Chapter 45: The Origin of the Dragon Drum

I do not comment on the degree of truth or falsity of what Li Huiyan said. After all, these things are just legends, and no one knows how credible they are.

As Li Huiyan said earlier, the murals unearthed in the Western Regions depict that the ghost-faced spider has the ability to be reborn in Nirvana, like a phoenix. But as a result, it's completely fooling people, isn't it that good at all?

However, although I don't know if it's true or not, I'm also curious about the origin of these two drums.

"Calling the dragon drum? It's such a strange name, why have I never heard of it, these two drums are really so powerful, what is the origin? After Li Huiyan finished speaking, I digested the information a little, and then asked curiously again.

"Zhang Sansan, you study archaeology, you don't even know this, right?" Li Huiyan didn't answer, but said with a suspicious expression, it seems that I was despised by her.

"Uh...... I was lazy in school, and I basically didn't read a single book on archaeology except for learning only from textbooks. Hearing this, I replied a little embarrassed.

It was a shame to be questioned by a non-archaeology student about my professionalism.

"Sister Lizi, is this dragon or drum very powerful? I'm also an archaeology student, and I haven't heard of it either. Xiao Yue was not afraid of losing face, and said very curiously.

Come on, Xiao Yue and I don't know anything, and if we say it, then our professional teacher's face will be embarrassed.

Hearing the words of Xiao Yue and me, Li Huiyan looked a little helpless, but fortunately she didn't look at us with contempt.

"Calling the dragon drum, only recorded in some wild historical materials, is rumored to be the famous military strategist of the Great Qin Empire, the royal war drum of the killing god Bai Qi. There are many different versions of the origin of these two drums. Among them, the one that impressed me the most was a mysterious and mysterious version. ”

Legend has it that when Bai Qi led the army to a place called Yuelongtan, the originally clear sky suddenly thundered and thundered, and there was a downpour without warning. In desperation, Bai Qi had to order all the soldiers to be stationed on the hill near Yuelong Pond. ”

The torrential rain lasted all night, and Bai Qi listened to the sound of rain outside the military tent that night, but he couldn't sleep. At this moment, a roar like a dragon's roar came from his ears. ”

Bai Qi, who heard the dragon's groan, was a little curious, and felt that he couldn't sleep anyway, so he simply wore a hat and a cloak and walked out of the military tent. And as soon as he stepped out of the tent, the dragon's groan he heard in his ears became clearer and clearer, as if it was ringing in his ears. ”

When the soldiers on the night vigil saw their general walking out of the tent, they immediately ran up to him and respectfully asked the reason, and Bai Qi asked them rhetorically, "Didn't you hear any strange noises?" The soldiers on the night vigil shook their heads when they heard this, indicating that there was no strange sound except for the sound of lightning and thunder, wind and rain. ”

The night watchman's answer made Bai Qi very strange, he clearly heard a dragon's groan in his ears, and he looked very clearly, it was absolutely impossible that he heard it wrong. It's just that he knows his soldiers very well, and the military discipline is like a mountain, and they definitely don't dare to lie and deceive their general. ”

The more this happened, the more curious Bai Qi became about the dragon's groan in his ears, and he felt as if something was calling him.

Following the direction from which the dragon's groan came from, Bai Qi finally came to the edge of the Yuelong Pond, and at this time he was already very sure that the dragon's groan he heard came from this pool. The ancients have always been in awe of things like ghosts and gods, even a general of Bai Qi's status is no exception. ”

"You don't mean to say that these two dragon drums were fished from under that puddle?" I had already guessed what Li Huiyan wanted to say, and I couldn't help but ask.

"Well, that's true." Li Huiyan nodded, and then said:

"Since it was pouring rain that night, Bai Qi did not immediately order the soldiers to go down and check after confirming that the dragon chant he heard was from this waterhole called Yuelongtan."

It wasn't until the next day, when the weather cleared, that Bai Qi came to the edge of Yuelong Pond again. At this moment, after seeing the appearance of the pool, Bai Qi and his soldiers couldn't help but be surprised. Under the reflection of the sun, a cloud of white mist appeared above the waterhole at this time, and in this white mist, two translucent dragon-shaped objects were playing and playing. ”

I couldn't help but be a little speechless when I heard this, thinking that the skills of these ancients to make up stories were too powerful, but the two ordinary drums, under the backdrop of such a story, there was a bit of mystery.

It's like Liu Bang's White Snake Uprising, obviously he just killed a white snake, and he also called himself a red dragon.

Even, every time I see such a plot in a TV series, I can't help but wonder if this guy really killed White Snake back then.

Li Huiyan continued.

Bai Qi and his soldiers couldn't help but be amazed after seeing this strange scene on the Yuelong Pond, and at the same time, Bai Qi also told his soldiers about hearing the dragon's groan last night.

Hearing what the chief general said, several of Bai Qi's soldiers immediately volunteered to stand up and express their willingness to risk their lives to dive into the waterhole to investigate.

After receiving Bai Qi's nod of approval, immediately some soldiers found ropes and other things, and the soldiers who volunteered tied ropes around their waists and went down to the Yuelong Pool. Somewhat unexpectedly, this seemingly ordinary waterhole was actually very deep, and the soldiers still failed to touch the bottom of the pool after diving to a depth of more than ten meters. ”

In desperation, the soldiers had to dive back out of the water and tell Bai Qi what they had seen. Bai Qi was a little disappointed when he heard this, but he didn't give up, and ordered the soldiers to dive into the water again. ”

This time, these soldiers each carried a boulder weighing dozens of catties in their arms, and quickly sank to the bottom of the pool by the weight of the boulder. However, because the bottom of the pool was pitch black, although these soldiers went down to the bottom of the pool, they could not see what was under the pool, so they could only grope around the bottom of the pool for a while and then returned to the surface of the water again. ”

After several soldiers dived out of the water, they excitedly told Bai Qi that there was something under the pool, but they didn't know what it was. When Bai Qi heard this, he couldn't bear the curiosity in his heart, and immediately ordered the soldiers to take turns to go into battle to salvage the water in the pool. ”

"As the water level in the Yuelong Pond gradually dropped, two round things gradually surfaced, which were huge bronze drums carved with quaint patterns on both sides."

Finally seeing the things in the pool, Bai Qi was also a little excited, and once again ordered the soldiers to go down to the bottom of the pool and tie the two bronze drums with ropes. With the combined efforts of dozens of soldiers, the two bronze drums were finally pulled up. ”

Seeing the two bronze drums pulled up by the soldiers, Bai Qi immediately ordered the soldiers to wash them, and finally restored them to their original appearance. It is a pair of bronze drums that look very beautiful, and they do not look like the drums used on the battlefield, but rather like ritual vessels used for decoration in some sacrificial places. ”

"But Bai Qi can't control so much, with his character, he definitely doesn't want to admit that he has made the soldiers spend so much effort, and the two-sided drums that he has caught are useless things. He asked for a drumstick, hesitated, and slammed it down on one of the bronze drums. ”

"I don't know if I don't knock it, but after a knock, it can startle Bai Qi and all the soldiers under him. Because at the moment when the drumstick in his hand was struck, a high-pitched and loud dragon groan came from this bronze drum, as if a real dragon was locked in this drum, and was awakened by the sound of him beating the bronze drum, and let out an angry roar. ”

Bai Qi noticed that at the moment when this dragon roar came out, the soldiers under his command suddenly became very energetic, and the fatigue of the days of rushing seemed to be swept away. Not only did his soldiers look like this, but even he himself was in good spirits, and he didn't have a good rest last night because of the wind and rain, but he seemed to be full of strength for a moment. ”

I was a little speechless when I heard it, thinking that wild history is wild history, and it is really very unreliable.

Such a mysterious thing can be recorded in a grand manner, which makes people laugh off their big teeth.

If these two bronze drums are really so powerful, then whoever gets these two bronze drums will not be invincible. With Bai Qi's military talent and these two drums, I am afraid that before Yingzheng becomes the emperor, the Qin State has already destroyed the Six Kingdoms and unified the Central Plains.

While Li Huiyan was speaking, Xiao Yue, who was bored on the side, picked up a half-meter-long bronze drumstick on the copper drum rack.

I took a look and saw that the drumstick was quite well preserved, with only a tiny amount of dark green patina on it, and I could easily make out the lifelike dragon relief carved into the hammer.

"It's so heavy!" After Xiao Yue picked up the drumstick, his face changed instantly, and then he put down the drumstick in his hand.

When I saw that she didn't look like she was pretending, I hurriedly stepped forward and tried to pick up the drumstick.

Like Xiao Yue, as soon as I picked up this drumstick, my arm suddenly sank down, and the weight of this seemingly inconspicuous drumstick turned out to be extremely heavy.

I estimated a little, and the weight of this drumstick was at least twenty-five pounds.

"Are you all right, this is made by the casting craftsmen under the command of Bai Qi, the god of killing, and it is said that it is made of a mixture of extraterrestrial meteorite and bronze, and the weight is much heavier than ordinary bronze." Seeing this, Li Huiyan on the side hurriedly reminded me.

I nodded, took a deep breath, and raised the drumstick a little higher again.