Chapter 223, Stone Statue General
This stone man is wearing armor, holding a big knife in his hand, with a big mouth open, and the hideous expression on his face seems to be extremely angry, the most important thing is that he made a forward assassination motion, he is in a lunge under his feet, the big knife in his hand stabs forward, and on its stone sword, there is actually a corpse hanging on it, which is the most incomprehensible.
"This stone statue is so realistic, can any of you see which dynasty this stone statue represents?" I feel a bit like the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, the costumes of the Qing soldiers, I can see at a glance, but not the Ming Dynasty.
"This is the military general's official uniform of the Ming Dynasty, and this stone statue man should represent the military generals of the Ming Dynasty." Jenny said, turning her head to look at me.
I believe her judgment that she is actually a military general of the Ming Dynasty, but what does it mean?
At this time, Li Xin suddenly shouted nearby again, "Zhongyi, come here and have a look." β
We hurried in the direction of Li Xin again, and when we ran over, I was shocked again, there was actually a stone statue here, and it was also a stone statue, almost the same as the previous stone statue, all wearing armor, holding a big knife, the face was hideous and terrifying, and also opened a big mouth, looking like it was going to eat people.
The only difference is the action, this stone man is kneeling on the ground, the big knife in his hand is directly pierced from top to bottom, and under his big knife, there is also a corpse of a Qing soldier, it looks as if he died under its stone knife, which is very incomprehensible.
"These two stone figures are so weird, everyone has corpses under their knives, could it be these Qing soldiers they killed?" The big man asked confusedly.
But the steamed bun immediately scolded mockingly, "You idiot? Can a fucking stone statue kill? It's a mess, and if you want me to see it, it's just putting on a show, scaring people. β
The big man didn't dare to squeak when he was told by the steamed bun, and he probably felt that what he just said was quite naΓ―ve.
"Zhongyi, what do you think?" Li Xin asked me softly.
"I don't know, I don't understand." I don't know why these statues are here, whether they are just decorations or what.
"Brother Yi, there are also stone statues here." Junko shouted nearby again.
When we heard this, we hurriedly ran to him, and when we passed, we found that in the middle of this underground palace, there were several stone statues, and the carvings of these stone statues were all military generals of the Ming Dynasty, and the shape of each stone statue was different.
But one thing is the same, all of them are posing to kill the enemy, some wield knives, some draw swords, the image is so realistic, and around each stone statue, there are a large number of Qing soldier bones, these stone statues, what is the purpose?
"Brother Yi, I found something wrong with these stone statues." Junko muttered something in my ear.
"Questions? What's the problem? I turned my head to look at him, and I knew there was something wrong with the statue, but I couldn't see what the problem was.
"Look at their faces, is there something missing?" Junko said by pointing to the face of the stone statue.
I didn't understand what he meant, but I did it anyway, I took a closer look with a flashlight, and was shocked, this stone statue was actually with its eyes closed, how could such a realistic stone statue go wrong in this critical place?
Even if the carver forgets to depict the eyes, at most there is none, but it should not have closed eyes, there must be something wrong with this.
I hurriedly went to see a few other stone statues, and sure enough, the other stone statues were all closed, which is a big problem, this one stone statue can be wrong, it can be regarded as a mistake, but these stone statues are all with their eyes closed, and their expressions are so hideous, which is also too strange.
"Brother Yi, look at the location of these stone statues, they are too messy, why do they look so awkward." Junko's words reminded me again.
The location of these stone statues is simply messy to the home, not to mention the east and west, the distance is also near and far, there is no rule at all, if it is really the decoration of the underground palace, at least it should be like the terracotta warriors, they are all neatly arranged, this is the standard that a feudal dynasty should exist, on the contrary, it is not logical at all.
"No, I have to go to Jiao Ba and ask them, you guys are waiting for me here." I explained to Junko and walked briskly forward.
But when I had just walked a few steps, I saw Mai Lao and the three of them rushing towards us, "Zhongyi, how is it?" What did you find over there? "Mai Lao saw me coming, and hurriedly greeted me and asked me.
I pointed my hand back and said, "I found a few stone statues of Ming Dynasty generals...", I briefly talked about the characteristics of the stone statues, as well as what Junko had just discovered.
"It's a stone statue again, and it's also on our side, there can be about five or six of them, and they are all military generals of the Ming Dynasty, exactly the same characteristics as you said, with their eyes closed and in different assassination postures." Mai Lao said with a heavy face, it seems that this matter is not simple.
Chang Shan touched his chin and said, "This stone statue is too weird, it's better to be careful." β
"Ignore these stone statues and find your way?" This is the most important thing, I have been in this dungeon for almost half a circle, and I haven't found an exit.
The three of them shook their heads at the same time, with a helpless look on their faces, it seemed that they had not found it.
At this moment, suddenly there were flames around the dungeon, and in an instant, the flames around the dungeon were all lit up, the same as the fire I saw before, it was also a blue flame, around the top of the surrounding stone walls, lit up a circle, blue firelight, I dare not say that the entire dungeon can be illuminated, but at least the situation in the dungeon can be seen at a glance.
Several of us were stunned at this moment, no one knew what was going on, why suddenly this underground palace was lit up, and then we looked around, only to find that in the entire underground palace, there were only ten stone statues of this Ming Dynasty military general, and the rest were all the bones of Qing soldiers.
"Brother Yi, Mai Lao, come and take a look, there are carvings on the stone wall over there." Junko hurriedly ran over at this time and shouted out of breath.
And there are carved paintings? A few of us looked at each other, and I asked Junko, "What's going on with the fire in this dungeon?" β
"It was Jenny who lit it, and I don't know where she came across." Junko explained, this girl's luck is quite good, and she can always find the location of the mechanism.
"Let's go to Zhongyi, let's hurry over and have a look." Mai Lao greeted, and we followed Shunzi all the way to the innermost part of the underground palace.
Jenny and Li Xin were looking around the stone wall, and from a distance, I saw the big man and the steamed bun who didn't know what to quarrel about.
"What are you arguing about? Can't you just settle down for a while? Mai Lao walked over and pulled the two people apart.
"We didn't quarrel, we just talked about the carvings on the stone wall." The two men spoke almost in unison.
I didn't care about them, my eyes have been staring at the stone wall, this stone wall is almost full of portraits, I took a closer look, it depicts a group of people and a group of creatures like ghosts fighting, I don't know what that thing is, but it's definitely not human, so I can only think of ghosts, and in the end, humans won, these ghosts were all killed, and the portrayal of the entire stone wall probably means this.
What does this painting mean? What are those things, ghosts? I turned my head to look at Mai Lao and asked.
Then the big man said, "I look like a ghost." β
Mantou immediately retorted to him, "That's because you have a sick brain, how can there be so many ghosts to kill you." "I guess they were arguing just because of this.
"This painting should have a purpose, you look carefully, the characters in the painting are very similar to those stone statues." Li Xin said lukewarmly.
But listening to her say this, it is true, although the characters are relatively small, you can still find that they are all wearing the clothes of the Ming Dynasty generals.
"And what are they killing? This thing is portrayed as neither human nor ghost, who of you knows what it is? Jenny has a question mark on her face, and she must have been thinking about it for a long time, but she didn't understand it.
But I found a terrible thing, the Ming Dynasty generals in this painting are exactly ten people, isn't this just equal to the number of people in those stone statues, what does this mean? How could there be such a coincidence?
The military generals in this painting are assassinating ghosts, and the underground palace where we are is is full of corpses and bones, can it be said... Are the ghosts in this painting the dead Qing soldiers?
I thought about it for a while, and I thought that this should not be the case, the ghost in this painting may be just a representative, it represents the people who broke into the dungeon, and the portrayer deliberately portrayed these people as ghosts.
This is a reverse metaphor, comparing the trespasser to the dungeon to a dark person, an ugly person, so it is portrayed like a ghost, so when you think about it, it feels much more reasonable.
But at the same time, we are facing a great danger, this painting is clearly telling us that anyone who breaks into the dungeon must be killed, but who will we be killed? Could it be those stone statues?
"Zhongyi, why are you stunned?" Li Xin touched me for a while, and I came back to my senses.
I hurriedly said everything I was thinking just now, and when I finished speaking, Jiao Ba said with a stern face, "That's right, what Brother Yi said is very reasonable, this painting probably means this, I can also see these problems, presumably the people who killed these Qing soldiers are these ten stone statues." β
"Jiao Ba, you're not kidding, are you? How could this statue kill someone? Mantou rolled his eyes and said, and the others couldn't accept it to some extent.
Jiao Ba wasn't in a hurry, he just said very casually, "Then you just didn't say it." β
"Okay, it doesn't matter to us or not, the most important thing now is to find the entrance, and put the rest aside." Mai Lao immediately made a decision, and we scattered around looking for the entrance.