Mountain and Sea Treasures

Chapter 126 Eight Diagrams Formation

"That's right, it's a maze!" I clicked on the words on it: "Because we entered the tomb, we used to think of mysterious places, but in fact this place is just a maze."

I also figured out this idea when they were discussing. This place is very mysterious, but if I figured it out, I felt that it was nothing. From the moment we stepped into the tomb gate, we fell into a huge maze. That's why I feel that the tomb passage is very long, and I can't get to the end no matter how I walk.

"Chang'an, what you said is far more exaggerated than ghosts." Yazai said with a look of disbelief, "We've always been on a straight road, how could this be a maze?"

"How can you be sure that we've always been on a straight road?" I tapped my notebook, "It's impossible to tell when we've turned a corner without knowing it. .”

"Whether it's a labyrinth or not, you'll know if you try it." Old Yan said.

We all looked at him and asked him what should he try?
Lao Yan rubbed his chin, pondered for half a minute before saying: "If it is a maze, it will definitely not be a straight road, just like what Chang An said, we are likely to take a curved road, maybe we are walking around in circles. It's a big circle, so if we keep going, we'll probably end up back where we were, so let's mark it as before."

"No need." I shook my head: "Lao Yan, didn't you and Yazai take a lot of photos along the way? Take them out and have a look, maybe we've already taken a round."

Hearing what I said, Lao Yan nodded again and again, took out the Polaroid instant imaging camera with Yazai, and looked at the photos inside.

"Look at these two pictures, don't they look similar?" After about a minute or two, Lao Yan approached us holding two cameras.

I took a look and found that although the angles of the images on the two photos were different, the silhouette made of silk was a man wearing a long gown and a mask.

"Is this a silkworm cluster?" I asked.

Lao Yan couldn't explain clearly, but from the bronze statue, it could be seen that people from the ancient Shu kingdom looked similar, so he was not sure about the man's identity.

"Don't worry about these small details now, just take a look, are these two pictures the same?" Yazai pushed me aside.

I angrily asked him if he has eyes and can't see by himself?

"Of course I can see it, it's just that my heart is always beating, isn't it..." Yazai scratched his head.

For the sake of caution, we compared the silk on the two photos inch by inch, and finally found that it was indeed the same place, but judging from the time of taking the photo, it was 5 minutes earlier than that of the boy, which shows that we did go back. walk by.

"It's similar to the woods outside, but I don't know if the cracking method is the same." Miss Qiu glanced at Yazai, who shook his head and said that he had no choice.

Miss Qiu glanced at Yazai in disbelief, and the latter hurriedly explained that although the two looked similar, they were actually different.The woods outside are more of a blindfold, but now this tomb passage is a real maze, which is more profound and can be said to be Taoist gossip. We can't see the whole in it, and it is impossible to find a solution.

Xuanmen gossip?

When Yazai said this, I slapped my head fiercely: "Yes, it may not be accurate to say that it is a maze, but if it is a Taoist gossip, it makes sense! The gossip originated in ancient times, and it is said that it was created by Fuxi. After a lot of development, until Zhuge Liang of the Three Kingdoms invented the Eight Diagrams Array and began to use these in wars. After the Battle of Yiling, he used the Eight Diagrams to hold back tens of thousands of Soochow chasing troops and bought precious time for Liu Bei to escape. The so-called Taiji produces Liangyi, Liangyi produces Sixiang, and Sixiang produces gossip. This is what is said. It is a secret technique with many changes. After stepping in, each step will trigger different organs, and the path will change accordingly. Many people are trapped to death when they enter the Eight Diagrams Formation."

Yazai disagreed and said that the Eight Diagrams Array was invented and gradually put into use in the Three Kingdoms, and the ancient Shu Kingdom was said to be at least three to five thousand years old, which is totally wrong.

"Not necessarily. Although the gossip array was invented by Zhuge Liang, the gossip has been around for a long time. It is not uncommon for an expert in the ancient Shu state to use it." Miss Qiu shook her head and said.

"So we are trapped in the gossip formation?" Lao Yan tentatively tapped the tomb wall on one side, and the silk didn't move at all, so he dared to touch it with his hand: "Every gossip formation must have a formation eye, as long as you find it The formation can be broken in the blink of an eye."

I nodded: "That's right, but the key is how we find the eyes of the array. We walked here for so long before we found out that something was wrong, which shows that the Eight Diagrams array is so clever that it might not be easy to find the eyes of the array."

"The eight trigrams array opens eight gates according to Xiu, Sheng, Huo, Du, Jing, Shi, and Jing. Enter from the east "Shengmen", enter from the southwest "Xiumen", and enter from the north through the "Open Gate". This formation can be broken." Yazai pushed his sunglasses, looked around the tomb wall, and said word by word: "During the Three Kingdoms period, infantry and archers were mostly used to form eight trigram formations, and there were military divisions to command them. According to legend, there were 64 variations. , the general method of breaking the door is the same, but I don’t know if the principle of this tomb passage is the same?”

"It doesn't matter whether it's different, try it first and then talk about it." I patted Yazai on the shoulder: "Please explain carefully what you know about the Bagua formation."

Yazai slowly explained that the Eight Diagrams Formation is actually a military formation in military terms. It is a way for infantry to deal with cavalry. , followed by internal consumption.Because of the weakness of the cavalry, it is difficult to change the marching direction in the middle, so they will be killed by the infantry little by little, thus turning the tide of the battle.

But this is only relatively common. According to legend, a real Bagua formation only needs some simple arrangements, such as some stones and some trees to form an formation.The people who went in couldn't get out among several stones and trees. According to Yazai, what we encountered should be the latter.

"It should be a combination of the two." I stared at the ground: "This tomb passage is the route left for us by the infantry. As for what the 'infantry' is, we have to find it ourselves!"

Lao Yan directly took out the compass from his bag, and said to try the eight methods that Yazai said first.

"Being east of Shengmen, we have to find Shengmen first and enter through Shengmen." Lao Yan stared at the compass and muttered.

The pointer of the compass turned around, and finally pointed to the front of the tomb passage.

My heart skipped a beat: "Does this mean that we have been walking through the gate of life?"

Originally, I should be happy that it is the door of life, but I am still uneasy, because if the tomb passage is the door of life, then have we never turned the corner?Is this tomb passage so long?
Lao Yan shook his head: "This is due east, and the southwest gate should be behind us on the left, but except for this tomb passage, no matter what direction it is, there are only those tomb walls."

"Could it be those silks?" I touched the silks on the wall and had a bold idea.

Outside the door of the tomb, those Gu worms that saturate the kombu with silk will open the door of life. After entering, we should find the door of Xiu, and then feed the silk at that position, and the door of Xiu will open.By analogy, finally open the door to the north, and the eight trigrams formation should be solved.

"It makes sense." Lao Yan rubbed his chin, first his eyes lit up, and then he said with a sad face, "But where does this southwest direction refer to?"

He overwhelmed me with this question, and it took me a long time to say that I didn't know.

In the end, after much deliberation, we could only decide to try whether the silk a few steps behind would attack people.

"Well, you go, I'll wait for you here." Yazai waved his hand and said with an embarrassed face.

Lao Yan scolded him for being worthless, and asked me to stay where I was with Yazai, and then I walked back with Miss Qiu.

Yazai stared at them nervously, with one hand still grabbing my shoulder, I turned my head and patted his hand helplessly: "Don't act like a bitch, what big things can you do?"

"You should go suck it up, the bloodstain on my wrist is still there, it's a blood-sucking thing." Yazai rolled his eyes at me, then stared at me to tell me not to talk nonsense, then Continue to turn to look at Lao Yan.

"Chang'an, something happened!" He suddenly called out, I was about to ask him what's the matter, and I knew what happened, because Lao Yan who was still in front of us just now disappeared!
"It's only a blink of an eye, they, why did they disappear?" Yazai grabbed my shoulder, his face pale: "This, this is not scientific."

"Are you talking about science in a thousand-year-old tomb?" I was also a little panicked, but because I had already speculated about this tomb passage before, I was still calm, and comforted the boy and said it was okay, they just triggered the gossip formation. .

Yazai's face was still pale, and he shook his head and said it was impossible. Although the gossip formation has been said to be miraculous since ancient times, it is just a kind of military formation in the end, even the legendary gossip formation has some basis.This distance of only a few steps can actually swallow two people alive, it is really unbelievable!

(End of this chapter)