Chapter 125 [Zhengjue Temple] (1)
Now Sparrow says that the Yu Shen Monument may be related to the location of the Nine Tripods. He does not rule out this possibility, but what is the significance even if it is true? The times are developing and history is constantly advancing. Today's era is definitely not the time when the world can be unified with nine bronze tripods. The so-called Nine Tripods are just a symbol. In the past, it may have some credibility, which is nothing more than the mysterious color deliberately enveloped by the ruling class, rather than the special abilities of the Nine Tripods themselves.
The sparrow picked out a book of "The Strategies of the Warring States" and said: "The Strategy of the Warring States" begins with "The Strategies of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty", which contains the story of Qin's invasion of the Zhou Dynasty and seizing the Nine Tripods". In order to deal with Qin, Yan Rui, a native of Zhou, first encouraged Qi to help drive Qin, and agreed to give the Nine Tripods to Qi. Qi came to ask for it. Yan Rui asked the King of Qi which path to take, but the result was not suitable. He also said that there were nine nine tripods, and one of them would take nine nine thousand people, and ninety-nine thousand people would be able to take away all the way."
She pointed out the article to Luo Lie. Luo Lie looked up and wrote: Yan Lu said again: "Even if there is someone in the king, where will the way out come out? I secretly worry about it for the king." The King of Qi said: "I still have no answers to the number of people coming from." Yan Lu said: "I dare not deceive the great country, and I will quickly settle the place and leave. I will move the cauldron to wait for the order."
From then on, King Qi no longer mentioned the matter of pulling the Nine Cauldrons. From here, the Nine Cauldrons are really heavy, but there must be exaggeration. However, from this document, the Nine Cauldrons must be very heavy, and there are still nine.
Sparrow said: "Let's imagine how big it would be if it were really a copper tripod that only 90,000 people could pull?
Luo Liexinzhang looked at that any of the nine tripods was at least the size of a small building. As far as he had seen traveling to various countries, he had never seen such a large copper tripod. Even if there was such a copper tripod, how big would it take to forge such a large tripod? Unless the big tripod was not one, but was combined with components.
Sparrow said: "I also found a letter from my father and the mountain director of Yuelu Academy and Mr. Kuiyuan, and the letter also had exchanges with Jiuding."
Mr. Kuiyuan was a famous scholar in the world. His real name was Wang Xianqian. He was a famous gentry leader. He served as the Imperial Priest. In his "Han Shu Sutra, Suburban Records", he believed that the Eastern Zhou royal family had no power to protect themselves during the decline. However, during the Warring States Period, all the powerful vassal states were eyeing each other and trying to unify China and replace it. Therefore, the nine tripods, which symbolized the royal power and the "destiny of heaven", naturally became a rare national treasure that the princes must seize. In addition, the Zhou royal family was in financial difficulties and could not make ends meet, so they destroyed the nine tripods to cast copper coins. The outside world claimed that the nine tripods were no longer where they went, so they did not know where to go, so the vassal states would not come to seek the tripods. This statement was recognized by many people.
However, Wang Xianqian also verified that there was another saying that one of the nine tripods flew eastward and sinking into the Si River. This incident is recorded in many historical books. It is said that when the nine tripods flew eastward, a long rainbow penetrated the sun, and the giant tripod flew off the ground without any warning. The flames soared into the sky, turned into a fireball in the air, and then flew straight southeast, fell over Pengcheng, and sank into the Si River.
Pengcheng is now Xuzhou, and Sishui is located in southeast Shandong and the southern foot of Taiyi Mountain. Luo Lie did not believe this statement. After all, a bronze cauldron flew from the capital of the Zhou Dynasty near Xi'an to Xuzhou. This fact is too incredible. How can this cauldron be driven? Could it be that it was born with two wings and flew over nearly two thousand miles?
Maqu's words did not attract much attention from Luo Lie, but one of the letters Wang Xianqian and Ma Boxuan's contacts attracted Luo Lie's attention. What attracted him was not the content of the letter, but the envelope, because this envelope was exactly the same as the letter sent to his mother from Peking that Luo Lie found in the wooden box, Luo Lie picked out the letter from it.
Sparrow said: "Wrong!"
Luo Lie was stunned and wondered why she said this.
Sparrow said: "This letter is not from Mr. Aoyuan."
Luo Lie nodded and said, "Can I see it?"
The sparrow said: "You see that."
The letter was originally opened. Luo Lie pulled out the letter paper from it. What he cared about was not the content of the letter, but wanted to confirm whether the letter paper in the envelope was the same as the letter of his mother. When Luo Lie pulled out the same letter paper from the envelope, he suddenly became excited. He actually encountered this opportunity to look for a needle in a haystack. The content of the letter was nothing special, just a greeting between friends, and the name of the writer was left at the signature.
Luo Lie suppressed his excitement and whispered: "Who sent this letter?"
The sparrow approached the letter and looked at it, "Mr. Wangyou, his name is Chen Wangyou. He is my father's senior brother. My father went to Yenching University to teach because of his recommendation."
Chen Wangyou? Luo Lie suddenly remembered his mother's surname. Is it just a coincidence? The same envelope, the same letter, the same surname, and the same surname, there are too many coincidences in it.
Luo Liedao: "Is this Mr. Wangyou still in Peiping?"
The sparrow shook his head and said, "He is a study of world history. He resigned from Yenching University more than ten years ago and is now employed by the National Library. However, he was invited to give lectures in Europe last year and should come back this year."
Luo Lie whispered: "You have a good relationship with this Mr. Wangyou."
Sparrow said: "He is my father's best friend. By the way, he also recommended me to teach at Yenching University this time."
Luo Lie looked at the sparrow in surprise, and only then did he realize that the sparrow's identity had become a teacher at Yanjing University.
Sparrow felt a little embarrassed by his eyes and whispered: "Actually, it's the meaning of the university. They hope to organize and publish some of my father's academic achievements during his lifetime. But the history department was short of another teacher, so Mr. Wangyou recommended me to Mr. Cai. I don't need to substitute classes, mainly because I want to help, and by the way, I took a break from my father's wishes during his lifetime." When Ma Boxuan was alive, he was ready to compile some of his academic experiences. Unfortunately, he died of illness before he could achieve his wish. As his daughter, Sparrow naturally had no choice.
Luo Lie nodded and said, "Did your Uncle Fu agree?"
Sparrow said: "The others are very good, and they are also my dad's old friend. They have been taking care of us all these years."
Luo Lie thought that Uncle Fu was not that simple, and some words could not be said too clearly to the sparrow. He smiled and said, "We will have more opportunities to meet in the future."
The sparrow nodded and plucked up the courage to say, "Actually, this place is so big, you and your friends can move here, I won't charge you rent." Before he finished speaking, his pretty face turned red, and the girl's thoughts were fully exposed.
Luo Lie smiled and said, "I'm going to disturb your purity. By the way, can you help keep it a secret about our coming to Peking?"
The sparrow blinked and said, "I won't disturb you. Actually, I will move to school in the next two days, so it's free. Instead of hiring someone to take care of you, you can trust me."
Luo Lie nodded and said, "Yes, I'll go back and discuss with them."
Zhou Xiaodie is as evaporated as a yellow crane. The blind man has not been idle since he came to Peking. He searched for Zhou Xiaodie's whereabouts, but the city of Peking is too big. If a person sincerely wants to hide, it will be difficult for others to find a trace.
Luo Lie always believed that Zhou Xiaodie's disappearance had a lot to do with Ye Qinghong. Although Ye Qinghong pointed out that Zhou Xiaodie was a Japanese spy like Lan Ximei, Luo Lie believed that this possibility was very small. Ye Qinghong used this technique to restrain the blind man with Zhou Xiaodie, and used the blind man and his friendship, forcing him to participate in her plan.
However, Luo Lie promised Ye Qinghong to help her this time, not because of this, but to repay her favor. After all, Ye Qinghong gave him a lot of help in Tianjin. Without Ye Qinghong's help, he would not have helped Fang Kewen's family to escape successfully. He must recognize this favor.
Although Luo Lie refused Fang Kewen's request in person, he could not really turn a blind eye to Fang Kewen's fate and specially asked Zhang Changgong to go to Xijinxuan several times. The result was the same every time. Xijinxuan always locked the door, and Fang Kewen was already empty.
Luo Lie sincerely hopes that Fang Kewen can be freed from hatred. After all, it is not easy for him to get to where he is today. Fang Kewen cannot be free of worries. The little Taohong and his daughter have experienced too much pain and misfortunes for him. Luo Lie hopes that this family can truly live a safe life.
However, Luo Lie understood that this might be just a kind of expectation. After leaving the Nine Netherworld Secret Realm, Fang Kewen's body underwent an astonishing change. Since that day, he exposed the scales of his right leg in front of him, Luo Lie's mood has also become uneasy. He didn't know what Fang Kewen would become in the end, but he knew that Fang Kewen was becoming extreme and angry, and became hated of this world that once betrayed him.
Everyone who goes deep into the secret realm of Nine Netherworld will have changes in their bodies, including Ma Boxuan, Luo Xingmu, Fang Kewen, and they are without exception. Although their bodies have not changed at the moment, their insomnia symptoms have become significantly worse.
Since he came to Peking, Luo Lie has never slept peacefully. He also tried to anesthetize himself with alcohol, but it had no effect. Luo Lie has always refused drugs for the treatment of insomnia, but the increasingly severe insomnia forced him to consider using drugs.
As an old friend of many years, the blind man saw Luo Lie’s change and suggested: “Go out for a walk more, you have lost a lot of weight recently.”
Luo Lie lit a cigarette, took a sip, spit out a cloud of smoke, then closed his eyes and leaned on the recliner, and whispered: "What's the number?"
“No. 4!”
Luo Lie nodded. Tomorrow was the day to meet with Ye Qinghong. For some reason, he suddenly remembered that night in the Tang Mansion, he leaned on Ye Qinghong's shoulder and slept soundly all night. This was also a truly down-to-earth sleep in recent times. Because of this, he was somewhat looking forward to Ye Qinghong's arrival.
The blind man sighed from the side and said, "Will something happen to Xiaodie?"
Chapter completed!