Chapter 47 Stone Statue
Tomb robbers have always been divided into two factions: the north and south. Tomb robbers have been walking underground all year round, so they have some very bad names, such as "godras" and "earth rats". They have developed to this day and are generally collectively called "the Tushizi".
The Tushizu of the two schools of the north and south, due to their different regions and different inheritance cultures, the techniques of tomb robbing are also different. Take tools as an example, such as the most common Luoyang shovel, which is what we call archaeological shovels.
It was originally used by the Tushima Master of the Northern School, but this thing was not good at the hands of the Southern School. Because the soil in the south is different from that in the north, the soil in the south cannot be brought with it when the shovels are found, and it is not as good as a short-handled hoe. Therefore, the Southern School does not use Luoyang shovels.
There are already differences in tools alone, not to mention the other techniques and etiquette.
But my grandfather's work notes are very strange. There is no distinction between the Southern and Northern Schools. Many things are combined together. The descriptions in many places are very different. They are not like those written by the same person. It is a bit like my grandfather occasionally excerpts other documents while writing work notes.
Although the passage about Feng Shui and the Tomb of the Honour seems to be only about ten pages, it is all written in ancient texts. As we all know, ancient classical Chinese is actually more summarizing than modern vernacular Chinese. Often, the meaning of a few words requires a long paragraph of vernacular Chinese to translate, so the amount of information contained is very powerful.
Although I had already read it roughly before I came, many of the difficult details still seemed to be shaking. Taking advantage of this moment, I read it in the fire and deliberately ignored the song that seemed to be there and there.
When I turned to the part where the phoenix turned its neck, I looked at its detailed introduction.
It is written above that the phoenix turns its neck and forms a great Feng Shui at the corner. During this period, there must be live water. If there is water, the dragon will be seen. The dragon will be vital; if there is no water, the head will be cut off, and the breakage will be the stagnation of the qi.
The general idea is that according to the pattern of the phoenix turning its neck, there must be a water source at the position of the chord turning its neck. This water source is better for living water, such as river water or groundwater, and is suitable for burying people; but if there is no water or stagnant water in that place, it is a phoenix with a dead head, which is a place where dragon energy is blocked, and people must not be buried.
Looking down, there are Feng Shui patterns related to the phoenix's neck turning, such as who is suitable for burial and what are the requirements for burial. Although it is less than a hundred words, it covers infinite mysteries, which makes me more fascinated the more I read it.
At this moment, a cold wind suddenly came from the forest. On this summer night, it made people feel goose bumps all over their bodies. I couldn't help but look up and looked in the direction of the cold wind. I saw that at the intersection of the light and darkness of the fire, I vaguely squatted in something, and the two green eyes emitted a faint light. I don't know how long I had been looking at us in the dark.
If this strange cold wind hadn't happened to blow over, I wouldn't have found that thing.
What exactly is it? Is it a wolf or something else?
I suddenly found the pair of green eyes. I was shocked and suddenly jumped up from the ground and picked up the torch on the ground. Animals feared open fire. I naturally knew this truth. No matter whether it was a wolf or other wild beasts, they would usually retreat when they saw open fire. I held the torch towards the thing, and I couldn't help but feel a sudden heart, thinking: Why is this thing not reacting at all? Isn't it afraid of fire at all?
What animals are there that are not afraid of fire when I came out in the middle of the night? I quickly passed it in my mind, but I didn't think of it for a while, but when I got closer and saw the thing clearly, I was shocked. There was no beast, it was a strange big stone, which was spreading under the canyon, as if it was rolling down from the mountain.
I subconsciously looked up along the stone. In the dark night, the mountain was dark and I couldn't see anything clearly.
The shape of this big stone is very strange. There are traces of carved marks on the upper body and the lower body is relatively primitive, as if it is an unfinished thing. This stone statue is very strange. Its body is a bit like a canine body, without a neck, and a human face attached to the shoulder is attached to the ground. The reflective eyes of the stone statue are indeed. Then when I looked at the torch, there was a green gem inlaid inside, but I don’t know what kind of gem it is.
In the middle of the night, facing this stone statue that looked like a human and a beast, I felt a little cold on my back and a cold air was coming out of my neck. The stone statue of the human-faced beast god looked very kind and smiled. It was just that it was a slight feeling in my heart when it was cooperating with the scene at this moment.
For some reason, I looked familiar with this thing with a human face and beast body, as if I had seen it somewhere, but after thinking for a long time, I couldn't help but wake up Tofu and asked him to follow him to advise the staff. This thing suddenly appeared in the wilderness and the unmanned canyon. It was really strange.
I said to Tofu: "I always feel it looks familiar, but I can't remember where I have seen it. We spend most of our daily lives together, maybe you have seen it before, think about it carefully."
The saliva of tofu sleeping was flowing out. When I was tormented, I suddenly saw such a strange thing. I was so scared that I almost jumped up and said, "My surname is Chen, can you let me sleep peacefully? When I wake up, I will let me see this. Don't you know I am a rat!"
Seeing that he was very scared, I quickly comforted him: "It's just a stone statue. Although you are a rat, there are heroes among the rats. You have always been brave. How can you scare you with this little thing?"
The tofu was immediately very useful by my high hat. His expression calmed down, and he looked proud and looked reluctant. He said, "Forget it, for the sake of brothers, I won't bother with you, wait for me to see." After that, he took the torch closer, looked at the face of the statue for a long time, and then slowly said, "I can't see what it is, but I saw it a little clearly."
I immediately asked, "Which point?"
Tofu pointed at the stone statue's eyeball and said, "These two eyes are quite valuable, why don't we take them down."
After hearing this, I almost got angry to death. I couldn't help but smile bitterly, shook my head and said to Tofu, "Forget it, when I didn't say anything, you'd better go to bed, go to bed quickly, don't let it get involved."
Tofu probably knew that he had gone off topic again, so he touched his head and said, "No, I just said that. Actually, although I didn't see what it is, I still have ideas."
I have no hope for this little stubborn coward, and I said perfunctorily without caring about it: "What do you think, tell me."
Tofu suddenly pointed to the mountain and said, "It's obvious that this stone statue rolled down from above. Since that's the case, there must be clues on it to go up and look at it, wouldn't you understand?" I always felt that it's better to have less things than to do more, but this stone statue gave me a sense of familiarity. If I don't understand it, it's like something in my heart. Although Tofu is not reliable, it's about the topic, and I immediately said, "You're right, it seems we have to go up and take a look."
Upon hearing this, Tofu immediately shook his head, fell to the ground with a bitter face, and said, "Chen Xuan, you killed me, you will kill me immediately now! If this continues, I will be tormented to death by you sooner or later. Instead of being exhausted in the future, it is better to give me some fun."
I was so upset by him that I was about to speak, Tofu suddenly exclaimed again and swayed his butt and got up from the ground. I joked, "Are you waiting for me to kill you? Why did you get up by yourself?"
"Stop making trouble." Tofu frowned and pointed at the mountain, saying, "Look, how can there be light on the mountain?"
When he said this, I couldn't help but look up and my heart suddenly skipped a beat: No, I was still dark when I looked at it before, why is there light now? Where did this light come from?
The light was relatively weak, like a firefly in the mountains, and it flashed with light and darkness. Tofu put away his rogue expression at this moment, frowned and said, "It seems like a bonfire raised by a person."
I also looked like a bonfire, which was different from the light of the lanterns like Yin-Yang Liubu Village before. How could there be someone in this kind of place just on the mountain beside us?
Just as he was thinking, Tofu suddenly said, "Can it be Wei Guangtou and the others?"
I shook my head and said, "Impossible. Wei Guangtou left two days ago. How could he still stay here now? Eighty-most people are others." Tofu touched his chin and speculated, "Who else can come to such a place besides us digging mushrooms? Could it be that he met his colleagues again?"
Logically speaking, such a place should have been rarely visited. But first the bald fat man and the little beauty suddenly appeared, which seemed too strange. My vigilance and experience tell me that things may change. If we don’t figure it out, we might suffer a big loss.
So I said to the tofu: "The bonfire should have just risen, let's climb up and take a look."
Chapter completed!