pappabearbooks Chapter 1418: Solidity is the switch
Chapter 1418: Solidity is the switch
Coupled with what was said about the treasure hunting meeting just now, the quality of the bronze tripod can be seen.
But because of this, Lin Ran was even more certain that there was some kind of monster suppressed underneath this bronze tripod.
After removing the bronze tripod, there was no trouble for a while.
But wait, something dangerous is bound to happen.
The treasure hunting party's people were all wiped out, which was exactly what Lin Ran wanted to see, so he didn't bother to remind them.
And Liu Mao also said that Shiro is a half-hearted person who is more stubborn than anything else and will not accept other people's opinions.
"Considering the standards of the Warring States Period, the workmanship is still too fine." Liu Mao said disapprovingly, "Look at this composite pattern, it is a pattern that only appeared after the Tang Dynasty... plus the texture of the copper..."
After saying that, Liu Mao knocked on the bronze tripod, and there was a deep echo.
"Thick." Liu Mao smiled, "Let alone the Warring States Period, even now, it is not easy to master such good copper."
"Yeah." Lin Ran heard the knocking echo and could also feel that the bronze cauldron wall was very thick.
The thicker the copper tripod, the more difficult it is to make and it will easily deform.
The bronze tripod in front of me looks square, and it is exactly that.
"What do you think such a big bronze tripod is used for?" Liu Mao didn't know whether he was asking Lin Ran or talking to himself.
This problem has always troubled him, because the function of the tripod is to hold some food for burial, but it just means that it is enough.
There is no need to prepare such a big one. After all, there should be a burial pit next to the main tomb chamber, which contains a large number of buried cattle and sheep.
"Do you feel that this cauldron looks a bit like something?" Lin Ran asked meaningfully.
"You..." Liu Mao was about to answer, but suddenly remembered something and stared at Lin Ran with doubtful eyes, "Didn't you say you entered by mistake?"
"Although I am a farmer, I am also interested in archeology." Lin Ran said. His words were not lying or perfunctory, because this was his true identity.
"Oh, you have quite a wide range of hobbies." Liu Mao smiled, but in the treasure hunting party, they were all a bunch of incompetent people. If someone could chat with him about antiques, he would enjoy it.
"Yes, I have the same idea as you. This bronze looks a bit like a coffin in terms of size and shape."
Lin Ran nodded. The scale of the bronze tripod seemed slightly larger than the coffin, so it was perfect for storage.
If it hadn't been empty inside, he would have thought it was just a coffin, just made in the shape of a bronze tripod. It's not incomprehensible for ancient emperors to pursue some individuality.
Liu Mao then treated Lin Ran as if he were a tree hole and began to chant: "In fact, the strong sound not only means that the bronze tripod is thick, but it can also be heard that there are no faults in the bronze and it is a complete piece of bronze."
"But Yamashita said again that the bronze tripod is very heavy, maybe it's at the bottom." He squatted down and knocked twice on the base of the bronze tripod.
The sound is clearer here.
It shows that it is empty, and there may really be gold inside.
However, although they couldn't wait to see the gold in it, it was completely impossible to cut through the bronze tripod with bare hands without the help of machinery.
So they put the bronze tripod aside. Anyway, with its weight, they didn't worry that Lin Ran and the others would take it away privately.
"It's empty inside." While Lin Ran and Liu Mao were studying the bronze tripod, news came from the staff.
"Great." Shiro rubbed his hands excitedly. The staff's words confirmed his guess and made him look extremely proud. "You should learn more from me and have the ability to think reversely."
"Yes!" The other people in the treasure hunting party seemed very afraid of Shiro and hurriedly flattered him.
In fact, judging from the structure of the tomb chamber, it is either inside the bronze tripod or under the bronze tripod. There is no third option.
He is simply putting onions and garlic in an elephant's trunk.
The next step was to open the stone slabs. Lin Ran had already tried it. The thickness of the stone slabs in the tomb chamber was more than 30 centimeters, and it was impossible to pry them open easily, unless it was about the same with an excavator.
There is only one way to open the secret door on the stone slab, which is to find the switch.
But the staff started hammering with shovels, and a "dong-dong-dong" sound came from the tomb.
After working for a long time, Shiro asked impatiently: "Why haven't you pried it open for so long?"
"Sir, this slate is too thick, and it seems to have adhesive parts." One of the staff said.
"gluing? Can we use bombs?" Shiro didn't want to stay in the tomb for any longer. He had been here for three days and still hadn't left the tomb, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.
"No." Lin Ran quickly stood up to stop it. "Even if you fill the entire tomb with TNT, you can only open a small hole. It is possible to blow up the tomb completely."
If explosives were really used, the entire tomb might collapse before the explosion could blow the floor apart.
"What do you know?" Shiro glared at Lin Ran.
"Sir, in my opinion, this stone slab has an opening mechanism. We can't force it." Liu Mao also stood up and said.
Shiro was originally unhappy, but when he saw that others were reluctant to place explosives, he waved his hand: "Okay, since you all said so, I will give you one hour. If you can't find the switch, just press Do what I say.”
What he made clear was that he wanted to save face and give random instructions. He gave them an hour to crack the mechanism, but he thought it was absolutely impossible for them to do it.
Lin Ran and Liu Mao came to the place where the bronze tripod was originally placed at the same time. The people from the treasure hunting party originally wanted to drive Lin Ran back, but Liu Mao said: "This kid knows some mechanism skills and will be useful to us."
Shiro waved the others to leave, and he sat with the team members, took off his shoes, and began to rest.
Lin Ran and the others squatted down. If there was a switch, it must be nearby.
They had the same idea, which was to start from the foot of the bronze tripod.
Fortunately, they detected that the empty space was not the brick where the legs of the tripod were, otherwise the surface of the brick in the middle would have been knocked beyond recognition.
"Look here." Lin Ran pointed to the indentation of the tripod leg on the right side and said. The shape of this piece is different from other tripod legs.
Liu Mao came over immediately, squatted on the ground, put his ear to the ground, and tapped on the edge.
"dong dong dong"
Knocked three times in succession.
He climbed up, "There's no vibration here, it's thick down there."
He didn't know what Lin Ran meant by doing this.
"Of course it's solid." Lin Ran smiled, "The mechanism can't be sewn directly into the stone slab."
"You mean, this is where the agency is." Liu Mao pushed up his glasses and wondered where the confidence on the young man's face in front of him came from.
Guan Yun and others sat down far away from the treasure hunting party. They felt a little strange when they saw Lin Ran's behavior.