"Master Yu, it's time to eat." Xiao Wai knocked on the bathroom door.I agreed, wiped off the water on my face, and went downstairs with him.There is a big round table in the hall downstairs, and some food is randomly placed on the table, a muscular man in his thirties is constantly busy at the side, and Xiaoyue lowers her head to help.
Lao Jiu sat at the table and waved to me. I sat next to him, and he snickered in my ear, "This is the little green turtle." It turned out that this strong man was the son of Old Man An.I hurriedly stopped Lao Jiu from continuing.
The man looked very simple and honest, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a strong body. He was about 1.8 meters tall, and his whole body gave off a sense of strength.I glanced at Xiaoyue in disgust again, a little confused, why she would leave such a good husband and go out to have an affair.
The man came over to help me set the bowls and chopsticks, and I hurriedly leaned over and said thank you.He smiled at me honestly and didn't speak.I sighed in my heart, lost my appetite, took a mouthful of porridge indiscriminately, and went upstairs.I went to look at Ah Er's room again, and saw Xiao Tao was sitting on the edge of the bed staring blankly at Ah Er on the bed, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead with a towel from time to time.
I didn't dare to disturb, so I closed the door and quietly went back to the room.
Back in the room, I lay on the bed with all my clothes on. I was extremely tired, but I couldn't sleep soundly, so I had to close my eyes and think wildly.The temple on the mountain, the black shadow flashing by in the fog, Ah Er covered in blood, the shotgun that fell on the threshold, the head of the god glaring at me... and the little bear jumping past White gold.
The more I thought about it, the more disturbed I became, I covered my head irritably and forced myself to sleep. Unexpectedly, the wound on my back started to ache.Seeing that I couldn't fall asleep, I simply got up from the bed, lit a cigarette, sat down at the desk, turned on the computer, and continued to flip through it.I put my eyes on the pattern of the big stone tablet on the seabed, and after looking at it for a while, I felt a little dazed, the pattern clearly seemed familiar.Isn't there its shadow on the pot and under the barren grave?When I first saw the jar, I planned to borrow a dictionary with bird and animal patterns to translate it myself, but things happened one after another, and I didn't spare that time at all.Now, I'm afraid I can't think of a reason even if I want to break my head!
I suddenly remembered that there was another book in the bag, so I turned it out of the bag.This is a thread-bound book, and the paper has turned yellow. Touching the paper, I feel that its age should be more than a hundred years old. Apparently, Igoat has specially treated it, so the paper is still relatively soft to the touch.
It can be regarded as the first wonderful book in my country that records the customs of China.It mainly includes ancient geography, products, mythology, witchcraft, religion, etc., as well as records of ancient history, medicine, folklore, and ethnic groups.Familiar stories such as Kuafu chasing the sun, Nuwa mending the sky, Jingwei filling the sea, Gun Yu controlling the water, etc. all come from this book.Although the specific date and author of the book are unknown, its appearance date is far earlier than the "Shang Shu", which is known as China's first history book.It’s just that the things it records are too unimaginable, so this book is neither recorded in official history nor passed down by scholars. Fortunately, the original text has not been changed much, and the style and appearance of the original book, many precious ancient materials and information are basically preserved keep.
As early as the Warring States Period more than 2,000 years ago, "Mountain and Sea Maps" were popular in the world.In ancient times, it appeared in the form of illustrations, and the part of the "Sea Classic" was the pictures first and the text later. The world depicted in it was bizarre, with all kinds of exotic flowers and plants, rare birds and animals, completely beyond the understanding of modern people. Know.There are thirty-two chapters in the ancient biography of this book. When Liu Xiang and Liu Xiu (Xin) father and son first edited the book in the Western Han Dynasty, it was set to eighteen chapters. This is what we see today.
Later generations also drew graphics according to the description in the book, but they no longer have the sense of magic described in the original book.Bi Yuan in the Qing Dynasty verified that it was "written by Yu Yi, described in Zhou and Qin, practiced in Han, and Ming in Jin".
However, because the book was written too early, and it was mixed with anecdotes, ghosts and legends, it was difficult to verify. Therefore, for more than two thousand years, skeptics have always regarded the book.Even Sima Qian said, "I dare not say anything about all the monsters in the Shan Hai Jing in Yu's own era."The "Siku Quanshu" compiled by Ji Xiaolan in the Qing Dynasty simply belonged to the category of strange novels.Lu Xun also considered it "Gaigu's Witch Book" because it recorded many religious activities of wizards worshiping gods.
However, when the Liu family and his sons edited the book in the Western Han Dynasty, they presented it to Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, insisting that "all the things of the sages and sages are the legacy of the ancient prose. The matter is clear and credible."As for the large number of myths recorded in the book, we must not simply label them as myths because they seem grotesque, and ignore the historical connotations they convey.
In fact, the primitive people recorded important historical events and characters through myths and legends. "Confucius Jiyu Zigong No. 2" quotes "Under the Corpse" to tell a story about Confucius interpreting a myth.
Once, Zigong asked Confucius, in the past, it was said that the Yellow Emperor had four faces, do you believe it?Confucius replied that the Yellow Emperor appointed four people with the same opinions as himself to govern the Sifang, and they agreed with each other without consultation. This is called the Four Faces, not that the Yellow Emperor really had four faces.This seems to provide a way for us to interpret the myth in it.In recent years, the voice of the academic circles has been increasing.Some scholars have judged that the various mountain gods in the book are "bird head and human body", "sheep body and human face", "dragon head and bird body", "dragon body and horse head", "human face and snake body", etc., which are actually primitive. The totem statues and composite totem statues of the early people originated from the unique totem worship of the ancestors.
As for the activities of worshiping gods by shamans, they were the daily religious activities of ancient tribal peoples. The original meaning of the word "witch" refers to a person who is proficient in astronomy and geography, and is a person who takes over the will of heaven on behalf of people. Therefore, in primitive society, tribal chiefs often have the responsibility of shamans and lead all people to worship gods.
From this point of view, "Shangshu" records the history of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and "Historical Records" pushes the history of China to the Yanhuang period, and what is recorded is completely the history of the prehistoric period.
But who can know: Is what in the book the real world?Or, as Wang Fugui said, the real history has been hidden.Is it just a book that is hidden?
I flipped through the scriptures in my hand and read the words on them carefully.I seem to have really seen the phoenix and Qiongqi in the book...the vast mountains and rivers, the magical country...and our ancestors, various gods, Nuwa who quarried stones to mend the sky, and used milk as food. Xing Tian with eyes and navel as mouth... I have read this book before, but I have never found it so mysterious like today.After turning a few more pages, a white note fell out of the book and floated to the ground.I picked it up and saw that there were a few lines of characters written on it, and the correct strokes were exactly the handwriting of Yishan Yang.
"In the wilderness, there is a mountain called Tiantai (high) mountain, where the sea water enters. Beyond the southeast sea, between Ganshui, there is the country of Xihe. There is a woman named Xihe, the wife of Emperor Jun. She is born ten days old and bathes in the sun. Yu Ganyuan."
The handwriting is old, it should have been written for several years, and the ink on it has changed color.When I read this note, my heart skipped a beat, and the appearance of the little ghost in the tomb suddenly appeared in front of my eyes, the scales on its body, the bone spurs on its back, and the webs between its hands and feet.
These are a few words recorded in the Shan Hai Jing.
The first sentence is excerpted from the description of the monster called dace in the Hainei Beijing. It says that there is a monster called dace in the sea. It has a human face and limbs, a fish body, and lives in the water.
The hibiscus mentioned in the following paragraph does not refer to the current Japan, but a big tree called hibiscus.There was a scholar named Guo Pu in the Jin Dynasty. He said in "Xuanzhong Ji": "The tallest man in the world, the Fusang has no branches and trees, goes up to the sky, twists and bends down, and connects to three springs." So This paragraph should say that there is a hibiscus tree above Tanggu, which is the habitat of ten suns.
But the Tiantai Mountain mentioned at the end really made me stunned. There is also a Tiantai Mountain in Rizhao. Could this be the same one?
With a bang, the door was knocked open, and Wang Fugui ran in from the door, holding something in his hand.
"Look what I found..." He was dressed in autumn clothes, poking his head out like a ticket dealer who had just been pulled out of bed by the police.
"You came just in time." I watched him come in and handed him the note in my hand, "Look at this."
Wang Fugui looked at it, and curled his lips disapprovingly: "Well." After speaking, he was stunned for a moment, then glanced at the note again, and said in surprise, "Isn't it? Is that the source of that little thing?"
"It's possible, otherwise it wouldn't be like this." I rubbed my temples.
"Also, do you know where this Tanggu is?" I flipped through the book in my hand, "Overseas people from southeast to northeast...there is Tanggu. There is Fusang in Tanggu, but the Fusang on it is not meant In Japan, it refers to a tree, a big tree that grew on a mountain and bore ten suns. Nine of those suns were shot down by Hou Yi later.”
I looked at him and said word by word: "Do you know why this place is called Rizhao?"
"The sun rises in the east first." Wang Fugui frowned and thought for a while.
I told him: "Tanggu is "Yangu". It is said that the sun rises. It is opposite to Yuyuan. The sun rises in Tanggu and the sunset in Yuyuan. Above Tanggu is Fusang Mountain. This is the place mentioned in the above. There is Tiantai Mountain here, and there is also Tanggu under Tiantai Mountain. According to legend, it is the place where the Dongyi people gathered in ancient times, and the ruins of King Yao City are also nearby."
"Does this have anything to do with our matter? It's just some legends."
"It does matter," I said looking at Wang Fugui, "because we just came down from Tiantai Mountain."
"That's Tiantai Mountain?" Wang Fugui was taken aback, "What a coincidence?" But he shook his head and said, "But this Tiantai Mountain has nothing to do with us. What we are going to is Minwangtai, and these things There is not much connection. The book should be written before the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and it is written in the legend of the Five Emperors; while Minwangtai was built at the end of the Warring States Period, and the difference between the two is more than 2,000 years. There are very few materials about Minwangtai. I have checked many classics, and only the Rizhao County Chronicles mentioned the origin of Minwangtai. Guangxu's "Rizhao County Chronicles·Historical Sites" records that Minwangtai is fifteen miles east of the city. According to legend, the king of Qi (min) went to Ju (ju) time, build a platform here."
"Minwangtai, Mingwangtai..." I pondered, but couldn't figure it out for a while, "How far is Mingwangtai Village from here?"
"There are still more than ten miles. What's the matter?"
"It's okay." I asked him, "King Qi Min, do you understand him?"
"For this matter, I have read a lot of books." Wang Fugui smiled, "King Qi Min is the subjugated king of Qi. His life has been full of ups and downs, great joys and great sorrows. The Song Dynasty opened up thousands of miles of land; defeated Wei and cut Chu, Wei added the princes, Lu and Wei have all been proclaimed ministers, and everyone on Sishang is afraid. Sooner or later, a brigade will be raised to annex the Zhou Dynasty, and the Jiuding will be moved to Linzi. Violators'. He almost became the 'First Emperor' before Qin Yingzheng, but in the end he could not escape the fate of being killed by the Chu people."
When King Min was in power, it was the most prosperous period when the Tian clan took over Qi.The State of Qi in the Warring States Period is not the same as the State of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period.The Qi State in the Spring and Autumn Period is the descendant of Jiang Ziya who "fished without bait—the one who wishes to take the bait". It was called "Jiang Qi" in history and was crowned by Duke Huan of Qi's hegemony. Its ancestor was Chen Wan, the son of Chen Guo, that is, Tian Zhongzi.
After King Min succeeded to the throne, inheriting the prestige of his ancestors and fathers, he invited Han and Wei to attack Chu in a big way. He held a stalemate with the Chu army in Sushui for more than six months, and finally defeated the Chu army in Chuisha, forcing Chu to surrender. Send the prince as a hostage.The mules and horses were also shocked, and Qin Guo also obediently sent Lord Jingyang.Even so, five years later, King Min still joined forces with Han and Wei to attack Qin, all the way into Hangu Pass, forcing Qin to cede land for peace.Subsequently, the Three Kingdoms took advantage of the victory to attack Yan, "overwhelming the three armies and winning two generals".In 386 B.C., King Min destroyed the Song Dynasty, and the unification of the world was imminent.However, in 384 BC, General Yan Le Yi led Qin, Han, Zhao, and Wei to join forces to attack Qi. Linzi. "Warring States Policy Qi Liu" contains: Yan attacked Qi and took more than 70 cities, but Ju and Jimo could not be taken down... It is said that after King Min went to Ju, he asked Chu for help on the condition that he cut off all the Huaibei land.The King of Chu sent General Nao Chi to lead 200,000 troops to Juzhou. Before he left, he ordered: "The King of Qi is anxious to ask me, and you can go there according to the situation, but it is beneficial to Chu, and you can do it cheaply." Nao Chi went to Juzhou. In order to win over Nao Chi, King Min appointed him as the Prime Minister of Qi and entrusted him with great power.But King Min forgot the most fundamental point. Chuo Chi was the general of Chu first, and then the Prime Minister. He first represented the interests of Chu, and he must take the interests of Chu as the standard for doing things.Sure enough, Nao Chi saw that Qi's power was gone, and knew that he had no success in saving Qi, so he took advantage of King Qi Min's military parade to arrest him and killed him. "Historical Records Tian Jingzhong's Family" only wrote one sentence about this: Chu sent Nao Chi to save Qi, because he was the king of Qi.Naochi then killed the king of Qi and shared with Yan the halogen wares that invaded the land.In contrast, there are a few more lines written in the "Hanshu" "Tian Dan Lie Biography": Le Yi defeated Qi, King Min fled, and then he protected Jucheng. Yan Jun heard that King Qi was in Ju, and attacked it vigorously, Chuochi killed King Min in Ju.
"You said this guy is so unlucky. He was driven from Linzi to a small place by the sea, so why waste money and people to build a platform?" Wang Fugui laughed at the side, "It's time for him to perish."
"Yeah, what platform do you think he had to build?" My heart moved, and I felt that I didn't know what I had caught, but it was not very clear.
"Look at this first." Wang Fugui shook the object in his hand at me, and I realized that he was holding something in his hand. "Black pottery ge (ge)?" I took it in surprise, tapped it lightly with my fingers, and couldn't help praising, "It's as black as lacquer, as bright as a mirror, as thin as paper, and as hard as porcelain. There is a sound of clattering and clattering. It’s a good thing!” I turned it over a few times lovingly, and found that there were still traces of some oyster shells on it, “Oh, it’s a seafood.”
In our industry, sea goods mean utensils fished out of the sea. Most of them are cargo ships loaded with exported porcelain in ancient times. Antiques retrieved by modern archaeologists.The most obvious feature is that there are traces of growth of marine life such as oysters and corals on it.These objects are collectively called hailao porcelain, or sea goods.It’s just that the items from Ming and Qing Dynasties are the most in the sea goods, because the ocean trade was very developed in that period.
The black pottery in my hand does not belong to that category. It should be the funerary objects of more ancient tombs and ruins that were swept to the bottom of the sea after being invaded by the influx of sea water.Speaking of it, black pottery is a product of the Longshan culture from 2310 BC to 1810 BC. At that time, it was still in the Neolithic Age, and there was no such thing as maritime trade.
Similar black pottery, there is an eggshell black pottery cup with a high handle now hidden in the Shandong Museum, which was unearthed in 1973 at the Yaowangcheng cultural site in Donghaiyu, Rizhao, Shandong.Judging from the scale of the archaeological excavations, Yaowang City was the largest city in the world thousands of years ago, not one of them.
The high-handled cup has hollow holes, ring feet, string patterns, unique and beautiful shape, exquisite production, and the thinnest part of the cup body is less than 0.5 mm. It can be called a peerless work and the essence of ancient pottery.Like most ancient porcelains, it is impossible to reproduce the same perfect work with today's technology.
Although the black pottery giblet in Fugui's hand is not as fine as the high-handled cup, it is indeed a fine piece.
"Why does their family have this?" I asked curiously while playing with Tao Li in my hand.
"I didn't dare to ask, because I was afraid of scaring the snake." Wang Fugui handed me a cigarette and said with a smile, "I saw this thing in the kitchen just now, and it can be used to the fullest for washing rice."
At this time, there was a noise downstairs, as if someone was arguing.Xiao Wai ran out to take a look, then came back and said, "Master Jiu is arguing with someone."
"What's the noise?" I hurriedly put on some clothes and went down to look.
Before reaching the first floor, I heard Lao Jiu yelling and scolding: "Is this fucking yours?" It seemed like he was robbing someone for something.
I walked into the hall and saw Lao Jiu was pushing and shoving someone, still cursing.
And the person arguing with him was actually the man who had an affair with Xiaoyue Yeli.Xiaoyue and her husband were fighting at the side, but they didn't see Ah Wu and the others.
"Brother Nine, what's the matter?" I ran over and glanced at the man, feeling a little disgusted in my heart.When Lao Jiu saw us coming, he pointed to something in the man's arms and scolded: "Look at what the hell is this, ask him where it came from!"
The man scratched his neck and retorted: "This is from my family's ancestors... Are you going to steal our property?" Before I could react, the old nine kicked him three meters away. Cursed in his mouth: "Fart your mother!"
The man lay on the ground and said, "Killer, murderer... help..."
"What the hell are you, dare to fight pigeons in front of your Ninth Master? Don't fucking think that no one knows about the nasty things you did..." Lao Jiu looked around, his eyes inadvertently swept over Xiaoyue's face.When Xiaoyue heard him say that, she felt as if she had been struck by thunder (ji), her complexion turned pale, she froze on the spot, her body trembling slightly.But her man ran to the man, stretched out his hand to lift the man from the ground, and pointed at Lao Jiu angrily: "Aba...Aba..." I was shocked, it turned out that he was dumb.
Lao Jiu has been a local snake in our place for so many years, how could anyone dare to talk to him like this.
Being with us these days is pretty suffocating, and at this moment his temper of the black boss is exposed.
He took two quick steps, and regardless of the mute's obstruction, he stomped on the man's stomach again.The man immediately became hoarse, bent over and could no longer utter a word.Seeing that Lao Jiu was still beating, the mute reached out and pushed Lao Jiu.Lao Jiu couldn't stand firmly and was pushed back by him.
"Damn it, little green turtle, do you dare to touch me?" Lao Jiu had never suffered such a loss, and immediately rolled up his sleeves and was about to attack.I hurriedly grabbed him and gave him winks: "Brother Jiu, don't do anything, just ask." Lao Jiu snorted and spit out a mouthful of phlegm on the ground, stood aside and looked coldly at the dumb man and the man behind him .
At this time, Ah Wu came down from the stairs, only frowned at the scene, walked to the side, picked up a thermos bottle from the corner, turned and left without saying a word.
I walked up to the man and reached out to take out the things in his arms.The object shone with golden light and was heavy. It was the golden lock on the neck of the little ghost in the tomb.I put it in front of my nose and smelled it, and there was still a stench on it, it must be the one in the tomb.
"Where did it come from?" I asked coldly.Seeing my uneasy expression, the mute stood in front of me and yelled a few words, maybe not to let me hit someone.I told him, "I won't hit him."
"My family..." The man was still stubborn.I stared: "Tell the truth!"
As soon as he trembled, he immediately hid his face behind the mute, and said with some guilt: "I picked it up..."
"I picked it up?" I weighed the golden lock and sneered, "Where did you pick it up? In the haystack?"
The man clutched his stomach, his face turned pale, and he didn't dare to look at the mute standing in front of him.
Suddenly, he quietly moved back a few steps, turned his head suddenly, and ran away.
"What should I do? Chase or not?" Wang Fugui came over and looked at the man's back and frowned and asked me.
"Leave him alone, you can't run away from the temple if you run away as a monk." I looked back at Xiaoyue, saw her still standing there trembling with a pale face, sneered in my heart, and stopped looking at her.I patted the mute on the shoulder again and sighed.The dumb stared at us without understanding, and went back to his wife Xiaoyue, still whispering "Abaaaba" in his mouth, as if to comfort Xiaoyue: "Don't be afraid, everything is up to me. .”
"Let's go, let's go and have a look there first." I didn't bother to pay attention to them, I put all my thoughts on the golden lock in my hand, and felt anxious for a while, if the kid was released, it would be a big trouble.That little thing is not easy to get along with.But I changed my mind, if the kid was released by that man, how could that man be safe and sound?I hurriedly asked Xiaoru to pick up the equipment, and I was going to visit the barren grave again.
Notes: All of them are full of pedantry and exaggeration, and there is no doubt about how strange and suave the words are. "It means that people of later generations think that the content of the narration comes from imagination, it is difficult to verify, and they are not completely convinced. Hongdan refers to broad and false; Chutang refers to extraordinary.
Notes: All of them are full of pedantry and exaggeration, and there is no doubt about how strange and suave the words are. "It means that people of later generations think that the content of the narration comes from imagination, it is difficult to verify, and they are not completely convinced. Hongdan refers to broad and false; Chutang refers to extraordinary.