Mountains and seas can be flat

Fang Zheng nodded and said: "If you are worried, you can send some people to follow me first. After all, I have stayed here too, and according to what you said, I am also cursed. If the method doesn't work, I will die myself."

Those people exchanged glances with each other, and finally said: "We still need to discuss—"

Fang Zheng reminded: "You better make a decision as soon as possible. There is poison in this land. I told you that the longer you stay, the worse it will be for your health. Do you have a lot of big-headed babies or stillbirths these years? And there are many forces Come to rob the emperor's tomb. I guess, there are far fewer of you now than before."

Men fight hard and women work hard. However, due to metal poisoning, the next generation is not only difficult to survive, but may even give birth to deformed stillbirths.Reduced fertility rate.The tribe's population is declining year by year, and their chief secretary is only a young man, which shows that the intergenerational gap is already very serious.Such a young Chief Secretary does not seem to be able to raise a qualified disciple in time. Fang Zheng guesses that this is the reason why they are reluctant to announce the news of their death. On the verge of extinction.

Fang Zheng wanted to finish his work and go back as soon as possible.Although the Gu sculpture has been removed, there is no danger of being exposed for the time being.But Fang Zheng has a headache when he thinks of those silly and careless women. In a sense, Fang Zheng can't say that he doesn't care about them-they are hardworking, productive and creative, healthy, simple and simple.Fang Zheng has exchanged many surprises from them in the past three years.But these women's limited vision and native habits are easy to cause chaos. This cannot be changed immediately by Fang Zheng's teaching a few martial arts-it can't cure the brain.

It is a huge mistake not to establish rules, but when there are few people, everyone looks up and sees down, and many things are agreed and there is no need to establish any rules... But if you want to develop the tribal structure better, you can't make a difference without rules.

Fang Zheng thought that after going back, he must make a good rectification.

Fang Zheng recovered from his endless thoughts, and said to them: "You discuss it, don't forget Tong."

"There is no copper." Xiang Youwu took a deep breath, nodded to each other with several decision-makers, and reluctantly told Fang Zheng the truth: "The blast furnace has been abandoned for many years, and the copper we used to make crossbows is left over from the past. Not much left."

"Why was it abandoned?"

"The number of people is too small to burn." They sighed.

Fang Zheng wondered: "How many people do you want to burn that stove?"

"At least 100 skilled fighters..." Xiangyou Wu showed bitterness: "Although there are about [-] of our fighters, there are only more than [-] who can burn furnaces. It takes one year to make that thing. Dozens of weapons. We don’t have the energy, and we don’t think it’s necessary, making stone weapons is enough.”

"Since you don't need it, I want it." Fang Zheng said in a deep voice.

Big Copper Fang was surprised: "Didn't you say that your tribe only has 200 people? It's even more impossible to use it."

"You don't have to worry about that." Fang Zheng smiled lightly, people in this era don't know that there are so many forms of energy utilization, and it doesn't have to rely on manpower, "Give it to me, how to use it is my business. "

Next, Fang Zheng began to study the crops they planted. He found that although each piece of arable land was changed every year, the basic types remained the same. They were rice, potato, mountain lettuce, milk thistle and bitter herbs.

The first three crops are also considered conventional, but the latter two are more like feed or medicinal herbs, so Fang Zheng was puzzled and asked the Xiangyou witch, "Is the selection of crops handed down from your ancestors?" Full of curiosity, how did they change from the descendants of Jiuli to the tribe who guarded the tomb of Shun?

Xiangyou Wu was also taken aback, nodded after thinking for a moment, and said, "Yes, our ancestors said that we should live on this 'five grains'."

Fang Zheng's doubts deepened: "Five grains are not these five kinds..."

Fang Zheng paused, and the five grains refer to millet and millet.Wheat, bean, rice or hemp, there are differences between the north and the south, but no matter which agricultural economic center is used as the basis, this is something that was agreed later.In ancient times, each tribe might have its own "five grains", or even "six grains" and "eight grains".

Whether the ancestors of this tribe chose these five crops on purpose, or if there was a definite plan in the dark to save their descendants, it is impossible to know.

Fang Zheng only knew that rice crops and yams were very resistant to heavy metals.But the cultivation of chickweed, milk thistle, and bitterness is simply a stroke of magic. Even in modern times, they are still anti-aging and anti-toxin crops, and many pharmaceutical companies and beauty products have added them.

Fang Zheng asked Xiangyou Wu: "You are Chiyou's descendants of Jiuli, why did the patriarch a few generations ago have an agreement with Emperor Yao Yu to guard the tomb?"

Big Tongya took over the conversation: "Many people don't know that they are descendants of Jiuli, and they can't say how they feel about Chi You... Even I only know today. Just now Shechi told me that after being defeated hundreds of years ago, Jiuli The Li tribe migrated and dispersed, some crossed thousands of mountains and rivers to go to farther places, and some became the subjects of the monarchs of various countries, while tribes like us who retained their combat effectiveness formed a national combat team more than 100 years ago. The tribal army, doing some things for the monarch at that time, exchanging food and supplies.”

Fang Zheng was a little surprised when he heard it. This is a bit like the prototype of a mercenary.

"You just said that when you came to guard the tomb, you had no choice. Later, when you found out, you wanted to leave but you couldn't."

The big copper teeth smiled bitterly, and Fang Zheng spit out everything, probably because Fang Zheng said that he could cure them, let these people reassess, and dare not treat Fang Zheng slowly: "I was born on this mountain platform, and so was my father, but father His father's generation migrated in from outside... At that time, our tribe served as the vanguard of Emperor Yao Yu's conquest of Danzhu."

Fang Zheng frowned and thought, Danzhu was Yao's rebellious eldest son. According to the descriptions in "Historical Records" and "Hanshu", Emperor Yao was very troubled by this unworthy eldest son, and sent him to the border areas, where Danzhu repeatedly caused disturbances. After Shun succeeded to the throne, the Danzhu Rebellion was quelled.However, in the "Bamboo Book" and other records, after Shun imprisoned Yao, he "sealed Danzhu".

The truth is unknown. The only thing that is certain is that Shun had a tragic war with Danzhu.Is this a war with the Sanmiao rebellion? Was Danzhu defeated and joined hands with Sanmiao to make a comeback, or was Sanmiao instigated from the beginning? Is there a gap between the wars? Get answers from the literature.At this moment, I heard the story of the descendants of the parties involved.

"Because of our bloodlines, we are very powerful in combat. We wear masks in battle, deterring many enemies. We have won the title of 'Mask Army'. We have won every battle. We feel that we have won great glory... halfway We even captured Danzhu alive and took him back to the capital to lock him up. Emperor Yao Yu rewarded us with a lot of food and jade."

"Yu" made Fang Zheng's eyes flash with astonishment, and he continued to ask calmly, "What happened next?"

In ancient times, jade culture was actually earlier than bronze culture.There are jade carving ritual vessels unearthed 8000 years ago to testify.Fang Zheng has always wanted to find out since he came to this era, but he didn't hear anything until this opportunity.

Da Tongya continued: "Later, Emperor Yao Yu had a courtier who let Danzhu go. That man seemed to be an old minister of Emperor Tao Tang, so Emperor Yao Yu didn't punish him, and even gave Danzhu a reward at the border. A small piece of land, let him stay there acquiescingly."

Fang Zheng knew this record, the old minister was called Houji, the god of agriculture and the god of grains in the legend were the subjects of Yao and Shun, and the emperors respected him very much.When Guo Pu wrote notes to "Shan Hai Jing", he said that Houji took pity on Danzhu and let him go.Legend has it that the descendants of Danzhu became a half-human, half-bird race in the fief.That is of course a myth, but after seeing that people can attract Gu Diao and Zhu Luan, Fang Zheng can imagine the origin and evolution of the original myth.

"But our hard days are coming." Da Tongya sighed, "Although Danzhu was defeated, he was also the emperor's heir, and his subordinates also had some tricks. After he was idle in the fief, he didn't know why He ordered his subordinates to retaliate intentionally. People in our "Mask Army" always died inexplicably during that time. People in Emperor Yao Yu's other armies were fine. Sometimes we also suspect that Emperor Yao Yu is open to this. Close your eyes... I don't know if it's to calm Danzhu... But it's also possible that he really doesn't know, Dijun is too busy."

"At that time, Emperor Yao Yu was repairing the mausoleum. One day he called our people over and said that the 'masked army' was standing near the capital to attract attention. Why don't you think of a separate errand for us, let us supervise the construction progress of the mausoleum, and repair it After that, he stayed here to guard the tomb. He also said that there are few people here, and the terrain is dangerous, so no matter who comes, he can easily resist. At that time, our tribe still felt that Emperor Yao Yu didn't want to continue the conflict with Danzhu, but was going to protect us. It’s a good arrangement, so I agreed.”

"We said it was supervision, but we didn't see many people. Emperor Yao Yu was simple by nature, and soon the interior was set up. Lord Yi came, but left soon.

"Afterwards, we stayed here all the time. We heard that there was a war outside, and Danzhu rebelled again. This time, Emperor Yao Yu finally didn't show mercy, and didn't care about the face of Emperor Tao Tang and his old ministers, so he finally killed him. I heard that Emperor Yao Yu built a tomb for Dan Zhu at the back of his mausoleum. But we don’t know the entrance, maybe it’s on the back of Cangwu Abyss.”

Fang Zheng remembered that this was also recorded in Shan Hai Jing: In the Cangwu Mountain, Emperor Shun was buried in Yang, and Emperor Danzhu was buried in Yin.

Many historians in later generations have great doubts about the use of the word "di" in the "Shan Hai Jing" to refer to Danzhu. In ancient times, "di" was an orthodox symbol, which proves that it has at least been recognized.Then the struggle between Danzhu and Shun, whether it was Shun's suppression of his subjects, or the struggle between the two emperors, suddenly became obscure.

Fang Zheng withdrew his thoughts and continued to listen to Da Tongya's story about their tribe's experience.

"After a while, Emperor Yao Yu was on a tour. When he came here, his spirit was already very bad. He left everything behind, and even found a big turtle to engrave on its back, and then released it into the river. Afterwards, he walked into the tomb alone, and the door of the tomb never opened after it was closed. At that time, there was a witch chief named Bu who came with Emperor Yao Yu. He told us not to tell anyone the location of the tomb. Never think about it. Get out of here, or the curse will come."

A look of vicissitudes flashed across Tong Ya's face: "We didn't believe it at the time. But after all, Emperor Yao Yu just passed away, and his power is still huge, and we don't want to leave, so we stay here in peace."

"Emperor Chongyu succeeded to the throne, and another ten years later, there were always people spying outside, and an envoy who claimed to be Emperor Chongyu wanted us to open the tomb, but we didn't agree. At that time, we still sent news to the king, and passed on the letter. I asked the emperor if he really wanted to open the tomb of Emperor Yao Yu. Emperor Chongyu denied it, saying that the envoy was a fake. Whoever comes to inquire will be chased away, but there will always be a small group of people coming, and it is unknown whether it is Emperor Chongyu's secret subordinates or people who want to harm him."

"In those years, when the catastrophic flood came, our platform was built on a high place and nothing happened. I heard that Emperor Chongyu was controlling the water in various places, and Emperor Yao Yu's power weakened. We could actually leave at that time, but something happened and we couldn't make it. I regret it so far..."

Xiangyou Wu gave Da Tongya a wink, and he coughed twice: "Oh, don't talk about that, the great flood was cured later, but we are actually a little worried, and we don't know if the flood has flooded the Abyss of Cangwu, I didn’t dare to go in and look. After more than a few decades, Emperor Chongyu also passed away, and his son Qijun clashed with Yijun who was supposed to be enthroned, and the country split into Xiazhu and Yuyi. Here People spied frequently, and I don’t know who released the news. Not only the people from Xia Zhu and Yu Yi knew about it, but even the people from Zu Jiang and Badian also knew about it. Many people wanted to rob Emperor Yao Yu’s tomb.”

Xiangyou Wu showed disgust on his face: "Some spies like Xiazhu and Yuyi even used the name of welcoming back the tomb of the first emperor, but we didn't believe them and beat them all away... You see the outer wall, we There are more and more enemies, and it is becoming more and more difficult to survive. I want to leave this place. Anyway, Emperor Yao Yu's country has been divided, which is more serious than his tomb. You will be poisoned, no matter how you try, you will end up dead, so you have to stay here."

Fang Zheng finished listening to him in one breath, and couldn't calm down for a long time.At this moment, he saw that Lian Feng was also in the corner of the room. He came in just now, and he didn't know how long he stayed there, with a very complicated expression on his face.

Fang Zheng's heart moved. Since Lian Feng is Bowen's star sacrificial priest, is his knowledge of this consistent with the tribe's narrative?

So Fang Zheng went over to Lian Feng and asked, "Do you know these things? Has the White Tower taught you?"

Lian Feng was stunned for a moment, came back to his senses, and said: "Yes, there are, but they are not the same. This masked army has not been recorded. The two daughters of Emperor Tao Tang, the two concubines of Emperor Yao Yu came to look for them. He, who cried and spent bamboo near Cangwu Abyss, recorded a lot..."

Xiang Youwu said with a gloomy expression: "Those two concubines are the reason why we failed to leave decades ago. Before the poison leaked from the tomb had smoked us so deeply, if we had made up our minds to leave, Maybe it will be successful. But first, Emperor Chongyu was still in power at that time, and the huge Yu Dynasty had not yet been divided. Second,—"

Now Fang Zheng knows that the central kingdom in the era of Yao, Shun and Yu was called the Yu Dynasty, which was the dynasty before the Xia Dynasty, and the Yu, Xia, Shang and Zhou genealogy in "Shangshu" and Shun was called "Emperor Yu" in "Bamboo Book" records are consistent.The "Yu Yi" to which Zifeng was loyal was established by the former minister of Shun, and he must have used this to express his orthodoxy.

"Secondly, we found that the two concubines of Emperor Yao Yu, Ehuang and Nvying, came near the Cangwu Abyss. They only knew that Emperor Yao Yu was buried nearby, but they didn't know the exact location. In this place, many children of refugees were adopted to teach and raise them. During the day, you can hear their playing and singing, but at night they will cry for Emperor Yao Yu, and gradually weep the nearby bamboos. "

"At that time, our chief director liked them very much, but he couldn't reveal his position, and just hid silently from a distance. The chief chief would also take soldiers to deal with the troublemakers for them in secret— The main reason is that the third concubine of Emperor Yao Yu, the Deng Bei Clan, is the work of Zu Jiang. Coupled with the great flood, there is almost no day of peace. If it weren't for our Chief Secretary to shield them from open and hidden arrows, no I know how many times these two concubines who came to find the emperor's grave alone have died. They have been guarding for more than ten years."

"After the flood receded, the two concubines also said that they were going to die, but they still looked very young. I don't know how to maintain it. She floated into the river in a small boat, and no one could catch up. Singing and walking away, our Chief Secretary said that they did not die, but became gods and stayed in the river forever. The children they adopted also grew up and went around like birds. Our Chief Secretary After growing up, he lived for decades. He missed the two concubines and didn't want to leave here. Under his guidance, everyone in the tribe didn't want to leave here. It was a good time, after all, everyone didn't know that there was This poison. After he passed away, we began to slowly have the idea of ​​leaving."

Fang Zheng said: "Then don't blame others if you didn't make it."

"We know they are innocent." Big Copper Fang said dejectedly, "But when a relative dies from poison, that feeling—"

"Restraining anger is weakness." After Fang Zheng understood the ins and outs, he said to Datongya and Xiangyou witch, "Your decision to leave now is correct, and I will help you. I will tell you the treatment method. If you are worried, you can find someone to help you." Follow me personally to Emperor Yao Yu's grave—"

"We have the precepts of our ancestors, we are not allowed to go in. Besides, we have been poisoned enough." Xiangyou said, "You can go in by yourself, but—" he pointed to Lianfeng in the corner, "he Just stay."

"No!" It was Lian Feng who spoke, and he said hastily: "Brother Zheng, since there are so many poisons in there, you don't have to go in. Just let me in. I was going to find something inside. My Bones are not afraid of those poisons."

Before Fang Zheng had time to express his opinion, he only heard the "big copper tooth" sneer, and said: "Xingji boy in the west, dare to enter the abyss of Cangwu? Do you think it's just a graveyard bag? We have guarded it for many years and never went down." Pass—the abyss of Cangwu is bottomless, and from time to time I hear the voice below—"

As if to confirm his words, there was a thunderous rumbling sound from far away. The sound had no direction, and Fang Zheng immediately realized that it was coming from underground.

Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows: "Is there something guarding the tomb of Emperor Yao Yu in the Abyss of Cangwu?"

"I don't know. When we came, we didn't see many people." The big copper tooth said solemnly, "But it is speculated that the person who strengthened the defense of the mausoleum in the end was Lord Yi. Do you know how big the snake repair skeleton he killed back then? Is it so big that Badian is used as the foundation of the capital... For such a character, it is normal for such a person to get something big to guard the emperor's tomb in the abyss."

"So, whether it's one of you or two of you—really want to go in?"