Chapter 57 Fishbone Temple

The next day we got up early in the morning, packed up and went to the village behind the “Dragon Ridge”, in accordance with yesterday’s inquiries, out of the village turned two beams, to look for the “Fishbone Temple”.

Two mountain beams said simple, straight-line distance may be very short, really walk up when, but really not easy, yesterday to here the day has been dark, the surrounding environment can not see clearly, this time then the dawn look, a gully across, fragmented soil plains, soil beams, soil mounts, soil ditch towering in the surroundings.

Although this is not the Loess Plateau, but by the influence of the yellow flood, the surface of a large number of yellow hard mud, the wind is the Creator’s carving knife, the original rolling hills and mountains cut carving, the formation of countless gullies and wind holes, some of the places in the gully deep scary.

Here the natural environment is harsh, sparsely populated, the wind from the ravine, whistling, like a ghost wailing, the mountain beams are full of large and small caves, bottomless, in the distance, as the hillside is full of black echoes.

We walked nearly three hours, finally in a ravine to find the “fish bone temple”, more than we imagined more broken, we heard that the temple of the Dragon King incense broken for decades, some psychological preparation in advance, did not expect to the field to see, this broken temple, broken are fast falling apart.

“Fishbone Temple” only a temple hall, not divided into what forward and backward, east wing west wing, the temple door has long been gone, but finally saw the skull of the iron head of the Dragon King fish, the fish mouth is the temple door.

Fatty took the sapper shovel knocked, Dang Dang ringing, this bone is really hard, we look carefully, see this fish skull decidedly unusual fish bones, although there is no skin and flesh, still let a person feel hideous and ugly, we have never seen this kind of fish, not whales nor ordinary river fish, big and scary, so that people do not dare to see more.

Inside the temple, the clay statue of the Dragon King has long gone nowhere, the floor beams are full of dust and cobwebs, but inside, you can’t see that the beams are built of fish bones, I guess the fish bones are sealed in the masonry.

The walls are not completely peeled, barely recognizable above the “wind and rain” four big words, there are several nests of small rats on the ground, see people coming in scared whoosh scurrying.

We did not dare to delay in the fishbone temple in the temple hall, this broken temple may collapse at any time, a gust of wind, may be lifted off the roof.

In front of the temple, the big gold teeth said this fish bone built Dragon King Temple, there are a few in the coastal areas, in the Mainland is not common, the Republic of China, Tianjin, Jinghai, there is such a big fish died on the shore, there are good people paid with fish bones built the Dragon King Temple, the incense is very strong, and then the temple in the early seventies was destroyed, and then never seen again.

I looked at the “fish bone temple” in this ravine in the terrain, laughed: “This fish bone temple location if the feng shui position, I go back to my book “sixteen words yin and yang feng shui secret art” pulled the fire.”

Fatty asked, “Isn’t this place quite good? This wind is blowing, the wind of feng shui is there, well …… just a little bit of fucking lack of water, and then there is a small river, it is almost a feng shui treasure land.”

I said: “build a temple repair temple place, than the home repair graves to another set of preoccupations, the temple is for the benefit of a party, can not just find a place to cover, build a temple place must be the star peaks base fall, the Ming Mountain Hall, in addition to this fishbone temple, you can see in the ditch of the temple? Even the land temple can not be repaired in such a deep ravine ah, as the saying goes: there is hidden in the valley do not penetrate the heart, penetrate the heart and stand not into the phase.”

Dajinya asked, “Master Hu, what do you mean by the last sentence you just said? Is it saying that it’s not good to build a temple in the valley?”

I nodded: “Yes, you see these gullies and ravines, like dragons and snakes walk, how can we help the barren mountains around, no tent no protection, are not a matter of potential, coupled with a deep in the mountains, Yin gas is also heavy, if this mountain lush vegetation, but also a little better, it is called the tent in the hidden fairy belt fly, hidden protection of the Lord’s prosperity, this broken ravine, according to the principles of the ancient Chinese feng shui, not to mention the repair of temples, burying people are not suitable. Burying people are not suitable, so I concluded that this temple repair problems, must be used to cover the gold school guards inverted bucket, today I really see it was not expected.”

The fat man said: “To say is to cover people’s ears, also can’t make so much publicity ah, I see to build a hut will be enough, and then this ditch which people, at most occasionally come to a goat herder, listen to the village people say, after this beam is the Dragon Ridge Grottoes, inside the evil is very much, usually did not have no to go, so I’m afraid to go to this goat herder is not much.”

I said: “I’m afraid this is still mainly to win the trust of the locals, outsiders pay money to the local repair the Dragon King Temple, to protect a side of the wind and rain peace, the locals will not be suspicious, if you come directly to the ravine to build a house, is not to make people feel that the behavior of perverse, some inexplicable, good in the ravine to build what kind of housing it? This will be easy to be suspected, it is better to say that this is a feng shui location, build a temple, so that there is deceptive, there used to be pretending to plant a crop field, plant a green sand tent and then work, are all a purpose, do not let others know.”

Dajinya and Fatty listened to my analysis, both agreed, outsiders in the ravine to build a temple is indeed easier to disguise than building a house.

In fact, what the fat man said is not unreasonable, but also have to go up to the mountain beam to look at the situation of the dragon ridge, in order to further determine the location of the tomb, as well as the reasons for the construction of the temple here, I estimate that the ancient tomb in the fishbone temple will not be too far away, or else to play the tunnels of the amount of work is too large.

Now finally arrived at the bottom of the slope of the Dragon Ridge, I am most worried about two things, the first is the Dragon Ridge in the tomb or not, now it seems that the answer should be absolutely sure.

The second thing is that this tomb is so big and has long been targeted by the fake businessman who built the Fishbone Temple, did he get his hands on it? This is still hard to say, but looking at him acting like this and operating like this, he must be aiming to get it.

But even if this Dragon Ridge’s tomb has been inverted bucket, I think we can also go in to visit the tour to see how other masters do the job, maybe not hollowed out, but also left a few things.

The rules of the profession of the gold inspector are very strict, inverted a bucket, can only take on one or two things, more will have to break the rules, look at the repair of the fishbone temple of the master, since it can be in the dragon ridge to find a lot of people can not find a large tomb, must be a veteran.

The more veteran experts, the more important these rules, sometimes even the rules of the trade than life are important, but I’m afraid that no one cares about these fine traditions now, now the civil thief with the year when the Japs are almost the same, basically to where the implementation of the three light policy.

We circled around the fishbone temple a few times, did not find the location of the tunnels, it seems to be hidden extremely hidden, not easy to find, and may even be in that touch the gold lieutenant did the job, it was completely sealed.

Dajinya asked if you can see the specific location of the tomb, I said that the ditch can not see, have to climb to the mountain beams, look down from the top to see clearly.

Dajinya weekdays eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, the body is not very good, can not withstand long-distance trekking, walked to the fishbone temple has been exhausted, to climb up the mountain beam and then climb back, really can not eat, I let him and the fat man to stay in the fishbone temple, looking for the vicinity of any tunnels, and told them if they go into the temple in the middle of the temple, must be careful, don’t be smashed into the head.

I myself along the hillside, hands and feet climbed up, did not take long to climb to the mountain beam above, only to see the beam under the gullies and ravines, the earth like being pinched a hand, the formation of a crease, high and low, the terrain is very complex.

Shaanxi landscape is generally characterized by high north and south, low in the middle, high in the northwest, low in the southeast, from west to east is tilted. In the north is the Loess Plateau, in the south is the Qinba Mountain Range, and in the center is the Guanzhong Plain.

And this area due to the continuation of the Qinling Mountains, the emergence of a rare piece of low hills, these ridges are not too high, if you look at it from a high place, may feel like a scar of the earth.

I hand on the cooler, carefully analyze the shape of a mountain ridge in front of me, the Dragon Ridge is really worthy of its name, the earth’s veins, branches and trunks, looking for the Dragon Tips have said: big mountains and rivers hundreds of, the Dragon House to countless treasure halls.

This dragon ridge there is a hidden very deep “dragon building treasure hall”, the situation according to follow, gather the crowd ring together, these rolling hills are among the “dragon building treasure hall” presents the potential. Here the dragon “potential” is not the kind of buried emperor “potential”, the emperor tomb “potential” need to be stable and healthy, like the kind of mountains towering, large rivers flow, with high choke deep, male in the world of the Place only, Longling presents the “potential” is lying in the deep and far away, An said that the “potential” of storage.

Such as the situation can be buried relatives, such as the Empress, the Empress Dowager, Princess, Prince of a class of royal relatives, buried here, can make the imperial family prosperous and smooth, peaceful and quiet in the court, to put it bluntly, similar to the town of their own backyard is almost the same.

However, this “potential” has been broken by the natural environment, wind and rain cut, earthquakes and mountain collapse, soil erosion in this area is very serious, the surface is broken, has been no longer the weather.

In spite of this, or a glance can be seen, the Dragon Ridge in this dragon building treasure hall in my stand under the beam, this is a natural environment by the destruction of the hillside, near all the mountain sorghum ravine, are extended from this hill, that the ancient tomb of the Tang Dynasty, surely in the belly of the mountain.