Chapter 120: The Origin of the Underground Palace
Hearing Shangguan Jin's words, Master Fang nodded slightly, and said, "Since you have already inquired, you might as well say it." "Let that Shangguan Jin be arrogant and unscrupulous, but in front of the master, after all, he still has to come politely, but he will only do so when he has a request for the master, if there is no such thing, I am afraid that only Gu Tan in the world can subdue him, an arrogant apprentice.
"That's good." Shangguan Jin smiled, returned to his seat and sat down again, and made an inviting gesture to Hu Qingxuan, motioning for Hu Qingxuan to sit down and speak, and Hu Qingxuan's compliment to their Xianzong was very useful to Shangguan Jin. In addition to his arrogance, he was well-behaved and sat upright, but the folding fan was still shaking slowly and methodically. After a pause, Shangguan Jin spoke: "Regarding the origin of the underground burial in the underground palace, it must be traced back to a thousand years ago, to be precise, it should be more than 1,300 years ago. To be more specific, it is the matter of the period of Emperor Yang of Sui. ”
may know that this Shangguan Jin is not easy to mess with, he speaks, no one interjects, and he is too lazy to interject.
I only heard Shangguan Jin say that when Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty toured the south, there were many records of the loss of money and labor in history. However, at that time, Yang Guangnan toured and went to Yangzhou, but it was not Jiangxi, but Jiangxi, which was hundreds of miles away, also contributed a lot of money at that time. But these small places, naturally there are inevitably people who take the opportunity to compete for profits, it is said that at that time, in the area of Pingyang Town, there was a squire named Feng Maoyou, who had a good background, and heard that Yang Guang was on a tour of the south, and knew that Yang Guang loved luxury, and even knew that all states and even counties had contributions.
And sent the fast horse to Yangzhou to set up a palace for Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, in order to win the favor of the saint. Feng Maoyou had some old friends in Jiujiang Mansion at that time, and privately told him that it was an opportunity to compete for fame and fortune, so Feng Maoyou took out 100,000 taels of silver to pay homage, but he got the courtesy of Jiujiang Mansion at that time. After the matter was completed, Feng Maoyou was indeed appointed to the official position, and according to the grade classification, it should be regarded as a title from the eighth grade.
This title is not high, but it can just manage the people in the radius, and it is the position of "Zhutun Supervisor". If it corresponds to today's title, it is equivalent to a deputy township mayor or a genuine town mayor. The grade is not big, but the power is heavenly, why, because the common people are the sky, the wool is out of the sheep, and it took 100,000 taels of silver to get such a title, Feng Mao has that powerful creation!
Exploiting the people, in just two years, the money from filial piety was recovered several times, and at that time, Feng Maoyou was accepted by Jiujiang Mansion, and the local petty officials dared to be angry and did not dare to speak. Some people even came to befriend Feng Maoyou, and all of a sudden, he, a small official with the size of a sesame mung bean, actually became a bully.
However, the good times did not last long, and in the fourteenth year of the Great Cause, the Xiaoguo Army launched a mutiny in Jiangdu, and Yang Guang was hanged by the rebels. The Tang Dynasty was prosperous, and the Sui Dynasty was overthrown, and the then Jiujiang Mansion was deposed, and the new Jiujiang Mansion was one of the people who were exploited by the bully Feng Maoyou, and he hated Feng Maoyou's actions. So taking advantage of public opinion, the new Jiujiang Mansion got rid of the bully Feng Maoyou, but at that time, the Tang Dynasty had just established the country and granted amnesty to the world.
The new Jiujiang Mansion was not exempted from the exclusion of the imperial court, so it was said that Feng Mao died of a violent illness, remembering that there were some "achievements" in the early years, and the so-called achievements were actually the 100,000 taels of silver that were given to Emperor Yang of Sui. Whether the real 100,000 taels of silver were used for Emperor Yang of Sui's southern tour was not clear, so he asked Feng Maoyou to build a mausoleum in the area of Longtouling. But at that time, no one was willing to contribute to burying that Feng Maoyou.
It wasn't until the new Jiujiang Mansion returned all Feng Maoyou's family wealth to the common people that no one was reluctant to come forward, but the so-called mausoleum was actually a little repaired by using the caves under Longtou Ridge. The ancient people were very taboo about ghosts and gods, thinking that Feng Mao had such a bad person after he died, and it was not worth it to harm people after reincarnation.
Therefore, at that time, the burial was also used to suppress Feng Maoyou's corpse, so that his soul could no longer escape and he could no longer be a human being. And this underground palace and the burial of the ground are also carried out quietly, the people are tight-lipped like bottles, almost twisted into a rope, externally, there is no bad treatment of that Feng Maoyou, and after his death, he also built a underground palace for him to bury him, but internally, everyone knows the inside story.
The matter of the underground palace and the burial of the ground was deliberately suppressed by the common people at first, and finally gradually, no one passed it on anymore, and to this day, it is difficult for anyone to know the hidden secrets. Some people may still hear such legends, but the flavor of this legend is afraid that it has changed and changed, and there is a big difference from the original truth.
Speaking of this, Shangguan Jin frowned, the folding fan in his hand slowly closed, and said again: "There is the suppression of the burial, and the soul of Feng Mao is no longer in trouble, but he is not too worried, a few decades ago, the bandit leader Xing Hu killed his pregnant wife, and he was disgusted, worried that his wife would turn into a ghost and retaliate against him, so under the guidance of the feng shui master, he found the burial on the ground that had not been mentioned for thousands of years, and filled in the body of his wife, hoping to suppress the soul of his wife. But Xing Hu didn't expect that he would accidentally fulfill his wife, so that fifty years later, he would become a drought ghost, and he would be the one who was in trouble! ”
I was secretly stunned, I didn't expect that there were such amazing old things hidden in that underground palace. If Shangguan Jin hadn't said it, I'm afraid no matter how you guess, you would never have guessed the case from a thousand years ago. However, at this moment, I inexplicably remembered something, it was a nightmare I had after falling asleep on the stone before, and that nightmare was like a real existence, and the person in it ...... Could it be that that place, that cave, and that person were Feng Maoyou back then?
"This, how is this possible?" I muttered dumbfounded.
Master suddenly turned to me and asked, "Ergou, what are you muttering?" ”
"Uh......" I hurriedly scratched the back of my head, wondering if I wanted to tell Master about that dream, but since Master asked, I had to admit and say, "Master, I ...... I had been waiting for the gossip to end, but I fell asleep inexplicably, and I had a nightmare, and the scene in the dream was like a dark cave, and in it, I also saw a man with gold and silver treasures in his hand, and he laughed strangely. If the cave in that dream is what it looks like in the dungeon, that is to say, the person I saw should be Feng Mao, right? ”
After hearing what I said, everyone present turned their heads to look at me. The master was stunned, and then said: "If this is the case, Feng Maoyou's soul should still be trapped in the underground palace, and now, the drought ghost is in trouble, and it will be subject to the drought ghost." This kind of wicked person, who was the evil party in his life, and thousands of years after his death, still dreams of getting rich, but he does not repent, and it is simply incurable. But now the top priority is how to crack the burial, but before cracking the burial, Feng Maoyou's soul must be solved first, because once the burial is cracked, Feng Maoyou's soul will inevitably escape, and then it will inevitably be a troublemaker. But if you want to solve Feng Mao's soul, you must first enter the dungeon to do it, and there are drought ghosts guarding the dungeon. This series of associations seems to affect the whole body, which is very tricky! ”
When Shangguan Jin heard this, he said lightly: "Uncle Yang, in my humble opinion, the first thing we deal with is the drought ghost, followed by the burial on the ground, and finally the soul that Feng Mao has, but these three things are tied to the same line, so if we want to crack which one first, we must contain the other two things at the same time." So...... We must force the drought ghost into the desperate situation of the underground palace, and then get rid of the drought ghost, the burial on the ground, and the soul of Feng Maoyou in one fell swoop! ”
I didn't expect Shangguan Jin to have two brushes, and this careful thinking and analysis, as well as the suggestions put forward, are not what I could think of. At least my current Taoism is still far from Shangguan Jin. But I think that as long as I practice diligently, sooner or later I will catch up with him, even if I am stupid, as the saying goes, diligence can make up for clumsiness, sooner or later, one day, I will satisfy Master, and others will know that Master accepted me as an apprentice without damaging Master's reputation!
"Hmm." The master nodded and said: "What Shangguan Jin said is very much in line with my wishes, but if we want to enter the underground palace, we must also beware of the infringement of the burial in the ground, which can not only ambush the corpse, but also harm people, and the evil spirit that has been condensed in the underground palace for a long time cannot be entered by ordinary people." In addition, we have to come up with a countermeasure to eradicate the drought ghosts, once you enter the underground palace, there is no turning back, you must remove all the troubles in one fell swoop, and return the people to peace! ”
Hu Qingxuan nodded in agreement and said, "Senior Brother Shangguan's nephew really got the true biography of Senior Brother Gu, and everything he said was every word. Well, I also agree with Shangguan's nephew's approach, in that case, Senior Brother Yang, then let's hurry up and prepare, and choose a suitable time to enter the underground palace and get rid of the drought ghosts! ”
At this moment, the master suddenly asked me, "Ergou, what is the result of the gossip knot that the master asked you to tie?" Where does the gossip knot break? Have you ever brought it back? Now put it on the ground for the teacher to see! ”
"Oh!" I suddenly remembered what I was doing, and hurriedly greeted five catties, and then put the gossip knot on the ground together according to the position of Longtou Ridge, and put it out as it was. Immediately, I pointed to the Bagua knot and said, "Master, the break in the Bagua knot is the Kun position, but what does this mean?" I, I don't understand! After saying that, I scratched my head in confusion.