This stone man was wearing armor, holding a big knife in his hand, with his mouth wide open, and the ferocious expression on his face seemed to be extremely angry. The most important thing was that he made a forward stabbing movement. His feet were in a lunge, and the big knife in his hand was aimed at He stabbed forward, and there was actually a corpse hanging on the stone sword. This was the most puzzling thing.
"This stone statue is so lifelike. Can any of you tell which dynasty this stone statue represents?" I feel a bit like the costumes of the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing soldiers. I can tell it at a glance, but Not tomorrow.
“This is the official uniform of the military generals of the Ming Dynasty. This stone statue should represent the military generals of the Ming Dynasty.” Jenny turned to look at me and said.
I believe in her judgment that she is actually a military commander of the Ming Dynasty, but what does that mean?
At this time, Li Xin suddenly shouted from nearby, "Zhongyi, come here and take a look."
We hurried in the direction of Li Xin. After running over, I was surprised again. There was actually a stone statue here, and it was also a stone man. It was almost the same as the previous stone statue. They were all wearing armor and had hands. He was holding a big knife, his face was hideous and terrifying, and he also had a big mouth open, as if he wanted to eat people.
The only difference is the movement. This stone man is kneeling on the ground, and the sword in his hand is pierced directly from top to bottom, and under his sword, there is also a Qing soldier. The bones look as if they died under its stone knife, which is very puzzling.
"These two stone men are so weird. There are bones under each of their swords. Could it be the Qing soldiers they killed?" the big man asked confused.
But Mantou immediately scolded sarcastically, "Are you an idiot? Can the stone statue of *** possibly kill people? It's really a mess in the head, let me see, this is just for show, to scare people. "
The big man didn't dare to say a word because of what the steamed bun said. Maybe he also felt that what he just said was quite childish.
"Zhongyi, what do you think?" Li Xin asked me softly.
“I don’t know, I don’t understand.” Why are these stone statues placed here? I have no idea whether they are just decorations or something else.
“Brother Yi, there are stone statues here too.” Shunzi called again from nearby.
When we heard this, we hurriedly ran towards him. After we passed by, we discovered that in the middle of the underground palace, there were several stone statues. The carvings of these stone statues were all military generals of the Ming Dynasty. , and each stone statue has a different shape.
But one thing is the same. They are all showing the movements of killing the enemy. Some are swinging swords, some are drawing swords. The images are so lifelike, and there are a lot of clear images around each stone statue. Soldier bones, what is the purpose of these stone statues?
"Brother Yi, I found something wrong with these stone statues." Shunzi whispered in my ear.
"Problem? What problem?" I turned to look at him. I also knew that there was something wrong with this stone statue, but I couldn't see what the problem was at all.
“Look at their faces, are they missing something?” Shunzi pointed at the faces of the stone statues and said.
I didn’t understand what he meant, but I still did it. I looked carefully with a flashlight and was shocked. This stone statue actually had its eyes closed. How could such a lifelike stone statue be here? What went wrong in a key place?
Even if the sculptor forgot to depict the eyes, at most there are no eyes, but it shouldn't have closed eyes. There must be something wrong with it.
I hurriedly went to look at several other stone statues, and sure enough, they were exactly the same. The other stone statues also had their eyes closed. This was a big problem. This one could be wrong. It was considered a hand error, but all of these stone statues had their eyes closed. His eyes are closed, and his expression is so ferocious. This is really strange.
"Brother Yi, look at the position of these stone statues. They are too chaotic. Why do they look so awkward." Shunzi's words reminded me again.
The placement of these stone statues is simply chaotic. Not to mention one in the east and one in the west, the distance is also near and far. There are no rules at all. If it is really the decoration of the underground palace, it should at least be like the terracotta warriors and horses. , they are all arranged neatly. This is the standard that a feudal dynasty should exist. On the contrary, it is not logical at all.
"No, I have to ask Jiao Ba and the others. You guys wait for me here." I told Shunzi and walked forward quickly.
But when I had just walked a few steps, I saw Mr. Mai and three others rushing towards us, "Zhongyi, how are you? What did you find over there?" Mr. Mai looked at me. Come over, come up to me and ask me.
I pointed my hand back and said, "I found several stone statues of Ming Dynasty generals..." I briefly talked about the characteristics of the stone statues and what Shunzi had just discovered.
“There are stone statues again, and they are the same over there. There are about five or six of them. They are all military generals of the Ming Dynasty. They have exactly the same characteristics as you said. They have their eyes closed and pose in different poses. Assassination posture." Mai Lao said with a serious face. It seems that this matter is not simple.
Changshan touched his chin and said, "This stone statue is too weird, you better be careful."
"Ignore these stone statues for now, have you found the way?" This is the most important thing. Yes, I walked around this underground palace for almost half a circle, but I didn't find an exit.
The three people shook their heads at the same time, with helpless expressions on their faces. It seemed that they had not found it.
At this moment, flames suddenly burst out all around the underground palace. In a blink of an eye, the flames all around the underground palace lit up. It was the same as the fire I saw before, and it was also a blue flame. A circle of blue fire light lit up the top of the surrounding stone walls. I dare not say that it could illuminate the entire underground palace, but at least the situation in the underground palace could be clearly seen.
A few of us were stunned at this moment. No one knew what was going on. Why did the underground palace suddenly light up? Then we looked around and found that this kind of light appeared in the entire underground palace. There are only ten stone statues of Ming Dynasty generals, and the rest are all the bones of Qing soldiers.
"Brother Yi, Mr. Mai, come and take a look. There are carvings on the stone wall over there." Shunzi hurried over at this time and shouted out of breath. .
Are there any engraved paintings? We looked at each other, and I asked Shunzi, "What's the matter with the fire in this underground palace?"
"It was Jenny who lit it, and I don't know where she touched it." Shunzi explained. In other words, this girl is quite lucky and can always find the location of the mechanism.
"Come Zhongyi, let's hurry over and take a look." Mr. Mai greeted, and we followed Shunzi all the way to the innermost part of the underground palace.
Jenny and Li Xin were watching around the stone wall. Far away, I saw the big man and the steamed bun arguing about something else. The two of them were arguing with red faces.
"What are you arguing about? Can't you just settle down for a while?" Mr. Mai walked over and pulled the two people away.
"We are not arguing, we are just talking about the carvings on the stone wall." The two people said almost in unison.
I ignored them and kept staring at the stone wall. This stone wall was almost covered with portraits. I took a closer look. What was depicted on it was a group of people and a group of ghost-like creatures. Fighting, I don’t know what that thing is, but it is definitely not a human being, so I can only think of ghosts. In the end, humans won the victory, and all these ghosts were killed. This is probably what the entire stone wall carving means.
"What does this painting mean? What are those things, ghosts?" I turned to look at Mr. Mai and asked.
At this time, the big man said, "It looks like a ghost to me."
Mantou immediately retorted, "That's because you are mentally ill. How can there be so many ghosts for you to kill." I guess. The two of them were quarreling just now because of this.
"This painting should have a purpose. Look carefully. Do the characters in the painting look similar to those stone figures?" Li Xin said nonchalantly.
But after hearing what she said, it was true that although the characters were relatively small, if you look closely, you can still find that they are all wearing the clothes of Ming Dynasty generals.
"Then what are they killing? This thing depicts neither a human nor a ghost. Does any of you know what it is?" Jenny had a question mark on her face. She must have been thinking about it for a long time, but she still hasn't figured it out.
But I discovered a terrible thing. There are exactly ten Ming Dynasty generals in this painting. Isn’t this exactly the same as the number of those stone statues? What does this mean? How could there be such a coincidence?
The generals in this painting are assassinating ghosts, and the underground palace we are in is full of corpses. Could it be that...the ghosts in this painting are those dead Qing soldiers?
I thought about it again and again and felt that this should not be the case. The ghosts in this painting may just be a representative. It represents the people who broke into the underground palace. The sculptor deliberately portrayed these people as ghosts.
This is a reverse metaphor. People who break into the underground palace without authorization are compared to dark people and ugly people, so they are portrayed like ghosts. When you think about it, it feels much more reasonable.
But we are facing a huge danger at the same time. This painting is obviously telling us that anyone who breaks into the underground palace will be killed, but who will kill us? Could it be those stone statues...
"Zhongyi, why are you in such a daze?" Li Xin touched me and I came back to my senses.
I quickly said everything I had just thought. When I finished speaking, Jiao Ba said with a serious face, "Yes, Brother Yi is very reasonable. This painting is probably I mean, I've also seen these problems. "The people who killed these Qing soldiers must be these ten stone statues."
"Jiao Ba, are you kidding me? How could this stone statue kill people?" said Mantou, rolling his eyes. Not many people can accept it.
Jiao Ba was not in a hurry, and just said casually, "Then just pretend I didn't say anything." "Okay, it doesn't matter to us. The most important thing now is to find the entrance. Put everything else aside." Mai Lao made his decision immediately, and we spread out to look for the entrance.