genius divination

Chapter 1423 Cultural Extinction
Fan Jiannan and Wu Nanming hurried over and saw Fatty Zhang prying the plaster in the corner of the wall with a knife excitedly.

"What did you find? Are you so excited?" Fan Jiannan was a little surprised. He knew that Fatty Zhang had always regarded this Tang knife as his treasure.If it wasn't for finding something valuable, it would be impossible to use a knife to pry the corner of the wall.

After taking a closer look, he discovered that what Fatty Zhang pried out looked like a piece of jade. It was square, but not very big, and the patterns engraved on it were also very special.

After looking at it, Wu Nanming shook his head and said, "This is a very common Tianshan white jade, and the decorations and carvings on it are also very rough. The ancients probably buried it in the corner of the wall and used it as a town house. Throw it away. Compared with the jade in your hand Bringing a precious sword is simply not worth mentioning."

"Ah!" Fatty Zhang was taken aback, but he still believed in Wu Nanming's vision, so he could only cast the so-called jade aside listlessly.

Fan Jiannan frowned and said to Wu Nanming, "Mr. Wu, look at the handwriting on the wall. The structure is very similar to Chinese characters, but it is different from Chinese characters. What kind of font is this?"

"This kind of character looks like a variant of some ancient character. The meaning can be seen from the shape of the character, but the pronunciation must be abnormal." Wu Nanming mused, "It should have a deep relationship with Chinese characters. It's like It is the difference between Japanese and Chinese. There are many Chinese characters in Japanese that are very similar to our Chinese characters, and have similar meanings, but the pronunciation is different.”

"Since this nation has been able to communicate with the Central Plains culture many times in history, the difference should not be too great." Long Ge thought for a while, "I suddenly remembered something. According to many legends, there is a daughter country in the Western Regions. .Maybe it refers to this ethnic group, because this ethnic group is still a matrilineal society.”

"It's very possible." Wu Nanming looked at the wall and frowned. "This wall should have been polished stone like the other side. The writing on it should be used to record some important things. But later For some reason, it was smeared with plaster, and then the dried plaster was polished smooth, so we didn’t find it at first. But there is no record of gold seal and jade letters on it.”

Long Ge thought for a while and said, "Mr. Wu, golden seals and jade letters seem to be a taboo topic. I think not only it is deliberately hidden in the history books, but it may also be deliberately covered up here. So we may be doing futile work in this way. "

"Then what do you think?" Wu Nanming looked at him and said, "Where should we start?"

"I think, maybe we were wrong at the beginning. According to the legend, the golden seal and jade letters were buried somewhere in Kunlun Shenshan, and they were covered with a stone slab. There was an inscription: Those who see are blind, those who get it are dead. That is to say When it was buried, it was not intended to be found or discovered. According to this, should we look for some places that are easily overlooked?" Long Ge frowned.

Fan Jiannan frowned and said, "There is such a legend? Didn't it mean that there was a big welcome party at that time, and many people celebrated that the golden seal and jade letters were sent here?"

Wu Nanming sighed and said, "Long Ge is right, there is indeed such a legend. But why did the people of this clan welcome the golden seal and jade letter to be sent here at first, but then they had a different attitude? No one knows the exact circumstances of the matter.”

Fan Jiannan thought for a while and asked, "Could all this have something to do with the five hundred Tang Jun who didn't go back?"

"Why do you think so?" Wu Nanming frowned.

Feng Yuan suddenly said loudly, "I see. Is it equivalent to an ecological disaster?"

"Ecological disaster?" Long Ge frowned.

"Let me give you an example. For example, the Australian continent was separated from other continents as early as 5000 million years ago, and the surrounding ocean hindered its connection with other continents. It formed its unique geographical environment. Closed environment, unique species making Australia's ecosystem one of the most exceptional in the world.

A little carelessness of human beings will destroy the local ecological balance and cause major ecological disasters. There have been several such incidents in history.First up is the rabbit.There were no rabbits in Australia originally, and the colonists introduced European rabbits in the early stages of developing Australia.Australia's warm climate and rich pastures provide good living conditions for rabbits.Coupled with Australia's lack of natural enemies for rabbits, rabbits began to reproduce at an alarming rate.

A few years later, wild rabbits can be found everywhere on the grasslands of Australia.The disaster of hares is mainly manifested in two aspects. One is that the huge number consumes a lot of pasture. On the other hand, the hares dig holes and build holes everywhere on the grassland, destroying the roots of pastures, causing large-scale degradation of pastures, and seriously threatening animal husbandry. With the rapid development, the output value of animal husbandry began to drop sharply.

It wasn't until scientists in Australia discovered that there was a mosquito that could spread a deadly virus among wild rabbits that the ecology was restored again.In other words, when an alien species lacks natural enemies, it will have a fatal impact on the local ecology. "

Long Ge nodded, "This incident is very famous, and I know it too. I also heard that in 1770, Australian colonists introduced cattle and developed the cattle industry: Australia has many natural pastures, abundant groundwater, The warm climate, the absence of snowstorms in winter, and the absence of ferocious beasts such as tigers, leopards, and wolves are very suitable for the development of cattle breeding.

At that time, the rise in the price of beef in the international market further stimulated the development of the cattle industry, and the number of cattle on hand in Australia increased rapidly.With the increase in the number of cattle.New ecological problems have emerged.

Cattle excrete a lot of excrement on the grassland, together with the excrement of other livestock, an average of about 1 million kilograms of excrement is left on the grassland every day.The feces covered the pasture, affected the photosynthesis of plants, and caused the death of pastures in grasslands. At the same time, the feces also breed a large number of mosquitoes and flies, seriously affecting environmental sanitation.

This situation cannot but worry Australian scientists.At this time, a small insect called dung beetle attracted the attention of scientists.The common name of the dung beetle is the dung beetle. It has a round and pure black body with a hard shell on its back and feeds exclusively on feces.It wraps the dung with soil, turns it into a pellet, and pushes it into the hole, lays eggs in the pellet, and then bury it with soil, and the hatched larvae feed on the dung ball. In the 20s, Australian scientists introduced a large number of dung beetles from my country and put them on the grasslands.It was several years before the Australian grasslands came back to life. "

"Cow dung can also cause ecological disasters. This is really an anecdote." Fan Jiannan couldn't help laughing.

"But these are all real events. And now all countries are very careful about alien species, and some creatures are strictly controlled." Long Ge nodded, "The lack of natural enemies caused by alien species is an ecological disaster, which is indisputable in the scientific community fact."

"But those Tang soldiers are not alien species, they are human." Fatty Zhang scratched his head and said.

"They are people, and they are men. At that time, the Tang Dynasty was in a period of cultural subversion. The impact of these Tang troops here was first of all a kind of cultural invasion. A long-term closed and independent feminist society suddenly suffered from the outside world. The invasion of the powerful culture. Perhaps it is these who have changed the clansmen here and shaken the foundation of this matrilineal society." Wu Nanming's face changed slightly, "This is very possible."

He suddenly turned around, stared at the words on the stone wall, and said slowly, "Maybe these words here are the family rules at that time. All the rules that women are the highest power have been completely broken. They even started to oppose this at one time. This tradition, and completely covered up the ancient family rules."

"Do you remember the legend of the Amazon female warriors? They continued their offspring through male prisoners of war, and after they became pregnant, they killed the male prisoners of war. Usually only the girls were kept and the boys were sent away. Maybe the same is the case here, but five hundred The intervention of a foreign Tang army changed things. They formed a family, and their ideas were more advanced, which fundamentally changed the foundation of the matrilineal society." Fan Jiannan nodded.

Feng Yuan nodded and said, "It is even conceivable that this ethnic group composed almost exclusively of women formed a stable family after encountering these five hundred Tang soldiers. This first created a conflict with the concept of matriarchal authority. people clashed. This cultural difference led to a division within the group, and gradually more and more people left here because they chose a more advanced concept of life.”

"And the female leader who insisted on the original concept of matriarchal authority believed that everything was caused by the stay of these Tang troops, that is, that the disaster started from the golden seal and jade letter. This ancient book of spells that was originally in line with their ancestors was resented. The female leader was buried. After some years, this legendary ancient tribe finally completely disappeared."

"So this fairyland that once became a legend died out because of cultural invasion." Fan Jiannan said in surprise, "A cultural ecological disaster!"

"If you want to completely wipe out a nation, you must first wipe out its culture. This sentence was said by Hitler." Long Ge was silent for a while.

Fan Jiannan suddenly said loudly, "I know where this golden seal and jade letter should be, in the tomb! It must be a tomb for eternal burial."

"That's right, such a big ancient city. How come there are no tombs?" Long Ge suddenly realized.

Feng Yuan whispered, "I have an idea. In many legends, the Queen Mother of the West is associated with immortality. Could it be because they are like you?" She looked at Wu Nanming with some hesitation.

Wu Nanming was silent for a while, nodded and said, "This group is proficient in ancient witchcraft. It should be possible that there are immortals among them. But it is impossible to say that nearly ten thousand people are immortals. Because The secret of longevity is actually very special. Even if tens of thousands of people are excellent practitioners, only a very small number of them can become immortals."

"Then this nation has been passed down from the Xia Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty. After so many generations, what happens after they die? Are they always buried? What about the cemetery? Where is the cemetery?" Long Ge frowned.

"Will they be buried in the sky like Tibetans, so there is no cemetery?" Fan Jiannan frowned.

"It's impossible. The sky burials of the Tibetans are somewhat influenced by Buddhism. They sacrifice their lives to feed the eagles. But this tribe is different. They are the descendants of the real Xia tribe. They should pay great attention to funeral rituals, and even pay attention to death as life. From Judging from the Xia Dynasty tombs that have been discovered, pottery and jade wares were buried at that time, and some slave owners even appeared to be sacrificed by humans and horses. It would be even more exaggerated if they belonged to the royal family." Wu Nanming said firmly.

"Then let's look again. Since they will die, there will be a cemetery." Fatty Zhang nodded repeatedly.

Long Ge thought for a while and said, "Let's look east."

"To the east?" Fan Jiannan frowned. "The direction we came from is south. If we go east, it should be on the right." He raised his right hand and said, "This is the direction. But why is the cemetery in the east?"

"This ancient nation is a descendant of the Xia nationality. It originated in the area of ​​Henan today, and its orientation should be in the east. The ancient people had an inseparable emotion for their homeland, and no one can let go of the emotion of returning to their roots. So I think if they really There are tombs, so they should be facing east." Wu Nanming nodded.

"That makes sense." Fatty Zhang nodded repeatedly, "Listening to Mr. Wu's words is better than reading for ten years."

"You flattered me." Fan Jiannan couldn't help laughing.

Fatty Zhang quickly said, "This is definitely not flattery. I have learned more from being with Mr. Wu these days than I have learned in my entire life. Of course, there is also Professor Long. It is really better than not knowing, really In comparison, my knowledge is simply not as good as that of elementary school students."

"An old man in a family is like a treasure. If this old man lives to Mr. Wu's age, it will be a national treasure." Feng Yuan said with a smile.

Wu Nanming smiled wryly and shook his head, "It's as if I've been relying on prostitution all day long."

Several people couldn't help laughing.

They searched along the direction, gradually getting closer and closer to the east of the ancient city.Fan Jiannan found that what Wu Nanming said was indeed reasonable.The farther to the east they seldom saw ordinary residential style houses, and it was even difficult to see that kind of government office building.Instead, there are large altars and various giant sculptures that are closer to the nature of religious sacrifices.Some have collapsed.And some are still intact, and you can vaguely see the majesty of the year.

They eventually found the gate on the east side.The city gate was also frozen, and even a few more people might not be able to open it.Fan Jiannan and the others could only climb up the tower and look down.In the distance is an open land, and there are hundreds of stone platforms and towering stone pillars, large and small.It exudes crystal brilliance in the sun.

For a moment, Feng Yuan was stunned, and even forgot to raise the camera in her hand.

"Is this a tomb?" Fatty Zhang said in a daze, "I think this is a fairyland, right?" Indeed, this place is covered with a layer of snow.Hundreds of stone platforms and stone pillars stand upright, looking as crystal clear as white jade carvings in the sun.At first glance, there is a magnificence that shocks the soul.

(End of this chapter)