Xixia dead book

Chapter 151 The Decisive Battle at the Peak of Helan (36)
"So I ran down, and sure enough, I dug up bricks from the Western Xia period here!" Tang Feng looked at Han Jiang and Makarov excitedly, "Think about it, think about the Western Xia period we saw on the coupon door arts……"

"Go to the Buddhist scripture building?!" Han Jiang and Makarov said in surprise at the same time.

"Ever since I saw the text on the coupon door and the lintel, I have been thinking about this scripture building. Generally, temples in the Western Xia Dynasty, in addition to several major halls arranged on the central axis, will also have pagodas and The Buddhist scripture building. We found the ruins of the main hall and the pagoda in the lower temple, and found the front hall, middle hall and apse of the upper temple in the mountain, so there is still a Buddhist scripture building here, and the Buddhist scripture building can form a complete The magnificent temple." Tang Feng became more and more excited as he talked.

"You mean, this is the ruins of the Buddhist scripture building?" Han Jiang asked back.

"Could it be something else? I have visually inspected it from above, and I took a rough measurement here just now. Below our feet is a huge circular mound ruins with a diameter of [-] or [-] meters." Tang Feng deduced.

"So big?" Makarov asked in surprise.

"So it seems that the Sutra Library is a circular building?" Han Jiang asked.

"Well, the Sutra Library should be a circular building, but without archaeological excavations, the specific architectural style on it is still unknown."

"Building such a grand scripture building on the top of the mountain? It's incredible!" Makarov kept shaking his head.

"Old Ma, have you ever been to Wudang Mountain? There is a golden temple on the top of Wudang Mountain, in which Emperor Zhenwu is enshrined. Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty considered him the protector of the Ming Dynasty." Tang Feng asked Makarov.

"Wudang Mountain?" Makarov shook his head.

"I think the situation here is similar to Wudang Mountain, and even the buildings on it are more magnificent than the Golden Palace on Wudang Mountain. I don't know if it was built by Yuanhao or when the Wuzang family was in power. But please think about it , On the top of this high mountain, there is such a magnificent hall, then it must be the most important building in Xixia." Tang Feng paused for a while, and then said, "Please think again, the jade screen in Helan Mountain is most likely to be destroyed. Where is it placed?"

"You mean here?!" Han Jiang and Makarov looked at Tang Feng in surprise.

"Can there be a more suitable place than here? This is the highest peak, the most difficult for outsiders to reach, and... and the vultures! It suddenly occurred to me that maybe in Xixia, this is the place where the party members deliberately raise vultures!" Tang Feng speculated boldly.

"Tang Feng, when you said that, I also thought of it. Although the official name of this place in Xixia was Jietai Temple, because the party members deliberately raised vultures here a long time ago, so the people around saw the vultures, so they took care of them. This temple is called 'Black Eagle Temple'." Han Jiang said.

"That's right! That's definitely the case. The two vultures we saw may be the descendants of those vultures." Tang Feng said, looking at the sky vigilantly, for fear that the two vultures would suddenly appear and snatch him away.But there were only clouds and mist in the sky at this time.

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Hearing what the two said, Makarov suddenly thought: "If the party members raise vultures, then they must also raise eagles."

"Well, it's very possible. Ma, did you think of that totem again?" Tang Feng asked.

"I can't think about it! That terrible totem..." Makarov murmured.

Han Jiang dug out several bricks from the Xixia period in the soil, and even a patterned brick.But soon, Han Jiang fell from his joyful mood, "Tang Feng, you can speak well. Even if you are all right, this is the site of the Buddhist scriptures building in Shangsi, and it is indeed very important here, but Yu What about the screen? I don’t care so much, I just want to see the screen.”

Han Jiang's yell woke Tang Feng up.yes!The Tibetan scripture building was discovered, and everything that should be discovered in the entire Black Vulture Temple was discovered. They had already reached the top of the mountain, but there was still no trace of the jade screen.Tang Feng couldn't help but his heart sank: "According to my original idea, the jade screen should be hidden in the Sutra Library."

"But the scripture building has been destroyed, and only the ruins are left. From the ruins, it can be seen that this place is on the top of a high mountain, and it is easy to be struck by lightning. Looking at these bricks, there are traces of being burned on them. It is obvious that here It was once burned by fire. I think this is the reason why the scripture building was destroyed." Han Jiang paused for a moment, and then said, "If the jade screen is inside the scripture building, it is likely to be destroyed in the fire together with the scripture building. Already!"

"What? It's ruined!" Makarov and Tang Feng exclaimed at the same time.

"So the black lama and Ma Yuan have been here for many days, but they failed to find Yuchaping," Han Jiang said.

"There is another possibility, maybe it has already been taken by that mysterious person!" Makarov said a guess that no one wanted to say.

"No! It's impossible! There is only one way to get here. Even if the mysterious man got the jade screen, he could only go back the same way, but we didn't bump into it. Could it be that guy is invisible?" Tang Feng no matter what This reality cannot be accepted.

"That means the jade screen has been destroyed long ago!" Han Jiang dug out a few more blackened bricks and tiles.

The jade screen was destroyed?Will all the efforts I have made be in vain?Tang Feng anxiously looked back and forth on the ruins of the Circular Mound, hoping to find clues here.He estimated that if a comprehensive archaeological excavation was to be done here, the time and money would not be expendable, and it was very likely that there would still be no harvest after the excavation.

Another gust of wind blew by, and Tang Feng's heart was completely chilled.He walked down the circular mound slowly, took a few steps back to the south, and looked at the peak behind the circular mound to the north.This is a central axis, and if there is anything to be discovered, it must be here—on this central axis.

Tang Feng didn't believe that his previous efforts would be wasted. He suspected that there must be a problem in some link.The scripture building was burned down by the fire. Would the ancients put precious jade screens in the scripture building, which is easy to be struck by lightning?No!Won't!The ancients were no more stupid than modern people, which has been verified countless times in Tang Feng's exploration and archaeological career.

While Tang Feng was thinking wildly, he took a few steps back to the south.Suddenly, he sprained his foot, staggered, and fell into the grass.Han Jiang and Makarov saw Tang Feng disappeared in an instant, and rushed over, only to see Tang Feng lying on his back in the grass.

Han Jiang and Makarov helped Tang Feng up, and asked with concern: "What's wrong with you, the road will never go away?"

"Fart!" As he said, Tang Feng sat up, "There was a hole in the ground just now, and my feet got stuck in it."

"Pit?" Han Jiang and Makarov were busy looking in the grass, pulling out some weeds from time to time.Sure enough, there was a small pit covered with weeds at Tang Feng's feet.Tang Feng grabbed some soil in the pit with his hands and observed it for a while, and then dug the soil next to him to check.After checking in this way, Tang Feng pointed to the pit under his feet, and said in an orderly tone: "Dig!"

dig?Han Jiang and Makarov were taken aback. "Since when did you command me?" Han Jiang patted Tang Feng's head and said.

"Listen to whoever makes sense. Besides, I sprained my ankle, which can be considered a work-related injury!" Tang Feng shouted.

"You have a reason? What's the reason for digging this hole?" Han Jiang asked.

"Yes! What did you see?" Makarov also asked.

"Don't ask so many questions, just dig, and you will understand later!" Tang Feng looked quite confident.

Han Jiang had no choice but to take out the engineering shovel he was carrying from his bag, and follow Tang Feng's instructions to start digging the small hole in the ground.After only digging two shovels, Han Jiang felt something strange, so he looked at Tang Feng. "Just dig!" Tang Feng ordered.

Han Jiang was a little angry, he shoveled down hard, he suddenly lost his center of gravity, fell forward, and fell like a "dog eats shit"!
"Damn it! Fuck me!" Han Jiang glared at Tang Feng and yelled.

"Why are you scolding! Haven't you understood my truth yet?" Tang Feng's words were filled with surprise.

Han Jiang got up and saw that the small hole had sunk completely, and a large part of the engineer's shovel had fallen into it. "There's a hole here?" Han Jiang exclaimed.

This time, without waiting for Tang Feng's order, Han Jiang pulled out his engineering shovel and began to remove the floating soil at the entrance of the cave.Soon, the mouth of the hole, which was originally as big as a bowl, gradually became a well mouth with a square of more than half a meter.

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Han Jiang poked his head out and looked down, only to see some floating dirt.But when he shone the flashlight to the side, he was surprised to find that the surrounding walls of the cave were all piled up with regular blue bricks.

"This... what is this? A treasure cave?" Han Jiang looked at Tang Feng suspiciously.

"This is a well! It's just been abandoned for many years, and the top is covered by floating soil. When I sank into it just now, I thought that there must be a famous well below." Tang Feng judged.

"Well?" Han Jiang and Makarov were surprised.Han Jiang looked again, and it really looked like a well.The wall of the well made of blue bricks was round, exactly the same as the ancient wells he had seen before.But this well puzzled Han Jiang, "There is no water on the top of the mountain, so what's the use of digging a well?"

"That's exactly the problem." Tang Feng deliberately kept it off.

"Say it quickly! Why is there a well here?" Han Jiang urged.

Tang Feng stood up, checked the terrain of the top of the mountain with his eyes, and then said: "I checked the topography of the top of the mountain carefully again. I made a mistake in my visual inspection on the mountain just now. In fact, the circular mound is not in the center of the top of the mountain."

"Oh? Not in the middle of the mountain?" Han Jiang and Makarov were surprised.

"That's right! The circular mound is located slightly north of the center, and it is this well that is really located in the center of the mountain top!"

"Is this well in the middle of the entire mountain?" Tang Feng's conclusion made Han Jiang and Makarov both surprised and suspicious, and the two also re-checked, "It's almost the same, but what does this mean?"

"Our current location is exactly on the north-south central axis. Chinese architecture has been symmetrical since ancient times. The more important a building is, the more it is on the central axis. Now we look north, the well, the circular mound and the north side The three peaks are all on the north-south axis. This is a very meaningful distribution, which was planned when the Buddhist scripture building was built." Tang Feng explained.

Han Jiang and Makarov looked north, and the three were indeed distributed on the north-south axis.Tang Feng went on to say: "If I'm not mistaken, the peak on the north side should be higher than the peak on the west side, and it is the highest peak of the entire mountain range. That's why the Dangxiang people built the Buddhist scriptures building on the north-south central axis. Then , this well appears on the north-south central axis, doesn't it just mean that this well is of great significance? What's more, this well is still in the middle, and its status is even higher than the mountain peaks on the north side and the Sutra Library itself. "

"The status of a broken well is higher than that of the library and the mountain?" Han Jiang couldn't believe it.

"China's buildings have been graded since ancient times, and Xixia's is no exception. Every building, including the mountains and rivers inside or near the building, has a grade. Some buildings are in the honor, and some are in the second place. Some buildings are in a humble position, with strict hierarchy, and cannot be overstepped. So sometimes we can judge the importance of an ancient building based on its location, and then infer the size and style of the building. " Tang Feng Explained a lot.

"It's so complicated? Don't talk about it, it's making my head big. I understand what you mean, that is, this well is very important, but what does it have to do with the jade screen?" Han Jiang asked Tang Feng.

"If I'm not wrong, there is something in this well. If you don't believe me, go down and dig."

"You don't mean that Yuchaping is in the well!" Han Jiang said and looked down the well.

"You dig it first! This well is silted up with soil now, you have to dig it open to see the bottom." Tang Feng showed a look of unrevealed secrets.

"There won't be water under this well, right?" Han Jiang looked worried.

"Didn't you just boldly judge that there would be no water on the top of such a high mountain? Why are you worried that there will be water below if you are asked to go down now?" Tang Feng looked at Han Jiang with a slight sarcasm.

"Damn it, now I'm doing all the hard work, dirty work, and tiring work. I'm also a leading cadre!" Han Jiang said angrily.

"Because you are a leading cadre, you have to bear hardships first. Wherever there is difficulty or danger, you have to rush there. That's how you look like a leading cadre! Don't worry, there is no water and no scorpions in this well." There are no centipedes, no snakes, no beasts, no Ultraman, little monsters, nothing!"

"That's right! There won't be those things on such a high mountain." Makarov also echoed.

"Okay! I'll go down! I'll trust you again." After finishing speaking, Han Jiang packed up his equipment and was ready to go down the well.

He said he was going down the well, but in fact the well was not deep at all. Han Jiang's figure got into the well and basically blocked the mouth of the well. He couldn't turn around in the well.

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Han Jiang dug a few shovels down with difficulty, but only some dirt and sand and stones were dug out, nothing.Tang Feng went through the soil and sand dug out by Han Jiang bit by bit.When Han Jiang dug the well to a depth of more than two meters, he was already sweating profusely and out of breath.It's not because I was tired from digging, but mainly because I was aggrieved by the narrow well.

"Let Han Jiang come up to get some air, and I'll continue digging!" Makarov asked for instructions.

Tang Feng waved his hand: "No, it should be soon!"

"You foolish boy! I've dug so deep, I don't even have a fart!" Han Jiang complained underground.

"Don't be restless, don't be restless, you are a leading cadre, you have to work hard without complaint, if you don't do some work, you will be tired!" Tang Feng joked.

"This is called doing some work?!"

"Be careful! Be careful!"

"You finally have a little conscience, and you know how to care about me."

"I'm not telling you to be careful, I'm telling you to be careful when digging. If there is really some treasure that is destroyed by you, you can't bear the responsibility!"

Han Jiang gave Tang Feng a hard look, and shoveled down. "Boom—" a crisp sound made the nerves of the three of them twitch.Is there really something? !Han Jiang hurriedly bent down and gently brushed off the floating soil under his feet, revealing a piece of jade.

"It's jade! It's a piece of jade!" Han Jiang exclaimed excitedly.

"What jade?" Tang Feng asked with concern from above.

"I don't know, it's not a jade screen anyway. It's a long, pointed jade board." Han Jiang's voice was husky in the well.

"Bring it up!" Although Tang Feng knew it well, he still couldn't wait to see this jade.

Han Jiang took the jade and climbed up.Tang Feng took the jade article and scolded: "Who asked you to come up?"

"Didn't you want me to come up?"

"I told you to bring up the jade, but I didn't tell you to come up!"

"Damn! You really think you're a team leader, so go on digging right away!" Han Jiang said angrily.

Seeing that Han Jiang was really angry, Tang Feng quickly changed his smiling face: "Leading cadres can't be proud of their achievements!"

"Stop talking nonsense, what kind of jade is this? It's not a jade screen either!"

Tang Feng carefully groped for the jade in his hand, it was cold and moist, exuding a seductive aura, but this aura was far less attractive to Tang Feng than the jade screen.This is the feeling that Tang Feng has cultivated through years of research on cultural relics.He looked at it for a long time, and then explained: "This is also made of Hetian mutton fat white jade, but the quality of the jade is not as good as the jade screen we have seen. It can only be regarded as medium among Hetian jade, but it was in the Xixia era. It is already a very good jade material. This thing should be called Yugui, which is a ritual vessel for ancient emperors to sacrifice. When ancient emperors sacrificed, they engraved the words they wanted to say to the gods and ancestors on the jade jade. Then bury it in the soil or throw it into the water, so as to achieve the purpose of communicating with the gods and ancestors in the sky."

"Did you expect that there would be Yugui in this well?" Han Jiang asked.

"I have explained to you the importance of this well just now. The status of this well is more important than the Sutra Library and the highest North Peak, so why is this? I think of the sacrificial etiquette in Chinese history, and then I thought of the purpose of this well. This is actually a golden well. It is called the Cangjing Building, and it is actually the place where the Xixia emperors worshiped. Guishang, and then throw it into this golden well." Tang Feng explained.

"Tang Feng, there seems to be writing on it." Makarov found clues on Yugui.

"I saw it too. It's all in Xixia script. There are 37 characters in total—the emperor of Baigao Daxia's Wei name Liangzuo Fuqi Changshengtian, mountains, rivers and mountains, ancestors and ancestors. " Tang Feng read out the text on Yugui.

"What do you mean?" Han Jiang asked.

"It's all auspicious words. It's the second emperor of Xixia, Liangzuo, who prayed to Changshengtian and the ancestors to bless the Xixia dynasty for generations to come, and Guozuo to be prosperous forever. Go down and have a look, are there any other jade articles?" Tang Feng He urged Han Jiang to go down into the well again.

Attracted by the new discovery, Han Jiang no longer bothered with Tang Feng, turned around and jumped down the well.After a while, he dug out another jade jade in the well, followed by a third jade jade.

(End of this chapter)