Chapter 18 Xu Wenchang's Posthumous Paintings

Descending to the platform, the brown-haired fox quickly ran to the square building, and then squatted there, very respectfully waiting for the old man to pass, it was flanked by a stone statue of a fox, with its legs propped up, its tail mopping the ground, and its paws holding up a torch, and behind it, there was a double-roofed house, and light emanated from the main entrance. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

The old man felt that this treasure exploration was too weird, even if it was a dangerous tomb in the past, the big deal was that it was difficult to find the secret room of the gangsters, and it was great to come out with a few zombies that had not yet rotted, where was there today's unbelievable situation.

It is said that it is a treasure but also a big tomb, and Zhuan finally chose to bury himself here, and the Xunqi vein became his burial, and everything here is a miracle created by him in his life. At the same time, it is also the habitat of his lifelong patron saint and best friend White Fox Emperor, and finally the White Fox Emperor also showed his extinction here, which can be described as a treasure, a human tomb and a demon tomb in one of the underground palaces.

Now that he is at the door of the core of this underground palace, what will be inside, a fox will come out to greet him? Do you want to communicate with the fox yourself? Now that he and Wangcai have entered the abyss, the power of life and death depends on this red fox general, if they don't agree, do they and Wangcai have to stay here?

After thinking about it, the old man held the Luoyang shovel in his hand tightly, since he had already come, even if it was a ghost gate, he had to break through and see what this powerful monster looked like!

When I got closer, I saw clearly that the lines on this door were exactly the same as those on the stone door buried in the soil at the entrance of the cave, and the double roof of this house was actually the roof of two dragons' backs extending together, just like the Daxiong Treasure Hall in the Central Plains Temple. The whole house does not see the joints of the stone pile, nor can there be any traces of brushing, it seems to be dug out in one piece, and there is a window hole on the outer wall of the house, and the whole looks very primitive.

After calming down, the old man pushed the door and entered.

I saw a low table in the middle of the room, with two boxes on it, a letter in the middle of the box, and a huge painting hanging on the wall behind the low table facing the main entrance, and a huge white fox sat on the lotus seat.

The white fox was more than a person tall, wearing a Taoist robe, with a jeweled copper crown on his head, a serene look between his eyebrows and eyes, a slightly tucked chin and his shoulders were rounded, and a pair of front paws were placed in front of his abdomen.

The old man looked amazed again and again, could this be the legendary White Fox Emperor? A white fox that has survived for thousands of years? After it was extinguished, it had always placed its body here, and it was immortal, and the fur on its body was as shiny as new, but when such a strange fox sat in front of it, he only felt that it was a kind old man sitting in peace, and there was no fear at all.

Along the way, the old man can be said to have died in a lifetime, and naturally he has also realized a lot of things, no matter whether the other party is good or evil, these are all thanks to the other party, I am afraid that it will be difficult to have such adventures in this life.

So, he solemnly knelt down and kowtowed three times to the White Fox Emperor, and also thanked the people in this mountain for the protection of its old man, and because of his respect for the friendship between this demon ancestor and the ancient emperor of the Chinese nation, it deserves this worship!

After standing up, the old man respectfully went around the white fox emperor to look at the giant painting, only to see that this painting is in the background of the mountains, a white fox on the mountainside looks into the distance, and a strong man with a jewel crown on his head flies into the chaos in the air, above the chaos is this person looking back and smiling, but the body has turned into a wisp of green smoke, and the people and foxes under the mountain are singing and dancing.

The artistic conception of the whole painting is mysterious, the pen is free and easy, the coloring is elegant, the details are changeable, the layers are undulating, there is movement in the stillness, and the meaning is clear in the movement, which is definitely a masterpiece, and there is an inscription poem next to it: "The Tao is not to see each other, and the eyes are full of selflessness when realizing the Tao." The law is impermanent, and those who abandon the law only see it as it comes. "The payment is Tian Shuiyue.

The old man was immediately attracted by these three words, could this be the legendary painting? There is still a debate about whether this painting has ever appeared, and Tian Shuiyue is the author of this painting, Xu Wei and Xu Wenchang, the first genius of the Ming Dynasty.

Legend has it that when Xu Wenchang was poor in his later years, his family had nothing to sell, and he was about to die of a recurrence of his old illness. But one night, the neighbors saw that his broken house was brightly lit, and there was a loud laughter of two people, only to hear the thick paste staggered cup pushing and asking for a night long, the neighbors all wondered, that Xu Wenchang was already terminally ill and penniless, why did he have such a bold night banquet?

However, that night, people found that there were many foxes in the village, all lying in Xu Wenchang's yard, they were not noisy or noisy, as if they were guarding his house.

In the early morning, all the foxes suddenly disappeared, and people saw Xu Wenchang standing at the entrance of the village, waving and shouting.

"You gave me a year of yang life, Lord Yama changed the book of life and death, when I am at the end of my life, don't forget to come and see me again, I am waiting for you!"

The neighbors all felt weird, could it be that Xu Wenchang was taken back by the fox demon, so they hurriedly went over to ask, only to hear him.

"What about demons? What about immortals? What about the Buddha? What about people? It is enough to be able to paint this remnant of life and know the secrets of heaven and earth! ”

A year later, Xu Wenchang stayed in the room, he was about to die, there was only a broken bed, a table, paper and pencils left at home, and the old dog in the yard, but he was just waiting for the agreement.

At night, the foxes, still in groups, suddenly entered the village to guard his house, and the laughter rang out again, and then there was eternal silence.

That night, a neighbor dreamed that a white-bearded immortal came to support his dream, saying that Xu Wenchang had ascended to heaven and hoped that the villagers would come over to help him rein.

The next day, people opened his house and saw the first genius of the Ming Dynasty lying alone on a broken bed and dying, with a red agate stone next to his head, and two lines of poetry left on the paper: "It is difficult to stop being happy, and when you are happy, you are happy in pieces." There is no end to suffering, and there is no end to the bitterness. ”

So, the news of Xu Wenchang's painting for the fox fairy spread far and wide, and it is said that there is a secret of heaven and earth in that painting, and those who get this painting can get a glimpse of the way to ascend, but Xu Wenchang did not leave any brush and ink about the fox in his life's paintings, and what he is good at and hobby is definitely not a ghost or god thing, but the title of the two-line poem is called "Flying Immortal Half Song".

Until the Republic of China, there were still people who believed that Xu Wenchang had an adventure in his later years, became friends with immortals, and painted to give to each other, and at the same time inscribed poems to commemorate them, but only half of them were written, and half of them were not finally completed until the night of his death.

It turns out that this painting really exists, and it actually hangs here, it seems that Xu Wenchang's immortal friend in his later years is the White Fox Emperor, and this painting has always accompanied the body of the White Fox Emperor, which can also be seen that this is also very precious to the White Fox Emperor.

After admiring the painting, the old man took a closer look at the house, only to see that the surrounding walls were inlaid with rubies, and after careful inspection, he found that this was a starry sky map, which was engraved with lines to mark the trajectory, and the legend was that the calendar was deduced here.

Sighing, it is said that demons have different paths, but who knows the friendship that has been inherited for thousands of years in this underground palace, and who has witnessed that the relationship between humans and demons can be so cherished, and the hierarchical heavenly rules in those corrupt and false Taoist mouths are nothing more than regard people as the masters of the world, and frame those hypocrisies into ethereal gods and Buddhas, and finally expose their hypocrisy.

The old man sat down at the low table while thinking, and tore open the letter, on which was written a very simple sentence:

"Treasures are free, and noble hands are raised."

Alas, this is to be sealed, open the first box, inside is a crystal clear gem, the old man smiled helplessly, he can have such an adventure now, where is there still a little rarity in these gem goods.

However, when he looked at this gem, he frowned, and found that it was more translucent than the red agate, and the brilliance on the agate was after all the visual effect of the colorful color under the light and shadow, but in the middle of this stone, there was indeed a trace of light flowing, as if it was sealed in the stone.

He hurriedly brought the stone to the firelight, only to see that the light inside flowed more quickly, and began to gather, and finally formed a ball of light in the middle of the stone. This is definitely not an agate stone, is it not the legendary Xunqi in history is not the agate that later generations think? If this is the case, isn't the vein that has been sealed up the treasure unique in the world?

God, Xunyuqi is agate, this erroneous perception lasted for thousands of years, until Daqin occupied the palace of Zhou, and after seeing Xunyuqi, he quickly sealed it, until Yingzheng secretly sent a large army south, and it was not rumored that Xunyuqi reappeared. If it was just for an agate stone, it would never be so mysterious, and the chaos in the painting was also created from Xunqi?

No wonder Lan Yu always coveted this treasure, but he didn't expect to lose his life so soon after he went back, but they all said that the treasure has a spirit, and this is to guide people who are destined to see it.

The old man put down the gem and opened the box next to it, only to see that there was a pair of bamboo slips inside, and when he opened it, he found that it was very well preserved.

According to his experience, although there is no lack of bamboo slips and silk books in the tomb, most of them are broken, one is because there is no air in the tomb, once the tomb is opened, the air and these things are combined and quickly decayed, just like the zombie, after opening the coffin, it will quickly decay, and the other is that if the tomb is leaking and wet, the long-term corrupt environment will quickly destroy these treasures.

However, if the bamboo slips can be stored in a relatively stable environment, and there are no mosquito bites, especially if they are not extremely dry or wet, they can be stored for a long time, and the bamboo slips in front of you are so, the font on them is clearly visible, and the bamboo pieces do not have any cracks.

The bamboo slips are all written in Zhou script, which is in the same vein as the four characters of the White Emperor Temple, and belongs to the orthodox Zhou royal family regulations. When he saw the four big characters of the title, the old man's scalp was numb, and compared with this bamboo slip, the gem was not worth mentioning at all, this is the "Tao Te Ching" that has long been lost.

Legend has it that Lao Tzu sent a letter to Guguan in the west, but was stopped by Yin Xi and wrote five thousand mantras, called "Tao Te Ching". But in fact, the old man saw some fragments in the Han tomb, and the text on them was different from the "Tao Te Ching" in many places, and since ancient times, there has been a debate about whether the content of Lao Tzu's handwriting has been tampered with.

Taoist Neidan masters all believe that the current version of the "Tao Te Ching" has completely lost Lao Tzu's true meaning of Taoism and Neidan cultivation of immortals, and it is all a forgery deleted by those Confucianists, but whether the real book is still there, no one can say.

But now, in front of him is Lao Tzu's real handwriting, which can be called a peerless treasure!

The old man looked at these two treasures, and then looked at the White Fox Emperor, and couldn't help but feel a sadness in his heart, in order to protect this underground palace, it was willing to exchange these two treasures. However, the question immediately arises, why didn't it kill itself? Isn't it a one-size-fits-all solution? Didn't Bai Chuncheng die in the dense forest because he was exploring the treasure together, why did he let himself go alone?

After thinking about it, the old man knelt in front of the White Fox Emperor.

"Immortal Venerable, Lu never thought that he would be able to see his true body in nine deaths and a lifetime. Along the way, I have learned a lot, I was really exploring treasures, but now I know that this treasure is the vein of Xunqi, and it is the mausoleum where the Emperor and you sleep, you gave me two peerless treasures, I hope I can continue to keep secrets, this painstaking work, Lu knows about it. ”

"But if Lu is here alone, don't say keep it a secret, even if you don't take the slightest treasure, what if you can have such an adventure, what more can you ask for? However, do you know that when the Japanese decide to dig a grave in a week's time, they will not be grateful in the slightest, they will only take this place for themselves, so what is the use of me leaving alone to keep it a secret? ”

"I had the plan that if I found a treasure, I would open the dungeon and let it appear in broad daylight, and then move the treasure to a safe place and bury it again, so that the Japanese would know that the treasure had been taken by the tomb robbers. But now I know that the treasure of blue jade is actually this Xunqi vein, which can't be taken away and can't be destroyed, so unique and rare in the world, if it's cheaper for the Japanese, then wouldn't we be Chinese sinners?! ”

At this moment, I only heard a roar from Wangcai, and the door was slammed open, so startled that the old man turned around, and it turned out to be a big fox with a red body walking in slowly, presumably this should be the red fox general, did it hear his own words, or was he dissatisfied with himself?