When they were almost done venting, Old Hu led the way in front, and the others followed suit and climbed in. As they were in a hurry to dig, the hole was not very wide, so they could only climb in. When they reached the tunnel, the four of them were inevitably covered in dirt and looked very embarrassed. Fatty Wang even tore his pants when he was climbing the intestines. Although the triangular cut on his butt was not big, it still betrayed him. His red underwear was exposed. Old Hu used the flashlight to shine and began to tease Fatty Wang again. He gloated," Fatty, how old are you? Why are you still wearing red underwear? Didn't I tell you? Big dumpling isn't afraid of this."
At this moment, Fatty Wang was not in the mood to bicker with Old Hu. He was thinking about getting rich, so he ignored Old Hu. Instead, he lit a candle for Jin Daya to take. This was to check the oxygen in the tomb. If the candle was not bright, it meant that there was not enough oxygen, and that person would be in danger. However, it seemed that their luck was still good today. The fire was burning well. Seeing that there was no danger of suffocating to death, they began to size up the tunnel.
Good heavens, it was six to seven meters wide and nearly three meters tall. It was wrapped in yellow intestines, and the cypress trees were placed in a square shape like bricks. It was very neat, making the tunnel look very good. However, there was nothing in the tunnel. It seemed that the carriage was buried underneath. They were not interested in this thing. Not only was it big, but it was also troublesome to dig. They were not so poor that they wanted to move the carriage.
The pathway was slanted, and the tomb was located at the bottom. They did not stop and walked down. After walking for more than ten meters, they saw the tomb door. The stone tomb door was well preserved. The lintel, door, and pillars were all there, and they were engraved with grid-like patterns. On the lintel, there was a stair-shaped door made of bluestone. There were green dragons and white tigers carved on the left and right sides. In the middle was a "playing beast". The vertical stone was the same. There were two consecutive geometric patterns on the outside, and there were master and servant, holding joints, and so on. The images of the characters such as the bow and stand show the life scene of the tomb owner before his death. In addition, it was engraved with the images of Fuxi, Nuwa, and the bull-headed monster. The design focused on the hard edges of the outer contours, and the overall feeling was very strong. There were vermilion birds, azure dragons, white tigers, fish, and a pendant on the door. However, the carvings were much larger than the lintel and the vertical stone, giving people a sense of awe. Especially when the collar was made into the shape of a human face, and the two door knockers were carved in the mouth, it looked ferocious and terrifying, making people feel uncomfortable.
Although the door was " beautiful ", they were still concerned about the items inside. They couldn't just walk away from the door. Old Hu was even more anxious. He went up and pushed it a few times, but there was no movement. It seemed that this door had some weight. In a fit of anger, Old Hu waved his hand and called for a few people to push together, but there was still no response after pushing for a long time. The few of them felt strange. Could it be that someone was blocking the door?
Fatty Wang went forward and touched and pushed for a long time. In his words, there must be a mechanism, but he was also busy. He did not see the door move. In the end, he let Old Hu rush back. Old Hu was the same as Fatty Wang. He was also searching for the mechanism, but he placed his focus on the knocker. He thought that the door of the netherworld was also a door. Even if there was a mechanism, it should be on the knocker. Although the knocker was only carved for appearance, there must be a reason for its existence.
Old Hu fiddled with it for a longer time, but in the end, it still did not work. He was so angry that he kicked the door with his foot, as if he wanted to smash the door.
Sun Weimin did not get started. Instead, he carefully looked at the pattern on the tomb door. Although he did not study the stone inscriptions, he still understood the five elements and eight trigrams. During the Han Dynasty, the five elements were mainly discussed. The five elements were metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. It seemed that this was the starting point for opening the door.
After looking at it for a long time, Sun Weimin finally noticed something was wrong. There seemed to be one thing carved on the door, the Four Spirits Young Black Tortoise! Sun Weimin, who noticed something was wrong, took out his flashlight and looked for a long time. He didn't see Black Tortoise. It seemed that the problem was here.
The four spirits originally referred to the four constellations in the sky, representing four directions. Because it was closely related to the ideology of the Han Dynasty society, it evolved into the gods of the four directions and was called the four spirits. "The Three Ancestors Map" says: "The Azure Dragon, the White Tiger, the Vermilion Bird, and the Black Tortoise are the four spirits of heaven, which are used to prove the four directions."”The Vermilion Bird was the god of the south, the Black Tortoise was the god of the north, the Azure Dragon was the god of the east, and the White Tiger was the god of the west.
Green Dragon-In ancient times, the dragon was a symbol of imperial power and an auspicious object. "Auspicious Ying Tu" said: "Shun east patrol, yellow dragon back map, placed in front of Shun.”Some of the green dragons that appeared in Han Dynasty paintings represented auspicious signs, while others were divine objects that were used to ascend to immortality. Especially in the Han Dynasty, the dragon was an auspicious thing and could be used to ascend to immortality. In ancient times, most gods rode on dragons. For example, Zhurong rode on two dragons, Zhuanxu rode on dragons to the four seas, and the Yellow Emperor rode on dragons to heaven. In the Han Dynasty, the dragon was regarded as a divine beast representing the East.
White Tiger-White Tiger usually appeared on the tomb door of the Han Dynasty stone tomb, or carved separately with the Azure Dragon on both sides of the beam of the tomb to ward off evil spirits. "The custom Tongyi" said: "The tiger is the leader of all beasts. It can fight and defeat the sharp and eat ghosts.”In the concept of the five elements in the Han Dynasty, the white tiger was regarded as a western divine beast.
Vermilion Bird-Vermilion Bird was a phoenix. In ancient times, it was revered as the king of birds and was a symbol of good fortune. The totem that was originally worshipped by the eastern tribes was shaped like a golden pheasant with colorful feathers. It was noble and pure in nature. It chose its food when it drank and its branches when it lived. It was said that when the phoenix appeared, the world would be at peace. Therefore, the influence of the vermilion bird in ancient times was comparable to that of the dragon, and it became an important content of divination. They were regarded as the divine beasts representing the south.
Xuanwu-Xuanwu, shaped like a turtle but with snake scales, is a combination of turtle and snake. Turtles had the intelligence of immortals. Hong Xingzu's "Chu Ci Bu Zhu" said: "Xuanwu is a turtle and snake. It is located in the north, so it is called Xuan. It has scales, so it is called Wu.”The name Black Tortoise was derived from this, and it corresponded to the Vermillion Bird, the god of the south.
In Sun Weimin's opinion, there were already three of the four spirits. It was impossible to lack only the Black Tortoise. If he found the Black Tortoise, the door might open, but where was the Black Tortoise?
Sun Weimin walked to the door and carefully searched for a long time. He thought, Xuanwu is also known as turtle and snake, could it be below?
" Old Hu, take a shovel and dig under the door. There might be something," Sun Weimin suggested.
Old Hu and the others didn't have much of a choice. Now that the half-immortal had spoken, they just dug. They cut open the yellow intestines and started digging. Sun Weimin and Jin Daya shone on the side.
"There really is something! It was like a rock. After digging a few times, Old Hu and the others really dug out something. Sun Weimin stepped forward to take a look. It was the Black Tortoise, chiseled out of a whole piece of stone. Only its head was exposed, and its body was pressed down by the bluestone under the door.
Old Hu and the others were happy when they saw the Xuanwu being unearthed, but they found that it was not easy to take it out. Beside it were yellow intestines, one after another. It looked like they had specially made grooves. The Xuanwu was firmly pressed under the bluestone. If they did not lift the stone, they would not be able to take it out.
"What's next for the half-immortal?" Fatty Wang, who had no idea, also spoke. As he spoke, he squatted on the ground and started fiddling with the Black Tortoise. Needless to say, he was looking for the mechanism again.
Sun Weimin saw that Fatty had been fiddling with it for a long time without any movement, so he gave up the idea of looking for a mechanism. It seemed that it was not a twisting door.
He had no choice but to find a way in the five elements of yin and yang. Sun Weimin began to use his brain to ponder again.
The east is the green dragon, and the five elements belong to the wood element. It is verdant and lush, economic and artistic, and the four seasons are spring. The west is the white tiger, the five elements belong to metal, the cold is the evil spirit is the saber, and the four seasons are autumn. In the south is the rosefinch, the five elements belong to fire, is warm and flamboyant, bright and gorgeous, the four seasons belong to summer. The north is Xuanwu, the five elements belong to water, for convergence low, feminine turbulence, four seasons for winter. This was another missing one of the five elements, no soil! Black Tortoise is water, and earth can suppress water. No wonder it hid Black Tortoise. It seems that it only needs earth to open the door!
Sun Weimin, who understood, lowered his body to take a look. Xuanwu raised its head and opened its mouth. It was hollow inside. It turned out that the mechanism was here!
" Who can go to the cave to get some soil? Get more," Sun Weimin said. There was no other way. The tunnel was covered in yellow intestines and had no soil.
" I'll go!" Fatty got up and wanted to get it, but Old Hu stretched out his hand and said," Forget it. Don't expose the red underwear again. I'll go. You just light it up for me." Old Hu said as he walked back. He looked at the depressed Fatty Wang behind him and continued to tease him." Besides, with your size, you can't go in and turn around. Don't tell me you want to climb out and climb back in?"”
This time, Fatty Wang could not take it anymore. This was simply going too far. Fatty Wang shone his flashlight on Hu Bayi and said unhappily," Hu Bayi, if you continue to talk about me, I won't be polite the next time I see Miss Yang. Don't think I don't know about you touching the butt of Widow Liu from the restaurant!”Fatty Wang seemed to be really anxious. He even brought up such a big matter.
Old Hu was dumbfounded. How embarrassing. Fortunately, the darkness in the tunnel could not see his expression. He could only hear him begging for mercy." Brother Wang, you're a good person. It's not my fault. It's the wine. I, I drank too much." It seemed that Old Hu was really shameless. Even now, he still wanted to renege on his debt.
Fatty Wang didn't buy it. He replied righteously," I drank a lot of wine too. Little Sun drank it all under the table. Why are you the only one who's flirting when we're fine? Your character is terrible!" When Sun Weimin heard this, he felt that it was the day when he kicked the widow's door. That day, Sun Weimin really drank too much. He didn't even know how he came back. He really didn't see the wicked things that Old Hu did.
Jin Daya, who was beside them, saw that the two of them were quarreling endlessly. He immediately came up and pretended to be a good person to persuade them,"We're all brothers, we're all brothers. Whoever touched it is not touching it. Why bother? Hurry up and work. We won't be able to dig at dawn. Do you want to stay in the mountains for a few more days?"
As soon as he said this, the two of them really stopped making a fuss. There were rules for " fighting ". They did not fight at dawn and worked at night. The two of them were quite superstitious. They were afraid of delaying the time, so they immediately " ceased fire " and went to collect the soil as if nothing had happened.
When Old Hu used his clothes to get the soil, Sun Weimin poured it into Black Tortoise's mouth one by one. After a few times, he heard a crisp crack. Before Sun Weimin could get up, Old Hu went up to push the door. It really moved. Old Hu shouted excitedly," It's open! It's open!"”
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