(25) Millennial cypress

For the first time, led by a lone wolf and a mute, the trio quickly reached the top of the mountain. As soon as I reached the top of the mountain, I found the thousand-year-old cypress tree. Under the command of the little Taoist, the three of them began to search for the seven-edged tree hole mentioned in the dream. But more than ten minutes passed, and the three of them searched the entire tree body repeatedly, but they did not find such a seven-edged tree hole. The lone wolf even climbed up and down the big tree several times, but could not find the strange hole that the little Taoist priest said. However, at a height of three meters on the body of the tree, a large grape-shaped nodule was found, the size of a football ball, composed of more than a dozen small nodules. After searching a few more times, there was still nothing else to find, and the three of them couldn't help but be a little disheartened.

At this time, the little Taoist priest suddenly had an idea, let the dumb man stand under the tree, and he stepped on the dumb man's shoulder to reach the position of the big tree. After going up, he examined it carefully for a while, but still didn't find any obvious flaws. I saw him reach out and pull out a dagger, and use the hilt of the knife to probe and carefully tap each small nodule. Sure enough, he soon discovered that the inside of the big tree tumor looked hollow. Then he gently peeled off the outer skin of each small tree nodule with a dagger, and finally in the middle of the small tree, he found a small hole in the shape of a heptagon. Taking the lone wolf's flashlight, he shone it inside, and it was also a seven-sided cave, and it was almost half a meter deep.

After discovering the Seven Ridge Tree Cave, the little Taoist priest was very happy, and he was even more convinced that this strange dream of the teacher must have a deep meaning. The three of them began to conduct a carpet search between the weeds and rocks under the trees, trying to find the seven-sided branch that matched the hole of the tree about half a meter. But the three of them searched several times, but they also did not find the strange seven-edged branch. Even if the three of them used the method of the little Taoist just now to knock on the entire mountaintop, which was not very big, they still did not find any relevant clues.

Just when the three of them were a little impatient, the sunlight became stronger and stronger. The little Taoist priest muttered and scolded that even God didn't help, and the more anxious he was, the hotter it became. Suddenly, at this moment, the mute inadvertently looked up and saw that in the canopy of the big tree, a branch that looked a little like a dragon had protruded, stretching out far in front of the mountain. As soon as he said this, the three of them moved at the same time, and walked a few steps to the end of the branch, and found that they had reached the edge of the cliff. When I got here, the dragon-shaped branch made a slight turn down the cliff. The little Taoist priest suggested that if you go down in the direction of the dragon-shaped branch, maybe there will be some unexpected discoveries.

The three of them summed up a little and decided to let the dead horse be a live horse doctor, and the three decided to send the little Taoist priest and the lone wolf down to have a look. So the mute fixed the safety rope on it, and the lone wolf and the little Taoist quickly climbed down. When he was about seven or eight meters down, the lone wolf really found a small cave on the cliff. The entrance to the cave is not large, and the lone wolf can barely get in.

It's not very big, only three or four square meters in size, and the depth is only three or four meters. In the low cave, under the light of a flashlight, a large stone the size of a small dining table is placed in the center of the cave. On top of the flat and smooth stone, there is a seven-sided branch with a jet-black color more than half a meter long. The lone wolf was overjoyed, and after seeing that there should be no news agency around, he hurriedly stepped forward and reached for the seven-sided branch. However, when he took it, the lone wolf was really taken aback. This little branch the thickness of the boy's arm, and he couldn't even pick it up with one hand. Then he stretched out his hands and took them hard, but he only moved slightly, and still didn't pick them up. At this time, the little Taoist priest also came in, and was also surprised to see the lone wolf with a red face. He looked around carefully, but found no information. He asked the lone wolf to retreat a little, and secretly used the Pure Yang Xuangong, and then reached out and picked up this strange seven-sided branch. I never thought that this small object would weigh more than two or three hundred catties, no wonder the lone wolf couldn't pick it up easily just now. Fortunately, the little Taoist priest has authentic Xuanmen magic skills, so he easily got it.

There was no time to think about anything else, and the two quickly returned to the top of the mountain. When he arrived at the bottom of the big tree at the top of the mountain, considering the weight of this seven-sided branch, the little Taoist stepped on the shoulders of the lone wolf and the mute man respectively, and slowly reached the position of the seven-sided tree hole. The little Taoist priest slowly inserted the seven-edged branch into the tree hole, and after a while, the strange hole and the big tree nodule all disappeared out of thin air. Just as the three of them were stunned, a small round wooden box of the same jet black color slowly fell from the top of the canopy. I saw that this small wooden box fell straight into the hands of the little Taoist, and the same black small wooden box was also surprisingly heavy, if it wasn't for the little Taoist's preparation in advance, I am afraid that it would really fall down.

Just after the little Taoist priest jumped back to the tree steadily, the three of them carefully looked at the small wooden box in his hand. I saw that two lines of small characters appeared on the lid of the small wooden box in an instant, and the little Taoist priest looked at it for a while and recognized it. These two lines of small characters are: "Xuanwu is now, the resentful spirit is extinguished; But before the three of them could fully understand what was going on, the two small characters disappeared out of thin air, leaving only some strange symbols that they couldn't understand.

However, at this moment, a strange voice sounded in the ears of the little Taoist, but this voice could only be heard by the little Taoist himself. And the person who spoke turned out to be the long-deceased mentor of the little Taoist immortal. After he whispered to the little Taoist for a while, the little Taoist suddenly realized, and suddenly laughed inexplicably, which startled the lone wolf and the mute two. After laughing, the little Taoist priest didn't even have time to explain anything, only to see him first bow respectfully to the thousand-year-old cypress tree, and then flew down the mountain without even saying hello. Fortunately, the lone wolf and the mute have always known the little Taoist's independent and eccentric temper, and no one was so angry that they had to follow closely down the mountain.

That's all it takes to reach the top for the first time.

Immediately afterwards, the little Taoist priest recounted his second experience of reaching the summit. When he saw that the two resentful spirits were completely absorbed by the small wooden box, and completely subdued them. Without saying a word, he hurried back to the top of the mountain. When he reached the top of the mountain, he respectfully placed the small wooden box under the thousand-year-old cypress tree. I saw that this small wooden box slowly rose up by itself, and slowly entered the dense canopy, and was never seen again.

The little Taoist priest himself knew in his heart that according to the prior instructions of his master, his old man had already made corresponding and proper arrangements for the two resentful spirits. He knew that in order to appease the resentment of these two resentful spirits, the master had subdued them with a ban and then gave them part of his soul. Let them be able to break away from the Middle Metaverse, return to Yunmeng Mountain with them, and start the reincarnation of the Heavenly Dao of freedom. From then on, let go of those endless grievances and begin the practice of rebirth. In addition, he also told the little Taoist priest that in the future, he must make a special trip to completely seal the dilapidated tomb in Qianshan, so that it will completely disappear from the world. Since then, there will be no more legends of that sad past......

After listening to the little Taoist priest's narration, everyone finally put their hearts at ease. After descending the mountain, the group rested for a while and began to gallop back.

Volume 4: The white-clothed spirit in the tomb of the Guishan Han

When he was about to get home, this time Xiao Maitreya really kept his promise and insisted that he would invite everyone to the villa for a big meal. Just as everyone was about to go, the lone wolf proposed: "I think it's better to forget it, we all know that Brother Maitreya was originally very tight, this time I will invite you for him." ”

The prodigal son said: "This is easy to say, as long as someone invites it, I don't care who it is, even if the president of the United States invites me, Ah Lang will also gladly go." ”

Jing Xin looked at the sky, smiled slightly, and said: "Everyone is in danger today, and it is rare for everyone to be happy, plus I feel that the moon must be very big and round tonight." Why don't I suggest we go for a picnic and find a clean wild place for a moonlight dinner. What do you think?"

The doll said: "I raise my hands and vigorously support the decision of our young master of Nangong." Let's go find a clean place and let go of a good drunken. It's just a good time to release the depressed mood of Brother Alang and me today, and it's decided that we won't get drunk, anyway, everyone has enough equipment in their backpacks, and they won't get drunk in the wilderness. ”

At this time, everyone happened to walk in front of Guishan Mountain, which was not far from home, and said with a smile: "Or, brothers and sisters, we will get it here." Although the mountain here is not high, it is also quite quiet, although there is no intoxicating night, but the wind is clear and the moon is bright. Wait a minute, you each tell your family, I'll go to the town in front of me with Brother Wolf to buy some food and drinks, and when we come back, we'll go straight up the mountain, and we'll not get drunk tonight." With that, he and Lone Wolf handed over their backpacks to others and galloped towards the nearby town.

After they left, everyone called home, saying that they were having a party outside, and they would not go back tonight, and they would be home tomorrow morning.

After everything was done, look at the time, it was almost six o'clock in the afternoon, and Xiao Qingfeng asked everyone to go up the mountain first. When you go to the mountain, you first find a place to camp, and then wait for the lone wolf and the laughing Maitreya to go up the mountain to meet.

At the foot of the mountain, the dumb man took everyone to a vegetable garden and parked the mountain bikes. The owner of this vegetable garden is a friend of the mute. Although the mute usually can't speak, he is very popular in the neighborhood. People who are old in the neighborhood and have run outside in the early years know that he is a sincere man with responsibility. Of course, very few people know that he is the famous cold-faced judge on the rivers and lakes back then. The owner of this vegetable garden was also a fierce man when he was young and frivolous, and had been favored by mutes in his early years.

Seeing the dumb man and the group arrive today, of course he was very happy and enthusiastic. Knowing that everyone was preparing to go to the mountains for a picnic, he quickly set up firewood and boiled hot water for everyone to fill the kettle. In addition, I can't help but kill a stupid rooster of my own for everyone, put it on the pot and simmer it. said that there was nothing else to do, so I used it to add a dish to everyone, but it made everyone embarrassed. In the end, Jing Xin secretly pressed a hundred yuan under his salt shaker, which can be regarded as a subsidy for others. Of course, when she put the money, no one including the owner of the house noticed. As for when the owner of this house will find out in the future, it is his own business, at least the people's minds have arrived.

The stupid chicken had just been stewed, and the dumb and lone wolf were just in time to catch up. Not only did they buy a case of twelve bottles of liquor, but they also got a case of canned green beer. In addition, what roast chicken roast duck, cold skin peanuts, fried chicken fillet chicken thighs, spicy crayfish, braised screws, bananas and apples and a lot of other fruits. Four large bags full of wine, plus two cases of wine. I really don't know how these two guys got it.

Well, when I got here, I saw that the owner had also made a lot of fresh ready-to-eat vegetables, cucumbers and tomatoes. In addition, there is a large pot of freshly stewed stupid chicken. Speaking of which, it is still a lone wolf who can do things, and without saying a word, he left a few bottles of liquor for the owner. Seeing that this master was a good drinker, he didn't push it at all, so he happily accepted it. This kind of high-roller back then, everyone doesn't need to say anything, everything is in the wine.

Immediately after a simple equipment, everyone put down the extra equipment, only brought wine and food and some camping necessities, and went up the mountain lightly. In less than half an hour, everyone arrived at the top of Kameyama Mountain.

This Turtle Mountain, which is only seven or eight kilometers away from Xiao Qingfeng's village, has a radius of only a few kilometers and an altitude of about 200 meters, and is a lonely mountain. But this small turtle mountain is very famous, and it has a close relationship with the dragon mountain where the bottomless pit skin fairy family that everyone made a big fuss about not long ago. and the nearby Wohu Mountain and Zhu Mountain, they are known as the four local spiritual mountains.

Not only that, but about three kilometers south of Turtle Mountain, there is a small hill called Jade Emperor Mountain. Although the name of this Jade Emperor Mountain is called a mountain, it is also a slightly larger hill. At an altitude of just over 100 meters, there are hardly any rocks on it, and it looks like a large mound of earth. But it's strange that at the top of its hill is a large round platform. The diameter of the platform is about seventeen or eighteen meters, and it is not only round and regular, but also unusually flat, and it looks like it has been formed by man. It is said that in ancient times, it was an important altar for worshipping heaven and earth. This point is indeed clearly recorded in the YZ City Chronicle.

At the foot of the southern side of the Jade Emperor Mountain, there is a Jade Emperor Temple built in the Ming Dynasty, which enshrines the Jade Emperor. Although there is no longer the three-entry courtyard of the year, there is still the quaint main hall of the Jade Emperor Palace, and the incense is still continuous. And for this Jade Emperor Temple, there is also a well-known legend, which has been passed down to this day.

According to legend, when the Ming Dynasty was just established, a generation of strange people Qingtian Liu Bowen was entrusted by Zhu Yuanzhang to secretly search for those treasures of feng shui in public opinion all over the country. In order to find the future mausoleum for Zhu Yuanzhang and his descendants in advance, but also to bless his Ming Empire with prosperity for thousands of generations. You must know that the ancients regarded death as life very strongly, and attached great importance to the so-called Yin Mansion after death, especially the ancient emperor, who firmly believed in it and attached great importance to it.

According to legend, on this day, Liu Bowen disguised himself as an ordinary sloppy Taoist and found the foot of this Jade Emperor Mountain. When he climbed to the altar at the top of the hill, he was amazed. It turns out that this mountain is the best place in Kanyuxue, and it is a natural feng shui treasure. I saw this delicate and mellow Jade Emperor Mountain, surrounded by four spirit mountains arch guard, there is an ancient river in front of it, like a jade belt wrapped around the waist meandering through, there are perennial ancient springs and lakes on the left and right. The mountains are lush and beautiful, and the water is clear and condensed, twisting and turning. Here, the Tibetan wind gathers water, the weather is simple, the pattern is rigorous, exquisitely clear, and there are no signs of man-made in everything, which is purely made in heaven. Especially the surrounding four spirit god mountains, it is the classic front Vermilion Bird, back Xuanwu, left green dragon, right white tiger. Longshan in the east is winding and supple, Wohu Mountain is in the west, tame and affectionate, Zhushan in the south, Xiangwu is looking forward to Gu, and Guishan is in the north, bowing its head to meet it.

Liu Bowen saw that this was the feng shui treasure he was looking for, and quickly took out his compass to calculate. Finally, after several deductions, he determined the location of the current Jade Emperor Palace, which was the center of the treasure cave. After descending the mountain, he made a secret mark there without a word, and floated away.

Three days later, Liu Bowen personally led the local court officials to prepare for the official groundbreaking. But when he got to the place where he had made the mark, he was dumbfounded. It turned out that the place where he made the mark three days ago was now a small Jade Emperor Hall built out of thin air. Although this small Jade Emperor Palace, due to the rush of time, the construction is very simple and rough, but it is indeed a Jade Emperor Palace, which is enshrined in a statue of the Jade Emperor who did not know where it was temporarily moved. Since ancient times, there has been no reason to push it to the temple to build a ghost cave. Liu Bowen was shocked, knowing that he had met a superior person who was far superior to him. suddenly ran out of ideas, and after bowing to Zhang Yuhuang three times, he had to leave with a group of entourage. However, in order not to lose his reputation, Liu Bowen had to retreat to the next best thing and went to the nearby Longshan Zhiyang to choose the royal tomb. It is also the royal tomb that Nangong Jingxin guarded in the ancestral era.

Many years later, after several overt and covert visits, Liu Bowen finally knew the story behind the appearance of this Jade Emperor Hall out of thin air. It turned out that in the village near the Jade Emperor Mountain, there was a secluded master of the world, who was also a master of Kanyu like Liu Bowen, and he had long seen that the location of this Jade Emperor Palace was an excellent feng shui treasure. That day, when Liu Bowen came to the top of Jade Emperor Mountain in disguise, he had been hiding beside him, paying close attention to Liu Bowen's every move. When he saw Liu Bowen go straight to the center of the acupuncture point after coming down the mountain, he recognized Liu Bowen's identity and knew that he was Qingtian Liu Bowen, who was known as the Heavenly Machine.

After Liu Bowen made a mark and floated away, the master immediately arrived at that position. This master knew that Liu Bowen had already selected this place and was going to build the imperial tomb here, and it would not be long before he came to break ground and lay the foundation. This kind-hearted master knew that as long as the imperial tomb was really built here, the people in the vicinity would be poisoned. Because, since ancient times, as long as the day of the construction of the imperial mausoleum is successful, it is the time when the nearby people suffer great disasters.

Usually, in order to keep the information about the internal organs of the Imperial Tomb and the construction process confidential, as long as the Imperial Tomb is completed, the nearby people and those migrant workers will all be killed. Then, immigrants from other places will come to fill the place, so that all the secrets of the imperial tomb will not be leaked.