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After passing the square, there is a Western-style palace further ahead. There are some exquisite stone statues in the left corner. The author's level is very high. The statues are so lifelike that at first glance, they feel like they are alive.
When everyone saw these statues, they wanted to go over and take a look, but they were worried about touching the mechanism. In addition, these statues were located in a corner, so for the sake of safety, they gave up observing.
" However, Meng Zitao didn't care so much because he discovered that the jade projection he saw before was probably the map of the underground palace. Even if it wasn't a map, with his intuition warning him in advance, he didn't have to worry about touching a fatal mechanism. So, he walked straight towards one of the interesting statues.
¡°Director Meng, wait!¡± Pony King was the first to speak out and stopped Meng Zitao.
Meng Zitao turned around: "What's wrong?"
Pony King said: "Director Meng, you are a very talented person and are bold. You are not afraid of the government, but we are!"
Meng Zitao chuckled: "Do you have a map of this place?"
Pony King shook his head: "You have?"
Meng Zitao spread his hands and said, "Since there is no map, we must investigate the environment here. Otherwise, do you think the baby will jump out on its own and be delivered to us?"
Pony King retorted: "That's what I say, but it doesn't mean that we have to check everything. That will only bring too much wasted effort."
Meng Zitao said: "How do you know it must be useless, or do you know something?"
"I don't know what these statues are for. Do you know what they are for?"
"I'm not a god, so how could I know if they have any use? But since I can't be sure that they have no use, it's reasonable to investigate."
After saying that, Meng Zitao walked to the statue and observed it. Seeing that Pony Wang could not persuade Meng Zitao, he had no choice but to let him go.
Meng Zitao¡¯s inspection of these statues was certainly not without purpose, because there was a point marked here on the picture.
Taking a closer look, Meng Zitao discovered that the statues here were all in the Gandhara art style, which is the Greek-style Buddhist art in the northwest region of the South Asian subcontinent. It was formed in the 1st century AD and declined after the 5th century AD. Because this art has both Indian and Greek styles, it is also known as "Greek Buddhist art".
Before that, everyone had known that this classical art had spread to the edge of northwestern India, but before Naya and Loulan were re -discovered, they would never expect they would spread to the distant West Xinjiang.
These statues in front of you prove that Gandhara art had a profound influence on Jingjue, but this may be related to the fact that Jingjue country did not have much contact with the outside world at that time and closed itself off.
Closer to home, the statue in front of Meng Zitao is a boy carrying a garland and a donor. The garland is undulating in waves, with grape leaves wrapped around the bottom of each valley, and in the middle is a winged bird with half of its body exposed.
"Boy carrying a garland" is a very famous theme in the early Gandhara stone carving art. The image and style are obviously adapted from Greek and Roman art, and are used to express "victory", "celebration", "paradise", etc. The theme is decorated on the base of the stupa, the middle of the cylindrical tower or both sides of the stairs, which is meant to symbolically decorate the eternal world of the Buddha of abundance, happiness and joy.
Next to this statue is a statue of a god, and then there are statues of monks, Bodhisattvas, etc., each of which has its own meaning.
Seeing that Meng Zitao was only observing the statue, the others were a little dissatisfied. Pony King complained: "Director Meng, you are really wasting your time like this."
"If you can't wait, you can go explore the way first. I shouldn't be needed for this job." Meng Zitao replied while looking at the statue.
Li Rongfa frowned, and then waved his hand, asking everyone to search the palace first.
Pony King had nothing to do with Meng Zitao, so he had to say: "Director Meng, don't fall too far."
Meng Zitao waved his hand to express that he understood.
Zhu Zhongshi's two men were sent out as pioneers to explore the path. Zhu Zhongshi stayed because of his poor legs and feet. He looked at Meng Zitao and found that Meng Zitao was indeed only interested in the statue, but the security personnel They were all around him to protect him.
In fact, Pony King also wanted Meng Zitao's security to take the lead, but Meng Zitao directly showed a non-cooperative attitude and threatened non-cooperation, which made Pony King and Li Rongfa temporarily give up the idea.
Zhu Zhongshi had a few thoughts in his mind, and simply stopped and looked at these statues.
Seeing Zhu Zhongshi actually looking at the statue, Pony Wang and Li Rongfa felt that the statue might not be simple.
It was impossible for Pony King to ask Meng Zitao again, so he turned his target to Zhu Zhongshi, stepped forward and asked with a smile: "Sir, do these statues have any secrets?"
Zhu Zhongshi looked back at Pony King, and then said: "Can you let my people come back?"
When Pony King heard this, he immediately took out the walkie-talkie: "Quick, come back here!"
Li Rongfa was startled and issued the same order, causing a slight panic for a moment. This surprised Meng Zitao and others next to them, and they couldn't figure out what was going on.
More than a dozen people returned safely, which made Pony King and Li Rongfa relieved.
"Sir, you should tell us now." Pony King said.
"What you want to ask is what's wrong with this statue, right?"
"Please ask the boss to clarify my doubts."
"have no idea."
Pony King and Li Rong were stunned, thinking they heard wrongly.
"What did you say?" Pony King asked.
"That's what you understand." Zhu Zhongshi said calmly: "I just asked you to call my people back, and I didn't tell you. I must know there is something wrong with the statue."
Pony King blinked and suddenly laughed: "Okay, ginger is still hotter when he is old! But I don't understand, what benefit will this do to you?"
"Of course there are benefits." Zhu Zhongshi suddenly smiled mysteriously.
Seeing Zhu Zhongshi¡¯s smile, Pony Wang and Li Rongfa¡¯s expressions changed drastically. Just when they were about to take action, it was already too late.
"Boom!"
The ground around Pony King and others suddenly sank. They didn't have time to react, so they fell with the sinking ground. Because it was too sudden, Pony King and others staggered around, unable to care about their balance, let alone their balance. , able to seize the momentary opportunity to jump up.
¡°Bang bang!¡±
Zhu Zhongshi¡¯s two men shot at Pony King and his men who had not fallen to the ground. The incident happened so suddenly that the other men had no time to react and fell into a pool of blood.
But in the blink of an eye, only Zhu Zhongshi and Meng Zitao were left on the ground.
"Bah!"
Meng Zitao walked over while applauding: "Mr. Zhu, what a good trick!"
"It's just for self-protection." Zhu Zhongshi was very calm, as if he was talking about an innocuous thing.
Meng Zitao could understand what Zhu Zhongshi meant. Based on the performance of both Pony King and Li Rongfa, Zhu Zhongshi would definitely be killed in the end, and with Zhu Zhongshi's current ability, he couldn't resist at all. Instead of doing this, it is better to strike first.
Meng Zitao looked underground and found that it was a passage extending downward.
"Where does this passage go?"
"I don't know either." Zhu Zhongshi shook his head.
Meng Zitao looked at Zhu Zhongshi with a half-smile, which meant, "Is it true that I don't know, or do I pretend that I don't know?"
Zhu Zhongshi said: "I don't need to lie to you about this. Let's go. I will take you to the main room."
Meng Zitao shook his head: "I'm really worried that you have tricked me."
"If you don't leave, then there's nothing I can do." Zhu Zhongshi said.
Meng Zitao chuckled, and then made a gesture of invitation, asking Zhu Zhongshi to lead the way.
Next, nothing happened, and the group quickly arrived at the main room.
This room is magnificent, but the surroundings are quite dilapidated. Traces of weapons can be seen everywhere, and nothing is intact.
In fact, Meng Zitao encountered many traces of battles on the way here, indicating that this underground palace must have experienced fierce battles. What made him feel a little strange was that he didn't see any bones or weapons.
Zhu Zhongshi walked to the throne and pulled up the armrest of the throne. A rumble sounded, and an entrance to a secret passage suddenly appeared next to the throne.
"Director Meng, please." Zhu Zhongshi made an invitation to Meng Zitao. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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