Chapter 173: The Clay Sculpture of the Broken Gu God
Seeing Hao Xiaoyu sleeping next to me, I quietly pulled out my arm.
It was only three or four o'clock in the morning, and the whole village was in silence, and there was not even the sound of chickens and dogs at this moment. Although this point should be very quiet, it is not normal to be so quiet in the countryside! I remember the last time it was so quiet, it was when I was cleaning up the big pit in the western suburbs of the village.
I trotted all the way out of the village, came to the western suburbs, and looked at it from a distance, and it was pitch black in the big pit, and I wondered! Now there is a half-yellow moon overhead, and it can still shine a faint light, and it stands to reason that as long as there is water, it will definitely reflect the light, and it will not be black. Is there no water?
Thinking like this, the person also sped up, and when he ran to the fork, he saw clearly, I really wanted what it was, and I really guessed it, and the water in this pit was really gone.
I carefully got as close as I could to the pit, looked down, and with my extraordinary eyesight I could see at a glance the trivial things at the bottom of the pit.
What about the black coffin? What about the huge stone jade platform? It seems to be gone.
Those black coffins are gone, I already knew about it, but this stone jade platform weighs at least a dozen tons, why do you say that it is gone? What makes me even more puzzled is where the water in this pit goes!
I returned to Hao Xiaoyu's house with doubts and returned to bed......
Early the next morning, I knocked on the door of Wang Jiliang's house and asked him about the puddle in the west of the village. At that time, I was still wondering if the water had slowly disappeared in the past few days, because I was almost not in the village during the day, so naturally I didn't know, and Wang Jiliang didn't tell me.
But when asked, he was more shocked than me.
"What? A puddle of water is gone? ”
"Yes! I went to see the ...... before dawn today."
I briefly told him about the sound of a dragon in the middle of the night, and he looked even more puzzled.
"Let's go! Let's take a look......"
We trotted to the edge of the pit again, and saw that the four sides of the pit at the bottom of the pit were still there, but the lid on it was gone, and it was replaced by a piece of broken stones, and by the color, these broken stones were the lid of the broken stone platform.
There is a hole in the ground on one side of the stone platform, the hole is about three or four square meters wide, and it is dark and bottomless.
"Where's the stuff inside?" Wang Jiliang exclaimed.
I smiled bitterly twice and replied, "Where are the things, those coffins are gone, let alone the contents inside!" ”
At that time, I had a very bold and reasonable idea, and I didn't tell Wang Jiliang.
Looking at the characteristics of the broken stone platform under the giant pit, it seems that there is a huge force pouring out from the inside, breaking the entire stone platform slab, could it be that the long creature inside has been resurrected?
Looking at the black hole at the bottom of the pit, I guess that the water should have flowed away from this hole, but how could such a large pit of water come so quickly and go so fast?
I don't understand it when I think about it.
When I was hi last night, I had already handed over the bank card to Hao Xiaoyu, and when he learned how much money was in it, he was so shocked that he didn't speak for half a minute, maybe it was really the same as a writer said, the desire for money has been written into people's genes.
The father-in-law said that he would go to discuss the house with Lao Wang today, and if it was negotiated, he would immediately go to the construction team, and if it went well, the yard would be up in a month, and then it would be dried for two months, and the new year and the new year would be able to move in.
I didn't care about these things, I paid the money and the rights, but when I was designing the house, I asked for two bathrooms......
As soon as I had breakfast that day, I heard Zhang Kailong's car drive into the village.
It's also amazing to say, through this period of cross-sitting practice, my body's sensory ability has gone to the next level, and now not only is my hearing super strong, but I can also distinguish the subtle differences between sounds, such as passing by a car, why do they all sound the same, but in my ears there are no two exactly the same car roars.
I hurriedly finished the rest of the meal, said hello to them, and went to the village branch.
Getting into the car, Zhang Kailong said that the brothers of the task force had already set off first, and they had made an appointment to meet by the Yellow River embankment at the entrance of the village.
Sure enough, in the distance, I saw seven or eight Yvettes, lined up, and the scene was very spectacular.
We drove directly to the front, honked the horn three times, and the car behind also responded three times, and soon a convoy of a task force entered Xiaohe Village in a mighty way.
The village was as quiet as ever, which was what we expected.
The car could only drive to the south of the village, and there was no road ahead, so the group walked into the crater with no grass.
Zhang Kailong and Chen Laosan and I walked at the forefront, and along the way, we always heard strange voices behind us, and the task force also felt that this place was very weird, giving people a very uncomfortable feeling.
Soon approached the cemetery, and from a distance, the carcasses of the domestic animals were still there, but they didn't look the same as before.
I wondered in my heart: Could it be that the dead animal got up again in the middle of the night and went out to graze?
After walking in, Zhang Kailong also noticed that something was wrong, the keen sense of the criminal police made him see at a glance that the corpses on the ground had changed, and if he thought about it, it seemed that the shape of each corpse lying on the ground was different from before.
What's going on?
They certainly didn't do it themselves, so there are two possibilities left, either someone did it, or something inside the carcasses of these animals was the result.
"Watch out for the carcasses under your feet! Don't touch them! ”
Zhang Kailong shouted to the brothers behind him.
This time, Zhang Kailong was very resolute, and walked straight to the location of the cave entrance around the corpse on the ground.
When we arrived at the entrance of the cave, everyone except us was shocked, how could there be such a big hole in this cemetery!
This time I was really prepared! After the policemen behind him surrounded him, several policemen behind him put a large box on the ground, and when they opened it, there was a strong flashlight inside, one for each person.
"Brother Long, with my current body, it is estimated that the things inside can't hurt me, let's do this! I'm the vanguard, you follow me, and in case of danger, you can cover me! ”
Zhang Kailong knew that I had eaten dragon eggs, and he also knew that there was a spirit snake called the "King of Ten Thousand Gus" in my body, so he was not polite, and shouted to the people behind him, "Brothers, follow closely, pick up the gun, just shoot if something happens!" ”
The cave was diagonally downward, and the entrance of the cave was on a large mound, and the first seven or eight meters were relatively narrow, and I could only walk forward in a half-squat.
As soon as I entered the hole, I saw that the ground in the cave had been polished to a bright surface, and it could be seen that there were often things in and out, and the cat people who chased here that day should be hidden in this cave, and this hole must be a cat waist for us, so it is very tiring to walk, but for those half-human and half-beast guys, it is very smooth, because they are now reptiles.
I'm nervous too! Although I knew that the contents couldn't hurt me, the atmosphere still made people dare not breathe, and after just a few steps, my face was sweating.
After entering the cave, I hurriedly called out to the spirit snake and asked him what was inside, and the spirit snake replied that he could only feel that there were countless Gu worms inside, and some of them were very powerful, but with him, he would definitely not hurt me.
Hearing the spirit snake promise this, I was a little relieved.
After a few more meters of cats, the whole cave suddenly became spacious.
This sudden change surprised me, because it was not ordinary wide here, and I visually measured at least seven or eight meters on both sides, and the height was more than two meters, even if a car drove in.
Chen Laosan let out a "huh" and was attracted by the protrusion under the wall of the cave on one side.
It was a clay sculpture, mutilated, with only half of its head and half of its body remaining.
Out of curiosity, Zhang Kailong and I also surrounded us.
After Chen Laosan picked it up, I saw the face of the sculpture. At a glance, I was full of excitement, this appearance is too familiar to me, it is the kind that I dug out under the jar of pickles in Aunt Li at noon yesterday when I followed Wang Er to trick or treat, but this is a mud tire, it looks very rough, it is estimated that the person who dug this pit was resting, and he casually pinched it with the mud on the ground.
It can be seen that it is a work of leisure, but this person's craftsmanship is very high, and with a few pinchs, the demeanor of this clay sculpture will come out completely.
I was thrilled because I had seen this thing, or in that environment, in that way, but there was another person who reacted more than me, and that was Chen Laosan.
Chen Laosan looked at it for a few seconds, then carefully put the clay sculpture on the ground with both hands, and then kowtowed respectfully three times.
Suddenly, everyone was stunned, including me and Zhang Kailong.
In fact, I have seen Chen Laosan kowtow to a person so respectfully, and that person is my grandmother.
After he finished kowtowing all three heads, I hurriedly asked him: "Third brother, ...... are you?"
At this time, the expression on Chen Laosan's face was extremely reverent, and he made a very strange salute towards the clay sculpture, and then slowly stood up.
"This is a Gu God! The most noble god in the belief of the entire Lao Miao people must be knocked three times when he sees it, otherwise he will ...... Otherwise, he will be possessed by Ten Thousand Gu. Xiao Zhen, you have half of the Miao blood on your body, so kneel down and bow down! ”
Speaking of which, I should add:
The old Miao people are the most mysterious people in this vast land of China, since ancient times, there are natural beliefs, totem beliefs, ancestral beliefs, their values, there are ghosts and gods in the world, so witchcraft has become a very legitimate, high status of the Miao skills.
Because of this, the status of wizards is often very high, and the highest-ranking wizard in the Miao people is called the "Gu King", because the core of Miao witchcraft is "Gu".
In addition to understanding witchcraft, the shamans are also familiar with the methods of sacrifice, can tell the genealogy of their own clan, the major events of their own clan, and they also have certain medical skills and understand herbal medicine.
Chen Laosan said that this Gu King is the most powerful god in the hearts of wizards.
"Look at the appearance of this clay sculpture, it doesn't look like it's new!"
At this time, a person named Lao Wu squeezed over, speaking of this Lao Wu, he is also a model who does not seek progress, he has been in the public security system for a lifetime, and he will retire in two years, but he is still a police officer.
He himself took these things lightly.
This old Wu block study of ancient buildings, has reached the level of obsession, as the saying goes, interest is the best teacher, this old Wu identification of ancient buildings has reached a professional level, in recent years, several provincial and municipal TV stations have invited him to do programs, he is a frequent visitor to the cultural center, cultural relics bureau and other departments.
Because of the previous experiences, we couldn't judge the times of what we encountered, which affected our judgment, so we took Lao Wu with us, "Be prepared"!
Lao Wu squatted on the ground, looked at it very carefully, and was surprised again and again.
"What do you see, Old Wu!"
Zhang Kailong asked hurriedly.
"It's impossible, it's impossible!"
Lao Wu did not answer Zhang Kailong's words, but shook his head and shouted twice, "This is impossible".
"It can't be anything! Say it quickly! ”
Lao Guo shouted anxiously.
"Two captains, this clay sculpture is at least five thousand years old, or even longer, which is more than the time that our region has existed!"
Lao Wu replied with a look of disbelief.