Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Temple of the Heavenly Fox
The scale of the temple is large, the style is ancient, and the painted colors of the temple are strong and the patterns are ornate. There is a strong mythological charm of prehistoric civilization, and the palace is majestic and majestic. Judging from the style of the exterior wall carving, it looks like a sacrificial temple used to worship the gods before the Western Zhou Dynasty.
The temple is viewed from the outside, with the temple gate facing west. The double-opened bronze gate is decorated with a fierce fox-like beast, which is very similar to the stone carving of the ancestral hall of the fox village. The gate is more than 10 meters high, the bottom of the temple is all solid pier thick stone walls, the gilt on the golden roof of the temple has been lost, but you can still imagine the golden glory of the year.
"Amazing, I didn't expect that there would be such a large temple in this deep mountain, which is estimated to be dedicated to the thousand-year-old fox spirit. But to build such a large temple, it takes a lot of manpower and material resources, how can the mountain people here have this kind of strength? Fat Wei said with wide eyes.
Chen Zhi also felt very shocked, such a magnificent temple is not common in the mountains, even outside. In ancient times, it was unimaginable to build such a building in a cave, and the people in the ancient mountains simply did not have the ability to do so, so this temple was basically impossible.
"Let's go, the purpose of my mission is here, don't let Sister Bai Qian wait for a long time, you have to see people in life and corpses in death." Fat Wei said, tightening the belt of his pants and pulling the gun out.
Everyone walked all the way to the gate of the ancient temple, and when Chen Zhi arrived, he found that it was very difficult to open this bronze gate, because it was too large and the whole was made of bronze, which was too heavy. Fortunately, under the bronze door, they found a small doorway, just the size of which was for people to pass through.
"Damn! It seems that it was specially left to us by Sister Bai Qian. Fat Wei said, the first to burrow into the darkness.
A few people also got into the small doorway. After entering the door, a damp and moldy smell came, and the air pressure became even lower. In the dark, the vision was not clear, and the ancient temple in the mountain was very quiet, and the wheezing of the four people could be clearly heard. Chen Zhi and the four of them, shaking their flashlights in the dark, saw that the place where they were was the hall of this temple, and the decorations around them were fine and exquisite, carved beams and painted buildings, and they could see the colorful and bright colors of the past. Directly opposite them was a huge jade screen.
This stone screen is carved from a whole piece of white jade, like the white snow of the Tianshan Mountains, and the whole body is crystal clear. A long mural was carved on it. In the center of the painting is a woman, in a variety of postures, sitting on top of a giant turtle monster. The monster bared its teeth and claws, spitting floodwater, flooding the villages below, and many people struggling in the floodwaters. The woman and the monster are very large in the painting, and the people below are like ants compared to them.
When Chen Zhi saw this mural, his heart immediately became horrified. The monster in this painting has been seen before, and it is the golden turtle boulder in the dark river.
"Is it difficult?" A bold guess came to Chen Zhi's mind, "Could it be that the Golden Turtle Stone was once alive?" It is really a giant beast in ancient times, a fossil after death. In ancient times, it caused floods here and plagued the people. Later, the vicissitudes of life changed. It has been passed down from generation to generation by the people here and has become the legend of the Golden Turtle Stone. ”
Thinking of this, Chen Zhi swallowed his saliva, "If that Golden Turtle Stone was really a living thing at one time, it was too huge, then who is the woman who can sit on the back of such a huge monster?" White and shallow? ”
"Hurry up" The ghost knife interrupted Chen Zhi's thoughts, he didn't seem to be interested in the painting on the stone screen, he greeted him, and walked around the stone screen and walked inside.
It's too dark inside, and you can't see your fingers. The hall behind the stone screen, which seems to be the center of the entire temple, is very large. Under the beam of the flashlight, you can see countless glass lamps inlaid on the wall, Fat Wei took a look, the lamp oil inside is actually usable, Fat Wei turned on the fire fold and lit a few glass lamps for lighting.
The entire interior of the temple was presented to them, and the ancient glass lamps shone dimly, making the whole hall appear gloomy. This is a structure of a string of sugar gourds, and the roof can be seen from the first floor, with a total of three floors, and the lifting frame is very high. Looking into the middle of the hall, there was a tall statue of the god standing from the first floor to the top floor. The statue is more than 40 meters tall and is carved from a giant tree. The carving depicts a goddess descending from the sky, with several fox tails behind the goddess and a golden turtle on her feet, which is obviously the image of a sky fox. Around the idol are various small idols. There are fairies with charitable smiles, and there are evil ghosts with hideous faces.
In front of this idol, it was as if they had entered another world, and these lifelike idols seemed to have life and were about to get off their seats. If ordinary people walk here, a terrifying, pious force will intimidate them and numb their nerves.
"It's just a white girl, right?" Fat Wei said with a flashlight, and seemed to be shocked by the grandeur of the statue, "We have all arrived at her house, and we haven't seen her shadow!" ”
"Shh The ghost knife motioned for everyone to shut down, pointed to the top, everyone looked up, and they didn't pay attention outside just now, there was a stone staircase behind the statue leading to the second floor. Looking up from the stone staircase, the second floor of the temple is dimly lit.
"There are people on the second floor, are they gods or ghosts?" This thought immediately rushed into Chen Zhi's mind, and he couldn't help but get nervous, and his hand touched the pistol behind his waist.
Everyone remained motionless in the hall, looking up, but they didn't hear any movement.
At this time, the ghost knife said, "I want to know who it is?" Just go up and have a look. With that, the ghost knife took the lead and walked up the stone stairs next to him to the second floor.
Chen Zhi motioned to Fat Wei's cushion, let Xiao Gu'er follow him, and also walked to the second floor.
The second floor of the temple is a suspended hall that is right in the middle of the Sky Fox Temple. In the middle of the hall is a huge and ornate altar. On the altar is a huge tablet with candles lit on both sides.
Chen Zhi took a flashlight and cautiously looked around the second floor, but did not see a figure. There were huge wooden cabinets and book cabinets everywhere, as well as bamboo slips that had rotted out to the point of not being present.
"Nobody," Chen Zhi shook his head at the others.
"There's no one on the second floor, let's go up to the third floor and have a look!" Xiao Gu suddenly interjected, and then turned his head and walked towards the third floor.
"Don't worry," Chen Zhi grabbed him and said, "According to the habits of ancient people, if the statue of a god is enshrined in the temple, then there must be a tablet in front of it, and the specific name and honorific name of the god must be written on the tablet. Let's go to the altar and see what is written on the tablet, and we'll know who the owner of the cave is. ”