The Yangtze River has sadly stagnated, and it will return thousands of miles away.
The conditions are high and windy at night, and yellow leaves are flying in the mountains.
——"In the Mountain" Wang Bo
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On the same day, the three of them came to Mrs. Guo's mansion again and went straight to the main hall.
Mr. Sun Dashan climbed up the ladder, carefully inspected the brackets, and finally found this unique Sandao. Tu Xingsun pulled out the Sandao with a little force!
Just like the replica model, after the loose bucket is pulled out, the bracket is not damaged, and the entire mortise and tenon structure is still extremely strong!
Coming down from the ladder, the three of them studied the Sandaou carefully. The Sandaou was made of ironwood and was extremely hard. Through the sunlight, it could be clearly seen that in the groove at the bottom of the Sandaou, there were two small seals carved lightly.
When Bai saw him again, his eyes turned red and he burst into tears.
The Sun brothers hurriedly asked.
Bai Fu wiped away his tears and choked with sobs: "These two small seal characters are my master's name."
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Bai Fu briefly introduced the relationship between Master and Princess Taiping, and the Sun brothers suddenly understood.
Sun Dashan sighed: "From this point of view, the secret passage mechanism in Princess Taiping's mansion should have been designed and photographed by your master."
After Bai Fu calmed down, Sun Dashan put the piece of sand bucket together with the Xunlong ruler, which pointed at the well in the main hall.
The three of them had gained experience this time. They went to the inner hall first, opened the water gate, and put the well water into the inner lake. After the underground river water at the bottom of the well was drained, they returned to the main hall and prepared to explore the well.
It was still the old rule, one of the Sun brothers went down to the well, and the other stayed on top of the well. This time, it was Sun Dashan and Bai Fuxing who explored the well first.
When we got to the bottom of the well, the water had receded, but there was still a foot of mud. In the culvert more than a foot high, countless cave dwellings of different sizes were densely distributed on the cave walls. The cave dwelling doors were wrapped in layers of thick oilcloth.
There is also a mechanism to open the cave door, and Tu Xingsun has informed the two of them how to crack the mechanism. So it is not difficult to open the cave door, but the key is which cave door to open?
In which cave dwelling is Dougong's secret hidden?
Sun Dashan used the dragon-seeking ruler again. But this time, the dragon-seeking ruler seemed to be disturbed by some force, spinning randomly with no trace to be found.
Bai Fu asked Sun Dashan for a piece of sandu and held it tightly in his hand. Bai Fu knelt on his knees in the mud and slowly felt the piece of sandu engraved with his master's name.
"May Master's spirit in heaven bless me and allow me to find the secret of Dou Gong and realize your unfinished wish..."
Bai Fu closed his eyes and prayed devoutly.
After about a stick of incense, Bai Fu finally stood up, pointed to a small cave in the corner and said, "Let's try this!"
Opening the copper door of this cave dwelling, there is a Bodhisattva carved from granite enshrined inside. The lotus petal and Xumi pedestal at the foot of the Bodhisattva is seriously damaged, revealing a wedge-shaped hole.
Bai Fu carefully put the bucket into the hole, and heard a "click" sound as the mortise and tenon clicked together.
Sun Dashan was overjoyed and said: "Turn to the right three times, then push in!"
Bai Fu acted accordingly, only to hear two banging sounds under his feet, and the sound of chains alternating. A three-foot-wide square hole appeared in the mud at the bottom of the culvert.
Entering the entrance of the cave, it is narrow at first, and only then can people enter. After spiraling down the stairs and walking dozens of steps, it suddenly became clear that it was an underground fortress!
There are dozens of luminous pearls the size of pigeon eggs on the walls of the fortress, making the entire area brightly lit.
The roads in the fortress are like a chessboard, with some horizontal and some vertical, in an orderly manner. The cave dwellings in the fortress are functionally divided, and camping and storage are separated.
The camping area is similar to the Tibetan Soldier Cave in Wengcheng. There are beds, food cabinets, wine jars, and water tanks in the cave. There are moldy bacon and biscuits in the food cabinet, and unopened soju in the wine jar.
There are various large and small boxes in the snow storage area.
In the weapons arsenal, inside the cabinets are armors tightly wrapped in oilcloth, weapons: crossbows, arrows, horse spears, swords, shields...
Arrows, swords and other weapons have been coated with animal fat, without any rust, and are as sharp as new. The tips of the spears are shining brightly, and the armor is bright!
Bai Fu took out a crossbow. The arrows on the crossbow were flexible, and the bowstring made of beef tendon was still elastic. He loaded the crossbow arrows, pressed the expander, and the arrows shot out with a roar, and were nailed to the brick wall.
Bai Fu put down his crossbow, picked up a horizontal knife, and weighed it in his hand.
Like the Huanshou Dao of the Han Dynasty, the horizontal knife has a single-sided blade, which is strong and hard, but also a little flexible. It is extremely sharp and used for chopping, and its power is amazing.
The Tang Dynasty Hengdao was forged dozens of times using the art of melting steel. It was time-consuming and laborious to forge one Hengdao, which is equivalent to making a dozen ordinary weapons.
There are actually more than a thousand swords in this fortress.
What shocked Bai Fu even more was that in the center of the weapons storage area were more than a hundred long copper boxes. The outside of the copper boxes were wrapped with crocodile skin, and the inside of the boxes were padded with soft furs such as silver fox, otter, mink, etc., and there was a small box in the middle.
The Tang Dynasty Mo Dao is as sharp as a mirror and as sharp as a mirror!
Bai Fu has too many feelings for Mo Dao, and there are many things in the past.
Bai Fu stroked the blade of the blade with his hand. From the handle to the blade, his fingers lightly traced the blade. The skin of his fingertips could clearly feel the sharp and cold blade.
Bai Fu seemed to see General Li Siye taking off his armor and standing in front of the formation, holding a sword in his hand. When he swung the sword, the thunder roared, and all the men and horses who hit it were shattered.
Bai Fu roughly counted the number of armors and weapons, and clicked his tongue: "The weapons here are enough to equip an army of a thousand people!
Especially the Mo Dao is extremely precious. Even if the Mo Dao soldiers died on the battlefield, the Tang army strictly ordered them to be buried with their Mo Dao. I didn’t expect that there are more than a hundred of them here!"
There is also a copper box in the corner next to Mo Dao. The copper box is not big and has an unprepossessing appearance. After opening it, there is a golden mask inside. The outline of the mask fits the human face. It is extremely exquisite, revealing infinite mystery and power that dominates the world.
Underneath the golden mask, there were actually several human skin masks, with faces of both men and women. The masks were extremely thin, as transparent as gauze, and were ironed to fit.
Sun Dashan touched the material and sighed: "Such an exquisite human skin mask is rare in the world. It must have been peeled off from the face of a living person with extremely skillful techniques.
I heard that during the Wu Zhou Dynasty, the cruel official Lai Junchen was good at this. He selected handsome men and beautiful women, skinned them and made them into masks, which he presented to Emperor Wu Zhao for viewing."
After Bai Fu listened, he looked at the dark eye sockets of the human skin mask and couldn't help but shudder and shudder.
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The treasure house is also dotted with boxes and cabinets of various sizes.
In dozens of large vats, gold beans the size of almonds were piled up like gravel, filling the entire clay vat. Two large vats had been broken, and the golden beans were scattered on the ground. Gold, which seems extremely precious to ordinary people, is here like a
Sand tiles.
Not only that, but various gemstones such as opal and luminous pearls are also available in quantities of hundreds of dendrobium.
Among the many treasure chests, there are red corals as tall as a person, life-like statues of Buddha and Bodhisattva carved from mutton-fat white jade, and horses carved from raw jadeite, which are lifelike and vivid...
There are also rows of bronze vessels, ranging from wine statues to giant tripods, and there is even a set of bronze chimes. The most eye-catching among them is the giant bronze tripod, all of which are simple in shape and huge in size.
There are also several extremely tightly wrapped gold and jade boxes. When opened, they turn out to be rolls of calligraphy and paintings, including the original works of Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi and his son, as well as paintings by Gu Kaizhi and others. Each of them is a peerless authentic work, unparalleled in the world.
rare.
There are also a large number of Buddhist scriptures in the gold box and jade box, including the Buddhist scriptures handwritten by Kumarajiva, the Buddha relics brought back by Master Xuanzang from Tianzhu, the Bay Leaf Sutra and other supreme Buddhist instruments and classics.
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Sun Dashan sighed with emotion: "Mrs. Guo's treasures are already as rich as the entire country, which is dazzling. But when you put it here, it is less than one-third of what it is here. It shows how glorious and powerful Princess Taiping was back then!"