And during these three days, Songzi was not idle. It was obvious that he had secretly memorized all the words on the stone bricks on the stone pillar when we first saw them. So these days, he has been studying the meaning of the four words "Guan Gong Xiju", and then combined it with the local humanities in Wuhan to investigate and analyze it.
So after he recovered, he told us that the situation was actually not much different from what I analyzed, so he conducted some investigations and found that it was not only within the scope of the Snake Turtle Er Mountain, but also related to the God of War Guan Gong, and also related to Red Rabbit There are only two places related to horses in the entire three towns of Wuhan, and these two places happen to be located within the scope of Guishan.
Qin Bukong asked Songzi to be more careful. This was the last step, but no mistakes could be allowed. Qin Bukong has been completely convinced of the other party's knowledge since he gave Songzi's incisive inferences several times. From the very beginning, he would argue a few words, but now he is completely following Songzi's lead.
Songzi said that the first place is called "Ximakou", which is close to Qingchuan Pavilion and close to the river. However, according to my analysis, the possibility of this place is not high, because since the early years of the Tang Dynasty, a relatively strong atmosphere has formed here. The atmosphere of the wharf, there are so many merchants loading and unloading goods here, and the population density is not small. If Lu Zu had chosen such a place to set up an array and bury the boxes, it would be impractical and unscientific.
I asked the pine nut whether it was practical. I could understand it. After all, there were so many people, and my eyes were cluttered. I thought there was no one around me, and maybe there were ears between the walls, so I might have someone dig it up the next or third day after I buried something. Songzi nodded and said yes, and if they were poached by others, there would only be six evils left in the seven evils pass, and this level would not be established. In other words, since we have encountered the previous six levels, it means that this seven evils level is It's just that it's intact.
I nodded, and then asked Songzi, "If you say this is unscientific, what do you mean?" Songzi smiled, pointed at himself, then at Qin Bukong, and then asked me, who do you think is better looking between me and senior Qin? I don't quite understand why this guy suddenly asked this, but since he always likes to show off, I just followed him. And just when I was about to answer, I found that Qin Bukong and Songzi both had the same eyes. Shuashua looked at me, waiting for an answer from me. Qin Bukang's eyes are all the kinds of your kid, don't talk carefully, be careful of me, and the look in Matsushita's eyes is even more strange, and it looks like it flashes.
I couldn't bear to spoil Songzi's interest in showing off his knowledge, so I said, "Of course you are good-looking." After I finished speaking, I felt uncomfortable all over my body. I lowered my head in shame, not daring to make eye contact with either of them. Songzi said that was right, and Lu Zu should have been the same way back then. When choosing between two places, there was really no reason to choose a place that was more dangerous and less safe to bury the box.
When he said this, it still seemed to make sense. Just listen to Songzi continue to say, then here I will talk about another place related to Guan Gong and Red Hare Horse. This place is on the gentle slope on the west side of Guishan Mountain. There is an ancient road, but it is said to be abandoned now. There is a cave there. , called Zangma Cave. Ximakou and Zangma Cave are both place names left behind by saying how Guan Yu cherished the Red Rabbit Horse. The most famous of them is Ximakou. Zhao Bi, a poet of the Ming Dynasty, even left the following poem: "Be defeated in the battlefield and wash the iron Cong, the tiger The poem "I am so powerful in the east of the Yangtze River" refers to the fact that Guan Yu stationed troops here to fight in the ban. Every time he returned from the battlefield, he would go to the riverside to clean the red rabbit horse, so that place was called Ximakou. Unlike other war horses, the Red Rabbit Horse does not need to stay in the stable with other war horses. Guan Yu personally found a cave to shelter the Red Rabbit Horse from wind and rain, so this cave is called the Cangma Cave. .
Qin Bukong and I looked at each other, and then I asked, do you mean that if Lu Zu had hidden the things in the Cangma Cave, it would have been harder for others to find them than in the Ximakou, right? ? Songzi said yes, that’s what it meant, and Zangma Cave is not as famous as Ximakou, and it is now abandoned. If the cave has not been destroyed, then we will probably be able to find something there.
Qin Bukong took the words and said, "But when I heard you talking about it, I always felt that it was just a small cave. I'm afraid it's about the size of our small shabby house. How much space can be used to shelter horses from the wind and rain?" Since it is such a small place, how can it be a place where a behemoth like "Kui" can stay? Even if Kui appears outside the cave entrance, we will be safe as long as we get into the cave. So what is the significance of Lu Zu leaving this level behind?
Songzi frowned and said that this was also a problem he had been worried about, but now we have not been to the site to see it in person, so we cannot know its true and specific size. Secondly, maybe our understanding of "Kui" may be somewhat biased. I said what's wrong with that? Lu Zu wrote "Quizhi is unattainable" in his own handwriting. What does unattainable mean? It means it's so big that you can't even climb it, isn't it?
Songzi shook his head and said, "This does indeed mean this literally, but if you think about it from another angle, being unattainable actually means that someone has a very high status, or has a high level of attainment in a certain area, so that we ordinary people can't reach it." Out of reach. I stopped talking when Songzi said this. Although I couldn't believe it, after Songzi explained it, I also found that it might indeed mean this. After all, if Lu Zu wanted to install the formation, he had to design it first. The whole story, the things we found in the stone boxes along the way were all items from the Witch King who fought with Lu Zu back then. If the Witch King’s items could catalyze the emergence of a behemoth, Lu Zu would naturally not have to choose to be there. To hide in a small hole.
Songzi said, but that’s not necessarily the case. Don’t you remember the underground river we visited in Changchun? We all thought it was just a well. How big could the well be? Who knew that when we got closer to the truth, we discovered that there was a whole other world. Qin Bukong and I both nodded. It seems that for this plan, we can only know the truth by observing it on the spot. Before this, field visits were all Song Zi's business. Although his body has recovered now, it is not fully recovered after all. Qin Bukong is already an old man, and it seems to be contrary to the Chinese nation to ask him to climb uphill. The good virtue of respecting the old and loving the young. So when I mentioned who should go, Songzi and Qin Bukong both looked at me.
There was no way, someone had to do this, so I agreed to go to Guishan alone early the next morning to explore the Zangma Cave.
I planned to go out early the next morning. Before going out, Songzi specially packed dry food and water for me, saying that I could eat it when I was tired and hungry. Qin Bukong smiled meaningfully on the side. I was a little embarrassed, but again He couldn't bear to dampen Songzi's kindness, so he took it and walked out the door without looking back.
The journey from Qin Bukong’s home to Guishan is actually not very far. It’s just across the Han River. On the way, we even passed the Tiemen Pass that we passed through before. However, after the car arrived at Tiemen Pass, I had to find my own way. I first inquired about Ximakou all the way, and found that although this place is not busy with traffic, it is still very lively with people coming and going. It is different from Tiemenguan. No matter how busy it is on the ground, there are always some sewer pipes underground, but Ximakou is not. Close to the river, a lot of domestic wastewater does not go through sewers, but ditches are dug and discharged directly into the river. I walked west along the river, thinking that since I was on the west slope, I had to find a relatively decent road. I heard from Songzi that this seemed to be an ancient road, but it was just abandoned, so I started to walk towards it. People around here asked if there was a Zangma Cave nearby, which was on the edge of an ancient road. However, an old man who had lived nearby for decades told me that there was an ancient road, and there was also a Zangma Cave, but now the ancient road has been destroyed due to The road was so bad that it was blocked. People who used to climb the mountain changed their direction and went up the mountain from Qingchuan Pavilion. That ancient road is basically no longer used.
I asked the old man, what do you mean that basically no one goes there, which means that there are still people who go there occasionally, but not many anymore, right? The old man told me that there were people grazing horses on the edge of the river beach. During this season every year, those horse herders would graze their horses on the wetlands where aquatic plants grow after the water recedes. The roads were inconvenient, so they simply built a shack nearby. , staying there temporarily. These people are mountain people who have lived nearby for generations. If you walk west along the river, you can see the horse herders when you reach the bend. Then you can ask them. As long as there are people there, they will You must know the location of Zangma Cave. But Xiaoyao, Zangma Cave is not easy to get to. It is not on the edge of the ancient road. You have to find your way in from the edge of the ancient road to find it.
After thanking the old man, I planned to go find the horse herder first. The beach along the river is actually not very big. It is probably similar to the foot of the Yangtze River Bridge we went to before. However, the beach here is softer and has more moisture in the sand, so I have to be more careful while walking. Entering the mud pit, the speed slowed down a lot. When I saw the first shack and seven or eight horses on the side, it was almost noon.
I thought to myself that it was getting late anyway, so I might as well eat some solid food from afar before asking, so that if someone else was eating later, they would think I was disturbing their interest. Thinking of this, I started to sit on the spot and ate the steamed buns.
