Chapter 356: The Mission Begins
"Xiaolin, if you want to inquire about the ancient tomb, it's really nothing, but I heard some legends about the local Huishan mud people."
"However, a story is a story, and a legend is a legend, no matter how interesting it is, it doesn't fit in with our mission this time."
Lei Zi said helplessly, but this legend made Qin Yujie interested. 、
said with a smile: "Brother Leizi, anyway, the mission will only be out tomorrow, and now everyone is not resting, let's listen to it." ”、
Lei Zi glanced at me, and I scolded in my heart: You stupid, what do you think I do? Do you dare to mess with this aunt? If she wants to listen to you, hurry up.
Lei Zi and I immediately exchanged a look, and I understood it in my heart, so I said: "This legend is called, the legend of Wuxi Huishan Niren Afu." ”
"Legend has it that in ancient times, the forests of Huishan were towering to the sky, and a fierce beast often went down the mountain to hurt people. Later, the family gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, named Ah Fu.
Strange to say, when the beast saw Ah Fu, he bowed his head and was very docile, so every household in Wuxi liked to put Ah Fu in the Huishan mud man.
People are most familiar with and most loved by the people is Huishan Da Afu, when it comes to Da Afu, there are still such folk legends in Huishan.
A long time ago, there were many wild animals in the Huishan area, endangering children. There is a child named "Sand Child", who bravely fights fierce beasts and eliminates harm for the people.
In order to commemorate this "sand child", people used the clay of Huishan to create the image of a brave "sand child".
Later, after the continuous processing and creation of generations of artists, this artistic image that carries people's yearning for a better life has survived in people's hearts. ”
At this time, Lei Zi took a sip of the water on the table next to him, and said again: "However, there is another legend about Da Ah Fu."
Another legend has it that in ancient times, there was a monster called Nian, which ate the sun during the day and the moon at night, playing with the sun and the moon at any time, and messed up the sun and the moon, and people's lives were very restless.
Later, Ah Fu conquered Nian and held it in his hands, and Nian obediently listened to Ah Fu's words, so that everyone's life was peaceful.
Later, with the changes of the times, people changed the image of Ah Fu into the image of a child, hoping that their children would be as spirited as Ah Fu.
There is a kind of historical evolution, which slowly evolved into a mascot now. In the early days, the shape of Da Ah Fu was an upright sitting posture with big ears, and his face carried the compassion and auspiciousness of Buddhism.
The peony flower on his head, the longevity lock on his chest, the big green lion in his arms, and the morning boots on his feet represent the auspicious meanings of preciousness, longevity, warding off evil spirits, and juvenile Dengke.
Ah Fu's shape is round and plump, and many branches on the body are removed, and the whole work is full and plump.
Surface undulations, regardless of size, are done in arcs. The roundness and fineness of the shape add a Jiangnan charm to the Huishan mud people.
This combination of round carving and relief carving also laid the basic style of Huishan clay people. ”
At this time, Qin Yujie, who was listening, also said: "Brother Lei Zi has spoken more comprehensively, and my master and I have traveled all over the country. ”
"Naturally, I also know some legends about the clay figure in Wuxi, but I and the master just passed by here and didn't stay."
"The shape of Da Ah Fu is said to come from a myth and legend: there are two gods in the Jiangnan area, one male and one female"
"They have a kind of charm, which is particularly Chinese, that is, he is not very brave and very weird."
"He is a very feminine thing, that is, when he smiles, the enemy will be laughed at by him, and fall into his arms and be devoured by himself."
Therefore, his smile has a strong Chinese cultural color. He has a kind of tolerance, a kind of generosity, a kind of atmosphere."
"This suppression of the enemy by it is based on the fact that the enemy submits to himself without having to sacrifice his life. Da Afu is generally smiling, but behind that is a kind of conquest. ”
I listened to another legend about clay figurines told by Qin Yujie, and I also smiled and said, "Oh, eldest lady, where did you hear this legend, how can you become more and more divine." ”
Qin Yujie glared at me and said, "I just heard about it, and I didn't say that it was true, besides, isn't it just idle to talk about clay figurines?" ”
"The most famous thing here in Huishan is the clay figurine, the man and woman in the underground tunnel, but there is a terracotta figurine treasure in their hands, you don't plan to get it?"
Qin Yujie's words naturally touched me, I glanced at everyone and said, "I have to get my hands on it, I have a strong premonition now, this man and woman are coming for us." ”
"Okay, everyone get your things ready, and I will give each of you three Liuding Liujia amulets to prevent any evil qi from appearing in the tomb."
After finishing speaking, I took out a stack of charms from the Eight Treasures Ruyi Bag, about twenty of them, which I drew when I came back from Kunlun Mountain.
Each person was given three charms and instructed to put the charms on the inside of their clothes before entering the tomb.
After checking the basic situation with a few more people, everything was ready, and I slept peacefully and waited for the arrival of tomorrow.
The next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, my mobile phone rang, and I picked it up and saw that it was Liu Che.
picked it up randomly, and Liu Che's voice came from inside, and I listened to it for a while and hung up.
Hearing my phone ringing, Lei Zi, who was sleeping next to me, woke up, looked at me and asked, "Is it Liu Che?" ”
"Well, it's him, tell the girl to get up, let's go."
Lei Zi didn't talk nonsense, and immediately got up and walked towards the room where the lone wolf slept.
Standing at the door, he knocked on the door, and soon heard the lone wolf's answer.
I also took advantage of this time to knock on Qin Yujie's door, and a few seconds later, I heard the sound of Qin Yujie getting up.
"Brother Feng, are you going now?" Opening the door, Qin Yujie asked directly.
"That's right, Liu Che has already informed me that the person they are waiting for has arrived, and this time there will be experts going down together."
Qin Yujie frowned and said, "Brother Feng, how can there be experts going to the tomb together?" Why didn't Liu Che say this? ”
I shook my head: "I don't know, that's what he said on the phone just now." ”
"Brother Feng, since there are so-called experts going to the tomb together this time, will there be something wrong?"
"How many people went down this time? There are at least a dozen of those soldiers under Liu Che, and there are a few experts here, so it's not easy to consider safety. ”
"Yu Jie, it's okay, let's just wait and see, it seems that this expert also went down to study this Warring States Ancient Tomb."
"Liu Che said that many people died in this ancient tomb, and the above meaning is naturally to figure it out, with us following, the experts are safer."
"However, no one can predict what the situation inside is, let's see what Liu Che wants to do."
At this time, Lei Zi and Lone Wolf had completely packed up and were already standing in the courtyard of He Song's house waiting for us.
Yu He Song seemed to sense our movement, and also got up and came out to check, and saw that we had already sorted out our belongings and looked like we were leaving.
He said to us, "Young man, are you leaving?" ”
I nodded and said, "Yes, uncle, our work is about to begin, and when we come back, we will come here again." ”
Yu He Song nodded and said, "Okay, young man, after your work is completed, I welcome you to continue to be guests." ”
After a few words of greeting, the four of us waved our hands at Yu He Song and rushed towards the destination guided by Liu Che.
And our target this time is the most famous "Huishan" here