Chapter 36: The Root of Eternity
When they finally found the true location indicated in the ancient painting, everyone was overjoyed, but Chunting's face was calm and unmoved.
After reading the record left by Zhu Yuanzhang on the stone carving, we continued to explore and found that this seems to be an independent space, as soon as we stepped into it, we felt that the sound of insects and birds in the ears had all disappeared, as if isolated from the world.
Chun Ting didn't speak, and another well-informed person could only stand up and explain clearly, Ling Xuan's face softened slightly, it seemed that the weakness of breaking through the illusion had improved a lot, he looked around, and said with admiration.
"This is the space maintained by the predecessors of the masters with Taoist supernatural powers, and the outside world does not want to pass, only to find the real entrance can enter, the legendary Taoist Sumeru mustard seeds, the Buddha's palm in the Buddha's country, is talking about such a place, I really don't know how high Chang Yuchun is, there is such a means."
When everyone heard the mystery here, they were amazed, and they looked around to see what kind of means this was, and after sighing with emotion, they hurried forward, wanting to find the secret left by this thousand-year-old inheritance as soon as possible.
Behind the stone carvings, there are nine huge black statues, shaped like sheep, like unicorns, four-legged, with a single horn on their heads, as if they want to plunge into the clouds, looking mighty and extraordinary, brave and extraordinary.
Everyone gathered around to watch carefully, but they didn't know what kind of creature this was, it seemed to be a combination of a unicorn and a sheep, but they were a little different, only felt the vicissitudes of life, revealing the breath of time, although standing there did not move, but it seemed to be looking at us, full of majesty.
Chunting looked at the unknown statue, and then looked at me, with nostalgia and joy in his eyes, but he didn't say a word, still silent.
Looking at Chunting's expression, he knew these statues, Xue Nan hesitated, but he still couldn't control his curiosity, and asked Xiang Chunting.
"Chunting, these statues, do you know what they are carved?"
Chunting did not answer, but slowly spoke, saying a record in an ancient book.
"If you see people fighting, you can't touch those who are straight, and if you hear people talking, you can't be right."
Qi Zhi tilted her head, her eyes flashed with doubt, pulled the corner of my clothes, and asked me in a low voice what Chunting meant.
I smiled and touched Qi Zhi's head to explain to her what Chunting had said.
"It means that there is a kind of divine beast that can distinguish between straight and wrong, and when it sees someone fighting, it will touch the person who is right and wrong with its sharp horns, and when it hears someone fighting, it will bite the party that provokes right and wrong with its mouth."
Qi Zhi blinked her big watery eyes and continued to ask in amazement.
"What kind of divine beast is that, if there is still such a divine beast now, then no one will dare to do bad things?"
Before I could answer, Ling Xuan on the side suddenly spoke, and from his mouth there was another obscure record.
"The pig, the sheep with one horn, is guilty of sexuality. Gao Tao governs the prison, and those who are suspected of their crimes will be touched by the sheep, and those who are guilty will be touched, and those who are not guilty will not be touched. Therefore, Gao Tao respects the sheep. ”
When Xue Nan heard this, he suddenly realized.
"This statue turned out to be a hedgehog called a magic beast!"
I nodded, and after Chun Ting and Ling Xuan's clicking, I also knew what this statue was.
The hedgehog, is a mythical beast in ancient Chinese myths and legends, the big one is like a cow, the small one is like a sheep, the appearance is similar to a unicorn, the whole body is covered with dense black hair, the eyes are bright and divine, and there is usually a horn on the forehead.
The pig has a high level of wisdom, understands human words and understands human nature, and has always been regarded as a symbol of fairness and justice. His eyes were wide open, and he was able to distinguish between good and evil, and when he found an evil man, he touched him with his horns, and ate his stomach. When people have conflicts or disputes, he can point his horns at the unreasonable side, and even put the horns against the people who deserve to die, which makes the people who do bad things shudder, so he is called "Dharma Beast" by later generations.
I remembered that Chunting once said that Emperor Jianwen hid five statues in the five directions, and these five statues were all carved into the shape of strange beasts in ancient times, namely Bi Fang, Jianxi, Baxia, Qi Zhi and Bai Ze. The location we found under the Baqiao was originally used to place the statue of Bi Fang, and I think this is where the statue of the pig is placed, no wonder there are so many statues of the pig here, majestic and towering, people dare not look at it directly.
After figuring out the details, we moved on and found that behind the nine statues displayed side by side, it was not the mausoleum we imagined, but a tall and quaint castle tower.
The tower is blue-gray, tall and majestic, and it looks like the mouth of a beast before us, as if waiting for the entry of the comer, and the coming man will devour it in its mouth.
On the top of the castle tower, there are four big characters carved hideously in simple words, and I look at it intently, and there is a faint light on the four big characters.
Eternal roots.
Shen Lang saw that Chunting would not answer him, and looked at me, trying to answer his doubts from my mouth.
"Brother Chuan, what does this mean?"
I smiled, my expression full of relaxation, I just knew the meaning of those four words.
"Do you know Fengyang?"
Qi Zhi was like a child, rushing to answer my questions.
"Of course I know, who hasn't heard of Fengyang flower drums, saying Fengyang, Dao Fengyang, Fengyang is a good place, since Emperor Zhu, ten years to nine years of famine. Large families sell mules and horses, small families sell children, slaves do not have children to sell, and they carry flower drums in all directions......"
Qi Zhi actually ignored this strange city tower, dancing and singing here, I looked at her at a loss, and I didn't know what to do for a while.
Xue Nan seemed to be unable to stand it, grabbed Qi Zhi, who was still unsatisfied, and looked at her with tears and laughter.
"My silly sister, I'm talking about Fengyang, not Fengyang flower drums."
Fengyang, the ancient place of Huaiyi, in the spring and autumn period, in the vicinity of Linhuai Town, built Zhong Ion Country, and built Zhong Licheng. Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was born here.
After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Fengyang was the central capital, the whole Ming Dynasty, and has always been respected as the land of Longxing in the Ming Dynasty.
In the eighth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered people to build a drum tower on the east side of Fengyang City, which was an important annex building of the central capital at that time. On the forehead of the drum tower, there are four vigorous and powerful characters of "the root of all ages" written by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, which can be clearly seen hundreds of meters away.
Chunting looked at the castle tower, and his tone was full of incomprehensible nostalgia.
"Have you ever thought about it, why did Zhu Yuanzhang leave these four big characters for all generations?"
I thought about it and said my opinion to him.
In my impression, Zhu Yuanzhang left these four words to tell the people that even after thousands of generations, this world is still the world of the Zhu family, which is the same as Zu Long's self-proclaimed first emperor.
The seventh volume of the "New Book of Fengyang", which was written in the year of the Ming Dynasty, also recorded: "Fengyang is the hometown of my emperor's ancestor Longfei, the fundamental place of the Holy Dynasty, the foundation of the national lineage of hundreds of millions of years, and the extraordinary capital of Yibiye."
In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, Fengyang is his own hometown and the land of Longxing in the Ming Dynasty, so the four words "Eternal Fundamental" on the forehead of the Drum Tower are intended to express the lofty status of Fengyang in the Ming Dynasty - the fundamental place of the Ming Dynasty.
Chun Ting sneered, looked at the city tower, and his tone was full of emotion.
"It's nonsense, Zhu Yuanzhang won the world all because of Chang Yuchun's assistance, he knows that if there is no Chang Gong, this ninety-five position is not something he can sit on."
"Since he knows how this throne came about, how can he call his hometown the root of eternity?"