Secret love words

Chapter 13 Origin
Following Li Ping's explanation, Xu Chenyin looked at the life stories of the epitaphs from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty in the display cabinet, as if she was standing in a time tunnel at the moment, and the scenes of history flashed in her mind like slides. This feeling is mysterious and intoxicating.

She listened carefully, and occasionally asked two questions, and Jiang Yu also wrote down some key points from time to time.

"This way is the epitaph of the princess we are going to focus on today." Li Ping led the two of them to an inconspicuous small door in the corner, saw the doubt in their eyes, and explained with a smile: "Because Mo Master Mo's personal habits, so if the cultural relics unearthed in Datong are restored by Master Mo, they will be sent here."

"Can it still be like this?" Jiang Yu was a little surprised: "I thought that all unearthed cultural relics in the country should be handed over to the local cultural relics bureau for restoration."

Xu Chenyin didn't speak, but there was obvious doubt in her apricot eyes.

"Because Mr. Mo is a retired person who has been rehired and is getting older, the courtyard agreed to Mr. Mo's request after comprehensive consideration."

While explaining, Li Ping raised her hand and knocked on the small door: "Master Mo, the people from the capital city are here."

After about a minute, an old voice came from inside: "Come in."

Before pushing the door open, Li Ping turned around and warned: "Master Mo has a bit of a stubborn temper, so don't argue with him when he has something to say later."

Xu Chenyin nodded, Jiang Yu didn't care too much and said, "Master, you have a weird temper."

"Yes." Li Ping agreed.

When a few people pushed the door and entered the hut, they saw a white-haired old man concentrating on restoring the epitaph in front of him, and even the people in the room did not attract his attention.

Li Ping brought the two of them there, and all three of them remained silent, watching the restoration work in the hands of the old man seriously.

The chisel traces of the Wei stele contain three meanings. One is the chisel trace, which shows the most primitive effect of knife carving, which determines the stone carving characteristics of the lines of the Wei stele.

The second is natural traces, which show the stone texture and the modifications and additions to the lines of Wei steles due to natural phenomena.

The third is traces of personnel, which represent the historical accumulation and precipitation of human social activities.

Therefore, in the restoration process of the Wei stele, most of the historical traces must be preserved, and the pursuit of excessive perfection will not be pursued.

Just like the princess epitaph restored in the hands of the old man, what the old man did was to restore the princess's life story on the epitaph to be more obvious.

[During the time of Xiaowen, Princess Shiping died in the palace and died early, and gave a posthumous marriage to Mu Chong's great-great-grandson Mu Pingcheng to the princess. 】

In just one sentence, it summed up Princess Shiping's short life.

Time passed by, and it wasn't until the old man put down the brush in his hand that Xu Chenyin and Jiang Yu dared to get closer and carefully observe the traces of repair.

"Really, the master still needs to do it, and there is no trace of repair at all."

After Jiang Yu finished speaking, he turned to look at Xu Chenyin, and asked aloud, "Right, Chenyin."

"Yeah." Xu Chenyin nodded slightly.

The old man stroked his white beard and laughed: "You are still young, you have to explore the mysteries of this cultural relic slowly, and you will naturally grasp the essence of it."

After listening to some experience and hands-on practice taught by the old man, when Xu Chenyin and Jiang Yu came out of the hut, there were only a few visitors left in the museum.

Li Ping saw that the two of them were interested in ghost marriage, so she explained in detail: "Ghost marriage was originally a form of marriage ceremony and became a couple in the dark. All marriages related to the dead are called dark marriages."

"I remember that according to the oracle bone oracle bone inscriptions about the Yin king's marriage to a ghost wife, the origin of ghost marriage can be traced back to the Yin and Shang Dynasties." Xu Chenyin continued unhurriedly: "I checked before I came, and the ghost marriage cases in the Northern Dynasties Not many, there is only one case recorded in the story that Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty conspired for a daughter Princess Shiping, that is, the princess just now."

"good."

In Li Ping's eyes, there was a bit of admiration: "During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, people suffered from social disorder, so they gradually accepted funeral ceremonies such as ghost marriage and soul-calling burial. His son Cao Chong has arranged a ghost marriage."

"I didn't expect Cao Cao to arrange a ghost marriage for his son." Jiang Yu repeated in surprise.

"Yes, Cao Chong was smart since he was a child, but he passed away at the age of 13. As a father, Cao Cao would naturally do more for Cao Chong."

Li Ping said, paused, pushed open the gate of the museum for them, looked up at the dazzling sunlight, and sighed: "However, in the final analysis, dark marriage is also a kind of remembrance and regret for the ancients, but we What modern people pursue is not to leave any regrets in their lives.”

After saying this, she lowered her eyes, looked at Xu Chenyin, and smiled slowly: "So, while you are still young, do whatever you want, pursue your career, and don't let your feelings slip away. People live a lifetime. Don't leave any regrets."

Xu Chenyin couldn't help thinking of Ji Yan, was startled, lowered his eyes, and didn't respond.

After returning to the hotel, Xu Chenyin and Jiang Yu reviewed the theoretical knowledge they had learned in the afternoon before ordering a takeaway. Jiang Yu was eating the takeaway, and his attention was quickly drawn away by the short video on his mobile phone.

Xu Chenyin was a little absent-minded, and even the takeaway he ordered tasted like chewing wax.

The night is gradually covering, looking down from the French windows of the hotel, the streets are full of traffic and neon lights are flickering.

Staring at the scene outside the window, Xu Chenyin sighed softly, remembering Li Ping's words in the afternoon, don't leave any regrets.

She didn't know whether Ji Yan would change his mind, but judging from the current situation, her hope was extremely slim.

Just when she was in a trance, her phone vibrated suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she quickly opened WeChat, but the reality disappointed her again.

It's not Ji Yan, it's Chen Lin.

[Chenyin, let's have a dinner date next week. 】

Xu Chenyin pursed her lips, leaned against the floor-to-ceiling window, and typed a reply: [Okay, I will contact you then. 】

She exited the chat mode after sending this sentence, switched to the friend verification page, clicked on Ji Yan's personal information with her fingertips, and stared at Ji Yan's profile picture in a daze.

"Chen Yin!"

Jiang Yu suddenly appeared behind Xu Chenyin. Xu Chenyin was taken aback, and her fingertip accidentally touched the column of adding friends again.

However, by the time Xu Chenyin reacted and wanted to make amends, it was already too late, and the added message was sent out again.

And according to the updated information, Ji Yan changed his profile picture at some point, it was no longer the selfie in Shipwreck Bay, but a photo of a golden retriever smiling at the camera.

"Who is it?" Jiang Yu leaned forward and asked.

(End of this chapter)