Volume 3 Chapter 24 Remnant Soul

Hua'an was a little puzzled, what happened to the Taoist in this bronze coffin Liu Bowen, and asked suspiciously: "This Taoist is Liu Bowen!?" But isn't this Liu Bowen an official in the Ming Dynasty, how can he be a Taoist?"

Hu Gang preached to Hua An in the tone of an old master: "Xiaohua, you need to read a lot of books and learn more about the history of the country, with your level of knowledge, you are embarrassed to say to others that you are a tomb robber, don't steal the tomb in the future and don't know who it is, with knowledge you can also have a solution."

Hua An smiled awkwardly, looking at Hu Gang's contrived appearance, Chen Zhan scolded with a smile: "Okay old Hu, what do you show in front of Xiaohua, you have high cultural knowledge and know a lot!"

As soon as he heard this, Hu Gang was not happy, and defended: "Aren't I showing off, no, I'm guiding Xiaohua, there is a good saying, knowledge is power, knowledge is wealth, and with knowledge you can succeed!" This is also for Xiaohua's future consideration, to help him point out an important bright road in life, if you don't support me, forget it, and say that I show off, Lao Chen, you say me, is this right, Brother Ye, Xiaohua, do you say what I said is right!"

Hua An was stunned when he heard this, along the way, he felt that Hu Gang was quite serious, but now he found that he was mistaken, this nonsense kung fu is really a set, Chen Zhan and Ye Hai could only roll their eyes helplessly at Hu Gang, Hu Gang's temperament is very familiar to the two.

Too lazy to pay attention to Hu Gang, Chen Zhan pointed to the Taoist in the bronze coffin, and said to Hua An: "Why do you say that this Taoist is Liu Bowen, the first thing to know is Liu Bowen's life."

"What is Liu Bowen's life?"

Chen Zhan sorted out his thoughts and said: "Liu Bowen, also known as Liu Ji, is a person in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, he assisted Zhu Yuanzhang to complete the imperial industry and create the Ming Dynasty, assisted Zhu Yuanzhang to govern the stability and prosperity of the country, is a famous politician in history, Liu Bowen is deeply loved by Zhu Yuanzhang, and was named Sincerity Uncle by Zhu Yuanzhang, this Sincere Uncle is a third-class title in the Ming Dynasty, only under the prince, and his status in the officialdom is very high."

In addition to these, Liu Bowen is also a military strategist and writer, the book records that he is brilliant, like a god, rich in literature and martial arts, Liu Bowen is known for his clever calculations, with "Zhuge Liang, the military division of the former dynasty, Liu Bowen" and "Zhuge Liang of the three parts of the world, Liu Bowen of the unified country" and "five hundred years of knowledge before, five hundred years of knowledge after the future" reputation, these should have heard of it. Chen Zhan said to Hua'an.

Hua An nodded and said, "I know this, it's written in the history books!"

Chen Zhan continued: "Well, these history books are recorded, but there is one point that is not written in the history books, Liu Bowen in addition to these identities, he also has an identity is the Taoist, this is recorded in the Taoist wild history, according to legend, he is hidden in the world of the Guigu faction of the descendant, the upper knowledge of astronomy and the lower knowledge of geography, the art of war, Taoism and literature are all excellent, especially his magic and clever calculation at that time can be said to be no one can compete with it, in the Ming Dynasty in 1406, Liu Bowen once built an abacus city in Tianjin."

"Abacus City! Is it a city built with an abacus?" Hua An asked suspiciously.

Hua An's words immediately made Chen Zhan and the three of them laugh, and Hu Gang teased Hua An: "You can quite imagine, you use the abacus to build me a city!"

Chen Zhan explained: "It is not a city built with an abacus, but this city is a rectangle, the city is five hundred and four zhang long from east to west, three hundred and twenty-four zhang long from north to south, and the total length of the city is nine miles and eighteen steps, which makes people look like a huge abacus, so it is called abacus city!"

Hua'an asked, "I see, but why did you build the city like this?"

After you finish listening, Liu Bowen built the city, in the depths of the east gate city foundation, buried a thirteen-figure iron abacus, the two beads above and the five beads below, all pushed to the middle range, take its "endless number" meaning, to show that after the completion of the city, it can maintain a far-reaching age, permanent existence, but because this city is located in Tianjin Jiuhe slightly, frequent flooding, the city wall was submerged, in the Qing Dynasty Yongzheng years, the city wall to the west, widen the city base, shorten the height, so that the city can be guarded, It can also be used for flood control in 1900

The invasion of the Eight-Nation Alliance, the city was demolished the following year, and it was found that there was an iron abacus buried in the depths, and the abacus was "495" three digits, if it was calculated from the construction of the city in 1406, to the time when the city was demolished in 1901, it was actually 495 years, as if Liu Bowen had already calculated the time when the city could exist, this ability, now among the Taoist people, no one can have!" Chen Zhan sighed.

Hua An was stunned and said: "It's so powerful, you can even count it in a few hundred years!"

Ye Hai said: "In ancient times, there were many capable people, not only Liu Bowen could do it, according to legend, Jiang Ziya of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhuge Liang of the Shu Han Dynasty, Yuan Tiangang of the Tang Dynasty and several others could calculate what would happen hundreds of years later!"

"Is this still a human being, it's all fine!" Hua An muttered quietly.

Chen Zhan looked at the Taoist in the bronze coffin and sighed: "Inferred from various clues, this Taoist in the coffin should be Liu Bowen, but I didn't expect him to be eroded by the source of the demonic qi of death, and a generation of strange people passed away like this, no wonder there is a wild history that Liu Bowen died unexpectedly, not to enjoy his old age, it seems that the person who recorded this wild history back then should have some understanding of this matter."

Hua An took a closer look at the Taoist of the bronze coffin, that is, he speculated that his identity was Liu Bowen Taoist, and said: "The Liu Bowen you said is so powerful, he can even calculate what will happen in a few hundred years, why did he come here, don't you know that he will die here?"

Hu Gang shook his head and explained to Hua An: "He can calculate things in a few hundred years, but anyone who knows how to deduce the heavenly machine, the only person who can't be calculated is himself, and he can't calculate that he will die here."

"Oh, I see!"

Chen Zhan said: "Since there is no death demon qi in the bronze coffin, then let's take back the mother talisman of the dragon ghost talisman." There was a faint disappointment in Chen Zhan's tone, he originally came here to investigate the matter of the Death Demon Qi, but in the end it was a failure, fortunately, he found the Dragon Ghost Talisman here, which was also a big gain.

Chen Zhan bowed three times to the Taoist in the bronze coffin, and then got up, ready to reach out and take away the dragon ghost talisman in the Taoist's hands, and suddenly the dragon ghost talisman in the Taoist's hand emitted a bright light, this sudden change startled the four people, Ye Hai grabbed Hua An and Chen Zhan and Hu Gang and took a big step back.

I saw that in the bright light emitted by the dragon ghost talisman, an illusory figure gradually emerged, and the appearance of the figure gradually became clear, Chen Zhan and the four of them suddenly found that they were exactly the same as the Taoist in the bronze coffin, Chen Zhan and Hu Gang suddenly became vigilant, and the furniture in their hands lit up at once.

"Hell... Ghost... What the hell!" Hua An pointed to the phantom in the bright light, and was so frightened that he stammered a little.

"Huh! Not a ghost!" Chen Zhan looked at the phantom in the bright light and found that the phantom was different, and there was no yin qi emitting.

As soon as he heard Chen Zhan say that it was not a ghost, Hua An's heart suddenly let go of a lot, looked at the phantom, and asked carefully: "It's not a ghost!" So what is this?"

"It's... As soon as Chen Zhan was about to speak, the four of them saw the phantom in the bright light and suddenly opened their eyes, looked at Chen Zhan and said, "Chen Daoyou, after waiting for you for more than 600 years, you are finally here!"

"Speak... Placket... Speak, Brother Chen, you still say. It's not a ghost!" Hua An was so frightened that he jumped up, and hurriedly hid behind Chen Zhan and the others, his little face turned pale with fright.

Chen Zhan heard the other party looking for him by name, and asked calmly, "Are you Liu Ji and Liu Bowen?" Chen Zhan and the three of them have never seen real ghosts, even if the other party is really a ghost, the three of them will not be afraid, not to mention that the other party is not a ghost.

"Poor Dao is Liu Bowen!" The phantom of the middle-aged Taoist replied that the Taoist in the bronze coffin was really Liu Bowen.

Hu Gang pulled Hua An, who was hiding behind the three of them, to the front, and said angrily: "Look at you, this is a ghost at all, just a remnant soul, what is there to be afraid of!"