"Nine palaces and eight trigrams are wrapped inside, with yin and yang and five elements embedded inside?" He Nan was browsing the Luban Tiangong Diagram, or it should be more appropriately called the Xie family's memoir version of the Luban Tiangong Diagram, while complaining about the content: "I dare to love Master Lu. Have you ever read the Book of Changes?" In fact, from a chronological point of view, it is possible that Master Luban really understood Bagua. Maybe he consulted it in order to learn architectural layout?
It's just that it's better to avoid such unrelated speculation. After all, Xie Zhan said it himself or passed it on by descendants, which may not be true.
But whether it is good or not, it does not prevent He Nan from being shocked and surprised after reading this picture carefully - with the wisdom and power of the ancients thousands of years ago, he could actually conceive
The method of "hollowing out the mountain" and realizing it is really something that people dare not underestimate the predecessors. And what was built on the ground
The "garden" is just a drop in the ocean compared to the magnificent buildings built into the mountain. According to the design of the drawings, this underground palace should be complete with eight doors - of course, this does not refer to the secret door opened by King Yama on the surface, but according to the Qimen Dunjia.
The concept of "eight gates", the gates set up in the underground palace are respectively Xiu, Sheng, Shang, Du, Jing, Death, Jing and Kai. They correspond to the points in the Bagua in turn while remaining in their original positions. , Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, Dui, Qian.
If he hadn't seen the drawings drawn by Uncle Xie Zhan's father with his own eyes, then He Nan, who only relied on listening to them, would have preconceived ideas about them.
The "eight gates" are the entrances and exits to the outside world, but in fact it is far from that simple.
"Passage" would be more appropriate - in the underground palace shaped like nine palaces, symbolizing the Eight Diagrams
"Room" is fixed and represents the eight doors
The "channel" can be changed. Take the three gates of Kai, Xiu and Sheng, which represent the auspicious gate among the eight gates, as an example. Only these three gates are located in the corresponding positions.
Only by staying above the hexagram of "Main Palace" can one pass through safely and find the real exit to the outside world to escape.
And once there is an improper positioning situation and you forcefully break through, you may have no way forward or retreat, or you may be in danger. As for finding the wrong door and accidentally breaking into the three evil doors, regardless of whether the palace is correct or not, death on the spot can be considered unexpected. The result has arrived.
And the reason why this Luban Tiangong Diagram needs to be explained
The concept of "positioning" is precisely because its core is thousands of changes - once someone starts or triggers the mechanism, the originally normal Nine Palaces and Bagua chart will become extremely dangerous in an instant. The original correct The road was completely disrupted, and all the intruders in the underground palace were killed.
He Nan is a studious person and has some experience in magic. Although he is not proficient in this art, he also knows that the eight changes are only the outermost part of the formation diagram, and further inside are mixed with the elements of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. With the changes of life and death, the entire underground palace can be said to be a big trap and a small circle, wrapping people layer by layer in it.
However, due to time constraints, He Nan came here to take care of his family, not to explore, so he did not study it in too detail. He would wait until he really encountered the situation and squeeze out time to improvise.
Although he went straight to the main residence of King Yama after killing the accountant who had suddenly attacked him, it was not an easy decision whether he really wanted to go through this door - after all, this road should be his favorite. Familiar, if I accidentally leave any flaws, I'm afraid the other party will notice.
At the same time, He Nan also realized another problem - it is absolutely impossible for King Yama to bring so many people to the underground palace together. They must separate each other, so everyone will not only be separated in time, but also the location and method of going to the underground palace. It will be different - from this point of view, perhaps my best solution should be to find the path that Old Wei took to enter the underground palace.
After thinking about this clearly, He Nan went door to door to confirm which room belonged to Wei Kui and see if he could find clues from the traces of his departure.
In fact, after King Yama activated the mechanism under Wei Kui's bed and caused him to fall into the underground palace, he may have felt guilty as a thief, or he was confident that there would be a way to trap Wei Kui even if he did not fall to his death in the pit. In short, he did not He entered Wei Kui's room to confirm Wei Kui's life and death from above, and immediately restored the mechanism and sealed the dungeon. Finally, he made a new set of bedding and placed it on the bed as if nothing had happened, in case anyone noticed. The strange changes in Wei Kui's room - but he did not take away Wei Kui's halberds, because after all, he was hiding it for the people in Qiaoshi City to see. If Wei Kui's weapons were left in the room, what would happen if Wei Kui's weapons were left behind? People looking for him would only think that he had gone out for something, such as going to the toilet. But if he disappeared with people and weapons, it would be unclear what he was doing. It would definitely arouse alertness and gatherings, which is really not good for King Yama. plan.
However, it cannot be said that King Yama has missed this point. After all, He Nan sneaking in like this is something that is really unexpected. But in any case, Old Wei's double halberds are the most powerful evidence and symbol. He Nan confirmed that he had found his destination, and some traces of life in the house could also prove from the side that Old Wei once lived in this house.
But even at this point, besides proving that Wei Kui lives here, what other clues can there be? When he disappeared, where he went, whether he left voluntarily or forced, it seems impossible to reveal.
But the person standing here is He Nan, a geek who has received an exceptional promotion in the talented Shanhe Mansion. Whether he is presiding or assisting, the cases he has solved and the files piled up can already swamp his people. Among them, are you still trapped in this small room?
It was precisely that brand-new, neat bedding that revealed its flaw. In some aspects of life, Old Wei was not a very neat guy. In addition, he had the habit of sleeping in the open air during many years of marching and fighting. Even if he slept in There has always been nothing in the trash heap - even if he didn't want to look sloppy in front of outsiders because he was living here, then what reason would a guy who didn't even clean up the house have to suddenly spread the bedding so neatly? Woolen cloth?
Besides, people can see the wine jars you throw away carelessly as soon as they enter the house. Who can show you that you made the bed so clean?
And if Lao Wei didn't do it himself, then who and why is a question worth thinking about.
He Nan opened the cabinet without hesitation and checked the contents. Lao Wei's own luggage was still inside, and there were two other sets of mattresses that also showed no signs of use.
"If that's the case..." He Nan frowned and put his hands on his hips, looking puzzled: "Why do you want to get rid of the used bedding and replace it with a new one? Is it possible that Old Wei is infected with a serious infectious disease? Old Wei has been murdered by them? Did they roll him out with the mat? It’s not necessarily that Old Wei wrapped himself in the quilt and ran away, right?” The two possibilities at the beginning and the end are basically jokes, and the speculation in the middle is not It's illogical - He Nan had asked the accountant to check the corpses in the yard before, and according to the overlapping testimony of the accountant and Mr. Fei, no other people died, not to mention that He Nan was still Feng Feng on the surface. As a person from Lu, there was no need for the accountant to lie to him about Wei Kui.
"Or...these beddings were not specially disposed of at all? But they 'must' disappear with the disappearance of Old Wei?" He Nan touched his chin, and his other hand reached under the bed and opened it. .
On the wooden bed board, He Nan found a gap in the center that ran from head to toe. With some small movements of pushing and pulling, he found that the two bed boards were not nailed to the bed body, which also proved that the bed board could be removed from the bed. Cracked structure.
He Nan couldn't find the mechanism for a while, so he tried to use violence to crack it - with his current skill, he couldn't break open the stone slab, but it was more than enough to destroy a wooden board.
......... After struggling until dawn, He Nan finally completed all his preparations, including finding the mechanism that controlled the secret door under Wei Gui's bed, and leaving information for Li Fei who was about to return for reinforcements, etc., and After finally opening the door, He Nan was not in a hurry to go down.
A ball of burning tinder slowly fell to the bottom, briefly illuminating the surrounding environment. The traces of treading on the muddy ground and the insidious traps at the bottom of the pit were clearly visible due to the firelight - of course, including those that were finally lit by the tinder. Seeing the disappearing sheets again, He Nan could not help but sigh and rejoice at the same time: "If Old Wei really died in this pit, should I jump out? Or should I go home?" After saying this, the flying swallow leaped into the sky.
