Chapter 2 The Clothed Tomb
Chun Ting looked at the ancient painting in my hand, with nostalgia and nostalgia in his eyes, I really don't know how important it is, and people like him are reluctant to deliver it easily.
"This is what Yuan Tiangang hid in Yang Guang's coffin on the order of the chief, there were originally two items in the coffin, and this painting is one of them, and the information about the next statue is hidden on the painting. And the other thing is too early for you to give it now, I will keep it for you, and when the time is right, I will naturally hand it over to you. ”
"At the beginning, it was Han Ying who cracked the mystery on the ancient painting alone and then went to find the next statue, I don't know what is hidden on it, what I know is over here, and the rest of the way can only rely on yourself. You must remember that what you see with your eyes is not necessarily true. ”
After Chun Ting said this inexplicable sentence, he didn't intend to explain more to me, so he pulled Ling Xuan aside and whispered, as if he deliberately didn't let me hear it.
I looked at the hand, the ancient painting handed to me by the spring pavilion is not like a modern thing, there are traces of time mottled on it, the paper is yellowed, the pen is delicate, the mountain peaks are mainly rendered, the pen is concise and unrestrained, the overall work is moving, natural and light, the artistic conception is subtle and long-term, it looks like some years, there is a small drop in the lower left corner, and it turns out to be the word "Liben" when you take a closer look.
"This is actually Yan Liben's real handiwork!"
Since it was previously stated that this is a thing that has been inherited by Guanshan for thousands of years, it must not be an imitation of later generations, and I didn't expect to see Yan Liben's true works in my lifetime.
Xue Nan looked at me in a trance, and hurriedly asked me what I found. I told her that I didn't find any clues, but even if I didn't count the secrets in this painting, the authenticity of Yan Liben alone was enough to be called a treasure of the country, and it was worth a fortune.
Yan Liben, a famous painter in the Tang Dynasty, was the official to the right minister. Good at painting Taoism, figures, landscapes, saddle horses, especially known for Taoist figure paintings, the existing "step diagram", "ancient emperor map" and so on are circulated in the world, the people of the time praised its Danqing wonderful hand, known as "Danqing deification" and for the world to take the rule.
Remembering what Chunting said before, it seems that Yuan Tiangang hid the statue on the order of the leader to protect the secret of Guanshan's inheritance, and for the secret guarded by Guanshan, he did not hesitate to cut off Li Tang's dragon vein, and exchanged the rise and fall of a dynasty for the true peace of the world.
Due to the importance of the matter, Yuan Tiangang privately found Yan Liben, who was known as the "deification of Danqing", and painted this picture, Yan Liben painted according to the requirements, and left these four sentences on it, and finally Yuan Tiangang placed it in Yang Guang's coffin, and Guanshan was inherited and guarded from generation to generation, and never slackened.
Listening to them, my father has been looking for the Wufang statue for more than ten years, since the location of the next statue is hidden in the ancient painting, and my father also started the rest of the journey by cracking this ancient painting.
Whether it is for the so-called fate or to find my father, I have no choice but to speculate on the meaning of this painting, embark on an unknown journey, no matter what lies ahead, I must not retreat.
The man is as determined as iron, and since he has decided, it is impossible to regret it.
sorted out why Yuan Tiangang cut off Li Tang's country, and finally knew why his father didn't say goodbye in the first place. Now I also have to follow in my father's footsteps, to find the statue in a corner of China quietly waiting to see the light of day, to find the man who has not returned home for more than ten years for the statue.
The road behind starts from this painting, cracking the mystery of the painting is the only way to go down, I carefully observe this peerless ancient painting, want to find some clues from it.
Unfortunately, I am a layman, not a master of appreciation, I can only see the content of the ancient paintings, the artistic conception is far-reaching and not like ordinary products, but I can't see any useful clues.
I can only find another way and settle for the next best. Yuan Tiangang commissioned Yan Liben to paint this ancient painting, and Yan Liben would never have left four lines of poetry on the painting without his instructions.
That is to say, in addition to this painting, the four lines of poetry next to the painting are also handed down by Yuan Tiangang or Kui, and perhaps the combination of poetry and painting is the right way to solve the mystery.
Thirty has not more than twenty, southbound only to see a peak, the old things of the six dynasties go with the wind, 100,000 flowing water to the west and east.
This is the poem next to the painting, which is easy to understand, and it is easy to understand from that angle, but because it is too simple, it does not look like a thousand-year-old inheritance at all, but it makes people wonder through.
"Han Chuan, don't think about the meaning of this painting yet, let's think about how to get out, the door to come in is closed, even if you figure out the mystery of the painting, what's the use."
Sun Zhen looked at me and then at Shen Lang on the side, with worry in his tone, Shen Lang also knew that it was he who touched the mechanism that caused the entrance to be closed, and he knew that he was at a loss, so he didn't dare to make a sound and could only bow his head and listen.
Ling Xuan and I looked at each other, and then laughed together.
"Since this is a catacomb, do you feel like you're not breathing? You didn't think that after Shen Lang touched the mechanism, the entrance was closed, and theoretically no one could enter and exit freely, so how did Ling Xuan get in? ”
With a relaxed tone, I looked at Sun Zhen and said unhurriedly.
After listening to what I said, Sun Zhen suddenly realized that this place is deep underground, and after the entrance is closed, he doesn't feel breathless at all, and occasionally there is a faint wind, indicating that there must be another exit here, but we haven't found it.
Besides, since Ling Xuan could still find us after the entrance was closed, there were only two possibilities, either the entrance was reopened, or there was another passage to enter and exit, no matter which one it was, we would have a chance to leave this ancient tomb.
Everyone looked at Ling Xuan, he nodded slightly, telling us that there is indeed another exit here, and he came in from this exit, and then secretly detoured behind us, followed us all the way to watch us, not only to observe our ability, but also to ensure our safety if there is an accident.
As the saying goes, one day in the mountains, a thousand years in the world. Cracking the mechanism all the way here, although I didn't pay attention to the time, but it has been in this tomb for a long time, since everyone already knows these intricate stories that have been entangled for thousands of years, they naturally have no intention of continuing here, and they have urged Ling Xuan to take us out of here, wanting to go back and have a good rest.
Only I'm secretly guessing, because of Chunting's lack of words, it can be said that I cracked the mechanism along the way, but I didn't notice where there was a hidden mechanism, what did I miss?
Now it was because Chun Ting and Ling Xuan knew in advance that there was another entrance, and the two of them didn't know the road behind, if there was such a omission in the future, it would be fatal at a critical moment.
From the entrance here, I walked step by step, theoretically I may have a mechanism that I can't crack, but it is impossible to find out that there is a mechanism here, and where is this mysterious exit?
Looking back on the experience of this way, in the catacombs arranged by Yuan Tiangang, the only thing I did not pay attention to was the coffin of Yang Guang and his queen in the middle of the tomb, the ancients said that the dead were big, after seeing the tablet in front of the coffin, I guessed who was sleeping in the coffin, out of respect, I did not go to see the body in the coffin, could it be ......
Thinking of this, I raised my head and stared straight at Yang Guang's coffin, wanting to walk over and observe carefully.
Seeing my movements, the smile on Ling Xuan's face turned into surprise, but Chun Ting didn't care, looking at me with an appreciative expression.
I walked into the coffin, the coffin was made of solid wood, with a lacquered gold carved dragon and a phoenix, eight feet thick. With all my strength, I couldn't move the slightest, so I decided to open the coffin and see the mystery inside.
"Brother Chuan, what are you going to do, the dead are big, how unlucky it is to disturb people's tranquility."
Shen Lang was obviously in a much better mood since he knew that there was another exit, and he no longer lowered his head and was silent, seeing that I was trying to open the museum, he was shocked and hurriedly stopped.
I didn't answer, but the movements of my hands showed him my attitude, and with a loud sound of the coffin lid falling to the ground, Yang Guang's coffin was finally opened by me.
I looked into the coffin, and sure enough, as I expected, there was no body of Yang Guang in the coffin, only a crown of heaven, a dragon robe representing the identity of the true dragon son of heaven and the things on the body of the emperor, which turned out to be a mound of clothes.
"Sure enough, he is worthy of being the son of Han Ying, who is observant and meticulous. Yuan Tiangang is also a generation of strange people, feng shui can be called a grandmaster, into the earth for the dead is great, he will not move the body after death, but found Yang Guang's body to wear, set up a mound of clothes under this ground, with the remnants of the dragon robe of the Sui Dynasty royal qi suppressed here, the exit of this tomb is in the coffin. ”
Chunting clapped his hands, as if he was applauding me, and his expression revealed a look that I couldn't understand.
Ling Xuan stepped forward and put his hand into the coffin, I don't know what switch was touched, only to see the two coffins that were originally placed side by side carved dragons and phoenixes slowly moved to both sides, and in the middle of the two coffins, a new secret passage appeared.
"Let's go, I'll take you out."
Ling Xuan looked back at us, his tone was indifferent, but there was a trace of anxiety between his eyebrows.
I was puzzled in my heart, it was clear that outside the tunnel was the exit of the tomb, where did Ling Xuan's anxiety come from? But I knew that the things they didn't want to say couldn't be asked in a few words, so I had to stop the doubts in my heart and call everyone to follow Ling Xuan and leave the tomb.
The secret passage out is not crowded, just like the previous Shinto, the whole body is made of bluestone, smooth as a mirror, as smooth as new, lighting the lamp troughs on both sides of the wall, spacious and bright.
Unlike the hard work of entering, the exit was flat all the way without any mechanism, and after walking for a while, the flat terrain suddenly rose, and I knew that this secret passage was about to reach the exit.
Ling Xuan walked alone in the front, everyone followed him in the middle, and Chun Ting walked alone at the end. Ling Xuan habitually looked back to see if any of us had been separated, but I found that the closer I got to the exit, the stranger his expression became, as if there was some difficulty or danger at the exit.
Finally arrived at the exit, and the same dragon head appeared on the wall of the exit, which was the same as the previous mechanism, and moved the five stone mountains to the corresponding position, only to hear the rumbling sound of the mechanism, and the door to go out was finally opened.
When I walked out of the tomb, it was already dark, and although I didn't know exactly where it was, I could see that it was a forest. Come to think of it, after all, it is a secret related to a thousand years, and if the exit is not in the deep mountains and old forests, if it is inadvertently discovered by others, how can it be good.
Suddenly out of the tomb, breathing in the fresh air, listening to the birds and insects next to my ears, I just feel that the world is so beautiful.
Before he could speak, he found that Ling Xuan's eyes suddenly shot to one place, and there was actually a murderous aura in his eyes.
I looked in the direction that Ling Xuan's eyes were pointing, and I only saw a woman in black clothes and black pants, sitting on the branch of a towering tree, playing with something in her hands, looking at us with her eyes flickering. It seems to have been waiting for a long time.
The mysterious woman looked at us, and we looked at her, and before we could ask who it was, the spring pavilion at the end also walked out of the tomb.
The woman looked at Chunting and jumped down from the tree, Ling Xuan was just about to stop it, but Chunting waved his hand to signal that he didn't have to, his eyes staring directly at the mysterious woman like electricity.
Before Chunting could speak, I saw the mysterious woman clasping her fists and arching her hands, and said respectfully to Chunting.
"Hebo has seen Emperor Dongyue!"