SFS Chapter 332 Stone Paint
Chapter 332 Stone Paint
Ning Yuan saw the disguised inner-knocking reed hand that was almost indistinguishable from the wall, and then looked up, and he had already made a judgment in his mind.
The stone sculpture on the wall is actually a standing statue of a door god holding a mace.
The statue is covered in armor, with a strong back and broad arms, and looks very majestic.
His appearance was not ferocious at all, with a white face, phoenix eyes, a heroic nose and mouth, and long beard and sword-like eyebrows.
Looking back over the past thousand years, this kind of dress can only be worn by Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao!
Since the early Tang Dynasty, Qin Qiong on the left and Yuchi on the right have become the standard door gods on the doors of ordinary people.
So it is not surprising that the stone statue of Qin Qiong, the door god, appears here.
After Ning Yuan looked at the statue, he understood about 80% of it.
This must be a secret door, and the owner of the tomb behind the door must be of high status.
Only the royal family of Li Tang could carve a stone statue of such a scale and use the gods from Lingyan Pavilion as door guards!
Ning Yuan signaled everyone to step back a little. He grabbed the well-hidden inner buckle with one hand and pulled it hard!
"boom!!"
A muffled sound was heard, and then, the stone wall that originally looked neat and straight actually had a gap at this moment!
Ning Yuan waited quietly for a moment, confirming that there was no movement inside, and then he called everyone behind him to come closer.
Tian Erliang and others held their guns with a vigilant look, staring at the gap.
After slowly approaching Ning Yuan, he couldn't help but ask.
"Brother Yuan! Is this a secret?"
Ning Yuan dusted off his hands and nodded.
"This is the real entrance to the tomb. This one outside is just a fake tomb, used to send guests off!"
"Then let's go in?"
After looking at the gap, Tian Erliang became eager to try it out.
"Of course I have to go in and take a look! Otherwise, why would I open it?"
Ning Yuan stood up, called out to Tian Erliang and his buddies, then walked straight forward and started pushing the stone wall next to the crack.
Naturally, Tian Erliang and the others couldn't just stand by and watch, so they all stepped forward to help.
After pushing the stone wall to the ground in one breath, there was enough space for two people to stand shoulder to shoulder.
"Alright guys! It's almost done, come with me inside!"
After Ning Yuan asked the brothers behind him to stop, he took the lead and walked towards the tomb behind the gap.
Tian Erliang and the others quickly followed Ning Yuan's pace, and all three flashlights were turned on to illuminate.
The rest of the people held the Type 56 semi-automatic rifles tightly in their hands.
As soon as he entered the tomb, Ning Yuan noticed something.
The entrance here is quite deep. Although the tomb has been closed for such a long time, there is no foul smell in the air at this moment.
This means that there is a hole in the tomb chamber at the back, which allows air to circulate.
This also made Ning Yuan feel relieved. After all, they came in rashly this time and did not bring any equipment.
If the air quality is really bad, Ning Yuan is absolutely unwilling to take the risk with so many buddies behind him!
This was a very dark passage, and relying on the light from the flashlight, I slowly groped my way forward.
Ning Yuan also took a flashlight from a buddy behind him.
The other two guys were shining the light in the direction ahead, while Ning Yuan was holding the flashlight and shining it around to observe.
"Hmm? What is this??"
When Ning Yuan shone the flashlight on the wall next to the aisle, he found that the stone wall was a thick black color with an oily sheen.
Unable to suppress his curiosity, he leaned over to smell it. When he smelled it, Ning Yuan's face changed immediately.
Damn, it’s actually crude oil coating!!
In fact, during the Han Dynasty, Ban Gu's records mentioned that the Wei River in northern Shaanxi could burn, but people's understanding of petroleum was still very rudimentary at that time, and they may have just regarded it as a combustible substance.
Over time, people began to experiment with using oil for lighting and killing.
During the Jin Dynasty, "stone lacquer" was discovered and recorded by local people in the Jiuquan area.
By the Sui and Tang dynasties, many ancient books recorded that some "stone lacquer" with shallow oil layers was mined for both civilian and military use.
After seeing clearly what it was, Ning Yuan immediately raised his voice and gave a serious warning to his buddies.
"Brothers, the stone walls of this passage are covered with unrefined petroleum. We must not allow sparks to form. Do you understand?"
Ning Yuan spoke in an extremely serious tone. Tian Erliang and his brothers paused and immediately nodded in agreement.
Having grown up listening to stories about their fathers' battles, these guys know best what crude oil is.
These things may not be lethal if simply ignited, but if they are ignited in a confined space like this, it will be a fatal blow.
The flames and thick smoke would suffocate Ning Yuan and his group to death here.
Ning Yuan was also a little scared, which was why he happened to have a flashlight in his hand.
If it were really people from previous dynasties, and they came in with torches and were directly ignited halfway here, it would be a deadly situation.
Torch lighting was the only thing people knew in the past, so look at this arrangement.
In the tomb outside, the things put out to see off guests failed to drive away the uninvited guests.
As long as they enter this passage, they will be sent on their way!
However, they probably never imagined that in later generations there would be no need to use open flames for lighting. Times have changed!
Ning Yuan and his group began to become more cautious, especially those on the stone wall next to them, where they kept looking back and forth with flashlights.
However, they had no danger along the way and reached the end in one breath.
Perhaps the tomb owner felt that the stone lacquer arrangement on this passage was enough to kill any thieves who dared to spy on his tomb.
That’s why no other mechanisms were set up.
But to be honest, this arrangement is indeed unsolvable. Besides, with the equipment and materials at that time, there was no such sophisticated mechanism that could keep running for a thousand years!
Ning Yuan and his friends arrived at the end of the passage without any incident.
At the end is another solid wooden door riveted with iron nails.
The door was tightly closed. Ning Yuan shone the flashlight inside and searched twice, but couldn't find the mechanism.
Although I felt a little discouraged, I couldn't help but comfort myself.
Originally, this was someone's final resting place. Once the door was closed, there would naturally be no mechanism to open it.
If it were me, I would feel the same way and would wish I could just weld it to death.
Thinking of this, Ning Yuan couldn't help but start cursing the authors of tomb-raiding novels in later generations. They were pure fabrications without any factual logic.
The owner of the tomb went through so much trouble to build the tomb and even arranged various killing mechanisms. Does he still need to install a switch on the door of his tomb?
What's the point? To allow future generations to solve the puzzle like a puzzle, so that they can enter their tomb and get a lot of money?
Really are!