A tiger in Meizhou

Haifeng a snail

A branch of plum in Chaozhou

This is a proverb in Feng Shui in Guangdong.

It is said that after the Zhong clan changed the law in the "Wang Anshi Reform", in the eighth year of Yuanfeng in the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Shenzong died, and Zhezong, who was only nine years old, succeeded to the throne. In the same year, Sima Guang served as prime minister, completely abolished Wang Anshi's reform and restored the old system. A total of nine years, during the period, the political faction that supported the change of the law was called the "Yuanfeng Party", and the opposition to the change faction was called the "Yuanyou Party", and then Cai Jing and Zhang Dian were the prime ministers, and they cracked down on the Yuanyou Party who opposed the change at the beginning, and many of the ancestors of the Zhong family were implicated, in order to continue the bloodline and protect future generations, their ancestors began to migrate to the south to seek a way of survival, and recorded the names of the ancestors of the surname Zhong in the [Yingchuan Hall] hall.

Stumbling and stumbling, after going through difficulties, there are a group of Zhong clan people, into Guangdong, that is the surname of the Hakka family to open Guangdong Jizu Wuling Gong - a line of Yao Ling Gong, from Heluo, from Fujian to Guangdong, and this "Haifeng a snail" refers to the place of the funeral sacrifice of the Ling Gong.

Zhong Wuxuan was not shocked by what had just happened, although he had already heard of it, but this traffic route was used to transport goods, and he had almost never heard of it, after all, he could still make money if the goods were gone, and it was cold when the people were gone.

There is still more than a day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Wuxuan did not go home directly, he wanted to go to worship the Duke of Xia Ling, and go to [Yangtian Conch Land]. Since entering Luoyang, he has not returned home for a long time, respecting the ancestors and worshipping, tracing the roots for an important line of Hakka, although the character is obedient, but not forgetting the ancestors. And on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there must be a lot of people of the same clan who come to worship, and they don't like the noisy places, thinking that since they have all returned, they will go directly to worship before the Mid-Autumn Festival, so as to save the crowding.

Out of the valley, looking for a post station, a night of stability, the next day dawn, Zhong Wuxuan drove a horse and hurriedly set off, rushing to Haifeng County, taking advantage of this early morning, so as not to meet the crowd, greeting him is not good at warming.

The route is not unfamiliar, and Wu Xuan always remembers clearly about the personnel who are interested. To the ground, dismount and climb the mountain, just hit the ground with his feet, the horse ran like a happy child, and went down the hill in a blink of an eye, without declaring self-deprecation: this person has a cold personality, and the horse does not follow you lively.

Familiar scenes and childhood memories come into view:

This place is located in the south and faces north, corresponding to Ding Gui, presenting the three mountains arching in turn and small like the shape of a snail, but also with the Hongcuo Yuan Mountain as the backing of the living dragon knot hole, the north reflects the Big Dipper, the water from the mountains and streams of Haifeng County converges into the Luo River, passes through the front of the Luodi Mountain to the east, and leads directly to the mouth of the Red Bay. The left front of Luodi Mountain is Shidi Mountain in Gaoluo Village, Haifeng County. The front right is the Elephant Mountain in Futou Village, Lufeng County, and there is a small empty shell mountain in the middle of the Luo River.

In front of the snail is water, and water is the source of the snail's life. The cemetery Xunfeng rises, Xinfeng is Yangguling Mountain, it is C, noon, Ding Sanyang peak, fire is born of earth, earth is born of gold, the former Renzi peak is high, there are cicada wing sand on the left and right of the knot hole, the water in the inner hall is out of the deuce, there are stones to put the water mouth, so that the water bends out, and it will not be direct. From the opposite side, the shape of the snail is more like the shape of the "snail", as the old saying goes: the image is formed in the sky, and the shape is formed in the earth.

Where there is a source of water, there is no dead wood

Stone Ge gold, yang fire leap earth

The earth is "alive," the creation of nature

The stars gather momentum, and sure enough, there is a good feng shui together~

From the bottom of the mountain, along the small pit of Luodi Mountain, up about ten zhang, reach the top of the mountain, the mountain body becomes a concave back chair shape, the south back is high, gradually closes to the north like a handrail, the center forms a turtle back type, like a natural grave, there are small crabs under the small hole in and out. With the passage of time and the vicissitudes of life, the mound of graves will decrease more and more by wind and rain. In front of the mound, there was a small hole in the ring, and the hole was just the size to squeeze the next person.

Wuxuan stood in front of the entrance of the cave not far away, remembering the limerick poems that his father often chanted and the legends of this place:

snail to Beidou,

Longjin went east.

The elephant lion puts the water mouth,

Empty shell mountain seal bucket.

Entering Guangdong, the ancestor of the Emperor is fond of feng shui, proficient in geography, and often seeks blessed land. At that time, he led the family's father, wife and wife to move here and settle down the family. However, natural and man-made disasters and trivial matters followed, and the Zhong family was very unhappy at first, not to mention prosperous. Yao Linggong was sad about this. Suddenly, one day, Yao Ling Gong and his grandson found the conch land. Long distance tired, dry mouth, the grandchildren for it to find water to quench their thirst, leaving only the Ling Gong alone, at this moment, the rear conch mouth, the Ling Gong quickly swept around, only to find that this place is a natural living land, from a burst of elephants, and this snail mouth is the array of eyes! Randomly think for a moment, the screw mouth began to close, Yao Ling Gong only felt that time could not wait, the grandchildren were still coming back, but seeing that the snail mouth was about to close, resolutely jumped and threw into the snail mouth, at this time the grandson returned from looking for water, and saw that the grandfather only had his feet exposed, where did the grandson see such a strange scene, and hurriedly dragged the grandfather, but the young man resolutely replied: " Sun Mola, this is a living place, Ah Gong is buried here, in the future, we will have a large number of talents, there are three liters and three buckets of officials to be produced, you have to work diligently, and prosper the Wang clan", Sun Er only pulled out a shoe, and watched his grandfather being sucked and closed by the screw.

Since then, the local Zhong family has really been as Yao Linggong said, the family is prosperous, and the officials have been poor for generations. This conch land also fell into the holy place where the descendants of the Zhong family sought their roots and worshipped, and the poem said:

Looking up to the sky conch mouth to the sky,

Cave pickling cloth is good for skewers.

The four mountain arches should swim in fish,

Parcel overlap 10,000 years of prosperity.

Zhong Wuxuan, as a descendant of the Zhong family and a descendant of Yao Linggong, must have known about this, but when chatting with the end, he heard that Yao Ling Gong had met a person before joining the snail and hid a secret. This secret is passed down and can only be known by the blood relatives of the Chung family, and both men and women must be adults......

All this flowed quickly in Zhong Wuxuan's mind, and he always had a feeling that something happened today, and it was difficult to determine the good and the bad, but it must be a big event.

Bow your hand and bow your head, kneel and kowtow: "Yao Ling Gong is on the top, the descendants of Zhong Wuxuan are here to worship today, and the ancestors of the Felt Gong are meritorious, and they are sacrificed for the future. ”

The open flame dispersed, and the three incense complimented.

Wuxuan got up to wipe the ashes, and wanted to turn around and leave

"Haha~haha~, if you don't marry a wife and have children, how can you prosper your family, if you don't make friends with others, how can you make a big career, I'm right, Zhong Wuxuan. ”

An old man stood behind him, dressed in a black and white Confucian robe, full of silver threads, bright white hair, with his left hand in front and behind his right hand.

Wuxuan's face was full of suspicion, and he was usually full of interest in novelties, but this old man made him only doubtful: "Old man, do you know the junior?", raised his hand and did not salute.

"The old man's surname is Hongminglie, and he has intersected with your family, go back and mention me to your father, and you will understand. ”

Hearing his father's name, Wu Xuan let down his vigilance, but he felt even more novel.

"I just asked you, why don't you answer", Honglu asked the younger generation in the tone of an elder.

"Back to the old man's words, I don't know what it means, what does this teaching mean?"

"Wuxuan, you have a perverse personality since childhood, this is not to blame you, the environment is like this, but unfortunately, the people around you are mostly small and pretentious, and the baby who grew up in such an environment is either fierce and violent, or independent and lonely, fortunately, you are the latter, but as you just said, if you want to prosper the family, you need to find the perfect woman, want to make a difference, and find a colleague to work with. ”

In the past, Zhong Wuxuan was most annoyed by these future "educations", but today, Wuxuan was not a little bored, he couldn't see through the people in front of him, or respect, or novelty.

"Housheng, your horse, don't lose it again"

Wu Xuan looked closely, and at some point, the horse that had just run away was not far away. When he was puzzled, the old man had already disappeared without a trace, and only a sentence floated in: "Wuxuan~ You can go back and ask your father, your doubts will be resolved, if he doesn't say it, you will reply to him, [Yan Ting] acted." ”

A sensible man, without ink, strode on his horse, and ran west with a stomach full of doubts.

For a long time, I saw a large banyan tree, independent of the hillside, upright in autumn, but without yellow leaves. Seeing this, Zhong Wuxuan breathed a sigh of relief: I'm back~

............

Noon is coming, Jiuding ditch.

The miners were resting, but everyone was in good spirits.

"Xu Tai, do you really want to do it tomorrow?", Yahao asked.

"After a night of inventory, this opportunity tomorrow cannot be missed, everyone is energetic this time, I can't pour cold water on this critical point."

Xu Tai whispered to others: "Pass it on, tell everyone to act according to last night's plan, don't be reckless, you must endure until the two of them enter the ambush range." ”

"Aren't you afraid that this time will be like the first two failures? Why don't you discuss it in detail?"

Xu Taihuan swept the miners: "Look at them, look at their eyes, these days, has there ever been a day as excited as today? This opportunity has been missed, how long do we have to wait? You now tell them that tomorrow watching the swaggering of those two surnamed Zhao slip around here, and go back safe and sound, this morale will be completely decayed!"

That look, Wang Yahao is so familiar, a year ago, he also had, even more eager to be free than them, however, the failure of the two riots grinded everyone's minds. This opportunity, he also wavered, if it weren't for Jing Xiao's repeated warning to him to endure, it is estimated that he would also be "impulsive" this time, this impulse, they have been longing for a long time......

In order to welcome the arrival of this day, these oppressed people "hide their goods through the beam", those damaged tools on weekdays, those who can break off the iron piece, do not let go of any of them, they can't hide them in their pockets, only shoes and crotch, and they have to endure it, they believe that these sufferings will sooner or later feel worthwhile, and sooner or later, they will ask for it back, even if it is sometimes self-paralysis, but also maintain this self-esteem that is about to disappear, so as to live the motivation to live.

However, in this world, it is not enough to be brave and strategic, but also to see the opportunity.

Wang Yahao even thought for a while: their failure in this riot may be the best, at least it can make them understand that recklessness is not courage, but it is also about their own life and death, a grasshopper on a rope, I die, you don't want to live. Yahao discussed with Xu Tai that he wanted to go to the blacksmith shop again, as originally planned, with Yahao's skills, it was not difficult.

A few miles east of Jiudinggou, a line of heaven formed by two natural boulders stands on the hillside. Take a closer look, the boulder is the top two figures, one arm on the chest, and the other hand behind the back, it is Zhao Peng and Zhao Ju.

Here, just overlook the whole picture of Jiuding ditch, this line of heaven is like a natural measuring stick born for measuring Jiuding ditch.

"Second brother, shall we really give them a meal and a holiday tomorrow?", Zhao Peng was puzzled: "Even if it is to appease the public, this is too kind." ”

"Big brother, they are laborers, but they are not stupid, the rabbit is in a hurry and kicks the eagle, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, you really force them to be anxious, I'm afraid the tragedy will happen again, besides, we have been reimbursed for all the expenses, as long as we dig Jiuding, will they be held accountable for this little account?", Zhao Ju analyzed as carefully as usual.

"Brother, you say, is there really a Yuding buried in this place?"

"Big brother, do you remember when Wang Mang usurped the Han and chased and killed Liu Xiu. ”

"I know, it's all made into a play, and the dolls know it. ”

"This Wang Mang was originally chased from this Liu Xiu, it is said that Liu Xiu in the Luanchuan area, several times to save the day, especially in this Jiuding ditch, said that Liu Xiu is the true son of heaven, there must be something exact, Wang Mang said that the policy implemented when the emperor was very advanced, although it did not conform to the social environment at that time, but in the eyes of future generations, it shows that Wang Mang is not a usurper bandit, he has this advanced consciousness, so, why does he have to be difficult for Liu Xiu?"

"Nonsense~ Leave a hidden danger and let the tiger return to the mountain, isn't this the same as Xiang Yu of the Hongmen Banquet letting Liu Bang go, Wang Mang is not Xiang Yu's reckless man, and he will definitely get rid of the disaster as soon as possible. ”

"Not all, when Wang Mang ascended the throne, and that Liu Xiu was not even a direct line, just a cloth cloth, Wang Mang chased Liu Xiu all the way, but not to chase and kill, so it seems that Wang Mang wants to live, and treats a rebel leader who is not even a descendant of the Han Dynasty, why does he still take care of it everywhere, this Liu Xiu's escape route is also carefully considered, there are so many trails that are not taken at the beginning, why lead Wang Mang to take the big road of Chongdu ditch and Jiuding ditch?"

"Could it be that this Uncle Liu Wen still knows something...... Secret?"

"I don't know this, I haven't considered such exquisiteness as "Emperor's Technique", but as an emperor, there must always be more or less unspeakable mysteries, what our brothers are currently concerned about is this one - Yu Ding, and it didn't tell us much, I once heard the news in Sima Mansion, Luanchuan this place, there is more than one ding, otherwise why in another Jiuding ditch, there are also people sent to excavate?"

"Jiudinggou, Jiudinggou, the difference between the words, but it implies a deep meaning, brother, or ......"

"Don't have such a big appetite, this one alone is enough for our brothers to toss, take care of what is in front of you, the [weak water] that we approved to the above a few days ago will arrive tomorrow." ”

"Hahahahahaha, with [weak water], we can speed up this project. These miners will be easy to deal with in the future~"

The Zhao brothers went home to prepare for tomorrow's "condolences" to the miners.

............

Evening dusk, Huiyang Chung Mansion

The Zhong family's big shopkeeper inside and out, busy before and after, tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, for the Hakka people, the Mid-Autumn Festival in addition to the moon worship there are more important ancestors, looking up to the sky and conch land, tomorrow is the gathering place of the crowd.

The housekeeper whispered in Zhong Yu's ear: "Master, the young master is back", Zhong Da shopkeeper was happy, his son had not returned home for almost a year, and he usually worshipped his ancestors and was noisy.

In the main room in the backyard, Wuxuan touched the familiar tables, chairs, and tea sets, feeling safe and comfortable in his heart.

"Sweet potato Lu~, you still know how to turn it", Zhong Yu hurriedly came to the backyard, and when he saw his son, he didn't know whether to count or be happy

"Abba"

When father and son get together, it is inevitable to talk a lot, but Wuxuan is happy to count this kind of ......

"Abba, do you know Honglie?", Wuxuan has always been unforgiving, and he went straight in.

With a "clang", the teacup rolled down, and Father Zhong's face was difficult to dignified: "This day has come after all, I thought I could protect you for a few more years......"

"Dad, tell me everything, you know my character", Wuxuan stared into his father's eyes.

"What else did he say", Father Chung's face was rarely serious.

"He said... Yan Ting has already taken action and told us to be careful. I have never heard of this Yan Ting, and there is no record of it in the storage room. Also, a friend of mine told me that he had a conversation with a mysterious person before he chose to bury him in the conch field. Dad, I'm an adult, I need to bear the responsibility, I should be responsible, don't keep protecting me. ”

Father Zhong looked at his son with satisfaction, compared to the last time they met, he was much thicker, Hu Qing was also thicker than before, his eyes were no longer dazed, and more importantly, this tone was like the words of a big man. Father Zhong raised his head and saw the moon that was about to be consummated, and he was relieved: "Yes~, I have grown up, it's time~ It's time for my wings to be stiff, my man of the Zhong family has to have this responsibility"

"Housekeeper~", Father Zhong called the housekeeper, explained the things up and down, and ordered him to set off tomorrow, turned to his son and said: "Child, Abba will make it clear to you tonight, our Zhong family's... Mission"

......

On August 15, in the early morning of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Wuxuan had quietly left, and at this time he hurried to the post station and returned to Luoyang.

The difference is that Zhong Wuxuan's usual lazy atmosphere is gone, and his eyes have never been so clear and clear as they are today.

In front of the Zhong family's compound, women and children, old and young, were on the way to the conch field, "the big shopkeeper said let's go first, he packed up some things and came to catch up with the trip", after the housekeeper explained the affairs of the clan, he drove the team forward, and the Zhong mother Liu asked the housekeeper in a low voice: "Is the master coping with it?"

"Don't worry, madam, those wild sparrows, the lord didn't pay attention to them at all. ”

Mother Chung only said, "May my son be safe and sound." ”

......

Chung family compound, main hall lobby

The people of the Zhong Yuguan tribe went away, looked around the four walls, and shouted:

"Get out!"

The sound of ambush surged everywhere, and the six figures dressed in black gradually became clear, forming an encirclement formation, trapping Zhong Yu in the center.

Father Zhong's face showed a fierce light, and his voice shouted:

"After hundreds of years, you still refuse to let go of our Zhong family!

In the face of Zhong Yan's angry rebuke, the man in black was silent, and when the leader gave an order, they showed their weapons one after another and slowly approached the Zhong family's shopkeeper.

Zhong Yu took off his robe and tied his clothes, showed a thorny double-edged halberd, and walked forward:

"Come, let the old man lead you, you can wait!"