Ghost Blowing Lantern II

Professor Sun nodded and said: "It is indeed the ancient tomb of King Wuyang, but it has not been robbed yet. What is depicted in the painting should be the scene when Feng Shigu robbed the tomb and opened the coffin in the underground palace... There are words written on the scroll. Understand, this is... the picture of meeting an immortal on Coffin Mountain."

Back then, Feng Shigu violated his ancestral precepts and robbed the largest ancient tomb in the "Coffin Gorge". As a result, his temperament changed drastically after he came back. He was cryptic about what happened in the tomb. He just said that he wanted to become a great person and become an "earth immortal". He pretends to be evil and deceives everyone with his evil words. Including all the incidents in the future when he built the Dixian Village and wanted to "conquer corpses and refine elixirs" to become immortals, all started from then on. Not only Shirley Yang and I were curious, but Sun Jiuye had been speculating about it all his life. At this moment, suddenly When I saw "Encountering Immortals on Coffin Mountain", I couldn't contain my excitement, and my voice even trembled a little when I spoke.

I advise Sun Jiuye to control his emotions. This is just a self-portrait of Feng Shigu, not the real "Earth Immortal". It's not time to get excited yet. At this time, the three of us took a closer look. Although we had made various guesses before, when we really saw clearly the situation depicted in the "Coffin Mountain Encounter with Immortals", we were so shocked that our jaws almost dropped to the ground.

The main subject of the scene painted in "Encountering Immortals on Coffin Mountain" is the "Coffin Hall" of the ancient tomb of King Wuyang. The tomb passage in front of the temple is painted at the bottom of the scroll. Many tomb robbers in costumes are carrying mountains of tombs in the tomb passage. "Mingqi"; and in the "Coffin Hall", it is another thrilling scene.

The stone coffin in the "Coffin Hall" was opened wide, and six tomb robbers were lying around. Their corpses were covered with blood and died in extremely miserable conditions. Two of them were wearing "Guanshan Yaopai", which should be "sealed". Among the brothers or disciples of "Shigu", only a middle-aged man wearing a black robe is still alive. Judging from the figure and temperament of this man in the painting, he is really "a black robe wrapped in cloud brocade, with two cold eyes shooting at the cold stars, carrying a hand "The three-foot green-edged sword is better than the Eight Immortals on the Cave Guests." Compared with the ordinary group of tomb robbers, he actually has a bit of a "wild crane among the chickens" outstanding demeanor. Presumably this person is the one in "Encountering Immortals on Coffin Mountain" "Earth Immortal Conferred Master Gu" in "Earth Immortal Conferred Master".

In the stone coffin that had its life cover removed, there was a golden-headed zombie sticking out half of its body. Because the painting clearly depicts it and there is a cut mark on the neck of the ancient corpse, it is not wearing a "golden mask" but a "golden mask". It's a headless zombie with a ferocious "golden head" attached to it. Since it is in the coffin hall of the "Old Tomb of King Wuyang", it is certain that the "headless zombie" coming out of the coffin is the "headless" King Yishan Guangde.

The corpse of the "Golden-Headed Black Sheep King" was much larger than an ordinary person. The nails on both hands were extremely long, dripping with blood, and hung with pieces of meat. Maybe those tomb robbers who died in front of the stone coffin were there. He was killed when he opened the coffin and died on the spot.

The surviving Feng Shigu did not greet his companions in the tomb passage. Instead, he stepped forward with his body and pierced the chest of the ancient corpse with a sword in one hand. With the other hand, he shook off the "corpse binding rope" and spread the "draft and earth net", connecting the stone. The coffin was tied together with the dead body.

When I saw this picture, I was inexplicably surprised because the scenes depicted in "Encountering Immortals on Coffin Mountain" are really unbelievable. Zombies attacking people are mostly due to the effect of bioelectricity, and ancient zombies are "things that remain dead even after death." ”, at the moment of contact with living creatures, severe mildew may occur, and horrific phenomena such as corpses may appear. But one thing is that the head is the "ancestor of the limbs and hundreds of veins". It is absolutely impossible for a headless corpse to rise up and hurt people. The situation in the picture can be said to be "rare in ancient and modern times."

My grandfather came from the old society and often told me some "strange stories" from his early years. He can be regarded as a semi-successor of "touching gold", but I have never heard of such a thing from his mouth. ; In addition, even the notes left by "Xieling Pirate Chief" Chen Xiazi and "Moshan Taoist" Partridge Shao did not mention this matter; this shows that from ancient times to the present, "faqiu touches gold and moves None of the people who came from the mountains and ridges had encountered the strange incident of "headless corpses rising up".

Furthermore, what is even more puzzling is that this "Picture of Encountering Immortals on Coffin Mountain" is called "Picture of Encountering Immortals". But looking at the pictures in the picture, where are there any "immortals"? It would be more appropriate to call it "Tomb Robbery on Coffin Mountain" or "Corpse on Coffin Mountain". As the saying goes, "A name must have a reason." However, there seems to be a hidden mystery in the picture, which makes it impossible for people to guess with common sense. "Encountering Immortals on Coffin Mountain" is different from the previous "Picture of Residence on Coffin Mountain" and "Picture of Holding a Candle". What is the connection between "Night Walk"?

Shirley Yang was also puzzled. She asked Professor Sun and I what we thought of this picture. Sun Jiuye stared at "The Picture of Encountering Immortals on Coffin Mountain" for a long time, and his face became more and more ugly. He told us: "If the picture The content drawn in it is true..., well... Judging from the appearance of the first three pictures, this picture of encountering immortals must not be a fabrication. But from the picture, it seems that there is no such thing as encountering immortals, unless... …Unless the Wuyang King wearing a golden head is not a zombie.”

I wondered: "What is it if it's not a zombie? Is it an immortal? If it is a real immortal, why is it still dead and in the coffin?" Sun Jiuye looked solemn and said slowly: "It is definitely not a zombie. The Guanshan Taibao is in the coffin hall. When the life cover is lifted, the Wuyang King may still be alive..."

I didn't agree with this theory and suspected that Sun Jiuye had water in his head, so I said to him: "King Wuyang doesn't even have a head, how can we say he was still alive when the coffin was opened? And if King Yishan Guangde is still alive Even though he was alive, he could not have been placed in a stone coffin thousands of years ago; it seems that he was not nailed alive in the coffin because of his cruelty and cruelty, because the golden head was luxurious and exquisite, and was definitely not made temporarily. from."

Sun Jiuye said: "What you said is right, but if you look at this picture carefully, where Feng Shigu lowered his sword, there was clearly blood flowing out of King Guangde of Yishan, flowing down the blade of the sword. The thousand-year-old zombie If he dies without changing, he will naturally not shed blood. Even if there is blood, it will be black corpse blood. This detail is enough to prove that he was no different from a living person when he came out of the stone coffin."

I looked at the details Sun Jiuye said again, but still refused to believe it: "Dixian Fengshi Gu Danqing's penmanship is good, and he knows artistic exaggeration, but painting zombies with blood gushing out is not treating historical facts. The right attitude.”

Shirley Yang asked Sun Jiuye: "You mean that the Wuyang King in the stone coffin is still alive. The encounter with the immortal in "The Picture of Encountering Immortals on Coffin Mountain" means that Feng Shigu saw an immortal person when he opened the coffin?"

Sun Jiuye nodded slightly and said: "That should be the case, but I think there may be a hidden meaning in it. After all, "Meeting the Immortal on Coffin Mountain" only depicts a moment, although there is a 90% possibility that it is Feng Shigu personally experienced a dangerous situation, but what happened after he killed the Wuyang King who had been immortal for thousands of years? What happened that made his temperament change, and then he entered the Coffin Mountain to seek refuge in the world? It is difficult for us to understand these things from the picture Got it.”

We really couldn't see any more tricks, so we took the two "Pictures of Houses on Coffin Mountain" hanging on the wall, one yin and one yang, and then went straight to the top floor. The space of this wooden floor was much narrower, and there was only one room. The shrine-like stone cabinet contains many utensils, including more than a dozen books, some assorted porcelain bottles, and a sheathed sword.

They all seemed to be the belongings of "Earth Immortal Feng Shigu". I thought that based on this, Feng Shigu was not a real immortal who could pinch and calculate. I had no idea that his descendants would bring them with him. When Jin Xiaowei entered the "Dixian Village Ancient Tomb", these things were placed so openly. We have been deceived by the "Guanshan Taibao" for a long time. How can we make sense without copying a few of his real things?

Thinking of this, I reached out to pick up the sword, pressed the spring and pulled the sword out of the sheath. I saw the cold edge of the blade flashing, and it was a sharp weapon. I said to Sun Jiuye: "Guanshan Taibao's things are all upside down." I don’t know which tomb this owner belongs to. Now I will confiscate this control knife. Although I don’t know how to swordsmanship, I have always heard that swords can ward off evil spirits in the house. It is better for me to hang it when I go home than to let it go. Rusting here.”

Sun Jiuye said angrily: "You are a thief who eats thieves. The more you get, the fatter you get. But... as long as you help me find the hiding place of the Earth Immortal, you can just take his things."

I thought to myself that you can say this well, and I was about to say a few "prickly" words to him, but I saw that Shirley Yang had already found a copy of "Guanshan Excavation Record" among those volumes. ", written by "Dixian Feng Shigu" himself, records the life of Feng Shigu, and details the ancient tombs stolen by the "Guanshan Taibao" in the past dynasties. Sun Jiuye feels like he has found a treasure: " That's what I'm looking for, the secrets in Coffin Mountain... must be written in it." At that moment, he started to read through it hurriedly by the light.

I said don't just read it for yourself. Shirley Yang and I are also very concerned about the "Guanshan Taibao" thing. What does he write in this book? Sun Jiuye had no choice but to give us a rough explanation while watching.

It turns out that Guanshan Taibao has been favored by the emperor since the "King Ceremony", and he follows the emperor's orders. However, everything in the world has its ups and downs. By the time Emperor Wanli was in power, there were already internal and external troubles. Outside the customs, Hou Jin raised troops to attack the Ming Dynasty. In addition, corrupt officials plundered people's wealth, causing constant civil unrest in various places; inside the court, There were party disputes again, and all internal and external troubles suddenly came. The foundation passed down from Taizu Chengzu was already showing signs of collapse.

It happened that the emperor at that time was "faint-minded" and especially liked to take medicine and make elixirs. He recruited many people from outside the country to specially prepare various health-preserving secret medicines for him. He also often asked Feng Shigu about immortality.

At that time, Feng Shigu was the head of the "Guanshan Taibao" family and was loyal to the emperor. However, at that time, Feng Shigu didn't believe much in the "Way of Furnace". He believed that "since ancient times, there has never been anyone who is immortal, and there is no one in the world who is immortal." "The Tomb of Fa" means that people are born, old, sick and die, and sooner or later the tomb will be dug up and robbed. Since there is no Tomb of Silence, who can dig up the things in the ancient tomb? So while he was presiding over the construction of the imperial mausoleum, he secretly sent people to rob tombs in various places, mainly to find the scriptures and classics in the ancient tombs. He especially liked to collect "bone armor and bamboo slips" such as Qimen ancient arts, and he was eager for these things. Never tire of it, this is also a glorious tradition inherited from his ancestors.

Feng Shigu disagreed with Emperor Wanli's hobby of swallowing pills and taking medicine. The art of furnace fire has always done a lot of harm to people. It is said that the immortals in ancient times left the way of refining and purification in order to help people in the world. But let's look at the ancient times. So far, who has seen it with their own eyes? Taking food to pray for gods is mostly caused by medicine. Not to mention other things, there are not a few real dragon emperors in various dynasties who have lost their lives in this matter. However, the human heart is most likely to be obsessed and does not understand the opportunity of heaven.

For this reason, he told Emperor Wanli many times that the immortality elixir was ultimately illusory and elusive, and it was impossible to force it. He also advised the emperor to move the "ancestral mausoleum" in Anhui. As a result, Long Yan was displeased and thought that "Guanshan Fengjia" had no real ability, so he took him lightly from then on.

In addition, there is another incident. Feng Shigu ordered people to rob the tomb of a Liu family noble near the capital. The owner of the tomb was a woman. The Liu family had a good background. She was the descendant of Liu Bingzhong, a miraculous figure in numerology. There were many mechanical pins and numerology classics arranged there, so he was targeted by the Guanshan Taibao and secretly dug up the tomb.

However, the imperial capital at the foot of the emperor is a place where all parties gather together. Even though the Guanshan Taibao acts carefully, it is inevitable that the news will leak out. The descendants of the Liu family are also officials in the court. After hearing this, they were very angry. However, due to the fact that no evidence was found of Feng Shi's ancient tomb robbery, he had no choice but to secretly frame him for the "Guanshan Taibao".

Feng Shigu was a very shrewd man, and he was also well versed in metaphysics. He naturally understood the "way to protect yourself", so he decided to retreat. He chose a day to bring his brothers from the same clan to discuss it. He told everyone that since ancient times, the Tao has always been " "Accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger." Now it seems that the strength of the Ming Dynasty is about to be exhausted. The world is in chaos and danger, and the countryside will never return? Why don't we retreat while we can, return to our hometown together, run the salt mine industry left by our ancestors, and live quietly behind closed doors from now on? Wouldn't it be better than spending the whole day with Wang Bianjia in fear.

Because Feng Shigu had strange skills, everyone in the Feng family had always looked up to him like a god and relied on him. They immediately decided on a way out. Feng Shigu reported illness and returned to his hometown. His family left the capital and returned to his ancestral home of Qingxi Town. ".

After returning to his hometown, Feng Shigu stayed at home, specializing in studying all kinds of strange and strange arts. Most of these skills were obtained from the hanging coffins in the "Coffin Gorge". Although many of the contents were incomplete, the contents alone were incomplete. The remaining part was enough for him to ponder for three to five lifetimes. The more he studied, the more he felt that those ancient alchemy techniques were unfathomable and the mysteries seemed endless.

The Feng family was a big family, and they were personally granted the title by the imperial family. Although they acted secretly and had a low reputation in the world, they responded to the local community and recruited countless disciples who specialized in painting talismans, swallowing water, and bringing peace. It is a large "Witch Gate" between Bashan and Shushui.

Several brothers of Feng Shigu were very ambitious. Seeing that their power was getting stronger and stronger, and the government had nothing to do with them, they persuaded Feng Shigu to gather a crowd to rebel. They could follow the example of the Yellow Turban Army and call themselves "Great Masters of Heavenly Virtue" and ascend to the throne. With one call, there will definitely be a cloud of followers. Even if we can't make it big, we can divide the land and divide the territory.

Feng Shigu was unmoved. The reason why the "Guanshan Feng Family" has its current status is mostly due to its ability to use the art of illusion. It sounds like "the art of illusion", but in fact it is "witchcraft". It is all You should think carefully about the "crooked ways" thing. There are many successes and failures in the history books, but how many of them have won the world by relying on the deceitful method of "spreading beans to make soldiers and cutting paper to make horses"? Since ancient times, those who have used enchantments to confuse the people and plot rebellion have never had a good ending. It is extremely difficult to achieve anything. Just because of their rebellious actions, they have always been tabooed by heaven. They are not blessed with Longxing. Don't have wishful thinking, otherwise sooner or later you will be killed. Causing the disaster of annihilation.

Everyone in the world is just vying for fame and fortune, who can be quiet and do nothing? Although Feng Shigu did not have the ambition to plot a rebellion, he had many disciples and had his own motives. Because Feng Shigu was obsessed with robbing tombs and uncovering tombs, he wanted to obtain various "wonderful alchemy skills, "Bone Armor Heavenly Book", he ordered his men to go out and rob ancient tombs.

The "Guanshan Taibao" tomb robbers are different from usual. This group of people usually dress up in "costumes" in advance. They look like "Zhong Kui, Wuchang, Judge, Yama, Bull Head, Horse Face", all of which are the costumes of the underworld. Their methods include: "Smoke technique, bone shrinking technique, paper figurine transportation, corpse insect driving", etc., are particularly strange and mysterious.

In fact, the so-called "smoke technique" is a kind of corpse-driving technique similar to "Xiangxi Corpse Driving". The "Guanshan Taibao" can hypnotize the corpse in the tomb by spitting hookah into the tomb. The smoke is shaped like a human figure and covers the corpse. For the corpses buried with them, the corpse can be controlled to open the coffin of the owner of the tomb, and after taking out the artifacts, the corpse will fall to the ground on its own. Any devices in the coffin in the tomb will be triggered by the dead body. In the end, " "Guanshan Taibao" went in and plundered everything in the tomb.

If there are no ancient corpses buried in the tomb, you can also fold the paper figures and use the "smoke technique" to control the insects and ants to transport the paper figures into the tomb passage. This is a "transportation" technique. From the current point of view, this kind of monster The technique is actually to use medicinal smoke to attract some cold-blooded creatures, such as snakes, ants, insect beetles, etc., so that they can wrap around and attach themselves to corpses or paper figures to rob tombs. In addition, the "smoke technique" cannot last long, otherwise the user will lose his soul and die. Such things are all witchcraft that have been lost for a long time. The bone armor in the hanging coffin in Wushan's "Coffin Gorge" records many of these strange secret arts, as well as the method of astrological divination. The Feng family summarized it as " Coffin Mountain refers to the magic of magic."

After the "Guanshan Taibao" robbed and destroyed many ancient tombs, Feng Shigu felt that the harvest was not great. Although he also obtained some alchemy and magic skills, they were not as much as a fraction of what was passed down from his ancestors. Finally, he remembered that the ancestral precepts mentioned that there is a large-scale ancient tomb in the "Coffin Gorge", which was built using natural caves. It has many castles inside and is solemn and majestic. It is said that it is the tomb of the "Wuyang King".

There are no less than 100,000 hanging coffins in the "Coffin Gorge", which is a large group of ancient tombs. The "Wuyang King Tomb" is located at the end of a deep ravine in the mountains. According to local legends, the "Wuyang King" believed in witchcraft and was extremely cruel and cruel. He had some achievements in channeling rivers and digging wells to collect salt. He was both praised and praised. In the end, he was killed without his head, so he had to wear a Buried with a golden head.

The ancestors of the Feng family discovered the exact location of the "Old Tomb of King Wuyang" in the bone armor of "Coffin Gorge", but they also learned that the coffin hall of the ancient tomb was full of curses. Once the eternal silence in the underground palace was broken, the world would They will pay the price of "rivers of blood and mountains of corpses."

The ancestors of the Feng family who stole the hanging coffin knew that there were indeed endless secrets buried in the "Coffin Gorge". It had been a mysterious and unpredictable witchland since ancient times. Visions often appeared here. Of course, they did not dare to violate this ancient "taboo". ", so he left instructions to warn future generations of the Feng family, "No matter what, never enter that ancient tomb, otherwise there will be a disaster of annihilation of the family and the annihilation of the clan. Whoever violates the ancestral precepts for the first time will be the one who deceives the master and destroys the ancestors. It is a sin of unfilial piety.” In the traditional concept of ancient China: "All evils of adultery are the first, and all kinds of good deeds and filial piety are the first." No one can bear this crime. The descendants of the "Guanshan Fengjia" will respect it from generation to generation, and then they will have the idea of ​​"robbery tombs on Coffin Mountain" Normally I don’t even dare to think about it.

However, Feng Shigu had superb self-control skills and felt that there must be many strange and mysterious things hidden in the "Wuyang King's Underground Palace". He had always had a habit of peeking into tombs. Once this idea came to him, he could no longer suppress it and destroyed his disciples, disciples, and his own family. The brothers and nephews were summoned to the hall and claimed that if they watched the sky at night and saw the "evil star against the master", there would be a great catastrophe in the world. To keep the family safe, they had to go to the "Coffin Gorge" to rob the tomb. The hexagram diagram contains deep mysteries and can provide guidance, allowing us to find a peaceful and quiet place to hide away from the world.

In fact, there is no hexagram diagram in the "Coffin Gorge". Feng Shigu just used this as an excuse to persuade everyone to go into the mountain to rob the tomb. A group of "mountain-watching Taibao" went through the mountains and ridges and used various methods. It took more than one day to dig out the tombs. Coffin Hall.

The stone coffin in the coffin hall was very huge. The thieves guessed that there must be a lot of treasures inside. Unexpectedly, when they opened the lid, a gust of wind blew out from the coffin. All the lanterns and torches were extinguished on the spot. Feng Shigu had a luminous pearl on his body, so he hurriedly took out a When he took the photo, he found that several people gathered in front of the huge coffin were dead on the ground, and a ferocious head with golden light peeked out from the coffin.

This Master Feng had seen strong winds and waves in ancient times, and he had a wide range of magical powers. He was no ordinary person. He shook off the rope that bound the corpse, raised his hand and stabbed the zombie of the Black Sheep King through with his sword. Unexpectedly, "The Golden-headed Black Sheep King" "The body was actually like a living person, with blood splattering from where the sword was struck.

Master Feng knew a lot about ancient times and knew that there was a saying in the early years about "ancient corpses turning into immortals", but he couldn't believe that such a strange thing really happened. After unloading eight pieces, and seeing that there were many ancient artifacts in the coffin hall, they hid the ancient corpse in a "bronze cauldron with an animal face and two ears", sealed it tightly, and took away all the valuable artifacts from the stone coffin. .

Then Feng Shi Gucai called his accomplices in the tomb passage to come in and collect the bodies of several "Guanshan Taibao" who died on the ground. In this tomb robbery, the "Guanshan group of thieves" not only stole all the ancient artifacts, but also the murals in the tomb chamber. Don't let it go either.

It was secretly transported to the "Feng Family Mansion" in Qingxi Town. Feng Shigu stayed behind closed doors and studied the objects in the tomb day and night. Due to his adventure in the "Coffin Hall", he believed that there was really a "Corpse Immortal". "Exists, he no longer cares about violating any taboos at this time, and exhausts his efforts to find out the ancient "mystery of immortality" in the coffin gorge. This secret may be hidden in the "golden head" of the ancient corpse of King Wuyang among.