Kuroko called the old man Shi who was reluctantly stroking the wooden cylinder in the rear, and the old man Shi heard the sound like a lover was inseparable in three steps, turned around and walked over, looking at the dark courtyard with us. "How to survive?" He chewed on the meaning of these four words: "Maybe you don't need to think too deeply, and just take it literally." Throughout the ages, the people above the strict hierarchy of the dynasty have been very happy to chase longevity and even the illusory art of immortality, and it is inevitable that this prime minister surnamed Hu will not be vulgar, and he has exaggerated to build such a place in his own cemetery. However, from our journey, it can be seen that the whole is rectangular, and the tomb road in the center is the same as the central axis, and now this courtyard is blocking the way, and if you want to continue to go back, you can only walk through. But don't worry, there should be no mechanism in this ancient tomb, and it can be considered the easiest tomb you have ever robbed. ”

Tomb robbing? I thought in my heart, and my mouth said out, "Since it is a tomb robbery, there must be something to steal, the history books record that after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the prime minister surnamed Hu was rampant and amassed wealth, why did he come here, there was no trace of any treasure, did he build such a large area of cemetery, in order to just place his body?" ”

Old man Shi replied, "History is true or false, it should be true that Prime Minister Hu has amassed wealth, but it is difficult to say how much wealth there is." And no matter what, no matter how poor he is, there will still be some funerary goods in the tomb more or less. You will not go home empty-handed. ”

"I just think it's strange, it doesn't matter if there is treasure or anything like that, but I just think that if there is no treasure in the tomb, the tomb robbers outside who risked their lives to come here, some of whom have lost their lives before they can see the ancient tomb, how resentful it would be."

Old man Shi sighed, "Boss." Although I am not familiar with you, if you people still want to go further on this road, it is better to discard this kind of daughter's kindness as soon as possible, although the tomb robbery industry is not as ugly as before, but it is not so good that it is, you know. Wealth is the root of all evil, and your kindness to others is cruelty to yourself. ”

At that time, I could only be noncommittal.

Heizi raised his feet and walked into the courtyard, and when the lights passed, he saw a huge round angular bronze furnace in the center of the courtyard, "That's the alchemy furnace!" Kuroko looked at it and said.

The four of us walked slowly around the boxy corridor in the courtyard, and in the room on the left, which was almost the same, there was a strong smell of herbs. As far as the eye can see, the inside is like a drugstore, and the wooden cabinets piled up to the ceiling around the walls are divided into small rectangular compartments, which are quietly closed at this time, but they cannot hide the fragrance of the herbs inside.

When I saw a room like this, my mind immediately thought of taro, and Xiu'er did the same, saying, "If taro is there." He must be very happy. ”

Kuroko, who was walking in front and was about to step directly across the room, heard the words and stopped. smiled and said, "In that case, why don't you go in and have a look, and find something good for the taro to bring back!" ”

"Okay!" Xiu'er replied happily, but even though she frowned, her face became sad, "But none of us can tell which ones are good and which ones are average, so we can't take them all away!" ”

Old man Shi took the lead and seemed to be impatient to cross the high threshold. walked in, heard Xiu'er's words, quickly turned his head, and said proudly, "This matter is wrapped up in me, the feng shui master still has some research on pharmacology!" ”

Soon all four of them entered the room. Only when you are in it can you really smell all kinds of fragrant medicinal smells. You must know that when I was a child, taking medicine was a very painful thing for me, and I never thought that now I would feel that the smell of medicine is not annoying, but it will be a little addictive.

It didn't take long for the middle and lower medicine cabinets to be opened one after another under our concerted efforts, and as for the upper ones, on the one hand, because of the height problem, on the other hand, we thought that even if there were good ones, we wouldn't be able to take much out, so we didn't care about it anymore.

Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to looking, hearing, inquiring, and cutting, and the old man Shi is quite proficient in this set, distinguishing the medicinal materials one by one, and it took a long time to point to about a dozen medicine cabinets distributed at all angles and say, "The most precious medicinal materials to bring to your friends are in these cabinets." ”

Following the direction of his fingers, Xiu'er and Kuroko and I hurriedly packed all the medicinal materials in those cabinets into our backpacks without distinguishing. Old man Shi was silent on the side, not knowing what he was thinking.

It wasn't until a few of us had cleaned up that he said, "Do you know what this row of pharmacies means?" ”

"Huh?" As we were about to leave, we stopped, "What did you find?" ”

Old man Shi turned to the bronze tripod in the center of the courtyard with a dull gaze, and only turned around after a while, as if he couldn't believe what he was about to say, "It is very likely that we listened to the spread of the news and preconceived that this place is an ancient tomb." But when I saw this place, I realized that it was wrong, so wrong. This underground building, where is the cemetery, this is simply the back road that Prime Minister Hu arranged for himself early! ”

As soon as I heard this, I was quite interested, before the old man Shi was still talking about the Tao on the alchemy platform, and all the clues pointed out that this was the posthumous residence built by Prime Minister Hu for himself. Why do you want to overthrow them all now? "Old man Shi, the way back? You explain it a little bit clearly. ”

"Good, good! As we all know, the emperor was afraid that someone would come to take away his power, so after ascending the throne, he was ready to eradicate all the people around him who were capable of doing that kind of thing. So, how can a cunning person like him not do a good job of countermeasures. So, on the one hand, he sent people here to build the underground structure where we are now, and on the other hand, he was to recruit henchmen and cultivate cronies in the imperial court, because he knew that even if the emperor wanted to kill him, he had to find a good reason. In addition, the construction of this place also requires a lot of financial support. It took several years until it was built and ready for use. So Prime Minister Hu began his plan to hide from the world. ”

Old Man Shi's mouth trembled as if he was excited, "I once read a similar record in the wild history, but at that time, I just thought it was crazy and couldn't recognize it. But I never thought that until now, I suddenly realized that it may not be without a cause. It is rumored that in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor only wanted the world to continue to be in the hands of his Zhu family, and did not care whether it was himself or his descendants. Then Prime Minister surnamed Hu thought differently, he saw that the emperor already had a supreme position, so he began to fan the flames in his ears to promote the art of immortality, so from the very beginning, this kind of thought has existed in the mind of Prime Minister Hu for I don't know how many years. Of course, the emperor's idea is easy to guess, and when he heard that there is a way to live forever, he is naturally very motivated to get this method. It's just that as things evolved, the emperor found that he had been deceived, and what the prime minister surnamed Hu did was indeed the art of immortality, but not for the emperor, but for himself. (To be continued......)