I collect cultural relics in the human world

Chapter 57 Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands
Fan Yu packed up his things, and he and Jiang Huai began to find an exit between the four walls, but except for the door through which Jiang Huai just entered, there was no window in the whole room.

"What are you looking at? Let's go." Fan Yu said and kicked towards the door.

At the same time as the door was broken, a gust of wind blew past, as if coming from the distant underground, and the water vapor was mixed with the lingering earthy smell.

Fan Yu and Jiang Huai shuddered at the same time. The door behind the door was no longer the small room with three tables that Jiang Huai had just entered, but turned into a narrow platform.There was nothing around the platform, leaving only a bottomless darkness. The two of them actually reached the top of the cliff.

Looking back, the room behind him had long since disappeared, leaving only the hard stone wall and no way out.

"There is something there." Jiang Huai said, pointing cautiously.

"What is it?" Fan Yu narrowed his eyes, "Rope? Go and have a look."

How brave was he? As he spoke, he walked towards the edge of the cliff until he reached the very edge. The wind from below made him almost breathless before he stopped.There happened to be a huge boulder standing on the edge of the cliff, and there was a rope on the ground.The wind blows from bottom to top, indicating that the exit is below, but we don't know how deep the cliff is.Fan Yu simply squatted down and leaned down on the edge of the cliff. Everything he saw was pitch black.

Otherwise... give it a try first.

Just as Fan Yu took out his dagger and tried to climb down, he suddenly heard Jiang Huai's voice coming from behind him.

"I heard the title."

"What? Make it louder, is the wind too strong?" Fan Yu circled his ears with his hands, trying to catch the sound blown away by the wind.

"I heard the question! Math question!"

Fan Yu staggered when he heard this and almost fell off the edge of the cliff.

"Perverted, really perverted." Not knowing how high the cliff was, Fan Yu couldn't find a better way, so he had to curse and walk towards Jiang Huai.

"What's the question? Tell me."

"This cliff is 100 meters high. If you climb down 50 meters, there is a platform you can stand on. How can you reach the ground with this 75-meter-long rope?"

As soon as Jiang Huai finished speaking, he saw Fan Yu's eyes sparkling, looking eager to try, thinking that this person was really hiding something.

"Brother Fan, have you already thought of what to do?"

"Why don't you think about it?" Fan Yu took out the dagger with a look of disgust on his face, "The rope is tied to the stone over there, and it flows down 75 meters. The remaining 25 meters can be reached by just climbing."

So reckless?Jiang Huai quickly shook his head: "Brother Fan, this is a math problem, please let me think about it."

"Don't think about it anymore, things will change later. Let's go quickly." Fan Yu said and went to catch Jiang Huai, "Can't I carry you on my back?"

"No!" Jiang Huai took a step back, leaning his back against the rock wall, flatly refusing.

"What's wrong?" Fan Yu hesitated, "What are the additional conditions for this question?"

"Listen to me, we fold the rope in three, then cut it off at one third, tie one end of the 25-meter rope to the stone, tie the other end into a buckle, and pass the 50-meter rope through the buckle. , it is also 25 meters after folding it in half, so you have the first 50 meters. Wait until you reach the middle platform, then pull the rope out of the knot, and the second section of 50 meters will be fine."

Fan Yu's left ear went in and out of the right ear, and he didn't hear what he was talking about at all. He just continued to urge: "It's easier to climb. Trust me, hurry up."

Jiang Huai remained motionless, with a righteous look on his face: "I'm sorry, this is the last persistence of the Mathematics Department of Western University."

Fan Yu became impatient and threatened: "Are you going to come up on your own, or should I knock you out and tie you up?"

"Tie... If you tie it, you will waste some rope..."

"At most, climb five more meters. Five meters is enough to tie you up, right?"

Jiang Huai had already been knocked unconscious once and knew that Fan Yu was not cheating. After a mental struggle for a while, he resigned and walked to Fan Yu's side.

The two came to the cliff together. Fan Yu worked hard for a while and finally prepared the rope and held it tightly in his hand.

"Come up." He squatted down and waited for Jiang Huai to lie down, then asked, "Do you need some rope to tie you up?"

"How about you try my method..."

Jiang Huai still wanted to fight for it, but before he finished speaking the word "fa", Fan Yu jumped down regardless, and the rest of his words were lost in the wind.

The first 75 meters was relatively easy, but Jiang Huai looked lean, but after all, he was only 1.8 meters tall. Carrying such a big man on his back and climbing down the next 25 meters of the steep wall with his bare hands was still too big for Fan Yu.So when he saw a bright light from the exit appear in his field of vision, he felt relieved, his feet slipped, and he rolled toward the white light with a squeaking sound.

Qin Jian and He Si, who were sitting on the rocks and chatting without saying a word, never expected that the two people who had entered the barrier would roll out in such a posture, with surprised expressions on their faces.

After a long time, He Si asked: "What's wrong with you?"

Fan Yu just lay on the ground without getting up. He gasped and replied: "I'm exhausted after playing a game where you can go down a hundred floors if you're a man."

"It's obviously a mental job, but it's turned into a physical job. Can you not be tired?"

Unexpectedly, Jiang Huai, who had always been respectful to him, would completely ignore the kindness of saving his life and would speak out against him. Just as Fan Yu was about to stand up and retort, everything around him suddenly shook, the cave began to collapse, and rocks fell from the sky.

"You heartless person, you must be punished by God!"

Fan Yu said that he was like a carp, dragged Jiang Huai and ran towards the mirror. Qin Jian also grabbed He Si and stepped out of the mirror.

As soon as he came out of the illusion, his phone started vibrating like crazy. When Fan Yu looked at the caller ID, his face immediately collapsed: "It's over, Sister Liu is going to report the results of her work, but Doctor Guan forgot to tell her about her new discovery."

The four of them looked at each other and said nothing.

"Why did it take you so long to answer the phone?" Sure enough, Liu Rui's dissatisfied question came from the other end of the phone.

"No, I just came out of the Mirror Realm. There is no signal in the Mirror Realm, and you know that."

Fan Yu accompanies him with a guilty conscience, and Liu Rui's voice calms down: "The hand you sent me doesn't have many clues, so I'll give you a few suggestions first."

"Sister Liu is so humble."

"Hmph, you're glib," Liu Rui complained, but she felt very satisfied in her heart, and her tone became charming again, "One direction is patterns. Some symbolic animal patterns and graphic symbols have been found in bronze artifacts, among which are Some are hand patterns. Although these graphic symbols are very similar to decorative patterns, after in-depth archaeological and text research, they are currently considered by many researchers to be hieroglyphs." "Bronze..." Fan Yu hesitated and did not immediately Tell us about the paper fibers found in the wound.

"Yes, the most distinctive pattern on the palm of the hand comes from the bronzes unearthed in the Cuban area. The hand is slightly bent in the shape of an elbow, the four fingers are slightly raised, and the thumb is slightly extended outward. I wonder if it is similar to what Miss He saw? "

He Si didn't know how to answer. Fan Yu shook his head slightly at her and simply shut up.

Liu Rui didn't seem to care about her answer, and said to herself: "But I will disappoint you if I talk about this. The academic community has not yet reached a conclusion on the meaning of this pattern. Some say it means auspiciousness, and some say it refers to swords and weapons. It is also said that it represents a brave warrior, but I am more inclined to think that this pattern is the totem of the Cuban tribe. I wonder if this incident will be related to this. Do you need me to further study the cultural traditions of this tribe?"

"Don't be busy. Didn't you say there are two directions? What is the other one?" Lao Chaofeng asked.

"Hands? The most direct thing I can think of is the Thousand-Hand Guanyin."

"This is quite interesting." Fan Yu followed suit, "We also visited the restoration site of the Southern Song Dynasty Thousand-Hand Guanyin in Baoding Mountain, Dazu in 2011, and we were really impressed."

"You have all been to the cultural relic restoration site." He Si said sincerely, with envy on her face.

"Yes, the area with the richest remaining statues of Thousand-Hand Guanyin in the country is in Bashu," Liu Rui said with a rising voice, obviously in a good mood, "Thousand-Hand Guanyin is the most influential statue of Guanyin and even the Tantric system. The intention of the hand is also the most obvious, what do you think?"

"But, how can Guanyin hurt people?" He Si subconsciously felt something was wrong.

"King Kong's angry eyes and Bodhisattva's lowered eyebrows are both compassionate. It depends on who is hurt." Lao Chaofeng shook his head towards her and motioned for Liu Rui to continue, "The popularity of Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara started from Wu Zetian, and from the late Tang Dynasty During the Song Dynasty, the time was indeed right."

"And when I entered the illusion, I did meet countless hands. The nectar was given to hungry ghosts, and the seven treasures were given to poor children. The "Taisho Zang" also said, if you want to cool down all hungry and thirsty sentient beings and hungry ghosts, you should use nectar hands. Fan Yu said, wanting to take out those withered hands and take a look.He touched the cloth pocket tied with red cloth around his waist. The cloth pocket was still there, but it was empty. The trophies he had worked so hard to capture obviously failed to reach reality.

However, Fan Yu didn't take it to heart. There was no hope in the first place. But after seeing He Si's extraordinary talent these few times, he got lucky. He just had to do his best and obey fate in everything.

He thought about it and then said: "Sister Liu, are there any paper rubbings of this Thousand-Hand Guanyin that are worthy of reference?"

"Of course there are. The "Thousand-Hand Avalokitesvara Sutra Silk Painting" collected in the British Museum is a painting treasure that was lost overseas from our Dunhuang Sutra Cave. But this time my main research direction is the statues of the Bashu Grottoes. Are you talking to me about Miss He? Is your dream in a grotto? The topography over there fits perfectly."

"Ignoring the grottoes, the ones you mentioned are silk paintings," Fan Yu asked persistently, "Are there any paintings on paper, or tantric classics about Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara?"

Liu Rui finally heard something was wrong and asked, "Is there any new news that you haven't passed on to me?"

"There is indeed something I forgot to tell Sister Liu. I was really busy this night. First, the person Xiao Lin was looking for lost contact inexplicably. Then Jiang Huai was injured under my nose. Almost at the same time, I heard that the person also died. Well, I went to Dr. Guan’s discussion and found out that I still have to go into the illusion..."

Liu Rui's delicate voice became softer: "Tell me first, what's going on."

"Hey," Fan Yu sighed and silently took a few steps away from the phone. "Apart from the fact that the cultural relics this time are related to hands, the type of cultural relics may be ancient paintings, and the time range is between the Tang and Song Dynasties."

"possible?"

"After Doctor Guan's determination, Uncle Qin made the decision. It's basically confirmed."

"Fan Yu, you bastard!"

"Ouch," Fan Yu jumped back with an exaggerated expression, "How could it be that Sister Liu is really the brains of our Special Security Office? You see, I missed such important information, but Sister Liu still followed the clues and got to the point. "

"Stop flattering me!" Liu Rui yelled: "It was the same last time, silkworms and cicadas made me embarrassed in front of Boss Qin. It was not a subjective mistake after all. This time, it's bronzeware and grottoes. I'm busy. I didn't dare to sleep a wink all night. If you forgot to say something lightly, I would have to start all over again. You can check the remaining information yourself!"

"Sister Liu..." Before Fan Yu could finish speaking, the urgent "beep-beep" sound of the busy signal came from the receiver.

Jiang Huai glanced at him worriedly: "Is this... okay?"

"There must be something wrong," Fan Yu put the phone back in his pocket, "Don't worry, Sister Liu is a smart talker. She is going to check the information, and she will come to a conclusion in a while."

"You'd better call me back first."

"What?"

Qin Jian's voice suddenly came, and Fan Yu felt strange. Jiang Huai didn't know Liu Rui's temper, and the old Chaofeng didn't know either. Anything he said when she was angry would add fuel to the fire.

"Do you still remember why you and Jiang Huai were allowed to enter the dream again?"

"This... doesn't mean we need to figure out why Jiang Huai has synesthesia and why he is injured due to the death of others?"

"why?"

"Because it was Jiang Huai's dream?" Fan Yu said the answer that was originally affirmative, but he hesitated in his heart. It seemed that something was not right. He turned to look at Jiang Huai, "Yes, why did it become yours there?" In the dream, what is your relationship with Thousand-Armed Guanyin?"

"Speaking of which, do you still remember that mirror? The mirror that was originally in the mirror box but was taken out when we rushed to the secret room?" He Si also added.

"Yeah, I almost forgot about this. Someone is waiting for you. Do you know who it is?" Fan Yu asked Jiang Huai again, "Have you come into contact with anything strange recently?"

Jiang Huai was overwhelmed by a series of questions, but the questions did not end there. Lao Chaofeng added: "Fan Chuke still remembers your reasoning before entering the secret room. This matter is related to the relationship between men and women. Chapter [-] One deceased person, Huang Haiping, was wandering among several women. The background of the second deceased person has not yet been found out, but he seems to be a person who hangs around flowers. After Jiang Huai entered the secret room, he suddenly felt close to He Si..."

Before Qin Jian finished speaking, Fan Yu suddenly said sadly: "Jiang Huai, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person!"

"The problem is not with Jiang Huai, but with He Si."

"Me?" He Si was suddenly named, and He Si couldn't help but be confused.

"If you are cold now and Jiang Huai puts a piece of clothing on you, how will you feel?"

"I..." He Si hesitated. She was already smart. After Qin Jian's touch, she immediately became enlightened, like snow in an oven. "Yes, it's just a piece of clothing. It won't have any special feeling when worn normally." , you may still feel taken care of, but in the secret room, you only feel offended, and that feeling is amplified, exaggerated, and even disgusting, just like... the feeling of being harassed by the opposite sex."

"So it's not a simple relationship between men and women. Those women are not voluntary," Fan Yu also understood. "Those two people died because they harassed women. Is this revenge?"

"That's right, Thousand-Hand Guanyin's nectar casts evil spirits. Those hands are not ghosts, you are!" He Si frowned angrily and her tone became stern.

"How could I go so far as to harass women..." The more Jiang Huai listened, the more he felt that he was being wronged and couldn't defend himself, "And I really have nothing to do with those women."

"Yes, so I would like to trouble this last persistent gentleman from the Department of Mathematics of Western University to recall carefully. Which woman is it that connected this series of deaths?" Fan Yu glanced sideways at Jiang Huai, with a look of disdain and disdain on his face. .

(End of this chapter)