I nodded in agreement.
Anyway, there was no chance now.
I had to go see the Earth Immortal sooner or later, so I decided to take action immediately.
I led everyone down the wooden ladder and went straight to the door of the main hall.
The door of the Demon-Suppressing Lord's Palace was closed after we entered, but when we pushed it, it didn't move at all.
I tried harder and didn't push the door open.
I don't know when, but the door was blocked by a hidden machine.
Closed.
When the fat man saw that I couldn't push the door open, he came over to help.
He took out his engineering shovel and pried open the crack in the door.
I felt something strange in my heart.
I was afraid that there was something weird in this palace, so I subconsciously glanced back.
The beam of the tactical spotlight above his head flickered, and I saw that Zhenjun Wu Sheng, who was originally sitting in the hall, suddenly changed his appearance.
He was no longer the second master Guan with silkworm eyebrows, red phoenix eyes, a face as heavy as jujube, and a long beard. , but a stocky, black, and glaring evil ghost, holding in his arms a piece of black Falangji that was as dark as a dead tree.
The clay statue's eyes were as red as blood, and it was looking down, staring at the door, and it was falling on us.
I had an extremely ominous feeling in my heart.
Although I had seen many temples and Taoist temples in my life, I couldn't identify the evil deity enshrined in this temple.
I was shocked.
I didn’t expect that Earth Immortal Feng Shigu would be so blasphemous.
He even dared to build a temple of Guandi.
But I didn’t know that it was the temple of the evil god.
It was completely different from the previous solemn atmosphere.
There was a huge difference between the good and the evil. , it is true that crows and magpies coexist, it is difficult to determine good or bad luck, I am afraid it is not a good thing.
With a thought in my mind, I hurriedly grabbed the fat man who was trying to pry open the door: "Don't touch the door.
There is a vicious spirit here, and it is definitely not the Demon-Suppressing Lord.
Be careful, there is a pin on the wall to ambush you."
Then everyone stood still and looked around the hall with flashlights.
They found that not only the main statue in the shrine, but also Zhou Cang and Guan Ping, who were standing on both sides of the Martial Saint, had somehow turned into ghosts in the underworld.
Poor, covered in red robes, with a braid on top of his head, looking frightened and frightened.
We thought we had seen it wrong.
When we rubbed our eyes again and took a closer look, it turned out that the previous clay statues were covered with a layer of cloth and paint.
At this time, they were all pulled up by thin ropes hidden behind the shrine, and they were hanging empty.
At the height of the temple beam, the true form of the evil god in the temple was revealed.
Our attention had just been attracted by the strange omens in Coffin Mountain, but no one paid attention to the movements in the temple.
In fact, before I came in, I had already checked that there was no equipment around the building, but I didn't expect that the Guandi Temple Fair was a trap.
Although I was extremely careful in advance, this was completely out of common sense.
The strange changes in the temple are still unavoidable.
There was a dead silence in the hall, but for the time being there were no more organized attacks, but the atmosphere seemed very wrong.
I felt more and more bad and had to get away as soon as possible.
I looked around with the tactical spotlight and saw the cold and heavy Qinglong Yanyue Sword still mounted on the cloud platform.
I couldn't help but have an idea and an idea came to my mind. .
In the old Chinese society, the custom of worshiping civil and military sages has been circulating since ancient times.
If the Guandi temple is relatively large, there will often be a separate sword hall in the side chamber dedicated to the Guan Gong sword; in smaller temples, or The sword is carried by Zhou Cang, or placed flat on the Jinyun bracket.
I saw that the Guan Gong sword was extremely heavy, and I thought that there might be something connected with the palace door.
Although it would be easy to break out, it might be digging one's own grave.
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Why not use this sword that weighs dozens of kilograms as a weapon?
Lock the wall, break through the wall and get out, then immediately call the fat man to step forward and raise the knife.
As soon as everyone took a few steps closer, they saw a wooden plaque behind the ghost-like clay statue of the evil god, with gold characters on a black background and the three characters "Pao Temple" written on it.
Yaomei'er seems to know this thing, even saying it's bad.
Not only the doors, windows and walls of this temple, but also the roof and beams covered with glazed tiles must not be touched.
There must be ground-to-ceiling firecrackers hidden inside.
Once triggered, the entire temple will be destroyed and everyone will be blown to pieces.
The fat man had originally planned to sneak into the Feng family's old house to fight for gold due to his strong momentum.
But when he saw that his start was not going well, he couldn't help complaining about his bad luck.
He probably forgot to burn incense for the ancestor before going out.
I shook my head helplessly and said, it’s not that we have memorized the words, but the landlord class is too cunning, but I have never heard of any gun temple in the world.
Is this temple really a big gunpowder keg?
A desperate house with no way out knocks on the door Shiry Yang also asked Yao Meier: "What is the Cannon Temple and how can we determine that there are floor-standing cannons hidden in the temple?"
After hearing what Yao Meier said, we understood what was going on.
It turns out that the folk custom of worshiping the God of Guns originated in Qingxi, Wushan.
It was originally caused by the use of home-made explosives when digging the Wuyan mine veins.
Because the conditions were extremely primitive and simple, mine slaves were often killed by explosions, so the people secretly created it.
The Gun Temple, as a Shinto dedicated to worshiping in mines, was initially similar to a low earth temple.
All the saltpeter and gunpowder used for blasting mountains were usually stored in this temple, and its function was similar to that of an explosives warehouse.
Over time, people discovered that the "gun god" in the temple often performed miraculous things, whether it was blowing up the mine tunnels and burying many slaves alive; or there was water leakage in the explosives warehouse, but a large number of explosives were not detonated. detonator , and things like this are all said by the workers who work in the mines that Grandpa, the "God of Guns" has appeared.
It is just like worshiping Mazu when gunboats go out to sea.
It is an ancient industry worship that should have existed in China since the Ming Dynasty. .
Later, a trend gradually formed.
Except for those who mined mines, even the firearms battalions of the officers and soldiers, including the Hongyi cannon later introduced from the Portuguese Red Hair Country, had to worship the God of Artillery wherever gunpowder was involved.
Firearms began to develop in the Ming Dynasty, but the concepts were still relatively conservative and superstitious.
The main Hongyi artillery used in the army would be given the title of general, such as "Shenwu, Shenwei, Zhenwei" generals, etc.
After the cannon is aged or damaged, it cannot be recast and decomposed.
Instead, it must be buried in a grave.
These are all extended from the custom of worshiping the God of Guns.
Later, because Nurhaci, the founder of the Qing Dynasty, was injured by artillery bombardment outside Ningyuan City and eventually died, the Qing Dynasty completely banned the Pao Temple.
All the Pao King tombs and Pao Ye temples were completely demolished and destroyed.
Only in the place where they originated are there still people.
The God of Guns is worshiped secretly, and the temple sites are mostly built in underground caves.
It is difficult for outsiders to know these things.
The people in the Qingxi area make a living from gunpowder mining, and everyone young and old knows this.
Because it is worshiped in secret, Qingxi Pao Temple has often been disguised as other temples since the Qing Dynasty, mostly Yaowang Temple or Tutu Temple, but no one has ever dared to use Guandi Temple as a guise.
In addition, in Fenghuishan, which specializes in making pins, there are many traditions of worshiping the God of Guns because they often make some gunpowder equipment, such as the crow flying fire, the fire dragon coming out of water, etc.
It is said that the statues of the God of Artillery have different shapes, but they must be holding Franji in his arms, with boys in red robes and fire clothes standing on both sides.
Franji is the name for Western artillery in ancient times.
It has been named after Portuguese artillery was introduced to China during the Ming Dynasty and Zhengde years.
It has always been the weapon of the artillery god.
Although Shiry Yang and others did not know about the Artillery God, we were aware of it.
We had seen many old weapons atlases in Panjiayuan, Beijing, which included such firearms.
The firearms held in the arms of the clay statue of the gun god are naturally fake, but there is a special point here.
The guns held by the gun gods worshiped by the people are all red, which means red clothes and red medicine; there is also a black Buddha.
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Langji means that there are fire pins for killing people in the Cannon Temple.
Most of them are five-thunder and firecrackers, or ground-mounted firecrackers.
Because this type of explosive mechanism is called a fire pin in Fengfeng Mountain, painting the Franc machine held by the gun god black is exactly a code used by the box makers in Fengfeng Mountain.
The difference is that except for laying the cannon pin spring The craftsmanship is never known to outsiders.
Although Yao Meier had learned these tricks, she had never really seen them before and lacked the necessary experience.
It was not until she saw the black franc machine and the ancient plaque behind the clay statue that she suddenly remembered it.
This cannon temple must have been equipped with countless explosives and explosives.
Fortunately, I didn't break down the door and demolish the wall rashly.
Otherwise, if the cannon was triggered, everyone would have been blown to pieces at this moment.
Most of the booby traps in the temple are hidden in the beams and pillars of the doors and walls.
The doors, windows and pavilions of the temple can be closed but not opened.
If the four walls are stressed, explosives will be triggered.
Although the homemade explosives buried hundreds of years ago may still explode in Coffin Mountain, a place where wind and energy are hidden.
Once the fire is about to explode, it is definitely not something that flesh and blood can withstand. of.
I think gunpowder was originally one of the four great inventions in ancient times.
By the Ming Dynasty, the application of gunpowder firearms had become mature and perfect.
Although the original homemade explosives were not as powerful as modern ones, their lethality should not be underestimated.
Floor-to-ceiling cannons are similar to cluster bombs.
As the name suggests, after the gunpowder explodes, the iron nails and iron sheets hidden inside will cover and kill the surroundings like a goddess scattering flowers, while five-thunder cannons will explode continuously.
After hearing this, everyone felt helpless.
Once the door of the temple was opened, the entire temple would probably explode into the sky, but if they couldn't find a way out, they would not be able to escape even if they had wings.
The thought of being surrounded by artillery shells makes people feel confused, like crickets on hot ground, unable to stand still for a moment.
I suppressed my anxiety and calmed down to think about it.
This time I came to Qingxi to search for the ancient tomb of Dixian Village.
Almost every step was far from what I expected.
This was all due to Professor Sun's refusal to tell the truth. , so that everyone was finally dragged into a desperate situation, but blaming anyone now is of no use.
The only meaningful thing is to do everything possible to deal with the crisis at hand.
I was about to discuss with Shiry Yang whether it was feasible to take the risk of dismantling the cannon guide, but Sun Jiuye on the side suddenly said: "I almost forgot, Dixian Village is full of yin and yang houses."
We didn't understand the meaning and asked curiously: "What is Yin Yang House?
Isn't Dixian Village an ancient tomb Yin Yang House?"
Sun Jiuye said: "No, no, too many things happened today.
I was so confused that I ignored this section. .
I remember hearing my brother say that all the houses in Dixian Village are Yin and Yang houses."
The so-called yangzhai is the residence of the living, while the yinzhai is the tomb where the dead are buried.
Feng Shi of Dixian Village had an addiction to collecting treasures from ancient tombs in ancient times, and he also had a peculiar quirk.
Not only were the rare artifacts buried with him in the tomb, but also the Coffins, ancient corpses, tomb bricks, murals and other objects must also be taken as their own and treated as if they were property and life.
When he built the Dixian Village in Coffin Mountain, he built all the ancient tombs stolen by the Taibao of Guanshan underground as they were, with a yang house on the top and a yin house on the bottom.
All the houses, courtyards and lower floors were real tombs.
The types of tombs range from the Three Dynasties to the Yuan and Ming dynasties, and they all have their own portals and tomb passages underneath, just like the streets of Yin and Yang Houses, but no one knows why he did what he did.
There will definitely be a cellar-like tomb underground in this Cannon Temple, and the tomb passage can also lead to the old house of the Feng family, but I wonder if there are floor-to-ceiling cannons hidden underground.
Logically speaking, it shouldn't be possible, because the Earth Immortal Feng Shigu would never destroy the Yin Mansion easily.
However, it is said that all the hidden weapons in the tomb chamber are set up according to the old laws.
If you go through the tomb passage, you have to find a way to deal with the hidden weapons in the ancient tombs of the past dynasties.
Various agencies.
It is said that people should be trusted without doubt and those with doubt should be ignored.
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After Professor Sun swore a poisonous oath in the name of the spirits of his ancestors and ancestors in heaven, and with the confirmation of everything before and after, I have temporarily given up my doubts about him, otherwise it will be difficult to move forward. , Dang even agreed and said: "This is a way, it is better than being trapped here and suffering.
There is a saying that only heroes can drive away tigers and leopards, and there are no heroes who are afraid of bear bears.
There is no tomb for a craftsman who touches gold and fights.
Those who dare to enter” The Temple of the Cannon seemed silent, but in fact it was surrounded by dangers.
With no way to advance or retreat, everyone immediately decided to make a desperate move and prepared to escape from the underground tomb passage.
However, even he himself could not guarantee that the secrets passed down from generation to generation in Professor Sun's family were true.
Really, it is hard to tell whether there are ancient tombs under the temple.
So the five people lined up in a row and carefully used engineering shovels and fine steel Emei thorns to pry open the floor tiles one by one.
They found that there were artillery pins on the floor facing the wall in the hall, hidden in rows and densely packed.
The five thunder cannons were not landmines.
There was no way to dismantle the fuses, so they had to try to avoid them.
There was only a circle around the statue of the God of Fire in the entire temple, and no concealed fire pins were buried.
Everyone was afraid of touching the fire pin, and no one dared to use excessive force.
They slowly moved away the top few green bricks.
They saw that there was a layer of clear mud and rammed earth under the bricks.
The length of the engineer's shovel was too short and they could not use enough force to dig into the rammed earth.
Moreover, the rammed soil may have been mixed with glutinous rice and children's urine.
The soil was dense and tough, and we were already sweating on our foreheads after just a few digs with the shovel.
I had no choice but to carry the Guan Gong knife with the fat man.
According to the ancient Xunling formula left by Taoist Banshan Taoist with the word "cut", we first poured some shochu I brought with me on the ground, soaked the rammed earth to make it looser, and then He turned the knife head upside down and stabbed the ground with the three-sided cast iron knife.
This Guan Gong knife is like a shovel weighing tens of kilograms, and it is very good at cutting through hard mud layers.
After digging out this layer of rammed earth, it turned out to be a layer of plaster mud more than a foot thick, with another layer of sleepers under the mud.
Digging up to this point is enough to prove that there is indeed a tomb under the temple.
The wood used is probably from a real ancient tomb.
The square pillar-like wood is half-decayed and smells bad.
After a few pokes with Guan Gong's knife, the columns are neatly arranged.
The rotten wood sank from it, revealing a dark hole, with a dark wind blowing out from inside.
The fat man said happily: "It seems that the militiamen have connected the tunnels in the village."
Before he finished speaking, he heard the clay statue in the Cannon Temple rumbling and shaking.
It turned out that the sleepers in the ground had been soaked by groundwater at the original site and were rotten to the point of being overwhelmed.
One of the wooden piles collapsed, causing several nearby crossbars to break.
Several broken and collapsed sleepers were just at the bottom of the statue of the God of Artillery, which was embracing Franji.
The god shook, and the heavy clay statue hit the back wall with its head.
The head of the God of Artillery was knocked off on the spot, and his head crashed to the ground.
A strange cracking sound was heard from the back wall.
Everyone's hearts sank suddenly, knowing that this was the pin spring of a ground-breaking firecracker.
I quickly pushed Mr.
Sun Jiu who was staying in place: "Let's go, what are you waiting for?"
At this time, the walls and beams in the temple were filled with the sound of cannons.
While I greeted him, I no longer cared about what was going on in the tomb.
I pushed and pulled Professor Sun down, followed by several others.
Then he jumped into the tomb.
The fat man felt that Guan Gong's knife was heavy and strong, and it was very easy to use.
Although it would definitely not be able to be swung by one person, it was just right for chopping coffins.
He was reluctant to abandon it and did not forget to drag the sword in his hurry.
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This tomb made of hundreds of stacked sleepers is very narrow, and one cannot stand up straight inside.
There is also a large ancient wooden coffin inside.
I was the last one to jump in and landed right on the lid of the wooden coffin.
Before the force of landing disappeared, I heard thunderous roars above my head one after another, and dirt and earth continued to fall on me
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