XIV. Ancient Tombs (II)
"Ding Lingling......" The mobile phone rang abruptly in the living room. Luo Jianyang was startled, opened his eyes, he was still holding the dragon lantern of nine dragons, nine phoenixes and eighteen plates in his hand, he didn't know when it was, and he fell asleep unconsciously.
Luo Jianyang picked up the phone and glanced at the number, and immediately jumped up, he subconsciously glanced around the hall, and then walked out of the hall, then pressed the answer button, and then nodded yes, his face became more and more heavy, and later, even the hand holding the phone trembled slightly.
Putting down the phone, Luo Jianyang returned to the living room, leaned on the sofa, looking extremely tired, he had the dragon lamp in his hand, and after his face changed several times, he gritted his teeth and stood up, raised his eyes to look at the wall clock on the wall, and the hour hand was pointing to ten o'clock.
"Master Xia, Mr. Du......" Luo Jianyang called tentatively. This villa is not his, and I don't know if Master Xia and Mr. Du are still in the living room, or in other rooms. He didn't know the origin of these two people, but he knew that they were masters of tomb robbing, acting extremely mysterious, and he himself was a person living in two worlds.
Luo Jianyang called out again, "Master Xia, Mr. Du......" Suddenly, the floor lamp in the corner of the wall, the light seemed to flicker. Luo Jianyang rubbed his eyes, and when he looked again, he saw Mr. Du's figure, like smoke, standing in the shadow of the light, and on the other side, Master Xia, who was dressed in Tang costume, also put his hands on the dantian under his lower abdomen, and the two of them didn't know whether they stayed in the living room like him, or they only wanted to appear in the shadows.
Luo Jianyang had a strange feeling in his heart, he calmed down, and said, "Two, the plan has changed, it seems that we have to act in advance." I just got a call from there, saying it's going to start tonight. ”
Mr. Du pondered, "Tonight? Why are you in such a hurry? That Chang Gongzi is already proceeding according to Mr. Luo's expectations, even if we don't make a move, Chang Gongzi will order the excavation of that piece of land by himself, isn't he obsessed, he has to take the land on the top of the back mountain? In the past few days, Du has looked around, and this ancient tomb group with nine dragons, nine phoenixes and eighteen plates should be under the ground on the top of the back mountain. ”
Luo Jianyang said: "Originally, I thought that Chang Li kid, but suddenly his temperament became so weird, and it was also in that plan, and I have always applauded this plan, and I used the hand of Chang Li to dig up the ancient tombs, this trick is really wonderful." Because even if they knew that there was an ancient tomb group in Xishan, the government would not take the initiative to excavate it, and after they dug it up on the construction site, they took the opportunity to pick up the leaks, but they ......"
Luo Jianyang shook his head slightly, "But on the phone just now, Chang Li's behavior was also very strange, I don't understand why he suddenly became interested in that piece of land, and he was worried that there would be changes, so he wanted to trouble the two of you, and I will do it tonight." ”
Du Yan didn't speak again, but just moved his gaze to Master Naxia. The fingers of Master Xia's hands stacked on his lower abdomen moved, "Today's dry branch Bingwu, and the rain in the valley, the yin qi turns to yang, and the fire qi is prosperous, which is the image of the yang." Nine dragons, nine phoenixes, eighteen plates, nine dragon lanterns, nine phoenix lanterns, yin and yang opposites complement each other, tonight is not the best time for it to be unearthed. ”
Luo Jianyang paused for a moment, and he only understood the last sentence of Master Xia's words, "What?" Is there anything taboo that can't be done? He looked embarrassed, "The key is that in addition to us, it seems that there are other masters who have appeared, and they are also coming for this ancient tomb group, and this news is conclusive." ”
Master Xia was silent as if he didn't exist anymore. Luo Jianyang had no choice but to look at Du Yan. Du Yan snorted coldly, "Are there other masters who have made a move?" Hey, Du doesn't believe it, in the central and southern regions, there are other people who dare to come to make fun of the work that Du has a fancy for. However, their group of people has been smuggling and selling cultural relics all year round, and the masters in their eyes must not be ordinary people, but Du wants to go on for a while. ”
He glanced at Master Naxia again, "Nine Dragons and Nine Phoenix Eighteen Plates, since we are in this ancient tomb group, after we go in, I'm afraid it is not a day or two to walk through, although today is the Bingwu Day, but the Dragon and Phoenix Eighteen Plates are guarded in the Yin Mansion Ancient Tomb all the year round, and the yin and yang attributes in the Nine Dragons and Nine Phoenixes are not necessarily the same." It's just a rough ventilation name, but in this line, it has been immersed for decades, and for how to open the items in the tomb, even if it is nine dragons, nine phoenixes and eighteen plates, Du still has a way to invite them out. ”
Du Yan's words were obviously said to Master Naxia, although there was some provocation in his tone, but there was a little less arrogance. He is known as the poisonous eye broken, and the number one master in Zhongnan, he has never been able to see through the origin of Master Naxia's sect, and all the information in his own sect cannot find relevant information.
And even in ordinary ancient tombs, some incredible things often happen, not to mention the tombs that may contain nine dragons, nine phoenixes and eighteen plates. Du Yan has been in this line for a long time, in countless ancient tombs, he has encountered all kinds of unbelievable life and death experiences, he knows that in the ancient tombs under the top of the west mountain, no one can say what will be inside, although psychologically extremely unwilling, but with a master like Master Xia by his side, the safety factor is always a little more guaranteed.
Even under the light, Du Yan's figure was still like smoke, and he could only be seen emaciated, but his face and clothes were not clear. Luo Jianyang looked at Du Yan as if his feet were not on the ground, and floated out of the living room of the villa, "Master Xia, what do you mean......"
Master Xia seemed to take a long breath, sat on the sofa for a while, and suddenly stood up and walked out. Luo Jianyang also let out a long breath, looked at the dragon lantern he had been holding in his hand, and was reluctant to put it down after all, so he put it in his pocket and followed Du Yan and Master Xia out of the living room of the villa.
The iron gate of the villa opened softly and silently again, and the black sedan slowly drove out, starting from the University Town Square, and after going around the entire West District a few times, the black car stopped in the University City Square, the door opened, and several people walked down and got into the woods next to it.
Luo Jianyang followed behind Master Xia and Du Yan, and behind the two people in front of him, there was an extra bulging backpack, and Luo Jianyang knew that it should be filled with special tools for two people.
Instead of going down the newly opened alley, the three of them walked straight through the woods. So when the three of them appeared on the top of the back mountain, they were on the other side of the mountain full of graves along the peak on the right, and they did not face Chen Feng, Weifei and Yang Bing.
Standing in the middle of a pile of graves, the moonlight began to be obscured again, Luo Jianyang was uneasy, and wanted to get close to Master Xia and Du Yan's side, but when he saw the meaning of the two people that was no less than the surrounding atmosphere, he thought about it, and still didn't dare to get too close to the two, "Two, look, how do we start now?" ”
Du Yan raised his feet and stepped on a higher grave, looked at the sky, and saw that although there were thin clouds covering the moon, the moonlight was still faint. With his backhand, he pulled out a piece of earth about five inches long from the bag on his back. The so-called work wants to do a good job, you must first sharpen its tools, Tugui and compass and jade ruler, are all common tools in feng shui, point positioning. "Zhou Li. Winter Officer. The book "Jade Man" once recorded: "The earth is five inches in size, so that the sun, with the soil to measure the earth, measure the depth of the soil, and the shadow of the sun, in order to seek the middle of the earth, the treasure of the jade and the jade, and distinguish its name and its use...... Tugui is so that the sun and the moon are four hours, and the feudal country is based on land. ”
Seeing that what Du Yan took out was a piece of Tugui, Master Naxia secretly frowned. Luo Jianyang didn't understand, but he knew that Tugui was originally used to measure the direction and the four times with the help of the sun shadow, and it was generally placed on the day of the summer solstice, so as to determine the direction of the south meridian, and set up another eight feet, if the sun shadow projected one foot five inches, which was equal to the size of Tugui, it was the middle of the earth, and it could be built into the country, and then it was slowly introduced into feng shui to determine the knots of the dragon veins of feng shui.
Obviously, Du Yan used Tugui to find the gathering point of the dragon vein qi on the top of the back mountain, so as to determine the specific and detailed location and entrance of the ancient tomb group. However, although the improved Tugui introduced into Feng Shui no longer has to abide by the summer solstice, but according to the 24 solar terms, each is divided into different sizes, but at this time, the moon shadow is cloudy, and the surrounding area is full of graves one after another, and the size marked is likely to have a large error.
Master Xia didn't speak or move, the effect of using the compass at this time was obviously better than that of Tugui, but the use of the compass was too complicated, even if it was an orthodox feng shui school, it also had its own usage. The compass is also known as the compass, and the "Luo Jing Interpretation" says: "Where the stars, hexagrams, the five elements, and the first place, the so-called deep and vast principle, all have it, and can not only ride the qi, force, remove sand, and accept water, but also measure the formation of mountains and rivers, in order to distinguish the size of the land...... "It is generally composed of the heavenly plate and the earth, the heavenly disk is round and the ground is square, and there are also the points of the needle, the sewing needle, the middle needle, and the gold plate and the silver plate, the outer plate and the inner plate and the three plates of heaven, earth and man.
The ground is square, the heavenly disk is round, it can be rotated on the ground, there is a compass in the middle, it is the needle in the middle of the three needles, look at the compass is to see the three needles pointed, the middle is divided into enamelment, exchange, deception, wave, sink, then, side, positive, that is, the so-called "compass eight wonders", can fix the mountain and water, break the gold and break the bronze. Therefore, it is not a formal feng shui sect, and very few people know how to use the compass.
Master Xia looked at Du Yan coldly, if Du Yan could only use Tugui and did not have a compass, it would mean that Du Yan was really just a master in the tomb robbery line, and Yu Feng Shui was what he himself called a rough technique. Feng Shui and tomb robbing are related, but they are two completely different knowledge. And he is the opposite of Du Yan, what he is good at is feng shui, and Du Yan is the number one master of tomb robbery in Zhongnan. Master Xia knew that if he wanted to enter the ancient tombs smoothly and see the treasures of the legendary Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum, the full set of nine dragons, nine phoenixes and eighteen plates, he still had to rely on the cooperation of two people.
Du Yan stuck Tugui on the ground, the misty moonlight stretched Tugui's shadow, Du Yan couldn't stop curling his fingers and calculated, he had already concluded that the ancient tombs were on the top of the back mountain, but it would take some work to find the specific best entrance. After a while, Du Yan stepped on a grave again, raised his eyes to look at the Lushan Pavilion, and suddenly lost his voice and said, "Strange, how can it be there?" ”
Master Xia finally said: "Mr. Du, looking at your method of measuring Tugui, the feng shui technique you have learned should be the side branch of the "Funeral Sutra", right?" ”
Du Yan was taken aback, and suddenly looked back at Master Xia, he didn't expect that just in the use of the earth-shaking method, Master Xia would see what he had learned, "Bachelor's Law, who are you?" In his eyes, since Master Xia was also invited by that group, he should also be among his peers, but he never thought that there were any masters surnamed Xia in other places besides the Central and Southern regions.
Master Xia smiled, "Tugui first appeared in the "Book of Burial", and there is a saying in it that Tugui measured its method. In addition to the summer solstice, the twenty-four solar terms are divided into scales, in fact, after Tugui, the use of feng shui to explore the acupoints gradually evolved into a jade ruler. ”
Du Yan was shocked again, "Tugui measures its orientation, and the jade scale is flawed, could it be that you are too, in the vein of Guo Pu in the "Funeral Sutra"?" In the tomb robbery line, he is known as the "poisonous eye break", but in fact, in feng shui, he can be called a master in the tomb robbery world, but when he really faces the feng shui master, he is still only the first master in the tomb robbery world. "Tugui measures its direction, and the jade scale is flawless", this sentence is also from the "Funeral Sutra", but for the jade ruler, each sect and even the same brother and sister, the use is different, each does its own thing, and refuses to show it easily, so it is a bit of a mysterious taste.
Master Xia also flipped his hand and took out an eight-inch-long, scissor-like thing from his bag, which at first glance looked very much like the handle of scissors, and the two handles could be flipped down at right angles. Master Xia lightly supported the ruler handle left and right, and turned the direction of the other ruler with his right hand, but after taking a few steps around, suddenly it seemed that there was a force that pulled the ruler handle in the air and pointed it forward.
Walking forward in this direction, the ruler handle finally pointed to the tomb of the Lu prefect's mansion in the front, and when he came to the tombstone of the Lu prefect's mansion, the ruler handle in Master Xia's hand drooped in the ground, and one of them was at a 90-degree right angle, inserted into the ground, and the position was only two trees away from the tombstone of the Lu prefect's mansion.
Master Xia said, "Mr. Du, if there is no accident, this is the entrance to the underground tombs, and the rest is yours." ”
Du Yan was shocked in his heart, he already knew that Master Xia's attainments in feng shui were more than one level higher than his own, and he was likely to be the descendant of the real feng shui sect. It's not like he's just a branch of the "Book of Burials", and what he has learned is just scratching the surface.
Du Yan took out four long iron nails from his backpack, as if they were used to nail coffins, and took out a small iron hammer. Circling around Master Xia's jade ruler with the shape of a scissor, he had already calculated the diameter distance at the entrance in his heart. Although he didn't know what Master Xia's jade ruler was called, the jade ruler had always been the most secret instrument in Feng Shui, and the one it referred to must be the center of the dragon vein knot point.
Du Yan picked up a long nail and drew a square with a diameter of about one meter on the ground with Master Xia's jade ruler as the center. Master Xia pocketed the scissor-handled jade ruler. Du Yan's heart suddenly moved, and the golden scissors explored the acupoint! Could it be that this Master Xia is actually the rumored sect? He shook his head secretly, it would be a coincidence if that was the case. Gathering his mind, Du Yan picked up a long nail and a hammer, and nailed one to each of the four corners of the square he painted.
Luo Jianyang and Master Xia both watched Du Yan's actions with interest, but what Master Xia paid attention to was the hammer in Du Yan's hand and the four long nails that had been nailed into the soil.
Du Yan glanced at Master Xia, "In the tombs of the ancients, in the mausoleum, there is usually a secret passage left outside, which is used by those craftsmen to save their lives just in case, and the owner of this mausoleum tomb does not know." This custom has survived from the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, and a large number of them have become a rule for craftsmen, regardless of the size of the tomb, there will be a secret mausoleum. ”
Speaking of this, Du Yan took out another long nail, but this long nail was as thick as a radish, he inserted the iron nail in the middle of the square, raised the iron hammer and smashed it. With the sound of "dang", the square suddenly collapsed silently, and when the dust slowly dissipated, a hole was revealed.