Mountain and Sea Treasures

Chapter 183 The Wall of Ice
I looked at the candle in Professor Xu's hand, then at the flashlight in his hand that still didn't work, and said in surprise, "Is there a light source in this tomb?"

"I only read about it in ancient books, so I tried it, but I didn't expect it to be really useful." Professor Xu explained with a smile: "It is said that there is a tomb tradition that thinks that sunlight entering the tomb is a great blessing to the owner of the tomb." Disrespectful, so I tried every means to cut off the light source, but because the light source is needed in the production process, it is often impossible to be absolutely. Now the candle can be lit because it is too far away from the tomb wall, and the flashlight can’t because the light is too far away and absorbed by the tomb wall .”

"what!"

Yazai suddenly screamed, pointing tremblingly in front of me, I raised the gun vigilantly, and heard the voice of the medicine jar: "What are you afraid of, I'm just going to try Lao Xu's method."

It turned out that the medicine jar directly blocked the light of the flashlight with his hand and shone on his face. The boy who was facing him thought he saw some ghost, and his face turned pale with fright.

I put down the gun speechlessly to let the boy not be surprised, what should I do if I really want to shoot down?
"But it seems that what Old Xu said is true." Yao Jiazi turned off the flashlight: "The light is too far away, at least it can't touch the tomb wall or even the ground."

Lao Yan chuckled: "It's easy to handle. I installed two oil lamps in Yejiacun before, and just blocked them with paper."

After finishing speaking, he quickly pasted the oil lamp with paper, and then put the candles in, and two simple lanterns were ready.

Since the light should not be too bright, Lao Yan cut the candle wick short enough for us to see each other clearly.

Lao Yan and I each carried a lantern, surrounded the crowd, and slowly moved around what might be the main tomb.

As we moved, the surrounding scenes slowly came into view, but we still couldn't see the whole picture, only a rough outline.

"This doesn't look like the main tomb." I thought about it.

According to the scale of the accompanying burial pit, the main tomb could not be so shabby.

Yes, it is shabby!Except for the invisible ground and the tomb wall, this place is empty, there is almost nothing, and occasionally encounters something, compared with the burial pit, it is like broken copper.

Professor Xu said kindly: "Perhaps we and the archaeological team have guessed wrong, and what is exposed is not the main tomb at all."

Yazai exclaimed: "If that's not the main tomb, then the scale of Zeng Guo's tomb is too big, right?"

Indeed, the scale of the accompanying burial pit outside is not small, and together with the main tomb, this tomb of the Zeng State is enough to cause a sensation in the entire archaeological world.If the scale is expanded a bit, it will not only be a sensation, but a shock!

"Let's see." Lao Yan's expression didn't change, except for a hint of worry.

I asked him what was wrong, and he only said that he thought the empty tomb was a bit strange.

"Generally speaking, there are no empty tombs in tombs." Old Yan said: "Since ancient times, the tombs of emperors and generals have been built in advance. In fact, how many people will be buried with him when he passes away has been calculated, so the tombs are all empty. There is a certain number, and empty tombs are disrespectful to the dead!"

Professor Xu had a gentle and quiet face, but his words were a little harsh: "That means there is a missing coffin here."

As soon as he said this, our expressions were more or less subtle. In this kind of time when we can only see people's faces clearly and everything is dark, it is really creepy to say such words.

But Professor Xu obviously didn't notice, he actually took Lao Yan's lantern and said: "We may not have gone to every corner with this candle, now I walk along the corner to the middle line by line, you pay attention movement."

"No, it's better not to separate at this time." Lao Yan disagreed, frowning and said: "Although we may have missed something, but the coffin is such a big thing, as long as you are not blind, it is impossible to miss it, so here is the truth If there is no coffin, be careful."

Lao Yan's analysis was correct, and Professor Xu couldn't find a rebuttal for a while, but said with a medicine jar that seldom opened his mouth: "Then we can't stay here forever, can we?"

I nodded: "That's right, I'll go, Lao Yan. The wall of this tomb cannot be illuminated, so you can always touch it with your hands. At least you have to touch the exit. You can't stay here for too long."

I am the most suitable person present. Although I am not as knowledgeable as Professor Xu and the others, and I am not as thorough as Lao Yan in the study of tombs, but I am proficient in both, and I am the most suitable to find out.

Lao Yan also knew that this was the best way, so he didn't refuse, but told me to be very careful, and withdraw it as soon as possible if there was any change.

"Don't worry." I handed the lantern to the kid beside me, it's useless to carry it anyway, it's still a burden.

I walked towards the tomb wall on one side based on the memory just now, because in the dark, I walked slowly, and it took me a while to touch the wall.

I couldn't help but shiver when I touched it, it was so cold!
It's like touching an ice cube that counts nine winters.

What is this wall made of?This is obviously not too far from the ground, how could the temperature be so low.

I was beating drums in my heart, no, it wasn't that the temperature was low, it was a problem with the wall itself, because we didn't feel the low temperature at all when we stood on the side.

I pressed my body against the wall and carefully touched it inch by inch. After a while, my hands became numb from the cold, and I had to shrink back from time to time and rub it in a few breaths.

When I turned to the first corner, I took out a dagger from my pocket and put it on the ground, and then I continued to grope backwards.

"How is it?" Lao Yan asked loudly, feeling a little worried because he probably couldn't see me.

I was groping on the cold wall, and felt that the wall was as smooth as real ice, so I said strangely: "The material of this tomb wall can't be felt, it's as cold as ice, but it shouldn't be real ice , At that time, was there any material that could absorb light and be so low temperature?"

"There is one." It was Professor Xu who answered me: "Have you heard of fluorite?"

"Fluorite?" I repeated: "Is it a luminous pearl? But isn't a luminous pearl able to glow in the dark?"

Professor Xu said: "You only know one thing, but you don't know the other thing. A small part of fluorite can emit light, and this part is the night pearl. But there is still a large part of fluorite that does not emit light. This is the part that does not emit light. There is a very small part that can absorb light, and the whole body is cold, and its value is even higher than that of the night pearl. It is called obsidian, and it is one of the rare treasures that ancient princes and nobles liked to collect."

I suddenly felt that the ice-like thing under my hand was a bit different, and the boy was more straightforward than me: "Then how much is this worth!"

"Heh, you don't want to give these things to others now." Gunslinger snorted coldly.

Yazai said, "Stop talking if you only know about bullets. If you have the ability to dig back all the walls here, your bullets will never be used up in your lifetime."

Yazai is right, this kind of thing is never prepared for ordinary people, those who like these things are those who have money but nowhere to spend, not to mention that these obsidian are from the tomb of Zeng Guo, the collection value is beyond words And metaphor.

Gunslinger's voice suddenly raised several degrees: "Really?"

"What are you thinking about? It's all national property. When the archaeological team digs it up, don't embarrass me!" Old Yan snorted.

Yazai muttered: "Isn't it just a joke, can you still carry it? No, I have to touch this strange thing too."

I was a little bit dumbfounded after hearing what he said, but what I thought was different from him.

From Professor Xu's words, we can hear the value of this obsidian. Even princes and nobles should not own a large amount of it, because rare things are more expensive. If there are too many things, they will not be rare, but this tomb is so extravagant. All tomb walls are obsidian!

"Lao Yan, let everyone be on guard!" I suddenly raised my voice.

(End of this chapter)