Treasure Hunt Memo

Chapter 26 The fifth happiest event in life

Moving forward along the passage on the left, I got closer and closer to those round and square things... The stone slabs under my feet turned into a dirt road.

They are bulges made of terracotta bricks, some square, some cylindrical, as tall as a man.A cylindrical protrusion next to me has a small door opened on the side. Looking inside, there are still black marks left by the burn.

Continuing forward, many small mounds appeared on the side of the passage, made of clay, neatly arranged on one side.

I picked one up curiously and shook it, but there was no sound.Seeing that there was metal protruding from one end of it, and it seemed to be wrapped in something, I lifted it up and threw it to the ground. With a "bang", the pier rolled out, and a lot of clay fragments fell, and a bronze leg was exposed at the broken place.

This is? !Bronze cast by the lost wax method? !

The ingenuity of this manufacturing method lies in the use of beeswax, which is soft and easy to melt when heated, carved and processed into the shape of the finished product, and then filled with heat-resistant mud to form a mold.After heating, the beeswax inside will be heated and melted, and flow out of the mold along the reserved nozzle, leaving a cavity of a specific shape, and then pour the melted copper liquid into it to cast the desired utensils.

However, regarding the origin of the lost wax method in the history of our country, it is generally believed that it can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Unexpectedly, during the period of the Shuangjiu clan, they were able to skillfully use this process for casting and production.It would definitely be a major discovery for the archaeological community if the things seen in front of them were made public.

Looking at the lost-wax pottery models lined up neatly beside the wall and wrapped in bronzes, I couldn't help thinking.These should be regarded as archaeological blind boxes in the true sense, and each contains ancient bronzes more than 4000 years ago.As their discoverer, can I name them Huangli Blind Boxes and bring them to private auctions, maybe each of them can fetch sky-high prices...

However, the ideal is very full, and the reality is very skinny.It is unknown whether he can go out, let alone bring these things with him.I shook my head self-deprecatingly, and continued to move forward.

There are also many similar clay protrusions and pits in front. Looking at it now, it should be a bronze smelting and casting factory.At the beginning, the Shuangjiu family directly made ore mining, processing, smelting, and casting into a set of integrated assembly line operations, which made people have to admire.

The end of the passage is connected to a wide space. As soon as I stepped in, I suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of fear.

The space in front of me looks like a large cylinder. I stand on the ground and look up, as if I am at the bottom of a well. The top is so dark that I can’t see the top. There are spiral upward stone steps on the surrounding walls, which are fixed around the curved wall. On the top, it seems that it was excavated in one piece, and it has been spiraling upward and disappearing from sight.There is actually a downward square hole on the left side of the ground. The stone steps in the hole extend obliquely downwards, and it does not know where it leads.

Anyway, finally found the way up.

I cheered myself up in my heart, but I was very resistant to these spiral upward stone steps.

What I can't stand the most is that there is no guardrail on the outside of the stone steps.If your feet are unstable along the way, you will really fall to the ground vertically.

Either die quickly, or wait to die below, the former still has a chance, this seems to be a question without hesitation.

I leaned against the wall and carefully stepped up the steps.Fortunately, these steps are not too narrow, as long as you don't deliberately look down, you won't feel so palpitating.

I haven't carefully calculated how deep the current position is from the ground, but one thing is certain, the speed of going up the spiral stairs is very slow.

Not long after climbing, I sweated a lot.What I endured was not only physical fatigue, but also the psychological pressure brought by the environment.Even if my legs are sore, I don't want to stop.My current situation seems to be hanging in mid-air. If I don't try my best, I'm afraid I will lose all my courage.

Up, the light can't reach the top, down, I dare not look.This feeling of being out of touch with the world is really uncomfortable.I kept cheering myself up, telling myself that the exit was up there.But the surrounding environment kept repeating, and it made me feel like I was spinning in circles.

Time seemed to pass very slowly here, and my legs gradually passed the most sore state, and instead felt light.Later, I started counting while crawling, so that I could divert some attention and keep myself from thinking wildly.

630 five, 630 six, 630 seven...

etc!Door?

After climbing the steps, I stopped for the first time.Under the light of the flashlight, a square doorway unexpectedly appeared on the wall above.But the spiraling steps did not stop there, and continued upward...

Up, should be the positive direction to leave here.But there may not be only one way out of here.I'm really fed up with this endless spiral staircase.

This square doorway made me see hope. I walked up quickly, followed the steps and made a half-turn, and got into the square doorway.

After taking two steps, I came to the tomb behind the door...

The appearance of the tomb made me froze in place.I don't know how to describe the scene in front of me, but the word "shock" is definitely almost meaningless.

The tomb in front of me is in a circular shape as a whole, and there is a huge stone-carved eagle in each of the three directions, posing in a posture of flapping its wings, with its wings stretched forward.The three stone eagles held an emerald green jade basin in their beaks. Above the jade basin, there was a fiery red bead floating in the air, emitting a faint red light in the darkness.In the center of the cemetery of the tomb, there is a stone pillar hanging down, dripping water drops.The water drops landed on the floating red balls, making a "squeaky" sound.

Looking at the scene in front of me, I even have some doubts about life, am I dreaming?Is this realistic?How could the bead still be floating in the air...

Three stone eagles, each three or four meters high, divided the tomb into three fans.There is a passage on the wall between every two stone eagles.It's just that the place in front of me on the right has been sealed by the stone gate.

I climbed up along the stone eagle's tail feathers, supported the stone eagle's feathers, and climbed up to the eagle's back only to find that there was half a basin of blood-red liquid in the emerald green jade basin in front of it.

I supported the eagle wings and continued to move forward, getting closer and closer to the jade basin. Suddenly, I felt that the basin in front of me was warm, and the closer I got, the hotter it felt.

"do not move!"

Suddenly, a shout came from the front, which startled me a lot.

I followed the source of the sound and looked towards the passage on the ground facing me. A few flashlights flashed, and Mr. Qi, Xinran and Su Heluo came out of the passage...

"It's you!"

As soon as I blurted out my words, I was snatched away by Xinran.

"Huang Li, you're still alive! When we saw Uncle Yu, we thought you were... great! You're still alive!" Xin Ran was a little excited, and her voice trembled a little.

Being able to see them again, I have mixed feelings. At this moment, I really feel that among the four great happy events in life, besides the nectar after a long drought, meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign country, the wedding night, and the gold list, I should add another accomplice to the tomb! ! !

"I'm fine! Why did you come here?" I asked doubtfully while I was happy.

Could it be that they were also chased by General Zongzi to the bottom of the cliff, took the slide underground like me, and then climbed all the way here?It's not right to think about it. The passageway they drilled out is obviously not the same as the one that entered this tomb. They should have taken different routes.

Old Qi greeted: "You come down first, let's talk slowly!"

(End of this chapter)