Six Ways of Fumo

Chapter 301 Night Talk on Barren Mountains
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Ding Ermiao was surprised to hear that Liu Bowen's grave was not in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so he asked Wang Xiang to get to the bottom of it.

"Hehe... Liu Bowen, a strange man of his generation, who has lost power in the court in his later years, how could he be so stupid as to build a tomb in his hometown and tell the world about it without any secret?" Wang Xiang sneered: "The real sincerity uncle The tomb is located in the Guanzhong Basin, at the foot of Dingjun Mountain in Muxian County!"

"Dingjun Mountain? Isn't that where Zhuge Kongming's tomb is?" Ding Ermiao and Gu Qinglan asked at the same time, becoming increasingly confused.

"Yes, Liu Bowen's burial place is in Dingjun Mountain, not far from the tomb of Zhuge Wuhou." Wang Xiang said proudly:

"If you want to know the causes and consequences, you have to listen to me explain it in detail. Brother Ding, since the night is long, why not listen to me talk about this unofficial history for entertainment?"

The bright moon was setting in the west, and Ding Ermiao looked at the time. It was already one o'clock in the night, and it wasn't long before dawn. Even if he returned to the Zhulou Hotel now, he wouldn't be able to sleep for long.Forget it, just listen to him.

"Tell me." Ding Ermiao found a clean and flat rock and sat down, hugging his knees and saying.

The night wind is gradually picking up, and there are bursts of autumn coolness.

Gu Qinglan seemed a little afraid of the cold, so she leaned closer to Ding Ermiao and hugged her arms tightly.

Ding Ermiao thought for a while, moved to the side, let Gu Qinglan sit down, and then opened the umbrella and handed it to Gu Qinglan to put it on her shoulder to protect her from the wind.

Wang Xiang is a ghost. He is neither cold nor tired, so he doesn't need to sit down.He walked around like a monkey, coughed twice, cleared his throat, and then said:
"There is a folklore that Liu Bowen was dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang's ability. He once wrote a sentence: Zhuge Liang of the Three Kingdoms will rule the world, Liu Bowen. It means that I, Bowen, are a hundred times stronger than you Zhuge Liang. No matter how strong you Zhuge Liang are, you are only helping Liu Bei to divide the world. , but I, Liu Bowen, can help Zhu Yuanzhang rule the world. Have you heard of this?"

Ding Ermiao shook his head, and Gu Qinglan also shook his head.

Wang Xiang laughed and said:
"Let's start with Liu Bowen's dissatisfaction with Zhuge Liang... We don't need to say more about Zhuge Liang's abilities and merits, let's just talk about Liu Bowen.

Liu Bowen believed that he was good at the Three Secrets and Six Strategies, was good at making far-sighted plans, could control the wind and rain, and could predict events like a god.Assisted Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world and became a famous founding hero of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the people at that time all said that Liu Bowen was the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang, and Kong Ming was reincarnated again.

However, Liu Bowen believed that he was highly talented and highly respected, and he often made irresponsible remarks on Zhuge Liang.The dissatisfaction in his heart was clearly revealed both in his words and in his words.

He said: "Kong Ming is profound in knowledge, and I am only a hair short of him; Kong Ming is extraordinary in virtue, and I am only a hair short of him; Kong Ming is extremely intelligent, and I am only a hair short of him; Kong Ming is predictive. Finally, who knows, he and I are on par.It is said that before his death, Zhuge Liang had determined the year and month after his death, who would come to pay homage, and who would come to dig the tomb. He recorded it in a book and engraved it on a stone tablet.I decided to go to the cemetery to pay my respects in person. If Kong Ming had expected that I would go to his grave, I would have knelt down and kowtowed a thousand times.If Kong Ming didn’t expect it, haha, then I would laugh at him! '

The people around him and his subordinates were all shocked when they heard that Liu Bowen was disrespectful and disrespectful, but they did not dare to stop him.

A few days later, Liu Bowen led several of his family generals and went to the tomb of Zhuge Wuhou in Dingjun Mountain to pay homage in person in an eight-carriage sedan.

Pass through the tall archway.Just went up the flower stone steps.A huge stele stands in front of us, with five large seal characters written by Zhuge Kongming himself: "I will arrive when no one will arrive."

Liu Bowen cupped his fists and gave a deep salute. He raised his eyes and swept them up and down. He couldn't help laughing and said, "No one has come when you arrive?"Why am I here too?Haha... Zhuge Kongming is a good calligrapher, but his predictions were wrong and he was three points below me.I don't want the dignified Prime Minister of Shu to have only front eyes and no back pearls, so he falsely claimed that he knew 500 years in the past and 1000 years in the future.The prophecies on the stele are false and deceptive, so it is better to tear them down and smash them to avoid being an eyesore and confusing the public. '

As soon as Liu Bowen finished speaking, two followers rushed out, raised their hammers, and smashed the stone tablet in half.

Seeing the stele toppled to pieces, Liu Bowen burst into laughter and thought to himself: People say that Zhuge Liang is the most capable man in the world, but today I have verified that he is not worthy of his reputation.From now on, the title of the most capable person in the world belongs to me, Liu Bowen!
So he felt proud and continued to move forward in a swaggering manner. Within twenty steps, a giant round-headed monument blocked his way.This stele is pink-purple in color, has a rough surface, is covered with moss marks, and has faint writing.

Liu Bowen ordered others to wipe away the dust and dirt, and carefully identified each stroke. He was suddenly startled, felt flustered, and was out of his mind. He kept shouting, "Sin, sin!"The students have self-importance, do not know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth, and destroy the stele and smash the stone to humiliate the teacher. The crime is serious and deserves death. '

On the stele are the five regular script characters "Only Bowen arrives" written by Kong Ming himself. ——It turns out that Zhuge Kongming had already anticipated what would happen today!
Liu Bowen's face was full of shame and embarrassment. He quickly bowed respectfully, knelt on his knees, and kowtowed a thousand times sincerely.After the ceremony, my body was as heavy as a mountain, my knees were as soft as mud, and I couldn't stand up no matter how hard I tried.When I was in trouble, I suddenly saw a line of small words engraved on the bottom of the round-headed stele: "Wear the crown to salute, take off the crown and rise." '

Liu Bowen suddenly felt his scalp tightening and his hair standing straight up. He felt that Kong Ming was right in front of him, monitoring his every move.He hurriedly took off his golden crown, threw himself on the ground, kowtowed repeatedly to apologize, and then he was able to stand up.

By this time, Liu Bowen's arrogance and arrogance had long disappeared.

Convinced, he came back from the cemetery and respectfully set up a case to burn incense in the Kongming Temple at the foot of the mountain, and bowed his head to pay homage to his teacher.

I saw a bowl of cold water on the table, and the fragrance hit my nose.Under the bed is a pair of boots with straight sides and fine needle points.

Out of curiosity, Liu Bowen picked up the water glass and drank it in one gulp, then put on his boots and walked three times in a row.He joked: "Drinking my teacher's water is honest and not greedy, and wearing my teacher's boots leads a straight and straight path." '

When I got out of the door, I looked up and saw two lines of gold characters written by Zhuge Liang himself on the large screen wall in front of me: "Drink my water, wear my boots, and walk to the sand dunes to avoid disaster." '

'My life is over! "Liu Bowen didn't look at it. He knew at a glance that something was not going well. He was so frightened that his ears roared, his eyes turned black, his legs became weak, and he yelled. "

After saying so much in one breath, Wang Xiang took a break and looked at Ding Ermiao and Gu Qinglan in a showy way.

Ding Ermiao was silent, his face was calm, he didn't know what he was thinking.

"This matter... is so incredible. Zhuge Liang can't even calculate the details of 500 years later. If it is true, it is really terrible." Gu Qinglan frowned and asked dubiously:
"So later on, Liu Bowen really died in Kongming Temple in Dingjun Mountain?"

(End of this chapter)