Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 535 Zanhuang Mountain (4000)

Probably because the food and grass are really not enough, and we can't afford to delay at all.

Not long after Wu Liang and others left, Liu Bei's troops had already taken action.

The three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang personally led the team, took about [-] soldiers out of the valley, and went directly to a foothill about [-] miles southwest of it, called "Zanhuang Mountain".

Then these people rebuilt a simple camp in the foothills, and then scattered and searched, as if they were looking for something.

Obviously, these fifty or so soldiers are the real confidantes of the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang, so they were able to participate in this rather secretive operation, while most of the remaining soldiers who remained in the valley were relatively distant.

But this first day.

Because there were not enough horses, it took more than half a day just to go on the road. After setting up the simple tent, it was only half an afternoon. They only searched in the valley for an hour or two, and the sky darkened. It can only come to an end temporarily.

Therefore, it is only known that they secretly went to "Zanhuang Mountain".

After Yang Wanli talked about it, he sent a soldier to the county to report to Wu Liang, while he and the rest of the people continued to monitor every move of the three brothers Liu Guanzhang.

"Zanhuang Mountain?"

After receiving Yang Wanli's return, Wu Liang was thoughtful.

Although this mountain is not as famous as the Five Sacred Mountains in later generations, Wu Liang also has a little impression because of the rather special historical allusion associated with it.

It is said that this mountain should have been called "巑 (cuan Ersheng) mountain" at first.

In the Zhou Dynasty, despite the dissuasion of his important officials, King Mu of Zhou resolutely led tens of thousands of elite soldiers. He fought the Dog Rong tribe many times here, and finally defeated the Dog Rong tribe, maintaining the stability of the Zhou Dynasty for decades.

However, the course of this war was not as smooth as expected.

Facing the tens of thousands of elite soldiers led by King Mu of Zhou, the leader of the Quanrong tribe was also very scheming, well versed in the way of using troops, and aware of the disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves, so he adopted the strategy of "avoiding the real and attacking the false" and started a guerrilla war with King Mu of Zhou .

In the end, the people of the Quanrong tribe hid in the Yishan area, which is surrounded by deep mountains and old forests for hundreds of miles. Looking up, there are many mountains and ravines. The traces of the Rong tribe, on the contrary, King Zhou Mu's troops were often attacked by the Dog Rong tribe, suffered a lot of losses, lost many soldiers, and suffered a great blow to morale.

Just when King Mu of Zhou was at his wit's end, he had a strange dream that night:

In his dream, he came to a dilapidated temple in a trance. When he looked up, he saw three indistinct characters "Three Emperors Temple" on the rusty plaque at the entrance of the temple.

Walking into the temple in doubt, I saw three old men with white hair and childlike faces chatting while drinking tea, and a boy in Tsing Yi stood beside him.

Seeing King Zhou Mu rushing in, these four people didn't show any abnormal expression on their faces, instead they asked the boy in green to bring him "tea" in a jar.

King Mu of Zhou was a little thirsty, so he raised his head to drink from the jar.

As a result, as soon as the "tea" was in his mouth, a strange smell rushed into his mouth and nose, and King Mu of Zhou almost spit out all the "tea" in his mouth.

Reluctantly swallowing the "tea", King Zhou Mu was startled and asked the three old men what it was.

An old man smiled slightly, dipped his hand in some "tea" and wrote the word "vinegar" on the stone table.

King Mu of Zhou was even more confused, thinking that there is no reason to entertain guests with vinegar. At this moment, the sound of scouts reporting the military situation came from outside the big tent. King Mu of Zhou woke up from his dream and quickly got up and ordered the scouts to come in to report.

It turned out that the scouts had just found out that the Quanrong tribe was hiding in the nearby Tanshan Mountain at this moment, planning to defeat King Zhou Mu's demoralized army at Tanshan Mountain in one fell swoop.

"Altar Mountain? An altar filled with vinegar?"

King Zhou Mu suddenly realized that the three old men were using such a method to remind him!

If you think about it carefully, those three old men are definitely not ordinary people... King Mu of Zhou thought of the plaque on the ruined temple - "Three Emperor Temple". , Three emperors?

So King Mu of Zhou rushed out of the big tent immediately, ordered the soldiers under his command to regroup, and after a day's rest, he rushed to Tanshan to fight to the death with the Dog Rong tribe.

The advisers under his command raised objections: "The 21st is Guisi Day, which is a well-known underworld day. How can you rush to send troops?"

"The two armies are at war, and the situation should be judged. How can we say good or bad!"

King Mu of Zhou reprimanded loudly, "What's more, I have been instructed by the Three Emperors, so there is no reason to be invincible!"

Sure enough, this time King Zhou Mu's army was as powerful as a bamboo, and defeated the main force of the dog army at Tanshan in one fell swoop.

After the victory, King Mu of Zhou thanked the three emperors for their blessings, and led all the soldiers to climb Mount Yi, and named it "Zanhuang Mountain", which means praising the Three Emperors.

Also because of this legend.

There are still many Sanhuang Temples in later generations, in which the three emperors of heaven, earth, and human are enshrined, and they are found in the south, the sea, and the north. However, the earliest intelligence of the preserved Sanhuang Temple can be traced back to the Yuan Dynasty.

As for whether there is a Sanhuang Temple on Zanhuang Mountain in later generations, Wu Liang really can't say, after all, he has never been there in person, but even if there is, it will not be too long, because the more famous "Three Emperor Temple" historic site in later generations Among them, the Sanhuang Temple on Zanhuang Mountain is not included, that is to say, even if it once existed, it has not been preserved to future generations.

In fact, apart from "Zanhuang Mountain" and "Sanhuang Temple", what is more noteworthy is the legendary figure King Mu of Zhou.

King Mu of Zhou was named Ji Man, also known as "Mu Tianzi". His biography "Mu Tianzi Biography" is a very famous archaeological historical material in later generations, and the things recorded in it are extremely mysterious.

Do you still remember the statue of "Queen Mother of the West" that appeared in the camel tomb in Shanshan?

"Mu Tianzi Biography" records that when King Mu of Zhou was in power, he conquered Kunlun in the west and Xu State in the east. During the expedition to the west, he met the Queen Mother of the West. Unable to put down the dignity of the emperor, the two had no results after all. Later, King Mu of Zhou drove west of Hexi shortly after returning to the Central Plains, and they parted forever.

and so……

After hearing that Liu Bei's troops secretly went to "Zanhuang Mountain", Wu Liang inevitably had to make some speculations based on his own historical knowledge.

Could it be that the purpose of Liu Bei's trip has something to do with King Mu of Zhou?

Or is it related to the Dog Rong tribe who was defeated by King Mu of Zhou?
As for the "Three Emperor Temple"...

Wu Liang thought it was unlikely. After all, even in the legend, the "Temple of the Three Emperors" appeared in the dream of King Mu of Zhou. Naturally, the things that appeared in the dream should not be taken too seriously, not to mention that it was a ruined temple. There is no way to provide Liu Bei with the supplies he lacks most now.

"Go back and tell Yang Wanli, continue to monitor, and make sure to find out what they are going to do."

After pondering for a while, Wu Liang said to the soldiers who came back to report.

"promise."

The soldier responded, and then quickly walked out the door.

……

Day two.

Yang Wanli brought back a piece of news that was not dangerous—Liu Bei was bitten by a snake.

It was a brightly colored snake, and Yang Wanli couldn't tell what kind it was. After all, there was no standard science of species these days, not to mention that Yang Wanli hid in the distance and observed secretly, so he couldn't see it clearly.

In short, Liu Bei was bitten by a snake.

Many of them passed under a tree with a crooked neck several times. No one bit the snake, but just jumped down from the tree when Liu Bei passed by, and then bit Liu Bei's hand with great precision. a mouthful.

At that time, Liu Bei was terrified. He immediately tore off his clothes and tied his arms, and then he wanted to teach Guan Yu to draw his sword and break his arms.

After all, even in this era, people have a consensus, that is, the brighter the color of the snake, the more poisonous it is. If the snake's venom cannot be removed as soon as possible, it will be useless to recover from the poisonous gas.

In order to save his elder brother's life, Guan Yu didn't dare to hesitate at all, so he wanted to break Liu Bei's arm with a knife.

Fortunately, a soldier with rich field experience stopped him. After seeing Liu Bei's wound and the snake, he concluded that Liu Bei was not poisoned, and that snake was also a non-venomous snake. Liu Bei's arm.

Even so, Liu Bei was a little shaken from shock, his whole body collapsed, and he was helped back to rest in the camp.

From then on, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were also responsible for the exploration of "Zanhuang Mountain".

"..."

Wu Liang remained silent.

No one bites, only Liu Bei is bitten, it's really bad luck.

Wu Liang has reason to suspect that there is his own reason for this. After all, Zhen Mi said before that the closer the "villain" is to Liu Bei, the more unlucky Liu Bei will be. And even if Wu Liang has bid farewell to Liu Bei at this moment, he is still only a few dozen away from Liu Bei. The distance of the land.

What's more, the day before yesterday he and Liu Bei were even closer, and even had physical contact.

At that time, Liu Bei did not have any bad luck, and Wu Liang even doubted whether what Zhen Mi said was true. Now it seems that it is very likely that bad luck has delayed a little?
However, the extent of this unlucky situation made Wu Liang a little disappointed.

Although it was unfortunate that Liu Bei was bitten by a snake, it was also a blessing in misfortune.

If it is really bad luck, the snake should be poisonous, and it is extremely poisonous... Or after Guan Yu cut off Liu Bei's arm, he found out that the snake was not actually poisonous, and he was not poisoned .

Only such a result can reflect the power of Wu Liang, a "villain".

What am I thinking……

Shaking his head, Wu Liang finally shook these evil and dark thoughts out of his head, and then looked at Yang Wanli seriously and asked, "Where are their whereabouts? Is it a targeted search within a delineated area, or is it wandering around aimlessly?" search?"

"It should be a targeted search."

Yang Wanli nodded and said, "Based on the scope of their search yesterday, they should have located an open area with a radius of more than ten miles between the two foothills, where there are lush trees and strange rocks, and there is a river originating from Zanhuang Mountain. It's a good place to hide in the vicinity of this open space."

"Is this river called Jishui?"

Wu Liang asked.

Speaking of the river in Zanhuang Mountain, there is also a love poem included in the "Book of Songs" related to it. This poem is called "hu (hu four tones) has bitter leaves".

The main idea of ​​this poem is that in the early morning of late autumn, when the sun was rising and the river was rippling, a young girl stood alone at the ferry of Jishui, waiting for the young man she loved to propose to her. She was very worried, if her sweetheart came late Yes, the river is frozen, and another year has been missed... I have to say that the ancient poems have more artistic conception than the popular love songs of later generations, but the most original singing methods have all been lost, which is embarrassing.

Because of this, Wu Liang knew that there was a river called "Jishui".

Of course, it was not the poem that really made Wu Liang remember the river, but the controversy about the river, which is also a very interesting event in the archaeological field.

For many years, the academic circles have always believed that the Jishui in "The Gourd Has Bitter Leaves" is a big river originating in Yuzhou. It was not until an expert visited and verified that Yuzhou had never had such a river. The famous "Jishui" should actually be a small river originating from Zanhuang Mountain. Even in later generations, this river still exists, but with the change of name, it has become the "Ji River" in people's mouth.

"My lord is really amazing. You can know the world's affairs without going out! Before I came back, I asked the local people to ask. This river is called Jishui!"

Yang Wanli replied in surprise.

"So did the group of people find anything unusual today?"

Wu Liang smiled modestly, then asked again.

"My lord, I suspect that they are also searching for the tomb..."

Yang Wanli immediately lowered his voice, and said cautiously, "Because their behavior is very similar to that of Hao Meng's troops we have seen before. So they dug more than a dozen potholes in that place, and then backfilled those potholes, spread dry grass and branches to cover them up, so sneaky, it was no different from digging graves under Hao Meng's subordinates. !"

"However, they obviously don't have experience in this field, and they don't even use the digging tools very well. Several heads collapsed in one day, and the depth of excavation is far from enough. They only need to dig two feet before backfilling. This can be seen What's the matter... Speaking of it, the son's Luoyang shovel is the most exquisite, and it can penetrate several feet underground without any effort."

"If you talk about discoveries, they haven't found anything special yet."

Wu Liang frowned slightly when he heard the words. Later generations have never heard of any large tombs in this place.

Of course, it is also possible that it was robbed a long time ago, so it was never left to future generations at all. Just like now, if Liu Bei really came here to rob the tomb, and if there is still a target, the tomb will naturally be doomed...

"Take a few more people to visit the nearby villages and find out if there is any possibility of burying some dignitaries in this place."

After pondering for a while, Wu Liang finally said to Yang Wanli, "Besides, take Yu Ji to Zanhuang Mountain early tomorrow morning, and teach him to go up to the foot of the mountain to take a good look at the feng shui veins of this place."

(End of this chapter)