I don’t know if Ding Sitian understood Chen Ziyan’s subtext, but she did not continue the topic. Instead, she changed the subject and said, "Should we go to other places next?"
The so-called other places naturally refer to other areas of the Ghost Tomb.
Although the operating principle of this ghost tomb is not clear yet, we can know from the appearance of Wushuanggui and others out of thin air just now that it is possible to reach other areas through the robbery hole.
Now there is no new information in this stone coffin, so she wants to take a look elsewhere. If she can find something, it will help solve the mystery faster.
After thinking for a moment, Hu Bayi shook his head and rejected the suggestion: "No matter whether this ghost tomb is transformed into a mausoleum, it is a product that is divorced from reality after all. We are now staying in the underworld of the Tang Tomb, and we don't need to worry about other things." Question, but if the ghost tomb suddenly disappears in other places, it will really make the sky and the earth unavailable."
He was worried that this ghost grave would send them into the compacted soil, and even if they were not crushed to death immediately, they would die of suffocation. It was better to stay here first.
Although Chen Ziyan felt that this possibility was low, he was afraid of anything less than ten thousand, so he felt he had to take precautions and said: "Let's take a look, this stone coffin should not be as simple as it seems on the surface."
"All right."
After hearing both of them say this, Ding Sitian didn't insist.
She knew very well that she was far inferior to these professionals in terms of tomb exploration, and it was just a suggestion.
At this moment, they suddenly heard Shirley Yang say: "Look at the walls around you."
Hearing her reminder, Chen Ziyan and others subconsciously looked up and found that the surrounding tomb walls had changed at some point.
The original murals are gone, replaced by pictures of human faces with different expressions.
These human face patterns are scattered and have different expressions, such as happiness, sadness, sorrow, anger, shock, or hurt. But no matter which expression it is, the basic techniques are the same as those of the human face patterns on the stone coffins. , all as if they came out of the same mold.
After Chen Ziyan carefully looked at the tomb wall, he reminded in a serious voice: "Everyone, please be careful. We should no longer be in the original Hades Palace."
He discovered that not only the murals had been replaced with human faces, but even the tomb walls had changed from the delicate tomb bricks to thick and simple rocks. The material was exactly the same as the stone wall that blocked the road before.
"The Point Guard Is Here"
Hu Ba thought of a possibility and subconsciously looked back at Shi Cun and said: "Maybe this transformation had already started when Shi Cun appeared, but our attention was attracted by other things and it never happened. It can be found that if nothing goes wrong now, we should have completely entered the Ghost Tomb."
This can also explain why Wushuanggui and others came out of the robbery hole where they entered.
"We will explore this matter later. For now, let's study the face pattern on the wall." Chen Ziyan said.
The matter has come to this, and it is useless to think about it so much now. It is better to investigate the situation first.
As for whether this guess is correct, we will naturally get the answer after waiting and checking.
"Yes." Hu Bayi nodded slightly, agreeing with Chen Ziyan's words.
Things are already like this, so it's useless to think about it any more.
After observing the faces on the wall for a while, Hu Bayi looked at Chen Ziyan and asked, "Mr. Chen, why do I feel that these faces look so awkward, but I still can't tell what is wrong?"
Chen Ziyan also felt the same way. After looking at it for a while, he asked, "Do you feel it's not sincere? No matter what expression you have, it seems like it's fake?"
Hearing what he said, Hu Bayi immediately agreed: "Yes, it just feels fake. The expressions on these faces are so... so unspeakably hypocritical. Speaking of which, these faces look complicated. , but the sensory aspect is not as good as those on the stone coffin.”
Chen Ziyan nodded: "That's true. Compared with the human face patterns on the stone coffin, these human face patterns are even weirder. There is evil in the smile and mockery in the anger. They have gone beyond the scope of human expression... "
At this point, Chen Ziyan paused slightly, his eyes swept across the base of the stone coffin and the lower edge of the tomb wall, and then said: "But now it is basically certain that the tomb wall with the human face pattern is also a product of the Western Zhou Dynasty. "
Hu Bayi didn't know much about this period, so he asked: "Master Chen, what do you mean by this?"
Shirley Yang and Ding Sitian, who had remained silent, also turned their attention to Chen Ziyan.
Looking at the three people with expectant faces, Chen Ziyan organized his words a little and said: "I base my judgment on two points. One is the style of these human face patterns. Although this kind of pattern already existed in the Yin and Shang Dynasties, The faces are carved or patterned, but the facial decorations in the Yin and Shang Dynasties are more vigorous and simple, and the lines are not smooth enough. Moreover, the gender characteristics of that period were obvious. Those with silken eyebrows, round eyes, wide mouths and wide noses were men, while those in the Western Zhou Dynasty were Otherwise, the biggest feature is that the facial lines are smooth, there are no gender characteristics, only the ears are larger than ordinary people."
Then he pointed to the base of the stone coffin and the bottom of the tomb wall: "The second point is the cloud and thunder patterns. Only the Western Zhou Dynasty in Chinese history advocated thunder patterns. It can be said that this is a more distinctive feature."
Hu Bayi didn't speak, but Shirley Yang raised a question.
Just listen to her ask: "I remember that similar human face decorations appeared in the Han Dynasty. Although they are rare in subsequent dynasties, cultural relics with such decorations have been unearthed one after another."
Chen Ziyan nodded when he heard this: "That's true, but if you have paid attention to the development of this type of human face decoration, you will find that this kind of human face pattern has more obvious facial features in the Han Dynasty and later, and men's faces will have obvious Beards, and this indistinguishable type of male and female has only appeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty."
Hu Bayi said a little strangely: "This is obviously not in line with the development of things. It is as if this carving manufacturing process suddenly turned a corner during the Western Zhou Dynasty, and this genderless shape appeared directly. Later, whether it was aesthetics or craftsmanship, , and gradually returned to the original style."
Chen Ziyan spread his hands helplessly: "I don't know why this change occurred in the Western Zhou Dynasty alone. If you want to find out, you have to consult relevant experts."
Chen Ziyan even felt that even scholars specializing in this field would have a hard time explaining the reasons and background for this strange change.
"By the way, we have now left the original Hades Palace, what about Kaixuan?" Ding Sitian suddenly thought of Wang Kaixuan who went to interrogate the prisoners alone.
Although the side hall is right next to it, that was before, and no one knows where that door will lead now.
Hu Bayi also slapped his head violently: "Oops, I forgot about Fatty!"
