Chapter 884: The Mystery of the Mural
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Although the dungeon is empty, the guards are still relatively strict. Without a pass, even if the guards knew Yu Feibai, they stopped him, and they couldn't let him break in casually.
"Let it go."
At the same time, Professor Wen walked over, motioned for the guards to retreat, and then led everyone into the dungeon.
At this moment, Wang Guan and the others passed through the tunnel, and then crossed the door of the machine, and officially came to the underground palace. At a glance, I saw that the underground palace had turned on the electric lights, making the dim environment brighter.
Of course, the most important thing is that by looking through the light, everyone found that Professor Wen and Hou Lao were not lying, this place was indeed empty, there were no coffins, and there were no imaginary gold and silver treasures. Although everyone knows that the dungeon should be very large, but when you really enter it, you will know how wide it is. It's hard to say how broad it is, but it's definitely a lot more than some kind of real estate anyway.
And the underground palace also has a partition, each interval is equivalent to a house, similar to the house on the ground, and is divided into several in and out, it is really worthy of a princely level mausoleum. In fact, this is nothing, as long as you go to the emperor's mausoleum to visit, you will know what is called magnificent, and people really plan to build a palace underground.
The most famous example is definitely the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, which has been excavated for decades and has not been fully excavated until now. And even where the main tomb is is still unknown, but just accompanying the tomb is enough to shock the world.
This underground palace is not so exaggerated, so Hou Lao was initially judged to be a princely mausoleum. Now, however, it seems that this speculation needs to be changed.
"It should be a mausoleum that has not been officially opened."
Professor Wen muttered, "You have also seen that although the underground palace has been repaired, or the general structure has been completed. However, there was no coffin, and perhaps for some reason, the mausoleum was eventually abandoned. ”
If you think about it, Professor Wen's speculation is not unreasonable.
You must know that ancient times are different from modern times, and death is regarded as a kind of destination. Although the emperors, generals, and common people of the past dynasties are all pursuing immortality, they are accustomed to preparing for the afterlife before they die.
Needless to say, the emperor began to build the emperor's mausoleum from the beginning of his accession to the throne. Where the mausoleum was built and what specifications were required. Even what funeral items were needed were decided by the emperor himself.
Ordinary people naturally don't have such good treatment, but they feel older and will prepare as soon as possible. I picked the cemetery, made the coffin, sewed the shroud, and waited for the day I closed my eyes.
It's a social climate, and no one thinks there's anything wrong with it. On the contrary, one day someone dies, and the children and grandchildren hastily prepare these things. On the contrary, it is surprising.
However, even if everything is prepared in advance, it is easy to be overprepared.
After all, there were also luxurious tyrants in ancient times, probably at the beginning. In the picture, this feng shui treasure land asked people to repair the underground palace. But one day, I listened to Mr. Feng Shui's slander and felt that the landscape of this land was not good. Or suddenly found another better feng shui treasure, and made him change his mind. Naturally, the original dungeon was abandoned.
Such cases are not uncommon, and even common.
Otherwise, how can it be said that there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, and the white bones are exposed in the wild; Zhumen wine and meat stink. There are frozen bones on the road. Poor people's families definitely don't have such luxury, and only big local tyrants have the qualifications to waste.
"Deprecated?"
At this time, Yu Feibai frowned: "Isn't Bishan a treasure of feng shui, it's not easy to build a dungeon here, why should you abandon it?" ”
"Bishan is a treasure land of feng shui, but it is not all a treasure of feng shui." Professor Wen said with a smile: "According to the theory of feng shui, it is not enough to just have a treasure of feng shui, but it also depends on where the knots of the dragon veins are. Looking for the dragon point, there is only a dragon vein and dragon energy, but there is no place to bury it, sometimes it turns auspicious into evil, and it cannot be ignored. ”
"So, this is the murderous place?" Wang Guan asked for advice.
"Pretty much."
Professor Wen said with a smile: "This place, explained in feng shui, is the fierce place where Xuanwu rejects corpses. Xuanwu generally refers to the north, but in Feng Shui, it refers to the backing mountain behind the cemetery. ”
"In the true sense of feng shui treasure, the backing must be stable, which is not only the reason for the psychological level, but also the main reason is that if the backer is unstable, it is easy to collapse."
At the right time, Professor Wen went on to explain: "Why is this underground palace buried? It is because the backing mountain behind it has been washed by heavy rain, and a mudslide has been directly formed, and then the underground palace has been completely covered. If you think about it, there will be such a situation, isn't this a murderous place? ”
"High, really high."
In an instant, Yu Feibai exclaimed: "Professor Wen, with your understanding of feng shui, one day when you retire, you can still use your residual heat and change your career to become a feng shui master." ”
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Professor Wen laughed and scolded: "I am an afterthought, and under known circumstances, I deduced that this is a murderous place, and if I really let me go to see Feng Shui, it must be misleading." ”
While talking, everyone slowly came to the wall with the mural. At this time, there were also several archaeologists who were carefully studying the murals, and when they saw that Professor Wen had brought people here, they also knew the opportunity to get out of the way.
"Speaking of which, this mural is also a bit weird."
At this time, Professor Wen frowned and said, "Generally speaking, the murals in the tomb either show the life of the tomb owner during his lifetime, or show his yearning for the afterlife. ”
"After years of archaeological discoveries, most of the murals in the tombs of some princes and generals focus on depicting the image of the tomb owner as an official during his lifetime, hoping to bring the official life of the eunuch who was surrounded by a group of officials during his lifetime to the underworld. Otherwise, it is to depict the green dragon and white tiger, the celestial chart, the cloud crane, the group flower, the auspicious cloud Ruiqi or something. ”
Professor Wen gestured: "However, this mural depicts war, which is somewhat strange. So we guess that the owner of this tomb may have been a general or something like that during his lifetime......"
"War scenes!"
Everyone took a closer look and found that Professor Wen was right. On the entire wall, although the color of the mural has darkened over the years, the shape of the mural can still be largely discerned.
At a glance, everyone saw that under a city, there were armies full of swords and bows, layered on top of each other, as if there were hundreds of thousands of troops, surrounding the city.
Such a situation is a bit like being caught in the vast sea of people's war. After all, in addition to the army, there are many people singing and dancing on the mural to welcome the arrival of the army.
"What kind of war scene is this depicting?" After looking at it for a while, Yu Feibai frowned and thought hard: "It looks familiar, but I can't remember it." ”
"Judging from the style of painting, it seems to be a Tang painting."
At this time, Wang Guan pondered: "The characters in the painting are relatively plump, and the clothing lines are elegant, not only the relics of the wide sleeves of the Wei and Jin dynasties, but also the traces of the round neck and narrow sleeves of the Hu costume. The fusion of the two is the performance of the clothing of the Tang Dynasty. ”
"Of course, the most important thing is to look at the weapons."
Wang Guan stretched out his hand and said: "Look at these generals, wearing Mingguang armor, their weapons are unsheathed, but they are in a straight shape, but the tip of the blade is not bent outward, but folded inward, which is clearly the unparalleled Tang sword......"
"Yes, this is Tang Qi attacking the city and plundering the land." Yu Feibai thought so: "I just don't know what forces are being attacked?" Could it be the situation of the Anshi Rebellion? ”
Obviously, the murals depict sieges, but after the Tang Dynasty pacified the world, except for some palace coups, there were generally no swords and soldiers at home, and most of them were foreign wars. However, after the Anshi Rebellion, the situation of separating feudal towns gradually formed in the country, and the conquest between the Jiedu envoys made the Tang Dynasty in turmoil, and finally inevitably perished.
At this time, Tang Qinghua guessed: "Or this is the underground palace built by a certain festival envoy." ”
"Unlikely."
At this time, Yu Feibai shook his head and said: "In the late Tang Dynasty, Jiedu was equivalent to the soil emperor in his territory, and he would not be stupid enough to come to Luoyang to build a mausoleum. Moreover, the festival makes most people have a heart of disobedience, and want to replace the Tang Dynasty as the emperor, how can it be possible to depict a mural praising the Tang army? ”
"yes."
Tang Qinghua nodded lightly, since he couldn't guess, then he simply didn't guess and waited for everyone to crack the answer.
"Anyway, this should be the mausoleum of military generals." Yu Feibai affirmed: "If it is a prince or nobleman, or a mausoleum of a civil official, it is impossible to paint a war map. ”
"You're, too." Wang Guan shook his head and said: "There are too few mural scenes, and I can't see any clues." ”
"That's right, people's mausoleums have murals on the four walls of the front and back, left and right, and even on the top, and here is just a wall with paintings, which is too economical." Yu Feibai complained: "Since it is a mausoleum and underground palace, it will be used after it is built, and don't rush to build it if you don't need it." It's really annoying to be up or down like this. ”
"What's the use of complaining to us, if you have the ability, you can go to the tomb owner's trouble." Wang Guan smiled, which also made Yu Feibai completely speechless. How can the living trouble the dead, unless the living are dead......
"No kidding."
At this time, Hou Lao smiled and said: "In fact, according to our research, the scenes on the murals may not be real wars. ”
"What do you mean?"
Everyone was stunned, and it was a little difficult to understand.
"It's like some tomb murals depicting fairyland and astrological patterns, which are unreal, so the frescoes in front of you may also be a metaphor for images." Professor Wen explained: "It is only intended to promote the martial arts of the tomb owner, but it may not be the real military exploits. ”
"Well, it's not impossible."
Yu Feibai thought for a while, and immediately nodded: "It's like the emperor is besieging him, and he doesn't necessarily need to hunt with his own hands, as long as he mends the knife at the end, he can still promote martial arts." ”
"That's pretty much it." Hou Lao nodded and said: "As you said, there are too few scenes in the painting, and there are not many things that can be studied, which really makes people feel unfinished...... (to be continued......)