Chapter 64: Bronze Painting
I only looked at the ever-bright lamp on the right-hand side of the bronze wall, which blended with the bronze casting paintings on the wall, forming a three-dimensional effect, like several relief paintings. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe dragon and the phoenix bird passed through the layers of cloud patterns on the wall, and they all headed towards the everlasting light. The "fire" looks like the sun at this time, indicating that they shine with the sun.
The one on the left hand side is in the original overhead position, not against the bronze wall. Behind the two lanterns is a huge bronze painting that can be connected in series, and the painting is full of magnificent and solemn heavenly palaces.
Most of these palaces are Chu style, there is a high platform and stands majestically, designed for the belief and life of the Chu people, it influenced the high-rise buildings after the Qin and Han dynasties, and is the essence of national culture.
When it comes to the essence, Chen Yu prefers the Chu-style ganlan architecture, and he sighs: "Oh, the architecture at that time was in harmony with nature, and it paid attention to the 'unity of nature and man'. There is a passage in "The Conjuring" that 'sits on the railing of the hall, and the pond is a little bit', which has a lot of mood and tone, I really want to live in such a place, drink tea, and appreciate treasures. ”
Baocai saw Lao Yu looking at the mural and thought about it, and said: "Fat Chen, wake up, you have to like this kind of building, there is it in the park, and there is also it in my house, but the following is used to raise chickens, I can ask you to live for free for a while." Don't look like a literary and artistic youth, do you know how to drink tea? With that, he touched the mural again, and before coming here, he also brought his own eating tool, a magnifying glass.
Chen Yu looked at his appearance, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Thief monkey, you are a researcher of animals and plants, don't learn from Lao Xue, make yourself look like an archaeology department." I ask you, what can you see after looking at it for a long time?" said the old man disdainfully, snatching the magnifying glass from his hand.
Looking at his bickering, I secretly thought that these two people might have been a husband and wife in their last life, and they had to be entangled as buddies in this life. I shook my head and looked to myself at the bronze painting, which stretched high to the top of the bronze top, and it was indescribably spectacular.
The most on the cast and painting are cloud patterns and various winged mythical birds and mighty beasts. I have never seen any of these birds, let alone the mythical beasts depicted by the ancients. The only thing I could recognize was the soaring elk and the crane, on top of each of them sat a man and a woman, the two looked at each other, their eyes were full of affection, and they looked very compatible, like people often say "fairy couple".
What is very rare is that the bronze cast paintings are all colored, and the color is just right. It is inlaid with gold, silver, and precious stones on the clothing of the figures, including the carved beams and paintings of the palace......
Lao Yu took a magnifying glass and said: "Nima, the ancients were really willful, this palace is magnificent, and it uses mostly lapis lazuli and turquoise grinding pigments, how many people can afford it in modern times? And it is still so large." ”
I said: "At that time, the ancients used mineral plant pigments, which had many toxins and could not be used for a long time, so there was nothing to envy. In addition, it is a kind of inheritance, which can be more valuable than the material itself. As the so-called 'picture of heaven and earth, landscape gods', the ancients recorded on the murals of the world and myths, is a treasure left for future generations, let us go back thousands of years ago, to understand what happened back then. ”
Just when Chen Yu and I sighed at the beauty and rarity of the bronze casting paintings, Bao Cai said: "Why do you two old men say that these are useless, I will look at the actual situation, dig up this priceless thing, and we will make a fortune at that time." "At some point, Bao Cai has already taken out the Mongolian sword. He bared his teeth and pried the gems in front of the bronze paintings.
I saw that he couldn't extricate himself from the eyes of money, and pulled him over and said, "Let's take the ready-made artifact, it's a pity that the good thing is damaged." ”
Baocai stopped hearing this, and said: "What are we here for, no matter how big the cultural value is, it has something to do with ordinary people like me." Besides, don't you just pick one! This mural is full of stars, I just take a grain of rice from someone's mouth, and I don't give this grain of rice to me, don't I have so much blood left in vain in my flesh? Bao Cai said and exaggerated gestures, obviously for the sake of the gems on the mural and me.
At this time, the old ancestor on the side came over, and he took out a pendant from the cloth bag hanging from his waist and handed it to Baocai. Baocai didn't recognize it, but Chen Yu was shocked: "Boss, this is ...... But ......"
The old ancestor seemed to know what Chen Yu was going to say, nodded, and Baocai looked at the treasure in his palm in a daze, and said, "What is this thing?"
The old ancestor said: "This is the relic of the 'third child' in my door." ”
The treasure was unknown, and he said, "Then this is what you want?"
"Here you go......" The old ancestor looked indifferent, but Chen Yu and I were shocked to look at each other.
In the hands of the treasure is called "Tianyan Stone", the legend is "the stone that fell from the sky", it is a rare treasure bred by sedimentation in the earth's diagenetic movement, according to historical records, "Tianyan Stone" has a huge magnetic field energy, which can make people get subsidies inside and outside.
In our time, the "Tianyan Stone" was mostly artificial, and it was rare to say that it was rare to say that even if it was encountered, there may not be good material. Looking at the treasure this one is lustrous in color, the pattern is like lactose, and there are three eye-like lines on it, thinking that it is an ancient curiosity, but it is much rarer than the gem he wants to pick. And this treasure, I also have one in my family, it belongs to my ancestors, there are nine eyes, it is a sky-high thing, and my grandmother said that when I am thirty years old, I will hand it over to me for safekeeping.
However, what surprised me at the moment was not the rarity of the "Tianyan Stone", but the attitude of the ancestor, who gave such treasures as if he were giving someone a green onion, and he didn't care at all. However, the treasure is "clumsy and ignorant of the treasure from the sky", and he is confused.
Chen Yu snatched the "Tianyan Stone" in his hand and said in disbelief: "Boss, such a rare treasure, are you sure you want to spoil this ignorant thief monkey?"
The old ancestor said casually: "This is the gold talisman in my door, each of the nine brothers holds one, and the beads were first obtained by the third child, saying that they can absorb the aura of the sun and the moon in heaven and earth, and it is a treasure to ward off evil spirits, but it is useless to keep it on me, it is better to give it to this brother." ”
The generosity of the ancestors is undoubtedly to let the treasure dispel the idea of picking out the gems on the murals, which can be regarded as touching the consciousness of the people of Jinmen, without damaging the original style of the ancient tomb, and leaving traces for future generations. And in terms of the character of the ancestor, if he wants something, he will definitely not hide it.
At this time, Baocai finally realized the value of the "Tianyan Stone", and he snatched it from Lao Yu's hand, thanked the old ancestor again and again, and then put it around his neck.
Looking at his cheap appearance, Lao Yu was indignant, and scolded in his mouth: "Thief monkey, don't give me such a cheap expression, be careful that I smoke you!" He had this kind of intense emotion, not because the ancestor gave this rare treasure to Baocai, but because Baocai didn't know the goods at all, and felt that it was a pity to give it to him.
I didn't care much, but now the old ancestor looked at me, and he smiled meaningfully and winked at me. That made me realize something instantly. I secretly speculated and thought: Could it be that the ancestor gave Bao Cai Tianyanzhu because of me? He was afraid that I would have a dispute with Baocai, so he gave Bao Cai Tianyanzhu at this critical time?
Obviously, the idea is a bit strange and even a bit narcissistic. But for some reason, during this time, I always felt that my ancestor was silent, taking special care of me, as if he knew that I was his descendant. But it shouldn't be, I frowned, Chen Yu can't speak, and the ancestors shouldn't be able to understand it, but why does it feel weird?
I thought maybe I was thinking too much, so I settled down and continued to study bronze casting paintings.
I walked to the left of the bronze secret door, and at the bottom of the mural, there was a vast expanse of the sea. The waves are rolling in the sea, surging towards the sky. At the top of the waves are many dark faces. These dark faces are strangely grown, with their faces and necks connected in one place, with cracked fish gills.
Their upper bodies look like women, but judging by their strong size, they look like men. The lower half of their bodies were buried in the waves, revealing only a part of it, and that part was a layer of distinct fish scales, cast very finely, as if it were real.
Just look at them stretching out their hands and carrying a young merman to the position of the Heavenly Palace. The lines of the merman's face were very clearly described, and I could see yearning in his eyes, and from his whole facial expression, there was an ugly greed. Combined with the expressions of all the mermen in the waves, I felt a hint of deceit, and this feeling was like some kind of deep conspiracy in the calm waves, which made people feel chills.
If I hadn't known part of the truth of the matter before, I would definitely think that the merman was so ugly, after all, looking at the picture and talking, preconceived. But looking at it now, the truth of some history is not believing, what you hear is the correct interpretation, which is Sima Yan's slander of Wu Xuan.
I looked at these mermaids, and suddenly felt that Sima Yan had played two roles in his own world, one was a righteous gentleman and the other was a sinister saint. The two alternate in his world, making him look like a schizophrenic. And judging from the information read in this fresco, this is a high-ranking aristocrat satirizing the lowly and lowly pitiful. And Sima Yan cast this mural, probably to depict his own heart.
For Sima Yan, who is held by others, there will always be a sense of superiority in his heart that he regards greatness. After all, the ancient society was very traditional and the classes were also very distinct, Sima Yan's family was everyone at that time, and he was also known as the "son of heaven", and he received all kinds of attention since he was a child, and his self-esteem could not be trampled on. And such a person should have become a pair with Princess Chu Ling, but he was compared to a lowly violinist......
Both sides of him can be seen in the posture of the dragon on the left. Just look at the dragon overlooking the vast deep sea, his eyes are fierce, and his mouth is full of anger, as if he wants to punish the merman who longs to ascend to heaven.
Judging from the chapters recorded in history, although Wu Xuan was born in a poor family, he was a learned and talented man. He is outstanding in appearance and personable, because he is not a powerful person, there are very few records, only that he is proficient in piano rhythm, but he offended the king of Chu and was finally torn apart. Now that I have returned to ancient times, and then looked at what happened to Wu Xuan, I realized that he fell into hell because of his involuntary feelings.
Wu Xian in the mural was scandalized by Sima Yan, but what was the use of Sima Yan doing that? They couldn't be together before they died, and after they died, Qi Ling still wanted to join hands with Wu Xuan, and it was sad to think about it.
But there is one thing I don't understand, the Yin Palace is Qi Ling's, but there are too many traces of Sima Yan. I secretly thought: Could it be that Sima Yan portrayed himself in it to brush up on his sense of existence?
The old ancestor didn't know about Sima Yan, but before that, he looked at the mural and felt that the scene depicted on the left and right sides were two extremes. The left is dark, and the right is beautiful. He pointed to the dragon overlooking the sea, and said that the fire spewed by the dragon was the key to opening the door of the west room.
He explained that the dragon's expression was furious, but because it was not attached to the bronze wall, the fire was not aimed at the lifelike mermaid on the bronze wall. But when he pushed the lantern towards the mural, the dragon head was aimed directly at the merman's head, and the bronze door of the west room was opened.
When Chen Ji heard this, he said disdainfully: "This old boy is really too petty! What's the point of the symbolic picture? Give us this one again?"
I speculated: "The art of the ancients often fused realism, which is Sima Yan's true feelings. People who are called 'geniuses' are often lonely in their hearts, but Sima Yan is so smart and likes Qi Ling so much, his heart has long been unbalanced and perverted. So the small details on this ever-bright lamp really responded to his unwilling emotions. ”
Chen Yu snorted coldly and said: "He is narrow-minded and vicious, and he is not happy at all! I said, if you have the ability, you can rob Wu Xuan openly, and now this righteous gentleman has done it all for him, if we didn't know the story inside, others would have thought that this Yin Palace was so fierce, and it was all done by Princess Chu." ”
Hearing this, I smiled and said, "You like to excuse women, but Princess Nachu is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and she is more or less involved in the design of the ancient tomb." According to me, if the two of them are really combined, they will be two open conspirators, and whoever plays will be killed by them. ”
While the two of us were studying, the old ancestor told us another scene he saw. He said that he was able to discover the mystery of the lantern on the left at a glance, thanks to the lantern on his right, because when he came in, the lantern was attached to the bronze wall.
I couldn't understand what he was trying to say, but as he pulled the lantern on his right back closer to us, I heard the sound of gears turning. The sound came from the bronze mezzanine of the west side room, and after this sound, the bronze floor that had been open was actually closed.
Hearing this, my heart sank, and I immediately understood why the bronze floor on the mezzanine just now suddenly opened. Feelings are deliberately manipulated. She wanted to feed us to "Shan Tai Sui", and this person is very likely to be the two women we saw when we entered the Bronze West Room.