Chapter 20 The Old Affair of the Xiangguo
After Yi He's explanation, I suddenly became enlightened.
Yi He is right, we didn't know this story, if Yebai wanted to deceive us, he could have kept silent about us, and he could even hide this ancient painting, then we would never know that he had appeared in this scroll.
And now, since Yebai has told us this story and taken out this ancient painting for us, it proves that he has no intention of hiding it from us.
At the same time, Yebai just told us that he was not Sagara, but he did not deny that he was the person in the painting, although it sounded a little contradictory, but after Yihe's interpretation, I suddenly realized that this statement really did not conflict.
We can already confirm that the person in the painting is Yashiro, but Sagara is just a name in the story, and it is only a pseudonym, since no one knows Sagara's true identity, then Yahaku can say that he is Sagara, so that the monks in the Daishokokuji Temple will keep it in the painting.
In that story, Emperor Taizong ordered Yu Chi Jingde to build the Great Xiangguo Temple, and the construction of the temple is a major event, and the site selection must be extremely cautious, but Yu Chi Jingde is a martial artist, although he can be one enemy on the battlefield, but he must not know anything about the location of Feng Shui.
Therefore, Wei Chi Jingde will definitely find a feng shui master to choose a site for the Great Xiangguo Temple, and the most famous person in feng shui at that time must be Yuan Tiangang.
And we already know that Yuan Tiangang is the Yebai in front of us now, that is to say, the reason why this Great Xiangguo Temple was built here is entirely because of Yebai's decision.
Although we don't know the true identity of the so-called Sagara, it is clear that Yahaku would never do anything meaningless, and since he would pay so much attention to this matter and even participate in it himself, it only proves that he knows who the real Sagara is.
If you think about it from this perspective, then the true identity of this so-called Sagara is already obvious.
Yebai is from Guanshan, so he naturally doesn't pay attention to the miscellaneous things in the world, so the only person who can make him willing to do things for him must be from Guanshan like him, and there is no other possibility.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look at Yebai, and said cautiously in my mouth.
"Yebai, isn't the so-called Sagara from Guan Shanzhong?"
Yebai had no intention of concealing it, but looked at me with deep eyes and admitted to me bluntly.
"That's right, Sagara in this story is the Chief-sama, and after the matter was over, the Chief-sama had quietly left, so I had no choice but to push the boat down the river and disguise myself as Sagara, so I left this ancient painting with my face."
Hearing Yebai's answer, I couldn't help but nod my head secretly, if that was the case, then everything would be explained.
For a special purpose, Guan Shan Kui walked the world under the pseudonym Sagara, and after he achieved the goal he wanted, he silently chose to leave, and Yebai disguised himself as Sagara for the needs of the aftermath, drawing an end to this story.
Now that we know Sagara's true identity, and why Yoshiro appeared in that ancient painting, only one last question remains.
I was just about to make a question, when I heard Chunting take the lead and ask Yebai seriously.
"Yebai, what is the truth in the story you just told?"
The question that Chunting raised at this moment was exactly what I was thinking.
In the story that Yebai just told, Emperor Taizong traveled to the underworld because of the case of the Dragon King of Jinghe, but when he returned to the yang, he was blocked by the unjust soul, fortunately he borrowed one of the thirteen gold and silver vaults of Sagara in the underworld, and used this treasury of gold and silver to send away the unjust souls, so that he could get out of the yang safely.
This incident has been recorded in the Journey to the West, and it is obviously an artistically processed story, if we usually have to think about the authenticity of this story, and since we already know that the so-called Sagara is the head of Sekiyama, then we naturally will no longer have any doubts about this matter.
And now that it has been confirmed that this story has really happened, what we have to think about is the most primitive appearance of this story, and in what capacity did Guan Shan participate in it?
"You've finally found the point."
Yebai smiled faintly and watched us speak slowly.
"As you already know, the chief once remembered that Emperor Taizong understood the righteousness, so he sent me and Chunting to assist Taizong, but at the same time, the leader did not stay out of the matter, but walked in the world as a good person, and made many preparations for a rainy day with this identity."
"And the reason why I got involved in this matter is not because of the rumored treasure, but as a token-like existence, its purpose is to be able to walk freely in the Great Xiangguo Temple when I return to the Great Xiangguo Temple one day, and no one will stop me."
Hearing the explanation in Yebai's mouth, I couldn't help but ask out loud.
"Yebai, what secrets are there in this Great Xiangguo Temple?"
"The time has not yet come."
Yebai shook his head slowly, and didn't seem to have any plans to tell me.
"There are indeed some secrets of Guanshan hidden in the Great Xiangguo Temple, but now for you, the most important thing is what will happen on the Zhongyuan Day, if you know more, you will inevitably be distracted, so it is not the time to tell you."
"Then why are you doing this?"
I had a puzzled look on my face as I looked at Yebai and frowned.
"If you don't intend to tell us, why do you want us to be here to meet you, isn't that meaningless?"
"I didn't come to you for this, it's just that you were too curious about why I was able to enter and leave the Great Xiangguo Temple freely, so I told you this story."
After hearing my doubts, Yebai shrugged his shoulders, and his tone was a little helpless.
"I'm asking you to come here to say something else, and I think you've already found out."
After thinking about it carefully, it is not difficult to find that what Yebai said is right, if we weren't too curious, he doesn't seem to have the intention of telling us about this, it seems that he really didn't let us come because of this matter.
At this time, Chunting slowly closed the scroll of ancient paintings, and while handing it back to Yebai, he asked him in an unusually serious manner.
"If I'm not mistaken, what you want to say should be the impact of the Three Yuan Nine Fortunes on the day of the Middle Yuan, right?"
Yebai took the ancient painting in Chunting's hand, and after casually placing it on the table behind him, he looked at Chunting and said jokingly.
"Your memory is missing, but your brain is much smarter."