The autumn wind brings forth the Weishui River, and the fallen leaves cover Chang'an.
——"Recalling Wu Chushi on the River" Jia Dao
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On this day, Bai Fu spread the overall picture of Mrs. Guo's residence on the table and was inspecting it carefully. The clerk of the Bashu Guild Hall ushered the two guests into the study.
The two men were around fifty years old. One was short and chubby, with round eyes and a smile on his face. He looked like a wealthy man who was willing to do good things. The other was short and lean, holding a brass pipe in his hand, looking like an escort.
Bai Fu was overjoyed, clasped his fists and saluted, saying, "We've been waiting for these two seniors to come!"
The man who looked like a rich man was the first to speak, and returned the favor with a smile: "Brother Bai is so anxious to find us two old guys, but is there any good deal?"
The visitors were none other than the two brothers Sun Fu and Sun Gui, the founders of the gold-touching and fighting world.
Previously, the two men were invited by Bai Fu and happily went out to assist General Li Guangbi in guarding Taiyuan. The two men used underground tactics to appear and disappear, and repeatedly performed extraordinary feats, killing Shi Siming's army and retreating to Hebei.
After that, the Tang army regained the two capitals, Shi Siming returned to the Tang Dynasty, and Anqingxu shrank into a corner.
Seeing that the war was calmed down, the two declined Li Guangbi's efforts to stay, leaving Sun Gui's descendant Sun Ping'an to stay in Taiyuan to join the army, and then returned to Luoyang.
After receiving Bai Fu's letter, the two knew that Bai Fu had something important to discuss. So they rushed from Luoyang without stopping.
Back then, Bai Fu almost lost his life trying to save Sun Dashan under the flying beams of fish pond in Prince Yin's Mansion. From then on, the Sun brothers were grateful for Bai Fu's life-saving grace, and no one dared to disobey Bai Fu's orders.
On that day, when Bai Fu escaped from the "Zhuanlunzang", there was a loud thunderclap, the entire fish pond was flattened, the water in the pond evaporated instantly, and a huge black cloud rose.
Bai Fu stood proudly in the center of the pit, his whole body green and purple, as if struck by lightning, the surface of his skin flashed with electricity and made a tingling sound.
Bai Fu's eyes were filled with purple electricity, his hair was flying, and he had a murderous aura, just like a god or demon!
This scene was so shocking that the Sun brothers were shocked on the spot.
The Sun brothers have been in business for decades. They have robbed countless majestic tombs of emperors and encountered countless strange supernatural events. They are well-informed. But Bai Fu was able to withstand the explosion of "Zhuanlunzang" with his fleshly body, and became the incarnation.
It was as if gods and demons were coming to earth. This was the first time the two brothers encountered such a miracle.
The two of them believed that Bai Fuding was an extraordinary person, and decided to follow Bai Fu for the rest of their lives and follow Bai Fu's lead. If there is a chance, they might be able to eliminate the curse of hatred left by tomb robbers for generations in their family.
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After not seeing each other for several years, the three of them were filled with emotions.
After reminiscing about old times, Bai Fu pointed to the map on the desk and said: "To be honest, I bought Mrs. Guo Guo's mansion because of its hidden treasures.
I have checked relevant information and found that when the Supreme Emperor fled that day, Mrs. Guo Guo only took her personal belongings with her.
Subsequently, the rebel army invaded Chang'an, occupied several residences of Mrs. Guo Guo in Chang'an, and ransacked Mrs. Guo's residence.
The rebels have detailed records of plundering the property of the emperor's relatives and wealthy families. However, according to these records, although the rebels plundered a lot of property from Mrs. Guo's house, it was not as good as the wealth that Mrs. Guo had accumulated over the years.
Comparing family wealth, the property seized by the rebels was only a drop in the bucket.
In addition to the income from many farms in the two capitals, Mrs. Guo's wealth also includes the rewards from the Supreme Emperor over the years. In Tianbao Ten Years alone, the rewards from the Supreme Emperor were far greater than what the rebels gained from looting her mansion.
Therefore, I speculate that due to the rush of time at that time, Mrs. Guo Guo had no time to move her belongings, but instead hid a large amount of treasures in these mansions."
Sun Dashan Sun Fu pondered: "Are these sources accurate?"
Bai Fu handed a silk manual to Sun Dashan and said: "This roster was bought from the confidants of Sun Xiaozhe, the general of the Yan army. It cost one hundred taels of gold. The roster clearly recorded every rebel soldier.
A treasure trove."
Tu Xingsun Sungui asked: "Could it be that before the rebels arrived, Mrs. Guo's mansion was looted by the rebels?"
Bai Fu shook his head and said: "I asked the captured rebel generals and the spies lurking in Chang'an. They told me that before the rebels arrived, many of the palaces of the emperor's relatives and wealthy families were guarded by armed servants.
Ordinary mobs can't rush in at all. Even the rebels took a lot of effort to capture it."
Sun Dashan laughed and said: "Thank you Brother Bai for your love. I have been looking for food underground all my life. I didn't expect to find treasures on the ground. In this case, let's go to Mrs. Guo's Mansion and take a look.
Are there any clues?"
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After the Sun brothers took a short rest, the three of them arrived at the mansion of Mrs. Guo Guo in Xingningfang that day. The mansion was magnificent with carved beams, painted columns, waterside pavilions and pavilions.
The most eye-catching are the three palaces behind the main entrance of the mansion, which are magnificent and look like smaller Hanyuan Hall, Zichen Hall and Xuanzheng Hall.
Bai Fu pointed to the roof decorations of the three palaces and said to the Sun brothers: "The shapes of these three palaces are quite strange and seem to be arrogant, so I suspect they are related to the treasure trove."
The Sun brothers raised their eyes and saw that it was just as Bai Fu said.
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The roof of Chang'an House has five ridges, namely one main ridge and four vertical ridges. Using animals to stabilize the ridges can protect the house and avoid fire and disasters.
However, there are strict etiquette rules for the style of roof ridges. Ordinary people are not allowed to install ridge animals on their homes. Only the residences of noble officials and officials can be built with special approval by the emperor. The ridge on which the animals are installed is called "ceremonial ridge" to show their honor.
The swallowing beasts at both ends of the main ridge of ordinary gates are 'owls', and the royal family often decorated the main ridge with 'phoenix perches'.
There are generally five squatting beasts arranged on the four vertical ridges, collectively called the "Five Ridges and Six Beasts". There are five most common squatting beasts: 'Suanni, bullfighting, Xiezhi, phoenix, and Xiyu'. These legendary exotic animals
The beasts often looked ferocious, so the people gave them interesting nicknames in turn: "When cornered, kill them all, join the gang, pull the flag with the wind, sit on the mountain and watch the fire."
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These three palaces in Mrs. Guo's residence are indeed suspected of arrogance.
The first palace is the largest. The swallowing beasts at both ends of the main ridge are dragons and chi, opening their mouths to bite the roof ridge.
On the four vertical ridges, at the front is a fairy riding a phoenix, and behind him are nine squatting beasts, namely: dragon, phoenix, lion, Pegasus, seahorse, Suan Ni, Ayu, Xie Zhi, and bullfighting.
The second palace is the smallest, square, with a sword inserted into the back of the owl kiss at both ends of the main ridge.
In the third palace, the swallowing beasts at both ends of the main ridge are also "dragon kisses", but there are no squatting beasts on the four vertical ridges. Each vertical ridge has two hunched dragons back to back.
Bai Fu said: "The first temple is the most transgressive. The swallowing beasts at both ends of the main ridge are called 'dragon kisses', which means the water dragon presses the fire god Zhu Rong. There are actually nine squatting beasts with four vertical ridges, only more than the Hanyuan Palace.
The squatting beast is missing one 'Xingshi'.
In the second palace, there is a sword inserted into the roof ridge. It is said that this style was created by Xu Jingyang, a Taoist in the Jin Dynasty, in order to prevent the swallowing beasts at both ends of the main ridge from escaping and to suppress evil spirits.
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Tu Xingsun asked: "Brother Bai, what is 'Xingshi'?"
Bai Fu said: "'Xingshi' is named because it ranks tenth among the beasts on the roof. It is a monster with two wings on its ribs, a monkey's head and a human body. It holds a vajra pestle and has the power to subjugate demons. People in the palace also said
It is the God of Thunder. Placing it on the roof can protect the temple from thunder disasters.
'Xingshi' is unique as a squatting beast, it only appears in the Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace. There are only nine squatting beasts decorated in other palaces at most, and Xingshi is not one of them."
Sun Dashan nodded and said: "Even the prince would not dare to do it with such a shape, let alone the mere lady of Guoguo? There must be a way inside."