Yuan Tiangang, a native of Chengdu, Sichuan, the year of birth and death is unknown, and he is the author of "Six Lessons", "Five Elements Picture Book", "Push Back Map", "Yuan Tiangang Called Bone Song" and so on. The most famous physiognomist of the Tang Dynasty is also famous in the history of physiognomy.

The Book of Tang records that Yuan Tiangang's most famous legendary deeds of physiognomy were for Empress Wu Zetian. When Wu Zetian was still a child, Yuan Tiangang was surprised when he saw Wu Zetian's mother, Yang, and said, "Madame, Fa gave birth to a noble son!" Wu Zetian's mother took out her two sons, Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang, and let Yuan Tiangang meet each other.

But Yuan Tiangang said at a glance that he could be an official to the third grade, but he was just the master who could protect the family, and it was not too expensive.

Yang also called Wu Zetian's sister (later named Mrs. Han) to let Yuan Tiangang be the prime minister, and Yuan Tiangang said, "This woman is expensive and not good for her husband!" Zuihou was picked up by the nanny Wu Zetian dressed in boy's clothes, Yuan Tiangang was shocked when he saw Wu Zetian in swaddling clothes, and said that she "has dragon eyes and phoenix neck, extremely expensive!" But he said regretfully: "It's a pity that it's a woman, if it's a man, he should be the lord of the world!" ”。 The course of history has been foreseen by him.

Tang Taizong Li Shimin had two military divisions, one named Yuan Tiangang and the other Li Chunfeng. Both of them can pinch and calculate, and they are famous all over the world.

Yuan Tiangang was Li Chunfeng's master, and they were all knowledgeable and high-level Taoists at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Yuan Tiangang once built a house in front of Panlong Mountain in Langzhou, Li Chunfeng admired his name for a long time, so he came from afar with gold bars and worshiped under the door.

In folklore, there are more magical stories of Yuan Tiangang, and the most widely spread legend is that Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, once asked Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang to choose the dragon's lair in the cemetery for him. First, Yuan Tiangang ran for ninety-nine eighty-one days, found the dragon's lair in Jiuzhi Mountain, and buried a copper coin; He asked Li Chunfeng to go out to look for it, and it took seven hundred and forty-nine days to find this place, so he pulled out a silver hairpin from his head and stuck it down. Tang Taizong asked people to verify whether the auspicious soil of the dragon's cave chosen by the two was consistent, and when they dug it up, Li Chunfeng's silver hairpin was inserted in the square hole of the copper coin. In the folk belief that Yuan Tiangang is the star of wisdom in Tiangang.

The book continues from the above, and in the previous chapter, it is said that Yuan Tiangang was the one who planted the lotus.

Tang Taizong Li Shimin was not in good health in his later years, but he still wanted to sit on the throne for 10,000 years, stay young forever, and live forever. So he begged immortals everywhere for medicine, and recruited warlocks to enter the palace for alchemy.

Later, Li Shimin heard that Yuan Tiangang had the method of immortality, so he summoned him to the palace for interrogation, Yuan Tiangang had already calculated this matter at home, and said to himself helplessly: "Life and death have a life, wealth is in the sky!" From ancient times to the present, how many people have been immortal? ”

After being summoned by the official eunuch, Yuan Tiangang entered the inner hall and saw Li Shimin sitting on the dragon chair reading a book.

Li Shimin was very happy to see Yuan Tiangang coming, so he asked him if he knew the reason for recruiting into the palace, and Yuan Tiangang nodded to indicate that he knew. Tang Taizong asked about this method of immortality.

At first, Yuan Tiangang didn't want to say it, because he knew that it was useless to say it, not only the materials needed were extremely precious, but he didn't know how many years it would take.

But Li Shimin did not ask for this method of immortality, Yuan Tiangang knew the way of being an official, if he didn't say it, it would definitely be a crime of bullying the king, and he couldn't escape the consequences of losing his head. zuihou, and said it.

Yuan Tiangang cultivated in the mountains in his early years, and met an immortal who saw Yuan Tiangang's bones and knew that he was a physiognomy wizard, so he taught the book "Physiognomy", in which he recorded a method of immortality.

With the power of the whole country, there is still hope for obtaining materials for immortality. There are two main problems: one is to need a lotus seed from Penglai Immortal Island, and the other is to find the dragon vein of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin sent a large number of people to find lotus seeds, and Yuan Tiangang was also ordered to find the dragon vein, which lasted five years, and finally found a small dragon vein in Shandong, and at the same time came the news that the lotus seeds had been obtained.

The next step is to plant the lotus seeds on the veins of the dragon veins, and then use the special copper coins to set up the spirit gathering formation, and use the heaven and earth aura to promote the growth of lotus seeds. In the forging process, this copper coin needs to add cinnabar, purple gold, tiger blood and other extreme yang things, and then it has to be opened, and the process is very cumbersome.

When the lotus seeds sprout and grow, zuihou blooms the lotus, it is considered successful, and then the lotus flower can be taken off and taken to live forever.

This also has a disadvantage, that is, the consumption of dragon vein aura, which greatly weakened the national fortune of the Tang Dynasty, so the decline of the late Tang Dynasty also has a lot to do with this matter.

After planting, in order to prevent someone from entering by mistake, various formation mechanisms are set up in the cave, such as a formation at the fork, only people with firm minds and righteous qi will not be confused by the formation. If the person who comes is a traitor, he will be confused by the formation, and no matter which way you go, it will be a dead end.

It was also fate, Li Shimin died soon after, and Yuan Tiangang's ancestor also achieved positive fruit and soared, and the lotus planted by this place was ignored.

Master Yuan Tiangang knew that in the future, this lotus flower would definitely be cultivated into a spirit body and nourished by the dragon vein, and he was afraid that it would be a disaster to the world, so he set a ban and did not allow it to enter and exit. But at the same time, it also left a chance for the lotus, that is, if someone with a strong and righteous spirit entered, he could destroy the spirit gathering formation and release it.

Master has been upright all his life, has accumulated a lot of merits, and is the best person to save the lotus spirit.

According to the instructions of the lotus flower, the master put away the one hundred and eight copper coins, and suddenly the lotus bloomed with brilliance, and slowly transformed into a human form, which was an extremely beautiful and holy woman.

The woman, who was the spirit of the lotus flower, bowed deeply to the master and said, "Thank you for your saving grace, and I will give you the one hundred and eight copper coins, and I will also give you a lotus seed." As he spoke, he handed over a seemingly ordinary lotus seed to the master.

"This lotus seed is what I spent a hundred years to nourish and conceive with the help of the dragon vein aura, although it does not have the effect of immortality, but it can also strengthen the body and have the ability to bring the dead back to life. Please keep it safe! The Lotus Spirit continued.

Of course, the master was very grateful, and the two talked a few more words, and then sent the master out of the deep mountain, and the lotus spirit body flew away.

After listening to Master's story, I became interested in lotus seeds and these copper coins.

"Don't underestimate these copper coins, due to the special materials, they are extremely yang things to ward off evil spirits and drive away ghosts, and then after five hundred years of dragon vein aura nourishment, you can imagine how valuable these copper coins are." Master said.

"What the hell are you going to do with these copper coins?" I asked.

The master pondered for a moment and said, "I think it is most suitable to use these one hundred and eight copper coins to make a magic weapon money sword!" ”

The money sword is a Taoist magic weapon, which is used by mages to catch ghosts and subdue demons and monsters, and can also be hung in front of the door to ward off evil spirits. Handmade with one hundred and eight copper coins and red threads, they are all made at noon on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, at noon on the noon day of the lunar month, and on the day of the third yuan.