanism. On this day, Liu Ye pretended to be calm and under the supervision of the soldiers, he and other fellow craftsmen adjusted the copper mesh iron hook falling stone array in Jinghu Lake. The copper mesh array is divided into three levels.
The bottom layer is covered with three-inch-long sharp blades. The middle copper net is equipped with dense layers of iron hooks and barbs, which will cut into clothes and hook the flesh if you are not careful. The top copper net is equipped with ninety-nine and eighty-one thousand-year-old barbs.
The golden thread is incorruptible for thousands of years. The golden thread is connected to the mechanism at the bottom of the mirror lake. If it touches a rock, arrows from all four walls at the bottom of the lake will be shot at the top of the lake. It will also be smashed down.
Mr. Liu knows how powerful the mechanism he made himself is. The Mirror Lake is not deep, only as deep as one person. In addition, sand has been thrown into the lake and lotus roots have been planted there. If the mechanism is added, let alone people trying to pass through it, it is considered a barrier.
The fish will also retreat when faced with difficulties.
While adjusting the tightness of the copper net, Mr. Liu used his shackles to quietly break a sharp blade on the copper net and secretly hid it in his sleeve. When it was time to go down the Jinghu Libu trap, the soldiers came over and drove the craftsmen into the water.
, Mr. Liu followed the craftsmen into the water and used a sharp knife to cut off the golden threads on the copper mesh. As long as the connection between the golden threads on the copper mesh and the machine frame was cut off, the formation was broken. Mr. Liu was gesticulating in the mirror lake.
Swimming back and forth in the lake. The soldiers and other craftsmen by the lake couldn't understand a word Mr. Liu said, but the craftsmen all admired Mr. Liu's work. The soldiers knew that Mr. Liu was very skilled with his hands and feet.
, I don’t dare to provoke him no matter what.
In this way, Master Liu cut off all the golden threads connecting with the agency in the undetected Jinghu Lake. Master Liu himself did not expect that his luck would be so good. If you want to escape from Hanling now, this is a perfect opportunity.
But Master Liu remembered that there was still Liu Jing locked in the ear room. Master Liu sighed and returned to the ear room. In the evening, the soldiers distributed dinner to the craftsmen imprisoned in the ear room. Master Liu was surprised to find that there was suddenly a bowl of food today.
Meat. For such a long time in Hanling, I could only eat two meals a day. I had two solid steamed buns at noon and brown rice at night. Not to mention the meat, I didn’t even see any greasy smell.
Liu Jing was about to eat, but Master Six knocked the meat to the ground. Master Six said, "It's useless for me to teach you the art of mechanism. You don't even have such a simple sense of caution. What does Liu Ba do to the craftsmen? It's not like you don't care."
If you know it, you will give us meat to eat? The sun is really coming out in the west!" Mr. Liu picked up Liu Jing's silver chisel for carving tourmaline stones and inserted it into the meat bowl. The bright silver chisel turned a black color.
Liu Jing received the guidance of Master Liu and learned some methods of using poison, and shouted: "It's arsenic!"
"That turtle egg of Liu Ba is ready to kill us. He wants to kill us slowly with poison. Once King Guangling dies, our lives will be over. I have destroyed the mechanism of the underground water system. Now you are locked up all day."
It's a big trouble if we can't get out. Although it's only a hundred steps from here to Jinghu Lake, it's heavily guarded by soldiers. We'll be shot into a hornet's nest before we even get there." Liu Ye said worriedly.
Liu Jing thought for a while and said: "How about this? After the tourmaline stone carving was completed, I asked Liu Ba to put it in the groove wall of the sarcophagus with my own hands. On the way back, we can pass by Jinghu Lake and meet up with you, Mr. Liu.
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Liu Ye was silent for a long time and said: "That can only be like this. It depends on the will of God whether you can escape from the Han Mausoleum or not..."
In just three days, a large number of craftsmen died every day in the Han Mausoleum. Except for the craftsmen who installed the tomb passage mechanisms and the craftsmen who carved coffins and coffins, there were still two to three thousand people.
Nine out of ten craftsmen on the mausoleum murals died inexplicably. The tourmaline carved by Liu Jing was finally completed. When the soldiers came to collect his tourmaline, Liu Jing shouted back.
"Do you dogs know what this is? This is the road to heaven for King Guangling to ascend to heaven and become an immortal. I will put it in the wall of the stone coffin with my own hands. Can you afford it if there is the slightest mistake?" Liu Jing said.
The soldiers didn't know what to do, so they hurriedly reported back to Liu Ba. When Liu Ba arrived, he was also very surprised when he saw this crystal clear tourmaline. The tourmaline stone was engraved with troublesome heavenly runes, a symbol of trouble.
The curved concave channel flowing with the water of the Yellow River separates the yin and yang of the sky and the earth. Liu Ba did not understand the meaning of the words on the road to the sky, but he knew that if the jade wall and the groove wall on the sarcophagus were not correct, it would be a failure of his supervision.
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Liu Ba raised his hands to the soldiers without saying a word, and the soldiers put Liu Jing in shackles and took him to the coffin of King Guangling. When they passed Jinghu Lake, Liu Jing and Liu Ye glanced at each other hastily.
Master Liu nodded understandingly. Liu Jing followed the soldiers and climbed up to the coffin of Prince Guangling. Liu Ba watched Liu Jing's every move. Liu Jing wanted to throw the tourmaline stone.
It was a broken impulse, but Liu Jing knew that once the road to heaven was destroyed, Liu Ye and all the craftsmen would be killed by Liu Ba...
After much hesitation, Liu Jing put the tourmaline stone into the groove wall of the sarcophagus. As expected, it fit perfectly without any deviation. Liu Ba laughed wildly and kicked Liu Jing off. He took the piece of road to heaven and walked away. Soldier
They dragged Liu Jing out of the coffin room...
His hands and feet were locked by interlocking iron shackles, which was nothing to Mr. Liu. He fiddled with the shackles with his hands. His hands and feet were immediately freed, and he saw Liu Ba laughing and leaving Hanling.
Master Liu knew that the time had come. After a while, Master Liu saw three or four soldiers dragging Liu Jing's feet out. Liu Jing had only half life left, Master Liu shouted and pushed him away.
The people in front of him jumped forward and knocked down the soldier dragging Liu Jing with lightning strikes. They grabbed Liu Jing's iron shackles and tried hard to break the iron shackles.
"Come quickly, the craftsmen have rebelled..., Mr. Liu has rebelled..." The guards in the main tomb chamber yelled, and hundreds of archers came out from all around. Arrows were pointed at Mr. Liu and Liu Jing.