antique masters in modern times

While Tu Zhi was holding the phone in the village and sighing with emotion to Elder Ying, Yan You, Wei Changhua and the others thought hard together why the tomb of that Squire Liu was placed on such a bad piece of land.

The White Lotus Sect is quite a group organization, and the members of the sect have mutual wealth, which has a kind of quack spirit.So to be the incense master of this group of people, everyone, big or small, should be a figure.Hundreds of years have passed, and Yanyou has no way of knowing Liu's character, but judging from the funeral objects and specifications, his financial resources are stronger than those recorded in the township annals.Such a rich and powerful master shouldn't make such a low-level mistake.

Shi Lin, who grew up listening to his uncle brag about the legends of Jianghu, thought that someone probably set up a scheme to harm Liu Xiangshen, who lied to him that this was a blessed place, and coaxed him to bury him with acupuncture.The feng shui of the Zilai Yin House has a great influence on the descendants, and the decline of the descendants of the Liu family is probably the reason for this.

However, Yanyou expressed doubts about this statement: being able to build a tomb that looks like a replica of a prince of the Han Dynasty shows that Liu Xiangshen has a master who is proficient in burial knowledge around him.If you understand the tomb system, you should also understand Feng Shui, and there should be no possibility of being deceived.

Wei Changhua seconded the proposal, but he still couldn't figure out the reason.

The three of them discussed for a long time. Suddenly, Meng Hao, who had been silent for a long time, said, "If he wasn't deceived, then he must have done it on purpose."

These words immediately opened up a new way of thinking for everyone.deliberately?So Liu Xiangshen chose such a tomb regardless of the blessings of his descendants. For the ancient times that valued inheritance, he must have done this for a purpose that was far more important than descendants.But what will it be?

Reminiscent of this person's identity as a member of the White Lotus Sect, Yan You felt as if he had captured something, but he couldn't figure it out for a moment.

In order to find that occasional inspiration, he picked up the notes that the group had organized these days and looked through them.His gaze accidentally fell on the old alarm clock that Wei Changhua had brought, only to realize that it was already past lunch time.

Today was a half-day rest for everyone in the house. Last night, Shi Lin excitedly said that he was going to buy pork from a fellow villager, and asked Yan You to make money meat for the tooth festival. Unexpectedly, he was so involved in the discussion in the morning that he forgot the time. The feeling is now.

Just at this time, Shi Lin's stomach growled very punctually, and he couldn't help being embarrassed.

"It's time, let's eat first. After eating, it's time to go up the mountain to take over." Yan You said, and relieved Shi Lin at the right time.

Now it’s not like the two-day system later, and I have to work half a day on Saturday morning.But because there is a lot of rain in summer, and the work site is on the mountain, once it rains heavily, it may face the danger of backfilling the grave.Therefore, after discussing with each other, the two teachers decided to make everyone work harder, and only half a day off on weekends, trying to finish the excavation work as soon as possible.

Influenced by the previous generation's "working actively and enthusiastically, work hard and move forward quickly", the students did not feel hard, and were still enthusiastic.

A group of people filed out and went to have lunch at the regular home of the fellow villagers.Sitting at the dining table, Yan You stared at the rice in the wooden rice cooker that had been pulled here and there, and couldn't help thinking about the direction of the mountain, and his thoughts drifted back to the question just now.

Judging from some Feng Shui knowledge I learned while talking about ancient gossip, there are quite a few precious lands around.If you stand on the top of the mountain and look far away, the mountain range that is more than a hundred miles away is even more of a treasure of geomantic omen.The mountains undulate like dragon veins, surround the lake, and——

Wait, dragon veins?Since the suppression of the White Lotus Sect in the early Ming Dynasty, it has been divided into many sects. When it came to Qingshun, some held the belief of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and instigated rebellion;Liu Xiangshen claimed to be a descendant of the Han Dynasty, and he ran to Gan Province at the moment of the rebellion in the five provinces. Didn't he just want to "cut the dragon's veins"?

According to Fengshui Xuanmen, the land of China is guarded by five dragons, connected from head to tail and echoing each other from a distance, which corresponds to the pattern of the five virtues from beginning to end.The five dragons take turns to become the "flying dragons" of the country during the period of dynasty change.The other four are "hidden dragons", dormant and waiting for time.If someone uses the feng shui pattern to tamper with a certain dragon vein, although it is not exaggerated to the extent that it will definitely overwhelm the imperial court, but if the luck is against the sky, it will be effective, but it will also make the dynasty's national fortune continue to decline.

Yanyou still remembered that the Taoist disciple said these words with a mysterious face at that time, then shook his head regretfully at the end, saying that the "flying dragon" whose dragon head originated from Sijiu City and stretches towards the northern mountains is now in its final stage. About to go dormant.The Republic of China is not stable, so the next "flying dragon" is still looking up, and China will have to be in turmoil for a while before it can usher in peace in the world.

Yan You was skeptical about this, but in retrospect, he found that the tomb that Liu Xiangshen had set was exactly opposite the "dragon vein" that the Taoist disciple said originated from Sijiu City.

That kind of feng shui killing game is too harmful to the yin and yang, and one person is fighting for the luck of a country, and those who have the right time, place and good luck cannot succeed.The disciple didn't go into details, but only emphasized that the success rate of this killing scheme is really low, less than [-]%, and it's not worth the risk.

For ordinary people, such a low success rate is enough to make them rule out this project.But for Xiangshen Liu, it may be the last hope.In the first year of Jiaqing, when Kangxi and Qianlong flourished, Qingshun had not yet shown any sign of national decline. The peasant uprisings in the five provinces were nothing more than a serious problem to the court, and they ended in failure.

Perhaps Liu Xiangshen had seen through this point before rushing to Gan Province for "reinforcement", so he secretly built the tomb, trying to pin his hope of anti-Qing on Fengshui Xuanshu.

After figuring this out, Yan You couldn't help feeling a little bit embarrassed.

Since the day they entered the mountain, teachers and students would ask the villagers who have lived here for generations about the legend of the ancient tomb whenever they have free time, but they found nothing. Even the old man who loves to talk about ancient tombs in the village has never heard of this ancient tomb.Judging from the fact that he built this large-scale over-the-made tomb without revealing the slightest bit of news or alarming any outsiders, that Xiangshen Liu is indeed outstanding.

But such a wise man, like an ignorant and superstitious person, put all his eggs in one basket after his ideals were disillusioned, and turned to believe in such mysterious things as Feng Shui.

However, throughout the ages, even the wise and mighty emperors could not help but indulge in the way of longevity.Maybe at some point, all kinds of actions of people seem unreasonable, maybe he himself knows all the falsehoods in his heart, and he just does it to keep the obsession in his heart alive.

"Junior Yan, what are you thinking? The food is getting cold." Wei Changhua had already picked up a bowl of rice, and when he looked up, he saw Yan You was holding the bowl without moving his chopsticks, looking like he was wandering in thought, so he lightly Give him a nudge.

Only then did Yan You recover from his wandering thoughts.Just about to move the chopsticks, I heard a sound of horseshoes stopping outside the courtyard gate.Then I saw Tu Zhi jumping off the carriage of the fellow's family, and rushed into the house like a gust of wind: "Yanyou, from now on, you don't have to stay in the archaeological team."

"what?"

This time, not only Yan You, but the other three stopped their chopsticks in a daze and stared blankly at Tu Zhi, feeling that Monk Zhang Er was confused.

When Tu Zhi made his meaning clear, everyone suddenly realized.Wei Changhua and Meng Hao thought it was because Yinglao felt sorry for Yanyou's frailty and couldn't bear him to suffer outside, so they called him back with an excuse.The obedient Shi Lin guessed the reason somewhat, and was happier than the other two.

Yan You saw that Tu Zhi's expression was subtle and weird, and after thinking about it for a while, he understood the reason.He still respects this good teacher who has excellent teacher morality, cherishes good seedlings, and does not suppress or exclude.

Afraid that the teacher would be even more disappointed, Yanyou didn't express his conjecture immediately, but pulled Wei Changhua aside when he was packing, suggesting that he follow a certain angle to the mountain range facing the ancient tomb to find someone There's nothing special about it—people from the Taoist school said that this kind of killing must bury something in the dragon's veins to be effective.

Because Tu Zhi wanted Yan You to go back early to familiarize himself with the meeting information and the participants, he urged him to hand over the work to others overnight and leave early tomorrow morning.Fortunately, Yanyou's positioning this time is to follow and learn, there is nothing special, and after spending an hour or so, he handed over all relevant matters to his successor Meng Hao.

The kitten, which has not yet been named, eats and sleeps with Yanyou all day long, so he can't leave him for a moment, so Yanyou decides to take it back with him without much thought.The house at home is spacious, and it is good to have a town house cat.

To make a phone call, you have to make a detour to the village, and apart from Mr. Ying, grandma and a few other friends have no phone calls.Yan You decided to go back directly and give them a surprise at that time.

But what he didn't expect was that it was himself who received the "surprise".

This time, he took the motion sickness medicine early and fell asleep all the way. After getting off the car, Yan You, refreshed, happily carried the kitten in his army green canvas bag and strode towards the dormitory of the ironworks.

It turned out that there was another family living there.

After careful questioning, Yan You found out that during the half month since he left, his house had been completed ahead of schedule, and his grandma had moved in two days ago.

At this time, Chang Hongsheng, who was still taking over for his brother, came over by chance. When he looked up and saw his friend, he shouted in surprise, "Yanzi, why did you come back early? You didn't even say hello." "I forgot about you for a while." Work here, or call the factory ahead of time."

When Yanyou first came to this era, he was worried about the house, and even almost gave up his future because of it.Now that it's finally resolved, I'm in a good mood.Although it was a bit regretful not to set off a festive firecracker on the housewarming day, my heart was still full of joy.

Walking down the stairs, he punched Hong Sheng heavily on the shoulder as usual, and said with a smile, "I said earlier that I would treat you to the braised pig topping made by grandma, but I never kept it. Let's go to my new house for dinner after work today." , I'll make you something more delicious."

Unexpectedly, Chang Hongsheng, who used to be happy to run after hearing that there was something to eat, was uncharacteristically today.Not only did he not show any joy, but he took two steps back, raised his eyebrows in embarrassment, and looked extremely guilty: "This...Yanzi, I have to work overtime today..."

"It's too late, why do you need to work overtime when sorting scrap iron? Don't feel embarrassed, we are good friends, don't think so much." Yan You, immersed in joy, lost his usual sharpness and never noticed the abnormality of the other party. .

"I really don't want to go...Grandma Luo entertained me on the day I moved, so I don't need it today."

Chang Hongsheng shook his head again and again, the meaning of rejection was very obvious.It wasn't until then that Yan You noticed that his expression was wrong, and suddenly became suspicious: "What's the matter, are you hiding something from me?"

"No, absolutely not."

Seeing that Chang Hongsheng's expression and words were completely different, Yanyou became even more suspicious.Suddenly thought of a certain point, and suddenly his expression changed: "Is it possible that something happened to grandma, and you refused to tell me without telling me?!"

After coming to this era, although he met many warm-hearted people one after another and became friends with them one after another, but for Yanyou, grandma is the only family member.When I thought that something might happen to grandma, I was in chaos.

Chang Hongsheng looked at Yanyou so anxiously that his face changed drastically, and Chang Hongsheng said quickly: "Bah bah, don't talk nonsense, grandma is doing well! After moving to the new house, I have a lot of energy, and I can work more briskly than my mother every day."

"Then why can you hide it from me?" Yan You still didn't believe it.

At this point, in order to appease Yan You, Chang Hongsheng had no choice but to tell the story.But after thinking about it, although Yanyou looks good-tempered, he is stronger than before.Once you commit stubbornness, ten cows will not be able to pull back.If he knew that he was "nurtured"—ah bah, was he rescued?It doesn't seem right either.In short, this kind of thing that is a pie in the sky to others may be a kind of charity in his eyes.If he gets riveted with himself here, his eloquence and brains can't beat him at all.It's better to throw this hot potato to the person concerned.

Chang Hongsheng consciously made the most correct choice, and when the words came to his lips, he turned a corner and turned into a self-confident persuasion: "In short, you will know when you go back and have a look...Yanzi, I know you have The principle is to be decent, but one cannot rely solely on being decent. You owe so much foreign debt to build a house, and you don’t have a job right now. When will you pay it back? And the brother Zhu who lent you the money is in business. My grandma always It is said that the business has eight feet. It looks good today, but he may run away one day. Although he is kind-hearted, he will not be able to live on by then, so he has to ask you for debts to fill the hole? In the long run, it is good now Yes. Don’t blame Ash Hui for making his own decisions, in fact, his proposal is quite reasonable.”

"...What exactly are you talking about?"

Hearing him talk a lot, Yan You was even more strange.But he quietly breathed a sigh of relief: Chang Hongsheng is a straight person who can't keep things going, if grandma really has something, he definitely doesn't want to chat with him.

However, what exactly happened, and why was Murong Hui involved?Is he messing around again?

Thinking of this, Yan You rubbed the center of his eyebrows helplessly, and by the way pushed back the kitten that was hanging on the edge of the bag and wanted to jump out.

I don't know why, although Murong Hui has been side by side with him many times, and he is excellent in every aspect, but whenever he thinks of this person, his first impression is to cause trouble.Well, maybe it's not my fault, it's mainly related to Murong Hui's restless temper.

Yan You didn't realize at all that his virtue of never talking about right and wrong would disintegrate in Murong Hui's place so that there was no dregs left.

I still need to ask in detail, but seeing Chang Hongsheng showing the expression of "I won't tell if I kill him", Yanyou had no choice but to follow his suggestion and go home first to see clearly.

Doubts linger in my mind, making Yan You return home like an arrow.It usually takes 10 minutes to walk, but today it took half an hour.

Standing outside the alley, seeing a section of snow-white outer wall exposed from the ruins of the past, Yan You unconsciously curled his lips, revealing a smile from the heart: This is the home he earned with his own hands.After running around for a long time, I finally found a place to rest, and now there are relatives waiting for me at home, so it is not as deserted as it was back then.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but quicken his pace.But after walking a few steps, he turned the angle, and without the cover of other houses, he was shocked to find that the two small bungalows in the plan turned into a small three-story building!

The walls are covered with snow-white tiles, and each window is made into a western style; a parasol is placed on each of the two balconies, and there are transplanted grape vines on both sides, which is green and cool.The rattan shadow hides the rattan rocking chair displayed below, and it is very comfortable just looking at it.

Before the start of construction, Yanyou had made a budget and knew the current market of building materials very well. He knew at a glance that this small building would definitely cost a lot, at least several thousand, which he could not afford now.None of my friends could afford the money—wait, maybe there was one.

Thinking of the name that Chang Hongsheng repeatedly emphasized, Yanyou's heart brightened.

Pushing open the courtyard door, Yan You hurried in.Looking around for a while, I found that grandma was not there, and there was a faint noise from upstairs, and I didn't care to look at the new furnishings in the house, so I went upstairs directly.

The scholar who has always accompanied Murong Hui like a shadow, was left outside a certain room with a closed door today, jumping up and down on the ground, while aggrieved and singing: "Bright day, how can you be ashamed and shameless?" Good luck. Tearfully advise brother not to be impatient, the scenery will be beautiful when you untie your skirt~"

After getting along these days, Yan You had already had no expectations for this parrot—or Mr. Murong's taste.Ignoring its little song, just about to knock on the door, suddenly heard some strange noises inside.After careful identification, it seems to be the crying of a woman and... some indescribable sounds?

Yan You looked back at the "on-site commentary" scholar in a complicated mood, and for some reason, the questions that had been brewing all the way suddenly turned into anger.Putting down the cloth bag, he punched the newly painted door: "Murong Hui, come out!"