Chapter 537: Di Gong's Suspicious Grave
Li Bing's eyes swept around, staring at Zhang Yuanshan, and he laughed dryly.
Zhang Yuanshan was baffled by Li Bing, and when he looked at his line of sight, he suddenly realized that Li Bing had taken a fancy to the cyan cloth bag with rune paper that he was carrying on his waist.
Zhang Yuanshan took out a knife, cut off a piece of green cloth, and handed it to Li Bing. Li Bing took it, walked to the boulder in the east above the square platform, and put the strand of cyan cloth on the four seal characters of 'Green Dragon Essence'.
As soon as Li Bing turned around, he saw Shi Liya handing him a piece of black gauze. He flickered, and when the flashlight hit Shi Liya's black skirt, which was already uneven, he realized in his heart, and couldn't help laughing.
Shi Liya took a sip, but fortunately it was dark, which covered her crimson face. After Li Bing placed the black yarn on the northern boulder engraved with 'Xuanwu Spirit', he couldn't think of any of the four people with something red for a while.
He pondered for a moment, then suddenly had an idea, and walked quickly to the boulder to the south.
Li Bing took out a knife, cut his fingers, and smeared the oozing blood into the ancient seal of the 'Vermilion Bird Spirit'.
Out of thin air, a bolt of lightning swept through the surroundings, illuminating the surroundings as if it were day, startling the four of them.
Immediately afterward, a deafening thunder began to rumble incessantly in the small valley. A blue light, a red light, and a black gas erupted from the top of Li Bing's head, each of which was in the middle of the three boulders.
The heavy rain poured down, drenching the unprepared three people into soup chickens. In the heavy rain, the four of them had no place to hide, and Li Bing had no choice but to take off his clothes and drape them on Shi Liya's head to cover her from the rain.
Shirtless, he nervously watched the movement around him. Suddenly, the mountains shook, and several people were shocked, not knowing whether there was an earthquake or the huge square platform under their feet was about to collapse.
After some time, the rain stopped abruptly, the lightning and thunder almost disappeared at the same time, and the surroundings were quiet again.
Li Bing looked around, there was no change, and he couldn't help but be suspicious. He was about to inspect the four large rocks when his eyes inadvertently glanced into the valley, and his face turned earthy with astonishment.
Seeing Li Bing's reaction, the other three also hurriedly ran over to take a look, and in horror, they couldn't help but secretly rejoice in their hearts.
Luckily, their off-road vehicle was parked to the side, and if it had been offset by a few meters, it would have sent the mudslide into the valley.
The four of them watched blankly, Li Bing looked at the mudslide for a long time, and suddenly shouted in surprise: "I understand, the Four Elephants Mechanism has been broken, and we can enter the Five Elements Ancient Tomb." ”
Zhang Yuanshan looked at Li Bing blankly. Li Bing pointed to the mudslide and said, "You see, the color of the mudslide is a little golden under the light of the flashlight. What does this mean? When the four elephants returned to their positions, the mechanism was opened, and the rain washed through the secret door that Yuan Tiangang had set up a long time ago, and the fine sand in the tomb poured out from the secret door and poured into the valley. Now that the fine sand is gone, the tomb of the five elements can be entered. ”
When Qian Yiduo heard this, he hurriedly ran to the thief hole dug earlier and shone it with a flashlight, and sure enough, the fine sand inside was gone, leaving only a few sticking to the mud wall.
It rained so hard that there was no water in the cave. Li Bing said admiringly: "It must be that Yuan Tiangang dug a pit in the middle of this big square platform, so that as long as the four elephants return to their positions, the rain will wash out with fine sand, and the water and sand will naturally not be able to enter the tomb again." I think that in addition to the dampness of the robbery hole dug by Brother Qian, the tomb must be very dry. ”
Qian Yiduo took out a lighter, lit it and tried it at the entrance of the hole. The flame was slightly drawn into the cave, but never extinguished.
Qian Yiduo was overjoyed: "No problem, we can enter the tomb!" ”
He was the first to go down to the tomb and exclaimed, "Come down quickly, this tomb is so big!" ”
The other three, holding on to the rope, carefully followed the inclined hole of more than thirty degrees, and descended into the tomb in turn.
The burial chamber is very large, and after the loss of fine sand, a dense layer is laid in the ground, and when you step on it, there is a soft feeling that you can't describe.
In the center of the burial chamber, a huge stone coffin is placed. There are four thick stone pillars standing around, which are painted with green dragons, white tigers, vermilion birds, and Xuanwu.
Zhang Yuanshan was surprised and said: "You see, although the compass cannot be used here, these four stone pillars actually indicate the direction. Why is the orientation of the coffin not the traditional position of the head north and the foot south? ”
gave Zhang Yuanshan a reminder, and everyone also saw their eyebrows. I saw that in this huge tomb, in addition to the stone coffin and four stone pillars, there was also a small stone offering platform, on which a stone niche was placed. Other than that, there was nothing else, and no other burial goods were seen.
Shi Liya turned on the flashlight and carefully held the stone coffin. After a while, she stood up and said happily, "I know whose tomb this is!" ”
Li Bing eagerly asked, "Sister Shi, what did you find?" Whose tomb is this? ”
Shi Liya pointed to the edge of the coffin lid with her hand, and said excitedly: "You see, the lacquered gold on this has not fallen yet, and it is engraved with 'The Tomb of Di Liang Gong, a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty'!" Unexpectedly, the owner of this tomb turned out to be Di Renjie, the legendary prime minister of the Tang Dynasty! ”
Everyone was amazed, and Qian Yiduo said puzzledly: "Sister Shi, how can Di Renjie's tomb appear here?" Wasn't he buried on the hill of the White Horse Temple on the outskirts of Luoyang? I went there the year before last. ”
Shi Liya said: "I don't know why this tomb is engraved with Di Renjie's name. There is indeed a Di cemetery on the mountain of Luoyang White Horse Temple, but there are three tombs of Di Renjie according to historical records. In addition to the White Horse Temple in Luoyang, there is also a Di Cemetery by the Huating Lake in Taihu County. ”
"The third legendary Di Cemetery is on our ultimate target, Qianling. That Di Cemetery is Wu Zetian's accompanying mausoleum. But it is very strange that the tombs of the eight courtiers in Qianling are Wang Jishan, Xue Yuanchao, Yang Zaisi, Liu Xianli, Doulu Qinwang, Liu Renliang, Li Jinxing, and Gao Kan, but there is no name of Di Gong. ”
"Where Di Gong is really buried is a mystery in history. Could it be that what we entered tonight is the real Di Cemetery? ”
Li Bing and the others sighed, Shi Liya's heart moved, and she said: "I understand, what Brother Zhang said about yin and yang is also the relationship between the four elephants and the five elements. Before Di Gong's death, he was regarded by Wu Zetian as a pillar of the country. On the one hand, he tried to ensure that Wu Zetian sat firmly in the country, and on the other hand, he also tried to ensure that the Li Tang clan was immortal. ”
"Di Gong mediated between many forces, not only to ensure that Wu Zetian changed the Tang Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty and the world was peaceful, but also to ensure that the Li Tang clan and the Wu clan forces achieved an absolute advantage in the struggle for who took over the world after Wu Zetian was a hundred years later."
"Therefore, if the various forces in the DPRK and China are compared to the four elephants of metal, wood, water, and fire, then Di Gong is the 'earth' that runs through them. This is probably the reason why Yuan Tiangang, who understands the geography of the heavens and the Ming Dynasty, chose Di Renjie as the master of the Five Elements Tomb. ”
Li Bing said suspiciously: "Didn't Di Renjie die before Wu Zetian?" When did Yuan Tiangang die? How could he help Di Renjie build the tomb of the Five Elements and bury him here? ”