Since Tan Lusi and others had done many ancient painting restoration work in the previous year and a half, they made progress this time very fast and were very familiar. They had all restored this landscape figure in about three hours, otherwise it would take at least one day to go.

This is just an ordinary ancient painting. If it is a masterpiece, it may take a few days or even ten days or half a month.

Wang Zan looked down and sighed in his heart. It would be more appropriate to describe it in one word, which is to turn decay into magic.

President Xu said to Wang Zan: "We have repaired this painting at least twenty times before, and there will be no mistakes. If you look at it now, what is special about this painting?"

Several pairs of eyes fell on Wang Zan. Although he might not expect anything, to be honest, it would be better if he could find a breakthrough point.

In fact, Dean Xu and his friends found Mr. Song because from the scientific and technological perspective, they had already walked all the paths and could not find any clues. At this time, they basically had to start from the metaphysics, because for the Beijing Museum and these historical workers, metaphysics is not a feudal superstition in their eyes. On the contrary, they are the same as Professor Yan and others, and they all have the same concepts, thinking that there are many unknowns in this world that they do not understand, but it does not mean that they do not know, and it is even more impossible not to believe it.

Wang Zan habitually lit a cigarette, then stood by the table, squinted his eyes, staring at the ancient painting carefully, Dean Xu and others were watching her, but unfortunately, Wang Zan looked at her for a long time without any expression on his face.

In fact, the people present did not have any hope for this young man, nor did they think he could find any clues, but the current situation is to be a silly horse. As long as there are methods and means, you might as well use it.

Let’s talk about the painting itself first. The content of the painting is landscape figure painting.

In this painting, there is a continuous mountain range that runs through. The mountain is painted with lush forests, and a river winds through the foot of the mountain.

There are three small boats on the river, and there are figures like boatmen supporting bamboo poles.

Then there was a team on the mountain, as if carrying the goods, walking towards the top of the mountain.

In general, the content of this painting is actually very simple. Just a little bit of it, you can see it clearly at a glance.

Wang Zan looked at it for four or five minutes, then put out the cigarette butts, raised his head and asked Dean Xu: "Have you found a place where the mountains and waters painted in this painting exist? Or, what about the similar areas?"

President Xu shook his head and said: We had already thought of your idea when we were doing the restoration work, and then guessed whether the place was drawn here. So, after comparison, we found that there was no exact same place. We also scanned the contents of the scroll and entered it to the computer for comparison. The computer recorded very detailed mountains and rivers, which captured at least 99.9% of the topography of our country, but none of them were the same as here. Even if the area with a similarity of 50 or 60% was not found, we concluded that the landscape characters on this painting should be fictionalized by the author.

Tang Lusi said at this time, "And you look at this painting. The painting skills are actually very rough and simple. This is definitely not a master's work. It is just a herb drawn by a person who knows a little about painting techniques."

Wang Zan then asked, "How do you know that the contents in this painting are related to the Yongle Ceremony?"

President Xu said: "About two years ago, when he came back from abroad, he brought 18 volumes of Yongle Ceremony to the Beijing Museum and handed it to me. There was also this scroll. The old man said that their family traveled overseas and took away many family-born items, including these 18 volumes of Yongle Ceremony. However, the Yongle Ceremony at their home originally collected more than 300 volumes, and 282 of them were missing.

Because I can't explain it clearly, because it was collected by my ancestors in my family. By their generation, the news about the Yongle Ceremony has disappeared. However, the old man in the family left a clue that the other 200 volumes of the Yongle Ceremony were related to this picture. If the secrets in this picture can be solved, then the more than 200 volumes of the Yongle Ceremony can be found. There is no need to lie or conceal what the other party did, right?"

Wang Zan was a little speechless after hearing this. Why does this look like the content in a suspense movie? Isn’t it the same as guessing riddles?

Who is so bored that you can do such a thing? Wouldn't it be nice to just use notes to hide the Yongle ceremony?

President Xu then explained: "You little kid, you may not know the historical value of the Yongle Ceremony. When this old man left, the era was in chaos. If he took such an important thing and went abroad, the loss would be great. Therefore, according to what the old man said, the elders in the family made this choice in order to preserve the Yongle Ceremony."

Wang Zan was also very fucked. The key is that you have caused me trouble.

An old scholar knocked on the table with his hands impatiently and said, "It is actually no need to pursue these things now. The most important thing for us is to unlock the secrets contained in this painting."

Wang Zan squinted his eyes and said, "If that old man did not lie, then the secret in the painting will definitely be solved. You said before that after the restoration of this painting, after a night, it will become what it used to be?"

Dean Xu nodded and said, "This is also something we are confused about. We have made a lot of efforts, but we can't explain why this phenomenon is. We even put the painting on the table and installed a camera on it. We have arranged for people not to sleep all night, staring at the scroll without blinking, and want to see how the content in the painting is restored as before, but it is very strange. Even if we just stare at it, the content in the painting suddenly changes, leaving you without any warning."
Chapter completed!