Gao Chao came to the wall again, Xia Qing was also beside him, although both of them were very nervous, but Gao Chao was calm, and he still stretched out his hands again.

Several heads on the wall were turned over again, those heads were originally facing the wall, so they were flipped, and at this moment, the facial features of the heads were outward, but they were all upside down, with two black hollow eye sockets at the bottom, and the jagged teeth on the top, which made people look a little scary, but it was also a little funny.

However, Gao Chao and Xia Qing didn't have that kind of Yaxing, at this moment, the two of them glanced at each other, and both of them had too many questions to understand.

Then Gao Chao said: "Xia Qing, you are studying archaeology, have you ever been exposed to such a thing before?" ”

Xia Qing shook his head and said: "No, although I have participated in the sorting of the catacombs in Paris, the architectural form of the human bone tomb is completely different from this. ”

Having heard of the Catacombs of Paris, an underground structure composed entirely of human bones and skeletons, Gauchao asked, "How is it different?" ”

Xia Qing looked at the heads that were worn together in front of him, and said worriedly: "I think that using this method to build a few walls does not have any respect for the dead at all. ”

Gao Chao was puzzled: "Why do you think so?" ”

Xia Qing stroked one of the heads with his hand at this time, and said: "You see, these heads are all worn from the side, and then connected together by a round stone pillar, and this is completely different from the heads found in the catacombs of Paris, because the skulls are only used as a decoration, and some human bones and skulls are fixed on the wall or ceiling in the form of mosaics, but none of the heads and human bones have been destroyed, but not only have they been destroyed here, but they are all fixed here in the form of facing the inner wall, So I don't think these dead people are treated with any respect, either before or after they die. ”

Gao Chao thought for a moment and said, "If, according to what you said, none of these people have been respected, then maybe these people are slaves or prisoners of war, so that's why they do this......"

When Gao Chao said this, he suddenly remembered the mural in the Baishayuan Teahouse, and he remembered that the content painted on the mural was that at the top of the black pyramid, there were many people whose heads had been cut off, and those severed heads seemed to have been thrown into some big tripods, and there was a fire under the square tripod, as if they were cooking human heads.

Thinking of this, Gao Chao couldn't help but be a little shocked, but he hurriedly said to Xia Qing: "Xia Qing, I saw a mural in Wang Lianba's place, there are some contents painted on it, it seems to have something to do with this, on the mural, there are also some people who have their heads cut off, but those heads are put into the bronze tripod to cook, and the mural also shows that there are still many people who are ready to be killed at that time, it seems that there are still many people, will it be ......?"

Xia Qing said at this time: "Although that is also a cut head, it is not quite the same as this one, because after those heads are cooked, the main function is to use them for sacrifice and attract black birds, but these heads are different, I feel that no one has ever found them here, because ......"

Xia Qing said this, but found that Gao Chao's eyes were a little wrong when he looked at him at this moment, and then he was stunned and asked Gao Chao, "What's wrong?" You...... Why are you looking at me like that? ”

Gao Chao still looked at Xia Qing, but his eyes were full of suspicion, and said: "Xia Qing, I only told you that someone was beheaded and cooked on the mural, but I didn't mention any black Xuanniao to you, may I ask ......" Gao Chao was aggressive, stared at Xia Qing's eyes, and continued: "Have you also seen that mural?" ”

Xia Qing was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but quickly avoid Gao Chao's gaze, but only for a short while, Xia Qing regained her calm expression.

"Gao Chao, don't you be so suspicious, okay? Of course I have seen the mural you mentioned, but I have only seen its details, which is the collection of Sir Charles, and it has been on public display in the British Museum for a period of time, so the people who have seen the mural at that time can be said to be countless, but then the mural was bought by a private collector, so I have not seen the original work, only because of the needs of the research topic, I have checked the information about the mural in the archives of the British Museum. ”

Xia Qing spoke in a cold tone, Gao Chao couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he heard it, but he still had some doubts, because he just mentioned a mural in general, but Xia Qing reflected it at once, which really didn't make sense.

However, Xia Qing's explanation is impeccable, at least what Xia Qing said about Sir Charles can match the story told by Wang Lianba, which makes Gao Chao somewhat helpless, so he has to smile awkwardly.

Xia Qing glanced at him as if nothing had happened, and continued: "The heads in this room are all facing the wall, I think from this point, it is possible to infer some information about these people's lives." ”

Originally, Gao Chao was still suspicious of Xia Qing, but what Xia Qing said at this moment successfully pulled Gao Chao's attention back.

So Gao Chao couldn't help but say: "What is the information?" ”

At this time, the fat man couldn't bear the loneliness, and walked over from the stone wall, he happened to hear the question that Gao Chao and Xia Qing were discussing, so he interjected: "What else can it be?" As the old saying goes, I thought about it in front of the wall! ”

Gao Chao saw that the fat man was talking a lot, and just wanted to teach him a lesson, but Xia Qing nodded and said, "What the fat man said is right, he just thought about it." ”

Gao Chao was stunned for a moment and said, "Why did you think about it?" Could it be that these people are all arranged here to face the wall? ”

Xia Qing shook his head and said: "I can't understand it this way, this has to start from facing the wall, in fact, facing the wall is not unique to the Chinese, in the archaeological research of ancient Rome and ancient Egypt, people have found similar punishment methods for facing the wall, especially in ancient Rome, it is said that some people break the law, they will be tied to a wooden frame, and then put him under the scorching sun, facing the wall, let him reflect on his mistakes, such a person is tanned back, but the face is white, Therefore, the ancient Romans called people who had undergone this kind of criminal punishment white-faced, which is also the origin of the slang used to satirize people in English later. ”

Gao Chao was a little confused when he heard this, so he couldn't help but say, "But what do you say have to do with the heads here?" ”

Xia Qing said: "Of course there is a relationship, which shows that a long time ago, facing the wall was a punishment method that was generally invented by the ancients, and in the archaeology of some ancient tombs of the Shang Dynasty, similar details were also found, in the tomb group of Yinxu in Anyang, Henan, it was found that many people accompanied the burial, they did not have coffins, but they were generally tied, and some people were forced to kneel in the tomb, but they had to face the four walls, which was also a form of punishment, which required the people who were buried to be humble and not have the idea of resisting......"

Speaking of this, Xia Qing turned the head in a wall with his hand, and continued: "Look at these heads, they are all connected from the side, fixed to the wall with stone pillars, but each head is facing the wall, I think this is a kind of allegory, it is very likely that the person who committed a capital crime at that time, after the head was cut off, and then he will be treated like this, which is to let those who died because of their sin always reflect on their sins here, not only that, I think this secret room is also likely to be used to hold criminals, It's just that those criminals who are imprisoned here are not enough for capital crimes, so they are just imprisoned here, let them face those penitent heads on the wall, reflect on their mistakes, and don't make the same mistakes in the future. ”