Chapter 587: Symbols and Diagrams
Xiao Ying took out this peachwood box and saw that the surface of the box was carved with a Tai Chi Yin and Yang fish.
"Heaven and earth yin and yang, Tai Chi heavenly way. Xiao Ying didn't rush to open the box, but looked at Yu Yao, "My Xiao family's mystic art is the foundation of the Daomen, so I may be a little biased towards the Buddhism, so I can't say much;
Yu Yao thought for a while, "Comfort the poor and the poor, and open the arms of acceptance." ”
Xiao Ying nodded, "Well said." However, accepting everyone, in turn, is also a big drawback. In particular, there are two kinds of people. ”
"Which two?"
"One is a person who has committed heinous crimes, and this kind of person will be exempted from the punishment of their sins as long as he has the heart to turn back, which is not in accordance with the way of heaven, but Buddhism can accept it, and he will not blame the past. On the other hand, there are stupid, lazy, weak, and incompetent people, who have escaped to Buddhism just to evade their responsibilities and difficulties, and some of them have even fallen out of love for a while, encountered occasional setbacks, and so on. ”
Yu Yao smiled, "You just said that you would be biased, it's not good to say more, but you ended up saying more than me." ”
Xiao Ying couldn't help but smile, "Don't say it, look at things." ”
With that, Xiao Ying opened the peachwood box.
The first thing that catches your eye is a long leather pouch, and when you pick up this long pouch, there is actually a roll of sheepskin underneath.
"The rootless Dao is generous enough, and there is more than one left!" Xiao Ying said, and opened the bag first.
Inside is a topaz board about six inches long and three inches wide, with a circle at the top and a thickness of about one centimeter.
One side is carved with some strange symbols, and the other side is smooth.
"Xuanhuang Heavenly Fu!" Xiao Ying looked at the symbol carefully and couldn't help but scream.
Yu Yaozi didn't know these symbols, but this topaz was indeed the best material in Hetian topaz, the color was like steamed chestnuts, and it was moist like cream.
"I left this day rune. Xiao Ying smiled at Yu Yao.
"You should keep it, it's useless for me to keep it. Yu Yao then asked, "This is a magic weapon, right?"
"That's right. If you use it well, all evils will not invade, and all diseases can be cured. A real person who can make the Xuanhuang Heavenly Rune, the spiritual energy cultivation needs to reach the peak state, and it is almost immortal, it seems that this rootless Dao Master is indeed extraordinary!" Xiao Ying said while putting away the Xuanhuang Heavenly Rune, "However, I still have to study it in detail, and I may not be able to grasp its magic in a short period of time." ”
Yu Yao nodded, reached out and picked up the parchment roll again, and unfolded it to take a look, but it turned out to be a picture.
To be precise, the picture on this parchment is not a complete one, but is divided into five parts, independent of each other, and seems to echo. A part of the top and bottom left and right, and a part of the middle. The middle diagram is the largest and most detailed, and the quadrilateral diagram is relatively brief.
Fortunately, there are some text notes.
"Wang Mang's treasure?!" the two couldn't help but cry out in unison after examining the parchment diagram.
Of course, the words "Wang Mang's treasure" will not be written on the picture, but in the text notes on the right side, it is written that Wang Mang had spent a lot of effort and design before he was killed, and hid a large amount of gold and treasures.
At the same time, there are brief notes next to the figures of the five sections.
In the long history of China, there are many so-called "treasures" that have not yet been uncovered. Wang Mang's treasure is one of the more famous.
At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped power and took power, and one of the most important measures was to collect gold and control it centrally. He carried out currency reform, and at the same time exchanged copper coins for private gold, which is similar to robbery.
There was a large amount of gold stored in the palace, and with the collection from the people, Wang Mang became an out-and-out "gold master".
In the Western Han Dynasty, the gold reserves in the imperial palace were very large, and the emperor was very "generous" in rewarding gold. For example, after Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, he rewarded Zhou Bo with 5,000 catties of gold because of his exploits in winning the army.
At the same time, the amount of gold owned and circulated by the private sector is not small.
Some people once estimated that when Wang Mang was in power, he should have been sitting on sixty taels of gold, at least this amount, no matter how much it is, it is normal.
How much is a kudo? 10,000 catties!
However, just after Wang Mang was killed, most of the whereabouts of at least 600,000 catties of gold were unknown!
Of course, these figures are not necessarily accurate, because many historical materials are also speculated, and no one can really weigh all the gold and calculate it. However, before Wang Mang's death, a large amount of gold had been hidden, and it has not been discovered after his death, so this may exist.
Moreover, this matter can be inferred from subsequent historical facts.
Because since the Eastern Han Dynasty, there is really a lot less gold in the treasury and the market, and the emperor's reward is no longer as huge as that of the Western Han Dynasty.
Even in the very wealthy Tang Dynasty, not to mention thousands of catties, tens of thousands of catties, hundreds of catties of rewards were rare; in the Ming Dynasty, gold was even rarer, and silver was popular.
Where did all that gold go?
In addition to the fact that no gold bonanza has been found and the old mines have been exhausted one after another, in addition to a large amount of alchemy consumption in the Wei and Jin dynasties, in addition to the gilded Buddha statues used in a large number of temples when Buddhism entered China and flourished, there may be Wang Mang's hidden factors.
"If it's really Wang Mang's golden treasure, it's divided into five hidden treasures?" Yu Yao flashed to the side and lit a cigarette.
"Nope. Xiao Ying stared at the parchment diagram, "This is a large feng shui array, implying the direction of the five elements, and the real golden treasure is in the middle of the diagram." The other four places are nothing more than auxiliary and confusing. ”
"No wonder!" Yu Yao pointed to the note next to the middle illustration, "Then the words 'Taibai Hinterland' refer to the approximate location of the middle illustration?"
"Well, Taibai Mountain, long and horizontal, the height of the main peak is the highest among the surrounding mountains, not far from Chang'an back then, it should be. ”
"This rootless Dao master is very interesting, chasing down villains and finding treasures, there is a lot of work!" Yu Yao couldn't help but smile.
Xiao Ying frowned and groaned, "Why he is looking for the treasure must not be able to be investigated, but you see, judging from the marks next to the four side diagrams, he has already cracked it! The Taibai hinterland in the middle has also been identified! With his Taoism, he has never found a specific location, let alone cracked it." It shows that this real treasure hiding place is an extremely troublesome place!"
"Hmm. Yu Yao nodded slightly, "And it seems that he is about to give up, otherwise he will not leave the map to those who can enter the cave." ”
"Now that the map is in our hands, this earth-shattering fortune is bound to be done. Xiao Ying twisted her fingers, "However, I'm afraid this matter has to be discussed in the long run." ”