Adventure Code

Chapter 433 Dream Prophecy (5)

"You are so interested in Tianshi because of these dreams?"

Machete said: "That's right." He obviously didn't speak, and checked the three stone rooms one by one.The two bedrooms are relatively simple, with simple wooden tables and chairs, but no cabinets. Some storage grids have been chiseled along the stone wall, but the inside is empty and nothing is placed.The place was cleaned very clean, as if they had moved. I speculate that the two Taoist priests should have left here in the end.

Eighty percent of the alchemy failed.

The third stone room should be a place for eating and cooking, and a smoke exhaust hole was dug along the rock, but the inside looks relatively neat, and it seems that fires are rarely fired.

The two of us shot around the cave with flashlights, but we didn't see any other clues, so we turned around and walked to the entrance of the cave with a thick curtain.

As soon as the curtain was opened and the light came in, I was startled and said, "Why is this cave so big?" Standing at the entrance, the light from the flashlight went in, but I couldn't see the end, so I turned the flashlight on again. Shaking to the two sides, you can see that the head can be vaguely seen on the left and right sides. There are also many grids cut out on the cave walls on both sides, and they are placed neatly. It seems that there are things placed on them.

It's very dark inside. Due to the relatively large space, the lighting power of the flashlight is limited. Outside the lighting range, there is endless darkness.I signaled Machete to put away the flashlight and replace it with a powerful searchlight. He glanced at me and shook his head slightly: "It's out of power."

It's not running out of battery early, it's not running out of battery when playing, but it's out of battery at this time, bad review!

I was very curious about this place, so I got in first, and I couldn't help thinking: How could two Taoist priests open up such a big cave?Didn’t those ancient practitioners who practiced in caves living in isolation live in relatively small places?
Such a big cave is a big project, so could someone help them?While walking towards the storage compartment next to me, I expressed my doubts.

Machete pursed his lips and said, "It's a little strange."

I said: "Even if someone is found to open up the cave, it is impossible. Now this place belongs to no man's land, let alone ancient times. There are few equipment and population. Who can invite so many people to run to the cave?" Open a cave in such a remote place?"

Machete heard the words, showing a thoughtful expression, and spit out two words: "Official."

I said: "I think so too." In the past, people were superstitious, and various religions developed very prosperously in our country. At that time, most of the wealthy people or some official people had the habit of supporting monks, and even some big families , The big officials will specially invite a "worship" for themselves, that is, Taoist priests or monks.

These offerings fall into three main categories.

The first category is those who recite scriptures and do religious rituals for the master’s family on weekdays. People at that time were superstitious. If something happened to the family or any illness in the family, they all liked to contact ghosts and gods.Poor people don't make troubles, but those in the upper class will go to temples to ask people to practice for a little thing, and the "worship" of each family can be understood as the "family doctor" of the rich.

The second type of offerings belongs to those with a higher status. Although the main family paid a price to ask the other party to make their own "offerings", they basically would not ask for offerings.Why do these high-ranking officials pay homage to an 'offer'?This is also something to pay attention to. A monk, in today's words, is a person who works for the gods, which is different from ordinary people.

Ordinary people's household registration is in the underworld, and they will enter the underworld for reincarnation after death. Taoist monks who become monks are removed from the underworld and registered in the heavenly court.Taoist monks have no income, so donating sesame oil money is supporting these monks, which is equivalent to helping gods raise disciples. This is a matter of accumulating merit.

Therefore, some high-ranking officials and nobles will even intentionally support some monks with profound morals, treat them as honored guests, and enjoy the offerings of the family, but there is no need to do anything.

Of course, if the consecratory is willing to help the Lord's family, that would be even better.

However, among the monks, those who are really profound in morality and deeds will often not accept any kind of "offering". Therefore, it is Bel's face to invite a monk who is famous and good at the time to be his own "offering". It is a matter of accumulating merit and virtue.

The structure and scale of the cave and the scimitar and I, no matter how you look at it, it is impossible for two people to make it. According to speculation, there are only two possibilities.

Or, this cave was formed congenitally, and the owner of the cave just took a rest.

Or, the owner of this cave may be a "high way" who was thought to be more prestigious at the time, and became the enshrinement of high-ranking officials and nobles. Only officials have the ability to send people to build such projects in such a desolate place.

You know, in ancient times, I estimate that including Tuanjietun now, it was a no-man's land. After all, the population was small at that time. Before modern times, the population of all dynasties and generations in Chinese history did not exceed [-] million.

At that time, people's equipment and weapons were backward, and a large group of people had to be mobilized to cross the dangerous no-man's land and build caves in the deep mountains. Not to mention two Taoist priests, even some wealthy families could not do it. This kind of work is very likely to be fatal, and it may be eaten by Siberian tigers halfway through.

"When you dreamed, did you dream about the age? When did it happen?"

Scimitar glanced at me, and asked back: "Do you still need background explanations in dreams?" I was choked by his question, and I said yes, even now, there is no difference between Taoist priests' costumes and ancient Taoist priests' costumes, In addition, some of the furniture inside should be handmade by myself, very simple, and there are no obvious decorative patterns of the times, it is really hard to tell the age.

Since we haven't figured out whether Taoist Qingfeng has anything to do with this cave, it's hard to say that this cave is modern. After all, under the historical environment 50 years ago, Taoist monks were very low-key, and many of them either voluntarily or were forced to return to vulgarity. , I don’t know how many palaces and temples have been smashed, who dares to commit crimes against the wind?
While speculating about the origin of this cave, the two of us have already walked to the storage grid. The storage grid is built from a height of one meter above the ground to a position close to four meters. Each grid is the same size and square. Extending along the trend of the cave wall, the lights extend about eight or nine meters, which is enough to place a lot of things.

The two of us turned on the lights and looked at them, and we were immediately attracted by these storage compartments. Some of the grids inside were empty, but most of them were filled with things, and the same thing occupied a grid, and they were all made of small boxes. Or something like a small gourd.

Seeing these boxes and gourds, I immediately realized that they might contain finished pills or ingredients.

Before I could reach out, the scimitar was already one step ahead. I couldn't wait to pick up a black square box, weighed it in my hand, and opened it directly.

(End of this chapter)