Chapter nine hundred and forty-ninth the strange things in Yincheng (fifteen)
The book continues last time, and Chu Xunyu and his group entered the second floor of the Golden City and passed through the barrier of the bronze mirror. They thought there would be some danger, but when their vision became clear, they were shocked.
Looking around, Chu Xunyu and his group stood on an open space with four bridges, two main bridges in the middle, two side bridges next to them, and behind the bridge were four huge bronze statues standing there quietly, carving the four symbols of man, snake, dog, and cow. Miao Buyan told everyone that this represents the four major tribes of Yi, Bai, Dai, and Miao. This is the incarnation of the creation god in their national culture. The four great gods looked down on the people, holding weapons or treasures in their hands, some were high-pitched, some thoughtful, different in shapes, and extraordinary in momentum.
Behind the four statues, houses are lined upwards, the streets are spacious and uniform in shape. Strangely, this place is different from the first floor, and a corpse cannot be seen, as if the wreckage on the ground I just saw belongs to another world. Although it is still pitch black, the thick fog has obviously dissipated a lot. Mu Yuan pointed to it with his hand and exclaimed: "Look at it!"
Everyone looked up and were surprised. Because there was a palace faintly in the fog, Miao Buyan was startled and asked stammeredly: "The palace... is in the sky?"
"Nonsense, aren't we underground?" Dao Yuxin calmly said, "It's obvious that the thick fog blocked our sight, and that tyrant Zhuang would fool people."
Chu Xunyu asked himself that he had seen a fairyland like Shushan and Kunlun, but he had never seen such a majestic imperial city. As expected, the ancient Dian Kingdom was well-known, and he had his own means. After thinking about it, he sorted out his clothes and said, "Let's go, let's visit here slowly."
"There are no signs of fighting here." Everyone walked on the bridge and looked over from above. Five people lit torches and passed by the huge bronze bridge alone, looking particularly small. Looking around, Wangchen said, "It seems that this place is closed and has not experienced the bloody storm outside."
Wangchen said it was true. There was a clean and tidy ground all over the place. The strange branches and leaves of Zhui Niu Wanhua Mountain were not as thick as those outside, only a thin layer. However, the only disadvantage was that the bronze ground here was severely rotten. So Mu Yuan stepped on a brick and almost tripped up a fight.
Mu Yuan said angrily: "It's not like cutting corners. When I saw Zhuang Zhuang, I asked him to drag his craftsman out and beat him up forty boards first."
There are also guard post sites at the bridgehead. Chu Xunyu now has weapons and secret crossbows everywhere. Unfortunately, they have become the dust of time. Chu Xunyu can stomp his feet and cut a lot. It is a pity, but the craftsmanship is very exquisite. Chu Xunyu weighed a short knife and the weight distribution was very symmetrical, with the blade as heavy as the hilt. This shows that the bronze text of the ancient Dian Kingdom was clearly extremely brilliant.
Walking on the street, seeing the houses on both sides, Mu Yuan picked them with his thumb and said, "Everyone, you've come here. Is it a big regret for life if you don't go in?"
Everyone looked at each other without any objection. Chu Xunyu walked over in disappointment: "It seems that I have to lead everyone to visit the ancient houses of the ancient Dian Kingdom."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Xunyu suddenly became stunned when he came to the gate. He used his hand to sniff the bronze rust on the stinging board, and his expression stopped. Then he turned around and jumped off the steps and stood on the street and looked at the gates of every household around him. He said with a bad expression: "It's not good."
Everyone was confused, so they walked to the gate and looked closely. They suddenly realized that the door panel was engraved with a formation, pushed it, and now it was locked. Moreover, every house here is like this. Logically speaking, this is the official residence of the ministers in the court. Only those with official positions live here, and they have extraordinary identities, but the formations and locks on the door seem to show a truth: it was sealed outside, which means that it was to prevent some things from coming out.
"The master is stingy and doesn't want us to go in for a cup of tea." Mu Yuan asked back, "What about we go in for a meal?"
Dao Yuxin rarely agrees: "I've come here. Even if there are no monsters, there are not many of them. It's better to understand what's born here."
If it were originally, Chu Xunyu would definitely not agree, but now it is different. Dao Yuxin is easy to say anything, and what she said is what she thought, so she waved her hand and said, "Then it's the same."
Wangchen protected Miao Buyan and retreated. Dao Yuxin stood in front of the gate with his hands behind his back as usual. Chu Xunyu and Mu Yuan were on both sides of the door, and a hand-held look passed by. Mu Yuan took the lead, and the golden Buddha light flashed in his eyes. He placed his hands on the door panel with force, which burned part of the formation. Chu Xunyu took the long sword and let it penetrate the crack in the door, swept up and down, found the lock, and used brute force to pull it off, and the lock was cut off. Mu Yuan shouted: "Ghosts, monsters, you are picking up the guests." After saying that, he kicked it away, and Chu Xunyu quickly hid at the door. Dao Yuxin stood quietly in front of the door with his hands behind his back and looked inside. There was no movement for a while. Chu Xunyu and Mu Yuan looked at each other, and then carefully stretched out their heads and looked in.
It was dark inside, and there were no monsters rushing to the mouth of blood. I took a torch. The house was cleaned up very clean, with tables, chairs and benches. At that time, it should be called a 'couch'. It seemed that Zhuang Zhuoyuan came to the southern Xinjiang to establish the capital and brought the Han people to his confidant ministers. Seeing that there was no danger, everyone walked in one after another. The house was quite spacious and well organized. Even the teapots on the table were placed in an orderly manner. Chu Xunyu found that a bronze plate was placed on the table in the middle of the room. This bronze plate was unusual. Not only were there words, but many patterns were carved on it. The workmanship was very exquisite and placed respectfully in the middle of the main hall. So he raised his chin and signaled to Miao Buyan: "Master."
Miao Buyan walked over, looked at it for a long time, and then turned around and explained: "This should be something similar to the current imperial court's enthronement of gold coupons. The general meaning is that the owner of this house was enthroned by Zhuang as an official of a village in the west of the southern border. In today's words, it seems that he is managing river workers. Others are all function words, what is good for the benefit of the people, don't let down the hope of the King of Dian, and say no."
"It turned out to be a river official who controlled floods." Mu Yuan knew it very well, "We Han people have the allusion of Dayu's flood control, which reflects the terrible floods. It seems that Zhuang Zhuo did something practical in southern Xinjiang."
Chu Xunyu nodded, holding the torch and was about to walk in. Mu Yuan pointed to the teapot on the table: "Don't you drink a cup?"
"Then you keep this pot of water first, remember to make a cup of Longjing for me." Chu Xunyu walked into the inner room without looking back.
"I don't pick on the word, just the local Pu'er." Wangchen followed closely behind Chu Xunyu.
The room inside seemed to be a study room, and Chu Xunyu couldn't tell it clearly, but there was a cabinet by the wall, with many thin stone slabs on it and many words were carved. Chu Xunyu guessed that the habits of officials of any ethnic group should be similar, and this should be the place to handle documents, so he asked Miao Buyan to come and check it out. Miao Buyan came over and checked it out and told everyone that some of them were official business dealings, and some recorded trivial matters in life, and nothing worth paying attention to.
It seemed that it was not big, Mu Yuan curled his mouth and said, "What kind of door is closed? You don't have any interest in letting me see you."
"Look for it again." Chu Xunyu continued to walk in.
Chapter completed!