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There are many grottoes in Shanxi, the most famous of which is the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi, but with the experience of visiting the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang - there are many tourists and no photos are allowed, which is not conducive to research. Join in the fun in dense areas, and pick historical relics that no one cares about.This brings us to the Tianlongshan Grottoes in Taiyuan, Shanxi. This is the most architecturally interesting grotto in the Sui Dynasty. The room is about [-] meters long, with a double colonnade in front. The layout is similar to that of the Beiqi Grottoes next door. The top of the round coupon is pointed arched, the base of the coupon is carried by a column, and the base of the column is supported by squatting stone beasts.

After inspecting the Tianlongshan Grottoes, they found that the road leading to the Northern Qi Grottoes was blocked.

"What's going on?" Chang Qin frowned.

"China has a long history, and there are many historical sites left behind, but they are rarely taken seriously." Xi Ling said with a sigh, "It is estimated that the Northern Qi Grottoes are also bad luck."

In desperation, they had no choice but to come to Yuanwo Village, Yuci County, which is close to Taiyuan. There is a Yuhua Palace in Yongshou Temple built in the first year of Song Dazhong and Yuan Xiangfu. According to Mr. Liang Sicheng's "History of Chinese Architecture": This building is three rooms deep and three rooms wide, with a square plane; its inner columns only have the first two columns, so its cross-section becomes the French so-called "six-rafter house, with four rafters to four rafters, and three columns". The former area is used as the porch in front of the hall.The brackets are single-ended and single-raised.Hua Gong jumps his head and steals his heart, and then walks out of Chengyi. He raises his head to command the arch, and intersects with the head raised in the shape of his mouth.The high tail is pressed under the head of the previous beam, and the structure is extremely simple and reasonable.There is no darkness in this hall, and it is completely exposed and built without weeds.The beams are all straight beams, and each frame is supported by humps and bucket arches.The roof is a nine-ridge roof, which is the so-called Xieshan in the Qing style. The seams and beams are connected and supported by loops, and the whole becomes a functional framework.

The place where the Yuhua Palace was built was very difficult to find. Chang Qin asked many villagers in the nearby villages but still could not find it. The reason is that when several villagers heard the place they inquired about, they waved their hands repeatedly: "Where is that place?" You can't go, you can't go."

"Old man, why can't we go?" Xi Ling asked puzzled.

"That place is haunted!" the old man said mysteriously.

"Why haunted?" Chang Qin asked with a frown, his scalp numb when he heard it.

"The house is bewitched by evil spirits. At night, there will be a woman in white standing at the door. Many people in our village have seen it!" The villagers turned pale when they mentioned this incident.

"Old man, where is the ghost in this world? Don't you misread it." Chang Qin said with a smile.

"That's right, that's right." The old man continued mysteriously, "Last time I saw it myself, with long hair, white clothes, and even walking, still floating." After finishing speaking, he couldn't help it. Stop shivering.

Xi Ling smiled slightly: "Old man, we are not afraid of ghosts, so feel free to tell us the address."

But no matter how hard they were, the old villagers refused to say anything. Helpless, the two had no choice but to ask other houses. Unexpectedly, after inquiring about several households, they all gave the same answer. They said that the house was haunted and they could not go there. So he refused to say the address.

"Strange." On the way, Chang Qin said, "In general, the plots in ghost movies say that the place is haunted. First, let's say "believe it or not," and then tell the protagonist the name of the place and let him die. How did you get here? , all became silent."

"If something goes wrong, there must be a demon." Xi Ling replied calmly.

In the end, they relied on historical records and navigation to find the forgotten monument.

As soon as he arrived at the destination, Chang Qin hurriedly took photos to measure the dimensions, drew sketches and took notes. He was satisfied when the sun went down unknowingly.

Panting, Xi Ling ran back and told him the sad news: "The last bus back to the city has already stopped."

"It seems that we really have to stay here all night." Chang Qin lowered his head.

The two found a sheltered corner in the old house, and hurriedly set up the tent. It was already dark, and Xi Ling raised a fire beside the tent. He took out the cans in the bag and warmed it up. The two filled the tent casually. full stomach.Chang Qin looked at the shadowy mountains outside the dilapidated window by the light of the fire. Thinking of what the villagers said, he couldn't help but feel hairy.

"You know that you must have experience in this kind of outdoor camping with a tent and dry food ready at any time." He looked at Xi Ling, who was busy with his back, and admired him.

It was summer at this time, and there was a fire in the room, which was extremely hot, so they had to set up the tent farther away. Chang Qin looked at Xi Ling through the light of the fire, and could barely see his back.

"However." Chang Qin looked around, "Do you think this place is really haunted at night?"

"There are no ghosts in this world." Xi Ling gave him a steadfast glance.

"That's right." Chang Qin nodded, seeing Xi Ling's nonchalant look, and feeling a little embarrassed when he thought that the other party was a few years younger than him.

After a moment of silence, Xi Ling poked the bonfire, and said suddenly: "I heard that the Yuhua Palace we are staying in now was discovered by Lin Huiyin when he was passing through Shanxi. Her rich field inspection experience made her conclude that this temple has It is a value that cannot be missed. So while waiting for the provincial government to go through the travel procedures in Taiyuan, I decided to go to Yuci to do a survey, and made a survey map and a photo of Yuhua Palace the next day."

Chang Qin sighed and said, "It's a pity that this place, as one of the rare historical sites in the Song Dynasty, will soon be destroyed by ignorant villagers."

"Fortunately, no villagers dare to approach here now, and this ancient site has been preserved by accident." Xi Ling raised his head and looked around, his handsome face glowed softly in the cheerfully dancing flames.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit dull, Xi Ling understood that Chang Qin was still struggling with whether the house was haunted or not, so he grinned, turned to him and said, "Let me tell you something interesting."

"What's the matter?" Chang Qin suddenly became interested.

"Have you read "Desolate Village Apartment" written by Cai Jun?"

"No." Chang Qin shook his head.

"There is a plot in "Desolate Village Apartment". The author knows that an abandoned house is haunted, but he does the opposite. He even moves some daily necessities into it and lives in it."

Chang Qin trembled when he heard it, and then smiled: "I understand. The ending of the story must be that the hero proves that there is no ghost in the house with facts. The so-called rumors are actually false, just like what we are doing now. We must believe in science." ,right."

"No." Xi Ling replied calmly, "Since the protagonist moved in, the house has indeed been haunted every night."

Chang Qin: "..."

"Lawyer Xi, you really know how to chat." Chang Qin laughed a few times.

"I never thought you, a great architect, would be afraid of ghosts!" Xi Ling gave him a contemptuous look, "When I was camping alone, I never slept anywhere. Almost 90.00% of the villagers in China believed in a building. Abandoned buildings are bound to be haunted, but I have stayed in so many places, and even spent the night in a mass grave in a panic. I assure you, I have never seen any ghosts, if there are ghosts in this house, I would really like to see them." As he spoke, a longing look appeared on his face.

Looking at him, Chang Qin felt that this person was a little psychopathic. He recalled that in some detective films, the perverted killer likes to bring people to this kind of old abandoned house. Their IQs are very high, and compared with the person in front of them, they are seamlessly connected. Thinking that I have only known him for a few days, and I am so reckless to stay in this empty room with him, I can't help but start to feel hairy again, and my body and mind are the same and quietly moved a few inches to the side.

Seeing this, Xi Ling guessed what this man was thinking in a second, and laughed and said: "I want to chop you up, but unfortunately I don't have a knife with me."

The corner of Chang Qin's mouth twitched, unable to lose face, he had to move back to his original position, and complained at the same time: "I can't blame me for thinking too much, you said you love to travel alone, you like to go to mass graves, and you pretend to sleep in haunted houses , who wouldn't get goosebumps after hearing it?"

"I said that time I was in a panic." Xi Ling shook his head helplessly. The bright smile just disappeared like fireworks. He thought for a long time and said slowly: "When I was in college, I really liked being with a group When traveling with friends, the more people there are, the better. I am born to love to play and explore, so I chose to major in archeology, but my father always disagreed. I studied law under his compulsion. He wanted me to inherit the company, but I didn’t want to study business, so I chose law after a compromise. But when I was studying in the UK, I always attended archaeology. There is a group of friends who often go on expeditions together, and I will always go with them. Young people are more extreme in their thinking. Later, when they got to know each other, everyone became more and more daring. Once several people planned to travel together. Before leaving, everyone had a question The agreement is that no matter what happens, you are not allowed to touch your mobile phone, and if you are found out, you have to leave the group immediately."

"What happened later?" Chang Qin asked.

"At first I was hesitant, because at that time I made an appointment with my sister to talk on the phone once a week. The travel plan back then was three weeks, and I was not allowed to call home for three weeks. My sister must be worried, but that route is very attractive. I was really reluctant to give up, so I sent a text message to my sister to inform her that I would disappear for three weeks. Before she could reply, I had already turned off my mobile phone and went with the team. Halfway, I was really restless and wanted to steal it several times. I took out my mobile phone to see if my sister had received my message, but I couldn’t find a chance. Finally, one night, everyone was so tired that I quietly took out the mobile phone from my bag to charge it after everyone was asleep. Waiting for it to turn on, but I didn't expect..." At this point, Xi Ling's tone was a little choked up.

"Didn't expect anything?" Chang Qin asked worriedly.

"I didn't expect that after turning on the phone, the first message I received was from my sister, and there was only one sentence written on it: Dad has passed away, please return as soon as you see the news."

"How could this be?" Chang Qin gasped and said.

"After that, I checked out the call reminder, and there were hundreds of missed calls, all from my sister and brother Mo. I can imagine that the two of them called me over and over again, but they were disappointed again and again. Seeing that message After the text message, I immediately sat up from the bed and started to pack my things without saying a word. My friends were all woken up by me. At first everyone looked at me with puzzled faces, until they found me lying on the bedside with fluorescent lights They came over and surrounded me, accusing me of fouling. I looked at their angry faces and was at a loss for words. Of course I couldn’t blame those people. What could be wrong with them? It was me who was wrong, it was me. I was young and vigorous, but I was wayward and ignorant, so I couldn't even know the news of my father's death in the first place."

That was the first time Chang Qin saw Xi Ling with such an expression: eyebrows furrowed, thin lips tightly pursed, with indescribable sadness on his face. "Then you quit the group?" Chang Qin asked.

Xi Ling nodded: "I quit the group automatically before they fired me. I couldn't wait for a second, so I quickly packed my luggage and escaped from the hotel. It was late at night, and the British countryside was sparsely populated, so I didn't run away." I got lost no matter how far away I was, and couldn’t go back the same way, so I had to take out the tent I carried with me for the night. That was the time when I woke up the next morning and found myself lying in a mass grave. Chang Qin " Xi Ling said, suddenly called his name, turned to look at him, "This is the reason why I can only travel alone from now on."

When Chang Qin heard about it, he blushed when he thought that he had been stalking him before, and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I didn't know the twists and turns, I'm really sorry."

Xi Ling shook his head, smiled wryly, and said, "You didn't feel sorry for me either. I blamed myself for what happened to my father. At that time, I had just graduated from university and planned to give up my law to study for a graduate student in archeology. My father scolded me when he learned of my decision. , I hung up the phone in a fit of anger, and decided to take part in the trip where I was not allowed to look at my phone, but I didn’t expect that it was the last time I heard my father’s voice... After I returned to China, earth-shaking changes took place at home, and the company went bankrupt The house and the car were sold, and my sister and I lost everything in an instant. Back then, I witnessed my sister fighting all the heroes alone, and she was stunned to silence the shareholders who were screaming around her, but it was useless. We still lost the lawsuit. , the moment I walked out of the court, I finally understood why my father insisted that I study law, so when I returned to the UK, I decided to continue my postgraduate study in the law department. By accident, I met a Chinese tutor who studied history. He felt that I hit it off right away and agreed to accept me as a student, which is how I studied history and law as graduate students at the same time.”

"I see. I've always been very curious about why you can be both a lawyer and a professor. I've never met anyone who can take care of two professions at the same time." Chang Qin asked.

"I'm not a professor either, it's just a title Mr. Jiang imposed on me to raise my reputation." Xi Ling sat back beside Chang Qin, and replied flatly, "I went to my father's friend's house after I came back from studying in the UK. However, I have always been obsessed with archaeology. It happened that my supervisor in the UK brought me back to China to develop. He recommended me to his school, but at that time I was already a licensed lawyer, and I couldn’t hold multiple positions. For the sake of the teacher, give me a chance to be a temporary lecturer and teach elective courses for students."

Chang Qin nodded and was about to answer when a figure suddenly flashed by the broken window beside him.

"Xi, Xi Ling, look quickly, what is that?" Chang Qin nervously grabbed Xi Ling's arm and stammered.

The figure was fleeting, and in a flash, Chang Qin discovered that the disappearing figure happened to be completely white.

The author has something to say:

In fact, the Yuhua Palace of Yongshou Temple has been destroyed in reality, which is a pity. In addition, I am not an author of ghost stories. (*^__^*)