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Chapter 493 History of the Village

The content on this mural also describes the story of the Han people going south and the period of the Wuhu chaos. The first mural is the Han people fleeing from the north, the second mural is the southward migration, and the third mural is the most of the people who were displaced by the Huns during the southward migration. Killed by people, the fourth picture is deep in the mountains and old forests, the disappearing Han people and the luggage and parcels scattered on the ground.

The first four murals are similar to those seen in the underground palace, but there is one more mural in the front hall, which is the most critical fifth...

I saw a scene of a paradise, a rich mountain, a stream and a small river, and a mountain of delicacies!

I saw the well-proportioned houses, the children playing and laughing, the slender ladies, and the world of bliss!
Is this the one that cuts off the nine kinds of afflictions, is not afraid of life and death, does not get involved in cause and effect, and does not enter the cycle of reincarnation?
Just when I was surprised, the village head standing beside me said to me: "Changsheng, why are you so surprised, this is just an ordinary mural."

I came back to my senses, took a deep breath, and asked smoothly: "Village Chief, for the sake of our being of the same origin and suffering from the same disease, can you tell me about the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss, that is, the broken boundary?"

When I heard the words of Paradise, I found that his face became very surprised, but he quickly recovered his original calm expression, smiled and said to me: "What Paradise? The scene in this painting Is it? It’s very similar to Tao Yuanming’s Xanadu.”

The village chief was obviously pretending to be stupid, so I had no choice but to stop beating around the bush and ask directly: "Did the Han people disappear around here when they went south? I think some of the people in Guimen Village are the descendants of the Han people who disappeared back then." , and the last mural clearly expresses that the entrance to the Paradise of Paradise is here!"

"Changsheng, do you think that if there is such a world of bliss, then our family will still be tortured, and the living people will be neither human nor ghost? Will we still have such a short life? If there is such a boundary, we will be immortal long ago." Villager Chang said with a wry smile.

"This..." I thought this is also true. The village chief's words may be true, but he must have concealed something from me. He clearly said before that he didn't know what the Land of Elysium is, but just now he mentioned "immortality"... …

Seeing my puzzled face, the village chief said to us: "I have to make one more point. People in our village will never have the descendants of the Han people you mentioned, because we were just barren mountains and wild mountains during the period of the Five Husbands and China. Our village was only gradually formed during the Northern Song Dynasty. Just look at the murals here, people can lie, but this ink painting that has been passed down for thousands of years is true."

I followed the village chief's gaze and saw four ink paintings hanging on the right side of the front hall, but there were no signed seals or words on the paintings.

The content depicted in the first painting is a deep mountain and old forest. Looking at the mountains and rivers, one can vaguely distinguish the mountains around the ghost village and the small river next to the village.

The second painting depicts a group of bandits looting the village, beheading the villagers, robbing women and food, and burning the village to the ground.

In the third painting, there is a general riding a tall horse, leading the officers and soldiers to eliminate violence and peace, and kill all the bandits who have lost their conscience.

The fourth painting depicts the general standing on the top of the hill, directing the artisans and workers to restore the buildings in the cottage, and build new houses one after another, and accommodate the victims one after another...

But the strange thing is that behind the fourth ink painting, there is still a blank space. Judging from the traces of nails and dust, there should be a fifth painting hanging here.

I don't know what is depicted in that painting, why it is not hung here, is there any mystery hidden in the same fifth painting?

(End of this chapter)