Murong Danyan once followed Li Qiufeng to break into the soul transfer array set up by the warlocks under Liu Sheng Zongyan under the Imperial Mausoleum. Before falling into the Great Soul Shifting Array, he had seen a raging underground river with his own eyes. It's just that after cracking the Great Soul Shifting Array, the underground river disappeared inexplicably. At that time, Li Qiufeng seemed to have said that the underground organs of the imperial tomb were driven by the power of the flowing water of the underground river, but Murong Danyan did not take it to heart. At this time, when I heard Situ Qiao mention the underground river again, I seemed to remember the past in my heart, but I couldn't remember it vaguely.

But I heard Situ Qiao say proudly: "When I first entered this cave, I was amazed at how the thousand-pound boulder rose and fell. It is necessary to know that manpower is limited, no matter how high your martial arts are, it is rare to be able to push one or two hundred catties. That boulder is manipulated by a mechanism, and if there is no external force, no matter how cleverly set up this mechanism, it will not have half an effect. When I was practicing the art of mechanism, I knew that no matter how elaborate the mechanism is set up, the power of blessing and the wooden wheel are indispensable. In the mausoleum, most of the blessings that can be relied on are the power of water. ”

When Situ Qiao said this, he glanced at the crowd triumphantly, and said, "Cao Cao and Cao Mengde's name, I think everyone has heard of it?"

Everyone was covered by what he said, and it was just when they couldn't figure it out, and they suddenly heard him mention the word Cao Cao again, and they were even more inexplicable, looking at each other one by one, not knowing what this person wanted to say. Lin Yilang and the others had long been impatient with him, and they all showed impatient looks on their faces. It's just that although there is a torch in the secret passage, it is still extremely dim, and although these people are all uncertain, no one else can see it except the people standing beside them.

Seeing everyone's puzzled expressions, Situ Qiao was even more proud in his heart, and said with a smile: "Cao Mengde, a generation of traitors, has always been willing to let me bear the world, and never allow the world to bear me. Although there is no record in the history books about his killing of Lu Bohao's family, it is only passed on by word of mouth in the world, but from the fact that he later borrowed the head of the grain officer to stabilize the army's heart, slaughtered Xuzhou to avenge his father, killed Queen Fu, took the emperor as a puppet, and even his great strategist Xun Yu was forced to die by him. But the worst thing Cao Mengde has ever done is to steal and dig up the mausoleum as military funds......"

As soon as he said this, everyone couldn't help but be shocked. Since Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty, everyone in the world has scolded Cao Cao as a traitor, and he has confirmed his reputation as a chaotic minister and thief. Ming Taizu raised troops to drive away Meng Yuan, and the banner was to restore the Great Song Dynasty and recreate the clothes of the Han people. Therefore, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the people of the country all followed the customs of the Song Dynasty, and the discussion of Cao Cao was naturally no different from that of the Song Dynasty. In the wine shops in the market, there are often storytellers who tell the old stories of the Three Kingdoms, and the name of the white-faced traitor Cao Mengde is already known to everyone. It's just that most people only know that this person coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and said that he would rather let me bear the people of the world than let the people of the world bear me, kill the queen, cut holes, and kill the courtiers by sleepwalking to keep the heart of the police, all kinds of evil deeds, outrageous. It's just that Cao Cao stole and dug the mausoleum, but it was the first time he heard it.

Although Deng Yao, the leader of the beggar gang, is a martial arts master, he is only in the beggar gang, but he also has to beg on the street every day, and one of his great hobbies in his life is to squat at the door of the teahouse and listen to people's stories. At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, storytellers originally liked "The Biography of Heroes" and other commentaries that told the story of the founding generals of the Ming Dynasty. It's just that Ming Taizu Lianxing case, almost killed the founding heroes, these storytellers yesterday's heroes, maybe today they will become ghosts under the knife, scaring everyone into danger, "The Legend of Heroes" has since disappeared. After that, the erotic stories were popular in the market, but the good times did not last long, and the imperial court arrested a lot of storytellers in the name of "immorality and leading people to obscenity", and after sending them to the yamen, they put dozens of boards on their buttocks, and the erotic comments immediately disappeared from the streets. The storytellers got together to discuss, but they didn't dare to say anything about the current dynasty, and they were not allowed to say the erotic words, so they had to talk about the previous dynasty. The Tang and Song dynasties are not far from the Ming Dynasty, if it comes to the book, if it is not good to make trouble, it will be installed by the government on the charge of "borrowing the past and satirizing the present", and it will inevitably be beaten by a board, and then push forward, it is the most exciting story of the Three Kingdoms, which is to tell the story of the heroes of the Three Kingdoms in a group of storytellers as agreed. Since then, there has been a great tomorrow, not only a lively market, but also a deserted village and a wild shop, where the wells are traced, there are stories of the Three Kingdoms. Deng Yao traveled all over the provinces, and whenever he went to a place, he would inevitably listen to books for fun. It's just that he listens to the Three Kingdoms, but unlike others, what he admires the most is Cao Cao and Cao Mengde, who are regarded as traitors by the world. It was because he heard Situ Qiao accuse Cao Cao of stealing the mausoleum, so he couldn't help but say on the side: "Nonsense! Cao Cao I is a hero, how can he do such a despicable thing?!"

Situ Qiao heard him reprimand himself to his face, but he was not angry, and still said triumphantly: "This old man, Cao Mengde stole and dug the mausoleum, which is recorded in the book. In the fifth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought in Guandu. Before the start of the war, Chen Lin, a strategist under Yuan Shao's account, wrote a "Yuzhou Wen for Yuan Shao", which contained the following sentences, "Cao and specially set up the general of the middle of the hill, touched the captain of the golden school, and the suddenness was not exposed". ”

When he recited these words, he shook his head, but the words were also round, quite a bit of literary brilliance, and when he saw the torches, Deng Yao, Lin Yilang and other rough men looked dazed, knowing that they didn't understand, so he went on to explain: "The meaning of these words is that Cao Cao set up military positions in the army called 'Faqiu Zhonglang General' and 'Touching Jin Captain', which are specifically responsible for stealing and digging tombs. It was Cao Cao's army that passed through, and all the mausoleums were destroyed, and the bones of the dead were thrown into the field, and the situation was extremely miserable. ”

Deng Yao and the others have always been in the rivers and lakes, although they know some words and have read a few books, they are nothing more than hundreds of family names, thousand-character essays, and the like, how can they read the articles of great writers like Chen Lin? It is because they heard that Situ Qiao dropped his book bag, but he heard that the clouds and mountains were foggy, and although he was not convinced, he could not refute it.

Li Qiufeng has read a lot, because of his teacher's origins, he is quite familiar with an old story in the Three Kingdoms, so he said on the side: "Chen Lin's article, but I can't believe it all. At that time, he was under Yuan Shao's account, competing with Cao Cao for the world, and the two sides were strong enemies of each other. It is reasonable to arrange some ugly things about Cao Cao in the article. Cao Cao, this person, is indeed eloquent, although there is a slaughter of Xuzhou, just indulge Cao Jun to dig up tombs, except for Chen Lin's article, but it is not seen in the history books. ”

When he said this, he paused slightly, and then said to Situ Qiao: "Mr. Situ, you just said that there must be an underground river in this mountain, and this river is the root of all the secret techniques in the cave. I don't know why I talked about Cao Cao from this river again?"

As soon as he said this, Situ Qiao slapped his thigh abruptly and said, "My person's speech is indeed a little upside down, and the topic is far away. When Cao Cao was alive, he did a lot of tomb robbery and tomb digging, and although Guan Yu was defeated at that time, Liu Bei still occupied Yizhou, and his army was growing. Jiangdong Sun Quan, the third generation of management, the strength should not be underestimated. Who can win the world in Wei, Shu, and Wu is still unknown when Cao Cao is critically ill. What's more, Cao Cao has been fighting on the battlefield since Chen Liu, and he has killed many people in his life. Above the court, he coerced the ministers and killed the ministers loyal to the Han family. He was afraid that after he died, the mausoleum would be stolen and excavated, and the body would not be trampled on. Before he died, he spent a lot of money to invite the world's most powerful warlocks and skilled craftsmen to build a mausoleum for him. The tomb is full of extremely powerful killing mechanisms. In order to cover people's eyes and ears, he left his last words to inherit his throne of Wei King Cao Pi, on the day of mourning, there are funeral processions at the four gates of Yecheng to go out of the city, there are seventy-two doubtful mounds in various places outside Yecheng City, and the main sacrificial hall is built on a high slope in the west of the Ximen Leopard Temple. Cao Pi abided by Cao Cao's last words and handled things extremely thoroughly. It is known to everyone in the world that Cao Mengde's high mausoleum is located in the west of the Ximen Leopard Temple, but few people know that it is just the main hall of the main priest Cao Cao. Cao Cao's body was sent to Cao Cao's mausoleum, which had been secretly built three days ago, by his confidant Xu Chu and dozens of dead soldiers. After his coffin was properly placed, a group of dead soldiers closed themselves in Cao Cao's mausoleum and buried Cao Cao, and only the general Xu Chu left Cao Mausoleum alive. ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard him recount this old story, and Murong Danyan listened to his words as a story, and he would not interrupt them. It is people like Deng Yao who are quite unconvinced by Situ Qiao, but because they like to listen to books, they also listen to it with relish at this time. It was only the sound of whirring wind that could be heard in the secret passage, and no one questioned Situ Qiao's words.

I only heard Situ Qiao say: "After Cao Cao's mausoleum was built, those warlocks and skilled craftsmen were secretly executed by Cao Cao's order. A few years after Cao Cao was buried, Cao Pi suddenly ordered the destruction of the locomotive hall on the ground of Gaoling, at that time his excuse was 'the ambition of the first emperor to be frugal and virtuous', and the palace of Gaoling was demolished cleanly, and now on the west high slope of the Ximen Leopard Temple, there is no longer a piece of brick and tile ......"

When he said this, Li Qiufeng was in his heart, and secretly thought: "This person has been to the west of the Ximen Leopard Temple. He is proficient in the secret art of organs, what is he going to do in Cao Cao's tomb? Could it be that he wants to steal and dig up Cao Cao's tomb?"

Situ Qiao shook his head and said: "Actually, Cao Pi's pretentiousness was all in accordance with Cao Cao's last words before he died. First of all, the main sacrificial hall was built on the high slope of the west of the Ximen Leopard Temple, and the world naturally thought that Cao Cao's mausoleum was near the left side of the high slope. After a few years, the matter will inevitably spread all over the world, and no one will suspect that Cao Cao's body is buried elsewhere. At this time, all those palaces were demolished, and it seemed that they wanted to cover it, making those enemies think that Cao Cao's mausoleum was here. ”

When Situ Qiao said this, he smiled and said, "With Cao Mengde's treachery, how can he do such a thing that makes the enemy celebrate each other? Cao Cao's real mausoleum was built at the bottom of the Zhanghe River. The master who designed the mausoleum was to borrow the power of the rushing waters of the Zhanghe River to drive the killing mechanism in the tomb. There is a section of tomb road outside Cao Cao's mausoleum, which is located on the rock wall at the bottom of the river, which is the only way to enter Cao Cao's mausoleum. The tomb is lined with 36 shields made of fine iron, which, when activated, extend their edges with sharp blades and spin like the wind. Thirty-six shields seal the tomb, and those who step into the tomb will be twisted into pieces by the sharp blades of these shields. ”

(End of chapter)