Chapter 22: The Entrance to Hades
The temple was shrouded in a huge night, and it was a miracle that the eight pillars that supported the theme of the temple were still standing there without falling, although they had been eroded by the wind.
The temple body as a whole is not large, at least there are no traces of giants, and the rocks under the feet gradually have paved green bricks to extend to the temple.
The walls on both sides of the door, carved a large number of carvings, but unfortunately it has been blurred, gently touching it can scrape off a layer of rock sand, Hou Jun took out his tools, took out a small dust brush, and gently wiped off the excess dust in the blurred trench, everyone patiently waited for him to finish all this, and the murals on both sides of the temple gate suddenly appeared in front of our eyes.
Although it is still a little vague, but it can also be roughly seen that this is a picture of a figure, this is what everyone thought at the beginning, but then carefully identified, immediately overturned the previous idea, the two wall carvings are humanoid, but not human but vicious faces, ghosts with teeth and claws, cheeks shaped like skeletons, hideous and terrifying staring at our group, hands are as thin as iron claws, nails are long, there is a posture of pounce at any time.
The old man looked a little weak, and said with a relative: "This temple looks a little special, will there really be some evil ghosts sweeping the couch to greet you?" ”
"It's not enough to sweep the couch and greet each other." I joked, "At most, we'll throw ourselves into the net." ”
The old man timidly glanced at the dark temple, "Are you still in the mood to joke at this time?" Lao Li, you are half of the yin, there will really be ghosts or something at that time, you have to take care of me more, at least you have to talk to them about the conditions. ”
Everyone knew that the old egg was running in his mouth, and they didn't care, and came to the front of the temple, because the door of the temple was open, and when he stepped in, there was a layer of soft black slag under his feet, with the smell of rotten wood, and he didn't have to guess to know that this was originally the door, but after endless years and the erosion of the cold knife wind under the abyss, it had turned into ash.
Stepping on the decaying wood slag, several wolf eyes are shining in the hall, the space inside is not large, the pattern of the temple should not be like this, maybe there is an apse is also very likely, the front hall in front of you has only two pillars, the black paint on the column is not covered with solidified dust, and no one wants to clean it up at this time, after all, there should be nothing on it.
After roughly scanning the environment, everyone quickly fixed their eyes on the position in the middle, where there was an altar, and they didn't know where it was sacred, and it would be worshiped here.
A few steps closer, the three clay sculptures gradually become clear, the center is the main god of this hall, the two sides are the deputy envoys, the paint on the mud tire has long disappeared, only you can see that it is a statue of the god in the official robe, although the nose and mouth paint is gone, but the embryo shape is still there, the eyes are glaring angrily ahead, the mouth is slightly open, as if to reprimand the person why he does not kneel, the indescribable cold majesty.
The deputy envoy on both sides is a green-faced fanged ghost, with a surprisingly long head, and the top of his head is divided into two large bags, and his appearance is very strange and strange. A ghost on the left holds a steel fork with a numb expression, and a ghost on the right holds a seal, but spits out a long tongue and looks greedy.
The three clay statues are very expressive, making people feel as if they are alive at a glance.
"Why don't we put a stick of incense on this fairy grandfather?" The old man trembled and leaned over slightly, "Even if you don't bless us, at least you will see that the incense will not fall into the well." ”
The lynx looked at him with disdain and said, "You came to this poor mountain and black water, and you came with incense at any time?" ”
The old man patted his head and said with a sneer: "It's okay to smoke, it's not all smoking, presumably the fairy grandfather hasn't tasted what cigarettes are." ”
At this time, a figure walked in front of us, and I hurriedly shouted, "Old Hou, what are you doing?" ”
Hou Jun looked back at us impatiently, "You just call nonsense there, and you don't look at what the statue is holding in its hand." ”
As soon as he spoke, I noticed that the palm of the main statue in the middle was butted against the chest, the clay hand was upward, and there seemed to be a sign standing in the palm.
So he hurried up, and when he got closer, he couldn't help but be disappointed, it was not a spiritual position at all, but a wat board that was also made of mud, a little more than two feet long, and Zhao Anyi was a little surprised when he saw this: "Is this statue still a person in the court?" Why is he still holding a wat board, this is really a bit strange, isn't he some wild god, grass god or something? ”
"You mean he's actually in the mythical system?" I was also surprised that in an ancient grotto, there were gods in the mythological system in the hidden temple.
"Lao Li, what do you think Hou Jun is doing?" The old egg reminded.
I turned my head to look at the statue, and saw Hou Jun climbing up the altar, staring at the wat board and studying it carefully, and suddenly I saw him start to handle the wat board
He pulled it out of the idol's hand and rubbed it on the altar for a while, a large amount of mud was scraped off, and the road surface revealed a white jade surface.
"Damn, I knew that Lao Hou had a set, and I couldn't think of such a monkey spirit." The old egg's eyes lit up, and he ran to the bottom of the altar in a shy, like a vicious dog staring at the fat meat, looking at the wat board that gradually revealed his true face.
Hou Jun opened the old egg's hand, jumped off the altar and carefully brushed off the dirt on it, a jade plate appeared in front of us completely, he said: "This thing is called a wat board, in fact, it can also be called a jade board, not only the court to play the Son of Heaven, but also the Taoist Taoist priest to play the gods, demons and ghosts, just now I felt that these three clay sculptures are too normal, but in this kind of place, the more normal the more abnormal, so I tried it, and sure enough, my guess is right." This clay sculpture not only has a lot of things inside, but even the jade plate is engraved with an inscription, but I don't know what is written on it, you can take a look? ”
I shook my head, and I couldn't understand it and handed it to Zhao Anyi, after all, she was a scholar here, maybe she could understand a little, but she only glanced at it and shook her head: "It's an oracle bone inscription, without the corresponding knowledge and matching word list, it is difficult to translate it all." ”
Speaking of this, everyone couldn't help but be silent, but the old man opened his mouth and interjected, "Why don't you ask me." ”
The bobcat glanced at him, "You understand?" ”
The old man smiled: "I don't understand." ”
As soon as Scar was angry, he scolded: "Then you say a hammer." ”
"I can't read the words on it, but it doesn't mean I can't understand what kind of god the statue is." The old man confidently pointed to the statue in the middle and said, "Let's tell you, I went to a temple with my whole family to worship back then, and I happened to see this god." ”
"Then you didn't say it earlier."
The old man scratched his scalp and said, "I thought you all knew about it, so I didn't say it." ”
I kicked him in the ass, "Then what are you rubbing, come on, you really want to kill us." ”
"Let me think about it." The old man rubbed his chin and thought for a while: "By the way, when I think about it, I remember that it seems to be a city god." ”
City God? I suddenly turned my head to look at the clay statue, and suddenly remembered what my grandfather's disguised blind old Taoist told me, the City God Temple at the foot of Mount Tai has an entrance to Hades, so could this abyss be the one that leads to Hades?
Immediately, my heart trembled, could the city below the abyss also be the city of hell? (To be continued.) )