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Chapter 387 The Tao Te Ching

Attracted by the loud noise, everyone turned their eyes away, only to find that it was Mo Wen who triggered the mechanism.This kid should be unlucky, the previous few people passed by the stone pillar without any problems, but he was the last one to leave, but he hung the corner of his clothes on the pillar.

At this moment, Mo Wen looked darker, and he didn't know if he was frightened.One of his feet was hanging in the air, and the other foot was standing on the ground. The skirt of his clothes was also torn open, and a corner of the skirt was just hanging on the pillar.

Mo Wen stood there not daring to move, beads of sweat dripping down his cheeks.His posture is like those soldiers who stepped on landmines in the movie.

After the sound of "Boom", all the people did not dare to vent their anger, and stood motionless like Mo Wen, and they all froze there.Liu Cong's reaction was quicker, he hastily shouted to everyone: "Get away quickly, hide!"

Only then did the rest of the people realize that if Mo Wen really triggered some mechanism, judging by the size of the tomb, the mechanism must be quite powerful. At this time, they should quickly seek cover and hide.

However, after such a long time, I haven't seen any mechanism activated. Maybe this mechanism has not been fully activated, or it may have been invalidated for a long time.However, although everyone had such a fluke mentality, they still moved away from the place where the nine stone pillars were located one by one.

Mo Wen naturally didn't dare to move, he was still standing there with one leg honestly, and turned his head to Liu Cong for help.

This time, everyone was careless. No one thought that these nine stone pillars were actually part of some kind of mechanism.But this can't be blamed on them. No one thought that the seemingly heavy stone pillar could be so flexible. Mo Wen only walked once, and the strength of his walking could drive the stone pillar to rotate. This was beyond everyone's expectation .

"Don't ask, don't be nervous, the mechanism should not be fully triggered, or you would have gone to see Hades long ago. You listen to me carefully, now you step back slowly, take off your clothes from the stone pillar, and then hurry up Get out of here." Liu Cong shouted loudly in the direction of Mo Wen.

Hearing Liu Cong's words, Mo Wen nodded slightly, and then he slowly lowered the raised leg backwards.Mo Wen's movements were very slight, as if afraid of waking up the sleeping baby.It wasn't until his foot landed on the ground and seeing that there was no change around him that he let out a slight breath.

Then Mo Wen stretched out his hand to the corner of the clothes that was caught.Liu Cong, who was standing in the distance, saw that Mo Wen's hands were already trembling.

Even if these players were carefully selected by Liu Cong, they were all kinds of masters who had gone through a lot of tempering, but no matter who they were, they would not be much better when it really came to such a critical moment of life and death, and they would all be nervous.

Maybe Mo Wen wouldn't be so afraid if he faced the hail of bullets directly, but it was this kind of unknown that gave people a stronger sense of fear.

Holding the hem of the clothes tightly with trembling hands, after taking the hem off the stone pillars, Mo Wen quickly turned to the side, exerted strength on his legs, and threw himself far away, leaving the nine stone pillars directly range.

Seeing that no mechanism was activated, the team doctor Yasheng hurried over, supported Mo Wen and ran further away, away from the stone pillar completely.

Seeing that Mo Wen was rescued, the others also let go of their worries.But at this moment, the stone pillar that was pulled by Mo Wen at a certain angle before turned around by itself, and this time, because everyone's eyes were on the stone pillar, everyone noticed this abnormality at the same time.

This time, the rumbling sound from the stone pillar hit everyone's ears like a talisman.Fortunately, no one was near the stone pillar this time, and the others were just worried that some mechanism would be triggered, and they weren't too nervous, but this kind of unknown fear was really tormenting.

Careful Chen Ziyang found that the direction of rotation of the stone pillar this time was exactly the opposite of the direction of rotation when Mo Wen pulled it before. It seemed that the stone pillar returned to its position automatically without fully triggering the mechanism.

Nothing happened after the stone pillar was turned, but this sense of tension lingered in everyone's heart.It was getting dark, and the study of the stone pillars was temporarily put down, and everyone stayed away from the stone pillars during their rest, for fear that these things would turn again sometime.

That night, almost everyone didn't sleep well, and they were all worried about the stone pillar, while Guo Huaxing and Zhang Linfu stared at the stone pillar in the night in a daze, thoughtfully.

After a night that was both calm and not peaceful, the excavation work continued.The focus of everyone's work on this day is to clear out the tomb door.Although the stone pillars have not changed, the excavators are still cautious, whether they are digging or walking, they try to avoid the nine stone pillars as much as possible.

However, there are also people who are not afraid of death. Early in the morning, before dawn, Guo Huaxing and Zhang Linfu took Jin Huang to the vicinity of the nine stone pillars to inspect them carefully.Chen Ziyang, who heard the noise, also moved over, and the four of them looked around the nine stone pillars to find out why the stone pillars could turn.

After careful observation, everyone realized that although the octagonal stone platform under the stone pillars was integrated with the stone ground and carved directly on the ground, the nine stone pillars and the stone platform There is a gap in the joints, and it seems that these stone pillars were added later.

The four of them studied for a long time and couldn't figure out why.Zhang Linfu squatted there and asked Jin Huang next to him: "Linghu Chong, why do I feel that these nine stone pillars look like a formation? Is this the fourth test? You are the formation master of Maoshan, and it's your turn to play now." Alright."

"Mr. Zhang, let me tell you the truth, I felt this way yesterday, but I thought about it all night, and I couldn't figure out what the nine stone pillars are for.

You also know that although there are many formations in Taoism, they all revolve around the ten basic formations of Tianyuan, Liangyi, Sancai, Sixiang, Wuxing, Liuhe, Qixing, Bagua, and Jiugong. Zong.

The eight stone pillars on the outside are arranged according to the eight trigrams, but the one in the middle is independent of the eight stone pillars. If this is a formation, we also lack the conditions to break the formation, it should be something missing. "

In order not to cause trouble to the excavators, these four people just studied on the sidelines, and no one dared to move these stone pillars.

Jin Huang's words have also been recognized by others. Even if they know what kind of formation or mechanism these nine stone pillars are, they still lack clues if they want to crack them. It seems that all of this still has to wait for the tomb door to be excavated Only after you come out can you draw a conclusion.

With this wave of episodes, all those who dig the tomb door are also extra careful.When they were about to dig to the door of the tomb, their actions became more cautious, for fear of touching any mechanism again.

In their words, the reason why the mechanism did not activate when the stone pillar was turned was because the soil blocked the door of the tomb. Maybe many crossbow arrows flying out of the door were blocked by the soil.

Hearing these gossips, Zhang Linfu stomped his feet angrily and kept cursing at them, why didn't rockets fly out from the tomb door to kill you all.

It was not until evening that the tomb door was fully excavated. The tomb gate, more than 20 meters wide and seven or eight meters high, does have a royal atmosphere. Such a large handwriting is beyond the reach of ordinary people. Even the width of the tomb gate is far wider than the area occupied by the nine stone pillars. many.

It may be because of fear. Although the tomb door has been dug out, there is still a thick layer of soil attached to the tomb door. It is probably the reason why the people who dug the tomb door did not dare to use too much force.

Seeing such rough excavation, even Guo Huaxing couldn't stand it anymore, he hastily directed the diggers to continue cleaning the soil on the tomb door.In his words, if the gates of the tomb were all mechanisms for firing crossbow arrows, then the gates of the tomb would not be doors, and it would be useless to have such gates.

Under the repeated urging of the two old masters, these talents picked up the engineering shovel again and cleaned up the soil on the tomb door little by little.Facts have proved that the nitpicking of these two old real people is still effective. It was not until the tomb door was completely cleared that everyone discovered the weirdness of the tomb door.

The tomb gate of the traditional Tang Dynasty imperial mausoleum is very grand, even if it is not carved with dragons and phoenixes, there are many reliefs as embellishments.Even if it is not an imperial mausoleum, the tomb gates of the tombs of the people of the Tang Dynasty with a little bit of status will be more or less decorated, and there are rows of neat stone rivets on the bottom and bottom.

But when the soil was cleaned up, the tomb door in front of everyone surprised everyone.There is no decorative pattern on the tomb door, but the surface of the tomb door is not empty, but filled with traditional characters one after another.

Although the traditional characters in the Tang Dynasty were not the same as the later traditional characters, they were basically the same, except for a few characters. Therefore, the content of these characters engraved on the tomb door was quickly deciphered by everyone. This turned out to be a whole Tao Te Ching.

It can be seen from a neat gap in the center of the tomb door that the entire tomb door is divided into left and right leaves, which should be able to be opened from one of them, but no matter how hard other people try, no matter how hard they push or push Pulling it outward, neither of the two tomb doors can be opened.

Combining the nine stone pillars in front of the door and the tightly sealed tomb door, several other masters of Taoism came to basically the same conclusion.If you want to open this tomb door, you still have to start with these nine stone pillars.

It's no wonder that Mo Wen didn't trigger any mechanism after pulling the stone pillars. Instead, the stone pillars automatically returned to their positions after a while. It turned out that these nine stone pillars were the mechanism to open the tomb door.After reaching this conclusion, everyone felt that it was a false alarm, but it was better than the fear of not knowing why.

The only thing on the entire tomb door that can be used as a reminder is this Tao Te Ching that everyone is familiar with. There should be no hidden content in these more than 5000 words. If you want to break through, you can only find it from other sources. place to find.

This Tao Te Ching is also the only harvest that everyone has gained so far, so the Sixth Master of Maoshan and a Taoist nun gathered in front of the tomb door, staring at the Tao Te Ching, hoping to get some clues.

Zhang Linfu and Guo Huaxing always felt that if the Tao Te Ching on the tomb door really concealed something, the method of hiding it must be quite special, so they watched the entire tomb door from a distance and analyzed it from a macro perspective. And the younger generation like Chen Ziyang came to the gate of the tomb, using their various methods to try.

For example, see if the characters carved on the tomb door can be rotated like stone pillars, or if there are other hidden features hidden on the words, but no matter how they try, the Tao Te Ching is the Tao Te Ching, and the tomb gate is the Tao Te Ching. At the gate of the tomb, a stone is a stone, and there is no clue at all.

Until the moon rose and the sky was completely dark, everyone still got nothing.It was rare that the flashlight came in handy for the first time since entering the Qinling area.These descendants of Maoshan studied the writing on the stone gate all night with flashlights on.

After studying with everyone for a long time, Chen Ziyang was already sleepy, but he was too embarrassed to go to sleep alone when he saw others working so hard, so he could only recite the Tao Te Ching on the tomb door in a boring way. stand up.

"Tao, can be said, is very Tao; name, can be named, very well-known. Wu, is called the beginning of heaven and earth; You, is called the mother of all things."

Hearing Chen Ziyang's recitation, Guo Huaxing, who had been fruitless, reprimanded him: "Did you do it on purpose, kid? Even if you are absent-minded, you shouldn't blaspheme the Tao Te Ching."

Guo Huaxing's words made Chen Ziyang confused. He didn't understand the meaning of Guo Huaxing's words.It wasn't until the Taoist Xiaoyuan kindly reminded him that Chen Ziyang realized that his feelings were due to his hyphenated words.

The correct reading method should be: "Tao can be Tao, very Tao; name can be named, very famous. The beginning of the unknown world; the name is the mother of all things."

At this moment, Chen Ziyang felt that he was ashamed, because he exposed a very obvious shortcoming, that is, he couldn't recite the Tao Te Ching at all.

Since the beginning of learning art, Chen Ziyang was not interested in anything he recited, especially the Daodejing, which was so large that he didn't even bother to read it. Unexpectedly, it made such a big joke now.

However, Chen Ziyang's recitation reminded Zhang Linfu, and then he discovered the reason why Chen Ziyang recited wrongly.It turns out that besides more than 5000 words, there are some small dots on the tomb gate. These small dots look like punctuation marks, breaking the Tao Te Ching into countless paragraphs.

Looking at these incorrect punctuation marks, Zhang Linfu slapped his thigh fiercely, came to his senses, and hurriedly said to the people around him: "I know where the mystery lies. This is not some Tao Te Ching, but about hexagrams." The real test."

(End of this chapter)