Chapter 40: The Bagua Pavilion

"Ahh How did I forget this. Gu Anqi pursed her lips and straightened up in disappointment.

"Anqi, it doesn't matter, the Ming Fourteenth Tomb is such a treasure, the clues must be very hidden, and you don't have to worry if you can't find it for a while." I smiled and said with relief.

"Why are you two of you, Lianshan?"

Hearing Yue Qianling ask like this, I realized that I hadn't seen anyone from Xiao Lianshan for a whole morning.

"There is a young man on the other side of the Bagua Pavilion, who is so devout that he is burning incense and worshiping the Buddha, and he has been worshipping all morning." Tourists coming from outside whispered.

I think of Xiao Lianshan, except for him, few people will stubbornly do one thing.

When I walked to the Bagua Pavilion, I saw Xiao Lianshan who was falling backwards when he walked, the incense burner in the Bagua Pavilion was full of incense, and there was a large handful in front of him, so I didn't need to ask to know that he bought it.

"Lianshan, you...... What are you doing? I walked over and asked curiously.

"Brother, the Taoist chief said...... This gossip pavilion is dedicated to the Taoist ancestor Lao Tzu, this fairy is very, as long as you walk along the gossip pavilion three times, and then walk three times upside down, think about one thing, sincerely bow to you can get your wish. Xiao Lianshan was obviously in a trance, and kept rubbing his forehead. Elder brother...... I...... I'm dizzy. ”

I looked at the incense burner, according to Xiao Lianshan's statement, walked three times along the Bagua Pavilion, and then walked three times upside down, and then bowed to the incense, all morning, Xiao Lianshan was circling around the Bagua Pavilion, not dizzy.

"Lianshan, you burn so much incense, what are you begging for?" Yue Qianling was dumbfounded.

"Hehe, I'll help you all incense, and bless you with peace and well." Xiao Lianshan smiled innocently.

Gu Anqi handed over a tissue, saw Xiao Lianshan holding incense in his hand, smiled delicately, and helped him wipe the sweat on his forehead.

"Brother Lianshan, there are only three of us, you don't need so much incense."

"It's not just you...... And my comrades-in-arms! Xiao Lianshan's expression was a little gloomy, and he took a deep breath. Many of the brothers who went to the front line together did not come back alive, and I remember seventy-two names, and I helped them with a stick of incense to bless them with early reincarnation and prosperity in the next life. ”

Yue Qianling and Gu Anqi looked at Xiao Lianshan's gloomy appearance, their eyes were a little moist, and I walked over and patted him and couldn't say anything.

I looked up at the gossip pavilion in front of me.

Bagua Pavilion layout compact, delicate and generous, the overall building is a total of three floors, built on the heavy platform, the pavilion stone base is square, the pavilion body is round, symbolizing the ancient heaven and round place; Double-fold cornices kiss, surrounded by tortoiseshell partition door and cloud flower open window, the south-facing main entrance is the relief of the twelve genera phase Taiji diagram, the shape is simple and elegant. The whole pavilion is a wood and stone structure, and the tenon and tenon are connected with each other, without a wedge and a bolt, but with a fang, a piercing, a hammer, a cypress, etc., which are chiseled into perforations, obliquely wear a straight sleeve, criss-cross, and the silk is in the buckle.

The statue of Lao Tzu is molded in the Bagua Pavilion, which is still the appearance of the letter Guguan in the west, and the head of the green ox looks west.

I slowly frowned and said thoughtfully.

"This gossip pavilion ......."

"There can't be a clue in the Bagua Pavilion!" Yue Qianling said with certainty next to her. "In the twelfth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, because of the fire, the Bagua Pavilion was burned, which was later rebuilt according to the original appearance."

"No, I mean this gossip pavilion is in the wrong direction!" I looked around and was surprised.

"Brother Yan Hui, why is the Bagua Pavilion in the wrong direction?" Gu Anqi asked curiously.

"Lao Tzu's letter to Guguan came out from the west, so the head of the green ox looked west, but the couplets on both sides of the Bagua Pavilion did not mean this."

Gu Anqi looked up at the couplet I was referring to.

The stars are well, and the hexagram is Kun Weicui and the immortals.

Yue Qianling walked up to Gu Anqi and said unhurriedly.

This couplet is also restored according to its original appearance, which refers to the degree and order of the stars; The well refers to the well star of the twenty-eight nights, and the joint meaning is: this Bagua Pavilion should be the well star in the sky, and there is a spiritual light; Under the position of Qian, Kun, Kan, Li, Zhen, Xun, Gen, and Gossip, there are often groups of immortals. ”

"But the main gate of the Bagua Pavilion is facing the earthquake position, and the earthquake is wood, which belongs to the east!" The more I looked at it, the more surprised I became, and said with a frown. "Originally, the head of the green ox looked west, but now it has become east?"

"Looking East...... What's wrong with looking east, Qingyang Palace is distributed according to the central axis, it may be just a layout need, no fuss. Yue Qianling spread her hands and said.

"Impossible, Qingyang Palace is a very important Taoist temple of Taoism, how can there be no reason to distinguish between things, not to mention that it is enshrined in Lao Tzu, the originator of Taoism, it is impossible to be so ridiculous." I said it to the point.

Xiao Lianshan didn't understand what I was talking about, he just felt dizzy and wanted to vomit.

"Brother, the pillars of this Bagua Pavilion are all carved with dragons, I am very dizzy, look at these pillars, the dragons on them seem to move."

I only then noticed the stone pillars around the Bagua Pavilion, the Bagua Pavilion is hewn into a double row of optimus stone pillars by sixteen boulders, among which the eight coiling dragon pillars standing on the octagonal corner end of the outer eaves, soaring clouds and fog, lifelike relief hollow eight golden dragons, coiled on the pillar, magnificent.

"There is also a legend about the coiling dragon on this stone pillar." Yue Qianling looked at me and looked at the stone pillar, walked to the side and said. "Legend has it that when the reconstruction of the Bagua Pavilion was completed, the coiling dragon on the right stone pillar facing the Sanqing Hall to the north was resurrected, trying to ascend to heaven from the pillar, and was found by the envoy of the moon royal duty, so he nailed it to the stone pillar with a divine fist, and from some, the dragon left a fist mark on his body, which is still clearly visible."

I looked up abruptly and said in shock.

"It is absolutely impossible to make a mistake in the direction of the Bagua Pavilion, and the only explanation is that the person who built it did it deliberately!"

"Brother, okay, why did you deliberately fix the wrong location of the Bagua Pavilion?" Xiao Lianshan took the incense and looked dazed.

"All buildings are right, the only one is wrong......." Gu Anqi's eyes slowly widened and said excitedly. "The only one that's wrong is the one who left the clue!"

Yue Qianling looked at the Bagua Pavilion in surprise, there was nothing peculiar.

"Clues left in the Bagua Pavilion? It's impossible, this pavilion has been renovated many times, and there are more than ten records in the archives, even if it was destroyed. ”

I shook my head and walked back and forth a few steps, whispering in my mouth.

"It won't be left in a place that can be artificially destroyed, where can the clues be kept forever?"

"Sister Qianling, did you just say that this was built according to its original appearance, and it hasn't moved at all?" Gu Anqi said.

Yue Qianling smiled with little certainty.

"After all, the original site has been burned down, and this was rebuilt later, although it is exactly the same as together, but who can guarantee that it is really exactly the same."

My eyes fell on the coiled dragon on the stone pillar, and I walked around the Bagua Pavilion.

"One, two, three...... Article 37 ....... ”

Yue Qianling only understood the coiling dragon on the stone pillar for a long time, and said very easily beside her.

"Don't count, don't look at what I'm learning, the whole pavilion is carved with a total of eighty-one dragons, symbolizing the eighty-one transformation of Lao Tzu."

I stopped in place and thought silently for a moment, then said with an understanding.

In addition, there are sixty-four hexagrams, which are designed according to the doctrine of Taoist yin and yang gossip, and are also the philosophical symbol of Taoist teachings "the heavens are round, the place, yin and yang are born together, and the eight trigrams are mated into ten thousand things", so ...... It's called the Bagua Pavilion. ”

Gu Anqi suddenly raised her head and looked very excited.

"I know where the clues are hidden!"

"In? Where is it? Yue Qianling asked in surprise.

"Brother Yan Hui said that the clues must be hidden in places where others will not pay attention to them, and at the same time they will not be destroyed, this gossip pavilion contains sixty-four hexagrams, and the hexagram will never disappear, that is, the clues are hidden in the sixty-four hexagrams!"

I also curled the corners of my mouth with an excited smile on it.

"Angel is right, the secret is hidden in these sixty-four hexagrams!"

"Sixty-four hexagrams...... Brother, there are so many hexagrams, how do you know which hexagram has clues in it? Xiao Lianshan asked puzzled.

"Hehe, I already know!" I said with a confident smile.

"Can you finish all at once?" Yue Qianling anxiously urged.

I said with a smug smile on my face.

"Didn't you just say, there are a total of eighty-one dragons on the stone pillar, symbolizing the general change of Lao Tzu eighty, it is rumored that there is a coiled dragon who wants to soar, and was discovered by the envoy of the moon and the imperial duty, so he nailed it to the stone pillar with a divine fist, that is, one less one, became eighty dragons, the purpose of this rumor is actually to cover up the number eighty!"

"Eighty?!" Gu Anqi pouted and shook her head, looking a little disappointed. "Brother Yanhui, no, there are only sixty-four trigrams and eighty trigrams in gossip...... There are no eighty trigrams, huh? ”

I pointed to Lao Tzu enshrined in the Bagua Pavilion and said with a smile.

"This is the hidden secret mystery of the Bagua Pavilion, I said just now, the head of the green ox looks west, but the direction of the Bagua Pavilion is just the opposite, the east and west are reversed, left and right are upside down, that is to say, the left and right are reversed, and eighty is eighteen upside down!"

"Eighteen! The eighteen hexagrams are Gu hexagrams. Gu Anqi thought about it and said very seriously. Yuan Heng, Li Shi Dachuan; Three days first, three days later. ”

"Gu hexagram is suitable for sacrifice, conducive to wading over mountains and rivers, the upper nine of Gu hexagram is: not to be a prince, noble to do things, refers to the person who supports the Tao and inherits the road." I looked back at the statue of Lao Tzu in the hall and said confidently. "The head of the green ox looks west, it actually refers to the east, if I am not mistaken, there is a mountain to the east of the Bagua Pavilion to promote the use of sacrifices, and the clues of the 14th Tombs of the Ming Dynasty are on that mountain!"

Yue Qianling was stunned for a moment, looked at the direction of my finger, and the corners of her mouth squirmed a few times.

"East ...... To the east there is what you call a mountain. ”

"Qianling, what kind of mountain is it?" Xiao Lianshan asked nervously.

"Qingcheng Mountain!"