Chapter 181 The Elixir of Life
Chapter 181 The Elixir of Life
At this time, Zhang Rishan continued, "What Xu Feng meant is that although those monsters are very strong and fast, they are not demons or devils, but mortals. In this case, it will be much easier for our people to kill them."
Mr. Gu suddenly understood.
So this is what Xu Feng meant.
He quickly apologized to Xu Feng: "Xiao Xu, I'm sorry, I didn't understand the situation and misunderstood what you meant."
Xu Feng: "It's okay, I understand your feelings, after all, you lost more than a dozen people."
"It's just that we haven't found the entrance to the tomb yet. The current danger is just an appetizer. There will be more life-and-death challenges ahead. I hope we can still work together, otherwise the road ahead will be very difficult for us!"
Mr. Gu immediately nodded in agreement: "Xiao Xu, you are right. We must work together to overcome the difficulties. Don't worry, I will follow your lead in the future."
Zhang Rishan looked at him like this and sneered in disdain in his heart.
Then he looked at Xu Feng: "Zhang... Old Zhang, have you found anything else in the monsters' lair?"
Xu Feng hesitated for a moment, then said, "He found a hole in the monster's lair!"
"what?!"
"The hole is stolen?!"
This time it really surprised everyone!
"Did I see that? There's a thief's hole in the monster's lair?!"
"Who would dig a hole in a monster's lair? Isn't that courting death?!"
"Could it be that he mistook the hole dug by the monster for a robbery hole?!"
"Yes, and wasn't it said before that this area had been hidden by that Qitian Pillar for thousands of years? How could tomb robbers break in?!"
There was a lot of doubt at the scene.
Zhang Rishan and Mr. Gu also looked at Xu Feng and Zhang Qiling with suspicion.
Xu Feng ignored everyone's questioning gazes and said calmly: "Who said that the tunnel was dug from the inside?"
When everyone heard this, they were stunned again.
Zhang Rishan was the first to react. He said in shock, "You mean, the hole was dug from the inside out?!"
Xu Feng chuckled: "Sure enough, Director Zhang's reaction was the fastest. That's right, the hole that Lao Zhang found was dug from the inside out, and judging by the traces, the history of that hole is at least a thousand years old."
Mr. Gu suddenly laughed.
"Xiao Xu, don't tell me that tomb robbers dug a hole and escaped from there thousands of years ago?!"
"You said before that the thirty-six Heaven-Deceiving Pillars, which set up a great formation to conceal the heavens and the seas, can not only trap the creatures within the formation, but also hide this area, making it impossible for creatures from the outside to set foot in."
"Aren't you contradicting yourself now?!"
Xu Feng: "Why do you have to guess it was a tomb robber?"
Mr. Gu was stunned: "If it's not a tomb robber, then who is it?!"
Xu Feng looked at Zhang Rishan: "Director Zhang, who do you think it could be?!"
Zhang Rishan's expression was solemn: "The workers who repaired the tomb!"
Tomb repair workers? !
This answer was like a bolt from the blue, waking everyone up.
Right!
A robbery hole from thousands of years ago.
A hole dug from the inside out.
The only reasonable explanation is that the hole was dug by the workers who were repairing the tomb!
During the Shang Dynasty, the system of burying the dead alive with the nobles was particularly popular among the aristocracy, whereby the nobles' slaves, wives, concubines, close ministers, etc. were all buried with the tomb owner.
It was not until the late Western Zhou Dynasty that this cruel system began to decline.
Because people during this period began to use pottery figurines instead of living people for burial.
However, some people still use this system in later generations.
For example, during the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huangdi died and the next emperor, Qin Ershi, ordered that all the women in Qin Shi Huangdi's harem who had not given birth should be buried alive with him.
The number of people in Qin Shi Huang's harem is difficult to estimate, which shows how many people were buried alive with him.
In the Ming Dynasty.
After the death of Zhu Yuanzhang's second son, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered his princesses and concubines to be buried with him. A total of 38 people were forced to be buried with him.
When Zhu Di died, more than 30 concubines were buried with him.
This cruel system continued until the reign of Emperor Chengzong of the Ming Dynasty, and was not abolished until the reign of Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty.
In the long history of burial sacrifice, those who were buried alive also included the craftsmen who built tombs for the nobles.
in ancient times.
Many large tombs are robbed not long after they are completed. The reason is mostly because the burial ceremonies are grand and the scene is grand, which makes people who are greedy for profit have evil intentions.
Therefore, when many tombs were being built, various tricks were used to create mystery and to bury people secretly.
In addition, there is another situation that may lead to the tomb being robbed, that is, the tomb robber himself is the craftsman who built the tomb.
In response to this situation, a cruel anti-theft method came into being, which was to kill the craftsmen.
In ancient times, building a large mausoleum would involve hundreds or even thousands of people.
It is said that Qin Shihuang mobilized tens of thousands of people when building his mausoleum.
After the mausoleum was completed, in order to ensure its safety and prevent any information about it from being leaked, all the workers involved in the construction would be buried alive with the tomb.
"Everyone knows that the Qin Dynasty was the first centralized feudal dynasty in history, but few people know that the Qin Dynasty also created the largest-scale burial of human remains in history."
Xu Feng said: "Historical records show that after the death of Qin Shi Huang, Qin Er Shi ordered countless women to be buried alive with him on the grounds that it was inappropriate for women who had not given birth to children to leave the palace. He also ordered all the craftsmen who built the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum to be buried alive with him."
"After the burial, if someone says that the craftsmen have made a machine, everyone will know about it, and the treasure will be revealed immediately. After the big event is completed and the treasure is hidden, the inner gate will be closed, the outer gate will be lowered, and all the craftsmen who are hiding will be locked up, and no one will come out again."
"It is said that there were tens of thousands of people buried with Qin Shi Huang."
"The reason why Emperor Qin II ordered all the craftsmen to be buried alive was because he was worried that the craftsmen who knew the internal structure of the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum would leak the secrets of the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum, so he simply killed them all and left no one alive."
"However, every policy has its countermeasures. Some experienced craftsmen often leave a way out for themselves when building a mausoleum. Some even hibernate for a few years after escaping, and then return to rob all the treasures after the tomb owner is buried."
Many people heard about this kind of thing for the first time and they all gasped.
"and many more!"
Mr. Gu suddenly said, "If the robbery hole was dug by the craftsmen who built the mausoleum, then that means that the robbery hole can lead directly to a certain mausoleum."
"This place has been hidden by the Qi Tianzhu for thousands of years. It is impossible for anyone else to build a mausoleum here."
“There is only one mausoleum here.”
"The Tomb of the Qin Emperor!!"
At the end, Mr. Gu's face was full of excitement.
Xu Feng finally smiled: "Brother, you finally figured it out. I thought I was going to give you some more hints."
After searching for so many days, Mr. Gu finally found the entrance to the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum. He was now filled with excitement and no longer cared about Xu Feng's sarcastic teasing.
What he most urgently needs now is to enter the mausoleum immediately and look for the legendary elixir of life.
"Then shall we set off right now and enter that monster's lair?!"
He said impatiently.
Xu Feng shook his head: "No!"
"It's too dangerous to operate at night. As you can see, my two brothers are quite skilled, but they were still injured. Not to mention your men. If things go wrong, the whole army might be wiped out."
"It's only a few hours until dawn. I suggest waiting until daybreak before taking action."
(End of this chapter)