Everything contained in that letter is of great significance, related to the kingdom of the Tang Dynasty, and even revealed the reasons for the demise of the Tang Dynasty. This is ridiculous and bizarre, unbelievable.
The story begins at 20 10, when I was still working in Taiyuan and working as a supervisor at the construction site. At that time, the company undertook a project to build a villa on the mountain and sent me there.
To be honest, I don't want to go. This mountain is a barren hill and a part of Luliang Mountain. Although the peaks are towering, the mountains are continuous and the scenery is good, it can be said that it is inaccessible because of its steep mountains, steep terrain and remote geographical location.
In addition to stones, the mountain is a towering old tree, and the mobile phone doesn't even have a signal. Almost isolated from the world. It is estimated that it may not come down in ten and a half months. Who can stand this?
I refused at that time, but the leader said that the work should not be picky, just do what you can and leave with your salary. At that time, I just graduated, had no money, and was a little timid. I had to bow under the eaves, so I compromised.
When we arrived at the construction site and stayed in the mountains for two months, everyone was stupid. I scold these villa builders for their mistakes every day. There is no need to build a villa on the barren hill below the mountain. Isn't this full?
Later, I learned that the villa was built on the mountain for a reason, which was related to Feng Shui. We'll talk about this later.
In the third month, I couldn't bear it anymore, so I took a week off to go home and play. When I came back a week later, I didn't expect something to happen on the construction site.
There are three workers on the construction site. Instead of going down the mountain, they went to play in the mountains. Because the mountain road was steep and difficult to walk, one of them slipped and fell off the cliff, which was shrouded in clouds and bottomless. At that time, the other two were frightened.
They hurried back to the construction site, called several people to the edge of the cliff with ropes, and went down to the bottom of the cliff to search for workers who fell off the cliff. After finding it, they found that the worker was still alive and his life should be gone. He just fell on a tree at the bottom of the cliff and slowed down. There was a thick layer of dead leaves at the bottom of the cliff, so he saved his life, but his leg was broken. He was rescued and sent to the hospital.
This matter has nothing to do with me. I didn't pay much attention when I heard about it. It was only at night that a fellow villager who had a good relationship with me suddenly came to the construction site. He told me that when he rescued the workers who fell off the cliff, he also went with him and went down to the bottom of the cliff. He said he saw something at the bottom of the cliff.
I asked him what it was, and he mysteriously whispered that it was some ancient armor weapons, rusty and probably very old, and then asked me if these things were valuable.
I said that if it is really an ancient antique, it must be valuable. Maybe one thing will make you worry about everything in your life.
I casually said, but the eyes of that fellow villager lit up. You have to drag me to see it, and it's really valuable. Give me 50-50. I ... What if those things are really valuable?
After work the next day, my fellow villagers and I came to the cliff with ropes. I went down to the bottom of the cliff with him and found that it was actually a valley, surrounded by mountains and towering walls, and the location was very hidden.
The villagers took a few steps forward and pointed to the grass in front for me to see. I went forward and saw that there were many armor weapons used by ancient soldiers scattered among those weeds, some of which were covered with mud and rusty, and could not see the original color. I wanted to pick up a bronze sword, but I didn't expect the handle to break into slag with a gentle grip.
My hometown asked me how I was doing. I said that although I don't know which dynasty and generation these things belong to, it is estimated that they have been at least hundreds of years. Over time, they have been seriously corroded by wind and rain, and I don't know if they are still valuable.
My hometown told me that there are many armored weapons in this valley. If they are valuable, we will be rich.
I can't help wondering who abandoned so many armored weapons here and why.
While wondering, the fellow villager suddenly looked ahead as if he saw something. He went straight to the edge of a cliff and pushed aside the weeds in front of it. A cave suddenly appeared in front of us. My fellow villagers and I looked at each other, deep mountains and forests, cliffs and caves. Will we have a chance today?
Excited to rush into the cave, the cave is a little cold and the depth is very dark. The villagers took out their mobile phones and turned on their flashlights. We walked carefully and saw many armored weapons scattered along the way. The further we go, the more armored weapons there are on the ground. Moreover, I found something in those armor. When I look closely, it seems that there are not completely decomposed bodies. I can't help but gasp. It turns out that these armor are all worn by people, but after death, the time is long.
Thought of here, I can't help but feel a little scared. I suddenly felt that the cave became gloomy and told my fellow villagers that they were scared to death. I said, why don't we go back!
Although the fellow villagers were trembling with fear, they still insisted on looking forward. He said that in case there was anything valuable ahead!
I ... this is really killing me.
We walked on for a while, but found nothing. The air in the cave is getting thinner, and I feel a little breathless, so I told my fellow villagers that we can't go any further. The deeper we go, the more dangerous it is.
Villagers nodded. Just as we were about to return, he suddenly stopped and picked up something from a corpse.
This is a book with dozens of pages. It's a kind of paper I've never seen before. It looks very thick. The paper has yellowed, giving off an ancient smell, but the handwriting on it is still clearly visible. It should be because the air in this hole is thin, so it is well preserved.
The villagers are all very excited. They opened it to see what it said, but soon gave up. It is full of traditional Chinese characters in classical Chinese, and it is in a top-down and right-to-left format.
I say we get out of here and study slowly when we get back.
The fellow villager nodded, took off his clothes and wrapped the letter carefully. Out of the cave, I found it was dark and hurried back to the construction site.
When I got back to my residence, my fellow villager plugged in the door, handed me the letter and asked if I could understand it.
I took it and flipped through it. I find classical Chinese very obscure. I can hardly see that the first half is a message written by a soldier to his wife who just entered the door, followed by a record of his life in the military camp, similar to a diary.
It's written in fine print with a brush. It's very beautiful, colorful and elegant. Incredibly, it was written by a soldier.
Probably the soldier wanted to write to his wife to express his thoughts, but because of the strict discipline of being a soldier, he could not go out, or for other reasons, the letters could not be sent, and even piled up into a book. Soldiers behind them simply use it to describe their daily life, so as to alleviate the boring life in the barracks.
I have always liked history, and I am very interested in the life of the ancients thousands of years ago, so I cooperated with the translation software on my mobile phone to turn over the pages. The content in front of me is nothing more than writing about my wife's thoughts at home and some trivial things in the camp. But when I read the last few pages, I was immediately surrounded by an atmosphere of fear. The words on the last few pages are quite different from those on the previous pages. The handwriting is distorted, messy and scrawled, neat and beautiful.
I tried to translate the last few pages.
Zhenguan eight years, April 3rd:
I was sent to Jinyang with the army and arrived in three days with thirty thousand horses. The army was stationed in a barren hill. The Chief Executive did not explain the purpose of his visit. I can't help wondering, there are no invaders outside Jinyang, and there are no thieves inside. Why did you send troops here? Why are you stationed in this barren mountain? It's really puzzling.
The mountain is high and steep. If you are not careful, you will fall off a dangerous cliff, which is not a good sign. The army will advance without fighting, injuring 100 people.
On April 9, the eighth year of Zhenguan:
Strange, this is so strange, it's incredible. Five days ago, an old man in white in the army ordered us to cut stones and dig mountains. I waited for the soldiers to be ordered to dig all day, but the next day, I saw that the deep pit that had been dug was restored. The soldiers were dumbfounded. I don't know what's going on. Sir, I don't believe in evil, so let's keep digging. However, the dug stone pit disappeared the next day, and it lasted for several days. This is really weird. I think this mountain is amazing. It seems to be alive. There is a strange atmosphere in the mountains. I have a bad feeling.
Zhenguan eight years, April 12th:
We finally stopped digging this mountain. It's no use digging again. This should be the order of the old man in white. I don't know where he comes from. I have seen General Zhou, who is in charge of the three armed forces, respectfully salute him. Maybe he was sent by North Korea.
In recent days, I have often seen him standing on the edge of a dangerous cliff with a grim expression. Looking at the mountains in front of him for a long time, his face showed a worried look. General Zhou is also very worried recently. What are they worried about? Is there anything terrible about this mountain? What can make the general in charge of 30 thousand horses at a loss? I can't help but feel a little scared.
I have a vague feeling that there seems to be some unknown secret hidden in this mountain.
Zhenguan eight years on April 16th:
What happened today is really terrible, and those incredible things still haunt me until now.
The old man in white brought nine strange pieces of wood from the foot of the mountain, each of which was more than ten feet long. I don't know what kind of trees they are. They all weigh more than 1,000 kilograms, are as hard as stones, and are as sharp as a huge nail, and are thickly engraved with scarlet spells.
He ordered nine pieces of wood to be inserted in nine positions in the mountain. However, when the soldiers wedged the wood into the mountain, something terrible happened. Between the rocks, blood gushed out and gurgled. At the same time, the whole mountain trembled slightly, and the birds and animals in the mountain fled. A faint voice came from the mountain, looming, like a beast moaning and growling.
Seeing such a sight, the soldiers were frightened and afraid to do anything. The chief shouted at them and told them not to be afraid. The soldiers did not dare to disobey orders, so they had to be afraid and have room to continue to wedge the wood into the rock. At this time, something even more terrible happened. Many soldiers were trying to chisel stones, when suddenly they were struck by lightning, bleeding profusely, and fell to the ground dead.
This shocked other soldiers, and no one dared to go forward again, no matter how much the officer beat and scolded. Seeing this, the old man in white ordered all the soldiers to write down their birthdays, then selected those born at noon to continue to chisel the stone wedge, and the rest retreated aside.
I was born at noon, and I feel uneasy. I don't know what to do. Everyone around me is very sad. At this time, the old man in white told us in a loud voice that the person born at noon was safe and sound.
I waited for the soldiers to listen, but I dared not disobey. At first, I was not bad. However, when the wood is about to sink completely into the rock, it is different. I suddenly felt an indescribable force shocked me. For a moment, I felt that Mount Tai was overwhelming, dizzy and my limbs ached. I inexplicably gave birth to a sense of fear and almost lost my mind.
Although I am a scholar, I have been a soldier for many years. I'm not afraid of life and death. I've never been so scared as I am today. I feel so close to death for the first time.
It took me a long time to settle down and look at the people around me, showing signs of pain. Some people fell to the ground, their heads struggling, and some people fell off the cliff in a daze and screamed wildly.
Almost everyone was stunned by this scene. Only the old man in white is as cool as a cucumber. Then, he ordered us to insert the last bare wood into the rock. The officers were carrying swords behind their backs. I waited for the soldiers to dare not disobey, so I had to do my best and share life and death.
I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when all the wood was completely inserted into the mountain. My heart finally survived, but before I could be grateful, I felt the rocks under my feet start shaking, and I could hardly stand. The whole mountain was shaking violently, and the whole mountain in front of me collapsed and became a deep valley. The shouts, struggles and screams of the soldiers are endless, and there are countless casualties.
Then there was a roar from the deep valley, which resounded through the world. It was deafening. I looked into the ravine with trepidation and saw a dragon coming out of the cliff. It is enormous, shrouded in a golden gas, hazy and unreal.
The dragon growled at the sky, then rose into the sky, jumped out of the deep valley and wound its way in the air. The people on the cliff are like ants under the belly of a dragon, and they are all frightened.
A moment later, I found something was wrong with the dragon. It shuttles and rolls in the air, struggling like snakes and insects, and it is very painful. After a while, the golden breath of the dragon dispersed. I saw nine blood holes in the dragon's body, dripping with blood, and the hot dragon blood kept flowing down from the wound and fell to the ground.
The dragon's injury looked heavy, and he kept screaming and struggling in the air, and soon he was exhausted and shaky. The dragon is dying, looking up at the sky, as if his heart is unwilling, and making a deep dragon sound, such as weeping and complaining, very sad and angry.
Suddenly, there was a thunder in the air, and then thick clouds covered the sun and it was dark. The wind messed up the clothes of the old man in white. He stared at the dragon in the air and looked very dignified.
Suddenly, the heavy rain poured down, dark clouds surged in the air, and thunder and lightning, accompanied by thunder and lightning, all fell on the mountain where our soldiers were located. Suddenly, landslides and stones splashed, and soldiers suffered heavy casualties.
Thunder thundered the mountain, and all the nine pieces of wood engraved with spells buried in the mountain were shaken out. However, when the dragon in the air was desperate, it shook its head and wagged its tail, once again giving birth to a golden breath. The sky roared, Shan Ye shook and the trees were creepy. Then it flew into the valley and disappeared into the rocks.
The old man in white sighed when he saw this. General Zhou came up to him and said something to him. I was standing next to them, and I vaguely heard General Zhou call him Lord Yuan.
Suddenly I remembered a famous person in Chang 'an, a world-famous warlock.
It's getting late, and General Zhou ordered us to go back to camp and have a rest. In the camp, the soldiers were depressed and didn't say a word. Anyone who encounters such a bizarre and terrible thing is afraid that he can't accept it. Our soldiers are not afraid of death, but don't want to die in vain. This mountain is full of strangeness. Now there is a dragon, but we know nothing about it. How many brothers died, but we don't even know who the enemy is, how can we have no resentment!
General Zhou said nothing to Yuan Shikai. What are they hiding? Why did our 30 thousand soldiers come all the way here? Kill the dragon? What about the strange things that happened before?
If they persist in hiding it any longer, they may lose people's hearts and morale.
Zhenguan eight years on April 17th:
Today, in Shi Mao, the soldiers in the prisoner-of-war camp were so angry that they almost defected. The soldiers gathered in front of General Zhou's barracks and vowed to find the answer. Lord Yuan appeared, let's calm down. After entering General Zhou's camp for a period of time, they finally agreed to our request.
He took us to a highland, pointed to a towering mountain in the distance and asked what it was.
They didn't know what Master Yuan meant, but shook their heads. He said it was Zhoushan, where Long Mai of Datang was located. The mountain where we are located is also Long Mai, which is far from Zhoushan and stands in front of Zhoushan, showing the trend of a hundred schools of thought contending. A few years later, there must be a person born in response to his luck, digging the tomb of Datang, dumping the foundation of Datang and taking the land of Datang instead.
So, the Emperor ordered him to cut down the Long Mai and let the dragon soul go, so as to prolong the Tang Dynasty and let it be passed down forever.
Because everything in Long Mai is very important, we must hide it from the soldiers, so as not to let it get out and be known by malicious people, which will only bring trouble.
At first, he wanted soldiers to cut off Long Mai and destroy the geomantic omen here, but Long Mai had a spirit and was able to recover on his own.
He wanted to crucify Long Mai with a dragon, but Long Mai was conceived for heaven and earth. With God's blessing, it is against God's will to crucify Long Mai, so the person who did this is easy to be wiped out by the devil take the hindmost, and 7 people bleed to death. Only those born at noon who are full of yang and live a long life can be punished by heaven.
However, God's will cannot be violated. Although it almost succeeded, it still fell short with the intervention of God.
Lord Yuan also told us that the dragon we saw in the valley was formed by the dragon god on this mountain. Although God helped him escape, he was also injured by a dragon nail, dying and afraid of the sword. If we take advantage of its weakness and kill it in the dragon cave, we can make Datang have no old enemies. By then, the Tang Dynasty will stop fighting, there will be no more wars, the country will be prosperous, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment for thousands of years. We will be heroes, we will be rewarded by the emperor, and we will be awarded titles and titles.
I waited for the soldiers to know the truth of the matter, to know that I had been wronged, and I felt guilty. After listening to Yuan's remarks, my blood boiled. For the Tang Dynasty, for the people, even if I go against the sky, even if I die and lose my soul, I will kill the dragon to serve my country.
Seeing the high morale of the soldiers, Lord Yuan nodded and told us that dragons are blessed. Our trip to cut the dragon will definitely not be smooth sailing, and there will be obstacles on the road. Those monsters are good at changing. They may be hidden in the army in human form. Then they will perform magic tricks on the cliff to show their true colors, and we can cut them down.
Later, Lord Yuan took us to the edge of the cliff and pointed to a cave in the valley, saying that it was the place where the dragon broke the stone and the cave where the dragon lived.
I waited for the soldiers to listen to the order, went down to the bottom of the cliff without hesitation, and risked my life to rush to Longdong. Although I know this trip is inevitable, I still want to be a soldier in the Tang Dynasty for the sake of the Tang Dynasty and the people. I am willing to give my life for the Millennium prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.
Adult Yuan stepped on the cliff to practice sword. There is a strong wind blowing in the valley, which makes people unable to open their eyes. After the wind subsided, many monsters appeared in the army, either with the heads of foxes and wolves, or with the faces of wild animals, all of whom were ferocious and eager to pounce on people. Because Lord Yuan had told us that our soldiers were in no hurry and immediately killed them with knives.
However, those monsters are cunning. They became soldiers and disturbed the morale of the army. Under the skillful hands of the Yuan master, they constantly showed their true colors, killing more and more, and emerging one after another.
The soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and it was getting late, so we had to retreat back to camp. Although all the soldiers were injured and bleeding, no one was timid and vowed to lay down his life tomorrow.
Tomorrow's battle, life and death are uncertain, I am not afraid of death, but I am very sad to die at home, losing my wife, leaving her alone and no one to follow. I can't help crying when I think about it.
I'm starting to write this article now, or the last word.
The letter came to an abrupt end here, and this is the last page. After reading it, I felt incredible and horrified, but also a little sad. It was in this mountain that the soldier experienced those anecdotes. Although he died, he remained faithful and died with a generous heart loyal to the Tang Dynasty and the people. The result is self-evident. Judging from the letter he left,
According to historical records, their dragon slaying certainly failed. In 289, the Tang Dynasty collapsed in Huang Chao and died in Zhu Wen. So, the emperor who was born in Long Mai was Zhu Wen!
I sighed and just wanted to close the letter, but I saw a paragraph on the back of the last page. The handwriting is very scrawled, and there is no date of writing. It seems that it was added that day. The translation is as follows:
I didn't expect that the dragon slaying in the valley turned out to be a trap, which was set by Lord Yuan. If our soldiers go down the cliff tomorrow, they will all die.
At midnight, because tomorrow is uncertain and I can't sleep, I went out of the camp to have fun. However, the oil lamp in General Zhou's camp was dim, and there was a faint quarrel between General Zhou and Lord Yuan. I listened to the crowd out of curiosity. From their quarrelling words, I heard something I couldn't believe.
It turned out that the dragon transformed by the dragon soul was not injured by the dragon slaying nail, nor was it afraid of the soldiers' swords. So killing a dragon with a sword is tantamount to an idiotic dream. Since the dragon is blessed by heaven, no one can hurt it, and no one can slaughter it, just for fear of being contaminated with blood and filth.
If you are polluted by blood gas, people who come into being will lose their minds and wisdom, blood will blindfold, rage will soar, and killing is natural and god forbid. Even if the dragon soul does not leave, the emperor soul does not exist, and it will not be ranked in the Ninth Five-Year Plan.
So, after consulting with Joo Won?, they set a trap, ordered us to kill dragons in the valley of soldiers, and cast illusions to confuse all the soldiers, so that all the companions we saw in our eyes turned into monsters, killing each other and staining the dragon's den with blood.
Yesterday's battle, soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and 30 thousand horses were almost lost. General Zhou was afraid that he could not explain to the emperor. In order to save face, he wanted to leave a few soldiers in North Korea. However, Yuan Shikai was afraid that the blood gas was not enough to defile Long Mai, and insisted that 30,000 soldiers should die here. He also said, if the Tang dynasty can inherit forever, why should the emperor cherish these 30 thousand soldiers? To outdo each other, the two men argued endlessly for half an hour.
Although I am very angry and helpless, I feel very sad. However, even if the emperor is heartless and the general is unjust, I cannot fail my country. Since I am Tang Bing, I am doomed to die for Tang. Even if I spill all my blood on the barren hills, I will die a fair death. I just want to be worthy of the Tang Dynasty and the people.
Zhu Wen's last words
The reading of the book is finally over. I didn't expect the truth to be so cruel. I can't help feeling sorry for the soldier named Zhu Wen. He said he died a fair death. Is it true?/You don't say.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao killed people like hemp, and the people were displaced. Is this what soldiers want to see? I sighed, his heart of Tang Dynasty, his loyalty and faith in his heart are just the deception of his selfish lies by his superiors.
Dynasty alternation is a natural way, just like people's aging and death, it is inevitable. If they are decadent, but they try their best to live forever, won't they be spurned? There are reasons for prosperity and reasons for extinction, and nothing can be forced.
"What does it say?" When the fellow villagers saw that I had finished reading it, they quickly asked me.
I came to my senses and told him what was recorded in the book. He was surprised and unbelievable after hearing this.
I said that the things recorded in this book are so mysterious and incredible. I always feel uneasy about keeping it, so I might as well hand it in. After thinking about it, the fellow villager was probably a little scared and nodded in agreement.
The next day, the fellow villagers asked for leave to go down the mountain and handed in the book. A few days later, a man suddenly came from above, sealed off the whole barren mountain and was not allowed to build villas. The whole project was ruined, so we had to go home.
Not long after, the company closed down because of poor efficiency, and I also went back to my hometown. Later, I have never been to Taiyuan, but I heard from my friends there that a villa was built on that barren hill, but it was never built because the relevant departments did not allow it. But the following people are obedient, so they cover it and tear it down, and cover it repeatedly.
Later, when I met a Feng Shui master and chatted with him, I told him about my building a villa in the barren hills. He said, Long Mai, in fact, many capable Feng Shui masters can see it. The reason why those people built villas on that mountain must have the guidance of Feng Shui master. They want to be dragons.
Every time a great man is born, Long Mai will dry up, but after a long time, Long Mai will slowly recover. It has been more than 1000 years since the end of the Tang Dynasty, and Long Mai should be restored. Someone should have seen this, so this Long Mai will be remembered.
I said, do they want to be emperors?
The feng shui master smiled, but he said no! The sky is no longer what it used to be, and heaven has changed. Where can there be another emperor? But a little dragon soul can also make a fortune.
I nodded and said, no wonder so many people build houses on the mountain these days and can make a fortune!
The feng shui master said that this is not necessarily the case. Feng shui is only one aspect, and the key lies in the individual. As the saying goes, if virtue is not in place, there will be disaster. When fortune comes, you must be able to bear it. If it can't bear good things, it may turn into bad things.
So people, if you want to get rich, you must first keep up with virtue, be kind-hearted, and be kind-hearted, so that your blessings will be deep and you will be able to withstand good Feng Shui, otherwise even if you live in the Dragon Cave, you will become a disaster.
Some people have some money and are eager to find someone to watch Feng Shui, move their ancestral graves and build houses on the Long Mai. Actually, it's totally unnecessary. It is better to use this money to do something good and make Xiu De rich.
I nodded, deeply impressed.