King Solomon's Treasure

Chapter 28 Solomon's Chamber of Secrets (1)
After struggling to overcome our inner fears, we began to take a closer look at this terrifying and magical place.Gagul was busy with other things.As long as she wanted to, her movements were so flexible that she even climbed onto the big stone table and walked towards Taiwala's body.Goode said she either wanted to see how Tewala was "soaked and preserved," or she had ulterior motives.Then she staggered back, stopping from time to time, facing the king's body wrapped in stalactites, chanting words, as if greeting an old friend.After completing this mysterious and terrifying ceremony, she squatted next to the white god of death, as if praying to the god of death.This evil old monster prayed piously to the enemy of mankind that nothing good would happen. We couldn't help feeling suspicious and hurried her.

"Hurry up, Jagul," I whispered, for some reason, no one dared to speak loudly in this place, "quickly take us to the secret room."

The old monster immediately climbed down from the table.

"Aren't adults afraid?" She looked at my face maliciously.

"Stop talking nonsense and lead the way."

"Okay, my lord." She staggered around behind the god of death, "This is the secret room. My lords, light the lamps and enter." She put the gourd filled with lamp oil on the ground and leaned against the cave wall.I struck a match to light the oil lamp, and looked about for an entrance, but there was nothing but solid rock.

Gagul smiled sinisterly: "The entrance is here, my lords."

"Don't joke with us." I said coldly.

"I'm not kidding, my lords, look." She pointed to a rock.

We raised the oil lamp and looked in the direction she pointed, only to see a huge rock slowly rising from the ground and disappearing above, obviously there was a cavity above to accommodate this rock.The boulder was as wide as a large door, about ten feet high, five feet thick, and estimated to weigh at least twenty or thirty tons.A simple principle of balance, perhaps similar to how a modern window is opened and closed, is evidently used to hoist such a massive rock.But how to activate the boulder, none of us saw it, and Gagul deliberately kept it from us.But my guess is that a very simple lever principle is used. As long as a hidden mechanism is pressed lightly, the weight of the boulder will act on the hidden counterweight at the other end, and the boulder will slowly and steadily rise from the ground, and finally disappear. on the top.At this time, a black hole appeared in front of us.

The door to Solomon's treasure was finally opened, we were ecstatic, and I was shaking with excitement.Is this a hoax, or is what old Darth West is telling the truth?Is there really a lot of treasure hidden in this black hole?Can these treasures make us the richest people in the world?Countless questions came to mind.I think we'll know the answer soon.

"Go in, white man from the stars." Gagul said and walked in, "but please listen to the old servant Gagul first. The shining stone you will see is from the great mountain at the foot of the silent mountain god. They were dug out of the pit, but who dug them, and who hid them in the secret room, I don't know. I only know that they hid the stones and left in a hurry, never to return. About the treasure The legend of Kukuana has been handed down from generation to generation in Kukuana, but no one knows the location of the secret room, nor the secret of the stone gate. Later, a white man crossed the mountains and came to Kukuana, maybe he is also on your planet. This white man was warmly welcomed by the king of Kukuana at that time. Look, that is the king." She pointed to the fifth king in front of the stone table, "He came here under the leadership of a local woman. It happened that this woman Know the secret of Shimen, otherwise, you will never find it even if you search for 1000 years. Then the white man and the woman went into the secret room and found those stones. I picked up a big rock and held it tightly in my hand." Having said that, she stopped.

"What happened to Darth West?" We were fascinated, and I asked quickly.

Hearing this name, the old hag froze for a moment.

"How do you know the dead man's name?" she asked sharply, and before I could speak, she continued, "No one knows what happened, but the white man was so frightened that he dropped the sheepskin bag and ran, Only the big stone was clutched. Then this stone came into the hands of the King, the one you, Maku Mazahn, unhooked from Tewala's head."

"Hasn't anyone gone in since then?" I looked down the dark passage.

"No, my lord. The secret of the stone gate has been handed down, and the kings of all generations have opened it, but no one has entered. It is said that anyone who enters will die within a month. Didn't you find the corpse of the white man in the cave?" ? Haha! Everything I say is the truth."

After hearing her words, we looked at each other, and I felt a chill.How does the old hag know everything?

"Go in, my lords. If what I said is true, the sheepskin bag containing the stones is still on the ground. As for whether people who go in will die, you will know later. Hahaha!" Lamp, limped in.I admit, I hesitated again.

"Don't listen to her nonsense!" said Goode. "Come on. This old monster is talking nonsense, and I won't be frightened by her." After saying this, he walked in, and Fratta trembled with fear, and she couldn't help it. Follow Goode.We had no choice but to bite the bullet and go in.

The passage dug out of the rock was very narrow, and Gagul, who was walking ahead, stopped and waited for us.

"Look, my lords," she held the oil lamp in her hand, "the people who hid the treasure originally wanted to take some precautions to prevent the secret of the stone gate from being discovered. But they didn't have time, so they left in a hurry." She pointed to a huge square stone masonry wall.The wall had already been built in two stories, about two feet three inches high, and seemed to have been intended to block the opening.There were some similar stones on either side of the passage, and, strangest of all, a pile of mortar and two trowels.We took a closer look at these two trowels. From shape to structure, they are very similar to the trowels used by workers today.

At this time, Furata, who was restless and terrified along the way, felt top-heavy and couldn't walk anymore, and wanted to wait for us here.So we sat her down against the unfinished wall and put the food basket next to her so she could rest.

After walking forward for about fifteen steps, suddenly we saw a wooden door ahead with exquisite patterns painted on it.The door is open.It seemed that the last people who came here either left too quickly or forgot to close the door.

Just by the door, there was a sheepskin bag, which seemed to contain pebbles or something. "Hey! White man," Gagul snickered as the light shone on the bag, "what did I say, the white man left the woman's bag in a hurry. See?"

Good stooped to pick up the bag.The bag was heavy and rattled.

"My God! I'm sure it's full of diamonds." Goode exclaimed in a low voice.Indeed, who wouldn't be surprised to think of a bag full of diamonds?

"Come on," said Sir Henry impatiently, "give me the lamp, old woman." After speaking, he took the lamp from Gagul, held it up high, and walked in.

We followed, to Solomon's Chamber of Secrets, temporarily forgetting about the bag of diamonds.

In the dim light, at first we saw only a room carved out of the rock.The room was small, less than ten square feet.Then what caught the eye was a large number of exquisite ivory in the corner, piled up to the roof.Since I can't see what's behind, I can't estimate what's there.However, based on what we have seen, there are at least four or five hundred of them, and all of them are of the highest quality.These ivory alone can make people enjoy a lifetime of glory and wealth.I think Solomon's unparalleled ivory throne is based on this.

On the other side of the room were about twenty wooden boxes, some of which looked like ammunition boxes for Martini Henrys, but larger and painted red.

"There must be diamonds in it," I yelled. "Bring the lamp here."

Sir Henry came with the lamp.Due to its age, although the environment is dry, the wooden box is still rotten, and there are still traces of being smashed on it, which may have been done by old Darth West.I put my hand in through the hole in the lid of the box, but what I caught was not a diamond, but a gold coin, a kind of gold coin we had never seen before, engraved with patterns similar to Hebrew characters.

"Ah!" I put the gold coins back, "we won't return empty-handed, anyway. Here are eighteen chests, each containing at least two thousand gold coins. I think the money is for artisans and merchants Reward."

"Yes," said Good, "that's all I can see. I don't see even a shadow of diamonds. Does the old Portuguese have all the diamonds in bags?"

"My lords, please look at the darkest side to see if there are gems there." Gagul said, it seems that she has already seen through our minds. "In the corner over there are three chests full of precious stones. One is open and two are sealed."

Gagul's words made me puzzled.If no one had been in the Chamber of Secrets since old Darth West, how did Gagul know so well what was going on here?I couldn't help asking her.

"Hey, Makumazahn, the patron saint of the night," Gagul smiled mockingly, "Didn't you come from the stars, don't you know that some people's eyes can pierce rocks?"

(End of this chapter)