genius divination

Chapter 894
Sister Mei smiled and said, "It's not really a rule, it's just a saying left by the elders." After speaking, he told an interesting story.

It is said that Zhao Kuangyin, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, came to Yuquanyuan at the mouth of Huashan Mountain when he had nothing to do one day. He saw a simple and elegant Taoist temple among the pines, bamboos and green cypresses.Looking at the futons on the incense table, the fireworks are dense.Just when he was fascinated, he saw an old Taoist walking from the back hall, with white hair and a childlike face, like a fairy, he felt awe, so he raised his hand and fisted and said, "Excuse me."

The old Taoist invited Zhao Kuangyin to sit down and drink tea.Seeing a game of chess on the table, Zhao Kuangyin asked, "Is the old fairy good at playing chess?"The old Taoist said: "You want to bet money when you play chess." When Zhao Kuangyin heard that it was right in his arms, he each took out a tael of silver, and the two played.The old man won the first round, but the old man deliberately lost the second round, saying: "Today we meet by fate, how about we go to the top of the mountain to talk?"

Zhao Kuangyin readily agreed.They came to the top of a solitary ridge, surrounded by cliffs, with white clouds growing under their feet, mountains of clouds and seas of mist, and a myriad of scenes. It's really a fairyland on earth!So happy that Zhao Kuangyin shouted: "Wonderful!" The old Taoist said: "This is Wei Shuqing's Botai in the Han Dynasty. It is quite interesting to play chess here." He set up the chessboard, poured camellia, and played chess again.The first round, the second round, and the third round, Zhao Kuangyin lost all the rounds, the more he lost, the more anxious he was, the more anxious he was, the more he lost, and he lost all his money, horses, and swords.

The old man was unwilling to play, but Zhao Kuangyin still refused to accept it, but he had nothing to bet on. Looking at Huashan, he said casually: "Let's bet on Huashan. If I lose, I will return this Huashan to you."

"Okay!" The old Taoist had prepared for a long time, brought all the four treasures of the study, asked Qingfeng and Mingyue to grind ink and spread paper, and wrote the letter, and the two started writing again.In this round, Zhao Kuangyin took every step very seriously, and it took a lot of effort to gain the upper hand, but in the end he still lost.Zhao Kuangyin said helplessly: "You are such a god, I am convinced."

The old Taoist Jishou said: "In the future, you will have the honor of ninety-five years, and you will make me a god, so thank you."Zhao Kuangyin immediately regretted it. If I was really the Son of Heaven, I would become a god before I ascended the throne and lose Huashan. Wouldn't this Huashan become a place I can't control in the future?He hurriedly stretched out his hand to grab the text agreement, but he didn't get the text agreement, and instead imprinted a fingerprint on the text agreement.

The old Taoist laughed and said: "My lord has written the document and pressed his fingerprints. You are not joking." He raised the sleeves of his Taoist robe and blew a breath, seeing the document fluttering to the Sangong Mountain opposite the Nantian Gate. , affixed to a rectangular boulder, not touching the sky and not touching the ground.Zhao Kuangyin saw that it was irreparable, so he played tricks and said: "I sold Huashan to you", pointing to a tree and said: "But the tree is not for sale."Only then did the old Taoist say that he was Chen Tuan.

Later, when Zhao Kuangyin became the emperor, he really decreed that all land taxes in Huashan would be exempted.However, the tree is not allowed to be cut down.From then on, the folks began to spread the four poems "The mountain is a Taoist mountain, and the tree is a royal tree. Huashan does not pay for food, and it is not allowed to cut down trees indiscriminately".

And the land to the east of the village has a lot of trees planted, so if you want to build a house there, you have to cut down the trees.But the villagers in this mountain are simple by nature, and they are unwilling to break the rules of their ancestors.So the land was abandoned, and the cottages were built more and more to the west where there were no trees.After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the forests here belonged to the category of protection, and they could not be cut down at will.Therefore, the villagers' houses have always been extended to the west, and rarely to the east. This has almost formed an unwritten rule in the village.

Fan Jiannan nodded slightly after listening to Sister Mei's narration, but he became more curious about the forest in the east of the village.

Looking down from the mountain, the traces of artificial planting of the ancient trees below are very obvious.And it looks like the trees are very old.Someone must have planted them in large quantities for some purpose.And it takes a lot of manpower.Combined with the story told by Sister Mei, it should be a rumor that in ancient times someone deliberately took a walk in order to protect this tree from being cut down.But what is the significance of the ancient forests arranged in nine palaces?

Fan Jiannan pondered for a while and said, "Can we go to that forest to see?"

"Of course, but it's very desolate and there's nothing to see there. We used to play there when we were young, and now there are fewer people in the village, and few people go there." Sister Mei nodded, "How about Let's go down here, so we don't have to go around the village. I know a path, and I used to come here to play when I was a child."

Fan Jiannan and Feng Yuan followed Sister Mei down a mountain path.Fan Jiannan noticed that this mountain path is very special. Although it is old, it is still very strong, because this mountain path is not paved with stone steps like ordinary mountain paths.The steps here are completely carved out of the rock, extending down the mountain step by step.This is obviously also very time-consuming, because the mountains here are all solid rocks, which are extremely strong.It took a lot of work to dig out such a mountain road.

After walking down this stone step, and walking for a while, we arrived at this strange forest.Some of these trees are very old, but they are still growing very well and very peacefully.The sun shone down from above and fell on the clearing in the forest, forming spots of light.Strolling here, the scenery is very good.

Fan Jiannan walked around the forest, frowning more and more as he walked.

"What's wrong?" Feng Yuan whispered.

Fan Jiannan shook his head and said, "I always have a feeling that something is wrong with this forest."

"What's wrong?" Feng Yuan asked a little strangely, "I think this place is very nice. It's quiet and the scenery is also good."

"I'm not talking about that." Fan Jiannan shook his head, "I'm talking about a feeling that this forest seems to represent something. You see, although this is a forest, it's patchwork. It's completely deliberate. What we saw below was not very obvious, but when we were on the mountain just now, it was very obvious. Although I don't know Feng Shui, I can feel that this is definitely the most suitable place to live. But why do the villagers here How about abandoning this place and building the village to the west?"

Feng Yuan smiled and said, "Maybe you're overthinking. Ordinary villagers don't know this. Maybe they just follow the old habits."

"I understand, but I don't understand what the beginning of this habit is." Fan Jiannan walked a few steps ponderously, frowned suddenly, lowered his head, picked up a small stone in an open space, held it in his hand and looked at it again. look.

"What is this? Is a stone worth your attention?" Feng Yuan poked his head a little strangely.

Fan Jiannan smiled and said, "Look carefully, this is not a stone, but a broken brick."

"Bricks?" Feng Yuan frowned and looked at the blue-gray stone whose edges and corners had been smoothed, "What's wrong with the bricks?"

Fan Jiannan said slowly, "This is an ancient blue brick, which is completely different from the red bricks that are often used today. There are no houses around here, so how can there be such broken bricks in the wilderness?"

Sister Mei took it and looked at it, "Could it be that the children from the village came here to play and brought them here?"

"No." Fan Jiannan said with certainty, "When I came here just now, I noticed that most of the houses in the village are made of red bricks. And I noticed that some older houses are adobe houses. This kind of blue brick house is either rich or expensive, in short, it is not an ordinary family."

"You mean someone lived near this forest before? And it was a big family?" Feng Yuan's heart skipped a beat.

"Not only that, but it's not just one family." Fan Jiannan frowned, "I think if it wasn't a Taoist temple of some size, it was a small village. Maybe many years ago, the village to the west was once a building. here."

"You mean, our village?" Sister Mei asked in surprise. "But I've never heard of it?"

"Maybe it's too old, of course you won't have heard of it." Fan Jiannan mused.

Feng Yuan thought for a while and said, "Then let's sort out all the clues. What you mean is that the village to the west might have been here in the first place. But for some reason in history, gradually moving westward The relocation gradually formed the current village."

Fan Jiannan nodded, "It should be like this."

"But you also said that this is a livable place with very good geomantic omen. If that's the case, why did the villagers choose to relocate?" Feng Yuan couldn't figure it out. "And even if we move, we won't destroy all the old site of the village, right? It looks like there is almost no trace here. Besides, the sudden collective relocation is also unreasonable."

Fan Jiannan shook his head and said, "Maybe they were forced."

Feng Yuan frowned and said, "Forced? How do you know?"

Fan Jiannan sighed, picked up a piece of rock from the ground and said to Feng Yuan, "Look at this."

"A stone again?" Feng Yuan asked inexplicably.

"This is a piece of tile. It was broken like this because after being burned by high temperature, it was rained again." Fan Jiannan said slowly, "There used to be a village here, but it was completely destroyed. Instead, I set a fire and burned it down." Everything. Not only that, but the entire ground was leveled. I don’t know if you can feel it, but the terrain here is a bit unnatural. It’s not like it was born like this at all. Someone must have moved the villagers to the west, and then Destroy all the village ruins here."

Feng Yuan couldn't believe it, "But why did they do this?"

Fan Jiannan smiled and said, "Because they want to plant trees here."

"Planting trees?" Feng Yuan asked in a daze.

"If I'm right, the person who forced the villagers to relocate in ancient times was the one who planted this forest." Fan Jiannan looked up at the forest and said slowly.

(End of this chapter)