A knife in love

Chapter 361

Murong Danyan once accompanied Li Qiufeng in the underground imperial mausoleum to enter the soul-shifting array set up by Liu Shengzongyan's sorcerers.Before falling into the soul-shifting array, I saw a surging underground river with my own eyes.It's just that after the soul-shifting array was cracked, the underground river disappeared inexplicably.At that time, Li Qiufeng seemed to have said that the underground organs of the imperial mausoleum were driven by the power of the underground river, but Murong Danyan didn't take it to heart.At this time, when Situ Qiao mentioned the underground river again, he seemed to recall the past in his heart, but he couldn't remember clearly.

But I heard Situ Qiao say proudly: "When I first entered this cave, I was amazed at how the huge rock rose and fell. You must know that manpower is limited. No matter how good your martial arts are, you can push one or two hundred catties. It is already rare. The boulder is controlled by a mechanism. If there is no external force, no matter how ingeniously the mechanism is set up, it will not be half effective. When I practiced the mechanism technique, I knew that all mechanisms that use force to win, no matter how they are set up Delicacy, the power of blessing and the wooden wheel are both indispensable. In the mausoleum, most of the power of blessing that can be used is the power of water."

When Situ Qiao said this, he glanced around the crowd triumphantly, and said, "Cao Cao Cao Mengde's name, I think everyone has heard of it?"

Everyone was confused by what he said, and just when they couldn't figure it out, they suddenly heard him mention the word Cao Cao again, which was even more inexplicable. They all looked at each other, not knowing what this man was trying to say.Lin Yilang and the others had long been impatient with his ramblings, and all of them had expressions of impatience on their faces.It's just that although there are torch lights in the secret passage, it's still extremely dark, so although these people all have unhesitating faces, no one else can see it except the people standing around them.

Seeing the puzzled expressions on everyone's faces, Situ Qiao felt even more complacent, and said with a smile, "Cao Mengde is a generation of traitors, he would rather let the world down than let the world down on me. Although he killed Lu Boshe's family There is no record in the history books, it is just passed on by word of mouth, but later on he borrowed the head of the food officer to stabilize the morale of the army, slaughtered Xuzhou to avenge his father, killed Empress Fu, used Emperor Xian as a puppet, and even the great counselor Xun Yu was killed. Judging from his forced death and other things, although this person is a great man, he is a generation of heroes, but he probably did a lot of immoral things during his lifetime. However, the worst thing Cao Mengde has done is to rob a tomb and make a living For military funds..."

As soon as he said this, everyone couldn't help being shocked.Since Zhu Xi in the Southern Song Dynasty, the world has called Cao Cao a traitor, confirming his reputation as a traitor and traitor.Ming Taizu raised troops to drive away Meng Yuan, and the banner he played was to restore the country of the Song Dynasty and reproduce the clothes of the Han people.Therefore, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the people of the country followed the customs of the Song Dynasty, and the discussion about Cao Cao was naturally the same as that of the Song Dynasty.In the wine shops in the market, there are often storytellers who tell the old stories of the Three Kingdoms. Everyone knows the name of Cao Mengde, the white-faced and treacherous hero.It's just that most people only know that this person is coercing the emperor to order the princes, saying that he would rather tell me to bear the people of the world than let the people of the world bear me, kill the queen, kill Kong Rong, and kill the courtiers by sleepwalking to warn the hearts of the left and right. All kinds of evil deeds are heinous.It's just that it's the first time Cao Cao has heard of robbing the tomb.

Although Deng Yao, the leader of the Beggar Gang, is a master of martial arts, he is only a member of the Beggar Gang, but he has to beg on the street every day. One of his favorite things in his life is to squat in front of wine houses and teahouses and listen to storytelling.At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, storytellers originally liked "Biography of Heroes" and other commentaries about the stories of the founding generals of the Ming Dynasty.It's just that Ming Taizu's Lianxing case almost killed all the heroes of the founding of the country. The heroes that these storytellers talked about yesterday may become ghosts under the sword today, scaring everyone. This disappeared.Later, pornographic stories became popular in the market, but the good times didn't last long. The imperial court arrested many storytellers in the name of "immoral, leading people to obscenity". Erotic comments immediately disappeared on the street well.The storytellers gathered together to discuss, but they dared not speak about the affairs of the current dynasty, and they were not allowed to speak of erotic words, so they had to use the previous dynasty as an example.The Tang and Song Dynasties are not far from the Ming Dynasty. If it is mentioned in the book, the government will accuse it of "using the past to satirize the present" if it is not good. With a group of storytellers, as if they had made an appointment, they told the stories of the heroes of the Three Kingdoms in various restaurants and teahouses in the capital.From then on, there are not only lively markets, but also barren villages and wild shops. Wherever wells and people are seen, there are stories of the Three Kingdoms.Deng Yao traveled all over the provinces, and wherever he went, he must listen to books for fun.It's just that he listens to the Three Kingdoms, but he is different from others. The one he admires most is Cao Cao Cao Mengde, who is regarded as a traitor by the world.Therefore, when Situ Qiao accused Cao Cao of stealing the tomb, he couldn't help but said: "Nonsense! How can Cao Cao, the first hero, do such despicable things?!"

Situ Qiao was not angry when he heard him reprimanding himself face to face. He still said triumphantly: "My man, Cao Mengde robbed and excavated the tomb. It is recorded in the book. In the fifth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought at Guandu. Before the start of the war, Chen Lin, a counselor under Yuan Shao's account, wrote an article "For Yuan Shao's Yuzhou Essay", in which there are a few sentences, "Cao also specially set up the general of Faqiu Zhonglang and the captain of Mojin Xiaowei. No skeletons are exposed'."

When he recited these few sentences, he shook his head and shook his head, but the words were correct and had a bit of literary talent. When they saw the torches, Deng Yao, Lin Yilang and other rough men looked blank, knowing that they didn't understand. , Then he explained: "The meaning of these few sentences is that Cao Cao set up military positions in the army named 'Faqiu Zhonglang' and 'Mojin Xiaowei' to be responsible for robbing tombs. Wherever the army went, all the mausoleums were destroyed, and the bones of the dead were thrown in the wild, the situation was extremely miserable."

Deng Yao and others have been hanging out in the rivers and lakes. Although they know some characters and have read a few books, they are nothing more than hundreds of surnames and thousands of characters. How can they read the articles of such a great writer as Chen Lin?So when he heard that Situ Qiao had dropped his book bag, he was overwhelmed with mist. Although he was dissatisfied in his heart, he couldn't speak out to refute it.

Li Qiufeng has read a lot, and because of his family background, he is quite familiar with the past events of the Three Kingdoms, so he said aside: "Chen Lin's article, but I can't believe it all. At that time, he was under Yuan Shao's tent, and Cao Cao Competing for the world, the two sides are each other's powerful enemies. When facing the enemy, it is not uncommon to write an article to scold the enemy. Therefore, it is reasonable to arrange some ugly things about Cao Cao in the article. Cao Cao said He is indeed a man of great talent and strategy, although he did the act of massacring Xuzhou, he just indulged Cao's army in robbing and digging graves, except for this article by Chen Lin, it is not found in the history books."

When he said this, he paused for a moment, and then said to Situ Qiao: "Mr. Situ, you just said that there must be an underground river in this mountain, and this river is the root of all the secret techniques in the cave. No Do you know why Cao Cao was mentioned from this river?"

As soon as he said this, Situ Qiao slapped his thigh suddenly, and said: "I am a person who speaks in a confusing manner, and has dragged the topic far away. When Cao Cao was alive, he did a lot of tomb robbery, and At that time, although Guan Yu was defeated, Liu Bei still occupied Yizhou, and his army was growing day by day. Jiangdong Sun Quan was managed by the third generation, and his strength should not be underestimated. Who will win the world among Wei, Shu, and Wu is still unknown when Cao Cao is critically ill. What's more, since Cao Cao started his army in Chenliu, he fought on the battlefield in his life and killed many people. In the court, he oppressed the officials and killed countless ministers loyal to the Han Dynasty. Therefore, he was afraid that after his death, The tomb was robbed and excavated, and the corpse was trampled on. Before his death, he spent a lot of money to invite the most powerful magicians and skilled craftsmen in the world to build his tomb. There are extremely powerful killing mechanisms in the tomb. He left his last words to Cao Pi, who succeeded him as king of Wei. On the day of the funeral, there were funeral processions out of the four gates of Yecheng. There were 72 suspected tombs outside the city of Yecheng. On the high slope. Cao Pi obeyed Cao Cao's last words and handled things extremely well. Therefore, everyone in the world knows that Cao Mengde's Gaoling is located to the west of Ximen Bao Temple, but few people know that it is just the hall where Cao Cao is the chief priest. Cao Cao's As early as three days before the funeral, his confidant general Xu Chu brought dozens of dead men to the tomb of Cao Cao, which had been secretly built. After his coffin was properly placed, all the dead men shut themselves up In Cao Cao's mausoleum, Cao Cao was buried, and only General Xu Chu left Cao Mausoleum alive."

Everyone was shocked when they heard him narrate this old incident, Murong Danyan even listened to his words as a story and would not interrupt him.Even people like Deng Yao who were not convinced by Situ Qiao, but because they like to listen to books, they listened with great interest at this time.Therefore, only the whistling of the wind was heard in the secret way, and no one questioned Situ Qiao's words.

I just heard Situ Qiao say: "After Cao Cao's mausoleum was completed, those warlocks and skilled craftsmen were secretly executed by Cao Cao. Several years after Cao Cao was buried, Cao Pi suddenly ordered the destruction of the upper halls and attics of the Gaoling. Virtue Zhizhi', demolished the halls of the Gaoling, so far, there is no brick or tile on the west slope of the Ximen Leopard Temple..."

When he said this, Li Qiufeng's heart trembled, and he thought to himself: "This man has been to the west of the Ximen Leopard Temple. He is proficient in the secrets of organs. What is he going to do in Cao Cao's Mausoleum? Could it be that he wants to rob Cao Cao's tomb?"

Situ Qiao shook his head and said, "Actually, Cao Pi's pretentiousness is all in accordance with Cao Cao's last words before he died. First, the main priest hall was built on the high slope to the west of Ximen Bao Temple, and the world naturally thought that Cao Cao's tomb was on that high slope." Zuo Jin. After a few years, this matter must have spread throughout the world, and no one doubted that Cao Cao’s body was buried elsewhere. At this time, all the halls were demolished, which seemed to be a cover-up, making those enemies think that Cao Cao’s tomb was there Here."

When Situ Qiao said this, he laughed and said: "With Cao Mengde's treachery, how can he do such a thing that makes the enemies celebrate? His pretentiousness is to cover up the real burial place of his body. Cao Cao's real tomb, It was built at the bottom of the Zhanghe River. The master who designed the tomb wanted to use the power of the Zhanghe River to drive the killing mechanism in the tomb. There is a passage outside the tomb of Cao Cao, which is set on the rock wall at the bottom of the river. It is the only way to enter Cao Cao's mausoleum. There are 36 shields made of refined iron in the tomb passage. Once the mechanism is activated, sharp blades will protrude from the edge of these shields and rotate like the wind. The 36 shields will seal the tomb passage. If you die, those who step into the tomb will be twisted to pieces by the sharp blades on these shields."

(End of this chapter)