N-M Chapter 355 Clues
Chapter 355 Clues
Chapter 355 Clues
"Muchia's wife, and the religious place?" Fan Meng was also lost in thought after hearing Liang En's speculation. "There will be no less, no more, and definitely not too many intersections between the two."
"Especially as you said before that Mucha lived in Prague and its surroundings during the last period of his life, so if the scope is limited to Prague and its surroundings, we may be able to see all these places in a few days."
"You're right." Liang En nodded and handed over the locket, "Help me check this thing again to see what mechanism it has?"
Compared with Liang En, Fan Meng had received a lot of professional training, including the training of searching for various hidden objects, so Liang En handed this to him to see if he could find more clues.
"This piece of glass is a special piece of optical glass." After simply looking for the locket, Fan Meng did not know which mechanism was moved, so that the glass that Liang En thought was used to hold photos bounced and hung. Locket vertical.
At this moment, the sunlight came in from the window and sprinkled on the table through the glass, showing a figure of a human skeleton.
"This is glass etched with some corrosive liquid. Because the engraving is not too deep, it cannot be seen when it is attached to the box." Fan Meng pointed to this piece of glass and said
. "This technology was more common in the army and some special departments at that time, but for ordinary people, except for a small number of glass workers and glass art, few people would master this technology."
"If Mu Xia left this thing, then the other party may indeed have mastered this ability." Liang En said in a low voice after hearing Fan Meng's words. "Mucha is a master photographer, so it is reasonable to know this skill."
"But what does this human skeleton mean?" Joan asked looking at the skeleton formed by the light. "Is it a threat or a warning?"
"Neither, it's a symbol of love, and the skull symbolizes eternity, and it's a kind of blessing when it's placed in this kind of jewelry that is obviously related to love." Liang En said with a smile.
Although this tradition already existed in the time of Joan of Arc, it was mainly popular in the aristocratic circle, and it is normal for Joan of Arc not to understand it because of her background as a commoner.
"But what you said, Jeanna, is right. The skeleton here is probably using this fact as a cover. What it actually wants to tell us is the death that the skeleton itself represents."
"That is to say, the keywords we are looking for now include Mucha's wife, religious sites, and death." Fan Meng nodded, and then the three of them took out their mobile phones almost at the same time and began to search.
Because what they were looking for now was obtained from various public information, they found their target after only 15 minutes.
Of course, being able to find the target so easily has something to do with Mucha himself. Unlike many flamboyant artists, Mucha was a very clean-cut diamond kingpin with no scandals until he was in his 40s. He has no love history or gossip at all.
It was not until 1903 when he met an art student that he reaped the love that was said to be very late in that era, even though he was more than 20 years older than that student.
It was also for this reason that Liang En and the others were able to lock down their target in a short period of time: a church in downtown Prague, one of the few churches Mucha often went to with his family after returning to the Czech Republic.
As I said before, the painter himself is a devout Catholic, so he naturally goes to church once a week, and when he is home, he takes the whole family with him.
However, unlike several other churches, this church has its own cemetery because it was located in the suburbs in Mucha's time, and this is related to the death shown by the skeleton.
"How should we find it?" Joan asked.This was half an hour after discovering the clues on the locket, Liang En and the three of them came to the church cemetery with the pile of jewelry before.
Like most churches, the cemetery of this church is also open to the public, so Liang En and the others quickly walked into this somewhat desolate cemetery.
The reason for the desolation is that with the development of the city, the church and the cemetery are surrounded by urban buildings, so naturally it cannot expand, so when the entire cemetery is full, it will naturally fall into disrepair.
However, this is good news for Liang En and the others, because it means that their search work will not be subject to unexpected onlookers, and there will be no problems.
"I think you should already know Mucha's painting style." After hearing Joan's inquiry, Liang En asked the two companions.
"Of course!" Joan of Arc and Fan Meng nodded at the same time and said that Mucha's painting style is very unique, so even those who are not very sensitive in art can easily recognize his painting style.
"So next, let's look for something in this cemetery that is more consistent with Mucha's painting style before." Liang En said, looking at the desolate cemetery in front of him.
"If he really hid things in this place, there is a high probability that he will leave some marks, such as paintings made in his own style or something like that."
"Also, you'd better pay attention to the things in 1938 and 1939. I guess these things are likely to be hidden by Mucha to avoid World War II, so there is a high probability that they will be buried in this year."
After ordering the main points of the search, the three of them quickly dispersed to start the search. After only seven or eight minutes, Joan of Arc found a suspicious target and called Liang En and the others over.
This is a stone sculpture that looks at least as big as a minivan. It can be said to be outstanding in this cemetery, and above the tombstone is a sculpture of an angel.
The sculpture of the angel is very ordinary, and it can be regarded as the common level of angel sculptures in European and American cemetery tombstones. However, on the table below this sculpture, there are four reliefs of young girls with obvious Mucha style.
"I thought what I found would be a tombstone." Fan Meng looked at the stone sculpture in front of him and said, "I didn't expect it to be a monument in the cemetery."
Like most cemeteries, this cemetery also has memorial statues. For example, this statue commemorates the Czechoslovak soldiers who died in World War I buried in this cemetery.
At the same time, the date of construction is written in 1938, to commemorate the [-]th anniversary of the end of World War I.
Out of safety considerations, the three of them looked at all the remaining places in the cemetery, and found that there was no similar existence in other places, only this stone sculpture had a clear Mucha artistic style.
"Looks like it should be here." Fan Meng said after glancing at the stone sculpture in front of him, and then at the church behind him. "But how do we open this thing next?"
Unlike the wilderness where they found things before, this place is a church cemetery in the center of the city. Although it is said that the purpose has ceased to be used, the church in front is still in use, and there are people everywhere.
So wanting to excavate here is completely different from the previous field excavations. For example, it is impossible for them to excavate this statue without other people knowing it in a short period of time.
(End of this chapter)