Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Tomb of the Lu Clan
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"I don't want to die if you're big. Do you even drink water? β
The monk was taken aback by me, he took the water cup in a daze, just took a sip, and suddenly raised his head and asked me, "Lao Tzu is not dead?" Isn't this a dream? β
I was already helpless, so I pinched him.
"How? Is it a dream? β
The monk crossed his arms, his eyes still full of disbelief.
"But I remember..., by the way, what about the gargoyles?" He said as he turned his head back and forth to look around. When he saw the guards lying on the ground, he was stunned. The monk was a smart man, and he could guess what was going on without me telling him.
"How long did I sleep?"
I thought about the time and replied, "Three days and three nights." β
He muttered "no wonder" to himself, then sniffled again and asked me, "Are you stealing food behind my back?" So fragrant? As he spoke, he stared at the pot of beef soup I had boiled for Master and Cassia.
He leaned over and took a deep breath, looking greedy.
"Damn, where did you get the beef?"
Cassia said that if you kid wants to eat, just say it, don't fucking scream, it's really hypocritical.
The monk smiled: "It's not that you can't open your mouth." β
Cassia turned a white smoke at him, and said, I don't know your virtue? Eat it if you want, this pot of soup is for you anyway.
The monk was not polite to us, he was indeed hungry. That eating appearance, I'm afraid even the pig will be ashamed of itself. He quickly ate all of the pot, and there was not even soup left.
In the past four days, the monk's body has recovered quickly. Because they were all skin injuries, so far, his body is basically fine, only the guards who are still unconscious remain. The good news is that two days ago, his fever had subsided, and his breathing had slowed down and gradually stabilized. If nothing else, it should wake up soon.
"Monk, what are your plans next? Is it with us? Or are you going it alone? β
The monk glanced at me and smiled, "What? Reluctant to let me go? β
Cassia was glad when he heard this.
"You're funny, bald, you're fucking thicker than the walls. If you want to go it alone, we won't keep you. But you have to think about it, if something happens to you, don't expect us to save you. β
The monk still had that smiling face, he burped, and said indifferently: "You don't have to worry about it, I have my own plan." But since you have begged me, I may consider reluctantly staying. But we have to say the conditions in advance, touch the baby, and divide it into five.
I was so angry and funny in my heart, and I said that this person is really a living treasure. Obviously, he wanted to stay, but he didn't admit it with a dead face, saying that we begged him. But it's good if he is willing to stay, this kind of place, one more person, one more strength.
Then, a few of us began to discuss what to do next. After exchanging information with each other, the monk reluctantly discovered that Cassia and I knew almost nothing, and we could say that we didn't know anything about the entire underground palace. He wondered how we had managed to get here. And I think Master should know something, but Master didn't get involved in our discussion.
"That means you don't know who the main master of this underground Xuan Palace is?"
I nodded. The monk looked very speechless, he spread his hands helplessly, and said, "I really don't understand what you think?" I didn't know anything, so I followed me in a daze. β
Cassia said, "Listen to you, you seem to know who is buried underneath this?" β
The monk patted his chest and said, "Of course, I never fight unprepared battles. Let me tell you, not only do I know the true owner of this palace, but I also know some things that you can't possibly know. β
"Tell me about it"
"Have you ever heard of it? A long time ago, there was an ancient country in Nanyang called 'Lu Kingdom'. β
"Lu Guo?" I shook my head at the same time as Cassia and I hadn't heard it.
The monk gave us both a blank look. "I haven't heard of this, so do you know Liu An, the king of Huainan?"
Cassia still shook his head, he had never been interested in any of this. But I have a little impression of the name.
"Liu An? Is it Liu An who wrote "Huainanzi"? β
The monk said: "Yes, yes, yes, it's him." Then do you know how this Huainan King Liu An died? β
"I guess it's suicide." I remember that this Liu An seemed to want to take the throne of his nephew, and later the plan was leaked, and he was forced to commit suicide.
"What? What is the connection between this King of Huainan and the underground palace under Nanyang Dushan? You can't hit it with eight poles. β
The monk smiled: "Things are not as simple as you think, listen to me tell you slowly." β
The monk said that according to the information he looked for. This place in Nanyang, in the Xia Dynasty, was divided by Emperor Dayu to one of his four major cadres "Boyi", and Boyi was named "Lu Hou" and built Lu State. The existence of the state of LΓΌ was very long, from the Yuxia to the Spring and Autumn period was annexed by the Chu state to the north, there is a history of about 1,500 years of founding of the country, it can be said that it has gone through the Xia, Shang, Zhou, three ancient dynasties of the change.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the state of LΓΌ was destroyed by King Wen of Chu. And after King Wen of Chu destroyed the Lu State, he discovered the secret of the Lu royal family that had not been passed on for thousands of years.
"Oh? What secret? "Cassia came to interest.
When the monk said this, he deliberately lowered his voice and said, "The Tomb of the Lu Clan." β
After King Wen of Chu learned the secret of the Lu royal family, he sent people to Dushan, and according to the guidance of the Lu family, he walked through the underground labyrinth and saw the huge mountain cave that was called the "Temple of Heaven" by the Lu family. The "Heavenly Temple" is the gate hall of the Lu Clan's Tomb, the last checkpoint leading to the entrance of the Tomb. And in the Heavenly Temple, there is the guardian spirit left by King Lu, which is the "Baitou Hebo" we encountered before and the gargoyle that almost wiped out our army.
"You mean, those monsters were all raised by King Lu?"
The monk nodded, and he said that although there were many mechanisms in the Heavenly Palace, the Chu army had already prepared and easily cracked the various mechanisms in the Heavenly Palace, and King Chu Wen also built a sacrificial platform in the "waterless pool" in the Heavenly Palace.
When he said this, I naturally thought of the mural, and said that the background of the original mural was like this, and the group of armor soldiers in the mural must be the Chu army, so the person standing on the sacrificial platform at that time was the king of Chu Wen?
"And what about later? Did King Wen of Chu find the tomb of the Lu family? β
The monk nodded and continued, after the Chu army broke through the Heavenly Temple, they did find the entrance to the Lu Divine Tomb, and King Chu Wen also brought something out of the Divine Tomb.
Cassia immediately asked, "What is it?" Could it be an elixir? The elixir of longevity? β
The monk shook his head and said, "It's a character." Do you remember the bronze coffin on the altar? The pattern engraved on the outer coffin was brought out by King Wen of Chu from the tomb of the gods at that time. β
When I heard the monk say this, I was immediately confused. All this time, I kept wondering what that symbol meant. Now when the monk said this, I was completely confused. Cassia was confused, he wasn't very impressed with that character, but he still didn't understand.
"What did he bring that thing out for?"
The monk said he didn't know either. As for what King Chu Wen saw after entering the Divine Tomb, I'm afraid no one knows except himself. And after King Wen of Chu brought out that character from the tomb of the gods, the exploration of the tomb of the Lu family by the state of Chu was terminated, and no one knew what the reason was, and the tomb of the Lu family was forgotten from then on. It was not until the fourteenth year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, that is, in the second year of Yuan Shuo, that a guest from the nobles of the ancient Chu State found Liu An, the king of Huainan at that time, that the secret of the tomb of the Lu family was revealed again.
Why Ang Liu? Because Liu An was the king of Huainan at that time, he recruited wise men, and had 3,000 diners, and his long-cherished wish was to live forever and become immortals. After Liu An learned of this news, he began to work on how to find the tomb of the Lu Clan.
Liu An was the king of Huainan, and the tomb of the LΓΌ clan was far away in Nanyang, not in his fiefdom. If troops were sent directly into the Nanyang area, it would definitely arouse the suspicion of the central court. But someone came up with a very powerful plan for Liu An, so that Liu An not only relied on this to lead troops across the border, but also swaggered to engage in civil engineering in Dushan.
I asked the monk what was so powerful?
The monk smiled and asked me, "Do you know who is buried in the underground palace above?" β
"Above?" I thought about it for a while, but I only remember that the fourth child said that there was a female corpse buried there, and her identity was not mentioned.
The monk saw that Cassia and I were stunned and didn't speak, so he said slowly: "Liu An's daughter, Liu Ling." β
"Liu An's daughter? Are you saying that the king of Huainan buried his daughter here? But does that have anything to do with his plans? β
At this time, the monk laughed very obscenely: "Under normal circumstances, it must have nothing to do with it." But this Liu Ling had a very unusual relationship with Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty at that time. In addition, in terms of seniority, Liu Che still has to call Liu An an uncle. Is it reasonable for Liu An to engage in civil engineering in Dushan on the grounds of building a tomb for Liu Ling? β
It dawned on me that this was the kind of relationship. The meaning of the monk is actually very simple, Liu An's daughter Liu Ling had an ambiguous relationship with Liu Che, the head of the Central Committee at that time, and Liu An was Liu Che's uncle, so if he wanted to build a tomb for his daughter in Dushan, it was actually a matter of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. With the relationship between Liu Ling and Liu Che, this matter must have been approved. Liu An, on the other hand, used the construction of the tomb as a shield to openly search for the tomb of the Lu family in the underground mountain range of Dushan.
"The plank road is repaired in the light, and the plank road is in the dark. This old boy is playing beautifully. Cassia finally understood what the monk meant.
"And what happened then? Liu An put his daughter on the line, so did he find the tomb of the Lu family? β
"I don't know. There are two kinds of last records about Liu An in history, one is as you just said, he failed in his rebellion and was forced to commit suicide; Another theory is that he and a few of his older disciples took the elixir, and finally feathered and ascended to immortality. This statement actually contains another explanation, that is, after he entered the tomb of the gods, he never came out of it. β