Chapter 577 and Stone Coffin
Chapter 577 and the Stone Coffin
They slowly continued in the direction of the columns.
Because of the bearing of the pillars, the space of this tomb is many times wider than that outside.
The corridor in the middle of the two rows of columns is about a dozen steps wide, and then outward is the flat walls. These walls have also been carefully processed. There are no drawings on them, and the stones used are also very different from those on the outside, and the color is black.
What makes Zhang Haotian feel strange is that there are rows of grooves on these walls. These grooves are not horizontal, but slightly tilted and slowly extend. Finally, they are connected to the gap between the stone on the ground. The gap between the stone and the stone on the ground is obvious, which is more than a finger wide. It's neat and orderly, and I don't know where it leads.
Zhang Haotian frowned. He really didn't understand what these grooves were used for. Is it a mechanism that they couldn't think of at all? Or is it equipped with some hidden weapons such as cold arrows and hidden crossbows?
Xiao Yezi smiled and said, "I know the purpose of these grooves. They are used for drainage, that is, the drainage system of this tomb."
Zhang Haotian was puzzled and asked, "What should I say? So what's the principle?"
Xiao Yezi continued: "Obviously, because this is 70 feet deep underground and the nearby river is full of water, the groundwater is sufficient. If there were no drainage measures, the groundwater would have flooded the whole tomb long ago.
With these grooves, it is different. After the wet water vapor forms water droplets on the wall, it will slowly flow into the grooves on the wall. Those grooves are tilted downwards, so the water on the wall will slowly drain to the ground, and then pass through these cracks on the ground, which converge little by little and flow to an outside. The place of the road may lead to the underground dark river.
In short, it is to keep the ground dry. Because of the dry air, the coffins placed here are not easy to rot.
It seems that this place is not far from the tomb owner's bedroom, and it may be in front of it.
Zhang Haotian thought for a moment, then nodded and smiled, "What Ye Zi said is reasonable. All we see is the ground and the walls on both sides. I didn't notice the top of the tomb here.
In fact, in order to waterproof, the ancients had a smarter way. I read in a book that they made a solid tomb wall on the periphery of the top of the tomb, mixed with egg whites and glutinous rice flour. I don't know how the egg white and glutinous rice react. The hardness is very high, which is simply more durable than granite, and has experienced thousands of years. It won't fail, even the explosives can't explode. Such a tomb wall, not to mention water, can also prevent tomb robbers from coming in.
The little leaf was a little incredible and asked, "Egg white and glutinous rice flour?" Are you talking nonsense? How many eggs do you need? And glutinous rice. It must be a large number that can feed a lot of people. What should the grave robber do when he encounters this kind of tomb wall?
Sun Yong smiled and volunteered, "That's not easy to do. Eat it directly. The owner of the tomb is too polite. The tomb robber is still in charge of food. How can there be such a beautiful thing?"
Zhang Hao almost laughed out of the weather. Fuck! No wonder he is so fat. He fucking knows how to eat all day long. Is he starving to death?
The four of them talked and laughed and walked slowly. In a blink of an eye, they had walked fifty or sixty steps away.
In fact, the space of this tomb is far from as long as they think. That is, a distance of more than 30 meters. As the lights got closer and closer, everyone actually found that the corridor had come to an end.
But at the end of this, a high platform suddenly appeared, and there was really a ghostly coffin on it.
This stone platform is not very high. It is about one and a half meters. You can go up with your feet. It is cut from a complete stone. The stone is still smooth and flat, and the color is slightly black.
The coffin on the stage is black and chilling. The black is really black and completely. The black ground is super character, and there is no reflection of light, just like a piece cut by the bright light. The person who sees it can't help but have a feeling of despair. It seems that it is just painted with a layer of dark paint. Others Nothing.
Zhang Haotian's heart thumped.
He is not afraid of the dead, but he is afraid of the coffin, because the coffin is more cautious than the dead.
Zhang Haotian said, "This may be the place we are looking for. Is nine leaves and a flower in this coffin? Do you want to open it?
Xiao Yezi smiled and said, "It is impossible for a flower with nine leaves to be hidden in the coffin. I think it should grow outside the coffin. Why don't we open it and have a look? It's just that it will take some effort to open the coffin, because the outer layer is called the coffin, and the inside is the real coffin. The coffin is used to protect the coffin. After the coffin is uncovered, the coffin can be exposed. I just don't know if there are nine leaves and a flower in it.
Zhang Haotian smiled and said, "It's not easy. It's okay to split it with one palm. Even if there are no nine leaves and one flower in it, it's good to have gold, silver and jewelry. Look at me."
With that, he secretly had enough strength and raised his hand to split it without hesitation. Xiao Yezi originally wanted to stop it, but his mouth had just opened, and it was too late.
Zhang Haotian's palm is extremely strong. Not to mention a coffin made of wood, even the copper wall and iron wall are difficult to resist, just a crack. The layer of wood outside was immediately loose and flew out, and the coffin inside was indeed revealed.
No one can imagine that the coffin inside is not wood at all, but also made of stone.
This time, everyone can see clearly that there is indeed a stone coffin in front of it. A picture is carved on both sides of the sarcophagus. The pattern of the picture is very clear. It seems that it is carved bit by bit with tools such as axe chiseling. The shape is realistic and the lines are beautiful.
It turned out to be a big bird that was flying. The big bird dragged its long tail, spread its huge wings, stretched out its head like a rooster, and had a thick meat & crown on its head, like a rooster, and also like a peacock. Zhang Haotian knows that this animal should be a phoenix.
I have only heard of Phoenix, but I haven't seen it with my own eyes. It seems to be as famous as a dragon.
Because there is an idiom called Longfeng Chengxiang, which is the origin of Yunu Peak on Huashan Mountain. However, dragons are transformed by generations of kings, that is, fictitious, and there is no such thing in the world.
Legend has it that in ancient times, the world was in chaos, and various ethnic groups fought one after another. Each nation had its own totem. For example, the Mongolian totem was a grassland wolf, and the Chinese nation with the Yellow Emperor as the leader. Their totem seemed to be a snake. Later, every time a nation was destroyed, a part of their totem was taken off and pressed On the body of the snake.
With the continuous growth of the Chinese nation, more and more ethnic groups have been eliminated. Therefore, the totems and snakes of the Chinese nation are becoming more and less like snakes. Gradually, they have legs and feet, scales all over, horns, teeth and beards.
So this powerful nation calls it a dragon.
It seems that there are no dragons in the world, and more people have been exterminated, so there will be dragons.
As for Phoenix, it is estimated that it is still a legend, but Zhang Haotian does not know its origin for the time being, but what he knows is that there is an old saying that Phoenix does not fall without treasure.
That is to say, when the phoenix rests, there must be a treasure in the place where it settles. Since the phoenix is painted on the coffin, it means that there is also a treasure in it.