"theory……"

Bailiji's words naturally made Wu Liang feel a little disappointed.

He felt that Bailiji would not lie to him. After all, to a certain extent, he could be called their family's benefactor. Bailiji did not look at the monk's face or the Buddha's face, so he had to give him a little face.

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And since the Warring States Period, there has indeed been no record of "Yanshi" and "Mujia" in the historical documents of the Celestial Dynasty.

This can also be used as one of the evidences of the loss of "Wood Armor".

What's more, if Bailiji really didn't want to say it, there was no need to take the initiative to admit that he was a descendant of Yanshi. Why bother to tell it first and then conceal the matter about "Mu Jia"?

Thinking of this, Wu Liang sighed with regret: "It is indeed a pity... To be honest with Mr. Baili, I have been fascinated by ancient machine skills since I was a child, and the one that fascinates me the most is the legendary one.

The Wood Armor Technique, which can make wooden figures dance, blink, see and speak like real people, I didn’t expect such a magical skill to be lost. This is not only a loss to Mr. Baili’s family, but also a great loss to the people of the world.

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After hearing this, Bailiji took the initiative and said: "When the ancestor Yanshi presented the wooden armor to King Zhou Mu, King Zhou Mu was so happy that he brought the ancestor and the wooden armor back to the Zhou Dynasty and sealed the ancestor in Haojing.

He held office and continued to produce exquisite woodwork for the court."

"In this way, our family has indeed lived a relatively stable life in Haojing, and has experienced three dynasties including King Zhou Mu, King Zhou Gong and King Zhou Yi."

"The good days of our family came to an abrupt end during the reign of King Zhou Yi. At that time, a Qi King named Lu Buchen came to Haojing. Although this Qi King came to pay homage to the Emperor in name, he actually came to pay homage to the Emperor.

I had the idea of ​​making wooden armor, so after I came to Haojing, I met my ancestors privately and asked my ancestors for the secret of making wooden armor."

"How could our ancestors be willing to give him the secret? Unexpectedly, this man would resort to any means and ordered someone to tie up his ancestors and his family members and secretly send them to Qi State."

"Fortunately, there was a descendant of the clan who was working in the palace at that time, so he was saved from this disaster. This person is the ancestor of our Baili clan. When the ancestor of Baili came back and learned about this, he immediately asked King Zhou Yi to report the matter. Our clan

As a royal craftsman of the Zhou Dynasty, he was kidnapped by the King of Qi. How could King Zhou Yi endure such a treasonous act? He immediately ordered people to arrest Lu Buchen who had not left Haojing, but at that time Lu Buchen had already ordered people to arrest him.

The ancestors and all the family members sent Haojing away."

"However, King Zhou Yi didn't care about his ancestors and Mujia. He didn't ask about the whereabouts of his ancestors and other family members. He only wanted to arrest Lu Buchen to punish him for his crime of disobedience. In the end, Lu Buchen was punished by King Zhou Yi for being disobedient.

He was killed because of his crime, but his ancestors and their family members have never been found since."

"The ancestor of Baili was disheartened, so he left Haojing and changed his surname to Baili. While secretly searching for the whereabouts of his ancestor, he lived a secluded life. This is the origin of our family name."

"It's a pity that Baili's ancestors were still young at that time and had not fully mastered the essence of wooden armor, and the whereabouts of their ancestors were never found. Therefore, this skill was completely lost. Now, what we descendants have inherited is only Baili.

Some of the theories left by our ancestors cannot reproduce the wooden armor that our clan is most proud of."

Having said this, Bailiji sighed with regret. Apparently he also yearned for the legendary wooden armor of his ancestors, but it was a pity that the inheritance had been cut off long ago.

"this……"

When Wu Liang heard about this piece of history, he was also shocked.

Connected!

The past events of the Bailiji clan actually connected all the incredible things he had discovered in Qi'ai Cemetery!

No wonder there are so many wooden figures in Qi Ai Cemetery, and in Qi Ai Gong’s own coffin, there is also a broken wooden armor. Even until Wu Liang went to investigate, the arms of the wooden armor could still move!

At that time, Wu Liang was thinking, could it be that the Lu family named Jiang also mastered the wood armor technique?

It turned out that it was not they who had mastered the art of wooden armor, but Duke Ai of Qi who secretly abducted Yanshi and his family members from the State of Qi!

As for the incident of Qi Aigong Lu Buchen being cooked and killed by King Zhou Yi.

This period of history only appeared in the "Historical Records", which was written hundreds of years later, and the record was also very brief. It only said that after Lu Buchen succeeded to the throne, the king of Ji State made slanderous remarks in front of King Zhou Yi, so King Zhou Yi

He ordered people to cook him to death, and ordered his half-brother Lu Jing to succeed him as Duke Hu of Qi.

This period of history actually caused considerable controversy in the archaeological community in later generations.

After all, both King Zhou Yi and Duke Ai of Qi lived during the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty. There should be a relatively close relationship between the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty and the Lu family with the surname Jiang. Ji Guo is a small country and is not even mentioned in the history books.

There are too many records left. Can the king of such a small country really have such a great influence on King Zhou Yi that he directly executes Duke Ai of Qi?

Even execution can be done in many ways.

If it was just because of slander, was it necessary for King Zhou Yi to use the extremely cruel method of "cooking and killing" to execute him by surprise? This would be too disrespectful of the friendship between the two families. After all, Jiang Ziya was an important veteran of the Zhou Dynasty, so treating him like this

The descendants of Zhou Dynasty were actually slapping the Zhou royal family in the face.

in addition.

Can the "Historical Records" written hundreds of years later really be able to restore the truth at that time? If so, why did Sima Qian mention it all in just one sentence?

Could it be that he couldn't say it, or that he didn't know what happened at that time, so he could only brush it off...

Bailiji's words gave Wu Liang the answer.

And many of the details are consistent with what Wu Liang had previously discovered in Qi'ai Cemetery, which undoubtedly confirms the authenticity of these remarks.

at the same time.

Although King Zhou Mu, King Zhou Gong and then King Zhou Yi lasted for three dynasties, according to the historical calendar that Wu Liang knew, the shortest timeline between the three generations should only be more than twenty years. After all, it was only King Mu of Zhou who lived longer than the Zhou Dynasty.

Both King Gong and King Zhou Yi were short-lived, so it is entirely possible for Ruo Yanshi to survive three generations of the dynasty, so this is not a problem.

As for the fate of Yanshi and his family...

Since then, their whereabouts have not been traced, and the wooden armor has been completely lost. The wooden armor left in Qi Aigong's coffin may be the last wooden armor in the world.

If we speculate like this, Yanshi and his family members may have been killed long ago.

Wu Liang suddenly thought of the human figurines in Qi'ai Cemetery that cultivated worms.

When mausoleums were built in ancient times, in order to prevent the burial and structural drawings of the mausoleum from being leaked, the craftsmen were often killed and buried with them. After all, only the dead can keep secrets forever.

Therefore, Yanshi and his family members are very likely to be "used locally" by Qi Aigong's family members and brothers...

"Mr. Baili, if I can find you a broken wooden armor that can still move, are you confident that you can conduct further research on this basis to deduce the method of making wooden armor?"

After coming back to his senses, Wu Liang suddenly asked.

Wu Liang would naturally not tell Bailiji about the speculations about Yanshi and his family members, lest he would have mood swings and have unnecessary and useless thoughts after hearing them.

"General Wu actually has such a thing?"

Bailiji was stunned. This was obviously something he had never thought of even after thinking about it.

"It was obtained by chance in a secret place."

Wu Liang nodded slightly and said in an evasive manner, "I once dismantled the wooden armor to examine it, and found five internal organs made of mysterious powder in its chest cavity. In addition, the limbs of the wooden armor were also filled with some unknown things. Unfortunately,

I am not very knowledgeable and cannot understand the mystery, but what is certain is that when I discovered this wooden armor, its arms could still move and its fingers could also make grabbing movements, but it seemed to be unconscious.

mechanical action."

"If General Wu can trust me, I'm willing to give it a try!"

Bailiji had a look of longing on his face and said excitedly.

"But I'm still very curious."

Wu Liang then went on to say, "Historical records show that the materials used for wooden armor are just some common leather, wood, glue, lacquer, white, black, red, green, etc., and there are no mechanisms such as mechanical springs.

Motivation, why can you move like a living person? Since Mr. Baili has inherited some theories, if it doesn’t interfere with it, can you please Mr. Baili solve this doubt for me? "

"The real secret of wooden armor lies in the meridians."

Bailiji suddenly lowered his voice and said with a very serious look, "General Wu must know what meridians are. This is not only the greatest mystery of the human body, but also the greatest mystery of wooden armor. The ancestors discovered and understood the meridians.

The subtlety is why we can create wooden armor that can move without any spring mechanism."

"Meridians?"

Wu Liang frowned slightly.

He naturally knows what meridians are. This thing is well known even in later generations of China, and it affects every aspect of people's lives, including acupuncture, massage, moxibustion... In short, almost no one in China doesn't know what meridians are.

Many people can even name many important acupuncture points of the human body casually.

But what many people don’t know is.

In fact, until 1998, the scientific and medical circles had not been able to prove the existence of meridians.

Before that, many scientific and medical workers continued to try to understand the meridians through dissection, and during the dissection process they constantly compared the maps of meridians and acupuncture points handed down from ancient times in China, but they never found human tissues similar to meridians and acupoints in the corresponding locations.

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This confuses everyone.

Since there are no corresponding human tissues similar to meridians and acupuncture points, why can thousands of traditional Chinese medicines, especially acupuncture, massage and other treatment methods, be able to produce immediate results in dealing with certain diseases and injuries?

In this case, the question once became metaphysical.

It was not until March 1998 that a professor from Fudan University finally confirmed the existence of meridians and acupuncture points using modern scientific theories and experimental methods.

He discovered that all meridians and acupuncture points are in a complex system based on connective tissue and intertwined with blood vessels, nerve plexuses and lymphatic vessels, thus forming a special physiological system with comprehensive complex physiological functions.

structure……

It’s hard to pronounce, isn’t it?

In fact, to put it simply, meridians are another channel in the human body besides blood vessels, and acupuncture points are the transfer stations for these channels. However, the composition of meridians and acupoints is not as simple as blood vessels. It is a rather complicated one.
To be continued...