Dou Sprout shouted for us to come over, as if he had made some extraordinary discovery.
I went over and took a look, and it turned out to be a mural.
This mural was painted on the wall of the corridor. The previous mineral pigments were used, and most of them have peeled off, especially the faces of the characters in the mural, which are all chapped.
What is this painting?
I panned the flashlight and looked over inch by inch.
The entire mural gives people the feeling of being mysterious, ancient, old and dilapidated.
Draw dozens of characters with a uniform Mediterranean bald hairstyle, leaving only long braids on both sides of the temples.
They were wearing pleated coats made of animal skins and woolen waistcoats over their shoulders. This group of strange-looking people held swords in their hands and drove a carriage, acting as if they were on the road in winter.
I touched it lightly with my hand, and one of the people's face fell off. It was not because I used excessive force, but because the environment was humid.
He raised his head and murmured: "These people are Tang Wute who escaped from Xingqing Mansion. This mural shows that it was winter when they fled here."
"That's not right. Turn your head..."
I frowned and asked, "It is written in the history books that it was July when the Mongols besieged Zhongxing Mansion, and it was also July when Genghis Khan died. Could it be that Tang Wute walked for more than half a year before arriving in Sichuan?"
He thought about it for a moment, held up the flashlight and said, "There's nothing wrong. It's nearly two thousand kilometers from Ningxia to Kangding. So many people are fleeing. In ancient times, it was normal to walk for several months."
Xiaoxuan suddenly said: "Look at this man, his paintings are different from others!"
Xiaoxuan pointed her hand and I saw that there was indeed a special character on the painted mural.
This is a man wearing a felt hat. He lowers his head and cannot see his face clearly. This man is a little hunched over. There is a servant supporting him beside him. Another thing is that this character is deliberately drawn very large, larger than all the others.
He looks a lot bigger in person.
This is definitely not a mistake by the artist, it should be what the artist wanted to express!
For example, I wanted to express the special status of the person wearing the hat, so I deliberately drew him one size larger.
"It can't be wrong...it can't be wrong..."
There was a hint of excitement in his calm tone. His fingers trembled slightly as he pointed at the man wearing a felt hat on the mural and said categorically: "He is the last emperor of the Western Xia Dynasty, Li Xian."
Dou Sprout scratched his head and said: "Hang your head, you can't do it? Fengzi, look at how the Xixia Emperor is dressed like a beggar."
I ignored Dou Sprout, held up the flashlight, and stared at this person.
Once I saw it, I was fascinated.
I felt like I had entered the mural, with the north wind blowing in my ears. Hundreds of Tangwut were rushing in the wind and snow. Their carriages were pulling boxes of treasures. Due to the heavy load, the wheels rutted in the snow.
Leave a deep mark.
In the heavy snow, a tall and thin young man wearing a felt hat slowly raised his head with the help of a servant.
He and I looked at each other.
This man's eyes seemed calm, but they seemed to contain too many complex emotions. The moment he looked at me, I felt like I wanted to kneel down. This was the aura of a king of a country.
"Yunfeng! Yunfeng!"
Douyazai patted me and said, "Why are you so stunned! You didn't even respond when we called you!"
Cold sweat broke out on my forehead, I rubbed my eyes and looked.
A mural is still a mural, there is nothing unusual about it.
"No...it's nothing, I was distracted just now."
If this painted mural is taken out, it will definitely sell for a lot of money!
We didn't prepare anything, but I knew how to make it.
There is a tomb robber named Zhou in China, and his team specializes in uncovering murals and selling them. The specific method is to wipe off the floating dust and dry mud on the surface with clean water, then apply a layer of clear tung oil, dry it with fire, and then apply a layer of natural
Peach gum.
Peach gum is the "super-grade gum vitriol" sold on Taobao. It is then spread with rice paper layer by layer and baked over fire. After the three layers of rice paper are dry, they are covered with wooden boards, hammered firmly with a hammer, and finally with a sharp
Use a small knife to cut along the edge of the board, or you can use an electric saw.
After taking it off, sprinkle a layer of floating soil on the back, then take a piece of wood and clamp it together, steal it out and leave it for a week, and then separate the boards after the peach gum inside is completely solidified.
Therefore, the ancient tomb murals we see in the museum are all regular rectangular shapes, because the wooden boards used at that time were rectangular.
The murals in ancient tombs are at least second-grade cultural relics. If you are caught, the consequences will be serious. If you sell a bronze round tripod, you will be jailed for up to five or six years. If you sell this, you will be jailed for ten years.
It’s a thankless job, so the average tomb robbers don’t uncover murals. If you don’t believe it, look at the large empty tombs. Most of what’s left are murals and rotten bricks.
Dou Sprout took a crowbar to the mural wall and knocked it twice. The sound was solid.
