Chapter 45 In the first quarter, the black pigeon flew into Shennong Mountain

The sky is high and the clouds are light.A black pigeon flew over the Weishui Plain with withered autumn grass, over the Nanshan Mountain, and into the green expanse of ravines with a sharp whistle.The mountains and rivers are slowly receding, and the black pigeons are flying towards the southeast like a never-ending arrow. This is the thousands of mountains between the Yellow River system and the Yangtze River system.This group of mountains rises hundreds of miles away from the south bank of the Weishui River, forming the first peak and valley. People at that time called it Nanshan Mountain, and later generations called it Qinling Mountains.The world's currents are separated from this Nanshan Mountain. Most of the rivers in the north flow into the Yellow River, and most of the rivers in the south flow into the Yangtze River.This Nanshan becomes the watershed between the big river basin and the river basin.The ancients called the four rivers that flow independently into the sea "Sidu", which are He (Yellow River), Jiang (Yangtze River), Huai (Huaishui), and Ji (Jishui). The main branches of "Sidu" are "eight streams", namely Weishui, Luoshui (a branch of the Yellow River), Hanshui, Mianshui (a branch of the Yangtze River), Yingshui, Rushui, Surabaya, and Yishui (a branch of the Huai River).This "four defilements and eight streams" is a flood of divinity, and other rivers cannot be compared with it.This is so for two reasons.One is that these "four blasphemy and eight streams" all originate from famous mountains, the river flows out of Kunlun, the river flows out of Minshan Mountain, the river flows out of Wangwu, and the Huaihe River flows out of Tongbai. Yishui is the smallest of the "eight streams", and it flows into Surabaya first and then into Huaihe River.The second is that the areas where the "four blasphemy and eight streams" flow are all Wanghua civilization areas, and several large rivers in the south of the Lingnan Mountains of Chu State cannot enter the famous water because they are in the wild mountains.Among the "four blasphemy and eight streams", the biggest one is naturally the Yellow River and the Yangtze River.In order to show respect for these two great rivers, the ancients adopted unique titles. The Yellow River is called "He", the Yangtze River is called "Jiang", and the rest of the rivers are all called "Shui".There is only one "river" and one "river" in the world.When it comes to the word "river", it is definitely the Yellow River, and when it comes to the word "jiang", it is definitely the Yangtze River.

In the concept of the ancients, mountains are the source of life of water, mountains and rivers are connected, mountains generate water, and water nourishes all things.The vast and vast mountains are the pillars of heaven and earth, and the masculine roots of all life.The mountain divides and frames the water, and carves thrilling canyons, dangerous shoals, thousand-foot waterfalls like magic, endowing thousands of life gestures to the inherently uncertain flowing water.Water embraces and paints the mountains, making the mountain ranges evergreen and verdant, with tigers roaring and monkeys singing, birds singing and flowers fragrant, standing colorfully between the heaven and the earth.Areas where famous mountains and great rivers are interdependent will give birth to the aura of heaven and earth, give birth to extraordinary characters, and spread magnificent stories.

The vast mountain into which the black dove flies is surrounded by the Yellow River in the north and the Yangtze River in the south. It stretches thousands of miles from northwest to southeast. It is a hidden place with the most vitality in the world.When the ancestors were still wearing animal skins and eating wild fruits, a strange man named Shennong tasted all kinds of herbs in this mountain, not only found many edible wild fruits, but also collected strange spiritual things. Grass spirit flowers are used as medicinal materials to cure diseases and save people every year.Shennong's bull-headed person, step by step from Nanshan to this unnamed mountain, walked through every mountain and every canyon of this mountain, and taught people to cultivate when returning to the crowd to deliver medicine.In order to climb mountains to collect herbs, he invented Lei and Si for digging soil.He imparted these two tools to people, so that the ancestors could reclaim wasteland and cultivate crops, and no longer suffer from hunger.Year after year of trekking and traveling, Shennong finally died of exhaustion among the vast mountains and never returned to the people.The ancestors set out from the Weishui River and entered the Nanshan Mountain. They searched for three years in this unknown mountain, but they did not find the Shennong clan with the head of a bull.The ancestors all said that Shennong must have gone back to heaven to rest after he had tasted all kinds of herbs, collected medicinal materials, taught people how to farm, and finished his affairs in the world.

Since then, this vast green hill has been called Great Shennong Mountain. When the ancestors saw this vast green hill, they thought of Shennong, who was tough and broad-minded.The ancestors were afraid of disturbing Shennong's eternal sleep, and agreed not to step into this green hill from now on.Tens of thousands of years have passed, and this piece of green hills has become an inaccessible vast forest.Under the pale white clouds, beautiful peaks rise one after another, piercing the blue sky.The forests are dilapidated and distant, the canyons are steep and the water flows like belts, there are no fireworks in the world at all, only the faint sound of the long wind passing by the forest sea.In this vast green that drowns everything, no one can tell the direction, and no one can walk out into this boundless mountain and sea.

However, the black pigeon still tenaciously flew to the depths of the vast green hills, and the blue sky was filled with buzzing whistles.Suddenly, the uniform humming whistle turned into a sharp long whistle, and the pigeon rushed to the back of a peak like a black arrow—a green canyon suddenly opened, and a piece of yellow roofs leaked out halfway up the mountain.The black pigeon flew around the roof and swooped down with a "buzz--". Just as the pigeons were buzzing and flying around the roof, a middle-aged man with long beard and dark beard walked out of the yard, dressed in thick and short cloth, with bare feet.He walked to the wall, reached out and patted a round stone embedded in the wall, and the copper mesh covering the roof retracted with a slight crisp metallic sound.Afterwards, he whistled a loud whistle to the sky, and the flying black dove fell down with a "bum--".The swarthy middle-aged man smiled kindly, "Jiao Ming, come, have some food and drink first." Then he sprinkled a handful of millet on a clean square brick in the yard and put a cup of clear water on it. "Jiao Ming" just cooed, kept beating his right wing, and didn't go to peck the grain to drink water.The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Jiao Ming, don't worry, I'll get the letter." He picked up the pigeon, untied a small bamboo tube from under its right leg, opened it, and the middle-aged man suddenly changed color, "Jiao Ming, something important is going on." , I’m going to report to Elder Brother.” The pigeon cooed twice, nodded, and went to peck rice and drink water.

As soon as the middle-aged man walked away, a goshawk in the sky made a long cry, and swooped down like an arrow to pounce on the pigeon!The black dove raised its head vigilantly when the goshawk croaked, and when the goshawk swooped down, the dove screamed "咕——" and rushed into the grotto on the wall, uttering "咕咕! 咕咕!" urgent cry.The goshawk missed, spread its wings suddenly, flew out of the yard, circled in the blue sky and waited.Hearing the sound, a boy in common clothes rushed out, shouting angrily, "Where is the hungry eagle, dare to break into the forbidden area of ​​my Mo family? Look at the arrow!" While shouting angrily, the small crossbow in his hand was raised, and a short arrow with a sharp whistling sound The sound rushes into the blue sky.With a long chirp, the goshawk fell into the vast forest.The young man said to himself, "Brother Kuhuo, why did you forget to turn off the sky net?" He slapped the round stone on the wall, and the copper net on the roof unfolded, blocking the blue sky.The young man turned around and said with a smile, "Don't be afraid, Jiao Ming, come out." The black pigeon flew out, cooed a few times at the young man, then lowered its head to peck at the rice, peacefully as before.The young man said with a smile: "Jiao Ming, Jiao Ming, the senior sister named you, saying that you are one of the five magical birds, what are you afraid of? I will go to the senior sister to see you, ah." After finishing speaking, he walked in quickly. Deep in the courtyard.

After a while, a girl in common clothes hurried over, "Ah, Jiao Ming is back." The pigeon flapped its wings excitedly, cooed a few times, and flew into the girl's arms.The girl hugged the pigeon, stroked its smooth and shiny black feathers, and said softly, "Jiao Ming, did you come back from Qin?" She stretched out her right hand and pointed to the northwest.The pigeon cooed twice and looked up at the girl.At this moment, the young man hurried over, "Senior Sister Xuan Qi, Elder Brother, please come to the Yizheng Hall quickly." The girl agreed, put down the pigeon and said with a smile: "Jiao Ming, sister is gone, eat obediently." gone.

Since Xuan Qi separated from his elder father in South Korea, relying on the Mohist stronghold to secretly cover Wei Yang in Anyi to go to Qin State, he went to Qi State to meet his elder father.The grandfather and grandson stayed in Linzi for half a year. They originally wanted to secretly transport Sun Bin, who had fled from the state of Wei, to the state of Qin.I didn't want Sun Bin to live in the mansion of the great general Tian Ji to recuperate after his limbs were broken and disabled.As spring and autumn come, Xuan Qi wants to go back to the Mo Family General Hospital, and advises his grandfather to go to the mountains to rest and take care of his life.The old man Baili insisted on staying, and waited for the opportunity to persuade Sun Bin to go to Qin, saying that this was the last major event he would do for Qin in his life, and immediately came to Shennong Mountain when it was over.Grandpa used to be an important person in Guiguzi's family, and he had a close relationship with Sun Bin, and he had a lot of old friends in Qi State, so he believed that he would be able to fulfill his wish.Xuan Qi didn't force his grandfather any longer, and went alone through mountains and rivers, and returned to the Mohist Academy in Shennong Mountain.For more than a year, she knew very little about the news of the Qin State. She only heard in Linzi that the Qin State had begun to reform, and the momentum was very ferocious, killing many people.She is concerned about the reform of the Qin State, but she is even more concerned about Ying Quliang, which is branded in her heart.Returning from Qi State, she really wanted to choose the road of entering Qin from Hangu Pass, and then entering Shennong Mountain from Nanshan, and by the way, visit him in Liyang, and miss him deeply.But the Mohist Inn in Linzi brought her an order from the ruler, and she must return to the General Hospital as soon as possible, because she has important things to do.Xuan Qi, like all the Mohists, is loyal to the cause of the Mohist and absolutely obeys the orders of the giant.As soon as she received the summons, she immediately changed her route from Qi to Chu, and from Danshui to Shennong Mountain.After returning in a hurry for more than half a month, her teacher, the giant of the Mohist school, did not see her, and Qin Huali, the senior brother who handled the daily affairs on behalf of the giant, did not explain any urgent matters.

Xuan Qi was rather perplexed, why there was no movement when he summoned her back in such a hurry?Later, in the General Academy, I met many brothers and sisters sent to other places, only to know that Juzi recalled all the key disciples who were active outside, but did not meet any of them.Vaguely, Xuan Qi felt that there must be something extraordinary and important to do.She knew that in the history of the Mohist school, there was only one time when they assisted the Song State against the invasion of the Chu State decades ago. All 300 Mohist disciples were gathered one month in advance. .The teacher, Juzi, brought only three young disciples, and went straight to Yingdu, Chu State, to compete with Gongshuban, who invented the ladder, on offensive and defensive strategies.That time, the Mohists won an all-round victory, the teacher defeated Gongshuban, and the disciples spread the defense tactics to the weak and small countries, not only saving the Song State, but also greatly extinguishing the arrogance of the warlike power.At that time, the Mohist school became famous all over the world, and was called the "Governmental Mohism" by the princes of the world!

At that time, Xuan Qi hadn't been born yet, but every time he heard this touching story, he felt passionate and yearning.This time, is there such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?Xuan Qi has been secretly wondering, which country is the target this time?After repeated comparisons, Xuan Qi decided that it was the State of Wei.Pang Juan, the general of the Wei State, not only murdered his fellow apprentice, Sun Bin, but also resorted to militarism, trying to annex Wei, Xue, and even Zhongshan and South Korea, and carve up Qin with the big powers.The king of Wei made a large-scale construction project to build the Daliang Palace, which was a waste of money for the people, and the tax was greatly increased.The new prime minister, Gongzi Ang, was a son of Gao Liang who was greedy for money and accepted bribes, making the state of Wei rotten.These actions, Mohists call it "evil government", which is worse than "tyranny".According to the Mohism's moral principle of "punishing violence and eradicating evil, and loving non-offensive", that is intolerable in the slightest.In the past, the Mo family would have been dispatched long ago.It was also because the teacher was old, and the Mo family restrained themselves after entering the Warring States period, so they did not attack Wei.But Xuan Qi also knew that the teacher had been looking for an opportunity to revive the righteous way of the Mohist school.Deterring a powerful country like Wei, upholding righteousness for the world, and destroying the arrogance of evil governance and corruption, why not do it?To kill Pang Juan, Gongzi Ang and King Wei, Xuan Qi's first thought was to take the initiative to plead for orders to rid the world of these villains.

Hearing the senior brother's call, Xuan Qi's heart suddenly moved, and with a lot of chaotic thoughts flashing in his mind, he hurried towards the Yizheng Hall on the mountainside. The Mohist General Courtyard is a secret castle in the Shennong Mountain.Counting from when Lao Mozi became famous, Yugong moved mountains and operated for more than 40 years before forming a complete scale.This castle is indeed too small to be found in the vast forest with thousands of mountains and ravines, but the actual number of houses is also equivalent to the outline of a three-mile city and five-mile city in a small vassal state.The castle is built on the hillside, with stone walls on each side one mile long. There are 864 houses, 64 wells, more than 400 acres of cultivated land and many secret cave warehouses.Mohist children can live here forever without leaving the city.The Mohists advocated the art of all kinds of crafts. The old Mozi and every disciple are first-class engineers and calculators. They built the castle to be solid and practical, and the organs are densely covered. It is impossible for an ordinary army to approach it.Every idea of ​​this castle has a practical sense.The roofs of the high houses are all painted yellow so that the more than 100 homing pigeons scattered all over the country can accurately find their landing points in the vast forest.Under the roof, it is all painted green to confuse wild animals such as apes and bobcats that can jump up and down.The roof of the entire castle courtyard is covered with copper mesh to prevent birds of prey from attacking pigeons and hounds.All the houses in the castle are made of rocks, and they are built under trees or rocks as much as possible. In addition to being strong and warm in winter and cool in summer, they are hidden.Looking at it from a high place, it is difficult to find a large area of ​​houses except for a few yellow roofs used as signs for the landing of homing pigeons.The important places are all located in grottoes with secret passages. The Yizheng Hall that Xuan Qi is going to is one of the core places of Mohism, and it is a very secret and spacious cave. When Xuan Qi arrived, the four major disciples of the "Zimen" of the Mo family had already arrived, only her, the youngest "Zimen" junior sister, was missing.The ranking of Mohist children is quite different from that of the world schools.Ordinary school or swordsman school, the generation is strict, the relationship between master and successor is arranged according to blood relationship analogy, divided into generations of ancestors, masters, masters, and students. sequenced family sequence.Mozi loves the world as well. All the students studying in school, regardless of their seniority, all call each other Senior Brother and Junior Brother. In all Mohists, only Mozi is called "Teacher".The generational arrangement of students is divided into four levels according to the Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, and Mao, which are called Zimen, Choumen, Yinmen, and Maomen respectively.The division of echelons is not based on the order of entry into the Mohist school and the order in which they received their jobs, but according to the talents, specialties and responsibilities of the students. There are very few disciples in the "Zimen", all of whom are senior disciples with high attainments in civil and martial arts. The disciples of the "Ugly Gate" mainly focus on writing and debating things (that is, the science that later generations say), and they are all unique talents with fantastic ideas. The disciples of "Yinmen" mainly focus on military science (not pure swordsmanship and martial arts), and are the main force of Mohism's implementation of "non-offensive" defense and suppression of tyranny. "Maomen" are all young disciples, who practice while cultivating, and when they grow up, they are listed in each school according to their specialties.In addition to the four disciples of the Mohist school, there is also a "Humen", which are all composed of special characters who cannot read and write for various reasons but must be taken in. These people are not listed as formal disciples of the Mohist school, but they must accept The Mohists have undergone rigorous training, and everyone has superb swordsmanship and fighting skills.These Humen disciples are the main guardian force of Shennong Mountain's dangerous pass and the Mohist General Academy, and they are actually a private armed force of the Mohist School.All these disciples (including Humen unofficial disciples) have no distinction in status, but they have extremely strict discipline and obedience. They call each other brothers and sisters without breaking orders. This unique love and ideal, unique spirit of equality and structural style greatly condense and inspire all Mohist disciples.They love Mohism, and for the beliefs and ideals of Mohism, everyone is ready to dedicate themselves at any time.People at the time commented that "the children of the Mohist family can all go to the fire and die without hesitation"!This kind of dedication is beyond the reach of all schools in the world. Among the Mohist disciples, Xuan Qi is the only female disciple of the "Zimen".Xuan Qi's father, like most of the young and middle-aged men in Qin, died on the battlefield every year.My mother, like most women in Qin State, died of exhaustion in the mulberry field before the age of thirty.From the age of three, Xuan Qi lived with his elder father in the "Ghost Gate" villa in Wangwu Mountain.However, Guiguzi never accepted female disciples.When Xuan Qi was six years old, her grandfather traveled across mountains and rivers and sent her to the Mo family in Shennong Mountain.Grandpa said that the Mo family is the most suitable for tempering people to stand between heaven and earth, and the Mo family has a "Maomen" youth academy, so there is no need to worry about daily life.At that time, the circle of white hair on the old Mozi's bald head was as frosty as snow, and no one could tell his age.Thinking of the year-end friendship with his grandfather, Lao Mozi made an exception to accept this beautiful and intelligent little girl.During the twelve years in the Mohist school, Xuan Qi showed extraordinary talent and hard work. She has excellent attainments in the Mohist classics, various skills, and military swordsmanship. , It made her assiduous as a fish in water.Her talent and character were deeply appreciated by the old Mozi, who made an exception and ranked her in the "Zimen" and became an important figure of the younger generation of Mohists. The four Mohist disciples who arrived first were Qin Huali, Xiangliqin, Deng Lingzi, and Kuhuo.Mohist affairs have been presided over by these four people for more than ten years.Seeing Xuan Qi rushing in, Ku Huo smiled and said: "Little Junior Sister, I'll wait for you, sit down quickly." Xuan Qi agreed and sat on the last stone pier. "Three juniors, junior sister Xuanqi, we have important matters to discuss today." The first disciple, Qin Huali, is fifty-two years old, wise and majestic, and has always been serious. Seven hundred common people. Today, Jiao Ming flew back from Qin State and brought the news that Qin State beheaded 13 patriarchs and Zhao Kang, the county magistrate of Mei County, in the Weishui River. This is the largest tyrannical killing since the world entered the Warring States Period. The chief murderer was Wei Yang, Zuo Shu of the Qin State. He claims to reform the law and strengthen the country, but in fact he deceives the monarch Ying Quliang and implements a hegemonic tyranny. Such a shocking event happened in front of the eyes of the Mohists. What do you think should be done?" Deng Lingzi was in a hurry, and his face was already red when Qin Huali's voice hit the spot, and he spoke short and sharp Chu dialect: "In the name of reform, killing people is actually tyranny. Tyranny must kill! This is the Mohism's principle of saving the world. Don't Discuss, immediately send Humen swordsmen to kill Wei Yang!" "Don't worry." The generous and stable Xiang Liqin smiled leisurely, "The Mohists still agree. If you want 'unity', you have to discuss it. If you don't discuss it, how can you get 'unity'? After the three families were divided into Jin Dynasty, Li Kui of Wei State took the lead in reforming the law. Although there are also disadvantages, killing many people, but after all, it has strengthened the country and enriched the people, and brought great changes to the world. That is, since then, the teacher has decided to take prudent countermeasures against the reforms of various countries, and will not easily use the reforms to kill people as tyranny Treat. For this reason, my Mohist family has not been out of the mountains for many years. It is a good thing that Wei Yang’s reform in Qin State is a good thing. We killed 700 people for the first time. Inquire carefully. The news sent back this time not only killed the thirteen patriarchs, but also a county magistrate Zhao Kang. This Zhao Kang is a famous scholar in Yunyang of Qin State, and his brother Zhao Liang is the only scholar of Qin State in Jixia Academy. Brother has a good reputation and a good reputation among the people. Killing this person is enough to prove that Wei Yang's reform is tyrannical and evil. The details of the more than 700 people killed last time are bitter, so you should be careful and tell me." Kushou's lips were thick and wide, his brows were always frowned, and he seemed to be thinking sadly, "Of the seven hundred people Wei Yang killed the first time, three hundred and thirteen were the common people of the three tribes of Mengxi and Bai, two hundred and one Sixteen people were the slaves of the three tribes, one hundred and one were the weary people of the country, forty were knight-errant swordsmen, thirty-three were the heads of various clans, and twenty-one were the wizards of the clan. Seven hundred people were killed in total. Twenty-four people were indeed executed indiscriminately, shocking the world. This time they also killed Zhao Kang, a famous scholar in the Qin State, and the hard-working patriarch of the Bai clan. Even if the political reform is successful, such tyrannical and cruel officials will be devastated. If you pour your own achievements with blood, you must be severely punished! Otherwise, the Mohist love of the world is just empty talk." Kuhuo said every word, chilling and heartbroken, and there was a moment of silence in the field.Qin Huali nodded, and asked: "Junior Sister Xuanqi, you are very familiar with Qin State, what's your opinion?" "Junior Sister Xuan Qi, what's wrong? Are you sick?" Xiang Liqin asked with concern. Xuan Qi's face was pale, he was stunned and didn't speak, when he saw Xiang Liqin asking questions, he suddenly woke up, and blurted out: "No! Never! How can he practice tyranny? Must have made a mistake?" "Junior Sister Xuan Qi, what do you think? Who made a mistake?" Qin Huali asked seriously. Xuan Qi fell silent.She knew the tradition and discipline of the Mohists' scouting, and there was absolutely no room for mistakes.However, she would never believe that Qin Xiaogong carried out a tyranny that harmed the people.Qin Xiaogong is the king of the country, how could he not know if Wei Yang's reforms killed innocent people indiscriminately?How can you allow it if you know it?If he knew and didn't object, then there must be something else hidden.However, the information brought back by the Mohist scout son is solid, so what can she say?For nearly a year, she has been in Qi State, and she really doesn't know much about the situation in Qin State. Can she just use her trust to overthrow the evidence of the detective's son?Of course not.However, are Qin Xiaogong and Wei Yang tyrants and cruel officials?No way.For a moment, Xuan Qi was in a turmoil, forced himself to calm down and said: "Xuan Qi thinks that there must be something hidden about Qin's punishment and killing, and it needs to be investigated again, so it's not appropriate to move lightly. Please four senior brothers to investigate carefully." Qin Huali said: "Junior Sister Xuanqi, whether it is tyranny or not, the Mohists always look at the facts. What you said is a kind of conjecture, how can you change the verified facts?" Deng Lingzi said sharply: "Junior Sister Xuanqi, do you have any secrets in your heart? Under the Qin State, anyone dares to kill, even wizards and rangers. What's more hateful, even the poorest peasants! If you love the world, if you don’t uphold righteousness for the suffering of the common people, how can we, the Mohists, face the word “political hero”? The Mohism has never shown favoritism, and the younger sister should reflect on herself.” "Deng Lingzi, don't talk like that." Xiang Liqin smiled calmly, "If you want to be 'same', there will be disputes, even if Junior Sister Xuan Qi has selfish intentions, she won't be justified by tyranny, she just needs to find out. Now that we have found out, Junior Sister Xuan Qi will be the same as us." Ku Huo said firmly: "It's not too late, we should do it as soon as possible to destroy the arrogance of tyranny and open eyes for the dissatisfied people." Xuan Qi was so anxious that his face turned red, "No way. If all senior brothers hold this opinion, Xuan Qi will ask the teacher to make a decision." The four were startled, but were silent.The Mohist affairs have been handled by the four major disciples for many years, and they only reported the results to the old Mozi afterwards.But when Old Mozi handed over his power at the beginning, he made a rule: First, Qin Huali, the chief disciple of Zimen, is only in charge of affairs, not called a giant, and the giant of the Mohist school is still himself.Second, if anyone involved in the discussion raises an objection to the decision, it must be reported to him for a ruling.That is to say, as long as the disciples of Zimen agree on important matters, they don't have to go through Mozi, and if they disagree, they must go through Lao Mozi. For the first time in many years, the four major disciples couldn't help being surprised and silent. Qin Huali pondered for a while and said: "Okay, let the giant decide. After sunset, meet up at Shangtongfang."