Chapter 228 Luo Shu

The snowfield is vast. When the dim light of the flashlight passed by, at least more than one-third of the area was shining brightly like stars.

If such a large area is full of mercury, how much is there?

It's hard to say, but it must be an astronomical figure!

Lao Bai was too lazy to care about this issue. After confirming the location of the tomb, he knew that it would be time to shovel tomorrow. There would be dirty and tiring work to do, so he just got into his sleeping bag and fell asleep.

Anyway, in his opinion, the most terrifying thing about mercury in the tomb is the toxicity of mercury evaporation. However, we are equipped with gas masks this time, and we are not worried about this at all. Since we were almost poisoned to death in the Donghu ancient tomb last time, we will definitely wear gas masks when we act now. It is a black technology product bought from Taobao, but it is not a fake. It works very well. Brother Yaozi modified it casually. It can be said that most of the poisonous gases in the ancient tomb can be protected.

Brother Yaozi and Zhang Xinya chatted with me for a few words, and then they also went to sleep in their sleeping bags. After a day's journey, they were already very tired.

Unfortunately, I couldn't sleep. I took out a pen and paper and kept shining a flashlight on the snow field below to confirm the area of ​​mercury, so as to determine the scale of the bitter sea in the tomb and then judge the pattern of the entire tomb.

After all, the location of the tomb has been confirmed, but where is the safest place to enter? This still requires a lot of calculations!

The reason is that there is mercury in the tomb, which involves the specifications of the tomb!

Once this kind of mercury tomb is mentioned, everyone's first thought will definitely think of the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. After countless surveys, archaeologists have long given a definite answer that the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang does contain countless mercury! !

Even those archaeologists have carefully explained the role of mercury in the tomb.

One is that it can be well insulated, forming a closed insulation layer in the underground palace, which can well guarantee the color of the objects in the underground palace. Another thing is that mercury can kill microorganisms and prevent corrosion. Finally, it can prevent theft.

This is a three-pronged approach.

So, is this statement correct?

Yes and no!!

It is correct because mercury can play the above three roles when it appears in the tomb. It is wrong because the ancients did not know that mercury has these roles at all!!

Six or seven out of ten tombs of high-ranking officials in the world are designed by ritual officials. The ritual officials know what materials are used in the tombs and what specifications are selected. They even study the characteristics of each thing.

So, I read the handwritten notes of our ancestors. When did the ritual officials fully understand the characteristics of mercury?

Tang Dynasty!!

That's right, the ritual officials fully understood mercury in the Tang Dynasty!

However, after the Tang Dynasty, there are no more mercury tombs!!

Each dynasty has its own tomb characteristics.

For example, in the Tang Dynasty, everyone knows that the tombs in the Tang Dynasty were the largest, and the mountains were dug to build the tombs.

For example, in the Song Dynasty, there were many brick tombs, because the Song Dynasty explicitly prohibited the use of stone tombs. At that time, the area north of the Yangtze River was the national economic, political and cultural center, so it was rare to see stone tombs in the north of the Song Dynasty. Later, in the Southern Song Dynasty, it became a bit chaotic and the tombs became mixed.

As for the Yuan Dynasty...

Come on, tell me, who the hell has seen the tomb of the Yuan Dynasty emperor?

The Yuan Dynasty was a secret burial, and no one knew where their imperial tombs were. Many of my ancestors who worked for the Yuan Dynasty royal family died. When a royal child died, our family mourned for three years, because after participating in the construction of the tomb, they would definitely be executed or buried directly. Those were the darkest days for ritual officials. One of my ancestors was forced to marry twenty wives and concubines, and struggled day and night for fear that the inheritance would be cut off!

Finally, when it comes to the Ming and Qing dynasties, it is very mixed. Most of them are brick tombs with arched tops. The architectural structure is very complicated. It can be said that it is a culmination of all means. There are endless tricks. Therefore, if we talk about mechanisms, the ancient tombs of the Ming and Qing dynasties have the most terrible mechanisms...

In short, from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, no matter how the funeral system changed, there were no more mercury tombs. This kind of mercury tomb basically only appeared from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Qin Dynasty, and then stopped. Only one or two occasionally appeared in the Han Dynasty.

In other words, the appearance of mercury tombs has nothing to do with the role of mercury itself. It is because mercury was very valuable at that time. The presence of mercury in the tomb itself is a symbol of power and wealth.

Therefore, the amount of mercury in the tomb directly means the identity of the tomb owner! !

In addition, the mercury in the tomb has another function.

Li Daoyuan, a famous geographer in the Northern Wei Dynasty, said that mercury is used as rivers, lakes and seas because mercury is used as four rivers, hundreds of rivers, five mountains and nine states, which has geographical potential!

This involves the theory of Xuanmen, which means that this thing symbolizes mountains and rivers, and is directly linked to the land of the tomb owner!

For example, although I have never been in the tomb of the First Emperor, the mercury rivers inside must be crisscrossed. If you comb it carefully, there must be seven, implying the unification of the seven countries. The area where the mercury river flows through, if you zoom in, must have the momentum of the Central Plains. To put it bluntly, it is similar to a small land sand table, telling future generations that this is my land! !

Behind these mercury rivers is the real sleeping place of the First Emperor!

The mountains and rivers are in front, and the king is behind. This means that the country is greater than the king.

All mercury tombs are laid out like this! !

And what about the mercury tomb in front of me?

Such a large amount of mercury is used, which shows that the owner of this relic is of a very high status, at least a monarch of an ancient country.

In addition, I found that the land polluted by mercury is connected, which means that the mercury in the ruins is really like a sea, that is to say, the country of the owner of the ruins was on the sea?

This inference puzzled me. Taiyue Mountain is inland. Why would the monarch of an overseas country be buried here? !

I can't figure it out, and I don't want to think about it anymore. Fortunately, through the shape of the polluted area, I can roughly infer the shape of the mercury sea below, and the approximate location of this mercury sea in the entire tomb, and then add some possible tombs.

In this way, the pattern and size of the entire tomb are basically vivid on paper.

After the drawing was completed, I looked at the tomb drawing in front of me and fell into deep thought...

"Hey, isn't this Luoshu?"

Suddenly, a female voice came from my ear. I was concentrating on drawing, and suddenly I was startled by this. I looked back and saw that it was Zhang Xinya. I don't know when this girl got up. At this moment, her head passed through my shoulder and she was looking at the drawing in my hand. The hot air she exhaled when she breathed blew on my neck, which made me have goose bumps all over my body. I couldn't help shrinking my head and making way for her to sit next to me. Then I said unhappily: "Why don't you sleep well in the middle of the night and get up to join in the fun?"

"Blame me?"

Zhang Xinya rolled her eyes. It was cold on the top of the mountain. She shrank back and frowned, saying, "You are right in front of me, like a lunatic, muttering things like Tang tombs are made of open mountains and Song tombs are made of bricks, just like a ghost chanting sutras. This place we are in is not peaceful. I was scared awake by you!"

I was also a little embarrassed. Maybe I was too involved and made a noise. I smiled and said nothing.

Zhang Xinya poked me with her elbow and said, "Hey, you haven't explained it clearly. Isn't this the Luoshu?"

"This is the layout of this tomb. The tombs are superimposed together. It really looks like the Luoshu."

I nodded, looked at the tomb layout map I drew, and got in again.

The river produces the map, and the Luo produces the book.

I believe that all Chinese people know this. In ancient times, a dragon horse appeared in the Yellow River, carrying the River Map and presenting it to Fuxi. Fuxi evolved the innate Bagua from it, which is the source of the later "Book of Changes", and has influenced China for thousands of years. If you must ask where the roots of Chinese people are, it is here. The root of civilization is here, which will invisibly affect social rules. Everyone's behavior, no matter whether you admit it or not, as long as you are a Chinese, everything you do cannot escape the influence of Confucianism and Taoism!

As for the book of Luo, it was during the period of Dayu's flood control. The divine turtle floated in the Luo River, carrying the Luoshu on its back and presented it to Dayu. Dayu relied on this to successfully control the flood and divided the world into nine states.

Therefore, the Luoshu, also known as the turtle book, is the source of Yin-Yang and Five Elements.

Zhang Xinya was amazed after hearing this: "You look amazing, you are not bad either, you shine a flashlight in the snow, and the whole layout of the tomb is revealed."

"I am not amazing, but this tomb is amazing."

I said faintly: "You still don't understand what it means to build a tomb into Luoshu? Dayu divided the world into nine states after getting Luoshu. This Luoshu contains the changes of the world, and the rivers, mountains and land veins are all in it. A simple picture tells the biggest and most complicated truth in the world. If the emperor's residence is designed like this, there is no problem, but... if it is built into a tomb and you are stuffed in it, would you feel comfortable? This is like picking up the whole world and smashing it on your head. This tomb is used to suppress others! ! !

As for the mercury sea in the tomb, it is not to tell future generations how awesome the tomb owner is, but to tell the tomb owner that no matter how high your status is, I have the same means. Even if you are the king of heaven, I have the corresponding specifications to bury you, and you will never be able to turn over!"

Zhang Xinya was stunned, and after a while she said, "I suddenly know why you can tell the general layout of the tomb at a glance. To be honest, do you feel familiar now?"

I nodded silently.

"Then there is no escape."

Zhang Xinya sighed, "This tomb is most likely used by your ritual officials to bury people. This style of doing things is the nature of your ritual officials. You want to bury people if you don't agree with them. You don't let people feel comfortable even after death, so you are so hated..."