Liang Jian: I have a canteen

"Ti Jun".

Xu San softly uttered the name.

This wasn't said to anyone; it sounded like he was talking to himself.

But it was precisely this name that caused either Princess Genki or Himiko to react.

At this moment, Xu San felt the atmosphere around him become excited.

"Hmm?" Xu San murmured, wondering if the Queen had somehow influenced him.

Although I can't sense any physical or mental problems.

But he was still inexplicably annoyed.

"I seem to be seeing a memory," Huanji suddenly said.

"What memories?"

"It's blurry, but it's a person, probably Chinese, and wearing what looks like official robes," Huanji said uncertainly.

“That should be Ti Jun,” Xu San said. “He was the official in charge of the investiture back then, but I don’t know if he was a civil or military official.”

"Without armor, he probably isn't a military officer," Huanji said.

"Ti Jun is going to be conferred titles, not to show off his power, so it's normal that he's not wearing armor," Xu San said, rubbing his head.

The deep memories made my head feel a little swollen, like the feeling I had when I was memorizing questions in high school.

"But was our island nation like this 1,800 years ago?"

"What does it look like?" Xu San asked curiously.

"It's very dilapidated, like a small village!" Hua Ji said, then pondered for a moment and added, "It's about the same as Ping'an County."

"Hehe~" Xu San laughed, "I never thought that the small Ping'an County would one day be compared to the imperial city."

"After all, this was 1,800 years ago. Back then, a city the size of Ping'an County was considered a large city."

“That’s right.” Xu San gestured with his lip. “What you call the Warring States period was just village-to-village brawls to us.”

Huan Ji frowned, wanting to retort, but the words caught in her throat, because Xu San was right. Moreover, she felt that even if she refuted him, Xu San would come up with a whole bunch of fallacies and heresies to argue with her.

Let's break it down!

Yes, that's the word.

Huanji remembered that Xu San had used it several times.

It seems to be related to history, and even to official history.

What should I do next?
After a moment's thought, Xu San asked, "Can you tell where it is based on that memory? Is it Honshu or Kyushu?"

Huanji shook her head. "I can't tell. I'm not a history major, and the images in my memory are very blurry, like a dream. They're fragmented, not continuous, and the narrative isn't linear."

“Fragments of memory?” Xu San murmured. “Then you need to be careful, be careful not to be assimilated by these fragments. Absorbing them is fine, but you need to distinguish which ones are yours and which ones are hers.”

“Okay!” Huanji said solemnly, “I’ve got it!”

"Hmm?" Huanji suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "I found a bronze mirror! There are bronze mirrors in many memory fragments!"

“Those were a gift from the King of Wei!” Xu San said, as if he had thought of something. “Could Himiko’s survival until now be related to these bronze mirrors?”

"She seems to be avoiding the question," Huanji said.

"It's like burying your head in the sand!" Xu San replied confidently. "The more she avoids the topic, the more it proves that there's something wrong with those bronze mirrors."

"A bronze mirror!?" Huanji muttered to herself, beginning to recall the bronze mirror from her fragmented memories.

"Yata no Kagami!" Xu San suddenly exclaimed.

"The Yata no Kagami (Eight-Span Mirror) is from the Ise Grand Shrine, and I've seen it before. It's definitely not one of the bronze mirrors from the fragments of memory. According to the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters), Amaterasu Omikami was enraged by the tyranny of her brother Susanoo-no-Mikoto and hid in the Ama-no-Iwato (Heavenly Rock Cave), plunging the world into darkness. To lure her out, the eight million gods created the Yata no Kagami and hung it on a tree. Amaterasu Omikami, curious about her reflection in the mirror, was drawn out, and the world regained its light."

Huanji spoke at length about the story of the Yata Mirror, but Xu San didn't, he just waved his hand and said, "A thousand years, anything can happen!"

"If so, then we must go to Ise Grand Shrine."

"Is there a Kagura family?"

Genki blinked. "It seems there are indeed people with the surname Kagura among the priests, but protecting the Yata Mirror isn't just a matter for their family."
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Today is the twelfth National Memorial Day for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre. We observe a minute's silence. (End of Chapter)