Chapter Forty-Eight: The Gate of the Underworld
"What did you find?"
We all gathered around to take a look, and found that it was exactly what Qian Bi said, and there seemed to be something engraved on the copper ring of this stove.
What does the word mean? The engraving is also too small. Qian Nas's eyes were not good, and he stared at it for a long time.
"Get out of the way and let Xiaoliang take a look." Wei Cripple said impatiently.
I squeezed in from behind the two of them and looked at the writing on the bronze ring.
"It's written on it with a small seal, but the penmanship structure should be with a little ancient Jurchen, so it's extremely difficult to recognize." I carefully identified it and found that the twelve earthly branches written on it were Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai neatly arranged around the dragon's head.
Some people write "earth branch", which means the fork of the stem, which is actually "branch", the branch of support. The role of the earth itself, that is, the role of the moon and the earth in the solar system, and the relationship between solar terms, were recorded by the ancients with the earth branch.
In ancient times, the earthly branch was used for a wide range of purposes, with yin and yang can be used to make eight trigrams, with the five elements can be familiar with feng shui, with the four directions can be derived from feng shui.
Since this bronze ring is engraved with a small seal, it must not be the product of Su Shen's own self.
Such a huge and delicate Dan furnace must be a product of the Qin Dynasty, but since it is a Dan furnace of the Qin Dynasty, why was it not designed according to the shape of the furnace in the round sky at that time? And why did it take the shape of a coffin and place it in the coffin of the owner of the tomb? Is the real coffin of the tomb owner really hidden on the cliff wall of the beams and pillars of the thousand dragons ascending to the sky, as Wei lame said? And these elixirs, who are they left for to eat? Could it be that the owner of the tomb is really alive?
One mystery after another, I couldn't help but feel a little confused.
Are some of the classic records in history really legends?
In ancient China, how many crystals of wisdom were lost, which surpassed our modern society?
"Little seal? Are you sure? What is written on it are the twelve earthly branches? "When Wei lame heard me say this, it seemed that there was something important in his discovery, and five slender and thin fingers pinched my shoulders like eagle claws.
"I'm sure, this must be Xiao Seal."
Wei Cripple's shriveled face showed a hint of a strange expression: "I don't dare to guarantee that my guess is right, you come over and take a look with me." ”
We followed Wei Cripple to the side of the copper coffin quickly, and Wei Cripple turned on the flashlight to shine on the pattern on it.
I also looked at the relief that Wei Cripple was referring to, and I felt that there was nothing special about it, it was nothing more than an abstract totem such as a tiger pounced on a rabbit and a python wrapped around a horse.
"Look, the tiger pounces on the horse, and the snake swallows the rabbit! What does that mean? ”
"What's the point, the animals are hungry and eat each other." Qian Nose touched his big nose and said.
"Fart."
"Well, that shows the cruelty of nature, this tomb owner Lao Er is showing off his strength, he is a big tiger, and we are little white rabbits. We can't escape the palm of his old monster. Qian Nose said again.
Wei lame didn't bother to pay attention to him, and explained directly: "In the five elements of yin and yang, Yin Mao is wood, Yin is yang wood, and Mao is Yin wood. The noon is a fire, the noon is the yang fire, and the yin fire is the yin fire. ”
"Look at the flames on this snake and the leaves rolled up by this tiger...... Wei Cripple said, reaching out to the unusual place on the tiger and the snake.
"Huh! That's true! So what does it mean that this yang fire burns yang wood, and yin fire burns yin wood? Qian Nose asked.
Wei lame pinched his chin and muttered for a moment: "I can understand Yangmu and Yanghuo, but what is this Yinhuo Yinmu?" ”
"Hurry up and move on." Qian Nose didn't give Wei Cripple a chance to think.
Wei Cripple continued to look down, pointed to the fierce monkey with both hands in the pig's neck and said, "You see that the Shen monkey is yang gold, and the Hai pig is the water of extreme yin, and it is yin and yang!" ”
"Metal, water, wood, fire...... There is no earth! Xia Jiujiu came to his senses and said.
"In the gossip, it is said that because the birth gate is in the Gen Palace, Gen is the soil; The door of death is in Kun Palace, and Kun is earth. Born in the soil, died in the soil! Therefore, the two doors that this dragon head ring refers to, one is the door of life and the other is the door of death! Should we choose? Wei Cripple's face was a little ugly, this door of life and death, you don't need to explain it.
Although the door of life does not necessarily represent life, and the door of death may not necessarily die, but in this ancient tomb, talking about death seems to make people's hearts a little pimple.
"That's not right! There are only eight of the twelve earthly branches on this picture, and there are four more scales on the dragon's head! I asked, a little confused.
"Chenxu ugly is not the soil, Chenxu is the yang soil, and the ugly is not the yin soil. Weixu is dry soil, and ugly is wet soil. Those who are dry hide fire in them, and those who are wet hide water in them. Wei Cripple shook his head and said.
"Speak human words!" Qian Nose glared and waved his hand.
"It means that these four kinds of earth represent the yang world and the hell world!"
"Then of course we choose the Yang Realm! What is the Yang Realm? Tatsuki, huh? Let's hurry up and see if the faucet pull ring can turn here. Qian Nose said excitedly.
Wei Cripple grabbed Qian Nose and said lightly: "Don't look at it, I have already noticed it just now, the parallel position of this dragon head pull ring is the Chenxu position!" Now if we want to turn, it is also to choose the Yin Earth! ”
"What? Choose Yin Earth!? Are you crazy about your mother? If you want to go to hell, don't pull Lao Tzu as a back. When Qian Nose heard that Wei Cripple was going to choose Yin Earth, he was instantly frightened. Hurriedly stopped him and said.
"Even if we don't choose Yin Earth now, we have already fallen into the ghost curse, this ghost licking head is said to have an ominous power, the death of Wang Cannon, we still haven't figured out what is going on, and you have a money nose to go crazy. Liang Jiu was haunted by a water ghost by the lake, this should be caused by the curse of the ghost licking his head, although we are fine now, but who can guarantee that next time, the next time the curse occurs, it will not die tragically? ”
Qian Nose snorted: "Then according to what you say, it's good to choose the Netherworld and Hell?" Then we might as well just hit our heads and die. ”
Xia Jiujiu, who was silent on the side, suddenly spoke: "The anode gives birth to yin, and the cathode produces yang, and I also agree with Uncle Wei's statement." ”
Qian Nabi had no tricks, so he put his hope on me, turned his head and asked: "Xiaoliang, you have studied the culture of prudence, you say, whose opinion do you agree with?" ”
The eyes of the three of them were focused on me, and I scratched my head: "I feel that since this bronze furnace tripod is used for alchemy, then there must be a place to add medicine and fuel, since this furnace tripod is so heavy, maybe the pull ring controls the mechanism such as the lid of the raw materials." So I opened it up and took a look. ”
When Qian Da Nose heard that I agreed, he raised his hands helplessly, and looked depressed: "Yes, there are many of you, just open it, but Grandpa Qian has something to say first, in case it is broken and something happens, then don't expect Grandpa to save you." ”
Wei Cripple didn't listen to his ramblings, and walked directly around him towards the place where the dragon head pulled the ring.
Xia Jiujiu and I also surrounded him to watch him go around the ring.
As the ring was twisted by him, there was a sound of the gear turning with a click.
At the moment when the pointer stopped at Chouwei, our hearts rose to our throats, and we didn't dare to look at this coffin-like bronze furnace.
Kela!!
Just when we thought that nothing would happen and we were about to breathe a sigh of relief, a strange smell suddenly erupted from above the bronze furnace ding......
Immediately after, a crack suddenly opened in the closed bronze furnace body! The lid above is moving!;