the last priest

The mountain Zha Wenbin chose was the commanding height that he could find for the time being. What he needed to see was the rising sun tomorrow, because at the foot of the sketch left by the great-grandfather of the Tang family, there was a line of small characters written: The ancestors were buried in the first light of the autumnal equinox. where the light is irradiated.

There were not many people in Tang Yuanshan, Uncle Chang, Susu and two drivers, they looked like they were from Lianjiazi, and their muscles were almost twisted into lumps.The equipment is very professional, and all the guns are authentic imported goods. Even the guns are original AKs.

Looking at these things, Cha Wenbin's brows began to worry. How could it be such a big commotion to simply move a grave?Instead of buying firecrackers and firecrackers, only firearms and explosives, is this going to relocate or demolish graves?

Up to now, Tang Yuanshan has given the truth and explained the reason, after hearing it, this place is really not a good place to come to.

This is not a tourist attraction of Wuyi Mountain, but the real old forest. With this mountain as the boundary, it is the junction of Fujian and Jiangxi provinces.In the past, salt was regarded as a daily necessities and was exclusively operated by the government, and any non-governmental organization or individual was not allowed to engage in the sale of salt, and this regulation has also continued into modern times.

Fujian is close to the sea and is rich in table salt, while Jiangxi is backed inland and does not produce salt itself.So very early on, people from Fujian Province smuggled salt to the inland, and this mountain was the preferred route.

First of all, this place is remote, there are no villages and market towns within a radius of tens of miles, and there are few eyes and ears; secondly, there are tall trees and dense forests here, so once the pursuers disperse, they can escape for their lives.Those who sell private salt are desperate people. Although salt can enter Jiangxi at a high price through this place, there are not many people who have really been able to pass this way for thousands of years.It's not that this road has a checkpoint, but because some inexplicable things often happen on this road. According to the description of someone who walked out of the mountain later, piles of salt can be seen everywhere in the mountain forest, with an interval of hundreds or thousands of years. Yes, fully packaged, no signs of wreckage or fights around.It doesn't look like robbery by bandits or abandonment after an accident. It seems that those salt sellers will disappear out of thin air when they come here.

Some people are smart. They found that the scattered goods of these predecessors also marked the minefields for them. Therefore, when the predecessors stepped on the minefields, the later generations finally found a mountain road that could be walked. This is how Zhuqi Town was formed. The ancestors of this town were all salt smugglers.

The Tang family was one of these people before officially entering Luomen. Illegal salt is a high-profit and high-risk industry. The ancestors of the Tang family were the first to find people who could safely pass through this mountain.So while accumulating a lot of wealth, the Tang family's prestige also soared rapidly, and eventually became a wealthy family. Cha Wenbin believed that the ancestor of the Tang family was a remarkable person, because this Wuyi Mountain was indeed very extraordinary.

Wuyi Mountain is one of the 36 caves in the Taoist world. It was called "No. 16 Shengzhenhua Cave" in ancient times. It is said that in the Qin Dynasty, an immortal descended from the mountain and called himself Lord Wuyi and was ordered by the Jade Emperor.On the south side of this mountain range, there is a mountain of nearly [-] square kilometers full of Taoist relics, which are still full of incense.

If you can see the floor plan of Wuyi Mountain, which is composed of a series of nine curves, you will be surprised to find that this is a natural gossip map: in the Siqu Royal Tea Garden in Wuyi Mountain, there is a Tongxian well, and its wall is It is round; there is a Longjing in Yiqu Wuyi Palace, and the walls of the well are square.

According to the ancient yin and yang five-star saying, "the sky is yang, the earth is yin; the sky is round, and the earth is square", and these two wells are respectively located on the left and right of the Jiuqu River in Wuyi Mountain, in line with the "s" route of the upper Jiuqu , forming a natural Tai Chi diagram, Tongxianjing and Longjing constitute the two "eyes" of the "Yin and Yang fish" in the Tai Chi diagram.

Naturally, there is a purpose for nature to produce such a gossip, just like where there are poisonous snakes within a hundred meters, there will be herbs to restrain the snake's venom.

If you regard the Jiuqu gossip of Wuyi Mountain as righteousness, then naturally the one hundred thousand mountains behind it are evil.The 36 caves of Taoism were born to suppress the 36 evils in the world, so weird things will probably happen around the place where Taoists appear. Longevity of Qi can permanently suppress those things that should not appear.

Cha Wenbin understood this truth very early on. The so-called caves and blessed lands have the essence of heaven and earth aura, not only for those who practice Taoism, but also for those evil things.This [-]-mile mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, and the person who can safely walk out of a salt road is naturally an expert. How can the Tang family stand on the top of Luomen for hundreds of years without any foundation and skills?

Luomen was originally a semi-official organization, and some people blatantly used this identity to rob tombs crazily. He was holding a token bestowed by the emperor in his hand, under the guise of looking for a fairy recipe.The Tang family chose to smuggle more wisely. A lot of money in the Grand View Garden in A Dream of Red Mansions was earned through government-run salt merchants. With this channel alone, the wealth accumulated by the Tang family for hundreds of thousands of years can be incomparably rich.

The more dangerous the place, the more wealth it means. Tang Yuanshan knows the family history of his ancestors, and given his current status, if it weren't for the legacy, he would really not want to try it, and the next leader of Luomen may not be him. .The Zhang family in Hunan and the Ding family in Shaanxi have grown rapidly over the past few decades through the last wave of revolution, and have accumulated deep connections at the top.

The Zhang family dominates the underground cultural relics trade in the entire central region, with countless treasures accumulated in their hands, vaguely qualified to become the top spot in domestic antiques; and the Ding family, which is located in Shaanxi, is even more so. Some people joked that building the subway in Xi'an might It is the most profitable business in the world, and any construction team is willing to take on that job. Pushing it forward for one meter is worth countless RMB, and all the things unearthed there are at the level of artifacts.Zhang and Ding have been very close in the past ten years. One is responsible for controlling the market, the other is responsible for controlling the source, and there is such a relationship as marriage. It is really hard to say whether the Tang family will be able to stand on top of the five major families in three years. .

The Miao family in the northeast was relatively close to the Tang family in the past, but Tang Yuanshan’s main energy has been in the south in recent years, so the contact has begun to decrease; as for the Qian family in Sichuan, it has always been the most low-key of the five major families, and no one can fully understand it. Their industry, just like no one has ever been fully familiar with the culture of Bashu, they are very mysterious.

Tang Yuanshan is also related to the organization, they are opposed to each other but also connected, the organization has gathered a group of talented people, more like a department.And Luomen is passed down from generation to generation, cultivating capable members of their own family but also serving those in power. Luomen is likened to a scepter that symbolizes power, and that organization is another dagger stained with blood. , the organization is more realistic.

There are no traces of those past in the woods. The scattered salt may have been turned into water and merged into the earth long ago. The abandoned donkey carts are gradually rotting and covered with leaves. No one has stepped here for 100 years. .

The occasional chirping of birds is not a cheerful tune, and the muffled chirping is more like a signal for mourning. There are dead branches and fallen leaves everywhere, and a thought popped into Cha Wenbin's mind. I'm afraid this place is not suitable for people at night. stay.

Yin Qi is naturally gathered, the mountains are already humid, and the forests are too dense, people will not feel comfortable walking in such places.Chao Zi and Zhuo Xiong are vigilant about the movement around them. Their backgrounds as scouts make them more sensitive to danger than ordinary people.

Chao Zi said softly to Zhuo Xiong: "I always feel that there are eyes watching from behind."

Zhuo Xiong wiped the sweat from the tip of his nose, looked up at the dense tree canopy and said, "I have the same feeling, and I am being stared at from all directions."

"I always feel that something is wrong. I can't tell. I can't even see a living thing when I glance at it. We walked for a long time and there is not even a mouse dropping on the ground." Chaozi is not joking, this kind of woods said Traces of various animals can be seen everywhere, but here there is nothing but rotting leaves.

Chaozi pointed to the top of his head. Those branches intertwined with each other. The dense leaves completely blocked the direct sunlight. It is extremely easy for people to get lost when walking in this kind of place: "The forest is too deep, we have to find a way to go up to have a look."

Zhuo Xiong nodded and said: "Let me go." He turned back and said to Zha Wenbin: "Brother Wenbin, you rest here, I will go to the top of the tree to have a look, don't go in the wrong direction, sometimes the compass will Out of order."

"Be careful."

Zhuo Xiong took off his backpack, simply put on the short gun and the rope and looked around, picked a big tree, and then wrapped the rope around the big tree and put it on his waist.I saw him put the noose on the tree with both hands, stare hard at the waist, then move the rope and continue to hold the tree, just like a monkey, he climbed up.

The highest part of the tree that can be seen is about 70 to [-] meters, and the hidden ones beyond the canopy are even more unknown. After ten minutes, Zhuo Xiong had already started to fiddle with the canopy with his hands, and then he disappeared from everyone's sight.

Tang Yuanshan said to Zha Wenbin with approving eyes: "Your friend is very skilled."

Cha Wenbin kept staring at the big tree, and suddenly a black crow rushed out from the shaking tree crown, and a strange cry of "Wow" passed over the crowd.Cha Wenbin immediately stood up and said to Chaozi: "Call him down, hurry up."

Seeing his serious expression, Chaozi knew that the crow was not a good omen after he had been with him for a long time. Just as he was about to call out, he saw that Zhuo Xiong's feet had already retreated. He climbed down at a fast speed, occasionally He lowered his head and looked down, his face looked more dignified than that of Cha Wenbin...