Chapter Eighty-Three: Blackwater City
The rooster cries and the lights go out, and the clothes are in hand, almost all of them are done at the same time, it is difficult to judge which one comes first and which one comes later, the "partridge whistle" tears off the black cloth covering the mouth, only to see those hungry wild cats, all lying on the body of the female corpse of the Southern Song Dynasty scratching and biting, and several, at the other end of the tomb, competing to bite the dead body of the wild cat that was killed before, "Partridge Whistle" is secretly frightened, where these are like cats, it is clearly a group of hungry ghosts.
Dogs and pigs will eat dead human flesh when they are hungry, at this time the rooster crows three times, and there will be no more corpse changes, the female corpse in this ancient tomb, with a "corpse pill" in her mouth, is restrained by the drug, and the corpse poison is accumulated inside the corpse, and it has not spread outward, so the female corpse is still well preserved, and these hungry cats eat her meat, and they will definitely be poisoned by the corpse and die.
"Partridge Whistle" thought to herself, this female corpse of the Southern Song Dynasty, the corpse poison is accumulating, thanks to the "corpse pill" and the "copper horn golden coffin" to suppress her, if she continues to bury the ancient tomb, sooner or later it will cause great harm, for the sake of the party, let these damn wild cats eat her clean, and finally die together, but also save Xu to trouble.
So the "partridge whistle" took the clothes folded, lifted the horse lantern on the coffin board, and drilled out of the thief hole, although the rooster has crowed at this moment, the sky is still very dark, the "partridge whistle" took advantage of the darkness to backfill the thief hole, sealed everything in the wild cat and the ancient tomb inside, and put the half of the wordless stele back in place, and then looked, there was no trace of moving.
Only then did he turn back to the "Wukuan Temple", saw Elder Chen, presented the clothes, recounted the original story of the night, and finally said to Elder Chen: "At the same time as the rooster cries and the lights go out, I took the clothes of the ancient corpse in my hand, and I can't tell which one is in front and which one is behind, and I dare not assert that I have not broken the rules, presumably the disciple has no chance to be taught by my teacher, if he does not die in the future, he will come to listen to my master's Zen principles again, and the disciple still has important things to do, so he will leave." ”
Elder Lichen has also been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and he was a top figure who was unexpectedly among the captains of the Golden School, and he was a top figure who called out the pure, listening to the words of "Partridge Whistle", how could he not understand what he meant, thinking that "Partridge Whistle" was also a figure that could be counted in the inverted bucket line, and he said this to retreat as advance.
Elder Lichen looked at the "Partridge Whistle" kneeling on the ground, which made Elder Chenchen think of what he looked like when he was young, almost exactly the same as the current "Partridge Whistle".
Elder Lichen has made up his mind since he heard the reason why the "partridge whistle" is a "mountain movers", one is because saving people from the sea of suffering is the purpose of Buddhism, since he knows the secret of the Zagrama tribe, he has no standing by, and the other is to cherish his skills, be frank, and do not hide the details of the lights and chickens at the same time to pick up the details, in this society with an ancient heart, it is really valuable, and the secret art of his own identity can be taught to him.
Elder Lichen helped the "Partridge Whistle" up from the ground and said to him: "Hurry up, please get up, although when the rooster lights go out, you can only touch the clothes, and it is not a bad rule to touch the gold, Master Zu just said that you can't touch the gold after the rooster lights go out, but he didn't say the word at the same time." ”
When the "partridge whistle" heard this, his heart was overjoyed, and he bowed his head and bowed to the teacher: "Thanks to my teacher's refusal to abandon and include the door wall, it is really a blessing for three lives, and the teacher is above, please accept the disciple's three worships." ”
Elder Lichen hurriedly stopped: "There is no need to make this big gift, touch the golden captain, since ancient times, there has only been a peer, there has never been a master and apprentice, unlike the one who moves mountains and unloads mountains, from master to apprentice, from generation to generation." Anyone who uses the means of touching the gold captain to fight backwards and abides by the rules of the gold school captain, it can be regarded as a peer, and Lao Na passes on your secret skills, which is the fate of the two of us, but it is only suitable for you to have the same door, and there is no name of master. ”
Although the "Partridge Whistle" was blocked by Elder Chen, he still insisted on making a big salute, and then stood solemnly with his hands down, listening to Elder Chen's teachings, Elder Chen's "Partridge Whistle" was very satisfied with the process of subduing the "Partridge Whistle" this time, and later he would incinerate the uniform of the female corpse of the Southern Song Dynasty, and recite a few mantras to make the corpse mutant die in bliss.
Elder Lichen just felt that the "Partridge Whistle" kicked the wild cat to death a little harder, and in any case, this thing was done to the extreme, so he talked about Buddhism to the "Partridge Whistle", and persuaded him to try to leave a way for the other party to live whenever he does it with others in the future, don't do it to the end, and do this is also to accumulate some yin blessings for himself.
"Partridge Whistle" has great respect for Elder Chen, but feels that Elder Dust has become a bit of a mother-in-law after becoming a monk, and it is worth making such a fuss about killing a cat, "Partridge Whistle" is quite unimpressed: "What is it to kill someone in his life, and to kick a wild cat in the way." But it was not easy to refute it, so I had to reluctantly listen to Elder Chen's talk about cause and effect.
I finally waited for Elder Chen's lotus-like Zen theory to come to an end, and then I explained the rules and means, taboos and avoidances, and various inheritances of the "Partridge Whistle" one by one, last time I said it briefly, this time I was tired of detailing, and explained thoroughly one by one:
Do the inverted fight, not so much people, but rather half-human and half-ghost, in the dark night when ordinary people are sleeping peacefully, only to enter the ancient tomb to touch the gold, one day can not finish the robbery hole, can be divided into ten days, but there is one, once into the tomb, after the rooster crows, you can't touch the coffin, because a world has a world law, the world after the rooster crows belongs to the yang, the yin of the night must be avoided at this time, this is called "yang people on the road, yin people avoid, rooster cries do not touch gold." "The world after the golden rooster is announced, it does not belong to the tomb robbers, if the rules are broken, the ancestor must be guilty, and these things must be believed, otherwise there will really be a day when you can't eat and walk around.
After entering the ancient tomb Xuangong, a lit candle must be placed in the southeast corner before the coffin is opened, one is to prevent the sudden increase of toxic gases in the Xuangong, and secondly, this is the ancestral master thousands of years ago, a default contract between the living and the dead, the candle is extinguished, indicating that the Ming weapon in the Xuangong can not be taken, if you insist on taking it, it is not impossible, if you have any trouble, you will bear it yourself, as long as the eight characters are hard enough, you can bring out the bright instrument after the lamp is extinguished, but it is extremely dangerous to do so, it can be said that you will die for a lifetime, There are a large number of ancient tombs in the world, and they can't afford to take their lives to the death, so this rule of "touching the gold" that is most valued by the "Captain Touching the Gold" is best to abide by. There is also the light and extinguishing of the candle flame, which can predict whether there will be a corpse transformation, as well as some vicious charms under the tomb, so it is not an exaggeration to say that the light of the candle is the life of the "Captain Touching Gold", and it is not an exaggeration to say that the candle must be lit in the inverted bucket, which is the biggest difference between the "Captain Touching Gold" and the rest of the tomb robbers.
Elder Lichen explained all the rules and means, the lip dictionary, and the use of special instruments, and the "partridge whistle" in mind one by one, and from then on, he had to bid farewell to the identity of the "mountain movers" and changed to "touch the gold captain".
Elder Lichen took out two "touch gold talismans" from his arms and said to the "partridge whistle": "This talisman is a thousand-year-old antiquity, learn the means of touching the gold school captain, at most half of the gold school captain, only wearing the touch gold charm is considered the authentic touch gold school captain, these two touch the gold talisman is the old man and a companion of the year, I have poured a lot of big fights, but it is a pity that twenty years ago he was in an ancient tomb in Luoyang in the soul nail mechanism, alas...... That old thing, don't mention it, this gold talisman will belong to you from the beginning, I just hope that you will fight and touch gold in the future, you must not break the rules of the line, and be worthy of the name of our gold captain. ”
"Partridge Whistle" hurriedly took the "Golden Talisman" with both hands, wore it respectfully on his neck, hid the meat, and fell to the ground again to thank Elder Chen.
Elder Lichen asked the "Partridge Whistle" some things in detail, all of which were the bonds between the ancient tribe and the "Ghost Cave" and "Yun Chenzhu", and then asked some about the situation of the Treasure Cave of the Western Xia Kingdom.
After listening to the explanation of the "partridge whistle", Elder Lichen nodded slowly: "The deeds of the dust beads, the old man has also heard of some, according to legend, the dust beads are also known as the phoenix gall, some say that the Yellow Emperor was left when he became immortal, and there are said to be thousands of feet of underground place, it is the ten thousand years of ancient jade that the mother of the earth has changed, and it is also said that it is the phoenix aura, all kinds of legends, all kinds of legends, inconsistent, its shape resembles a human eyeball, it is the first treasure in the world, when it was buried in Maoling, and later the Red Eyebrow Army excavated, the items in Maoling were scattered among the people, Unexpectedly, it ended up in the hands of the Western Xia royal family. ”
"Partridge Whistle" said to Elder Chen: "Most of the relatives in the disciple clan are entangled by the evil curse of the ghost cave, and they are all miserable when they die. The ancestors have been passed down from generation to generation, and this disaster is due to the big sacrificial wine in the clan back then, and they don't know what the dust beads are, but through the myth, they know the details of the ghost hole with an eyeball-shaped ancient jade, so they made a fake cloud dust bead to peek into the secret of the ghost cave, which caused this endless disaster. Later, the clan migrated to the Central Plains, only to learn that there is this artifact in the world, only to find the real dust beads, in order to try to eliminate the disaster of the ghost cave, since then everyone in the clan is to find the dust beads as a task, exhausted countless efforts, has never found anything, the disciple learned a few years ago, in the Song Dynasty, this dust beads have been flowing into the Western Xia, the Mongols also searched for the treasures of the Western Xia royal family, but those palace treasures were hidden extremely hidden, and the Mongols were never taught to find. Legend has a city in the Western Xia Heishui City, after being abandoned as a dead city, there is a temple near the Heishui City, called the Heishui River Tongtian Buddha Temple, the temple was originally used as a stronghold on the periphery of the Heishui City, rebuilt, at that time there was a minister in the Western Xia, named Yeli Yan, after Yeli Renrong, he passed through the Heishui City at night, Yeli Weiwei inspected the city, saw the periphery of the city ten miles away from the city, the three stars shine, there is a purple gas rushing between the clouds, then the construction of a large number of people, will be rebuilt there Tongtian Buddha Temple, I hope that I can be buried there after my death, but then the minister was killed by the dynasty surnamed Li, and the mausoleum built under the temple was always empty, and then the Heishui River was diverted, and most of the entire Heishui City was swallowed up by the sand, and it became an abandoned city.
After hearing this, Elder Lichen said to the "Partridge Whistle": "Heishui City is located between the Yellow River and Helan Mountain, with its head resting on the green mountains, stepping on the jade belt, and ending it is a piece of feng shui treasure land, the mausoleum of the Xixia nobles, absorbing the tombs of the Qin, Han, Li and Tang dynasties, the scale is magnificent, the layout is strict, and the Xixia people believe in Buddhism, which is deeply influenced by Buddhism, and at the same time has the national characteristics of the party to the people, so it is unique in the structure of the mausoleum, and it is difficult for future generations to peek into its mystery, just like the long-lost Xixia text, one by one, all like the Central Plains text, But it's more complicated than that. ”
"Partridge Whistle" replied: "It is exactly like this, a few years ago, a large number of foreigners colluded with horse thieves to loot the antiquities of Heishui City, dug up a total of seven pagodas, and plundered countless treasures in the tower, among which there are many literature and classics written in Western Xia, maybe there will be records about the dust beads, but unfortunately they have been lost overseas and cannot be found." If you can find the location of the tomb in the Heishui Tongtian Great Buddha Temple in the Western Xia classics, it will save a lot of troubles. ”
Elder Lichen said to the "Partridge Whistle": "The Xixia text has been lost for a long time, and there is no way to interpret it today, even if there is a clear record, there is no way to translate it, but there is a three-star glow, and the place where the purple air is soaring to the sky should be a dragon tower treasure hall, in order to touch the secret technique of dividing the gold and fixing the acupoint of the golden school captain, even if there is no trace on the ground, you can accurately find the treasure cave of the ancient tomb." ”
If you want to credit the gold acupoint, you must first learn from the most basic feng shui gradually learn, the art of feng shui is complicated and mysterious, not to be able to master it overnight, not to mention that it has to be learned for five or six years.
Elder Lichen knew that the "Partridge Whistle" was in a hurry, so he decided to go with him to Heishui City at the foot of Helan Mountain first, get the "Dust Bead" in his hands, and then slowly teach him the secret technique of dividing gold and fixing acupoints.
"Partridge Whistle" saw that Elder Chen wanted to help him, grateful, the two made a little preparation, and then set off, Elder Dust is a monk, on the way is still a monk dressed as a wandering fate, "Partridge Whistle" has always been a Taoist priest, but a monk walked together, it was inevitable to attract attention, so "Partridge Whistle" changed into a layman's costume, and served Elder Chen carefully along the way.
From Zhejiang to Helan Mountain, not to mention the mountains and rivers, fortunately, the elder of the dust was also a master of looking for the dragon and fighting backwards, although he was old, but his legs and feet were still neat, this day he was ready to abandon the car and change the boat when he arrived at Huangyang Bend, and took the ferry into the Yellow River, and planned to get off the boat at Wuxiang Fort, which was not far from the Heishui City under Helan Mountain.
When waiting for the ship in Huangyang Bay, looking at the twists and turns of the Yellow River in the distance, like a jade belt, it is heart-wrenching, Elder Lichen and the "Partridge Whistle" chatted about the local customs and people, and by the way, they told a story about the experience of being here.
At that time, Elder Chen was not yet a monk, he was a top-notch figure in the school captain who touched the gold, there was a nickname called "Flying Heaven", he went to various places to touch the gold, once he had to cross the Qingtong Gorge to the north of the One Hundred and Eight Towers, the locals all said that the river god of the Yellow River was extremely effective, and the passing ships had to throw some goods into the river in order to pass smoothly.
However, the boat that Elder Lichen took back then was a private boat selling hot soil, and he had never been to this section of the river before, and the boat boss was a salt lord, who was very stingy, and a boatman persuaded him to sacrifice to the river god, and the boat boss said that he would not throw the hot soil into the river in a bag, and only sprinkled a large salt particle.
That night in front of the Qingtong Gorge for a period of stay, came an old man wearing a green pimple hat thorns, usually people's heads of hat thorns, are red, and this old man on the head of the wearing a green, it looks very eye-catching, the old man holds a scoop in his hand, wants to find the boat boss to ask for a scoop of soil, the soil is a very valuable spice, how the boat boss is willing to give him plainly, even coax to drive the old man away.
Elder Lichen was kind-hearted when he was young, and when he saw that the old man was pitiful, he took out the money and asked the boat boss to buy a scoop of roasted soil, which could be used instead of lime to pad the bottom of the coffin, dry and long-lasting fragrance, at that time, Elder Lichen did not ask the old man what he wanted to do with the roasted soil, so he gave the old man wearing a green pimple hat and thorn a scoop, and the old man went with a thousand thanks.
The next day, the boat continued to move forward, to the Qingtong Gorge, but it was terrible, a giant turtle suddenly emerged from the river, and seven or eight houses connected together, the giant turtle rushed to the boat, and finally the whole boat was overturned before it was finished, the whole ship's cargo sank into the river, but none of the people on the boat died, they were all swept ashore by the river, and later people said that it was thanks to the dust elder who gave away that scoop of soil, and the ancestor of the river god was kind enough to let them go.
"Partridge Whistle" is also frightened to listen to, no matter how much ability you have, in this turbulent Yellow River can not be used, it can be seen that there is room for people to do things, suddenly remembered something, and asked Elder Chen: "The disciple heard that there are many taboos about taking a boat on the rivers, lakes and seas, such as not being able to say words such as overturning, overturning, and sinking. ”
Elder Lichen was about to answer, when suddenly the crowd of people waiting for the boat rushed forward, and the boat had already sailed, so the two of them stopped talking, and the "Partridge Whistle" supported Elder Chen, and followed the crowd to the boat.
At this time, the sky is clear, the sun is like fire, there is no wind and no waves on the river, the boat is very stable, there are many passengers on board, the "partridge whistle" and the dust elder do not like to be lively, pick up the place where there are few people, while watching the scenery along the Yellow River by the railing, while pointing out the feng shui situation, it is also very self-satisfied.
As he was talking, "Partridge Whistle" suddenly lowered his voice and said to Elder Chen, "There are ghosts on this ship. ”