Ancient Art of Sealing Ghosts

Nanzhao was the first unified dynasty in Southwest China, and it was also the most powerful dynasty in Southwest history. Its territory included the whole of today's Yunnan and parts of Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet, Vietnam, and Burma.Nanzhao is a unified country composed of Wuman as the king and Baiman as the assistant.It was established in 738 by Pi Luoge, the leader of Mengshe Zhao, until it was destroyed by Duan Siping in 937, and Dali was established.

And this golden ghost city is the fifth generation of Mengshe Zhao, Piluo Pavilion, the son of Sheng Luopi, the first king of Nanzhao Kingdom. It was built during the most powerful period of Nanzhao, and it almost combined the most advanced technology at that time.

In the 26th year of Kaiyuan, Pi Luo Pavilion, with the support of the Tang Dynasty, defeated Bin Ji Zhao Dian Zhituo, Lang Qiong Zhao Qi Luo Jun, Shi Lang Zhao Bang Luo Dian, Yue Xi Zhao Yu Yu, Meng Yu Zhao Yuan Luo, and merged the Five Zhao. He was ennobled by the Tang Dynasty as King of Yunnan and given the name Meng Guiyi.

It can be said that both Nanzhao and Piluo Pavilion occupy an important position in Chinese history.

"...Some people even say that Piluoge is the founding monarch of Laos, Khun Bulun, but who can tell whether it is true or not." The uncle lit a cigarette, and finished talking about the history of Nanzhao in a melancholy manner, and then asked Sister Xuan said, "Do you feel better?"

Sister Xuan returned the clothes to me, nodded and said, "No problem, you can leave anytime."

I took the clothes and saw that Sister Xuan's face was still a little pale, so I couldn't help worrying: "I don't care if I wear this clothes or not. I think your complexion is still not very good. You may have suffered from frostbite just now, otherwise..."

"Oh, I'm bothering you to death. I said it's okay." Sister Xuan blocked my hand, gave me a look, and said coquettishly, "Why didn't I see you caring about me so much before? Don't tell me that you didn't treat me like a woman before. It’s only when something goes wrong that I think about it.”

"Cough..." Hearing this, the uncle and I let out a dry cough in tacit understanding, and we all lowered our heads, looking at our hearts, pretending we didn't hear what Sister Xuan said.

But to be honest, our gang of four is already considered very strong. After all, my uncle and I are both very resistant to Yin Qi due to our special constitution. Even if Uncle is physically hindered, it will not affect his spirit at all, and I have long been used to Yin Qi. The feeling of entering the body, so that it is a bit enjoyable when you are really in it.

Dao Feng and Ji Xuan can't do it at all. The powerful aura that can make people fall into the abyss of hell is fatal to ordinary people. Fortunately, I have taken precautions in advance, and Dao Feng and Ji Xuan Both of them are strong-willed types, so they can get through this safely, otherwise, the two of them may be dead by now.

Thinking of this, I can't help but feel a little scared. If Dao Feng or Ji Xuan really makes a mistake, I will probably regret it for the rest of my life.

I put on my clothes and subconsciously looked at Dao Feng. He was taking out the wolf eye from his backpack to check whether the flashlight was damaged. When he felt that I was looking at him, he raised his head and looked at me, and then said in a low voice: "Let's go." .”

"Yeah." I nodded, opened my wolf eyes, greeted Uncle and Ji Xuan, and cautiously walked into the city.

At first, I thought that the special magnetic field here would have an impact on some of our equipment, but now it seems that there is no such thing at all.

In the outermost part of the Golden City, there are two gold-plated Buddha statues about six or seven meters high. These two Buddha statues are peaceful and dignified, and they are incompatible with this ghostly Golden City, but what attracts the most attention is not their expressions, but Those two big exaggerated ears.

According to the uncle, the name of this kind of Buddha is Anle, and it can be seen everywhere in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, but it is obvious that the two Anle Buddhas here are completely different from ordinary ones. What do their exaggerated ears put on the Buddha represent, which reminds me The ear symbol on the city gate and the ear symbol on the map, from this point of view, the ears of the two Buddha statues are also substituted into the symbol, showing the worship of the ears by the people of Nanzhao.

We passed between these two Buddha statues and entered the streets in the Golden City, and found that the houses on both sides of the street were also made of gold, which looked strangely gorgeous.

Think about it, most of the ancient mausoleums are like this, burying all the prosperity under the loess, not only the gold and silver treasures, but also the blood and sweat of the ancient working people, really burying all the prosperity.

But now, the Nanzhao King Pi Luoge actually used an entire city made of gold as his mausoleum, which shows how ambitious he is.

"If these are all real gold, you can sell a lot of money if you just take a few back home?" I looked at the gold in front of me, and I felt itchy in my heart, and I wanted to take some back to honor my parents.

Gold is always something people want to see, and I am no exception. The biggest wish in the past few years is to order a set of high-purity gold jewelry for my mother when I have money.My girlfriend used to think gold was tacky, but I think the more tacky something is, the more commemorative it is.

"Not necessarily." Hearing this, the uncle walked to a private house, reached out and touched the wall, and then frowned, "It's not pure gold, it's gold-plated, and it should be something like cement stone bricks inside. The decorations are probably not authentic either, it is impossible for such a large city to use pure gold for everything, no matter how strong Nanzhao is, it does not have the financial resources."

"Sure enough." I sighed, and looked around the house in disappointment, and found that the houses here didn't look like someone lived in them, they were just decorations. , but more like a memorial service.

There is no doubt that the huge and magnificent golden city in front of him is a veritable dead city.

Its construction has only one meaning, and that is to bury Piluo Pavilion, king of Yunnan.

We wandered the streets for a long time and knew that there was nothing too valuable here, so we prepared to go directly to the underground palace where the coffin of the king of Yunnan was placed. After all, that was the real goal of our adventure.

"Do you know the exact location of the underground palace?" Sister Xuan shrank her clothes, rubbed her hands and scolded, "Why the hell is it getting colder as you walk?"

"I also feel a little cold." I shivered, and realized that the coldness here was not due to Yin Qi, but the coldness in the true sense, so I couldn't help sighing: "Don't enter the underground palace yet, let's go to the underground palace first." It's freezing outside."

The uncle glanced at us, then looked around and said: "I'm afraid it's not so easy to find the underground palace. After walking this way just now, didn't you realize that the streets here are not straight lines, and the surrounding residential buildings are all built according to a special pattern?" Arranged regularly, we can't see the floor plan, and it is even more difficult to crack the secrets here when we are in it. Now we can only take one step at a time, and slowly find out the doorway inside."

"That's right, to make those people fail back then, there must be something more unimaginable here." Dao Feng took the uncle's words, his expression slightly uneasy, his dark eyes flickered twice, and he turned to look deep into the street. place.

I guess he probably thought of his missing elder brother. When people are concerned, they often show this kind of fragile expression. Of course, for Dao Feng, this kind of vulnerability is only temporary, like a flash in the pan, passing by in a flash. , will never be easily captured.

But the more he is like this, the more I feel that he is affectionate and righteous, not as cold and heartless as he seems on the surface. If I guess correctly, he will come to find the truth 70 years ago, and the big reason is for his elder brother.This kind of Dao Feng made me want to get closer, touch him, and know his true inner thoughts.

After walking for several hours in the golden ghost town, we gradually found that the houses here are arranged in two forms, one is on the left side of the central street, all facing the right side, and the other is on the right side of the central street, all facing To the left, facing the houses on the left, it is like two different camps, and the street in the middle is the dividing line.

Not only that, we also found a golden pagoda with the same shape and structure in two areas with different patterns on the left and right. This golden pagoda is not high and has only three floors in total. The ears are placed, and the third layer is empty.

My uncle and I have studied it for a long time, but we still haven't figured out what the third layer means.

"...Buddha, worship and symbol... Does the third level mean that everything is empty?" I touched my chin and felt that my analysis made sense, "Isn't there a saying that form is emptiness, and emptiness is form? This should be the same as that More or less, maybe it is to warn people not to care too much about material interests, everything in the world is empty..."

"Empty your sister!" The uncle raised his hand and gave me a hand, muttering: "Which king who made a city of gold would believe that everything is empty? This third floor may be the key to finding the underground palace. Think about it, don't Just guessing."

"Isn't this poisoned by the Celestial Dynasty too serious? I used to be like this when I was in school." I coughed dryly and calmed down to observe the stone platform on the third floor carefully. There is indeed something here at Chuchu, but why that thing disappeared is the most difficult mystery to solve.

We searched in the golden tower for a long time, but we couldn't find anything to crack the third layer of secrets. Just as we were about to go to other places to check, strange changes happened in the golden city.

We were walking on the street, but inexplicably began to hear the sound of someone talking, even the sound of walking and the sound of rubbing objects became more and more clear. The sound seemed to be close to my ears, and I could even feel that those people were right in front of my eyes. But the four of us knew very well in our hearts that there was no living person in this city except us.

We looked at each other, feeling at a loss for what to do with the sudden darkness in the city, and the heavy oppression made us uneasy.

Hearing more and more noisy voices in my ears, I gradually became irritable, and my eyes kept searching around, trying to see some flaws in the lifeless houses.

Finally, I saw some strange things began to appear in the air, which were accidentally exposed human hands, feet and clothes. Although it was not complete, it reminded me of something my grandfather once said.

"No!" I yelled inwardly, my eyes widened in surprise, and I said, "How could such a thing appear here? It's over, hurry up and find a place to hide, or it will be too late."

Seeing my anxious appearance, Dao Feng asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?"

I waved my hand to signal him not to ask, pointed to the room next to him and said, "Quick, let's go in and hide first, and I'll tell you what's going on in a while."

"Then stop talking nonsense, let's go." The uncle waved his hand and led us into a residential house quickly.

After we entered, Dao Feng and I closed the gold-plated door together. I walked around the house twice and saw that there were no ghosts hiding here, so I felt relieved and turned to look out the window, quietly waiting for those guys to appear.