Chapter 144: The Man in the Painting
The woman in this sheepskin painting was stared at by Xu Pingqiu for a long time, until he saw me looking at him, and then reluctantly withdrew his gaze, "Rare treasures, it's worth it, it's worth it!" He sighed a little, and the people around him were surprised by his abrupt words. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"I said, old man, what are your nerves doing when you have a meal?" The sea was a little dissatisfied, the two of them sat too close, and Xu Pingqiu was silent before, but now he suddenly spoke, which startled the sea, with this guy's temper, he couldn't tolerate a grain of sand, and immediately attacked Xu Pingqiu.
"How do you talk to the professor?" Wei Jun quit, he has always respected Xu Pingqiu, not just because of his master, but because of Xu Pingqiu's rigorous work attitude towards archaeology and his humility in dealing with people.
"Wei Jun is fine, it's just a matter of facts, the little brother of the sea has always had such a temper, there is no need to worry about him." Xu Pingqiu rarely said good things, which suddenly made the old face of the sea blush, and he didn't speak.
"What is buried under Turing's tomb is not just bones, I think there should be something else." Xu Pingqiu stared at Pubu, and slowly took out his sacrificial ring, the reason why the Tibetan archaeological team encountered a series of strange things before, in addition to the marching ants, the other large part was definitely man-made, and the person who could have the strength to incite such a large-scale movement could only be the Zhuoma family, which was closest to the ruins of the Zhangzhung Kingdom.
Xu Pingqiu said in one sentence, in fact, I also found a clue, judging from the conversation between Liu Dongming and Pubu, the two people did not intersect because of the Zhangxiong Kingdom, it is very likely that it is due to the kindness of the older generation, and Liu Dongming's Buddha chain is the best proof.
"Yes, under the Turing Tomb, there is a priceless treasure buried, this is a local legend since ancient times, after all, the Turing Tomb is very dangerous, no one dares to try it easily, just the exact location of the Turing Tomb, except for our family, few people know, to a certain extent, the reason why our ancestors were named nobles by King Zhangxiong is largely stained with the light of Princess Turing." Pubu put down his chopsticks, walked straight to the door, and pointed to the one-meter-high original stone tablet.
"In this way, your family should be the tomb keeper who will guard the tomb of Princess Turing for generations." I said lightly, secretly surprised in my heart, the situation of the Pubu family is so similar to our Zhu family, there is also a big tomb in Guangmingtun, but the tomb of Princess Turing is not enough compared with that tomb, it is the auspicious land of Emperor Jianwen, which belongs to the high-standard imperial mausoleum, far from being comparable to the tomb of Princess Turing, and the degree of danger. It is also several times more than the tomb of Princess Turing.
"It can also be understood in this way, but in fact, our Dolma family is not the tomb keeper of Princess Turing's tomb, even if it is a guardian, including my grandfather, we don't think we are the tomb keeper of Princess Turing, because everyone here knows what Turing Tomb represents.
In fact, my ancestors have settled here since a thousand years ago, lest the backlog of resentment in Turing's tomb overflow and bring immeasurable losses to the Ali region. ”
Pubu said this, his eyes welled up with a look of reverence, this is a kind of admiration from the heart, I looked at the original stone tablet, the slightly rough lines covered the entire stone tablet, it looked like an ordinary mountain stone, plain, and there was no difference.
"The original stele looks plain, but in fact it has a lot of potential, if you remove a layer of rough stone skin on the outside, it should be a piece of high-quality jade inside." Xu Pingqiu saw the clue at a glance, and then he changed his words and asked about the sheepskin painting.
"I want to know about that parchment, I wonder if you can give me any explanation?"
"I don't know much about the parchment painting, it hung on the wall when I was very young, and I didn't touch it for so many years, except for the occasional time when my grandfather swept up the dust on the surface. Professor Xu is interested in this parchment painting? ”
"The woman in this picture gives me a peculiar sense of place, but it is very puzzling to me, and judging from the line drawing above, this parchment painting has been preserved for at least more than 1,000 years, and it is rare in archaeology to preserve such a complete picture scroll." Xu Pingqiu said lightly, very curious about this sheepskin painting.
"God, I think Xu Pingqiu may have taken a fancy to this sheepskin painting, and the person in the painting is the mysterious Turing princess I guessed!" Song Jingtong is very sure, I don't know where she came from, according to the judgment of the clothes of the person in the painting, it is absolutely impossible to be a Tibetan, there are three points to prove.
First, the color of the woman's skin in the painting, despite the fact that the parchment painting has endured thousands of years of wind and rain, the color of the woman's skin in the painting. Although it cannot be compared with a thousand years ago, the skin of the people in the Ali area is much whiter, followed by the dress, the clothing of the women in the painting is very different from the Tibetan costumes, and the Tang costumes that prevailed a thousand years ago are also different, but they are very similar to the clothes of modern Indians.
The third and most important point is that the woman in the painting covers her face with a light veil and has a plump body, which looks like a beauty from the Tang Dynasty, after all, thousands of years ago, only the Tang Dynasty was fat and beautiful.
Pubu's grandfather came over, took down the parchment, gave it to Pubu, and gave him a few words in Tibetan, and he pointed his finger in the direction we came.
"Turing's Tomb?" Xu Pingqiu suddenly realized, I still don't know what I mean, I don't know what Zhuoma means.
"My grandfather said that this parchment painting can be given to Professor Xu, and the answer you are looking for has been sealed in the Turing tomb, and the woman in this painting is the daughter of Princess Turing and the last princess of the Zhangzhung Kingdom. She longed for Chang'an, the imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty in ancient times, and before the fall of the Zhangxiong Kingdom, she took a large number of followers and never returned here to the Tang Dynasty. ”
Although we guessed that we were very close to the truth, we were still impressed by the story told by Dolma, which is a poignant story of a mother missing her daughter, which has been passed down for thousands of years, and is still charming, which is enough to see that there is a kind of longing that can transcend the boundaries of time, so that future generations can also know.
Xu Pingqiu took the parchment painting with some solemnity, and bowed deeply to Zhuoma, "I will give this painting the best home, it will be for future generations to admire, and the story behind it will be handed down!" ”
Xu Pingqiu said this sentence very seriously, this painting belongs to the treasure of civilization of all mankind, he has no reason to keep it for himself, and he can't do it, this may be his love for archaeology, an infatuation.
This made me respect Xu Pingqiu for the first time, a short time together, his humility, his seriousness, his professionalism, this is an old man who really loves archaeology, even if he is over half a hundred years old. Time has not been able to kill his obsession.
The sky began to white, the gray weather, began to improve, and the whole picture of the Zhangzhung kingdom that once stood in front of us was presented in front of our eyes, except for a mess of ruins.
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