Chapter 24 Chapter 23: Sword and Mirror Unity

Since arriving in Luoyang, although Di Renjie and others could not intervene in the case of the Eastern Palace, they have been busy with this matter for several days, and have never had a good night's sleep or a meal. Now that everyone in the Eastern Palace has been released, they have finally concluded a public case, and they all feel relieved. After heaving a sigh of relief, Li Kai saw that Hu Lvchong had newly made Li Yuanfang as a friend, and he was overjoyed, asking for wine, so Di Renjie ordered Di Chun to ask the chef to cook some dishes, and then went to buy a few jars of good wine. The mansion is casual, but lively.

For a while, Di Chun went to prepare by himself, and everyone here just chatted in the room. Seeing that the mirror and the saber are ready at this moment, Li Kaigu couldn't help but want to look at it, but he was afraid of being laughed at, so he only looked at Di Renjie, unable to hide the curiosity in his eyes, did the two legendary treasures come together? In one place, what's the mystery? Di Renjie chuckled, and took the Sun Soul Mirror from the tray. Li Yuanfang understood, and carefully pulled out the Yuejing Knife, holding his hands flat, with the curved blade facing him, and slowly approached. Counting Hu Luchong and Li Kaigu, the four of them were Staring at it firmly, afraid of missing something in the blink of an eye.

Li Yuanfang moved very slowly, and when the mirror and knife were about an arm's length away, he suddenly felt that the scimitar in his hand seemed to be drawn by a pulling force, leaning towards the mask. Persevering in attracting the knife, Li Yuanfang frowned slightly, thinking to himself: Could it be that there is a magnet in the knife mirror?Looking up, seeing Di Renjie's expression also changed, presumably the mirror in his hand also felt the attraction of the scimitar. Di Renjie caught a glimpse of the sunlight outside the window, and in a flash of thought, he walked a few steps quickly, and moved the mask into the beam of light entering the room. For a moment, under the strong light, the mask seemed to have absorbed the energy of sunlight, which was stronger than that of candlelight that day. The irradiation was even more splendor, and a halo appeared all over the body. Li Yuanfang had followed him earlier, and the Yuejing knife in his hand was also a piece of silver light at this time, which made people have an illusion that the blade was transparent. Nearby, Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang looked at each other, relaxed their hands a little, let nature take its course, and stopped supporting them, only to see the scimitar and the mask moving towards each other, and slowly hanging in the air at a strange angle: the mask Looking up to the sky slightly, the arc of the scimitar follows the outward side of the mask, also standing obliquely, like a rainbow bridge around the outside of the mask, and the beam of sunlight is refracted by the mask to the scimitar, and spreads out. Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang Having let go of their hands, Li Kaigu and Hu Lvchong were stunned in the room. In the light and shadow, the portrait on the mirror of the sun appeared in the air again, but this time it was very different from the shadow of the candle that night.

It turned out that under the candlelight that day, the human figures on the mirror were only visualized along the slight arch of the mirror surface, and the arrangement was relatively tight, as if "groups of ghosts" were rushing out in the same direction, and they were flat. The refraction of the light actually caused the "ghosts" to be projected upwards in different directions, with different distributions of distances. Due to the strong light, the images were clearer. If you carefully distinguish, you can see people with disheveled hair standing obliquely. There is something like cloth around her waist, her hands are in a posture of pushing or hugging, or lifting or holding something, as if she is holding something, Li Yuanfang is secretly amazed when she sees it, she doesn't want this knife and mirror to be one, compared to what is shown in the sun soul mirror It's even more miraculous, and it really can't be explained by common sense.

The four people in the room were silent, and the puppy also shrank behind Hu Luchong, with only half of its furry ears exposed, whining softly, but did not dare to look forward.After a while, Di Renjie walked to the window and blocked the beam of sunlight. The halo of the mirror and knife slowly shrank and became smaller, and the image in the sky also disappeared. Li Yuanfang reached out to hold the knife mirror and separated the two. Come on, pass the mask to the stunned Hu Luchong, motioning to put it back on the plate, the scimitar is still sheathed and put aside. After a long while, Li Kai let out a solid voice, came back to his senses, and blurted out, "What's going on here? Could it be something from a fairy?"

Li Yuanfang and Hu Lu rushed to look at Di Renjie, Di Renjie shook his head and said: "I don't know the secret." After a moment of pondering, he said: "The mirror and knife are so strange because they are forged, they are neither copper nor iron , plausible and transparent. Just now I brought it close to the sun, and I also happened to think that this precious mirror is called 'Sun Soul', which may be related to the sun, but since history, as far as I know, the ancient Yang Sui, although It is also used to absorb sunlight, but it can only be used to get fire, without the ability to transmit light; there is also the "fire Qizhu", although it is crystal clear, it can enlarge the image through it, but it is not like this knife. It is as black as a mirror and as dark as a stone. In the future, there are indeed many miraculous things that have not been recorded in the history books, or these two things were made much earlier than I thought, and there were no words handed down at that time, so that people today cannot find out Truth, what a pity."

Although Hu Lvchong has been with Yuejing Dao day and night for a long time, he only knows that it is extremely sharp and very human can control it. After seeing the spectacle of the sword mirror, he felt shocked and unbelievable. After listening to what Di Renjie said, it is even more As if falling into the clouds, I knew that my knowledge of these years was really nothing, and then I looked at Li Yuanfang and Li Kaigu, and they also had expressions of surprise on their faces. Even if they recalled everything they saw and heard, they couldn't compare with what they saw just now. Things are connected.

I just heard Li Yuanfang ask: "Is it true that the Khitan legend can make the river recede?" Di Renjie laughed and said: "We don't have to worry about these miraculous things in vain. In my opinion, even if this Mirror and Yidao really has supernatural powers, it needs to be manifested in a specific situation." After finishing speaking, he looked around at the three people in the room. , Seeing that everyone was still not satisfied, he turned his eyes and said with a smile: "Yuanfang, since it is a legend, it is difficult to verify the facts at this moment, and the left and right are waiting for food. We might as well make bold assumptions and use the legend as the basis to explain."

Li Yuanfang wondered: "Explain with legends?" "That's right. There is a legend, which is also the oldest - have you all heard of 'Nuwa mending the sky'? It is recorded in "Huainanzi": In ancient times, Gonggong, the god of water, and Zhurong, the god of fire, fought, and Gonggong was furious. It broke the Buzhou Mountain that supported the heaven and the earth, causing "the four poles were abolished, the Kyushu was split, the sky was not covered, and the earth was not contained." The sky broke a big hole, and the ground was sunk into big cracks, "then Nuwa Refining five-color stones to mend the sky, breaking off the Ao is enough to set up the four poles,...the sky is mended, and the four poles are upright; when the sky is dry, Jizhou is flat; ...back Fangzhou, embrace the round sky.' This second legend is also about it. During the prehistoric period, but it is closer to us than Nuwa's, it is the story of "Dayu Water Control". It is said that Yu was born from his father's womb and inherited Gun's unfinished water control work. At that time, the flood flowed and flooded In the world, Yu changed his father's way of doing things, and built a canal to drain water and dredge the river. After thirteen years of hard work, he finally led the flood into the sea. Di Renjie seemed to be talking about the story casually.

Li Yuanfang and the others only said that Di Renjie had more to say, but saw that he only smiled slightly and remained silent.Li Kaigu said anxiously: "My lord, what does this have to do with the knife mirror? Why do I not understand the more I listen?" Di Renjie smiled and said: "I just said it, but it's just a legend. Although we have all seen the magic of the 'Sun Soul Mirror' and the 'Yue Jing Dao', we can't say that it is the ancient gods, demons and ghosts. From the Khitan legend told by Kaigu, there are two similarities with my previous two legends: one is that the sword mirror was formed by the fall of two fiery red stars in the sky, and "Nuwa repaired the sky". It is also said that the gods of water and fire fought each other, mountains jumped and rocks cracked, and the sky was knocked out of a big hole-the same is said that the sky and stones fell, but it was more serious; The water recedes, and the water control is mentioned in the stories of Nuwa and Dayu, the difference is that the latter two legends focus more on the disaster of flooding."

Seeing that Hu Luchong and Li Kaigu were full of disbelief, Di Renjie laughed again: "You must think that connecting these three is very far-fetched, so just take my words as nonsense and you just listen to them." The house was quiet for a while, and there was a faint knock on the door outside the courtyard, and the door opened and closed. Li Yuanfang lowered his head for a while and said, "My lord, do you mean that the formation of the legend of the mirror and the sword may have originated from those two ancient myths?" "Well, this is just my deduction. Whether it is the place where the Khitan legend is spread, or the Central Plains of China where the stories of Nuwa and Dayu took place, the ancient culture inherited is very likely to have the same source. Maybe the ancient At that time, the land of Shenzhou had experienced catastrophes caused by sky-jumping, ground-sinking and raging water, which may have been caused by meteorites and earthquakes. It is impossible to know the truth. But what is certain is that this huge disaster brought It gave the ancestors painful memories, and these legends have been formed after passing down from generation to generation. Judging from the legend of Nuwa, Jizhou is the place where the sky is repaired; and the place where Dayu controlled the water is the Longmen Mountain in the southern suburbs of Luoyang in the legend. Due to the situation of confrontation, the flood flowed thousands of miles and flowed downstream——because of its image, it was named 'Yique'.That is to say, it was the Central Plains area that was seriously affected by the disaster, so in the legend of the knife mirror, these were weakened. The scene that the warrior saw by the Laoha River was very likely to be the outward spread of the disaster. The story of granting treasures to immortals and receding river water. In terms of time, China has a long history, which can be traced back to the creation of Pangu. Therefore, the myth of Nuwa repairing the sky goes far back to ancient times. Dayu's flood control happened in Yao's era. The legend of mirror and knife has no time to test. I guess , this is not because of the different times of the catastrophe, but because of the different cultural inheritance. For example, Kaigu belongs to the Khitan ethnic group, while Hulu brother should belong to the Chile ethnic group. Each ethnic group has different ways of describing their origins. . " Di Renjie talked eloquently, completely unaware that the three people in the room were dumbfounded. Li Kai thought about it for a long time, then suddenly jumped up from his seat, pulled Li Yuanfang with one hand, and hugged Hu Lüchong with the other, and said with a big laugh, "Well, according to this, maybe our grandpa's grandpa's grandpa is a family son!" Thinking that the three of them were probably from the army, poor Di Renjie spoke so dryly that most of them didn't understand. At this moment when Li Kaigu interrupted, it sounded like this, and the whole room couldn't bear it. Laughed.