Fengyang is an inconspicuous small place in Huaxia, because Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, gave a deeper meaning to this small city, and it is not difficult to see from the four big characters on the gate of the ancient city of Fengyang that Fengyang plays a pivotal position in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.

Eternal roots.

It has been seven days after arriving in Fengyang, leaving Dushan we rushed here non-stop, to Fengyang first to see the Fengyang Drum Tower known as the first floor in the world, the Drum Tower is also known as the Zhongdu Tower, built in the Ming Hongwu eight years, and the bell tower in the west is six miles apart, facing each other on both sides of the central axis of the central capital city in the distance.

The drum tower is composed of two parts of the base and the building, it is the largest drum tower base, when the building on the base is first built, the eaves are covered three times, the building is 100 feet, the towering wings, the dust is absolutely extensive, the system is grand, the scale is magnificent, the end of the Ming generation, the drum tower has been the most in China with its tall and majestic.

According to the tips on the boy fishing Wen Yan, the last Ming Fourteen Tombs should be related to the City God Temple in Fengyang City, it is rumored that Zhu Yuanzhang was born in the City God Temple, when the Yuan Dynasty Heavenly Master calculated that there was a real dragon in the world, the whole country searched for babies, all those who had the same eight characters as Zhu Yuanzhang were spared, Zhu Yuanzhang's mother survived because she hid in the City God Temple to give birth, which is also the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang later said that the emperor respected the City God Temple.

Since the City God Temple that can protect the emperor from the world, presumably the incense will not be bad anywhere, so we can easily find this temple by asking a few people in Fengyang City.

This city god temple in front of us is located in the south of Fengyang City, it has been more than 600 years from now, although it has gone through vicissitudes, but the grandeur is still, the bucket arch out of the eaves, the top is covered with glazed tiles, the front eaves lattice doors and windows are embossed with various patterns and patterns, the carving is fine, the pattern is exquisite, the original plastic in the hall has the statue of the city god, the judge, the little ghost, etc.

Chenghuang Temple is a Taoist palace view, there is a big archway at the entrance of the mountain, the heavy eaves rest before the mountain roll shed roof, five beam structure. The roof is five ridges and six beasts, with three rows in the middle, two rows on each side of the vertical ridge and four wing corners covered with cylinder tiles.

Above the archway, the bucket arch overlaps, under the archway, there is a pair of iron lions, there is a bluestone road of several hundred meters long in the mountain gate to the second gate, there is a Wenchang Pavilion in the meantime.

There is a delicate and beautiful theater building into the second gate, the theater building is opposite to the north and south of the main hall, the middle field is a magnificent wooden archway, the eaves have exquisite color painting and yin and yang Taiji gossip patterns, the main hall is seven rooms wide, five rooms deep, the city god is enshrined in the middle, and the two sides are equipped with ghosts such as the judge, the bull head and the horse face and the black and white impermanence.

Zhu Yuanzhang left four words in the boy fishing Wen Yan, are you here, we saw the same words on the plaque on the back of the archway, Zhu Yuanzhang seems to want to hint at this place, but although this City God Temple is famous, but it is not big, I looked back and forth for a whole day, and I didn't find anything peculiar.

Hidden in the city, is Zhu Yuanzhang what he means, this City God Temple is full of tourists, if the Ming Fourteenth Tomb is buried here, it is also said that in the past, Wen Zhuo walked to the door number downstairs, and saw that no one paid attention to the small opening on the red pillar with a stone.

"This place has been renovated, this archway was built by later generations, and I believe that this city god temple is not preserved intact." Wen Zhuo threw away the stone in his hand and said in a low voice.

I nodded thoughtfully, the four words left by Zhu Yuanzhang have two meanings, either to show that the clue to the Fourteenth Tombs is in this City God Temple, or the Fourteenth Tombs of the Ming Dynasty are here.

However, if it is the first type, judging from the clues left by Zhu Yuanzhang before, he is an extremely cautious person, and he will definitely not leave the clues in a place that is easy to destroy, so even if there are clues to the Ming Fourteenth Tombs, it will not be in this City God Temple.

As for the second type, if Zhu Yuanzhang buried the Ming Fourteenth Mausoleum under the City God Temple, then the project will not be too small, this is in Fengyang City, such a large construction will definitely leak the rumors, Zhu Yuanzhang can kill the construction of the conscription, can not kill the people in the city, not to mention that he himself knows that this is the foundation of his emperor.

I turned around and found that Wen Zhuo brought a woman over, his peach blossoms are indeed brilliant, and the place where he went has not been charming, the woman is guide was brought over by Wen Zhuo in a few words, I asked her about some things about this City God Temple, and the answer was the same as we guessed.

It was rebuilt here by the 27th Company of Hongwu, and it has been repaired and rebuilt in successive dynasties, but the architectural style and building group have remained original.

"It's been repaired?" Xiao Lianshan asked.

"In the Ming Dynasty, it was well preserved, but in later generations, wars and natural disasters coupled with ** continuously, so the City God Temple has been damaged many times, and now we see the City God Temple is rebuilt in modern times, and even the foundation of the original site has been re-excavated." The female guide patiently explained to us.

"The foundations have been dug up?" I asked.

The female guide nodded, before the reconstruction, the City God Temple was destroyed in disrepair, because later generations used the original foundation, which has a history of hundreds of years, and the foundation has been overwhelmed by several repairs, so the foundation was also rebuilt and excavated when it was last built.

I looked around and asked in a surprised accentuated tone, how much extent had the foundation been dug at that time, and the female guide's answer made me somewhat disappointed, with the City God Temple as the base point, a radius of 300 meters had been excavated, and the foundation was rebuilt and excavated to a depth of five meters, and each place dug more than 10 meters to prevent water seepage.

"Is there a ......?" Wen Zhuo had a smile on his face that made it difficult for the female guide to resist. Did you dig up anything? Maybe there's a treasure down there? ”

"You have too much imagination, but it is rumored that there is a treasure under the City God Temple, and it has always been a rumor that the foundation was excavated when it was rebuilt, but nothing was found." The female guide's answer was affirmative.

Wen Zhuo looked at me, he should be the same as I thought, we guess that Zhu Yuanzhang buried the Ming Fourteen Mausoleums in the City God Temple seems to be wrong, if there is really a digging foundation when you will find the last rammed earth layer, if you dig to more than ten meters, there will be a waterproof soil layer in the excavated soil, people with a little archaeological knowledge can also know that there is something below, since it was not found, it can only mean that the Ming Fourteen Tombs are not below.

Then there is only one last possibility left, Zhu Yuanzhang left the clues of the Ming Fourteenth Tombs in the City God Temple, and it is still a place that will not die no matter what.

But this idea was shattered by the words of the female guide a few minutes later, she told us that although the City God Temple we see is built according to the original appearance, but after the Ming Dynasty, the City God Temple was destroyed in the war, and most of the buildings that have been handed down have changed more or less in the past dynasties.

I suddenly found that the last Ming Fourteen Tombs became a very troublesome thing, if it was according to the female guide's meaning, even if we knew that the clues were in the Ming Fourteen Tombs, it would be useless, maybe the clues left behind had already been destroyed, and the only one in the world who still knew the exact location was probably only one Qin Yishou, he would not tell me, not to mention that I don't know where he is now.

I looked at the majestic temple in front of me blankly, and I had a feeling of helplessness.

"You guys are here to visit the ancient city of Fengyang?" The female guide was obviously asking Wen Zhuo alone.

"I heard that this City God Temple has a lot of connections with Zhu Yuanzhang, so I came to see it." Wen Zhuo is now absent-minded.

"There are two temples in Fengyang that are very famous, one is the Huangjue Temple of the Ming Dynasty Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, under the Rijing Peak of Phoenix Mountain in the north of Fengyang City, it was built in the sixteenth year of Hongwu, and it is the royal temple building of the Ming Dynasty." The female guide hadn't seen Wen Zhuo's disappointment yet, and said kindly. "Also known as the big dragon Xing Temple, the scale is grand, to have monks and children riding horses to close the mountain gate, the temple is built by the famous craftsmen in the capital, the carving is fine, the regulation is very high, it is one of the important buildings in the capital."

I thought about what to do next, but I didn't listen to what the female guide said, Wen Zhuo smiled perfunctorily, and was also a little upset.

"The most famous in it is the Longxing evening bell, the top of the bell is cast with a pair of strange beasts that resemble a dragon and a non-dragon, called Pu Lao, whenever the red sun falls in the west or the rising sun rises in the east, Fengling rings the bell, its sound resounded through the sky, especially at night, the bell is exceptionally quiet, spread dozens of miles away, there is a change of dynasty and the river changes, only the bell rings around Fengyang, so the ancients called the Longxing evening bell, called the three of the eight views of Fengyang......"

The female guide introduced us to the attractions in great detail, and Wen Zhuo interrupted her after holding back for a long time.

"We don't have much interest in other places, so we just want to see this City God Temple."

"Then you shouldn't be here."

"......," I asked in surprise as I looked at the female guide with a frown. Isn't this the City God Temple, what do you mean by that? ”

"If you want to visit the City God Temple, this is one place, but there is another one in Fengyang."

"Also...... Is there another place? I glanced at Wen Zhuo with some surprise, and hurriedly asked the female guide. Zhu Yuanzhang sealed the City God Temple, one temple in one place, how could there be two in this Fengyang? ”

"One is the original site, and the other is the place you see now."

"This is not the original location?!" Wen Zhuo immediately came to ask mentally.

"Have you listened to my explanation, I told you at the beginning that the City God Temple here was built in the twenty-first year of Hongwu, and you also know that the City God Temple and Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang have a lot of origins, it is rumored that Zhu Yuanzhang was born in the City God Temple, but it is all made up by later generations and cannot be verified, but if this is the case, it should not be in this City God Temple."

"Where else is it?" I asked anxiously.

"Wolong Lake in the west of Fengyang City."