Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Eight Cowards
There is an article about "The Inscription on the Three Huai Tang" written by Mr. Dongpo, which tells this allusion.
In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang You, the Minister of the Ministry of War, wrote excellent articles and was also very successful in becoming an official.
He believed that the descendants of the Wang family would have a minister, so he planted three locust trees in the yard as a symbol.
Later, his son Wang Dan became the prime minister, and was known as the "Sanhuai Wang Family" at that time, and a Sanhuai Hall was built in Kaifeng.
Look, after planting three plants and becoming high-ranking officials, the power of this locust tree is really great!
Another allusion is the well-known "Nan Ke Yi Meng", which is recorded in the "Biography of the Prefect of Nan Ke" written by Li Gongzuo, a native of the Tang Dynasty.
It was said that Chun Yu Fen, a native of Guangling, was drunk and fell asleep lying under the locust tree in the yard.
I had a dream, dreaming that I had arrived in Dahuaian Kingdom and became a relative of the princess. I had been the prefect of Nanke for twenty years and had a very glorious and prominent official position.
But later, due to the failure of the battle, the princess died and he was sent home.
Then he woke up and saw his family cleaning the courtyard. The sun was not setting and the wine pot was around him.
He looked around and found an ant hole under the locust tree. The Dahuaian Kingdom where he was an official in his dream turned out to be this ant hole.
The southernmost branch of the locust tree is Nanke County where he was the prefect.
From this we can see that the locust tree has the ability to make people dream, no wonder it is called a wood ghost.
Therefore, when Emperor Wu of Han built Shanglin Garden, his ministers offered famous fruits and trees in the distance, and among them, the locust trees were listed as strange trees and contributed more than 600 trees. It is not unreasonable.
Several people carefully walked around this place, but as soon as they arrived behind the old locust tree, they found another willow tree. In addition, many poplars, mulberry trees, cypress trees, and some bamboo seedlings were found.
The coward looked around and said in a terrifying tone, "Made, what exactly are the people who planted this planted? Not only have they planted all the four ultimate ghost trees, but there are also so many white trees and bamboos. I'm afraid this is not a homestead for raising ghosts."
The four major tricks of ghost trees generally refer to mulberry, locust, poplar, and willow.
There is no mulberry planting in front of you, no willow planting behind you, and no ghosts are planting in the yard to clap hands. "Mulberry" and "Mountain" are homophonic. "Mulberry planting in front of the house is a superstitious saying "Mulberry planting in front of you".
"Liu" and "Liu" are homophonic. If you plant willows behind a house, wealth will slip away from behind.
There is another saying: Willows do not produce seeds, and if willows are planted behind the house, there will be no offspring.
When poplar trees meet the wind, their leaves rustle, commonly known as "ghost clapping hands".
No locust planting behind the house.
Lotus, wood ghosts are also.
If there are five major ones, add a banana leaf.
Banana leaves attract evil, and female ghosts like it. It is a yin tree. It attracts yin things in the shade of trees in summer and autumn.
Of course, there are cypress trees.
First, because cypresses are mostly born in temples and tombs, and second, because "cypress" and "white" are homophonic, and funerals are caused by funerals, which is unlucky.
There is also bamboo, from the front and back sides.
On the contrary: It belongs to Yin, and cannot be planted in the southwest position (inner ghost gate) and the northeast position (on the ghost gate), because bamboo is hollow and will attract ghosts into the house.
Bamboo is easily attached to ghosts.
Moreover, the soul-summoning banners of Buddhism and Taoism are hung with bamboo.
First, bamboo is negative (Compendium of Materia Medica describes that bamboo leaves have "spicy and mild smell, great cold"), and people are pure yang bodies, and their body and mind will be affected after a long time of approaching bamboo.
Second, bamboo is prone to defeating officials at specific times, or causing lawsuits by the owner.
Zheng: In Feng Shui, bamboo has its own joints, which means it will rise step by step, and there will be bamboo that will report safety. Wearing jadeite bamboo, children can study smartly, adults can achieve success in their careers, and get promoted and make money.
Bamboo trees, because bamboo trees are green and reborn, are symbols of peace. Therefore, the secular world has the term "bamboo returns peace" and has the effect of "prosperity".
The "Yang House Collection" also has such records: "The bamboo and wood on all sides of the house are green and prosperous!"
After looking at the arrangement of the cave in front of him, everyone was shocked and sweating.
Not to mention the people who built this place, they actually know so much metaphysical knowledge.
Just talking about his intention to do this makes people feel that their hair stands upside down.
This is not a ghost.
Lao Huang's soul-summoning technique is to attract ghosts.
But this is clearly raising ghosts, and not raising one or two, but a group of people all over the mountains.
At this moment, the coward suddenly looked solemn. He turned around and signaled that Lao Wai and Lao Huang who were talking in a low voice to calm down. "Did you hear any sound? It seems... something is whispering."
Lao Huang shook his head and said, "You may have heard it wrong. It's me who is talking to the coward."
"Fuck, can I still not hear what you said?" The coward cursed, then walked towards the root of the old locust tree.
The root of this old locust tree is extremely huge, just like a huge millstone, grabbed on the ground.
The coward walked over, lay on the ground, pressed his ear against the root of the tree for a while, and suddenly pointed below, "It's below, there's a sound."
The few people were shocked when they heard this. Chu Feng also accelerated two steps and walked over quickly. He looked at the ground with a serious expression. After listening carefully for a while, he found a sound.
This sound was like countless little ghosts whispering under the roots of the tree.
Although it doesn't sound like a scream or a thrilling feeling, it's inexplicably gloomy.
"This thing was made into a soul-conjuring tree. After so many years, I don't know how many souls I have attracted. I guess there is nothing good except these ghost things." Old Huang's forehead appeared cold sweat. This thing sounded wrong, and he always felt like his heart was being knocked.
Not only did Lao Huang feel uncomfortable, but the other few people, except Chu Feng, looked very good, and they could even be said to be extremely poor.
"Let's go, something is wrong with this place. Let's go quickly, it's uncomfortable to stay there." Lao Huang said.
Lao Wai nodded, "I also think we should find an exit as soon as possible. We really can't stay."
As the few people said, they turned around and were about to leave, but the coward who was walking in the front turned around and suddenly screamed, and he was completely trapped in the ground.
Seeing this, Lao Wai hurriedly rushed over and grabbed it, but only grabbed one of the hand of the baby boy. Lao Wai was not strong enough, and was dragged by the baby boy and staggered directly on the ground.
Fortunately, he grabbed the coward's hand.
"Come here and help." Lao Wei shouted.
The coward suddenly shouted: "Don't panic, the depth is limited, I have a head-step under my feet."
Lao Wai said, "It turns out that he has stepped on his head. I thought why did I get stronger."
Lao Wai said, immediately let go of his hand and shouted at the coward below: "What is there underneath?"
"Wait, there are interlaced root holes below, I'll take a good look." The coward said, and there was no movement. Looking down from above, he seemed to jump down again.
Chapter completed!