northernbook Chapter 331 Stone Sculpture
Chapter 331 Stone Sculpture
This tomb cave is also very old.
After Ning Yuan and the others came in, they saw a dark, bumpy bluestone road.
After walking along this bumpy road for about a few minutes, Ning Yuan and his friends saw another stone gate in front of them.
The stone door was still closed. Of course, this was the work of the tomb robbers. After taking the things, they actually closed the door.
This bastard is quite well-mannered!
Ning Yuan actually had some guesses in his mind that this place must have been visited by someone. After all, he could probably guess what happened to those corpses at the door.
It was nothing more than taking out gold, silver and treasures from inside and dividing the loot unevenly.
Why did Ning Yuan insist on coming in? To be honest, it was just to satisfy his curiosity from the future.
The tomb-raiding novels that were circulated in later generations recorded countless terrifying ghosts and monsters, and along with them appeared all kinds of rare treasures.
They are truly rare treasures, not vulgar things like gold, silver, jade and pearls.
Ning Yuan was still a little expectant. After all, he had such an inexplicable treasure in his right hand.
He called on his buddies behind him to push the stone door together, but found that the stone door did not move at all.
"Fuck, this is so evil! How can a stone door be so heavy?"
After pushing for a while, Tian Erliang saw that it didn't move at all, so he couldn't help but spit and curse.
Ning Yuan felt something was amiss, so he asked everyone to stop and stood in front of the stone gate to look at it carefully.
Although they only had three or two flashlights, it was obviously not the time to save electricity.
Several flashlights shone their light on the stone gate so that Ning Yuan could see it more clearly.
Ning Yuan felt around the edge of the stone gate.
This is also some messy knowledge learned from various novels in later generations.
Since the door body of this kind of stone door is made of solid material, the mechanism cannot exist inside the door.
Generally speaking, there are some small mechanisms such as clips or retractable stone strips on the door frame.
The design is quite clever, it is designed to prevent people from pushing it open with brute force.
But this little trick is easy for those who know it, but difficult for those who don't.
After groping along the edge of the door, Ning Yuan felt some patterns on the bottom edge of the joint between the two stone doors.
One side is slightly raised and the other side is slightly sunken.
With a thought, Ning Yuan was almost certain that this was the place.
But to be on the safe side, Ning Yuan still gave instructions to the people behind him.
"Guys, shine your flashlight left and right again, and look carefully on the wall to see if there are any of those tiny round holes!"
Tian Erliang nodded and began to make arrangements with the guys holding flashlights.
Everyone was not stupid, and they all understood what the small round hole Ning Yuan was talking about was.
So after Ning Yuan's reminder, everyone began to conduct a careful investigation very cautiously.
After a while, Tian Erliang came up to Ning Yuan and said.
"Brother Yuan, we checked the surrounding area and didn't find any small round holes."
After taking a look, Ning Yuan pointed at the top of the cave and the ground and asked Tian Erliang.
"Don't just look at the sides, there's also ground above!"
Tian Erliang scratched his head and indeed he did not pay attention to these two places.
So I had to take a few people with me to continue the inspection.
They also felt that Ning Yuan was a little too cautious.
To be honest, Ning Yuan was really led astray by the novels of later generations. All kinds of unrealistic fabrications exaggerated the danger level of this old-style tomb countless times.
Ning Yuan just asked everyone to check the ceiling and the ground, which is actually nonsense.
How to fix the arrow when it is shot vertically downward from the top to ensure that the arrow does not fall off and can still work after thousands of years?
The same goes for the ground. If there were sharp iron spikes that rushed up quickly, how huge would the operating mechanism be?
Therefore, many tomb robbers scare themselves.
At best, it's just some small tricks like opening and closing a stone door.
Tian Erliang came over again and told Ning Yuan that there was no mechanism.
Only then did Ning Yuan feel at ease and pressed the protrusion on the left side of the stone door.
As he pressed it, the stone door vibrated, and then a small gap began to appear in the door that was originally tightly closed.
Ning Yuan was not surprised. After all, once you press the mechanism, the wooden door and stone door will slowly open automatically. Only novels would dare to write like this.
After calling many friends together and pushing the stone door open, the space behind the door suddenly became much wider.
A roughly circular enclosed space appeared in front of Ning Yuan and the others.
Tian Erliang and his friends looked around curiously with flashlights.
There are many mottled statues on the stone wall, and it is dotted with various colors.
It looks weird and creepy, with almost no aesthetic or artistic sense.
However, Ning Yuan knew roughly what dynasty the tomb belonged to as soon as he saw the stone carvings on the walls.
After all, when they came in, they were only focused on looking at the various corpses and pieces of flesh on the ground.
I didn't pay much attention to the broken stone tablet outside.
"This should be an ancient tomb from the Tang Dynasty. Guys, don't move around. Give me a flashlight so I can take a quick look!"
Ning Yuan signaled everyone not to act rashly, and then took the flashlight from a buddy.
There wasn't much to note on the ground level; some of the stone statues had been knocked over and smashed.
Tian Erliang and his friends took a quick look around but didn't find anything valuable.
Ning Yuan looked up and said to himself, "As expected."
Most of the carvings on the walls are portraits of Buddhist figures.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, stone carving had already become an aesthetic art that was highly praised by the public.
After the Tang Dynasty, the widespread spread of Buddhism promoted the development of Buddhist sculpture.
Buddhist stone sculptures reached their peak in the Tang Dynasty, especially in the sculpture of cave statues. These works not only reflect the popularity of Buddhist beliefs, but also embody the maturity of Tang Dynasty sculpture art.
Furthermore, the overall prosperity of politics, economy and culture in the Tang Dynasty provided a good social environment for the development of stone carving art.
Economic prosperity has promoted the innovation and development of sculpture art, making stone carvings pursue mature beauty in art.
Some people go to a treasure mountain but return empty-handed because they don't recognize the treasures. Ning Yuan also decided to return empty-handed this time, but it was not because he didn't recognize the treasures, but because he couldn't bear to see these ancient heritages destroyed in his hands.
Now that he has seen it, Ning Yuan naturally cannot just sit back and let these ancient skills fend for themselves. After leaving, he still has to talk to Fan Lei about it.
Of course, it definitely wasn't in the past few years. After all, under the current circumstances, it would be better for Ning Yuan to take the stone sculptures away himself than to tell them!
Wait until the storm calms down, then notify them to provide protection!
Ning Yuan looked around the wall and felt quite emotional. Then he turned his attention to the ground and the surrounding walls.
"Hey! What is that? Wait a minute! Could this be??"
Ning Yuan saw that under the statue of a ferocious god of war holding two maces, there was an extremely difficult-to-detect hand clasp!