A knife in love

Chapter 389

After Situ Qiao finished speaking, he glanced at the crowd, and continued, "The fire at the Dabaoen Temple lasted until daylight. Afterwards, the Nanjing garrison Yamen sent troops to surround the Dabaoen Temple and dispersed the people watching the excitement. I mixed with the people During the process, he escaped the interrogation of the officers and soldiers. For more than ten years, every time I think of the situation that day, I shudder. I think the most powerful thing in the secret room is not the mechanism, but the poison hidden in the mummy. At first, I thought that this poisonous powder was just killing people with poison, but then I saw Monk Hongdao looking crazy and stabbed himself to death. Then I also saw a terrible situation and almost committed suicide. I thought at the time, this Poison powder is not only poisonous, but more terrifying is that it can confuse people's minds and make people fall into illusions. It's just that the knowledge at the time was shallow, and I couldn't figure out how there could be such a powerful poison in the world.

"Afterwards, I traveled all over the world, and my knowledge increased a lot. One year on the coast of Shandong, I ran into a jeweler who had returned from overseas. After chatting, he said that on several islands in the Western Ocean, there is a kind of A strange flower called Udumbara flower. This flower itself is not poisonous. It is only dried and ground into powder. After being roasted on the fire for a while, it will change and become highly poisonous. What is even more frightening is that if the powder is touched Human blood will turn into a blood mist. If a person inhales this blood mist, the soul will leave the body, be sucked into the endless hell, and finally go crazy and die. Therefore, the natives on the island call the Udumbara flower the ghost flower .

"Hearing what he said, I immediately recalled the situation in that secret room that day. Although Master Shi, Wei Qianhu, Monk Hongjing and others were poisoned, they did not go crazy. Until Monk Hongdao suddenly attacked and killed Wei Qian with a sword. After leaving the house, blood spewed out from his wound, which happened to fall on the mummy. At that time, blood mist rose from the mummy, and the situation was very strange. I think that after the powder of Udumbara flower fused with the blood, the toxicity changed drastically. Monk Hongdao and I inhaled the blood one after another. In the end, they all fell into the illusion. Fortunately, I hid the antidote to understand the poison in my body, which happened to be able to restrain the poison of the Udumbara flower, so I escaped from the secret room by luck.

"Recalling this matter now, Zhu Di is definitely not the direct son of Emperor Taizu and Empress Ma. It's just that in order to fight for the throne, Zhu Di lied that he was the direct son of Empress Ma. After defeating Emperor Jianwen, he sat on the emperor's throne in a legitimate way. Know The person involved in this matter has been completely killed by him. Yao Guangxiao is his mastermind, so he naturally knows about this matter, so he left these murals in this cave full of institutions. Yao Guangxiao's move is a I want to tell people all over the world that Zhu Di is not the son of Empress Ma, and he is cruel. Look at Yao Guangxiao's behavior, or he has suffered from Zhu Di's big loss, and he is unhappy, leaving these murals to expose Zhu Di's shortcomings, so that future generations He despises the Ming emperor to sweep away the resentment in his heart. Or his conscience discovered that he felt guilty for killing millions of people in the Jingnan battle, and wanted to use these murals to tell the world the truth at that time.

"Although Zhu Di is ambitious and extremely vicious, he still feels guilty about his biological mother. Therefore, after he ascended the throne, he ordered the reconstruction of the Dabaoen Temple, and built a hall in the name of Queen Ma. And in the hall A secret room was set aside to enshrine his biological mother. In addition, he hated Empress Ma so much that he even hired a magician to build a very weird statue and cast a poisonous spell on it. That's why I saw Empress Ma The statue is quite similar to the puppet that those old women in the folk used to curse others. Zhu Di's secrets are hidden in this hall and secret room, so the world cannot let the world know, so Zheng He, Zhu Di's most trusted confidant, will do this One thing. Zheng He was very ingenious. He used the hall built by Zhu Yuanzhang when he was in power, asked experts to set up organs, and then hid all the rare treasures he brought back from overseas in the secret room to worship Zhu Di. His biological mother. Zhu Di left an imperial decree, asking Zheng He to accompany his biological mother. Therefore, after Zheng He knew that he was going to die soon, he returned to Zhongtu from thousands of miles overseas, and he entered a secret room to sit and die. When he was dying , hid the powder of Udumbara flower on his body, in case someone broke in and used this poisonous powder to kill people invisible.

"Zheng He's scheming can be said to be extremely meticulous. The Dabaoen Temple was originally a royal temple. Not to mention ordinary people, even officials, large and small, in Nanjing City, did not dare to make trouble in the temple. The monk Hongdao once said: He has been Zheng He's attendant since he entered the palace since he was a child, and he is also a clean eunuch. Zheng He arranged him to be the abbot of the Dabaoen Temple, naturally to guard the hall. Zhu Di and Zheng He have long had a relationship According to the plan, only the emperor is allowed to enter this hall, and the secrets in it are only known to the emperor. When the emperor comes to worship, the monk Hongdao will close the mechanism and sacrifice the jade statue in the hall. Even if the emperor wants to enter the secret room , Monk Hongdao also has a way to remove the poisonous powder in the secret room. But maybe Zheng He didn't know at that time that the powder of Udumbara flower would change drastically when it met human blood, and it could make people fall into illusion. Monk Hongdao was ordered by Zheng He Hiding in the Dabaoen Temple is actually no different from going to prison. When he first entered the Dabaoen Temple, he was just a teenager. After hiding in this temple for seven or eighty years, his mind changed drastically. Although he was afraid of Zheng He , but more hatred. So after falling into an illusion in the secret room, he fantasized about fighting Zheng He to the death. However, under the power of Zheng He, he was always afraid of Zheng He in his heart, knowing that his martial arts were far from Zheng He's opponent. In the end, he stabbed himself to death. Presumably, he was hit by Zheng He in the illusion he imagined.

"Then Zheng He's scheming is not limited to this. If the emperor enters the secret room, when he leaves, he must do some tricks so that the emperor can leave safely. If an outsider breaks into the secret room, the poison of the Udumbara flower will not be able to restrain this person , the secrets of the Dabaoen Temple will inevitably be revealed to the world. At this critical time, if the person forcibly leaves the secret room, the fire starter buried in the secret room in advance will be burned, and the secret room and the main hall will be burned down together, making this The secret will never be known. When I escaped from the secret room, the last mechanism was activated, causing a fire to ignite in the secret room, burning the hall and the secret room to a piece of white ground. It's just a pity that those rare treasures have never been seen in the world. Extinct. Sin, sin."

After Situ Qiao finished speaking, Liu Yong interjected, "It would be better to burn these treasures. If they flow into the secular world, I don't know how many lives will be killed."

Lin Yilang frowned and said, "Did we stay in this cave for such a long time just to listen to Mr. Situ tell such an untrue story?"

As soon as he said this, everyone was startled.The purpose of everyone coming together this time is to enter Jingxin Temple and find a way to escape from this place.Just entered the cave and found the murals on the wall.After some explanation, Situ Qiao revealed the mystery of Zhu Di's life experience.It's just that this happened a hundred years ago, and it really has nothing to do with the purpose of everyone's trip.It's just that the matter is very important and there are many twists and turns. Everyone was fascinated by what they heard and completely forgot about going to Jingxin Temple.At this moment when Lin Yilang mentioned it, everyone came to their senses and couldn't help regretting it, feeling that it was too worthless to delay here for more than an hour.

Situ Qiao saw that everyone looked embarrassed, and knew that they were dissatisfied with his delay here for so long, so he said: "You need to know that this mural was painted by Yao Guangxiao when he built Jingxin Temple, and it is naturally related to Jingxin Temple. Take Yao Guang Xiao Zhineng will never be idle and draw a few paintings on this stone wall to fool around. There must be deep meanings in them. To ordinary people, these murals are just telling a story. When a rich family built a mausoleum, There are often murals painted in the tomb, which is not uncommon. But when it comes to Yao Guangxiao, even if he left only one word, we have to ponder carefully, otherwise we will fall into the trap set by him if we are not careful. trap……"

Before Situ Qiao finished speaking, Deng Yao said from the side: "How do you know that this mural is not a trap left by Yao Guangxiao? He left these murals here, maybe he deliberately let us stay here for a few hours, so that we can meditate. The more powerful organs in the temple have time to activate, and then kill us all."

After hearing Deng Yao's words, everyone nodded in agreement.A few people thought to themselves: "Deng Yao looks big and rough, what he said is good. Although the beggar gang is declining day by day, it no longer has the demeanor of the largest gang in the world. It's just that since Deng Yao can sit in the head of the beggar gang In the seat, the insight is indeed extraordinary."

Situ Qiao said: "You can think whatever you want. But before we set off, Mr. Liu said that he would listen to my command. If you are capable, you old beggar, I'll let you lead the way!"

Deng Yao rolled his eyes and said, "If all the gang leaders and heads can trust me, old beggar, then let me lead the way."

After he finished speaking, he grabbed the wooden stick in his hand and rushed forward.Liu Yong, Chu Danyang and other mature people knew that the cave was full of murderous threats. Although Deng Yao's martial arts were not weak, if he wanted to decipher the secrets in the cave, he had to have Situ Qiao.So he hurriedly stopped Deng Yao, and persuaded him for a long time.Finally, Situ Qiao said: "This mural not only tells us that Zhu Di has a vicious mind, but also we can guess that Yao Guangxiao must have resentment towards Zhu Di, otherwise he would not have left such a clue to expose Zhu Di's true face to the world. It just so happened that I was in Nanjing University. With that adventure in Baoen Temple, it can be said that he escaped from death. Yao Guangxiao's ability is even higher than that of Zheng He. Zheng He has already arranged extremely powerful murders in that small secret room. Tricks. You might as well think about it, the caves in the mountainside are huge, and the power of the underground river can lift and lift huge boulders of tens of thousands of catties. If Yao Guangxiao uses the power of nature to set up traps to kill people, the power will be greater than How many times higher is Zheng He. Therefore, everyone, please don’t think that it is useless for us to delay for more than an hour in this cave. For arrogant people like old beggars, just remember that we will kill each other on the way to Jingxin Temple, and don’t be arrogant. , Send yourself to death, and then delay another hour, it's worth it!"

Hearing that he dared to mock him, Deng Yao was furious, and swung the stick in his hand to hit Situ Qiao.At this moment, a sound of "cracking" was suddenly heard, and everyone felt their bodies shaking, and several of them almost fell to the ground.Situ Qiao's face changed drastically, and he said: "The mechanism at the entrance has been activated again, we have to rush through it quickly. Otherwise, the door of life and the door of death will change again, and we will be trapped in this five-element formation, and it will be extremely difficult to get out again. Already!"

(End of this chapter)