Chapter 165: Underground High-Rises
In my cognition, generally speaking, the underground palace is either a dead tomb, or a holy place for Buddha bone relics like some temple underground palaces. They all have one thing in common, they are all intended for the afterlife.
But since there is a demon in this place, could it be that a monster is buried here?
Finally, the oil lamp in Ye Lin'an's hand gradually expanded from a straight pillar to a plane, and it seemed that we had reached the end.
I said to Ye Lin'an: "Uncle Ye, this place is really clean." It's been 1,200 years, and the two of us walked down without any dust. ”
But his attention was not on me, and he walked to the bottom of the stairs before me, and there was clearly something in front of him that had caught his attention.
I walked briskly down, and a door appeared abruptly. The reason why it is abrupt is because it is a dilapidated wooden door. The stairs of the entire ten-story building are all brick and stone structures, and in some places you can still see traces of molten iron, which is extremely strong. Shouldn't the door be a heavy stone door?
We walked a few steps to the wooden door. If calculated according to the cultural relics, the wooden door of the Tang Dynasty is also a scarce object, and the existing Tang Dynasty buildings in the country can be counted on one hand, so there are naturally not many doors, and the doors of those houses may not be the original match. So, this must be a very precious cultural relic.
I was worried about whether Ye Lin'an would kick the door open, but I was obviously too worried, he just pushed it gently, and the door more than two meters high opened a crack.
Not only is it unlocked, but it's also very lightweight, not like a door, but like an ornament.
"It's pretty chic." I'm with Ye Lin'an.
He pondered for a moment: "I think that the wooden door is not used for the stone door, and there were often people coming and going here in the past."
I nodded, the place I often go in and out is like the door of the house, and a fool will install a stone door in front of the house.
Frequent in and out, demonic spirit. It's hard to put these two things together. There were a lot of possibilities in my mind, but it was supposed to be a human act, so I finally thought that it should be the people who suppressed the demon here who frequented it.
As Ye Lin'an continued to exert force, I soon saw the scene inside. From an architectural point of view, although it is not splendid, it can definitely be magnificent.
But on the other hand, there is a certain feeling of emptiness. There are no utensils, it is simply architecture.
When I saw them, I realized that the height at which I walked down just now was the height at which the ground had been hollowed out.
From in front of us, it was a "pool" with a depth of three or four meters, and compared to the passage below, the workmanship was a little rougher, and the edge of the pool was also made of large ashlars, and the edges were paved with bricks, but in the middle of the pool were large pebbles, which looked like they were fished out of the bottom of the river. The area of the pond is less than a dozen hectares, but there is no water in it, and there is nothing else, just an empty pool.
What really surprised me was not the pool, of course, but the building behind it. In the hollowed-out space, there is a wall, and a hundred meters behind the wall, three high-rise buildings of nearly ten floors on the left and right are very conspicuously erected, completely filling the space there.
These three buildings are very typical Tang Dynasty buildings, imposing and solemn. There is a very obvious central axis, symmetrical left and right, how wide there are more than a dozen, you can see the red columns, bucket arches, walls, high cornices, owls, and green glazed tiles spread on the roof from a distance. Outside each floor, there seems to be a railing diversion path for people to see. These three complete Tang Dynasty buildings, if discovered by the world, must be genuine architectural historical treasures.
As for the space between the fence and the tall building, because the view was blocked for a while, there was nothing to see.
Ye Lin'an couldn't see all this, he could see it when he looked at me, and couldn't help but ask me: "What's inside?" ”
"There is a big pool without water, and behind the pool is a wall, and behind the wall are three high-rise buildings from the Tang Dynasty, which look ten floors." I answered him.
"High-rises? Pool? Ye Lin'an was a little puzzled.
"I don't know who is so bored and builds the palace underground..."As soon as I finished speaking, I remembered, this can't be the tomb of an emperor or prince or minister in the Tang Dynasty, right? Ancient books have mentioned that the mausoleum of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty "the palace system is beautiful, not different from the world", this pool wall with a palace, is not the Tang Dynasty royal buildings in the world?
I told Ye Lin'an what I thought, and he was noncommittal: "Let's go in and have a look." ”
Judging from the existing gold and stone data, the emperors of the Tang Dynasty liked to dig mountains as tombs, and then restore the layout of some palace cities. But it is really unheard of to dig a big hole in the ground and restore the palace building inside. If it is really the prince's minister's, then the level must not be low, after all, the cost of such a project is not a joke.
The question is back to the demonic energy, how can there be demonic energy in the tomb? Could it be that the dead have become demons? I've heard corpses turn into corpses or something before, but I really haven't seen much of it. But are zombies and demons the same category? Anyway, when I think about this, I can't help but get excited.
Ye Lin'an had already walked forward with an oil lamp, and I followed closely behind him. But we disagreed on how to cross the pool to reach the only entrance to the wall. Ye Lin'an obviously didn't know how big this pool was, and wanted to go around the edge of the pool, but I thought that I should go directly through the bottom of the pool to save time and energy, but he was worried that there would be any traps in the pool.
In the end, we agreed on the easiest way, Uncle Ye summoned the Fu Horse, and we walked around the edge of the pool. The horse's leg strength is still much better than that of a human, and it doesn't take long to reach a distance of several hundred meters. The only entrance, and what I saw, was directly across from the tall building in the middle.
I have to say,The door here is really not exquisite.,Just now that's a wooden door.,Here's another one.,It seems,It's even more broken than the one just now.,No temperament at all.
However, the moment Fu Ma ran into the wall, Fu Ma suddenly disappeared, which I didn't expect at all, and we both had inertia and fell straight forward. Fortunately, the posture of riding a horse is not much different from standing, and there is a Ye Linan in front of me who reacted and landed rationally, but I didn't fall to the ground. It's just that the landing speed is too fast, and it still breaks my foot.
I sat on the ground, rubbed my feet and neck vigorously, and asked Ye Lin'an: "Uncle Ye, why don't you say a word to me when you collect the horse, it's too sudden." ”
Ye Lin'an is actually not much better than me, after getting up from the ground, he rubbed his knees: "I didn't expect it, it didn't take it by me, it disappeared by itself." ”
"Huh?" I can't believe it, can the summoned Fu Ma be so disobedient to the command?
"The demonic aura here is very strong, probably because of this, spells like Fu Ma are useless."
Hearing Ye Lin'an say this, I looked back at the wall, and sure enough, the wall was also painted with the charms of the Yin and Yang family. Sure enough, this is also a position to lock up demonic energy.
After resting for a while, I was slowly helped up from the ground by Ye Lin'an. I saw that there was no obstacle between us and the building in the middle, and a straight road could be walked through. There seem to be many houses on the two sections of this road, interspersed with alleys. Could it be that this is also the imitation of the East City and West City of Tang Chang'an City?
However, a sense of foreboding came to my heart: "Uncle Ye, this, your talisman horse can't be used here, can other skills work?" The implication is, do we two have to go into this place?
He thought for a while and said to me: "Don't worry, in my opinion, although there was a flurry just now, the demonic qi is quite stable now, and it won't pose much of a threat to us." We act with our hearts, and when we investigate clearly, we can think slowly about how to deal with it. ”
I nodded, and lifted the spirit of twelve, because the atmosphere of this place always gave me a feeling that something was too wrong.
Ye Lin'an: No, I also know, we must be going to the building in the middle. No matter what kind of demonic spirit is not demonic, whether it is from the central axis or the height of the building, that building is the real "focus" here, and there must be any problems in it
But my feet are not light, and people are sometimes so fragile that they are almost half a cripple all of a sudden. Ye Lin'an saw that I couldn't move an inch, so I had to support me on the side, and the two of us just like that, one left and one right, headed towards the goal.
Along the way, the courtyard walls of the houses on both sides are also in the style of the Tang Dynasty, which is quite similar to the kind of pottery model I have seen in the collection, except that it is a miniature version of the funerary goods, and this is a one-to-one underground restoration version.
Although I have been decoupled from the study of gold and stone, I still can't help but think, if this place can be discovered by gold and stone, it is also the greatest discovery in the history of architecture, and how many new research materials can be provided? The so-called experts and scholars do not need to deduct the words of description from various ancient books to do anything about restoration.
In addition to this, it is also evident that many of the houses and courtyard walls show signs of being unfinished. Some of the walls are half built with a big hole in the middle, some houses have no ceilings, and some are half covered with tiles. And it's clear that none of these traces were destroyed later, or they weren't finished. I don't know if it was the bold craftsman who cut corners and dared to take advantage of this kind of tomb owner, or if something happened at the time, and it was too late to do these final finishing touches.