Chapter 422: The Art of Divination

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The ruins of the ancient city of Milan are composed of the ancient fort of Tubo in the Tang Dynasty, the ruins of ancient buildings in the Wei and Jin dynasties, the water conservancy facilities in Tuntian in the Han Dynasty, and the ruins of Yixun City. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

According to historical records, in the Western Han Dynasty, this place was the Yixun City of Loulan Kingdom in the Western Regions. During the Tang Dynasty, this place was occupied by Tibet, and the ancient fort was a military fortress built by Tibet.

In the 70s of the last century, part of the underground structure was discovered during excavation and cleaning. The style and interior of the buildings are very different from the buildings on the ground, but unfortunately, all the cultural relics were stolen by the British in the 19th century, so it is impossible to determine the purpose of these buildings, and the details of the stolen items, only the Han Dynasty.

The ancient city of Milan has existed for more than 2,000 years, and it is the double post station of Dunhuang and Golmud leading to Ruoqiang on the ancient Silk Road. As an early Buddhist cultural site, the monks Faxian and Xuanzang all stayed here and preached and worshipped the Buddha.

It is an ancient oasis city south of the Taklamakan Desert, a trading center on the southern Silk Road, and an important passage into and out of Central Asia.

Now the 36th Regiment of the Second Agricultural Division of Xinjiang is responsible for the development and pioneering, and the number of people here is not large, but due to the high popularity of Lop Nur, there are still many tourists who come here every year.

The ruins of Milan are conveniently located at the intersection of the national highway 315 and the provincial highway 214.

It was already dusk when we arrived here by car, so in order not to reveal our whereabouts, we did not enter the living quarters of the Corps, and drove directly to the vicinity of the ruins. With all our gear in place, we walked into the ancient city of Milan.

The ruins are only about three kilometers away from the national highway, on the desertifying Gobi, and the surrounding Yadan landform is at least a few hundred meters away from it, and the ancient city looks very spectacular, although Milan once had a very glorious past, but we only see some remnants. The ancient city has many houses, surrounded by corner towers that act as watchtowers.

The remnants of the buildings, badly damaged by the wind, made the whole ancient city look desolate, and after parking the car, the two of us decided to familiarize ourselves with the surroundings first.

So, first walk to the corner tower on the side of the ancient city, which is the highest point in the city. Once you walk up to the corner tower, you can see the whole city of Milan.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, these ruins reflect a golden luster, and there is only the sound of the wind whining in your ears, and there is no one around.

……

I said to Li Dong, "Didn't you say that you have to come here to accurately calculate?" What are the results now? ”

Li Dong put away the compass at this time, spread out his palm, revealed three bronze coins, and said slowly: "Need hexagrams, water and sky need it." Youfu, Guangheng, Zhenji. Benefit the river. The hexagram says: The pearl has been buried deep for a long time, and there is no light until now, when suddenly the wind blows the earth, and it is naturally revealed. ”

…… He doesn't speak well, it's really speechless.

Li Dong also explained: "This is the need hexagram in the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching, from the hexagram shape on the lower wall of the hexagram, the qian symbolizes the strength and courage to advance, a intention to move forward; The hurdle is dangerous, symbolizing the difficulty and danger, blocking the way in front, so you can only wait for the opportunity. At this time, you must not be impatient, and you must truly realize the importance of waiting for the time. Waiting is not to passively do nothing, waiting is precisely to move forward, to create conditions, to seize the opportunity, and to move forward at the right time. In addition, this hexagram also shows that it is conducive to wading across rivers. ”

In order to better let me understand, he popularized the knowledge of easy learning to me, the sixty-four hexagrams of the Book of Changes, which can also be called the six trigrams, the method is simple, easy to calculate at any time, and only three copper coins are needed. Throw three copper coins at will, because the copper coins are divided into positive and negative sides, that is, the front side is yang and the reverse side is yin.

No matter how many times you throw them, there will only be eight results in the arrangement of the three copper coins: all yang, all yin, yang yin yin, yang yin yin, yang yang yin, yang yang yin, yin, yin.

This is the prototype of Bagua, in Bagua, "one" is the symbol representing yang, "--" is the symbol representing yin, these eight combinations of yin and yang, that is, the eight directions of Bagua, namely east, south, west, north, southeast, northeast, southwest, northwest.

Throw three copper coins to measure, each copper coin is a line, three lines for a hexagram, but there are only eight results, such a calculation is too simple and general, later, in order to be more accurate and more detailed budget, people have added three lines, in layman's terms, is three copper coins thrown a total of twice. There are eight possibilities for the first outcome, and eight for the second. The two results are taken together, which is the eighty-eighty-sixty-four changes, which is the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching.

Li Dong just calculated the "need" hexagram, which is the fifth variation of the sixty-four hexagrams, and the six hexagrams are:

Need to be in the suburbs, use constantly, no blame. Xiang said: need to be in the suburbs, do not make it difficult; The use of constant, no blame, not abnormal also.

Need to be in the sand, small words, the end of the auspicious. As the elephant says: It needs to be in the sand, and it is also in the middle; Although it is a small word, it ends with auspiciousness.

Need to be in the mud, to Kou Zhi. Xiang said: It needs to be in the mud, and the disaster is outside. Self-defeating, cautious and undefeated.

It needs to be in the blood, from the acupuncture. Xiang said: It needs blood, and it is obedient to listen.

Need to drink and eat, Sadakichi. Xiang said: Wine and food are auspicious, and they are also in the middle.

Entering the cave, there are three uninvited guests coming, and the end of the respect is auspicious. As he said: Uninvited guests, the end of respect; Although it is not in place, it is not a big loss.

The general meaning of this hexagram is to wait for the right time. Therefore, these six lines can be understood as:

Waiting in the suburbs means not venturing forward. There is no danger in waiting as usual, because it is on standby and moving, and there is no violation of the principle of normality.

Waiting on the sand, the sand is soft and difficult to pass, there will be a delay in the loss of the opportunity, this fault is in oneself. Although there was a slight fault, the final result was good.

Wait in the mud, the mud is filthy, the environment is treacherous, and disaster is nearby. Because he has attracted a strong enemy, but he is solemn and cautious, and he adapts to the situation, he will not be harmed.

Stranded in a pool of blood, waiting for an unexpected fate to come, he had to obey the strong and be at the mercy of the man.

There is wine and meat, an auspicious omen, symbolizing that the person has a righteous character, can choose the good to live, and is in a good state.

When you enter the crypt, you will encounter uninvited guests, receive them respectfully, and the result will be auspicious. So there is no danger, no big losses.

After Li Dong explained the hexagram, he said: "I also used the method of Xiao Liuren to calculate, which is basically the same as the need hexagram. ”

He used the small six to measure out the "Liulian", when the person did not return, the five elements belong to water, the color is black, the direction is north, near Xuanwu, where the master is two, eight, ten. There is an unknown smell and delay. The meaning of entanglement, procrastination, and length.

He didn't say anything about the explanation of the hexagram, and he couldn't analyze the follow-up until he encountered the specific situation.

I heard these things, but I basically understood that what he meant was that we would encounter some difficulties this time, but when we were in danger, we should wait for the opportunity and not rush forward.

I casually asked him again, "So what better do we start over there?" ”

Li Dong turned around and pointed to the north, and was just about to speak, when I suddenly saw the direction of his finger, and a bright light flashed away.

"There's someone over there!" Li Dong also noticed something unusual.

The light shone in the north of the ancient city, at the outermost edge of the ruins of Milan, and when I took out my binoculars and looked closely, I found nothing.

Li Dong asked me, "You say, what will that flash just now?" Is it the reflection of the telescope, or something else? ”

I said helplessly: "It's too far away to see what it is, but there must be a moving object over there." Let's be careful and check it out. ”

The city of Milan was not very large, and we were soon on the northern edge, but there was nothing left but a few ruins.

Li Dong and I carefully checked the ground, and found no traces of footprints or the like, and there was no entrance to the underground tunnel.

Li Dong asked suspiciously: "What was it just now?" Could it be the supernatural events that Lu Ye said? ”

I shook my head and said, "I don't know, I don't feel anything wrong around here, at least there's no ghost or anything like that." Moreover, according to the coordinates given to us by land, sea and air, this has not yet reached the haunted area. ”

Li Dong said hesitantly: "It's going to be dark now, do we still want to go over there to investigate?" ”

I thought for a moment and said, "Let's go, we've all been to the dungeon, the environment there is worse than it gets dark, and we still have night vision devices, so we don't have to worry about being attacked." ”

Li Dong agreed, and after deciding, we walked towards the northwest of Milan, which was the "haunted" area.

The sky has darkened, and the outer edge of Milan City is full of Yadan, this place has been eroded by wind and sand for a long time, and there are strange rocks everywhere, and those strange stones of different shapes look like monsters and human shapes from a distance.

At night, the temperature suddenly drops, the wind and sand become stronger, and when the wind blows through the strange rocks, it makes all kinds of strange sounds, and suddenly you hear it like a ghost's scream.

However, after listening carefully, I suddenly realized that there seemed to be a real ...... in the wind whistle Ghost screams!