Anecdote of the Yellow River

Chapter 77
When it was dark, we came to the ruins of Heishui City.

We spent almost a whole day on the short 20-kilometer journey.

Under the hazy night, the ruins of Heishui City revealed a kind of desolate beauty.

Broken city walls, houses buried by wind and sand, the wind blows through, exposing the bones in the sand.

Years will always wither many things, such as history, such as age, and even people.

We walked into Heishui City from the half-collapsed city wall, and there was thick yellow sand everywhere, bleak and dilapidated.

"Brother, where should we go?" Agou stopped and asked Wan Juncheng.

Yeah, that's the question, where do we go?
Heishui City was in ruins, and many buildings were buried under the yellow sand, like some rotten stones randomly discarded in the desert, and it was impossible to tell the difference between south, east and north.Moreover, the construction area of ​​Heishui City is still very large. If you walk around Heishui City, it will probably take a day to walk.

Wan Juncheng rubbed his chin, stared at the night sky and said: "I remember that there are five pagodas in the city, forming a five-star Fengshui Bureau of Heavenly Buddha. If you want to find the entrance to the underground palace, you must crack this five-star Fengshui Bureau!"

"Five pagodas? Where are they? Why can't I see them?" Agou asked.

Wan Juncheng pointed to a tower not far away and said: "Let's go to the top of the tower first, and when the moonlight rises, we will naturally be able to see the five pagodas, so this is why I want you to catch up before dark." The reason for coming here! If you miss today, you will have to wait until tomorrow night!"

Wan Juncheng said as he walked towards the tower.

Hearing what Wan Juncheng said, I can almost be sure that Wan Juncheng has been to Heishui City before, otherwise why is he so familiar with everything here?What about Professor Ye, has he also been to Heishui City?What kind of secret is hidden in him?
When we boarded the city tower, the ruined walls seemed to be telling the sorrow of ancient times.

Years ago, was there a majestic guard blowing the horn on the tower?

Many years ago, was there a beautiful woman dancing to the sunset on the tower?

Many years ago, many years ago...

Time is like sand flowing through the fingers, and it has been thousands of years in a blink of an eye.

The vast wind blows through the city tower, bringing tumbling sand waves.

Boom!Boom!
There was a strange rumbling sound in the distant desert, and the rumbling sound was getting louder and louder, like thunder.Everyone was shocked, but they didn't see any lightning, and the night sky was also full of stars, so why did thunder suddenly strike?But the sound of thunder was a bit strange, it didn't seem to fall from the sky, but it seemed to come from the ground. How could there be thunder in the ground?

"Could it be that someone is doing blasting here?" Agou asked, because the roar from the ground was more ear-splitting than real thunder, as if a powerful bomb had detonated underground.

"Don't be nervous, this is a unique phenomenon of singing sand in the desert!" Wan Juncheng lit a cigarette and said leisurely, "There is actually no clear conclusion in the scientific community about the special natural phenomenon of singing sand, but it is the most reliable One of the explanations is that the sound of sand is caused by an elastic wave generated by the friction between the sand particles moving on the upper layer and the fixed sand layer on the lower layer. Moreover, the sounds made by the sand in different places are also varied, there are Some are like music, some are like thunder, and some are just noise!"

The night wind blew on the city wall for a while, and the weird rumbling sound gradually disappeared, and the desert returned to its previous dead silence.

Looking up at the night sky, there are a lot of stars, and a round of silver hooks hangs obliquely in the sky, exuding a cold brilliance, as if covering the ancient city wall with a hazy gauze.

Wan Juncheng looked at the crescent moon, and then looked down at the dark ancient city: "It's almost there, everyone, look around, the five pagodas will glow strangely under the moonlight!"

And such strange things?
We were curious and looked around with wide-eyed eyes.

"There! There is light there!" Ah Qi was the first to shout, pointing to the northwest direction of Heishui City.

Under the moonlight, a hazy golden light flickered among the ruined walls, which was particularly eye-catching in the dark night.

"There's one there too!" Han Jing said, pointing to the east.

The pagoda is only 30 meters away from where we are in a straight line, and it is the nearest pagoda to us.Half of the pagoda has been buried under the yellow sand, and it is impossible to see how high the pagoda is. Only the top of the pagoda is exposed, glowing with circles of golden light, and the shadow of the Buddha is faintly reflected in the light circle, which is also unreal. real.

But in a short while, we found all five stupas shining with golden light, because in the dark night, the shining golden light is easy to spot.There must be some kind of strange material on the top of the pagoda, so the golden light will glow under the moonlight.It can be imagined that when Heishui City was prosperous, every night, the five pagodas standing in the ancient city would glow with golden light at the same time, and the shadows of the five Buddhas would be reflected in the light circle, as if the light of the Buddha was shining everywhere, full of righteousness, that is What a majestic and shocking sight!
Just as we were enjoying this beautiful scene under the moon, Wan Juncheng raised his chin, Xu Bo, a Fengshui master: "Do you remember the positions of these five pagodas? Can you solve the five-star Fengshui pattern of Tianfo?"

Xu Bo didn't speak. He scanned the positions of the five pagodas for the last time, and then walked down the city wall without saying a word.

We didn't follow along, but stood on the edge of the city wall, overlooking Xu Bo below.

Xu Bo found a relatively flat sandy ground under the city wall. He walked back and forth on the sandy ground with regular steps, and seemed to be muttering words.While walking, he took out five golden tops from his pocket and placed them on the sand in the direction of the five pagodas. inch, and then five golden lines faintly appeared on the sandy ground, and the five golden lines criss-crossed to form a certain pattern, and Xu Bo stepped on strange steps in this pattern.

I rubbed my eyes, completely dumbfounded, I don't know what treasures those golden tops on the ground are.

Professor Ye tsk-tsk praised: "I didn't expect that there are still people in the world who can use the 'Dianlong Pen'!"

I was curious and asked Professor Ye: "What is a dragon brush?"

"Those golden spinning tops are like paintbrushes. When placed according to the Feng Shui pattern, they can outline an abstract Feng Shui dragon vein map, so they are called 'Dianlong Brush'!" Professor Ye explained.

The Dianlong brush is really amazing and magical enough. I didn’t expect that Xu Bo’s seemingly innocuous appearance turned out to be a Fengshui master who hasn’t appeared in a century. It’s amazing!

"Genius! You Chinese are really geniuses!" Ah Qi admired sincerely.

Ah Qi was dismissive of Jiang Yusheng's divination before, but since Jiang Yusheng's divination came true, Ah Qi is quite convinced.Seeing Xu Bo's superb skill of "Dianlongbi" again now, he was immediately overwhelmed with admiration.

After nearly half an hour, Xu Bo stopped, put away his dragon pen, walked up the tower at a leisurely pace, came to Wan Juncheng, and bowed in an ancient style: "Brother, I have already cracked the crack." Tianfo Five-Star Bureau!"

"Oh? Let's hear it!" Hearing Xu Bo's words, Wan Juncheng's face immediately beamed with joy.

Xu Bo stretched out his finger and pointed to a piece of ruins in the southwest direction: "After my rigorous deduction, the acupoint of the Tianfo Five-Star Bureau is there, and the entrance of the underground palace must be on the acupoint!"

"Are you sure?" Wan Juncheng raised his thick eyebrows.

Xu Bo nodded: "Sure!"

"Hahaha! Good! Well done!" Wan Juncheng laughed loudly, patted Xu Bo on the shoulder, and said happily, "I will definitely reward you a lot when I go back, and I won't treat you badly!"

"Brother Xie!" Xu Bo and Jiang Yusheng thanked Wan Juncheng respectfully.

Wan Juncheng waved his hand, turned to Ah Qi and said, "What are you doing standing there? Come dig treasures with me!"

Ah Qi grinned, and beckoned the subordinates behind to follow.

Xu Bo led the way, turning around and passing through the ruins.

There are all kinds of houses here, but most of them have collapsed, and we can only vaguely distinguish where are the former warehouses, where are the former official residences, and where are residential houses, etc.Bricks, tiles, ceramic fragments, ironware, sculptures, clay Buddhas, weathered bones, cracked stone mills, many things are half-covered in the sand.

Gu Meidi casually picked up a piece of broken carved porcelain: "Not bad, this is black glaze carved, what a pity!"

"There are also white-glazed brown-colored porcelain, Jun porcelain, and southern Longquan porcelain!" I pointed to some broken porcelain fragments scattered under my feet, and said with a little regret, "It is enough to show that Heishui City used to be an important trading market for visitors from all over the world! "

Continue to walk into the ruins, and there are more and more bones underground.After years of weathering, those white bones have become very brittle, and they shatter when stepped on lightly, making weird cracking sounds under their feet, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.

Deep in the ruins, stands an ancient temple.

Heishui City is already a traffic fortress on the ancient Silk Road, full of traffic, prosperous and prosperous, where the cultures of various ethnic groups blend and intersect, writing a bright page in history.Therefore, in Heishui City, we can see buildings of various religions. In addition to a large number of Buddhist buildings, there are also temples of other sects, so we are not surprised.

In fact, the temple in front of us can’t be said to be "standing", because it is already in ruins, some places have been weathered and fallen off, and even some walls or eaves have collapsed, just like an old man in his dying years, the yellow sand has almost buried more than half of it Temple, the highest sand pile is higher than the temple wall.

The inside of the temple was dark, and the night wind shuttled around inside, making a frightening whistling sound.

Xu Bo held up the wolf-eye flashlight and looked around, and Wan Juncheng asked him, "Are you sure the hole is here!"

Xu Bo nodded, with a slightly confident tone: "It can't be wrong!"

Wan Juncheng also turned on the wolf-eye flashlight: "Go in and have a look, everyone be careful!"

Of course, the phrase "be careful" is not for us, but for Ah Qi and the others.

(End of this chapter)