Ghostly Tomb

Chapter 1197 The Barren Village ([-])

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The first thing they saw was a stone statue with half of its body protruding from the ground...

Shi Xiangsheng, also known as Shi Wengzhong, began in the Qin and Han Dynasties, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is one of the main sacrificial objects in front of the emperor's tomb.

It refers to the stone figures, animals and other stone beasts on both sides of the Shinto, which are arranged in a certain order in a specific direction, like a group of "guards" guarding the imperial tomb.

According to the regulations, there are twelve pairs of stone beasts arranged in Shi Xiangsheng, sitting on two sides and standing upright. They are lions (symbolizing power), xiezhi (symbolizing justice), camels (symbolizing transportation), and elephants (symbolizing auspiciousness and peace). They are the decorations of the mausoleum. sex building.

However, the origin of the stone statues is very old, and there is nowhere to find them. According to the "Fengshi Jianwenlu", the role of stone statues is to decorate and embellish the mausoleum, and the other is to symbolize the honor guard.

Before the Qin and Han Dynasties, some mausoleums not only erected stone beasts, but also erected statues of civil and military ministers, called "Shi Wengzhong".Some people think that this is actually a form of sacrificial burial.

But these stone statues in front of me look very weird, some of them look like dragon heads, but their bodies are thin, like jackals~~~
Chen Zhi remembered that he had read documents before, which recorded the past of Qin during the Warring States period.

The Qin State was a vassal state established by the Huaxia people in Northwest China during the Zhou Dynasty. The founder was a branch of the Huaxia people who moved westward.The ancestors of the tribe surnamed Ying were the right-hand men guarding Xirong as early as the Yin and Shang Dynasties, and were highly valued by the Shang Dynasty.

During the time of King Zhou Xiao, Qin Feizi, the ancestor of Qin, was made a vassal by Zhou Tianzi because of his meritorious service in raising horses. Since then, he can be regarded as a nobleman.

In 821 B.C., Qin Zhuang defeated Xirong on duty, and was granted the title of doctor of Xizhen by King Xuan of Zhou. He gave Qin (Tianshui) again, together with the land of Quanqiu (Xianyang) where the original Daluo clan lived, and was later named The princes were granted the land west of Qishan Mountain.Since then, Qin State has officially become the vassal state of Zhou Dynasty.

It is said that during the period of the old Qin State, the whole country of Qin State was very difficult due to the difficult mountains and dangerous land.

The common people can’t eat enough all the year round, can’t see brocade and silk, even the king of a country has no meat to eat, the whole Qin country fights each other for food, and even many men live in one room and share their wives, which is very barbaric.Despised by other vassal countries, it was called the country of tigers and wolves at that time, and there was a saying that scholars could not enter Qin Dynasty.

But it is such a barbaric and backward country, but it is exceptionally advocating force. They live a simple life, but they value bravery and decisiveness, despise cowardice and cowardice, and take the glory of not being afraid of death.Almost all men join the army, and women do not regard makeup as beauty.

During the period of the Southern and Northern Expeditions of the old Qin State, the common people admired an imaginary ferocious beast, which was called the skinny dragon...

This kind of dragon is not as strong and floating as ordinary dragons, but it is very fast, just like the people of Qin at that time.

According to some very old isolated documents, when a revered general of the Qin State died, the people of the Qin State would carve a thin dragon with stones to commemorate this heroic general, and the general's descendants would be proud of it.

The stone statues I saw in front of me at this time are probably the kind of beast dragons, but these stone carvings are obviously very old. Under the ravages of wind, rain and years, most of them have already changed beyond recognition, and only the outline of the upper body can be seen clearly. , while the lower body was already sunk in the mud.

Behind the two rows of beast dragons was the isolated village, and this village was completely different from what Chen Zhi and the others had imagined. There was actually a high wall outside the entire village.

This wall is covered with green vines, which looks densely packed, like green snakes, which makes people get goosebumps~~
A rotten and damp smell wafted over. From the outside, it didn't look like a village that had been abandoned for more than ten years. On the contrary, it looked like a deserted village in the tropical rainforest hundreds of years ago.

They walked slowly towards the gate of the wall...

There is a very high stone platform with a relatively flat stone slab with obvious marks on it.

It seems that for a long time in the past, there will be guards standing here for a long time, guarding the gate of the village...

At this moment, the sky was already dark, and the smog in the air suppressed all the moonlight. The visual effect was very bad, and the surrounding atmosphere was depressing, and the breathing was a little short.

Chen Zhi and Fat Wei turned on the flashlights and walked into the village. The smoke filled the air, and the eyes were full of fog, and they couldn't see anything clearly.

Chen Zhi and the others groped forward in the only sight they had, and re-determined their position after walking a short distance.

Of course, Bai Xiaowei at this time has been shaken into a sieve...

Going forward, the details of the village appeared in their eyes.

This village is indeed not big, and it is estimated that it can accommodate more than 1000 people. The architectural styles of all the village houses are very simple, arranged in an orderly manner, and even the architectural patterns are basically exactly the same.

All the houses here are the same as the outside, all of which are densely covered by green vines. From a distance, they look like green grass houses in cartoons.
Chen Zhi walked to a village house, took out his dagger and cut a few times on the vines, revealing wooden boards and mud walls mixed with grass stalks.
They continued to walk forward, and the houses they saw along the way had basically collapsed, and all the roofs were damaged. It was completely impossible to say that there were still people living in this village.

In this dark environment, people's ability to associate began to be uncontrollable, and everything around them was gloomy. These houses that have been vacant for a long time seem to be telling an ancient nation that has been hidden for many years, and their tenacity. .

Just like what Bai Xiaowei said, this village doesn't seem to have been relocated collectively, but more like all the villagers evaporated overnight!
In some rooms, you can still see some daily necessities, half-eaten meals, and chopsticks are still placed next to it, as if someone came here just now!
But for some reason, there are very few daily necessities and decorations in this village, and there is no entertainment in every household. Overall, it can be basically the same, simple and clear, just like a military camp.

But there is one very special thing that appears in the yard of every household, that is, the wooden stakes inserted in the soil and practicing martial arts...

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