Chapter 645 Knock or not knock [6000 monthly ticket]
The bell was originally a percussion instrument, as the saying goes, "My Fair Lady", the bell and drum music. Later, it changed from a musical instrument to a bell in the temple, used for telling time, alarm, etc. The term "morning bell and evening drum" came from that time of.
But obviously, the species hanging in front of Lin Mo and Liu Jia at this moment is not the bell and drum of the fair lady, nor the morning bell and evening drum, but has another purpose.
This was the first time I met Lin Mo, but Liu Jia had been seeing him every day for the past five years, so he didn't have as many messy thoughts as Lin Mo.
She walked over, looked at it, and nodded.
"This is it. This is the ghost clock. Who put it here?"
After saying that, he started searching around.
Maybe I think there are some ghosts hiding around..
Lin Mo glanced at Liu Jia secretly, then walked to the ghost clock and whispered: "Xiao Yu, show me what's going on with this clock."
As soon as he finished speaking, a small white hand stretched out from Lin Mo's sleeve, gently placed it on the ghost clock, and then quickly retracted it.
There was no movement.
Lin Mo knew that Xiao Yu had not found out a reason. If there was, she would give a hint. If there was no hint, it meant that she could not tell.
Because this was the first time he saw a ghost clock, Lin Mo was very curious.
While Liu Jia was exploring the surrounding area, Lin Mo was exploring the ghost clock itself.
When I touched it, it was cold and hard.
There is a strong sense of heaviness.
There are patterns on the bell body, which are complex and difficult to understand, like some kind of mysterious symbols, representing unknown meanings.
After walking around and finding nothing, Lin Mo then squatted down and got under the ghost clock.
Looking up from this angle, it looked like a dark metal dome. Lin Mo shook the bricks and looked inside.
Under normal circumstances, there is nothing inside the clock. After all, it is not an important area.
But the ghost clock is different.
There are complex lines on the outside, like text.
And inside, there are various patterns, including mountains, rivers, lakes, things that look like people, and sun, moon and stars. From bottom to top, there is a ring about one foot high. There are nine rings superimposed, and each ring uses that A carving depicts an event.
Pictures are a form of expression that transcends language and writing. Even if people from different countries and races look at the same picture, they can see the specific meaning contained in it.
This is why pictures can be called works of art.
Lin Mo carefully studied the nine-layer carvings, which clearly recorded a series of events.
The bottom one is the first one, and the top one is the last one.
The first one is very ordinary, and it is also the most peaceful one among the nine ring carvings. There are mountains and rivers on it, people can be seen hunting and farming, and there are also some things that look like ancient beasts, but there is nothing weird about it.
What this describes is a picture of people’s life in ancient times.
But when it comes to the second picture, the style of painting is a bit off.
Compared with the people in the first picture wearing animal skins, the people in the second picture are already wearing robes, which is obviously a sign of cultural and technological progress.
There are troops on the battlefield, and there are also people wearing emperor's clothes, offering sacrifices to the sky, rivers, and mountains.
There is more killing. In one painting, dead bodies are everywhere and the bones are like a forest.
Lin Mo understood that fear, killing, suspicion, extreme, anger, desire, these dark sides also appear with the progress of human society.
This is the dark side of man.
The more developed and powerful human society is, the bigger and stronger this dark side will be.
It's like a mirror, reflecting the other side.
Although there is no text on it, Lin Mo can feel the meaning that the sculptor wants to express, and it is no exaggeration to say that Lin Mo was deeply attracted by just the second picture.
"It feels like the birth of the dark side." Lin Mo noticed that in the second pattern, the yin and yang pattern appeared, blending with each other, and below was the wise man's understanding.
Yin and Yang, one is black and the other is white.
What it expresses is that the dark side has always been there, which is also the foundation of many ancient people's thoughts.
Then comes the third picture.
Obviously, the civilization of the people above has improved again. They have carriages and copper-smelting technology, and there are also more killings. Naturally, the terrifying dark side is getting bigger and bigger.
There was a picture in it that impressed Lin Mo deeply.
There was a man kneeling on the ground, holding his head in his hands, seemingly roaring in pain. Above him, a shadow appeared, containing various frightening things.
The ferocious ghosts represent fear; corpses and rotting bones represent death.
Lin Mo looked at it for a while before he understood.
"The smarter this person is, the more these dark sides will appear. In comparison, those people in ancient times were happier. They have a simple mind, and there are advantages to being simple. At least, they won't think blindly. It is the so-called full and warm mind*
*, I see, I am not only thinking about those desires, but also something more terrifying."
Lin Mo felt what the creator of this relief wanted to express.
That was the birth of ‘weird’.
To put it simply, there are no ghosts in the world. If there are people, there will be ghosts!
At the end of the third picture, Lin Mo saw such a scene. After some people fell asleep, their fears would take advantage of them and then die.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Mo looked at the fourth picture.
Not to mention, it feels like catching up on a TV series. It's addictive. After watching one episode, you want to watch the next one. The author of this sculpture also knows the routine, and the escape of each picture leaves you with suspense and hooks you.
"It's really nothing." Lin Mo cursed.
In Lin Mo's opinion, the fourth picture is the most brilliant one.
If the former one represents disaster, then the fourth picture seems to represent a balance and a solution.
The entire article depicts one scene.
Smelting bronze!
You could see countless people mining ores and smelting copper under the orders of the ruler at that time. Lin Mo frowned at one scene.
During the smelting process, many people were thrown into the fire.
Others were thrown into the boiling copper water.
Lin Mo seemed to have heard of a similar situation somewhere.
By the way, it is said that there was a pair of famous swords in ancient times. During the smelting process, the rare metals could not be fused. At the last moment, the swordsmith's wife died on the sword and jumped into it. Then the sword was successfully smelted. This sword became
The famous sword through the ages is said to have spirituality.
It is estimated that this tradition of martyrdom began with this fourth painting.
Finally, the copper water mixed with countless human lives was cast into bronze doors of different sizes.
Seeing this, Lin Mo finally understood the origin of those terrifying bronze doors.
It turns out that these are indeed forged by humans themselves.
It seems to be to suppress those terrifying dark sides, but can these thinking things be suppressed?
Logically it doesn't work.
But in reality, it seems that it was really successful, because as far as Lin Mo knows, there is something terrifying behind every copper door.
This nightmare crisis was most likely caused by the opening of the bronze door.
And starting from the fifth picture, it seems that the original peace has been restored. The bronze door is buried and hidden deep underground, and the people on the ground are singing and laughing.
In the sixth picture, it can be seen that the copper doors buried underground began to seep out with black material. It may be that a few copper doors reappeared due to some natural disasters such as earthquakes.
There is something strange in the world again.
But compared to the horrific hell-like scenes in the previous pictures, it is obviously much better. Only a few people are affected, and the exposed copper door has also been collected by some people, or re-buried, sealed under the temple, and installed by eminent monks.
Chanting sutras day and night soothes and purifies.
It's a balance.
The weirdness, terror, and terrible darkness still exist, but it seems that the scale is not large, and there are people who guide it, either to ban it or to suppress it. In short, a balanced relationship has been reached.
Lin Mo was not in a hurry to look at the seventh picture at this moment.
He looked at the first picture and went through it again, and discovered a very important thing.
There seems to be a type of person in all the pictures.
This type of people does not have a specific name. Lin Mo will just call them wise men or sages.
The terrifying dark side was originally born from them.
Afterwards, they guided those in authority to smelt the copper gates, and then guided people to rebury them or seal them into temples, which were all related to these wise men.
Why do you say that?
After all, the people depicted above have similar shapes. How did Lin Mo tell that they were the same type of people?
This is not because Lin Mo is gifted and has a strong understanding. The main reason is that people of this type have an eye painted on their heads.
Others have no eyes and only have the outline of a human figure, or even a simple drawing of a 'person'.
But the kind of people Lin Mo mentioned are different. Even in the case of simple drawings, there is an eye on their head.
The style of these eyes is quite uniform, they are very simple, like a fish with its tail removed, with a pupil composed of yin and yang magatama in the middle.
Because there were similar people on each floor of the painting, it attracted Lin Mo's attention.
Next, continue to look up. In the seventh floor, there are also such "wise men". They seem to know how to use the dark power in the copper door.
Although there are still some scary things in the seventh picture, overall it is quite harmonious.
But it's different when it comes to the eighth picture.
What is described above is that there seems to be something wrong among the 'wise men'. Some have become cruel and even attack each other. This has also spread to ordinary people, so large-scale wars have broken out.
It's like a doomsday scene.
And the last one.
This one is at the top of the inner wall of the ghost clock and has the smallest area. Fortunately, the content depicted on it is also very small.
There is only one event.
That was a certain 'wise man' who seemed to have dug out a copper door, resmelted it and cast it into a black bell.
The story ends here.
Lin Mo watched it from beginning to end, and he groaned, feeling like he still had something to say.
Obviously, the 'bell' depicted in this last picture is most likely the ghost clock that Lin Mo saw at this moment. If you look at it this way, then the 'wise man' who smelted a certain copper gate and cast the bell is the one in the ghost city.
The legendary 'Mr. Chunfeng'.
This is in line with Lin Mo's expectations for this legendary figure.
But why did the other party want to smelt the copper door into a bell?
Lin Mo couldn't understand.
At this time, Liu Jia, who was searching around, ran back and found nothing. When he saw Lin Mo actually getting into the ghost clock, he became curious and got in too.
It's great to be alone here, but it's a bit crowded for two people.
Lin Mo still had no memory of Liu Jia, so he was a little embarrassed to be so close to him at the moment, but Liu Jia didn't feel embarrassed at all. Seeing that Lin Mo seemed to be avoiding her, he complained that you and the mistress were so close together.
You don’t feel uncomfortable when we are together, so why do you feel uncomfortable when you are with me?
Lin Mo was speechless.
"Then I will hold you?" He said angrily.
"Do you dare?" Liu Jia was obviously irritating him. Gu Fan
"Do you think I dare?" Lin Mo hugged her and hugged her tightly. How could a big man be afraid of a little girl? Are you kidding me? Come on, let's get started. Who's afraid of whom?
But to be honest, it feels really good.
Liu Jia died five years ago. At that time, she was still a female student in the third year of high school. She is still the same as before. At this moment, Lin Mo felt like an old cow eating young grass.
It's a bit cool.
Liu Jia was not used to it at all.
She leaned against Lin Mo naturally, looked up at the pictures on the inner wall, and was also stunned.
When Lin Mo found out, he asked her, "Didn't you know there were paintings here?"
Liu Jia shook his head and said he didn't know.
"Haven't you been staying with this ghost clock for five years? We see it every day, but you never got in to see it?"
"No, I'm responsible for ringing the bell, not doing maintenance and polishing. Why do I have to get in and take a look?" Liu Jia said confidently.
But there is indeed nothing wrong with what people say.
People just ring the bell, and after ringing it, they go out and watch. That’s why people like me have strange thoughts, so they get in.
Liu Jia then read the nine-story comic strip on the inner wall from the beginning, and Lin Mo also read it again, and was responsible for explaining it next to him, exchanging what he understood with Liu Jia's understanding, and discussing with each other.
Both of them believed that strange things had happened since ancient times.
And this kind of weirdness is reflected in the spiritual realm, and dreams are a kind of spiritual realm.
In addition, the ancients studied this, and those who studied it were ‘wise men’.
Of course, Lin Mo's name was Wise Man, and Liu Jia gave him another name.
‘Big Eyed Monster’.
Not to mention, there is nothing wrong with using the big-eyed monster as a metaphor, because all the wise men in the pictures look like ordinary human-shaped outlines with an unexpected big eye.
At first glance, he looks a bit like the character from the White Eagle cartoon "Monsters, Inc.", Big Eyes!
So Liu Jia gave him the nickname "Big Eyed Monster", which is not a problem at all.
Liu Jia also saw that Mr. Chunfeng, who founded the ghost town, should be the big-eyed monster, or at least one of the big-eyed monsters.
Lin Mo asked her if she had seen Mr. Chunfeng.
"I've heard of it, but I've never seen it. He has disappeared for hundreds of years. Where can I see him?" Liu Jia raised his hand and touched the painting at the door.
"The bronze door is made into a bell. Why is this?"
Lin Mo also wanted to know her question.
The current situation is like a final exam. Two students who have slept together for a semester sit together and discuss how to answer the paper. They are really half-measured and can't write anything except their names.
"Then, do you want to ring the bell?" Lin Mo asked at this time.
It has been quite a while since he entered the Ghost Pavilion, and the bell has not been rung for a day before that. According to what Chang Zhou and the others said, if the bell is not rung for two consecutive days, there will definitely be big trouble.
"Ring it, but I don't know if the sound of the bell can be heard, and there is no bell." At this time, Liu Jia touched a hard thing on his waist.
"Lend me this thing!"
"OK!"
Liu Jia is talking about brick hammer.
The bell-ringing wood is a piece of wood tied to the side and suspended in the air, specially used for ringing the bell.
There isn't one here, so if you want to ring the bell, you have to use something else instead.
A brick hammer is good.
After Liu Jia took it from Lin Mo, the two of them got out together. She waved her arms and said that this thing is good.
Lin Mo had an expression on his face like "Of course I know it's true" and he said the same thing as you said.
The brick hammer is his exclusive weapon. Whoever uses it knows how powerful it is. The most important thing is that it fits Lin Mo's character very well.
It's his favorite anyway.
Looking at it now, Liu Jia actually likes it.
After swiping twice, Liu Jia walked towards the ghost clock.
He walked closer, thought for a while, and turned to ask Lin Mo: "Do you think there will be any problems if you ring this bell?"
In fact, Lin Mo was quite worried.
"Otherwise, don't knock?" He gave a more pertinent suggestion, which also echoed Lin Mo's character. He has always been as steady as an old dog.
"No, if you don't knock, the ghosts in the ghost pavilion will riot, and they will most likely have to rush out. Then the ghost town will also suffer." Liu Jia was worried.
"That's true, then let's knock." Lin Mo felt like it was a piece of grass on the wall. If the wind blew from one side, it would fall to the other side.
Liu Jia rolled her eyes at Lin Mo.
"What if a bigger basket comes out!"
"Then, don't knock!"
Liu Jia was very angry and said that she didn't want to ring the bell now, but wanted to ring you.
Lin Mo smiled awkwardly: "This is a real problem. If you don't knock, something will definitely happen. If you knock, something may happen. If something happens anyway, then I can't make any suggestions."
Liu Jia thought for a while and realized that she had lived in the garden below the Ghost Pavilion for five years.
Five years.
How did she get here?
For a female student who was once a senior in high school, this was definitely an indelible growth experience.
It can be said that Liu Jia's current state of mind is also very calm, which is definitely not comparable to that of the young girls outside.
Just like what Lin Mo said, if you don't knock, something will definitely happen, but if you knock, something may happen. So, between definitely and possible, of course, choose the latter.
But Liu Jia also knew that the accident of the former was at least foreseeable, but once something happened to the latter, it was unknown. It might be a small thing that could be ignored, or it might be a big thing that would shock the world.
So after weighing one and two, Liu Jia thought clearly.
knock!
She was not an indecisive person. She stood still in front of the ghost clock and glanced at Lin Mo.
Lin Mo understood and was ready.
This is because if something happens, you can deal with it in advance so that you won't panic when the time comes.
The next moment, Liu Jia swung a brick hammer, and with a raging flame, the hammer head hit the ghost clock hidden in the mirror world.
Then a click was heard.
Accompanied by the terrifying sound of bells, it sounded like countless pieces of glass were breaking.
Lin Mo immediately covered his ears.
This voice is a little bit over the top.
Liu Jia also frowned and covered her ears. She was the closest, and the sound immediately confused her.
As soon as Lin Mo saw this situation, he knew something was wrong.
Because Liu Jia has been ringing the bell for five years, if the movement is so loud and the sound is so harsh, it is impossible for her not to know about it, and it is impossible not to take precautions in advance.
She was shocked and stunned, which meant that something unexpected might have happened after ringing the bell this time.
Moreover, why is there the sound of breaking glass?
Just wondering.
Lin Mo suddenly saw the crooked-headed female ghost in a red robe that he had seen before.
The female ghost seemed to come out of the phantom of broken glass fragments around her.
At this moment, he quickly rushed towards Liu Jia.
Lin Mo quickly shouted a warning.
But he found that when he spoke now, there was actually no sound.
It's not that there is no sound.
It was as if the sound was blocked by the vibration of the still-ringing bell, unable to spread at all. The sound of the bell seemed to shatter the air and turn it into separate spaces, isolating everything, including sound.
Lin Mo was anxious now.
Liu Jia seemed to be unaware of the attack behind her, and the red-robed female ghost with a crooked head didn't seem to be a good person. Even though Liu Jia was very powerful, she was still afraid of suffering a loss.
But it was useless for Lin Mo to worry.
The crooked-headed female ghost had already pounced on him.
But the next moment, a pair of scissors came out of nowhere and pierced the female ghost's stomach. Then the female ghost started shaking like a convulsion.
Finally, the scissors broke out from the back of its head, and a sticky liquid of unknown content came out.
Being shot in the head with scissors must be a very sore feeling.
Lin Mo breathed a sigh of relief.
Liu Jia is worthy of being a powerful ghost who can ring the bell in the ghost pavilion. In addition to the taboo of forcing others to tell stories, his physical strength is also very strong.
Guarding the Ghost Pavilion alone and ringing the bell for five years, Liu Jia is not an ordinary woman.
I just don't know why she wants to stay here.
It seems like no one is restricting her, so why doesn't she leave?
With her ability, apart from the terrifying soldiers and ghosts guarding the gate of the ghost city, even the ghost officials from the ghost city's government can't do anything to her.
Then she could leave the ghost town and go back up there to find her parents and her friends.
Or find yourself.
Then why didn't he leave? Lin Mo hasn't figured this out yet.
The sound of the ghost clock began to weaken.
In the past, I often heard people say that the sound of bells was melodious and could not stop ringing for three days. In the past, Lin Mo thought this was an exaggerated description, but now I feel that this is really not an exaggeration.
The sound of the bell seems to be ringing all the time, which makes people's brains hurt.
Lin Mo was in pain, and so was Liu Jia. She was still covering her head. After all, she was the closest and would be the most affected.
As a result, Lin Mo saw another shocking scene.
The female ghost whose head was shot by scissors on the ground actually stood up again.
Lin Mo hurriedly walked over there.
It was too late just now, it should be almost the same this time.
As a result, the female ghost grabbed Liu Jia's shoulder, and at the same time, Lin Mo also strangled her neck from behind.
The curses came all at once.
Among them, the burning curse played the biggest role. It is also possible that the female ghost was afraid of this, so she screamed and was burned to ashes.