Mysterious Martial Arts: The Record of the Swordsman

Chapter 187

Standing in front of the majestic gate of the tomb of the Nanyue Kingdom, there is a figure speaking quietly, like a ray of ghost buried in the underground tomb that has survived for thousands of years, questioning the uninvited guests who dare to invade.

"Who actually moved the hand?"

This tomb has a huge space inside, and the surrounding stone walls are rough in shape. Many doors of the tomb have not been opened, and a huge snake-shaped copper tripod is placed in a faintly visible corner. A large number of hard, brittle and yellow bones are layered and paved. The remains of slaves who were later martyred.

Entering the gloomy and cold underground palace through the secret door on the wall of the stone well, looking around with the fire, the viewer is immediately immersed in the amazement brought by the scene in front of him, and his heart is full of creepy fear and dazzling shock——

The murals in the tomb chamber were painted as if they were painted yesterday. Countless bronze objects and ancient jade ornaments shone brightly under the torches, especially the well-preserved bronze chime bells. With just a soft call, the musicians and dancers whose bones have already decayed will file out from the side door, and once again perform the grand occasion that only belonged to Zhao Tuo City back then.

The silk robe on Li Xinghe's body was soaked by the rain, and he was hiding in the corner at this time, and he didn't even intend to answer the question. He knew that the previous plan would not be able to catch him, but now that the last hypocrisy of the two of them was torn apart, they might face some severe torture.

"It's really not my fault..."

Li Xinghe shook his body trying to recover his body temperature, his eyes rolled wildly trying to recall certain details, "I just dug a well in the former site of Sanyuan Palace and accidentally pierced through the roof of the tomb, and then I discovered this princely tomb. Pingnan Palace Worried that there will be changes, people have been temporarily closed early, and have not done more exploration..."

"Dig a well in a barren mountain?"

The voice pointed out his fallacy sharply, but the rain-soaked clothes were quickly drying up, wisps of white steam fluttering, and quickly dissipated in the stale air of the tomb.

Jiang Wen hid in the darkness to cover his expression, this time he didn't want to say too much.

He realized that Li Xinghe was still deliberately deceiving him. The person in front of him was extremely good at fabricating stories, and he knew how to disguise the news that the other party wanted to hear in the midst of hype, and waited for an opportunity to obtain information from the other party.Li Xinghe said a hundred sentences, and that was just the one hundred sentences he wanted you to know, while the few words the other party said were probably the news he needed to know urgently.

This kung fu of attaching the next to the top is widely spread among the warlocks of the Jianghu. Usually, when it comes to the itching of the nobles, they can always earn a few taels of money, but there are few people who have reached the pinnacle like this.It is precisely because of this that Li Xinghe is able to have the miraculous effect of being introduced as a confidant in a few words, no matter who he stands in front of, he can feel like a fish in water.

Linyuan Xianyu, you never know who is the fish.

"The thing is like this, the lord has been ill recently, and his early illness relapsed, so he sent people to search for the ancient Qiulong well left behind by the prefect Bao of the Jin Dynasty, where alchemy and medicine were brewed."

"Originally, I found the Baogu Well and the Taoist Practice Monument in the west corner of the Sanyuan Palace, which are rumored to cure all diseases, but the prince visited here is only a new site rebuilt in the previous Ming Dynasty, not the original site. Continue to search, and this is the only encounter..."

In a few words, Li Xinghe revealed a lot of important news, laying out a well-organized story.

In the Jin Dynasty, Bao Liang, the prefect of the South China Sea, was named Taixuan. In the first year of Daxing (318) of Emperor Yuandi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he met a real person named Yin Changsheng in Jiangshan. He taught him the technique of dissecting the corpse, and later went to Guangzhou to serve as the prefect of Nanhai County. People from Lingnan.He practiced alchemy at the Yuegang Academy and became a master of a generation, and his only daughter Qian Guangshi, known as Bao Gu, is also a great master of medicine.

It is still gratifying to seek medical advice and medicine from the ancients, but it is not all because of rushing to the doctor in a hurry.Because Bao Liang, the prefect of the South China Sea, is not only famous, but also because Ge Hong, a Taoist fairy named Baopuzi, is both his apprentice and his son-in-law!
After the 24-year-old Ge Hong worshiped Bao Liang, on the one hand, he inherited the Taoism of Master Ge Xuan handed down from the Ge family, and on the other hand, he also had the Taoism of Bao Liang, the prefect of the South China Sea. Unprecedented new heights.

Ge Hong proposed that immortals can be learned, and divided immortals into three classes, namely, heavenly immortals, earth immortals, and dead immortals.Ge Hong said: "According to the "Book of Immortals", a superior officer raises his form to ascend to the void and is called a heavenly immortal; a sergeant who travels to famous mountains is called an earth immortal; a corporal who dies first and then sheds is called an immortal." Also known as Li Shaojun. , Fei Changfang, Li Yiqi and other immortals "are all autopsy".

Thinking about it carefully, the exact news that Li Xinghe said all fit the details of Shang Kexi's "health" he mentioned, and even Jiang Wen couldn't detect the flaws in it.

At the same time, the process of excavating ancient tombs is also quite sophisticated, and can correspond to many archaeological clues of later generations.

The predecessor of Sanyuan Palace is commonly known as the North Temple because it is located in the north of the city. According to legend, it is also the Zhaowang Temple, a temple built to worship the Nanyue King Zhao Tuo. Around 137 B.C., the North Temple gradually fell into disuse after the fall of the Nanyue Kingdom.

It was not until the Eastern Jin Dynasty that Bao Liang, the prefect of the South China Sea, believed in Taoism, and he built Yuegangyuan on the former site of the North Temple to teach Taoism.At that time, Ge Hong joined his disciples to study Taoism and married his daughter Bao Gu as his wife.

The Sanyuan Palace and the ancient tomb of the Nanyue Kingdom are in Xianggang. These clues coincide with the rumors, which is enough to show that it is true that Shang Kexi seeks wells to cure diseases, and it may not be false that he is intoxicated in seeking immortality. Relying on the various conveniences in Panyu City, he seems to have Determined to find the secret to prolong life!

Jiang Wen smiled slightly, and inadvertently revealed the bronze hilt at his waist.

"Really Li, you might as well make your words clearer."

"Hero Jiang is telling the truth. I suspect that the old prince Shang already knew about the existence of this place. He sent me to search for the former site of the Sanyuan Palace that day. It was just an act of knowingly committing a crime..."

Li Xinghe seemed to be following Jiang Wen's wishes again.Obviously the other party didn't say a word, and his figure and expression were hidden in the shadows, but the charlatan in front of him could tell Jiang Wen's most interesting topic in one word.

"How to say?"

Jiang Wen walked out of the dark place slowly, the ghost energy in his body disappeared, and he stood alone in front of the crushed and broken stone door, looking up at the magnificent colorful murals on the wall.

He knew that his thoughts were being read again, but Jiang Wen didn't care because he still had a lot of news to say.As long as you don't speak, the other party can only continue to rely on guesswork to analyze yourself. As long as you don't fall into the trap and show obvious emotions, the other party will never get the feedback you want.

"On the day when the Nanyue King's tomb was opened, there were several dragon chants coming from the bottom of the tomb, and it seemed that a thousand feet of black water was rushing in. The large wooden carvings dug out of the well were not leveled by human power, and there was fishy smell on the wood grain. Saliva entangled, extremely terrifying."

Li Xinghe said convincingly: "Therefore, Lord Shang only took the Yangsui bronze mirror and Fang Zhuyu cup from the tomb that day, and then ordered the place to be sealed off. Anyone who dares to enter will be killed without mercy. But I saw the utensils in the tomb The style is very different from the Central Plains, so I can't help but study it for a while..."

Jiang Wen touched the jade huang with the cobra pattern around his waist, looked at him and said, "Research? I'm afraid I should take it away for a closer look, right?"

Li Xinghe was embarrassed, and hurriedly continued the topic just now.

"Hero Jiang, in fact, I found two things in the room of the old prince Shang. The shape of the creation is very similar to the Nanyue style in this tomb, so I have this guess."

"What?" Jiang Wen asked.

Li Xinghe quickly said: "One is the gold-plated convex petal silver medicine box of the old prince Shang, which is carried by the old prince day and night, and never leaves his side for a moment. The other is the bronze bucket with the boat pattern in the old prince's room, It is embedded with flags and flags, and the feathered man goes out to sea in a boat, and he only uses it to hold water to wash his hands on weekdays, but no one dares to touch it."

"I heard the old prince Shang talk about it. It was these things that made him rejuvenate and was able to guard Guangzhou for ten years. Now that I think about it, it probably came from this ancient tomb. But now there are faint traces of corpse spots on the old prince. I can't wait to find the auspicious point for burial, I suspect it's a way to fake death to avoid disaster..."

Jiang Wen didn't speak, but just wrote down the matter firmly - it seems that Shang Kexi wanted to study not only Bao Liang's Taoism, but also Zhao Tuo's life-prolonging technique.

According to records, Zhao Tuo, the Qin general who unified Lingnan, was originally from Changshan Zhending, and he was probably the ancestor of Zhao Zilong in Changshan.Zhao Tuo took advantage of the chaos caused by the peasant uprising in the Central Plains at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and took over the post of Nanhai Commandery after Ren Xiao's death.Later, in the fourth year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, the three counties of Lingnan were established, and the Nanyue Kingdom was established, with Panyu as its capital.The Nanyue Kingdom was handed down to the fifth generation, in 93 years, and it was not destroyed by Emperor Wu until the sixth year of Yuanding.

The records of Zhao Tuo's lifespan in historical books are vague, and the most accurate judgment basis was first found in "Historical Records Collection": "Yue Wang Zhao Tuo died in the fourth year of Jianyuan, Han Xing was 70 years old, and Tuo Gai was a hundred years old. .”

According to historical records, Zhao Tuo served as the deputy general of the Qin Army to conquer Lingnan in 219 BC, and died in the fourth year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, that is, in 136 BC. It took a total of 83 years.And the age of a lieutenant general is about 20 years old, so it is conservatively estimated that Zhao Tuo lived to be 103 years old!
Some people once wondered whether Zhao Tuo's reign time was due to the misrepresentation of Lingnan news across mountains and seas, or whether the record of the second generation of monarch's ascension to the throne was concealed, resulting in deviations in historical information.

Scholars such as Lu Simian even questioned the statement about Zhao Tuo's centenary years in the "Historical Records Collection". A gap of 40 years.Therefore, some scholars believe that the people in power in the Nanyue Kingdom may be worried about the political instability at the beginning of Zhao Zhen's succession, and in order to prevent the Han Dynasty from annexing the heart, they concealed the news of Zhao Tuo's death.

But what is interesting is that after modern scientific and technological analysis, the remains of the second emperor of Nanyue were identified and judged, and the age of death was about 35-45 years old, which is consistent with Zhao Zhen's life span in historical books, not an 80-year-old man.

At the same time, there is no record in the history books that "Tuo's son also became king". From this, it can be inferred that the second generation of the legendary Nanyue Kingdom, Zhao Yu, can only be related to Zhao Tuo in terms of age. As the eldest grandson, Zhao Tuo may have literally killed his nine sons before passing on the throne to his grandchildren!

Then here comes the problem. In the Qin and Han Dynasties, a centenarian could appear in a local place, which was already auspicious in human form. However, until the Tang Dynasty, Lingnan was still full of thorns, forests, wild beasts, poisonous miasma, typhoons, and thunderstorms. Natural disasters such as natural disasters, alkali tides, droughts, insect plagues, and plagues occur from time to time, so it has long been regarded as a remote and wild land, a land of miasma, and a land of alienation.

So how did Zhao Tuo, a man from the north who rose in troubled times, live to be a hundred years old in Lingnan, where the miasma was everywhere at the end of Qin Dynasty?Shang Kexi should also know that Immortal Immortality is too ethereal, and it can't compare to the real life extension, so is there any secret hidden in Zhao Tuo's tomb?
Fengshui treasures are indispensable, and Shang Kexi is searching for the traces left by Bao Liang and Ge Hong in Sanyuan Palace, while preserving the ancient relics of Nanyue Kingdom. Could it be that he really intends to become the "corpse" in Ge Hong's mouth before the end of Yangshou? Jiexian"?
"Interesting, very interesting."

When Jiang Wen spoke, Li Xinghe was stunned. Everything happened in seconds. This time, both of them were exposed to the faint light of the fire, but their expressions of understanding and bewilderment were reversed.

Of course, Jiang Wen can comprehend a thing or two about the ability of attaching to the other side, and he still has the knowledge support from the future in his mind, and he immediately analyzed a lot of things—for example, Shang Kexi might really be because of some kind of The reason is that the ancient tomb has not been excavated in depth.

Because as long as they have opened the coffin of the tomb owner, they will find a golden dragon seal "Wendi Xingxi" that is still shining after thousands of years on the chest of the owner of the tomb in silk jade clothes. The evidence of usurping the imperial seal back then is also a symbol of the status of the second-generation monarch of the Nanyue Kingdom, the owner of the tomb.

If they had excavated, they should have discovered that the ancient tomb under their feet was not the tomb of Nanyue King Zhao Tuo!
The elephant station at the foot is located at the west foot of Yuexiu Mountain. Now it is just a small hillside that is not tall. Therefore, the second ruler of the Nanyue Kingdom built his tomb here.

Perhaps the geomantic treasure land is truly blessed.

During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court wanted to integrate the three ancient cities of Panyu into one, so the North City continued to expand and extend five miles northward. Xianggang was also cut through and completely separated from the connected Yuexiu Mountain. However, such a huge project did not It hurt every brick and tile of this deep-hidden mountainside mausoleum.

In the Shunzhi period, in order to resist the two kings from entering Guangdong, Li Chengdong, who turned against the Qing Dynasty and returned to the Ming Dynasty, turned this place into an important defensive area. It was connected with the three fortresses of Baoji, Yongning and Qiding in the north. , The Gongji Fort was built on the spot to protect the northern city of Guangzhou, but it also invisibly added a protective shell to the mausoleum in Xianggang.

After the founding of New China, the People's Liberation Army took a fancy to the advantages of Xianggang's strategic location after they settled here, and dug a bunker here as a military restricted area, and it was hidden underground for decades until June 1983 when an engineering team was in Xianggang Mountain. The infrastructure construction was carried out, and the roaring excavator broke the eternal silence in the tomb, and also shattered the dream of King Wen of Nanyue hiding in the underground palace for thousands of years, singing and dancing...

"Renren Li, I'm not interested in what you said, I just invited you here today to learn more about one thing..."

Jiang Wen stood with his head held high, his Taoist robes were spotless, and he was not at all confused by Changsheng Jiushi.

Li Xinghe suddenly felt a little suffocation, it was a sense of oppression that was on the verge of life and death, as if a sword blade was pressed against his throat, the slight tingling sensation and the strong smell of blood were fabricated out of thin air, and it was very likely to come true.

He knows that if the other party is not interested in what he said, then he has probably lost the opportunity to try again, and there is only one person who loses the value of use.

But in Li Xinghe's eyes, longevity is a temptation that no one can resist.Such a secret that is enough to touch Shang Kexi, why did it hit a wall in front of Jiang Wen and be abandoned by him like a piece of paper?

"I need a way to make Shang Kexi obey."

Jiang Wen said slowly.

…………

Deep voices sounded in the dark room, and the smell of blood, wailing and creepy sighs wafted around, but the place clearly separated from here by a wall was a Zen forest lingering in smoke and full of Sanskrit singing.

"Who actually moved the hand..."

Hundreds of people lived together in a ruined hall, the walls and windows were all nailed to death with wooden boards, and everyone was wearing heavy shackles, so that they could only curl up on the ground.In the dark, no one knows who is speaking, and no one dares to speak up to echo this question. They can only repeat the same question in their minds over and over again, and at the same time, they also look coldly at who will be the next person to be beaten to pieces. .

Zhou Long hid in the corner of the prison cell, lamenting that luckily he practiced the Shaolin Vajra Kungfu, and his body and flesh had been tempered a long time ago, and now his back injury seemed to be severe, but in fact it was just a skin trauma. The day will be fine.

Pingnan Palace is also very interesting.

They intentionally distinguished the captured martial arts practitioners, and detained them according to the traces of martial arts practice on their bodies, and deliberately distinguished the masters who used swords.Now this prison is full of boxing kung fu experts, and it is far away from another prison where sword masters are arrested, and Zhou Long does not know the situation on the other side.

But at least on Zhou Long's side, Shang Kexi's subordinates tortured very purposefully, probably with the idea of ​​recruiting his subordinates, so they didn't use those bruising tortures, they just kept arresting people and tortured them for interrogation. But they don't give them a little bit of food and drink, they just wait for these people's will to be completely disintegrated, and they voluntarily surrender.

Zhou Long secretly lamented that this is where the interrogation is done, he clearly used the method of boiling the eagle, fortunately he is strong enough to bear it, and every time he is beaten, he screams the most miserable.If it lasts like this for another two days, someone will come to sing red faces, and then I will just agree to work.

But it is obvious that not everyone in the prison has such good luck, and there will always be people who will be taken care of because their bones are too hard.For example, he saw Fan Xinghan was taken out earlier, and it took a long time before he was released back with injuries all over his body.

"Master Fan, I have hidden some golden sore medicine powder here, you should quickly apply the medicine and sleep against the wall, so as not to be discovered by outsiders."

Zhou Long recognized the crowd with the faint light, and finally touched a seriously injured person, and said in his smallest voice, "Guangzhou has been windy, cold and humid recently. , it will be difficult to deal with gangrene..."

Zhou Long practiced kung fu all the year round, and he always kept wound medicine with him, and this time he just used it to spread favors.

"Thank you for your kindness."

The person lying on his side on the ground lost energy and blood due to the trauma and couldn’t stretch out. He reached out to take the wound medicine and applied it on his own in a daze. After a long time, he turned his head slowly and looked at the other party with a little doubt.

"...What did you call me just now?"

Zhou Long suddenly felt that something was wrong, so he squinted his eyes and looked hard, only to realize that the person in front of him looked younger, it was not Fan Xinghan, but Wen Tailai, who was also broad-mouthed and rough-looking.

It just so happened that the two of them were equally disheveled and disheveled, and even a sharp-eyed person like Zhou Long mistook them in the dimness.

"...I call you Wen Daxia!"

Zhou Long quickly changed his words, took advantage of the situation and sat beside him, hissed in a low voice and asked about his injuries.

Among the kung fu masters, Ben Lei Shou Wen Tailai was the most famous at this time, so this time he was also given "special attention". For some reason, he was tortured and interrogated twice as often as ordinary people, to force him to reveal the assassin's whereabouts.But Wen Tailai is worthy of being a tough guy, he didn't say anything at all, and he didn't reveal the whereabouts of the other leaders of the Red Flower Society, so he was helplessly released.

It's just that according to Zhou Long's vague guess, did the Pingnan Palace also recognize the wrong person, so Fan Xinghan's torture was all blamed on Wen Tailai?

But if this is the case, it is even more strange. Fan Xinghan seems to have never come back since he was taken out earlier. Could it be that he has successfully escaped from prison?
"Wen Daxia, how did you get caught here?"

Zhou Long was a little curious, for a man as agile as Wen Tailai, it would not be difficult to break out of the encirclement alone, and it shouldn't be in the hands of Pingnan Wangfu.You wouldn't be the same as yourself, caught in an alley by officers and soldiers, right?
Wen Tailai didn't speak. Out of his feelings for the Honghuahui brothers, he didn't want to tell others that he was secretly plotted and bound in chains to cover Xu Tianhong, a martial artist who was not good at martial arts.

There was still silence in the darkness, but Zhou Long knew that there must be many people looking at this place, and they pricked up their ears to listen. Whether Wen Tailai was willing to answer or not, he had to face this deadlock.

So Zhou Long hesitated for a while, and slowly asked another question.

"Hero Wen, it is said that one of the assassins is a master swordsman, do you think..."

In the dark cell, even the sound of breathing stopped. Wen Tailai, who was pretending to sleep, turned around and sat up, his brows were serious, and the shackles on his hands creaked when he was pulling.

The martial arts people present have been divided into different groups. Except for their acquaintances and relatives and friends who have recently acted together, they don't believe it.

After all, everyone only believes what they have seen and heard, but they don't believe in other people's swearing, but no one can say a good reason for the assassination, let alone produce definite evidence to report and expose, so they can only keep their mouths shut. Without saying a word, they looked at each other suspiciously.

Among these speculations, the most popular seems to be the Red Flower Society.

Regardless of the number of martial arts masters, the scale of their staffing, and the distribution of areas of expertise, they seem to be the most satisfied assassins. At least they don't need to cooperate with each other like other sects to make up such a luxurious lineup.

Sensing the sudden rigidity of the atmosphere, Wen Tailai frowned thickly, and his voice was full of puzzlement.

"Do you doubt Taoist Priest Wuchen?"

Zhou Long hurriedly explained: "Don't dare, I'm just curious whether Daoist Wuchen has been with you all the time three days ago..."

The tactful expression did not satisfy Wen Tailai, so he raised his voice slightly, and at the same time attracted the attention of other prisoners.

"It can't be Daoist Priest Wuchen, he has been with us these few days."

Wen Tailai's words were resounding, "Don't you know that although the Taoist master is excellent in swordsmanship, he has broken his arm. When dancing swords, his body moves differently from ordinary people. To cast a fast sword, he needs to use his hands and feet together. He looks very different. This must not be faked. !"

There was silence in the darkness, followed by indistinguishable whispers.

Wen Tailai's explanation is indeed very convincing.Wuchen Dao lost an arm, so he could only step on the ground with his feet frequently when using the sword, and maintain the balance of the body when borrowing strength, and then hide the omen of the sword with a chain of lost legs, his posture is very different from that of ordinary masters.

If the person who made the attack that day used the soul-chasing life-snatching sword of Daoist Wuchen, then there is almost no need for him to cover his face, just the swing of the empty sleeve will instantly reveal his identity.

After Wen Tai said all this, he turned over and continued to pretend to sleep, but his heart was far from as calm as it appeared on the surface.

The explanation just now was out of brotherhood and purposely cleared the grievances of Taoist Wuchen, but in fact the assassination is still gratifying. On the day of the incident, the Red Flower Society was lurking outside Guangxiao Temple as they expected, and it was also looking for an opportunity to assassinate It is gratifying.

Wen Tailai still remembered that when it was raining, he was watching the team of horses and chariots in front of Guangxiao Temple, while Chen Jialuo behind him was having a heated discussion with several leaders on how to act and how to keep the overall situation safe.

Wen Tailai wanted to turn around and participate in the discussion, but what surprised Wen Tailai was that long before they waited for an opportunity to launch an attack, there was a sudden burst of strange noises in Guangxiao Temple, and they crossed the courtyard wall, and they actually saw a martial arts master. The sword plunged into it, his moves were unpredictable, combining strength and softness, and he almost killed Shang Kexi on the spot.

Under such circumstances, Chen Jialuo finally made up his mind to take action, but at this time several groups of assassins appeared, and it seemed that they were also smashed into a mess by the chaos. The masked assassins interfered with each other, and finally became a mess at the door. Fighting, when the dust settled, the situation was not good, and these assassins who came from nowhere scattered, and even the Red Flower Society had to return home.

According to what Wen Tailai saw, it was not just a group of assassins that day, but at least three or four groups of assassins with different identities and the same intentions gathered together, and the whole body was affected by the rash moves of the swordsmanship masters, which finally evolved into the confusing and confusing scene of the day. Assassination.

Therefore, the rumors that the assassins cooperated exquisitely and arranged well were completely a misunderstanding created by chance. What he couldn't tell was whether the assassins of that day would be locked up in this toilet now. Pretend to be innocent and want to separate the relationship, and pour dirty water on Honghuahui...

"Who would it be then?"

Zhou Long leaned against the wall slumped, "There are only a few master swordsmen in the city, there must be others we don't know about..."

Mutual suspicion and mutual suspicion are still spreading, and they have not been dispelled by the elution of the suspicion of Daoist Wuchen. Instead, everyone is more eager to find new objects of suspicion.

Suddenly someone said in the darkness.

"Most of the sword masters in the Guangzhou mansion are well-known, but there is only one person we have never seen him use a sword, but he has won such a great reputation. I didn't understand this method before, but now it seems to be full of suspicion."

The sound of the rain in the porch was beating on the nailed window lattice, and everyone was silent, slowly recalling the scene of the same gathering three days ago. A name related to the sword...

(End of this chapter)