Chapter 253: Altar Wax Figure
Someone shouted excitedly in front of us, raised his hand in the direction he pointed, we saw a palace, this is the first time we have seen a building in the underwater ruins, I always feel a little familiar from a distance, Tian Ji and Gong Jue also have this feeling, as if we have seen it somewhere.
The palace is directly open on the mountain, a veritable stone palace, the gate in front of the palace has been opened, it seems that Lei Yingwei and the Japanese have been here.
Entering the stone gate, the firelight in the fire trough illuminates the whole stone palace, which is a trapezoidal pattern, there are steps in all directions, and the bronzes of the Qin Dynasty are evenly placed around, the texture is simple and heavy, and the beauty is dizzying.
"Altar?!" Tian Ji said in surprise.
We also suddenly remembered that the layout and layout here were exactly the same as the altars under the Aoki River.
The Aoki River is thousands of kilometers away, and the two altars, one underground and the other at the bottom of the sea, are built in the same time.
"The altar of the Aoki River hides the clues of the Nine Nine Dragons Boat of the Moon Palace, as well as the bronze dragon horse that unlocks the key to the Kunlun Golden Gate." The palace lord looked around in shock. "Rare...... Jieshi Golden Palace is also related to the Moon Palace Nine Dragon Boat? ”
"There is a feathered dragon pattern on the stone gate of the Aoki River, if the Jieshi Golden Palace is related to the Nine Dragons Boat of the Moon Palace, then why haven't we seen a feathered dragon pattern appear along the way?" I was puzzled.
As we spoke, we climbed the stairs, and everywhere we could see the corpses of the Thunder Guards and the Wakos, where there had been a terrible battle, and when we reached the top of the altar, this was the core area of the sacrifice.
On the left and right sides of the platform neatly kneeling on two rows of stone figurines, and it is a rare colored figurine, silent at the bottom of the sea for thousands of years without falling off, and when we approached, I found that these colored figurines were actually wearing the costumes of Qin Dynasty officials, although some places have been broken, but when you look at the past, it is like a real person kneeling here.
The Qin Dynasty is still black, their costumes are mainly black and red, I squatted next to one of the colored figurines, the more I looked, the more surprised I became, the Qin figurines are known for their roughness and expressiveness, but these colorful figurines in front of them are subtle and slightly warped and lifelike, whether it is the proportion of the body or the details can be called perfect, and even the lines on the back of the hand or the slightly drooping eyebrows and eyes, are all meticulously displayed.
Although the Qin figurines are ingenious, they can never be fired into such a meticulous masterpiece, and squatting next to these figurines makes it feel as if they are living people.
Tian Ji suddenly took a step back, and his hand was already pressed on the hilt.
"What are you doing?" Gong Jue asked.
"What's the matter, we've seen fewer monsters, these things look evil, in case they ......," Tian Ji said with palpitations. What if you suddenly jump up? ”
"It's not the first time this has been opened, and it's going to jump early." My eyes fell on the tattered clothes of the figurines, and I reached out for Tian Ji to hand me the knife.
The figurines should have been gray and white in color after a thousand years, but the color that could be seen from the broken clothes was pale, and there was a delicate grease in the firelight, and I carefully scraped it on it with the blade of a knife.
A layer of white stuff rolled up on the blade, and I looked at it for a long time, and was surprised, and looked at the hundred officials kneeling on the altar.
"These are not stone figurines, they are wax figures! These people are all made of wax figures. ”
"Wax figures? Why do you use wax figures on the altar? Ling Zhihan asked.
"I don't know, stone figurines are easier to keep for a long time than wax figures, it's been more than 2,000 years since it was built, and I wonder how these wax figures can be so well preserved?"
"I'm just curious, these wax figures should be kneeling and worshipping in shape, and who are these wax figures worshipping in this seabed?" The palace lord muttered to himself.
"You don't have to think about it, the Jieshi Golden Palace belongs to Qin Shi Huang, and of course he is the one who is sacrificed by hundreds of civil and military officials." Tian Ji said.
"The dignified emperor of the ages, who took great pains to build such a huge project at the bottom of the sea, how could he use these wax figures to kneel and worship, since they are civil and military officials, the number of these wax figures is inevitably a little less." I say.
"The wax figures are on the left and right sides of the kneeling figures, why is that one in the middle?" The palace lord pointed to a kneeling wax figure in front of him, puzzled.
We walked forward, I could tell at a glance that kneeling in front was not a wax figure, but a stone figurine, but the decoration on the body was extremely gorgeous, the stone figurines wore a black crown, and there were bead curtains in front and back.
After I looked at it from above, I chuckled in my heart, took a few steps back one after another, and stared at the stone figurine kneeling on the ground in amazement, and didn't react for a long time.
"Qin ...... Qin Shi Huang! ”
They were also shocked when they heard it, the costumes on this stone figurine were all imperial costumes, and only Emperor Qin Yingzheng could enjoy this costume at that time.
Ying Zheng unified the six countries, called the first emperor, the power of the world can not be a lifetime, a person who believes in his virtue and three emperors, and the five emperors, it can be seen how conceited Ying Zheng is, the world is his, why do you want to kneel here, who is the wax statue he led the ministers to worship and worship so devoutly?
As soon as Tian Ji heard that the kneeling statue turned out to be Qin Shi Huang, he threw the torch in his hand, and touched the statue with a greedy face: "It's also the first emperor of the ages, this person who wears gold and silver must have good things on his body." ”
Tian Ji groped for a long time, except for the cold stone statue and a few layers of gorgeous clothes, he didn't find anything, his eyes fell on the long sword worn by the statue, Tian Ji took it off with some disappointment, and said after playing with it in his hand for a while: "I can't go back empty-handed, this thing belongs to me." ”
The sword was simple and unpretentious, not even as gorgeous as the embroidered spring knife we picked up from the ground, and there was no jewel-embellishment on the scabbard, no matter how you look at it, it is just an old sword.
Zheng!
When the field chicken casually pulled out the sword out of the sheath, a dragon groaned, the sword body was full of cold purple electric condensation frost, like a flood of autumn water flooding and surging, we and the field chicken were far apart, but when the sword was out of the sheath, the aggressive cold swept all over the world, and the original peaceful and quiet atmosphere of the huge altar disappeared in an instant, and a piece of Xiao slaughter shrouded the surroundings, and even the flowing breath was full of bone-oozing cold.
I was suddenly shocked in my heart, and hurriedly walked to Tian Ji's side, the long sword in his hand was bright and smooth, the blade was delicately polished, and the texture came and went without interlacing, and it had been silent for thousands of years, but the sheath was still as bright as new and extremely sharp.
"You put this thing away, don't let Zhiqiu see it." I said with my mouth open and excited.
"Good stuff?!" Tian Ji probably heard the deep meaning from my words.
"You kid really found a treasure this time, this is Qin Shi Huang's matching sword, one of the top ten famous swords in the world." I said with a smile.
"Tai'a Sword!" Ling Zhihan's voice was stunned.
I smiled and nodded, and in Tian Ji's hand was the Tai'a Sword known as the Sword of Might.
"Who forged this sword?" Tian Ji looked at Tai Ah Jian, and suddenly asked with a solemn expression.
"According to legend, this is the joint creation of Ou Yezi and Ganjiang, two great swordsmen." I replied.
"Probably not." Tian Ji shook his head slowly.
"If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense, this is the world's famous ......"
Before I finished speaking, Tian Ji flipped the Tai'a sword, and the hilt of the sword appeared in front of us, and there was a pattern at the end of the hilt, and we took a look at it, and we were stunned in place.
It was a pattern of a unicorn beast head, and between the hideous and majestic beast head's forehead stood an eye that seemed to be able to see everything.
Three-eyed unicorn!
I haven't spoken for a long time, this is the sign of the eye into the earth, engraved on the Tai'a sword, there will only be one intention, the person who cast this sword is related to the three-eyed unicorn.
I suddenly seemed to understand something, rumored that Tai Ah Jin was extremely powerful, with the ability to serve all over the world and shock all directions, but even if Tai Ah was sharp, it was just a sword, but in later generations, there was a saying that Tai Ah held it upside down.
It means to take the Tai'a sword upside down and give the hilt to others, which is equivalent to handing over the power to others, and you will suffer from it.
Tai'a upside down can be understood as the sharpness of this sword, but looking at the pattern of the three-eyed unicorn, I suddenly understand the true meaning of this sentence, whoever holds the three-eyed unicorn will hold the world!
I looked back at the statues behind me who knelt down respectfully, my gaze slowly moved to the opposite side, and I took a few steps forward, the fire trough in the stone hall could not illuminate the shadows in the depths of the altar.
Qin Shi Huang led these people to kneel here, and who were they worshipping? This question haunted my mind, and soon I found a groove in the ground in front of me, filled with fish oil, and when I lit it with a torch, the fire suddenly rose and spread rapidly, and the burning fire was like a awakened fire dragon, which seemed to soar into the sky along the mountain wall, and the brazier that was lit one after another finally dispelled the gloom on the altar.
As the light of the fire brightens, we involuntarily step back and follow the light of the fire to raise our heads, only in this way can we see everything in front of us.
A tall stone statue stands on the altar, looking down on all beings like a giant, and the whole stone statue is majestic and breathtaking.
This is the person who bowed down and worshiped Qin Shi Huang, when the firelight illuminated the whole body of the stone statue, there were no facial features and faces, I suddenly remembered those jade statues I had seen in the temple of the ancestral gods, they were as tall and majestic, and they were also faceless.
But they have the same symbol, the three-eyed unicorn, which is clearly engraved on the chest of the huge stone statue, which is extremely eye-catching under the reflection of the firelight.
My thoughts suddenly froze a little, and the corners of my mouth squirmed for a long time, and I said to them.
"Do you believe it, maybe God really exists......"
"Why do you suddenly believe this?" Tian Ji asked in surprise.
"Qin Shi Huang took these people to worship, and the Jiuli people may be the same people as the people worshiped in the Temple of the Ancestral God." I said, looking at the tall stone statue.
"Do you mean that Qin Shi Huang sacrificed to the twelve ancestral gods believed in by the Jiuli people?" The palace lord was also shocked.
"At least there's a lot of similarities between the two." I nodded.
"That's not right, you said that in the temple of the ancestral gods, those jade statues found have been sleeping for a long time, but the embodiment is extremely tall, what does these twelve ancestral gods have to do with the eye of the earth, we already know that Zhuo Mingfeng is one of the canopies of the eye of the earth, it doesn't matter how long he has lived, at least he looks the same as a normal person." Tian Ji asked.
"This stone statue is enough to show that the Jieshi Golden Palace is related to the three-eyed unicorn, from the shape of the stone statue, it is indeed very similar to the jade carving in the temple of the ancestral gods, and it is bold to speculate that Qin Shi Huang may be the twelve ancestral gods of the Jiuli people, don't forget to ......" I took a deep breath and replied. We only see empty ice coffins in the temple of the ancestral gods, and it is rumored that the twelve ancestral gods have been resurrected. ”
"What is the relationship between Zhuo Ye and these people who are called ancestral gods?" Ling Zhihan asked in a low voice. "They all have the sign of a three-eyed unicorn, and, according to rumors, there are exactly twelve people who enter the ground."
I frowned and walked back and forth a few steps, Zhuo Mingfeng undoubtedly came here before, he and the mysterious man wearing the golden silk mask knew the secrets hidden in the Jieshi Golden Palace from beginning to end.
Judging from the ice coffins in the Temple of the Ancestral Gods, the twelve ancestral gods of Jiuli are tall and different from ordinary people, and even I have some belief that they exist like gods, but Zhuo Mingfeng will definitely not be the twelve ancestral gods.
But they all have the pattern of the three-eyed unicorn, and the eye into the earth has been around for a long time, Ye Jiuqing told me that the eye of the earth has been passed down from generation to generation, and has been tracking down something, I slowly turned my head to look at the tall stone statue, maybe Ye Jiuqing misunderstood the real purpose of the existence of the eye into the earth.
They may have been guarding the secrets of the Twelve Ancestral Gods!