After finishing speaking, the Taoist priest with a grimace jumped down from the city wall. After landing, he picked up his steps and ran towards the end of the Shinto. In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the stone monument. When he arrived, the Taoist priest with a grimace hurriedly turned around and looked up. Then he was stunned on the spot. .
When He Siniang and Luo Laoqi on the city wall saw his appearance, they knew that he had discovered something. Luo Laoqi shouted at the top of his voice: "What did you see, Taoist Priest? How can you be so stupid?"
The grim-faced Taoist priest did not answer, and waved his hand to let the two of them pass. The two understood and immediately climbed down the city along the flying lock. After running quickly to the grim-faced Taoist priest, they knew why he was surprised. He Siniang was not mistaken. The stone monument is indeed the best place to view the mirage. From this angle, you can completely see the mirage. In the mirage, you can see a bluestone road running from top to bottom in the middle, with many similar shapes lined up on both sides of the road. At the end of the bluestone road, at the top of the mirage, a golden palace looked like a fairy pavilion in the morning mist. The three Taoist priests with grim faces were amazed when they saw it. This mirage has always been mentioned only in ancient books or legends. I have heard about it in the past, and now I can see it with my own eyes. It is amazing and I can’t help but sigh at the uncanny workmanship of nature.
While the three of them were watching, the Taoist priest with a grimace suddenly let out a sigh, as if he had discovered something, and pointed at the mirage and said, "How did I see that the door of the Golden Palace was open? Si Niang, can you see it? Hey?" Why does this Golden Palace look familiar?"
After Taoist Ghostface said this, He Siniang also felt that the golden palace and even the entire mirage pattern were somewhat familiar. At this time, Taoist Ghostface was the first to react and said, "Isn't this the Golden Palace in the mausoleum area?" It was us who opened it, this whole mirage seems to be the layout of the palace walls."
"Yes." He Siniang responded: "I still feel strange when I look at the bluestone road. I always feel that I have walked through it. It turns out that it is the Shinto in the city. This whole mirage seems to be a projection of the city, but the angle... He Siniang tried hard to think of words to describe it, and then said: "It's just that the angle is tilted forward and the whole thing is rotated clockwise, so it's hard to tell for a while."
The Taoist Priest with a grimace nodded in agreement: "Siniang's description is apt. This mirage is actually some kind of special light and shadow effect. After sunrise, the buildings in the city will be mapped into the clouds and mist, but it is not symmetrical, but in a kind of It's tilted, but no matter what, we have seen the mirage in the clouds, and we have solved half of the metaphors contained in the riddle. Now it is time to think about the meaning of the second half of the sentence 'The mirage is the real building'."
"What's the meaning?" Luo Laoqi looked at the mirage a hundred feet above the ground, and then said: "It seems that the Yisa family is almost ready to grow wings now. Just fly up and walk to the Golden Palace. Look at the door of the Golden Palace. It’s all been left for us.”
The Taoist priest with a grimace and He Siniang ignored Luo Laoqi and each looked at the mirage and fell into thinking. After a while, the Taoist with a grimace said: "The phrase 'The mirage is the real building' will definitely not be interpreted literally. The mirage is This illusion of light and shadow cannot turn into the real building no matter what. Pindao thinks the real meaning should be "the clues of the real building are hidden in it". You see, this mirage reflects the scene inside the city, and the golden palace is particularly eye-catching. Does it mean that the underground palace is hidden in the golden palace inside the city?"
He Siniang thought for a while and replied: "But we have analyzed before that the underground palace of King Hui is very likely to be placed in the Immortal Cave. According to the location of Huangquan Ferry, the Immortal Cave seems to be located in the high cliff of Beishan. How can it be involved? To the Golden Palace of the City? Is that where the entrance to the cave is?"
"Siniang, when you say this, I think it is impossible. The Golden Palace is so far away from Beishan. The entrance is in the Golden Palace, but the underground palace is on a high cliff. How big the amount of work is. Even Zhao Ouxiang is a rat. I'm afraid it's difficult to do. There may be other explanations for the riddle, hey... wait!" The Taoist Priest with a grimace said, tilting his head to look at the mirage in the mist, then turning to look at the high cliff to the west, and hissed. , said: "Look at the divine path in the mirage. It is slanted from top to bottom. Does it look like a path from the ground to a castle in the air?"
"What do you mean?" Luo Laoqi asked doubtfully: "Does the Taoist priest really want to build a ladder and climb up?"
"Are you treating Pindao like you are a fool? What Pindao means is that the mirage only has a symbolic meaning and is not a real underground palace. Zhao Buxiang discovered this phenomenon of mirages after rain when designing the mausoleum, so he took advantage of the opportunity to create He created the scene of the castle in the sky to show that his underground palace is extraordinary, so the castle in the clouds is fake, but its symbolic meaning is real."
"Sajia still doesn't understand, what is real or fake?"
"Then I will explain it more clearly. Look at the Shinto in the mirage. The upper end reaches directly to the Golden Palace, and the lower end is hidden in the clouds. If we imagine that the Shinto continues downward, look at the angle and see if it finally leads to the foot of the Western Mountain. Somewhere?"
"I understand. What the Taoist Master means is that the entrance is near the bottom of the cliff on the west mountain. From there you can lead to the Immortal Cave, just like walking from the Shinto to the Golden Palace, right?"
The Taoist priest with a grimace nodded: "That's exactly what I meant, otherwise I wouldn't be able to think of any other explanation."
"Taoist Priest, how sure do you think you are? Time will be lost this time. It will be easy to enter the valley next time, but it will be difficult to encounter a mirage next time. If you are not very sure, you need to think twice before taking action."
"To be sure of Pindao, I think it must be at least 70%. However, Pindao and Lao Qi have always dared to risk their lives in every situation. Now, 70% is obviously over the standard. There is absolutely no reason to hesitate. Besides, we are now There is no other way. Instead of wasting time here, it is better to go and check it out immediately. If the poor guess is wrong, in the worst case, we will retreat from the valley and come back in the evening to dig through the city."
He Siniang thought for a while and felt that what the Taoist Ghostface said made sense. Even if they went to search at the bottom of the cliff in Xishan Mountain, it would not prevent the three of them from thinking about the meaning of the riddle. Staying here would only waste time, so she said: "Then follow what the Taoist Master said and go to the bottom of the west cliff to look for it."
"Okay, without further ado, let's leave now." After speaking, the Taoist priest with a grimace estimated the direction of the Shinto in the mirage, and then walked down the Shinto first.
There are no other buildings on both sides of the outer Shinto of King Hui's Mausoleum except stone statues. Not far away, there are lush weeds. The grim-faced Taoist priest picked up a branch in front and beat it as he walked to scare away the dormant silverfish. After walking through Kusama for an hour and burning incense, I finally saw the clear rock walls and rocks.
The cliffs in front of us are very steep, and the entire mountain is almost vertically inserted into the clouds. The valley where King Hui's Mausoleum is located is surrounded by mountains on three sides. The three mountains are all so steep, they are like chairs surrounded by three straight wooden boards, so there is The title "king relies on you" is used in great feng shui.
In addition to the rugged rocks, the cliffs are also covered with Dijin. This plant is also known as the wall-creeper. Because it likes to grow upwards on its attachments, it can be said to be everywhere on mountain cliffs. However, it is precisely because of the addition of Dijin. The green color also makes the cliff in front of you look a little gentler. Otherwise, a hundred-foot-high cliff lies in front of you, towering like the cliff of Tianmen. Just standing at the bottom of the mountain and looking up, the huge sense of oppression is enough to make people breathless. Come.
The Taoist Priest with a grimace pushed aside the weeds and walked to the cliff. If he followed the location pointed by the Shinto in the mirage, it should be nearby. He looked up and down first, and what he saw in his eyes was nothing but brocade and exposed rocks. Something strange, and then he glanced to the right, and suddenly saw something strange about three or four steps to the right. Although the rock wall was also covered with brocade, there was one area that was obviously much denser than the others. It was even covered by the mountains and rocks, so the Taoist priest with a grimace moved his heart and immediately walked over there.
When he arrived, the grim-faced Taoist priest discovered that there was something fishy here. Not only was the brocade growing lushly, but even the nearby weeds were taller. He reached out and carefully plucked the brocade, and was shocked to find that the rock wall behind the brocade was empty. Yes, he hurriedly turned his head and said to He Siniang and He Siniang: "Yes! Here!" Then he took out the Long Ming Dao and started to clean the ground brocade. When He Siniang and Luo Laoqi came over, the Taoist priest with a grimace had already A hole as high as a person was cleared on the rock wall.
The entrance to the cave was obviously dug manually, and the shovel marks on the wall were still clearly visible. The cave was not deep, only about six or seven feet. The grim-faced Taoist priest poked his head and looked inside, and then a surprised voice came from inside. : "Grandma, this is not a cave, but a climbing ladder!"
