Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

Chapter 391: Dream within a dream, gilded jade album

Dementia and paralysis?

It would be better to die.

It seems that the trip to Blackwater City must be brought forward.

But Professor Zhang and Zhang Nan...

Thinking of them, I hurriedly asked, "Can the spirit summoning still be carried out?"

"I have something important to ask the deceased spirit of Saito Akihiro!"

Huang Yupu sighed and said, "Alas, it's too late."

"The first seven days have passed, and the body cannot be kept in the ancestral hall any longer."

"The body has just been cremated and a ritual performed to pray for the soul's salvation."

"I guess his soul has already crossed the Naihe Bridge..."

I was stunned.

How come they cremated Saito Akihiro's body right after I fainted?

Isn’t this too much of a coincidence?

"Cough cough." Boss Dong coughed twice.

He explained, "Priest Huang discussed this with me before burning Saito Akihiro's body."

"The Wong Tai Sin Temple has a rule that the storage of corpses is limited to the first seven days."

"All bodies after the first seven days will be cremated."

"Only after the memorial service is performed can the ashes be kept in the temple."

In the early years, Taoist temples and Buddhist temples all had the business of storing remains or ashes.

On the one hand, there are some people who are devout Buddhists and Taoists who request that their remains or ashes be placed in Taoist temples before they die.

In this way, even after death, one can live close to gods and Buddhas and receive baptism by monks and Taoists chanting scriptures every day.

On the other hand, it is arranged by the relatives of the deceased, and for various reasons, the remains and ashes of the deceased are sent to Taoist temples for storage.

However, there are very few Taoist temples that accept corpses for storage.

Because corpses are difficult to preserve.

Especially when the temperature is high, it will start to rot and stink after being stored for three to five days.

After more than seven days, the stench of the corpse will become too strong to dissipate.

That is why Wong Tai Sin Temple established this rule.

"The corpse has already rotted and stank, and has even turned into corpse water."

“I really can’t continue.”

"That's why I agreed to burn the body."

After Boss Dong’s explanation, I couldn’t say anything more.

What's more, he fainted just now and was rescued by the Taoist priest.

Besides, the body has been burned and the soul has been liberated, so it is useless to continue to dwell on it.

I smiled helplessly: "Is that so."

"Well, Taoist Huang, I want to ask you a few questions."

Huang Yupu raised his hand and made a gesture of asking.

I recalled and asked, "From what I recall, you said you entered the Dao to learn martial arts in order to fight against the Onmyoji of the island nation?"

Huang Yupu's expression suddenly changed.

There was a gleam in his eyes as he stared at me intently.

"how do you know?"

"I never told you that!"

"Ah?!" I was very surprised.

Didn’t you say that all my memories just now were illusions?

How did the first question become true?

"You also said that you had a three-year-old brother who was transformed into a ghost baby by an onmyoji..."

"Stop talking, stop talking!" Huang Yupu interrupted me in a trembling voice.

Tears fell like raindrops.

The memories of the past made him tremble slightly.

His face was wrinkled.

He no longer had the aura of a detached and ethereal Taoist master.

Instead, he seems like a distant wanderer who is grieving and missing his family.

Huang Yupu shed tears silently for a long time before he calmed down.

Wipe away the tears from your red and swollen eyes.

He whispered, "Are these the words I said in your memory?"

"Yes."

Huang Yupu was silent for a moment, and then his right thumb began to tap the other four fingers.

The ordering speed was quite slow at the beginning.

Gradually getting faster and faster.

It was so fast that my eyes couldn't keep up with the speed of his thumb clicking.

I can't understand how he can click his thumb so fast.

Besides, using fingers to tell fortunes is not fast.

If you go too fast and go to the wrong place, won’t all your efforts be wasted?

As I was pondering, his thumb suddenly stopped moving.

Boss Dong and I shifted our gazes simultaneously, from Huang Yupu's right hand to his face.

He gritted his teeth.

Every muscle on his face was tense.

His eyes showed an expression of seven parts nervousness and three parts confusion.

The combination of this look and expression gave me an indescribable weird feeling.

I felt that the confusion in his eyes was very discordant.

"Master Huang, what did you figure out?" Boss Dong asked cautiously.

"call!"

Huang Yupu let out a sigh of relief.

The tense muscles on my face gradually relaxed.

It was as if the pressure in my body suddenly disappeared and I relaxed involuntarily.

“I haven’t figured it out yet.”

"Huh?!" Boss Dong and I exclaimed in surprise at the same time.

Since you haven't figured it out yet, why are you so nervous?

Are you kidding us?

Huang Yupu glanced at me.

He pondered and said, "I only figured out half of this divination just now."

"When you fainted, you must have entered an illusory dream similar to a dream within a dream."

"But that illusory dream is based on some reality."

"The information about me in your memory may be related to Senior Brother Liang's ascension."

"As for the dream within the dream you entered last... I can't figure it out."

"It's as if the secrets of heaven have been blocked. No matter how hard I try to calculate, I can't figure out the relevant situation."

A dream within a dream?

If my previous memory was a dream.

The scene of the boy and girl being killed later was just a dream within a dream.

It seems that the scene in the dream within the dream is real!

Huang Yupu patted me on the shoulder twice and said, "The dead soul in your Dantian may have the ability to block the secrets of heaven."

"She must have revealed important information to you in her dream."

"You don't have much time left."

"By the way, before Senior Brother Liang ascended to heaven, he left a letter for someone destined to meet him."

"I'll get it for you."

"Maybe it will help you."

Huang Yupu left to get the letter.

Boss Dong sat in the chair and rubbed his eyebrows hard.

"Shi Tou, I'm the one who hurt you."

"If I had rejected Uncle Chen at that time..."

I waved my hand to interrupt him.

"This has nothing to do with you. It's all my destiny."

"I originally planned to go back and find Professor Zhang first, and then follow the map on the family photo to find the Western Zhou Tomb."

"If we want to change our plans now, we have to go to Blackwater City first."

The reason I said all this is because I want to get help from Boss Dong.

In that era when traveling far away required a letter of introduction and a certificate, if you wanted to take people to find Blackwater City, you had to have a letter of introduction issued by your unit with appropriate reasons.

And Boss Dong is the perfect person to help with this.

Boss Dong nodded and said, "The Western Zhou tomb is here to stay. It doesn't matter whether we dig it early or late."

"Your business is the most important."

"You must not become stupid and paralyzed, let alone die!"

"If you need any help, just tell me and I will definitely help you."

Boss Dong’s attitude is really amazing.

In fact, he and I are already mutually dependent on each other due to our shared interests.

In other words, that was the honeymoon period of the relationship.

As long as there are no conflicts over interests between the two parties, this relationship can be maintained well.

The fear is that in the future one party, or even both parties, will feel that the distribution of benefits is unfair and want to get more benefits.

In that case, the relationship between the two sides will inevitably break down.

Tapping.

Huang Yupu returned with a yellowed envelope in his hand.

He turned the envelope over.

First, let me see the sealing wax.

"After Senior Brother Liang ascended, this letter was carefully preserved."

“No one has ever opened it.”

After saying that, he handed over the envelope.

I took the envelope and it felt very heavy.

And it feels hard inside when you pinch it.

Swish.

I tore open the letter and poured it out.

Square jade pieces in the shape of book pages were poured out.

Huang Yupu's eyes widened instantly: "How, how is this possible!"

"How could Senior Brother Liang leave the gilded jade album to you!!!"