pappabearbooks Chapter 1186: Ever-Bright Lamp
Chapter 1186: Ever-Bright Lamp
These dozen or so roots are all made of golden nanmu.
Both the length and material are top quality.
If it were sold for money, it would be worth at least a hundred thousand.
The two looked at each other.
Golden nanmu is now basically extinct.
Because in order to build the Forbidden City, a large number of people were dispatched to cut down nanmu.
This operation was costly and long-lasting.
So much so that nanmu is basically extinct in the mainland.
So much so that in the Qing Dynasty, even Emperor Qianlong, who was once famous for his fame, had difficulty getting some golden nanmu to make furniture.
In order to build palaces, they did not hesitate to excavate the imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty.
I didn't expect that so much golden nanmu would appear here at one time, so I would be surprised.
"It seems that someone else should have kept it here." Lin Ran said after thinking for a moment.
These tomb robbers may have entered the tomb and found these golden nanmu trees, which they thought were valuable.
Just use the method of soaking them in pig urine to make them float, and then take them away when you go out.
In other words, they may have arrived at Wang Shixian's tomb.
In the Yuan Dynasty, there were still traces of golden nanmu.
But Lin Ran was puzzled.
According to other maps of tomb robbers, the location of Wang Shixian's tomb should be at the back.
It is right in the center of the village and the top of the mountain, otherwise it would be unexplainable why whenever there is lightning, you can hear the sound of the earth shaking and the mountains roaring.
But they should have walked along the river for two or three kilometers, but found another entrance.
Hong Wu looked at Lin Ran's confused eyes and seemed to guess that Lin Ran had a problem.
Lin Ran then smiled, maybe this was the real entrance to the tomb.
Hong Wu said: "Pig urine bubbles are not a clean thing in the village."
When killing pigs, these things are thrown away directly.
Because his real name is Pig Bladder.
I still don’t understand why there are pig urine bubbles tied to both ends of the golden nanmu.
"This is easy to understand. The density of the golden nanmu is higher than that of water and will sink into the water. Use pig urine bubble wrap to tie the two ends so that it can float on the water." Lin Ran pointed to the bundle of golden nanmu and explained.
There are two passages here.
The first one is above the waterfall.
The second one is the bronze door next to it.
Looking at it now, it seems that the waterfall was blown out by a bomb, and it is very likely that the inside is the real tomb.
After thinking about it, Lin Ran felt relieved.
But from this point of view, the tomb robbers are not as pitiful as the villagers said. Pig urine bubbles are not readily available. Unless they are professional pig killers, who would bring such a thing with them?
They had prepared so many pig urine dumplings, so they were obviously well prepared.
This is actually a primitive transportation method. When a mausoleum was built next to a river, there was no rubber at that time, so workers would use this method to transport golden nanmu.
If the pig urine bubbles had not been preserved for hundreds of years, they would have been corroded by microorganisms long ago.
Otherwise, Lin Ran really thought it was the inventory from that year.
It seems that the road above should have been opened.
He shouted to Xu Ning and Lao Hei: "You should stop working first."
When they returned to the ground, they explained: "Behind this waterfall is probably our destination for this trip."
They kept walking along the river and wanted to know the entrance to the tomb on the mountain.
I'm afraid no one would have thought that the real entrance to the tomb was actually hidden in the middle of two rivers.
And it is at least three kilometers away from the location marked on the map.
If it hadn't caused a flash flood, Lin Ran wouldn't be able to locate it accurately.
Maybe they really can't find it here.
The price of this batch of golden nanmu alone was high, so the items in the tomb naturally attracted Lao Hei and Hong Wu's expectations.
Others are now worried about Liu Jingfeng's safety.
"They even want golden nanmu. It shouldn't be a treasure hunt party, right?"
"Not necessarily. Treasure hunters will rob tombs in China, which requires a huge amount of funds. They will also steal some antiques and send them to China to exchange for money."
Even if neon is not sent back, there is no shortage of market for golden nanmu in China.
Lin Ran didn't think they were ordinary tomb robbers.
Being able to install the bomb to such a high position is impossible without certain professional equipment.
The entrance to this mausoleum is made of precious golden nanmu. How precious are the items inside?
Wang Jinpeng lowered the rope from above.
Although they grabbed the rope and stepped on the wall to climb up.
But after all, you have to hold up the waterfall, which is extremely dangerous.
Hong Wu climbed up several times but failed, and finally climbed to the top under the temptation of the treasure.
We came to the waterfall and walked along the river for a while.
The river disappeared and was replaced by a huge arched door.
In front of the door, there are many bronze lamps, but the lights are on at the moment.
Wang Jinpeng asked in surprise: "The Yuan Dynasty should be 400 years ago, right?"
"800 years." Lin Ran replied.
"Then why is the light still on?" Wang Jinpeng knew that talking about history in front of Lin Ran would be humiliating himself, so he quickly asked the core question.
Lao Hei said expressionlessly: "This is called the Everlasting Lantern."
"I know it's an ever-burning light, but..." Wang Jinpeng just felt that it was a miracle that the light was still on after such a long time.
Lin Ran explained: "The ever-burning lamp does not stay on all the time. After the craftsmen leave the tomb, the ever-burning lamp will gradually go out due to insufficient oxygen in the cave. But once the tomb door is pried open, there is a special grease inside, which has a special ignition point. If the oxygen concentration is low, the lamp will spontaneously ignite."
A Ming was the only one who had studied chemistry, and he was also surprised by Lin Ran's understanding.
This method can indeed be implemented, but it is very difficult.
He thought about the possible elements in his mind and was puzzled.
Lin Ran said: "This is the wisdom of the ancients. As for the materials, we don't know. However, what is certain is that this thing is like a ghost blowing a lamp. If the air is about to burn out, the lamp will automatically go out. "
More than a dozen lights are on now, which means there is enough oxygen inside.
"That's it." Wang Jinpeng stood still.
Now that the arched door was wide open, he checked the edge with a flashlight. There were irregular signs of damage, which were obviously caused by explosions. .
The other party would do whatever it takes to get into the tomb.
At this point, the lighting range of the evergreen lamp is limited.
They didn't dare to reveal their target, so they could only take out a few flashlights to minimize the light, as long as they could illuminate the road ahead.
Unexpectedly, there is a stone door behind the arch.
There are some paintings on the stone gate.
Lin Ran couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the painting.
Because the picture above was a snake again, this was already the fourth snake-related burial he had seen.
It didn't matter if he saw it just once, but if he saw it one after another, he would definitely not believe it if he said that the snake had no connection with the Jin Kingdom in this time and space.
Moreover, snake totems are usually found in tombs of the Jin and Yuan dynasties.