Chapter 129: The Land of the Dead
"Uncle, drink tea. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
A young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes took a cup of hot tea and respectfully handed it to Uncle Li with both hands.
Uncle Li nodded and motioned for him to put the teacup down.
Housheng put the teacup in front of Uncle Li and turned to leave.
Uncle Li leaned on the cover, inhaling an oxygen cylinder, squinting at the bonfire in front of him.
The cold weather on the plateau was just too hard to bear. Such a harsh environment, for his old bones is still a little too reluctant, he has been practicing since he was a child, not smoking, not drinking, he loves this skin very much, and finally he can't withstand the erosion of the years.
Looking at the dozen or so young people around him, Uncle Li couldn't help but sigh secretly, it's good to be young!
Jin Guoqiang took the map and walked over with a frown, "Uncle Li, is there anything wrong with your feelings?" We stray too far off the route. ”
Two days after Group A's departure, Uncle Li said that he had made a "major discovery", and used his unique ability to find dragons and points to see feng shui, leading the team all the way to the northern foot of the Gangdis Mountains.
This route deviated far from their intended direction, but Jin Guoqiang knew nothing about archaeology and had to trust the instincts of Feng Shui expert Li Tianming.
"Captain Jin, the old man has been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for decades, and his vision has never been wrong, believe me, this route is the route passed by the German expedition back then. I, Li Tianming, will take fifty years of archaeological reputation with you! ”
Jin Guoqiang sat down helplessly, frowning and studying the map in his hand. I thought to myself, your reputation for decades is a fart, and the mission of the expedition is the big deal!
The old guy can't be left to his own devices, and tomorrow he will have to re-route according to the original plan - I don't know what happened to the other two teams.
It's been a few days since the departure, and the three teams have found nothing, and their emotions have been deeply damaged, and at this pace, it is very likely that nothing will be found, and it seems that the low profile of the upper authorities for this expedition is justified.
Even with a large amount of information, it is still difficult to put it into practice. Searching for traces of Nazi troops on the vast Tibetan plateau is like looking for a needle in a haystack. It is true that the march and battle and the arrangement of troops are not worthwhile, but when it comes to exploration, it is really like a mountain separation, and the initial estimate is still too optimistic.
I just heard from the staff that Group C reported that an anomaly had been discovered, and Su Rui and they are currently in contact with the locals and may be able to obtain some valuable information.
In the report, Su Rui positioned this operation as B-, which means that there may be certain risks, and he will continue to report on the progress at the agreed time tomorrow.
Thinking of Lao Wang and Ziyang's appearance, Jin Guoqiang's brows furrowed again, originally this group was just an addition, could it be that the breakthrough would be there? But can these two guys handle it? Although Ah Chong and Su Rui are there, the overall strength and equipment configuration of this team are too weak......
Looking at Jin Guoqiang's worried appearance, Uncle Li said: "Captain Jin, don't worry, the old man is going all out this time, and he is surrounded by elites, and no clues can escape our eyes." “
After taking a sip of tea, he continued: "The archaeology industry pays attention to the right time and place, and many times you need to be patient, and being anxious will be bad...... Come, have a cup of tea to warm up, this is the best hair tip I specially brought from the mainland. ”
Uncle Li took another sip of tea and handed the cup to Jin Guoqiang.
Jin Guoqiang took the cup from Uncle Li's hand, and saw that most of the remaining half cup of tea was orange and transparent, faintly exuding a fragrance.
I haven't drunk water for a long time, and I am indeed a little thirsty, so I raised my glass and drank it all.
Seeing Jin Guoqiang finish drinking the tea, Uncle Li showed an imperceptible smile on his lips.
Staring at the jumping light of the campfire, Uncle Li habitually turned the wrench on his thumb with his left hand, and his thoughts returned to decades ago......
At that time, he was still young, only seventeen or eighteen years old, and he was full of energy like these young men in front of him.
At that time, he was not called Uncle Li, his name was Li Tianming, and his three elder brothers Tianfan, Tianqing, and Tianfu were collectively known as the Four Tigers of the Li family.
Of course, there are also people who include their father Li Zhenbei, collectively known as the Li Five Tigers.
The Li family is a well-known "famous family" in a radius of hundreds of miles in the Bishan generation, and their family is famous not because of money, nor because of power, but because of "craftsmanship" - this craft is called tomb robbery!
Pishan has been a paradise for the dead since ancient times, and the word Pi is the land of the dead.
As the saying goes: there is heaven above, and there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below.
As the saying goes: Born in Suzhou and Hangzhou, buried in the north.
This north is Li Tianming's hometown.
Beibi has been an excellent place for funerals since ancient times, from princes and emperors to literati and writers, all hope to be buried in Bishan after death, in today's words, Beibi is China's No. 1 underground CBD.
There are many reasons why Beibi has such a high reputation in the funeral world.
First, the natural conditions here are good, the mountains in the north are the remaining veins of the Qinling Mountains, the mountains here are gentle, the soil is thick and compact, not easy to seep water, and it is very easy to seal - it is an excellent tomb geology.
The second is that the feng shui here is good.
Chinese are the most particular about feng shui, and even in the modern era of advanced technology, feng shui customs are still popular in big cities such as Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
All high-rise buildings with specifications are selected and even designed by a special feng shui master, ordinary people may not know that in China, an architect (designer), if you don't understand feng shui, you are not considered a beginner, this is the default rules.
This is the case today, and even more so in the ancients, the best feng shui place in China is the dragon vein, and Bishan is a dragon vein, and it is a main dragon vein.
There are three major dragon veins in China.
There is a northern dragon on it. Starting from Kunlun, it passes through Qinghai, Gansu, Shanxi, Hebei, and Eastern Provinces, and finally spreads to the Korean Peninsula. Some feng shui masters even believe that the Northern Dragon horoscope is even in charge of Japan.
On the north dragon vein, there is a city that occupies the dragon's eye, that is, Beijing, which has been the capital of the Yan Kingdom since the Warring States Period.
After that, the Jin Dynasty set the capital of Beijing, known as the central capital;
The capital of the Yuan Dynasty was Beijing, which was called the capital;
The capital of the Ming Dynasty was Beijing, known as Shuntianfu;
The Qing Dynasty made its capital Beijing...... The rest of the history is well known.
Corresponding to the northern dragon vein is the southern dragon vein.
The southern dragon vein enters the sea through Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu.
The territory of this dragon tube is very wide, Shanghai and Nanjing in the north, and Hong Kong and Guangzhou in the south.
The two dragon veins face each other in the north and south, each with its own fortune. The main mountain of the north dragon vein, and the main water of the south dragon vein.
Mountains and rivers are mountain dragons, and rivers are water dragons. The mountain dragon is noble and low, and the water dragon is rich and poor.
Therefore, Beijing is the place where the mountains and dragons gather, showing the atmosphere of officials and nobles.
And Shanghai is the place where the Yangtze River water dragon breathes, showing the gas of wealth.
Therefore, since ancient times, there has been a feng shui saying that the North Dragon is in charge of politics and military; Nanlong manages the economy and finance, and its fortune can be seen from the perspective of the development of various dynasties and generations in history.
The dragon vein, from Minshan to Guanzhong, to Qinshan into the sea, Shaanxi, Henan and other places are its main areas.
Each big dragon vein has a dry dragon, a branch dragon, a real dragon, a fake dragon, a flying dragon, a hidden dragon, and a flash dragon.
There have been at least 24 dynasties in Chinese history, and if each dynasty has one dragon vein, then China has at least 24 dragon veins.
According to the statistics of feng shui experts, the dragon veins of the Yellow Emperor are in the Yellow River Valley of the Central Plains; The dragon vein of Dayu is in the Yellow River Basin, in the area of Zhongyue Songshan; The dragon vein of Shang Tang is in the Yellow River Valley; The dragon vein of the Zhou Dynasty was in Qishan; The dragon vein of the Qin Dynasty was in Xianyang; The dragon vein of the Han Dynasty was in Feng County; The dragon vein of the Western Jin Dynasty is in Hanoi; The dragon vein of the Sui Dynasty is in Hongnong; The dragon veins of the Tang Dynasty were in Chang'an, Longxi, and Taiyuan; The dragon veins of the Song Dynasty were in Kaifeng, Gongyi, and Luoyang; The dragon veins of the Yuan Dynasty were in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia; The dragon vein of the Ming Dynasty was in Fengyang, Anhui; The dragon vein of the Qing Dynasty was in the northeast.
The reason why there are so many dragon veins is because the specific location of the dragon veins cannot be determined, and this is because the range of dragon activities is unpredictable, but one thing is that most of the dragon veins are born by mountains and rivers.
Every dynasty has a dragon vein, which seems to have become a necessary condition for governing the country and leveling the world.
Since Qin Shi Huang was called the "ancestral dragon" and Han Gaozu called himself a "dragon species", the dragon has become a symbol of the monarch and the emperor.
As a result, the dragon vein has another meaning, that is, it refers to those who have produced emperors (or may have emperors), or can bury emperors and protect the descendants of the royal family.
As a result, the reigning emperor made great efforts to "find the dragon and explore the cave" for himself, that is, to find a "ten thousand years of auspicious land" for himself and his descendants to bury the "treasure body".
There is a dragon vein, then there is also a broken dragon, which is the so-called "burying gold and changing the name to build a temple, digging up the dragon vein to vent the king's anger".
Every change of dynasty seems to be a change in the dragon vein, and in the history and culture of China and even the world, there is a belief in divine power. The dragon vein is a metaphor and symbol of divine power. You can see its importance.
And Li Tianming's hometown Bishan is located on the main vein of Zhonglong.
Luoyang, where Pishan is located, is the arch guard of the four mountains, and the river is melodious.
Pishan is the confluence of its dragon veins, and it is broad and thick, and it is full of imperial feng shui.
There are four waters next to it: Yi, Luo, Qian, and Jian.
The so-called feng shui feng shui, relying on the mountains and facing the water, can naturally hide the wind and gather qi.
It is precisely because Bishan is the dragon of dragons that since the Zhou Dynasty, the emperor began to build his capital here, and King Ping of Zhou moved here from Dijing.
Later, the Qin Dynasty rose, and Zhonglong rose in Shaanxi. Xianyang and Chang'an became the most prosperous cities. At this time, Luoyang was famous, but it had not yet reached the height of Chang'an. The first to make Luoyang and Chang'an rise together was Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Starting with Liu Xiu, Luoyang has become the brightest star in China's theocratic field for a thousand years. Many emperors of all dynasties built their capitals here, which is the ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties.
Imperial art is closely related to Feng Shui.
Feng Shui is said to be mysterious, and it is rare for ordinary people to get a glimpse of it. And the dragon point is the secret of the feng shui master, so the so-called "feng shui treasure land" is also difficult for mortals to know.
There are so many dragon veins in China, but only the mountain is unique, famous and shocking the world, and has become a treasure land known to all Chinese, and the reason is probably also due to those literati and inkers.
Han Yu wrote a poem "Gift Jia Island": Meng Jiao died and was buried in Beibi Mountain, and since then he has been idle for a while.
Bai Juyi wrote "Hao Ge Xing": The virtuous, the foolish, the noble and the lowly are all gone, and the tomb in the north is high.
Cao Xueqin wrote about Lin Daiyu's death and sighed: At a young age, she became a village girl in Beibi.
Tao Qian's poem No. 4 of "Quasi-Ancient": "Once you are 100 years old, you will return to the north." ”
Ouyang Zhan's poem "Watching the Funeral": "What is sad and full of tears, and the floating life is the dust of the north." ”
The first play of Xu Wei's "Female Mulan": "Listening to the knife and killing the eyebrows, he sighed and said: 'The two of them are close to the north, and the girl is calm and gloomy. ’”
Wang Minyun's "Lamenting Jiangnan Fu": "The ghost is in the north, and the people are depressed in the east city. ”
Xijiangyue, one of the three great talents of the Ming Dynasty, also mentioned Beipi, because of its elegant atmosphere and profound meaning, it has also become the opening word of many traditional cross talks.
"The three emperors and five emperors of morality, the fame of the Xia Hou Shang Zhou. The five heroes are in the spring and autumn, and they rise and fall in an instant!
There are several lines of names and surnames in the history, and there are countless barren hills in the north. The fields of the predecessors were collected by the later generations, and it was said that the dragon was fighting for the tiger. ”
Because of such a reputation, those emperors, writers, and local tyrants have chosen the cemetery in Bishan, of course, the common people also want to pout themselves in Pishan, but there is no such condition.
Just like Beijing and Shanghai now, people with dreams all over the country are desperately squeezing in, and in such a big city, there are 2 or 30 million people piled up at once, and there is nowhere to live on the ground, and the basement is full of people.
The situation in Bishan is even worse than this, for thousands of years, the big people buried here have gathered more and more, although the mountain is big, but it can't withstand the large number of people.
Everyone is buried and buried, and good places are robbed, and it is inevitable that a meeting will be formed.
Since the Tang Dynasty, this place has been full, and basically you can poke a tomb with a rod in the ground. It is known as "the land where there are almost no lying cows".
The Tang Dynasty poet Wang Jian wrote a poem "Journey to the North", which described that "there is little idle soil on the top of the North Mountain, and it is full of old tombs of Luoyang people." There are many people in the old tombs, and there is no place for gold to be found. ”
In the Western Jin Dynasty, Zhang Zai said, "There are four or five in Gaoling." By asking whose grave it is, it is the lord of the Han Dynasty. ”
The Ming people directly said that they were all graves on the graves: "The wind is born on the north mountain, and the new mound is tired of the old mound." Where is the wealth so far, the broken monument is fragmented and savage farming. ”
Because there are many ancient tombs in Bishan, and the burials are all big people, it has also indirectly cultivated a local characteristic, the tomb robbery industry.
There is a saying that those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, and the development of a person's life has a great relationship with the environment.
If your family lives by the sea, then you have been able to swim since childhood.
If your family lives at the bottom of the mountain, then you will naturally climb trees.
If your family lives in Bishan, then you will rob the tomb when you are a child.
The people who live here are more or less a little skilled at tomb robbing. But those who can steal fame and style are rare.
The Li family is a famous family of tomb robbers, and they are unique.
From ancient times to the present, how long is the history of tombs, then how long is the age of tomb robbery, and the development to today is also classified into categories, what the southern and northern factions. Changsha Gang, Jiangning Gang, Lingnan Gang, Liaoshen Gang, Rehe Gang, Changping Gang, Huanluo Gang, Yanbei Gang, Guanzhong Gang, Lunan Gang.
There are also those who are divided into inside and outside the customs, and there are also those who are divided into Beijing factions and local factions.
The means of robbing tombs are also tricks, what is the division of gold and holes, moving mountains and mountains...... The tools are also varied, what Luoyang shovels, rat clothes......
And the reason why the Li clan can be unique in the land of tomb robbers is because they do not belong to any sect, but have their own faction.
The reason for such an achievement is because Li Zhenbei, the head of the Li family, is a once-in-a-century genius.