Chapter 14 Chapter Thirteen Murals

While speaking, Sanpao quickened his pace again, and quickly jumped out of the narrow rock crack.I looked with the flashlight, and it turned out that less than five meters ahead, the rock crevice disappeared, and a relatively wide cave was replaced. After we all entered the cave, we found that this is not just an ordinary cave. Although there are no carved railings or jade around it, the layout is very regular, with dense and neat brick walls, back walls, and stone corridors.The entire space is mainly made of wood, supplemented by masonry, and it is quite tightly sealed. The place we entered originally had two huge gold-plated copper bolt doors with dragon-like patterns on them. There is a bronze lamp slave with a human face on each side of the stele, kneeling on both sides of the stele, and directly opposite it is a sacrificial altar with a tall shrine on it, surrounded by four bronze lamp slaves in kneeling positions.

I checked and found that there was something wrong with the copper bolt door, not to mention the natural stone blocking the door, the door didn't look like it had been closed at all.This is not right. Isn’t such a big door just to prevent theft?Or, is there something here that makes the owner of the tomb confident that the tomb robbers who enter here will never return? Thinking of this, I felt uncomfortable for a while. The fear caused by this psychological effect is endless, so I had to make a psychological suggestion to myself: everything is nothing but unfounded worry. The wood here has rotted badly, the color is black, and the bricks and stones are dark and old, but even so, it is not an exaggeration to describe this place with grandeur.According to normal tomb standards, it is more likely that this is the accompanying tomb, or the front hall and apse of the main tomb, and the apse is better, because generally the apse has a direct entrance to the underground palace.

I took a glance, and soon found a hidden jade gate on the mountain wall behind the altar.Because of the age, the stone figurines on the side have collapsed, so this jade gate is not considered hidden, and it was easily discovered by us. I believe this should be the exit of the main hall leading to other places. If this is the apse, then from the jade gate Enter the door and you can directly reach the underground palace. Of course, this is wishful thinking on our part, and I have a hunch things won't go as smoothly as we'd hoped. The entire hall was eerily quiet at the moment, and the darkness was like a strange vortex, as if it was trying to cover up something, and no one knew what kind of past this place had.

My understanding of the history of Nanling can be described as poor and blank, but in terms of geography, combined with the historical environment at that time, apart from a high degree of self-government, this regime will inevitably be influenced by the culture of the Central Plains. The architectural style of the hall in front of me has proved that at this point. "Hi! I found something!" Ying Ge yelled, attracting our attention, and we saw him pointing to the screen wall on the sacrificial altar at the back of the main hall and saying, "There seems to be something sealed inside!"

When we looked around, we saw that the surface of the shadow wall was mottled and blurred, and it was full of red and green humanoid objects with different postures. The light is not good, and the thing seems to have been specially processed, so it is impossible to see clearly. , It just makes people feel like something, but they are not completely sure, even if they look away, they seem to feel something moving inside. Sanpao said: "Damn it! From the note, it looks like a human being. Could it be a virgin boy and girl who was buried?" I replied: "This is not a place for burials, so there shouldn't be such things. Besides, I haven't heard of burials being sealed and hung on the wall."

San Pao refused to accept it: "Who said there is no! Haven't you heard of the frozen corpses in Tibet? They are all hung directly in the glacier like this. They won't rot for a thousand years, and the shelf life is quite long!" I replied angrily: "Please, can you combine the reality, it can be hot to death here in winter, you use the refrigerator to make ice corpses?" Sanpao was right when he heard it, and he was speechless to refute it, and simply said vehemently: "Damn, I'm just guessing here, I scare myself, knock it open and have a look, I will tell you whether it is a human or a dog!" After speaking, he picked up the shovel Just ready to go up and shovel a few pieces.

Long Shao told him that there was no need to touch the thing, and wanted to stop him, but Sanpao's hands were quick, and a large piece was removed after a few shovels, revealing the contents inside. When I saw it, I immediately understood something. I stepped forward to touch the things that had been shoveled by three cannons, and said a little excitedly: "There are murals inside, this is paraffin, and it protects these murals from erosion!" It is normal for me to feel excited, because in all previous experiences, there is almost no chance to directly contact and understand the relevant information of Nanling. Even though the layout and form of the hall we entered are somewhat different, it is not enough to express Any information about Nanling.The discovery of murals is different. The role of murals in archaeological activities is too great. The information contained in many murals is simply irreplaceable. Experienced archaeologists can extract a large period of history based on the content of murals. .

Compared with my excitement, Long Shao regretted that he almost missed these things, thanks to the shovels from Sanpao who shoveled them in time. We followed the shoveled opening and carefully began to peel off the paraffin wax. Due to the long time, the paraffin wax has poor transparency, dark gray and cold hard.However, it is very thin and brittle, and a large piece can be removed by breaking it hard. We were afraid of damaging the murals inside, so we broke it very carefully. Four people worked for more than half an hour, and all the paraffin wax on the entire screen wall was removed. A colorful mural is completely displayed in front of us.

Because of the protection of the wax layer, these murals are well preserved, and they are brand new just after they are peeled off, as if they were painted just now. The colors of the murals are unusually bright, forming an extremely sharp contrast with the old surroundings. When I saw the contents of those murals, I felt bursts of murderous intent coming out of the murals. This large and long scroll is narrative, and most of the content is about war. The most striking thing is that a group of people and different armies are engaged in fierce battles in the picture. The costumes of these people are relatively primitive, and they don't even have basic armor protection, and their weapons and numbers are obviously at a disadvantage.In contrast, their opponents were much fiercer and stronger. Among them were the army of Mongolia, the army of Han people, and the army of other Southeast Asian dynasties.The picture is very realistic, and there are many scenes of limbs flying and blood splattering, which is extremely bloody.

I felt a little uncomfortable watching it, but Sanpao said cheerfully: "Hey, I said that the king of Nanling should not be of good character. He offended too many people or something. You see, this has aroused public outrage. All of his buddies rushed over to beat him up!" Ying Ge said: "Don't talk nonsense, maybe it's aggression? Just because you don't provoke people doesn't mean others won't provoke you!" "That's right, this is the war of aggression suffered by Nanling in different historical periods!" Young Master Long nodded and said while pointing to the mural, "Look, this is the Mongolian army. It is very likely that the Mongolian army appeared here at that time. It was the period when Kublai Khan invaded the south, Mongolia destroyed Dali, and entered Burma to attack Nanling. This is the army of the Han people, it should be the conquest war of the Ming Dynasty in Burma during the Wanli period, and the rest are the troops of other dynasties. Judging from the costumes , there is the Bagan dynasty, the Ava dynasty... It seems that they all have the same purpose, which is to capture Nanling. This country is full of disasters!"

Long Shao sighed slightly after finishing speaking, and soon his eyes were attracted by another picture, and suddenly he said "huh" with a confused look on his face: "What does this picture want to express?" We followed his gaze, and our eyes were focused on the middle picture.Although the scene in this picture is not describing the war, it is still bloody. What occupies most of the picture is a huge column with side branches on both sides, like a giant tree full of branches, more like It is a ladder, and the strange thing is that this column is not completely straight, and more than half of it is twisted into an S shape. When I took a closer look at the true face of that thing, I was surprised again. This is not a pillar at all. Isn't this the kind of stone centipede dragon we saw before?Looking down, it was indeed the case. The centipede dragon's tentacles were covered with people, dripping with blood. The centipede dragon's mouth contained a huge jade bead. Because of the blood soaking, the jade bead showed a frightening blood red color and bloomed outward. Bloody. "This isn't..." Just as I was about to speak, Young Master Long interrupted me with a gesture, motioning me to continue reading. Right now, I am very sure that what I see is exactly the kind of stone-carved centipede dragon with a giant bead in its mouth. Although I knew it was a sacrificial vessel used for sacrifices, I never expected that such sacrifices would be so bloody. The place where the centipede dragon is facing is a huge deep rift, which is unimaginably deep. Although exaggerated methods are used, I believe that this kind of place must be real.Could it be that something that the people of Nanling worshiped was under this?What could it be, in this particular way? Then, bursts of thick blue smoke rose from the rift valley in the picture, and there were many fuzzy shadows mixed in the smoke, as if something was climbing up the cliff.Soon, the troops from the previous war appeared on the screen again. At this moment, they were all surrounded by dense fog, throwing away their armor and armor and running in all directions. The scene also deliberately described the scene of many people's limbs being severed. The same bloody, Something should be attacking them in the dense fog. It wasn't just the enemy's army that was attacked, the people of Nanling themselves also suffered this kind of attack. Obviously, this kind of thing has no consciousness, doesn't distinguish between friend and foe, and is extremely bloodthirsty.What makes me even more surprised is that, except for the billowing blue fog, there is nowhere to reflect the specific things hidden inside. The makers of the murals seem to deliberately cover up the true colors of these things.What's the matter?No matter how scary something is, it must have a look!Since it is a formal description, why are those things not allowed to be seen? Is there any secret here that cannot be disclosed? Sanpao said: "This seems to be calling for rescuers, but their rescuers don't seem to appreciate it. People who are looking for trouble and their own people take everything!" Long Shao said: "This should be a method that Nanling had to adopt when facing the danger of subjugation and genocide. The light ball of this kind of blood sacrifice is the sacrificial vessel for calling this kind of thing. The murals may use exaggerated means, But generally not fake, I am sure the above description is true!" "Then what are they summoning? Could it be a person?" These things became more and more strange, and at this moment, I felt as if I had fallen into blood, so I asked Young Master Long tremblingly. Long Shao said: "This may be related to the origin of the main ethnic group in Nanling, the Zhaguiduo people. This may be another way of life for them!" "Another way of living?" "This is the legend of Nanling: People in Nanling have no souls. They store their souls in a place called a miracle underground, so their fate is controlled by those unknown things underground. In the official history, Nanling's The founding of the country is very strange, it appeared very abruptly, without any warning, a country with a relatively high level of civilization at that time appeared in the midst of the mountains, which made all historians feel unable to explore!" I was skeptical, and only heard Long Shao continue: The exact date of the founding of Nanling cannot be determined, but its sudden appearance is recognized, but the historical conditions are generally met.At that time, there were many jungle tribes in the wild forest in the Ayeyarwady River Basin. If a powerful tribe unified all the tribes and established a country, it would not be impossible.However, most of the jungle tribes at that time were very primitive. It took time to unify the tribes and establish a relatively orderly country, and it was impossible to accomplish it overnight. Long Shao once collected a piece of information from abroad. It was an ancient scroll found in an underground black tower. It was accidentally discovered by the Japanese garrison when they were building fortifications. It was captured by the British army after the war and was collected by a British officer. However, Long Shao bought it at a high price from the British officer through his relationship. After several years of hard work, Long Shao's people deciphered part of the content of the ancient scroll, part of which was related to the founding of Nanling. According to the records in the ancient scrolls, the founding of Nanling is related to an underground relic. The history of the relic is very long, beyond anyone's imagination, and it is called an ancient miracle.Later, there was a violent geological movement in the stratum where the ruins were located, something was destroyed, and something was released.The original text translated by Long Shao and the others is: The cage of hell is broken free, and the door of disaster is opened! Of course, these are only the literal translations of Long Shao and the others, and the real meaning cannot be delved into. However, Long Shao is quite confident in this, and believes that even if the translated content is not completely accurate, it is still close to ten.We all sweated a little when we heard it. Aren’t those who escaped from Xindao Hell just evil spirits? Could it be that Nanling Kingdom was founded by a group of ghosts?If this is the case, it will be absolutely unprecedented and unprecedented. A series of such weird messages received too much, which was unbearable, and I had to half-read and half-guess the content of the next mural, and I also lost interest, so I simply let my brain relax, looked away and stretched lower body. In such a dark environment, I habitually held up my flashlight and scanned around to see that there was nothing unusual, so I was relieved.Suddenly, a thought flashed in my mind, and I immediately realized that something was wrong, as if there was something different from just now! My heart skipped a beat, and I hurriedly looked for it with my flashlight. In my panic, I quickly discovered something unusual: the lamp slaves on both sides of the stone tablet at the Tongshuan Gate were still standing there, and I clearly remembered that all the lamp slaves were kneeling. At this moment, the lamp slave on the left side of the stele changed into a standing posture at some point, as if he had stood up by himself.