Warlock Notes

Chapter 32
It is said that in the spring of 208 A.D., three years after the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao built a famous building in Yecheng, the Three Tongque Terraces-Tongque Terrace, Jinhu Terrace, and Bingjing Terrace.Three Terraces of Tongque were built along the city wall of Yecheng. The tallest Tongque Terrace cast a large bronze sparrow on the top of the building, becoming a symbolic building of the Cao Wei regime.There are pavilions between the three Tongque towers, which are majestic and magnificent, and are called Cao Wei three towers.According to historical records, Cao Cao often went to the Tongque Terrace to listen to songs, watch dances, or write poems to express his feelings.

In Santai Village, Linzhang County, Hebei, there is an earthen platform that is not too high. This earthen platform is the Tongque Terrace built by Cao Cao.Today's Tongque Terrace has long since lost its splendor.Due to the flood in the Ming Dynasty, part of Tongque Terrace was washed away, and further north, Bingjing Terrace was completely washed away by the flood of Zhanghe River.In the past, the three platforms were separated by 60 steps and bridged. At that time, the three platforms were a very famous building in Yecheng.The most famous of these three is Tongque Terrace.If you can see Cao Cao's mausoleum from Tongque Terrace, it means that Cao Cao's mausoleum is not too far from Tongque Terrace.Moreover, Tongque Terrace is also likely to be an altar in Cao Cao's tomb?

The fat man touched his not-so-bright head and mumbled, why did he go to Tongque Terrace again?
Seeing their dazed looks, I was speechless, and sighed: "Obviously, Tongque Terrace is another important reference for Cao Cao's tomb. And in terms of metaphysics, this Zhanghe River is also in line with all kinds of Fengshui and the Five Elements."

These words aroused Lao Hu's curiosity, and asked me if the Fengshui of Zhanghe River was good.The fat man muttered, saying that it is safe to bury in the ground, but he has never seen anyone buried in the water after death.Banxian, could it be that you thought of going astray from the beginning?

I said: "Although we usually talk about burying in the soil, we can't understand it in this way when it comes to the pattern here. The five elements pay attention to metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and the five elements are interlocking. Life is endless. Let me ask you, do you know what a bronze sparrow is?"

Old Hu was the first to answer: "Isn't the bronze sparrow the phoenix?"

I nodded: "Yes, the Tongque is the Phoenix, and the Phoenix is ​​also called the Suzaku."

"So what? Is this thing related to Cao Cao's tomb?" asked the fat man.

"Of course it's related. The feng shui of the yin house also pays attention to the green dragon, white tiger, red bird, and basalt. The green dragon is the eastern wood, the white tiger is the western gold, the red bird is the southern fire, and the basalt is the northern water. And this Tongque Terrace is located in the south. Isn't it referring to the Five Elements Fire Suzaku?" I explained.

Lao Hu slapped his forehead and said excitedly: "Then according to what you said, the five elements generate and restrain each other, and water restrains fire, so the last one is water? Does it mean this river?"

I sighed, I'm really stupid and can't be taught, I said: "Xuanwu represents the water in the north, and according to the layout here, the ice well platform is in the north, and the ice well refers to water?"

Old Hu chuckled, and then said: "Yes, yes, it seems that this really needs to be studied in the future. But I also know what you mean now, water can overcome fire, so under the Bingjing platform is the Tongque platform that represents Suzaku , and Suzaku belongs to fire, fire can overcome metal, so the next one should be the white tiger, the white tiger is gold in the west, and the golden tiger platform is in the west, so the golden tiger platform is under the Tongque platform. Then metal can overcome wood, but This tree is in the east, and there is no platform in the east, so what does this refer to?"

I saw that Lao Hu had entered my thinking path, so I pointed to the Zhanghe River in front of me and said with a smile: "Isn't the location we are in now the east of Santai? So this Eastern Green Dragon Tree should refer to the tree in front of us. the Zhang River!"

"What? No way, this Zhanghe River is obviously water, so how did it become wood? Did we think wrong again?" Both of them were surprised, after all, no one thought that the wood in the five elements would refer to Zhanghe.

In order to make them understand, I said: "Although the Zhang River is water, it takes its shape in the Five Elements Bureau. This Zhang River looks like a dragon. It is just to the east of Santai, so it is in the east." Qinglong is right. The dragon in Fengshui is the dragon vein, so Cao Cao’s old house is located in this dragon vein (Zhang River), and now we only need to find his hole.”

After hearing what I said, Lao Hu and the two immediately became excited, as if the Zhang River in front of them was filled with piles of golden treasures, their eyes lit up, and they praised me for being so good that I could analyze such a difficult secret come out.

To be honest, seeing the two of them happily, I felt endless bitterness in my heart.After all, Zhang Zhenren once said that I committed a "fate", and I will be doomed in a year. Only by doing good deeds can change my fate.But now I have revealed the secret of Cao Cao's private house, which will inevitably damage my morality. Although I can't say whether the doom will come early, I must have lost a lot of morality.

You need to know who Cao Cao is. Although he did not proclaim himself emperor when he was alive, after Cao Pi forced Emperor Xian of Han to abdicate, he became emperor himself and established the state of Wei.Posthumous title, that is, the title given to the dead. Although it was given by his son Cao Pi, it can be regarded as a person who descended from the Ziwei star. I told the ghost house of the stars in the sky. I really don't have a long life.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help sighing that good fortune tricks people. I planned to do more good deeds to accumulate virtue so as to survive the calamity next year, but the reality pushed me step by step into the abyss of evil.Am I just waiting for the end of the year?Thinking of my mother in my hometown who was looking forward to my return, I couldn't help but make up my mind that I couldn't die, even if it wasn't for myself or for my family.But thinking about the doom that will eventually come, my heart is full of confusion, what should I do?

When thinking about his own thoughts, Lao Hu probably saw that I was sad, so he asked me what's wrong?Did he have something on his mind, or did he think of other doubts? Could it be that the Zhang River is not the real location of that unlucky Cao Cao?
Naturally, I will not tell them what is on my mind. They may not believe one thing, and they have done both. Telling them will only make it difficult for them, so I hurriedly put my mind aside, shook my head and said: " It’s nothing, I’m just worried about the danger of entering the underground palace. But it’s true that Cao Cao’s private house is right here in Zhanghe, and I’ve heard several legends about the connection between Zhanghe and Cao Cao’s tomb!”

As soon as there was a story to listen to, the two of them began to surround the cage again, and they seemed to want to listen to my story again with great interest.Seeing them listen to my stories was addicting, so I started telling them.

It is said that during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, there was an orphan by the Zhang River who lost his parents since childhood, named Zhu Yaer.Since he had no one to rely on, he had to make a living by shepherding sheep for the landlord's family.One year, the Central Plains area was drought year after year, and the water in the pool dried up, and the Zhang River gradually silted up, covered with reeds, and turned into land.Zhu Yaer was herding sheep here, and suddenly found a large tomb in the tall wormwood, with a stone tablet lying on its side in front of the tomb.Zhu Yaer was illiterate and curious, so he invited a teacher from a private school to identify it.Mr. Private School read the inscription and found that this is the tomb of Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei.So, they informed Cizhou County Yamen.After the county magistrate learned about it, he immediately rushed to the river in a sedan chair, but strangely, when he led people to push the weeds away, the big mound had disappeared without a trace.The county magistrate was very angry, thinking that Mr. Private School had deceived him, and ordered his soldiers to beat him three hundred sticks, but the young boy has never been seen since.

After hearing this story, Lao Hu and his wife were taken aback, and then they said, “Didn’t you say there are several stories, and there is one more, let’s talk about it quickly.

I sighed speechlessly, and then told a story in Pu Songling's "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio". It is said that there is a river outside Xuchang City, named Zhanghe River, with fast-flowing water and rough waves.Near a cliff bank, the color of the river turned dark black.In midsummer, someone jumped into the river from here to take a bath, and suddenly, as if cut by a knife and an axe, the body was broken in two and surfaced.Then another person did the same.People were amazed.When the county magistrate heard about this, he sent someone to cut off the upper flow of the river and drain the remaining water. He saw a deep hole under the cliff bank, and a wheel was installed in the hole, and sharp knives were arranged on the wheel.After dismantling the wheel and going deep into the cave, I found a small stone tablet. The characters on the tablet are all Chinese seal characters. After careful identification, it turned out to be the tomb of Cao Cao.So he broke the coffin, scattered the rotting bones, and took out all the buried gold and silver treasures.

After hearing this, Lao Hu and the two hurriedly asked me, could the second story be true?If it's true, it's a bad thing, and the treasure inside may be emptied by the bird county magistrate.

I smiled and said it was a story in Pu Songling's "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio". Do you think it is true?So you don't have to make a fuss, let's think about what to do next!
Fatty first proposed to go back to the county to have a big meal, and then find a hotel to sleep well. Anyway, Cao Cao's old camp here has almost been confirmed, so there is no rush to start.

And Lao Hu really agreed with Fatty’s delicious and lazy good suggestion this time, saying that the Yin soldiers disappeared in this place. I think Cao Cao’s unlucky old house should be by the river of this section of the river, so go back to the city first Rest here for a few days, buy some diving equipment at that time, and then turn the gun and launch a full-scale attack on Cao Cao, the unlucky guy, and end his lair in one fell swoop.

(End of this chapter)