40.Chapter 40

I didn't say anything, but continued to look around, and inadvertently, my eyes were once again drawn to the big bell in the hall. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

At this time, Wen Jing suddenly said: "It's strange, the thing that made a sound and flew just now doesn't seem to have reappeared! ”

"Maybe they're dating outside, and they're making out right now!" Hong Kaiyuan twisted one of the candlesticks vigorously.

"Fatty, it's not a candlestick!" I suddenly thought of something.

"Don't just say that you don't practice, whether it's it or not, try it first!" Probably the candlestick that he twisted didn't react, and he walked to another one.

I stopped talking nonsense with him, and walked straight towards the big bell, Wen Jing was frightened by what happened before, and followed me every step of the way.

From entering the hall to now, I have never really paid attention to this big clock, this time it is finally close contact, in order to see more clearly, I asked Wen Jing to change the battery and turn on the flashlight.

This big bell is about 1.34 meters high, and the diameter of the bottom mouth is about 90 centimeters, which is about the same as that in ordinary temples. The bottom is eight wavy skirts, the skirt is cast with Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kan, Gen, and eight gossip patterns, between each pattern is a cloud and thunder pattern, and then up there are several rings, the width is different, the waist and abdomen are two layers cast with four rectangular borders, there is nothing in the middle of the frame, near the top is a circle of lotus petals, I can't say what it is, and the top is a ring composed of two tails connected to the dragon.

The dust on the bell was very thick, and on one side of the waist and abdomen I found a mark of obvious impact, because the dust there was shaken off a lot, and it was very noticeable compared to the periphery. It seems that something did strike the bell earlier.

After wiping off some of the dust, I finally saw that it was made of bronze, but the rust was very slight, and it seemed that the casting process and smelting methods were relatively advanced.

The red wooden gantry was in the center of the top of the bell, and the red silk that had broken and whitished fell to the ground.

I pushed it with my hand, and found that the bell was very heavy, and I couldn't push it at all, and it was estimated that it would be at least more than 100 kilograms. Thinking about it, his heart moved, he looked at the red silk on the ground again, and turned around and called Hong Kaiyuan to come over.

Hong Kaiyuan thought I had found something, so he ran over.

"Lao Qi, have you found out?"

"Let's move this big bell away and take a look!" I nodded, and handed the flashlight back to Wen Jing, "Girl, get out of the way!"

"Damn, is this the bell?" Hong Kaiyuan scratched his head, a little puzzled.

"What nonsense, help quickly!" I said, and I put my hand into the wavy mouth of the lower skirt of the bell. Seeing this, Hong Kaiyuan walked to the other side and took the same pose as me.

"I'll count one, two, three, let's work together, and then move up to the side. "I said to Hong Kaiyuan.

"One, two, three, up!"

Damn, this bell is really heavy, and we can only lift it slightly off the ground. But it could only move thirty or forty centimeters at a time, and after three or four times, it was finally moved to the side.

When I looked at the ground, there was nothing under the bell except for a layer of dust, the only difference was that the dust here was thinner than the surrounding ones.

"It's really a waste of effort!" Hong Kaiyuan gasped and glanced at me.

I ignored him and just started sweeping the floor with my feet, at first, I didn't find anything, but when I swept away all the dust, I soon noticed something unusual!

There are a total of nine floor tiles in the area under the bell, each about forty centimeters square, and the gap around the middle piece is obviously wider than the other places! I squatted down, looked at it carefully, and asked Hong Kaiyuan for a knife.

Hong Kaiyuan said no, and he didn't go to kill people, what were he doing with a knife? Seeing that he started to make trouble again, I scolded him and asked him to give me the multi-tool knife or bayonet he had picked up. Although he was a little reluctant, he still took the multi-tool knife out of his pocket!

Just as I was prying the floor tiles, Hong Kaiyuan also squatted down on the side and asked me, "Old Qi, how did you find out here?"

"Someone prompted!" I didn't lift my head, and continued with my work. The gaps in the tiles are too small for a knife to slip into.

"In addition to us, there are people here?" Hong Kaiyuan was a little puzzled, "Unless it's a ghost!"

As soon as he said this, Wen Jing immediately squatted beside me, it seemed that she still had some palpitations, and it had become a habitual action.

"Yes, it's the 'ghost'!" I paused and looked up at him and smiled.

As soon as she heard this, Wen Jing immediately hugged my arm again.

"What a nonsense thing to say!" Hong Kaiyuan glanced at me, he knew that I didn't mean that.

"Who rang the bell here?" I smiled.

"You mean the invisible thing?!" Hong Kaiyuan almost jumped. "How did you come up with that?"

"Did it attack us when we got here?" I said indifferently.

Hong Kaiyuan and Wen Jing both shook their heads.

"And what bell is it ringing?" I continued. "Since it has no malice, and it rings the bell vigorously, it is nothing more than a reminder to pay attention to this thing!"

"Thief Na ——!" Hong Kaiyuan suddenly came out with a broken sentence in Japanese.

Wen Jing was immediately made to laugh out loud by him, and the atmosphere was much more relaxed. I said in my heart, fortunately there are these two goods, otherwise I would have been depressed to death.

"Also, when have you ever seen a temple bell placed in the main hall? Usually it's placed somewhere outside. When I was talking, I found that Wen Jing was looking at me with a very admiring gaze, which made me extremely proud, and continued: "Look at this white red silk again, can this thing afford to hang such a heavy big guy? It is estimated that it will break in a few days." It's just for deception!"

"But, dumb melon, why should we be reminded of the invisible things?" Wen Jing, who had not made much noise, said suddenly.

Hong Kaiyuan didn't say anything more, it seemed that he was also very confused, and he had fallen into deep thought at the moment.

"I really don't know that!" I smiled wryly and lowered my head to pry the tile.

With a lot of effort, I finally pried open the fast floor tiles, and at the same time, I could see the hidden lattice under the floor tiles at a glance. In the center of the dark grid is a very thick metal ring, dark black, I can't see what material it is, there is no sign of rust, and there is a very thick metal rod at the bottom of it, and the material and ring should be the same.

After thinking about it, I grabbed the hoop in my hand and pulled it upwards with all my might, and then I heard the creaking sound of the mechanism starting from the ground. Before he could come back to his senses, he heard a rumbling sound coming from behind him.

When he turned around, the three of them froze at the same time, only to see that the huge statue and the base began to move forward.

After a few moments, with a click, the statue stopped.

The three of them hurriedly got up and ran towards the statue's original location.

When we ran closer, we found that there was already a square black dark passageway, and the steps down were exposed!

The passage is very large, at least two meters square, slightly smaller than the base of the statue. The staircase was as big as a dark passage, and the whole way down into darkness!