Luo Laoqi also figured out the situation at this time, and worked with the three of them for most of the night, but they kept wandering around the doubtful tomb. He couldn't help but feel very angry and said angrily: "This old man named Zhao is too damaged. I actually made a fake grave bag to play with grandpa all night, damn Taoist priest, please tell me where the bird cave house is, and the Sa family will go and empty it now."
"Why are you so anxious?" the Taoist priest with a grimace replied: "This place is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and they are all cliffs hundreds of feet high. If there is no exact location of the entrance to the cave, how can we dare to climb it easily? I think this matter needs to be carefully planned. It’s better to move later.”
"Then why don't you and Si Niang discuss it quickly? The Sa family's bad temper can no longer be suppressed. Three living people let a dead man play tricks and spread the word. It won't be a joke."
"Since Qingyao found the Huangquan Ferry behind the valley, could the entrance to the Immortal Cave be there?" He Siniang asked.
The Taoist priest with a grimace shook his head and replied: "The Huangquan Ferry was also called the 'Tongxian Bridge' in the pre-Qin Dynasty. It symbolized the ferry where the corpse of the tomb owner decomposed into an immortal queen and ascended. It was only connected to the tomb chamber and not connected to the mausoleum area. To put it bluntly, It was the back door of the underground palace. Pindao guessed that the real entrance was to the south of Beishan, facing the valley, but he couldn't tell where the specific path was or whether there was a passable path. If it really didn't work, he could only use earthen methods. Search along the roots of the mountain little by little.”
After the grim-faced Taoist priest finished speaking, the three of them fell silent for a moment. The three of them all knew that the size of the entire valley could accommodate a city. Even leaving aside the two mountains to the east and west, the width of the mountain on the north side alone was larger than that of a city. Baizhang, in the dark, braving the heavy rain to search for a path that may not exist, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack. While hesitating, He Siniang suddenly remembered something and asked aloud: "Taoist priest, do you still remember the stone tablet of the main Shinto?" That poem?"
The grim-faced Taoist priest thought for a moment and then replied: "Poetry? Is Siniang talking about that riddle sentence? The poor Taoist remembers that it was 'the moon is not visible when the clouds open, and the mirage is the real building.' Could it be that Siniang suspects that this riddle sentence is in Can you tell me where the real underground palace is?"
"I do think so. When I read what the poem said, I always felt that it was implying something, but I also felt that there were some contradictions in it. The owner of the tomb should be afraid that the location of the underground palace would be leaked. How could he dare to leave a poem on the stone tablet as a reminder? "
"It is not difficult to explain this problem alone." The Taoist priest with a grimace said: "Each of the ancients, all the capable people and strangers, all have a common problem, that is, they have a high self-esteem and like to pretend after doing something extraordinary. This King Hui If the mausoleum is as we expected, with the underground palace hanging high on a dangerous cliff, then it is really an unexpected design. It is also worthy of Zhao Buxiang or the designer of the mausoleum area to leave a riddle on the stone tablet, which seems to be Giving us a hint may actually be teasing us, and we may not be able to figure it out." After thinking about it, the grimace Taoist priest continued: "But Siniang, your idea is worth paying attention to. Maybe the path to the entrance to the underground palace is really hidden. I can’t even tell on this riddle.”
"After going around for a long time, it's time to solve a riddle again..." Luo Laoqi murmured in a low voice from the side: "I don't know if I'm here to fight or to learn..."
"Idiot, can you please stop interrupting?" The Taoist priest with a grimace said angrily, "Do you think Wang's tomb is the same as the tomb of a landlord? You can touch it with a shovel. If you can't help, shut up." "
"Hey, aren't you just a dumb fan? The Sa family will explain it to you right now."
The grim-faced Taoist priest and He Siniang were stunned when they heard this. These words coming from Luo Laoqi's mouth were even stranger than the brothel madam saying that she was a young girl. Luo Laoqi couldn't help but snorted when they looked at their appearance, and then said: "Isn't that dumb fan...what did dumb fan say?"
"Get out of here! What a waste of my time." The Taoist priest with a grimace was about to hit Luo Laoqi's head. Luo Laoqi hurriedly dodged and said: "Hey, Sajia, I remember, the moon can't be seen when the clouds open, right? Isn’t this simple? The meaning of this sentence is that when the clouds disperse and the moon disappears, then look for it. If you look for the moon, you will definitely find the entrance to the cave..."
"No." He Siniang shook her head and said, "The position of the moon is not fixed. How can we mark the position of the cave entrance?"
The Taoist priest with a grimace said helplessly when he heard this: "Sister, are you serious about it? This fool is just talking nonsense. Using the moon to mark the position, isn't it like carving a boat and asking for a sword?"
"I know that what I mean is that this idea is wrong. When ordinary people see this first line of the poem, the first thing they think of is the relationship between the position of the moon and the entrance of the cave. But I feel that this line of poetry is actually true. It’s time.”
"Oh? How do you say this?"
"Taoist Priest, look at the word "clouds opening", which is mostly used after cloudy rain. Why is the moon not visible after the clouds opening, but not the sun?"
"You mean at night?"
"It's not at night. If it's at night, there should be a moon after the clouds open up. This means that there is no moon. I guess it's after the moon sets, that's dawn, so this sentence can be interpreted as 'dawn after the rain.' .”
The grim-faced Taoist nodded thoughtfully and said, "In other words, the first half of Yami's sentence talks about time, and the second half of it should be about location?"
"Exactly." He Siniang continued: "Qingyao once mentioned to us that there is a legend that has been circulating in Yangliu Village, that is, there is an immortal tomb in the valley on the north bank of Huishui River. Some mountain people even looked at it. We have seen castles in the air among the clouds and mist, but we discovered today that there cannot be any castles among the clouds and mist. It is true that there is a castle on the ground, but most of the rural legends that can be passed down from generation to generation are not based on thin air. Then I wonder if there is a possibility that the castles in the sky seen by the mountain people are actually real, but the castles are not real, but a mirage."
"Mirage!" The grim-faced Taoist blurted out these four words after hearing this. He had also heard about this strange phenomenon. It was first recorded in the history books in "Hanshu Tianwenzhi", where it said: Mirage by the sea The meteorological tower is talking about this kind of mirage spectacle, and the Taoist priest with a grimace instantly understood the meaning of He Siniang's words. The riddle on the stone tablet is indeed very likely to hide the location of the fairy cave. The explanation in vernacular is: in the vernacular At dawn after the rain, a mirage will appear in the valley. The three of them haven't seen what the mirage looks like, but according to the second half of the riddle, if they want to find the entrance to the Immortal Cave, they have to look for clues from the mirage.
He Siniang knew that Taoist Ghostface had guessed what she was thinking, so she stopped talking and wanted to hear Taoist Ghostface's opinion. Upon seeing this, Taoist Ghostface said, "Although this explanation sounds bizarre, Pindao vaguely feels that it is correct." Guess that's right, it's just the rain..." The grim-faced Taoist priest looked at the heavy rain outside the tomb passage, and continued: "Zhao Wuxiang dared to put this sentence on the stone tablet, he must be extremely conceited about the safety of the underground palace, or the underground palace's Protection is not simple, or the conditions for the formation of mirages are very harsh and difficult to see. Pindao thinks that mirages will only form after rain, and it must be at dawn, so that the light and clouds in the valley will produce special effects. Reflection, but it’s raining like crazy outside now, and we’re not the Dragon King sprinkling rain. How can we guarantee that the rain will stop at dawn? We can’t just wait and leave it to fate, right?”
"At this point, there is no better way. Even if we want to search along the bottom of the mountain, we have to wait until dawn. Otherwise, braving the rain and having no light, wouldn't it be like a blind man leading the way?"
The Taoist Priest with a grimace nodded, feeling that what He Siniang said was reasonable. He estimated the time, and the three of them entered the valley at Youshi. They were delayed for more than four hours in the palace walls alone, and then they were tortured by the Suspect Tomb for a while. It shouldn't be long before dawn, so it's better to follow what He Siniang said and wait until dawn before making plans, so she said: "What Siniang said is that there is really no way to do such a humble business, and besides, we have been busy all day." It’s night, so why not take this time to do some repairs?”
After the three people reached an agreement, the grim-faced Taoist priest proposed to retreat to the city tower where he had arrived to rest, so that he could not only see the situation on the high cliffs of the back mountain from a distance, but also prevent possible changes after dawn, because this valley was shrouded in poisonous miasma all year round. I thought that there would be many poisonous insects in the valley. If the rain stopped at dawn, there was no guarantee that these poisonous insects would not come out and swallow the poisonous miasma. They could advance and retreat by staying at the tower without getting dumped, so the three of them started collecting We packed our bags, then walked out of the tomb passage in the rain and started back to the city tower we came from.
