Yellow River Craftsman

Chapter 124 The Image of Allah

Deep in the ruins, stands a mosque.

The mosque is a symbol of Islam. It is characterized by a dome-like architectural structure, and many mosques use white as the main color.As long as you see a temple with such a dome structure, you can basically be sure that it is a Christian mosque.

Heishui City is already a traffic fortress on the ancient Silk Road, full of traffic, prosperous and prosperous, where the cultures of various ethnic groups blend and intersect, writing a bright page in history.Therefore, in Heishui City, you can see buildings of various religions. In addition to a large number of Buddhist buildings, there are also Christian mosques, ancient Christian churches, etc., so we were not surprised to find a mosque here. .

In fact, the mosque in front of us can’t be said to be “standing”, because it is in dilapidated condition, some places have weathered and fallen off, and even some walls or eaves have collapsed, just like an old man in his dying years, the yellow sand has almost buried most of the mosque. Temple, the highest sand pile is higher than the temple wall.

The inside of the mosque was dark, and the night wind shuttled around inside, making a frightening whistling sound.

Xu Bo raised his wolf eye and looked around to take a picture, Wan Juncheng asked him: "Are you sure the hole is here!"

Xu Bo nodded, with a slightly confident tone: "It can't be wrong!"

Wan Juncheng also twisted his wolf eyes: "Go in and have a look, everyone be careful!"

Of course, the phrase "be careful" is not for us, but for Ah Qi and the others.

In Wan Juncheng's eyes, we are just his pawns, even if we die, he won't take it too seriously.

After half a circle, I finally found the gate of the mosque.

This is an arched gate, the white ash on the lintel has peeled off, exposing the bare wall, like a bald man who has lost his hair, but the majestic colonnade can still vaguely rediscover the grandeur of the year.There are several small arched doors on both sides of the gate, some of which are broken and collapsed, and some of the door frames have been filled with sand.

"Do it!" Wan Juncheng waved to his two men in black.

The two men in black took out their engineering shovels, walked to the gate of the temple, and started shoveling sand.

There was also a high pile of sand at the gate, which almost blocked the gate in half. To open the gate, the sand pile at the gate had to be cleared.

The two men in black sweated profusely and dug for nearly half an hour, and finally cleaned up the sand pile at the door.

The two wiped the sweat off their faces and retreated to the side panting.

Ah Qi walked forward with two militants, raised the butt of his gun, and slammed it heavily on the gate.After thousands of years, the gate has long been decayed, and the wood has become brittle, just like wafer biscuits. After several heavy impacts, the gate crashed to the ground, and the wind blew through, rolling up a wisp of choking dust .

Ah Qi raised his foot and was about to go in, Wan Juncheng said: "Wait a minute, since we have already arrived, there is no rush, the temple has been covered in dust for thousands of years, let's get some fresh air first!"

When he finished smoking a cigarette, Wan Juncheng flicked the cigarette butt away gracefully, and raised his chin at Ah Qi: "Ah Qi, open the way!"

Ah Qi nodded, and made two gestures to her subordinates.

Four militants filed in, quickly divided into two groups, and swept around with their guns raised.

During the break just now, they fixed the wolf eye on the assault rifle, so that the beam of the wolf eye would move with the movement of the muzzle.Four white lights cut through the darkness inside the temple, and after scanning up, down, left, and right, one of them reported to Ah Qihui: "Safe!"

Ah Qi walked in with a gun, and we followed behind Wan Juncheng, slowly walking into the temple.

Behind the gate is a long corridor that circles the entire mosque.Every ten meters or so, there is a half-human tall angel statue.Angels seem to be carved out of pure white stone. These angels have different looks and poses, and even the artifacts they hold are different.The craftsmen's carving skills are so exquisite that even every feather on the angel's wings is clearly visible.Although many angel statues have changed color, or have been damaged and weathered, so many angel stone statues lined up side by side still look very imposing.

We looked around with our wolf eyes up, and found that the structure of this mosque is actually quite grand, with the ground being nearly 20 meters from the dome, which was considered a relatively tall building at that time.Moreover, the dome is very large, like a huge treasure cover, and there are many murals of gods on it, thick and colorful, densely covering the entire dome.Many murals have faded and peeled off, making these murals of gods incomplete and full of mottled vicissitudes.

This mosque should be regarded as the largest Christian building in Heishui City at that time. Even if you look at it now, it is a beautiful and grand building with this kind of structure.Back then, tens of thousands of Christians must have come here to pray for blessings every day, facing the morning bell and evening drum, devoutly reciting the Qur'an.

The sound of our messy footsteps echoed in the empty temple. There was no light in the temple, and the darkness was surging like a tide. When we stretched out our hands and fiddled with the air, we could even see the surging black ripples.

A few halos of wolf eyes shot out, just landing on a statue in front of him.

The statue is more than ten meters high, almost as high as the dome. The entire back of the statue is connected to the wall behind it. It looks tall and majestic, making people feel small.The surface of the statue is still mainly white. He looks like an old man with a gentle face, deep and wise eyes, and a thick scripture in his right hand. Needless to say, it must be the treasure book "" Quran.I have to admire the craftsmanship of the craftsmen, who carved this statue vividly, even the eyes and micro expressions of the statue are vividly expressed, endowing this statue with strong vitality.

"Allah! Allah!"

After a few seconds of silence, the militants, including Ah Qi, put down their guns one after another, knelt down in front of the statue, looked pious, and kept shouting "Allah, Allah!"

When we study archaeology, we are actually studying history, and we have a very deep knowledge of history, so we also have something to do with religious culture. Christianity, formerly known in China as Dashifa, Tianfangjiao, Moslemism or Islam, etc., is one of the world's religions, and is known as the world's three major religions along with Buddhism and Christianity.It was first raised in the Arabian Peninsula by Muhammad the Mecca in the [-]th century AD, and it originally meant "obedience" and "peace".They believe in Allah, and believe that the Qur'an is a scripture inspired by Allah, and believers must believe in and obey it.

The status of Allah in Islam is like that of Sakyamuni in Buddhism, and the status of God in Christianity is supreme, sacred and inviolable.The tall stone statue in front of him is the statue of Allah. Ah Qi and his group of militants are all loyal believers of Islam. When they see the statue of Allah, they must bow down.These people are usually vicious, but in front of the statue of Allah, they are like devout angels.

After they bowed down, Wan Juncheng ordered Agou: "Agou, now you climb on the statue of Allah, there are organs in the two eyeballs of the statue!"

My heart moved slightly.

How did Wan Juncheng know that there are organs in the eyes of the statue of Allah?
It seems that he has really been here before!
A Gou took the order, came to the statue of Allah, said "offended", then jumped onto the instep of the statue, and quickly climbed up the statue with his hands and feet.Agou's skill is still good, like a big gecko, light and agile, and soon came to the top of the statue of Allah.Then he hung upside down and reached out to press the statue's left eye.The eyeballs of the god statue can be moved. A Gou pressed hard, and the eyeballs were embedded in the eye sockets, making a light clicking sound.Then, Ah Gou used the same method to press the right eye of the statue, and there was another click in the darkness.

When the two eyeballs were embedded in the eye sockets, the mechanism hidden inside the statue was activated immediately.

Suddenly, the two eyes of the god statue glowed with a faint blue light, and the standing statue of Allah in front of him seemed to wake up from a deep sleep, and was instantly full of vitality.

Ah Qi and those militants knelt down in front of the statue again, shouting excitedly: "Allah! Allah is omnipotent!"

Wan Juncheng took two steps back, and said to Ah Qi and the others: "Ah Qi, stand up quickly, there are organs underground!"

In the darkness, there was a dull sound from the ground under our feet, and there was a slight vibration, which made the soles of our feet numb.

Ah Qi and the others hurriedly got up from the ground and retreated quickly.

A crack suddenly appeared on the ground in front of the statue of Allah. With a dull sound, the crack slowly separated towards the two sides and gradually expanded, revealing a rectangular hole.

We secretly marveled, no one thought that the two eyeballs of the statue of Allah are such a clever mechanism.

"Hahaha! I'm finally here again!" Wan Juncheng couldn't hide his excitement and laughed heartily.

The light circle of the wolf's eyes falls on the entrance of the cave, and there is a secret passage below the entrance. The gray-white stone steps are at a 45-degree angle and extend downwards.The cold wind poured out from the entrance of the cave, making a squeaking sound, which was a bit penetrating.

"Allah! You are worthy of being a god!" Ah Qi and the others were surprised and delighted, and knelt down to the statue of Allah again and again. They regarded the mechanism in front of them as the manifestation of Allah's divine power, but they didn't know that it was nothing at all. It is not some divine power, but the crystallization of the wisdom of ancient craftsmen.

"This is the entrance to the underground palace?" Ah Qi was ecstatic, and was about to go down with an assault rifle in hand.

"Hey, wait!" Wan Juncheng called Ah Qi to stop, then took out his pistol and aimed it at the hole, and said coldly: "I advise you not to worry, something will come out from under the hole in a while!"

(End of this chapter)