Chapter 55: The Giant Bronze Statue
When we came to the surface, the current here was relatively slow, but there was a thick layer of fog on the surface, which I guess was related to the icebergs of the Sea of Fire, and the evaporated fog had been gathering on the surface of the sea.
We have never seen such a strange sight, and we can still see the topography of this place, the sea here is flowing from the sea channel we came before, and the magnificent and thrilling sea of fire icebergs is really like an impassable curtain of heaven, separating the previous sea road from here.
The fog was so thick that we couldn't see what was going on around us, and the farther away from the icebergs were, the quieter the sea, and we swam aimlessly, thinking we were washed up in the sea, but when we swam out of the sea, we found that we didn't see the sun or the moon's rays overhead.
But it's strange that this place is particularly bright, compared to the previous dark sea road, this place is like a fairyland, and the opposite sea of fire and icebergs are like a gate to a fairyland that blocks mortals from entering.
We looked at the top of our heads, thinking that we were dazzled, Wen Zhuo had even rubbed his eyes several times, still not sure, and finally swam to my side and asked in surprise.
"Why do we have fish above our heads?"
This is what makes everyone jaw-dropping, there are countless colorful and even never-before-seen sea fish swimming above our heads, and it feels a bit like watching in a fish tank, except that we are at the bottom of the fish tank.
We're on the surface of the ocean, and we have undersea creatures above our heads......
It was difficult to explain and understand what was going on, so we just looked up at these sea creatures wandering back and forth until Gu Anqi said that incredible sentence.
"I ...... We're at the bottom of the sea?! ”
If we are really at the bottom of the East China Sea, then what is on our heads, everything is very real, not like our hallucination, the most curious thing is why there is light here, and it is like day, but unfortunately there is fog on the sea, otherwise we can see where it is.
"Look, there's a fire over there!" Xiao Lianshan pointed to the distance and shouted.
We looked over, and saw a faint flickering light in the thick fog, and we swam slowly towards it, for fear of encountering another sudden danger such as a sea of fire and icebergs, and we were moving very slowly.
The closer we got to the light, the shallower the water, as if we had reached the shore of the shoal, and when we got up from the water, I bent down to pick up a handful of sea sand and rubbed it very really, and the beach was also shrouded in fog, and I couldn't see what lay ahead.
But after walking a few steps, we actually found a road with a blue gray color and a hard stone slab on the ground, Yue Qianling squatted on the ground and studied for a long time, picked up a broken stone slab to make it neat, thick and simple.
The more Yue Qianling looked at it, the more surprised she became, and there was an echo when she tapped it a few times on the stone slab, and she looked up and said unexpectedly.
"There is a sound of knocking, and there is no hole in the break, this ...... This is a famous Qin brick in history. ”
I was stunned, took the slabs from her hand and looked at them carefully, and then squatted down as well, and the slate-paved path seemed to be long as it stretched into the mist, and the slate path was made up of the strip-shaped bricks I had in my hand.
I asked Xiao Lianshan to go to the shore and bring water to wash away the sand on the slate, revealing the typical Qin Dynasty dragon pattern, and there is an engraved Qin seal on the brick in the middle, although it is old, it can still be clearly recognized by the words on it.
Long live the earth and the earth.
Yue Qianling is not mistaken, this is indeed a Qin brick, and looking at the inscription, it is still a Qin brick that only the emperor can enjoy, this passage is not allowed by ordinary people, this is the royal road of the King of Qin, only the King of Qin could step on it thousands of years ago, who would build a royal road in this bizarre place?
"The age of the construction of this passage is far older than the previous Ming Tombs." Gu Anqi thought about it and said to us. "Since there are people building roads here, you say...... Will there be anyone here? ”
"How is it possible, this is all a thousand years ago, who can live ......" Yue Qianling followed her habitual thinking to deny Gu Anqi's boundless thoughts, but soon stopped and didn't say any more, I guess she may have realized that it seems that there are not many people she has seen who have lived for thousands of years.
We moved forward along the royal road, with the guidance of the road, we were not afraid of going in the wrong direction, but the fog was too heavy, we couldn't see what was ahead, we were careful with every step, Xiao Lianshan walked in the front, vigilantly watching the surroundings, it was too quiet here, the more we were like this, the more bottomless we were.
"There's something up ahead." Xiao Lianshan suddenly alertly motioned for us to stop.
We saw a symmetrical edge and corner on both sides of the royal road, and when we got closer, we could see clearly that it was a kind of artifact made of bronze, but because it was blocked by the fog, it could not see the whole picture, and it generally looked like a bronze column, which was extremely well preserved and brand new, with layered ornamentation and typical Qin Dynasty style lines, but we don't know what this bronze pillar was for.
But soon we found that this bronze pillar was much bigger than we imagined, we only saw a corner of it, we walked around this bronze pillar, and then returned to the original position estimated that it took ten minutes, this is not big, to be exact, it should be huge, I have been noting the footsteps in my heart, and finally estimated that this thing is bigger than the more than 300 square meters of the house of Yue Thunder.
And after walking around I was no longer sure what kind of bronze object it was, because from different directions, it was completely different, and we could only see the shape of the bottom, and we didn't know what the top looked like when it was obscured by the fog.
Yue Qianling looked at it for a long time and said thoughtfully.
"Look at this ornament, it should be the tiger and wolf pattern of the Qin Dynasty, but the tiger and wolf pattern is mostly used on armor, how can it be engraved here?"
Xiao Lianshan tapped it a few times with his hand, making a thick and low echo, Wen Zhuo didn't finish speaking, and walked around the bronze pillar again, and finally stopped in front of me, frowned and smiled meaningfully, and then actually knelt down on one knee, adjusting his movements while looking at the bronze pillar.
We were all stunned, not understanding what he was doing, Wen Zhuo suddenly pointed to his hunched leg and asked with a smile.
"What do you think this looks like?"
"......" I frowned slightly, not understanding what Wen Zhuo meant.
Wen Zhuo picked up a small stone from the side and put it in front of him kneeling alone, and said unhurriedly.
"You won't understand it when you look at it like this, you think this little stone is us now, and I am this bronze, what do you see?"
Wen Zhuo knelt on one knee, according to his setting, if we were only the size of a small pebble, we had to look up in front of him to see, but soon my eyes lit up, Wen Zhuo's single leg was somewhat similar to the bronze pillar we saw.
I looked at Wen Zhuo's appearance again and said with some surprise.
"You...... You mean to say that this is a bronze man on one knee? ”
"How is that possible?" Xiao Lianshan picked up the stone in front of Wen Zhuo and said with a smile. "If this were a bronze man, how ...... would it be"
Xiao Lianshan was just halfway through speaking, when suddenly we felt that the calm sea behind us was suddenly rolling, blowing towards us with a strong air current, and the fog around us was blown away in the wind, and everything around us became clear.
We finally saw the bronze pillar in front of us clearly, but as Wen Zhuo compared us, we are really like a pebble in front of him, the higher our head is raised, the bigger our mouth opens.
It wasn't a bronze pillar, I remembered the allusion of the blind man touching the elephant, because it was so big, and we were too small under this statue in comparison, so if we didn't see the whole picture, we would always have to guess at the part, and if it wasn't for the right wind, we would never have seen the behemoth.
A seven-story tall giant bronze Qin soldier stood on one knee in front of us, wearing a new set of tiger and wolf pattern armor, wearing a bronze jacket on his head, and his face was a gluttonous bronze mask, majestic and majestic.
On the back of the bronze Qin soldiers is a huge brazier, burning this raging fire, one on each side of the royal road, the light we saw before is coming from this brazier, this is the kneeling lamp of the two Qin soldiers, like two inviolable guards not only illuminate this beach, but also guard this mysterious and bizarre place.
We were completely shocked by these two bronze Qin soldiers, we only felt an inexplicable sense of oppression and surprise that was difficult to describe in words, especially the gluttonous mask on the face of the bronze soldier, I was in a trance, it seemed that kneeling here was a huge ancient beast.
We were so focused on looking at this majestic bronze statue that we didn't know when the rough sea had returned to calm, and the previous wind blew away the white fog here, and we could see exactly where we were.
It's an island, no different from any other island, with rolling hills and lush trees, but it's so quiet that we can't even hear the sound of the waves, and the royal road stretches deep into the island.
We walked along the royal road all the way forward, each step was still cautious as walking on thin ice, I looked back at the two huge bronze statues from time to time, how many people would have to cast such statues, why are there Qin bricks and Qin soldiers statues on this deserted island, and the people who can have these things can only think of the invincible King of the Three Realms.
But I don't know exactly what this place is.
The royal road took us to the foot of the mountain, and from the traces of construction, the mountain had been excavated, and on both sides of the royal road were bluestone grooves, which contained white liquid, and I found that the oil was slippery with my hands, and it did not smell like the whale oil that was commonly used for lighting before.