Savage Secret

() Li Yongsheng said: "Based on my judgment, this man should have been a priest in charge of offering sacrifices in the tribe in ancient times, and his status should be similar to that of Zhiji Tima in Tujiazhai. What he held in his hand should be a symbol of his identity and status. A scepter! Of course, people in ancient times were superstitious and asked God for advice on everything, so it may also be the staff used by wizards when they practiced!"

I quite agree with Li Yongsheng's statement. There are so many people outside the cave, and there is only this one person inside, and he sits high in the middle of the giant white face. It can be seen that the status of this person at that time was unmatched by ordinary people. Coupled with his weird attire, it is completely reasonable to say that he is a wizard or a priest.In fact, in many tribes in ancient times, the tribal chief and the priest were the same person, which was more conducive to ruling.

The old cow's eyes never left the staff for even a moment, and his face was full of desire to eat pigs but was afraid of being stuck in the mouth, and wanted to pick flowers but was afraid of sticking his hands: "This man must also be a shameless person who often takes advantage of the people's ignorance to fool the people." You can tell how ferocious it is just from the many skeletons around it. Also, didn’t you say that people in ancient times didn’t have any valuables in their hands? In my opinion, it held nothing It’s not a staff, at most it’s just an old man’s crutches!” said the old cow, secretly looking at Li Yongsheng and me, seeing that we didn’t answer him, a trace of anxiety flashed in his eyes: “Tie! Yan, what material do you think the staff in his hand is made of?"

I knew that the old cow was trying to trick me, so I just laughed and said nothing. The fact that the magic staff has been preserved for thousands of years and is still magnificent proves that it is definitely not ordinary. In fact, I also want to take that staff down Look at it clearly, but it can't run away, so it doesn't hurt to let it stay on it for a while, and it can also whet the old cow's appetite by the way.So I turned the flashlight to another place to see if there were other valuable things in the cave, but I saw a few stone walls that seemed to have been polished, especially flat.

Seeing that I ignored him, the old cow looked a little anxious, but he was too embarrassed to speak out, so he followed me and walked towards the stone wall.

The stone wall was covered with a layer of dust. After wiping it off, there appeared some chiselled paintings on it. The lines of these paintings were shallow and abstract, which showed that their carving skills were not very high, and the tools they used were also very clumsy. It's peeled off, so I can only look at it roughly.On the first one is a dozen people carrying a huge triangular rhinoceros head, and walking towards a high platform behind the wizard holding a law enforcement staff, it should be for sacrifices!

Before I could see clearly, I heard Lao Niu's voice behind me: "Damn, liars, they are all liars!"

I was puzzled by what he said, so I asked him, "What liar? Old Niu, what are you yelling about?"

The old cow pointed to the bull's head on the mural and said: "Look, this is obviously the Triceratops we saw outside. The Triceratops is so big, let alone in ancient times, it is not easy to catch it even now. , and on this mural, they are actually carrying a bull's head, isn't this obviously deceiving? Who will believe it!"

I smiled wryly. What Lao Niu said seemed to make sense, but I always felt that he looked down on people, so I smiled and said: "After all, human beings rely on their superb wisdom to have the status of today's hegemony of the earth! Ancient Chinese bronzes, Which of the Egyptian pyramids and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon is not the crystallization of wisdom? If only by strength, dozens of people can't do anything to a tiger with sharp teeth and claws, but wisdom is different. Humans can make tools, right? Such as bows and arrows, nets, and pits!"

Lao Niu didn't wait for me to finish, and rushed to say: "Pit? Trap your head, how big a pit will it take to put this three-cornered rhinoceros in it? Besides, we haven't even seen a decent tool here. Now, what did they use to dig the pit? Pickpockets?"

"Look here, they lured the triangular rhinoceros into a natural canyon to trap it, and then beat the rhinoceros to death with rolling stones!" Lao Niu and I were only focused on arguing, but didn't realize that Li Yongsheng was also looking at the mural not far from us. .In the mural, a man holding a law enforcement stick is standing on the top of the mountain directing, a hundred or so people line up beside him in a long line, two or three are carrying huge boulders, and one is holding smaller stones. The three-cornered rhinoceros at the bottom has already They fell to the ground, and there seemed to be many boulders around them!

Lao Niu was completely convinced now, and sighed: "Hey, people, only the power of the people is infinite!"

There are not many things painted on the murals, and they are basically commending achievements, but they are all related to hunting or sacrifice, which may be the reason why these two things played an important role in the daily life of the ancients.There is a person holding a staff on each mural, because the lines are rough, and I don’t know if they are the same person, so I mistakenly think that the staff is the protagonist of these murals.

It suddenly occurred to me that the horns of the two ancient relict rhinoceroses outside were also red, and I looked at the murals of the ancient people hunting the triangular rhinoceros, and then thought of the red staff in the wizard's hand with the white giant face, I whispered Said: "Could it be that what the wizard is holding is a staff of consonance?"

The old cow squinted at me, and said unhappily: "Tie Yan, you can really complete words, isn't it just a broken walking stick used by the old man? How come it becomes a magic staff in your mouth! After you say so Speaking of which, I was also inspired, for example: let’s go to the rotten tiles and broken bricks in the garbage dump at the head of the village. Those are the “sacred tiles of Xuanyuan Palace” and the golden bricks of Nuwa Temple! How about this, let’s not take the risk Take the risk to make money from Shennong Cave, go back and brag, if one day you accidentally blow it out of Asia and blow it to the world, Lao Niu, I will follow you to get rich!"

My nose was almost crooked in anger, so I scolded the old cow and said, "Dead cow, do you know where the phrase 'heart and rhinoceros' comes from? It came from the rhinoceros! There was a kind of rhinoceros in ancient times. It has a scarlet horn, and there is a magical white vein in its horn. That vein is sensitive to the world, yin and yang, and can predict the good and bad of yu, and it is extremely accurate. Therefore, This kind of rhinoceros is also known as Tongtian rhinoceros, or Lingxi. After people kill Lingxi, they will take off its horns to make a staff. Although the staff leaves Lingxi's body, it also has super predictive power. , the white lines on it will respond differently to the wizard's inquiries, and the staff made of this rhino horn is the staff of consonance recorded in ancient books! Do you understand?"

The old cow saw that I said it clearly and logically, and seemed to believe it a little bit: "Hearing what you said, why do I think that broken walking stick is a treasure?"

Li Yongsheng followed my words and said: "Consonance Staff is definitely a peerless treasure! Because the number of Tongtian Consonance is very small, it only appeared in ancient times, which may have something to do with the climate, food and their living environment at that time!" Pause After a while, he said again: "By the way, there is also a legend that Tongtian Lingxi may be Shennong. Didn't Shennong have two horns on his head? There is a story that Shennong once tasted all kinds of herbs in order to cure the suffering of the world. He suffered a lot, and was almost killed by poisonous weeds. Later, he was moved by the Emperor of Heaven, who bestowed on him two horns that could predict good and bad luck, and distinguish the nature of medicines! That is what Brother Tie Yan said about the consonance. If this legend is true , then there are at most two Consonance Staffs, and we can see one, which is considered a great blessing!"