Strange Tomb [Recommended by the Great God]

Sister Hong was a little surprised: "Oh, very few outsiders know about Jiang Xinjing. You are really amazing, but seeing you like this, you seem to be engaged in culture. It's not surprising to know."

Bai Yi secretly said in his heart, that's right, someone who specializes in the study of the dead and ancient tomb culture, he said: "A mirror, why do you build a pagoda with great fanfare for dedicated sacrifices? How strange is your place?"

"It doesn't have to be an ordinary mirror to be able to do this." Sister Hong said, "It's not that you are a foreigner asking that. Relatives from outside the town thought it was strange before, but Jiang Xinjing is a magic mirror. Back then Our ancestors built a pagoda to worship it because it kept our side safe."

This sister Hong is also a carefree person. She said that the local people know this period of history, even children who are five or six years old know what the tower is for. It happened that Qixie came back after chasing the hill. At the soy milk stand next to the stall, each person had a cup of soy milk, listening to Sister Hong's story about what happened in the past.

It turns out that this place has a lot of history in ancient times. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the hometown of the Yangzhou prefect was located here. One year, it was time to pay tribute. After discussing with his subordinates, he decided to present a mirror to Tang Xuanzong. The mirror did not sound very expensive. Hearing this, Bai Yi was a little puzzled, but he immediately let it go. The tribute that the local government pays every year is for the royal family. Not to mention expensive, it can’t be ordinary. The review of tributes is also very strict. If there are the same, they will definitely not pass. Every year when it’s time to pay tribute, all localities will rack their brains to win the emperor’s favor as much as possible. It's even worse than that concubine in the harem.

The Yangzhou prefect finally decided to use a mirror to pay tribute, because there will be a dragon shape on the mirror to be built, and the emperor is the real body of a dragon. What could be happier than seeing yourself being compared to a dragon?It's just that this mirror is definitely not an ordinary cast mirror. The Yangzhou prefect finally decided to make a "Mirror of Hundred Refinements".

Bai Yi also handled one or two pieces of mirrors in the Tang Dynasty, with bronze as the main material. In the Tang Dynasty, porcelain had replaced copper at that time, and bronze ware declined. It is not an easy task to turn an ordinary daily necessities into a tribute that can be favored by the emperor.

The prefect of Yangzhou had only one request. To make the dragon on the mirror look like a real one, many skilled craftsmen were invited, but they still could not meet this requirement. It is not an easy task to sublimate an ordinary bronze mirror. matter.

However, if the story only ends here, there will be no such thing as the sacrificial tower. Sister Hong seems to have told this story to her children many times, and now she is very proficient in telling it. Everyone is fascinated by it. , Sister Hong's soft-spoken words made everyone very involved.

Things turned around when an old man and a child came to the town suddenly. The old man had a white beard and a bearded face, and he was kind-hearted. When we arrived in the small town, the people in the town didn't pay attention to these two outsiders. The craftsmen in the town were worrying about the casting of the bronze mirror. Unexpectedly, the old man and the young one took the initiative to send them to their door, saying that they were all in the world. Only they can forge the peerless bronze realm. The Yangzhou prefect was dubious, but he was told by his subordinates that he might as well give it a try. The old and the young came here strangely, but the style is not small. They asked for a private courtyard, and no one was allowed to disturb them during the period, which was mysterious. Very well, although the Yangzhou prefect knew doubts, but the time to pay the tribute was coming soon, so he had to agree.

The old and the young stayed in the yard for seven full days without even taking a step out of the door. The food was just delivered through a small hole. It didn't open, and the Yangzhou prefect finally couldn't help breaking in, only to find that the old and the young were no longer in the courtyard, leaving only a letter and the bronze mirror being cast in the fire. The mirror had not yet formed, and the letter explained , the mirror must be moved to the middle of the Yangtze River, and after seven days, the mirror will be pushed down the Yangtze River, and it will be made naturally.

This remark sounds a little suspenseful. Looking at the half-finished mirror in the fire, the Yangzhou prefect had no choice but to put the casting furnace on the boat according to the words left by the old and the young, and park the boat at the center of the Yangtze River. The location, the fire is also strange, there is no need to add more firewood, and it burns vigorously. After burning for seven days, the fire suddenly went out by itself. The prefect gave an order, and the bronze mirror was pushed into the Yangtze River. The servants on one side He asked anxiously, what if the mirror is pushed into the river and it sinks?

Unexpectedly, when the mirror entered the river, white mist rose immediately. When the mist cleared, a bronze mirror floated on the water. Someone went down to pick it up. On the back of the bronze mirror was a dragon, jumping like a bronze mirror. On the surface, it was about to soar into the sky. When everyone saw the dragon, they were all terrified. The Yangzhou prefect was even more surprised. If this mirror was dedicated to the emperor, he would definitely win the emperor's favor, but he was also puzzled. Who are the old and the young, who actually have such abilities, because the mirror was cast in Jiangxin, so it was named Jiangxin Mirror, and it was immediately presented to the court.

As for the origin of the old and the young, the Yangzhou prefect was naturally unwilling to let it go, and sent people out to investigate, but there was no reply at all. After a long time, the prefect had already received the tribute anyway, so naturally he did not pursue it. The identities of the old and the young became a mystery, but the fate of Jiang Xinjing was ups and downs.

The mirror of Jiangxin was like a real dragon in the mirror, which won the favor of the emperor. The prefect received countless rewards, and the mission of the prefect was completed. But then there was a severe drought, and this mirror of Jiangxin helped a lot. The monk who was in charge of calling the rain told Tang Xuanzong that if he wanted to call the rain, he needed something with the spirit of a real dragon. The emperor allowed him to search for treasures in the national treasury, and he fell in love with this Jiangxin mirror. Sure enough, I used this mirror to sacrifice, and I really called the rain. The emperor loved this Jiangxin mirror more and more. In particular, this high tower was erected in this small town, named the Tower of Sacrificial Mirror. .

"I know the monk who called the rain." Bai Yi said: "This man is a very famous astronomer in the Tang Dynasty. He not only has extensive knowledge in Esoteric Buddhism, Zen, Tiantai Sect or Taoism. In fact, he was originally He is a Tiantai scholar, and later entered Tantric Buddhism, he is a very good person."

"Looking for the Dragon Lord to call the rain?" Lei Zi chuckled, "Just listen to this kind of thing."

"This little brother is originally a story handed down from the ancestors. Just listen to it. You didn't hear it. In the end, Jiang Xinjing disappeared, which means that there is no such thing." Sister Hong smiled and said: " We just tell the children as a story and let it be passed down from generation to generation, but..."

Sister Hong looked at the Sacrificial Mirror Tower not far away: "This tower can always explain something. Such a tall tower doesn't match our place at all."