Su Rui led Zi Yang and Lao Wang over the sand slope, the terrain in front was relatively flat, and his vision suddenly opened up.
Su Rui raised the diving light in his hand, and at the end of the light, you could vaguely see a magnificent pyramid-shaped building standing in the distance!
From a distance, this palace-like building has cornices and arches, carved beams and painted buildings. The paint on the surface is gradually eroded by air and water vapor over the years, and the color is gray, making this huge building look depressed and dilapidated.
"I'm grass, I can send it now! You can send it now!" Old Wang's excited voice trembled. If it hadn't been for Su Rui to grab his wrist, this guy would have rushed over.
"Don't rush over, let's take a look at the murals here, maybe it records the origin of this palace."
Su Rui took Zi Yang and Lao Wang to a smooth rock on the side. Under the illumination of the light, you could see that the smooth rock wall was engraved with various patterns.
"Zi Yang, can you tell the age of this mural?" Su Rui looked at Zi Yang and asked.
Zi Yang squinted his eyes and looked at it. The scroll was about one meter high and more than ten meters long. All the lines are carved on the rock with sharp tools.
Zi Yang leaned close to the stone wall to observe carefully, and saw that the lines on the mural were round and plump, and it could be seen that the person who made this mural was a skilled craftsman. There are no fewer than hundreds of human and beast designs on the entire picture. Almost every image is full of clothes and beards and hair, and it must have taken a lot of time to sculpt.
Zi Yang looked at it for a while and said, "This thing should be a work from the Qin and Han dynasties. You see, all the characters seem to have no bones. This kind of'boneless' painting method began to rise in the Qin Dynasty..."
When Zi Yang was still studying the lines of the characters, Lao Wang had already walked back and forth along the mural, and interrupted Zi Yang: "I understand!"
Su Ruikan looked at Lao Wang in surprise, and had interpreted such a complicated mural in such a short time. Does this guy really have any unknown talent
"Tell me."
"This is a picture of a war. You see, at the beginning it was soldiers in neat rows. They were marching in a hurry. When they arrived on the battlefield, they started digging trenches and pitching tents. Look at the biggest tent here. This should belong to the general. They plan to do so. After a protracted war, you see that houses are still being built later.
Later, they started fighting with flying dragons and sacred beasts, and many people died, but they won, and then they slaughtered pigs and sheep to celebrate.
Look at this side again, another group of troops came from the outside—the armors on both sides were different, the two teams fought together again, they suddenly said they could not fight, the two sides were reconciled, you see They put down their weapons, held hands and chatted at home. After staying on both sides for a period of time, the later army left, and the people who came first reluctantly sent them off—you see, they waved their hands.
The final picture is a happy ending. Mankind has defeated the beasts and foreign enemies, defended their homeland, and future generations live happily together!
In short, this mural tells a mythical story of fighting against the sky, fighting against people, and then enjoying endless joy. "
Su Rui looked at Zi Yang a little bit dumbfounded.
Zi Yang rolled his eyes to the boss: "Are you looking at the picture and talking? Your interpretation is only at the level of the third grade of elementary school-but it also truly reflects your intelligence."
Lao Wang was so embarrassed that he said, "Damn, talking so hurtful? Then tell me, what is going on?"
Zi Yang coughed, cleared his throat and said, "Speaking of academically, there are two forms of mural paintings, one is mythological and fantasy type, and the other is narrative and epic-Lao Wang, you are undoubtedly the first one. One type."
Lao Wang said impatiently: "Don't make it useless! Tell me quickly! When is the time to sell Guanzi! Laozi is waiting to dig for treasures!"
"You see, the most important feature of this mural is its lifelike reality. The soldiers in the front are arrayed, wearing armor, holding long ge, and wearing a hair crown. Although the lines are simple, they are brilliant. Does this image remind you of something? Cultural relics unearthed in historical sites?"
"Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors and Horses?!" Old Wang suddenly realized, "You mean this is Qin Bing?"
Zi Yang nodded and continued: "These Qin soldiers approached south and arrived here-do you think this pattern is very similar to the terrain of Qinhan Village? Also, Comrade Wang, this is not a trench, this is a sinkhole."
Zi Yang pointed to the circular pattern and said, "I guess when these Qin soldiers arrived here, there was still no water in the pool. For some reason, they were stationed near the tiankeng—you see, they are still on the hillside. I built a house on it, and it seems like I want to live for a long time."
Zi Yang took a few steps forward, illuminating the pattern on the stone wall with a light to continue his interpretation: "Look again here, some winged monsters suddenly crawled out of the tiankeng, and they began to attack these Qin soldiers. The soldier fell to the ground, and there stood a monster next to it, which was about the same size as a human, and there were more monsters crawling out below.
The next step was a battle between the winged monster and Qin Bing. Qin Bing suffered heavy casualties.
Then there is this picture. You see, this general-like person is leading the crowd to pray to the sky by the side of the tiankeng. Judging from the things placed in front of them, this should be a sacrificial ritual—seeing them offering sacrifices. What is it? "
Zi Yang explained here, and motioned Lao Wang and Su Rui to carefully watch the sacrifice on the mural.
Lao Wang leaned over, squinting his eyes and groaning, "Cow, sheep, pig... Hey, there seem to be two little people!"
Zi Yang nodded and said with a heavy face: "Yes, this is a virgin. These Qin soldiers thought they were attacked because they were condemned by the heavens. The monsters in the tiankeng were sent by the gods to punish them, so they sacrificed. Way to atonement for your own peace."
Lao Wang shook his head and said, "These little people are made of dough? Besides, where are these Qin soldiers in this barren mountainous area, where can they find children to sacrifice?"
Zi Yang snorted and said, "So pay attention to the details! Look at the generals and subordinates here, are the clothes different from when they first started? That's right! It means that they have been here for some years! These virgins are either They were taken captive outside, or... their own offspring."
Old Wang said with a big mouth, "Send your children to the monsters? How can it be so cruel? I don't believe it!"
Zi Yang said: "People can do anything to survive. Believe it or not, this is how it happened. You see, after the sacrifice, the monster did not come out again, and the two sides coexist peacefully.
When we look further back, Qin Bing's descendants will hold sacrificial rituals every other time. In addition to virgins, half of the prey that is usually hunted should also be given out to monsters. "
Zi Yang pointed to a mural on which there was half a wild boar at the feet of a hunter-like person, and the other half in his hand was throwing into the tiankeng. The bottom of the tiankeng was full of bones.
Lao Wang looked closely at the tongue and said, "It's really split in half from the middle. You can see that this half in his hand is still dripping blood."
Zi Yang nodded: "Next is the part of the'foreign enemy invasion' that Lao Wang said-you see, these new troops are all cavalry, wearing leather caps and robes, the most conspicuous thing is what they have on hand. Longbow—Does this outfit remind you of a unique unit in history?"
While Lao Wang was still scratching his head, Su Rui said softly, "Mongolian cavalry!"
Zi Yang nodded, "Yes, this group of intrusive troops are the Mongolian cavalry."
"Cut~" Old Wang said with a look of disgust: "You have been making up stories for a long time, and you are telling the truth! Su Rui, let's not listen to his nonsense, go digging for treasures!"
Zi Yang frowned and said, "Why am I fooling around?"
Lao Wang Nu looked at it and said: "The Qin Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty have been separated by hundreds of years, how can their two units fight together? You think this is the starting point for the author to write a novel about crossing!"
Zi Yang bitterly said: "First of all, the Qin Dynasty is more than 1,400 years away from the Yuan Dynasty, not a few hundred years. Second, I will emphasize it again, pay attention to the details! Open your dog eyes and take a closer look, fighting against the Mongolian cavalry. For these people, has there been another change in their costumes?"
Lao Wang looked at it carefully again and said, "Just, even if you are right, how did the people in this mural know what clothes Qin Bing usually wears for hundreds of years and how to dress it up?"
Seeing Zi Yang not speaking, Lao Wang said triumphantly: "What? There are loopholes in your story, right?"
Zi Yang said silently: "Inheritance."
"What the hell?"
Su Rui explained: "What Zi Yang is talking about should be a collective memory. A disciplined unit like Qin Bing, even if they live together in this isolated place, they will definitely retain some military habits. The deeds of the ancestors in the past are recorded and passed on to future generations through murals or dictation. When the palace was built, they were specially arranged and carved here."
Zi Yang nodded: "So this mural is so exquisite and solemn, it shows that these things have a special meaning to them."
The three people were discussing with their heads down, and suddenly a strange sound was made in the palace behind them!
"call-"
It was as if someone was sighing softly.
"Who!" Zi Yang turned around and exclaimed.
Such a sound suddenly appeared in the silent palace, instantly making Zi Yang feel his scalp numb and his back chilled.
"Who and who?" Old Wang looked back and said, "The sound of the wind blowing? It's a fuss!"
"Will there be wind in this place?" Zi Yang asked, looking at Su Rui.
Su Rui stared at the mural and frowned, as if he hadn't heard Zi Yang's words.
"Why do these Mongolian cavalry appear in places like Qinhan Village?" Su Rui seemed to be muttering to himself.
"It's very simple, they are here to find the dragon veins!"
Seeing the shocked eyes of Su Rui and Lao Wang, Zi Yang continued: "Remember that poem you hummed before entering the water?"
"Khublai came to Xanadu,
Ordered the construction of the majestic Anle Palace,
The holy river winds its way through here,
Through the unfathomable portal,
Directly into the deep ocean with no sunlight. "
Su Rui repeated the poem again, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "You mean Kublai Khan is a narrative poem? It records the situation of the Mongolian cavalry's southern conquest?"
Zi Yang said little by little: "I have always had a question in my mind. Why did the coordinate position of that star map appear here in Qinhan Village? I have checked a lot of historical data. Qinhan Village was still in the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty during the Genghis Khan period, and the Mongolian army could not reach it. Here.
Later, when listening to your translation of this poem, I suddenly wanted to understand!
It was not Genghis Khan and his troops who came to Qinhan Village, but his grandson-Kublai!
This Mongolian cavalry is just the Xue Xue army under Kublai Khan's command! "