Chapter 137 Zhenwu Banner
I once heard about a strange tomb pattern, which can be regarded as a type of mysterious tomb, called the Styx Tomb.
This is probably one of the earliest tombs that appeared more than 2,000 years ago. From a technical perspective, it is certainly not as mature as Cao Cao’s seventy-two tombs. He was a master of manipulating people’s minds, and he really deceived people.
The people of the world are naturally able to capture it at their fingertips, and the Tomb of Styx cannot be taken as a precaution, but there is an interesting story in it that few people know.
Legend has it that after the Emperor of Zhou lost power, the princes separated themselves and the land of China entered the chaotic times of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period. However, the princes at that time still paid attention to some gentlemanly etiquette and left some room for fighting. However, since the three families were divided into Jin and entered the Warring States Period,
The princes were completely torn apart, and the blood flowed like rivers from the beatings, and the corpses were piled up like mountains.
In troubled times, people are in dire straits. Human beings, once they can no longer survive, they dare to do anything. Grave robbing was extremely rampant during that period. Maybe the living people bullied the dead.
The princes and nobles were frightened, and began to think about ways to protect themselves after death. Tombs emerged in endlessly, and the Styx Tomb appeared at that time.
This was first thought up by a man named Ji Bo from Wei State. He had learned that tomb robbers, in pursuit of speed, would not touch those graves. There wouldn’t be any good stuff anyway. Basically, they were all
He went straight to the main tomb, so he put an insignificant person in the main tomb chamber, while the real owner of the tomb was buried in the secondary burial pit, in order to protect the body of the tomb owner from tomb robbers.
To put it bluntly, he just found a stand-in and used a cover to let everyone do whatever they wanted. He was playing the trick of building a plank road in the open and crossing Chencang secretly.
Of course, in order to ensure the quality of life of the tomb owner after his death, the secondary burial pit where the tomb owner is buried must be extremely luxurious, and the regulations are even higher than those of the main tomb!
Not to mention whether this method was stupid, anyway, the princes and nobles who were so distressed by the tomb robbers at that time really believed his evil deeds. A general of Wei State buried his father in this way. As a result, he was buried not long after.
, whether it was the scapegoat or his father, they all came back from below, and the general was very anxious. In anger, the general killed Jibo with his sword, and finally invited Emperor Zhou from Luoyi.
The ceremonial officer came back and made major changes to the tomb, and then the matter was settled.
Because it involves my ancestors, this matter is mentioned in some of the handwritten notes at home.
Some ritual officials even commented specifically on this matter, saying that things like tombs must be consistent with the Yin and Yang of Heaven. Putting aside the quality of the tomb pattern for the time being, the most important thing is that the priorities must be clear!
I have to bury myself in front of my son. If my son rides on my neck, then who is the father and who is the son?
The owner of the tomb is the owner of the tomb, so he must be buried in the main tomb. If he is buried in the slave pit, what is the matter?
When the priorities are reversed, yin and yang are also reversed. When yin and yang are confused, the tomb is not a requiem but a ghost cave!
Therefore, later people vividly called this ridiculous and suspicious tomb the Styx Tomb, which is no different from the ghost raising bureau.
"However, I feel that this tomb uses the method of the Styx Tomb. However, the person who arranged this tomb must be a master. He knows that the Styx Tomb is nothing more than a ghost cave, so he used this to
achieve some goals."
I thought about it and finally made this judgment.
It can be seen from the saddles and bronze swords in the pastoral area that the person buried in the main tomb should be a general with a very high status. He is worthy of being in the main tomb and can represent the entire Donghu. Therefore, he was simply buried in the main tomb.
In the tomb, this is used to protect the safety of those tribesmen who have traveled far away from Wuhuan Mountain and Xianbei Mountain.
However, the king of Donghu should be buried in one of the four burial pits!
That burial pit is our real target. It is definitely not simple inside. It may hide a huge secret. The old fox has gone through such a big circle just to prevent us from peeking into the secret. He even kidnapped a large number of young men in the pastoral area.
, also for this matter!
In this way, it can not only help their tribesmen who have fled to foreign lands, but also hide their secrets. Why not?
The only drawback is that the people buried in the tomb will not have peace of mind. However, for a nation whose country is ruined and its family is ruined, it seems that things after death are really not considered.
"What, they all want to become ghosts?"
After hearing this, Lao Bai said: "You couldn't defeat Maodun Shanyu in life, so you want to become a ghost after death to take revenge?"
"It can't be that simple. When Lao Maozi was digging the grave, he was crushed by the Yin soldiers. This shows that the souls of the Donghu survivors are always here!"
I shook my head and sighed: "I had guessed before that an important person might have died unexpectedly after coming here, so they had to stop and hastily build a tomb. Now it seems that this idea is completely wrong. They should
They chose this place deliberately and took the initiative to sacrifice themselves for the country!!
Tell me, what is the greatest wish of a group of people who have lost their country and their family? Of course, it is to restore the country!
Therefore, I guess that this tomb may contain their hope of returning to the country!!
But, how to restore the country, and what secrets are hidden in the tombs, this is not something I can guess by tapping my forehead with my red mouth and white teeth. I have to dig up the tomb to find out the truth!"
In fact, it is very simple to judge whether this tomb adopts a layout similar to that of the Styx Tomb to reverse the yin and yang.
In order to harm us, the old fox dug up five-flower soil from elsewhere to cover it up. It is not easy to find several tombs in the Daxingan Mountains. The best way is to dig up five-flower soil from the burial pits!
Therefore, I asked Lao Bai and Zhang Xinya to go to the four burial pits to check the soil quality.
The main burial pits of this tomb are located in the four corners of the east, west, north and south, almost surrounding the mountain. As the base, the distance is quite far. It took Lao Bai and the others a lot of effort to return.
"Oh my god, the soil in the burial pit has really been disturbed. Although fallen leaves have been sprinkled to cover it up, you can still tell it if you look closely!"
Lao Bai panted and laughed: "Only, the burial pit in the west has not been touched!"
"That's right, the Donghu are in the east and the Huns are in the west. Put them from the burial pit to the west. This is where you can see their enemies from a distance!"
I smiled and said: "It seems that all our speculations are valid. The layout of the Styx Tomb is indeed used to reverse the yin and yang. The main burial pit is the burial pit that hides the biggest secret of the Donghu survivors.
, the old fox is afraid of ruining the situation and affecting their plan to restore the country, so he only dares not touch the five-flower soil from outside the burial pit!"
"It feels a bit like a heavenly official."
Lao Bai gave me a thumbs up and said, "Should we put down the shovel now? It's time to teach that old fox a lesson, he's too insidious!"
"How about taking a night's rest?"
Brother Yaozi glanced at the sky and said, "Let's find a place with leeward wind for the night. Jingzhe is also injured and needs to rest."
Lao Bai thought about it. Now that he had found the key point, he was not in a hurry and nodded in agreement.
Brother Yaozi took out a flag from the backpack he was traveling with. The flag had a Yin-Yang Tai Chi diagram on one side and the word "Tao" written on the other side. It was sonorous and powerful, but it was stained with a lot of blood and even had a few holes.
Brother Yaozi picked up the flag with a straight branch, unfolded it with a bang, and stuck it in the middle of our campsite.
When Lao Bai saw this object, his eyes widened and he kept saying "f*ck, f*ck" all the time.
He said that this flag was a treasure of Qingweidao and was related to the decline of Zhenwu Temple.
In the past, the Zhenwu Temple was very prosperous and had many disciples. Its decline also started in modern times. It is said that an old Taoist who participated in the creation of nature walked out of the mountain gate with many disciples to resist foreign invaders. Once he left, he never came back. I was the only one.
The master brought back this Dao flag alone, which was stained with the blood of his master and brothers.
"I've heard of this Zhenwu flag a long time ago!"
Lao Bai said: "It is soaked in the blood of many disciples of Qingwei Dao, and their heroic spirits are entrusted on it, and it has become a very powerful magical weapon. When Mr. Zhang was in northern Hunan, the flag was displayed, and there were heroic spirits who killed evil spirits.
, became famous in one battle, from now on when talking about Zhang Daoxuan, everyone has to give a thumbs up, even if there is only one person left in Qingweidao, no one dares to look down upon him!"
I was stunned when I heard it, and my blood boiled just thinking about it.
Obviously, my master was worried that something might happen to us, so he even invited the Zhenwu Banner out.
Brother Yaozi was worried that the things in the tomb would not stop at night, so he asked for the Zhenwu flag to protect our safety.
I couldn't calm down for a long time. After nightfall, a few of us got into sleeping bags and grilled the dried beef we brought with us around the campfire. I asked some things about Zhenwu Temple and my master.
It's a pity that neither Lao Bai, Brother Yaozi, nor Zhang Xinya can explain the reason. They only know that my master once wandered in the rivers and lakes for a long time and did many earth-shattering things, but that
It's all on another level, and they don't know anything about it.
The burn on my face was burning and I couldn't sleep, so I asked them about some rumors and anecdotes in the world.
Just when we were having a deep conversation, a strange laughter suddenly came from afar. The laughter was quite honest, but in this barren mountain and wilderness, no matter how honest the laughter was, it felt eerie.
"What the hell!"
Master Qi gave a low drink, stood up immediately with a stiff bow in hand, looked at the sound for a moment, and hesitated: "It seems like a beast?"
A few of us were also disturbed by the laughter and stood up one after another, looking towards the vast expanse of land behind us.
A dark shadow slowly walked out of the forest. When we saw it, we couldn't help but feel happy.
"It turns out to be a silly roe deer."
As soon as Master Qi spoke, he opened his bow and said, "I happened to be here for a drink!"
Unexpectedly, when Qi Ye opened his bow, the silly roe deer in the forest not only did not run away, but stood up, raised its two hooves high in the air, making a gesture of surrender, and then there was another burst of "hehehehe"
giggle.
"interesting."
Lao Bai stretched out his hand to press Master Qi's bow: "This silly roe deer has become a spirit."
After saying that, he waved to the silly roe deer.
The other party really walked towards us, always maintaining a posture of surrender, and walking very slowly. Only when we got closer did we see clearly that there was a huge cloth bag hanging around the other party's neck.
"Hehehehe..."
The silly roe deer grinned again, showing his two big teeth. He was not afraid of us at all. He sat down in front of us like a human being, took off the cloth bag with great difficulty, and spread it out in front of us.
There are some wild fruits and fresh meat inside.
It gestured back and forth with its two hooves, coupled with bursts of giggles like "hehehehe", as if it wanted to express something. The weirdest thing is that we really vaguely understood what it meant.
For a moment, several of us looked at each other.
Finally, Brother Yaozi asked in surprise: "You mean, if someone asked you to bring these, it counts as an invitation to us?"
Chapter completed!