Chapter 9 Chapter 8: The Secret of the Stele

After Xu Wen and others were sent away, the members of the expedition team were finally gathered after the great flood. After a day's rest, Chu Feng suggested that everyone hold a meeting. This is the first time that the investigation team of the Hetu Stone Stele held a neat meeting. William first took out the laptop computer he kept: "Brother Chu, it's all back to Zhao!" Chu Feng opened it and saw that the patterns he scanned that day were still there, so he breathed a sigh of relief.The first thing he heard when he came back from his injury was that the stele was missing. If there was something wrong with the information in it, then the investigation would have to return in vain.If this ending happens, it is simply unacceptable to him who has just experienced life and death.

"There is another piece of news. The small black thing we dug out under the stele that day, after preliminary testing, contained protein!" William said the test results that he hadn't had time to say that day. "What? What you said is true?" Chu Feng was overjoyed.Protein is one of the characteristics of life. Does this mean that there is indeed a life under the stele?In that case, it will be closer to the legendary river map. "Well, that's right. According to our excavation that day, there may indeed be a turtle-like life form under the stele. Of course, it is definitely not a living body now." Sangbu's years of archaeological experience are enough for him to judge that there is no excavation in the ground. What kind of shape is the protruding part?

"So, is it possible that this stele is really the legendary Hetu stele?" Ling Ning had this idea before. Chu Feng turned on his computer and called up the text that was scanned that day: "Whether it is the legendary Hetu stele or not, the text on it has to be deciphered. According to my observation at the time, these texts are basically two types of text It is artificially mixed together, no wonder no one can recognize it!" "What? Mixing two kinds of characters? How artificial?" William Lin couldn't understand. Chu Feng turned the computer to everyone: "Look, in these characters, part of each character seems to be generated on the stone tablet, without any traces of carving, while the other part obviously has traces of carving. Obviously After the original stele was unearthed, someone added something to the original characters, making the characters completely different, so no one could read them.”

After hearing what he said, everyone leaned closer to the computer to observe carefully. Chu Feng had already magnified those traces several times, and some chiseled traces could be clearly seen. Chu Feng continued to analyze: "I took the chiseled characters separately and found that they were all radicals of oracle bone inscriptions, and the original characters on the stone tablet, although they were also represented by graphics, were not in the same system as oracle bone inscriptions. The characters of the Sumerians in Mesopotamia were somewhat similar. And they were not born on stone tablets. I analyzed the reasons for the generation of those strokes, and they should be written on some corrosive things, so there is no There are no traces of chiseling, but three points into the stone, just like nature."

At this time, everyone has already sat back to their seats, "Brother Chu, don't say too professional words, we don't understand anyway, just tell us the result!" William Lin was impatient, The first one can't wait to know the result. After finishing speaking, he glanced at Ling Ning.He didn't hear Ling Ning's sarcasm, nor did he see any contemptuous expression on her face, which made him a little unaccustomed to it. The others also stared at Chu Feng blankly.It seems that everyone wants to know the result. Looking at everyone's urgent eyes, Chu Feng gave a wry smile: "Result? There is no result yet. It takes time to decipher these words. You don't think I can finish this job in a day. But..."

"But what?" The student William was still impatient. "However, according to the current investigation data, this stele is almost certainly a relic of prehistoric civilization, and its age is at least before the Xia and Shang Dynasties in my country. It may be related to the Sumerians more than 6,000 years ago, or even before it .” Chu Feng expressed his judgment. "Really?" This time, it wasn't just William Lin who was excited, even Sambu stood up abruptly. "In this way, isn't this stele sure to be the legendary 'He Tu' stele?" "It seems very likely now, but it's a pity..." Chu Feng regretted that the big flood that day not only interrupted the expedition team's investigation, swept away himself and Ling Ning, and even made the huge The stele is also missing.Without real objects, persuasion is greatly weakened.

"If the legend is not nonsense, the 'Hetu' appeared in the period of the Yellow Emperor, and there is also a saying that the 'Hetu' appeared in the period of Emperor Zhuanxu, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor. No matter who it is, the age difference will not exceed 100 years. Then, The person who added the radicals of oracle bone inscriptions to the original characters was either at the behest of the Yellow Emperor or at the behest of Emperor Zhuanxu, what was his intention?" Ling Ning first thought of this question, and she felt that there was a conspiracy here.

"We assume that this person's purpose is to make people who can recognize these characters unable to recognize them, so what does that mean?" Chu Feng asked a question. "It means that he doesn't want people to know what the thing recorded on it is, and he must keep it a secret." This time it was Wang Cong who spoke quickly. Sangbu was a little unhappy, and glared at him: "If you want to block the news, you can destroy this stele, why bother!" "No, his intention is to keep this secret from others, but he wants to keep it for himself. The use of the stele is not only the carrier of these words and patterns, maybe there are more special uses, which cannot be destroyed Lin William's conspiracy theory is also well learned, when he thought of this, he felt that the missing stone tablet might be the key to something, and his face showed an anxious look.

"What William said is very reasonable, Ling Ning, do you still remember the myth of Jedi Celestial Power that Professor Ling often talks about?" "Remember!" Of course, Ling Ning has a deep memory, and now he said: "It is said that in ancient times, heaven and earth, people and gods were interlinked, but later, because people gradually ignored the boundaries between people and gods, they no longer There is a heart of reverence for the gods, so disasters are frequent, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor Zhuanxu Emperor Gaoyang 'ordered Nanzheng to focus on the sky, and Huozheng to Li to govern the land' with the help of the heavens."

"Not only that, but every time the teacher talks about this myth, he always connects it with the 'Preacher of Heavenly Number' recorded by Sima Qian in "Historical Records·Tianguan Shu"." Chu Feng interjected. "That's right, that's right, that's what my uncle always said. After Chongli Division of Heaven and Earth, the two of them are said to have died early, and their successor was their younger brother Wu Hui, who passed on to Kunwu, and the later successor, my uncle thinks it is Sima Qian recorded in the "Historical Records" the twelve passers-by of the number of days."

"So, if the 'Hetu' appeared in the reign of Emperor Zhuanxu, are these things related?" Although William Lin was not well-educated, his reaction was quick. "You are saying that we must first confirm that the age of the legendary 'Hetu' was in the reign of Emperor Zhuanxu, then this matter can be explained." Ling Ning reasoned on his own, "Let's assume that Emperor Zhuanxu's Jedi Tiantong The legend of 'is true, but after the 'Jedi Tiantong', he left behind the so-called 'Heavenly Number' inheritance. This shows that he just doesn't want ordinary people to be able to use supernatural powers, but wants to preserve this ability for himself and his descendants— —Maybe when it will be useful! In this way, he can only keep the key items that can "connect the earth and the sky". In order to prevent others from getting the revelation of "connecting the earth and the sky", he must disguise it. The stele should be the key item of 'Tongditian'!" Ling Ning quickly connected several things together. Some of the people present nodded their heads, some were in deep thought, but Chu Feng smiled wryly. He is the least believer in the so-called "myths" and "legends". Say? "There is one more thing. China has the myth of Emperor Zhuanxu's Jedi Tiantong, and there is a record in the Bible that Jehovah destroyed the Tongtian Tower. Is there any connection between the two?" William asked this question, and a smile appeared on his face. A rare earnest expression. "My uncle believes that the two must be related, maybe they are the same thing, and this is also a core part of his theory of the same origin of world civilizations." Ling Ning thought of his uncle's point of view, and he was excited. Aren't the discoveries and inferences just to prove that Uncle Grandpa's point of view is correct? "Also, Brother Chu, you said that these texts or graphics, after removing the camouflage, are somewhat similar to Sumerian texts?" "That's right! Although the information in my computer is incomplete, there are still some Sumerian characters. After my comparison, there are about three or four points of similarity." Chu Feng is always meticulous when it comes to professional issues. "I remember that the Sumerians didn't call themselves 'black-haired people'." Ling Ning seemed to have discovered something. "Yes, Sumerians are what modern Europeans call them. In the unearthed Sumerian clay tablets, they really called themselves 'black-haired people', and called the place where they lived 'wise' A place under the rule of the monarch'." Sambu is not a vegetarian either. After working in the archaeological field for so many years, he has also done a lot of homework on this ancient civilization that relies entirely on archaeology to reproduce it in front of the world. "Don't you find it strange? 'Black hair', in addition to the African race, it should be the Mongolian race that has this feature, but the Sumerians are generally considered to be the Aryan race. Also, they The name of my place of residence is so similar to the name our Huaxia ancestors used to call their own ethnic group!" Hearing what she said, the faces of all the people present changed, while others were confused. "What's the similarity?" William was one of the confused people. "You see, we call ourselves the descendants of Yan and Huang, right? In the prehistoric Chinese tribes, there is usually a wise leader named Yandi who calls himself the Yandi tribe; a wise leader named Huangdi calls himself the Yellow Emperor tribe. Translated into Latin It is "a place under the dictatorship of a wise monarch". Is it similar to what the Sumerians called themselves? It's just that the translation habits are different. According to the translation habits of the Chinese, the Sumerians are the same" Emperor X Tribe'." Ling Ning analyzed it so carefully that even those who don't understand can understand it. "Ah, it's true when you say that!" Wang Cong also reacted. "In addition, the writing we discovered this time is three or four points similar to the Sumerian writing. What does this mean? It shows that the Sumerian or the Sumerian civilization is related to the Chinese civilization, and it is unusual. Brother Chu, don’t you think so?” Ling Ning finally came to his own conclusion. "I don't know!" Chu Feng felt a headache, this will soon become a seminar on fairy tales, "I said, regarding this stele, any guesses we have now are just guesses, and all conclusions must be translated from these words. Alright, now we're adjourning!" He said and left the simple office. As soon as he left, Ling Ning and William also walked away muttering.Da Qi, who didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, had no intention of participating in such a meeting at all. He rubbed his temples and muttered, "If I knew this earlier, I might as well sleep in," and followed him to the dormitory. Soon, Sangbu and Wang Cong were left in the conference room. Sangbu's face had always been the color of the black tower that had remained unchanged for thousands of years, while Wang Cong seemed a little uncomfortable with the suddenly strong Chu Feng: "Sangbu Team, this professor Chu disappeared after playing, his temper is obviously rising!" "Huh!" Sangbu heard this, turned around and gave him a hard look, turned and left without saying a word, leaving only Wang Cong who didn't know what he said wrong for no reason.