Ghost Blowing Lamp II

Chapter 36 Dragon Watching Picture (Part [-])
Ding Sitian also said: "Yes, in the ancient peasant uprisings, they first stole and dug the emperor's tomb. This also showed the fearless spirit of the peasant uprising army who despised the feudal kingship and their determination to stand against them." But Ding Sitian Although Tian said so, she is a girl after all. Although she has been a Red Guard, she is not as bold as me and Fatty. She is a little afraid of ancient tombs, which is difficult to overcome. Ask me what is in the ancient tomb?
When I first entered this tunnel, I was a little panicked, but after walking for a while, I have gradually adapted to the oppressive and dark environment in this tunnel, and my courage grew stronger again. When Ding Sitian asked what was in the tomb, she half-joked Said: "Maybe it looks like a palace, there are many carved fountains and so on." Suddenly remembered seeing the ghost market of ancient tombs in the deep mountains of Daxing'anling, so he described them with embellishments: "Those sculptures are all ancient women. , not only are they pretty smooth, they are all naked and naked, they are carved in the nude, and they are all made of marble, I saw it with my own eyes in the mountains."

Fatty and Ding Sitian didn't know anything about these things, they didn't know if what I said was true or not, and they couldn't keep up with the words, so I continued to tell them: "Now we have to clarify the discipline. Once you enter the ancient tomb, we can't be arrogant, even if you are robbing the tomb, you are not allowed to destroy cultural relics and historic sites, and those who shoot and use knives are not allowed to shoot at the naked body on the wall, especially you, chubby, you are absolutely not allowed to touch the marble-carved nude palace ladies inside , that was left to us proletariat by the old zongzi.”

I said it seriously, and made the fat man speechless: "Assure Chairman Mao that I will never touch it. Anyway, we just look at it and don't touch it. Whoever touches it is a grandson... Oh, no, we are also proletarians, why should we Can't touch it?"

At this moment, Ding Sitian interjected and asked me: "Comrade Lenin, are you really sure that this burrow full of rats is an ancient tomb?" Let me reassure you, but to be serious, I think this may or may not be an ancient tomb, as for where it is, only God knows, and ghosts don’t know.”

The fat man gritted his teeth angrily: "Old Hu, what you just said was all nonsense. What do you mean it may be or may not be?" As we spoke, we had unknowingly reached the end of the tunnel. It is a dome-shaped natural cave. The cave is not very big, about a hundred square meters. Surrounding the cave, there are tunnels next to each other. The scale and shape are the same as the one we entered. In it, it is impossible to tell the difference between the south, the south and the north.

The fat man and I carried the old sheepskin for a long time, and our arms were a little numb. We found that there were many forks around here, and we didn’t know where to go, so we put him down first, and the old sheepskin talked nonsense in a daze. He seemed to be still thinking about his cattle and horses, and this round and round of dragging and moving might have helped him get rid of it.

Ding Sitian turned on the lamp to look at it, and said worriedly: "This is simply an underground labyrinth. Have we entered the very center of the underground labyrinth? Why do all the tunnels lead here?"

I rubbed my sore arms and looked around. I don’t know where this is. It’s definitely not an ancient tomb, nor is it some kind of underground labyrinth. The tunnels around the cave are distributed radially. There are many, and the more we look at it, the more we feel that the layout of this cave is peculiar. There is a natural emerald stone screen like a stone wall in the cave. There are many huge stones half buried in the soil around the stone screen. The stones have different shapes. The sizes are different, and they are buried in a mess, and there is no mystery in it.

When the fat man saw it, he said that it was buried in marble?Didn't it say that there are women carved in stone?Why are they all carved into potatoes?I ignored the fat man's teasing words, and I couldn't help but wonder, who is so full to bury so many big stones in the cave?
Just as I was secretly amazed, Ding Sitian couldn't hold back her curiosity, and walked into the smooth stone wall with a gas lamp to look at it, and found that there were many patterns carved on the natural emerald stone screen, which seemed to be a piece half buried in the soil. The stone tablet in the courtyard, so I hurriedly called the fat man and me to come and watch it.

There is no text on the huge smooth stone surface, but there are fine patterns engraved on both sides, which are a little peeled off and worn, and the original color of the picture is so dim that it almost has no color, but it does not affect the clarity of the above figure. It's just that the content expressed in it is too confusing and unbelievable. After only a few glances, I felt that my breathing became heavy.

One side is carved with undulating hills, and the middle basin is a dense forest. Judging from the topographic features, it seems to be the area of ​​"Hundred Eye Cave" where we are. A black dragon-shaped shadow is drawn around the hills, like a dragon with teeth and claws The old black dragon is devouring the surrounding cattle, sheep, people and animals. Thinking of the cattle and wild geese that disappeared out of thin air, we all know that the content of this stone carving is true, but it is possible that the ancients who carved this picture, like us, only know People and animals nearby disappeared mysteriously, but it was difficult to understand the mystery, so a dragon-shaped shadow wandering in the sky was blurred.

On the grassland, we saw the geese flying into the clouds disappear, and then felt pain in the eardrums. If the mounts were not vigilant, they would have been swallowed by the dragon-shaped black shadow in this painting, but at that time, the four people and eight eyes clearly saw it. The grassland is empty, there is nothing unusual in the sky, why can't human eyes see it?What secret does this dragon shadow represent?Could it be the undead of an ancient dragon?It is too difficult for future generations to figure out the truth of this mysterious hint left by the ancients.

The fat man looked at the horses and horses, and didn't think the ancient records on the stone wall were worth reading. He only took a few casual glances, then took out a crumpled and inferior Xingong brand cigarette from his arms, and sat down beside Lao Yangpi Take a break to smoke.

Ding Sitian was more curious than me. After seeing the mysterious pattern on the wall, she was full of doubts, so she asked me what I think about it?I said that first of all, I don’t really believe in dragons in the world. Although there were many incidents of seeing dragons in ancient times, most of them were non-existent. The mountain people dug up a half-dead dragon when they were digging wells. At that time, many people used knives to cut the dragon meat. There were rumors that it was okay to cut the dragon meat, and it was okay to take it home and eat it, but it was absolutely impossible to cut it. The word "dragon" cannot be mentioned. When the word "dragon" is mentioned, there will be cloudy clouds, thunder and lightning. Whoever mentions that word will be struck to death by lightning on the spot. It is also rumored that those who belong to snake and dragon are not allowed to go. The onlookers, anyway, said everything, and later the truth was confirmed. In fact, the so-called dragon was just a giant python hiding in a cave dug by the mountain people when digging a well.

This giant stone with a dragon shape painted on it is not known to be a relic of which dynasty or generation in ancient times. It seems that the herdsmen on the grassland heard the legend that there was a monster dragon devouring humans and animals near the Baiyan Cave. A rare meteorological phenomenon, it seemed that the world hadn't understood it at all at the time, but what kind of power could turn creatures into nothingness without a trace or form?With Ding Sitian and I, how can we understand the mystery in detail, and after a few random analyzes, we can't get the point, so we have to give up.

Ding Sitian turned to the other side of the stone wall to look at the stone carvings on that side. My doubts grew, so I didn't go to see the stone paintings with her right away, but asked the fat man for a cigarette, this Xingong brand cigarette , or we exchanged for the "Huang Xiangu" that we brought in. The quality of the smoke is very poor, and it is also strong and very choking. In this way, we are reluctant to smoke directly. We mixed half of the dried leaves in the shredded tobacco, and put a The cigarette is twisted into two sticks, and after taking a puff, I feel fascinated, like falling into a fog.

I took two puffs of cigarettes and felt that my mind was much better, so I went to Ding Sitian and went to see the patterns and patterns carved on the boulder with her. Looking at the stone wall, the "mixed" cigarette in my hand almost fell to the ground, and there was "Huang Xiangu" painted on this end!
(End of this chapter)