genius divination

Chapter 1422 Ancient Remnants
When he woke up the next day, Fan Jiannan found that he was the last one to wake up.

Everyone else had already gotten up and packed up, ready to go on the road, but he had just woken up. "You guys so early?"

"Do you think this is at home, and you don't wake up until after ten o'clock every day?" Feng Yuan smiled and shook his head, "I wonder how you can sleep so soundly anywhere."

Fan Jiannan shrugged and said, "It's a blessing to be able to eat and sleep." After he got up, he hastily packed his sleeping bag and washed it with melted snow water.

"Hurry up, I'll be waiting for you." Long Ge smiled and handed him the dry food in his hand.

"I'm beginning to hate this biscuit." Fan Jiannan said with a wry smile.

"When you're away from home, just bear with it, my Young Master Fan." Long Ge said with a smile, "Let's go, I'm going to a farther place today."

Fan Jiannan gnawed on a biscuit and nodded, "Mr. Wu, do you have any suggestions?"

Wu Nanming thought for a while and said, "The city gate is on the side of the cliff. I guess the palace of the Queen Mother of the West should be deeper in the other direction. Let's walk along this main street and have a look, maybe there will be other Discover."

Several people went on the road together, Wu Nanming and Zhang Fatty walked in front, Long Ge followed behind them, Fan Jiannan and Feng Yuan walked at the back of the team.Since more than half of this ancient city was sealed by ice, it is quite well preserved.

The deeper they went, the more they found that the houses inside were built taller and more magnificent.The material has also changed from adobe wooden pillars to stone masonry pillars. Although it has gone through an unknown number of years, it is rarely damaged, and most of them are very finely carved.Fan Jiannan stopped to look carefully at the patterns on these stone pillars, and said with a frown, "This zigzag pattern is a very primitive thunder pattern, which only appeared on Shang Dynasty bronzes or older pottery."

Wu Nanming nodded, "This is the thunder pattern of the eye. The shape of the eye is made in the middle, the outer line of the eye is extended to make a ∽ shape, and the thunder pattern is filled around it. It is composed of the eye and the thunder pattern, so it is named. It was popular in the Shang and early Western Zhou Dynasties. It seems that these stone houses have existed for a very long time. The architectural style here is also closer to the Yin and Shang Dynasties."

"Mr. Wu is really well-informed." Long Ge also nodded, "These buildings here are indeed more primitive than the previous ones. I remember that in 1983, the corpse located five or six kilometers east of the Erlitou site in Yanshi, Henan An early Shang city site was found in Gouxiang, which is composed of Miyagi, inner city and outer city. Miyagi is located on the north-south axis of the inner city, and the outer city was expanded later. Most of the excavated palace sites in Miyagi are similar to these buildings , are all three-story courtyard-style buildings stacked one above the other.”

Wu Nanming smiled and said, "This also shows that we are getting closer and closer to the core area of ​​the city."

Fatty Zhang sighed, "This ancient city probably had tens of thousands of people at that time, right?"

"Yes, and it may have exceeded tens of thousands in the most prosperous period." Wu Nanming nodded, "In fact, the buildings we saw before were built on the periphery, so they are quite Tang Dynasty style, and they may be escorts Those Tang soldiers who went up the mountain with golden seals and jade letters built it with their own hands. And the ones here have maintained their original style."

"That is to say, this group of people is likely to be the adherents of the Xia Shang era or earlier, and lived and multiplied here." Fan Jiannan nodded.

"Very likely." Wu Nanming pondered for a while and said, "Do you still remember the origin of Hetu?"

"Didn't you say it was a sacred object of the ancient wizard?" Fan Jiannan frowned.

"Yes, most of this ancient nation was destroyed by the great flood, which led to the extinction of the earliest witchcraft civilization. I suspect that this ancient nation here is the few who survived at that time. Because of the entire terrain of China They are all high in the west and low in the east. When encountering a big flood, people naturally go to higher places.

Perhaps the descendants of some ancient nations entered the Western Regions and settled here after traveling long distances. "Wu Nanming thought for a while and said, "Perhaps this is the reason why they have relatively systematic ancient witchcraft.So later people called them the gods and men on Kunlun Mountain. "

Fan Jiannan nodded, "It is indeed possible. From what you said, it seems that all the clues are connected. For example, the mother of the earliest legendary immortal, Peng Zuqian, was a female leader in the West. But in the end Who it is seems to be impossible to figure out. And almost all the legends of immortality start with the Queen Mother of the West."

"Peng Zu is from the era of Emperor Yao in the legend. Then he lived in the Xia Dynasty, which is basically consistent with the era of the Great Flood." Long Ge thought for a while, "And if this is the case, then we can basically It is speculated that the architecture here is similar to that of the Xia and Shang dynasties. The Xia people used dragons as their totems. We must find a place with a dragon or a big snake totem, and that place must be the residence of the clan leader."

"Is that where you are talking about?" Fatty Zhang pointed to the distance. "That thing over there looks like a dragon, or a snake."

Everyone looked over with his fingers, and found a huge statue standing in front of the tall building in the distance.Because the distance is too far, the ice cover above the head blocks part of the light, and it is indeed difficult to see clearly.But the discovery still lifted everyone's spirits.

Wu Nanming nodded and said, "Let's go over and have a look. Maybe this little fat man really guessed right."

Several people walked along the empty street for nearly half an hour before they got there, and almost everyone was taken aback.There turned out to be a huge reservoir, and the snow water above the head was converging into a stream and pouring down like a waterfall.gathered in a small pond.The pond is surrounded by white stones, and it can be seen that it has been very old.

And the giant snake-like statue meanders up from the pond, protruding out of the ice cap on the top, so after the snow water on the top melts, it will continue to flow down the winding snake and gather here In the pool.

Fatty Zhang said in surprise, "What a big snake!"

"This is not a snake, but the totem dragon of the Xia clan." Wu Nanming shook his head and said.

"No way, why doesn't this dragon have claws? If a dragon doesn't have claws, it wouldn't be a snake anymore?" Fatty Zhang said in amazement.

"The most primitive image of a dragon is that it has no claws, similar to a snake, but it was gradually added to it by later generations. We are called the descendants of the dragon, and we are derived from this ancient totem." Wu Nanming said slowly.

Long Ge also nodded and said, "That's true. Xia's totem is a dragon, while the Shang Dynasty's totem is a black bird. Later, the image of the black bird became the phoenix we often see. But in the earliest days, the black bird The image itself is a swallow. The national totem is gradually changing with time and becomes more and more complex. Because people's imagination is constantly filling this totem culture."

"God, how tall is this. How did the ancients manage to carve out such a giant snake?" Feng Yuan almost forgot to take pictures with the camera in his hand, and stood there in a daze.

"I don't know about that. The ancients had ways in many ways that ordinary people can't imagine." Long Ge shrugged.

However, Fan Jiannan looked at the cold and clear snow water channel, "I said that in such a big ancient city, how did people live without water? I can't imagine how they fetched water, using snow water from high mountains. No wonder many ancient books When it comes to gods, they always say that they don’t eat the fireworks in the world, but eat the wind and drink the dew, but they live forever. The reality really subverts people’s imagination.”

Long Ge smiled and said, "Haven't you thought about it. The word immortal is a combination of a mountain and a person, so the source of immortals is Kunlun Mountain."

Fatty Zhang took a sip of water and sighed, "This water is really sweet and moist."

Fan Jiannan deliberately said, "You actually drink the water here, maybe this pond is where the Queen Mother takes a bath?"

"Bah bah!" Fatty Zhang spit out twice quickly, but his mouth was very firm, "Even if it's the footwashing water of the queen mother, ordinary people like you can't drink it."

Fan Jiannan didn't bother to pay attention to him, he just looked at the stone building next to him in a daze. "This is the palace of the Queen Mother of the West? I feel that there is nothing special except that it is a little higher."

But when he walked in with Wu Nanming and others, he realized how wrong he was.The building here is just a gate built on the mountain wall, and the space inside is big enough for two football fields.This is a big hole dug out of the entire mountain wall, but the top is hollowed out.Light can be cast from above, illuminating the semi-open cave very brightly.The lighting and air are good, but there is no wind and snow falling.

Fatty Zhang said happily, "This is the real fairyland. Look at it, it looks like a palace."

"This is originally a palace." Wu Nanming frowned. "Okay, everyone, be careful and search separately to see if you can find any valuable clues. What we are looking for is the golden seal and jade letter. It is recorded in the history books that when the Tang army who escorted the golden seal and jade letter came here, once She was welcomed by the Queen Mother of the West with a very high standard, and a grand celebration banquet was held."

"According to the habits of the ancients, such grand gatherings and important celebrations will leave written records." Long Ge nodded, "If we can find relevant documents and records, then we will definitely be able to find the whereabouts of the golden seal and jade letters."

"That's right, although this period of history has been deliberately covered up in the history books, it will definitely leave a mark here." Fan Jiannan nodded.

They searched for a long time inside this vast palace building.Nothing was found either.It is almost empty here, and there is no written record left.When everyone was disappointed, Fan Jiannan made a discovery and frowned slightly as he patted the wall on one side.

"What's the matter." Fatty Zhang immediately leaned forward and said, "Brother Fan, is there a secret door behind here? You can find the Queen Mother's treasure or something! Maybe it's full of gold, silver and jewels?"

Fan Jiannan shook his head and said, "No, there is no such thing as a secret room behind this wall."

"No, why are you staring here?" Fatty Zhang shook his head in disappointment.

"Give me your knife." Fan Jiannan turned his head and said.

Fatty Zhang thought the knife he had picked up was so precious, he quickly shook his head and said, "Don't let me break it."

Fan Jiannan sighed and said, "Fatty, look at the walls around here are smooth and hard. But look at this wall. It's a bit hard to touch, and there are slippery spots left on your hands." clay powder. What does that mean?"

"What does this mean? You want to say that the conditions at that time were poor, so there was no wall paint, so you could only paint it with clay paste. Is that what you mean?" Fatty Zhang said with a look of astonishment.

"What I mean is that if there are rocks behind it, it can be treated the same as other walls. As long as it is polished and smooth, it will still be durable. If this is the case, why do you need to paint a layer of clay? What's the point?" Fan Jiannan looked at him and said .

"Well, I can't guess this." Fatty Zhang shook his head again and again, "Maybe the queen's construction funds are tight, and she wants to save some money. So to save trouble, someone painted it on the opposite wall with clay." layer."

Fan Jiannan smiled and said, "I'm afraid even you won't believe such a statement."

"Then tell me, what's going on?" Fatty Zhang said helplessly.

"I just want to see, what's in it?" Fan Jiannan patted Fatty Zhang's shoulder, "Borrow the knife in your hand." He took the Tang knife from Fatty Zhang, and then forcefully stroke.The clay layer on the wall suddenly fell off in pieces, revealing the true face under the clay.

"Sure enough." Lin Rui murmured, "Hurry up, all of you come here. I've discovered something."

Wu Nanming and Feng Yuan all joined together. Under this wall is the same mountain wall as other places.The mountain wall is polished quite well.But it was engraved with words.

"These are all engraved on the wall, and may have recorded some important information. Including the news about the golden seal and jade letter." Fan Jiannan said excitedly, "Everyone come to help, get the mud off, and we can see the content clearly .”

Soon all the earth cover under this wall was cleared away. At this time, Fan Jiannan and others discovered that there were indeed many things recorded on it, including similar celebrations and so on.All have been preserved in the form of stone carvings.But in the end, Fan Jiannan and Wu Nanming did not find any news about the golden seal and jade letter.

"It's strange. These stone carvings seem to be from different periods. They have recorded many events that they consider valuable. How can they keep this matter secret?" Fan Jiannan sighed, "It's not very scientific."

"Maybe. But I still suggest to look for it again. If it wasn't for some special purpose, why did they use such a method to cover up? There must be something wrong. And I feel that the whereabouts of the golden seal and jade letter, Not only is it not found in Tang Dynasty history books, but even here, it is an extremely taboo topic. Otherwise, such a thing would not have happened." Long Ge said slowly.

"Come quickly, I found it!" Fatty Zhang shouted there. "I found it!"

(End of this chapter)