"Good boy, are you still unmoved by this? What I said when I praised you was indeed true."
However, in the blink of an eye, Qian Laosan suddenly smiled gently, and the eerie and gloomy atmosphere disappeared completely.
The paper figures have all returned to their original lifeless appearance.
Just listen to Qian Laosan say: "You can play tricks on me, I can't ignore Huang Yongen's kindness back then. Now that you discovered the mural under the altar, I will tell you everything."
Qian Laosan sighed suddenly.
“Is the sacrifice at the end of the Ming Dynasty a way Wei Chunming used to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty as a disguise, but in fact to seek immortality?”
Seeing him stop, I didn't say anything more, but asked directly.
"Yes, that mural has already depicted most of the information about the sacrifice, but there is actually important information that the mural cannot fully display. For example, the purpose of the sacrifice was not actually Wei Chunming's pursuit of immortality at the beginning. "
Qian Laosan said.
"Who is that?" I was slightly surprised.
Sacrifice is indeed a practice to seek immortality.
But the person who really wants to live forever is not Wei Chunming!
"Think about it, in the late Ming Dynasty when the population dropped sharply, a large-scale sacrifice of 19,000 people used more than 10,000 living people, as well as several one-in-a-million boys with special fates. , plus the assistance of five thousand Feng Shui masters, these people can be summoned by a mere metaphysician?"
"Not counting these, do you know the underground altar, hundreds of doorways, thousands of dark rooms, and countless secret passages crisscrossing ditches? Not to mention how many craftsmen are needed, how much material resources are needed to build this underground altar? It's a late-year Feng Shui Can the teacher use it?"
"Chen Qi, you have to know that in ancient times, the status of us metaphysicians was not very high. Nowadays, we get whatever we want. This is simply because the number of metaphysics has declined sharply, and various secret techniques are only controlled by a small number of people. In your hands, things are rare and valuable."
Qian Laosan did not say the name directly, but said it slowly.
And when he talked about it, the hint was obvious enough.
I said: "According to this, only the original Long Live Lord, Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, had this ability to recruit so many people and use so many material resources?"
"No, not him either."
Qian Laosan really shook his head, denied me and said: "What I really want to live forever is not Long Live, but the Nine Thousand Lives of the Ming Dynasty!"
The Ming Dynasty is nine thousand years old!
When Qian Laosan mentioned these words, my eyes froze.
A name immediately popped into my mind.
And when this name appeared in my mind, I suddenly understood.
"Wei Zhongxian of the Ming Dynasty."
I name people.
I only know that there are loyal and virtuous people, but I don’t know that there is the emperor’s eunuch!
"right."
Qian Laosan nodded.
Late Ming Dynasty, "Wei" surname, eunuch...
In fact, judging from some recent clues and news, I should have thought of this person a long time ago. Unfortunately, not only is there no record of him on the stone tablet re-edited by the woman in red, but he is not even on the murals.
But soon, I became confused and said, "That sacrifice took place when the Qing army entered the pass, and wasn't Wei Zhongxian already dead?"
According to historical records, Wei Zhongxian died in 1627, and the practice of sacrifice was at least after 1644.
"Wei Zhongxian did die early, but he was able to make plans in advance. All the manpower and material resources were left behind by him. Chen Qi, this nine-thousand-year-old skill is very impressive. Otherwise, how can we say that Long Live History has it?" There are many, but there is only this one who is nine thousand years old?"
"Before Emperor Chongzhen came to the throne, he controlled the state affairs and was almost more powerful than tens of millions of people. How could he have thought of the day when he would be executed? He knew that when the new emperor came to the throne, he might not be able to protect himself. After all, no matter how powerful he was, he could not defeat him. The power of a country, so he planned this situation early and thought about immortality!"
When Qian Laosan said this, I frowned at first.
There is a contradiction in this.
Wei Zhongxian knew that he was going to die a long time ago, so why did he arrange sacrifices and seek immortality?
Immortality is an act before death, not after death.
To live again after death is called...resurrection from the dead!
If saying that immortality is already contrary to the laws of nature and the laws of heaven, it is extremely ridiculous and completely impossible to happen, then this resurrection from the dead is even more exaggerated!
"Wei Zhongxian wants to come back from the dead? This is unlikely." I said.
This is not only against the laws of nature, but also something unimaginable that will cause the world to collapse!
Immortality, immortality, you just have endless longevity, but you can still be killed by external forces, and you can be restrained.
But being resurrected from the dead is an endless cycle of death and rebirth, which cannot be restrained at all.
"It's impossible. It's too absurd to talk about eternal life, let alone resurrection from the dead. But have you ever thought that Wei Zhongxian died because he wanted eternal life? He didn't want to be resurrected after he died, but wanted eternal life. Just died?"
Qian Laosan said something a little roundabout.
And then I immediately understood what he wanted to say...
Wei Zhongxian hanged himself to death knowing that he was bound to die. These are all clearly recorded in official history.
But the suicide by hanging here is fake, he wants to use this to achieve the goal of eternal life!
After the death of the body and the death of the soul, how does Wei Zhongxian want to live forever?
"Memories last forever..."
I spoke.
This is the method of immortality that the woman in red originally talked about!
Wei Zhongxian's suicide is part of this sacrifice!
"Yes, that sacrifice was the immortality of memory planned by Wei Zhongxian. His hanging was not only to hang himself, but also to coordinate with the subsequent sacrifice practices."
Qian Laosan nodded and said.
Then, Qian Laosan smiled and said: "The Feng Shui master who presided over the sacrifice was Wei Zhongxian's adopted son and the person he trusted the most. But unfortunately, Wei Zhongxian underestimated the greed of human nature. He is already dead, and his prestige has long been lost." It’s time to break up, and this last sacrifice has just become Wei Chunming’s meal.”
"No one can escape the temptation of eternal life. Wei Zhongxian has been calculating for his whole life, but he has not calculated this."
At this point, I completely understood.
The sacrifices in the late Ming Dynasty were actually arranged and prepared by Wei Zhongxian, but in the end Wei Chunming stole the fruits.
So,
Since this is a sacrifice that uses memory preservation to achieve eternal life, why does the person on the mural look exactly like Wei Chunming today?
I asked Qian Laosan my doubts.
I saw him giving me a weird smile: "Why do we look the same? Haha, let me tell you..."
