Xixia dead book

Chapter 128 The Decisive Battle at the Peak of Helan (13)
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This time, more gravel fell than in previous times, and a larger piece of gravel was very fast, rushing straight towards Tang Feng.Tang Feng hurriedly dodged and nearly fell.

The big rock happened to roll to the edge of the cliff and stopped.When the gravel stopped, Tang Feng turned around to look at the Buddha, and found that the Buddha's ear was missing a piece.

Han Jiang also noticed that the Buddha's ears were still there just now, why are they gone now?Could it be that the rock that rolled down just now is the Buddha's ear?

Tang Feng and Han Jiang ran to the edge of the cliff almost at the same time, lifted the rock, looked up at the Buddha, compared the face of the Buddha, and finally confirmed that the rock was indeed the earlobe of the Buddha's ear. "If this giant Buddha is not strengthened and repaired, I don't think it will last long." Tang Feng said.

"That's for the future. Let's see what clues this rock can bring us." As he spoke, Han Jiang picked up the rock, which was the size of three basketballs, and looked through it. "There are really clues left." Han Jiang seemed calm, but there was excitement in his words.

Tang Feng also saw that a line of ocher red Xixia characters appeared on the side of the rock. The characters were not big and were divided into upper and lower parts.He translated that line of Xixia script, and part of it was five characters-"King Hao's real body and ears".

"So quickly we verified our inference just now, this Buddha is shaped according to Yuan Hao's appearance." Tang Feng said excitedly.

"The real body of King Hao, what does the 'ear' mean?" Han Jiang didn't understand.

"'Er' means ear."

"Crap, I mean why is it written on this?"

"Such a large project must have been excavated by many craftsmen at the same time, so in ancient times, craftsmen often marked the place they were responsible for. For example, this place is the ear of the Buddha. If you write such a word, the craftsmen will know what they are responsible for. The location allows many people to dig at the same time.”

"It seems that there was already engineering management at that time. What about the following words?" Han Jiang asked again.

"The following are the two Western Xia characters we saw yesterday."

"Go to the temple?"

"Well, it's 'Going to the Temple'."

"The 'Shangsi' appears again in this place, what does it represent?"

"I don't know, but it's the same as what we saw yesterday. There should be a horizontal line next to 'Shangsi'."

"Horizontal line?" Han Jiang was startled.

"Look here." Sure enough, under Tang Feng's guidance, Han Jiang found another horizontal line on the side of the rock next to the 'Shangsi'.It's just that the rock broke in the middle, and this horizontal line is a bit shorter than the one I saw yesterday.

"Go to the temple?" Han Jiang looked up at the Buddha again, suddenly his eyes lit up, "Tang Feng, do you still remember the rock painting you saw yesterday?"

"Rock paintings?"

"At that time, you explained the contents of the rock paintings, but you didn't understand why the 'Buddhist Kingdom' and 'Human World' were drawn upside down on the rock paintings and painted in Yuanhao's eyes. I think this is probably the code to solve the puzzle." Han Jiang Take a wild guess.

Tang Feng seemed to understand what Han Jiang meant.He looked up at the Buddha statue, and said pleasantly: "It seems that there is a ladder on the east side of the platform that can climb to the top of the Buddha."

"We should have noticed it earlier. You see, starting from the left arm of the Buddha on the east side, there is a very inconspicuous stone ladder on the side of the left arm, which can climb up to the shoulder of the Buddha, and then...you did you see it?"

Following Han Jiang's instructions, Tang Feng discovered that a stone ladder appeared on the stone wall just behind the Buddha's earlobe that had just collapsed.This stone ladder leads to the top of the Buddha's head along the outline of the Buddha's ears...

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"There's nothing to hesitate, let's copy the guy!" Han Jiang couldn't wait.

"But didn't you see the stone ladder below? How do we climb to the shoulder of the Buddha?" Tang Feng asked.

"It must be blocked by those trees in the east. Since there is a stone ladder from the left arm of the Buddha to the top of the head, there must be a passage under the left arm." Han Jiang said confidently.

Everyone quickened their pace and soon came to the easternmost end of the large platform.There is a small piece of pine trees growing here. Tang Feng and Han Jiang also inspected this place yesterday. They thought that there was no way to continue to the east, so they turned around and went back.

But today, when the two got into the dense pine forest, they unexpectedly discovered that there was a faint path in the pine forest, but this path did not lead to the east cliff, but meandered upwards.

"It seems that this is the way to the Great Buddha." Han Jiang judged.

"Why didn't we find out yesterday?" Tang Feng was a little annoyed.

"We didn't even find the giant Buddha yesterday, so how could we have thought that there is a path up the mountain here?"

Han Jiang said and followed Tang Feng into the pine forest, which was a small pine forest growing on the edge of the cliff.After everyone turned a corner, Han Jiang suddenly stopped Tang Feng: "Stop."

"What?" Tang Feng was puzzled.

Han Jiang took two quick steps, pulled Tang Feng past him and said, "Look, footprints!"

Only then did everyone realize that there was a series of clear footprints on this path.Han Jiang quickly made a judgment on this series of footprints: "This is left by one person."

"On a?"

"I didn't find a second person. Judging from the size, it should be a man."

"Could this person be the one who left the mark in the forest?" Tang Feng asked.

"Probably."

"Stephen?!" Tang Feng thought of Fanny who died tragically at the foot of the mountain.

"It seems that this guy has already found the Buddha one step ahead of us." Yelena said.

"We were the first to discover the secret of the Buddha. Otherwise, no one would walk this rugged path by the cliff." Han Jiang said.

"Stephen will act alone? Isn't this in line with his usual style?" Tang Feng shook his head.

"Don't worry about it so much, everyone, be more careful and move on."

After Han Jiang gave his instructions, he walked in the front, followed by Tang Feng.Soon, they walked out of the small pine forest, and a more rugged and steeper stone ladder appeared in front of everyone.

The rugged and steep stone ladder is on the side of the left arm of the Buddha. Everyone climbed up the stone ladder with hands and feet together.The stone ladder is extremely narrow, only 30cm wide, and everyone has to lean sideways as much as possible and stick their bodies close to the rock wall to pass.

"No wonder we didn't find this stone ladder below, it's so narrow! I don't know who else would pass by besides the craftsmen who built the giant Buddha?" Tang Feng walked in a panic.

"The scenery above is not bad." Han Jiang suddenly said something out of the question.

"You still have this leisure!"

"It's called optimism!"

It was extremely difficult for Han Jiang to walk ahead. He had to be careful not only where he stepped, but also beware of the sudden appearance of the mysterious figure above.His heart hangs until they reach the Buddha's left shoulder safely.

Han Jiang let out a long breath, looked at the beautiful scenery down the mountain, and then looked up at the head of the Buddha.Standing at this position, they could only see the head of the Buddha from the side, but this allowed them to see the structure of the Buddha more clearly.

Han Jiang found that a large pile of rubble and some floating soil had accumulated on the shoulders of the Buddha.Even though there is very little floating soil, there are still a few crooked neck trees growing on it.

Tang Feng picked up a stone and observed it carefully: "The project back then seems to have stopped before it was completed."

“How come you see?”

"Look, this is a component piled up here, and it has never been used." Tang Feng pointed it out to everyone.

"Never used it? Strange!"

After resting here for a while, everyone climbed up along the outline of the left ear of the Buddha.A narrow stone ladder was also excavated here, and it was another difficult climb.At noon, Han Jiang was the first to climb to the top of the Buddha.

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The top of the Buddha's head is separated from the towering North Peak behind by a pine forest.Everyone turned around the top of the Buddha's head, but got nothing.

"You asked us to climb up for a long time, but there is nothing here?" Xu Renyu asked Han Jiang.

Han Jiang was also a little disappointed, but his real goal was not here.Tang Feng understood Han Jiang's intentions and asked, "Are you doubting the Buddha's eyes?"

"That's right! I believe that rock painting definitely hides the key to the mystery." Han Jiang was firm in his judgment.

"But I really can't see what amazing discoveries can be made by the eyes of the Buddha." Tang Feng was still a little puzzled.

"Okay, I'll do all the hard work and dirty work by myself. You guys stay up there, and I'll go down and have a look." Han Jiang tied a rope around his waist as he spoke.

Han Jiang tied the rope with a dignified look. "Goodbye, comrades!" After saying that, Han Jiang came to the front of the top of the Buddha's head, which has begun to slope downwards. No one dared to go here just now.

"Wait!" Tang Feng yelled suddenly, almost frightening Han Jiang.

"What are you yelling?" Han Jiang scolded.

"Look!" Tang Feng bent down, and the clear footprint appeared again at their feet.Han Jiang also squatted down to check, and sure enough, it was the same footprint as before.

"It seems that the mysterious man arrived one step ahead of us, and he also cracked the code of the Great Buddha." Han Jiang's heart suddenly darkened.

Tang Feng searched westward again, and the footprints there were clearer and denser.When he climbed to the top of the Buddha's right eye, he found that the footprints here were the densest, even a little messy.

"It seems that the man went down from here." Han Jiang deduced.

"Well, look." The two walked west a few more steps, and a rivet suddenly appeared in front of them.The thick rivets are deeply pierced into the rock of the Buddha's head, which is so eye-catching.

"There is no doubt that he went down from here." Tang Feng said.

"Well, this is the position of the Buddha's right eye. Do you remember the crooked neck trees we saw below yesterday?" Han Jiang reminded Tang Feng.

"Crooked neck tree?"

"When I was down there just now, I took a closer look. The trees with crooked necks are at the position of the Buddha's right eye. Didn't you marvel at how a few trees grew on the bare cliff yesterday? Now I can be sure Let me tell you, because the Buddha's eyes are empty!" Han Jiang speculated.

"Empty?" Although Tang Feng guessed Han Jiang's intentions, he was still surprised by his bold speculation.

"Yes, it is precisely because the Buddha's eyes are empty that the soil and nutrients for the crooked neck trees have been brought in," Han Jiang said.

"This is amazing. Could it be... Could it be that there is the jade screen we are looking for?" Tang Feng was a little excited.

Han Jiang was silent again when he heard Yu Jiaping, and said after a while: "If that's the case, it's not good, someone got there first!"

"Who the hell is this man? The dragon sees the head but doesn't see the end! If he found the jade screen in the eyes of the Buddha, where did he come from? Also, he found the rivets here, but where is the rope?" Tang Feng asked a series of questions. The problem.

"Don't worry about it so much, go down and read it."

Tang Feng couldn't say anything more, so he had to prepare to help Han Jiang go down. "Just use this rivet?" Tang Feng asked.

Han Jiang tried the rivet, but still shook his head: "No way! Although this rivet looks very strong, the geological structure here is too fragile. To be on the safe side, we'll make another one."

Everyone worked together and quickly fixed a rivet.Han Jiang wrapped the rope around the rivet, and then threw the rope to other people for them to pull on it.

Han Jiang tightly tied the other end of the rope to himself, and then slipped down.The rope was lowered little by little, and he slowly came to the right eye of the Buddha—the eye of King Hao.He carefully observed the right eye of the Buddha at close range, and there was nothing special about it. There were neither words nor hidden marks.This... Is my deduction wrong?Han Jiang began to doubt his inference.No, it's impossible!That strange rock painting kept appearing in his mind, there must be something wrong with King Hao's eyes!

He stretched out his right hand and pushed hard the stone wall in front of him, which is the right eye of the Buddha, but the stone wall remained motionless without any response.Time passed by every minute and every second, and Han Jiang still couldn't prove his inference.He was even more disappointed, but the patterns on the petroglyphs, as well as mysterious footprints, stone ladders, rivets... These things kept appearing in his mind.

Tang Feng's voice came from above. Han Jiang knew that he had stayed here for too long, so he decided to come to the last fight.He kicked his legs off the cliff, floated in the air, and then used all his strength to hit the Buddha's right eye with the help of the rope swing.In an instant, after a loud bang, King Hao's right eye was smashed open by Han Jiang with his body.

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The dark cave entrance appeared in front of Han Jiang in shock.He is eager to break into this unknown world, but reason tells him that he cannot do so yet. "Pull me up!" he shouted up.

Everyone worked hard together and quickly pulled Han Jiang up.Regardless of the pain in his body, he shouted excitedly: "Ha... King Hao's eyes... were opened, and King Hao's eyes were knocked open by me."

"What? What's inside?" Tang Feng asked impatiently.

"I don't know! The inside is bigger than I thought! I only see a deep hole now."

"It's amazing! King Hao's eyes really hide the password!" Tang Feng said.

"It's not a password, it's a black hole, a magical hole!" Han Jiang calmed down his excitement a little bit, "We want to organize people down!"

"Of course I'm indispensable!" Tang Feng volunteered.

"Take me! Maybe I can help you." Makarov also thought about going on.

Everyone discussed it, and finally Han Jiang decided that Tang Feng, Makarov and himself would go in, while Yelena and Xu Renyu stayed on top to respond.

After Han Jiang arranged everything, he was about to go down, but Tang Feng suddenly remembered something: "The right eye of the Buddha can be opened, but what about the left eye?"

"Left eye?!" No one thought about this question. When everyone found the rivets, they naturally thought that the mysterious man went down from the right eye of the Buddha.

Han Jiang thought for a while and said, "No, it should be the right eye."

"Is it just a rivet?" Tang Feng asked back.

"Don't forget the eyes of King Hao in that rock painting. In the rock painting, King Hao's right eye is the Buddha Kingdom, and his left eye is the human world. The thing we are looking for must be in the Buddha Kingdom." Han Jiang deduced.

Han Jiang's statement seemed reasonable. Tang Feng was still thinking about it. Han Jiang added: "If the hole in the right eye doesn't work, we can try the left eye. Since the right eye has been opened, we always have to go in and have a look. watch."

Tang Feng said nothing more.So, Tang Feng, Han Jiang and Makarov descended to the position of the right eye of the Buddha in turn, and got into the dark cave.

With the help of the sunlight shooting into the cave entrance, Tang Feng checked the cave entrance.The walls of the cave are covered with gouging marks, which is obviously a man-made cave.Even if it is a natural cave, it has been repaired by later generations, and the cave wall is smooth, which shows that it was carefully excavated at the beginning.

Han Jiang was in front, Makarov followed closely behind, and Tang Feng broke behind, and the three of them walked in more than ten steps cautiously.The arch-shaped passage is very smooth, and Tang Feng couldn't help sighing: "As expected of a royal project, it was possible to excavate this place so smoothly back then."

Unexpectedly, as soon as Tang Feng's words fell, there was a loud noise behind them, and then the passage was plunged into darkness.

"Tang Feng, what are you doing? Why is the Shimen closed?" Han Jiang shouted in front.

"I...I...didn't do anything!" At this moment, Tang Feng was like an aggrieved primary school student who was criticized by the teacher.

"You didn't do anything, why did Shimen close by itself?" Han Jiang asked angrily.

(End of this chapter)