Because this female ghost named Xue Ru led the way, we didn't encounter any obstacles when entering the ancient tomb this time. We didn't need the fat man to use a crutch key to slide the door and pick the lock. The whole journey was smooth. We entered the ancient tomb corridor directly, and as expected, the tens of thousands of ghosts chasing us did not catch up with us. Our group finally came to terms with the situation. The feeling of being exhausted and running for our lives was really unpleasant.
No longer worried about my life, I felt much more relaxed. After I realized that this happy ghost named Xueru didn't seem to have any ill intentions towards me, I became less afraid. Of course, this was only for me. Fatty and Zhang Jinya were probably not feeling well. They were almost out of breath and didn't dare to breathe. It was obvious that after what happened before, they were a little afraid of this happy ghost named Xueru.
Probably because of my change in mentality, I even started chatting with Xueru. Of course, the question I was most concerned about was whether the person who presented me with the marriage certificate and the person who had been helping me was the same person. A mysterious woman named Hua Mulan? Also, is the ancient tomb we are in now one of the ten most sinister tombs?
Unfortunately, Xueru didn't give me too many answers. She just said that her master would tell me all the answers. But there was one thing she did give me a definite answer - the mysterious woman who saved me in front of the ancient temple was indeed He is her master, and it is also her master who gave me the marriage certificate.
I didn't get many answers from me, and it's impossible to say I'm not disappointed. But this Xueru seemed to have a bad temper. The reason why he was willing to talk to me was probably because of that mysterious woman named Hua Mulan. Therefore, I didn't dare to ask any more questions. After all, the old people in this village often say that ghosts are unpredictable. This probably means that after a person dies and turns into a ghost, the negative impact of the unfair treatment they suffered during his or her lifetime will be felt in the future. After death, resentment amplifies infinitely, so all ghosts are unpredictable in mood and anger. It is not hostile to you at this moment, but it may tear you into pieces the next moment. Of course, such ghosts are particularly profound. This is no longer included in this list. For example, the second master Bai Wuchang who almost tortured me to death was extremely humane.
While we were talking, we had walked through a section of the corridor and entered the front room of the ancient tomb under the leadership of Xue Ru. The layout of this front room is similar to the living room of ancient people. In fact, in ancient times, except for those common people who could not afford a proper burial, their deaths were basically buried in thin-skin coffins or rolls of straw mats. The layout of the ancient tombs of dignitaries is like this. They were built to imitate the architectural style of the time. The front room is basically similar to the living room, followed by the side room where the wives and concubines lived, which is what the lingo of inverted fighting means. The middle one is the main tomb chamber, where Master Mu sleeps.
The same is true for the front room of this ancient tomb. There are some artifacts from ancient living rooms, but most of them are damaged. The table and other things that were buried during the burial have long been turned into a pile of garbage, so this front room The inside looks empty, but there are some murals painted on the stone walls on all sides, probably recording the life and deeds of the tomb owner.
"Okay, you can take a look here first."
Xueru stopped in the front room of the ancient tomb, glanced at me and said, "This is the master's order. You should go see her after reading these murals."
In fact, I was already looking at these murals without her telling me, because I was really paying too much attention to that mysterious woman. I wanted to know what kind of person she was during her lifetime and what she had experienced! The first painting of this mural shows a woman wearing a special costume that was a combination of Hufu and Hanfu in the Northern Wei Dynasty. She is sitting in a room doing nun. The woman in the painting looks pretty, even though she is I can feel her youthfulness and attractiveness through the painting.
Because the Northern Wei Dynasty was the period after the Five Hus devastated China and the Han and Hu peoples had integrated, the costumes of that era were very distinctive. I could tell the era of the woman in the painting almost at a glance.
There was not much information in the first mural, so I observed the woman in the painting for a while and then looked at the second painting.
In the second painting, there is an old man with a stooped back and gray hair. The old man is kneeling on the ground, and two soldiers seem to be reading something to him.
When I saw this, my heart moved. Based on my understanding of history, I already had a lot of guesses in my mind. At that time, I patiently read on. Fortunately, the mural paintings had clear layers, so after reading it, I had a rough idea of the mural in my mind. The prototype of the story told above:
The old man on the mural was actually the father of the woman who was a nun. He seemed to have been summoned by the army to join the army. Then the woman was worried about her father's health, so she simply stole her father's armor, sword and gun and took her father's weapon. He went to buy a horse, and then joined the army for his father, transforming from a weak woman into a warrior of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
The following scenes are basically about the life of a woman in the military camp. In order to avoid being exposed, she held in her clothes when she went out to take a shower, and did not dare to take off her clothes when sleeping. She was always beaten when she entered the military camp, but the woman was also strong and never gave up in this difficult environment. She was very dedicated during training, and she was still practicing her shooting skills even late at night.
The painter who painted this mural was very good at painting, and it completely reflected the situation at that time. Even I, the spectator, couldn't help but feel a little sorry for the woman after reading it.
After painting the life in the military camp, the scene jumped to the battlefield. Looking at the shapes of the enemies painted on the mural, it should be about the relationship between the Tuoba clan of Xianbei and the Rouran people during the reign of Emperor Tuoba Tao of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The war that broke out.
On the battlefield, although the woman was born as a girl, she was extremely brave in combat, especially her archery skills, which were extremely accurate. She could penetrate the enemy's generals with a hundred steps and often kill enemy generals with one arrow. Therefore, she was promoted all the way through her military exploits.
In these murals about war, I found that the painter focused on depicting two men. One is a Rouran person. The tents that the Rouran people live in in the painting have golden roofs. According to the customs of the Rouran people at that time, non-royal people cannot use such large tents, so I guess that the Rouran person may be from Rouran. The royal family, even the Rouran Khan at that time! According to the artist's records, it seems that the Rouran man discovered the secret that the woman was born as a girl and shamelessly pursued the woman. Unfortunately, he was almost shot to death by the woman with an arrow on the battlefield.
The other man seems to be from the Northern Wei Dynasty at that time. At least the clothes he wears are the official uniforms of the Northern Wei Dynasty. However, the artist did not carefully depict the man's official uniform, so I cannot judge the role of this man in the Northern Wei Dynasty. How about the official title, but I guess it has something to do with logistics, because the man in the painting is responsible for transporting food, grass and property to the army where the woman is, and that man seems to have also discovered the identity of the woman in the painting who is a girl! ! ! However, this man had much better luck than the Rouran royal family. The woman in the painting and him ended up together. There are many scenes in the murals of the two cuddling together, and the man often gave the woman something, among which One thing is a knife - this knife is the Baipi knife I carry now!
Seeing these scenes, I don't know why, I felt sour and felt an inexplicable hostility towards that man!
At the end of the mural, the cause of the woman's death is recorded. After the woman returned home, her identity was exposed and she was summoned by the then emperor Tuoba Tao. It seemed that Tuoba Tao also fell in love with this woman, so he staged a cross-cutting act. In the drama of fighting for love, the man who the woman loved was ordered to do something, and then the scene jumped to an ancient tomb, where the man died in an ancient tomb. In the end, the woman also committed suicide for the man. Ba Tao regretted his mistake and finally built a huge mausoleum for the woman.
This is probably all the content recorded in the mural. After reading it, I was silent for a long time. I was completely sure of the identity of the woman in the painting!
She is the Hua Mulan in history! !
Time, deeds...
Wait for everything to match perfectly!
In other words, the person who gave me the marriage certificate was indeed the historical Hua Mulan, not the same name! ! !
As for that man, I also have a guess. From the part where the emperor ordered him to dig the ancient tomb, we can see that this man is probably a tomb robber, just an official robber, similar to the gold-touching captain set up by Cao Cao General Hefaqiu Zhonglang made money for the royal family by robbing tombs to provide for wartime needs, so there was a section where he transported supplies for the army, because the supplies he transported were probably purchased with the money he gained from robbing tombs. of!
It's just that I can't figure it out. From the painting, it seems that Hua Mulan's feelings for the tomb robber were unswerving until death. Otherwise, it would be impossible for her to die for the man after Tuoba Tao planned to kill him. Then... What does it mean that she handed me a marriage certificate now?
My mind was in confusion, and I stood in silence for a long time in front of the last mural where Hua Mulan committed suicide by taking poison.
"Okay, come with me after you finish reading."
Xue Ru appeared in front of me silently: "Follow me to see the master!"