Chapter 52: The T-junction
It didn't take long for them to come across a T-junction. And on the wall directly opposite them, a huge stone sculpture appeared.
It seems to be a monster with a horse-faced dragon body, although the lines are a little simple, but the appearance of this stone sculpture should be some kind of god monster or fantasy animal image, which is integrated with the ornamentation of the natural background, full of ancient vitality.
Moreover, the carving technique of stone carving is extremely concise and generalized, using the natural form of stone, and slightly carved and chiseled, it vividly presents the image of the unknown monster, and its form is broad and majestic.
Qin Zhen pointed to the stone carving on the wall and asked, "What is this?" Which of you know? As he spoke, he looked at Yudong and Mosheng.
The two of them frowned lightly while having an unusually tacit understanding, and their expressions were slightly heavy looking at the stone carving. It wasn't until Qin Zhen looked at them that Yu Dong said with some hesitation: "It looks familiar, but I can't be sure." ”
Mo Sheng nodded on the side and continued: "Heheyes, it's best that the things on this have nothing to do with this place." Otherwise, our prospects are not good......"
When Qin Zhen heard this, he smiled bitterly and said, "Mo Shang, what you said is just a joke. Since it can be carved here, it must have something to do with it. This is not a mascot, besides, if you look back at the scene of the horrific massacre, does this seem to have anything to do with the mascot? ”
Jiang Qi asked Yu Dong at this time: "Dong Shao, could this be a kind of dragon?" ”
When Lao Gu heard this, he immediately high-fived and praised: "That's right! The dragon gave birth to nine sons. The nine sons are different. Look at the body of this thing, it looks like a dragon! ”
Qin Zhen couldn't understand and asked rhetorically: "That's a long line with thick lines, where did you see that it resembles a dragon?" ”
"I tell you that dragons and everything can be matched, and chickens, ducks and fish have offspring, do you know? The little dragon man with horns on his head and a long tail behind him is a typical representative of the most obscene dragon sex. Old Gu Zhenzhen said with words.
"......" Qin Zhen never thought that he would be able to pull out the little dragon man.
Yu Dong seemed to be very interested in this stone carving, and he carefully observed the details with a flashlight and said: "In fact, it is just that the dragon, as a species with the supreme divinity of China, has been deified too much. There is only one dragon, but there are many things that people want to spawn like it. So this is the saying that dragon sex is the most obscene. But even so. Nor are fetishes derived from the mating of ordinary creatures. In the ancient mythological system. There are four births—wet, metaphysis, viviparity, and oviparity—and in Buddhist life forms, there are as many as twelve. From a mythological point of view, there are many gods, demons and monsters that are incarnated. It has nothing to do with ordinary life. ”
Lao Gu was dumbfounded when he heard this. Hurriedly came to Yudong's side. Curiously asked, "Dong Shao, what do you mean by the wet life and metabiosis you said?" Are you saying that this thing didn't grow on its own without a father or mother?? ”
Lao Gu looked surprised, but Qin Zhen's first reaction this time was to think of Journey to the West. Then Sun Wukong is probably the one that grew by himself, right?
Yu Dong replied: "It is recorded in ancient books. Oviparous, born from the shell. That is, fish, birds, turtles, snakes, and the like. The viviparous is born from the twins, that is, humans, animals, dragons, immortals, and the like. Those who are wet are born from a wet place. That is, with stupid squirming and the like. The incarnate is born out of nothing. Or maybe it is to leave the old form and change the new quality. That is, the metamorphosis of the flyer, such as the silkworm metamorphosing into a moth, turning into a cocoon and becoming a butterfly. It is said that human beings are also divided into several birth methods, and the most typical one of incarnation is Padmasambhava. ”
"So, how did this thing come about?? Is it egg-born, viviparous, or metaphytic......? Old Gu muttered, as if he was afraid that the stone carvings on the wall would suddenly crack like the stones of Huaguo Mountain, and what kind of monster would "transform" from inside......
Yu Dong and Mo Sheng studied for a long time, and then they said more affirmatively: "The prisoner ox has horns on its body, and its eyes look like jackals, lions like lions, turtles like turtles, foxes like tigers, mantis like fish, pepper like snails, pixiu and gluttony, not to mention, they are definitely not what this thing looks like on the wall." So, it's not the Nine Sons of the Dragon. It does not belong to the dragon class. ”
As soon as Yu Dong finished speaking, Mo Sheng suddenly said in surprise: "Yu Dong, I seem to know what this thing is...... It's not yet possible to confirm, but be careful. I think it's very likely that this is what is being sacrificed for the large-scale killing sacrifice here......"
"Ouch, my impermanence brother, don't sell it! You quickly tell us what kind of freak this is! I don't think it matters if it's an egg or an ovipar, what matters is what it is? Lao Gu said impatiently.
Qin Zhen glanced at him helplessly, and said in his heart, is there a difference between egg-born and oviparous? As soon as this product is in a hurry, it will start to speak incoherently and nonsense.
Mo Sheng was silent for a moment, and then said two words very strictly: "罔象." ”
“…… What elephant? What's that? This doesn't look like an elephant...... "Lao Gu is obviously very unfamiliar with this name. He questioned as he looked at the stone sculpture again, as if trying to find out what the stone sculpture had in common with the elephant.
But apparently it was in vain...... An elephant is not an elephant at all...... How can we find common ground between species that are not the same thing at all?
Yu Dong seemed to be awakened by the ink clothes, and he suddenly said, "Yes! I thought it was familiar, but I never remembered it. This thing has a deep relationship with Qin Shi Huang. The sea is clear and looking at the stone bridge, and the gods are in trouble. The first emperor is long, and the yin monster is reckless. ”
In fact, Qin Zhen didn't know what this phenomenon was, but he didn't rush to ask. Because since Yudong and Moshang have already understood the details, it will be much easier. And judging from Moshang's expression, this reckless image doesn't seem to be a good thing...... So the main thing now should be to study their next countermeasures, rather than delve into what this phenomenon really is.
However, Mo Sheng looked back at Shi Lu at this time and said, "If the sacrifice here is a reckless elephant, then the mountain of white bone killing sacrifices outside can also make sense." The "Chinese" records that the monsters of water are called dragons and elephants. Delicious human liver and brain. ”
Yu Dong also nodded and said: "This monster is also mentioned in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", and it also has a name called "No Injury", some say that it is a water monster, and some say that it is the god of the sea. However, whether it is a god or a demon, it is an animal that eats human liver and brain, and often goes in and out of mausoleums, and only pine and cypress can make the corpse avoid this catastrophe. Qin Shi Huang's Lishan King Mausoleum is planted with a large number of pines and cypresses, even if we are modern, there are many pines and cypresses in the cemetery. ”
Once this myth becomes more and more grounded, with a nose and an eye, it will sound a little creepy. Qin Zhen: They never knew that there were pines and cypresses in the cemetery, and the origin would be like this!
But if it was a monster that specialized in entering and leaving the mausoleum, how could it be enshrined inside this "fairy-like" stone? ? And it's not a mausoleum at all!
Qin Zhen couldn't help but say the confusion in his heart, but Mo Sheng actually laughed after hearing it. He turned around and pointed to the way he came, and then said to Qin Zhen, "Don't you think this place is much richer than the mausoleum?" How many people can eat in a tomb? And here ......"
Yu Dong also looked at the way in the darkness and said, "That's why this place has become a place like a mass grave...... I think there is only one reason for it, and that is that it is a water monster. Or the so-called sea god. I don't know if those alchemists thought that they had offered the god of the sea, and the whip was guarded by the god of the sea, and it would never disappear......"
"Hehe, yes, they may think they have made a great achievement!" Mo Sheng continued.
At this time, Yu Dong took two steps forward, looked at the gradually low top, and then decisively came to a conclusion: "Qin Shi Huang has not come in, and he may not know about the one here." ”
"How do you know he hasn't come in??" Qin Zhen and Lao Gu asked in surprise in unison.
Yu Dong shook his head and said very decisively: "The passage on both sides is too short, with Yingzheng's height, if he has come in, then he will have to bend down and walk inside." That's impossible. ”
Qin Zhen and Lao Gu tried the height, Lao Gu, who was one meter nine tall, if he held his chest up and raised his head, he would indeed almost touch the dome. But......
"How do you know how tall Qin Shi Huang really is??" Qin Zhen couldn't help but ask this question that he was very curious about before.
Because the height of Qin Shi Huang has not been recorded in the "Qin Shi Huang Benji", which is closest to the Qin Dynasty, and the appearance of this emperor has not been accurately depicted in various historical books. Although it is said that the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is in Lishan, he has not been unearthed so far, let alone the most authoritative certification in the archaeological field. So how did Yudong know Qin Shi Huang's height?
Yu Dong glanced at Qin Zhen, and then explained clearly: "Qin Shi Huang's figure and appearance were mentioned in the "Taiping Imperial Review", saying that he had a 'tiger mouth, big eyes, rhinoplasty, a body length of eight feet six inches, and a big seven measurements. Of course, this is a record of the Northern Song Dynasty more than a thousand years after the Qin Dynasty, so this height of 8 feet 6 inches is not necessarily too accurate. But if it is accurate, then Ying Zheng's height should be between 1.8 meters and 1.85 meters.
Then linked to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang, the average height is about 1.8 meters, and the chariots and bronze weapons are made according to the original proportions. And the bronze swords in the hands of the Qin figurines are almost all about 91 centimeters.
In the story of Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin, Ying Zheng was about to draw his sword when he was dodging Jing Ke's assassination, but because the sword was too long, he couldn't pull it out with one hand.
If you have ever held a long sword, you can imagine that it is already very difficult for a person with an arm span of about one meter seven or eight to pull out a sword of more than 90 centimeters from his waist. Therefore, it is speculated that Ying Zheng's height should be at least 1.83 meters, and the highest is 1.85 meters. (To be continued......)