Chapter 102: The Fox (2)
"Maybe it was too sudden when I sealed this wooden building, and I didn't have time to move it out! There's nothing here, let's go up and have a look. He had already lifted his feet and was about to turn around and go upstairs, but he stopped abruptly. Staring at the three residual incense sticks inserted in the incense burner, his tone was a little incredible, "This is paulownia agarwood?" Carefully pulled out one, stroked the lines engraved on the incense, put it under his nose and smelled the fragrance deeply, and his mind was refreshed, "That's right, this is it!" It must be paulownia agarwood! ”
My voice was a little sharp because of the excitement, for us cultivators, paulownia agarwood is enough to be comparable to some strange talismans. The Chen family is a master of incense making, and the ancestral art of blending incense and making incense is a must, because of the reason of cultivation, many of the incense of the Chen family have helped to practice. Among them, the most widespread and famous is 'paulownia agarwood'. When the Chen family developed to the Song Dynasty, there was a genius named Chen Jing who made incense, and an unintentional whimsy, he made paulownia agarwood, which was ignited and calmed down, and the speed of absorbing true qi would be three percent faster, and the effect would be more obvious when breaking through the realm. Afterwards, Chen Jing experimented many times before he figured out the specific formula of paulownia agarwood. It's a pity that this incense is extremely cumbersome to make, and the materials are scarce and precious, and Chen Jing didn't make many in his life. When the descendants of the Chen family made fragrance according to the formula, the effect was always unsatisfactory, until in a conflict of interests, the Chen family was wiped out, and the whole family escaped very few, and the formula of paulownia agarwood was also destroyed in that disaster, completely annihilated in the dust of history. The ones that survive today are basically handed down from their ancestors. Use a little less. Just this small section in my hand, taking it out is also a rare thing.
Standing in front of the high platform earlier, I smelled a hint of talking. That's when I stopped. The reason why I know paulownia agarwood is entirely because the master used to take out the incense he treasured to help me break through. I am now more and more interested in this ancient family, and I actually light three paulownia agarwood sticks in the ancestral hall. As long as you get this on this trip, it's already worth it! explained the preciousness of this incense to Sanzang, took out the remaining two, wrapped them in silk cloth with the ones in his hand, and carefully placed them in the empty box used for placing talismans in his backpack.
Tasted the sweetness. I don't dare to underestimate this small ancestral hall anymore, "Sanzang, be careful." We looked around to see what else was good. As soon as the words fell, he took the lead in probing under the high platform, and according to custom, there would be a lot of sacrificial things here.
"Okay. Look at me! Sanzang is also eager to try. Gear up and look around.
Lifting the tablecloth, I carefully observed the bottom of the high platform, but there was nothing except dust. Sanzo looked everywhere he could put things, but he couldn't find anything. I was a little disappointed to get out from under the high platform, but quickly replied, don't be too greedy, you can find three residual incense is already creation. How can you hope to find more. "Boom! Oops! "Looking at myself in my heart, I will inevitably be a little distracted. I accidentally hit my head on the table and it hurt to death! The pain stimulated my senses, and I quickly reacted, the voice of the table was a little hollow, and a few words drifted through my head, "There is a mezzanine!" “
Protecting his head on the high platform, he knocked on the platform, touched a gap, looked along the gap, and it turned out that there was a protruding petal-shaped relief in the carved pattern on the platform that could be grasped in his hand, and he dragged it out hard, and a dark drawer appeared in front of me and Sanzang. My heart was beating a little faster, and I looked inside, where the carved wooden box lay quietly. Take out the box, open it carefully, and place five paulownia agarwood inside. "Whew!" He took a long breath, suppressed his heart that was beating too fast, and took out the residual incense that he had put away before, and fixed it with these five sticks. "Brother Shuzi, make a lot of money!" Sanzang's face was a little red.
He grinned, "yes, it's good luck, calm down, let's go, see what's up there!" “
Turning the stairs, the second floor came into view. It was empty, very empty, with only a few bookshelves on it, and then it was time to go up the stairs to the third floor. Sanzang and I glanced at each other and walked towards the bookshelf. It was covered with a thick layer of dust, and time had eroded the paper, leaving traces of its old age. Some of the handwriting is traditional Chinese characters, and the first words I used are a kind of writing that I have never seen before, and the sense of magic and heaviness of history comes to my face.
Turning over the paper, this book is actually a family tree, and some are family histories for their own families. It is impossible to know what is recorded in the mysterious text, but according to the part of the ancient Chinese character records later, the people of the Gu family did not live here in Jiulong Mountain, and the original surname was not only 'Gu', but 'Guvino'. More than 800 years ago, the Gu family migrated from their hometown in the northwest all the way to the south, while evading pursuit and search, while enduring various disasters and hardships on the migration road, and went through all kinds of hardships before coming to the vicinity of Kowloon. The patriarch sacrificed to the heavens and viewed this place is a rare place of Zhong Ling, connecting the mountains and rivers, attracting the power of the stars, the most important thing is that it is relatively closed here, and it is inconvenient to communicate with the outside world, so it was decided to settle here in Jiulong Mountain.
The Gu family people in the flat land of the mountain belly surrounded by the mountains of Kowloon, encountered several aboriginal tribes. Because of the power of the ancient gods and a relatively advanced civilization, they won the war with the aborigines, and then in just a hundred years, they completed the exchange and integration with the aborigines, forming a new settlement.
According to the escape time and direction of the Gu family, I boldly guess that this branch will be the Western Xia nobles who fled after the destruction of the Western Xia Kingdom established by the party members? Could it be that the man who pursued them was Genghis Khan's Mongol iron horseman? In this way, it is possible to explain the unknown text, Genghis Khan led the invincible Mongol iron cavalry to conquer all directions, and won every battle. But in Tangut, he encountered an unprecedented setback, and even Genghis Khan himself collapsed here. The great leader of the Mongols died in the battle against the Tanguts, and the whole tribe was furious, and the first order given by the new successor was to pacify the Tanguts without leaving a single grass behind.
The Tangut here is the Western Xia, the royal city of the Western Xia was completely wiped out in the 'boom' collapse, and the entire city was subjected to the genocidal policy of the Mongols, and some of the remnants fled to the West Asian side, and a small number fled to the south. The Western Xia civilization, which once created brilliance, also disappeared into the river of history with the demise of the country, and was once forgotten by future generations. It was not until the Qing Dynasty that it was accidentally discovered in a temple and was able to see the light of day, and the long-lost Tangut script was once again seen by future generations. (To be continued.) )