Ghost Blowing Lantern II

The ancients believed that everything will show "images", and "images" are all-encompassing images. This is the so-called "things have images, and images are numerous." The ancient hexagram images on the coffin cover are very complicated and difficult, but in general , which is basically consistent with the hexagrams we are studying today, but the details are more controversial. I was speechless for a long time after reading it. It was not until Shirley Yang and others asked me that I came back to my senses and told everyone this The content engraved in the coffin is: "It shook the people up and down, and shocked hundreds of miles."

On the inside of the stone coffin, ancient symbols similar to the traces of insects and fish are engraved with the pattern of the "Zhen" hexagram. The long or short fish bone marks represent the various parts of the Zhen hexagram respectively. The "Book of Changes" says: "Heng, Zhen will come to you. His laughter was hoarse, he was shocked for hundreds of miles, but he was still unworthy of his dagger." This is a hexagram that "shocks hundreds of miles". Below it is a test and judgment to deduce and refute each of the Zhen hexagrams. It is so different from the acquired hexagrams I know that I can't understand it.

After we experienced the hurricane, we accidentally discovered this stone coffin locked on the turtle bones. This may be a miraculous coincidence, but I don’t think it is necessarily the case. The ancient green jade collected from Coral Temple Island also has hidden things inside. The mystery happens to be a sign of the Zhuzhuyan hexagram. From this point of view, there are too many such ancient relics buried in this seabed. They can be seen everywhere, but most of them are corroded and the original shape cannot be recognized, so they have never been taken seriously.

Shirley Yang and others asked me what is the meaning of the "Zhen" hexagram? I explained that the Bagua has the meaning of smooth access and awakening to self-cultivation. It is difficult to say whether it is bad or good. The shock is thunder. , and after a while they were talking and laughing again. The huge thunder roared and shook hundreds of miles, but the important sacrificial activities still had to go on as usual. I don’t know whether the arrival of the thunder was a blessing or a curse. While people felt fear, they should be cautious to avoid disasters. .

When Uncle Ming, Fatty and others heard this, they all said that it was a coincidence. They had just experienced a big storm caused by Longshangshui. The thunder and lightning in the sky were so powerful. Isn't this just what "shocked Baili"?

I shook my head and said: "Although the Zhen hexagram has the image of thunder, it does not refer to real wind, rain, thunder and lightning, nor does it refer to earthquakes and collapse. Only charlatan fortune tellers can explain it this way. Moreover, the graphics of this hexagram are ancient and complex, probably related to Zhou Wen Wang Xiantian's sixteen hexagrams are related. It is difficult to understand the deep meaning simply by interpreting the acquired hexagrams that have survived to this day. This is not something that ordinary people like us can guess at will." After saying that, I asked Shirley Yang to take a photo of the coffin cover and keep it. This object is related to the seabed. I'm afraid there is a great connection between "Guixu". If there is a chance to meet Zhang Yingchuan in the future, he may be able to explain the secret.

Having said that, I have a vague hunch that if we don't solve the mystery of "Shocking Baili" on this voyage, I'm afraid we will encounter big trouble, but this will be a waste of brains. I don't think so. I'm not very sure, but I don't care too much. Anyway, the boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge. No matter what happens in the future, I can just speculate that the way of heaven will take its own initiative.

We tidied up the coffin cover and moved it aside to clear a place for opening the coffin. We heard Professor Chen say that the bronze civilization of Hentianren was very advanced because it controlled the dragon fire and could cast the heavenly cauldron. When we saw it today, it was indeed well-deserved. The cover and body of the coffin are all chiselled with nose rings, and are covered with copper chains as thick as a human arm. After so many years, although the copper has been washed away by the sea water and mostly covered by dead coral polyps, the exposed areas are still clear to the bone. It was tough and strong, very different from ordinary bronze, and it was a fine green head. I asked the fat man to keep it without hesitation, claiming to take it back for "research and study".

Everyone gathered around the inner coffin curiously, wanting to see what was in the coffin. Shirley Yang probably knew that it was useless to persuade us, and she was no less curious than me. She just said that the sea was windy, so she opened the coffin. Things are not easy to preserve. If these things really come from the "Guixu" on the seabed, they may contain the bones of the haters.

I said to Shirley Yang: "So it comes from the bottom of the sea? Isn't it just like a visitor from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean? I don't know whether to wear toad glasses or not."

The fat man said: "It doesn't necessarily come out of the eye of the sea. Didn't you see that it was tied to the lid of the turtle? It must have been crawling around on the bottom of the sea and died in the nearby ocean trough. Let a dark tide bring us up, and in the end we catch up, this is nothing else, this is fate."

After the fat man finished speaking, he took out a box of cooling oil. Each of us picked the ointment with our fingertips and applied a little under our noses. Only the boss of the ship, Ruan Hei, and the other three people didn't know what it meant. What was this for?

The fat man said: "You people who work as eggs in the sea naturally don't understand the rules of promotion and wealth. We are all professional in this field. We all know that if you don't wear a mask, you must put some of this stuff on to prevent odor, so as not to choke you with corpse gas. Either way."

Ruan Hei, the boss of the ship, didn't know what the professional was referring to, but since there were such rules, he followed them. Guchai and Duo Ling were even more curious and afraid. They wanted to see but didn't dare to look, so they hid behind Ruan Hei. , kept looking towards the sarcophagus.

Seeing that I was ready, I looked up at the sky. Although it was daytime, the sky was cloudy and not raining. The sun was blocked by dark clouds. The wind and waves on the sea were calm, and the black tide was receding. It was daytime, so I didn’t need to prepare anything. The black donkey's hoof was broken, so the fat man who opened the coffin stepped in and raised the coffin and opened the coffin in the secret art of touching gold. Although there are no taboos, there is also a saying that "open to the west but not to the north, open to the left but not to the right", this "southeast and northwestern" "Up, down, left and right" all refer to the coffin as a reference, because in ancient times, the coffin was placed in the Feng Shui position, and the wealthy people usually placed it vertically in the north and south, with the north as the upper head and the south as the lower head. There are also those who face the side and believe in Buddhism. Those who follow the Tao must face the west, which means they will be reborn in the bliss of the western heaven. Those who follow the Tao must face the east, and the purple energy comes from the east.

In addition, "Mojin Xiaowei" opens to the west instead of the north, in order to prevent the device in the coffin from harming people's lives, and also has the meaning of "taking the door of life and leaving the door of death". The shape of this stone coffin in the sea is simple and vigorous, similar to the stone coffin of the Western Zhou Dynasty The fat man has been in the coffin style for a long time, and he can be considered an expert in coffin prying. Now he pushes the top of the stone coffin to the wind. If there is any bad smell inside, it will be blown away by the sea breeze after the coffin is opened.

The coffin in the stone coffin is also made of stone instead of wood. It is black and translucent. It is an ancient pine fossil that grew on the seabed. It is called "Earth Mirror". It is black and moist in color, with lines like waves, and its lines are caused by sea water. It has been around for thousands of years. The more patterns and the older it is, the higher the value. Seeing that this sarcophagus is densely covered with water patterns, it must be worth a lot of money, and the surroundings of the coffin are sealed so tightly. The fat man is afraid of destroying this valuable sarcophagus, so he insists on it. He had to be patient, move cautiously, and use all his strength to pull out the life-bolt that held it in place.

I assisted the others and asked the other people to take a few steps back. The fat man and I held our breaths and opened the coffin lid. Suddenly, a burst of white gas rushed out of the coffin. As this burst of corpse gas appeared, there was a "bang" from the coffin. A dead man sat up from the ground and pushed the stone cover to one side. The dead body seemed to be that of a woman. Her hair was very long and was blown loose by the sea breeze. It moved with the wind, just like a living person. Maybe the coffin was too tightly sealed and the body was not contained. After entering, the body rots and swells, and the corpse gas is trapped in it and is difficult to dissipate. With the help of this constant gas, the corpse of the deceased is also preserved in the state after the corpse gas has been dissipated. The coffin lid is together, affected by the outside air, and the inside of the coffin A drastic change occurred. The muscles all over the body contracted, as if it had just been killed. It jumped up and sat up.

The white air in the coffin was extremely smelly. Even though we were in the upper reaches and applied some mint ointment to our noses, we still felt the stink was overwhelming. The corpse that suddenly sat up was startled, and everyone quickly backed away. Covering their noses, Fatty and Uncle Ming were still amazed: "Oh my god, why does this eldest sister smell so bad? Maybe this beautiful girl... had a vaginal secretion before she was born, and she was choked to death by excrement?"

Amidst the scoldings of Uncle Ming and the fat man who had no moral integrity, the stench quickly dissipated, and they saw the corpse sitting up in the coffin with blue skin, fleshy scales on its body and face, and green face and fangs, making it look like an evil ghost. , my heart tightened: "Is this a fucking human?" But before I could take a closer look, a gust of sea breeze blew by, and the skin of the corpse quickly collapsed and shrank. The color of the corpse changed from green to black, and I watched it turn into a The ashes immediately shattered into black ash layer by layer from the outside to the inside, and were blown away by the sea breeze. The remaining scattered bones were scattered inside the coffin. The physical bones no longer existed. We knew it was over at a glance. The rice dumpling turned into ashes. , even the soul and body, all turned into the dust of history.

Uncle Ming has been dealing with Zongzi for half his life. He has seen almost all kinds of ancient corpses, but the female corpse with flesh scales on her body is still unheard of and unseen. Could it be a shark from the South China Sea? Then it was not a human but a fish, and that thing was not worth much if it died. He walked closer to see if there were any remaining bones and dregs in the coffin, and if there were any fish tails.

But when we got closer to take a look, we found that the remaining bones were black and broken. Except for a few teeth, the rest could no longer be identified. The fat man was not interested in dead people. It was easier to make the corpses melted by the sea breeze. Digging through the remaining things in the coffin, look for beads stuffed in the mouth of the dead body. Those things will definitely not disappear in the wind.

But there weren't many things in the stone mirror coffin. There was only a pool of clear water at the bottom of the coffin, with a few almost translucent shrimps fluttering inside. It looked like they were no longer alive. Shirley Yang found it very strange that the stone coffin was airtight. It has probably been at the bottom of the sea for thousands of years. How come there are still living shrimps in it?

I said this is still difficult to explain scientifically, but the theory of Feng Shui Qingwu has long been mentioned. If the life in the coffin is too strong and the essence condenses, alienated things may be produced in the corpse fluid, that is, some of the dead bodies. The tissue turned into small shrimps and fish, and it was more likely that it grew spontaneously in this rare stone mirror coffin.

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