big antique dealer

Chapter 130
Zhou Shui squatted down again, he wanted to find some clues from the footprints.Some of these two lines of footprints overlapped, that is to say, Zhou Shui's footprints stepped on Ruyu's footprints.

Zhou Shui focused on the footprints.Looking at it, Zhou Shui's head buzzed, because he found that this row of size 42 shoe prints was not his Zhou Shui's.At least not all of them.

The shoes on Zhou Shui's feet are a pair of standard paratrooper boots, which are known for their good slip resistance.The pattern of the sole is fine and complex.But the shoe prints on the ground basically have no patterns.

Could it be that there is a third person in the underground palace?Zhou Shui almost wanted to run away.For a long time, Zhou Shui tried to calm down his mind. He thought of another question. Since there are only two people's shoe prints on this road, where did my Zhou Shui's shoe prints go?
Zhou Shui brightened the flashlight, and took a photo behind him along the way.An even weirder situation appeared. The weirdness was in the 32 pairs of footprints of his own—almost every few steps, the pattern of the soles changed, although the changes were not very big.But Zhou Shui was sure that these footprints were left by several pairs of shoes.However, there is still one thing in common—most of these shoe prints are plain-soled shoes, which seem to be the purely handmade cloth-soled shoes in the early years.The only difference is the size and shape of the sole.

Zhou Shui felt his hairs stand on end—there were not three people in the tunnel, but a group of people?He looked back and forth subconsciously, it was still an empty corridor, and there were still two rows of shoe prints.what to do?For the first time in his life, Zhou Shui felt that he had no clue.

From a psychological point of view, fear is caused by ignorance of environmental conditions.Because of ignorance, it is impossible to establish an effective prevention mechanism.Zhou Shui is also in this situation now, it seems that everything that happened just now is nonsensical and grotesque.Including Ruyu's inexplicable and inexplicable advance.

Zhou Shui took several deep breaths, and gradually calmed down.He wanted to make a mark here first, and then look forward along the observation corridor.Zhou Shui didn't dare to touch the things in the underground palace. After thinking about it, he took out a bottle of mineral water from his pocket and put it under the wall. In such a narrow passage, Ruyu would easily see the bottle of water when he walked by. Will understand that someone is coming down for her.All she has to do is wait here and meet someone.

The sound of Zhou Shui's footsteps echoed in the corridor, and the entire corridor seemed more and more empty.Walking all the way, there are still various murals on the walls on both sides. Every time Zhou Shui stepped down, he could hear the sound of "噗噗".The dust under his feet rose up, a little choking.There is still a visible range of about ten meters in the corridor, Zhou Shui is still puzzled, where is the light source?

Zhou Shui counted the steps under his feet, and at No.80 three steps, Zhou Shui finally found a light source, where there seemed to be an open door.A light and shadow flashed out from the door and reflected on the wall of the corridor.Zhou Shui has always wanted to find the light source, but when the light source appeared at this time, Zhou Shui felt a little uneasy. He knew that there must be unexpected things happening where the light source came from.

Zhou Shui walked a few steps, and sure enough there was a door.Zhou Shui entered sideways, and the surrounding light suddenly became intense. This place turned out to be a very small patio, and the light filled the entire space. Zhou Shui even smelled the sun's rays.

Zhou Shui raised his head and looked up, and a "miracle" happened.Above the head is a circle of faces, faces with various expressions.There are Song Qian, Huan Ren, and Xiao Lu...

Zhou Shui actually returned to the shaft again, that is to say, he walked a circle in the corridor and then returned to the entrance.

Song Qian was the first to shout out: "How is it? Where's Ruyu?"

Zhou Shui had nothing to say, but he couldn't help but say: "It's good, I'll take a breath first, and I have to go in soon."

After Zhou Xia finished his sentence, he immediately stepped into the tunnel again. Instead of being interrogated by everyone in the underground well, it is better to ponder slowly in the tunnel.

Now there are at least two things to rest assured about. Firstly, there is no so-called secret tunnel mechanism in the tunnel, and secondly, Zhou Shui can come and go freely in the tunnel, both entering and retreating.

What is puzzling now is, where did Ruyu go?Is it true that it was swallowed by a stone, as the catastrophe said?Zhou Shui still remembered Ruyu's face, this girl didn't have much fruit.From the Buddha's point of view, he will never harm this kind of child, and even protect her.Even if she trespassed in the underground palace, moved something that shouldn't be moved, and had a motive that shouldn't have been.

In fact, even those who slander the Sangha and slander the Dharma, the Dharma has never harmed him.The reason why these people are rewarded is that their actions have caused people in troubled times to doubt the Dharma, thus leaving them far away from the only way of liberation.This is because the retribution for harming others is the retribution of heaven, not the punishment of Buddhism.Buddhas, Dharma, and Sangha save people with compassion, but never, in the past, in the present, and in the future, have they ever extended their fingers to sentient beings.

Zhou Shui can rest assured for the time being—as long as this is still the territory of the Buddha, Ruyu will be fine.But it's still worrying.Not only Zhou Shui, but those people on the ground are even more so.

Zhou Shui thought about it carefully.Now I don't have a clue, I can only go to the place where the jade shoe prints disappeared and try to find a solution.Zhou Shui walked to the place where Ruyu disappeared, and this time he made two new discoveries. One is that the angle of Ruyu's last two shoe prints has changed. The previous shoe prints were along the direction of the corridor, while the last two footprints Change to the vertical corridor direction.That is to say, Ruyu stopped when she came here, and turned around to face the wall.

In fact, the first time Zhou Shui came to this position, he had already noticed the difference between the last two shoe prints, but he was flustered for a while and didn't think about it deeply.

Another discovery was that the bottle of water that Zhou Shui placed in the corner was empty.The moment Zhou Shui picked up the empty bottle, he could hardly help crying out.But looking down at his feet, there were only footprints on the ground that he had just stepped out of, and there were no traces of other people.Zhou Shui recalled it carefully.The conclusion is that it is certain that the water bottle was initially full.Zhou Shui checked the mouth of the bottle and found that the bottle cap had been unscrewed by someone. This bottle of water should have been drunk by a "person" in a normal way.

But besides Zhou Shui, who else is there in the corridor?What I know so far is Ruyu, and the people on the murals.The murals began to attract Zhou Shui's attention.

Zhou Shui has a lot of research on traditional paintings, and Lu Mo admired him with a few words.If this is Zhou Shui's ability, it is better to say that it is the "scientific research results" obtained by Zhou Shui's grandfather after extensive research on Tang and Song paintings.And Zhou Shui is just the successor.

The murals are story paintings in the nature of comic strips, which is a typical feature of paintings in the Tang Dynasty—paintings before the Tang Dynasty mainly recorded a certain ceremony or activity, and described the development of the story in the form of comic strips.It was not until the Song Dynasty that painting was separated from "documentary" and there was literati painting in a pure sense.

This mural depicts a city that, unlike the cityscape depicted in the Song Dynasty's "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", appears to be a static city.Most of the characters in it are sitting, lying and reclining.Its strokes and lines do not emphasize the relationship between movement and stillness.

The house is well-built, but it seems to have a dilapidated or dirty feeling.Animals can also be seen everywhere in the picture.In terms of subject matter, they rival humans.And each one was fat, clumsy, and potbellied.

There are tables in some houses, but there are not pens, ink, paper and inkstones, calligraphy, paintings and antiques on the tables.But fat chicken white meat.The owners inside are also disheveled, with their chests exposed, and it seems that there is a layer of fat hanging all over their bodies.

Zhou Shui noticed a problem after reading it halfway: this stupa should have been built in the Tang Dynasty, and it would not be later than the Song and Yuan Dynasties at the latest.But this mural seems to be painted by people today. First of all, the clothes of people in ancient times are different from those of people today. There should be no suits or miniskirts at that time.There should also be no five-star hotels, no BMW cars, and no saunas and cigarettes dangling from the mouths of most of the characters on the screen.But these nondescript things filled the whole picture.

Zhou Shui rubbed his eyes vigorously. That's right, there were even people wearing various uniforms on the screen, and there were even some people carrying guns.Zhou Shui was confused, and there was no reason to explain it.Judging from the paint and brushwork of the painting, this must be the work of the ancients.Zhou Shui has seen a photocopy of "Han Xizai's Evening Banquet". Compared with "Han Xizai's Evening Banquet", the composition and technical details of this mural have a strong inheritance.Could it be that the author of this mural has traveled through time?Or time and space overlap?

In the center of the painting is a sidewalk, which runs across the entire painting. It is paved from the top of the painting to the front of Zhou Shui. From Zhou Shui's position, it seems that you can enter this scene just by raising your legs and stepping over.

Zhou Shui raised his foot subconsciously, and he tried to put his foot on the sidewalk in the picture.Zhou Shui suddenly felt that his eyes were fascinated, and his consciousness was like sitting on a roller coaster that was speeding down, with a very short-term feeling of suspension.This time period is only about a few seconds, and these few seconds are a blank in Zhou Shui's mind.When Zhou Shui's perception recovered, the world changed.

(End of this chapter)