Chapter 21: The Murals

"You've been analyzing it for a long time, so do you know how we should go?"

Yu Yue shrugged, "There's no way to know." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"What else do you say, go wow. Damn, what the hell is this, there are culverts and karez and labyrinths under the ground, and there are strange murals. I want Lao Tzu to know who is so boring and has built a labyrinth to destroy Lao Tzu. Ah Shen scolded and scolded as he walked.

Yu Yue could only smile wryly and look at the poker face.

However, Poker Face walked straight to Ah Shen.

"Hey, brother, I said what was in your heart, and you don't need to say it to me so directly." The poker face was almost attached to Ah Shen. "You're going to ...... What for"

"Squat."

"Huh?" Pokerface's gaze crossed over to Shen and stared straight at the wall behind him. He held the oil lamp near the wall and took a closer look.

"Is there anything wrong with this wall?" Yu Yue stepped forward and asked.

"I don't know." Poker Face replied.

"Big brother, if you don't know, you want me to squat......" Ah Shen squatted down reluctantly, "Big brother, I can contribute my knee, you hurry up." ”

Poker Face stepped on Ah Shen's shoulder, Ah Shen screamed, and a dog gnawed on the ground, and Poker Face jumped up.

Yu Yue only saw a black shadow flashing up, and then, the light above her head turned on.

"What's going on?" Yu Yue watched as the bright lights lit up above them.

"There are oil lamps there, too?"

"But this light is so high, how did you find the poker face?"

"The walls here are all painted with a black light-absorbing substance, except for the station lamp, which has a metal sheet on it, which has a faint reflection when it encounters light."

Ah Shen had already stood up from the ground, and said angrily about what had just happened, "Even if there is light, we just don't have to raise the light anymore, and we still can't find the passage, why are we so happy." ”

"We walked all the way just now, did we miss those wall lights? Since it's a labyrinth, you definitely don't want people to find a way out, so why install lights? This lamp is still so hidden. Yu Yue said, her eyes widened suddenly, "It won't be ......"

"It's really tiring to deal with you cultural people, say a word and go around in a circle, and Lao Tzu fainted to death. Can you tell me the conclusion directly? ”

Yu Yue looked at Ah Shen and finally moved her gaze to Poker Face, as if seeking his support. After a long time, Poker Face finally nodded.

Yu Yue smiled and rushed to Ah Shen's side, "In other words, where there is a light, it is the passage to the exit of the labyrinth." ”

"Huh? It's that simple? Ah Shen immediately became happy, completely forgetting the shame of the dog gnawing on the mud just now, "Then let's go." With that, he walked happily forward.

"How can you be like a child, don't go so fast...... Poker face, shall we? ”

"Wait." Poker Face was still staring at the wall.

"What's wrong with the wall?" Yu Yue walked over to Poker Face, and the two stared straight at the wall.

"Why don't you leave again? I screamed all the way with hunger. No one followed Ah Shen, he reluctantly turned back, saw Poker Face and Yu Yue staring at a black wall seriously, and sighed, "I really don't understand you cultural people, your mind is completely the eighteen bends of the mountain road, what is there to look at this wall." After chattering, sit on the floor, open the water bag, and drink slowly.

"Ah Shen, you get up." Yu Yue was still staring at the wall, reaching out to pull Ah Shen who was sitting on the ground.

"Don't talk about me, such an esoteric black wall, how can Lao Tzu understand it."

"Stand up." Yu Yue desperately grabbed Ah Shen up, "Look." ”

"Wow, isn't this a black wall, how can it be ......" Ah Shen's eyes widened, and what he saw in front of him was no longer a black wall, but a magnificent mural. What does this draw? ”

"This should be the story of a king who defended his land and fought against foreign enemies with the people." Yu Yue cautiously described the scene of the mural.

"If you look closely, the king is still a woman, and she is quite beautiful." Ah Shen stroked the stubble on his chin and said.

Yu Yue glanced at Ah Shen with disdain, and continued to study the mural silently, "I was still wondering just now, how this wall is pitted, it turns out that this mystery is hidden. If it weren't for the poker face, we really wouldn't have found such a spectacular mural. Suddenly, Yu Yue sighed and muttered, "If Ah Shen hadn't had an accident, he would definitely know why." ”

"I don't know why, but it must have been the effect of light that gave the paint its original color. Remember when we first discovered the first light? ”

"The murals we saw at the time were mutilated......"

"It's not that the mural is broken, it's that the light is dim, so that part of the paint doesn't show up."

Yu Yue nodded clearly, "In this way, the person who painted this mural really worked hard. ”

"Don't you think this large group of people is weird?" Ah Shen wanted to look more closely, but when he took another step forward, the pattern on the mural became blurred. "Those who attacked the king wore different clothes."

"Well, it looks like people from different tribes, so they dress differently."

"Moreover, there was a white light in the sky above the king's head. What is that? ”

Yu Yue looked at the poker face, which was immersed in the mural, as if she hadn't heard what the two of them were saying.

"Anyway, let's go first, shall we? Even if we find a way to break the labyrinth, we don't know how long we will have to walk, and if we delay here, we will starve to death sooner or later. Yu Yue heard Ah Shen's stomach gurgling and said.

After about 100 meters, the original light disappeared completely, and according to the original method, the poker face lit up the second light.

Yu Yue and Ah Shen had already stood opposite the wall, the lights came on, and Ah Shen first shouted, "Isn't this afforestation, it turns out that people long ago knew the importance of environmental protection." ”

"Is she the female king in the first mural?"

"I see, is this the history of a certain country? You see, in the tombs of some monarchs, there are also inscriptions on the walls of his great deeds, which is said to have the effect of calming the soul. Ah Shen tilted his head to look at the large mural in front of him.

"Ah Shen, do you remember?!" Yu Yue was pleasantly surprised, and Ah Shen looked exactly the same as before when he thought about it.

"What comes to mind? I'm just talking about murals, and I still don't have any impression of the past. Ah Shen was careless.

"What is Soul Fixation?" Poker Face asked suddenly, his eyes shining with a different light.

"Soul fixing should be the so-called stable soul. You also know that in our history, there have been many emperors who did not die at the end of their lives, but they were announced to be at the end of their lives, and held large-scale state funerals and stayed in Huangling. However, the souls of these emperors are likely to be endured because of the accumulation of resentment, so those living people will adopt a series of methods in order to suppress these resentful spirits. Murals are one of them, and there are also things like putting soul beads in the mouth of the deceased, and so on. Ah Shen waved his hand, indicating that he was impatient.

"Why do you know this?" Poker's face was unusually grim.

"I don't know, but I seem to know anyway."

"Because he is Ah Shen, Ah Shen is a noted archaeologist."

Ah Shen tilted his head, "Probably." ”

Then, after a few turns, the three of them found the murals again, and when they looked along the road, they began to believe that these murals depicted the history of a country.

"We've seen 10 murals along the way." Yu Yue stared at the mural in front of him, and finally said his thoughts, "You say, could this be the historical ...... of the ancient kingdom of Loulan?" ”

"Loulan Ancient Kingdom? Is it the most prosperous ancient country on the Silk Road in the Western Regions, and then disappeared without a trace overnight? ”

Yu Yue nodded, "You see, the story connected from the first mural is: a king repelled foreign enemies and led his people to build a prosperous oasis country in the desert. I was hesitant a little earlier, but when I saw this one, I was almost sure. This should be the ancient country of Loulan. ”

Ah Shen and Poker looked at the mural together, and an oasis city stood proudly on the magnificent Gobi, where an endless stream of people carrying all kinds of goods stopped here.

"Yu Yue, how sure are you? If what you say is true, are we going to get rich? "When we get out, I'll go find a few reporters and make this place public." Didn't you just say, what's the biggest labyrinth? When the time comes, we can also open this place and have a maze to escape, just call ...... Loulan Labyrinth Escape! We're about to develop! ”

Grunt - Shen's stomach growled again.

Yu Yue smiled at the poker face in embarrassment. "I'm a journalist......"

"Ah, since you are a reporter, then the matter of this release will be handed over to you, and when the time comes, it will be on fire here, and we will divide it into threes and sevens!"

Yu Yue and Poker Face ignored Ah Shen and continued to walk forward.

"Hey, if we're not satisfied, we can make four or six. Counting the poker face, let's divide it into threes and fours, how about it? ”

The three of them walked to the end, then turned back and walked to the next fork in the road, poker face jumped on the wall, lit the oil lamp on the wall, the light of the oil lamp spilled down, poker actually noticed a burst of red light sweeping on Yu Yue and Ah Shen's faces. He was startled and thought badly, but when he landed safely, Yu Yue and Ah Shen had no accidents.

Yu Yue and Ah Shen both stared at the mural with wide eyes, and the next second Yu Yue sat on the ground with a plop of strength, hanging her head and covering her face.