Chapter 232 Tomb of the Eternal Emperor!
In order to ensure safety, Zhang Hao was the last one to be tied up with a rope and enter the tomb through the robbery hole.
Xiaobai also entered the tomb with Zhang Hao, following the twists and turns, the cave gradually became dark, and then gradually, you could see a little brightness, but the surrounding gloom was obviously aggravated in the tomb, Zhang Hao's The mood is relatively relaxed and there is no vigilance.
After all, the people who went down to the tomb first were the police officers and the archaeological expert. Since they had nothing to do when they went down, then naturally nothing would happen to him when he went down, and he had nothing to worry about.
After arriving at the tomb, several torches illuminated the dark surroundings, and a strong musty smell kept coming in from his nose.
This is the smell that arises in the tomb after no one has visited it for thousands of years.
This smell is very unpleasant and not easy for ordinary people to accept. The main reason is that the climate here in the Qinling Mountains is at the junction of north and south climates, so the climate will become more varied.
Most of the tombs built here are affected by moisture.
Over time, those rising tides will naturally enter the tomb along the stone layers, feeding bacteria and consuming oxygen.
As for the group of them, they were able to descend into the tomb so smoothly now, and their breathing was not affected by anything. They had to thank the tomb robbers.
Presumably, those tomb robbers are also a group of experienced tomb robbers. They know that digging more holes into this tomb is to firstly escape from behind. There are many passages to choose from. Secondly, it is also to add more to the tomb. of oxygen, so that people will not suffer from hypoxia after going down to the tomb.
Although Zhang Hao is not a tomb robber, he knows that if oxygen is lost in a relatively closed place like a tomb, it will be a very terrible thing and a frightening thing.
"Professor Liang, according to your observation, where in the tomb should the place we are now belong to?"
Seeing that Zhang Hao came down safely, Director Zhao felt relieved. Then he turned his head, looked at Liang Shaoke and asked with a serious tone.
Liang Shaoke held a torch, with a solemn expression on his face. He looked around: "If I admit my mistake correctly, this should be the tomb passage leading to the tomb. You can see the murals here, which are used to record the life of the tomb owner." Deeds, and if there are such murals, they must be the tombs of emperors and generals. Ordinary people are not worthy of having such murals.”
Professor Liang observed very carefully, and even noticed every outline of every mural. This was also because the tomb robbers had already entered the tomb through this robbery hole in advance, and he was also afraid that the murals in the tomb would be damaged. to the destruction of tomb robbers.
After all, these murals not only record the life of the tomb owner, but also symbolize the civilization of that era, the etiquette of that era, and the imprint of those eras in them.
Many times, many historical problems and unexplained doubts during their archaeological work were solved through an accidental discovery during the archaeological process. And more often, some mysteries were solved through such murals. question.
One can imagine how important these murals are.
However, after searching around, Professor Liang found that these murals were relatively well preserved and had not been damaged by tomb robbers. They had only suffered some corrosion due to the passage of time. This made him feel relieved.
As long as these things are not destroyed, then everything is easy to say.
Immediately afterwards, Professor Liang immediately directed the two students behind him to record the contents of the mural to ensure that if it was bumped by others later, the integrity of the mural would be destroyed.
Director Zhao was naturally not in the mood to watch them record these murals, nor did he have any interest in these murals.
"Professor Liang, please record it as soon as possible. After recording, we have to continue moving forward. After all, our main purpose of coming down is to find the group of tomb robbers. Judging from the current situation, if this tomb passage leads to The tomb passage, then I have reason to guess that the group of tomb robbers has probably entered the tomb chamber now." Director Zhao analyzed, his eyes bypassed all the light and looked at the darkness at the end of the tomb passage.
After Zhang Hao heard this, he couldn't help but look in front of him. There was no light in the dark tomb passage. No one knew how long this tomb passage was, and no one knew where this tomb passage led to. What does it look like.
In fact, they don't even know whether there will be any danger ahead of this tomb passage. Everything is unknown.
After hearing this sentence, Professor Liang came back to his senses and nodded with enlightenment: "Yes, yes, the most important thing has not been done yet. We have to find the tomb robbers first. Otherwise, if those tomb robbers If we wantonly destroy these cultural relics, our losses will be huge.”
After saying that, he took the time to ask the two students to finish recording as soon as possible, turned around, took the torch, and continued walking along the tomb passage in front of him.
Others have no intention of lagging behind and keep up with Professor Liang's pace. In this situation, it is relatively safe for everyone to walk together. Once they encounter an ambush by tomb robbers, they can react in time so that nothing bad happens. Good thing.
Immediately after, Professor Liang led the police officers behind him and walked forward for a certain distance along the tomb passage in front of him. Professor Liang discovered that there were more and more murals in the tomb passage in front of him, and the tomb passage under his feet also had more and more murals. Then it became a little different.
Because he remembered that the tomb passage under his feet was paved with square stones before, but now the stones under his feet have turned into rectangular stones, which is obviously something wrong.
"How could this happen..." Professor Liang looked at the rectangular stones laid under his feet, the expression on his face gradually became heavy, and his eyes were constantly flashing with surprise.
Upon seeing this, Director Zhao immediately moved forward, looked at Professor Liang curiously and asked, "What's wrong, Professor Liang, did you find something wrong?"
Liang Shaoke raised his hand and pointed at the stones on the ground, and then pointed at the murals on both sides of the tomb passage: "Director Zhao, look at the tomb passage at your feet. If I remember correctly, it was paved with square stones at the beginning. , but now these stones have become rectangular, and there is something wrong with the murals on both sides of the tomb passage, which seems to have no connection with the previous deeds. "
As soon as he finished speaking, the two students standing behind him nodded and agreed. "Yes, teacher, I also found something wrong with the previous mural."
"That's right, teacher, the stone slab under your feet has indeed changed. It seems... it has changed some distance behind."
Liang Shaoke stood there, his eyes staring closely at the tomb passage in front of him, and the expression on his face revealed a little confusion and deep solemnity.
"Professor Liang, is it possible that during the construction process, there were not enough stones when building this tomb passage, so it turned into the current rectangular stone? And this mural, is it possible that it was also because we I was in a hurry and didn't put all my attention on the mural, so I felt a little out of touch?" Director Zhao asked with a somewhat uncertain tone.
Because in his opinion, this kind of thing does not seem to be a very important thing. It can even be said that this matter is not as important to him as finding the traces of the tomb robbers. The top priority now is obviously to find the tomb robbers as soon as possible. Tomb robbers, and bring that group of tomb robbers to justice.
Now Professor Liang is here struggling with whether there is a connection between the stones in the tomb passage and the murals on both sides of the tomb passage. Isn't this a waste of time?
Liang Shaoke shook his head and said in a serious tone: "Director Zhao, first of all, let me tell you that this kind of thing would not have happened in ancient times. After all, the owner of the tomb had a very high status. For this Tang Dynasty tomb, I can Let me tell you, a certain emperor is buried here. Do you think the stones in the emperor’s tomb can be changed at will?”
Just this sentence made Director Zhao's face suddenly change, and his whole expression also became shocked.
He never expected that the tomb that Professor Liang came to excavate under the orders of his superiors would actually be the tomb of an emperor from the Tang Dynasty.
And this group of tomb robbers was so bold that they wanted to steal the tomb of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. This was simply unbelievable, and it really made him feel that this group of tomb robbers was a little too rampant.
Liang Shaoke looked at his expression and sighed helplessly. Logically speaking, he couldn't reveal so much information about this tomb, because no one can guarantee whether this information will spread. If it does, then There will be a lot of tomb robbers attracted, and it is very likely that some people will have the idea of stealing themselves.
But the current situation is obvious. The development of the matter has far exceeded his imagination. He has to use this matter to explain to Director Zhao. Otherwise, Director Zhao may still think that this is an ordinary person. The prince, or the tomb of an important minister.
The most important thing is that he also wants to tell Director Zhao through this incident that he must be extremely careful. In this tomb, anything can happen, and there are things that need to be vigilant in this tomb. There are also very many.
You know, for an emperor's mausoleum, it can even be said that the construction of the mausoleum has already begun when the emperor just ascended the throne. From the selection of the construction site to the start of construction, as well as the preparation of various materials in the early stage, it is all a process A very tedious and extremely important link.
The minister in charge of this matter would never be careless. He didn't even know how many stones were needed to build a tomb passage. During the later construction process, the stones would be temporarily replaced.
What's more, the most important point is that the murals on both sides of the tomb passage are used to record the emperor's life. Assuming that even if the stones in the tomb passage are indeed not that important, the minister and even the emperor did not take it to heart, then , the mural was definitely the most bizarre and the most suspicious place for him.
No emperor would allow the murals in his tomb to be incoherent, or that his life would not be fully recorded.
As emperors, what they are most proud of is their rights in this life, and the achievements they have made in this life. These must be recorded exactly as they are, but obviously, the murals on this tomb passage is incoherent.
This resulted in, in the eyes of their descendants, this emperor's life was incomplete and incoherent.
Therefore, no matter from which perspective, this tomb passage, no, to be precise, it should be the path they are taking now, it is very likely that it has quietly changed.
"Director Zhao, if I guess correctly, the tomb passage we are standing on now is probably not the same tomb passage we were in when we first went to the tomb." Professor Liang said in a serious tone. His eyes turned back from time to time, looking at the tomb passage behind him.
After hearing these words, Director Zhao and the five police officers following him all changed their expressions.
Only Zhang Hao and Xiao Bai, who were standing at the end of the team, looked calm and did not show any too surprised expressions. However, after Zhang Hao heard Professor Liang's words, his eyes stayed on Professor Liang for a few seconds. seconds.
Because it had to be said that the old professor was sharp enough and realized that something was wrong at the same time as him.
Just now, he also saw changes in the stones in the tomb passage, and the murals on both sides of the tomb passage seemed a bit inconsistent. Of course, the main problem was that he felt that the surrounding air and all the breaths were changing. There have been earth-shaking changes.
In the past, the tomb passage was full of moldy smell, which means that the tomb passage can be said to be a passage connecting the outside world. Moisture can enter the tomb passage, so it has a musty smell.
But now, as he stood here, he didn't even notice the slightest smell of mold. The surrounding area was so dry that there was no smell at all. It was as if this place was a completely sealed space that had been sealed for thousands of years. , the feeling that all bacteria and all microorganisms have been killed.
Because of this, Zhang Hao gradually began to realize that the tomb passage he was currently in was likely to be somewhat different from the previous tomb passage. Furthermore, he also discovered problems with the stones under his feet and the murals.
However, he was not in a hurry to tell Director Zhao and Professor Liang about this matter, because in his opinion, he was following them to the grave now and was not the leader of this matter. If a problem was discovered rashly, he must be There must be evidence to prove your hypothesis.
Zhang Hao lacked such evidence, but he no longer needed it because Professor Liang had already discovered the problem and brought it up in time.
Now, what they need to do is how to figure out why they came to another tomb passage that is completely different from before.
(End of chapter)