The Secret History of Mars

"He Bo, do you want to go to the master's temple to pay homage first, and then go back to Wenye Temple to rest?" the high priest asked Wen Yuze tentatively.

"Master is not such a stickler for rules. You can take everyone to the front hall to settle down first. I will take Qinghe by myself later and go to the temple to pay homage to Master." Wen Yuze felt that if he explained some things to Ye Qinghe, maybe we would meet him. The master would go more smoothly. Without waiting for the high priest to answer, he led Ye Qinghe to the back hall of Wenye Hall.

Everyone followed the high priest to the front hall. Not only did this hall look like a Greek temple from the outside, the layout inside was also exactly the same as the Parthenon in the Greek Acropolis. While the high priest ordered the guards to serve fruit and vegetable refreshments, Cui Xingmeng had time to take a good look at the temple.

Doric columns, also known as "male columns", are simply decorated with 20 grooves and support the entire temple. The columns are narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and are slightly tilted inward, in order to visually correct the human eye and prevent viewers from having the illusion that the columns are deformed and the sides are sunken inward. The proportions of the temple strictly follow the rules of the golden section, making the entire building harmonious and stable.

In the front hall where everyone is sitting, the most eye-catching are two tall statues of gods. One is a handsome male god made of gold, a golden ax is held on the chest, and a golden dragon is hovering beside him. , very much like Wen Yuze wearing a golden elder's robe. The dragon should be Yinglong, and the ax on the chest should be Wen Yuze's Pangu axe.

The other statue is made of white jade, a charming and cool goddess, dressed in plain clothes, with nine fox tails behind her. Needless to say, this is naturally Ye Qinghe, who was still using the nine-tailed fox carrier thousands of years ago. No wonder the high priest was so restrained when he saw Ye Qinghe just now. Although she no longer uses the nine-tailed fox body, her charming and cold expression is already that of the high priest and the people of Qi Yanji, the goddess of Wenye Temple who has been worshiping for thousands of years. , seeing real people, naturally there is piety hidden in the genes.

"Are these two statues Wen Yuze and Ye Qinghe?" Cui Xingmeng asked knowingly.

"No, it's our King Yu and Queen Tu!" the high priest replied knowingly.

"Wen Yuze is really amazing. Without Qinghe's photos, he was able to create such a similar jade statue based on his memory." Cui Xingmeng answered calmly.

"Miss Cui, for everyone's safety, I suggest you not to mention the three words Wen Yuze, but call our monarch He Bo. At least in Wanggu City, this title will not cause trouble." The high priest finally backed down. .

"He Bo is your monarch's nickname, right? Why would it be unsafe to call him Wen Yuze? This is the name Qinghe gave him. I think he is quite used to it." Cui Xingmeng blurted out.

The high priest hurriedly made a "shhh" gesture to her, "Miss Cui, why don't you listen to the advice of good people? Just because that woman gave him the name, he cannot be called or said here! He who calls this name The man was brought to the Sun God by Yinglong to be sacrificed back then, and our current monarch is a descendant of Xuanyuan, Ji Hebo!"

"That woman?!" Cui Xingmeng obviously didn't expect Ye Qinghe to be called such a name, "You mean... your Queen Tu?!" Cui Xingmeng really couldn't find the right way to call these things that met the requirements of the high priest. The man of influence in ancient times was so anxious that he asked, pointing to the jade goddess statue.

"Sin, sin!" The high priest hurriedly saluted the statue respectfully, and then said sternly to Cui Xingmeng, "Empress Tu is the empress of our King Yu Mingming. She is a perfect match, a match made in heaven! How can you be with that demagogue? , beauties are equal to disasters!"

‘Well, in the mouth of the high priest, Ye Qinghe has been downgraded from that woman to a beauty and a disaster! ’ Cui Xingmeng was a little dumbfounded. He was obviously a person. It seemed that the high priest in charge of ideological work must ensure the accuracy of history. As for the truth, he didn’t seem to care.

If viewed from the perspective of the high priest, this fabricated history is indeed reasonable. The marriage of King Yu and Queen Tu was celebrated with a grand ceremony by the entire tribe. It was naturally a highly praised chapter in the history of the nation! Later, Wen Yuze ran away because of love, and was admitted to the Martian Elders Academy because of his emotional injury. If these were accurately written into the chronicles of the Qiyan Ji, Wen Yuze would have been long gone, let alone allowing the people to continue to worship the gods of Wenye Temple. He was pulled off the altar and was extinct from then on.

For the sake of Wen Yuze's national foundation, the high priest was really worried. Thinking of this, Cui Xingmeng felt relieved. He no longer embarrassed this loyal servant who had followed his monarch for thousands of years, but continued to enjoy the scenery in the front hall.

"Is this pool filled with water?" Yuan Yizhou asked, pointing to the pool of liquid in front of the statue. The liquid was transparent to the bottom, but it always felt that it lacked lightness and refreshment.

"No, it's olive oil!" The high priest also wanted to end Cui Xingmeng's entanglement with Wen Yuze's name as soon as possible, so he directly took over Yuan Yizhou's question and answered.

"Olive oil?! Why put such a pool of olive oil in front of the statue of the god?!" Cui Xingmeng knew that in ancient times, the worship of gods did not hesitate to spend money and even sacrifice their lives, but this pool of olive oil of such high quality was only It's for sacrifice, it's really a bit wasteful.

"The olive oil in this pool has two functions." The high priest was still concise and to the point, unwilling to say more. "The first is for lighting the statue of the gods, and the second is for the fragrant oil collected by the people to offer sacrifices."

‘The lighting of the statue? ’ Only then did Yuan Yizhou realize that it was not just the appearance of this temple that was designed strictly in accordance with the golden ratio. There are no lighting facilities inside the temple, but the light is gentle and sufficient. Especially the two statues of gods are so radiant. Even Shi Yiji's special lighting design can only make them look brighter.

After the high priest said this, Yuan Yizhou discovered that the designer used the liquid in the pool to reflect the sunlight coming from the gate, thereby scattering the sunlight to the statue. The golden sunlight was reflected by the olive oil and added a layer of The luxurious warmth shows the dignity of the two statues to the extreme!

Such an ingenious and natural design is really breathtaking. Compared with this, those ancient Greek temples that were regarded as treasures in the Shiyi Period can only be a mere imitation and pale in comparison!

"People offering sacrifices?!" Cui Xingmeng saw a few people in the square on the city wall, but he didn't see any so-called ordinary people along the way! "Where do the people of Wanggu City live?"

"Miss Cui, move over here and see for yourself." The high priest led everyone along the corridor of the front hall and walked behind the statue.