The Taoist priest with a grimace asked everyone to stop, because there was no way to reach this point in the tunnel. There was a cliff at the foot of the tunnel, and the rock walls on the left and right ended here. When he saw this, he walked carefully to the cliff, holding a torch and looking around. Looking down, I found that the size of the cave outside the tunnel seemed to be much more outrageous than previously expected. The torch was swaying more and more fiercely. In the jumping firelight, I could only see the suddenly clear rock wall outside the cave, but the space in front of me was But still trapped in darkness.
The Taoist priest with a grimace turned his head and waved to Luo Laoqi: "Lao Qi, come on Liangzi!"
Luo Laoqi nodded in response, and immediately took out a fire dove from his backpack. He walked to the edge of the cliff and poked the fire dove out of the cave with one hand. The Taoist priest with a grimace lit the fuse with a torch. With a scream, the fire dove went straight. Flying upward diagonally.
As the fire dove flew higher and higher, the white phosphorus carried by the flying bird also ignited as the temperature increased. Soon a fireball illuminated the cave brightly, and after the three people saw the scene in front of them on the edge of the cliff, they also collapsed one after another. He took a breath and was shocked and speechless for a moment.
The scale of this cave is indeed too large for the three of them to imagine. It feels like the entire mountain has been hollowed out. The cave is thick and thin in the shape of an inverted gourd, and this tunnel is opened just above the gourd belly, but What surprised the three of them most was not the size of the cave, but the buildings in the cave. Above the cave, close to the top of the mountain, there were countless suspended pavilions built on the cliff. They were divided into upper and lower floors, spanning dozens of feet from left to right, almost. Half of the rock wall is occupied. The color of the pavilions is the same as that of the rock wall. They all seem to be carved directly on the rock. However, there are the same number of cornices, doors, pavilions and windows, and they are even adjacent to each other. There are also flying pavilions connecting each other among the buildings, so that the entire suspended pavilions are connected layer by layer, connected from end to end, and are as exquisite as a stone carving scroll.
Seeing this, He Siniang couldn't help blurting out the words "Fairy Cave". However, the three of them had not recovered from the shock of flying into the pavilion on the top of the cave. As the fire dove fell, another one appeared at the bottom of the cave. It is a breathtaking picture. This inverted gourd cave is more than a hundred feet high. The suspended pavilion on the top of the cave and the tunnel where the three people are living are located in the wider gourd lower belly. The space in the upper gourd lower belly is slightly smaller, but the height is the same. The width is also more than forty feet, and in such a medium-sized space, there is a tall domed tower.
The Taoist priest with a grimace was the first to see the high tower at the bottom of the valley. After exclaiming, he quickly asked He Siniang and Luo Laoqi to lower their heads to look at each other. However, the white phosphorus of the fire dove had also burned to the end, leaving only a little light from the burning wood bird itself. The range that could be illuminated was less than that of a torch, and the position of the three of them was blocked by the waist of the gourd, so they only caught a glimpse of the top of the tower, and the entire cave fell into deep darkness again. .
At this time, the grim-faced Taoist priest also came to his senses, pulled He Siniang and He Siniang back into the cave, and then said: "Damn, the scale of this cave is too big, I'm afraid the entire North Cliff will be taken out. It’s all in vain, Zhao Laoer’s handiwork is really terrifying.”
"This cave should be naturally formed, right? If it were dug manually, how much work would be required?!"
"Pindao saw that this cave just looks like an upside-down gourd. I'm afraid it doesn't look like it was formed naturally. Instead, it feels like it was modified by Zhao Buxiang. In particular, gourds are very particular in Feng Shui. Take a trick. The shape of the gourd is similar to the yin and yang lines of Tai Chi. The gourd-shaped layout in the underground palace can play the role of isolating the yang to collect qi and assisting the yin to collect wealth. This treasure hole is just right in the thousands of places. Don’t you think it’s too much of a coincidence to rely on the king who is hard to find even in the mountains?”
"I understand what the Taoist Master means, but it would be unbelievable to hollow out the entire mountain."
"It's really incredible, and it's also weird."
"What do you think the Taoist Master said?"
"Don't you feel that the scale of this place is ridiculous? Let's just say that this cave was formed naturally by heavenly craftsmen and was later picked up by Zhao Jiuxiang. But you have seen with your own eyes the suspended pavilion above and the stone tower at the bottom of the valley. Well, the height of the top of the stone pagoda has almost reached the waist of the gourd. How high must this stone pagoda be? Thirty to forty feet? How many people and how many years did it take to build it? The flying pavilions above are all built on the cliff. , and how difficult is the project? How can he, who was named king only after Zhao Buxiang's death, have such huge material and financial resources?"
"What the Taoist priest meant...did you see something about Ni Duan?"
"No, Pindao is just confused."
"What's there to wonder about?" Luo Laoqi interjected: "The Great Wall can be built, but how can it be difficult for those corrupt elements to dig up a mountain if they want to? Is it appropriate for you two to make wild guesses now? The Sa family thinks we should add up to King Hui Whether I lie down on top or bottom is the most important thing."
He Siniang also nodded in agreement after hearing the words: "The power of the royal family is beyond the imagination of the people like us. Zhao Buxiang can build a city for the Shanggong. If he really wants to hollow out a mountain, it will only take a few more years. Concubine I feel that the top priority is to find out the purpose of those flying pavilions and stone towers, so as to determine the location of Zhao Jiuxiang's coffin. However, I have only been in the industry for a short time, and I have heard very little about the mausoleum area and burial system. I wonder if you have ever heard of the construction of high towers in the underground palace. What’s the point?”
After hearing what the two of them said, the grimace Taoist had no choice but to pull back his thoughts and replied: "If there is a tower in the underground palace, especially a pre-Qin mausoleum, this in itself is also a very unusual thing. A building like a tower It was introduced to China along with Buddhism, that is to say, it did not exist until the Han Dynasty. It was first used to place the relics of Buddhist monks. It can be said that the pagoda is also a funeral mode in Buddhism and itself appears in the mausoleum area. It’s not surprising. The strange thing is that this tomb is from the pre-Qin period. At that time, Buddhism had not yet been introduced to China. So Pindao guessed that it was because Qin was close to the Western Frontier and therefore received some Buddhism from the Western Regions. Because of the influence of culture, Zhao Jiuxiang adopted this kind of burial system?"
"The Taoist Master said that Mr. Zhao has become a monk?" Luo Laoqi asked doubtfully.
"Isn't it enough to become a monk? Have you forgotten the human figurines in the mausoleum area? Moreover, Buddhist culture has a wide range of branches, and it has also changed greatly after it spread to the Western Regions. I just think that the stone tower below is most likely Zhao Jiuxiang's tomb. Because this is very similar to a burial system in Western Buddhism.”
"What kind of burial system is it?"
"Nine-turn pagoda, also called 'Nine-story Buddha Tower'."
