Nowadays, fewer and fewer people know ancient Zhuang prose, and even if they are both from ancient times, it is difficult to understand them, and they have to rely on experience.
Various types of ancient Zhuang characters are not very common. You have one way of pronouncing and one meaning. If you go over two hills, the shape and writing of the character may be the same, but the meaning and way of pronouncing it have changed again.
Chen Yulin smiled and handed the things over.
The fourth uncle took it and looked at it, his brows furrowed involuntarily.
"Some of these words seem a little troublesome to me..."
Liu Ruxiang naturally came over.
Among the many members of the Liu clan, Liu Ruxiang is the smartest and has the best memory. Now she and the fourth uncle are studying the ancient Zhuang characters on it, correcting the pronunciation by reading them to each other, and they can figure it out quickly.
After all, the text above is not a riddle, but a coherent article. It will be easier to understand once you understand the general meaning.
After figuring it out, Liu Ruxiang took the booklet and explained: "The little girl is not talented, so she barely understood it."
"Master Liu, please quickly clear up our doubts."
"Of course," Liu Ruxiang smiled, "Let's look at this first paragraph. It's for you descendants. It roughly talks about the family tradition and family motto. It means that you, the descendants of the Chen family, should be diligent and thrifty in running your home. When you encounter If you have troubles, you should always ask the elders at home for advice, roughly speaking these words."
"The second paragraph after this begins to explain why it is buried like this. It also talks about the importance of this cave. It can protect the family's bodies from the flames of war. It also coincides with the Feng Shui formation in this vault. It can be regarded as To increase the family's aura and luck for the Chen family. Then he explains from the third paragraph what the white wax cicada is in his mouth, and also mentions the method of cultivating this thing, which must be attached at the end."
At this point, everyone's eyes lit up.
This white wax cicada is a rare good thing. After swallowing it, it can keep the body from rotting. Even if cremation is promoted now, there is still a market. If you follow the traditional funeral route, this thing will be a treasure that cannot be exchanged for a lot of money.
However, Liu Ruxiang changed the topic and shook her head: "The method of cultivating the white wax cicada requires the use of some precious herbs, such as tiger bones, which are probably no longer found, and there is also child corpse oil, which is also against human ethics. thing……"
Chen Yulin stared, probably because he did not expect that the method of cultivating the white wax cicada would be so ferocious, and a look of sadness appeared on his face.
After all, it is an antique. Today is different from the past. Most people no longer have such mysterious needs.
Liu Ruxiang spread her hands and continued: "The ancestors of the Chen family continued to say that if the ancestral land is violated today, we ask future generations to flood the ancestral land and destroy it. Don't let anyone insult the remains of the family ancestors."
"And what follows is the general structure of this ancestral land and the method of opening the Xuanwu Cave and destroying it."
Having said that, Liu Ruxiang flipped through the booklet in her hand and unfolded the pages at the back. It was a larger atlas, with a rough sketch of the cave inside. It was still a three-dimensional appearance with several layers. Each cave is also painted.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on him.
"Everyone, take a look at this atlas. The map above is indeed simple and easy to understand. I will point out our current location and the location of Xuanwu Cave."
Liu Ruxiang stretched out her slender jade finger and pointed gently at a red dot on the map. This is the location of the tomb of our ancestors where we are now.
"After leaving here, go straight to the road to the east, then cross an underground river, and finally go up to a cave entrance. Everyone can go up together to find the Xuanwu Cave. Looking at the location of the map, Xuanwu's is in the entire cave. The top position is connected to an exit."
"According to the ancestor of the Chen family, because the Xuanwu Cave stirred up the underground river water veins in the basement, once it is opened, the water will completely submerge the entire ancestral land, and no one will be able to come down anymore."
Liu Ruxiang handed out the album in her hand, sighed, and looked at Chen Yulin with keen eyes.
After all, this is the ancestral land of the Chen family in Shuanghu Town. We are all outsiders, and there is no reason why the Chen family must destroy this ancestral cemetery. Just like my Liu family's Longming Mountain ancestral land, its importance is self-evident.
Chen Yulin here also understood the importance of the matter at this time. The original plan was to move the ancestral land to Chen Guangge's house, but now there is no hope.
Chen Guangge also began to think about this problem. After all, the person lying here could be regarded as his ancestor.
"As a descendant of the Chen family, I would like to say a few words."
"Please."
Chen Guangge stroked his beard: "I originally said that I wanted to incorporate this ancestral grave into my home, wasn't it just to avoid the influence of the Qinglong's severed head? Now if the ancestral land is washed away by a flood, there will naturally be no impact. Yes, there will be no harm to the development of your family in the future, but there will be no benefits either, after all, the ancestral land no longer exists."
"Of course, if you want to continue to improve your family's luck, your family should have some few tombs in the outside world, right? If there are seven or eight graves, they can also improve some luck after being merged into my family."
Chen Guangge has studied the art of Feng Shui all his life, and what he said is still of great reference significance.
Chen Yulin was uncertain, and finally said solemnly: "Actually, I want to stay, but I am not afraid of thieves stealing it, but I am afraid that thieves will miss me. The bones of my ancestors were stolen by thieves from the Oriental Kingdom to exorcise the corpses. It doesn't make any sense. Even if they are destroyed, they can't do it. It will continue to be ruined by them, and besides, the souls of the ancestors have already spoken, so let’s destroy it.”
Chen Yulin obviously had no choice but to make this decision.
"Okay, let's take a short rest and then go out and head straight to the Xuanwu Cave. Wait until the water is released to let the thieves from the Eastern Kingdom have a taste of the power." The fourth uncle felt happier and in high spirits.
At this time, Chen Yulin put the ancestor's body back into the coffin. Unexpectedly, only a quarter of an hour after the white wax cicada left the body, the old Chen's body had already rotted rapidly. The skeletal old face gradually deformed, and the pupils became cloudy and white, no longer feeling like a living person as before.
Chen Yulin sighed, placed the old ancestor's body in place, covered the coffin board again, brought incense, lit it, and worshiped again and again.
"Chen Yulin, the unscrupulous descendant, troubled our ancestors. He immediately got up and rushed to Xuanwu Cave, and followed the instructions to destroy the ancestral land. I hope the spirit of my ancestors in heaven will not blame me and continue to bless my Chen family in Shuanghu Town to prosper. From now on, I will definitely come to this mountain to worship in person every year." Ancestor..."
Chen Yulin talked for a long time, and his eyes turned red even as he was deeply in love.
Villagers in the countryside are like this. They have been exposed to this environment since they were young. They visit the graves every year and pray to the gods. This coffin can be regarded as containing the thoughts of future generations about life in this world. Now it is shameful and annoying to think about being invaded by those Japanese and having to destroy the place where the remains of my ancestors rested. This is probably why Chen Yulin couldn't bear to destroy it.
The Fourth Master pulled us together and knelt down to the ancestor of the Chen family. Then he turned to Chen Yulin and said, "You are a man who can put the overall situation first. I, Mr. Chen Lao Si, respect you as a man."
After the group finished worshiping, they did not touch the two burial chambers over there.
The old ancestor of the Chen family left a message on the booklet, saying that most of the silver coins, clothes, calligraphy and paintings, etc. were already rotten and not worth much even if they were still in good condition, so he took everyone outside.
Because the passage was long and narrow and the oxygen was thin, we walked slowly one by one, waiting for a while before walking out one after another. After half a quarter of an hour, we all walked out and stayed in the small tomb in front.
The people waiting outside looked serious when they saw us all coming out.
"But what happened?" Chen Yulin asked.
The calligrapher walked over from a position close to the wall, sighed and replied: "It's really not good. The man in black robes outside should have left. For some reason, he brought two more people here just now. A group of people and We all want to sit around in front of this door and make bold statements, trying to block us people inside alive."
When several of us heard this, our faces were ashen.
The calligrapher added two more sentences: "Then one of them should be an Oriental. The original words were spoken by another traitor. We all lay on the door and eavesdropped."
Everyone looked unhappy.
"It's really too much to bully others. They treat us like fish on the chopping board!"
Chen Guangge's face showed a cold light and he said in a deep voice: "We were not prepared before and were caught off guard in a hurry. Now we will make a careful calculation and find a time when the outsiders are less prepared to kill them on the spot!"
Chen Guangge, the speaker, was also fierce, but everyone else responded.
"That's right. I want to see what these Japanese and their lackeys are capable of. Once we touch the Xuanwu Cave, we will definitely bring in big water to drown these people alive."
The Fourth Master said this, and the other people outside didn't know what happened inside just now, and what strategy they had made.
When Chen Yulin started talking, everyone was ready.
"Let me prepare first and open the altar in advance. After preparations are completed, it will not be a problem to block a wave of zombies."
Liu Ruxiang said slowly, and the Fourth Master, Chen Yulin and another master from another family responded, saying that they were forming a team of masters to cast spells together.
Even the master's practice has different levels of power. There are many people, and if you are doing the Dajuantou ritual, there are people holding the altar, beating drums, singing, and enforcing the law. Naturally, the power cannot be underestimated. But like Liu Ruxiang before, one person, even if he exerts his ability to the extreme, is not as powerful as many people.
Everyone gathered firewood and the flames were high. Everyone was busy preparing, including the one who taught the practice of external alchemy. He also opened an altar to invite gods, and his magic power increased greatly.
