MTL - Inside and Outside World-Chapter 71 :made in China

426 AD, Olympia.

"Chief priest, the chief priest is not good!" A 15-year-old boy with slightly curly brown hair and an immature face hurried into the temple.

"Dipandos, didn't I tell you many times to keep quiet in the temple, why are you panicking?"

The head priest muttered dissatisfiedly. This old man was standing in front of the statue of Zeus. Compared with eight hundred years ago, the current statue is no longer gorgeous. Most of the gold and ivory on the surface have been peeled off, revealing a mottled wooden.

Originally, this statue held the goddess of victory in its left hand and a golden scepter in its right hand. Now, both items are also missing.

Like the deserted temple, the statue of Zeus is full of loneliness and dilapidation.

A god, with the power and aggression of Rome rising in the west, no matter the Greek gods on Mount Olympus or the Norse gods on Asgard on the World Tree, all lost their brilliance in front of this god, After Emperor Dulu I abolished "sports competition" 33 years ago, Olympia and the temples here have become very desolate.

Only the chief priest and a few priests remained here.

"Emperor Valentinian, issued a pagan temple destruction order!"

"what!"

Hearing the young man's words, the head priest shook his body, his legs went limp, and he was almost paralyzed on the ground. He pressed the altar beside him for support, and asked in a trembling voice: "Is what you said true? Where did you come from?" Hear the news?"

"The order from Meteoranu was issued by the Emperor and the Pope himself!"

The head priest, the white-haired old man, had tears streaming down his eyes in an instant, "I've expected this day to come, but I didn't expect it to come so soon... Yes, Greece has long since perished, here How long can it last?"

"Great Zeus, why did Greece suffer such bad luck? Why is it difficult to save even your temple? Could it be that the gods of Mount Olympus have fallen?"

Muddy tears flowed from his face. The chief priest lay at the feet of the 13-meter-high statue, his whole body twitching in pain. He stroked the cold ebony, and suddenly his face showed determination. He stood up and walked from the side of the altar. He picked up a torch and threw it on the idol.

"The chief priest?"

The young Dipandos looked at the old man in surprise.

"Even if the statue of Zeus is ultimately destined to be destroyed, it cannot be destroyed by pagans!"

"Dipantos."

The chief priest grabbed the boy's arm.

"I have a task for you! The statue of Zeus is too big to be transferred, but there is also a precious statue in this temple... It is the work of the great sculptor Alexandros, which took 16 years to complete."

The idol began to burn, and the flames reflected the head priest, and the old man's eyes were shining.

"The image of Yan Luo! The only demigod hero who was born in the mortal world in the black iron age. Although his deeds are now almost wiped out in history, I, the chief priest of Zeus, know! He once fought with all the sages in Athens , in the Olympic Games, won six championships!"

"He killed the king of Sparta, thereby allowing the glory of Athens to continue. You take the statue of Yan Luo away and leave here!"

"Chief priest, but..." The boy's face was full of hesitation.

"No, but!" The chief priest's withered hands seemed to have infinite strength, which was not like the strength an old man could have. The young man was in pain from being caught but he dared not break free.

"I swear with your life that you must keep the statue of Yan Luo so that it will not be damaged by anyone! You were once an abandoned orphan. Now I am not as the head priest, but to raise you Big, fatherhood speaks to you."

Looking at this wrinkled and tearful face, with a hint of pleading, the young Dipandos finally nodded: "Yes! Chief Priest!"

After getting his answer, the chief priest finally laughed out loud. Amidst the laughter, he threw himself on the burning statue of Zeus and the rising flames: "In this case, I can also feel at ease and accompany this temple and the gods." King Zeus, destroyed together..."

"Remember, we are the descendants of the Greeks. From today onwards, Greek civilization... will be completely cut off!"

Half a century on...

The once immature boy became a dying old man, and he called his son to him: "I am about to die... Over the years, I have successfully completed the tasks assigned to me by the old chief priest... Even if new religions and gods rule the continent , Countless **** statues were destroyed, and I also kept the statue of Yan Luo in crisis after crisis."

"So, in my life, I have no complaints or regrets."

"Now I want to entrust this task to you, son, you are a descendant of the Greeks, and now you swear with your life that you will guard this statue even if you die..."

Dipandos stared at the two-meter-high white marble statue beside him: "This is our Greece, the last testimony of our great civilization."

His son Talos guarded the statue of Yanluo for 20 years and passed it on to his grandson Asukris. It has been like this for 14 generations. Because the blood of Dipandos was cut off in the war, the widow of his last descendant will be counted. The statue that has been guarded by generations for hundreds of years is hidden in a small cave on Milo Island.

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XX, 2018

France, Paris, north bank of the Seine

The Louvre Museum

A tour group from China is visiting here. Most of the team members are very young, only about 20 years old. In fact, this is a university professor who brought students to Paris to inspect Wanbao, which has a collection of 400,000 pieces. palace.

"Next we will see the Louvre, the most precious treasure... and one of the greatest treasures in the world!"

"Do you know what I mean?" asked the female guide.

"of course I know."

A student rolled his eyes: "Who doesn't know about the famous three treasures of the Louvre: the Statue of Victory, the smile of Mona Lisa, and Yan Luo with a broken arm?"

While speaking, the tour guide led the students into the ancient Greek pavilion, and suddenly a white marble statue about 2 meters high appeared in front of everyone.

"Wow!"

"Worthy of being an art treasure."

"What a nice view!"

A student gave admiration, while the tour guide introduced the history and allusions of this statue.

"Yan Luo, this is said to be a demigod hero in ancient Greece, but that era is far away from now, so we don't know much about this hero's deeds. He seems to have won multiple awards in the ancient Olympic Games. The champion, and the discus he threw at the sports meeting killed the king of Sparta... At that time, the war between Athens and Sparta was about to break out. This can be said to be the greatest discus in history! To make civilization and democracy, no replaced by brutality and power."

The female guide looked around and saw the students, all of them were excited, she smiled and continued:

"Yan Luo with a broken arm can be kept in the Louvre by accident. In 1820, a farmer on the Greek Aegean island of Hermilo found a small cave while digging the soil. The statue was in the cave, but there At that time, the statue was still intact."

"The statue unearthed at that time caused several forces to scramble. Greek officials, the French ambassador, the British consulate... In order to fight for the statue, they even dispatched warships to have a fierce battle at sea. During the scuffle, the statue unfortunately fell to the ground and fell to the ground. Both arms were broken, and since then, Yan Luo has become a demigod with broken arms."

"Everyone, seeing Yan Luo with the broken arm, thought it was an immortal monument of ancient Greek art! After it was transported to the Louvre, it immediately became the treasure of the town hall here. Many artists, because of the incompleteness of such a masterpiece Sorry, trying to put arms on him, but..."

The female guide shrugged in a westernized way: "Everyone failed, including the master sculptor Luo Dan, because people found that Yan Luo was more beautiful without arms than with arms!"

The students observe the statue, which is naked from the upper body to a piece of linen—clothes carved in marble, of course.

The folds of the clothes wrapping the lower body are natural, which adds a subtle beauty to the statue. The slender but toned upper body, the streamlined muscular contours of the arms, and the face that is different from the Greeks and clearly conforms to the aesthetics of modern people are all amazing. , how ancient Greece, more than 2,000 years ago, made this masterpiece.

"Do you feel that Yan Luo, who has a broken arm, looks like a Chinese?" A student asked in surprise.

The female guide said helplessly: "This is not the first time I have heard your question. The day before yesterday, a Korean tour group swore that this statue, and the demigod Yan Luo, were definitely Koreans... However, the statue and the oriental It doesn't matter at all."

"Yan Luo is the name translated into Chinese, and the letter is yierro."

"As for the shape and appearance of the statue, it should be that Alexandros absorbed the advantages of men and women, and intentionally carved the statue to be more neutral. Because of Yanluo's identity as a semi-god hero, he even endowed him with some divinity...so in the sculpture In terms of techniques, innovations have been made: the face is delicate and feminine, and the muscles of the statue are also different from other muscular Greek sculptures. They are slender and fit, with a feminine figure. beauty of!"

"Even if you lose your arms, there is no beauty that any statue can surpass!"

Speaking of this, she couldn't help laughing: "Think about it, China was still in the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States period more than 2,000 years ago. How could someone go to ancient Greece?"

At this time, the screens in the various venues of the Louvre turned on.

"Reporter Catherine, I am sending you a live broadcast of Athens, Greece. Everyone is concerned. The excavation of the ruins of the Periclean period discovered earlier has finally reached the final stage. I am now making an urgent report for everyone. At the bottom of the ruins, I found a cat. box."

After a gesture, the camera shifted to a nearby pothole, where some workers were hoisting a box on the ground with a crane.

"This box is actually copper-clad! At that time, copper-clad shields were very common, but copper-clad boxes... Let's ask archaeologist Dr. Stiller's opinion."

The microphone was passed to a man in his 40s, and Stiller looked excited: "As you can see, this box is very large, even reaching two meters in length! The width and height are also more than one meter. Smelting is very backward, so let us think about it, what is in such a carefully crafted box?"

Catherine catered to her and asked, "Could it be a drachma silver coin?"

"No no no..."

Dr. Stiller shook his head, with an inscrutable look: "Please let your imagination run wild, this is a relic from the Pericles period, we unearthed the golden scepter of the consul here yesterday! There is no such thing Qualifications are in the box."

"At that time, Athens was very prosperous, I mean the prosperity of culture! Socrates, Herodotus, Euripides, Democritus...Whether philosophers, artists, scientists...I have a hunch that this Inside the box, there might be treasures that are unimaginable to anyone and shock the world!"

"Great! I really can't wait to see it... Doctor, you know, this archaeological excavation has attracted worldwide attention, and the Greek government has also made an attempt to broadcast live broadcasts to audiences all over the world. Now there may be countless Hundreds of thousands, millions, tens of millions of people are watching this scene."

"Let's take a look at what is left of ancient Greece, and it should be preserved in such a precious box!"

In the Louvre, many people, including the students of the Chinese tour group, were all watching the screen intently, and at the same time they were discussing in a low voice:

"What could it be?"

"Is it a statue?"

"What statue can compare to Yan Luo with the broken arm? I hope it's the books, the manuscripts handed down by those ancient sages."

On the screen, under the busyness of archaeologists and workers, the box was finally opened.

"Oh? What is this... a discus?"

Dr. Stiller suddenly shouted excitedly: "Could it be that this is the discus engraved in history that once killed King Archidamus II of Sparta?"

Many people who saw this scene on TV expressed emotion. Some experts questioned the authenticity of this period of ancient Greek history, thinking that it was impossible for such a coincidence. On, was smashed to death by a discus...

It was supposed to be the Athenians, attacked the king and made up the story, now the discus appeared...

"Wait a minute!"

The doctor suddenly shouted: "It's textiles, and paper! Don't touch it, it will destroy the cultural relics!"

The unearthed paper and clothing are easily weathered, and even though these are placed in a sealed copper-clad box, Stiller dare not let anyone touch them. At this time, the camera shifted over, and audiences all over the world saw the contents of the box.

paper;

Pants;

leather jacket...

The students of the Chinese tour group stared wide-eyed. Why do those blue pants look so much like long johns? And... the orange leather jacket is obviously a leather jacket!

"This...I can't imagine that the ancient Greeks had such weaving and dyeing techniques more than 2,000 years ago. You can see that the color of the trousers has been preserved for 2,500 years. This bright blue color has not faded... Also, this piece A leather jacket is a leather jacket..."

Dr. Stiller said in shock: "Who would have thought that leather jackets existed in Greece 2,500 years ago? No...according to that era, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com should be called leather armor, but they actually made leather jackets into leather jackets." Jacket styling! The Greeks were way ahead of their time! It’s incredible.”

"Paper... eh? Is it a play? A manuscript of Euripides and Sophocles?"

The doctor almost jumped up: "The three great tragedies of ancient Greece unexpectedly unearthed the manuscripts of two masters! What kind of drama is recorded on it? Could it be Helen and King Oedipus?"

"Huh? There are still a few papyrus here, which are written in ancient Greek... Dao, De? Well, I don't know what this refers to yet, but it seems to have discovered something extraordinary..."

"what!"

Reporter Catherine suddenly let out a scream.

She opened her mouth wide, and on her beautiful face was a completely distorted expression of horror! Mixed with panic and bewilderment, there are even expressions of doubting life, self-denial, etc., with multiple meanings! The direction she pointed at was the leather jacket in the box.

On the cuffs of the leather jacket, there is a line of inconspicuous letters.

"What's wrong?"

Dr. Stiller turned his head and looked over, his gaze became dull.

"Oh my god..."

He murmured and even drew a sign of the cross on his chest.

The camera lens faithfully captured this scene, and this line of letters was presented to all audiences along with the live broadcast.

At this moment, the whole world, the audience who watched the live broadcast of the excavation of the ruins, all of them showed similar expressions almost at the same time. Everyone's face was full of disbelief, and the shock of wondering if they were dreaming. The whole world seemed to come to a standstill because of this line of letters.

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