The person Xie Meng said claimed to be Chang Hongzhi, but he preferred to be called J.

And the awakenings that occurred in Xie Meng, Torture, Sima Qing and Yun Jian all originated from Chang Hongzhi.

Wei Chiran asked, "Chang Hongzhi?" How old is it? What for? ”

Xie Meng said: "He just used someone else's name and used this person's information, I checked, this person was originally a math teacher in Yongcheng, and then disappeared mysteriously and died mysteriously." ”

At this moment, Wei Chiran and Hou Wan didn't know that the dead Chang Hongzhi that Xie Meng was talking about was the main figure in the series of cases that Tang She had investigated in Rongcheng.

Xie Meng looked at the bones on the ground: "When I met Chang Hongzhi, it was the year when I insisted on returning to China, after I came back, in order to find strange beasts, I went to many places where strange beasts are infested in legends, you must know that those places, either deserted, or some ruins or ancient tombs......"

Xie Meng's journey is aimless, because she is a cargo chaser, and she is also a foreign businessman, and she can get a lot of news from the underworld or other foreign channels, but these messages are not necessarily accurate, she can only sift through the news she gets, and then consult the ancient books to determine the location.

At that time, Xie Meng also had a lover, a British-Chinese, named Benny, an archaeologist, the two met at an antique auction in Chinatown, originally only one side, but unexpectedly, when Xie Meng returned to China to take a plane, he met Benny again.

The moment Xie Meng saw Benny appear in front of her, she felt that it was providence.

Benny was going to China because he was attending an academic conference, so the two walked together, that is, during that time, the two fell in love, and Benny decided not to return to China, coupled with Xie Meng's confession, he decided to go with Xie Meng to find the legendary beast.

It should have been the happiest time in Xie Meng's life so far, although they failed again and again, and even sometimes the adventure was a joke.

Xie Meng said: "Finally, I learned from a friend that a tomb robber who had been imprisoned had seen water rats in a water tomb, do you know water rats?" ”

Wei Chi shook his head, and Hou Wan said: "I've heard it, but there was a legend that water rat meat can cure asthma, and it is meat to cure the disease." ”

Xie Meng said: "That's right, the size of the water rat is no different from that of ordinary mice, and the body shape and appearance are similar, but it is an amphibian, it can live on land and water, its body surface is hairless, and there are thin scales on the surface, but this kind of scale is a meat scale, which is different from a fish." ”

Wei Chi asked curiously, "What is that water tomb?" Does anyone still build a cemetery in the water? ”

Xie Meng said: "The so-called water tombs are all caused by stagnant water, that is, the original location of the cemetery formed a lake, or the river was diverted and flooded. However, there are also those who deliberately divert water into lakes after construction, and use ponds and lakes to hide the tombs below. ”

Wei Chiran asked, "Why do you want to do this?" ”

Xie Meng said: "There are many reasons, some are because of the evil done in life, and they are afraid that the tomb will be burned down after death, but those who do this are usually some evil people, and the water tomb I found at that time was the tomb of a cult leader during the Ming Dynasty. ”

The location of the water tomb is located in a village called Tianchi Village in northern Sichuan, because there is a pond close to the size of a small lake, and the water in the lake comes from a spring in the mountain, and in historical records, no matter how dry the pond is, this pond has never dried up, so it is called Tianchi, and Tianchi Village is also named.

In the fourteenth year of the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty, after the change of Tumubao, a sect arose in the place, called the "Burial Heart Sect", and the leader of the sect was a man about 19 years old, claiming to be the reincarnation of Chen Tuan's ancestor.

Who is Chen?

Chen Tuo, the word Tu Nan, the name Fu Shaozi, the name Mr. Baiyun, Mr. Xiyi, Bozhou Zhenyuan people, the Northern Song Dynasty famous Taoist scholars.

In 888, Chen Tuan was summoned by Emperor Tang Xizong and given the title of Qingxu Priest. In 932, after failing to take the entrance examination, he lived in seclusion in Jiushiyan of Wudang Mountain in 935. In 937, Chen Tuan returned to ancient Shu and worshiped He Changyi, the prestige of Tianqing Guandu in Qiongzhou, to learn the nose locking technique. He is the author of monographs such as "Fetal Breath Formula" and "Finger Mystery Chapter". In 939, he traveled to Mount Emei to give a lecture, called "Emei Zhenren". He is the author of "Observing the Sky" and so on. And worship the Mai Taoist as a teacher, engaged in the study of "Yi", the author of "Mai Taoist Zhengyi Xin Fa Note", "Yi Long Diagram Preface", "Tai Chi Yin and Yang Theory", "Tai Chi Tu" and "Congenital Fang Yuan Diagram", etc., the works that are now circulating are mostly named.

In 947, Chen Tuan and Mai Taoists lived in seclusion in Huashan Yuntai Temple. He often travels between Huashan and Wudang Mountain. In 956, he was summoned by Chai Rong of Zhou Shizong and appointed "Counselor", and was given the title "Mr. Baiyun".

In the second year of the Taiping rejuvenation of the Northern Song Dynasty, that is, in 977, Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, summoned Chen Tuan. In the first year of Yongxi, Taizong summoned Chen Tuan again and gave him the title of "Mr. Xiyi".

In July of the second year of Duangong (989), Chen Shuxian died in Zhangchao Valley, Huashan, at the age of 118.

Before Chen Kuan died, he had asked his disciples to chisel the stone as a room, to rest there, after the stone room was chiseled, it was said that his qi was about to run out, and the holy dynasty was difficult to attach, and then he would transform into the Zhang Chao Valley under the Lotus Peak on the 22nd of this month.

Later, as he said, Chen Jian died on the 22nd, and seven days later, his limbs and body still had residual warmth, and on that day, there were five colors of colored clouds to cover and block the entrance to the cave, and the menstrual period did not disperse.

Of course, what happened at the time of Chen Kuan's death and after that must have been mythologized in the process of folk oral transmission, plus he was originally a long-lived old man and had many writings, so he was called Chen Kuan's ancestor and longevity immortal by the folk.

Among the books written by Chen Kuan, the most famous is "Heart Phase", which advocates the Taoist idea of bearing the burden (note: bearing the burden means doing good deeds for the predecessors, and the present people are blessed; The predecessors do evil, and the younger generations suffer disasters, similar to Buddhist cause and effect), which is completely different from the physiognomy in the different rivers and lakes.

But in ancient times, most of the people were not highly educated and did not understand what the "Heart Phase" was about, so this scholar who claimed to be the foil of the ancestor and whose real name was Song Zigu adapted the "Heart Phase" into the "Heart Phase", and established the Burial Heart Sect, which widely accepted the congregation and preached his so-called heresy of no heart, no appearance, and no evil.

Song Zigu told his followers that the reason why people can't live long and become immortals is mainly because of nostalgia for the world, and the world is equivalent to hell, and hell actually doesn't exist, hell is the world, and the world is hell, so it is necessary to eliminate the distractions and desires in the heart, and all people can work together to save the common people.

This kind of similar cult theory is the same as that of most cults today, and in today's terms, on the surface, it is to instill chicken soup for the soul in people, but in the process, it instills its own thoughts, controls its followers, and satisfies its own selfish desires.

Xie Meng Zhengse said: "But there are records of different ways, this Song Zigu can really read minds." ”

Hou Wan and Wei Chi glanced at each other and asked at the same time, "Mind reading?" Really? ”

Xie Meng said: "There was a good thing about people in the different ways, pretending to be a believer to consult Song Zigu, saying that he was restless, and he didn't know what was going on, so he asked Song Zigu to rule out his heart disease, who knew that Song Zigu actually directly said that person's name, place of origin, and even belonged to a different sect and sect, and even had a grudge with someone, etc., so frightened that the person fled quickly." ”

After the news spread, most of the people in the heretics were skeptical, after all, this story may be false, and it is also possible that this heretic person accepted Song Zigu's benefits and spread rumors for him.

The more bizarre this matter became, and finally the capture decided to go to Shu to find out what was going on.

After arriving at Tianchi Village, the five people who set off from Beijing arrived at Tianchi Village, disguised themselves as merchants to meet Song Zigu, but Song Zigu didn't say a word after seeing a few people, but was sweating profusely, and soon disappeared mysteriously.

After Song Zigu disappeared, the so-called Burial Heart Sect quickly dispersed, and he was not even qualified to leave his name in the history books.

However, on the eve of the fall of the Ming Dynasty, someone wrote a miscellaneous book, which recorded the before and after the fall of the Burial Heart Sect, and it was written in the book that the reason why Song Zigu did not dare to say a word at that time was because he read the origin of the five arrests, and knew that if he told the truth and established a cult, the end would definitely be the five horses, so he simply pretended to be stupid and disappeared.

But Song Zigu seems to have predicted his death a long time ago, just like before Chen Tuan's death, Song Zigu had already ordered someone to build his own tomb under the Tianchi, and then hid in the tomb and waited for death alone.

It is recorded in the book that Chen Tuan finally told his disciples that he could indeed read minds, but the most painful thing was that he could read minds, he knew the true thoughts of everyone's hearts, and found that no matter who was around him was wearing a mask, he was very afraid, and every disciple who worshiped him was also trying to peek into his secrets and master the ability to read minds, but his ability was a talent.

When Wei Chi heard this, he immediately said, "Talent? You mean the same as you guys? ”

Xie Meng shook his head: "I don't know this, I found the miscellaneous book, learned the news, and went to Tianchi Village in northern Sichuan with Benny and the three helpers hired, you know, Song Zigu's cemetery can't be found with the ordinary method of tomb exploration, fortunately, we know that his cemetery is under Tianchi, so, taking advantage of the time when Tianchi releases water to irrigate winter paddy fields, we surveyed Tianchi at night, but did not find the entrance." ”

Benny took the archaeological method of geological detection and land division, and spent about ten days inspecting the surrounding soil and soil layers to determine what location is most suitable for excavation, even if it is a cemetery built during the Ming Dynasty, even if the earth's crust changes, but the data of scientific testing will not produce errors.

Eventually, with Benny's help, they found an opportunity in a well on the south side of Tianchi Village.

Because the well is far away from the village, it is considered a semi-abandoned state, and no one usually goes to it, but even during the day, Xie Meng, Benny and others lingering next to the wellhead for a long time will arouse suspicion, so they can only find a way to go down the well at night, and then locate it for lateral detection of the formation.