Chapter 85: Five Jewels, Super Rig (2)
The images on the LCD screen begin to change, and soon the dilapidated Mogao Grottoes appear, consistent with the plot in the documentary.
Obviously, the photographer who accompanied the team at the time had always focused his lens on Kusanagi, and what he saw, the lens could capture.
"I feel that this grotto, which has been carved into the cliff, is full of life." Kusanagi's "confession" sounded again.
His use of the word "vigorous" to describe the conditions of the Mogao Grottoes at that time seems to be very inappropriate.
In the picture, half of the stone steps to the Mogao Grottoes have collapsed, and the remaining steps can barely be used by one person to go up and down; Several of the cave entrances collapsed and could only be lifted up with a wooden stick tied to linoleum; All the carved wood ornaments that come into view are also incomplete, and most of them are only pedestals...... All this has nothing to do with "vitality".
I don't see any life, whether it's on the screen in front of me or in the fulldome documentary, I only see traces of destruction and destruction.
At that time, cultural landmarks such as the Mogao Grottoes were looted, and both the government and the gentry had abandoned their protection measures, focusing on their own and not being able to help the world.
I don't agree with Kusanagi's idea, but I hope that he will "say" something more, so that I can figure out the exact location of the hidden "Dunhuang Heavenly Machine".
"Cave 112 rebound pipa map" is the destination of Kusanagi Kan's trip, if the 112 cave is set as a hidden location, then the target is too big, you can't drill through the entire grotto, dismantle, sort, sift through, from every piece of gravel, every handful of gravel to find the shadow of Dunhuang heaven, right?
I'm looking forward to Kusanagi Kan being able to "say" what the clues are from the scriptures, so now I can follow the map to find the scriptures, continue to study the sentences on it, correct the direction, and start the journey of exploration again.
When I saw the bouncing pipa diagram, I was secretly taken aback.
I can responsibly say that the bouncing lute diagram of the past is completely different from what I have drawn today.
The picture on the LCD screen has a strong sense of three-dimensionality, and the upper body of the maiko who makes the bouncing pipa seems to be protruding from the picture, and the other musicians in the background also have different expressions, echoing it, rather than rigidly doing their own duties.
This kind of mural is a masterpiece, because the painter is very good at coordinating all the characters in the picture, so that the style of the whole painting is very flexible.
There is a saying in ancient paintings that "Wu takes the wind", which is used to praise the agility of the characters painted by the great painter Wu Daozi, and the murals that appear on the LCD screen already have the aura of "Wu with the wind", which makes people immediately have the idea of "yearning for it".
"The pipa music played with that kind of dance and that technique must have a unique charm and is deeply intoxicating...... "My mind couldn't help but be in a trance, and I was amazed by the murals in Kusanagi's memory.
As I have mentioned many times before, there has always been a process of excavation, painting, repair, and restoration of the murals of the Mogao Grottoes, and even in the same era, this process is constantly circulating.
In the process of making up for the broken murals, the craftsmen of later generations have added too much of their own subjective color, which will inevitably produce the inferior work of the dog-tailed mink, which greatly reduces the artistic value of the murals in the Mogao Grottoes.
This argument has been repeatedly confirmed by artists and Buddhists.
I suspect that it is this kind of compensation by inferior craftsmen that has caused the rebound to lose its original spirituality and become what we all see now.
I don't want to belittle the value of the bouncing lute here, but in all fairness, the bouncing lute that was originally painted on the wall in history is definitely not what it is today, and there is a suspicion of restoration, regardless of the paint used or the lines of the figures.
Undoubtedly, I was fascinated by the bouncing pipa diagram on the LCD screen, and immediately felt that the exercises I had hidden in the camphor wood box were simply a pile of waste paper.
"The only thing that can compare to the painting in front of me is the one that has been altered by the Ming Water Sleeve—" We were vigilant.
That painting once aroused the covetousness of Director Song, and he wanted to snatch it away on the spot, but I sternly refused.
"Yes, yes, in Ming Shui's account, she and the electric general arrived at the Mogao Grottoes at the end of the Ming Dynasty, far ahead of the Japanese treasure poachers led by Kusanagi Kan. The rebounding pipa picture she saw must have been more complete and primitive than that seen by Kusanagi Kan, so—" I was stunned by my next association, "so the mural at that time had the magic to suck her in, and if modern people want to imitate the Ming Water Sleeve and escape into the stone wall, it will become a joke about Yuanmu begging for fish and Handan toddler!" ”
The focus of the problem has been highlighted, although the mural is there, it is no longer the one painted by the ancients, and there are too many miscellaneous brushes, impurities, and miscellaneous thoughts added to it, and it can no longer show its magical power.
We question the miraculous deeds left by the ancients, thinking that they are all nonsense, but we ignore the external and internal changes of things.
In the picture, the drill bit has been aimed at the lower right corner of the rebound pipa diagram and is about to start drilling.
As already described in the documentary, strange things happened at this moment, and before the Treasure Hoarders even had time to start the generator, they all lost their minds and turned into vegetative people.
"What is the sound? Where did the sound of ancient music come from? It's true, I heard the sound of ancient music, Qiang flute, Xun, Huqin...... It's really the sound of Chinese ancient music...... Who's there? Who's playing? "I heard Kusanagi's voice again.
When the Treasure Hoarders enter the Mogao Grottoes, the special combat team members will definitely search the cave closely to ensure that the cave is 100% safe before inviting the scientists in. Therefore, at that time, there were only Kusanagi Kan and others in the Mogao Grottoes, and it was impossible for local people to suddenly come out.
If he hears ancient music, it can only be said that he is hallucinating.
I sensed that Kusanagi's voice was not panicked, but mixed with inexplicable excitement.
"I really heard the sound of ancient Chinese music...... Right behind the stone wall, yes, right behind the stone wall. Wonderful, wonderful, those things said in the scriptures are true, and there is indeed another world behind this painting! So what are you waiting for? So what are you waiting for? If you weren't afraid of damaging other things, you should really use * to open the way, it's convenient and fast, and you can enter the legendary god realm in a few seconds...... Well, what are you waiting for? Start the rig immediately, charge forward, for the glory of the emperor, charge forward, to——" This is the last "confession" of Kan Kusanagi, after which the image on the LCD screen also stops, exactly like in the documentary.
That is, while his inner monologue is still undulating, strange things have already happened at the same time.
This is the end of all the information that the fat man has gotten, and there are only some more voices that still need to be verified than the documentary.
I couldn't speak, and my brain raced, connecting Kusanagi's memories for analysis.
Initially, he studied the scriptures stolen by his predecessors from the treasure cave of the Mogao Grottoes, and found clues to the "Dunhuang Heavenly Machine", so he set out to form a treasure thief group, and at the same time lobbied the emperor to obtain the five major gems and then drill rigs in the German Hele factory. After the development of the drilling rig was completed, the first stop in China hit the "great victory" of the Chinese army, and almost "died before leaving the division".
If the Chinese soldiers who vandalized the military vehicles had searched more closely, they would have found gems set in the drill bits; If a soldier knows the goods, he will recognize that it is a treasure, and even if he cannot pick it off the drill, he will take it with the drill and hand it in as trophies; If there are no drill bits or all the drill rigs fall into the hands of the Chinese army, the fire of confidence in Kusanagi Kan's discovery of the Dunhuang Heavenly Machine will be extinguished by a basin of cold water, and there will be no way to leave any wonderful reverie for the descendants of the Xinyue Wuxiang faction.
Perhaps at that time, Dunhuang and Mogao Grottoes will have achieved real peace, and they will not be remembered by treasure thieves, nor will they be calculated by antique dealers, nor will they be marked and focused on by illegal forces around the world.
"We need a fresh start." The fat man said.
He didn't turn off the playback system, and then a huge map of the world appeared on the LCD screen.
The map is full of red, yellow, and green pennants, and there are as many as 100 of them, and the most densely planted ones are the locations of Germany and France in Europe.
"Those flags represent the ancient literature in the treasure cave of Mogao Grottoes, red represents scriptures, yellow represents talismans, and green represents antique treasures. I had the unrealistic idea of taking all the artifacts back, analyzing the numbers, and restoring them to their original appearance when they were stuffed in the treasure cave. Unfortunately, when appraisers, accountants, and auctioneers were commissioned to inquire about the collectors, the total price was 10,000 yuan. Therefore, I have given up on the practice of refusing even the top rich to get involved, and have adopted a workaround, researching the information that is easy to obtain first, and not expecting to do it in one step. Mr. Long, I can see that you are very interested in this information, so we are the most tacit partners. Now, there's a great opportunity to take a crucial leap into the unfinished business of Kusanagi Kanga's predecessors, and I wonder if you're interested? The fat man's eyes stared at me deeply, as if he was about to stretch out a hand in his eyes to take my hand and move forward together.
Of course, I am eager to build on Kusanagi's work, as physicist Isaac Newton put it, "standing on the shoulders of giants." As long as I am given the opportunity, I believe that I can surpass Kusanagi Kan and find the heavenly opportunity of Dunhuang.
Of course, Dunhuang is Chinese, Mogao Grottoes is Chinese, the murals are Chinese, and the secret of the "heavenly machine" in the murals belongs to China, and it is impossible for anyone to take it away.
Those who commit crimes against me will be punished even if they are far away.
Those foreign petty people and lawbreakers who have stolen, robbed, stolen, and deceived the country's treasures will eventually be punished, and their children and grandchildren will not die a good death.
"Okay, I'm willing to cooperate, but there's one condition – where is that rig?" I responded gently.
I will never be as aggressive as Mr. Yan, especially when dealing with my partners, I will always be polite, well-founded, and handle any issues safely and properly.
The drill rig is a key weapon to explore the secrets of the Mogao Grottoes, and it is also a treasure that has become worth more than 100 million yuan because of the five major diamonds. Even if those treasure thieves are not so interested in the Dunhuang Heavenly Machine, they will definitely salivate over the gems on the drill bits.
Sotheby's conducts a public appraisal of lost gemstones from around the world before their annual spring and autumn diamond auctions, with the intention of attracting low-profile gem collectors to recirculate their collections.
I saw on the Sotheby's Supergem Valuation List the year before that the Wrath of the Sun was valued at £100 million and the Eyes of the Moon at £150 million.
If converted according to the latest international exchange rate, these two gemstones alone are worth as much as 2 billion yuan.
Therefore, in the eyes of treasure thieves, this is not a drilling rig or drill bit, but a gold mountain and a silver sea, and once their whereabouts are discovered, they will rush to Dunhuang desperately.