Chapter 20 4. Sun Privet Pavilion

After George and Lu Rover left, the three quickly picked up many dead branches and piled them on the edge of the terraced fields.In order to prevent the dead branches from being wet by the sudden rain, they went to the woods to get many leaves the size of lotus leaves to cover them. Chen Weiguo looked into the ancient city, "It's getting late, let's find a house where we can spend the night." The three walked towards the ancient city along the steps covered with weeds and small trees.When they passed by stretches of stone houses, they found that although most of the houses did not collapse, the roofs were gone, and there was no room for people at all.

While observing the stone houses, Zhu Jun asked Chen Weiguo: "These stone houses look solid, but why are the roofs missing?" "It's probably rotted." Chen Weiguo paused and explained: "Most of these stone houses use wood as beams, and then cover them with thatch." Along the steps, they passed through stone houses and terraced fields, and came to the semicircular central square.This square is very wide, as big as a basketball court. A statue with a severed head stands in the center of the square, which looks a bit abrupt. What surprised them was that the whole square was extremely clean, not even a single weed, as if it had just been cleaned by someone.

Chen Weiguo squatted down and inspected it carefully. It turned out that the square was hewn from a huge block of granite, and there was no gap. No wonder there was no grass growing. Jun Zhu walked to the center of the square and looked up at the statue which was more than ten meters high.The right hand of the statue holds a stone torch high, while the left hand clenches a fist and hangs down naturally. The tall body is wrapped in a knee-length gown. The gown is carved with wavy folds, as if standing in the cold wind. Dynamic sensory. The statue seemed to have powerful magic power, and he involuntarily took a few steps back, staring blankly at the neck of the statue.Suddenly, he seemed to see a sharp sword slashing down from the sky, cutting off the statue's head abruptly. The bright red blood gushed out from the neck and flowed down the wrinkled gown. Stained red with blood...

Zhu Jun's body trembled a few times, the bright red blood disappeared, and there were still statues with severed heads, an empty square, and an ancient abandoned city in front of him. "You look ugly, are you feeling unwell?" Hu Kai asked with concern. "No...it's nothing." Jun Zhu let out a heavy breath, and pointed at the statue's neck, "Strange, why is its head missing?" "It was cut off!" Chen Weiguo walked over, pointed to the neck of the statue and said, "Look, there are obvious traces of cutting." Jun Zhu asked in bewilderment, "Why did you cut off its head?"

"I can't guess the reason." Chen Weiguo habitually twirled his beard a few times, frowned and said, "Do you still remember the giant stone head we found in the jungle?" Zhu Jun was stunned for a moment, and then said: "You mean, the giant stone statue is its head?" "If you look at it in proportion, it should look like this." Chen Weiguo pointed to the statue and said, "It stands in the very center of this ancient city, so it must be a heavyweight figure." Who will the statue belong to?Why was its head chopped off again? Jun Zhu glanced at his watch, the pointer pointed to 12:50 noon, and said, "It's getting late, let's find a house where we can stay overnight!"

Ten minutes later, they walked up the winding steps to a tall stone house. Zhu Jun looked to the distance on the left first, and there were several towering towers and temples 500 meters away from the house, and there was an old castle under the cliff 100 meters away from the temple. , that old castle is like Dracula's castle in medieval Romania, under the cover of trees, it looks eerie and terrifying! Jun Zhu thought of those souls persecuted to death by Voleddracula, he took a breath, and quickly turned his eyes back to the tall mansion in front of him.This house is a full 100 meters long, about 30 meters wide, and rectangular in shape.To their surprise, there were almost no gaps between the stones that built the courtyard wall, as if they were erected with a whole boulder.

"The architecture of the Incas is amazing!" Jun Zhu praised sincerely. Hu Kai echoed, "That's right, there's actually not a single crack on the stone wall." "This is the dry stone wall technique that the Incas are proud of, also known as the stone stacking method." Chen Weiguo pointed to the arched door on the stone wall. "Let's go in and have a look, hoping to find a house where we can stay overnight." When they entered the arched door, a long and narrow alleyway appeared before them. The top was covered with many huge stone blocks. , but all rooms have no windows and are very dimly lit.

"Hey! There are small rooms on both sides of the alleyway, a bit like a modern apartment building." Hu Kai said. "Well, it's really similar." Zhu Jun glanced into the small room, "Come on, let's go in and have a look." They walked into one of the rooms, which was at most a dozen square meters, with a small stone bed on the wall near the left, and nothing else.But there was one thing that excited them—the room was also covered with a stone ceiling.They ran out and checked the other rooms, and found that all the small rooms had roofs. "Great! We can sleep in the house tonight." Hu Kai stared at the stone bed excitedly, wishing he could lie down on it right away.

Jun Zhu waved his hand to him, motioning to go to the innermost part of the alley to have a look.Then while walking, he said to Chen Weiguo: "What is this house for?" Chen Weiguo looked around, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be a place dedicated to cultivating 'sun virgins', that is, the Sun Privet Hall!" "What is a virgin of the sun?" Zhu Jun stared at him with wide eyes, as if he was very interested in this topic. "In the hearts of the ancient Incas, the virgins of the sun were the wives of the sun god, and they had an extremely sacred mission." Chen Weiguo twisted his beard a few times, and added: "In our words, the virgins of the sun are those who have received specialized technical training. Virgins, most of them are beautiful, smart and elegant, reclusive, and keep their virginity. Sun virgins lead a strange life. For them, the most important quality is not piety, but holiness, and they must guard their holiness Sex, if you lose your integrity, you will be punished by God."

"God's punishment?" Zhu Jun felt an inexplicable uneasiness and couldn't help asking: "Can you explain in more detail?" Chen Weiguo said: "In the ancient Inca, the integrity of sun virgins was strictly protected by law. If a virgin had an affair with a mortal man, it would be considered an insult to the great sun god and would be severely punished. Men and women will not only be executed, but also the nine clans. Their relatives, clan relatives, servants, neighbors, and even the villagers of the whole village, as well as the livestock raised at home, in short, everything that is connected with them and has life will be killed. Sentenced to death. Not only that, the punishment of the Incas is even more decisive. We are used to calling the motherland and the earth the 'mother', but the Incas firmly believe that the land they live in is also alive. If any village dies The village and land where the criminal who insulted the Sun God was regarded as the mother who gave birth to the heinous child, and was severely punished together. The village was razed to the ground, the land was sprinkled with stones, and turned into a barren land. cast aside."

Hu Kai stuck out his tongue, "This punishment is really cruel!" Zhu Jun was deeply attracted by his narration. Looking at the small dark room on both sides, he seemed to see a beautiful girl standing at the door of the room, watching him quietly.Zhu Jun shook his head vigorously, the beautiful girl disappeared, and the narrow alleyway and dark small room were still in front of him. "Wow...wow..." Suddenly, there was a slight and strange sound at the end of the alley. The three of them stopped at the same time, looked at the end of the dark alleyway, and listened with bated breath. Hu Kai was startled by this strange sound, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his palms. His lips trembled a few times: "This...what is this sound?" Chen Weiguo's expression was ugly, he twisted his beard anxiously, "It sounds like the sound of iron chains." "The iron chain should be very heavy, why did it ring for no reason?" A trace of fear flashed in Hu Kai's eyes, and he asked nervously, "Could it be...someone accidentally touched the iron chain?" Is there someone hiding at the end of the alley? The three of them exchanged glances with each other, then quickly ran towards the end of the alleyway. They didn't see anyone, they didn't see the iron chain, and even the strange noise just now disappeared.However, a spacious courtyard appeared in their sight.The tall stone walls blocked most of the light, and the projection almost filled the entire courtyard. Weeds and moss emerged from the cracks in the stones on the ground and spread around until the end of the yard—there was a two-story building. Meter high stone house. They looked at the stone house more than ten meters away. It looked no different from ordinary Inca houses, but the door was blocked by two large stones. What will be hiding in the house? Hu Kai looked at the stone room and asked doubtfully, "Strange, why did you block the door?" He ran too fast just now, and Chen Weiguo felt a pain in his ankle. He gritted his teeth and supported his body with a wooden stick, "Come on, let's go and have a look." Zhu Jun walked a few steps quickly, held his arm, and asked with concern: "Is your foot okay?" "Don't worry about me." Chen Weiguo pretended to be relaxed and smiled. Stepping on the wet moss, they walked to the front of the house, and found that the two stacked boulders blocked the door tightly, without even a small gap.Could it be that there are some ghosts and ghosts hidden in the house, once a gap is exposed, they will come out and endanger the world? Hu Kai stared at the boulder, and thought to himself: "Could the noise just now come from the house?" Chen Weiguo frowned and hesitated for a long time, and finally said a word: "Let's push the stone away together." "What are you talking about? Are you really going to push it away?" Hu Kai wiped off the cold sweat that had just leaked from his face, and said nervously, "Is there... is there something terrifying hidden in it?" "Don't think about it." Chen Weiguo took a deep breath, pretending to be relaxed and said: "Maybe there are many treasures hidden here!" "Okay!" Hu Kai nodded helplessly. The three walked to the left side of the boulder and pushed to the right with all their strength. "Boom—" After a series of rubbing sounds of stones, the boulder above slid down and hit the ground heavily. Instinctively, they took a step back, and then quickly turned their eyes to the half of the door that had just been revealed.It was too dark in the room for them to see clearly. "Wow..." The strange sound of iron chains sounded again, like an ancient spell, it floated faintly from the dimly lit room, permeating the stone castle that had been abandoned for centuries. The ancient spell drilled into every inch of stone, awakening the ancient city from its slumber! Six hundred years later, she will be resurrected!