"Stand in place, walk around without permission!"

Since Wu Liang and Dian Wei came down, the two soldiers next to them have been paying attention to their every move. Now seeing Wu Liang walking forward two steps and looking deeper, he immediately lit up his weapons and scolded them without hesitation.

"Don't move, I'll wait here, don't blame the two soldiers."

Wu Liang didn't care about their attitude either, he just smiled with a pleasing smile.

In fact, if Wu Liang wanted to do something at this time, these two guys would definitely not be able to stop him. Even if they were fully armed, they would definitely not be Dian Wei's opponent.

Later, Dian Wei took away their weapons, so of course he was not unarmed.

besides.

Although the passage below is a little wider, it can still allow four people to go hand in hand at most, and it is impossible to attack them in groups. Such a terrain is naturally more beneficial to Wu Liang and Dian Wei, and it is easy to create a situation where one man is at the gate of thousands of men.

But it's over here.

Wu Liang had not fully understood the situation here and felt that he should not act rashly at this time. In addition, the only exit here should be this "well", and he had to consider leaving later, so he did not care about these two soldiers.

"snort!"

The two soldiers snorted coldly and stopped talking to him.

Wu Liang did not try to get close to them. The soldiers who could enter this place must be the most trusted soldiers of Zhang Liang. Not only would it be difficult to get anything useful, but they might also be suspicious of Zhang Liang because of this.

And for these soldiers.

They will also keep as far away as possible from Wu Liang. Once Wu Liang is suspicious, they may not be able to survive alone and may not end up in any way.

Therefore, Wu Liang just looked at the thing that looked like a "cross".

The distance was a little farther and the light was a little dim. He couldn't see the details above clearly. All he could see was a rough appearance.

It was actually a log standing up on the ground.

Then an irregular plate-shaped horizontal plate was installed near the top of the log.

If you have to say that it looks like something from later generations... Huabiao!

This is indeed very similar to a small number one Huabiao, but at the top of this small number one Huabiao is not like a "bar" carved from a stone squatted.

This "间" is exactly the "间" that Wu Liang had seen in the tomb of King Xiao of Liang.

By the Ming and Qing dynasties, "王" had become a kind of divine beast, and the "王" squatting at the top of the Huabiao at the gate of the Forbidden City also had different names and meanings.

The two "银" facing south outside the door are called "Wangdi Return".

It is said that they specialize in watching the emperor's external patrol. If the emperor travels for a long time and does not return, they will call the emperor to return quickly and handle government affairs.

The two "银" facing north behind the door are called "Wangdi Out".

It is said that they specifically monitor the emperor's behavior in the palace. If the emperor lives in the palace and ignores the government, they will urge the emperor to leave the palace and observe the situation clearly.

But that's not the point.

The focus is on the origin and origin of something like "Huabiao".

As far as Wu Liang knows, "Huabiao" should have originated in the period of Emperor Shun, which is the ancient Yu Dynasty after the ancient Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Emperor Shun was also called Yu Shun by later generations.

After Emperor Shun took office, in order to be able to understand the people's conditions in a timely manner and do practical things for the people.

So he ordered people to set up a wooden sign in various traffic fortresses, calling it "a slanderous tree". If the people have any opinions, they can write it on the wooden sign. Someone will copy the contents on the wooden sign and report it to Emperor Shun.

This move has been praised and recorded by many historical books, including "Lüshi Chunqiu" and "Records of the Grand Historian", which had a great influence on later generations. And because Emperor Shun's real name was "Yao Chonghua", the term "Hua Biao" was also mentioned.

The emperors of all dynasties followed this action, and used it to claim that they were also a wise monarch who was virtuous and well-governed.

However, many things are the same, and they just learn to leave.

Take the four "Huabiao" at the gate of the Forbidden City for example.

As a "wood of slander", the thing was originally used as a public facility for the people to give advice, but it was built tall and large, and the material was replaced by wood that was easy to write to hard stone...

Obviously, the builders and rulers have long forgotten that the thing is actually for the people to write.

But it is also possible to remember and remember it very clearly.

Therefore, it was specially built tall and large, so that the common people could not reach even if they were erected on ladders...

After all, it was not just the Forbidden City or the Imperial Palace in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and even in the later generations where Wu Liang lived for more than 20 years, he could also find a suggestion box nailed on a wall three or four meters high from the ground. When he saw that the person who set up the suggestion box was thinking, wasn’t it difficult to nail it so high?

so.

Is that thing the "treatment tree"?

If so, this place is most likely not related to the ruins of the ancient Tang Dynasty capital that Wu Liang came to Jinyang City this time to look for.

Because the "wood of slander" was set up by Emperor Shun of the ancient Yu Dynasty.

As far as Wu Liang knows, Emperor Yao of the ancient Tang Dynasty reigned for 70 years, and set the Jinyang area as its capital and settled here for only a few decades. Then he moved the capital south to the Linfen generation in later generations due to floods.

Wait until Emperor Yao preached the throne of Emperor Shun.

Emperor Shun even went south again and moved the capital of the ancient Yu Dynasty to the Yuncheng area.

Therefore, when the "Treat of Slander" appeared, the Northern Tang Dynasty was no longer the capital, so this place is probably not the ruins of the ancient capital of the Tang Dynasty at all, but the underground palace built after the ancient Yu Dynasty.

As for what era it was and who built the underground palace, it still needs to be carefully investigated before making a judgment.

certainly.

There is also a rumor among the people that when Emperor Yao was in power, the "Treat of Slander" had been set up to listen to the opinions of the people.

However, given the origin of the name "Huabiao", Wu Liang is still more inclined to "slander the wood" which was designed by Emperor Shun, and many archaeologists in later generations also viewed the same.

But with a rigorous archaeological spirit.

Wu Liang did not make a final conclusion, but speculated that this place was probably not built in the ancient Tang Dynasty. If evidence could overturn his inference appeared later when exploring it later, he would have readily accepted it.

...

I waited for about a quarter of an hour.

Yan Lu and the soldiers finally reached the bottom of the cave in pairs, but the number of soldiers was reduced by about one-third, and these one-third of the soldiers should have stayed on it for garrison and support.

"The master is still waiting in front of you, please follow the old slave."

Yan Lu didn't say anything extra to Wu Liang, nodded at him and walked in front again.

When passing by the "cross", Wu Liang carefully observed and finally confirmed that the thing was the legendary "Tree of Slander".

Because the erect logs are engraved with a very gorgeous dragon totem.

This totem is related to Emperor Yao of the ancient Tang Dynasty. There are related records in "Records of the Grand Historian", saying that Emperor Yao's mother Qingdu temporarily lived in her parents' home after marriage with his father Emperor Ku. At the end of the first month of a certain year, Qingdu and his parents were traveling on a boat on the three rivers. Suddenly, a flying red dragon appeared in the river.

When Qingdu was sleeping at night, the red dragon appeared again in a hazy state. The red dragon rushed to her without saying a word. When she woke up, she left many fishy saliva foam on her body, and a painting covered with saliva foam was left beside her. There was a red portrait on it, with a sharp face on top and plump at the bottom, eight eyebrows and long hair. The painting said: Also blessed by God.

After that, Qingdu became pregnant and gave birth to a son fourteen months later. This son was exactly the same as the person in the painting.

This child is Emperor Yao.

The saying of "the successor of the dragon" in the Celestial Empire also arose. From then on, "dragon" became the most important totem of the Celestial Empire. No matter how many auspicious beasts appeared, there was never one that could be replaced.

Anyway, as far as Wu Liang knows, the "Slanderous Tree" of all dynasties must have a dragon totem engraved.

besides.

Wu Liang also saw some obvious marks of cutting on the horizontal board of this "Slanderous Wood".

Although these cut marks do not look too new, they must be much newer than the "Treat of Slander" itself. It seems that it has only appeared in recent years, at most in recent decades.

Between these cut marks, Wu Liang also saw a small number of black marks sunken in.

It seems that there were some handwritings engraved on this "Slanderous Tree", but some people did not want others to see the content on it, so they deliberately destroyed it.

If so.

The content that was once engraved on it must be very important. Maybe it will directly explain the origin of this underground palace and what is hidden in this underground palace...

Wu Liang suddenly felt.

The person who should be with you most at this time is Zhen Mi.

Tushan Nujiao, who is in Zhen Mi's upper body, is Dayu's wife, and Dayu's emperor was Emperor Shun, and Emperor Shun's emperor was Emperor Yao.

Although it is not very strict to say this, in general, the era where Tushan Nujiao was located was only one generation away from Emperor Shun and Emperor Yao, and even if she didn't care about the affairs of her predecessors, she would definitely hear some rumors on weekdays and must have known a lot about many customs and witchcraft at that time.

After all, she is a stranger in this field. Birds of a feather flock together. If she is such a person, she will have such a circle and naturally she will be more likely to get involved in this field.

Unfortunately, Wu Liang does not have such a decision for the time being...

Just as I was thinking about it.

"From your appearance, you should have seen what this is, right?"

Yan Lu suddenly turned his head and said to Wu Liang.

This is not a temptation. Wu Liang was blinded when he just approached the "Treat of Slander". Under normal circumstances, if he had not been interested in this thing and had some understanding, few people would be so focused. Yan Lu was not a blind man, so he could naturally see that.

"If I guess correctly, this should be the 'Treat of Slander'."

Wu Liang also heard that Yan Lu was not testing him, so he came back to his senses and said with a smile.

"Zuo Ci said it right. You really have some skills. No wonder he has only seen you a few times and tried his best to suggest to his master to take you down and take a look."
To be continued...