According to the train of thought just now, Lin Yi began to grope above the Buddha's head by candlelight.

Sure enough, in the middle position, a "fishing drum" mark engraved on the branch was found.

In the "Dark Eight Immortals", the "Fishing Drum" represents Zhang Guolao, which means "Heaven and Earth, Knowing Things Like God".

The existence of this "fishing drum" mark is self-evident, indicating that Lin Yi guessed Li Chunfeng's intentions.

Following the direction of the fishing drum streamer, the back of the Buddha's head, and groping along the wooden inner shell, my fingers touched a very inconspicuous ravine.

Following the direction of the ravine is an almost hexagonal silhouette, the size of which is basically large enough for an adult to pass through.

This is supposed to be the exit left before the entire statue is completed, after someone is sent into the interior to inspect it, and when the final capping work is done.

This place is not too far from the highest point, and it is at the back of the head, close to the mountain behind it, and it is not easy to detect.

Lin Yi took out the barrier knife, drew a circle along the ravine, and held up his hands violently, and the almost hexagonal cover was pushed up by his hands.

"The exit was found!"

Lin Yi turned his head and shouted, then completely pushed the cover open, and poked half of his body out by stepping on the beam.

A bleak feeling came over me.

Overhead, you can hear the sound of rushing water.

Standing on the top of the Buddha's head with both hands, and looking down, in addition to the darkness, there are also the scattered embers left behind by the burning of the Tibetan tailed scorpion.

This sense of condescension is really easy to get lost.

Wang Qiang and Qian Sheng followed closely out of the hole, standing on top of this Buddha's head, listening to the sound of rumbling water overhead, they were indeed a little timid.

Standing on the head of the Buddha, there is no look at the black and black everywhere.

Wang Qiang became interested in the true face of this statue of Buddha.

"Lao Lin, the shopkeeper of Qian, they all said that there is a Buddha statue in Longmen Grottoes, which is carved according to Wu Zetian's facial features, is it true?"

Qian Sheng chuckled twice.

"That's just a promotional ploy for tourist attractions, and there is no record of it in historical sources.

According to the only historical material for the study of the Lushena Buddha statue, "Heluo Shangdu Longmen Mountain Zhiyang Dalushena Buddha Shrine", this Buddha statue was originally built by Tang Gaozong to commemorate Tang Taizong, and Wu Zetian only sponsored 20,000 rouge money.

In order to commemorate his father, he carved his queen's face.

The most important thing is that this queen, a woman who used to be a father, has such filial piety? Isn't this purely disgusting to your old father? ”

"Then what does this Wu Zetian look like?"

"In the Tang Dynasty Zhang Xuan's "Martial Queen's Journey", the appearance of the martial queen was drawn, however, I don't think the appearance in the painting is very reliable, the martial queen in the portrait has a big waist and a round waist, half a head taller than other people around him, the chin and chin, the whole three layers, do you dare to believe it?

Although the Tang Dynasty regarded plumpness as beauty, but plump is like this, and it has nothing to do with beauty, right? ”

"In other words, what does this Wu Zetian look like, in fact, it's not accurate?"

Qian Sheng thought for a moment and nodded.

Basically, it can be said that after all, the court painters of the Tang Dynasty did not take the road of realism, and even a little exaggerated, deliberately catering to the aesthetics of the time.

However, Wu Zetian will definitely not look ugly, otherwise she would not have been selected to be a talented person in the palace at the age of fifteen. ”

Wang Qiang listened to his explanation, moved to Lin Yi in a few steps, and gently slapped him with his shoulder.

"Lao Lin, you say, will this Buddha statue really be carved according to Wu Zetian's appearance?"

Lin Yi hadn't spoken yet, and Qian Sheng on the side suddenly became interested.

"Hey, Master Wang, don't say it, it's really possible that the facial features of this Buddha statue are made according to Wu Zetian's own appearance, and this Buddha statue is a wooden clay sculpture, which is more realistic than those stone statues."

Lin Yi looked down at the Buddha statue covered with yellow silk at his feet, and he was somewhat curious.

But if you want to see the face of this Buddha statue, it is not ordinary.

There are no drones, no coercion, and no ladder to climb.

"I'm afraid I can't see this at all, right?"

"Isn't it easy to see?"

Wang Qiang walked directly above the Buddha's head with a confident face.

"I'll shake this yellow silk off later, and you throw in a few glow sticks, why don't we all look at it?"

When Lin Yi heard it, this was a solution.

So he took the paracord, put a safety rope around Wang Qiang's waist, and fixed the other end on the beam in the Buddha's head, and then asked him to climb to the position of his forehead and pick up the yellow silk with both hands.

The material of this yellow silk is really exquisite, and it has not decayed after thousands of years.

Lin Yi took out a few glow sticks from his bag, everything was ready, Wang Qiang pulled the yellow silk with both hands and shook it vigorously.

The yellow silk began to fluctuate from top to bottom, and Lin Yi broke the glow stick and threw it through the gap.

In the darkness, there was a sudden flash of fluorescence, and this Buddha statue, which had been hidden for thousands of years, finally revealed its true face at this moment.

The appearance of the Buddha statue is indeed as Qian Sheng estimated, and it is shaped by an artistic technique that is closer to realism.

You can see at a glance that this is definitely a big beauty.

Although the eyebrows and eyes are lowered, the facial features are still quite three-dimensional, not like the overly plump posture that appears in those ancient paintings of the Tang Dynasty.

Wang Qiang and Qian Sheng were both stunned.

And Lin Yi's pupils contracted even more violently, his heart beat faster, and the expression on his face was extremely shocked.

"Lao Lin, look at your unproductive appearance, a statue will excite you like this? If you haven't seen enough, I'll shake it off for you, you can take a few more looks, and we won't need this glow stick anyway. ”

Qian Sheng read a little different feeling from Lin Yi's expression.

Lin Yi has always been calm, and this kind of gaffe rarely occurs.

Even if there really was a beautiful woman standing in front of him, it wouldn't be like this.

"Master Lin, are you okay?"

Qian Sheng asked in a low voice.

Lin Yi didn't speak for a long time, just stood in place, his eyes were stunned.

"You just say if you haven't seen enough, if you haven't seen enough, we'll take a few more looks, but it's really not good, find a rope, tie your phone, and take a few more photos for you."

Wang Qiang saw that he was silent all the time, and immediately realized that something was wrong.

picked up the live broadcast equipment and came to Lin Yi.

"What's the matter, it's talking!"

"I've seen this look before!"

"You've seen it?" The two people around him shouted in unison.

Lin Yi nodded firmly.

"I still remember that in the tomb of the Exquisite Queen, the queen I saw sitting in the coffin was almost the same as the facial features of this statue."

"Can't you? Master Wang, what does the Exquisite Queen look like, have you seen it? ”

Wang Qiang shook his head.

"That place is very evil, and I just entered the coffin once, and no one dared to go down, so Lao Lin dared to go to see it, I and Xiao Song were all photos that came later."

Qian Sheng's face was embarrassed.

"Then to put it this way, all day long, except for Lin Ye, no one has seen what the Exquisite Queen looks like!"

(End of chapter)