Chapter 235 Touching the Melon
In the next two days, the expedition trio searched the entire center of the Loulan ruins and the vicinity, looking for an entrance to the underground, but it was obvious that this search was fruitless, after all, there were so many expeditions and expeditions in two hundred miles that found nothing, and if the three of them could find it in a few days, it would be a bit too.
After looking for a few days, Emperor Zhou was a little anxious, and Wang Changsheng's calm temperament was also a little restless, because the environment was too bad, the wind blew and the sand was blowing, the temperature was low at night, and the scenery was still very simple.
But fortunately, in the past two nights, Wang Changsheng and Su Tong did not find the frozen figure, which made them feel a lot more at ease.
On the fourth day of arriving at the Loulan ruins, late at night, the three of them did not sleep, and picked up a lot of dead branches around during the day and then lit a bonfire.
The purpose of this meeting is twofold, the first is to sit down and study and discuss it carefully, and the second is to finalize a matter, that is, if they can't find the entrance in three days, they will have to go home, because the supplies of the three people can last for a week at most, and if it is delayed, they will not be able to get out of Lop Nur.
"I don't have anything to hide from you, I really ......" Su Tong spread his hands, looked at the suspicious eyes of the two and said: "My family's history is very long, I have already told you this before, the ancestors of the family have led the caravan through the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions several times, and even contacted the King of Loulan, so the ancestors of the family have confirmed that with the eloquence of the King of Loulan, it is impossible to be wiped out overnight." β
During the search for the past two days, Su Tong intermittently explained to Wang Changsheng and Emperor Zhou why their family knew Loulan more than the historical records, and that was because there was a caravan in her family a long time ago, from the mainland to the 36 countries of the Western Regions, and then to Central Asia, West Asia and other places.
When traveling to and from the Silk Road many times, the caravan of the Su family was entrenched in the ancient country of Loulan, and also met the king of Loulan at that time, and there were deep contacts, the ancestors of the Su family focused on recording some deeds of the ancient kingdom of Loulan and the king of Loulan, and later in the year before the kingdom of Loulan disappeared overnight, their caravan also came to Loulan, and some clues were found.
In the next few years, the Su family caravan did not go to the Western Regions again, and when they went again, Loulan disappeared, and since then, the opportunity for the Su family caravan to continue to walk the Western Regions began to study how Loulan disappeared, because they did not believe in the news that the Loulan people died of the plague or that the king of Loulan was defeated, there must be something else.
However, the research of the Su family has not continued forever, in the past thousands of years, Su Tong said that their family has also had several crises in the middle of the family, and it has risen and fallen repeatedly, so the study of the ancient country of Loulan has been temporarily put on hold, and it has only been picked up and re-studied in recent years.
"Can you tell me more about those clues...... Wang Changsheng asked.
Su Tong said "um" A year before Loulan disappeared, the ancestors of the Su family found that there were many more buildings in the palace when they went again, and there were many places that were different from before, all of which were changed, there was an astrological platform in the southwest corner of the palace, and a gossip wall was built in the southeast corner, there was a Taiji diagram in the northeast, and there was a five-element flag floating in the northwest, and a stick in the middle of the palace......β
"So that's the biggest reason why you came to me, right?" Wang Changsheng reached out and picked up a branch from the ground when Su Tong was described, and began to draw on the sand.
Su Tong stroked his hair and said, "Of course, make the best use of things, originally I wanted to find the Feng Shui master of the He family, Chang Henian, but then I found that you seem to be more reliable and more comprehensive."
Wang Changsheng glanced at her and said lightly: "People have lived a long time, and they must have seen and experienced more than my young man, in fact, it is more reasonable for you to find him." β
"I said that you are more reliable, I believe in your character more, as for other people's words, I am afraid that they will unload the mill and kill the donkey. β
"What kind of eyes do you have, how can you see my character?" Wang Changsheng asked in surprise.
Su Tong thought for a moment and said, "It's purely a feeling, and the facts have proved that I saw it very accurately, otherwise you wouldn't have risked dragging me out of the quicksand a few days ago." β
Emperor Zhou sighed speechlessly and said: "How can I listen to the two of you If you continue to talk, one may secretly promise, and the other will not be able to pass the beauty pass, let's talk about the topic, okay, seeing that the sky is about to dawn, it will be delayed for another day if it continues like this." β
By this time, it was already the second half of the night, the moon had shifted, and several of the stars that had once been the brightest were also much dimmer.
Wang Changsheng looked down at the five diagrams of astrology, gossip, tai chi, five elements and chaotian stick drawn by him on the ground, and then a line connected it, and then raised his head and asked: "Are there any records of other buildings in the Loulan Palace?"
"At that time, we didn't think much about it, so naturally we wouldn't work it anymore, after all, no one knew that Loulan would disappear in a year" Su Tong said: "But after disappearing, the ancestors of the Su family began to sort out some information about the Loulan Palace, and they also wrote it down, I have seen it many times."
"Okay, if you can remember, you can instruct, I'll draw," Wang Changsheng nodded and said.
"The center of the palace is a stick built to the sky, and in the east of it is the main hall of the King of Loulan, on the left side is to receive guests, and on the right is the place where King Loulan meets the ministers in private......"
Su Tong carefully recalled some details of the Loulan Palace with his memory, Wang Changsheng drew on the ground according to his dictation, and after seven or eight minutes, the prototype of the Loulan Palace was gradually sketched, this portrayal must have many mistakes, after all, there is no actual image all depends on the description of people, but the impact on Wang Changsheng is not too great, he only needs some details that are not wrong, because he wants to try to guess which feng shui array was in the Loulan Palace at that time.
"Look at what I painted, what I drew is as you think, are there any discrepancies and areas that need to be changed......"
Su Tong looked down at the outline on the sand, and after carefully studying it for a long time, he shook his head and signaled no, Wang Changsheng "Hmm" After a while, he began to ponder this picture, this sketch must not be able to see anything now, since it is a sketch, it means that there are too many places that are lacking, but Wang Changsheng can make inferences, this is the same as looking at the face, looking at people's faces and palms can not actually see what kind of luck a person is, whether it is a blessing or a curse, it has to be inferred according to the factors of Zhou Yi Bagua and the Five Elements, and finally a result can be obtained.
According to this sketch, Wang Changsheng will come up with several results after deducing, and then filter out the most likely one or several results, which is the answer they want.
Looking at Wang Changsheng, who bowed his head and was silent, wrinkling his brows and contemplating, Su Tong deeply felt that he was looking for him, this can be regarded as a stroke of genius, although Chang Henian has a high attainment in feng shui, but in terms of heritage, it may not be able to compare with Wang Changsheng, after all, the former is only half a disciple led by Mr. Qiushi, while Wang Changsheng is a serious disciple of Kunlun Guanyan.
In the second half of the night, Su Tong and Emperor Zhou were a little unable to stay up, and both of them fell asleep one after another, but Wang Changsheng seemed to have been unable to extricate himself from the process of this inference, and he used a branch to carry out various carvings on the ground, the main purpose was to speculate that the Loulan Palace was most likely to be in a feng shui circle in Buna.
Gradually, time passed imperceptibly, the moon quietly disappeared, and dawn came.
The fire didn't know when it was extinguished, Su Tong and Emperor Zhou also woke up from sleep, and after the two came out, they saw Wang Changsheng squatting on the ground, his eyes were red, and Emperor Zhou was just about to urge him, Su Tong pulled him and said in a low voice: "He may be thinking at this time, if you greet him, you may interrupt the train of thought in his head, don't make a sound, go prepare some hot water and dry food for him."
More than half an hour later, Wang Changsheng touched his pocket and wanted to take out a cigarette to light one, but found that the cigarette had long been smoked, so he rummaged through a pile of extinguished cigarette butts on the ground and stuffed it into his mouth, but his other hand did not stop, and kept drawing circles on the ground.
An hour later, Wang Changsheng stretched his waist, then deducted the in his eyes, looked at a bottle of water and compressed biscuits at his feet, grabbed it directly, and walked towards the tent, throwing down a sentence and saying: "I'll sleep for a while, and I'......ll talk about it at night."
Wang Changsheng got into the tent, and Emperor Zhou asked in confusion: "What do you mean, do you have the answer?"
Su Tong looked at the complicated lines on the ground, and felt dizzy for a while.
On the sandy ground, there is a very clear pattern, in which it can be roughly seen that there are some buildings, pavilions and pavilions, among which Wang Changsheng has added some lines and various incomprehensible symbols, at first glance, this is like a book from heaven, and it is impossible to see one, two, three.
There is a specialization in the art industry, and what Wang Changsheng portrays is a few feng shui arrays, and if you are not an insider, you can't see any answers at all.
And even if you are an insider, unless you are from Kunlun Temple, you can't see any details.
During the day, Emperor Zhou and Su Tong waited boredly, and they also saw that Wang Changsheng had stayed up all night, and he was obviously a little unable to hold on, and it was estimated that he would not be able to get any answer from his mouth after he slept this night.
Time passed in a flash, and when it was close to dusk, Wang Changsheng woke up from a big sleep.
"Hello, two," Wang Changsheng came out of the tent with a cigarette in his mouth.
Emperor Zhou pointed to the mess on the ground and said, "Not long after you fell asleep, a gust of wind blew away, blowing away all the ones you drew before, although Miss Su and I resisted desperately, it was to no avail, buddy, we really tried our best." β
Wang Changsheng waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter, the painting is already in my head, it's okay."
"I'm scared to death, we thought you were working in vain," Su Tong patted his chest together.
Wang Changsheng licked his dry lips, sat cross-legged on the ground, picked up the branch and said, "Let's brush it a little, I probably guessed a possibility......
Wang Changsheng redrew the previous sketch, but this time the lines were no longer mixed, and it looked very organized: "First of all, there is indeed a feng shui array in the Loulan Palace, and it is not one, there is no doubt about this, and then go on to say that the ancients before the thirty-six kingdoms of the Western Regions were already very good at astrology, and they would use the stars to make some reasoning and predictions, and this astrological platform in the palace plays this role, I won't draw the astrological platform, let me tell you about its specific uses......"
"The Big Dipper appears in different directions in the sky at different times in different seasons and nights" Wang Changsheng drew a line under the astrological table, connected to the heavenly stick in the middle of the palace, and said: "The first day of the bucket handle pointing to the west is the beginning of autumn, and the four seasons are divided by yin and yang, then this time is the yin time, at the same time, the southeast gossip is Gen, facing the five elements in the northwest corner, at this time the five elements belong to the earth, and then the northeast Taiji map ......"
When Wang Changsheng's eyes lit up when he said it, and his mouth was like a river spitting stars, Emperor Zhou and Su Tong were confused when they heard it, because they really couldn't understand what the long list of professional terms about astrology, tai chi, gossip and other professional terms came out of his mouth, so this caused an embarrassing phenomenon, that is, no matter what Wang Changsheng said, it was a donkey and a duck.
"Smack" Emperor Zhou stretched out his hand and pressed him, directly interrupted Wang Changsheng, and said very seriously: "Although we are all friends, I have to admit that my knowledge is definitely not as profound as yours, buddy, let's skip these inferences and go straight to the topic?"
Wang Changsheng blinked, and said a little dissatisfied: "No, why don't you listen? I can't explain in detail, do you two know what it means?"
Emperor Zhou shook his head firmly and said: "Don't listen, we really don't understand what you said, just do what you say, this will be up to you." β
Su Tong nodded shyly.
"Ah, that's the case......" Wang Changsheng stood up with a unique sense of presence, and said in a deep tone with his hands behind his back: "If you want to say that, then I won't explain it, and just say the result." β
"Okay, okay"
Wang Changsheng threw away the branches, beckoned the two of them to follow, and then asked for the military map from Su Tong, pointed his finger in a few directions and said: "A long time ago, there should have been three rivers around the ancient kingdom of Loulan, but with the changes of history, these rivers have disappeared, or have become underground rivers......
Wang Changsheng's explanation did not use too professional terms and nouns, but explained to them in a very concise language that he had deduced the greatest possibility of the disappearance of the ancient kingdom of Loulan.
At first glance, there are no mountains and rivers on the Gobi Desert, but Wang Changsheng definitely doesn't think so, because in the cognition of Kunlun Concept, as long as it is this land, under every inch of soil, there are dragon veins and veins that have been extended from the ancestors of Wanshan, even in the desert, because it is very likely that a long, long time ago, this was not a desert, maybe it was a mountain or a river, and the geology could change, but one thing that could not be changed was that the Altai Mountains in the north of Loulan and the Kunlun Mountains in the south, the Tianshan Mountains crossed from this, and here is a vein extended by the branch veins of the Beiganlongγ
Therefore, Wang Changsheng took the ruins of the ancient kingdom of Loulan as the center, and speculated that there would be a branch vein under the Loulan Palace, and the feng shui array in the palace was very likely to be a kind of feng shui formation that changed the world, that is, the entire palace was sunk below the surface, and the upper part was gradually covered by the quicksand of the desert, which was the site they saw now.
It may sound incredible, but it's not impossible to change the trend of mountains and rivers when Feng Shui is used to the extreme.
When Guiguzi built the Mausoleum of the First Emperor for Qin Shi Huang, he used this method, and finally led five living waters into the Lishan Mausoleum, which became the famous "five-clawed golden dragon" feng shui pattern (the feng shui of the imperial tomb will be written later, and it will not be explained here).
Therefore, it is not difficult to let the entire Loulan Palace sink.