Chapter 149: Truncating Life and Death
Since ancient times, whether it is painting or sculpture, it is the expression of human imagination, and it is not surprising that it appears in any form.
Qin Ying and Jin Cancan said that the stone sculpture in front of them was a birdman, not a derogatory meaning, but a starting point to analyze the meaning behind it, so He Zi'an's denial is tantamount to denying the source.
At this moment, the two of them re-observe the object, and they cannot remove the interference of the definition of 'birdman', and they do not see the problem for a short time.
He Zi'an was holding a flashlight, standing and scanning the surrounding stone carvings, and said when he saw this: "A hint to you, this space is characterized by me as the original return door." ”
"The ancient Chinese concept of life and death!" Qin Ying and Jin Cancan spoke in unison.
He Zi'an nodded.
The two fell into contemplation, if it was according to He Zi'an's thinking, then the statue in front of him was the guardian of the door, which had the effect of blocking life and death.
"The direction of his eyes is death." Qin Ying reacted faster.
At this time, the direction of He Zi'an's flashlight is where the sculpture's eyes are.
It is a stone sculpture that is more than three meters high.
The content of the stone carving is a miniature version of the palace view, at first glance do not feel anything, a closer look is completely different from the human architecture, the wall, the roof, etc. are lying on all kinds of creatures in the world, including human shapes, the common point is either the expression is distorted, or the body shape.
Jin Cancan stood, holding the bird's head in his hand and frowning, "Yinyi is familiar with this?" ”
"If he was familiar, would he be stupid enough to put his left arm on it?" He Zi'an squinted.
"Who are you scolding?"
"I didn't say anything about you."
“……”
When the two were arguing, Qin Ying took the old yellow dog to the stone sculpture in the distance.
Looking at the stone carvings up close, it feels more eerie and depressing.
Qin Ying circled around and returned to the front.
He Zi'an had already come to the stone carving, looked up and down with a flashlight, and said: "From the point of view of the carving technique, it is continuous pruning for hundreds of years, but it does not destroy the root meaning to be expressed, and it can be shouted to 200,000 in the market." ”
Jin Cancan echoed: "Well, if you meet a gold lover, you can call for an extra 50,000." If you add that birdman, you can add 30,000. ”
"Shut up!" Qin Ying said with a dark face, "Even if I don't care about the Zhang family, it is impossible to let you steal and dig up cultural relics." ”
"I'm just discriminating."
"I only have one leg left, and the little one can't even move, let alone this thing that weighs a few tons."
He Zi'an and Jin Cancan hurriedly explained.
Hum~
Qin Yingbai glanced at the two of them, looked up at the stone carving and said, "After walking around, I didn't find the mechanism." ”
"It's up to you, Master of the Best." Jin Cancan turned his head to look at He Zi'an, and his tone was playful.
"Don't make us familiar with us, after all, you're a tomb robber, a suspect." He Zi'an said.
Jin Cancan shot back: "I didn't even ask you to settle the revenge of breaking your leg, believe it or not, before I was caught, I slapped you to death." ”
"Your broken leg has something to do with me."
"Stop arguing." Qin Ying's flashlight shone on the two of them, and said with a gloomy face, "Regardless of Xu Shan's purpose first, in my opinion, this place can only go down without a loop, and if you don't want to die here, you have to find a way to go down as soon as possible." ”
When He Zi'an heard this, he remembered that he never asked Qin Ying how he came in.
As soon as he spoke, Jin Cancan was also curious.
"Like you, I came down from the central island of the waterhole outside, but I'm not that crazy, I floated with a wooden plank and with the help of Xiao Huang, I jumped ashore from the water, and then I was attacked by all kinds of poisonous insects." Qin Ying explained.
"To put it simply, a waterhole is a big whirlpool, and the danger is about the same from the surface of the water to the bottom of the water." Jin Cancan complained.
He Zi'an also had the same idea, and nodded in agreement.
"You don't count. You're not hurt at all, but we're almost dead. Jin Cancan looked at He Zi'an with a flashlight.
Qin Ying agreed.
"Nonsense, I lost my shoes worth three hundred dollars." He Zi'an said indignantly.
Qin Ying and Jin Cancan had an urge to beat him.
Woof~
The old yellow dog shouted, reminding them that the current situation was not the time to quarrel.
He Zi'an was the first to stop, pointed to the three-meter-high stone sculpture in front of him, and said, "This is the map, and the place where we are belongs to the upper half." ”
When Qin Ying heard this, he used a flashlight to shine on the relevant location at the same time.
The overall carving style of stone carving is that all kinds of animals in the world are twisted and lying on various buildings or around, and no matter how you look at it, it has nothing to do with the map, so the two are very puzzled.
"I trust your memory." He Zi'an said.
Qin Ying's confused eyes changed instantly.
They carefully compared the upper part of the stone sculpture with the road they had just walked, and found that each sculpture in this space represented the building on the stone sculpture in front of them.
It's not just a map.
"So, is this the next level?" The golden flashlight moves down.
The silent Qin Ying also made the same move.
"This is the entrance to the lower level." He Zi'an flashlight pointed to the position of the three curves on the stone carving and said.
Qin Ying and the two immediately recalled the way they had come.
"Don't think about it, it's right at our feet." He Zi'an said.
Qin Ying and the two lowered their heads at the same time, the soil under their feet was still very hard, and it had nothing to do with 'water', so they felt that He Zi'an was playing around.
In fact, no.
He Zi'an bent down and grabbed the broken stone, got up and smashed it towards the position of the ripples in the upper part of the stone carving.
Boom~
The ground beneath their feet shook slightly, then slowly sinking.
"Gravity Trap!" Jin Cancan exclaimed.
Qin Ying put his left hand on He Zi'an's right shoulder and said, "You already know where the entrance is, why waste time." ”
Jin Cancan's face showed displeasure when he heard this.
"It's a dark environment, there are a thousand stone carvings on the ground, and I know the entrance with a flashlight alone. I saw the positioning of the bird talent. He Zi'an explained.
The other two didn't believe it, especially knowing that He Zi'an had touched Qin Ying, who had broken the customs information left by the Zhang family in the past dynasties.
However, Jin Cancan can't be let know that there is a password outside, so this matter can only be stopped.
The ground sinks down to a full five meters, revealing a passageway.
He Zi'an nodded silently, Qin Ying followed closely with the old yellow dog, and Jin Cancan walked last.
As they entered, the 'ground' slowly rose again.
"If there is no exit from the lowest level, we will all die in the tomb." He Zi'an said in a relaxed tone.
"Trouble in the grave, a little respect for death." The two in the back spoke in unison.
"I'm not talking nonsense, I don't believe it, look at the rock wall." He Zi'an reminded.
When Qin Ying and the others heard this, they used flashlights to shine on one left and one right.
On the walls, there are the same heterogeneous symbols as the outside, some deep and some shallow, as few as three symbols, and as many as dozens of them crowded together.
"What kind of text is it, it is not a radical of Chinese characters, and it is not like a charm." Jin Cancan said.
"Xiao He, let me explain." Qin Ying was also curious.
"In the Western Zhou Dynasty, there was a kind of alchemist, and the material used for divination was very laborious, so the font would be simplified as much as possible, and after the appearance of light paper, it was replaced by charms, and there were fewer and fewer people who knew it." He Zi'an explained, "At that time, people called it turtle patterns or spirit spells. ”
"What does that mean?" Qin Ying and the two asked.