Volume 1 Kurosawa's Domain Chapter 10 Diagrams and Symbols
As he spoke, Bai Yunfei and the others opened their mouths wide when they heard it, and they didn't even know how to close it.
In the life of this old ghost Su, those treacherous tomb robbing past events are so thrilling and exciting.
For example, how did he dig up an inconspicuous small grave, but he didn't expect to meet an incorruptible female corpse inside, and the bewitching female corpse actually hugged him to be happy with him;
How did he and others break open a Tang Dynasty tomb full of organs, full of traps, flowing mercury, flying arrows, rolling stones, nail boards, poisonous smoke... The gang was almost dead and wounded, and he still has a scar on his butt from the crossbow arrow;
How did he encounter the corpse of the toad (deceitful corpse) in the dungeon many times, these evil monsters have amazing combat effectiveness, sometimes even the black donkey hooves and black dog blood that specifically restrain them do not work, and the people in the gang are full of urine, and some of the slow ones are directly torn to pieces;
How he was trapped in a labyrinthine strange palace, where everyone died and almost all of them were wiped out when they came out;
How did he go through hardships and dangers with others, and finally broke through the multiple protections of the underground palace, and pocketed all those dazzling golden artifacts, and made a fortune ruthlessly;
For example, those brothers who are usually righteous and bold, when they see those immeasurable wealth, they instantly change their faces, draw their swords against each other, and turn against each other, how he escaped death in several internal strife...
Although everyone was tired and wanted to die, after listening to the legendary life of Su Lao Ghost, everyone ignited an indescribable passion, and it seemed that they were no longer so tired and less afraid of the dangers in these dungeons.
Cao Longxuan raised the watch on his wrist and looked at it, and then led everyone in one direction.
Walking along the Gobi River valley for more than ten miles, everyone saw their car parked here.
The wind and sand outside the plug are cold and violent, the yellow sand is flying all over the sky, and the wind is howling, but it is just a daily situation. If there is a desert storm, it is tantamount to a disaster.
A few withered poplar trees maintain a posture of struggling to stand tall, and their branches are bent obliquely, showing the appearance of struggling to survive before they dry up.
Everyone marched all the way to the Mogao Grottoes.
Finally in the afternoon of the same day, the breathtaking Thousand Buddha Caves of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes appeared in the eyes of everyone.
This Mogao Grottoes is the largest, best-preserved, and richest treasure house of classical culture and art in China, and it is also a world-famous Buddhist art center.
In the northwest Gobi Desert of the long yellow sand, I saw it like a majestic ancient city, palace, standing on the cliff of the eastern foot of Mingsha Mountain in the southeast of Dunhuang, Gansu Province, inhabiting in the embrace of Mingsha Mountain and Sanwei Mountain, it is long and narrow from north to south, five layers are arranged up and down, the shape is like a beehive pigeon coop, the height is staggered, the scales are one after another, the magnificence is abnormal.
In the car, everyone looked out through the window glass, looking at the magnificent monuments in front of them, while looking at a piece of old yellow paper with a broken corner in Cao Longxuan's hand, which had been plasticized, even if it was soaked in water, there was no need to worry about it being rotten and blurred.
And Bai Yunfei believes that with Cao Longxuan as a scheming person, he will definitely make copies and keep backups.
On this map, the geographical location and direction are not indicated, and there are two words left on the broken corners, and there are basically two dots left on the left, and it is no longer possible to distinguish what words are left.
But the right side of the paper because of the stump of this word turned, so it is relatively complete, should be the seal character "Huang".
Because the left half of this character is the same as the lower half of the "fire" of the seal, the right half is the word "king", and the upper part is an upward arc, which is also incomplete.
But from the analysis of the word on the right, it is very likely that it can basically be judged to be "huang".
However, because the first word is too incomplete, if you insist on judging that the two characters are "Dunhuang", the elements of assumption are too great.
The rest of the paper is basically similar to a child's graffiti, with a few symbols drawn in a messy way, and a line is through.
At the top is a square symbol, next to a small square. And then there's the line that runs through, and there are a few rectangular or square, circular symbols on the line, and there are some small dots in the symbols.
Then there was something like a balance, and then there were a few rectangles in a semicircle, but these rectangles were not the same as the previous ones, they were all painted.
Behind it is an arc similar to a big pit, and inside is a symbol representing a woman, why do you say that this symbol represents a woman?
Because it resembles a stick figure drawn by a schoolboy, the way a girl draws it, with two braids on her head, two arms and two legs, and the lower body in a trapezoidal shape, which is obviously a skirt.
Then along this through line, the last display is actually a "sub-waist gourd", in the small gourd above this sub-waist gourd, a painted rectangle is drawn, and next to it is a small square.
There are so many symbols on the map, and if this is a road map of the underground palace in the tomb, then which end is the entrance and which end is the end is not indicated.
The order in which Bai Yunfei looked on the map just now was from top to bottom, but if this is a road map, it is not necessarily the case.
Because the through line is not marked with the arrow that indicates the direction on the current drawing.
Cao Longxuan said: "This picture comes from the descendants of a camel rider here, and it is said that the person who got this picture bought it for 50,000 yuan, but the person who sold the picture was later missing.
According to the person who sold the picture, this picture is a diagram of the internal structure of a rich man's tomb, whose ancestors participated in the construction at that time, and it is said that the rich man who was alive at that time said that he was a senior official of Emperor Cao Pi of the former dynasty of the Central Plains, and participated in the design of Cao Pi's tomb.
Later, the person who bought the picture also came here, but did not find any clues, so he had to sell it to someone else for the same price.
After a few changes of hands, it came to me.
I have also brought people to inspect it several times before, but there are no clues, and it is difficult to tell whether this map is the marked Dunhuang place, or this is called the Thousand Buddha Caves of Mogao Grottoes.
But it is rumored that the descendants of the camel riders said that this area is not false.
Mr. Su, what do you think? ”
Old Ghost Su held the picture in his hand, looked at it for a long time, and then grinned: "The map of the tomb is not fake, but I can't determine where to make the hole, and I can't even say whether it's this place." ”
Cao Longxuan glanced at him a few times, there was a flash of light in his eyes, and he seemed to be a little unhappy, but he couldn't see any emotion from his expression at all, and just said lightly:
"Old Su, the key to the success or failure of this trip depends on you. You scrutinize and scrutinize. ”
Then he turned to Sun Er: "Sun Er, what do you think?" ”
Seeing that Sun Er's face turned red all of a sudden: "Master Long, this, this, even Mr. Su has nothing to do, Bai Yunfei is even worse, you let Bai Yunfei go to fight and kill, and the logistics support is okay." ”
Cao Longxuan smiled again, and didn't say anything more, and then there was silence in the car.
Cao Longxuan sometimes pondered, and sometimes raised his eyes to look at the monuments outside the car window.
But it can be seen that he did not plan to let Bai Yunfei and Niu Gang participate in the discussion.
Maybe in Cao Longxuan's heart, the two of them are just because they have good skills and have the legal identity of escort, and it is enough to play these roles.
But in the matter of the "business" of this dungeon expedition, it was obvious that he didn't think that everyone could express any valuable opinions that could be used for reference, so he didn't even ask everyone at all.
Always sitting like this is also boring panic, Bai Yunfei opened the car door and came outside the car, anyway, it was okay to be idle, so he took out his mobile phone and went to Baidu to access the information about the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang.
Bai Yunfei, who was already so nervous that he couldn't even afford to change his mobile phone, not only relieved the company's debt pressure after Sun Er generously threw away a bunch of money, but also changed to a new mobile phone as he wished.
The Mogao Grottoes have long been developed into a cultural tourist attraction, and mobile phone signals are not a problem.
Looking at it, the mysterious computer in Bai Yunfei's brain began to help him calculate. After getting the calculation results, Bai Yunfei hurriedly got back into the car and said, "Boss Cao, I don't know if I should talk about it?" ”
"Oh? Let's talk about it. Cao Longxuan laughed so much that Bai Yunfei was a little weak-hearted.
"This... Because I've never been in contact with this business, so don't mislead you. Bai Yunfei said with a little blush.
"It's okay, everyone is just analyzing, but it's okay."
Bai Yunfei pondered his words for a moment, and then said: "I am a layman when it comes to the exploration of the underground palace, but my second grandfather is a famous feng shui gentleman within a radius of 100 miles from my hometown, and there is really an endless stream of people who ask him to do things every day.
I grew up beside him since I was a child, and I can still understand a little bit about these feng shui, looking at the yang house, fixing the tomb, and even asking for a signature and seal.
Since the descendants of the camel rider have said that the owner of the tomb, who was a great official under Emperor Cao Pi in ancient times, built the tomb in this area of Dunhuang or Mogao Grottoes, then at least everyone is not blind and touches the elephant, and there is already a general range.
Although this range is a bit too large for people to scratch the edge, but this is a normal phenomenon, if it is very obvious to find, this tomb has been stolen thousands of years ago, can it be everyone's turn to come here? ”
Cao Longxuan listened to Bai Yunfei's words and expressed his approval, and then nodded and motioned for Bai Yunfei to continue.
"Tombs have always been mysterious, and the larger the tombs, the more they exhaust their wisdom and power to fight against the poaching of later generations and the malicious destruction after the change of dynasties.
Although in many dynasties, there will be royal families who will build the imperial tombs on the ground with great fanfare and grandeur, but this is the ancient emperor's feudal ruling ideology in worship.
They always think that their rule will last for thousands of years, and they will not change dynasties, and they are guarded by the imperial tomb, so there is no need to worry about theft, excavation and destruction.
But after all, only the royal family dares to do what important tombs are revealed in such an open and honest manner.
Or it is a poor and ordinary people, it is a long-cherished wish of life to be buried with a thin coffin board after death, and there is nothing valuable in the coffin at all, so they are not afraid of others digging up, so they dare to build a grave bag on the ground.
As for other princes and generals, high-ranking officials and nobles, rich and wealthy gentry, etc., although the tomb will be designed to be luxurious and huge, there will be all kinds of precious funeral utensils in the tomb, and even according to the identity or situation of the deceased during his lifetime, all kinds of underworld buildings will be built to comfort the enjoyment after death.
But they are basically buried deep and hidden, and they are easily unwilling to be exposed, so as not to end up in a grave dug up, a violent corpse in the wilderness, and become eaten by wild dogs, and the bones are scattered.
Therefore, it is only natural that the tomb that everyone is looking for cannot clearly show its location.
And the area has basically been decided, but I don't know the detailed location, which doesn't seem to be difficult, why do you say that?
Because the more ancient it is, the more obsessed people are with the art of feng shui, no matter who they are, they hope that they will be buried in the treasure of feng shui when they die, rather than being buried in evil.
Therefore, according to the theory of Feng Shui, we will exclude it, and the scope will be much narrower in this area.
In addition, in the larger feng shui area suitable for tombs, it is necessary to judge according to people's thinking and psychology.
For example, if there is a dragon vein area crisscrossed by mountains in front of you, the area is vast, and there are too many places suitable for burials, then how can you be sure?
Definitely itemized exclusions. The first thing to rule out should be the plains and flat land adjacent to these mountain ranges, because since there are good feng shui veins in front of you, but the tomb is built under the flat ground, which is not in line with the feng shui burial system, and it is not conducive to the family descendants to mourn and worship.
In the same feng shui vein, how to judge, according to Bai Yunfei's understanding, that is, a dragon vein, if you want to build a tomb, then you must occupy a good position in the treasure cave such as 'dragon eye' and 'dragon head'.
With this analysis and exclusion, I think that as long as the picture and the character are not false and are genuine, then it will not be difficult to find out. What do you say, Su Lao? ”
"Oh, you baby, worship my old ghost as a teacher, you can make talents, you can create talents." Old Ghost Su jumped over from the seat of his car, hugged Bai Yunfei with his eyes shining and said.
Cao Longxuan also agreed when he heard this, saying that what Bai Yunfei said was reasonable, and then asked Bai Yunfei what else he thought.
"I just went online on Baidu, and it was about the information recorded on the Internet about the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang. There is a passage in it that caught my attention, and I don't know if it has any value. ”
Then Bai Yunfei read to them the paragraph that Bai Yunfei found in the information that he thought was valuable.