C38 (2/2)
The second painting depicted a person wearing a crown sleeping on a sea, and around the sea, many small figures kneeled and worshipped. Although the painting was very abstract, it could be seen that the clothes these people wore were all from an ancient nation of Nanzhao.
Zhu Yingqiong said in a shocked voice, ”I understand, these are people from the White Kingdom, and the one with the crown is Loong Liaan!”
”Loong Liaan?”
I was stunned at first, but then my eyes widened. Could it be that this was the resurrection ceremony of death, and that the people from White Kingdom were reviving Loong Liaan?
But that's not right, the Loong Liaan painted on it was sleeping on the sea, but there was no sea in the Wild Mountain, could it be that this sea was referring to the Salvin River of Wild Mountain?
Zhu Yingqiong shook her head with a serious expression: ”It is definitely not the Sale River, if you look carefully at the map, the place where these little people from White Kingdom are kneeling behind is a pitch black void, and this might not be a sea either, but rather a lake or a pond, if I guessed correctly, it should be underground!”
We turned to the third picture, and found that the figure was even more blurred, and that so many of the carvings had fallen off that we could not see them clearly at all, that we had to give up and turn to the fourth, and the scene changed, and we saw that there were many small figures in confrontation, and that there was a river in the middle of them.
I hastily said, ”This is definitely the White Kingdom murals of the Tang Army that focused their attacks on Wild Mountain. The two armies were separated by the Sale River, forming a confrontation!”
Zhu Yingqiong nodded. ”It's not just a confrontation, look carefully, what else is on the river?”
Looking closer, I saw that there was a black dot on the river, it looked like a bamboo raft, and on the bamboo raft stood a disheveled figure, holding a paper fan. I was shocked: ”Heavens, could this be Chen Jun, he is currently crossing the river to negotiate with Loong Liaan?”
Zhu Yingqiong didn't say anything and looked at the next painting, but I realized that the next painting had a long span of space. On top of the next painting, there was only a single person climbing up a cliff with very vulgar movements, and on top of the cliff, there were a few people from White Kingdom pointing arrows at him.
Zhu Yingqiong asked curiously: ”And who is that person?”
I'm also confused, could it be Chen Jun?
No, that's not right, Chen Jun disappeared along with the White Kingdom, there's no way someone from the White Kingdom would aim their bow and arrows at him, so who would that person be?
I thought about it carefully and a name popped up in my mind, Wu Zhong!
For his own benefit, Fourth Uncle once told me about Wu Zhong sneaking up the mountain alone but escaping with a slim chance of survival. From the frescoes, it seems to be Wu Zhong.
Zhu Yingqiong did not know about Wu Zhong's situation, so I told him about Fourth Uncle and she finally came to a realization.
We looked at the next set of frescoes, and discovered that a Ancient Warship had arrived at the Wild Mountain, there was a man wearing a crown on his head standing on top of it.
This ship should be the Emperor Jianwen's warship, and the person on board is the Emperor Jianwen!
When I saw this, I suddenly thought of something. Back then, in order to revive Zhu Biao, who brought Ancient Warship to the Wild Mountain, and prepared to invade the White Kingdom that lived underground. But in the end, when it failed, where did the Emperor Jianwen go?
Had he lost his Wild Mountain in battle?
Or perhaps he escaped. If the Emperor Jianwen escaped, then where did he go in the end?
I asked Zhu Yingqiong, she also didn't know, but I secretly felt that it was a pity that the Fourth Uncle wasn't here, otherwise this old fox would definitely have my own guesses.
I sighed and looked at the next painting, this time I was even more confused, this was the last mural, and there were still two armies confronting each other. One side was clearly an army of the Ming Dynasty, and the other side was a White Kingdom, but right in front of the white National Army, there was actually another person who was tied up and kneeling on the ground.
This figure was dressed in a dragon robe and wore a crown on his head. His face was painted very vividly, giving off a decadent feeling, while the People of White Kingdom behind him was laughing maniacally.
On the other side, the Ming Dynasty's army rode on big horses and horse carriages. The flag was written with words, and the one leading them was a man dressed in plain clothes. The face that he saw was actually extremely similar to Wu Zhong's fresco!
Looking at this mural, I was a little confused. I didn't understand what was going on, could it be that after the Emperor Jianwen invaded White Kingdom, another war took place?
But that's not right, only the Emperor Jianwen and Wu Zhong knew about the Wild Mountain, why did the Ming Dynasty's army invade the Wild Mountain after the Emperor Jianwen? And it was even led by Wu Zhong, could it be …
I was shocked and thought of an unbelievable answer. Could it be that the Ming dynasty army was the work of the Emperor Yongle and the person who was tied up and kneeling on the ground was the Emperor Jianwen?!
Oh my god, I only feel my heart tremble, Emperor Jianwen's invasion of White Kingdom has failed, and I myself have become a captive of White Kingdom, so Emperor Yongle sent troops to attack Wild Mountain again?
I told Zhu Yingqiong my conjecture. She frowned first, then shook her head: ”The first half should be like this, but the second half isn't right. Zhu Di and Emperor Jianwen are sworn enemies, how could she send troops to save Emperor Jianwen?”
She paused for a moment, then pointed at Wu Zhong who was on the mural: ”Could it be related to Wu Zhong?”
I took a deep breath and asked, ”What do you mean?”
Zhu Yingqiong said: Let us deduce, the reason why the Emperor Jianwen waged a war against the Wild Mountain back then was to revive Crown Prince Zhu Biao, but he failed, so he was captured by the White Kingdom, but because Emperor Jianwen did not die, he became a huge threat to the Emperor Yongle, and because of that, we knew that the Emperor Jianwen was in the Wild Mountain, Zhu Di sent troops to attack the White Kingdom, and the White Kingdom had been in the underground for a long time, so we did not know anything about it, so we tied up the Emperor Jianwen to threaten Zhu Di!
I asked, ”What about Wu Zhong? How could he be in Zhu Di's army? ”
Zhu Yingqiong guessed: It's very likely that Wu Zhong came to the Wild Mountain to resurrect from the dead, but due to the obstruction of the White Kingdom, he did not succeed. In order to complete his own goal, he used Zhu Di once again, if he wanted to use Zhu Di, he had to leave the Emperor Jianwen.
After hearing it, I was a little dumbstruck, and upon careful thought, I realised that Zhu Yingqiong's reasoning was very reasonable, and that was the only way that I could explain the contents of the frescoes. Although I do not know what the final result of the battle was, I am sure that after this battle, the White Kingdom would be destroyed.
Furthermore, Zhu Di's army definitely did not take advantage of the situation. The final victor was Wu Zhong, a person who used three emperors!
Our reasoning was actually very confusing, because all of this was based on the content of the murals, and we still need to further verify whether it was true or not, but I think that the true content should be about the same. In the end, with the destruction of the White Kingdom, Wu Zhong became the biggest winner!
I suddenly thought of a very fatal question. If Wu Zhong succeeded, then he would know the secret of reviving from the dead. After so many years, would his mother's Wu Zhong still be alive from Wild Mountain?
I said this thought, and Zhu Yingqiong's expression became unsettled upon hearing it. I can't imagine, what it would be like if we were to meet Wu Zhong underground in a few hundred years!