Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 816 Fairy Mountain (4000)

Wu Liang and others, who disguised themselves as a caravan, soon entered Sanmen Village.

I saw that the villagers gathered at the big mulberry tree in the village before, so they didn't go door to door and went straight to the big mulberry tree to meet the people in this village.

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Suddenly seeing a group of more than [-] strangers coming to the village, the villagers gathered under the big mulberry tree immediately cast doubtful eyes.

Wu Liang and the others were also very puzzled at the moment.

It was only when they got close that they finally realized that these villagers were kneeling under the big mulberry tree as if they were worshiping something, and the direction they were kneeling was the large sea of ​​clouds that suddenly appeared in the east.

"Excuse me, we are merchants passing by here. Now that it is getting late, I am afraid that it will be difficult to reach the nearest town before nightfall. I happened to see your village, so I came here to stay overnight, I don't know..."

Facing the doubtful eyes of the villagers, Wu Liang saluted with a smile.

However, he was only halfway through when an old man who looked at least over [-] years old interrupted him, and said with a serious face: "We are guests from afar, so it is not a problem to stay overnight, but now we are worshiping Xianshan, so it is really inconvenient to receive you, can you please wait a moment?"

"Worship to the fairy mountain... good."

Hearing the word "immortal mountain", Wu Liang was puzzled again, because the direction in which these villagers knelt and worshiped was within sight, and there was not even a gentle hill, so where is there any fairy mountain?
It's just that the old man and the villagers seemed to be very pious, they didn't pay any attention to his efforts at all, and he couldn't continue to ask, so he had to temporarily suppress the doubts in his heart, and led the Huan army to retreat to the side and wait quietly.

As a result, just as he retreated, a four or five-year-old child kneeling on the edge of the crowd suddenly said to Wu Liang and the others: "You must have never seen the fairy mountain in our village, right? You can't see it standing there. If you also want to pay respects, you can come to our side, my mother said, worshiping the fairy mountain at the beginning of the year, you will not have to worry about food and clothing for a year."

"Is this... okay?"

Wu Liang naturally wished for it, but it also depends on the attitude of the villagers.

Some of the villagers also looked at them, not only did no one raise objections, some even took the initiative to give way to the side, leaving a small area for the people of the Tuan army.

"Thank you."

Seeing that the villagers were so hospitable, Wu Liang saluted immediately, and then he brought all the people from the Huan army to join the ranks of "worshiping the fairy mountain".

It was also like this. After coming to these villagers, Wu Liang looked in the direction of their worship and was suddenly taken aback.

I saw that in the sea of ​​clouds in the east, there was a lush and lush hill inexplicably? !
This hill is not considered tall, but surrounded by clouds and mist, it does look like a fairyland, not to mention that it is absolutely impossible for a hill in the world to float into the sea of ​​clouds, which is not in line with common sense.

Besides.

Wu Liang also saw three quaint gate towers built of rocks at the foot of the hill. The three gate towers stood side by side, like the gates of the hill, guiding the worshipers.

There seems to be writing on the gate tower.

It's a pity that the distance is too far, and the handwriting has not been painted and highlighted, Wu Liang can only vaguely see the outline of the four characters, and cannot clearly see what the characters are.

"This……"

At this moment, countless questions appeared in Wu Liang's mind and wanted to ask.

But at this moment, the villagers were all kneeling down devoutly, so he really had no way to disturb them, so he had to endure it for the time being.

However, Wu Liang had some guesses about the name of this village.

Could it be that "Sanmen Village" got its name from the three gate towers in front of the Fukong Mountain?
With many questions in mind.

Wu Liang tried to stand up again and left the area under the big mulberry tree, and looked up at the sea of ​​clouds again.

The hill immediately disappeared without a trace, only a cotton-like sea of ​​clouds could be seen!
The distance between the two places is even less than ten meters, and it is undoubtedly a miracle that there is such a huge difference in the things seen by the eyes.

So Wu Liang returned to the big mulberry tree again.

The hill miraculously appeared in the realization, and it looked very real...

"..."

At this moment, not only Wu Liang was surprised, but everyone in the Huan army also showed shock. Obviously, they had never seen such a miraculous thing before.

Even Zhen Mi, who was the most well-informed, frowned at the same moment, with a little more doubt in her eyes.

Through their performance, Wu Liang can also be sure that he is definitely not dazzled.

"A mirage?"

He secretly guessed in his heart.

This term has long been known by later generations. Even those who have never seen a mirage know that it is actually just a natural phenomenon formed by the refraction and total reflection of light. Few people worship it as a fairyland. At most, it is regarded as a natural wonder to watch.

But in this era, mirages are unexplainable phenomena.

As far as Wu Liang knows, the records of "mirages" in this era should come from "Historical Records", and the original text should be: "The meteorological towers and towers by the sea, the vast fields are full of air and palaces are empty."

"蜄" is the "phantom" in "mirage", which is a huge sea monster in Chinese mythology.

Many ancient books prove that the prototype of "phantom" is actually "clam".

It's just that "the small one is a clam, the big one is a mirage". In people's cognition at this time, a "phantom" is a clam that is too big to describe, and can be compared with the legendary "kun".

And this kind of "mirage" appearance, in the understanding of people of this era, is the fairyland scene presented by the immortal energy spit out by the "mirage", so there is the saying of "sea side weather tower".

And even this kind of statement is only known to some gentry with certain cultural literacy.

In addition, the way of information dissemination is extremely closed nowadays, and most of the people who have not received education will only regard it as a fairyland, thinking that this is the place where gods live.

However, whether the scene in front of him belonged to the category of mirage still needed some other information to prove it. Wu Liang was only guessing for the time being, and asked the villagers for more information before he could draw a conclusion.

In fact, what surprised Wu Liang the most was not this, but the scope of the "fairy mountain" in front of him.

During the process of the villagers worshiping the fairy mountain, Wu Liang has already circled around the big mulberry tree in all directions. The amazing thing is that it seems that only under the big mulberry tree can he see the fairy mountain. Looking over, you can only see an ordinary sea of ​​clouds.

As far as Wu Liang knew, when most mirages appeared, they could only be seen in certain places, but such a mirage with such a small viewing area was unique and unbelievable.

……

During Wu Liang's astonishment, many people from the Tuan Army spontaneously worshiped with these villagers. They are also the aborigines of this era, so naturally they couldn't understand this strange phenomenon.

So about half an hour passed.

The sky in the west has already been covered with gorgeous fire clouds, and the sea of ​​clouds in the east has gradually dimmed, and the "fairy mountain" has gradually disappeared with the dimming of the sea of ​​clouds.

At this moment, the villagers stood up after kowtowing for the last time, and the old man who had talked to Wu Liang before also took the initiative to greet him, and saluted: "I'm sorry, the young master is coming to stay overnight, but this old man can help the young master Waiting for someone to arrange a residence for one night, but there are a lot of people accompanying you, and the villagers are not well-off, I'm afraid they can't afford the food for you, so I have to ask you to solve it yourself."

It is said that there are a large number of people, but in fact, there are only about [-] people in the Huo people's army this time. However, for ordinary people who live in this era, opening their mouths is indeed a big burden, and the fire is still young and middle-aged. If you are not careful, you will eat up the whole family's one-month ration.

"No way, I am very grateful to the old gentleman for providing us with a place to live. How dare I ask for food."

Wu Liang returned the salute, leaned into the old man's ear and said, "To thank the old man, I still have some dried meat in my luggage, but it's not much, I'm afraid it's not enough to distribute to the villagers in the village, and I'll leave later , I ordered someone to send some to the old man, please be sure to accept it.”

"Meat jerky..."

The old man probably hadn't tasted meat for a long time, even though his teeth couldn't chew the jerky anymore, his eyes still lit up, and he quickly saluted and said, "It's just a little effort, how dare you accept such a generous gift from the young master?" ...Since the young master insists, the old man is disrespectful, thank you young master."

"Don't be too polite."

Wu Liang easily bought the old man, and then said, "By the way, our village is called Sanmen Village, so it should be related to the three gate towers in front of the fairy mountain?"

"That's right. In fact, this name came into existence in the Han Dynasty. I heard that before the Han Dynasty, our place was called Changsang Village. It was named after this old mulberry tree that lived for an unknown number of years. 'Changsang' came from The meaning of 'elderly mulberry', at that time, the old mulberry tree was used as a road sign by the carriages and horses, and later a new official road was built, and there were very few outsiders staying in our village."

The old man nodded and introduced Wu Liang in detail.

"Changsang Village?"

Wu Liang was slightly taken aback, and then said, "I heard that your place was once the hometown of the Qinyue people who were called Bian Que by later generations, and his medical skills came from an old man named Changsang Jun, but I don't know where you are. It is also called Changsang Village."

"This old man is not very clear."

The old man frowned and said, "I only know that Bian Que did run a hostel here back then, and this old mulberry tree was in the yard of the hostel. How did he become a famous doctor later on, and whether there is such a person as Mr. Chang Sang, I can't say I just heard from the old man who has passed away that Bian Que never returned to the village after he became a famous doctor, nor did he do anything practical for the village, so the people in the village didn't take him seriously until later. Someone came to the back of the village and built a tomb for him, and everyone knew that there was such a thing in the village... Later, someone proposed to change the name of the village to Bianque Village, but the villagers rejected it."

"I see."

Wu Liang nodded slightly. It seems that the people in this village really don't take Bian Que seriously. If it was left to future generations at this time, the local government would have used the name of Bian Que's hometown to build this village into a folk scenic spot. ...But there is no such thing as a market economy in this era, and because of the backward transportation, people are not as keen on traveling as later generations, so there is really no need for such a thing.

After pondering for a moment, Wu Liang asked again: "But having said that, the fairy mountain floating on the jade clouds just now really opened my eyes. You are not surprised by it. Does this fairy mountain appear often?"

"It's not unusual. This fairy mountain will only appear once a year, and it will only appear in May each time. However, the days are not fixed, just like this year it appeared on the fifth day of the new year, and last year it appeared on the eighth day of the first day. Anyway, it will appear sooner or later It must be within May, or later."

The old man pointed to a small copper bell hanging under the old mulberry tree and said, "So every year in May, some people in the village will wait under the old mulberry tree. Once they see the fairy mountain appear, they will immediately ring the bell to notify the whole village to come and worship. This has become a tradition in our village."

fixed location.

fixed time.

This is completely in line with the conditions and characteristics of mirages. Wu Liang is almost sure that the "fairy mountain" is a mirage phenomenon.

Besides.

The geographical location of Sanmen Village is also well-known. As far as Wu Liang knows, there are two areas that are famous for the phenomenon of mirages most frequently in the Celestial Dynasty: one is the coastal area of ​​Guangdong; the other is the coastal area of ​​the Bohai Sea. belongs to this area.

But Wu Liang knew better.

A mirage is definitely not an illusory scene, but a refraction or total reflection scene, that is to say, the mirage that people see must have a real prototype!

Therefore, the fairy mountain and the three gate towers must be real, but it's hard to say exactly where they are located and how far they are from here.

And since the people in this village regard it as a fairy mountain, they must have never been to this place.

"Old man, I am also very interested in these ancient monuments. I heard that someone once came to the village to build a tomb for Bian Que. I wonder if this tomb is still there. Can I visit it?"

Wu Liang asked again.

"Why not?"

Old He smiled and said, "Since the old man can remember, no one has ever visited the Clothes Tomb, and it has been abandoned for a long time. Now it is between the hills over there, and now the place has long been surrounded by brambles and weeds." It's so tight that there's not even a place to walk, if you want to go, the young master, I'm afraid it will take some effort."

"Speaking of which, I went there once when I was young, and the tomb was well repaired, especially the tombstone, which was carved even more gorgeously, which is definitely not affordable for ordinary people... When you grow up, you don't want to be playful. After that, I never went there again, and the people in the village basically didn’t go there either.”

(End of this chapter)