Under the weak firelight, Chen Zhi saw that this seemed to be a natural cave. Although it was under the sea, it was not humid. He raised the fire stick and looked into the cave. It was a very narrow cave with bare surroundings.
There was nothing but the rock wall. He quickly reached the end and found a narrow gap in the rock wall in front of him. It was so narrow that it could only allow one person to pass through. It was dark and he didn't know where it led.
At this time, Fat Wei came over. After the rest, the pain on his body had eased. He tightened his belt, squatted down and rolled up his trouser legs. He said, "You stay here to take care of Qin Yueyang, I'll go in."
have a look!".
"What do you want to do?" Chen Zhi grabbed Fat Wei and said. "Don't act alone, it's too dangerous here. Let's go in together when Qin Yueyang wakes up."
"Don't worry! If there is danger, even if you force me to go with a knife, I won't go. Let me tell you, from Feng Shui point of view, where we are now is exactly where the dragon's eye is in this undersea tomb. Generally, tomb builders
Every time, the coffin of the owner of the tomb will be placed in this position. I will go in first to explore the way. If I am lucky, the main tomb may be in front of me." Fat Wei had already taken out the brass compass in his hand. Chen Zhi saw,
The pointer on the compass no longer moves around and seems to have returned to normal.
"I'll go with you." Guidao jumped over from behind, picked up the long knife, and got into the gap in the rock wall first. The shadow disappeared in a flash. Fat Wei immediately followed him and disappeared into the darkness together.
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After Chen Zhi watched them leave, he turned back to look at Qin Yueyang and saw that Qin Yueyang's brows had relaxed a bit, he was sleeping soundly, his body was covered in clothes stained red with blood, and his face was covered with blood stains.
Chen Zhi looked at Qin Yueyang's current state and frowned tightly. The core of their mission was to safely escort Qin Yueyang to the main tomb chamber, retain her witch powers until the end, and remove the seal of the killing stone.
.If Qin Yueyang was seriously injured and unable to cast spells, then even finding the main tomb chamber would be meaningless. Their mission would be a complete failure.
If the seal cannot be lifted, they will be trapped in this barrier and will never be able to get out.
At this time, Fat Wei returned from the original route alone. The expression on his face was very complicated. He looked at Chen Zhi with deep meaning and said: "Chengzi, come with me. There are big dishes here."
"Big dish" is a slang term in the tomb robbing industry. Chen Zhi heard Fat Wei say before that in ordinary mausoleums, there will only be one owner of the tomb, especially in imperial mausoleums. The other corpses are buried with them and the coffins are not put into the main tomb chamber.
, can only be placed in the ear chamber.
If you enter the main tomb and see more than one person's coffin, it is called "cai". If there are more than five coffins, it is called "dàcai". Large dishes are very rare in mausoleums. Generally, "cai" are couples.
Joint burial mausoleum.
Fat Wei once said that he had entered the tomb of a prince in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and there were five small coffins placed side by side. After opening, the coffins were filled with the bodies of pre-month-old babies. Later, he found out that these were quintuplets.
It is estimated that the medical conditions at that time were poor, and the quintuplets could not be born, and they were buried together after dystocia. At that time, this was called a "big dish". A bunch of emerald green grapes were discovered in this "big dish".
Chen Zhi wondered in his heart, how could there be more than five coffins in Bai Qian's main tomb chamber? Could it be that they were disassembled and installed separately? He was thinking wildly in his mind, and followed Fat Wei to squeeze into the gap in the rock wall.
The passage in this rock wall was very long and became narrower as he walked. Chen Zhi felt like he was suffocating at the end. However, at the exit of this long and narrow path, a very large natural cave appeared.
This cave is dozens of times larger than the one just now, at least more than 2,000 square meters. It is connected to the small cave just now through the gaps in the rock wall, showing the shape of an inverted gourd.
Fat Wei had previously lit a few torches placed on the cave wall, and now the entire cave was in the light of the fire, giving a panoramic view. The ghost sword was standing at the entrance of the cave, holding a knife.
When Guidao saw Chen Zhi coming in, he didn't say anything, but turned to look deeper into the cave.
Chen Zhi looked forward. There were no artificial carvings in this cave, and there were natural forms everywhere. However, around the middle of the cave, there were about a hundred coffins arranged neatly. They were densely packed, and it was quite spectacular from a distance.
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All coffins are made of wood. Although the materials cannot be seen clearly, it can be seen that the quality of the wood is very good. The wood is mellow and shiny. After such a long time, there is no sign of decay. However, the workmanship of the coffins is different.
It is very simple, with no patterns painted on it, not even paint on it.
These coffins are arranged neatly in one direction around the middle of the cave. There are stone platforms underneath the coffins to prevent them from being corroded by the accumulated water. In the middle of the cave, there is an open space on which a large stone is placed.
The surface of the large stone is burnt yellow, with many horizontal stone marks on it, revealing many transparent marks, with the precious light shining inside.
Chen Zhi recognized it at a glance. It was a huge rough diamond. On top of this rough diamond, there were two large characters sealed in black, "Zhenhun" engraved on it.
The fire burning on the wall cast a shadowy orange-yellow image on the coffins, making the cave look even more eerie and strange.
Chen Zhi reached out and took down a burning torch from the wall and walked towards the coffins. He circled around and counted the number of coffins. There were one hundred and one in total.
He slowly squatted down, looked carefully at the coffin closest to him, and touched the edge of the coffin with his hand.
Chen Zhi discovered that the wood of these coffins is really good, made of fine fish scale spruce. This type of wood unique to Japan has a small production volume, and the wood density is very high. It can prevent insects and rats from being bitten, and it can be made into coffins for thousands of years.
Not bad, very precious. In ancient Japan, only the tombs of royal family members could be used.
But these wooden coffins are different from the burial ceremonies of ancient Japan. The coffins are very simple, without any paint on them, and there are no painted patterns on them, which is rare in ancient Japan. It seems that all the coffins here,
They are all produced urgently within a certain time limit.
When Chen Zhi took a closer look, he discovered that there was a row of deeply engraved words on the side wall of the coffin. The writing skills of those words were very exquisite, and the strokes were vigorous and powerful. They were definitely the handwriting of a calligraphy master. Moreover, these words were carefully engraved.
It was carved on a long strip of white stone and then embedded into the side wall of the coffin. The seams were poured with silver water. There was no overflow at the edges. The details were handled meticulously. It can be seen that when writing and carving these names,
The reverence and caution in the hearts of craftsmen.
Chen Zhi carefully identified these words. These are all Japanese surnames. Some surnames are so famous that they are big families that have gone through great changes in Japanese history. They can even be heard in current international news.