Chapter 48: The Bronze Pillar
"This tomb is so weird, there's nothing but this pillar in the middle, what's it for?" Ah Shen walked around the pillar and asked. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info"The pattern on this is also a bit strange. How to look at it. ā
Poker Face looked around at the burial chamber, which was the last burial chamber they had passed along the way, and the other burial chambers were empty. "This pillar is about one meter in diameter, running through the entire tomb from top to bottom, and at the same time, there are many strange patterns of unknown shape carved on this pillar, like ......"
"It's like...... What the? Ah Shen circled around the stone pillar again, "How does this look like anything, it's messy." ā
Ah Shen wanted to touch it, but was stopped by Poker Face. Pokerface pulled out a pair of rubber gloves from his backpack, "Put this on." "The gloves are specially made, very thin, and hardly affect the touch when worn on the hands.
Ah Shen nodded, "Well, maybe the pillar is poisonous." ā
Poker Face touched the pillar with both hands and said softly, "This pillar is cast in bronze, and the lines on it are very disordered and have no fixed shape. He stroked it gently with his hand, carefully circling the pillar again and again.
"Hey, what are you looking at? Seeing so fascinated? ā
"History records that at the end of the Shang Dynasty, the bronze craftsmanship became more and more mature, and the bronze craftsmanship was exquisite.
"The Shang Dynasty unearthed so many bronzes, and everyone knew that the technology at that time was very good. From a big ding to a shovel, they are all priceless cultural relics. How much does this pillar think it will be worth if you get it out? Is it enough to eat, drink and be merry for several lifetimes? ā
Poker Face didn't listen to Ah Shen at all, he was deeply attracted by the pillar in front of him, "Shang Dynasty bronze casting, most of them use molds to pour, the surface of this bronze pillar, the texture is not a little regular, it's too strange......"
"Does it have to be regular?" Ah Shen asked on the side, "Since it is poured with a mold, it is likely to be poured into such a pattern." ā
Poker Face shook his head and said firmly, "Since this bronze pillar is placed in the center of the tomb, it must have its purpose, and it won't be that simple." It must represent something. After saying that, Poker Face nervously touched the lines on the bronze pillars again, and he used his fingers to trace the lines of the reliefs in the concave and convex places. After a long time, Ah Shen became impatient, "This has to be seen when, there is no progress at all." I thought there would be something valuable in this tomb, but I didn't even have a coffin, and I didn't know where Daji was buried. ā
As soon as the poker face finished speaking, the entire burial chamber resounded with a clicking sound, like some mechanical switch was running.
"Could it be that I said some secret language, Daji? Coffin? ā¦ā¦ā
The clattering sound continued, and Ah Shen ran to the poker face, "This tomb of the Shang Dynasty is really powerful, the stone door just now was light-controlled, and now this tomb is voice-controlled, and it is indeed the tomb of the nine-tailed fox spirit, not only the owner of the tomb is a goblin, but even this tomb has become a spirit." ā
After Ah Shen finished speaking, he looked at the poker face and ignored him completely, and couldn't help but feel aggrieved, "What are you doing?" ā
"Puzzles." After saying that, the poker face turned the pattern on the bronze pillar vigorously, accompanied by a clicking sound.
"There are many turntables on this bronze pillar, just like a combination lock, and when you turn to a certain position, you will spell out a specific pattern."
"And then?"
"Probably...... What kind of organ is this? As he spoke, Pokerface began to spin the top disc again.
Ah Shen couldn't help, and sat in the corner, listening to the continuous clicking, he looked at the focused back of the poker face, drowsy.
When Ah Shen was about to fall asleep, he suddenly fell under his body and fell down. As his ass hit the ground, he was awakened by his own screams, "Ouch hey." ā
It was dark all around, except for a little fire in the distance. Shen rubbed his buttocks, "Where is this?" He muttered, slowly leaning against the wall and getting to his feet, groping his way into the distance. Poker face? ā
The distant light of the fire was jumping, illuminating everything around it.
This is a stone chamber, a sealed stone chamber?
Shen felt that this stone room was familiar, and he stood up and walked under the firelight. It is a torch stuck in bronze on a bronze platform, the torch is made of bronze, and the fire on the top is so blazing that it illuminates almost the entire stone chamber.
He instinctively studied the torch, and saw that the torch was well-made, with intricate inscriptions and floral ornaments, and he wore gloves and gently touched the bronze firestand.
The dust on the firestand is very thick, and when the dust is wiped off, the whole body is turquoise. Ah Shen knew in his heart that this was a bronze from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, just like the bronze he had just seen above. Ah Shen touched his hand to the neck of the fire platform, and as expected, there was a ring around the neck that could be turned. He turned the ring slightly, but nothing happened, except for the flames on the fire stand that jumped, accompanied by a deafening scream.
Ah Shen was frightened. When he opened his eyes, it was the familiar face of Pokerface, and he grabbed Pokerface's shoulder and gasped for air.
"Are you dreaming?" Poker Face asked solemnly.
"A stone room...... "Ah Shen slowly calmed down, "In that stone room, there is a bronze fire platform......"
"And then?" Poker Face seemed interested, and he looked straight at Ah Shen and asked.
Shen tried to remember what had happened, but suddenly, he couldn't remember anything.
Poker frowned and said thoughtfully, "Get up, the door is open." He stepped aside.
Directly opposite Ah Shen, a stone door had opened. Behind the stone door is a staircase that leads into the darkness.
"What is the pattern on the bronze column?" Ah Shen picked up the flashlight on the ground and shone it on the bronze pillar. I saw that the messy graphics on the original bronze pillar had been put together into a neat pattern by the poker face, but the light was too dim, and Ah Shen still couldn't see what it was.
"It should be rabbits, toads and birds." The poker face shines a flashlight on the bronze pillar.
"It's a shame that you can spell it out layer by layer. But why these three things? ā
Poker Face shook his head, he deliberately avoided Ah Shen's gaze and looked into the newly opened door. "Shall we go?"
Ah Shen didn't ask more, he was still immersed in the nightmare just now, trying his best to remember but couldn't remember a single bit of the dream. He nodded, echoing his poker face and walking through the door.
"Where does this staircase lead? Why does it go on and on like there's no end? Ah Shen couldn't help but ask.
"If there's nothing wrong, it should be the main burial chamber."
"Is the main burial chamber the one with a lot of funerary goods?" Ah Shen was in high spirits.
"Maybe." Poker said coldly. In his heart, what he was looking for had nothing to do with the so-called funeral goods. "Do you think someone has been following us since just now?"
"There is no one else in this tomb but us, don't say it, there is something unclean with us... I'm cowardly, don't scare me. ā
"I don't know." Poker Face said dryly. Keep going down.
Soon, they walked down the stairs to the bottom. At the bottom is a promenade, made of stone about two meters wide, and at the end of the promenade, there is a huge thing crouching there.
"What's that?" Ah Shen squeezed past Poker Face, and Poker Face walked forward, and he walked forward.
"Didn't you say you'd go ahead?" Poker Face said.
"When did you like to tease people so much?" Ah Shen was dissatisfied, "Don't get me wrong, I'm here to protect you, closely." As he spoke, Shen put a sticker on his poker face again. What's that? I always felt that there was something horrible at the end of this hallway. ā
"It's just a stone statue." Poker Face assertions.
"How do you know?" Ah Shen was surprised, "From just now, I felt that you didn't seem to be familiar with this tomb, not only do you have a map, but along the way, this route is also right." Now I know that there is a stone statue at the end, are you ......" Ah Shen slightly removed his poker face, "Are you possessed by a ghost, so you know so clearly?" ā
The poker face shone at the end, and the huge stone statue looked cold in the light of the flashlight, "Look. ā
"So far." Ah Shen complained, "You go ahead, I'll follow you to take a closer look." After saying that, he walked forward with his poker face on his face.
In the eyes of the poker face, this Ah Shen is really a bit of a scoundrel, and he is really completely different from before. He smiled bitterly in his heart, but his appearance was unmoving. "Look."
Poker Face and Ah Shen stand under the stone statue, and Poker Face illuminates the stone statue in front of him from top to bottom.
"It turned out to be a fox statue, wait, this is still a nine-tailed fox. Sure enough, it fits Daji's identity very well. Shen wanted to reach out and touch it. The outstretched hand is gently grasped by the poker face. "Don't move."
"Are you afraid that this stone statue will not be clean?" Ah Shen asked nervously.
"This stone statue can't be touched."
"Why can't you touch it?" Ah Shen doesn't understand, isn't it just a stone statue? Why can't you touch it?
I saw Poker Face take a few steps back, take off all the backpacks on his body, put them on the ground, fold his hands, and bow respectfully.
"You're not sick, are you? This stone statue, you bow to him? No one knows if you worship. Ah Shen scoffed
"Come here, too." Poker face said to Ah Shen.
"Why?"
"I'll tell you when I'm done."
Ah Shen was skeptical, but when he saw the poker face looking serious, he had to walk over and bow respectfully three times in the posture of the poker face.
"Now you can tell me, right?" Ah Shen asked.
Poker Face knelt silently, making eye contact with the stone statue, as if making eye contact.
"Are you alright? You look at it so affectionately, the stone statue doesn't understand. Shen felt that the poker face was acting too abnormally. It's not at all like a poker face that you don't usually want to say anything and don't want to do.
"So, we knelt and knelt, kowtowed, do you still hope that this stone statue can feel our sincerity?"
After a long time, Poker Face slowly stood up from the ground, picked up his bag and flashlight, and walked towards the stone statue.
"What's going on here?" Ah Shen's eyes widened in disbelief. The stone statue, I don't know when, actually moved to the side, and an entrance about half a meter wide appeared behind it.