Everyone walked up the steps in front of the hall and looked at the main hall: "Based on what we saw inside the pagoda, we can infer that there is at least ten meters of space carved out of the stone wall. Then, the space of the main hall inside the stone wall is destined to only increase rather than decrease. In addition, this place has already been It’s the last main hall, and there may be a mechanism there, so we have to deal with it carefully.”
After Song Siyuan finished speaking, Yue Guanchao stepped forward and pushed it casually, and the palace door opened with a bang. He turned around and said with a crooked mouth: "Don't be so cautious. The Guifang people have attacked here many times over the past thousand years. What mechanism can be triggered all the time? Let's be on guard. It’s better to be on guard against the God of Heavenly Eyes than to use mechanisms. A living monster is much harder to deal with than a dead mechanism.”
After that, he led everyone into the main hall and turned on the flashlight. After a short period of illumination, the interior of the main hall gradually became clearer.
This main hall is almost the same as other tombs. The palace is magnificent, luxurious and exquisite, and the caissons, murals, pillars, and carved windows are extremely exquisite. They can be regarded as the highest craftsmanship at that time. Putting aside this kind of vain, everyone is stunned. The giant gluttonous monument attracts you!
Song Siyuan turned on the flashlight and looked around: "This double-eaves Xieshan Palace is about fifty meters wide and twenty meters high. If you want to actually count it, it is much smaller than the largest Hanyuan Palace in the Tang Dynasty. However, as a The main hall of the tomb is already relatively large.”
Then, she focused the flashlight on the Taotie Monument!
This tall stone tablet was several times larger than the memorial tablet they saw in the Hanging Hall. It was at least ten meters long and wide, forming a square rectangle with huge gluttons several meters tall on both sides.
This Taotie is larger than the Taotie on both sides of the bronze cauldron in front of the temple, and is even more vivid. It has gotten rid of the rough image and is closer to the exquisite animal shape.
Upon closer inspection, Taotie's head is similar to that of a lion, with huge fangs, an angry mouth, and two curved horns tilting backwards in an arc. Its body is similar to that of a unicorn, covered with scales, and its tail is as fluffy and slender as a horse's tail, with two slender tails on both sides. The wings are flying and spread out, the sharp claws of the forelimbs grasp the ears of the stele, and the hind legs are strong and powerful to support the ground.
The overall shape is made of fine copper, and every part is extremely fine. The scales are real and concave, the mane is as thin as hair, the claws are bright and sharp, and the muscles are swollen and plump. In short, if it were not made of metal, they really thought it was a real Taotie supporting the stone tablet.
The surface of the stone stele has been polished smooth and smooth, and it shines slightly under the light. When you look closely, you find that the surface of the stone stele is covered with a layer of gold hard shell.
On the hard shell, the territory of the Liu and Song Dynasties in the Northern and Southern Dynasties was drawn. In order to show the hostile relationship, the territory of the Northern Wei Dynasty in the north of the Yangtze River was also drawn on the map.
The entire map is not flat, but slightly concave and convex. All the peaks on it are bulging upwards like spines. As for the basins and plains, they are mostly sunken downwards. Various lines draw rivers, lakes, state capital boundaries, and even The garrison defense camps in various places are clearly marked.
If you get it from the same era, it can basically be used directly as a combat map. The overall look is like overlooking the territory of the Southern and Northern Dynasties era from a high altitude.
At this point, she paused: "I suspect that the statue in the pagoda shrine itself was when Liu Yu was dying. He knew that there was no hope of his Northern Expedition, so he specially changed the shape and created such a hasty statue."
"Aren't there too many Taotie shapes here? Shouldn't a tomb of this level use more auspicious unicorns and dragons?"
Yue Guanchao looked at Taotie with vivid scales and claws and asked curiously.
Yue Qingshan looked at Taotie and explained in a low voice: "The unicorn is an auspicious beast, and the dragon is the king of auspicious beasts. It is okay to use it in the emperor's tomb, but if it is just a tomb for soldiers, I am afraid it is not in compliance with the regulations. In the case of Beifu It is impossible to use a dragon in the regulations of the tomb. As for why a unicorn is not used, I am afraid it has something to do with the nature of the tomb."
Song Siyuan took advantage of his words and continued: "What my second uncle said is that the Kirin is only used for praying, but this does not match the role of the tomb. The role of the tomb is to recruit heroic souls to become heavenly soldiers, so that they can be used to fight against the Northern Wei Dynasty. , from this point of view, using Taotie is more appropriate.”
She paused and explained: "Taotie has always been a ferocious beast in ancient mythology, and is also one of the four ferocious beasts in ancient times. At the same time, Taotie is good at eating, greedy and cruel. As long as it is something that Taotie chooses, it must be swallowed up. Otherwise, Taotie will get angry and hurt others."
Song Siyuan motioned for everyone to look at the stele: "Judging from Taotie's intention of supporting the stele, Liu Yu compared himself to Taotie. He had already taken a fancy to the territory of the Northern Wei Dynasty and would definitely devour it in his lifetime. This shows his confidence in the Northern Expedition. A spot."
"If there are no problems in the military towns in Guifang World, and if Liu Yu is allowed to live for another ten years, most of the territory of the Northern Wei Dynasty will probably be included in his territory and become part of Liu Song's territory. However, people are not as good as heaven. After all, the Beifu soldiers wanted to win so much that they actually invited the Guifang people's Tiantong Shen into the tomb, which made the Northern Expedition fall short. Liu Yu failed to succeed in the Northern Expedition until his death, and he ended up regretting it."
After everyone looked at the stone tablet, they walked around behind it, and two rows of stone statues began to appear on the left and right. These stone statues looked like the giant statues of Tiantong God they saw in the backyard. They had huge heads, clear faces, and cold eyes facing people.
Most of the stone statues face each other in twos, forming a narrow aisle behind the stone monument!
As for the side hall space to the left and right of the stone statue, it has been hollowed out one meter downwards and is completely occupied by clay figures. These figures are arranged horizontally and vertically in different square formations, covering many arrays such as slaves, armored soldiers, chariots, and war horses. They all look like Beifu soldiers. Their bodies are almost the same as those of normal people, but their faces are different. I think they are exactly what Beifu soldiers looked like at that time.
"What's in the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pool?"
Yue Guanchao lowered his head and looked at the half-meter-deep burial pool. When his flashlight shone in the light, the surface glowed with a flickering oily sheen.
Then, he used the dagger to go deep into the pool water, and then lifted it up into the air. The liquid was shaped like honey, and it continued to pull the thread downwards, and finally fell into the pool.
"This is lard mixed with tung oil!" Yue Qingshan approached the pool and smelled the smell on the dagger.
"What does this mean? Do you want to cook the terracotta warriors and horses?" Yue Erpao asked, looking at the pond full of lard.
Yue Qingshan asked: "Lard is easy to solidify, and tung oil is not easy to evaporate. These two things together, the ancients usually used them to waterproof or prevent corrosion and rust. However, these terracotta warriors and horses are all made of clay. I don't know. What means."
Song Siyuan observed the terracotta warriors and horses, and her eyes lit up: "Maybe it's to prevent drying and cracking!"
She motioned for everyone to look at the terracotta warriors and horses: "These terracotta warriors and horses are different from the later Tang Dynasty colored warriors. There is no outer glaze when firing. Such pottery warriors will not last long and will dry out due to the environment. The pottery is loose and porous, and it is easy to absorb water. Perhaps the lard paste was used to add oil to the pottery so that it would not dry out due to loss of moisture."
Song Siyuan looked at the depth of the water in the pool: "The tung oil has evaporated a lot, leaving many scale lines. In the past, it should be at the same height as the pool, but now it has been lowered."
After that, everyone stepped onto the corridor in front of the ointment pool and walked along the stone statue path to the depths of the main hall.
