Chapter 184 Three Periods of Painting
The "makeup lesson" that Musen mentioned is actually some gaps in his knowledge of painting. Musen is not very good at art. He can only say that he knows a little more than ordinary people who know nothing, but his understanding is far less than that of Mo Zichang.
Mo Ziqian's understanding of those "elegant arts" was entirely caused by his family environment. When he was very young, he was often taken to some exhibitions. His parents believed that the real cultivation of artistic cells for his children was not to force him to send him to cram schools, nor to force him to catch him and sit in front of the piano, but to let him start to contact him since he was a child, regardless of whether he understood or not, just take him into art. If he really had talent, his potential would naturally be stimulated.
However, Mo Ziqian's parents probably never thought that they wanted to cultivate the son of a perfect young master, but the art they chose in the end was the art of death.
Musen hadn't been asleep for almost a night. He was looking through the books in the study and trying to find out in advance what paintings were related to the murders.
But when he really started to look up, he found that this was simply an impossible task. The central idea of the art works is relatively broad and vague, and it is difficult to explain clearly the meaning. I guess even the author himself would be difficult to interpret everything.
Those paintings about religion, myths, and surreal ideas may have more or less some if they are to connect the dark parts. So after nearly a night of research, Musen decided to sleep and stop doing futile things.
The next morning, Mu Sen called Jin Yu and Captain Wu and invited them to the exhibition. Of course, Jin Yu was very happy. The feeling of being with two idols made him very excited. But Captain Wu was not so happy. He asked Mu Sen in a little puzzled manner: "I said brother... I am a criminal policeman, too, isn't it? You catch me a lunatic and then a man and a woman dressed in a while. This makes my work that was originally leisurely filled to the immediate load! This is not the end. What art exhibition did you actually invite me to see? Do you think I can understand?"
After listening to Captain Wu’s nagging and saying so much, Mu Sen replied concisely: “It’s related to the next case.”
Now, Captain Wu was instantly excited: "What case? Is it? He found you again? Why, it's getting more and more high-end, and he's still starting an exhibition? You said that he is a murderer, where did he get so much messy knowledge?"
"Those so-called messy knowledge are the reasons why we can't catch him. Well, I'll see you at the entrance of the Natural History Museum at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning." After saying that, Musen hung up the phone. He knew that he didn't need to listen to the nagging that he would be there anymore, Captain Wu would definitely go.
Soon, it was the day when the exhibition began. Musen also dressed like a gentleman in formal clothes and had an elegant posture according to Mo Ziqian's request. Outsiders looked like gentlemen who were visiting the exhibition.
After following Jin Yu, they set out towards the Natural History Museum. On the way, Jin Yu was always curious about how Musen had the leisure to see the exhibition. Although Musen did not tell Jin Yu the whole situation, he also told him more or less that the paintings in this exhibition were related to a case, and I hope Jin Yu can also provide some clues.
When Jin Yu heard that this visit to the art exhibition was not just about worshiping art, he was even more excited. He said happily in the back row: "Brother Sen. Thank you for bringing me here! I feel that I am working hard to learn from you!"
Mu Sen smiled and didn't say anything. When he was about to arrive at the museum, Captain Wu came with a urging call. Captain Wu on the phone was still so irritable and had no intention of going to the exhibition.
The site of this nature museum is very large and looks like a medieval castle. Because it covers a large area, large-scale events in this city are usually held here.
When they saw Captain Wu, they couldn't help but be slightly stunned. This big man who usually wears uniforms is like a good man at home in casual clothes. How can they see a serious and rigid look?
However, his irritable temper did not decrease at all with taking off the police uniform. He then pointed at Musen's watch impatiently and said, "Look at it yourself. Look at it yourself! It's already what time it is! Can you still have some idea of time? I've been here for half an hour."
Mu Sen glanced at the clock and said, "It's just right now, I didn't let you come so early. Also, Team Wu, this is not a scene of arrest. After entering a while, I hope you can be patient and find clues with us. These world-famous paintings contain important information, so you must be patient." In fact, Mu Sen just didn't feel embarrassed to say directly that if Captain Wu could change his temper and be promoted to director with his diligent state.
Captain Wu heard that Mu Sen was giving himself a vaccination, and asked suspiciously: "Isn't the process of watching the art exhibition very tormenting? Last time I went to see an Italian opera with someone, and I fell asleep when I went in. But I could still sit there, but I couldn't sit here!"
After hearing this, Mo Ziqian smiled and said, "Italian operas need to be listened to with eyes and watched with ears. It seems that Team Wu cannot appreciate "Turandot". But this exhibition is different, you can help Musen. Just say what you see and think of, and say it out."
Captain Wu looked unhappy, but in order to solve the case, he finally bit the bullet and walked into the art exhibition with Musen.
I have to say that the scale of the exhibition this time is really quite large. This undoubtedly adds difficulty to Musen. It is really...
At this time, Mo Ziqian said: "Musen, it's time to use the clues he gave you. In the three periods of painting, we will only find clues from the paintings of those three periods. In this way, we can save a lot of time and directly exclude those outside the scope."
Mu Sen nodded and took out a small notebook. It seemed that he was planning to record something in a while. But Captain Wu looked around blankly and said, "What is the third period of painting? Is this the information given by L?"
Musen was silent for a moment and said, "Yes, this is all the information he gave. The so-called three periods of painting actually refer to the three important stages of the history of Western painting art. The Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque."
Captain Wu heard this and looked at the paintings of all sizes in the surrounding exhibition halls with more confusion than before and asked: "So many strange paintings, tell me how to distinguish between which period?! Isn't this a joke?"
Chapter completed!