Chapter 2 The Lu family worships their ancestors
The two people who talked in front of the wooden door were a wealthy man with tens of billions of assets, and the other was a doctor of archaeology and a university scholar studying in the United States. Every word spoken by such two people cannot be a joke.
"Big brother, if you have something to say, just say it. After all these years, only you and me are left among the four of us brothers, if I don't even believe you, who else can I believe? ”
"Okay, I'm relieved to have your words. Guofu, it's not that the eldest brother doesn't believe you, it's really your achievements today, and you can't touch too many of these things. Tombs, feng shui, dragon veins, strictly speaking, this can be regarded as feudal dross and superstition. ”
"Okay, okay, why are you even making an official statement. Is it superstition that I know it in my heart, let's get down to business. ”
When Lu Guofu said this, he took out a key from his jacket pocket and wanted to open the lock, but was stopped by Lu Guoqiang.
Don't say these words in front of your ancestors. Guofu, when I climbed the mountain, I found that around Dianlong Mountain, the direction of all the leylines had changed slightly. It's like someone pointing out the country in the dark, fiddling with the chessboard, and moving the landscape layout of the entire region. You may not believe it, but it's true. When we were children, we climbed the highest mountain, Jiming Mountain, more than once, and became very familiar with the mountains around the village. It is possible for the earth's crust to change the position of mountains and rivers, but it is by no means such a change. You don't know how terrifying it was at that time, how to describe it, it was like someone standing in the clouds looking down on me, sneering, high up, looking at the common people as ants. ”
Lu Guoqiang is obviously trapped in the memories of eighteen years ago, and he is deeply trapped. Even when he spoke, a cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Big brother, you just have too much knowledge to learn and think too much. This world is still materialistic, how can there be any high gods? Even if there is, I, Lu Guofu, can do it right, sit up straight, and be worthy of this heaven and earth! Lu Guofu's brows furrowed violently, and although he said that, his right hand trembled significantly.
"What if there is?"
Lu Guoqiang shook his head vigorously, as if he had withdrawn from the deep memories. But at this time, his eyes were obviously no longer calm.
"We do archaeological work and have excavated a lot of ancient tombs. From the emperor and the general, to the peddler and pawn, they all want to find a feng shui treasure after death. Some are for the sake of the future generations, some for the sake of one's own happiness after death, and some do you know what it is for? ”
Lu Guoqiang paused, and after a few seconds, he squeezed out four words from between his teeth, "Immortality".
"The ancients were superstitious and fearful of ghosts and gods, which can be explained, but what does it have to do with our family's feng shui?"
"There is a law in physics called conservation of energy. It is believed that the energy in the universe is constant, and does not arise out of thin air or disappear out of thin air. If feng shui and luck are also a kind of energy, then our Lu family's luck may be coming to an end. As I said before, our ancestors migrated from the Central Plains, and building tombs in Dianlong Mountain is equivalent to forcibly occupying other people's dragon veins, which is a practice that harms others and benefits oneself. If you think about it carefully, in the past few decades, apart from you and me, who else in the village has been rich and noble? On the contrary, the village grew poorer year by year, and everyone ran out. I have checked the county records before the Republic of China, not only our village, but the entire county, there have never been any big people in all dynasties, and even those who passed the Jinshi examination were only a few people. ”
"Is it that serious?"
Lu Guofu gasped, his eyes widened, and he stared at the brother in front of him. Such an expression appeared on the face of a deputy provincial leader, apparently rarely.
"Actually, eighteen years ago, I thought I was wrong. Later, when I returned to the United States to continue my academic research, I stopped thinking about these things. But the more I tried to escape, the more that scene haunted me like a nightmare. I began to observe the changes in Longshan, the most advanced geographic instruments and satellite imaging technology in the United States, and for eighteen years, the direction of the leylines has been changing, and although this change is insignificant to the unfamiliar, for me, it is a terrible nightmare. Later, I returned to China alone to find a master, who said that if I wanted to solve the situation, I could only open the coffin and move the tomb. However, once the feng shui pattern is broken, if it is not handled properly, both of you and me, including future generations, will suffer. Moreover, we have missed the optimal time to open the coffin......"
After saying the last word, Lu Guoqiang was silent. The two brothers stood in front of the wooden door, and neither of them spoke again. The rain over the patio grew heavier and heavier, and drops of transparent water rolled down the eaves, some splashing on the stones, others melting into the moss.
On the south side of the ancestral hall, which is about fifty steps away from the wooden door, there are two old houses, which are the residences of the two brothers of the Lu family when they were children. At this time, there were two children in the house, and they were sorting out their grandfather's old things. One of them is called Lu Tingfang, the grandson of Lu Guoqiang, fourteen years old. Because of his excellent grades, he skipped a grade in advance and went to a provincial key high school, and his grades were among the best in the school. Not only that, under the influence of his grandfather Lu Guoqiang, Lu Tingfang was proficient in history, poetry, ancient languages, classical Chinese and many foreign languages at a young age, and was a star figure in the family. Compared with him, Lu Xin, who is only nine years old and a little willful, is insignificant.
"The burial person, take the breath also, the qi by the wind will disperse, the boundary water will stop, the ancients gathered to make it not disperse, and the line to make it stop, so it is called feng shui. The method of feng shui is that the water is the first, and the Tibetan wind is secondary...... Feng Shui mystic, also known as the art of Aoki, should have the ability to understand the seclusion. My Lu family has inherited the "Law and Burial Sutra" from generation to generation, when the situation is turbulent, Lu Ji is not well kept, and he is ashamed of his ancestors and ancestors, and he is ashamed of his descendants ......"
Lu Xin was rolling on the old bed where his grandfathers had slept and enjoying himself. Lu Tingfang, who likes to read, picked up an ancient book with yellowed paper. The book is very old, and a lot of dust falls as soon as it is opened. The characters in the book are written with a brush, in traditional Chinese, depending on the age, at least they are from the Republic of China.
"Burial scriptures? What a strange name, Buddhism also has a scripture called the Jizo Sutra, but it is not a burial of a tomb. I heard my grandfather say that our family made a living by helping people read feng shui a long time ago, and it seems that this diary is written about those histories. ”
Lu Tingfang frowned slightly, and muttered quietly while flipping through the book. It can be seen that it is not easy to read the ancient books in his hand with his knowledge.
"Brother Tingfang, what is the Fashan Burial Sutra? Is it a martial arts cheats, can you fly the eaves and walk the wall after practice, let me see, let me see. ”
Lu Xin seemed to hear something interesting, turned over and jumped off the bed, and snatched the book without saying anything. Lu Tingfang was fascinated by the book, where did he have time to react, and his five fingers subconsciously grasped the page. I only heard a "hiss", and the whole book was torn in half.
The sudden scene frightened Lu Tingfang to cover his mouth. This is something left by the ancestors, and if it is seen by adults, it must be scolded to death. For a while, Lu Tingfang stood in place and was a little at a loss.
"Hmph, I thought it was some kind of martial arts cheats. Law, goodness, earth...... What's with what, it's boring! ”
Lu Xin didn't care so much, and he didn't think about it so much. Seeing that he couldn't read a word of the book in his hand, he immediately threw it aside. Just then, there was a sound of footsteps outside the house, and a couple was walking briskly towards the house.
"Xiao Xin, quickly hide the book under the bed, don't let your uncle see it, otherwise the red envelope for the New Year will be gone."
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There is a small hill behind the ancestral hall of the Lu family, and if you climb over the hillside and walk due east for half an hour, you can reach the foot of Dianlong Mountain. Looking up, the mountain is no more than 100 meters high, and the vegetation is sparse, so there is nothing out of the ordinary. When Lu Xin followed the elders of the family to climb to the top of Dianlong Mountain, it was just noon.
The top of the mountain is the highest point of a mountain, and for the point of dragon mountain within the territory of the village, the top of the mountain is also called the dragon's head by the locals. It has the implication that the dragon raises its head and soars into the air. In fact, Dianlong Mountain is only a small part of the entire mountain range, the end of the mountain range that extends from east to west. It is watery, except that it has no eyes, and resembles a dragon's head. Viewed from above, there is a lake-converted reservoir directly in front of Dianlong Mountain, and there is a stream on the north and south sides of the river. If you use drone aerial photography, you will find that the whole mountain range really looks like a dragon flying from the east. The two streams in the north and south are dragon whiskers, and the lake directly in front of them is dragon balls. Such a landform, ordinary people may also think that this is a treasure of feng shui.
"The dragon raises its head, soars in the sky, and the purple qi comes from the east! I have to say that our ancestors have wisdom. Feng Shui metaphysics aside, this place is also a unique place with beautiful scenery and charming landscapes. ”
"Yes, our ancestors of the Lu family should have a very deep accomplishment in feng shui, and in the absence of advanced measuring tools, they can build the ancestral tomb impartially and just in the position of the dragon's eye, which is very remarkable. In this way, there is not only the appearance of purple qi coming from the east, but also the god of the finishing touch. It's a pity that the lake at Longkou was converted into a reservoir when we were young, and the Dragon Ball Immortal Qi was dispersed, and the Feng Shui Bureau was no longer complete. No matter how powerful the ancestors are, they are still human beings, and they can't count the changes in heaven and earth after thousands of years. ”
Climbing high and looking into the distance, the two brothers of the Lu family standing on the top of the mountain, looking at the familiar scenery and recalling their childhood, couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion. The more people are in high positions, the more lonely they are inside.
"I heard from the people below that in the Tang Dynasty, there were warlocks Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng who were ordered by Taizong to predict the future, and co-authored the back map, which can see the future generations for thousands of years, and I don't know whether it is true or false. The eldest brother is an expert in history, do you have any opinion on this legend? ”
"Hahahaha, what can I think, it's nothing more than an apocryphal adaptation by later generations, and modern people are curious and misinterpreted. Extrapolating thousands of years in the future, how can there be such magical powers. Physics has ways to travel through time, but only if we have a speed that exceeds the speed of light, which is not possible in itself. ”
Just as the two brothers were chatting, a child came running from a distance.
"Grandpa, grandpa, the things for ancestor worship are ready, and the uncle asked the two of you to come over."
"Hahaha, it's Xiao Xin, okay, let's go over. You go back and tell your uncle that you can start setting off firecrackers. ”
At one o'clock in the afternoon, fireworks and firecrackers sounded over Dianlong Mountain, and everyone in the village knew that the rich and noble Lu family was about to start worshipping their ancestors again.