Pagoda Mountain, known as Fenglin Mountain, Jialing Mountain in ancient times, is located in the southeast of Yan'an City, on the mountain, can have a bird's-eye view of Yan'an, the whole urban area of Yan'an, because there is a tower on the mountain, it is usually called Pagoda Mountain, Pagoda Mountain is more than 1,100 meters high, the pagoda was built in the Tang Dynasty, and now it is the Ming Dynasty building plane octagonal nine-storey high, about 44 meters high, pavilion-type brick tower

Li Guolou accompanied Zuo Zongtang to visit the pagoda mountain station, the pagoda mountain can have a bird's-eye view of the entire urban area of Yan'an, there are many places left by the past dynasties, there are many inscriptions on the rock, Fan Zhongyan Lishu "Jialing Mountain" and "there are tens of thousands of armor soldiers in the chest" and other inscriptions, there is a Ming Dynasty casting iron bell next to the famous tower, there are Fan Gongjing, Xingxing Tower, Dongyue Temple, Jialing Academy, beacon tower and other historic sites on the mountain

Gu Yanshou, the prefect of Yan'an in the Ming Dynasty, has a poem that says:

"Jialing stacked chairs, clear sky scenery, all in the west

The shadow of the tower is divided into deep trees, green flower branches, and low reflections of blue and red

The monk inhabits the smoke and the wild birds fly back to the splendid from"

Two arches at the bottom of the tower, the forehead is also engraved with the words "superb blue fall", "looking down on the red dust", in addition, there are 26 meters long cliff stone carving group and stele forest stone carving, the shore surface is neat, the shore stone is complete, it is a rare stone carving art

The entry "Yanzhou Woman" in volume 11 of "Continuation of Xuan Wei Lu" and "Taiping Guangji" records: "In the past, there was a woman in Yanzhou, fair-skinned and quite good-looking, but twenty-four or five years old, the young son of the lonely city traveled with him, and he had nothing to do with it, and the people of Yanzhou did not regret the entropy of the funeral utensils for it, and he was homeless in the Daozuo calendar, and suddenly there were monks from the Western Regions to see the tomb, so he sat down and saluted and burned incense around the day when people saw it: this lewd woman and husband also had no reason to be in this monk He Jingye monk said: Non-Tan Yue knows that the great sage, compassion, joy and giving, worldly desires, all favoritism, this is the clavicle Bodhisattva, the fate has been sage, the cloud ear does not believe, that is, the enlightenment is realized, the people will open the tomb, and the bones and knots all over the body are like locks, such as the monk's words, the people of the state are different, and they are different to set up a tower for Lent."

It can be seen that the book describes the Yanzhou woman is actually the incarnation of the clavicle Bodhisattva, she does not hesitate to endure humiliation and burden in order to purify all sentient beings, satisfies the selfish desires of the world, and is despised by the world after her death, and is said by Hu Seng to enlighten the people, and set up Lent for it to build a pagoda, this is the legend of the power of education, and also confirms the historical fact that Buddhism prevailed in a specific period of the Tang and Song dynasties

The folk pagoda legend comes from the word of mouth "the battle of the evil dragon" and the "red-haired key ox descends to earth".

One said that during the Tang Dynasty Tianbao period, Fushi County was a north-south traffic fortress, the market was prosperous, and the two evil dragons injured and cannibalized animals, and the villagers complained bitterly, and the Jade Emperor ordered the gods to go down to build the "Town Evil Tower", and placed a golden statue in the middle of the nine-level tower, since then, the disaster in Fushi County has subsided, and the two evil dragons have been bound by the "golden man", and they have gradually become docile and kind

The other is roughly that there is a red-haired key cow after going down to earth, indiscriminately injuring innocent cannibals, and the people can only flee the famine to ask for food, there are two brothers and sisters, and after the tower is built, the head of the cow will be pressed by the tower, and the red-haired key cow will become a Woniu Mountain Station, opposite the pagoda mountain, on the cool mountain, looking at the Woniu Mountain, the head of the cow, the junction of the Yan River and the Nanhe River, the neck is like a stretch, the bow is raised, the back is high, and the neck is high, and the tail extends from the turn of the Yan River to the Huanghao bend ditch

Zuo Zongtang was in a good mood, listening to the accompanying official Yao Bin tell about the ancient history of Yan'an, Lan Mingtai was respectful and respectful, and he also listened to it with relish, Li Guolou was distracted, and the war made him have no chanting in the wind, reciting the moon, and the leisure was easy, and the prospect in his eyes turned into military fortifications, and he thought of "Pagoda Town River Demon" in his mind

"Gao Shoubei died, Lei Heng said in his hand that this pagoda could no longer suppress the evil spirit, and there would be chaos in Yan'an, Zuo Dashuai, this tower should be rebuilt, and it would be necessary to see blood to suppress the evil spirit underground, so as to keep the peaceful and prosperous world for sixty years, this is the opinion of the lower officials," Li Guolou stopped before the pagoda and suddenly refused to climb the pagoda, and his sweat was terrified, and he felt a bad breath coming out from under his feet

Zuo Zongtang turned his head to look at Li Guolou and asked, "Li Guolou, do you know how to learn?"

Li Guolou shook his head and said: "Yu Zuo Dashuai, the lower officials don't understand, but when you set foot on this land, you feel uncertain, people sometimes have to believe in intuition, and the lower officials fight like this, sometimes it's just gambling on luck, there is no other way, Lei Heng's main force is automatically sent to the door, Yan'an is in turmoil, it is because of the proverb, 'Pagoda Town, the river demon is out of the flood gate', Hong Zhishui is also Lei Heng is the river demon, you see this tower, the floor tiles are cracked, the glazed tiles are also dilapidated, the Ming Dynasty bronze bell is also broken, the tower is built in feng shui, it is to suppress the demons, it is better to believe it, it is not credible, it is not"

Li Guolou s words caused an uproar among the officials, and at this time, everyone was superstitious, and Zuo Zongtang was not exempt from vulgarity, and his heart was also shocked, and it seemed that he still had to do it himself, and he still had to do it himself, and he could not help but lose blood pressure Yan'an, and the evil spirit was on his butcher knife

"Well, it makes a little sense, Lan Mingtai will leave this matter to you, you must do it well, this is related to the fortune of the Qing Dynasty, remember, remember" Zuo Zongtang is proficient in maps, prophecy, and then look at the pagoda pattern, and really can't suppress the evil spirit, Li Guolou's words are true

"It's the lower officials who must repair the pagoda," Lan Mingtai heard that the pagoda was related to the Qing Dynasty, and he liked to make trouble, and began to want to stir up the troubled world, so that he could live a chic life, and the Qing Dynasty was not his father-in-law, and he was going to build the pagoda

Yan'an Patrol Road, Lan Mingtai's eyes were dripping, stroking and carefully trimming the three strands of long beard, and he moved his brain, he tampered with the pattern of the pagoda without authorization, and Yan'an Pagoda Mountain became the land of Longxing after a jiazi to witness the birth of another legend

Li Guolou is very happy, and plugged a loophole, he even likes to listen to Zuo Zongtang, and his mood is much better, just wait to see Zuo Zongtang's ugly "disemboweling and heart" is a technical job, Zuo Zongtang does not embarrass himself, he is not surnamed Li

At noon, Wanghelou held a celebration banquet, and Li Guolou was active at the banquet, telling the story of solving the case like a storytelling, so that a group of hillbillies knew his deeds of winning glory for the country in the Tianjin Concession

A group of officials listened to the story of the foreigner concession with relish, and the foreigner concession had so many mysteries, and the atmosphere of the celebration banquet was lively, with high-ranking officials attending the banquet, the form was greater than the content, the etiquette was not stressed, the environment was elegant, the wine and food were exquisite but not extravagant and wasteful, and after the opening remarks, the middle and low-level officials livened the atmosphere and mainly appreciated the topics of elegance and vulgarity

Li Guolou can be eloquent, suitable for this kind of banquet performance, purging the elder brothers, rebel army, he is not arrogant, and the friendly army shares the merits, so that the atmosphere of this celebration banquet is lively, those Songwu army officers compete to toast with Li Guolou, Zhang Yao has long forgotten Li Guolou's violation of military orders, that donkey face smiled happily

Zuo Zongtang is rare to relax for half a day, and he is touring the mountains and rivers, and he is drinking to celebrate, looking at his subordinates, he loves to be happy, caressing two thick beards, laughing, a pair of triangular eyes keep looking, Li Guolou has penetrated Li Guolou's temperament, and wants to see him make jokes, the door has not caught him, no one has good fruit to eat, Zuo Zongtang guessed what Li Guolou thought, and suddenly said at the banquet: " Li Guolou will be executed in the court tomorrow, you will give the old man a hand, the old man is a civil official, he has never killed anyone in his life, and he is afraid that he will let the prisoner see the joke when the time comes, unlike you who kill people, dare to die, and the criminal department has spent any time in this big dye vat, and the old man will rely on you tomorrow."

"Ah" Li Guolou's eyes widened as he watched Zuo Zongtang make trouble, he wanted to be an executioner in the execution ground, and the words were just a word, no matter how unwilling he was, he could only pinch his nose and admit it, and said in a deep voice: "It's Zuo Dashuai, the lower official is considered a supporting role, and the historian will remember this matter on the head of the handsome through the ages."

"Yes, Li Guolou, you are not fooling the old man, you have never even shaved your head and killed anyone with your own hands, think about which civil official has done such a thing," Zuo Zongtang squinted and pretended to be drunk

"There is a lesson from the past, there must be successors, isn't it for the sake of the lower officials, please rest assured that the lower officials will work to ensure that Lei Heng is punished alive with eight knives, and the lower officials will also make" Li Guolou completely exposed the ruffian tone, with a fearless look, in his bones, he is an insidious villain, and he will be excited to watch the punishment in the court when he sees blood, it is his hobby to have a desire for self-punishment

Zuo Zongtang didn't want to use the law field as a performance stage, and said hurriedly: "Ben Shuai likes to cut the mess, Li Guolou, don't play the Trick Sutra"

In the box, the three tables applauded, and there was a chance to witness a piece of history, and tomorrow the law field was lively, Zhang Yao shouted: "Good Zuo Dashuai will do what he says, we are an example to learn, and I also learn from Li Guolou, both civil and military, to slaughter Jinjibao and not leave a chicken and dog, and compete with Liu Jintang on the law field to have a killing game."

Li Guolou turned a blind eye on Zhang Yao, and when he learned a little knowledge, he became a literate butcher, which did not expose the nature of the executioner, so he did not believe that Zhang Yao became a literate person, relying on his wife to teach an illiterate person, and he only knew a few words in his twenties, how could he understand the profound classical Chinese, not to mention the eight-strand text, and presented it to the emperor, it must be Zhang Yao's wife to modify it, and he dared to deceive the world if he had a virtuous helper, Zhang Yao was still a big old man, and he was embarrassed to carve a "Illiterate" seal to inspire fighting spirit, cheeky military attaché, fake big empty things

Li Guolou has personal experience, there are two booksellers at home, Xie Xiuzhu and Wu Peipei secretly help each other, so that they can become three heads and six arms, Nezha boasts that he can do anything, and he can often write excerpts without sleep

"I'm better at digging my heart and lungs than you," Lan Mingtai jumped up and let him sit in Yan'an, which was overkill, with a heart that was impulsive, and began to be active again, yearning for a life of burning, killing and looting, sitting in the hall from 9 to 5 to spend his fighting spirit, the past was eventful, the years were all over the time, and the slaughter counted which onion was a unique job, and he also did it, so he wanted to go to the front line to fight, and had a burning, killing and looting addiction

"It's better than a word," Zhang Yao started a drunken madness, and even high-fived Lan Mingtai at the banquet, vowing to have a killing game

The civil and military officials applauded the festival and did not feel ashamed at all, and they wanted to use blood to pay for the blood debt, and the 200,000 people in the fort had to pay the blood price for Liu Songshan's death

Lan Mingtai frequently toasted with a group of military generals, this is his venue, the host entertained the guests from all over the world, and the banquet was full of laughter, those civil officials in Yan'an were promoted by military merits, one was more daring than the other, and the topic of conversation at the banquet turned into a war and murder, and there was no way to turn a corner, and the military attaché said that the battlefield * was also a joke

This is Zuo Zongtang's beginning, making the elegant wine banquet taste, since Zuo Dashuai listened to it with relish, which military general has never had blood on his hands, and the military generals have no hobbies when they drink, they just like to boast about their military exploits, and the war years make these generals full of enthusiasm and pride, and the officials are all murderers

Li Guolou talked about all kinds of criminal laws in the prison, which was unheard of, and the lynching of the Qing Dynasty offended the cell boss was very sad, and the death of the unjust soul in the prison was unjust, and there was nowhere to redress

In the celebration banquet, the three tables were shrouded in a terrifying atmosphere, and they still ate happily without any scruples, even if there were corpses next to them, even if there were corpses next to them, they still ate and drank, how could they mind if they depicted a terrifying picture on their lips

Zuo Zongtang also borrowed wine to strengthen his courage in order to go to the court tomorrow, constantly toasted to the meritorious ministers, prepared to get himself drunk, and the officials were all promoted by him, in addition to Li Guolou with many mouths and tongues, but Zuo Zongtang did not exclude Li Guolou, but cared for Li Guolou, and touched the cup with Li Guolou three times in a row, giving Li Guolou enough face

Fighting a war is making a fortune from war, and Zuo Zongtang's subordinates rely on fighting to make a fortune, and there are not a few Hu Xueyan and Qiao Zhiyong who are his money bags

Hu Xueyan and Qiao Zhiyong became the richest people in the Qing Dynasty because of Zuo Zongtang

said that Zuo Zongtang did not take benefits, that is, no one would believe that sitting in his position would not be able to do the 200,000 silver benefits of the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, and he would take it correctly, the palace should be filial piety, the military department should take care of the prince, speak for him, and he would see the white flowers and silver, but he is principled and restrained, and most of the rebates are put in the public account, and there is no corruption in his pocket

But on the whole, fighting a war is to burn money, Zuo Zongtang's pockets are always tight, punching out white slips, writing checks, and the cashing rate is very low, and the 200,000 Chu army is living in tight clothes

But there is one person who makes his life a little better, this person is Li Guolou, even if he pretends to be high, Zuo Zongtang will not get along with the silver, during this time, the governors from all over the country are vying to donate, Chu Jun is 50,000 or 80,000 yuan, the amount is said to be for the country and the people, for the reunification of the motherland, and to help Zuo Zongtang, among them, Xuanxuan is the queen mother of the two palaces, and the governors have greeted Li Guolou in various places, and his energy is amazing, Zuo Zongtang knows it, and believes that Li Guolou will fund him in the future

Li Guolou received the holy decree and had something important to return to Beijing to resume his life, which made Zuo Zongtang a little reluctant, Li Guolou is not empty, but has a talented Tanhualang, such a rising star is worthy of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Zuo Zongtang put down the shelf, put his heart into his heart, and Li Guolou talked about life freely, the two pushed the cup and took the lamp, and they were very busy

There are very few officials who are looked down upon by Zuo Zongtang, and there are few people in the world, even Zeng Guofan, who is also a teacher and friend, and Zuo Zongtang dares to shout "Zeng shaved his head", Li Guolou is fortunate to be Zuo Zongtang's confidant, and he feels honored, his face is shiny, and he is immersed in excitement

Li Guolou did not refuse to drink with the people seated, and the people were staggered, hooking shoulders and backs, all of them were bloody children, worthy of deep friendship, comrades-in-arms, soldiers were indomitable, and they were bored in one gulp, whoever dared not to drink was not to give face, he was good at drinking, but he still couldn't escape, and fell down with a bang, and most of the civil officials and officials were drunk, and were carried back by the guards

A small number of people who stood and went out belonged to the ranks of the wine fairies, and Zhang Yao rolled up his big tongue and shouted in vain steps: "Lao Tzu is not drunk, I have to come at night, who dares not to come, Lao Tzu killed him"