Chapter Ninety-Five: Running at Night
Huang Juren's practice of opening the altar was fifteen days after Chang Nai left the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion, and no one knows what he did during this time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Of course, the opening time was discussed with Chang Nai.
On the day of the opening of the altar, the ceremony was very secret, only Chang Nai and a few relatives participated, the process was similar to the Dharma meeting that Chang Nai had participated in before, and there was nothing surprising, but Chang Nai noticed that it was not Huang Juren who presided over the opening of the altar, but an old Taoist priest with fairy wind and bones.
Huang Juren set up an altar on the lake in the center of the back garden, more than five feet high above the lake, and there are nine huge copper incense burners standing on the side of the altar, each is estimated to be thousands of catties, in just half a month, to build such a scale of the altar, in Chang Nai's view, it is beyond the ability of these dozen people in the garden, and Huang Juren's Taoism, Chang Nai is even more convinced.
Before the altar was opened, Chang Nai went up to the altar and turned around, and the ashes in the incense burner had accumulated to the side of the stove, and it seemed that the incense here had never been broken these days.
After the ceremony, Huang Juren told Chang Nai that the old Taoist priest was his master, but he was already over 160 years old, and he had long ignored everything in the world, and he had begged so hard to invite him. The altar also burns incense for more than 27 days, this period is the most important, outsiders still can't go into the back garden half a step, as if it is an accident, on the twenty-eighth day, Chang Nai can move back. Chang Nai naturally nodded in agreement, and longed to burn for a few more days and beg for peace.
On the second day of the opening of the altar, Huang Juren returned to Chang Nai's government office to continue his work, saying that the altar no longer needed him, and the master town should be fine there. Every morning and dusk, Huang Juren accompanied Chang Nai outside the back garden door to take a look at the slowly rising incense, and Chang Nai also felt a lot more settled in his heart.
Twenty-seven days passed quickly, and Huang Juren told Chang Nai that the Dharma had been completed, the evil gods had been invited away, and there would be no more strange things in the Governor's Palace, but he would accompany the master to escort the Dharma weapon back to the mountain where he practiced, and he would return in about a month, but the altar should not be dismantled for the time being within three months, and some incense would be offered on it every day, which would ensure ten years of peace.
The etiquette system of teacher friendship, the common feelings of people, and the principle of no obstruction, Chang Nai sent a generous Cheng Yi and instructed Huang Juren to return as soon as possible, after all, many official affairs of the Governor's Mansion are inseparable from him. The next day, Huang Juren's master and apprentice drove the dozen carriages out of the city gate, and there was no trace except for deep rut marks.
After Chang Nai moved back to the Governor's Palace, nothing evil happened, and Chang Nai settled down. It's just that a month has passed, and I haven't seen Huang Juren return, and I feel a little drumming in my heart. Two months later, Chang Nai received a letter, which was recognized by Huang Juren's handwriting and hurriedly sent it. When I opened it, Chang Nai was like five thunderbolts, sitting on the chair. There is only one sentence in the letter: "Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and I ask heaven to answer it?"
Chang Nai, who came to relieve his senses, hurriedly ordered someone to tear down the altar in the back garden, only to find that under the altar in the lake, Huang Juren surrounded a small dam and drained the lake inside. There is a secret door hidden underneath, and through a deep tunnel, a small storeroom can be reached. Half of the treasury was emptied, and the rest were large antiques and silver ingots that were brought up to trouble, and when counted, there were more than 800,000 taels of silver ingots alone, and the treasure that Huang Juren took away was simply an astronomical amount.
Now everyone understands that this secret treasury is where the treasure of the King of Han is located, no wonder when the Mansion of the King of Han was breached, only hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were found, and they were all hidden here. And what Huang Juren took away from those copper tripods is definitely not incense ash. But it was discovered that the matter of the treasure treasury of the king of Han could not be hidden, and the next day, there were rumors in the market that there were more than 5 million taels of gold and silver in the treasury.
For Wei Tingzhen, who was investigating the Yanzheng deficit case, of course he didn't mind stepping on Chang Nai's head by the way, and a twist and turn was quickly put on the dragon case in the Forbidden City. It is said that Kangxi laughed out loud after reading it, and only said eight words hatefully, "I am so stupid, my ancestors are ashamed"
A year later, Chang Nai died as the governor of Liangjiang, whether it was related to Huang Juren's big case is unknown, but he was not awarded after his death, and his descendants were also deprived of their titles, which shows Kangxi's attitude. What's even more ironic is that five years later, the person who became the governor of Liangjiang Yamen and became a feudal official was none other than Wei Tingzhen.
This story is just a small example of what I know of the game that Baiguandao does. From Huang Juren forging a seal letter and being arrested and imprisoned, to taking advantage of the political turmoil, getting together to become a staff member for Chang Nai's trust, and then pretending to be a ghost, getting the opportunity to occupy the back garden alone and his subordinates, and finally transporting the treasure with the help of magic weapons and hiding in the rivers and lakes. This link is linked to a link, a plan is lined with a plan, and the result of knowing a plan does not know the cause of the next plan, and Baiguandao is so meticulous in acting.
Of course, if you think about it a little deeper, Wei Tingzhen seems to be doing a bureaucratic politics by investigating the case in the whole incident, he can cooperate with Huang Juren's plan so seamlessly, in lockstep, and in the end he also obtained the greatest political benefits.
After listening to Huang Juren's story, Team Cao was stunned for a long time and didn't speak, until the bus stopped again in the distance, and he was relieved. Team Cao parked the car on the side of the road, turned off the lights, turned his head to me and said, "Lao Chang, how do these people grow in their brains? The wisdom of the ancients is terrifying, and they help them count the money when they are sold." But it's okay, if you are so foolish, I don't know where to check, I don't have to think about it, and I don't have to worry about it. ”
Only then did we realize that the bus did not stop at the station, but by the farmland between the two stops. Team Cao whispered in my ear: "The path next to it is not far from the tomb of King Rui. I looked in that direction, and sure enough, there was a temple-like crumbling corner in the darkness in the distance.
This time we didn't have to wait too long, the bus door opened, but the lights in the carriage were not on, and the three men in black got down the back door and slowly walked down the path into the darkness.
Team Cao turned his head and asked, "Do you want to follow?" There was obviously some hesitation in his tone, and it seemed that the story of the previous hundred ways made him awe of the unknown and his amazing intelligence.
"There's no need, you can't arrest them all, and even if you do, I'm afraid you won't be able to ask anything. It is enough to know where they came from and where they are going. "I said this, but in my heart I was thinking about how to find the Baiguan Dao Descendant in Beijing now.
"Chang, do you think the man in black is Baiguan Dao, but why did Baiguan Dao hijack the bus? They went from Ruiwang's Tomb to Wan'an Cemetery a while ago, and they have gone from Wan'an Cemetery to Ruiwang's Tomb these days, what is the purpose of this tossing and turning?"
Team Cao is a person who sometimes can't speak, but after all, he is also an old criminal investigator, and the sensitivity of intuition far exceeds logical reasoning. As soon as he said this, I suddenly figured out the joints. Baiguan Road seems to be an inconsequential way to fall, maybe I think it's complicated, the truth may have been seen by us, incomparably simple.
I excitedly patted Cao on the shoulder, so frightened that he almost let go of the steering wheel. "Team Cao, leave the rest to me, you came forward to startle the snake and couldn't find clues. I probably know which direction to look in. ”
Team Cao nodded, told me a few words, and it was almost time to arrive at the zoo, I looked at my watch, and the last train was twenty-five minutes late.
The next morning, I made a phone call, got in touch with Dr. Zhou, a friend of my father's for many years, and made an appointment to go out.
Dr. Zhou is 74 years old, and his doctorate is a doctor of psychology from Princeton University in the United States, and he returned to his motherland in the 50s with enthusiasm, and can be regarded as the founder of Chinese psychological research. He used to devote himself to the comparative study of traditional Chinese psychology and Western psychology, and my father also became the object of Dr. Zhou's research because of the large number of cases in the field of psychological research in the genealogy. Now that he is retired at home, his life is extremely leisurely.
But the man who opened the door to me was a young man, who looked to be twenty-four or five years old, but there was a wisdom and maturity in his eyes. He called Uncle Chang and let me go into the house, but I didn't expect Mr. Zhou to wear a straw hat, a hurdle vest, and two fishing rods on his back to greet him. The young man shrugged at me with a wry smile and spread his hands, I know that the older Old Man Zhou gets, the more childish he is, as long as he is playing, he doesn't care whether he will be able to run the fastest.
"Young Master Chang, it's rare to come back to your Uncle Zhou, it's a good day, accompany Uncle Zhou to fish, this is my grandson, Zhou Cheng, a doctor of psychology from Peking University, just graduated, I want to go to the sea to toss" Old Man Zhou didn't wait for me to answer, so he said to Zhou Cheng, "Grandson, don't you have a car?" Accompany your Uncle Chang on a trip, he will be happy to tell you the story of the two, and your research can avoid many detours. Also, your Uncle Chang knows a lot of people, and many of his brains are not normal, so you can develop and develop a business. ”
At the beginning of the 90s, there were very few people in Beijing who owned private cars, which made me a little impressed by Zhou Cheng. Mr. Zhou's family lived in Guanyuan, so Zhou Cheng took us to the nearby Gaoliang River to fish in the north of Zizhuyuan. The Sorghum River is not wide, but the banks of the river are lined with green willows, although it is almost noon, it is not sunny at all. Old man Zhou was addicted to fishing, and sat down on Mazar, staring at the fish drifter, while shaking the big pu fan, his expression was focused, and he no longer cared about us. I had no choice but to chat with Zhou Cheng.
Zhou Cheng is regarded as Sun Chengye's business, and he has been busy helping Mr. Zhou complete the comparative study of Chinese and Western psychology, but young people are still poor in academic concentration, and the doctoral research is hypnosis, so he always wants to find a way to learn to treat. So at the beginning of the year, I opened a psychotherapy clinic, which was too advanced in terms of treatment, so the business was not much. When he had free time, he stayed at home, helped his grandfather check the information, and took notes. However, Zhou Cheng has studied hypnotherapy very deeply, and he still gave me a lot of inspiration after chatting.
(If this is the case, all the subtleties are known, and the mind is not terrified, the mind is not confused, not confused, not scattered, not turbid, not inferior; the mind is one, the mind is good and calm, the mind is good at separation, and the mind is good at dwelling.) --"The Great Buddha Huayan Sutra") (To be continued.) )