Chapter 222, Stone Wall Carving
I hurriedly raised my head and called out to Mai Lao, "Mai Lao, you let Jiao Ba and them all come over, this is a dungeon, and there may be some discoveries." ”
Mai Lao was still on it, "Okay, I'll go back and call them, you two be careful." ”
"Well, you should also be more careful, especially the steamed buns and the big ones, you have to find a way to help them." That twisted detour, the two of them were choking enough to come over. "I know, you are waiting for us here, I will go back as soon as I go."
After Mai Lao left, Chang Shan and I began to observe this underground palace along the side of the stone wall, the area of this underground palace is very large, equivalent to the sum of the previous two underground palaces, but there are almost no buildings here, except for a few thick pillars, there is nothing else, the whole underground palace is empty, only the middle place, there is a step mouth, you can go down from above, but I don't know what kind of world is below.
But one of the most obvious features of this dungeon is that there is nothing in it, but there are many patterns carved on the stone walls around it, all four walls, and this pattern is clearly depicted, and there are boats, coasts, islands, and land, but I don't understand what this means.
"What do these carved paintings on the stone wall mean?" I touched the stone wall with my hands, the stone mural was so realistically carved, I don't know which skilled craftsman did the work, it was just perfect.
After a while, Chang Shan spoke, "I don't know very well, but it looks like an ancient fleet going to sea." ”
At this time, a voice came from above, "Zhongyi, Changshan." ”
It's Mai Lao, Chang Shan and I heard this, and hurriedly walked over to the place where we fell before, "Come down, there's a discovery here." ”
Mai Lao saw that the two of us were coming, he threw down a rope first, and then let the others come down first, and after the others slid down the rope one by one, Mai Lao finally untied the rope, and he jumped directly from it, this is to keep the rope, otherwise everyone will come down, and the rope will have to be hung on it.
The old fellow was not lazy in reaching out, and when he touched the ground, he rolled forward on the spot, and then stood up, but I was curious about the two of them, Mantou and the big man, how they could have come so smoothly.
I also asked Mai Lao about this, and Mai Lao said at that time, "It was squeezed over." "I have to say, the perseverance of these two buddies is still quite strong, and it's a good thing to be able to come over.
Now that everyone has arrived, Chang Shan and I briefly described the situation here, and the most important thing is that the carved paintings on the stone walls around this place mean what they mean?
After they also finished reading the stone murals around them, Jiao Ba was the first to speak, "The ships depicted here are all ships from the Ming Dynasty. ”
Jenny agreed, "Well, I think so, but the carvings on these stone walls should be in order, right?" It seems to depict the journey of going to sea, and every time you arrive at a place, you will portray a place. ”
"Jenny is right, the portrayal of these four weeks is indeed in order, it should start from the stone wall in front of us, clockwise all the way to the back, that's right, you take a closer look, you should be able to understand." Jiao Ba said the key to the matter, and he had to find the beginning.
According to him, we watched it again, and after reading it, Chang Shan suddenly said, "I understand, these are the fleets of the Ming Dynasty that went to sea, could it be every place that Zheng He experienced when he went to sea?" ”
"It should be like this, the journey depicted here is very far away, but the specific location is not visible, because there is no place with a place name, let alone a map, only these symbolic patterns, but in the Ming Dynasty, the only person who can lead a large number of ships to the sea is Zheng He in the early days." Jiao Ba shone a flashlight on the stone wall and explained very simply.
"So, it's very likely that this is Zheng He's mausoleum?" Jenny was a little surprised, she probably didn't even think that things would turn out like this.
"It would be great if Zheng He's mausoleum was great, his burial goods would have an old nose, and treasures would definitely be indispensable." The steamed bun thief said awkwardly, a pair of mouse eyes are dripping and turning, a typical expression of dying for money.
"My mother, this is a big secret, if Zheng He's mausoleum is found by us, it will really make a fortune." The big man's eyes were almost bright, and as soon as he heard about the treasure, he forgot everything.
"It's not easy to draw this conclusion now, although the carving on the stone wall is a ship that went to sea in the Ming Dynasty, it doesn't mean that this is Zheng He's mausoleum." Mai Lao has always been very calm, and he will not guess if there is nothing he is absolutely sure of.
"If we want to know who is buried here, then we have to find the real location of the main tomb, this is just an underground palace, but I think the main tomb should not be far from here." Jiao Ba's eyes swept around, and he said in a low voice.
I nodded and said, "I think too, these images alone don't prove anything, we have to find the owner of the tomb, we can solve the secrets of this island, and we may find a way out." ”
I always have a feeling in my heart that the mystery of the island is about to be solved, and the answer should be not far ahead, "Then let's go, there is another step in the middle, it should be possible to go down." Chang Shan greeted us, and he took the lead and walked forward.
We also hurried to keep up with the pace, and when we reached the entrance of the steps, I shone a flashlight inside, this stone step went all the way down, there was nothing in the middle, and the flashlight light could shine directly to the next floor of the underground palace.
"Let's go, be careful, everybody." Mai Lao took the lead with a glow stick, and the rest of us slowly followed.
This step is very long, very steep, almost 90 degrees angle, and each step is very large, every step is a big step, compared to the previous steps are exactly two proportions, so it is very troublesome to walk.
We were careful all the way, and finally arrived at the second layer of the underground palace very safely, I thought that this place would be similar to the previous layer of the underground palace, but when we came down, everyone was shocked by the scene in front of us.
This dungeon is full of human bones, almost everywhere, and there is not even a place to stay, under the light of the glow sticks, it is simply corpses all over the field, people dare not look directly, the smell of these bones is very strong, and it makes people a little unbearable.
"Oh my God, what the hell is going on here?" Jenny asked, looking at the scene in front of her, a little overwhelmed.
"My mother, why did so many people die?" The big man swallowed and said a little dumbfounded.
"It seems like a massacre, Zhongyi, you take a few people, let's spread out and take a look." After Mai Lao's words, he walked forward, and Jiao Ba and Chang Shan also followed him.
I took the rest of the people and walked back and forth, we almost stepped on these bones and walked forward, and from time to time there would be the sound of broken bones under our feet, which made people feel hairy when they heard it.
The space inside is also very large, it looks like it is the same size as the dungeon above, the only difference is that this dungeon is covered with human bones, and there is a depressing dull feeling, the atmosphere here is really weird.
"Damn, it stinks so much in here, it smells so bad." Mantou cursed behind me.
"Bear with me, just get used to it." Jenny said casually, it seemed that she had long been accustomed to this smell.
At this time, Li Xin suddenly stopped, and then she squatted on the ground and found a hat from these piles of bones, which was actually a hat of Qing Dynasty officers and soldiers, and it seemed that a large number of Qing soldiers were buried here.
Then she stood up, handed me the hat and said, "Zhongyi, look at it, is this the hat of the Qing Dynasty officers and soldiers." ”
"Look no further, definitely." Before I could speak, Jenny spoke next to me.
"Well, take a look around." We are looking around for some bones, and the people who died in them, from the analysis of the only clothes and hats left, on the surface, it seems that most of them are Qing soldiers, but according to my thoughts, these bones should all be left by Qing soldiers.
"I think that all the bones here are from the Qing soldiers, although some of the bones have rotted their clothes, but this does not affect the judgment, but what happened to them? How could they all die here? I squatted on the ground, looked at the bones in front of me, and said, something terrible must have happened here, otherwise it would never have turned out like this.
"I don't know, it's really similar to what Mai Lao said, these Qing soldiers are as if they have been slaughtered, and there is almost no room for resistance." Li Xin looked up at me, his eyes were also full.
At this moment, the big man's shout suddenly came, "Zhongyi, come and take a look at this." ”
Li Xin and I glanced at each other, quickly got up and ran over with the others, and when I ran over, I found that next to the big man, there was actually a stone statue, and this was still a stone statue of a person, I was suddenly surprised, how could there be a stone statue here?
"What do you see what this is?" The big man stretched out his hand and pointed to the stone statue next to him for me to see.
"I see it." I said, staring at the stone statue in front of me with wide eyes.
I turned on the flashlight and looked closely at the stone statue, which was supposed to be carved out of rock, and it was supposed to be white, but it was probably a little yellowish because of the time.
The scale of this stone figure is exactly the same as that of a real person, so realistic that I can't even imagine it, if it weren't for the fact that it was carved from stone, I would have thought it was a real person, this stone figure, it is more realistic than any stone statue I have ever seen today.