Ghost Blowing Lantern II

Professor Sun said that in order to find out what the secrets of the "Dixian Village Ancient Tomb" are, we must first know the origins of the "Guanshan Taibao", this group of "Guanshan tomb robbers", and the strange man from the Ming Dynasty who passed down the "Shaobing Song" Liu Bowen has a very deep connection.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the world was in chaos. In order to resist the tyranny of the Yuan Dynasty, peasant uprisings broke out in various places. As the saying goes, "In troubled times, strange people will emerge." This statement is true.

At that time, Zhu Hong and Wu Long promoted the "Ming Dynasty" and drove the Hu people back to Mobei. One day, he used Shaobing as an "elephant" in the Jinluan Palace and asked Liu Bowen to predict the rise and fall of the world in the future. However, the secret was hard to explain, so Liu Bowen immediately made " "Shaobing Song", the lyrics were written according to the hexagrams, and the success and failure of the Ming Dynasty after the Ming Dynasty are all hidden in this song.

This is a common saying among the people. It is not included in official history. In fact, Liu Bowen did perform divination calculations for Zhu Yuanzhang, but the matter was not like those unofficial legends.

Before Zhu Yuanzhang "faced the south and turned his back to the north", Liu Bowen felt that this master was the "true dragon emperor" and would be the "nine-five emperor" in the future, so he joined his service. Because of Liu Ji and Liu Bowen's extraordinary conversational skills Zhu Yuanzhang valued everything like a god and asked him all about big and small matters. Liu Bowen always answered questions fluently and offered good suggestions and strategies many times.

One day, Zhu Yuanzhang led his troops to fight with the Yuan soldiers. The army was unable to provide food and grass and fell into a bitter battle. It happened that Liu Bowen asked to see him, so he entertained him with only a few sesame cakes. Then the two talked about the current situation.

Liu Bowen said to Zhu Yuanzhang that although our army is in a difficult situation at the moment, it is because the time has not yet come. When the time comes, the Lord will definitely accomplish a great cause.

Zhu Yuanzhang vaguely heard Liu Bowen's words, which seemed to imply that he could be the "Emperor" in the future. He asked further, and sure enough, he said: "Back then, King Wen of Zhou invited Jiang Ziya to come out and personally dragged Jiang Ziya to the riverside for eight hundred times." After eight steps, the Zhou Dynasty enjoyed eight hundred and eight years of the world. If it is true as the military advisor said, I, Zhu Yuanzhang, will have the blessing of founding a country and establishing a foundation in this life. I dare not expect that the country will last forever, nor will I dare to Compared with a sage like King Wen of Zhou Dynasty, he would be satisfied if he could have four hundred years of national destiny." After that, he asked Liu Bowen to perform a divination calculation to see how long Zhu Jialongxing's fortune would be.

Liu Bowen saw that there happened to be a few sesame seed cakes in the tent, so he immediately took this as a "chance" and divined the "divination image". However, he was secretive and refused to tell Zhu Yuanzhang the final result.

Zhu Yuanzhang said that success and failure in the world are all determined by God, but when it comes to being defenseless, there is nothing to be taboo about. Liu Bowen then said that according to this hexagram, although the Hu people will be defeated, the Beilong Qi will not fade. In the future, these beautiful rivers and mountains will still have a world of the Hu people. I am afraid that the fate of our country will not reach four hundred years, or even three. Less than a hundred years.

Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked when he heard this. He was not worried about the fate of the country. What was he worried about? Mainly due to these years of southern and northern wars, I have seen many stolen and destroyed tombs, especially near the tombs of the emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty. Now there are only a few huge pits left, overgrown with weeds and many. Fox ghosts appear.

After the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, these imperial mausoleums were robbed by the Hu people, and the corpses of the Southern Song emperors were also brutally ravaged. They were mixed with the bones of cattle, horses, pigs and dogs, and buried under the "Zhennan Tower". See The Song Mausoleum site is truly "a place where skeletons were whipped up in the fields, and shepherd boys swept away elves; now it is a desolate and empty land, where the souls of the former kings are buried." The miserable scene is enough to make those who see it sigh and those who hear it feel sad.

Zhu Yuanzhang said, if the barbarians in the north can still dominate the world in a few hundred years, I will not be happy even if I really become an "emperor". What should I do? There is no immortal person in this world. If I can drive the Hulu back to Mobei, restore the Han family's rivers and mountains, and establish such achievements, it will be a happy thing. However, there is no immortality elixir in the world. There is death after birth. Eventually, the "right one" may not be able to escape the day when he rides a dragon and dies.

After the emperor died, he would naturally be buried in the imperial mausoleum, but look at what happened to the imperial mausoleums in the Southern and Northern Song Dynasties now? Not all have been defeated by the barbarians. I became the emperor. When I was in power, I was protected by "civilians and military generals." , the change of dynasties is mostly a destiny of the cycle of heaven, and you can’t care about it. The most terrible thing is that you will die in the hands of the barbarians in the future. If we wipe out the barbarians now, once their descendants gain power, they will have to avenge the hatred of the present. Then I and I His descendants were buried in the imperial mausoleum... and they all had to be dug up by the traitors and their bodies whipped and burned?

Thinking of the deserted scene of the Song Dynasty's royal mausoleum, and then thinking about my future fate, I can't help but feel chilly. What does it feel like to be an "emperor"? Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Liu Bowen was proficient in Nanlong Feng Shui, so he asked him if there was any way in the world to prevent the "imperial mausoleum" from being stolen and destroyed by barbarians?

Liu Bowen said that you are thinking too long-term. What you have to think about now is how to conquer the world. It is not too late to plan the imperial mausoleum when the great cause has been decided. Don't worry about this matter. You will definitely find a stable way for the lord by then.

Since the war was about to begin, the matter was over as soon as it was discussed. After a few words of discussion, it was over. From then on, there was no chance to mention the southern and northern wars again until Zhu Yuanzhang sat down as the founder of the Ming Dynasty. In the Dragon Court, according to ancient rules, the emperors of each dynasty did not do anything else after they ascended the throne and immediately began to prepare their own imperial mausoleums. From the selection of dragon veins to the scale and layout of the mausoleums, no one could be careless about it. They were all matters of the country. Something big to wait for.

Emperor Hongwu summoned Liu Bowen and talked about the previous incident. The important task of building the imperial mausoleum must be planned and presided over by Liu Bowen. The imperial mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty must not be stolen by foreigners.

Liu Bowen made an empty wish back then, but when things came to pass, he felt that he had no basis in his heart. Suddenly he frowned and thought about it. He first asked the emperor to tolerate it for ten days. After ten days, he would have a good plan.

Emperor Hongwu waited patiently for ten days. Sure enough, ten days later, Liu Bowen came to the palace, performed the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers, and then took out a picture: "The construction of the Ming Dynasty Imperial Tomb must be based on this picture."

Emperor Hongwu thought it was a genuine "Feng Shui Mausoleum Book". He was immediately delighted and asked his chamberlain to get the imperial painting before he left. Unexpectedly, when he opened the scroll and flipped through it, he was surprised. The emperor could not understand what this painting was about. He asked, "Liu Aiqing, what kind of tricks are you drawing in this picture?"

Liu Bowen said: "Your Majesty, the construction of the royal mausoleum is no small matter. I have few talents and little knowledge, and I am afraid that I will betray the holy hope. If there are any mistakes in it, I will die forever."

Later, Liu Bowen recommended a "wonderful man" for Emperor Hongwu. This man possessed special skills and knew everything about the world, and he was qualified to take on the important task of building the "imperial mausoleum". However, he was a recluse in the mountains, and he was afraid that he would make excuses. Therefore, I presented a scroll of paintings to him, and when he was summoned to the palace, I made my intention clear first. Then, regardless of whether he agreed or not, as long as I showed him this scroll of paintings, he would not dare to shirk the offer again.

Emperor Hongwu was doubtful, so he immediately sent someone to invite the "expert" recommended by Liu Bowen. This person's name was "Feng Wang Li". He was originally a foreigner who smelted lead and mercury in the land of Bashu, and often did this. He specializes in some back-and-forth activities and likes to search for antiquities such as "Cinnabar Strange Books".

King Feng Li was summoned to the Golden Palace and learned that he was asked to build the "Imperial Mausoleum". Since ancient times, there is a saying that "accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger." This is something that is very easy to lose your head. How could he agree to it? He hurriedly lied. I don't understand the "burial system" and "dragon hunting", so I want to shirk this "emperor's job".

When Emperor Hongwu saw that the result was not as expected by Liu Bowen, he had the scroll of pictures taken out and showed it to Feng Wangli in person. Feng Wangli saw what was in the picture and was so shocked that he knelt down in front of him. He said: "Your Majesty, forgive me, but the common people really deserve death."

It turns out that Liu Bowen's painting depicts a steep cliff with hanging coffins on the wall. There are many "hanging coffins" hidden in it. There are several tomb robbers in the painting. One of the thieves is holding a pine skin thick scale. The lid of the coffin was being moved vigorously, obviously it had just been opened; another thief climbed on the dangerous steep wall, put a rope around the neck of the ancient corpse in the coffin, and pulled the old man's corpse to sit up; and Two tomb robbers squatted next to the coffin and took out pieces of "bone armor" from the coffin. The bone armor was full of "star maps" and "ancient snail script".

Next to the painting, there is a line of words "Guanshan Bone Robbery Picture". When Feng Wangli saw this picture, he was frightened. It turned out that the tomb robbing scene depicted in the painting was done by his ancestors.

The "Feng family" is a very famous local wealthy family. Their ancestors have lived in Wushan Coffin Gorge for generations. The terrain in the gorge is dangerous and cut, and there are countless "hanging coffins" hidden in it. The ancestors of the Feng family once stole "Coffin Gorge". He obtained many "heavenly books and strange weapons" and used them to make a fortune. He also learned many long-lost witchcraft and became obsessed with "the art of furnace fire".

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was passed down to Feng Wangli's generation, who called themselves the "Taobao of Coffin Mountain". They secretly excavated ancient tombs and tombs in various places by virtue of their proficiency in the "Coffin Mountain Finger Technique". In fact, the Feng family was rich. The main motive for robbing the tomb was for the ancient scrolls hidden in the tomb. Now that I saw the "Guanshan Bone Stealing Picture", I thought that my family's secret activities were exposed and the emperor was alarmed. I would definitely not be able to escape the disaster of annihilation. Moreover, no outsider knew about this matter, which showed that there were "experts" around the emperor who must have known everything about the "coffin mountain tomb robbery". At this time, we had to bite the bullet and design the imperial mausoleum according to the requirements of Emperor Hongwu.

Liu Bowen had long wanted to retire from the court at that time, but when it came to building the imperial mausoleum, he was forced to do so by the emperor. He remembered that there was such a group of "Coffin Mountain Taibao" in the world, who were most proficient in mausoleum genealogy and the art of hiding armor. , he put this "emperor's mission" on them. He still showed some mercy and only called the scroll "Guanshan Stealing Bones" without stating clearly that it was actually "Coffin Mountain Robbery".

Feng specializes in strange arts, his methods are unpredictable, and he has mastered many Feng Shui secrets from bone armor. He is unique in the structure and location of the tomb, which satisfied Emperor Hongwu very much and granted him the title of Prince Lihe. Several of his disciples' pure gold waist medals were henceforth known as "Guanshan Taibao", and they stayed in front of the emperor to serve him and built mausoleums for the royal family.

Emperor Hongwu was born at the bottom of society, so he knew a lot about folk customs. He also asked about the etiquette of being crowned king. Even if the imperial mausoleum was prevented from being stolen and destroyed by the barbarians, it might not be completely worry-free, because we Han people are not vegetarians. Listen It is said that "finding gold from a hill" has happened in the world since ancient times. What would these people do if they came up with the idea of ​​​​the Ming Dynasty Emperor's Tomb?

The King's Ceremony said that the ministers believed that the people who were fighting against the people were not the only ones who had the means to steal the imperial tombs, but also "moving mountains and unloading ridges". "Taoists who moved mountains" were good at the art of restraint and restraint. , their whereabouts are secretive and difficult to find, and they have rarely communicated with outsiders for many years, but they only do what they do to obtain the "Elixir Pearl". As long as there is no "Golden Elixir Pearl Cauldron" in the imperial mausoleum, Taoist Banshan will never steal the treasure. The idea of ​​the imperial mausoleum is not something to worry about; most of the bandits in Xiling are "horse thieves". They gather and disperse at times, and they are dedicated to digging up huge tombs in the mountains. They are the most difficult to guard against, and they often have the intention of treason. The best strategy is to destroy it with a large army of officers and soldiers, completely eradicate it and cut off the incense on this hilltop.

In addition, there are the "Faqiu Touching Gold" gangsters, who are actually of the same lineage. They are the most proficient in Feng Shui and the way of finding dragons. The leader of the "Faqiu Touching Gold" gang is "Faqiu Tianguan". This thief carries the seal of the Later Han Dynasty and casts "Tianguan Gift" on it. "Fu, no taboos", they can do anything to fight against the dragon, but they attach great importance to the rules passed down by their ancestors. Without the "Fa Qiu Seal" and "Touch the Gold Talisman", they are unwilling to do the "fight against the dragon", so they want to deal with it. They should first destroy the "talisman" tokens used to touch gold in Faqiu, so that the art of touching gold will no longer exist in the world, so that they can solve the problem once and for all and avoid future troubles forever.

When the emperor saw such a wonderful plan, he was immediately delighted. Then Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order. During the Ming Dynasty, all places were strictly inspected for those who "took the Dou Xue Mausoleum". Their traces were scattered all over the world, and the court had no good way to deal with them. It was not until the Yongle period that they found the opportunity to destroy the "Faqiu Seal" and the seven "Gold Touching Talismans", but there were still three ancient talismans left in the world. Their whereabouts are unknown, and the "mountain-removing thieves" have been repeatedly suppressed. However, these measures still have some effect. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the activity of tomb robbing and fighting did disappear for a time.

The "Guanshan Taibao" was reused by the court and followed the royal family from Nanjing to Beijing. He was always a servant in the ban. Since the "Imperial Mausoleum" was highly confidential, he never dared to publicize it to the outside world. Until the Wanli period, the "Guanshan Taibao" "The leader of the group is Earth Immortal Feng Shigu. This man has the power to penetrate the heaven and the earth, and he is even more fascinated by Feng Shui and astrology. He saw that his ancestors were "a hundred secrets and a sparse" when they built the Ming Dynasty Emperor's Tomb, and ignored some of them. Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral tomb was moved to another location. He watched the sky at night and saw that the dragon spirit here was about to die out, so he wrote to the court to move the ancestral tomb. However, the emperor was mediocre at that time and everything in the country was neglected, so he ignored Feng Shigu's advice. (To be continued. If you want to know what happened, please log in. There are more chapters. Support the author and genuine reading!)