Taoist Ghostface and He Siniang quickly sneaked to the foot of the North Mountain of the courtyard in the night, and then began to search for the entrance to the underground palace. According to the clues provided by Luo Wancai, the Northern Wei army dug the ground to sink corpses and accidentally dug up the entrance to the underground palace. Later, for some reasons, It was sealed again, so the quality of the sealed soil must be different from that of the nearby soil. Sure enough, the two searched for a while and found a place with sparse vegetation in the middle of the foot of the mountain. The Taoist priest with a grimace grabbed a handful of soil and looked at it. Judging from the earthy color, this piece has obviously been turned over.
The grim-faced Taoist priest nodded to He Siniang, thinking that this was where he was. Then he took out the tomb shovel from behind and prepared to climb up the hillside to locate the tomb passage.
The two climbed up high, and after feeling that the height was suitable, they pushed aside the weeds, held up the excavating shovel, and turned over the soil. As the shovels became longer and longer, the hole was drilled to a depth of four feet. The Taoist priest with a grimace whispered softly while exploring the soil: "Is the tomb too deep or have I found the wrong place?" Just as he was getting impatient, he felt a thump in his hand, and the shovel head felt like it had broken something hard. He Siniang He looked at the grim-faced Taoist priest and asked, "Were the tomb bricks broken?"
The Taoist priest with a grimace did not answer, and gently pulled out the shovel. After the shovel head at the front was pulled out to explore the cave, he could vaguely see some white dust mixed with the soil on the shovel head in the darkness. The Taoist priest with a grimace held the shovel head and looked closer. After looking at it, he put some debris in his hand and sniffed it. He let out a sigh in his mouth and said with a slight surprise: "How does this... look like broken bones?"
"Broken bones?" He Siniang also looked closer: "Did you hit some animal carcass?"
"It can't be such a coincidence, right?" The Taoist priest with a grimace shook all the dirt in the shovel head to the ground, then picked it up with his hands, and then saw a piece of human finger bone. The two of them changed their colors when they saw it, He Siniang He even exclaimed: "There's someone buried underneath!"
"Keep your voice down!" The grim-faced Taoist priest hurriedly made a gesture of silence and said in a suppressed voice: "It's your turn to be surprised now that Old Seventh is gone. Isn't it normal to fish out human bones?"
He Siniang shrank her neck apologetically, and then said: "But we are exploring a cave. Is it normal to find bones without even entering the tomb?"
"Luo Wancai said that there was an accident after the Northern Wei army opened the tomb door, and many people died. Moreover, after the Battle of Xuanhu, tens of thousands of corpses were piled up with nowhere to bury them. According to the virtues of the Hu people, the tomb door The corpse at the place was most likely buried with the person and the soil, so it’s not surprising that we found out the bones.”
"These barbarians are really cruel and don't treat their own people as human beings. But does this also mean that we have found the right place? The tomb gate is under this hillside?"
The Taoist priest with a grimace nodded: "It should be almost done. I will try another place to explore. As long as I find the tomb bricks, I will know where to dig the hole."
The Taoist priest with a grimace took another two steps up the slope. This time, before the shovel reached a depth of four feet, the shovel head hit the hard tomb brick. The two looked at each other and smiled, and said in unison: "Yes!"
The Taoist priest with a grimace felt that the tomb bricks he hit this time were very unusual. In addition to being extremely hard to the touch, the shovel head seemed to have some curvature. Therefore, this exploration hole was probably hit on the top of the coupon supported by the diamond wall. In this way, as long as you dig a hole from here, you can bypass the tomb door and sealing stone, pry a hole through the diamond wall and enter the tomb.
The Taoist priest with a grimace said while collecting the shovel: "This shovel is a hydrangea that hit the lover. It hit the right place. Let's dig from here tomorrow to make sure it goes straight to the middle of the bucket."
The two sprinkled the wet soil into the weeds and covered it up for the cave exploration. The task for tonight was completed and they could just go back home. The Taoist priest with a grimace also wanted to take a look near the stone tower in the courtyard. He Siniang felt that the layout of the stone tower was not necessarily related to the ancient tomb, and venturing there would only increase the danger. The two were unifying their opinions when they heard a creak not far away, and the door to the backyard was suddenly pushed open.
The two of them stopped talking in a hurry. The cat was looking around in the weeds with bated breath. He saw a dark figure at the gate of the courtyard quickly walking towards the stone well. When he got to the stone well, he looked around furtively, and then he turned over and jumped in. After falling into the well, He Siniang gasped in shock and quickly raised her hand to cover her mouth. After a while, she couldn't help but ask: "Taoist Master, that man fell into the well?!"
"This is the first time I've seen a poor man who threw himself into a well like a thief. Let's go over and have a look later."
The two of them waited patiently for half a stick of incense. During this period, there was no movement at the courtyard gate or the stone well. The Taoist priest with a grimace poked He Siniang's arm and motioned to go down the mountain to have a look. But as soon as he stood up from the weeds, he suddenly A hand suddenly rested on the edge of the well.
The hand looked extremely pale in the moonlight. As soon as it was placed on the edge of the well, the other hand followed, and then a figure climbed out of the stone well with its body propped up. Judging from the outline, it seemed to be the person who had just thrown into the well. that person.
The figure climbed out and shook off his clothes a few times, and then walked quickly towards the courtyard door. After the courtyard door was closed softly, the surroundings returned to silence, leaving only the Taoist priest with a grimace and He Siniang looking at the courtyard in trance.
The grim-faced Taoist priest was the first to come back to his senses and said: "It doesn't seem to be a well, but the entrance to an underground palace building. Just now that person sneaked in and out. His purpose must be impure in the middle of the night." Don’t let Lao Qi talk about it, there is a beautiful girl hidden in the deep courtyard, and the bald donkey is busy in the middle of the night.”
"Don't just rhyme all the time." He Siniang said disgustedly: "He has only been in there for a while, how could he be doing something dirty?"
"Haha, half a stick of incense is not enough time? He is a bald donkey, but he is not a real donkey."
"Oh, stop it. If you talk about it for a while, you will shake off all the strength you have. The idea of hiding a woman in a well is too outrageous, but I feel that it must be something shady, otherwise he wouldn't come here secretly in the middle of the night. .”
"We'll find out what it is when we go and take a look. What's the use of squatting and making blind calculations? If there is really a woman in the well, the poor man can go out and reward the seventh child."
The two of them walked down the hillside and went straight to the stone well. Sure enough, no trace of water could be seen in the well under the moonlight. This was indeed not a well, but a vertical passage that went down about two feet deep and then went straight horizontally. Dong, what surprised the two more was that there was a faint light reflected in the horizontal passage deep in the stone well. With the faint light, the two could see two regular shallow pits on the wall of the shaft. It should be a "stone ladder" specially used for climbing.
Seeing this, He Siniang put her face into the ear of the Taoist priest and asked, "Isn't there really someone down there?"
The Taoist priest with a grimace shook his head and said that he was not sure, then he raised his eyes and looked around and said, "Six Niang, you stay here and I, the poor Taoist, go down and have a look."
"It's too dangerous..." Before He Siniang could finish her words, the grim-faced Taoist priest had already turned over and entered the well. She had no choice but to open her sleeves and stick to the edge of the well on full alert.
The Taoist priest with a grimace squeezed his hands and feet to get to the bottom of the well. As soon as he landed, he immediately showed his wrist crossbow and looked into the horizontal tunnel. Unexpectedly, the tunnel in front of him was also very deep. He went straight forward for more than ten feet before turning around. You can't see where it leads later.
There is a lamp niche every seven or eight steps on the tunnel wall. The oil lamp inside is burning brightly. Judging from the steady flame of the oil lamp, the grimace Taoist judged that the end of the tunnel should be a closed space. There is no wind flowing in the passage. The flame of the oil lamp becomes smaller as you go deeper, which proves this point.
The Taoist priest with a grimace gave He Siniang a reassuring gesture, and then walked into the tunnel. The tunnel was only half a foot wide and as tall as a person. It was roughly dug out of the hard soil. The walls of the cave were not neatly repaired. The Taoist priest walked forward until he reached the corner, and then a few steps ahead, a painted wooden door appeared.
The painted pattern on the wooden door shows a Bodhisattva with two arms and three eyes, covered in blue, wearing a skull crown on his head, and a tiger skin skirt. His red hair is raised, his eyebrows are like fire, his left hand is in a fist seal as a chest, and his right hand holds a vajra. Overdone, the image is very ferocious and terrifying. It is the Vajrapani Bodhisattva who eliminates evil and subdues demons.
The Bodhisattva's status in Buddhism is second only to the Buddha, and the Vajrapani Bodhisattva governs all Vajra protectors, so it has a high rank among many Bodhisattvas and is one of the eight great Bodhisattvas.
Vajrapani is the wrathful incarnation of Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva. It is said that the heaven and earth shake wherever he goes. He is a Dharma protector Bodhisattva who protects all living beings from evil spirits. The Vajrapani in his hand can turn the three thousand worlds, and any demons and monsters that come into contact with Vajrapani can A Bodhisattva will only end up being beaten and his body and soul will be destroyed.
Logically speaking, Vajrapani is a Dharma-protecting Bodhisattva. Its image painted on the door can play a role in warding off evil spirits and controlling the house. However, this is rarely done in Buddhism because Vajrapani’s magical power is too great. Use it to do "Door God" is a bit overkill, not to mention that Vajrapani Bodhisattva also has many vajra protectors. In Buddhism, in addition to Bodhisattvas, there are countless Arhats and gods. Why does the boss need to go into battle for trivial matters?
The Taoist priest with a grimace looked at the Vajrapani Bodhisattva on the wooden door, and then thought of the Qimen Nine Star Array in the yard. A huge question came to his mind: Could there be something extraordinary locked behind this wooden door, so he used Vajrapani Bodhisattva to suppress it? , and the function of the Qimen Nine-Star Array above is also to suppress evil? So what exactly does it have to be that can be used in such a battle?
At this time, the grimace Taoist felt that he believed that there was an evil dragon behind the wooden door, but he saw that there was only a small golden lock hanging on the wooden door. With this thing, let alone the dragon, I am afraid that even the wild boar would not be able to stop him. I carefully put my ear to the door and listened for a while. I felt that it was quiet behind the door, and it didn't seem like there was any sign of living things. So I simply took out the "hundred-turn lock-opening nail" made by Meng Qingyao and divided it by three times and five times. The golden lock poked open.
The Taoist priest with a grimace took out the golden lock and originally thought of putting it into his pocket, but then he thought that if a monk found out that the golden lock had been stolen tomorrow, making such a fuss might delay the business of the three of them, so he put the golden lock away first. He went to the side, raised his hand and held his breath and pushed open the wooden door.
