The ancestors of mankind had the tradition of tying knots to record events in the Stone Age when Hongmeng was first opened.
With the development of civilization, stone carvings, rock paintings, reliefs and other intuitive forms of expression have become the most effective way to inherit civilization.
In some places where important rituals are held, a large amount of graphic information will be left behind, providing the most direct inspiration to future generations. .
Over a long period of time, ancient ancestors used realistic or abstract artistic techniques to draw and carve graphics or symbols on rocks, which recorded all aspects of ancient human social life.
The fossil altar we found in the Gourd Cave under the Insect Valley records the secret activities of ancient people worshiping the mountain gods here.
The first thing that catches the eye is the best-preserved one on this altar.
It is said to be intact, but relatively speaking, due to the erosion of thousands of years, a large part of the carvings have been blurred.
The stone carving patterns adopt a polishing process, which is to chisel first and then grind.
The lines are thick and deep, the grooves are smooth, and some places even retain the original color.
It can also be roughly seen that the figure of this stone carving contains a tall black-faced god with big ears and a high nose, thick hair on his face, and a skull in his mouth.
It is simple, strange, and unforgettable.
The fat man pointed at the black-faced god on the fossil altar and said, "Hey, does this black-faced one look like the yaksha evil ghost enshrined in the mountain temple at the entrance, only two of his followers are missing?
It turns out that this gourd cave belongs to him.
I don’t know where this grandson came from.”
Shiry Yang said: "The image is slightly different, but in essence they are exactly the same.
They are probably the same person.
However, the statues in the mountain temple have the style of the Qin and Han Dynasties.
The image looks elegant and earthy, and is greatly influenced by the civilization circle of the Han Dynasty in the mainland; But the stone carvings on this altar reveal the primitive and wild freehand brushwork everywhere.
The color should be that of an original monument from at least three to four thousand years ago, probably a relic left by the ancestors of southern Xinjiang before the Warring States Period.
It is possible that the mountain temple at the entrance was shaped based on the legends nearby when the tomb of King Xian was built.
The image of the god.
In addition, it is not yet clear whether it is a mountain god or a wizard.
Let’s look at the rest.”
The fat man continued to clean up the rest of the stone carvings with an engineering shovel.
He cleared some of them, and Shiry Yang looked at some of them, but most of them were unrecognizable, and the order was confusing.
After reading for a while, I didn't find any valuable information.
I was also secretly anxious in my heart.
I held up a flashlight to illuminate Fatty and Shiry Yang, while keeping an eye on the surroundings.
Now it was parked in the middle of the cave improperly, and there was no telling how much danger lurked.
As Shiry Yang said, insects are the most vital and lethal species in the world.
The reason why they have not yet dominated the earth is entirely due to their small size.
If we continue walking like this in the cave, those flying insects will only need to circle around three more times.
If you are unlucky enough to be bitten by one of them, you will definitely die.
Even if you are a Daluo Jinxian, you will not be able to survive.
We can only place our hope now on this ancient altar.
If we can find some clues from the altar, we can decide whether to continue the adventure or go back the same way and think of other ways to find and enter the King of Xian. tomb passage.
I really couldn't wait any longer, so I said to Shiry Yang: "I remember that in the Yan Tian Lun by Yuan Tiangang, the master of Feng Shui in the Tang Dynasty, he once described the situation of the ancients offering sacrifices to the mountain gods, which is quite similar.
In this cave There is probably more than one stone altar.
We might as well look for it nearby, and we might find something useful."
Shiry Yang showed me a side of the stone carving that she and Fatty had just cleaned up, and said to me: "This is the last part, it is the two pieces connected together.
Thank God, I can still see the outline clearly.
Come and take a look too." ” I saw that Shiry Yang's face was a little strange.
I couldn't tell whether he was happy or worried, but seemed more like doubts.
So I handed the wolf-eye flashlight and the "Jianwei" air rifle to the fat man, and leaned down to look at the people on the altar.
Polished stone carvings.
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I calmed down and watched carefully.
It was an extremely strange scene.
In the water of the fossil forest, a group of natives with feathers on their heads were riding on a small boat, holding long poles in their hands.
We had seen those poles and canoes before, but we didn’t know what they were used for.
It's just that there were many big toads tied up in those canoes.
Maybe the big toads were caught nearby by these natives and tied up very firmly with ropes.
Those big toads had their mouths wide open and their expressions looked very frightened, as if they were struggling with the fear of the fate they were about to face.
Although the depiction is simple, it is extremely vivid.
At a glance, one can feel the tragic atmosphere of mass sacrifice and killing.
Several natives with feathers on their heads, under the command of a leader wearing a horned helmet, simultaneously hoisted a large toad on a long pole, lifted it into the air, and stretched it into a hole in the stone wall of the fossil forest.
Black gas billowed out of it.
There is another wooden boat behind, with several smaller toads placed on it, showing a dead expression, and the round body has become shriveled, and the stone carvings of the dead toads look lifeless, sad and terrifying, and full of meaning.
It reflects the gap between life and death.
I just looked at this and thought of all the things I saw in the mountain temple.
On the left and right of the black-faced mountain god, there was a mountain ghost serving him.
One was holding a flaming red stone gourd, and the other was holding a lively toad. , turns out to indicate that the god who guards the mountains lives in a gourd-shaped cave, and the locals, under the guidance of the wizard, capture a large number of toads to feed him.
I asked Shiry Yang: "Then it's not that our bodies have become smaller, but that the cave is indeed in the shape of a gourd, with a trumpet shape.
We got in from the narrow cave like the mouth of a gourd, and now we have reached the front half of the gourd belly. place” Shiry Yang nodded and said: "You are only half right.
Although the stone carvings in front are blurry, I found that there are some descriptions of the terrain here.
The entrance we come in is at the bottom of the gourd, which is a man-made entrance.
It is shaped into an inverted gourd shape, which is in harmony with this natural The Big Gourd Cave is connected to each other, and the history of the Big Gourd Cave is much earlier than the Tomb of King Xian.
If you want to pass through this cave to reach the Tomb of King Xian at the mouth of the gourd, you have to drill into the long pole used by the natives.
It's possible that the mountain god is still waiting for us inside the cave where we picked the big toad."
I didn't react for a moment and was completely stunned: "What is the mountain god waiting for us to do?
Could it be that he wants to eat us like toads?"
The fat man said to Shiry Yang: "You don't need to scare us.
Except for Chairman Mao of the Party Central Committee, who have we ever subdued?
I carry a submachine gun for a walk.
If he obediently clears a way for us to return it, otherwise it will make me angry."
Get up and attack him with a gun without saying a word.
From now on, this Huludong’s surname will be Wang, not Hei.”
I came back to my senses and said to the fat man: "What nonsense are you talking about?
The feudal superstitions of ancient people can be taken seriously.
I don't believe in any mountain gods.
I have dug large holes in the Kunlun Mountains for several years, but I have never dug out any mountain gods." .
That was just the cave back then.
Some kind of wild beast exists, and the local hard-working and brave working people who are ignorant, blinded by the ruling class, and oppressed by the three mountains regard that guy as a god.
Such precedents abound in Chinese history, and they are countless. ” The fat man said thoughtfully: "That's the truth, otherwise it is said that knowledge is power.
If there is really an animal that is regarded as a mountain god, it may be a python.
That's what happens in this deep mountain forest.
You're awesome, we've seen a lot of snakes eating frogs, it's probably an old python or a big snake."
I said to the fat man: "With Lao Mei's 1a1 in hand, even if a real dragon comes down to earth, we can shoot it into a sieve.
But I'm afraid we won't have the chance to eliminate harm to the people this time.
This altar is thousands of years old."
In the ruins of the past, a tortoise can only live for a thousand years, so how can animals like pythons live to this day?
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I guess the cave over there has been empty for many years
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The fat man and I were immediately complacent and felt that there was no place for heroes, but we heard Shirey Yang say: "Don't make a conclusion too early.
Look at this final painting.
We have just seen the female corpse under the water with our own eyes.
There may not be anything left in the cave over there.”
Only then did I remember that there was also a polished stone carving at the end: a black-faced and cold-faced god was said to be a god, but there was no trace of anger on his face.
Instead, there was some unnoticeable gloomy aura surrounding him.
With countless women.
Those women were obviously dead bodies, lying on the ground with their backs facing up, their hands spread out, hanging to the left and right, and their legs arched in an arc, as if they were crawling on their backs.
The characteristics of the female corpse are exactly the same as the female corpse we just saw floating up from the bottom of the water and then suddenly disappearing.
I asked in surprise: "Could it be a corpse cave there?
Thousands of years old rice dumplings have become spirits and are entrenched in it?"
The fat man wondered: "Why are these female corpses lying on their backs, but their limbs are folded at an incredible angle?"
But then I thought of the dead float I just saw in the water.
Could it be that there are more dead floats in the hole in front?
At this time, the large toads nearby dived into the water one after another, and the water suddenly calmed down.
Since we had been swimming in the water for a long time, all three of us felt a little tired, so we decided to rest here for a while and eat some food.
It was also necessary to readjust our action plan based on the current situation.
I was a little hesitant.
My past experience gave me an ominous premonition.
It was difficult to make a decision for the moment, so I had to seek the opinions of Shiry Yang and Fatty.
Shiry Yang said to me: "Actually, there is more information conveyed in the painting, but you didn't notice it.
You see, all the natives in this painting have feathers on their heads, only the leader wears a horned helmet.
The composition of the painting is too simple, so it is easy to overlook this detail.
We have previously found a mask worn in witchcraft rituals in the jade coffin of the high priest Xianwang.
I think the golden mask is related to this. ” Is the native leader wearing a helmet or a mask?
Only the two long curved horns are very conspicuous, indicating that this person has a unique status.
Even if he is not a big leader, he is still in charge of important ritual activities.
High Priest.
I asked Fatty to take out the golden mask and take a look.
Fatty never left those sacrificial vessels and kept them in his own carrying bag.
Take it out now and see that the top of the golden mask has two slit dragon horns, or deer antlers, a lion's eyes and a tiger's mouth, and the ears are in the shape of fish ears.
It combines the characteristics of various animals.
The shape is very weird, and it is cast.
The many undulating eyeballs are similar to the totems worshiped by the exquisite people in the ancient desert city.
A comparison shows that the horned helmet of the Yi leader in the painting does somewhat resemble the shape of this golden mask.
Shiry Yang said: "The fossil altar was painted first and has a history of at least three thousand years, while the tomb of King Xian came later and is only more than two thousand years old.
I think maybe this underground secret cave is the only way from the outside world to lead to the king's tomb."
The so-called mountain god entrenched in the cave has been the object of worship and sacrifice by the local Yi people since ancient times, so King Xian’s men followed the ancient method of the Yi people here.
According to the old traditional sacrificial ceremony, after the king's tomb is closed, if you want to enter the Minglou to worship the king, you have to do it according to the law.
You only need to offer a sufficient number of large toads to the gods in the cave, and you can successfully pass through the burial.
At the end of the ditch, there are some wooden boats of the Qin and Han Dynasties, as well as those decayed long poles, which can prove that at least sacrificial ceremonies were carried out after the king's tomb was closed. " Shiry Yang paused and continued: "In addition, according to my understanding of animals, the large toads in the nearby waters should not live here, but gather in a wetland somewhere in the valley.
It is just because the insects underground have been in season recently.
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It’s during the spawning period that we attract so many large toads.”
I listened to Shiryy Yang’s analysis, which was really succinct.
I admired: “Chief of Staff Yang is far-sighted and analyzed so much information from just a mask that didn’t attract our attention at all.
I think that King Xian is also an outsider, so he has the right knowledge.”
He’s a powerful dragon but he can’t overpower the local snake.”
The fat man was quite dissatisfied.
Before I could finish my words, he said to Shiry Yang: "This gourd cave leads to the tomb of King Xian.
I was the first to see it before we came in.
Tell me about the mountain god and the tomb of King Xian."
What exactly is the female corpse, and what kind of medicine is being sold in this gourd?"
Shiry Yang shook his head and said: "I'm not a prophet, how could I know that?
I just made an inference based on the clues at the moment.
What is going on?
How can I be accurate without seeing it with my own eyes?
But I think this sacrifice The information on the stage should be true.
The mountain gods and those female corpses exist.
Even if their original forms are very different from the ancient people's understanding, there must be something weird in the cave. " Shiry Yang asked me again: "Lao Hu, you are a well-informed person.
From what you have seen, what is the true face of this mountain god?
Are we sure we can pass through this gourd cave?"
I said to Shiry Yang and Fatty: "From what I can see, the black-faced mountain god has hard hair on his face and his face is lifeless.
He must be a thousands-year-old zombie living in a cave, and there are a lot of corpses on his body."
Poison.
The meaning of the grinding on the altar is very clear.
When a big toad is caught and hung into a hole with a long pole, it is not because it is eaten by something, but because the toad itself has venom glands.
Once it encounters a more powerful poison gas attack, it will release poison through the venom glands on its back to fight back.
Finally, The essence and blood were exhausted by the corpse poison, so when I took it out , it became dried toad meat.
Only by inducing the old zombie to temporarily release the corpse poison, and then using the golden mask to suppress it, could it be possible to pass through the gourd hole.
Without this method on weekdays, I would not know the details.
As soon as outsiders entered the cave, they would inevitably be poisoned and die.
There is such a folk legend in Yunnan.
My inference is well-founded and I am not just making it up.
However, I really can’t describe the floating dead bodies.
I have never heard of them or seen them.
I don’t know the relationship between those female corpses.
What does the thousand-year-old Zongzi spirit have to do with it?"
Although the fat man is not a strong-willed person, he felt a little weak when he heard that an ancient zombie from three thousand years ago had become a spirit.
After all, no one has ever seen those things before.
With black donkey hooves and glutinous rice, who is sure that they can handle them?
So the fat man said: "Political Commissar Hu, what you just said is that a strong dragon cannot overwhelm a local snake.
That's so good."
It makes sense.
No matter what you say, the old zombie has lived here for so many years and has not broken any laws or made any trouble in society.
What does it mean?
It means that they are very good people.
They have never recruited anyone or provoked anyone.
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If we have to make trouble with them and insist on forcing their way through, it is not impossible with our skills, but it will look awkward.
We don’t understand the truth anymore.
I think we might as well go around and give each other some face, and we’ll be fine.”
Shiry Yang said: "It's very possible to use toads to consume the poisonous gas in the cave, but I don't think there may be any old zombies that become spirits.
How could the ancients regard zombies as mountain gods?
It's absolutely impossible.
They just appear under the water.
The naked corpse is faintly shrouded in a halo of darkness.
When it appears, it will make people feel an inexplicable sadness, as if there is some kind of strong resentment.
It seems that there will be more in the cave ahead. , I don’t know what the tricks are, but I have to guard against it.”
Fatty and I heard Shirey Yang say the word "naked corpse" and exclaimed at the same time: "Bare-butt female corpse".
I knew I had made a mistake and hurriedly covered my mouth with my hands, but it was too late.
We were very surprised: "Why is Fatty like this?"
This guy said the same thing to me and didn’t miss a single word.
He’s such a gangster.”
Just now, due to the suddenness of the incident, I didn't pay attention to see whether the female corpse was naked.
I just saw that the figure was very young, with a cold and miserable white light surrounding it.
Looking back now, it seems that it was indeed a naked corpse, but why was she?
If you don't wear clothes, is it soaked in water?
Even if it is really a zombie, it is still beautiful when you are naked.
My curiosity aroused, and I suddenly had the idea of taking a closer look.
I felt a little embarrassed when I just said the words about the bare-butt female corpse, so I pretended to cough twice, and said to Shirey Yang and Fatty: "We have already arrived here, why don't we retreat instead of advancing?
If you are brave enough, you can Put on your gas mask with me and get in here In the last section of the Calabash Cave, no matter what the ghost zombies are, we will use the hooves of the black donkey to destroy them.
We will definitely win the final victory.”
The fat man is a person who can't pretend to be troubled.
At this time, he seemed a little excited.
He slapped his thigh and said, "That's it.
Professor Chen, the old man's life is at stake.
There is no room for any further delay.
Let's save people until the end, and send them to him."
The Buddha sent us to the West, and we have a heavy responsibility on our shoulders, so we cannot stop moving forward.
We must strike while the iron is hot to succeed.
This is the final struggle, Intner Xiong Nair will definitely achieve it.
The mountains and rivers are dangerous, and the ambitions cannot be stopped.
The sky is high and the clouds are dark, and the eagles can't stand the sky.
When the morning glow rises tomorrow morning, we will return with the joy of victory after a long absence.
Our home.
Recalling the days and nights of fighting, with the passion still in our hearts, we must solemnly report to our motherland, for the happiness of mankind."
The fat man and I suddenly became active, which made Shiry Yang a little confused and looked at us with curious eyes.
Seeing that the fat man was nagging incessantly, I hurriedly gave him a tug in the dark, and whispered: "You threw jars in the toilet, and you were the one who was throwing dirty words around, pretending to be a fucking grandson, didn't you just want to see the naked body?"
Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and open the way
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