Elder Wu offered a wry smile. "No, he said the pottery figurines 'left on their own.' That night, he heard music and went downstairs, only to see twelve figurines lined up in a row. They walked through the locked door and vanished... as if the door didn't exist for them at all."
Lin Qingci tightened her grip on the silver whistle. "Uncle Wu, do you remember the symbols on the bases of those figurines? Is there a complete record of them?"
Elder Wu opened his notebook and pointed to a page covered in complex symbols. "I only copied this part. Your father said these were the opening bars of a piece of music called 'Opening the Gate.'"
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