Coming out of the Guanyin Temple, the sky is getting brighter, it is already three poles on the sun, about 10:00 in the morning, the sun is very poisonous.

Girls are afraid of the sun, especially the sun on the tropical seaside.

So Xiao Yu directly took Cao Wan over the scripture building and the Dharma Hall, and came to the pagoda in front of a clearing, Xiao Yu said to Cao Wan: "Sister, the sun is too poisonous now, and the tower is still cool." Let's climb the tower and enjoy the sea view! From the tower, you can see the whole picture of Tai O. ”

"Okay!" Cao Wan readily agreed.

"When I'm not happy, I like to watch Tai O from the tower alone, especially at dusk, it's beautiful."

After Xiao Yu finished speaking, he took Cao Wan's hand and stepped into the pagoda.

The two young ladies didn't care about the poor Guan Hao, who was left out in the back, and entered the ancient tower by themselves.

Guan Hao was an archaeologist in his previous life, and he had an innate affinity for ancient architecture.

For this well-preserved ancient tower, how can Guan Hao miss it.

The pagoda in front of you is an octagonal seven-level pavilion-style stone pagoda, with a stone tower base, a height of more than 30 meters, and a circumference of nearly 40 meters at the base.

Looking at the shape and style, it is determined to be the style of the Ming Dynasty pagoda.

The entire base of the tower is nearly 3 meters high, and it is all made of solid granite.

The first layer faces the west side of the ticket door, there are stone steps connected, the lintel is embedded with the plaque of regular script "Siming" above, and the symmetry around the word Siming appears the unique logo pattern of the Shu Wangfu, the people who do not know the pattern of the Shu Wangfu still think that it is just the pattern of modification.

Obviously, this tower has a great relationship with the last Shu king of the Ming Dynasty.

From the second floor, the doors are opened on all sides, and wooden window lattices, fences, and bucket arches are installed.

The glazed tile cover is a raspberry type, and there is a small iron tower at the top, which is similar in shape to the main tower.

Because it is a stone and wood structure with outer stone and inner wood, if you want to enter the pagoda, you need to climb the wooden ladder to the wooden platform on each floor.

Because the sea breeze blows from the north and south all the year round, in order to resist the sea breeze, the ancient pagoda faces east and west, and the west side is open.

The whole Buddhist temple is located in a depression at the top of the Jade Dolphin Peak, surrounded by steep cliffs in the north and south, showing high in the north and low in the south, the east and west do not block the terrain but the trend of the east high and the west low, from the mountain gate to the pagoda to see the need to look up.

It is precisely because of this geographical location that Mida Monastery can stand still for thousands of years in the typhoon-prone Lingnan region.

However, the pagoda was built after the Ming Dynasty, and it is hundreds of different buildings from other Buddhist temples.

Anyone who does archaeology knows that stupas have underground palaces, and often stupas are also the tombs of high monks.

We often say that saving people's lives is better than building a seven-level floating slaughter, and the seventh-level floating slaughter refers to the seven-story tower.

Under the leadership of Xiao Yu, Cao Wan ascended to the seventh floor of the tower before Guan Hao.

Perhaps because of the seaside, this Siming Pagoda is built unusually strong, the tower is completely made of granite strips of stone produced in Tai O, each layer of the inside is partitioned with the settlement mulberry plank after the shade is dried, and then there is a handrail staircase to the top of the tower, and the wooden plank in the tower is brushed with a thick layer of tung oil, which is very smooth to the touch.

Smelling the scent of tung oil, it makes you feel like you are in the middle of an ancient sea ship sailing on the sea.

Looking at the color of the plank and tung oil, it is estimated that there is a special person who takes care of it regularly.

The ancient tower does not have the slightest sense of obsolescence, as if it were a newly built tower.

Guan Hao also climbed the seven-story platform, the line of sight is very good, the visibility is very high, and the ancient village of Tai O at the bottom of the mountain is in full view.

Guan Hao finally understood, why did the old monk Fang Cai say, "The Huang family's Xiaojiu brought to the temple is not an outsider?" "What do you mean?

It turns out that the Mituo Monastery on the mountain and the ancient village of Da O on the seaside of the mountain are a whole, and the ancient temple is regarded as the overall lookout and early warning system, which is regarded as the eyes of the people.

And the mountain is hand and foot, going out to sea to do business at the fishing dock, in order to maintain this close combination.

It seems that this should be the last base of Zhu Hui, the prince of Shu!

Then why is Zhu Hui, the son of the King of Shu, so closely related to the Huang family of the thousand-year-old family?

This is a big problem.

If Guan Hao didn't guess wrong, this "Siming Tower" should be Zhu Hui's final destination!

A son who always thinks about restoring the country with the longing for his homeland, after the failure of the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, he is depressed and unhappy, and finally dies in the ancient temple on the coast of the South China Sea.

Thinking of this, Guan Hao's idea of finding the relics of the King of Shu was slowly relieved.

Maybe the so-called relics of the King of Shu no longer exist, even if they exist, it is estimated that they are a bunch of useless swords, guns, swords, halberds, a prince who wants revenge will not let the gold and silver treasures accompany him into the underground palace, and it is the right solution to exchange all the wealth and goods for the weapons of hope for himself in his lifetime.

"Good boy, you see, this place doesn't look like a watchtower, surrounded by mountains, it's very hidden here, it's hard to find a tower here on the sea, and from the mountain gate here, it can be regarded as easy to defend and difficult to attack." Cao Wan said to Guan Hao who came up.

is worthy of being a woman in a big family, and she found the clue at a glance.

"Yes! I also found that this place and the village under the mountain are interdependent. ”

The two climbed the tower and looked into the distance, and their eyes couldn't help but be attracted by the layout of Tai O Ancient Village at the bottom of the mountain.

Looking down from the mountain, Tai O Ancient Village is a traditional gossip map.

Ancient Chinese philosophical thought is that Tai Chi gives birth to two rituals, two rituals give birth to four elephants, and four elephants give birth to gossip.

The green dragon, the white tiger, the vermilion bird, and the Xuanwu are the "four elephants" in traditional Chinese culture, and the ancients selected 28 star officials as the symbol of observation in order to observe the celestial phenomena and the movement of the sun and the moon and the five stars, which are called "28 Nakshatras". It is divided into four groups of seven nights each. Among them, the Oriental Seven Houses (Horn, Kang, Di, Fang, Heart, Tail, Kei) its image dragon, the direction of the east, right, on behalf of spring, belongs to the wood, the color is green, and it is generally called the green dragon. The seven houses of the West (Kui, Lou, Stomach, Ang, Bi, Mi, Ginseng), its image of the tiger, the direction of the west, left, on behalf of the autumn, belongs to gold, the color is white, generally known as the white tiger. The seven houses in the south (well, ghost, willow, star, zhang, wing, zhen), its image bird, the direction of the south, the back, represents the summer, belongs to the fire, the color of the vermilion, the general name of the red bird; The seven houses in the north (fighting, bull, female, void, danger, room, wall), its image turtle and snake, the direction of the north, the front, on behalf of winter, belongs to the water, the color is black, and the general name is Xuanwu. (The land of the Central Plains belongs to the soil, so as to form the theory of the five elements in ancient China).

From the topography of the ten-mile radius, the ancient village of Tai O has formed a large "four elephant gossip". Guan Hao looked at the mountain and said to Cao Wan.

"Yes, you see, there are three steep islands at the eastern estuary that form a barrier against the erosion of the port and the village by the sea.

There are also a few small islands in the south, which should be the "Vermilion Bird" elephant, the Qiangua. ”

"A low mountain in the west is the "white tiger" elephant, the hexagram. ”

"There is Tai O Mountain in the north to block the cold wind from the north as the "Xuanwu" elephant, the Kun hexagram. ”

"Therefore, according to the arrangement of the acquired gossip, the east, west, north and south are respectively the shock hexagram, the redemption hexagram, the separation hexagram and the kan hexagram."

"The green dragon in the east is high, and the white tiger in the west is low; The Suzaku is low in the south and high in the Xuanwu in the north. It's an ideal place to get your fortune. ”

The fishing harbour of Tai O Fishing Village is located in such a geographical location. ”

Xiao Yu, who was on the side, saw the conversation between the two of you, saying something that she didn't understand, and was very anxious.

"Good brother, Sister Wan'er, what are you talking about? How I don't understand! ”

"Xiaoyu, we are saying that your family's feng shui is very good, and Tai O is a blessed place!"

"My grandfather also said that the feng shui of Tai O was originally seen by my grandfather's grandfather, and the village was built here because of the good feng shui." Xiao Yu said.

"It's getting late, let's go down! The temple prepared a meal, and we ate it on the mountain at noon today. ”

"Good! Today is another blessing! ”

As everyone knows, an old monk who can perceive everything is waiting for Guan Hao.