Chapter 71: Xuanwu bows his head
The mountain is about a mile behind the tomb, not too far away. Today the weather is very clear, so the shape of the mountain can be seen very clearly. This mountain is the so-called "Xuanwu" among the four forces of the earth. According to Feng Shui, "Xuanwu hangs its head, Suzaku flies and dances, Qinglong winds, and Baihu bows down." This is a lucky cave. Xuanwu hangs its head, which means that the dragon's energies are concentrated, like a crouching bird or a crouching beast. However, this mountain is actually standing upright with its head raised, which is exactly the opposite of the drooping head.
I didn't look at it carefully at first, but now I understand it immediately. At first glance, this Feng Shui is precious, but I overlooked the saying that the Black Tortoise hangs its head. Fortunately, the other three terrains are still qualified, otherwise they are all opposite, and it will become a dangerous cave, causing bloodshed in the family, and in serious cases, it will even lead to the extinction of descendants. At that time, I saw this situation and was reluctant to give up this piece of land. It is a very easy solution. Dig a hole under the peak of the mountain, bury blue bricks in it, and engrave the four words "Black Tortoise hangs its head" on it, and then it will be done.
But seeing that the old man's body has not decayed for forty years, he did not go to the mountain to solve it. I guess that since the person who can predict such a good Feng Shui situation must not be ignorant of this, it is definitely intentional. This situation can still ensure that the descendants will be rich and powerful, but the family has been plagued by disasters, just like Mr. Lu's several cousins died young, which is due to this situation. And not all descendants will suffer, it depends on the fate. For example, Mr. Lu was born strong and was not affected, but his son was affected as soon as he was born.
I was relieved after I found the problem. Anyway, I didn't make a fool of myself. At this time, Mr. Lu came out of the corn field after offering sacrifices to the ancestors' graves. I asked him to go to the village to find a blue brick. So we went into the village and looked for the old man Chen Dahong. Now that the countryside is rich, blue bricks are no longer used to build houses. It is very difficult to find this thing. Fortunately, the Lu family has an old house that has been abandoned for decades and half collapsed. Mr. Lu took a piece of it from the ruins and gave it to me.
After I asked him to borrow a chisel, I asked him to find out about an old man named Chen Dahong who lived outside the village. I also told him to only ask where he lived and not to say anything else. I had just finished carving the words when Mr. Lu came back and told me that there was indeed an old man named Chen Dahong who had lived in the village for a year and had just moved out yesterday afternoon. I hurriedly asked where he had moved to. Mr. Lu shook his head and said that the villagers said that the old man had packed up his things and might have left Xiling.
When I heard this, my mood plummeted, and I had no intention of doing anything. I was just one step away, but I missed this old guy. Even if I wanted to come last night, it would be too late. I was stunned for a while, and I couldn't help sighing in my heart. It seems that we are unlucky. Lin Yuxi knew my mood at the moment, so she led Mr. Lu aside and chatted with him. After a while, she saw that I was in a better mood, so she urged me to work quickly.
On the way to the mountain, I was still very depressed. I had been looking for this old guy for three years. After missing him this time, I might not be able to find him again in another three or even thirty years. Besides, I can't live for thirty years. Alas, everything is fate.
"Don't be unhappy. When we get back to the city, I'll ask someone to look for him. Even if he left Xiling, he just left not long ago, so we should be able to find some clues." Lin Yuxi whispered to comfort me.
I was in a bad mood and couldn't hear anything, especially her words. I said sullenly, "Why didn't you call me the night before? Even if you didn't tell me the night before, you should have told me about it when you saw me yesterday, so as not to delay the opportunity. You wasted a whole day by putting on airs with your manager, and gave him a chance to slip away."
Lin Yuxi knew she was wrong, and she didn't dare to argue with me. She said softly, "Don't worry about it anymore. Now that he has shown up, we know he is alive, and we will find him one day."
"Then do you know whether he can survive today? What about tomorrow? Not to mention his age, just based on the coveted things on him, he may die at any time. What can I say about you!" The more I spoke, the more annoyed I felt, and I walked forward quickly.
The girl caught up with him and pouted, "I know what I did was wrong, but wasn't I still angry with you yesterday? Besides, I didn't expect him to leave so quickly. If I had known this would happen, I would have told you early in the morning."
It would have been fine if she didn't mention it, but once she did, I got even angrier: "You only know how to get angry, you can't do anything good, but you can only cause trouble!"
"Hey, I've tolerated you for a long time. What do you want? I've apologized and admitted my mistakes. Do you want to force me to death?" The girl finally got angry.
Mr. Lu was a very perceptive person. When he saw that we were arguing, he did not interrupt and just walked forward quickly.
"You will die in four years, and that's your own fault," I said angrily.
"If I die, can you still live? It's just death, what's the big deal? You are so afraid of death, you are not like a man!" Lin Yuxi cursed with gritted teeth and turned his head away.
I was in a bad mood at the moment, and I was too lazy to argue with her, so I quickened my pace and walked forward. Soon I arrived at the foot of the mountain peak. It was called a mountain peak, but it was actually a small hill. The area around Xiling was mostly hilly, and the highest mountain peak was only 300 to 400 meters above sea level. This hill was at most 70 to 80 meters high. The mountain peak was not steep, and the slope was relatively gentle, so that the surrounding villages were all grazing sheep, and the hillside was covered with sheep dung.
We climbed to the so-called peak in more than ten minutes. I measured the position from east to west, so I didn't have to worry about the grave being in the middle of the peak. Because it was already determined with a compass when the burial was done, the grave must be facing the peak. I brought a chisel, a hammer and a shovel with me. I pulled through the grass and found that a hole had been dug in the rock a long time ago. The hole was quite large, about one meter square. But it was buried in the soil and compacted. I dug it with my hands and it felt very solid.
I was a little puzzled. It seemed that the tomb had been cracked before, so how could it be that the tomb would still be in trouble? My attention was diverted, so I put Chen Dahong's worries behind me. I asked Mr. Lu for a shovel and started digging in this stone cave. The soil at the entrance of the cave was solid and it was not easy to dig, but after the compaction layer, the soil became soft. However, there were many broken pieces of blue bricks in the excavated soil. I was moved. It seemed that blue bricks had been buried before, and then they were destroyed!
After digging more than one meter deep, they picked out all the broken pieces of blue bricks and basically pieced them together into a whole blue brick, clearly showing the carved words "Xuanwu bowing its head".
Mr. Lu frowned and asked, "Aren't there blue bricks here?"
I didn't answer, but stood up and continued digging, because then I thought that the fact that the black tortoise didn't hang its head wouldn't prevent the old man's body from decaying, so there must be something buried inside. I dug half a meter deeper, more than two meters, and finally saw dried black bloodstains in the soil. I was shocked, thinking that there must be a corpse inside, otherwise it would be difficult to break this situation.
After digging a few more times, I suddenly saw a bunch of messy hair in the black blood-stained soil. My heart skipped a beat. What I feared was true. There was a dead body inside. The shovel handle was not long enough to dig further down, so I jumped into the cave and used a chisel to remove a layer of loose soil, revealing a head that had not yet rotted!
