Wu Xie used his flashlight to shine on the rock walls on both sides. There were two vicious statues standing on them, which shocked everyone.
"Director, what dynasty do you think this statue is from?" Hu Jianjun asked, suppressing the fear in his heart.
Wu Xie stared at the statue, pondered for a moment and then said: "If I remember correctly, it should be from the Tang Dynasty."
When they heard that it was an ancient tomb from such a long time ago as the Tang Dynasty, everyone was excited and talked about it. If it was really from this dynasty, its archaeological value would be immeasurable.
"Then let's go in and explore as soon as possible." When Hu Jianjun heard that it was an ancient tomb from the Tang Dynasty, he threw away all his previous fears.
Wearing gloves on his hands, he stepped forward and pushed the tomb door open.
But no matter how hard he tried, there was no movement at the tomb door.
"Come some boys and help me!" Hu Jianjun shouted impolitely.
The four young boys behind came over and pushed the door open with Hu Jianjun. After a lot of effort, the five of them failed to push the tomb door open in the end.
When encountering this situation, everyone's excitement disappeared immediately.
This tomb door can obviously not be opened purely by human power.
They made a special trip here. If they were really blocked by this tomb door, it would take a lot of time to go back to the city to call in large-scale professional machinery.
"You guys get out of the way." Wu Xie asked Hu Jianjun and others to step back, then he stepped forward and carefully looked at the complicated stone carvings on the tomb door.
He observed this, and other people also discovered these patterns, which seemed extraordinary.
Ma Hui asked quietly from behind: "Zhenren Chen, what do you think?"
"I'm not studying archeology, let them study it." Chen Xuan put his hands in his pockets and stood lazily.
In fact, he could try to use immortal energy to break the tomb door, but firstly, he didn't want to show his true ability in front of the people in the institute, and secondly, he didn't know if breaking the tomb door would trigger some dangerous mechanism.
After Wu Xie looked at the pattern on the tomb door for a while, he said seriously: "This is a mechanism door. You have to crack the pattern code on it to open it."
"Director, how do we crack it?" Hu Jianjun asked in agreement.
Wu Xie pointed to the protruding relief points on the tomb door and said: "You need to press these relief points one by one according to the pattern code to open the tomb door."
Everyone followed his direction and discovered that the relief on the tomb door was actually the button of the mechanism. Hu Jianjun's hands itched and he wanted to touch it, but Wu Xie immediately shouted in a low voice: "Don't touch it!"
Hu Jianjun was so frightened that he retracted his arm and sneered: "Director, I'm sorry, I forgot to crack it first."
"First take a photo of the tomb door pattern." Wu Xie asked a few young people to use their mobile phones to take pictures of the tomb door and the statues on both sides, while he studied the password in the pattern.
Chen Xuan also looked at the tomb door. Looking at the pattern on it, it seemed to be a royal hunting picture of the Tang Dynasty. In the scene, there were emperors, nobles, princes and generals chasing and hunting a group of sika deer. The carvings were very exquisite and ingenious.
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However, it was beyond Chen Xuan's ability to find the door-opening code hidden in the pattern.
After finding a stone, Chen Xuan sat up and took some time to look at the archaeologists at the institute, pondering over the patterns.
Wu Xie stood motionless facing the tomb door and thought, while Hu Jianjun and other young people gathered around to discuss.
Half an hour later, Wu Xie sighed, and Hu Jianjun and others did not discuss the reason.
"I don't have research materials on the archeology of the Tang Dynasty with me. I can't crack the code on the spot, so I have to go back." Wu Xie said this with a bit of regret.
Several young archaeologists heard this from the director, so they couldn't solve the pattern puzzle.
"Director Wu, are we going out right now?" Ma Hui asked. He was already dizzy from the depression and dullness of the cave, and he wanted to leave immediately.
Wu Xie replied: "Yes, I want to go back and get the research materials, which are in the car."
Ma Hui looked at Chen Xuan again and saw that he had no objection, so everyone walked back and forth together.
When he reached the bifurcation point of the three cave entrances, Chen Xuan looked at the other two cave entrances with his clairvoyance eyes and found that apart from the sinister wind, there was nothing unusual inside. He did not want to take risks alone and walk out of the tomb entrance with everyone.
After coming out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. It was really depressing inside.
It was already afternoon, the sky was getting gloomier and the clouds were thick, but it was not raining.
In October in the south, the temperature is still around 20 degrees, and coupled with the cloudy weather, the air is very muggy.
Except for Chen Xuan, everyone was already sweating and wanted to find a place to take a good bath immediately.
"Let's go back to Niujiazhuang."
Wu Xie still took the lead and walked with everyone for half an hour before returning to this dilapidated village.
Back in front of the ancestral hall, everyone wiped their sweat, drank water, and rested for a while.
Wu Xie took out his archeology books and started reading them carefully.
Hu Jianjun and other young people began to chat casually to relieve the depression of entering the tomb.
Chen Xuan walked into the ancestral hall alone to check, and found that the ancestral tablets in Niujiazhuang were all tilted here and there, and there were also many broken wooden tablets. He did not know whether it was man-made damage or natural fractures.
After resting for nearly an hour, Ma Hui saw Wu Xie looking at the book with his brows furrowed, obviously still having no clue.
He glanced at the sky, stepped forward and said, "Director Wu, I think we'll stop here today. Let's go back to Tianhai City first and bring large tools to open the tomb door."
"No, the tomb door must not be destroyed with brute force." Wu Xie flatly refused, "And we will not go back today, we will spend the night here."
He had already planned in his heart that his institute must be the first to study such a precious ancient tomb and achieve first success. Only in this way can they get strong support and financial investment from the above institutions and make their institute famous.
If we return to Tianhai City now, the archaeological institutes in several nearby cities may send people to explore, so the credit for opening this ancient tomb may not necessarily be Wu Xie's.
Hearing what Wu Xie said, Ma Hui knew that he had made up his mind. After thinking about it, he walked into the ancestral hall and respectfully asked Chen Xuan: "Master Chen, should we go back to the city first? They plan to stay here overnight."
"Oh, they are quite brave." Chen Xuan said meaningfully, "Then let's stay one night."
"Ah?" Ma Hui was a little scared when he heard this. This was Niujiazhuang where the whole village disappeared. Who knows what monsters and monsters might appear at night.
Chen Xuan raised the corner of his mouth and said calmly: "Ma Hui, if you are afraid, you can go back by yourself."
"With Master Chen here, what do I have to be afraid of? Master Chen has great magical powers. Even if there are any ghosts, a thunder method can knock them out of their wits!" Ma Hui said with a flattering smile, but he was still a little uneasy in his heart.
