Chapter 62: The Tomb of Princess Tongchang
"Qiangzi, you're going to fucking blow up this wall, absolutely not." The big head thought that I was going to blow up the wall where the mural was located, and shook his head desperately at me, signaling that it must not be blown up.
I didn't pay attention to the big head, but turned to Kong Sanye and Uncle Zheng and said, "Uncle Zheng, how about you use this grenade to blow up that wall?" ”
The big head looked at me and pointed to the wall they had just dug up instead of the front where the mural was going to be blown up, obviously relieved, and then stared at Kong Sanye and Uncle Zheng tightly, hoping that they would quickly nod their heads.
Uncle Zheng and Kong Sanye glanced at each other, and after a long time, they sighed, nodded and said to me, "Let's try it first, if it doesn't work, then think of another way." ”
After seeing that Uncle Zheng and Kong Sanye agreed, we went back to the wall over there. The big head walked beside me, patted me on the shoulder and said, "Qiangzi, you kid is interesting enough, I know you won't help me." ”
I turned to look at Datou and said to him in a teasing tone: "Datou, when did you become interested in this woman, you said that if you have found a daughter-in-law, your family will not be happy to die, but you can't marry that portrait." ”
One sentence choked the big head and said nothing, and it took a long time to say: "I don't know why, anyway, I was happy when I looked at the portrait, and I didn't want people to destroy it." ”
Not only did he look happy, but I didn't want people to destroy the portrait. But when I sat down to look at it, I felt that the resentful eyes and weird smile were a little eerie.
When I walked to the side of the tomb, I took the grenade in the hands of the large group and threw it myself. Kong Sanye and Uncle Zheng checked over there for a long time before they drew a general direction for me, saying that throwing it there could not only blow up the wall, but also not destroy the rest of the things in the tomb.
With a grenade in my hand, I nodded to the others around me, motioning for them to quickly find cover and get away from a safe distance. Once they were all about a safe distance, I started working.
He knocked the grenade on the ground lightly and threw it towards the range that Kong Sanye had drawn. As soon as the grenade was fired, I ran back a few steps and was almost safe to reach a safe distance, and then I fell to the ground with my hands covering my ears.
I only heard a few crisp sounds of "nail nail ding" behind me, and I knew that it was the iron nail that came out of the mural woman's eye and hit the grenade, followed by a loud "boom". The floor of the burial chamber seemed to shake a few times, and it took a long time for the dust to settle and calm again.
I'm the closest, and I've taken some of the aftermath of the grenade explosion, and now I don't feel like I'm feeling very tired and tired. And although the ears are blocked, the sound is really too loud, and there is an echo effect in this tomb, and there is still some buzzing in the ears now.
After a long time, I got up and looked at the wall, which had been completely flattened, and the ground was full of stone fragments, which were left by the stone wall that had been blown away.
Uncle Zheng and Kong Sanye had also reached the wall, but now no one dared to go in, because they were not sure if the mural would emit iron nails when they entered.
Standing at the mouth of the broken wall, I looked inside, although there was still some muddy dust floating, but faintly I could see a huge coffin in the center of the tomb inside, and the ornamentation on it was for the royal family, so it seemed that it should be the body of Princess Tongchang.
Kong Sanye took out a shovel from his backpack and tentatively threw it through the gap, and found that there were no iron nails shooting out of the mural, and he was immediately relieved.
But he still didn't dare to go in, Uncle Zheng picked up a few stones from the ground and threw them in, and when he saw that there was still no reaction in the direction of the mural, he was sure that he could go in.
Seeing this situation, not only Uncle Zheng and Kong Sanye breathed a sigh of relief, but also me and Datou breathed a sigh of relief. Now that you can go in, you won't destroy the mural.
Under the leadership of Uncle Zheng and Kong Sanye, several of us crossed the bombed tomb wall and entered the tomb where Princess Tongchang's coffin was located.
When the dust settles inside, its true face is revealed. The burial chamber was large, and the coffin was placed in the very middle, and there were ice cubes around it, which looked like it had been put on it artificially.
No wonder the big heads looked a little unnatural after they came in, it turned out to be frozen, and when I saw that the crooked mouth was almost the same as me, everyone else was almost the same.
"It turned out to be a thousand-year-old ice, but I didn't expect that this thousand-year-old ice could be put here for a thousand years." Uncle Zheng looked at the ice cube next to the coffin, felt it slightly above the ice cube with his hand, and didn't dare to touch the ice cube directly with his hand. He turned to us and said, "Don't touch this ice cube any of you, beware of frostbite on your hands." ”
What caught my attention was not the huge block of ice next to the coffin, but the lamppost in the corner of the wall, not the oil lamp placed, but the night pearl as big as a duck's egg, emitting a glowing green light, illuminating the tomb very dreamily.
Kong Sanye was different, he was looking at the murals in the tomb, and nodded from time to time, looking very seriously. After the big head came in, he looked around, this empty tomb, except for the huge coffin in the middle, that is, the pearl and the mural that night can be seen, I don't know what he is looking for.
Da Tuan and Crooked Mouth stood behind Kong Sanye, as if waiting for his orders at any time. I took my eyes off the night pearl and turned to look at the mural with Kong Sanye.
This mural looks very familiar, and it should be telling the life and deeds of Princess Tongchang. And I always feel that these murals, where I have seen them, I can't remember them for a while.
However, in addition to the life and deeds of Princess Tongchang, there are many other affairs painted here. For example, the three tomb keepers outside. According to the mural, among the three tomb guards, the leader is the head of the guard of Princess Tongchang, the man behind is the guard, and the woman is dancing with Princess Tongchang, looking like Princess Tongchang's teacher.
There is also a section of the woman dancing the sword alone, and Princess Tongchang is sitting there to admire, and the two guards are standing behind her.
When Uncle Zheng saw this mural, his eyes straightened, and he muttered: "It turned out to be "Xihe Sword Dance", I didn't expect to see it here." ”
West River Sword Dance? Could it be Aunt Gongsun? But after thinking about it again, the era is not right. Princess Tongchang is the daughter of Yizong of the Tang Dynasty, and Aunt Gongsun is a figure in the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, with a difference of more than 100 years.
Uncle Zheng saw that several of us were looking at him with puzzled eyes, so he began to explain: "This Xihe Sword Dance was created by Gongsun Auntie, and it was very prosperous in the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, but later Gongsun Auntie was lost to the people. I didn't expect to be able to see the Xihe sword dance style created by Gongsun Auntie in this mural. ”
"In the past, there was a beautiful woman Gongsun, who danced with a sword and moved in all directions. The spectators are depressed like mountains, and the heavens and the earth are low for a long time. These are the first few lines of Du Fu's poem "Guangongsun Auntie's Disciples Dancing Swords and Weapons". The beautiful woman in the poem, Gongsun, refers to Gongsun Auntie.
Now that I see the woman in the mural, it seems that she is also in the same vein as the grandmother of Gongsun, no wonder she has the qualifications to teach Princess Tongchang to dance the sword. But after the death of Princess Tongchang, it is a pity that she has to accompany the princess to the funeral.
I don't know why, but after seeing this mural, I remembered clearly once again what the woman in my dream said to me: "Find her, don't hurt her." "Is this what the woman is talking about referring to Princess Tongchang?
There's a lot of content on the mural, and we've just skimmed it out. Uncle Zheng and Kong Sanye browsed very carefully, according to them, it is very likely that the way out of this ancient tomb is hidden in this mural, and it is even easier to walk now that the way to get rid of it is found.
Hearing them say this, the rest of us looked for it on the mural. The mural is divided into three stages, the first stage is the deeds of Princess Tongchang during her lifetime, including the dream of Nanqi Pan Shufei asking for the deeds of Jiuluan hairpin. The second part is the burial process of Princess Tongchang, mobilizing countless people, opening mountains and taking stones, and intercepting the river and breaking the flow of the extremely powerful. The third part is usually after the princess dies.
After the death of Princess Tongchang, these should have been painted imaginarily, almost the same as the mural next to the Nine Star Lotus Platform outside. It's just that it is recorded in more detail here, Princess Tongchang woke up from her sleep, walked out of the coffin, and the three tomb guards outside got up and knelt to greet her, and sent them out of the tomb.
Then Princess Tongchang met the Jizo King Bodhisattva outside the nine-star lotus platform, and the Jizo King Bodhisattva floated in the air smiling and pointing something. The next painting is the scene of Princess Tongchang hugging and crying with her father Tang Yizong and mother Guo Shufei in the middle of the night.
Suddenly the rooster crowed, several people's faces were a little flustered, Princess Tongchang turned around and walked away in tears, and Concubine Guo Shufei cried bitterly and fell into Tang Yizong's arms. The picture is here, and the next thing is exactly the same as the top of the Nine Star Lotus Platform outside.
Uncle Zheng looked at this picture for a long time before saying: "It seems that the exit can't be found in this painting, let's hurry up now, and we have to find a way to get out early." ”
I looked at the things told in these murals, and saw that the princess Tongchang in the mural was thanking the Bodhisattva of Jizo, and the next painting had already arrived in the palace.
I suddenly remembered the empty wall that Datou and I found in the tomb of the Nine Star Lotus Platform before entering the Nine Star Lotus Platform. It's the exit, and thanks to the markings, you should definitely check it out when you get out of here.
The big head turned around and glanced at the tomb, and asked Kong Sanye: "Kong Sanye, this place is empty, it doesn't look like there are burial goods, why don't we take a few night pearls back." ”
Kong Sanye smiled at the big head and said: "The funeral goods are generally placed in the coffin, and of course they will be carried close to you as an important thing. Your idea is like a thief going to someone's house to steal something, and instead of taking the treasure in the box, he takes away the light bulb from the other person. ”
I didn't expect that Kong Sanye still has this humorous side, but what he said seems to be the truth. These night pearls, aren't they light bulbs placed in the tomb of Princess Tongchang? It doesn't seem to have any other effect than lighting.
The big head rubbed his hand a few times in embarrassment, put it to his mouth and sighed a few times, it seemed that he was not moving lightly. Then he said to Kong Sanye: "Then Kong Sanye, what are you waiting for, let's hurry up and go over and take one by one." This place can fucking freeze to death. ”
Looking at the big head's action, I also smiled, but fortunately I don't know hot or cold now, otherwise I might not be as good as the big head's reaction. I'm now having two sleeves in the breeze, and both sleeves were torn off when the living corpse was burned.