The light was dim, the sound of electric drilling could be heard constantly on the limestone wall, and several bright flashlights were dangling around.
Dou Yazai wiped his sweat and took half of the Luoyang shovel steel pipe from Xiaoxuan's hand. The other end of the steel pipe was modified and a three-inch-long broken head was welded on.
"bring it on."
Dou Sprout holds his hands steady.
I took the hammer and started hitting it hard!
Every time you hit it, a lot of dust will fall out.
Viewed from the side, the cartoon smiling face carved on the small oval crystal door looks right at me, which makes me uncomfortable.
"I'm so tired, damn it! This wall is so hard!" Dou Sprout complained while panting.
We have tried to drill more than a dozen of these holes in the limestone wall now, and they all got stuck in the end.
With his head in a state of low spirits due to a cold and a low fever, he took a look and said: "If you change the place, you can definitely hit it. I have researched that the geographical characteristics here are unique. When it rains in the rainy season, water seeps down. Over time, the limestone will definitely absorb water.
Cracks will appear, it’s a natural law.”
At this point, someone may have asked, Master Ji is such a powerful gunner, couldn't he just blow open the stone walls on both sides?
Of course I asked, and the answer was no.
Because it is a whole piece, if it is violently exploded, a huge amount of explosives will be needed. Even if enough explosives are found, once the gun is fired underneath, the entire tomb will collapse.
Thousands of years ago, this place was originally a whole. This large tomb was dug out when it was built in secret. From a structural point of view, it is somewhat like those royal tombs of the Han Dynasty that were carved into the mountain. The Qianling Tomb is much larger than this one.
Why it is so strong and can survive thousands of tomb robberies is because of this structure.
"Fuck!"
"It seems to work here! Called in!"
After more than a dozen attempts, Dou Sprouts seemed to have discovered a new world.
"Hurry up Mineko! Smash it quickly!"
Seeing the shovel handle in my hand sinking in little by little, I let out a sigh of relief. It can be seen from this that he was not 100% sure before.
"One meter five...one meter seven..."
"It's almost done, it's as deep as you said." Dou Sprout said.
"Okay, Wen Bin, take out the few things I brought."
Brother Yu had lost all his hair. He thought it was unsightly, so he shaved it all off himself with a knife. You can still see the ring on his head now. His head is now like a round light bulb, and it will reflect light when you shine a flashlight on it.
Brother Yu took out three things from his bag.
Three large expansion bolts, an ordinary crimp needle, and a soft crimp needle that I researched and made myself.
First smash the expansion bolt in and let it exert force on both sides. When it reaches the limit, put the ordinary crimp needle in along the hole.
Then he hit the needle with all his strength, hundreds of times, and suddenly heard an abnormal sound in the wall, which meant that a small hole was opened.
At this time, pull out the ordinary crutch needle and insert the soft crutch needle.
Because you can't see it, if you want to find the hole for the expansion screw, you can only rely on feeling it with your hands.
Just letting the soft crimp needle pass through the eye of the expansion screw takes a lot of time. It is like threading a needle in sewing clothes. The more you rush, the harder it is to get in.
Xiaoxuan was lying on the crystal door, and Ah Chun used a flashlight to help her light up.
Xiaoxuan suddenly shouted: "Oh, it seems to have come out."
"Here comes the head!"
During the Warring States Period, advanced crystal glass processing technology was already available. Go to the Hangzhou Museum to see the cup. It was made from a large piece of crystal. If you put your hand behind the crystal cup and squat down to look at it, you can still see clearly.
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Behind the crystal glass door, against the wall, there is a protruding little tail. It is long and thin, and is integrated with the small door. It was when I discovered this little tail that I was inspired to make the soft crutch needle.
"Come out! Come out!"
"Down! Down!"
Xiaoxuan turned sideways, pressed her face against the door, and shouted a reminder.
"Oh, it's not caught, it's just a little bit close!"
"It's up."
"It's trapped, the wire loop is on!"
There was sweat all over his head. Because of his fever and nervousness, the sweat dripped down from the corner of his brow and dripped to the ground.
Xiaoxuan said that after putting it on, she slowly pulled her head outwards to soften the crutch needle. She pulled it out for tens of meters, but she couldn't pull it anymore.
He raised his head and gasped, "Wen Bin, you have great strength in your hands, come on."
Brother Yu took it and pulled it, but it didn't move.
He put his head aside and said: "Because the inside is turned, our normal force will be offset. After you tighten it, use explosive force to pull it outward instantly. Do you understand what I mean?"
Brother Yu nodded and took two deep breaths.
After wrapping it around his hand twice, Brother Yu's veins popped up on his forearm. He groaned and pulled it out hard!
Due to excessive force, Brother Yu took several steps back.
Suddenly there was a snap! It was like glass breaking.
Xiaoxuan ran away quickly and waved her head to us to step back and stay away from here.
When we stepped back a few meters, we saw the small oval crystal glass door. There were constant popping noises inside. A crack centered on a point and began to spread to the surroundings at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The cracks spread inch by inch. This process lasted for more than a minute and then stopped.
"Okay...alright?"
Dou Sprout couldn't help but swallowed and asked.
A flash of excitement flashed in his eyes, and he said that he would try smashing it now.
The oval door that had been fine with explosives before was extremely brittle this time, just like ordinary glass. After a few light touches with a pointed hammer, a big hole opened in the door, and many broken pieces fell in.
We kept enlarging the hole until it could finally accommodate a person.
It looks amazing, but in fact it is a very simple mechanical principle. The little tail protruding from the corner of the door is a flaw. Rupert's Tears is just what foreigners call it now. Ancient Chinese craftsmen had this a long time ago.
Anyone who dabbles in this aspect and does research may be able to find clues from the ancient bamboo slips of Tiangong Kaiwu or the Kao Gongji of the Warring States Period.
The seventh Vajra Wall opened, and Dou Sprout looked excited and raised his feet to get in.
He immediately stopped his head and said: "Don't worry, this place hasn't been opened in I don't know how many years. There may be insufficient oxygen inside. Let's ventilate it for ten minutes."
Dou Sprout took his feet back and said, "Yes, let it ventilate, there is no oxygen in it."
After waiting outside the door for more than ten minutes, we picked up our bags, put on our headlamps, and climbed in one after another.
"hiss...."
The first thing I felt after coming in was that it was cold, dark and low in temperature.
I grabbed the headlamp and turned around to look back and forth.
This tomb is very high-ceilinged and may have an area of 40 to 50 square meters. There are vague traces of ax chiseling on the walls. The ground is empty, and there are no bronzes scattered all over the floor as expected.
What is placed in the middle of the tomb chamber looks like a coffin in outline, but not quite like a coffin.
Why do you say that? Because it is made of mud, a big ball of mud, and the surface is dry and cracked.
Mud coffin!
Just sitting there all alone.
Dou Sprout scratched his head and walked back and forth and said, "Where are the bronzes with the inscriptions? There are no jade biscuits either."
I stared blankly at the things in front of me. This type of ancient coffin was something I had never heard of or seen before. Could it be that Chen Hugong was buried in this clay body after being moved to the underwater iron tomb at the bottom of Longyang Lake?
In a coffin?
"Look!" Ah Chun suddenly shouted.
We followed the beam of Ah Chun's flashlight and looked up.
A hole was dug in the wall, and I saw a coffin four or five meters above the ground, completely stuffed into the wall hole.
The coffin was slightly exposed and was badly weathered. The reflection of the flashlight might indicate that it was a stone.
Who is this?
A clay coffin, a stone coffin, who is this? Is it a man or a woman?
With his head and brows knitted together, he looked up and said nothing.