Lin Yian's rather sarcastic words made Li Jinyong fall into deep consternation, "Okay, you rob tombs just because you rob tombs. Isn't it too shameless to say such words?"
"The belongings of the tomb owner belong to him, so why can't they be brought into the tomb? This is simply unreasonable!"
Therefore, Li Jinyong's eyes looked at Lin Yian with a hint of contempt without even realizing it.
However, Lin Yian remained nonchalant and kept chattering, "Carving curse words on stone tablets, stone walls, and tomb doors is a trick that can be found in many tombs. If those who fall in love are afraid of this, then they might as well go home and hide.
Go sell sweet potatoes.
"Over the years, I have seen eighty to one hundred curses, but I have never seen a brother die due to a curse!"
Xiao Chang, who stood aside and remained silent, frowned slightly. He felt that Lin Yi'an's words were a bit too much.
It is really inappropriate to ridicule Li Jinyong like this.
Of course, if he wanted to take sides, he believed that Lin Yian's words were not entirely wrong. Since he had come to rob the tomb, he really should not be affected by these scary words.
Fortunately, Lin Yian seemed to realize that his words were inappropriate, and quickly explained: "I'm talking about someone who fights against someone. Brother Li, you are not someone who fights against someone, so my words are not directed at you."
Li Jinyong looked at Lin Yian and Xiao Chang and secretly shook his head helplessly.
He knew that at this moment, nothing could be said.
The seal characters on the stone tablet are not simple seal characters, but "Tao seal characters" written in Taoist runes.
These characters have beautiful and smooth lines, regular and symmetrical strokes, and are simple and powerful yet bold and free-spirited. They are composed of oracle bone inscriptions, bells and tripods, talismans, scriptures, incantations, etc., and are named: Daozhuan.
The so-called Dao seal script is a seal character specially used by Taoists. Only a Taoist master with certain Taoist skills can carve such words.
At least he must be a master who can slay demons, pray for blessings and ward off disasters, and move clouds and spread rain.
Only Li Jinyong knew about this, Lin Yian and Xiao Chang had no idea at all.
If they knew about it, they would probably be frightened to pieces.
Li Jinyong took a deep breath and returned his attention to the ancient seal characters and runes on the stone tablet.
Twenty ancient seal characters can reveal the warning of the tomb owner.
But those runes are confusing. What do they say?
Li Jinyong tried to find clues about these ancient seal characters and runes from his own memory, but found nothing.
As for the circular groove on the stone tablet, Li Jinyong knew what it was.
This is an institution.
There are some records related to this in the classics passed down by his family from the Ming Dynasty.
To find a more vivid metaphor, this is a lock fixed on a stone tablet.
What's missing is a key that fits into the groove.
Once you have the key you can open it.
At this time, Lin Yian was walking around impatiently. He was not interested in these ancient seal characters and runes at all. In his opinion, these things were just mysterious things.
"Brother Li, let's not waste time here. Since the entrance to the main tomb chamber is basically determined to be in this stone hall, let's hurry up and look for it separately?"
His only goal now is to get out quickly.
The eerie horror of this ghost place made him feel depressed.
The prerequisite for getting out was to find the main tomb chamber, otherwise he would never be able to get out of this maze-like tomb passage by himself.
Xiao Chang and Li Jinyong looked at each other and nodded.
Lin Yian's words actually make some sense.
This stone palace is neither too small nor too big. If three people searched separately, it would only take an hour or two.
"Then everyone pay attention to safety. Even if you find possible clues, don't touch them easily!" Xiao Chang made a decision.
After that, he took out the spare batteries from the backpack behind him and replaced all three strong flashlights with new batteries.
He knows very well that in such an environment, any careless move may bring unexpected dangers, and he must not be stingy.
Now the three of us are like grasshoppers on a rope. Without them, no one may be able to get out.
Next, they naturally divided their respective areas. The three of them held strong flashlights and carefully observed every corner of the stone hall, not missing any detail. Even every stone and every tomb brick was marked with its own unique color.
Equipment beat.
While looking for clues, Li Jinyong thought about the ancient seal characters and runes on the stone tablet.
His movements were agile and his eyes were sharp. Sometimes he would squat down and carefully observe the lines on the tomb bricks. Sometimes he would stand up and look up at the top of the stone temple, not letting go of any possible clues.
But he firmly believed that the groove on the stone tablet was the key to opening the main tomb chamber.
His eyes scanned back and forth in the stone hall, hoping to find something related to that groove.
Time passed by, and the three of them searched carefully in the stone temple, but did not find any valuable clues. Except for the ugly statue on the altar and the ancient seal characters and runes on the stone tablet, there were no other places in the stone temple.
Compared with some large tombs, there is nothing special at all.
"Huh?"
Li Jinyong suddenly discovered a strange phenomenon. He found that the light in the stone palace seemed to change.
In the originally dark stone hall, a faint beam of light came in from somewhere.
Looking along the direction of the light, I found that the light came from a bead on the top of the temple, and then happened to shine on the stone statue on the altar.
At this moment, a ball of light like moonlight was extremely dazzling at the heart of the stone statue!
His mind moved, could this be the way to break the situation?
Li Jinyong immediately told Lin Yian and Xiao Chang what he had discovered, and the three of them focused their attention on the stone statue again.
The stone statue is not high, but the altar is very high, almost two meters, and it is difficult to climb up without using anything.
"Bring the confession over?" Lin Yian suggested.
Li Jinyong waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need it.
He took a few steps back, ran a few times, and jumped onto the two-meter-high altar.
The thing that shines is actually a bronze mirror.
This mirror has a simple style, a pure round shape, and is made of bronze. Under the illumination of a flashlight, it glows with a unique simple color.
After hesitating for a moment, he put on his deerskin gloves and carefully took off the bronze mirror.
The front of this mirror is engraved with the Yin and Yang Bagua, and the back is engraved with the celestial nebula.
Li Jinyong has been learning Taoism from his master since he was a child. He is not unfamiliar with ancient mirrors at all.
Buddhists have a special name for this mirror: "Yin Yang Bagua Zhou Tian Xing Yun Mirror."
This is not for looking in the mirror or for collection. If you want to look at the bronze mirror, at least one side will have light to identify people. This is a Taoist instrument.
As we all know, bronze mirrors had many uses in ancient times, the most important of which was as daily necessities.
This is because there was no glass in ancient times, and today's glass mirrors could not be made, so copper mirrors could only be used instead.
Polishing one side of a bronze mirror until it shines can be used to identify people, and then use it to illuminate your face and dress up. It can be said to be an indispensable thing in life.
Even if you die, at least one thing must be buried with you in the grave.
Then in ancient times, bronze mirrors also had a very important role, that is, as Taoist instruments.
This can be known from the novel "Ancient Mirror" written in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasty. The ancient mirror is decorated with turtles, dragons, phoenixes and tigers.
In addition, there are twenty-four characters, which can ward off evil spirits, control the house, and kill demons.
Although this ancient mirror has many differences, it is still a rare Taoist artifact.
"Is it possible that this is the key to unlocking that groove mechanism?"
