According to the idea just now, Lin Yi began to explore the top of the Buddha's head by candlelight.
Sure enough, in the middle, a "fishing drum" mark engraved on the branch was found.
Among the "Dark Eight Immortals", "Yugu" represents Zhang Guolao, which means "Looking at the sky and the earth, predicting things like God".
The existence of this "fishing drum" mark is self-evident, which shows that Lin Yi guessed Li Chunfeng's intention.
Following the direction pointed by the fishing drum streamer, which is the position of the back of the Buddha's statue, and groping along the wooden inner shell, my fingers touched an extremely inconspicuous ravine.
According to the direction of the gully, it has a nearly hexagonal outline, which is basically large enough for an adult to pass through.
This should be the exit left when the final capping work was done before the entire statue was completed, after sending people to inspect the interior.
This place is not too far from the highest point, and it is at the back of the head, close to the mountain behind, making it difficult to detect.
Lin Yi took out the barrier knife, drew a circle along the ravine, and suddenly raised his hands upwards. He pushed open the nearly hexagonal cover with his hands.
"The exit has been found!"
Lin Yi turned around and called out, then pushed the cover completely open, stepped on the beam and leaned half of his body out.
A cold feeling came over me.
The sound of rushing water could be heard overhead.
Holding up his hands, he stood on the top of the Buddha's head and looked down. In addition to the darkness, there were also dots of embers left behind when they burned the Tibetan Scorpion.
This feeling of condescension is indeed easy to get lost.
Wang Qiang and Qian Sheng came out of the hole immediately. They stood on top of the Buddha's head and listened to the rumbling sound of water above their heads. They were indeed a little timid.
Standing on the Buddha's head, everything was pitch black and there was nothing to see.
Wang Qiang became interested in the true face of this Buddha statue.
"Lao Lin, Shopkeeper Qian, they all said that there is some kind of Buddha statue in the Longmen Grottoes. It was carved according to Wu Zetian's facial features. Is that true?"
Qian Sheng chuckled twice.
“That was just a promotional tool for tourist attractions, and there is no record of this incident in historical materials.
According to the only historical data on the Luchena Buddha statue, "The Records of the Great Luchena Buddhist Niche in Longmen Mountain, Heluo Shangdu", this Buddha statue was originally built by Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty to commemorate Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and Wu Zetian only sponsored 20,000 rouge coins.
In order to commemorate his biological father, he had his face of the queen engraved on it.
The most important thing is that this queen, a woman who was once the father, is so filial? Isn't this just disgusting to my old father? "
"Then what does Wu Zetian look like?"
"The appearance of Empress Wu is drawn in "The Journey of Empress Wu" by Zhang Xuan of the Tang Dynasty. However, I don't think the appearance in the painting is very reliable. The Empress Wu in the portrait is taller than the others around her. Half the head, that chin, three layers in total, can you believe it?
Although plumpness was regarded as beauty in the Tang Dynasty, being plump like this has nothing to do with beauty, right? "
"That is to say, I don't know exactly what Wu Zetian looks like."
Qian Sheng thought for a moment and nodded.
"Basically, it can be said that after all, the court painters of the Tang Dynasty did not follow the path of realism. They were even a bit exaggerated and deliberately catered to the aesthetics of the time.
However, Wu Zetian must not be ugly, otherwise she would not have been selected into the palace as a talented person at the age of fifteen. "
After Wang Qiang heard his explanation, he took a few steps to Lin Yi and lightly slapped him with his shoulder.
"Old Lin, tell me, is this Buddha statue really carved according to Wu Zetian's appearance?"
Before Lin Yi spoke, Qian Sheng suddenly became interested.
"Hey, Mr. Wang, don't tell me. It's really possible that the facial features of this Buddha statue are made according to Wu Zetian's own appearance. Moreover, this Buddha statue is made of wood and clay, which is more realistic than those stone statues."
Lin Yi lowered his head and looked at the Buddha statue covered by yellow silk at his feet, feeling somewhat curious in his heart.
But it is not that difficult to see the appearance of this Buddha statue.
There are no drones, no pressure, and no stairs to climb.
"I'm afraid you can't see it at all, right?"
"Isn't it easy to see?"
Wang Qiang walked up to the Buddha's head with a confident look on his face.
"I'll shake off the yellow silk later. You throw in a few fluorescent sticks. Aren't we all watching?"
When Lin Yi heard this, he thought this was a solution.
So he took the umbrella rope, tied a safety rope around Wang Qiang's waist, and fixed the other end on the beam inside the Buddha's head. Then he asked him to climb to his forehead and pick up the yellow silk with both hands.
The material of this yellow silk is really exquisite, and it has not deteriorated after thousands of years.
Lin Yi took out a few fluorescent sticks from his bag and everything was ready. Wang Qiang yanked the yellow silk with both hands and shook it vigorously.
The yellow silk began to waver from top to bottom. Lin Yi opened the fluorescent stick and threw it in through the gap.
In the darkness, there was a sudden flash of fluorescent light, and the Buddha statue that had been hidden for thousands of years finally revealed its true appearance at this moment.
As Qian Sheng estimated, the appearance of the Buddha statue was created using an artistic technique closer to realism.
You can tell at a glance that she is definitely a beauty.
Although his eyebrows are drooped, his facial features are still quite three-dimensional, not like the overly plump figure that appears in those ancient paintings of the Tang Dynasty.
Wang Qiang and Qian Sheng were both stunned.
Lin Yi's pupils shrank violently, his heartbeat accelerated, and the expression on his face was extremely shocked.
"Old Lin, look at your worthless look. How can you be so excited by just a statue? If you haven't seen enough, I'll shake it off for you. You can look at it a few more times. We don't need this light stick anyway. ”
Qian Sheng, however, read a slightly different feeling from Lin Yi's expression.
Lin Yi has always been calm and rarely loses his composure like this.
Even if there was a beautiful woman standing in front of him, it wouldn't be like this.
"Master Lin, are you okay?"
Qian Sheng asked in a low voice.
Lin Yi didn't speak for a long time, just stood there, his eyes staring blankly.
"Just tell me if you haven't seen enough. If you haven't seen enough, we can take another look. If that doesn't work, find a rope, tie it to your phone, and take some more photos for you."
Seeing that he remained silent, Wang Qiang immediately realized something was wrong.
He picked up the live broadcast equipment and came to Lin Yi.
"What's going on? You're just talking!"
"I've seen this look before!"
"Have you seen it?" The two people around him shouted in unison.
Lin Yi nodded firmly.
"I still remember that in the tomb of Queen Jingjue, the queen I saw sitting in the coffin had almost the same facial features as this statue."
"You can't, right? Master Wang, have you seen what Queen Jingjue looks like?"
Wang Qiang shook his head.
"That place is very evil, and I just entered the coffin once before, and no one dared to go down. Only Lao Lin dared to look at it. Xiao Song, I and I all looked at the photos later."
Qian Sheng looked troubled.
"Then let's put it this way, no one in the world except Mr. Lin has seen with his own eyes what Queen Jingjue looks like!"
(End of chapter)
