Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 241: Unexpectedly


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Li Ke hid behind several guards and pulled Qin Mubai over to accompany him. Looking at the five-step poisonous snakes that were killed by the guards, his face was a little pale, and he kept breathing cold, really frightened.

Zhao Chong glanced back at him and sneered constantly.

Li Ke was a little annoyed, and scolded, "Why are you laughing? Have you heard of Yuchi Jingde?"

Zhao Chong turned around with interest and asked: "Of course I have heard of it, Ru Lei Guan Er! He is a hero with the same fame as General Qin's father."

"Huh! Yuchi Jingde is afraid of dogs, you must have never heard of it, right?" Li Ke hummed, "Such a fierce general who kills people on the battlefield with a vertical model, his legs become weak when he sees a dog. Being chased by a dog crying and crying, why is it strange that I am afraid of snakes?"

"Did I say this is weird? I really don't confess." Zhao Chong laughed a few times, Shi Shiran walked forward.

Li Ke rolled his eyes in annoyance, and said to Qin Mubai: "Mu Bai, this guy is a bit hateful!"

"Haha, don't spoil your interest in curious and expedition because of a little thing, let's go!" Qin Mubai walked over, but said in his heart: It seems that Li Ke hates people holding his whip to talk about things. In fact, this is just human nature. No one likes to be found weak and flawed and openly jokes. Especially a distinguished person like Li Ke, who loves face even more, hates or even hates being made fun of in public.

"That's right, don't be familiar with him. Let's go and start hunting for treasure!" Li Ke was also generous, rubbing his hands and smiling with a smile, "Where to start digging?"

Qin Mubai bent down to pick up a rock and smashed it on the ground. It banged and the ground was extremely hard.

"How to dig this?" Qin Mubai shook his head straight after standing up to clap his hands.

"What should I do?" Li Ke also frowned.

Zhao Chong stepped forward and said: "General Qin, there are dozens of acres of land in this area. Can you determine where it is? If you can determine it, even if the Yugong moves the mountain, there is hope for it." /

"Yes, first determine the location." Li Ke said the same. The two glanced at each other, each curled their lips, and then shifted their eyes.

Qin Mubai took out a map to take a detailed look. Unfortunately, this map only depicts the distribution of waterways in the Xidao Cao, without specifying the location of the treasure. Those short poems were like sponges, and Qin Mubai was about to wring out the last water. I really couldn't think of anything worth discovering.

"Such a large rocky mountain, full of weeds and poisonous snakes, and nothing special, I really can't think of any clues." Qin Mubai also shook his head.

"Forget it then?" Li Ke couldn't help but feel disappointed, and said, "Or, let's look around, maybe we will find something like an entrance or something?"

"Okay, everyone finds it separately, you must pay attention to safety, and sprinkle more realgar to prevent venomous snakes!" Qin Mubai said.

"General Qin, be with you. lest anyone worry that I will take the opportunity to escape." Zhao Chong said.

Qin Mubai smiled: "It's okay. Everyone will find it separately."

Everyone searched separately, and the tens of acres of land were not too big or not too small, but it took a long time to search, but no clues were found.

Everyone gathered again and shook their heads.

The entire stone mountain is like a big rock, not to mention the entrance to the institution, there is no cave, and even the poisonous snake inhabits only the cracks in the rock.

"Hey, it seems that I am destined to not solve this puzzle left by my ancestors." Zhao Chong regretted his head and said to Qin Mubai, "General Qin, I have to ask you to spend more. Time to unravel this secret. Even if you don’t see the results during your lifetime, it would be comforting to hear the good news in the spring several years after death."

"Don't be discouraged, maybe when will there be a surprise again?" Qin Mubai could only comfort him so much.

"It's weird to say that this place is bare and does not grow trees and only grows some weeds. It seems to be made up of huge stones." Li Ke said, "I have never seen anything like this before. There is no soil on the hillside, all stones. Mu Bai, don’t you think this is weird?"

"It's a bit strange." Qin Mubai said, "The West River Channel is full of marsh sludge, but here is full of stones, which looks very different. If a large number of treasures are to be buried, it will take a lot of work to dig. Pit?"

Li Ke shook his head loudly: "Even if you know that there are countless treasures buried underneath, it is impossible to take it out. Could it be true that the foolish man moved the mountain? I am not so idle. Maybe there is nothing in the end. , Wouldn’t it be depressed to death."

"Hehe, that's right." Qin Mubai said so, but he said in his heart: I don't care about treasures. Of course it's better to have them, and it doesn't matter if you don't. I kind of enjoy the process of solving the mystery. This is the difference in disposition between me and him. Li Ke is obviously more pragmatic and pursues practical benefits; as for me, I am more playful and casual.

"General Qin, wouldn't you just give up like this?" Zhao Chong said anxiously, "maybe there are countless treasures buried underneath, and you will be rich in the enemy's country if you take it out!"

Qin Mubai smiled, waved his hand to signal him not to worry, stood on a rock and climbed a little higher, looking around. Gradually, his expression became a little quiet and severe.

"What's the matter?" everyone asked in surprise.

"It's nothing." Qin Mubai smiled casually and said, "It's getting late. If you don't leave, the fog will drop in the river and it will be inconvenient to sail. That's it for today, let's go back!"

Li Ke knew that he hadn't finished speaking, probably because there were too many people present, so he didn't ask further, waved his hand and said, "Okay, go back first!"

Only Zhao Chong was downcast and extremely disappointed.

Driving all the way back to the governor's mansion, Zhao Chong was still detained in prison, only to be taken to the capital tomorrow. Li Ke caught Qin Mubai and asked him to eat together with him. When the wine and delicacy were just set up, he hurriedly rejected the others and asked: "You seem to have something to say before?"

"Yes." Qin Mubai did not deny it, nodded and said, "There are many people with mixed eyes, and some things cannot be said casually."

"What did you find, so serious?" Li Ke's curiosity rose and asked.

Qin Mubai twisted his head, moved the dishes and chopsticks on the table and placed them for a while, and said, "Your Highness, come and see."

"Well, what?"

"For example, this plate of steamed fish is the stone **** on which we climbed. These chopsticks are the surrounding river. This is the mound with plane trees growing on the side not far away. This is the other mound. The area covered with reeds is larger and higher than that of Wutong Mountain. It is placed like this, right?" Qin Mubai said.

Li Ke looked at it for a while and said: "It should be right! You know, I can't remember the way. But if you say yes, then it must be. At that time you showed a rare surprise, you should Remember that’s right."

"Actually, I am a half-jar, so I can only speculate." Qin Mubai stared at the table, as if talking to himself.

"What half a jar, guess what?"

"Feng Shui!"

"Feng Shui? Do you still know this?" Li Ke couldn't help being a little surprised.

"I can only say that I have a little knowledge. Li Jing said that in my art of war, many of them are about Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, Qimen Dunjia, weather hydrology, and geography. They are so extensive and profound that it is difficult to understand. Long, although I have repeatedly consulted him many times, but I didn’t pay much attention to it.” Qin Mubai said, “However, the landscape and hydrology in front of me makes me feel very surprised!”

"What the **** is it, tell me!" Li Ke urged.

"Look at—" Qin Mubai pointed to the table and said, "Wutong Mountain to the west is for the backer, which coincides with the phrase'West Mountain Phoenix'; the Gao|Gang Reed Slope on the east side, Isn’t it the Yujing Dragon? The Xishanfeng and Yujinglong face each other day and night, and the stone mountain is located between them. Therefore, the treasure is definitely here. I will understand it for the time being. The two homonyms form'looking west, three lines inside', which means that there is a position from west to east, and the third river bend is facing Shizishan—that is, here!"

After that, Qin Mubai heavily knocked his knuckles on the side of the string of the steamed fish plate.

Li Ke's eyes widened in astonishment: "It makes sense, it seems that it should be right-then why didn't you just point out the explanation?"

"I can't say." Qin Mubai's face became a little stern.

"Why?" Li Ke asked in surprise.

"Because..." Qin Mubai took a deep breath, "The landforms here are extraordinary! The Wutong Mountain, Stone Mountain, and Reed Slope to the west should be connected together. If it weren't because of the flooding during the flood season, You should be able to see it. Perhaps many years ago, there was no river bend here, but because the water level of the Han River changed, it was submerged. In other words, these three slopes may be three undulating mountains."

"What does that mean?"

Qin Mubai's face sank, and said: "His Royal Highness, haven't you thought about it? This is the dragon and the phoenix again. Is it something that ordinary people should mention? And this is the third person who sits in the south and north. It’s a mountain with a treasure buried in the middle. Is it another common sight?"

"You mean!..." Li Ke was also taken aback, lowered his voice and said in amazement, "This is a place-the Emperor's Tomb?!"

"Isn't it?" Qin Mubai, "Wutong Mountain is the tail, the phoenix is ​​the shadow, and the dragon is the queen; the reed **** is the head, and the dragon's head is the head; the stone **** runs through the middle, plus the "mountain surrounded by water, negative "Yin embraces the yang", isn't it a dragon vein of "one with heaven and man"?"

"Really!" Li Ke's eyes widened in astonishment, "I said... I said... Why don't there grow trees on this stone mountain, but only snakes, just because of the dragon's strength, the vegetation is self-defeating. The snake is Dragon shape, so popular!... Mu Bai, why do I suddenly feel a sense of fear?"

"Now you understand, why did I suddenly show such an expression?" Qin Mubai said.

"Understood..." Li Ke's expression became dignified, and he whispered, "Now that the Tang Dynasty, the country of my Li family, who dares to be so rebellious, build the dragon vein mausoleum here, it is not necessary Do you want to hurt me, Li Tangjiangshan?! Mu Bai, could it be...this time, we have encountered an even greater trouble?"

"It's hard to say whether it's rich or misfortune." Qin Mubai said, "This map was left by Zhao Chong's grandfather. Perhaps his grandfather didn't know the reason, so he was only responsible for passing it on to future generations. Unfortunately. , The old man didn’t pick it up before he died, and forgot to leave the words that should be said. Now, unless we get something under the stone slope, we will never know what secrets are buried there. But according to my guess, that The following things, at least should not be things of the dynasty."

"It makes sense." Li Ke nodded and said, "My father has only been on the throne for twelve years, and it has only been more than 20 years since the founding of Datang. However, this drawing was passed down by the three generations of Zhao Chong's father, at least more than 20 years. Years. In this way, it should be possible to rule out someone who has malicious intentions and is here to gather dragon spirits privately?"

"It should be possible." Qin Mubai nodded and smiled.

Li Ke wiped a cold sweat: "Then I can finally rest assured. Otherwise... Such a big thing happened in my Xiangzhou, I'm really afraid that I can't afford it. But then again, Dragon Qi It's the property of my Li family. How can I let other people absorb something? I didn't say, anyway, I must get the things under the stone **** out! At any cost!"

"It's better to be quiet at first, and don't disturb too many people. When things come to the bottom, it's not too late to report to the holy court." Qin Mubai said.

"I agree." Li Ke nodded his head appreciatively, "This matter, now we both know and secretly tell. I am not interested in finding any treasures now. In comparison, that little gold, silver and jewellery It’s not worth mentioning for my Jiangshan Sheji in Datang. Mu Bai, it's all up to you. I don’t know anything about wind, weather and hydrology. But when you say this, I remember it. The Royal Mausoleum , There is indeed such a habitual structure. In this case, the possibility that that place is an emperor’s tomb is extremely great. No matter what secrets there is underneath, we must unearth it!"

Qin Mubai nodded, then pointed to the edge of the fish basin that he tapped with his knuckles below, and said: "The emperor's tomb sits north and faces south. The entrance is also a bit more special than ordinary tombs, and they are generally heavily guarded. To prevent the robbery of the tomb. Since the Zhao family’s ancestral drawings alluded to this place, I guess it is very likely that this is the entrance."

"I didn't say anything, send soldiers to plan! Plan him for ten and a half months or even half a year, and I will plan out the exit!" Li Ke said firmly.

"Still don't plan. Such a tossing, don't all Xiangzhou know that the whole world has passed it?" Qin Mubai shook his head, "Either don't do it, do it once; you must quickly take it!" /

"What should I do?" Li Ke's face was embarrassed, "Is it possible to pray to God to send a yellow-turbaned man to help you, and break a mountain pass for you?"

"That's not necessary. His old man is so busy, I am embarrassed to trouble him." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "I will do it myself."

"You?" Li Ke was startled first, then smiled again, "The surprise you gave me is enough, so stop joking."

"Haha, trust me, it's okay." Qin Mubai laughed.

"What do you want to do?"

"The old rules, the tossing is almost done, I will give you good news. How about we eat first? I'm really hungry!"

"Okay, let's eat!-then it's all up to you!"

That night, Qin Mubai slept in the governor's mansion and rested for a full night, replenishing his energy. Early the next morning, he took a few local government officials as entourages and came to Xiangyang Port City.

"The general came here early in the morning. Would it be necessary to buy something? If necessary, just order the servants of us." The public servants said.

"It's okay, I'll just go out and stroll around. Because the ground is not familiar, so I asked you to guide the way." Qin Mubai said casually, "By the way, it's almost Dragon Boat Festival, right? Xiangzhou has the custom of dragon boat racing?"

"Yes! Although it's not as lively as Tanzhou Miluo, but it's pretty good." Ya Ya replied.

"The palace must have prepared a few dragon boats for the competition, right?" Qin Mubai said again.

"Yes!" The officials talked about this with enthusiasm, and laughed, "We are all target players!"

"Target player?"

"It's the paddling dragon boat sailor, we are used to saying that!" The public servants laughed.

"Haha!" Qin Mubai laughed, and said, "I heard that dragon boating is not only a strenuous task, it also requires skills. First of all, you must work together, and you can't make the wrong step, otherwise you will get confused. By the way, firecrackers must be hung on the dragon boat? I wonder how the firecrackers in Xiangzhou are?"

"Oh, our name is'firecrackers' here. Every year at the Dragon Boat Festival, there are many firecrackers for sale." The officials replied.

"Miner? That's right." Qin Mubai grinned and said to his heart: Although gunpowder had been invented in the Tang Dynasty, it had not yet been used in the military. It was generally only used to make fireworks, but not It's too popular. At least Qin Mubai has been in Xiangzhou for so long, and he hasn't seen any households with firecrackers or such specialized shops. Chang'an is common.

Occasionally, the gunpowder of Datang is also used for mining, but it is not powerful and the smoke is especially black, so it is also called black powder.

The people of Datang can't make high-purity and powerful explosives, can Qin Mubai still not? Otherwise, how many years have you studied for national defense engineering for nothing?

"I can't make airplanes, artillery, or glass cement. It's always okay to make time with explosives." Qin Mubai smiled secretly and said, "Take me to buy some firecrackers. It's Dragon Boat Festival, and I'm ready to join in the fun. . If you don’t want to be a target player on the dragon boat, I will give you firecrackers to cheer!"

"Okay!" The government officials smiled cheerfully, "There are no firecrackers for sale in the port city, because they are rarely used and they are relatively expensive, and most people can't afford it. Most people can only afford it in some government-run mines. There are more of these things to help mine. Only when the solar terms are used, they will also be some firecrackers."

"What are you waiting for, find a mine!" Qin Mubai ordered.

"Huh?" The government officials were surprised, "General, just a few firecrackers, do you need to go to the mine? Just let the villain go and fetch it. Swing the whip and beat the horse back. Tea time."

"Then you don't understand." Qin Mubai smiled unpredictably, and said, "Don't talk nonsense, lead the way!"

"Yes!"

The group also rented a carriage and went to an iron mine in the suburbs. The copper and iron of Datang are all strictly controlled materials by the government, and it is also a person like Qin Mubai. Otherwise, would the mine be a place where he can enter?

"General, you are here, do you have other important things, right?" On the way, a servant finally couldn't help asking.

Qin Mubai waved his hand and smiled without saying a word, naturally that person didn't dare to ask any more. Qin Mubai was thinking: Of course there is something important. It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. If you want to prepare explosives, you should always have raw materials and tools. It is better to have a few experienced old miners to help you, because the "inventor" is just rich in theoretical knowledge.

Only here is the mine, everything is ready!


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