Eastern Yi!
How come Dong Yi script appears here?
Lin Yi looked at the twists and turns of black writing on the wall and fell into deep thought.
The Dong Yi people are one of the important ethnic minorities in China. They are now mainly distributed in the four regions of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi. Among them, the Dong Yi people in the Bashu region mainly live in the mountains in the southwest.
According to the historical documents of the Dong Yi people, they are descendants of the Dong Qiang tribe among Chiyou's Jiuli tribe. They migrated from the north and eventually settled in the southwest.
After multiplying through the ages, from the earliest branch to the later six branches, namely, Wu, Zha, Bu, Mo, Nuo and Heng.
These six tribes became the foundation for the development and growth of Dongyi.
Dong Yi script is a script used internally by them. It is one of the ancient hieroglyphics. It is one of the very rare ancient scripts that can be passed down in an orderly manner.
However, Lin Yi and the others were clearly in the Meishan area, which is the center of the Xichuan Basin.
The territory of the Eastern Yi people is located in southwestern Sichuan. Could it be said that this secret passage under the Minjiang River can actually lead them to southwestern Sichuan with one pole?
"Brother Lin, what do you think this is?"
"Eastern Yi script, an ancient hieroglyphic script."
"Dong Yi? Aren't those the people who live in Hangshan? We were swept to Hangshan by the water?"
"It shouldn't be possible. How can we get from Meishan to Liangshan in ten minutes? Why build a highway? We might as well take the underwater passage."
Lin Yi answered Chen Erwa's question while holding up a flashlight to read the words carefully.
There are eight words in total, written on a huge stalactite that was artificially broken to form a smooth beveled surface.
Translated, it means "an important place for worship, keep strangers away".
The handwriting was written with charcoal, and the age cannot be determined. Moreover, the Dong Yi script has been passed down to this day, but has only been lost, not expanded. Many of the characters used by the Dong Yi people today are a mixture of Eastern Yi script and Chinese characters.
From the literal meaning, this should be an exclusive altar set up by the Eastern Yi people.
Could it be that the "King of the West" took advantage of his power and snatched it from the Eastern Yi people?
According to time calculation, when Zhang Xianzhong occupied Xichuan, the Dong Yi people in Liangshan were ruled by the chieftain Ankun family, the Dong Yi people in southern Yunnan belonged to the people of the Dian King, and the Dong Yi people in QXN were ruled by Luodian The regime rules, also known as the "Ghost Lord of the Luo family".
In particular, the Ankun chieftain family in Hangshan still enjoyed the canonization of the imperial court from the Ming and Qing dynasties.
It stands to reason that the Daxi regime cannot reach this far, let alone the three pillars of the East Yi. If one of them is in trouble, the other two will definitely come to support and will not just watch their own people being bullied.
Moreover, the Eastern Yi people have tough folk customs and are good at fighting. They have always been the target of the border authorities to win over them. Who would take the initiative to touch the bad luck of his incompetence?
After thinking about it, I couldn't think of a reason. I could only record it with my camera, and then bite the bullet and continue moving forward.
The water under their feet was getting deeper and deeper, gradually submerging their knees. Their waists were almost submerged up to their chins, and they could only swim for a while.
Chen Erwa volunteered to explore the way.
Lin Yi repeatedly warned him not to fall into the trap accidentally like last time.
Chen Erwa responded, packed her belongings on her back, held a flashlight in her mouth, and plunged into the water.
Not long after swimming forward, I saw him "bounce" from the water, his face turned pale, and he pointed at the incoherent words under the water.
"Brother Lin, it's ghost, it's haunted, it's haunted, it's underwater."
As he spoke, he hurriedly swam to Lin Yi with his hands and feet.
"Calm down, calm down, tell me what you just saw?"
Chen Erwa swallowed her saliva and felt something was wrong. She quickly spit out a few mouthfuls and then pointed to the water in front of her:
"A chain with bones on it. The bones of a human being are very long, and they can even open their mouths to talk."
"You dressed people up in strings? And you still opened your mouth to talk? Did you hear that?"
Chen Erwa nodded and shook his head.
"I saw him wearing strings and opening his mouth, but I didn't hear what he said."
Lin Yi frowned in disbelief, turned on his flashlight, put the barrier knife back in his hand, and swam in the direction of his finger.
Chen Erwa followed him and swam over.
After the two swam through several large stalactites, they discovered the iron chain across the middle of the water. It was seven or eight meters long, connecting from one end of the water to the other, like a chain crossing a river. Sling.
The thickness of the chain is about three or four centimeters, and the three strands of the lock are as thick as chopsticks and twisted into a twist.
Sure enough, as Chen Erwa said, there were dozens of human skeletons on it, some were still intact, and some only had a head and collarbone left.
Some only retain the upper body, while the lower body has disappeared.
Each skeleton uses a triangular buckle. After passing through the lute bone, the upper end penetrates the throat and hooks on the mandible.
The triangular buckle is hung on the iron chain, so that every skeleton here has its mouth wide open. With the impact of the water flow and the vibration of the water waves, the mouth opens and closes. No wonder Chen Erwa is frightened like that.
"What is this for, Brother Lin? Why are you hanging people here?"
"Judging from the reminder from the Dong Yi language just now, this is the place where they held sacrifices, so this is probably some kind of sacrifice method. These people may be their own people, or they may be enemies. As for when, There is no way to judge at the moment.”
Although Lin Yi has some forensic skills, it is difficult to determine the time of death for a skeleton that has been soaked in water all year round.
However, judging from the results of his close observation, these people were penetrated to death by sharp objects before their death.
There are varying degrees of wear on the mandible and clavicle. It is very likely that he was hung alive on an iron hook before sinking into the water and drowned.
The Dong Yi people have always maintained their ancient sacrificial habits, and this sacrificial method is likely to be a way to treat prisoners of war.
But who are these people?
Could it be that those blind soldiers of the "Daxi Kingdom" came here to compete with the Eastern Yi people for territory by relying on their large numbers of soldiers, and then had a fight, and were eventually strung together as part of a sacrificial ceremony? ?
There are no words on the chain, and no particularly obvious markings can be seen. The two ends of the chain are fixed on both sides by huge rivets.
After the two passed through this area one after another, the water level gradually dropped. After a few pulls, they had touched the bottom.
I stood up and walked out of the water. There was a shallow beach in front of me.
There were signs of bonfires around the shoal, and not far away there was a huge clay pot covered with a wooden lid.
Lifting the lid and looking inside, there were three soaked and extremely rotten human heads inside.
(End of chapter)
