Masterful appearance

The reappearance of the Buddha's real body relics is enough to occupy the most eye-catching headlines in any media newspaper, and the swarms flock to the entire Da Ci'en Temple. Under the illumination of countless flash points, he was already dizzy.

Gu Anqi was originally pure and honest, and she couldn't answer fluently in front of the eloquent reporters. Fortunately, Chu Tian sent troops to cover up the water and soil, and she was able to deal with it by blocking left and right.

"The donor donated the relics of the Buddha's real body. Is there any request?" Master Mingyuan asked.

"I want...to request..." Gu Anqi finally came to her senses. "Oh, to enter the underground palace!"

"Enter the underground palace?" Gu Anqi said it too bluntly, and Ming Yuan was also a little surprised.

"Master, Miss Gu means to invite the Buddha's real body relic to the underground palace to enshrine, and Miss Gu has always respected Buddhist culture, especially knowing that Master Xuanzang's relic is also in the underground palace of your temple, so this time also I want to visit." Chu Tianci quickly explained.

"The underground palace is the holy place of our temple. It is not easy to open it, but the merits of the benefactor are immeasurable. Today, the old monk reopened the underground palace and fulfilled the wish of the benefactor."

"Master, there are predestined people on the Buddha's journey. Since the underground palace is opened today, the tourists in the temple are also predestined people. Buddhism says that all sentient beings are treated equally. Since we can enter, I hope other tourists in the temple can also enter." Qiu Nuo suddenly said very carefully. .

Chu Tianci quickly understood Qiu Nuo's intentions. If only a few of them entered the underground palace, it would be too ostentatious to do anything, and if there were too many people entering, the chances of being noticed would be much smaller.

Mingyuan nodded, clasped his palms together and said calmly. "What the benefactor said is that my Buddha is merciful, and I will save thousands of believers. I will not favor one or the other. All benefactors in the temple today can enter the underground palace."

After the grand ceremony, the underground palace was opened, and the tourists who came in lined up in an orderly manner. Gu Anqi's goal was too big, and Master Mingyuan accompanied her personally, so Chu Tianci arranged for Yue Qianling to be with Gu Anqi.

And he and Qiu Nuo were among the other tourists, and it wouldn't take long to get in, so Chu Tianci asked Gu Anqi to delay as much as possible, otherwise, if he missed this opportunity, he might not be able to get in again.

The underground palace of Da Ci'en Temple is well preserved, which is completely unexpected by Chu Tianci. The underground palace is composed of brick steps, tunnels, front room, middle room, back room, etc., all built with stones, and there are four stone gates in total.

"Qiu Nuo, I think all the buildings in this underground palace are almost the same as they were when they were built, without any trace of renovation." Chu Tianci said, looking at the blue bricks and walls under his feet.

"The underground palace is quite well preserved. Except for a few places where there are traces of reinforcement, it basically maintains its original appearance." Qiu Nuo nodded.

"That's strange. This underground palace was built in the Tang Dynasty. Since there is no record of rebuilding it in the Ming Dynasty, how could Zhu Yuanzhang leave clues here?" Chu Tianci said in surprise.

Qiu Nuo didn't find anything else in the underground palace. When he walked to the back room, it was also the place where Xuanzang's relics were enshrined. The building in the back room is very special. It is obviously not like the Tang Dynasty architecture in terms of style. Qiu Nuo knows very little about Tang culture. Many, so as soon as they entered the back room, they whispered in Chu Tianci's ear.

"The layout style here is incompatible with other places in the underground palace, and I always feel that it is indescribably strange."

The back room is a circular room, and Xuanzang's relics are enshrined against the wall. Like other places in the underground palace, there is not much decoration, so it feels elegant and simple without being gorgeous.

"The underground palace was built in the Tang Dynasty, and later emperors came to pay homage to it after they ascended the throne. In the seventh year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang ordered repairs due to water seepage in the back room of the underground palace. This is the first time since Xuanzang's relic was enshrined in the underground palace." Master Mingyuan explained to Gu Anqi. "Benefactor Gu, the back room you see now was also rebuilt in the seventh year of Hongwu."

Hearing Master Mingyuan's explanation, Chu Tianci exchanged a glance with Qiu Nuo. Zhu Yuanzhang had indeed been here, and the water seepage was probably just an excuse to invite Xuanzang's relics out. The only person in the underground palace was Zhu Yuanzhang. There must be other mysteries in it.

Chu Tianci rebuilt and looked at the layout and furnishings in the back room. In the middle of the circular back room is a road map carved on a bluestone board. This is the place where Master Xuanzang traveled westward to learn Buddhist scriptures. There is a line of inscriptions beside it.

The journey of the holy monk to the west.

Chu Tianci looked at the stone map for a long time, and there was nothing strange about it. There are such maps in many places to commemorate Xuanzang's journey to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures.

However, Chu Tianci was very curious about the square and slightly sunken place at the bottom of the inscription.

"Master, may I ask what is going on with this blank space?"

"It was carved by Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, after the renovation of the back room, and he bestowed the word "Sage Monk's Journey to the West". However, it has always been a mystery as to why there is a blank space underneath." Master Mingyuan said calmly.

Qiu Nuo gently touched the square depression with his hand, and found that the surrounding area was smooth, as if something should be placed here.

"Don't think about it, I know what it should be here!" Chu Tianci suddenly smiled and said in a low voice.

"What is it?"

"What did people in ancient times put behind their inscriptions?" Chu Tianci asked back.

"seal!"

"Hehe, it's Yuxi. Don't forget, this is the word given by Zhu Yuanzhang."

"Then...then why is it blank here?"

Chu Tianci smiled and said meaningfully.

"To be an emperor, you must have an ID card. Don't you know that Zhu Yuanzhang has been a black emperor all his life?"

"Qiu Nuo, don't listen to him fooling you, it's actually because Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't have jade seals at all!" Yue Qianling came over just in time to hear Chu Tianci's words.

"How is it possible? He is a generation of emperors, how could he not have a jade seal?" Qiu Nuo asked in a daze.

"This is the most regrettable thing in Zhu Yuanzhang's life. Although he was honored as the Ninth Five-Year King in the end, he lost a jade seal that can prove his identity. Although he can carve another one himself, it is essentially the same Compared with the national jade seal, the meaning is too different." After all, Yue Qianling studied archaeology, and she knew far more about this than Qiu Nuo.

"I'm confused, is there any difference between Chuan Guo Yuxi and Yuxi?" Qiu Nuo asked suspiciously.

"Do you know about He's Bi?" Chu Tianci suddenly asked.

"Of course I know." Qiu Nuo said.

"Chuan Guo Yuxi, also known as Chuan Guoxi, is the seal passed down by the emperors of all dynasties after the Qin Dynasty. It was engraved by the order of Qin Shihuang. Its square is four inches, and the five dragons are intersected on the New York. It is carved with Heshibi. On the front is engraved with the eight seal characters written by Li Si, "Designed by heaven, long life and eternal prosperity", as a token of "imperial power granted by the gods, orthodox and legal." Chu Tianci said in a low voice.

Yue Qianling nodded and continued talking beside her.

"Emperors of all dynasties have taken this seal as a talisman. It is like a rare treasure, and it is also the most important weapon of the country. If it is obtained, it symbolizes its destiny from the sky. If it is lost, it means that its strength is exhausted. Anyone who ascends to great power without this seal, However, he was ridiculed as the emperor of the white version, and he seemed to be despised by the world because of his lack of confidence. This prompted people who wanted to seek great treasures to fight for each other. However, he finally disappeared and has never been seen again.”

"Oh, I understand. When Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he didn't pass on the jade seal of the country, so he felt that his name was not right and right in front of the Lord Buddha, so there was only a blank space." Qiu Nuo said suddenly.

"On the contrary, Zhu Yuanzhang actually left this blank with a deeper meaning." Chu Tianci said meaningfully.

"..." Qiu Nuo thought for a while and looked up. "Could it be... this is the clue left by Zhu Yuanzhang?!"

"Yes, he deliberately left a blank place, just to ask someone to put the jade seal back here."

"Isn't the Chuan Guo Yuxi already lost? Where can I find it for him?" Yue Qianling complained.

"It doesn't have to be the jade seal of the country. Zhu Yuanzhang only needs to pass on his own jade seal at that time. He can completely imitate an identical one according to the appearance of the jade seal of the country. Don't forget, he left the fourteen tombs of the Ming Dynasty to For my descendants, this jade seal will always be in the hands of his descendants of the Zhu family."

"That's a good idea, but he probably didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty would eventually be destroyed by the Qing Dynasty, and this jade seal has long since disappeared." Yue Qianling shook her head in disappointment.

Chu Tianci unscrewed a bottle of water disapprovingly, looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to him, and pretended to accidentally pour the water on the ground. The poured water unexpectedly flowed slowly towards the southeast corner, and slowly seeped into the corner at the base of the wall.

"I just said that I felt strange when I came in. It turns out that the back room is uneven, and the height slopes from west to east."

"Water can seep in, which means it is empty behind the southeast corner. There is still a hidden place in the underground palace. Zhu Yuanzhang must have re-excavated it when he was renovating the underground palace!" Chu Tianci said calmly.

"Even if you know, how can you get in? Just now I heard Master Mingyuan say that in order to prevent water seepage, the walls around the back room were all made of three-meter-wide granite staggered. It can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to prevent people from finding out. The secret is painstaking, even if such a thick granite is placed now, it may not be able to explode with explosives, let alone who dares to use explosives in this underground palace?"

"Zhu Yuanzhang left the secret room in the underground palace, and he will definitely leave the opening mechanism."

"Where are you saying the agency is?"

Chu Tianci looked at the blank hollow and said with a wry smile.

"Find Chuan Guo Yuxi and open the secret room of the underground palace."

"Actually, this is not difficult. It is not difficult to imitate a handed down jade seal with the current craftsmanship." Qiu Nuo said with a glimmer of hope.

Chu Tianci shook his head and answered helplessly.

"I saw the sunken place just now, and the bottom is loose. This mechanism is often used in preventing tomb robbers. It's called a ten-jin pendant! It means that when the mechanism is designed, the things put on it must meet the design requirements. Weight, the mechanism will be opened, lighter and heavier will not work, although a jade seal of the same size can be imitated, but what about the weight? So we must find the original!"

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