After hearing what Xiangyu said, I couldn't help but shine the hernia lamp on my head downwards. Sure enough, there was a faint stone statue standing there under the water, but only the upper body could be seen, and the lower body was submerged at the bottom of the lake.
in the mud.
And after taking this photo, I discovered that this figurine does not exist alone, but there is a large group of statues underwater.
My teammates must have seen it too, so everyone gathered towards me.
Under the strong beams of multiple xenon lamps, it can now be roughly seen that in front of the giant Tao Xun pillar, there is a large and objective group of stone sculptures. Due to the cover of the lake bottom mud, the specific image of the stone sculptures is not yet known.
In order to see the appearance of the stone sculpture clearly, several of us walked down together and dived to a place that was roughly on the same plane as the stone sculpture.
"Have you noticed that these stone sculptures seem to be playing musical instruments. The one next to me is playing a bone flute." Xiangyu said while sweeping away the soil covering the stone figurines with his hands.
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"This one over here is the same, it seems to be playing a bent harp," this was Zhang Jisheng's voice.
"Wow, I seem to have arrived at a large musical instrument performance site. This musician is playing the 筚篥, here is the panpipe, and this handsome guy is playing the lace ruan, as well as the guzheng, pipa, huqin, and harp." Andrew's voice
I was very excited, as if I could really hear the instruments being played.
"I also have clappers and chicken drums here. This group of statues looks like all the ancient Chinese musical instruments have been brought here. It's really countless, and there are some that I haven't seen before," Zhang Jisheng said.
"Why is there such a musical instrument performance scene carved under this huge pottery pillar? It feels a bit like Qin Shihuang's Terracotta Warriors. Probably Qin Shihuang liked war, so after his death he had to lead his army to fight to the end, and built this building
The owner probably likes music, so he carved such a large number of musicians." I said half-jokingly.
"I don't know if there are any mechanisms in these music-playing stone carvings, so we'd better be careful. Besides, have you noticed that the majority of the musical instruments here are flutes, and these flutes seem to be a little different from other musical instruments."
Li Piao stood in front of a stone sculpture and said in a heavy tone.
"Brother Li is absolutely right, the flute is real," Xiangyu said, but she was smart enough not to touch the flute. "I don't know what other flutes are like, but the one in front of me is
One, like a Jiahu bone flute. Professor, you are better at this, come and take a look." When Andrew heard what Xiangyu said, he gave up on studying a stone figurine kneeling on the ground without any musical instrument in his hand.
, and then floated to the edge of Xiangyu.
"What is Jiahu bone flute?" I am not very interested in musical instruments. Among antiques, I am better at ceramics, jade, Ming and Qing furniture, etc., so when I say the word Xiangyu Jiahu bone flute, I basically
There is not even a concept on it.
"The Jiahu bone flute is a kind of flute unearthed from the Jiahu site in Wuyang County, Henan Province. It has a history of more than 8,000 years and is the earliest physical musical instrument in China. As a prehistoric artifact, it is the earliest instrument that the Chinese people have learned from ignorance.
A sign of civilization, it has a vital influence on the subsequent ritual and music system, Taoism and even the entire Chinese culture. However, I am not saying that the one in front of me is the Jiahu Bone Flute, but that it is similar to Jiahu
The bone flute is made from the finely ground ulna tube of the red-crowned crane."
"Bone flute," Lao Li suddenly said this word out of nowhere, followed Xiang Yu's words from the walkie-talkie, which shocked me.
"Brother Li, what happened to the bone flute? Have you discovered anything?" Xiang Yu asked.
"No," Lao Li said bluntly.
Bone flute! Flute sound!
These two words that Lao Li suddenly said made me think of the faint sound of the flute coming from the bottom of the lake last night, and the green eyes that filled the lake.
Could it be that these stone figurines were playing bone flutes last night?
I wanted to confirm it, so I asked: "Xiangyu, is this kind of flute capable of completely playing modern seven-note music?"
"Yes, hey, Zhou Cang, haven't you always been interested in music? Why are you suddenly so interested in flute?" Xiang Yu said.
"No, I just asked casually."
I replied to Xiangyu like this, but the soul in my body was already scared and flew to nowhere.
It happened that at this time, someone's xenon lamp shone on the face of the stone statue in front of me. For a moment, the eyes of the stone statue seemed to really turn green for a moment, and then disappeared as the light moved away.
I couldn't help but look around. The empty eyes of the sculptures around me seemed to be falling on me, making me feel uncomfortable all over.
"Look here, in front of this group of musicians, there seem to be some human figurines kneeling on the ground." Zhang Jisheng said.
"Come on, let's swim over and have a look. Maybe we'll find another shocking discovery," Andrew said, rushing forward first.
I also floated forward, but I was still a little worried about the sound of the flute and the green eyes. I don’t know if it was a psychological effect, but I always felt that the scenes last night were actually giving me a warning in advance, although I didn’t know the other person.
Who is it, or it may be something supernatural, but the feeling is particularly strong.
Following the lights of my friends, I looked over and saw that there seemed to be hundreds of human figurines kneeling on the ground. They were all carved according to the proportions of the human body. Their brows and eyes were lifelike, and the corners of their clothes were slightly raised.
It even makes people feel like there is a breeze blowing around them.
"Everyone, there is a problem here. I wonder if you have noticed it."
I suddenly felt that there seemed to be some indescribable similarity between Lao Li and Chen Mo. Just like when we all ran together to see the human figurines kneeling on the ground, this guy stayed alone in the group of musicians.
, I don’t know what I’m doing.
"Brother Li, did you discover something?" Xiangyu asked.
"We can see that the material of these stone sculptures in front of us should be ancient white marble, and they are all carved with reference to the normal proportions of the human body. Therefore, the weight of these sculptures should be very heavy. I just measured it in the team of musicians.
After a while, I found that the feet of the musicians were not solid ground, but still a layer of silt. Therefore, have you ever thought about what kind of power can make these sculptures stand in the mud and remain standing for thousands of years?
He will move his position." There was no obvious fluctuation in Lao Li's tone of voice, and it can be seen that he said these words calmly.
"This cannot be explained by modern mechanics, and there are undercurrents at the bottom of the water. Therefore, if these stone sculptures are not fixed on the flat surface, how they can maintain such a state of not falling for thousands of years is indeed a mystery."
Zhang Jisheng said.
"Could this be related to the distortion of time and space here?" Andrew said.
"The distortion of time and space is a problem of dimensions. What we are discussing now, I think, is more likely to be a problem of gravity," Zhang Jisheng argued.
Anyway, whether it is space-time distortion or gravity, these are not things I can participate in the discussion, so Lao Li and I have remained silent.
"Brother Zhou, there is something ahead. Let's go and take a look." Lao Li suddenly said.
"Ha, the ones at the front are actually sculptures of a group of animals. This is a bit unreasonable, why are people still lining up behind the animals?" I said with a smile. "Is it possible that these are actually the ones who built this building complex?"
Pets kept by their owners.”
"It's not a pet, it's a group of sculptures with a hundred animals dancing. Look at the horses in front of them. They have a cup in their mouths. They are toasting with it," Lao Li said, suddenly stopped, and then
He also said: "Could it be that these large and finely carved sculptures are serving sacrifices."
When I heard the word "sacrifice", my heart dropped heavily, and then it bounced back, almost beating out of my chest.
For a moment, the sound of countless musical instruments playing simultaneously during the fish-faced man's sacrifice vaguely appeared in my ears again, making me feel like I was about to lose my mind.