Xixia dead book

Chapter 141 The Decisive Battle at the Peak of Helan (26)
Tang Feng also saw the writing on the boulder, and he quickly recognized the line of Xixia script - "Jietai Shangsi, now the land of Qianlong, should be carefully protected. Today, according to the emperor's order, the Jietai is closed Temple palaces, plank roads are demolished, and outsiders will never be able to spy on them. It is December in the fifth year of the capital."

"What does this passage mean?" Makarov was puzzled.

"The last year name is the year name of Liang Zuo, the second emperor of Xixia. The superficial meaning of this passage is that Jietai Temple is the place where Liang Zuo hid the dragon. In order to protect this place, Liang Zuo decreed to close it. The palace of the upper temple, and demolished the plank road leading here." Tang Feng explained.

"What does the land of potential dragons mean?" Makarov was a little confused.

"The emperor is the son of a real dragon, so the emperor was a 'Qianlong' before he became emperor. Therefore, in ancient China, the place where the emperor lived before he ascended the throne was called the land of Qianlong, which can also refer to all the places where emperors have been born. "Tang Feng further explained.

"I seem to remember. You said before that Yuan Hao and Empress Wuzang had a tryst at Jietai Temple, and then they got Liang Zuo."

"Yes! But at that time, the Wuzang family was not the queen, she was just a nun who became a monk, so they secretly met in the temple."

"Could it be here, where we are now?"

"According to this record, this is the place where Yuan Hao and Empress Wuzang had a tryst, and it is very clear that it is the Jietai Shang Temple, not the ruins we saw at the foot of the mountain."

"It's really quiet here, but it would be strange enough to live in this cave!"

"Yeah! I don't understand either. Could it be that Yuan Hao and Empress Wuzang had a tryst in this cave?" Makarov's words made Tang Feng seem to understand.

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Makarov stared at the Xixia characters on the boulder, and then asked Tang Feng: "What I don't understand is that since this is Liangzuo's land of potential dragons and needs to be carefully protected, why should the palace be closed and the plank road demolished?" ? Isn't this sabotage?"

Tang Feng smiled and explained: "Old Ma, you don't know about this. Don't underestimate this record, it contains a lot of information. The inscription on this boulder is just a high-sounding official text, like a piece of paper The seal, but after careful scrutiny, it is very famous. It is still the year name, and it has been five years! If I remember correctly, this year is the year when Liang Zuo ordered the closure of Jietai Temple Palace and the demolition of the plank road. , it was the year when Liang Zuo killed his uncle, Wuzang Huopang, and got rid of the control of the Wuzang family and began to rule in person, and it was also in that year that the Wuzang family completely lost power."

"Well, the great lama once said this in history. The great lama and his family came from the Wuzang family."

"Then, why did Liang Zuo hastily order this place to be closed when he just took office? I speculate that there is obviously his secret in it. What secret? Think about the Buddha statue in the Winter Palace, Kozlov The Buddha statue found in the Great Pagoda of Heishui City. If the skull in the Buddha statue is really not the hidden queen, then it is in line with Timoshin's inference that it was Liang Zuo who finally forced his mother to death. This is also understandable Liang Zuo’s intention to seal off this palace. He just took charge of the government. In order to consolidate his rule, he urgently needed to eliminate the influence of his mother and the Wuzang family on the dynasty, so he exiled his mother to the remote Heishui City; he found another high-sounding reason , Closed the Jietai Temple, which was regarded as a blessed place by the Wuzang family."

"Sure enough, it is a wolf-like nation. Yuan Hao also forced his mother Wei Mu to death because of the power struggle with the Wei Mu family. His son Liang Zuo repeated what he did in the past decades. That's it." Makarov sighed.

"It's not just Yuanhao and Liangzuo, such things have happened continuously in the history of the dynasty." Tang Feng paused, and continued, "From this, I can also infer that the giant Buddha on the mountain is very similar to the palace here. It may have been built when the Wuzang family controlled the government."

"Oh? Wasn't it when Yuan Hao was alive?"

"The Black Vulture Temple, also known as the Jietai Temple, should have existed in Yuanhao's time. That's why Empress Wuzang became a monk here, and she had a tryst with Yuanhao here, and gave birth to Liangzuo. But at that time, the black The Eagle Temple should not be as big and magnificent as what we see today. All this should have been built on a large scale by the Wuzang family in the name of commemorating Yuan Hao after Yuan Hao's death. You know, after the Wuzang family was killed Before Yuan Hao took a fancy to it, the Wuzang family was just a small family, not prominent among the many famous families in Xixia. The reason why the Wuzang family became powerful later was because Yuan Hao fell in love with Queen Wuzang. After the Tibetan family gained power, they must have felt that this place was their family's blessed land, so they built large-scale construction projects in memory of Yuan Hao, in fact, to strengthen the rule of the Tibetan family." Tang Feng explained a lot.

"The name is Yuanhao, so it's not hidden?" Makarov was still pondering Tang Feng's words.

"In this way, it can completely explain the orders that Liang Zuo gave after he became a pro-government. Although this is the place where he was born, it is also a blessed place where the Wuzang family made a fortune. Liang Zuo hated the Wuzang family's monopoly, so he would not like it. But no The Tibetan family started building and building the Jietai Temple in the name of commemorating Yuan Hao, so it’s not good for Liang Zuo to demolish it directly, so it can only be closed in the name of protection, so that outsiders can’t spy on it.”

"This text also mentions the plank road." Makarov sensitively noticed something.

"Yes! I mentioned the demolition of the plank road."

"That is to say, there should be a plank road outside the mountain. But the upper temple is inside this mountain, so why bother to 'destroy the plank road, and never allow outsiders to spy on'?"

"This is indeed a problem. The plank road..." Tang Feng thought for a long time, but he still didn't understand where the plank road referred to.

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Neither Tang Feng nor Makarov understood where the "plank road" in the giant stone inscription refers.Finally Makarov shook his head: "Forget it, let's think about what is in front of us! What should we do now?"

"Did you see those two bull-nosed eyes?" Tang Feng pointed to the two boulders chiseled with bull-nosed eyes.

"I see, and those two ropes. It looks like someone got there before us, at least trying to move the boulders."

"That's right! The bull-nosed eye could not have been chiseled by the party members back then. It must be that the descendants carved the bull-nosed eye on the boulders in order to enter here, so that they could be pulled out with ropes."

Makarov picked up the two ropes, looked at them, and tugged again: "It's exactly the same as the ropes on the copper ring of the gold-clad bronze door. It seems that a group of people did it."

"Maybe the owner of the two silver coins in the nave is also the same group." Tang Feng touched the boulder in front of him, and said, "Have you noticed that the order of placing these six boulders has also been changed. "

"Oh? So the gang has moved these boulders and entered. But why did they seal the door again?"

"Maybe it also hides the secret of that group."

"The secret of that group?" Makarov was puzzled.

"However, they also provided us with convenience. Without these two bull-nosed eyes, we wouldn't be able to get in for a while!"

"You mean, we pull out the boulder too?"

"Try it!" As he said that, Tang Feng took the rope tied to the bull's nose of the boulder in the middle, and tugged it vigorously, and the boulder moved accordingly, "Yes, this boulder is not as heavy as I imagined. "

"We can pull it out with force together." Makarov rolled up his sleeves and was about to put it on.

"Old Ma, are you in good health? If not, call Han Jiang in." Tang Feng was a little worried about Makarov's health.

"Don't underestimate people, we can pull out this rock!" Makarov was quite dissatisfied.

Tang Feng had no choice but to give Makarov a section of the rope.Tang Feng was in front, and Makarov was behind. The two of them worked hard together, and the boulder was dragged out a little; after a short rest, they worked hard together, and the boulder was dragged out again.After doing this several times, the boulder has been dragged out by more than one meter.

It should be soon, Tang Feng thought, and Makarov worked hard together again, with a sound of "boom--", accompanied by thick dust, the boulder was completely dragged out.

Tang Feng only felt an earthy smell in his mouth and nose, and the surrounding area was full of dust.Fortunately, Makarov reacted quickly, pulling Tang Feng to retreat out of the corridor.

Retreating to the slightly wider part of the corridor, the two gasped for breath. After a long while, the dust in the corridor dispersed before they returned to the end of the corridor.One of the six boulders was missing, revealing a hole that only allowed one person to crawl.Tang Feng shined a flashlight into the cave, and a deep chill quickly hit him. He couldn't help shivering and took a step back.

Tang Feng and Makarov agreed to remove another boulder with a bull-nosed eye to enlarge the hole.So, the two followed suit and dragged out the second boulder.This time, Tang Feng gained experience and finally ate less ashes.

Two boulders were moved out, and a hole that could accommodate one person appeared in front of them.

Gusts of wind came from inside the cave.

"It seems that the space inside is quite large!" Tang Feng speculated.

"The structure is the same as this corridor." Makarov illuminated the inside of the cave with a flashlight.

Tang Feng slowly walked into the world inside the coupon door, and Makarov followed in.Tang Feng found that the inner corridor was straight, forming a 90° angle with the outer corridor.He judged the direction again, and he was sure that this was a corridor heading west.

【No.14 Temple of Light】

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The corridor going west is still being extended.

"Wait, Tang Feng!" Makarov's voice came from behind, "According to the tradition of Chinese architecture, the front hall, nave, and apse should be on a central axis, but this corridor extends westward. Is it normal?"

"It's not normal, this corridor is not normal either!" Tang Feng said.

"That's right! There is such a long corridor between the nave and the apse!" Makarov shook his head.

While the two were talking, Tang Feng didn't pay attention to his feet, and almost fell down when he staggered. Makarov was also taken aback.The two regained their footing, and Tang Feng hurriedly used a flashlight to shine a light on their feet, and a section of protruding stones appeared on the ground.Following the protruding stones on the ground, he moved the light beam of the flashlight to the stone walls on both sides, and a groove appeared at the same position on the stone walls on both sides.

"There used to be a Taoist gate here." Tang Feng deduced.

"Door? Why is there nothing now?"

"The threshold on the ground is still there, and the door may have been dismantled by the people who came in before." Tang Feng thought for a while, and then said, "Don't care where the door went, the presence of a door here means that this place should not be far from the apse."

"Yes! Otherwise, there is no need to set up a door here."

The two stepped over the threshold, and Tang Feng felt his heart beating wildly again.Could there be an apse behind this vanishing door?Will there be a jade screen there?He unconsciously quickened his pace.After more than twenty steps, Tang Feng suddenly felt that he had come to a spacious place, and took a flashlight to illuminate it, but there was another wall in front of him.

Tang Feng looked left and right, looked up again, and suddenly understood that there should be a "Zhaobi Wall" in front of him.Makarov was also wondering, but Tang Feng didn't explain, and led Makarov around the "Zhaobi Wall". The back of the "Zhaobi Wall" suddenly opened up, and Tang Feng already felt that it was a huge space through the faint beam of light.

Tang Feng and Makarov lit candles in the grooves on the stone wall respectively, and the huge stone palace finally revealed its true appearance in front of them.It was only then that Tang Feng discovered that the so-called "Zhaobi Wall" was not a wall, but the back of a tall Buddha statue.Looking at the entire apse, there is also a tall Buddha statue in the middle of the other three sides.

The entire apse is square, and each side is descending step by step, shrinking layer by layer.Finally, in the center of the apse, it shrinks into a square pool, a pool of stagnant water glowing green.Tang Feng couldn't tell if it was a pool, or another pool of mercury.

"It's... spectacular!" Makarov was stunned.

"Yes! The apse is indeed bigger than the two front halls."

Tang Feng quickly determined their location, which was next to the Buddha statue in the east.Since there is a corridor behind this Buddha statue, are there corridors behind the Buddha statues in the other three directions?Thinking in Tang Feng's heart, his footsteps were already heading towards the Buddha statue on the south side.

Makarov followed behind, and immediately understood Tang Feng's meaning: "If there is a corridor behind every Buddha statue, then...then I will go crazy!"

"I'm going crazy too!" Tang Feng quickly turned to the back of the Buddha statue in the south, carefully inspected, and found that every boulder was tightly stitched and extremely strong. "It seems that there is no corridor here."

Tang Feng quickly turned to the back of the Buddha statue to the west. The stone walls here are also tightly connected and fortified.No abnormality was found behind the Buddha statue in the north.He couldn't help wondering: "What kind of gate is this? Such a grand apse should have a magnificent gate! Why is there no gate at all? We got in directly from behind the Buddha statue."

"Yes! I thought there would be a pure gold gate!" Makarov said regretfully.

Tang Feng lit candles at the four corners of the main hall, and the entire apse was illuminated.He found that a huge lotus flower was carved on the top of the center of the hall, and in the middle of the lotus flower appeared four vigorous and powerful characters, also in Xixia script.Tang Feng looked up at the top of the hall, and slowly read out these four characters: "Guang-ming-da-dian."

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The entire Guangming Hall was illuminated by candlelight. Although the light was still dim, it was enough for Tang Feng to see everything in the hall clearly.At this time, he found that around the four great Buddhas, there were many fallen Buddha statues, and there were also many incomplete Buddha statues.

"What's going on here?" Tang Feng bent down and picked up the broken Buddha statue.

"It seems that this place has been destroyed before." Makarov speculated.

"Who wants to destroy such an exquisite Buddha statue? Think about it, it turns out that these Buddha statues are separated around the four big Buddhas, how spectacular! The Western Lingshan is nothing more than this!" Tang Feng sighed.

"It must be someone who has a deep hatred with the owner here."

"Could it be Liang Zuo?" Tang Feng muttered to himself.

Soon, Tang Feng discovered that under the body of the Buddha statue on the west side, there was a stone tablet standing among a pile of fragments of the Buddha statue, which was very eye-catching.He walked over, brushed off the dust on the stone tablet, and slowly read the Xixia script on the stone tablet: "There is no Zang family's monopoly, overthrew courtiers, arbitrary actions, no king and father, I hate him deeply; my mother is promiscuous and lawless, and shields the tribe , I deeply resent it. Now that I am blessed by Changshengtian, I am able to rule in person. We should get rid of treacherous criminals and revive the court. Don't invalidate public opinion because of personal affection, and don't invalidate the law because of kindness and filial piety... Close the stone palace, demolish the plank road, I will never have the hope of Tibetans and traitors."

There are a few words in the middle that Tang Feng really can't read clearly, but this paragraph of text is enough to make his heart jump. A secret history of the Xixia Dynasty is slowly unfolding before his eyes.

"It seems that my deduction is correct. Liang Zuo really closed the stone hall and demolished the plank road because he hated the exclusive power of the Wuzang family. Don't ask, it was also Liang Zuo who smashed these Buddha statues." Tang Feng said.

"That's right! What made a son hate his mother so much? And what made Liang Zuo want to inscribe a curse on his mother on the stele after his mother died?" Makarov shook his head. explain.

"'I hate it deeply', 'I hate it deeply'! 'Don't invalidate public opinion because of personal affection, don't violate the law because of kindness and filial piety'! It can be said that every word is shocking!" Tang Feng repeated the inscription on the stone tablet.

"But why haven't these four big Buddha statues been destroyed?" Makarov asked.

"Maybe these four giant Buddhas are too big to be destroyed at once!" Tang Feng guessed wildly.

Tang Feng was no longer interested in these giant Buddhas, because he suddenly discovered that there seemed to be some strange lights glowing in the pool in the middle of the back hall.

Makarov also noticed the changes in the pool.The two walked down four or five steps, and when there were still four steps away from the water, Tang Feng was stunned.He stopped and turned to look at Makarov.Makarov was also dumbfounded, looking at Tang Feng...

"This...is this... the treasure of King Hao?" Tang Feng asked.

"I think so, this is King Hao's treasure."

In the square pool, a pool of stagnant water was glowing with green light, but the golden light that flashed from time to time made Tang Feng and Makarov unable to open their eyes for a while.

Tang Feng blocked his eyes, and cautiously walked down three more steps to the edge of the pool.He was deeply shocked by the sight in front of him. There were gold ingots, silver ingots, silver coins piled up like hills in the pool, and all kinds of rare treasures.Tang Feng couldn't restrain his excitement, and stretched out his hand to this stagnant water...

(End of this chapter)