In the meditation room, Kongming closed his eyes and was silent, and his two fingers kept counting a string of Buddhist beads.

After a long time, Zen Master Kongming slowly opened his eyes and muttered to himself: "The strange thing that the two donors said is really bizarre. Two donors, take a look, is there a mirror in the little monk's meditation room? ”

Although Li Bing and Zhao Wan'er were already familiar with this small and simple meditation room, they still subconsciously looked around and shook their heads.

Zen Master Kongming said slowly: "The mirror is an ominous thing, so in the temple precepts, no mirrors are allowed in the temple, and monks are not allowed to look in the mirror, so as not to invade the mind and mislead the practice." ”

"The little monk once heard the master say when he was young", the tone of the Zen Master Kongming was calm and peaceful: "But where the soul is wronged, the soul cannot be condensed, so it cannot appear in reality." But if you meet a mirror, you like to hide in the mirror, and over time, the grievance will gradually strengthen, and eventually you can use the mirror to possess the person who looks in the mirror, borrowing flesh and blood, for the world. ”

The muscles on Zhao Wan'er's face twitched obviously, and Li Bing noticed this small change, stretched out his right hand, and held Zhao Wan'er's hand tightly. Because he knows that being a beautiful woman and looking in the mirror is almost a daily necessity, so Li Bing held Zhao Wan'er's hand to make her feel less afraid.

Kong Ming still said leisurely: "The barbers and masters of the past generations have taught their disciples a rule, that is, when the haircut is finished and closed, a cloth must be taken and covered on the mirror, which is to prevent the wandering ghosts from seeing the mirror and hiding in it. It's just that today's barbershops, because they no longer believe in so-called superstitions, almost no one knows about this rule, so they don't use a cloth when closing. Even now, in home feng shui, it is not advisable to put the mirror facing the bed for sleep and rest. It is said that when men and women are happy, the gods avoid it, and it is the time when the yin energy is at its peak, and there is a fear that the ghosts of blood ghosts will invade. ”

At this time, Li Bing's mobile phone rang, and Professor Zhang's excited voice came from the other end of the phone: "Li Bing, the identification results are out, this bronze mirror is indeed a product of the early years of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Li Bing let out an "ah" and asked eagerly, "Professor Zhang, have you been able to verify the origin of this bronze mirror?" ”

Professor Zhang smiled proudly on the other end of the phone: "I have checked all the ancient documents, but there is no record of this bronze mirror. It was only in the archaeological notes left to me by my mentor that I discovered a secret, which my teacher heard from the local folklore when he was archaeological in Anhui. It turned out that due to Yan's untimely death and the prime of his youth, Zhu Yuanzhang was very sad, and ordered the craftsmen in the palace to create a very fine bronze mirror, as Yan's funeral object, and also allowed Yan to tidy up his makeup in Yinsi. ”

Li Bing's eyes were no longer scared at this time, and he asked excitedly: "Professor Zhang, why is this bronze mirror not in the tomb, but in Wang Jie's house?" ”

Professor Zhang said slowly: "There are also many legends recorded in the notes, saying that on the day of Yan's burial, the master of ceremonies in charge of the funeral found that there was a lack of this ancient mirror specially ordered by Zhu Yuanzhang, and he did not dare to slack off, and burned incense and prayed in front of Yan's spiritual seat, asking for Yan's forgiveness, and made a wish to find out about this matter, and finally the bronze mirror will be recovered and sent to Yan's mausoleum." ”

After the funeral, the ceremonial officer quickly reported the theft to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, and after he ascended the throne and became the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, he purged the officials and swore to kill all the corrupt officials in the world. Now, under his nose, he stole the funeral goods he specially gave to his deceased wife who had not passed through the door, and Long Yan couldn't help but be furious, and instructed the Criminal Department to find out the matter quickly. ”

"Folklore, it was stolen by Wang Bin, a great eunuch in charge of the procurement of the harem, and when he learned that Ming Taizu ordered a strict investigation, Wang Bin was afraid. Quietly bandaged the bronze mirror tightly with cowhide and sank into the well of his house. In the fourteenth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the completion of the imperial mausoleum built for himself in the Purple Mountain. The following year, Queen Ma died and was buried in this mausoleum. Because Queen Ma said 'filial piety', the name of the mausoleum is "filial piety". In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang died of illness and opened the underground palace to be buried with Queen Ma. ”

Li Bing couldn't help but interrupt: "Teacher, can you tell me what is the relationship between the Ming Tomb and this bronze mirror?" ”

Professor Zhang laughed: "Of course there is a relationship." After the death of Ming Taizu, his grandson Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's fourth son Zhu Di was named King of Yan, and he had twice waved his army to the north, and he was quite appealing in the army. Zhu Yunwen was afraid of long nights and dreams, so he hurriedly buried Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Tomb, and he ascended the throne the next day. When burying Zhu Yuanzhang, the great eunuch Wang Bin reported to the concubine who was in charge of part of the etiquette, saying that the little palace maid Ruizhu had secretly hidden the funeral goods of Emperor Taizu - a stone phoenix sun flower drum. Concubine Shu was furious and ordered Wang Bin to deal with it strictly. ”

The voice on the other end of the phone clearly reached the ears of the three people in this quiet and narrow meditation room, and Zhao Wan'er murmured: "Wang Bin? In the well of the house? Could it be that this Wang Bin is Wang Jie's ancestor? That mansion is the ancient house where Wang Jie lives now? ”

"Miss Zhao?" Professor Zhang's surprised voice came from the other end of the phone: "Miss Zhao's guess is quite reasonable, and it has inspired me a lot, but there is no information to verify yet." ”

Li Bing said puzzledly: "Won't it? Wan'er, didn't you hear Professor Zhang say that Wang Bin was a big eunuch, how could he have offspring? ”

Zhao Wan'er smiled disdainfully: "College graduate student, don't you know this?" In the TV series, the eunuchs of the Ming and Qing dynasties were also shown to marry wives and have children as long as they had a certain amount of power and money to make up for the humiliation of being eunuchs. ”

Li Bing smiled awkwardly, and Professor Zhang's laughter came from the phone: "Miss Zhao is really Bingxue smart, what you said about these palace secrets is not wrong at all." Those eunuchs are psychologically dark and envy the life of normal people. Therefore, they often use their power and money to buy a poor girl as a wife, which is completely window dressing, and then adopt a poor family child as his own son to pass on the incense. ”

Li Bing smiled and interrupted: "Professor Zhang, if you keep talking, what happened to that palace maid Ruizhu in the end?" ”

Only then did Professor Zhang continue solemnly: "Li Bing, these are not official histories, and there are no records in the wild history, but my teacher listened to the local folklore in Anhui and sorted them out. After a pause, he continued: "The great eunuch Wang Bin was ordered to set up a private torture hall in his home overnight, and the poor palace maid Ruizhu kept complaining about injustice, and was finally punished to death by Wang Bin with a cane of sixty and threw his body in the well. ”

"After Wang Bin reported to Concubine Shu, since Ming Taizu had been buried, it was impossible to open the door of the underground palace for this small burial object and alarm Taizu's heroic spirit, so he buried this small stone drum near the underground palace of Xiaoling."

When Li Bing and Zhao Wan'er heard this, they sighed, and the Zen Master Kongming put his hands together and chanted in a loud voice: "Amitabha! ”

Li Bing asked Professor Zhang, "Teacher, is there any mention of the origin of this folklore in the notes?" ”

Professor Zhang said: "Back then, when Wang Bin set up a private torture hall to torture Rui Zhu, the rod was punished until 50 o'clock, and Rui Zhu fainted. After several executioners splashed Ruizhu with cold water, Ruizhu gritted her teeth and cried out for being wronged, scolding Wang Bin for inadvertently seeing Wang Bin take out a bronze mirror from the well of her house, which she suspected to be the funeral object of Yan, the wife of Yipin, who had mysteriously disappeared many years ago. Unfortunately, her whereabouts were discovered by Wang Bin, so she was wronged by pretending that Taizu's funeral goods were missing, in a vain attempt to kill her. And swore to heaven, Wang Bin cane scolded her sixty, and wanted to take her life. If after her death, the body does not decompose, six hundred years later, the small stone drum should be ordered to reappear in the world, and the Yan burial bronze mirror should be recovered, and sent back to the Yan tomb, in order to wash away the past grievances, and find Wang Bin's descendants to take revenge. ”

When Zhao Wan'er heard that Ruizhu had such a tragic fate, she couldn't help but cry bitterly, and Li Bing couldn't help but comfort her. After Zhao Wan'er calmed down and stopped crying, Professor Zhang continued: "At that time, Wang Bin was shocked and urgently ordered his subordinates to continue beating him. By the time the sixty court staff was finished, Rui Zhu had no breath, but her eyes were wide open, and she had died of anger. ”

Wang Bin ordered the body of Ruizhu to be discarded in the well and covered with a stone cover. Then the banquet was given to all those present, and only one did not eat because he was sick to his stomach that day. The next day, when the man learned that everyone present last night had died unexpectedly, he knew that it was Wang Bin who had killed people. When he was panicked, he escaped from Nanjing overnight and came to Wuhe, Anhui. Within a few days, he finally couldn't bear the torment and spit out that amazing secret to others, and within a few days, that person was found and killed on the spot by the brocade guards sent by Wang Bin. ”