The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 473 Guo State Treasure
The autumn wind produces the Wei River, and the fallen leaves are full of Chang'an.

——Jia Dao in "Recalling Wu Chushi on the River"

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On this day, Bai Fu spread out the whole picture of Mrs. Guo's mansion on the table, and was carefully inspecting it.The staff of the Bashu Guild Hall led the two guests into the study.

These two people are around fifty years old, one is short and fat, with fishy eyes, smiling all over his face, and he looks like a big rich man who is willing to give and give.Ling is a short, slender man, holding a brass bong in his hand, and looks like a bodyguard.

Bai Fu was overjoyed, he clasped his fists in salute, and said: "The two seniors are expected to come!"

The man who looked like a rich man was the first to speak, bowed his hands in return, and said with a smile: "Brother Bai is so anxious to find us two old guys, but is there any good business?"

The people who came here were the brothers Sun Fu and Sun Gui, the patriarchs of Mojindaodou world.

Previously, the two were invited by Bai Fu to come out of the mountain to assist General Li Guangbi in guarding Taiyuan.The two used tunnel tactics to escape and disappear, and made extraordinary achievements repeatedly, killing Shi Siming's army and fleeing with their heads in their arms, retreating to Hebei.

Afterwards, the Tang army regained the two capitals, Shi Siming surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and An Qingxu shrank into a corner.

Seeing that the war had settled down, the two declined Li Guangbi's efforts to persuade him to stay, and left Sun Gui's son and grandson in Taiyuan to join the army in peace, and then retired to Luoyang.

After receiving Bai Fu's letter, the two knew that Bai Fu had important matters to discuss.So, without stopping, came from Luoyang.

At that time, Bai Fu almost died in order to save Sun Dashan under the fish marsh flying beam in the Prince Yin's mansion.From then on, the Sun brothers were grateful for Bai Fu's life-saving grace, and they dared not disobey Bai Fu's orders.

On the same day, when Bai Fu escaped from the "Zhuanlun Zang", there was a loud thunderbolt, and the entire fish marsh flying bridge was razed to the ground, the water in the pond evaporated instantly, and a huge black cloud rose up.

Bai Fuao stood in the center of the pit, his whole body was blue and purple, as if struck by lightning, the surface of his skin flickered and crackled.

Bai Fu's pupils are separated by purple current, and his hair is flying in the air, with a murderous aura, just like a god and demon!

This scene was so shocking that the Sun brothers were shocked on the spot.

In the decades since their debut, the Sun brothers have robbed and excavated countless majestic tombs of emperors, and encountered countless strange and supernatural events, so they have seen a lot.But Bai Fu was able to resist the explosion of "Runlun Zang" with his fleshy body, turning himself into a god and demon.It was the first time that the two brothers encountered such a miracle.

Based on this, the two believe that Bai Fuding is an extraordinary worldly thing, and decide to follow Bai Fu for the rest of their lives, and be Bai Fu's leader.If there is a coincidence, it may be able to dissolve the curse of hatred left by the family for generations due to tomb robbery.

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Not seeing each other for several years, the world is impermanent, and the three of them are filled with emotion.

After recounting the past, Bai Fu pointed to the map on the table and said, "To be honest, I bought Mrs. Guo Guo's mansion because I valued its hidden treasures.

This house was originally the residence of Princess Taiping.After Princess Taiping was punished for treason, the mansion was returned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Later Xuanzong bestowed it on Mrs. Guo.

After the death of Mrs. Guo Guo, the house became ownerless and was returned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Through Princess Qingluan, I bought this house at a low price in the name of Prince Qing's sons Li Yan and Li Qiu.

I have checked relevant information, and when the Supreme Emperor fled that day, Mrs. Guo only brought her personal belongings.

Later, the rebel army invaded Chang'an, occupied several mansions of Mrs. Guo's house in Chang'an, and ransacked Mrs. Guo's mansion.

The rebels have detailed records of looting the property of the royal relatives and wealthy families.However, according to these records, although the rebels looted a lot of property from Mrs. Guo's mansion, compared with the family property accumulated by Mrs. Guo over the years, the property seized by the rebels was nothing more than a drop in the bucket.

In addition to the income from the many farms in the two capitals, Mrs. Guo's wealth also has the rewards from the Supreme Emperor over the years.In the tenth year of Tianbao alone, the reward from the Supreme Emperor was far better than what the rebels got from looting his mansion.

Therefore, I speculate that Mrs. Guo Guo had no time to transfer the property due to the rush of time, but instead hid a large amount of treasure in these few mansions. "

Sun Fu from Sun Dashan pondered: "Are these sources of information accurate?"

Bai Fu handed a silk handbook to Sun Dashan, and said: "This book was bought from the confidants of General Sun Xiaozhe of the Yan Army, and cost a hundred taels of gold. The book clearly records every A looted treasure."

Tu Xingsun Sun Gui asked: "Could it be that the residence of Mrs. Guo was looted by the rebels before the arrival of the rebels?"

Bai Fu shook his head, and said: "I have questioned the captured rebel generals and secret agents lurking in Chang'an. They told me that before the rebels arrived, many residences of royal relatives and wealthy families were guarded by armed servants. Ordinary rioters can't rush in at all. Even the rebels took a lot of effort to capture."

Sun Dashan chuckled, and said: "Thank you, brother Bai, for your love. My old brother has been looking for food underground all his life. I didn't expect to talk about hunting treasures on the ground. In that case, let's go to Mrs. Guo's mansion. Have a look. Any clues?"

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After the Sun brothers had a short rest, the three of them came to Mrs. Guo's mansion in Xingningfang that day.

The Tang system stipulated that princes, nobles, relatives and high officials of the third grade or above could open the gate on the wall of the square, and enter and exit by themselves without going through the gate.

Entering from the gate, the outer wall is made of loess rammed layer by layer, keeping the true color of rammed earth.This kind of outer wall circles around the house and encloses the entire Mrs. Guo's mansion.

The Wutou Gate in the middle of the earthen wall is simple in shape, built with three wooden pillars horizontally and vertically, resembling the shape of the cursive character "草", among which the two capitals protruding from the beams are painted black.

Through the Wutou Gate, there is a large courtyard.On the left hand side of the yard, there is a spacious hall where the guards are located.

As the so-called "seven-rank officials in front of the prime minister's door", the concierge of the family of the emperor's relatives is very powerful.Back then when Bai Fu attended the family banquet of King Qing, he was severely upset by King Qing's concierge.

The yard is very large, with stables and groom's straw shed on one side, and warehouses and vegetable gardens on the other.A large open space in the middle is the waiting area for visitor horses, carriages and grooms.

Bai Fu and the others got off their horses here, tied the horses to the hitch posts, and walked along the brick road, across the yard, to the main gate of Mrs. Guo's mansion.From a distance, you can see the majestic buildings with flying eaves, carved beams and painted columns, waterside pavilions and terraces inside the walls of the house.

On the ground outside the main entrance, there are two rows of long pit halberds in symmetrical positions, and there are dozens of long halberds erected.There is a flag tied on the top of the halberd, and when the wind blows, it shakes loudly.

The main entrance is a vermilion lacquer gate with copper-headed breast nails and animal beak rings, and the two sides are snow-white house walls.This red lacquer gate building is two stories high, with the width of three rooms on the left and right and five beams on the front and rear.

The suspended gable roof is covered with black terracotta tiles. There is an upturned "owl tail" at each end of the main ridge of the roof, and a sword inserted into the back of the owl tail.

Pointing to the roof, Bai Fu said: "It is said that the shape of the roof ridge where the sword is inserted was made by Taoist Xu Jingyang of the Jin Dynasty.

The Sun brothers nodded.

The large pillars and two thick door panels supporting the two-story gatehouse were all painted with vermilion paint.The walls of the house are also built with rammed earth, and thick white paint is applied on the outside of the soil layer.The snow walls of Zhumen make the whole mansion solemn, noble and elegant.

The vermilion lacquer gatehouse and the snow-white house walls on both sides are all built on the platform.These platform foundations are made of rammed earth, covered with bricks and stones, and gate towers or walls are built on the bricks.

Enter the gate and you will arrive at the outer house.The outer house is a square courtyard enclosed by the main house, east and west wing rooms, corridors, halls, etc., square and wide.The ground of the yard is compacted loess, and the main road is paved with bricks and stones.

In the middle of the courtyard is a magnificent and magnificent main hall, like a smaller Hanyuan Hall.The main hall has only one floor, and the swallow beasts at both ends of the main ridge of the roof are dragons and chisel, with their mouths open to bite the ridge.

On the four vertical ridges, at the front is a fairy riding a phoenix, and behind him are nine squatting beasts, namely: dragon, phoenix, lion, Tianma, seahorse, 狻猊, Yayu, Xiezhi, and bullfighting.

Bai Fu pointed to the roof decoration of the main hall, and said to the Sun brothers: "The shape of the building here is quite strange, and there is a suspicion of trespassing, so I suspect it has something to do with the treasure."

The Sun brothers looked up, and it was exactly as Bai Fu said.

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Chang'an House has five ridges on the roof, one main ridge and four vertical ridges.Using beasts to control the ridge can protect the house and protect the home, avoid fire and eliminate disasters.

But the roof style has strict etiquette.Ordinary people's homes are not allowed to have beasts, only the houses of nobles and officials can be built by the emperor's special approval. The spine of animals is called "Yiji" to show the honor.

The swallowing beasts at both ends of the main ridge of the common gate are "owl tails", and the royal family often decorates the main ridge with "phoenix perch".

There are generally five squatting beasts arranged on the four vertical ridges, collectively referred to as "five spines and six beasts".There are five most common squatting beasts: '狻猊, Pit Bull, Xiezhi, Phoenix, and Yuyu'.These legendary beasts often look ferocious, and the common people gave them interesting aliases in turn: "Desperate, drive to extinction, fight with the gangsters, pull the flag with the wind, sit on the mountain and watch the fire." '

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From this point of view, Mrs. Guo's main hall is indeed suspected of overstepping.

The swallowing beasts at both ends of the main ridge of the roof are dragons and chi, which bite the roof ridge with their mouths wide open.On the four vertical ridges, at the front is a fairy riding a phoenix, and behind him are nine squatting beasts, namely: dragon, phoenix, lion, Tianma, seahorse, 狻猊, Yayu, Xiezhi, and bullfighting.

Bai Fudao: "The building here is the most presumptuous. The swallowing beasts at both ends of the main ridge of the roof are called 'Dragon Kiss', which means that the water dragon presses down on the god of fire, Zhurong. There are nine squatting beasts with four vertical ridges, only more than the one in Hanyuan Hall. The squatting beast is missing a 'what'..."

Tu Xingsun asked: "Brother Bai, what is 'Xingshi'?"

Bai Fu said: "'Xingshi' is named because it ranks tenth among the beasts on the roof. It is a monster image with two wings and a monkey head. It holds a vajra pestle and has the magic power to subdue demons. People in the palace also said It is the god of thunder, and it can be placed on the roof to prevent the temple from thunder disaster.

'Xingshi' is unique as a squatting beast, and it only appears in the Hanyuan Hall of Daming Palace. There are only nine squatting beasts decorated in other temples, and Xingshi is not among them. "

Sun Dashan nodded, and said: "With such a system, even the crown prince would not dare to do it, let alone the mere wife of Guoguo? There must be a way inside."

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　References

　　"Guide to Tang Dynasty Crossing - Handbook of Chang'an and People's Lives", Author: Forest Deer, Publisher: BJ United Publishing Company, published in August 2017

　　The country of Fujian sails away, and the toad loses money and regroups.

　　The autumn wind produces the Wei River, and the fallen leaves are full of Chang'an.

　　On the eve of the gathering here, it was thunder and cold.

　　Lan Luoshu did not return, the news is over the sea.

　　——Jia Dao in "Recalling Wu Chushi on the River"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)