Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 585 Four Mountains (4000)

It was a big wooden drum.

The drumhead of the big drum is still in good condition, at least on the surface, it doesn't look damaged, but it's not known whether it can withstand the beating.

Compared with this big drum, the shape of the drum frame supporting the big drum is more gorgeous. From a distance, it should be several divine dragons entangled together. The shape of the dragon head is somewhat similar to the several water outlets under the stone platform.

"Would you like the drum of remonstrance?"

Combined with the "slandering tree" he had seen before, Wu Liang secretly guessed in his heart.

"Yao had the drum to remonstrate, but Shun had the wood to slander."

Anyone who is familiar with history should know this sentence, and the emperors of successive dynasties have also used the "drum of desire for remonstrance" and the "wood of slander" to whitewash peace and express their willingness to humbly accept remonstrance.

There is no need to repeat "Hua Biao".

The "drum of grievances" that existed in front of the yamen of all dynasties in later dynasties is the evolution of the "drum of desire to remonstrate".

And as the "drum of desire to remonstrate" gradually evolved into "drum of grievances", its original purpose has gradually changed. From the name, it can be seen that the drum was originally used for "remonstration". It has become "Speaking of Grievances". Just by hearing the name, one can tell how helpless the drummer is.

And I don't know when, the imperial court also promulgated such a ridiculous decree: Anyone who rings the "drum of grievances" must first be punished, so that they can prove that what they said is true, and the case will be accepted.

And this decree continued until the end of the Qing Dynasty...

From this we can see how hypocritical those ruling classes really are. Wu Liang privately thought that putting on such a face to express his willingness to seek grievances for the common people, but he wanted those who complained to be punished first to prove their sincerity. The high-hanging "suggestion box" really has the same purpose, which makes people have to admire the infinite wisdom of the ruling class.

Therefore, Wu Liang felt that the "drum of grievances" might as well be called the "drum of persuasion". Everyone can't do it directly, why bother to guess and take care of face?
of course.

Wu Liang would not even equate the "drum of grievances" with the "drum of desire to remonstrate", and even emotionally refused to admit that "drum of grievances" was an evolution of "drum of desire to remonstrate", because it Not worthy at all.

But these are off topic.

Wu Liang speculates that this object is the "Drum of Desire to Admonish" mainly because of the dragon image carved on the drum stand.

As mentioned before, Emperor Yao is the son of the dragon who is currently born with the dragon, so Emperor Yao is the descendant of the dragon. For thousands of years after that, the dragon has always been the totem of China, even in later generations It never changed either.

Based on the special significance of the dragon totem, and the fact that this secret place could only be built before the Han Dynasty where Wu Liang is now, this big drum can only be a "drum of desire to remonstrate".

"Let's go, move fast!"

Just as Wu Liang was observing the environment here, a soldier behind him urged him impatiently.

The bamboo raft had already docked on the bank, and many soldiers had already reached the cobbled river bank ahead of time. Wu Liang moved relatively slowly, and even blocked the way of the soldier, so it was no wonder that the soldier urged him.

"Ha, sorry, sorry."

Wu Liang made a haha, and jumped ashore quickly to accompany him.

At this moment, Dian Wei had already landed ashore one step ahead, and he greeted Wu Liang beside him, and when he saw him coming up, he immediately stood with him.

And in the process.

Yan Luxu glanced over here, but he did not order the soldiers to separate the two of them. He didn't know if he didn't take them seriously, or he had other thoughts in his heart.

Wu Liang continued to observe the situation here.

This place should be a huge underground cave, with an area almost the size of a football field and a half, with rock walls that are not smooth but extremely difficult to climb up, down, left, and right.

And an underground cave of this size, without any support in the middle, can still maintain such a stable state, and there is no sign of possible collapse after many years, which is also a miracle.

It should be known that even in later generations, even if those mines with excellent equipment and mature technology do not have such a scale, there is no way to guarantee that they will not collapse.

The province where Wu Liang's descendants are located is a well-known mining province in the country. In the past, urban roads or houses would collapse inexplicably from time to time.

This is caused by the subsidence of the mine below.

Later, the country carried out corresponding transformations on many cities, planned the direction of mines, and designated some places as goafs, prohibiting the construction of houses and infrastructure, and the mines also adopted the method of digging before filling and then filling. The situation only improved after mining technology.

It is also because of this understanding that Wu Liang thinks that an underground cave of this size can be so stable without any support, which is simply a rare spectacle.

As for the principle.

Wu Liang can't see it for the time being, but there are many unreasonable wonders in the natural world, and after careful research and exploration of these wonders, they will eventually find that the formation of these wonders is actually reasonable, just too coincidental.

What's more, Zhen Mi reminded before that it is very likely that someone has set up a huge formation here, so there may not be situations that cannot be explained by science.

So put this question aside for now.

Wu Liang continued to observe this huge underground cave, and soon he found four stone platforms built on the rock walls at the four corners of this underground cave.

Wu Liang was temporarily unable to tell the direction.

However, according to the tradition and culture of the Celestial Dynasty, these four stone platforms should occupy the four directions of east, south, west and north respectively, and they will definitely not be built indiscriminately.

And on top of these four stone platforms.

Wu Liang seemed to see four figures kneeling on the ground.

The distance was a little far, Wu Liang couldn't see it very carefully, and he didn't know whether the four figures were stone statues, wood carvings, or something else.

And in the middle of this underground cave.

That is to say, after the "Drum of Desire to Admonish" placed on the water outlet at the beginning, Wu Liang saw a flat square.

Just north of the square is a lonely stone house.

The stone house is not too small but not too big, it should be about [-] square meters by visual inspection, and it looks extremely discordant in this sizeable square.

Other than that, there is nothing...

"It's here..."

Yan Lu, on the other hand, seemed extremely excited, staring at the stone house in high spirits.

At some point, there was an extra piece of tortoise shell in his hand, which seemed to be many years old, and he seemed to be holding that piece of tortoise shell to compare with the situation here.

Wu Liang noticed this situation, and could vaguely see that there were some patterns engraved on the tortoise shell in Yan Lu's hand.

It's just hard to say what exactly is engraved.

And it is impossible for him to take the initiative to ask Yan Lu for the tortoise shell. After all, he and Dian Wei are Yan Lu's prisoners now. Getting into trouble with Dian Wei.

Just when he was curious.

But saw that Zuo Ci had already taken the initiative to walk to Yan Lu's side, but he didn't look at the tortoise shell with his eyes, but said quite seriously: "Duke Yan, I'm afraid it's not suitable to stay here for a long time."

"Why did Master Zuo say that?"

Yan Lu immediately put the tortoise shell into his arms extremely cautiously, then raised his eyes to look at Zuo Ci and asked.

"There is an altar in the southeast, north, and west of this place, and there is a person kneeling on the altar... Although I am not very educated and can't see the way, it is not difficult to speculate that there should be a formation here."

Zuo Ci continued to say carefully, "Duke Yan, please think back again. Before this underground secret place, there was a severe cold air that ordinary people could not resist, but after entering here, the cold air has weakened a lot. Now we have landed again. , this cold air has become even more subtle, so the situation itself is a little weird, and I am afraid it is the evidence that this formation is still working."

"Hehe, this is not something you should worry about."

After hearing Zuo Ci's words, Yan Lu laughed indifferently, "I'm not afraid to tell you that the four altars you mentioned are actually not altars, and the people kneeling on those altars are not wizards either. They are the 'four mountains' that assisted Emperor Yao in governing the world in ancient times, so your speculation may not be true."

When Zuo Ci spoke to Yan Lu, he didn't hold down his voice.

And when Yan Lu said these words to Zuo Ci, he didn't restrain himself deliberately, he didn't seem to care that the people present listened, so Wu Liang and many soldiers around him also heard it clearly.

"..."

After hearing these words, most of the soldiers showed curious but confused expressions. It is no wonder that Yan Lu didn't care. In the eyes of the gentry culture monopoly these days, soldiers are basically not gentry, so naturally there is nothing wrong with them. With knowledge, it is impossible to understand what Yan Lu is talking about.

But Wu Liang is no ordinary soldier.

The knowledge points in Yan Lu's words are not a problem for him at all, especially the word "four mountains" makes him feel like thunder.

The so-called "four mountains" refers to four people.

They are called Xizhong, Uncle Xi, Hezhong, and Uncle He respectively. They were the chief officials in charge of one side in the ancient Tang Dynasty, and they were the powerful officials who could control the world's major affairs. Even the question of who should hand over the world to Yao God will listen to their opinions.

This matter is recorded in history books.

When Emperor Yao was old, he asked the "Siyue" about his successor, "Siyue recommended Yu Shun."

So Emperor Shun got the abdication of Emperor Yao and established the ancient Yu Dynasty.

Later, when Emperor Shun was old, he asked the "four mountains" for advice, "the four mountains are all called Boyu."

So Dayu successfully obtained the abdication of Emperor Shun and established the Kexia Dynasty.

It can be seen from this that the "Four Sacred Mountains" are not just as simple as the officials of the frontier, but also the most important political group in the Tang and Yu Dynasties, with power even above Emperor Yao and Emperor Shun.

After Dayu, Dayu's son Xia Qi launched a coup and took away the power from Boyi, the designated successor of the "Four Sacred Mountains". The group "Yue" is no longer recorded, and it can be regarded as completely disappearing in the torrent of history.

It can be said that the "Four Mountains" lasted at least three eras: the ancient Tang Dynasty, the ancient Yu Dynasty, and the early Xia Dynasty.

If the people of the "Four Mountains" are not immortal, it is very likely that personnel changes have been carried out many times during this process, but if the four people kneeling on those four platforms are the "Four Mountains", this is unavoidable. It's hard to win people's trust. After all, the "Four Mountains" can't be moved by anyone who wants to. Emperor Yao and Emperor Shun must obey them.

of course.

If the "Four Mountains" Yan Lu mentioned was a kind of reference, and the four figures kneeling on the stage were not real people, or were just substitutes found from nowhere, then it was not impossible.

However, Wu Liang believed that Yan Lu's statement should not be fabricated out of thin air.

He must have mastered private information unknown to outsiders. Maybe this information was recorded on the tortoise shell he hid in his arms just now, or it may not be just a piece of tortoise shell. That part has been emptied by Yan Lu and Zhang Liang, and no one knows what they found and how much they found.

The tortoise shell might have been obtained here, but Yan Lu just brought the one most closely related to this trip.

thought here.

Wu Liang was more and more interested in the tortoise shell, and at the same time, he was also more interested in the part that Zhang Liang and Yan Lu had emptied before, which most likely proved and recorded the history and background of this secret place Important documents play a vital role in archaeology in later generations, and may be able to fill in some gaps.

"But this doesn't conflict with the formation..."

Zuo Ci was obviously still worried, frowned and muttered, "Even if those four people are 'Four Mountains', even if they are not wizards, that doesn't prevent those four platforms from being altars, and those four people may be set up as altars." The foot of the formation."

"If there is really a formation here, do you know how to break it?"

Yan Lu suddenly asked back.

"I still can't see what kind of formation this is, how can I break it?"

Zuo Ci smiled wryly.

"According to what you said, if those four people are the formation's formation, then if we destroy the formation first, can the formation be unable to function?"

Yan Lu thought for a while, then asked again.

"This... is possible, but..."

Zuo Ci wanted to say something else.

Yan Lu interrupted him with a wave of his hand, nodded and said: "Since it is possible, no matter whether there is any formation you mentioned here, I will order people to destroy these four 'formations' first, and then continue to go deeper. Naturally, the investigation will be a bit more insurance, isn't that the truth?"

"..."

Zuo Ci was speechless immediately.

Wu Liang was also slightly stunned, and had to admit that Yan Lu's analysis made sense.

But Wu Liang also felt that things were not that simple. Zhen Mi said before that if there is a formation here, it must be a giant formation. If the formation can be broken so easily, it would be too childish, and it is not worthy of it at all. Add the word "Mitian".

Also.

He felt that Zuo Ci probably wasn't as ignorant of this place as he had shown now, and it was definitely not a coincidence that he appeared in Jinyang City...

(End of this chapter)