Chapter 2 The Tomb of Clothes and Crowns
Chunting looked at the ancient painting in my hand, and his eyes were filled with nostalgia and nostalgia. I really don’t know how important it is, which makes people like him reluctant to give it to you easily.
"This is what Yuan Tiangang hid in Yang Guang's coffin under Kuishou's order. There were two items in the coffin. This painting was one of them. The information of the next statue was hidden on it. It was too early for you to give the other thing to you. I will keep it for you first. When you truly understand what a destiny is, I will hand it over to you."
"It was Han Ying who cracked the mystery of the ancient painting alone and went to find the next statue. I don't know what is hidden on it. What I know is the end of this. The remaining path can only depend on you. You must remember that what you see at your eyes may not be true."
After Chunting said this inexplicable sentence, he did not intend to explain to me more. He pulled Ling Xuan to the side and whispered in a low voice, as if he was intentionally not letting me hear it.
In my hand, the ancient painting handed to me by Chunting was not like a modern thing. There were traces of the mottled years on it, the paper was yellowed, the brushwork was delicate, the peaks were mainly rendered, the brushwork was concise and unrestrained, the overall work moved people, natural and light, the artistic conception was subtle and distant, and it looked a bit old. There was a small signature in the lower left corner. When you looked closely, it turned out to be the word "liban".
"This is actually the original work of Yan Liben!"
Since the previous statement was that this was a thousand years of inheritance in Guanshan, it would definitely not be a copy of later generations. I didn’t expect that I could still see the original works of Yan Liben during my lifetime.
Seeing my expression dazed, Xue Nan quickly asked me what I found. I told her that she had not found any clues, but even if it was not included in the secrets in the painting, the original work of Yan Liben alone could be called a treasure of the country and was priceless.
Yan Liben was a famous painter in the Tang Dynasty and was appointed as the right prime minister. He was good at painting Taoist, characters, landscapes, saddles and horses, and was especially famous for Taoist figure painting. He has been circulated in the world. People at that time praised his wonderful painting skills and was praised as "the deified painting of the green" and was the best choice for the world.
Thinking of what Chunting said before, it seems that Yuan Tiangang hid the statue under the order of Kuizhao to protect the secrets of Guanshan inheritance. For the secrets protected by Guanshan, he did not hesitate to cut off the dragon veins of Li Tang and exchanged the rise and fall of a dynasty for the true peace of the world.
Due to the serious consequences, Yuan Tiangang privately found Yan Liben, who was known as the "deified painting of the painting", and painted this picture. Yan Liben painted according to the requirements and left these four sentences on it. Finally, Yuan Tiangang placed it in Yang Guang's coffin. Guanshan was passed down and protected from generation to generation and never slacked off.
According to what they said, my father has been looking for statues in five directions for more than ten years. Since there is the location of the next statue hidden in the ancient painting, my father also started the journey ahead by cracking this ancient painting.
Whether I am for the so-called fate or to find my father, I have no more choices. I can only choose to speculate on the meaning contained in this painting and embark on an unknown journey. No matter how far ahead is, I must not retreat.
A man is as determined as a man, and since he has made up his mind, he will never regret it again.
After clarifying why Yuan Tiangang cut off Li Tang's territory, he finally knew why his father didn't say goodbye. Now I also have to keep up with my father's footsteps and look for the statue that quietly waits for the light of the sky again in a corner of China, and look for the man who has not returned home for more than ten years for the statue.
The road ahead starts with this painting. Cracking the mystery in the painting is the only way to go. I carefully observe this peerless ancient painting and want to find some clues from it.
Unfortunately, I am a common man and not a master of appreciation. I can only see the contents of ancient paintings, but the artistic conception is far-reaching and not as good as ordinary people, but I cannot see any useful clues.
I can only find another way to settle for the second best. Such important things will definitely not be unnecessary. Yuan Tiangang commissioned Yan Liben to draw this ancient painting. Yan Liben would never have left four lines of poetry without his instructions.
In other words, in addition to this painting, the four lines of poetry next to the painting were also passed down by Yuan Tiangang or Kuizhuan. Perhaps the combination of poetry and painting is the correct way to crack the mystery.
There were less than thirty years of thirty years, and only one peak was seen when traveling south. The old things in the Six Dynasties were with the wind, and 100,000 flowing water was in the west and east.
This is the poem next to the painting, which is easy to understand. No matter which angle you look at it, it is easy to understand. However, it is because it is too simple and does not look like a thousand-year-old inheritance, but it is difficult to understand.
"Han Chuan, don't think about the meaning of this painting for now. Let's think about how to go out. What's the use of the door you come in if you figure out the mystery in the painting?"
Sun Zhen looked at me and Shen Lang, with a worried tone in his tone. Shen Lang also knew that it was because he touched the mechanism and caused the entrance to be closed. He knew that he was inappropriate and did not dare to speak, so he could only lower his head and listen.
Ling Xuan and I looked at each other, and then laughed together.
"Since this is a catacomb, do you feel breathing poorly? You never thought that after Shen Lang touched the mechanism, the entrance was closed. In theory, no one could enter and exit freely. Then how did Ling Xuan come in?"
I looked at Sun Zhen and said without any haste.
After hearing what I said, Sun Zhen suddenly realized that deep down here, the entrance was closed, and he didn't feel breathing at all. Occasionally there was a faint slight wind, which meant that there must be another exit here, but we didn't find it.
Moreover, since Ling Xuan can find us after the entrance is closed, there are only two possibilities. If the entrance is either opened again, there is another passage to enter and exit. No matter which one is possible, we have the opportunity to leave this ancient tomb.
Everyone looked at Ling Xuan, and he nodded slightly, telling us that there was indeed another exit here. He came in from this exit, and then secretly detoured behind us and followed us all the way to observe our abilities. If an accident occurs, we can also ensure our safety.
As the saying goes, one day in the mountains, the world has been in the world for thousands of years. Although we have not paid attention to the time, we have been in this tomb for a long time. Since everyone has known these complicated stories that have been entangled for thousands of years, they are naturally unintentional to continue here, and they urged Ling Xuan to take us away from here and want to go back and have a good rest.
I was the only one who secretly guessed that the mechanism along the way was cracked because Chunting didn't say a word, but I didn't notice that there was a hidden mechanism. What did I miss?
Now it is because Chunting and Ling Xuan knew in advance that there was another entrance, and the two of them were not clear about the road behind. If such an omission is in the future, it would be fatal at a critical moment.
From the entrance to here, I came step by step. In theory, I may have mechanisms that cannot be cracked, but I will never be able to find that there are mechanisms here. Where is this mysterious exit?
Looking back on the experience along the way, in the catacomb arranged by Yuan Tiangang, the only thing I didn't pay attention to was the coffin of Yang Guang and his queen in the tomb chamber. The ancients said that the dead were the most important. After seeing the tablet in front of the coffin, I guessed who was sleeping in the coffin. Out of respect, I did not look at the corpse in the coffin. Could it be...
Thinking of this, I raised my head and stared at Yang Guang's coffin with my eyes straight, wanting to walk over and observe carefully.
Seeing my movements, the smile on Ling Xuan's face turned into surprise. Chunting didn't care and looked at me with an admiration.
I walked into the coffin. The coffin was made of solid wood, with lacquered gold carvings of dragons and phoenixes, eight inches thick. I used my strength and could not move a trace, so I planned to open the coffin and see the mystery.
"Brother Chuan, what are you going to do? The dead are the most important, and it is so unlucky to disturb people's tranquility."
Since Shen Lang knew there was another exit, he obviously felt much better. He no longer lowered his head and remained silent. Seeing me trying to open the store, he was shocked and hurriedly stopped him.
I didn't answer, but the movements in my hand showed him my attitude. With the loud noise of the coffin lid falling to the ground, Yang Guang's coffin was finally opened by me.
I looked into the coffin. As I expected, there was no Yang Guang's body in the coffin, only a crown of heaven, a dragon robe that represented the identity of the true dragon emperor and a thing that responded to the emperor. This turned out to be a tomb of clothes and clothes.
"It is indeed worthy of being the son of Han Ying. He has a meticulous observation and is as careful as a hair. Yuan Tiangang is also a strange man of his generation. Feng Shui geography can be called the master, and the dead are the most important. He would not have moved the body after his death. He just found Yang Guang's clothes and set up a tomb underneath, suppressing it with the remaining Sui Dynasty royal aura of the dragon robe. The exit of this tomb is in the coffin."
Chunting clapped his hands, as if he was applauding me, and his expression revealed the expression that I couldn't understand.
Ling Xuan walked up and reached into the coffin. He didn't know what switch it touched. He saw two coffins that were originally carved with dragons and phoenixes, slowly moving to both sides. A new secret passage appeared among the two coffins.
"Let's go, I'll take you out."
Ling Xuan looked back at us, his tone was calm, but there was a hint of anxiety between his eyebrows.
I was puzzled. It was obvious that the entrance to the tomb was outside the tunnel, where did Ling Xuan’s anxiety come from? But I knew that nothing they didn’t want to say could be asked in a few words. I had to stop the doubts in my heart and call everyone to follow Ling Xuan and leave the tomb.
The secret passages that went out were not crowded. Like the previous shrine, they were made of bluestone. They were as smooth as mirrors and as bright as new. They lit the lamp troughs on both sides of the wall, which were spacious and bright.
Unlike the hard work of coming in, the exit was flat and there was no mechanism. After walking for a while, the flat terrain suddenly moved upwards. I knew that the secret passage was about to reach the exit.
Ling Xuan walked in front alone, everyone followed him in the middle, Chunting walked in the end alone. Ling Xuan habitually looked back to see if any of us were separated, but I found that the closer we were to the exit, the stranger his expression was, as if there were some difficulties and obstacles at the exit.
Finally arrived at the exit, and the same dragon head as the Baqiao site appeared on the wall of the exit. It was the same as the previous mechanism. When the five stone mountains were moved to the corresponding position, only the rumbling mechanism was heard, and the door to go out was finally opened.
When I walked out of the tomb, it was already dark. Although I didn’t know where it was, I could tell that it was a forest. I thought it was because of this. After all, it was a secret that was a thousand years old. If the exit was not in the deep mountains and forests, what should I do if someone accidentally discovered it?
Suddenly I came out of the tomb, breathing in fresh air, listening to the birds and insects in my ears, I felt that the world was so beautiful.
Before he could speak, he found that Ling Xuan's eyes suddenly shot towards one place, and there was murderous aura in his eyes.
I looked at the direction Ling Xuan pointed, and 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 a flashing eyes. It seemed that she had been waiting for a long time.
The mysterious woman looked at us, and we also looked at her. Before we could ask who this was, the spring pavilion that was walking at the end also walked out of the tomb.
The woman looked at Chunting and jumped down from the tree. Ling Xuan was about to stop him, Chunting waved his hand and signaled that he didn't need to do so. His eyes were staring at the mysterious woman like lightning.
Before Chunting could speak, the mysterious woman held her fists and said respectfully to Chunting.
Chapter completed!