“...Okay.”

Wang Congshan sighed and got into the cloak.

I saw the lion skin shaking a few times, slowly supporting it, moving towards the corridor, and from time to time, there would be sounds like "Don't step on my feet." "Walk slowly, I can't keep up!" from under the lion skin.

The two of them quarreled and entered the corridor with their lion skin.

The lanterns hanging in the atrium shine brightly on the lion dance,

Most of the light is refracted by the mirror fragments on the surface of the lion dance.

A few lights shine, causing dark shadows that are not covered by mirror fragments to grow in shape and visible to the naked eye.

Li Ang and Wang Congshan inside the lion dance could clearly feel that the weight of the lion skin above was growing strangely.

The whole lion skin seemed to gradually come alive, and it applied pressure from all directions and wrapped it up.

Li Ang was prepared for this, so he picked up the stick of the heart, aimed one end at the lion's head and the other end at the lion's tail.

Inject spiritual power into the monkey, so that the stick can slightly increase, blocking the lion dance's inward roll,

At the same time, three steps at the same time, rush forward, cross the entire corridor, and rush to the atrium.

He held the stick in his hand and swung the entire lion skin forward, forming a mirror in mid-air, aiming at the lantern.

As the distance got closer, Li Ang was able to see the shape of the lantern in more detail.

I saw that the lantern was oval in its entirety, and bamboo strips were woven into a skeleton, with white paper sticking on the outside, and the surface of the paper was painted with a clean flower pattern.

This lantern is not unique.

The atrium of Hiratsuka Mansion is in the shape of a "典" in total, with semi-open corridors on three sides, and one side is open to the courtyard.

Three similar lanterns are also hung on the other three beams and columns in the atrium area of ​​the "典" shape.

But only this one is the light,

And the shadows on the surface of the lantern paper look a bit strange.

With the help of the [Expanded Vision] power, Li Ang was able to see clearly what was inside the lantern - it was not a candle, but a shriveled man's head compressed into dried sugarcane.

Although it is hard to imagine what kind of strange power is needed to twist the human body into this shape,

But the skin, muscles, and bones of this human head were indeed compressed into candle-like strips.

The facial features on the entire face were compressed into diamond shapes, and the two shriveled eyes were wide open, one up and the other was a diagonal mouth below.

It's almost like this:

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The hair on the shriveled person's head continues to burn like a candle wick, and there is no sign of shortening at all.

In the flash of lightning, Li Ang discovered that whether it was using psychic energy to directly interfere or using psychic energy to create a breeze,

Even the candle was unable to be extinguished, so he immediately changed his strategy.

Continue to flip the lion dance skin, cover it on the surface of the lantern, stand on tiptoe, pull and pull your hands, tie a bow, wrap the lantern without revealing a trace of light.

All this happened within a breath. Li Ang pulled both ends of the lion skin bow with both hands, held his breath and waited for half a minute.

Nothing happened,

Through the lion skin, the two could hear the extremely slight sound of hair burning from the lantern.

Wang Congshan hesitated and said, "Is this... solved?"

"Probably."

Li Ang nodded, gently held the lantern and pulled it. He found that the lantern was firmly hung on the seemingly unstable beam and pillar support, and did not move at all, so he had to give up.

He originally planned to take away this lantern with a strange effect. If he encounters ghosts in the future, he might be able to cosplay Perseus holding Medusa's head.

Putting the lantern out against the enemy may have miraculous effects.

"The other three lanterns have normal candles, not human heads."

Li Ang glanced around and found that there were some dim blood stains on the ground below the beams and pillars with human heads hanging on lanterns, which were radially shaped and pointed to the inner side of the atrium.

On the inside of the atrium is a semi-open tea room, which serves as a place to entertain guests to drink tea.

There are some decorations in the open space in front of the tea room.

For example, a stone basin filled with water, a bamboo tube that is connected to a water flow, and makes noise from time to time.

Li Ang glanced over and immediately found suspicious points. He frowned, walked down the steps, walked into the courtyard, and came to the front of the seesaw-like bamboo tube.

This device is called "Lu Wei", (しおどし)

It is usually composed of a water transport system, and a bamboo tube with heavy ends and light ends.

The water transfer system will continuously pump water from the ground like a fountain.

Pour on the peeled bamboo tube,

When the bamboo tube is filled with water, it will tilt to one end due to gravity and fall on the stone, making a "pop" sound, pouring out the water flow.

Then, because the center of gravity changes, it regains and becomes an inclined state until the water flow is full again, and continues to make a sound, repeating itself.

"Lu Wei" was originally installed in the farmland of Hijima. By making a sound, it drove away birds and wild animals to protect the farmland's agricultural equipment.

It was not until it was used in Japanese courtyards as a landscape design, also known as water.

However, Li Ang’s attention was not on adding water, but on the other stones behind the water addition device.

"These stones are called 'squats', which are used by the Hijishima Tea Room to wash their hands for owners and guests. They are also an integral element of the Hijishima Tea Room landscape design.

A complete set of squats can be different according to the function, shape, height and height of the stone.

It is divided into hand water turtle, front stone, hand stone, soup bucket stone, and water door."

With the regular clicking sound from the water-adding device, Li Ang squatted down, pointed at the stone, and introduced to Wang Congshan: "The hand water croaker is the place where guests in the tea room scoop water to wash their hands before drinking tea, and the middle will usually be hollowed out.

The front stone is the place where you sit and absorb it, and the hand stone is the place where you light it at night.

Soap barrel stone is used to release hot water in winter.

The water door, also known as the sea, is responsible for absorbing water.

The Hiratsuka family is a local aristocratic family.

The design of the courtyard is just one word, and it is exquisite.

Their tea house not only uses the most complete set of squatting, but also adds a set of so-called equipment that can further shape the 'zen's meaning' below."

Li Ang pointed to a pile of rocks under the squatting system and said, "The pebbles under the squatting are gray overall.

A bamboo tube placed vertically in the middle of the pebbles.

This device is called "Shuiqin Cave".

Below is hollow, excavated into the shape of a bell, or copper pot, or niche lamp.

Internal water storage,

When the water in the bamboo tube flows out, it will first flow into the hand water.

If the water in the hand water is full, the extra water will follow the water gate stone.

Infiltrate into the water qin cave.

Since water is stored in the water qin cave, the sound of dripping water will be amplified, and the frequency is slower than the water-adding device.

The bamboo tube above is used to further amplify the sound - in order to further pursue Zen, Hijima scholars also specialize in research,

What shape should the water qin cave be shaped into? Is the material inside stone or pottery, the height of the accumulated water and the frequency of making a sound are more appropriate."

"Hey, it's so authentic, I've covered my hat."

Wang Congshan smacked her lips and found the problem, "Well... the stones in this water qin cave seem to have been dug out?

The bamboo tube that was originally inserted into the Shuimen Stone was also pulled out and thrown aside."

"Um."

Li Ang nodded and said with a relaxed tone: "The disaster that came upon the Hiratsuka family almost happened in an instant.

There was even half of the meal on their table, and they couldn't even run away.

In this case, how can you be leisurely and renovate the Water Qin Cave?

Unless a disaster really comes, someone fled to the bottom of the Shuiqin Cave and hid.

You stand up and cover me.”

"What are you going to do?"

Wang Congshan stood aside with a pistol,

Li Ang picked up the Heart Ape stick and pushed away the Watergate Stone in the pit.

As the pebbles were pushed apart, a large hole appeared in the pit, revealing the bell-shaped water qin cave.
To be continued...