A knife in love

Chapter 374

Taoist Qingfeng remained silent for a while, and suddenly said: "Perhaps Emperor Chengzu was afraid that some masters would sneak into the Dabaoen Temple, steal the treasures enshrined to Empress Ma, or even destroy the jade statue, so he set up another secret room in the hall, and put Ma The queen is enshrined in it..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Chu Danyang said: "Although Daoist Qingfeng's words are reasonable, but if he really has such concerns, the statue outside the secret room doesn't have to be so simple, even a bit ugly. What's more, listen to Mr. Situ As I said just now, the Dabaoen Temple is a royal temple, and it communicates with the government. The monk Hongjing noticed that the momentum in the temple was not right, and immediately sent monks to inform the government. Zhida Baoen Temple joins forces to investigate the case. The defense is so tight, if you want to sneak into the hall to steal treasures, I'm afraid there are not many people who dare to think about it..."

When Chu Danyang said this, everyone thought: "How many people dare to think like this? Isn't there just one standing in front of you?"

Situ Qiao said: "At this time and this place, I also had the same thoughts as you. I had countless thoughts in my mind. I just thought about it carefully, but none of them made sense. I couldn't find a clue, so I was anxious to walk in front of the statue. Back and forth. By the light of the two candles, I discovered that the east-to-west length of this secret room is roughly the same as that of the outside of the secret room, but the north-south width is much narrower than that of the outside of the secret room. The reason is that the wall that separates the secret room from the outside The wall is more than ten feet thick. The corridor behind the stone gate I rushed in is actually less than ten feet long, but looking from outside the stone gate, the secret room is pitch black, and it seems that the corridor is extremely long. The statue The left and right sides are full of rare treasures. There are more than a dozen single coral trees, each of which is as high as Zhangxu, with jewels and jade hanging on it. Under the candlelight, golden lights are shining everywhere, which is breathtaking.

"I wandered around in the secret room and found traps everywhere. If someone rashly takes gold, silver and jewels, the traps will be activated immediately. I don't know what terrible murder traps will appear in this secret room. I am very concerned about these traps. Naturally, I didn't take it to heart, not to mention that my head was full of questions, how could I even bother to crack the mechanism? It's just that there was a hidden space on a pillar on the right. I was surprised and happy, thinking to myself Could it be that there is a secret way hidden in this pillar? I groped on the pillar for a while, and found the mechanism that opened the hidden compartment. There is a jade ruyi plant more than two feet high, which emits a faint light under the candlelight.

"I took that jade ruyi in my hand and looked at it carefully. Ordinary jade ruyis are no more than a foot long, but this one in my hand is more than two feet long. I also specially set up a hidden compartment in this secret room to place it, which shows that its It is extremely precious. By candlelight, I saw a line of official script engraved on the bottom of the jade ruyi. After careful identification, it was written "Ruyi often used by the Taifu Luling County Duke Xie Wenjing".

"When I saw this line of writing, I was shocked. Looking at all dynasties, there was only one person who was ranked as the Grand Tutor, was named the Duke of Luling County, and had the posthumous title of 'Wen Jing', and that was the Jin Dynasty. Famous scholar Xie An. This man was born in the famous Xie family in the Jin Dynasty. When he was young, he lived in seclusion in Dongshan, Shanyin County, Kuaiji County. He made good friends with Wang Xizhi and Xu Xun, and often traveled together. He had no intention of being an official, but only taught the grandchildren of the family members to read. Later, all the officials of the Xie family died, and the political enemies took the opportunity to stir up trouble and wanted to uproot the Xie family. Xie An was persuaded by his family members to This is the source of the four-character idiom "Dongshan Resurrection". After Xie An entered the dynasty, he successively served as Sima, the general of Zhengxi, the servant, the minister of the official department, and the guardian The military and other important positions thwarted the conspiracy of the powerful minister Huan Wen to usurp the throne. However, Xie An's most proud thing was that he defeated a million Qin army with [-] soldiers and horses in the Battle of Feishui, turning the precarious Jin Dynasty into peace. Lord Gao Zhen was jealous of the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, so he had to go to Guangling to avoid disaster after he retired. It is said that after he commanded the Jin army to win the battle of Feishui, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty rewarded him with a jade ruyi, which is rare in the world. , It is said that it can drive ghosts and gods, but this matter is only seen in unofficial history. Unexpectedly, this matter is actually true, and it also appears in the secret room of the Dabaoen Temple.

"While I was playing with the jade ruyi handle, I suddenly heard the sound of 'cracking' from the stone gate. My heart trembled, knowing that someone had discovered a secret door on the wall and was opening it. My heart Shocked, he slapped out his palms in his busy schedule, and extinguished the two candles first. Seeing that there was nowhere to hide, he lowered his head and got into the hidden compartment on the pillar in desperation. He reached out to activate the mechanism, and the door of the hidden compartment was hidden. The voice closed.

"This hidden space is very narrow, so I had to shrink my body, like a cooked shrimp, bent down and bowed my head, which was very uncomfortable. It's just a matter of life and death, and it is really important to have such a hiding place. It's rare, what can I ask for?"

"I just hid it, and suddenly there was a little light in front of me. I was shocked. At first, I thought there was a strange treasure hidden in the secret compartment. It was only after looking carefully that I realized that there was a treasure in the middle of the upper half of the secret compartment. There is a very small hole. At this time, I think someone has entered the secret room holding a torch or something illuminated, and the light will shoot in from the hole. I lowered my body slightly, and brought my eyes to the In front of the hole, while looking out, he thought to himself: "I thought this secret compartment was specially used to hide this jade ruyi, but now it seems that this secret compartment was used as a treasure at the beginning of the construction of the secret room. It was used as a secret room for temporary shelter in times of crisis, and was later used to store jade ruyis.'

"The location of the hole is very good, and you can see the situation outside the secret room clearly. I saw that a dozen people had entered the secret room at this time. Seven or eight of them held torches in their hands, and the others were Empty hands. One of these people was wearing a black gauze hat and a green robe, with a black eagle embroidered on the patch on his chest..."

When Situ Qiao said this, Li Qiufeng let out a "Hey", as if quite surprised.Murong Danyan couldn't help but glanced at Li Qiufeng, and said, "Brother Li, what's wrong?"

Li Qiufeng hadn't answered yet, but he heard Situ Qiao say to him: "This brother looks skeptical, do you want to know the origin of this man in Tsing Yi?"

Li Qiufeng said: "The black eagle embroidered on the patch is the mark of Xiaoling Guard. If my guess is correct, this person should be a master of Xiaoling Guard."

Situ Qiao nodded and said, "You're right, but when these people entered the secret room, I didn't know the identity of the man in Tsing Yi. When this man came in, he had his hands behind his back, and he was obviously different from the others. Guys. The rest of the people are all wearing official uniforms, and the leader is wearing a black gauze hat and red official uniform. When these people walk, their steps are steady, which shows that they have martial arts.

"After these people entered the secret room, they saw the situation in front of them. Except for the man in Tsing Yi, they were stunned. The man in the black gauze hat trembled and said: 'What, what is going on here?'

The man in Tsing Yi sneered and said, "Master Shi, I told you that you must not enter this hall, otherwise it will be bad for you."You see how clever Monk Hongjing is, he refuses to step into the hall for life and death.But you don't listen to people's words, and you have to enter the hall for life and death.But since you're here, it doesn't matter if you know these things. '

"Master Shi still looked shocked, but I found that when he saw the gold, silver and jewels around him, his eyes showed greed. It's just that the man in Tsing Yi stood behind him and didn't see his expression Mr. Shi walked up to the mummy sitting cross-legged, looked it over carefully for a moment, then turned to the man in Tsing Yi and said, "Wei Qianhu, who is this corpse?"

"Wei Qianhu said: 'This man is very famous. His surname is Zheng Minghe, and his name is Sanbao. A hundred years ago, he served as the defense of Nanjing. He is a real official of the frontier.'

"Master Shi was startled, turned around, looked at Wei Qianhu and said, "Didn't Mr. Zheng and Mr. Zheng die in Guli Kingdom, and his ashes were brought back by the treasure ship fleet? If this corpse It’s Mr. Zheng, but whose ashes belong to the underground palace of Hongjue Temple?”

"Wei Qianhu sneered, and said: "Emperor Chengzu left a will before his death, asking Mr. Zheng to serve the Queen Mother underground. When Mr. Zheng commanded the treasure ship fleet to go overseas for the seventh time, he found himself seriously ill. , not long after he died, he ordered his confidantes to pretend that he had died of illness, and hid in the cabin of the admiral's ship. The so-called ashes are just the incense ashes prepared by Mr. Zheng long ago. When the fleet returned to Daming, Mr. Zheng calculated his own death day, and after seven days of hunger strike, he sneaked into this secret room of Dabaoen Temple and sat in front of the jade statue of the Empress Dowager to die. The ashes are of course fake. As for the tomb of Zheng He on Niu Shou Mountain, it is just the tomb of Mr. Zheng’s clothes, and there is a set of clothes he wore during his lifetime in the coffin.’

"Master Shi stared at Wei Qianhu, and said for a long time: "What is the purpose of Mr. Zheng's pretentiousness? The main hall of the Dabaoen Temple has never been opened since it was built, but what is the reason? There is a secret room, there is such a ghostly statue outside the secret room, and the secret room is full of gold, silver and jewels, what is going on?"

"Wei Qianhu sneered and said: 'Master Shi, I know that you are a person who can be used by Commander Qian, and you have a close relationship with Eunuch Zhang, the governor of the East Factory, but have you ever thought about it, you have Lord Qian and Eunuch Zhang? Why were these two big backers sent to the Ministry of Criminal Justice in Nanjing to sit in such a cold chair as the head of the Guizhou Qingli Department?"

"Lord Shi was stunned, then snorted and said: "The ups and downs of the officialdom, whether you are promoted or dismissed from office, thunder and rain are all due to your favor, and I have no complaints."

"After listening to Mr. Shi's words, Wei Qianhu seemed to have heard the most ridiculous joke in the world, and he burst out laughing. Mr. Shi was quite surprised at first, but seeing Wei Qianhu laugh more and more happily, the surprise gradually Turned into anger. After a while, Wei Qianhu stopped laughing and said to Master Shi: "The Six Departments of Nanjing have always been a decoration. From Beijing to Nanjing, sitting in this cold yamen is no different from being exiled. You, Master Shi, were originally The famous man from the Ministry of Criminal Justice in Beijing was sent to Nanjing. I don’t know the reason. I’m afraid that the loss is not big enough. Maybe you will understand it if you stumble again in Nanjing. It’s just a pity, a pity , but this opportunity is gone.'

"I looked out through the small hole in the secret compartment, only to see Mr. Shi with a gloomy face, staring at Wei Qianhu viciously. Some of the military officers under him have already reached out and held the swords at their waists, waiting for Shi As soon as the lord gave an order, Wei Qianhu was going to be dismembered. I thought to myself: "If these people are fighting among themselves, if they fight in this secret room, I can take advantage of the chaos and escape." Thinking of this At the place, I stared at the crowd closely, expecting them to strike, and secretly prayed in my heart that that kid Zhu Di would have a spirit in the sky, so that Wei Qianhu would show his might and kill all of Master Shi's subordinates, and then he and Master Shi would perish together. , the two brothers buried the Empress Dowager together with Zheng He, and it also fulfilled Zhu Di's wish to repay his mother's kindness in nurturing!"

(End of this chapter)