When Xi Daguang held power in Sichuan his mother，Lady Zhu，passed away．He was about to bury her at Blue Wall Mountain，butafter the decision had been made，he dreamed of two people whocame visiting．Their steps were heavy and lumbering and their entirebodies were riddled with frightful sores． “The final resting place of your good mother should be in WenPrefecture．”they told him．‘'The nanle ofthe land is‘Supreme Profun-dity of the Xu Family’and the plot is called‘Facing North to Mt．Geng’．YourLordshipmustgoand requestit．When the whole matter has been concluded，we would have you heal Our wounds．”
Master Xi had once lived in Yongjia and had been wanting toreturn．Yethe had not come to any decision because of the great distance．Upon waking，he considered it all strange indeed and recorded it in hisnotebook．He then prepared a boat in which to go east．He also tookt11e cofin of his father to Wen Prefecture，who had once been a vicecensor-in-chief．
The day of the funeral was pressing，yet in no way had they fixedthe location of the plot．Xi had called upon Zhang Zao of Xiaoshan toascertain the site when they all stopped ata mountain temple．Hisnephew，Qilang，had gone to buy food at a farmhouse．The owner asked him where he was going and SO he told him．
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