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Chapter 588 Symbols and Diagrams

Xiao Ying took out the mahogany box and saw a Tai Chi Yin Yang fish engraved on the box.

"The yin and yang of heaven and earth, the way of Tai Chi and heaven." Xiao Ying was not in a hurry to open the box, but looked at Yu Yao, "My Xiao family's profound art is the foundation of Taoism, so I may be a little biased towards Buddhism, so I don't want to say more; in your opinion, Buddhism has What is obviously better than Daomen?"

Yu Yao thought for a while, "Comfort the poor and needy, open the arms of acceptance."

Xiao Ying nodded, "That's a good point. However, accepting everyone is a big disadvantage. In particular, there are two kinds of people."

"Which two?"

"One kind is people with heinous crimes. As long as this kind of people has the heart to turn around, they will be exempted from punishment for their crimes. This is against the law of heaven; but Buddhism can accept it and let the past go. The other kind is stupid, lazy, weak and incompetent people. This kind of people escape into Buddhism to avoid responsibility and difficulties, and some even fall out of love for a while, encounter setbacks and so on; the so-called seeing through the world of mortals is just an excuse."

Yu Yao smiled, "What you just said will be biased, so it's not good to say more, but in the end you said more than me."

Xiao Ying couldn't help but also laughed, "Stop talking, just watch."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Ying opened the mahogany box.

The first thing that catches the eye is a long leather pouch. When you pick up this long pouch, there is actually a roll of sheepskin underneath.

"The Rootless Daoist is generous enough to keep more than one!" Xiao Ying said, and opened the pouch first.

Inside is a topaz board about six inches long and three inches wide, with a circle above and below, and a thickness of about one centimeter.

One side is carved with some strange symbols, the other side is smooth.

"Xuanhuang Tianfu!" Xiao Ying looked at the symbol carefully and couldn't help shouting.

Yu Yao certainly doesn't know these symbols, but this piece of topaz is indeed of the highest quality among Hetian topaz, its color is like steamed chestnut, and its moistness is like ointment.

"I kept this talisman." Xiao Ying smiled at Yu Yao.

"You should keep it, it's useless for me to keep it." Yu Yao continued to ask, "Is this a magic weapon?"

"That's right. If you use it well, all evils will not invade, and all diseases can be cured. The real person who can make the Xuanhuang Heavenly Talisman needs to reach the peak state of aura, almost becoming a fairy. It seems that this rootless Daoist is indeed extraordinary. !" Xiao Ying said while putting away the mysterious and yellow celestial talisman, "However, I still have to participate in the research in detail, and I may not be able to grasp its magic in a short time."

Yu Yao nodded, stretched out his hand to pick up the parchment again, unfolded it, but it turned out to be a picture.

To be precise, the picture on the sheepskin is not a complete one, but divided into five parts, which are independent of each other and seem to echo each other.There are parts up and down, left and right, and a part in the middle.The picture in the middle is the largest and most detailed, while the pictures on the four sides are relatively simple.

Fortunately, there are some text notes.

"Wang Mang's Treasure?!" After examining the sheepskin figure, the two couldn't help calling out in unison.

Of course, the words "Wang Mang's Treasure" are not written on the picture, but in the text notes on the right side, it is written that before Wang Mang was killed, he spent a lot of effort, carefully designed, and hidden a lot of gold and treasures .

At the same time, there are brief notes next to the figures in the five parts.

In the long history of China, there are many so-called "treasures" that have not been revealed so far.Wang Mang's Treasure Treasure is one of the more famous ones.

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped power and came to power, one of which was a very important measure, which was to centralize the control of gold.He promoted the reform of the currency system, and at the same time exchanged copper coins for folk gold, which is almost the same as robbery.

A large amount of gold was already stored in the palace, and with the addition of the money collected from the people, Wang Mang became an out-and-out "gold master".

In the Western Han Dynasty, the gold reserves in the imperial palace were very large, and the emperor rewarded gold very generously.For example, after Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, Zhou Bo was rewarded with five thousand catties of gold for his achievements in winning the army; such large gold rewards were not uncommon in the Western Han Dynasty.

At the same time, private gold holdings and circulation are not small.

Someone once calculated that when Wang Mang was in power, he should have sixty deficiencies of gold; at least this number, no matter how much it is, it is normal.

How much is a deficiency?Ten thousand catties!

However, just after Wang Mang was killed, most of the at least 60 catties of gold were missing!
Of course, these figures are not necessarily accurate, because many historical materials are mostly speculations, and no one can really weigh all the gold and calculate it.However, Wang Mang hid a large amount of gold before his death, and it has not been discovered after his death. This may exist.

And for this matter, some auxiliary inferences can be obtained from subsequent historical facts.

Because after the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was really a lot less gold in the treasury and the market, and the emperor's rewards were no longer as huge as those in the Western Han Dynasty.

Even in the very affluent Tang Dynasty, rewards of hundreds of catties, not to mention thousands of catties, were rare; in the Ming Dynasty, gold was even rarer, and silver was very popular.

Where did all that gold go?

In addition to the fact that gold rich ore has not been found, the old mines have been mined out one after another, in addition to the large amount of alchemy consumption during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, in addition to the prosperity of Buddhism in China, and the use of gold-plated Buddha statues in many temples; there may be hidden factors by Wang Mang.

"If it's really Wang Mang's gold treasure, is it hidden in five places?" Yu Yao moved to the side and lit a cigarette casually.

"No." Xiao Ying stared at the sheepskin map, "This is a large Feng Shui array, implying the five elements. The real gold treasure is in the middle of the map. The other four places are just auxiliary and confusing. .”

"No wonder!" Yu Yao pointed to the note next to the middle picture, "Then the word 'Taibai Hinterland' refers to the approximate location of the middle picture?"

"Well, Taibai Mountain is winding and criss-crossing. The main peak is the highest in the surrounding mountains. It is not far from Chang'an back then. It should be there."

"This Rootless Daoist is very interesting. Hunting down villains and finding treasures is a lot of work!" Yu Yao couldn't help but smile.

However, Xiao Ying frowned and pondered, "Why he searched for the treasure is definitely impossible to find out; but you see, from the labels next to the four-sided icon, he has already cracked it! The hinterland of Taibai in the middle has also been found out! However, he has never discovered the specific location, let alone deciphered it. It shows that this real treasure place is a very troublesome place!"

"Yeah." Yu Yao nodded slightly, "And it looks like he's about to give up, otherwise he won't leave the map to someone who can enter the crypt."

"Since we have all the pictures in our hands, we must do something about this huge fortune." Xiao Ying twitched her fingers, "However, this matter will require the collective efforts of all, and it must be discussed in a long-term manner."

(End of this chapter)