Yao Guangxiao?Ye Feng couldn't help frowning.

This Dharma name is Daoyan, a strange man who is also a monk and a layman, but he is a living legend with many magical stories.

It is said that this person became a monk at the age of fourteen, and once followed the Taoist to learn the number of yin and yang, and was also very proficient in Confucianism.

However, this person's appearance is not very good, in the early years of the Songshan Temple when he met the world's physiognomy strange person Yuan Hui, Yuan Hui was very surprised to see Yao Guangxiao, and commented: "What kind of monk is this? The eyes are triangular, the face is like a sick tiger, and his character must be fierce and murderous, it is really like Liu Bingzhong of the Yuan Dynasty!"

(Liu Bingzhong, a famous politician in the early days of the Yuan Dynasty, became a monk as a young man, and later became a staff member of Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, assisted him in pacifying the world, and formulated the official system and etiquette for the founding of the Yuan Dynasty. ）

Hearing this, Yao Guangxiao was very happy.

However, Ming Taizu didn't like his face very much, and was a little afraid of Yuan Heng's comments, and was always reluctant to reuse him.

Yao Guangxiao has been forbearant until Queen Ma died, and met Zhu Di, the king of Yan, at her funeral, and the two hit it off at first sight, admired each other, and talked happily.

After that, he went to the fiefdom of Beiping with King Yan, and became the abbot of Qingshou Temple in Beiping, and often entered the palace of King Yan to give advice.

After the death of Ming Taizu, Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne and began to cut the feudal domain on a large scale, and the kings were convicted one after another. Under Yao Guangxiao's strong advice, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, finally made up his mind to raise troops and finally ascend to the throne, and Yao Guangxiao's contribution to it was not small.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he was extremely respectful to Yao Guangxiao, treated him with courtesy, and was named a good doctor, a young prince and a young master, and issued an edict to restore his surname to Yao, and gave him the name Guangxiao.

After that, he issued an edict to let Yao Guangxiao save his hair and return it to the vulgar, but he refused. He was also given a beautiful woman in a mansion, but he was also rejected. He still lives in the temple, but when he goes to court, he changes into official clothes, and after the next court, he wears back to black monk's clothes, and the people call him "the black-clothed prime minister" because of his weirdness.

It is said that at the beginning of Zhu Di's accession to the throne, in order to win the hearts of the people in the world, he asked the scholar Xie Jin to preside over the compilation of the book "Yongle Canon".

Although he is also a confidant of Emperor Zhu Di, Ye Feng's father, Ye Zhiqiu, has always been respectful of mysterious and mysterious characters like Yao Guangxiao, and has no dealings, so Ye Feng really doesn't know much about this person.

Such a character would be involved in the legend of "Locking the Dragon Well", and even Ye Feng couldn't help but feel a little curious.

Zhang Fatzi asked a little mysteriously at this time: "You have also heard that the emperor is building Beiping and preparing to change it to Beijing and move the capital, right?"

Ye Feng nodded, this matter is in an uproar, who doesn't know? What's more, the father of their sworn brother Xia Xuan is none other than Xia Yuanji, the head of the household department who is responsible for supervising the construction matters.

Zhang Fatzi said: "And the person responsible for designing the entire Beijing City and the Imperial Palace is this Yao Guangxiao. It is said that when there was often a big flood in the city of Beiping, in order to bring disaster to the people, Yao Guangxiao calculated that this evil dragon was doing evil when he built the imperial city, so he cast a spell to hold it, built a lock dragon well, and trapped the evil dragon in the well with iron chains. ”

Ye Feng shook his head and expressed his disbelief: "This is just a folk legend based on false rumors, and it is not enough to believe it." ”

Zhang Fatzi Zhengse said: "You may not believe this, but the following incident was told to me by my father, and it is definitely not."

Fiction, you can't not believe it. ”

Ye Feng knew that Zhang Fatzi's father, the British Gong Zhang Fu, was originally from the army, and he had always been cautious in his words and deeds, so what he said was naturally credible.

Zhang Fatzi said in a deep voice: "My father said that after Yao Guangxiao ordered people to build this lock dragon well, he left Beiping and returned to Beijing, and left a team of sergeants to guard it, and strictly ordered anyone not to approach this well. ”

"But how could the leader of this band, who had been my father's subordinates, known for his boldness, believe such nonsense as a dragon?

He ordered the soldiers to pull up the iron chain at the mouth of the well, to see what was underneath? Who knew that the iron chain was getting longer and longer, as if there was no end, and the chain that was pulled out was as long as two or three streets in a row, but there was still no end in sight, and the well water was tumbling, and there was a faint sound like the crowing of a cow under the water, and the well water also emitted a fishy smell, and the color gradually turned black, as if something was really going to be drilled out of the well. ”

The soldiers were so frightened that they did not dare to pull the chains any more, but the officer was furious and scolded them for not having the courage to go to the well and pull the chains himself. I don't know if it was because of the drunken stumble or some other reason, but he suddenly stumbled and fell into the well. ”

Then the chains all returned to the well of their own accord as if they had been pulled by some force, and the water returned to its previous calm, and the sound of the cow crowing disappeared as if nothing had happened. ”

Later, the soldiers reported the incident, but Yao Guangxiao claimed that it was only because the officer had fallen into a well and died after drinking, and strictly ordered the matter not to be publicized. It was only because the officer and his soldiers were once my father's old subordinates that my father learned the truth, and it is unknown whether there really was a dragon in the well. ”

(This story is found in the legend of the Suolongjing in Beijing's Beixinqiao, which was built in the Ming Dynasty and is said to have been scared away when the Japanese occupied Beijing during the Sino-Japanese War.) The author just transplanted the legend of the time to the Ming Dynasty, don't spray if you don't like it. ）

After Zhang Fatzi finished speaking, everyone present felt a burst of heartbeat, immersed in the bizarre story that Zhang Fatzi just told.

Ye Feng looked at the mysterious ancient well in front of him, and couldn't help muttering in his heart.

Originally, Ye Feng didn't believe in the legendary things of dragons or something, but Zhang Fatzi talked about it so well, and he also moved out his father, which undoubtedly greatly increased the credibility of this matter.

If there really is a creature like a dragon in the world, then under this ancient well, will it be a legendary dragon that is locked by these nine thick iron chains?

Ye Feng couldn't help but walk to the edge of the well, and reached out to touch the huge iron chain as thick as an arm at the mouth of the well. The chains were cold to the bone, and the water under the well must have been extremely cold.

In such a cold place, could there really be a dragon hidden?

Ye Feng was thinking about it, when he suddenly felt that the thick iron chain suddenly trembled, and then it shook violently, making a loud noise, and then the water surface in the well tumbled, and there was a dull roar like a cow roaring faintly from below!

Ye Feng was taken aback, and took a few steps back, there was indeed a living creature down there!

He has also read a lot of books, and naturally knows that in the records of ancient books, the dragon's cry is like the roar of a cow.

The others around were also startled by this sudden movement, and stared at the thick iron chains that were beating on the wellhead in amazement, could it be that this dragon was about to rush out?

Fortunately, after the chains danced for a while, the calm slowly returned, the water stopped churning, and the cow-like cry from the depths of the well disappeared, and everything returned to normal.

At this moment, everyone faintly heard a noisy sound from a distance.

Tell carefully, this voice should have come from the Broken Dragon Stone.

Although Ye Feng and the others were already far away from the Broken Dragon Stone now, this huge underground cave was a closed space, and the noise was so loud that it could be transmitted far away.

Tang Da frowned, and asked Mo Qizhong, "Who are they?" Could it be those people from the Jiangnan Ming family you mentioned just now?"

Mo Qizhong also held his breath and listened carefully for a while before shaking his head and saying: "No, although the Jiangnan Ming family is all masters, there are only more than ten people, and they can't make such a big move." Listening to the voice, there were at least hundreds of people coming, and it shouldn't be from the Jiangnan Ming family. ”

Except for Jiang Nanming's family, how could anyone else enter this underground cave without guidance? Moreover, there were hundreds of people?

Everyone looked at each other and thought it was incredible.

But fortunately, it sounds like these people are just staying outside the Broken Dragon Stone, and there is no way to enter this labyrinth. Besides, even if they entered the labyrinth, without someone like Xie Zhenliang who was proficient in arithmetic to guide the way, they were still trapped alive in those unpredictable stone chambers.

Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking back, everyone was looking at the lock dragon well that had returned to calm, and they couldn't help but secretly wonder in their hearts, could it be that the thing in this well just now had such a reaction because it sensed that someone had broken in outside?

Zhang Fatzi shook his head and said with doubts: "If there is really a dragon trapped in this well, where did the First Emperor catch it back then, and how did it get to his mausoleum?"

Sun Lao Er looked up at this huge and incomparably dark cave, and said: "Look at this place, it is not possible to do it by manpower, if it is said that there are some rare beasts inhabiting this cave, it will not be surprising at all." ”

Zhang Fatzi nodded silently, indeed, in the face of this huge underground cave, this wonderful and strange labyrinth, this strange beast that locks the dragon well for some reason, what else is impossible?

It's just that the First Emperor wanted to capture this strange beast and build a lock dragon well to trap it here, it must have taken a lot of effort, so why did he spend so much time doing so much?

Facing his question, Mo Qizhong suddenly asked, "Do you remember what I just said, the wooden magpie made by Lu Ban during the Warring States Period that could fly for three days and three nights without landing?"

Zhang Fatzi was stunned for a moment and nodded, but then, his face changed suddenly.

He remembered that Mo Qizhong had guessed that Lu Ban's design of the wooden magpie back then may have been powered by small animals such as mice hidden in its belly, so that the wooden magpie could fly for a long time without falling.

Could it be that he meant the same thing now, that the alien beast trapped in the dragon well was the means to power the huge mechanism beneath the labyrinth?

The beast looked like it had survived for an unknown number of years, so it was no wonder that this huge underground mechanism had a steady stream of power for more than a thousand years, keeping it running normally.

It's just, can such an unbelievable thing be true?

At this time, Tang Da listened to the noise coming from outside, looked back at the Suolongjing that had calmed down, and suddenly said, "Let's hurry as soon as possible, there is not much time left for us." ”